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printed and published on Tuesdays ami Fridays, by ml Tar mad tike J. Slade, at Five Hollars per annum payable in advance .
VOL. I.
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OF THE
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Jnd Agricultural and Mercantile Intelligencer.
” rY recent relinquishment of a participation
itl th e editorial labors of an old and well
Established journal, would seem to require but
preliminary remarks, in the proposed under
££, were it not, that they are usually de.nan
f u- miblie expectation, and sanctioned by
<lf , ! v s there is no good reason why this
‘‘time-honored observance” should be disregard
, , the present instance, I shall submit an epit
* e of mv principles, and the course which shall
L observed in conducting anew journal. The
' iect of th" proposed publicaUon being purely
;;: at its title implies, supercedes the necessity
'(• that political commentary winch the doctrines
f the dav have usually demanded; yet, as my
former professions are held with unabated at
* ichmeiit, and there being no neutral ground in
~,p conflicting and varied sentiments, which dai
lv arise as to both men and measures—it follows,
that 1 should not only make an exposition ot my
political tenets, but also, that they should be
ioldly set forth, and fearlessly defended. 1 have
ever indulged an ardent devotion to Kepubhcaii
,, 03 the term was understood by its advocates
!qg_ a sacred regard to the letter and spirit of
the Constitution, and a determined and fixed hos
tility to evt ry thing like constructive or implied
iw’vers—an extension cf equal justice to all par
ies—that all power is inherent in and derived
f,oni the people, as the original source and ulti
mate tribunal—the independence aed distinct so
vereignty of the States, aud rtieir confederacy as
a Union, under a government limited and actual
y defied in its powers. These are the promi
nent artii les of my political faith, and believing
fi their correctness, shall abide by them in every
trial.
Among tlie many topics of deep interest Hint
agitate the people of all classes, is the exercise
„? unwarrantable governmental influence on the
industry and resources of the country, and the
unconstitutional expenditure of the public treas
ure to objects of Internal Improvement —measures'
*OO frequently destitute of general benefit, and of
tentimes marked by a spirit ot partiality, selfish
ness and injustice. It would Ire criminal for one
“seated on the watch-tower,” and in the exercise
of the duties which belong to the Press, to cb
t. rve, with cailous iudiflerenee, the causes which
have produced, and the effects which have re
sulted front the latitudinary construction of the
( ’(institution. The dangerous consequences \\ liich
may ensue, are already indicated by the excited
feelings of the country. lam deeply impressed
! that wrong has been done, and evil tolerated—
yet, with a spirit of forbearance, it would be bet
! ter for the oppressed to bear their evils whilst
they arc tolerable, than “tly to those they know
i not of.”
1 The present is an era in the history of cur gov-
I'liineiit, distinguished for improvement. The
I lover cf his country beholds it on its “return
I march” to its original purity and principles. —
I Aircady has the distinguished head of the gov
j* rumeiit, said — “ The successful operation of the
Iti'dcral system can only be preserved by conlin
h’tg it to the few and simple, but yet important
objects for which it was designed.” This is a.
Ipttranter, that the purpose of the present Exe
r utive of the Union ami his supporters, is an ef
h ut to restore the Constitution to its original
Ilea, thy and unimpaired condition. lam happy
t > accord with the Administration and its friends
h the w ise and well directed course which is
Ip uts aed by them.
