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AV<H7BTA WASBXITftTOirXAV. . ®lesi 3D^tvtr: ®rliW to jpswEawisim® StoMmjgft. Vol. II No. 22.] tmmmmmmmmmm £lic ©Bashfngtoniaa WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERX SATURDAY ■’ MORNING, by JAMES McUAFEERTV, At the low price of one Dallas per annum, for | a single subscriber, f;ve dollars for a club of 5 six, or ten dollars for a club of twelve sub- X scribers— payment, in advance. ill Communications, by mail, addressed to the publisher, must he post paid to receive atten tion. By the rules of the Posit-Office Depart-: irient. Postmasters may frank subscription money for Newspapers. j Ldvertisements will be inserted at the follow in'' reduced rates: —For one square, not ex ceeding twelve lines. 50 cents tor the first insertion, and twenty-five cents for each con tinuance, if published weekly ; it semi-monthly 37 i; and if monthly 43} cents, 'breach con tinuance. 'early advertisers 10 per ct. discount. I A©S36UiL.TI!J®2. Culture of Ruta Baga. We were furnished last winter, with he following statement relative to the ultivation of a crop of rutabagas on the arm of Geo. J. Pumpeluy, Esq near )wcgo, in the year 1842. The paper vas mislaid, or it would have received an jarlier insertion. The product was a arge one—equal to about 1,375 bushels ■icr acre—and creditable to Mr. Mcln iosh. who had charge of the farm : [ “Land—79-100thsof an acre—sandy loam. Year previous in potatoes — no mnauure. Now thoroughly plowed, har p-owed, and ridged, at 2£ feet. Manure Swell rotted, and placed in the furrow, up on which the ridge was turned—say ‘2O loads. Seeds sown thick —twice the usu al quantity,—on 15th to 20th May. 3* days puuWip; in tlte crop, with home, team, and two men. First hoeing, 3 days, and 2 men. Second “ 2£ “ 2 Harvesting delayed bv an earlv and hard frost. Turnips topped and clipped, aittd carried in cart to cellar—none bu ried. There weve 58 cartloads, weighingup kou an average as tested by actual weight, 1,100 pounds; making at 00 pounds to the bushel, 1,033 bushels.” Wateiy Potatoes. Watery Potatoes or those in which carbon does not abound are always defi cient in nutritive qualities, which depend on the presence of carbon. The latter cannot exist in just proportion independ ently of proper light and heat. Hence jotatoes grown in an orchard are never 'ood; the light and oxygen which should act upon them, arc intercepted by the eaves of the various fruit trees ; the de eterious portion of the carbon, which the ight and oxygen would have carried off, nixes with the watery particles of the vegetable, and it becomes not only deli dent in nutriment, but absolutely un wholesome. Soap for Killing Hirers i.i Trees. S. S. Green. Esq., of East Cambridge, tas made an experiment with this article. Je has in his garden a fine white ash ree, which was full of these worms, so srtal to our fruit and ormamental trees. He covered every place on the tree which ippeared to be wounded by them, withj tomtnon hard soap, nicely rubbed into he places where the borer seemed to■ tave entered. During the rains of this, veek, the soap dissolved and penetrated: o the worms, and forcing thefti out by] cores, caused their death. We think | this the best remedy yet discovered for: estroying these nuisances to gardens nd orchards. —Olive Branch. Circling, Experience and reflection have con inced us ino-t to circle our lands to a per- • 3ct lev©* is not the most 'ay of preventing washing. It may do I >r light rains, but when such torrents!l our down as we sometimes have, the I ircling on this plan is rather an injury Jan an improvement—every row gets ill of standing water—some part of the ed will be a little lower than the balance -the water will begin to run over at that j art of the bed immediately below; it i oon wears through that, and thus makes I wide torrent, carrying away whole f cres of the loose soil, or working out a s uliy not easily again filled up. A bet- t AUGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1843. Iter plan, we are now convinced, is that) followed in Virginia and other States, of! grading the rows, not to a perfect level,l but to such a slope as will pass off the wa-l ter in a current sufficient to enable each row to carry off its water without over flowing, yet not so rapid as to wash. At j the ends of the rows the water may be either passed through the fence, out of the field from each row separately, orcol ilected in a ditch, and passed off together. Southern Agriculturist. Kidney Worms in Hogs. We sometimes have a hog or hogs to become weak in the loins, and finally drop their hind parts without being able to raise [them again, which, when they move are! dragged along. This, in