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" Other employments arid arts serve for the em- Mliskmcnt, hut Agrienlture is necessary lor the support of human life,” BUTTER. There is nothing on earth more disagreea- j hie than had butter. The very sight of it — j to say nothing of the smell—is enough to destroy the appetite of any one, save a Hotten tot or Laplander. We have before us a coin inunication to the Genesee Farmer, wherein a method of preserving butter for almost any length of time is presented. The writer states that in the manufacture of butter noth ing further is requisite than a strict regard to cleanliness; —that the number of cows— their pasture—their particular breed, arc of little consequence;—and that the first pound of butter made by the Scythians 500 years before the Christian Era, i (properly prepar ed, and hermetically sealed, woulJ-havo been as palatable at the present day, as the best pound manufactured during the last season ! In corroboration of this idea, he adduces the following; “Allow me to give one fact within my own knowledge, to support this assertion. In the j summer of 18:17, l had presented to me a piece of butter 21 years old, and which-to taste and smell, was as fine and sweet as the day it was churned, and for aught 1 know, even sweeter, for it was the very cream of butter. It had been preserved under the fol- lowing circumstances : A farmer’s wife, dur ing very hot weather, had put a large rollon a pewter plate, and tied it over with a w’hite knapkin, and lowered it into a deep well to cool and fit it for the fable. In withdrawing it, the string broke, and it stink to the bot tom. 'Twenty-one years after, the well was cleaned, and during the operation, it got loos ed from its imprisonment, rose and swam on the surface to the no small annoyance and surprise of the man uho was in the well.— It wits carefully drawn up, as the egg of some land or sea serpent, hut the good wife soon laid the spool;, and explained the mystery.” The following extract from the communi cation explains the method of preserving hotter for any length of tiino. V e are not sufficiently acquainted with the subject to say whether it is anew discovery, or an old j •one revived. We leave our agricultural friends to settle the question. “After the butter is made, if in warm wea ther, the first operation, is to put it either in to a cool cellar, or into cold well or spring wa termill it becomes of as hard acousistcncylas it can readily ho worked with a ladle or paddle. In small portions work out all the milk or whey that it contains, which is best done in a wooden bowl, held in a sloping direction. — You may even work it with cold water, chan ging it till it comes off clear, except in which case, it will need an additional quantity of ilt, and if you will do it with the following •compound, yo'u will decidedly find your ac count in it; viz;—two parts common salt, foot too tine,) one part saltpetre, and one part sugar, by measure. And above all, re member that the working must be thoroughly done, if you wish to keep it a long time, and i that it can only be done when cooled down to I a proper temperature; for by this process you j purify it of all self-acting and putrefying par ticles, that are capable of spontaneous change am! decomposition, and it now only wants to be kept from contact with air, to render it perfectly unchangeable- To do this, take tmy sweet wooden cask, tub, or firkin, that has been used at least one year before, and lost its wooden flavor, or what is decidedly better, stone and eartlicrn jars or pots, make tiie but ter into rolls of that convenient size, that the half of one shall he fit for the table, and lay 1 hem carefully and snugly down, till the ves sel is full, or within a few inches, then make a brine of cold water, as strong as salt will iriSke j it, or to saturation, and cover fairly the whole j of the butter. II properly packed, it w ill not wim as you use from it, and if kept covered, i it .s as sweet and go. I at the end of ten years ! us when put down. “It is important to bo in rolls, to prevent 1 its coining too much in contact with the wood, | whereby it would receive air, and be incon-j veuient to corne at when wanted. It it is de sirable to pack it in bulk and solid, for mark et, the best way is to work it well as above, pack down firmly, and on the top to put about ;i half inch of fine salt, leave it about eight or -ten days and you will find it has shrunk from the t ide about an eighth or quarter of an inch, then head up, and through a hole in the head fill it with br.ne.” A'ci - England Weekly