1 Ihe time was, when to dissent from the mea
r iros <:1 any of the prominent parties of our State,
■y an attachment to any of the others, or to then
■ ten distinguished organs, implied an hostility
Pad acrimony which frequently had no bounds,
: rendered “II tsdom, Justice, and Moderation
f!' empty and absurd profession. The times and
I’trcttm stances have now become more congenial
I’ !"i lt 7 feelings: the perplexing difficulties
I, o '' liaVu surrounded us—those emanating
fostered at home, have subsided,
I' ‘ die acknowledgment of our righls, and the
accomplishment of nearly all the ends
■ 1 " c have contended for. I can review my
■■ist r, tirre in relation to State affairs, with cheer
|ttr approbation; my future etforts will be inti-
I “i, 6 ' Cf| m |e cted with the past; and it is hoped, [
I’i.auit offence to an adverse party. The writer |
!■'<' tiot heliove in the infallibility of man, nor
I if perfection ns a part} ;it will therefore be
['" rnrl,, avor to support worthy men, iind ap-
I ' ic Ma h orthodox measures as may emanate
V t’.'tiuine patriotism and unadulterated re-
Ic “ nil>m - S! 'ch incasurcß.ss will best answer
It' ! °' :r free government, and of our
I.' ; Vs,: —such men ns wiil “defend the
lj ,I, ‘ People, the Sovereignty of the
t. and fl l( < Cun.t.tutional authority of the
i j on . a ff ; ‘inst all encroachments.”
. mi tic my studious endeavor to render the
‘■■ '"‘jtn Agricultural and Mercantile ve
i, '. 11,1 1 Mha.ll hasten to possess rnv
-1 /'!. , ' ie necessary materials which these
V-e mi ijiMjts furnish, to unfold every ttpccies
■ o l * "iinatim which will bo thought to instruct,
; an, l please. It is believed, that
tnuiual conjunction 0 f interest, between the
Jam a!! d Planter, cannot fail to render ac
\u. 'r' t 0 (>no i whatever may benefit the other.
. ‘a- .s,shall be used to procure the earliest
■I , ’ lKe f"l mercantile information, anil lay
V, and it will be my desire to
L t „, '.' tra ‘ Affairs, tint! garner the clioicest and
“rings fur my Agricultural readers.
Munv t MAIIMADUKE J. SLADE.
-l Unv ’ January 1, IH3I.
last, a Docket Hook, containing
It- r°" I,amar w Go. fur *3OO, duo 25th
V Payable to Seaborn Jones, Adiu’r anil
W wk ’ A,lm ’ x C. Bullock, dec’d.
j 1 ’.1,,. *,** other papers in the book, use*
'■sve V „ ,U? f U,J OIUi °‘ s< - Fhe fmder w ill please
iffit’.r,'l- ,f w ,, k° c ’k with the subscriber, or the
h '‘‘.'con Advertiser, and a reward will
U 1 “ required,
V. J. BULLOCK.
-
5 tlitv c il ( ' a,l, ** , l!ite for tfie She
’,;, t it , A.° 4 Ltob f 'ounty, at tlie ensiiiug elec
,!i c i •’ l '“R®B iitinsell to his friend# that he is
tuff-,. 1 moluments arising from the office
k'tq r, assigned by most eandi
’V -> vtij t uC importunity friends.
j •., VO UNO JOHNSTON.
*i JJ-ttlo i
sajasaa'a'i'a
For Tuly
tpxoit Salt s.
JVill be sold at the Court-house in the toum of Tho
mast on, on the first Tuesday in July next,
I OT of land. No. 28 in the 15th district of ori-
A gmally Monroe now Upson, levied on as the
property ol Joseph B. Arvin, to satisfy sundry fi
las:
Lot of land No. 52,, in the ICth district of for
merly Houston now Upson, also, a negro fellow
by the name of Abb,.taken usthe property ol Hen
ry Kendall and Elizabeth P. Kendall, ex’rs. of
Henry Kendall, dec. to satisfy Eaton Bass.
L. G. DAWSON, D. Sh’lT.
Bi!>l> kI(%
Will be sold at the Court-house in the town of Ma
con, on the first Tuesday in July next ,
WATER lot No. IC, and improvements, oceu
' ' pied by Day & Butts, and negro boy Ed
mund, all levied on as the property of Nathaniel
Cornwell, or las interest in said property, to sa-
a fi fa from Mclntosh Superior Court.
2 negroes, Simon a boy aud Missouri a girl,
sold as the property of Ehud Harris, to satisfy a fi
fa in favor of Francis Bacon.