ninety-nine ca ’ ses out of one hundred, is produced by what is called kidney worms. To pre vent this, or to effect a cure after a hog has (as we say) broke down, requires no jthing but a free use of copperas dissolved) in water, and mixed with meal .so as to form a dough. It will require some six! or eight doses to cure a hog after he has got down. All farmers should givelhis preparation to their hogs in the spring of the year; in fact it is good for them oc = casionally through the year. I had a hog down last year, dragging itself for ' several days before I gave him copperas, [which, after I commenced, soon effected ? la cure, and he was on his feet again. r [Copperas will destroy the large worms r | frequently found in the bowels of a hog, 1 as well as those that are in the kidneys 1 One ounce or less is enough for a hog at s a time, and given once a day is enough -in any case. Sulphur is also good for hogs, and enough of it will mirke them ’ shed lice if they have any, and may be o given without any risk of danger, or at - least if there is danger in giving it I have 8 never found it out. [) Debt the Farmer’s Master. Messrs. Gaylord df Tucker —l have , been favorably situated the last 15 years, i. to see and know much of the ways and doings of the farmers and planters arounc me, and am well convinced they are a class that flatter themselves much, du 1 students in the study and practice of eco , nomy, fast and liberal buyers on credit, . but slow payers. There arc honorable exceptions to this rule, whose cash or . punctuality, makes the trader his obse , qttious and humble servant.) The farmer :> sows his seed, plans, pitches his crop, makes his calculation in his favorite rule, multiplication, (not having cyphered as far as subtraction ;) being all fixed off, 1 he goes to the merchant, calls for and - buys upon the hopes of his ungerminat- I ed seed, to be paid for at harvesting; the r price he frequently objects to, hut it rare •ly prevents his purchasing. The trader : thinking in the meanwhilp, of insects, ' flies, worms, two and four footed var- I mints, mildew, rust and bad weather ; his “ figures too, work in subtraction, adds an • other enernv in the shape of a long pro ' (it, to the number. • If we examine the business of unlim : ited credit and large per centage, how of ten or invariably do we find the ruinous effects to both, but more extensively to the farmer; and then for “foreclosing.” What a sad tale to be told of a class that should be the most happy, most independ ent of all others; and yet how is it with us now ? no betler than in years gone by; 1 in 50 may pay as they purchase : 1 in {IOO hardly punctual to the day, or 1 in 500 holding nothing but their own, and paying down as they receive. Farmers [generally toil and labor more incessantly jthan other people, if not as hard as ne groes and colliers, yet more diligently, with often no success at all. lou may rely on it, farmers, and see to it, that this buying on time is not to I your interest, should you not have to pay interest. Did you ever see how the cash exhibited by a buyer, controls the seller, and how cheap he works, comes down in | his price, and so very polite withal. Then . be convinced it is for the good of both to • [exchange cash for goods, and save the < [expense of paying the merchant fora day book and ledger, and being your book [keeper; he will not foot up your account , [ for nothing, but ask and demand his price, t D. G. Weems. Tracey's Landing , Md., 1843. , Ashes.—Ashes, leached or otherwise, a are of great value as a fertilizer, especially when used on soils that are sandy or light, o Unleached, the potash contained goes to n form silicate of potash, and gives the ti supply of silex necessary for the stems of a the grasses or corn. o j MOB©EL!LAIMII©(y)i o Washington Monument. A description of the great. National Mo nument, in memory of George Wash- , ington , to be erected in the City of | New York, by the voluntary contribu tions of the People of these United States, of one dollar and upwards. The First Section of the Struc ture. —The plan of the Monument is ithat of a Petagon, 68 feet in diameter, [forming a rotunda of the interior forty [feet in diameter, and forty feet high, to be finished in the Gothic style of archi tecture, with projecting buttresses, at each angle, of 25 by 34 feet, and 43 feet high, also two octagon turrets at the an gles of the buttresses 6 feet 6 inches in [diameter, and 68 feet high from the walk to the top of the crockets, and 117 feel at the extreme angles of the base, t In each buttress there will be a room | 22 by 19 feet, well lighted by three point ed Gothic windows of sby IS feet; and s fitted up by a free Library, which