Review. KEr.PI.XG POTATOES. Amongst all tlic discoveries for keeping, potatoes for summer use, we believe there is ! no wav more effectual than to take out the eye or bud with a knife, or some sharp instru incut. This not only tenders the potatoe more valuable for keeping, but is a matter of economy with the farmer, lor it he will pre pare a knife for the purpose, which he can do "by bending the point of a common case-knife, and grinding it in such a manner that the eye | can be seoopedout without cutting deep into j the potatoe, the eyes so scooped out-will 1 plant as much ground as the potatoes, would if planted with them ; and it is affirmed bv many who have given it a fair trial, that they are equally productive. '! husthe valua ble part of the potatoe may be -saved tor lam ll, use, or boiled and given to stock, which at this season of the year require a little • extra feeding. When boiled, mashed and mixed •villi milk, and fed to calves, they have u very gor and effect, and if a little meal is also mixed with them, calves may bo fed -cheaper and equally as well us wheu fed on milk alone. — (Jen. Farmer. A friend left in our news room, on Monday, t boneh of young Dates, taken lrom one ol several Date trees on "Wilmington Island, near this 'it., cut down by the late severe wcatb THE MACON ADVERTISER, AND AGRICULTURAL AND MERCANTILE IIVIELLiGEiVCEIt. cr, and which, but for this misfortune, would, no doubt, have successfully matured. This tree when raised by planting the axil of the leaves, will bear in five or six years, but pro duc< cl from the seed, fifteen or twenty years are required. In the northern part of Africa, iu I‘ersia, the Levant, Ac. it grows over sixty Let high, with a straight trunk crowned by a tuft of long pendant leaves ten or twelve feet 1o n st. -St i eari nail G corgi an. BtaavgffßKfeftlTasrao MEDITATIONS OX A IHXCII OF SMUT. W hat thoughts are generated by these “Pungent grains of titilating dust,” which I hold between my thumb and finger! W hat varied and remarkable qualities they possess! W’hat wonderful effects they pro (luce ! what labor and ingenuity—what va riety of hands and interests, have neon en gaged in their production! Delight of the nose ! agitator of the body ! checker of the mmd! Here goes—but stop ! before we ap ply them to our sneezing organ, lot us medi tate a little on the crowding thoughts to which they give rise. And first, as to the production of a pinch of snuff. The invention, the skill, and the labor employed in its prcpartaion,arc not to he sneezed at that operation being very proper ly reserved for the snuff itself. In the first place, the tobacco, whereof the snuff is man ufactured, must be raised—or as the planters say, “grown.” The tobacco seed, which is less than “the least of all grains”—that is to say—less than mustard seed, and exceeding. Iy minute, must be planted or sown, other wtse it will not be likely to sprout, take root, Shoot up, expand, grow, blossom, flourish, ri pen, and produce the delightful Indian weed, whereof not only snuff, hut plug, kitefoot, pigtail, and ladies twist—llavannas, Seroots, and long nines, are made. Ihe tobacco seed must not only be plant oil, but it must come up and grow, otherwise it will never come to any thing, though it have been planted a thousand years. In or der to aid its growth, it must be looked to A tended. The earth must he stirred, and the weeds choked. The tobacco worm, that no-’ tonous epicure, who feeds upon its leaves without fear of the dyspepsia, who is not con tent, like a reasonable tobaccochewer, to take a little for the pleasing effect it produces on the nerves the tobacco worm, we say, must lie dislodged—pre-adventure destroyed— oth erwise lie will destroy the fragrant plant. And when the plant is grown and fully npc, it must be gathered—yea k must he con-1 veyou to a shelter; lor it will never gather it self, nor remove itself one inch, from the spot whereon it grew—it will not budge at : the injunction of man, any more than the \ irgiman than raises it. It must be gather ed, housed, sweated, hungup, and cured. Wh.it a striking resemblance between the management of tobacco, and that of the body natural, and the body politic! The condition of the body naturally oftentimes requires the use of sudorifics, or sweating; and the eon-' d.tiou of the body politic is treated by haim- i mg. Wonderful similitude! Striking coin- j cidence ! Marvellous agreement between the I management of rogues, rheumatism, and to- j bacco! Ilut lot us see—-whereabouts had we got ? Ah. to the curing; and this is no sinecure. It is an important operation, and must be man aged most judgematically— neither exceed, mg nor tailing short of the exact point where upon the delightful quality of the weed de pends. Thocure being completed, it is pack ed in a sort ot vessels compounded of staves and hoops, and denominated hogshead—thus cnteiing a ftqg’a-head before it goes into a man's head ! It is transported to the waters side; it is shipped ;it is brought to Lorrillard’s it is cast into the mill; it is ground ;it is pul verized , it is rendered delightfully fragrant; it is endued with the power of sneezability ; in a word, it is metamorphosed into snuff.