VCill be sold as above*
TW O negro girls, Missouri about 5 years old
and Loretto about 3 years old, taken as the
property of \\ illiam I*. Harris, one negro girl
named Mary about 16 years old, 202 i acres of
Land No. 141 in the third district originally
Houston now Bibb county—levied on as the prop
erty of Joshua Jordan, to satisfy sundry fieri fa
cias in favor of John S. Hunter bearer vp. said
Harris and Jordan—property pointed out by the
defendants—levy returned tome by Burwell M'-
Lendon constable.
Abner Cherry’s interest in ten acres of Land
and improvements, whereon said Cherry now
lives, known by No. 2—levied on to satisfy one
fieri facias in favor of Kimberly & Chisholm vs.
G. W. Jackson, and Abner Cherry and others —
levy returned to me bv John Smith constable.
11. H. HOWARD, Dip. &Vff. '
Jit the same place, on the fir#t Tuesday in July,
Three negroes, Simon a boy about ten years
old, Missouri a girl about 8 years old ; sold as
the property of William P. Harris to satisfy a
J mortgage fieri facias from the Infeiior Court of
| Bibb County in favor of Kimberly & Chisholm
vs said Harris.
WM. B. CONE, Sheriff.
Houston Salon.
II ill be sold at the Court-House in the town of Perry
on the first Tuesday in July.
! ar ‘ d nno half Lots Pine Land in the tenth dist.
* of Houston county, well improved, whereon
I John Billips now lives, on Moss Creek, adjoin
jmg Tull,Jimerspn and others—all levied cm as
| property of Abner Wimberly and William Ham
j iiton, executors of Richard Smith, dec. to sarisfy
j a fieri facias in favor of Znehhariah Lamar.
Also, will be sold as above,
A -6) acres of Land, more or less,known
; formerly Henry now Butts county —levied on ns
' the property of Hugh Hamil, to satisfy a fieri fa- j
| cias issued from the superior court of said county j
|in favor of Elijah I'adget vs. Hugh Hamil and.
! Simeon Hamil asd Bryant V. Hamil.
! 2054 acres of land, more or less, known by Lot
No. 150 in the third district of formerly Monroe
now Butts county—levied on as the property of
William Bennet to satisfy a fieri facias issued
from a justices court of Newton county in favor of
James Howard vs. L. B. Hargroves ad’inr. 6'c.
of William lie.mi t, deceased—property pointed
cut by plaintiif’s attorney. *
H. W. HARKXBSS, Pep. Sheriff.
iiitttfi Sales.
Will be sold at the Court-house in the town of Jade- !
son, on the first Tuesday in July next,
1 negro girl about oix or seven years old by the
A name of Kisiah, one yoke oxen and a cart, one
cow' and calf, 2heifers about two or three years
old, one steer yearling, two sows and twelve pigs
and seven shoats, one patent clock, one folding
table, four sitting chairs, one silver watch, one
plaiil. box, one mahogany dressing table, one pine
chest—all levied on as the property of Palmer A.
Higgins, to satisfy a fieri facias issued from Butts
Inferior Court in favor of Simpson Bobo vs said
Higgins—property pointed out by plaintiff's attor
ney and defendant.
Lot No 1 in square No. 19, whereon is a dwell
ing house, and Lot No. 4 in square No. 19 In tit*
town of Jackson, each being 205 feet square more
or less; levied on as the property of Daniel M.
Jackson to satisfy sundry fieri facias issued from
Butts superior court, one in favor of Elisha W.
Chester and two in favor of the officers of Butts
Superior court by vs. Daniel M.Jaeksou.
JOSEPH SUMMERLIN, Sheriff.
One hundred acres Pine Land is the fourteenth
district cf Houston county, with a good gristmill
known now as Dykes’ mill; levied on as the
property of Jordan Dykes and Edward Welch,
his security, to satisfy two fieri facias in favor of
Benjamin Kent: levy made and returned to me
by a constable.