— I fere goes—but wait! Is there not something else that we would say ? Ah ! true—the number and quality of the heads, hands, and hearts cm; loved, from the first sowing of the seed to the last vending of the snuff. The white master and the black slave ; the half-blood and the fourth-blood; the heads ol wool and the heads of hair; all grades and all colors. What is it that gives the hue to the different kinds of snuff'? The yellow to the rappee, and the black to the maccaboy ? It is owing to the tawny skin of the mulatto, the sable hide of the African, who have been so much employed about the Indian weed? We “pause for a reply”—anil in the mean time we will tickle our nose—but not till we liave finished our meditations. What a vast variety of interests as well as heads are concerned in the produce of that, most minute of all inconsiderable grains—the seed of nicotiana tabaccum , or tobacco! What a vartety of trades, professions and occupa tions, have been employed, from first to last, in one wav or other, about this single pinch which I hold between my thumb and finder! The planter's that grew the tobacco—the cooper’s that prepared the hogsheads—the shipwright’s that built the ships—the sailor’s that navigated them—the carter's that remov ed the cargo from the wharf—the machincst’ that built the snuff mill—the manufacturers’ that prepared these pungent grains—the wholesale merchant’s that bought them of the manufacturer—the retail merchant’s that bought them of the wholesale—the mechan ie’s who made the snuff' box—the urchin’s that went to the retailer’s to get it filled & finally the retail clerk’s that cheated the ur chin that went to get it filled ! Besides all these, are the innumerable streams that go to make up the ocean iff interests and concerns that have been agitated almut, upon, andcon cerningtkis single pinch of snuff. And yet the agitation is not over; and so here— But now as to the effects—Ah ! there’s the rub— \\ hot queer effects may come, \\ lien we have shovelled in these pungent grains, Must give us pause! Sliaksjnare —ahem! A pinch of snuff, though it he but a small matter, produces very strik ing effects. It brings into play several of the muscles of the body, which, being powerful ly excited through the titilalion of the nose, contract with violence, produce a sudden and involuntary jerking and bobbing of the head, an expulsion of air from the lungs, an explo sion from the proboscis, and a “God bless you!” from the bystanders. B it these are merely the nasal and bodily effects. I.ot ns meditate a moment upon those it produces on the mind. By stimula ting the nose—the leader and guide of man— it excites the mind and exhilarates the spirits. It awakens the drowsy faculties: it delights and cheers; it produces hope; it rouses cour age; it fortifies patience; it strengthens perse verance. In a word, it produces wonders! — J he w arrior takes it when lie is going to bat tle; the statesman, when he is perplexed with doubts and difficulties; the judge w hen he is puzzled with a knotty case; the parson, when lie has lost the thread of his discourse, and forgot his notes ; the wit, when lie is at his wit s end; the chess-player, when he is in dan ger of being check-mated; the author, when lie is laboring for an idea; the waning co quette, when her last stratagem has failed; and the lone maiden, when death has laid his cold paw on her favorite lapdog. In short, the pinch of snuff is welcomed in all condi tions ot trial—whether of grief, doubt, fear, perplexity, or a rainy day. Tho box is tap ped, the thumb and finger are inserted, the nose is tickled, anil the trouble sneezed away. So here goes—ktschughp ! kischuMip! kisch nglip!—Y. Cos„: From the VVilksburre Gleaner. OWE NO MAN. Bray take my advice, if -i fortune you’d get, l’ay off what you owe, and then keep out of debt. i I Ins may be bad poetry, but, depend upon | it, it is excellent sense. It is an old saying I that “the debtofis a slave to the creditor.” If so, halt of tnc world enter info voluntary ser vitude. The universal rage to buy on credit, is a serious evil to this country. Many a val uable man is ruined by it. 1 here was Titus Thornburv, who was an industrious man. He had as good a farinas lay in the north Parish of Applcbtiry. But unfortunately he gave way to the prevaHing ! fashion of getting j n debt, and a sad life be I led of it. At 30, he owed £2,000. Ilis farm | yielded about that sum. He would not live without purchasing some things, and as all the I money he could raise went-to pay principal and interest on his debt, he had even - thing to buy on credit. ,So at tho year’s emP, with interest and cost, and loss of time, ami extra charged lbr things because he did not make ready pay, he was just as deep ly involved as the year before. Thus haras sed, dunned and dunning, was poor Tliornbu ry for 20 years. Not so with his cousin .Ned Foster. He vowed he’d owe no man. The produce of his farm was about the same as that of Thornsburv’s ; hut as he was not forcedby duns,or executions to sell it out of season, he got the highest price; as he paid for things when he bought them, he got his things 2 per cent, cheaper. As he paid neither interest nor cost, and lost no time in running to borrow money or see his creditors, he laid up £9O a -your, and lived quite as well as his cousin and infinite ly happier. When poor Thornbury saw a mart riding up the road, his anxious look told him as plain as look could tell, “plague on that fellow, he is come to dun.” When a sudden rap at the door announced a visitor,no matter how latc he turned pale and looked sorrowfully anxious, until the visitor was known.— Many a man goes into the store for a single article. Looking around, twenty things stike his eye; he has no money, buys on credit.— Foolish man 1 Pay day must come, and ten chances to one, like death,it find you are-un prepared to meet it. Tell me, ye who liave experienced it, did the pleasure of possess ing the articles bear any proportion to the pain of being called on to pay for them, when you had it not in your power ! flood people, liarkye: A few rules well kept will contribute to your happiness and independence. Never buy what you do not really want. Never purchase on credit what you can possibly do without. Take pride in being able to say, 1 owe no man— Wives arc sometimes thoughtless, daughters now and then extravagant,. Many a time, when neither the wife nor the daughter would willingly give a single pang to & fond father’s bosom, they urge amlteazc him to get arti cles, pleasant enough to be sure to possess, but with difficult for him to buy ; ho purchas es on credit, is dunned—sued; anil many an hour made wretched by their folly and impru dence. Old Robert presents his compli ments to the ladies and begs they would have the goodness to read the last eight lines once a week till they get them by heart, and then act as their bu n excellent disposition shall direct. Above all tilings, good people, never go in debt to a tavern. To grog, to toddv, to -ling, to bitters!Oh horrid! what a bill! Never owe your shoemaker, your tailor, your printer, your blacksmith or labourer. Beside the bad policy of keeping in debt, it is downright in justice to those whoso labour you have re ceivedall the benefit of. How happy’s the farmer who owes not a pound. But lays up his fifty each year that eOincs-rouiul. He fears neither constable, sheriff, nordun; To hank or to justice has never to run — His cellar well fill’d add his pantry well stored, I le lives far more blest than a prince or a lord ; Then take my,advice, if a fortune you’d net — Fey offwhul yon owe—anil keep out of debt. THE FIRST SHOT. A HISTORICA FACT. Mais anx allies biens nees La valournu’attend paste nombre des annees. Le Cid. “By Jove,” cried little Jules, one bright morning in July, “if I only had a gun,”—anil he pushed away with indignation the chesnut ringlets that clustered round his youthful fore head, struck the table with his clenched list, his young blood boiling in his veins, at the sight of friends and brothers murdered in cold blood : then he approached the window, and leaning his smooth and burning cheeks against the panes, which shook with the firing of the royal troops, his eyes filled with tears of grief and indignation as he beheld the ter rible massacres in the , street, and gazed on the result of a monarch’s stupidity and a court’s corruption. “Mamma, manmiu !” he exclaim ed, “only look ; there are some poor fellows carried off on a litter; they must be dead or dy ing.” “Oh my God! Jules conic from the window.”