One smail part <sf a Lot in the town of Perry,
known in the plan of said town by No. 4 in square
letter D. being 210 feet in length and 30 in bredth
with a store house thereon, fronting Broad street;
levied on as the property of Keeland Tyner, to
satisfy a fieri facias in favor of Isaiah Chapman.
Binart, a negro boy, ten or twelve years old; lev
ied on as the property of James Finley principal,
Solomon Simpson and E. K. Hodges his secu
rities, to satisfy two fieri facias vs. James Finley
—levy made and returned to me by a constable.
One featherbed—levied on as the property ot
John Tyner, tax-collector of Houston county, to
satisfy two fieri facias, onffin Javor of the Justices
of tho Inferior Court for the use of the county ot
HENRY W. RALEA, Sheriff.
I ©'A* Sra'j&3No2?O
mUH subscribers have united themselves in
JL the practice of Medicine. Their simp is next
doorto the Repertory Office.
AMBROSE BABER.
JAMES J- PERSONS.
Macon, May 3, 1831.
pR|Vjn:V(U
f if ccci'if description,
srao&aftr aauwrwjifi.t
< //tr c/f'Arr/i-xi C^/icc
MACON : TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1831.
Potion JSayylny.
The subscriber has now in store,
13 AAA PIECES IIEMP
H Wlfß n. to GI.YG,
Cf good quality, and will have a full supply
during tho season, which wtll be sold on ac
commodating terms.
WM. P. HUNTER.
Macon, June 10. IG-3t
For Sale, or Rent, ~
THE Property recently owned by Col. Joel
Baley, and known as the
iflouafain Spoat Retreat ,
In Butt* County*
This Property is too well known to require de
scription.
J. T. ROWLAND.
April 23 3
Cotton Hayyiny.
rpHE Subscribers are receiving Two. thousand
.1 pieces hemp, flax and tow BAGGING, which
they offer for sale at very low prices on an
extensive credit for approved paper.
june, 17. 18 DAY BUTTS.
mYotice.
rTMIE copartnership heretofore existing between
-*• the subscribers under the firm of
€£• Champlain S' Cos.
was dissolved on the Oth inst. by mutual consent,
G. CHAMPLAIN is fully authorised to settle
the affairs cf the concern.
JOHN T. ROWLAND,
L- ATKISON,
G. CHAMPLAIN.
Macon, June 7, 1831. 15-St
The business will be continued by
G. CHAMPLAIN.
June 7, 1831. 15-8
*Vciv Hook Store*
"Where the S*ostOiKcc was tritely 2t< pt,
M. D. J. SUBE
HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
O ELECTED by himself, in Philadelpha, with
© particular reference to this market. lie will
continue to receive from time to time, the latest
interesting publications of the day in the various
departments of the Arts, the Sciences, and elegant
Literature. The following articles, comprise
a part of which he has now on hand. A more
general assortment is daily expected.
HISTORICAL. Devereux
Life of Marion, Disowned
“ Washington, Dalnly
Marshalls ' do Denounced
Robertsons America, Clowdesly
Modern Europe Breckenbridge Hali
Grimshaw’s England, Record of Womah
Grimshaw’s Rome,’ Rivals.
Gibbon’s do Divinity, Theoixigv &c.
Scot t’s Life of Napoleon Bibles and Testaments ol
Rollins History ! sizes and qualities.
Plutarch’s Lives, Family do. plain, extra
Josephus and superfine
Goldsmith’s Works Bible Questions '
Grimshaw’s U. States. Mora! Instructor
GEOGRAPHICAL. Pilgrim’s Progress
Smileys Geography and Songs of Zion
Atlas, Saints Rest
Morses do fio Rise and Progress
Pocket Maps, Magee on Atonement
POLITICAL. Davies’ Sermons
Says Political Economy Bucks Dictionary
Junius’ Letteif*, Baxters Calls
Fergusons Civil Society Testament History
MEDICAL, &tc. Christian Pattern
Bells Anatomy, Devotion of tho Heart
Manual of general Anat- Confessions of Faith.
omy , SCHOOL BOOKS,
Cooper’s Surgery* English and Clasiieal.