—“And look, there arc some who have just fallen, bruised and wounded. His mother alarmed at Jules’ extreme agitation, drew him from the window, and endeavored to divert his mind ; but he escaped her kind solicitude, ran up the stairs, tour steps at a time, up into the garret, where, among other antiquities, he found an old, and rather rusty musket, u ' i little Jules clapped his hand in . exstacy and exclaimed, “By Jove I have got a gu:i at last*” If was rather heavy for so youthful and inexperienced an arm—but what is impossible to a generous and intrepid heart though it beat in the bosom of a boy of twelve? Little Jules raised the musket which just sui ted him, stepped down stairs with his pre cious burden, “paede suspenso,” for fear of alarming his anxious and watchful mother.— But when Jules got into the street, he found his rusty and heavy musket not loaded.— Luckily as he thought, a grocer’s store stood next to his mother’s house; he ran into the shop and exclaimed, “Do not be alarmed, I am your friend Jules ; load my gun, good fel low, and make haste, by Jove, I will give it to them yet.” “What!” cried the astonish ed grocer, “you too?” “Load it, load it, and don’t talk to me,” replied Jules. “But you aro too voting to fight,” remonstrated the friendly grocer, “they will kill you, Jules; do you not hear the cannons, and the dreadful firing? just listen.” But Jules stamped his foot and answered only, “By Jove, old man, do not chatter so, but load my gun;’, and the grocer finding all entreaties vain, did as he was commanded, and loaded the gun. Jules, after castingone lingering and affectionate glance at the windows of his mother’s house, rushed into the street, already strewed with dead bodies. “Oh my God!” he murmured to himself: though even at this dreadful sight the courage of the boy failed him but fora moment. Just in front of him was a regi ment of the K ing’s household troops. An officer in glittering uniform, with a drawn sword, and threatening gestures, was loading them on to anew and ruthless charge. J ules gazed for a moment at the terrific scowl, and Imperious voice, with which tho officer en joyed the massacre, and murmured once more to himself, “By Jove, 1 have got a gun !” He posted himself behind a low wall, rested his musket on the top of it, took a long and delib erate aim, and fired. The officer in brilliant uniform fell from his horse, slut directly thro’ the heart. Jules rushed into the house, ran to his mother’s room aad told her in triumph how iic had killed “his country’s foe.” And the trembling mother pressed him in silence to her beating heart; and had engraved on the ok! musket these few but expressive words: “Paris, July 28, 1830.” _ i “These arc counsellors “That feelingly persuade me what I am.” THE FEDERAL COI'RT Rose on Saturday last (14th inst.) The suit of Fitzgerald vs. Williams, which has been long pending, was taken up for trial, and ar gued at great length, by Mr. Gastcm for the Plaintiff, and -Messrs. Scawcll and Badger, for the Defendant. The case was submitted to the jury, in an animated charge from the Chief-Justice; but after deliberating two days, they returned into Court without being able to agree upon a verdict :—whereupon they ivere discharged. This case is of so novel and peculiar a char acter, that v;e feel confident, a statement of it will gratify the public. We therefore sub join the facts, abstaining from entering into the,evidence on either side, as the suit on will nrohnbly again mine heft re a Jurv. In the year ISIS, a Mr. Fitzgerald of the State of Georgia, purchased of a gentleman in the lower part of this State, a negro woman and several children. Being on his way to irginia, he left the negroes in the care of a friend until his return; while absent, a part of the children were taken by some person, un der a claim of superior title to the latter.— Whereupon, Mr. F. caused the woman and three of her youngest children to be lodged in the Jail at Newborn, for safe keeping. A compromise was however effected between Mr. F. and the latter, on his agreeing to keep the woman and the three youngest children and receiving back his money for the others, lie therefore set out from Newbern with the negroes, passing through the county of Ons low, for the State of Georgia. About this time, two small negro children, belonging to a ward of Col. Edward Williams , of Ons low (whose mother had been hired out) dis appeared in a very mysterious manner, and after a diligent search, could not be found From ‘circumstances that reached Col. W. he was led to suspect Mr. F. of having carried otf the negroes of his ward. lie according ly followed Mr. F. and actually proceeded to his house in