Eberle’s Practice Murray’s Grammar
Cox’s Dispenstory “ Exercises
Ewell’s Medical Com- “ Reader
phnion, New York Revder, No.
Gregory’s Practice 1,2, and 3.
Taverneirs Surgery Carculators,
Pharmacopia Juvenile Books,
Manual of Obstetrics New York Primers
Rush on the Mind, Pikes Arithmetic
Dewe’s Practice Walkers Dictionary
Thomas Practice, Hoopers do
Francis’ Denman Johnson’s do
Poetry, Novels, Mis- Enticks do
cellanies, Cc.. Blairs Rhetoric
Pope’s Works, Jomeson’s Logic,
Scott’s do Day’s Algebra
Moore’s do Crabb’s Synonymes
Burn’s do vlimpson’s Euclid
Hannah Moore’s do Adam’s Latin Grammar
Arabian Nights Virgil Delphini
Galt’s Byron Horace do
Milton’s Works Ovid do
Palev’s Philosophy Sehriveli’s Lexicon,
Lafayette in America PLAIN AN D FAN C Y
Cowper’s Poems Stationary.
Don Quixotte, Foolscap and Letter
Gil Bias paper,
Humphrey Clinker Green Medium Paper
Tom Jones Pen Knives
Peregrine Pickle Silver Pencil Cases
Roderick Random Ink, Pounce, India
Hndibrass Rubber, Slates,
Syntax’s Tour Readymade Pens,
Beauties of Shakspeare Quills —a large assoit
“ “ Waverly ment,
Unique Bank Note Paper—me-
Moral Tale dium size,
Course of Time Ledgers, Journals, and
British Spy Day Books, all sizes,
'Thompsons Seasons Copy Books,
Vicar of Wakefield Crayons
Old Bachelor Pocket Books,
Tavern Anecdotes Patent Lithographic bills
Events in Paris of Exchange
Riley’s Narrative Fancy Snuff’Boxes,
Paul and Virginia A variety of Prints and
Cooper’s Novels Albums, elegantly anti
Heiress of Bruges beautifully executed.
Separation Paper Hangings of vari-
Oconians ©us patterns.
The Baroney Segar Boxes. &*c.
Heir,
' 'm* ASS SC VTBI>.
4 FEW Grasn Scythes, with snaths com
iVpletc. For sale by „
ELLIS, SIII*TMELL, A Cos
May 3, 1631.
-- -—“A poet’s hand and prophet’s fire,
‘‘Struck the wild warblings of his lyre.”
FIRST AND LAST FLOWER.
Flower ! earliest flower of Spring !
Born before thy sisters fling
From their heads the leafy veil,
Hiding blossoms fair and pale—
Dorn before the changeful sky
Looks out with its proud, blue eyev
(*T) is so full of trembling glee)
For a moment steadily—
Daisy floweret 1 how I lova
To watch thee, peeping first above
The emerald blades of springing grass
That brighten as the breezes pass.
Last dear flower 1 yet dearer fir
For the thoughts, thou earth born star
That thou awak’st, than for the bloom,
Scatter’d thus o!er nature’s tomb :
Tiioa art like the faith that first
In the young warm heart is nurst,
Keeping still its hallow’d ground,
Whilst life’s joys are young around,
And blooming out in age, to bring
The promise of another spring.
STANZAS, i
.
Soon as welcome night lct3 full,
All so heavily—all so heavily,
O’er the earth her dusky pall,
All so heavily—all so heavily.
Overjoy’d again we’ll meet,
All so merrily—all so merrily;
With light hearts and flying feet,
And thrilling touch, and whiap’ring sweet,
To trip it merrily—merrily.
Then will music’s r.piightly Strain,
Sounding cheerily—sounding cheerily,
Charm away each lingering pain,
All so merrily —merrily 1
And when every brow is clear,
And e3"es beam witchingly—
Eyes beam witchingly—
Love till have forgot to fear,
And beauty not disdain to hear,
The suit that humbly courts her ear,
Pleading touchingly—touchingly !
STEAL THOU NOT MY FAITH AWAY *
BY CHARLES GILBt'SNE LYONS.
Oh, steal thou not my faith away-,
Nor ’tempt to doubt the trusting mind—
Let all that earth can yield decay,
But leave this heavenly gift behind:
Our life is but a meteor gleam,
Lit up amid surrounding gloom—
A dying lamp, a fitful beam, .
Quench'd in the cold and silent tomb.
Yet if, as holy men have said,
There lies beyond that dreary bourne*
Some region where the faithful dead,
Eternally forget to mourn ;
Welcome the scoff, the sword, the chain
The burning wild, the hlack abyss—
I shrink not from the path of pain,
Which endeth in a world like this.
But oh ! if all that nerves us hero,
When grief assails and sorrow stings,
Exist but in a shadowy sphere
Of Fancy’s weak imaginings ;
If hopes, though cherished long and deep,
Be cold and baseless mockeries ;
Then welcome that eternal sleep,
Which knoweth hot of dreams like these.
Yet hush 1 thou troubled heart! be still;
Renounce thy vain philosophy ;
Like morning on the misty hill
The light of Truth will break on thet?;
Go—-search the prophet’s dearthless page—
Go—-question thou the radiant sky—
And learn from them, mistaken sage !
The glorious words—“ Thou shalt hot die!”
NO ONE IS MISSED.
The world is fair and gay to us,
As now we journey on t
Yet still ‘tis sad to think ‘twill be
The same when we arc gone :
Some few, perchance, may mourn for u.;±e
. But soon the transient glootn,
Like shadows of a summer cloud,
Shall leave the narrow tomb.
For men are like the waves that roll
Along the mighty deep—
That lift their crests awhile and frown
And then are lulled to sleep :
While other billows swelling come.
Amid the foam and spray,
And, as we view their furrowy track.
Sink down and—where are they 1
And ever thus the waves shall roll,
Like those but now gone past —
The offspring of the depths beneath,
The children of the blast,
And ever thus shall men arise,
And be lost like those that be,
And man no more be missed on land,
Than wave upon the see.
A IS li I I/H SS AL
~ ~ GEORGIA WINE.
At the polite invitation of Col. Zachahiaii
Williams, of Columbia county, we attended
the Globe Hotel, last evening, with some fif
teen or twenty of bis friends, of this and oth
er counties of the State, to taste some domes
tic Wine, made by himself. It was of two
kinds—made from the Madeira Grape, and
the Warren Grape—and with it, on the table,
was a bottle of Wine, made from the Burgun
dy Grape, by Mr. Adwh, of Georgetown, I).
C. a gentleman distinguished for many able
essays, laid before the public. On tfie culture
of the Vine—and another,of imported old Ma
deira, furnished by one of the first judges and
importers in the city, and recommended as a
first-rate article. The general opinion of the
company, who were nearly all good judges,
was, that the domestic xvine made by Colonel
Williams,was very far superior to any domes
tic wine they had ever drank—either Mr.
Apli’h’s or Mr. McCall’s of this State,
which several of them had drunk, or any
other——the Madeira particularly, which
was considered, with suitable allowance for
the difference of age, it being of last year’s
vintage, nearly equal, in body, flavor grid co
lor, to the imported, and by several quite so.
Indeed, it was so far superior to any domestic
wine they had tasted, that, all were most, a
greeably surprised and delighted. The War
ren, though by no means equal to the Madei
ra, was considered an excellent sweet w ino, 1
of fine rich body and flavor—and by those who ;
like sweet lines, it would doubtless be a great
favorite.