Georgia, accompanied by a per son who knew the little negroes, for the pur pose of identifying them. On reaching Mr. F’s. the two youngest children purchased by him were in the yard, one of whom being call ed by the name of one of Col. Williams’s mis sing chiUhen, rea lily answered to it. This circumstance, together with the accurate cor respondence in point of age and size, was sufficient to induce a belief on the part of the Colonel and of his witness as to the indentity of one of the negroes, but not as to the other. As Mr. F. of course, refused to surrender his 1 negroes, Col. W. returned to Onslow, where J he caused a prosecution to be instituted against i Mr. F. on a charge of negro stealing ! The j Grand Jury having found the bill, the Govern or of this St ate was applied to, and demanded of the Governor of Georgia, the surrender of Mr. F. as a “fugitive from justice.” This de mand was complied with, and a warrant was issued by the Governor of Georgia for his ap. prehension. Ile was apprehended according ly, but by a w rit of habeas corpus, issued by one of the State Judges, was discharged, in consequence of some informality in the pro ceedings. On this return being made to the then Governor Holmes, the demand was re newed, and after a pretty tart corrcsdondenee between him and Governor Troup, the l’hter on the respectability of Mr. F. gave his assin ranee that the accused should appear at Ons low and meet the charge. Mr. F. according ly appeared, was irird and acquitted, without the Jury's leaving the box. A civil s jit was then instituted against Mr. F. fertile rccovo. rv of the negroes, which was tried in the I)is trictCouTt in this place, and resulted in a verdict for the Defendant. The tables were now completely turned, and Mr. F. institu ted his suit against Col. W. fora malicious prosecution. This is the case which was tri ed at this term, and which terminated as be fore stated, in a mis-trial.- — Hal. Reg. JEf: iiwi.t s I'nuM THE N. Y. COURIER AND EN'UI IKEII. ioo much erf a good flung,— For several mornings at six o’clock, the"doors of a lec ture room next tea church have been opened, and forth have issued many women, and a few men, and some children. They must have attended matins at 5 o’clock, and risen from their beds before the dawn of day. One morning last week an old political friend com fortably buttoned up, and a bandanna round his neck, came out of ’he room with his wife tucked under Iris arm; I hi ckoncd him to cross over the street to me, which he did, “what brings you out so early—net electioneering at this hour ?” “O no—we have been to church; I gets up every morning lx fore cork crowing and goes to church to ob’ige my wife.” “A very dutiful husband; and how do you like it’” “Not at all” said he, ‘ ‘he only time that l desire to talk to my wife about domestic concerns, —about our chil dren, and devise plans for our comfort ai.d their prosperity, she nudges me and 1 min-jt rise, and dress to go to church, —the bell is tingling all day—lecture in the morning— prayers at noon—sermon in the evening— hymns at night, with a great deal of miscel laneous praying, asking favors and returning thanks, my hands are in my pocket every hour to aid some pious object, the missiona ry cause in India, or the Pacific Ocean; the time which prudent wives devote to domestic concerns, is absorded in prayer; my wile is a good woman—without a fault—charitable, good tempered, and kind to her children, yet she fancies herself continually an object of divine vengeance, and is always supplica ting for mercy ; —my house, sir, is filled with tracts ;—-tracts for mothers, children, servants, and sailors, and every book of fiction wit or humour is removed, and tracts sprinkled over the shelves, and in one of these, J was called upon to estimate the difference between burn ing in hell one hour or burning for eternity. Ah sir, when we used to go to the Nassau street church twice on Sunday to hear Domi nie Livingston preach, we thought we did our duty with grateful hearts, but now if ischurch nearly all day, and prayers nearly all night, it is too much of a good thing.” So saying he moved towards home with a rueful coante nance. He was right; “it is too much of a good thing.” For the blessings of life and liberty, of health and happiness, of exemption from many evils which other countries suffer, we owe a deep debt of gratitude to the dispo ser of all things,—the divine King of Kings and ruler of the Universe ; but to neglect the positive duties we owe to ourselves and to society in general,—to devote all our time and at the most unseasonable hours, to church