We cannot too highly commend examples
like these of a patriotic desire to improve the
natural resources and wealth of the State ;
and the present one evinces, in a striking de
gree, the great advantages to be derived from
the cultme of the vine. Many have beendis
con raged, by the belief that a first rate arti
cle could not be produced hero—a belief pro*
ved by Co*!. William’s Madeira to be altogeth
er erroneous. A gtcat moral inducement to
! the culture of tiro Vine, is the fact,that in all
, Wine-making countries, where wine is the
i common drink, the people are uniformly tern
i iterate, as well as generally healthy, and in
! deed, drink* r? rtf Wine alone, are temperate’
every where, and with the knowledge of these
facts, the advocates of Temperance may well
wish success to the culture oftiie Vine, as an
excellent aid to the Temperance Societies.
Augusta Chronicle.
tKSKKV'Aasaauau unHnm
PIE PLANT.
There ore several varieties of Rhubarb
cultivated in Great Britain, for culinary pur
poses. The Raf stalks are used for pies,
tarts, &c. Its Culture for market was com
menced thctc about 1815, and now it is said
that more than tOO acres of land are appro
priated to its culture in the neighborhood of,
the metropolis. Wilmot, the strawberry
gardener, sends it by loads to Covcnt Gurdcn
market. It is coming into general notice
and r.nlturc among us.
This plant is raised with very little troiime,
being a perennial and is one of the earliest
vegetable s afforded by the garden. Half a
dozen plants growing at two feet each way,
wi’l supply a family. It is propagated by
seed or offsets. I have it early in April by a
little extra labor. I place barrels having one
or no head, over a few stools, or plants in
March, and cover and surround them with
recent stable manure* The heat thds gen
erated causes the plant to grow ; and the light
not having access, the stocks become beauti
fully branched, and goon reach the top of the
task. The acid of the Rhubarb is very
similar in flavor to that bf the gooseberry.
New England Farmer,
ASPARAGUS. *
I think that an error prevail in the method
ordinarily adopted in cultivating this deli
cious vegetable. The object is to grow king
branched stock, Which, to be sure, is inviting
to the superficial buyers; but at the table it
is found stringy, tough and bitter. The roots,
must lie deep and the grow th be comparative
ly slow, my roots have but a superficial cover
ing of earth* Their growth is early and
rapid, and as I cut at the surface, the grass is
tender, succulent and well flavoured, and the
whole of it eatable. I cover my beds in win
ter with manure, but rake it off and fork the
ground in the spring.— Albany Nursery.
METHOD OF MAKING FBENCIT BREAD.
The very light, spongy and superior article
called French bread is made in the following
manner:—lf a peck of the very finest quality
of who ate n flour is to be made into French
rolls, a small quantity of it is to be mixed
with as much warm water as will convert it
into dough; in the water a handful of salt
should have been previously dissolved. A
bout a pint of distiller’s yeast, or if this can
not be obtained, ale-brewers’ yeast, which lias
been washed with some cold water to remove
the bitterness, is to be well worked into
dough. This is to be set by in a warm place
to ferment. Meanwhile all the rest of the
flour is to be mixed with as much warm milk
as will form a sponge. Haifa pound of but
ter melted at the lowest possible degree of
beat, is to be poured on, along with six egtrs;
and the whole is to be hastily mixed up to
gether, along with the sponge, provided that
it lias sufficiently fermented, and is sufficient
ly swollen. After tho mixture let the dough
be left in a warm place, and when it has risen
sufficiently, let it be divided, shaped into
rolls, and baked in a moderately heated oven.
The oven sliould, as in all othe r cases, have
been perfectly heated before the bread is [tut
in ; and the heat should be equal throughout
however difficult this may be to effect, with
some ill-constructed ovens.
Dr. Ear drier's Cabinet Cyclopaedia.
A Ijondoner and a Yorkshircman were
travelling in company, and as they passed a
field, a liorsc neighed. “Elio !” exclaimed
the Londoner, “vot kind o'noise his that
are ?”
“ Whov, that a orse neigh.”
“O! an oss neigh,—so hit his.”
They had journeyed but a short distance
further when a cock crew. “ I suppose,
friend,” observed the Londoner, “you call
that ’ere a rock-neigh." And from this tho
Londoners are to this day called “ coeknies.”
llckt and Oobbett— par nobilefratrvm !
—A London paper gives tho following speci
men of“ Hunt’s best blacking.'' It isan ex
tract from the last letter of the manufacturer
to the people of Preston, he is speaking of
Cobbett:—
“ The moment I was elected for Presfon,
the mean, dirty* grovelling knave, again cast
his net, again put forth his slimy and pesti
lential weh of sophistry, in order to get me
once more within the grasp of his blasting
fangs. I resisted all his attempts* public and
private, Whether put forth as ‘feelers’ in his
Register, or whether urged by those who
professed to be mutual friends. My answer
Ito all was the same. ‘I have twice shaken
I the ruffian oid beast from my back, he shall
i never fix fife filthy carcass upon my shoulders
again.”
Colff'ctt, in Ilia Register, thus speaks of
Hunt and his labors in Parliament :
“ But he, a political farthing candle, ma
king a decent twinkle in the present state
of things, sees in the Reform Bill the cham
bermaid coming with hasty strides, extin
guisher in hand, and with her eye fixed on
him l Come, come ! It is in human nature
to recoil at the manifest approach of eternal,
extinguishment. That doom, that awful sen
tence, he has constantly before his eyes and
ringing in his ears.”
POLISH NAMES.
A correspondent of one of the New York
papers communicates the following key to
the pronunciation of Polish words r
“To put an end to the general complaint of
the impossibility, or at least* the difficulty
ofpronouncingsomo Polish names,l will make
the following brief remarks.
“As We have learned from a French paper
the name of the brave Scrzyneeki to be pro
nounced Skrejinetski, I will only add that
this expressed W : .*h English characters,would
be written Sherzhinetski. or Skersbinetski.
the accent resting, as in most Polish polly
syllables, on the penultimate.
. “In a similar manner pronounce the ci t
all Polish names like ts in English (as Flock,
read Plotsk ;) the Polish sz like English sh
(as Kalisz,*read Kalish;) and lastly,the Polish
cz like ch in church (as Lovioz, read Lovich
or 1,6 v itch.)
“ This is all that is chiefly to be notice*!
about pronouncing Polish names.”
A F ISSAfifc FROM TTTE “NOCTItS.”
Shepherd. —What say you to a mule?
North —The Young American in It s
most amusing Volumes, “A Year in Spain,”
has exhausted the subject.
Shepherd. —What’s you wyll, Sir ?
North. —“l hate a mule,” says he, “mo: t
devoutly, for there is something abortive i;
every thing it does, even to its very bray.—
An ass, on the contrary, has something hear
ty and whole-souled about it. A jack be
gins bis bray with a modest whistle, rising
gradually to the top of his powers, like the
progressive eloquence of a well adjusted ora
i lion, and then, as gradually declining to a nat
ural conclusion j but the mule commence s
with a voice like thunder, and then, ns if sor.
ry for what he has done, lie stop3 like a bull/
when throttled in the midst of a threat, or a
clown who has began a fine speech and has
not the courage to finish it.”
Shepherd —llaw ! haw! That’s capital, man.
Blackwood.
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Another melancholy case cf TTyoto
rrioniA. —Four weeks ago, a gcntleraai
whilst hunting, in the Black Swamp, had hfe
coat torn by a dog. He was not ah*rmed
then, went home and changed his garments.
Tho coat was eandessly cast into the be
room on a heap of foul linen, and nothii
more thought of, but about fifteen minutes a
ter, there was a tremendous uproar—the eo
was lilting and tearing all the dirty srx>*:b
shirts and stocking, within i's reach.
IYO. 19.