and prayer, to he ever soliciting di vine blessings and dispensing our means for what is termed the support of religion, is do ing injustice to those numerous obligations and duties which devolve upon us as men and citizens; it covers our social relations with gloom and despondency, creates bigotry and superstition, and wo see time and eternity through clouds and darkness instead of the bright rays of comtort and consolation. In one of our churches there is a motto —“ God is lore ' —and in this brief and cheerful hope, there is much to gladden and inspire the heart. The silent and unseen aspirations of the closet are far more acceptable than the osten tatious visits twice or thrice a day to church; the morning and evening prayer in the quiet chamber, flowing purely from the heart, rises to the throne of Grace like incense from the altar. We must be rational, not philosophic al on this subject, and teach ourselves to be lieve, that iantacism is more dreadful than to tal irreligion; the laws make men honest who profess no faith—but no law can make the fa natic mild or tolerant, his mind is diseased— and the tranparent fount of pure religion is turned to gall and bitterness—we have many reforms to make on this subject. We shoot our arrow beyond the mark. wim TIIE RACES AT NEW YORK. New- York May 11—Early in the forenoon of yesterday, the route to the race course pre- ! sented an animated scene. The bright sun j which shown so auspiciously induced many to! exchange the dusty streets of our city, for the clear air of Long Island. Every countenance beamed with anticipation of the expected pleasure, and none, save those who lost too deeply, had to complain that their anticipa tions were not realized. About 11 o’clock, three horses started foj the sweepstakes, for which five had entered. Mr. Jones’ Colt won the two first heats, one mile and repeat, but notwithstanding this j it was an extremely interesting race; for°near ly halt tiie course, a sheet would have covered the horses. The --ikes were 81000 each.— The first heat was run in one m. 56 sec.; the other in a few second less. A few minutes after one o’clock the match between Livingston’s Goliah and Col. John son’s Virginia marc, Bonnets of Blue, for 810, 000 commenced; the animals arc each four i years old, Goliah got by Eclipse,and Bonnet of Blue by Sir Charles: the sires of both 'r.ave therefore been famous on the turf. Tuc j ()C ) . ey who rode the southern mare wgs dre vtd iii blue; he, >f the northern in red, eagfi carried feather weight. In tb*. first l, f -at the mare kept the lead with apparent ease, and th, knowing ones say this was permitted with a view ot saving Goliaii for the two last wLk-n it was expected !. c would uin on bottom. In the second the mare had the lead in the first mile and n half, hut the horse then pass ed her by anil kept in the advance for more Liana mile. This was flip most interesting part ot the race ; appearances were so much in favour of Goliah, that although betting at the end ot the first heat was three to two, and even two to one on the mare, now many were taken at even bets. Finally, the marc won the second heathy about two lengths. The time of the first heat, 4 miles, was Bm. 15 sec. of the second Bm. Several thousand dollars changed owners during the course of the day. The spirits of the gay fcfoutln.fm.rs, w, r < rt dcred still more bouyant by the siicei . their favourite. They proU st that tin v 7; - nothing for the money they have won • p- - they will circulate it in the great metro’■ o | and arc anxious for, and jealous only 0 j .7' sporting character of the gallant south. Every sportsman knows of course that thi. not the first success achieved by “Bonnets , ‘ Blue. In the spring of 1830, she won i!,. great stakes on Union Course, and in the jv lowingOctolx r she won the sweepstakes ' Tree Hill, Richmond, and on both these occii sions her speed was greater than cxhibW‘- yesterday. * I his day, at 12 o clock.—Match race hr tween Mr. Cransey’s Cotton Plant and n Bailey s Lady of the Lake—slooo. One o’clock.—Two mile heats—purse s 50 Entered, Mr. Badger’s Arietta, 5" ven old ; Mr. Conover’s Celeste, 4 years; Mn i> ucli 3 Jeanette, o years : Three o’clock—three mile heats—ty-r SUM. Entered Mr. Conover’s Diomed," * vears; Mr. Snedekcr’s Splendid,— years.-M- Davidson’s Pelham,s years; Mr.— ’3 O’K Iy, 4 years. l our o’clock.—Match race, between Air Livingston s Goliah and Col. Johnson’s Ifo nets of blue, two miles, for S2OOO. 3la v! ( U~, lt : \?’ c!ock ,threa mileheafs l - ur ' e * 4 , ( °~ b >', -V r -, ( onover’s Diomede, , yea”3 ; 31r. neuukcr s Splendid njjcd • r Davidson’s Pelham, 5 years; Mr 1' 1 Kelly, •! years, and Col. Johnson’s horse Sin tier—the first heat of this race was won I Pelham, hut the two last were handsome! taken by Slender-—beating the field by r.cuii a length. The Spring Meeting, a! the Long Island 1 ion Course, closed 011 Thursday. The Aim r iean has this notice of the last day’s rnnnii. At 11 o'clock, a mat h race, one mile and n peat, for a purse of S2OO. This was a m interesting little race, the animals runniiv neck to neck nearly the whole wav; but hr ing finally won by foul play, the horse that actually came in first was,ou that account, a.’ juilired distanced, and the purse was awarded to the other. Four mile heats at one o’clock. Ah. Sir ven’s Black Maria, five years old, by Eclips. : Mr. Johnson’s Bonnet of Blue, four years ok, hv Sir Charles; John R. .Snerliker’s Sir Georg, by Eclipse—for six hundred dollars, and w, won in two heats bv “Bonnets of Blue.” Fir heat, 7m. 575., second heat 7m. 58s. Si George was distanced the first heat. Tin race excited fora while some hopes that tii North might yet share in some of the honor of this meeting; hut they proved fallacious “Bonnets of Blue” showed herself of super, or speed and bottom, and bore off', amidst tin admiration of even the losers, a second purs. She is anohle animal indeed, and destined t , high fame—si ipta fata aspera !—in the annals of the Turf. The time of this race, thotfo. shorter considerably than that on Tuesday "i, still not remarkable considering the finerr der of tho course. At 3 o’clock”a match ran between Mctnmor 1, ly Rattle r, 5 years old, and a sorrel Mare bv Henry, 4 years old—2 mik-t and repeat, fors3oo. The first heat taken bv Metemora,time,4minutes 4 seconds; thetv.o last by the Mare, beating Metamora with ap parent ease. The attendants at the cottr-c this spring was better than usual; the regal - tions and police of the ground very goo.: and, save that the result was altogether cm . sided, and therefore calculated to discount efforts here satisfaction wus generally fo]‘. IRISH CntCUMEOCCTION. Observing one day an unusual commo's t in the streets-of Derry, 1 inquired of a fv stander the reason ; anil he with a inclillin.' brogue, replied in the following metaphoric . ■manner:— ‘ Ihe r.ison, Sir, why you see th Justice and little Larry Ollone, the carper ter, have been putting up a picture frame, at the end ot the strate yonder, and they going to hang one of Adam’s copies in if.'- ‘What’s that f—Why, poor Murdock O’Dcn nel.’ ‘Oh, thi re’s a man to be hung ?—‘IV they put up a gallon s for any other purpos ’ AN hat is Ins offence?'—-‘No offence, your lie:, our, it was only u liberty he took'.’ ‘Well what was the liberty ! ‘Why you see, Sir poor Murdock was in delicate health, anil la pfnsician advised that he should take cxorcie on horseback ! and so, having no horse of lie own, he borrowed one from Squire Doyle'- paddock ! and no sooner was he on its siion!- dcr>, than the Devil put it into the crcacliu - head to go over to Kellogrecn cattle fair,when lie had a good many acquaintances, and wltci he got there Murdock spied a friend at tlx door of a ghebeen-housc, and left the anima grazing outside, whilst he went in to have a thimbleful of whiskey ; aiul then you sec they got frisky, and had another, and another, till poor Murdock went to sleep on the binch: and when lie woke up lie found the creacber gone, and his pocket stufl’ed full with a bitr lump ol money. In short, said 1, ‘you mean to say lie lias been horse-stealing!’—‘Why. Sir, he replied, stammering and scratching Ins head ‘they call it g 0 in England-’ Bernard’s Retrospectiont -11 psy preacher, in Dumfries, Scot.anc. wai> saying from the pulpit,“what was it, thint V c > guile people, that swallowed Jonah? It nae horse, it was nac cow.”'“l suppose, (saw! an old woman,) it was a whale your rever ence.” I suppose, (replied tie,) you areafo !; you might as well take the brede oot of w) mouth, as the word of Goil.” <*V> Rail Road Stock. —An Agent from A ■ j York, who came in advance of the stage | Saturday, offered to the stock-holders ol ; Saratoga and Schenectady railroad, reside; | in this place, 20 per cent, advance tor all th* i stock owned by them., A purchase of t-' 1 shares only was effected—most of the lioldo preferring not to part with their interest i the concern. If the estimates of income this road when completed are correct, ami have every reason to believe they are not j aggrrated, the stock will ultimately be sm° : : | he best in the state. j P. S.—Yesterday, 22 J percent, was off* r ed by another agent from the south. Saratoga Scntio.cL