will 'contain 400,000 volumes. Besides, it will contain the History and Memorials ■ of the Revolution ; with a Gallery, com i municating with each room, for Busts ’ and Historical Paintings. , Each room and section is approached I from the first Rotunda by five entrances • of 9 by 16 feet, and 5 spiral stone stair peases, of easy ascent, to the Libraries. , lOver each entrance will be a marble ta blet, 8 by 8 feet, commemorating the his tory and progress of the Monument, i On the freize of the first section will he i- placed 98 Gothic white marble tablets, i on which to record the nnmes of the Sign ‘ ers of the Declaration of Independence; t also, the names of the Members of the : Convention who framed the Constitution of the United States. There will boa terrace of 7 feet wide on the top of this section. The Second Section, which is 56 feet j at the angles of the base and 100 feet high, is surmounted with a rich Gothic cornice and balustrade, also, angular pro jecting buttresses of 24 by 18 feet, with two external and internal ornamental tur ‘ rets 6 feet in diameter, and 126 feet high, ’ and surmounted with rich Gothic cano -3 pies. The buttresses are to contain 45 r richly finished niches for marble statuary. ■ The interior of this section will be the r grand Monumental Rotunda, 40 feet in ’ diameter, and 100 feet high, finished in > the most splendid style of Gothic archi ; tecture, and lit by five pointed Gothic windows, and five circular windows, all glazed, with thick ground and stained ■ glass. In this Rotunda is intended to be placed Washington’s Statue, holding the Decla ration of Independence, and surrounded 1 by Lafayette and other foreign allies. In ■ the thirteen niches are to be placed sta -1 tucsof the thirteen Major Generals ap pointed by Congress, at Philadelphia, when Washington was elected to the com rnand of the armies ; all to be finished in the full military costume of their day. The thirteen columns are intended to represent the thirteen confederated States, supporting a richly ornamented Gothic, canopied ceiling, with an eagle suspend ed from the centre Each column is to support the States’ Flag. There will be two galleries of light ornamental iron work above the canopy, where can be seen the Statuary and Historical Paint- . ings, illustrating the events of the Revo- 1 lution. The Third Section is a plain Pentagon tower, 48 feet at the angles of the base, and 87 feet high, surmounted with a rich figured cornice and balustrade, with plain angular buttresses, projecting 14 by 9 feet, and 112 feet high. The inferior forms a third rotunda of 38 feet diameter, and 86 feet high, well lighted by five pointed Gothic windows 13 feet wide and 43 feet high. This ro tunda is intended to be divided into ten separate galleries, for the use and encour agemenl of young men of genius, in the study of the Fine Arts; in executing Historical Paintings to embellish the Great Saloon; and in modeling statutes of the Heroes of the Revolution, to adorn the interior and exterior niches. The whole will be surmounted by a galvanized cast iron Pentagon pinnacle, 36 feet at the extreme angles of the 'base, and 194 feet high. The pinnacle will be cast in the form of window mullions, and filled with metal sashes glazed with glass Inside is to be a wrought iron spiral stair case, to ascend 146 feet to a platform and a look aut. A platform will be erected inside of the | pinnacle, 25 feet above the base, where instruments may be placed for an Astron omical Observatory, which will be 279 feet from the base of the monument. — The upper look out will be 400 feet from the base, making the whole height, from the walk to the top of the crocket of the pinnacle, 425 feet. Extraordinary Somnambulism. On Thursday the 3d inst., two young lads, who are now servants to Messrs. Walker and Son, Muncraig, Burgue, near Kirkcudbright, were singling turnips in a field near the seashore, and, when they had finished their day’s work, went to the brow of the haugh or heugh. On looking over, at a considerable distance, probably 30 yards, they perceived a gull’s nesl with young ones, apparently ready to take wings. The lads looked for some time, and one of them named Peter Hitch i et, made an attempt to reach the nest; ■as he said he wished for a pet. He, how- I ever failed in the attempt, but on his way 1 home, expressed a wish to have a young I gull. Some time afterwards he retired 3 to rest, but having been baffled in trying • to catch a pet, disappointment preyed on s his imagination, and in his bewilderment he got up in his sleep, (unknown to his 1 bed-fellow) went away, without having 3 dressed, to the hough, which is at least r half a mile distant, descended a fearful . precipitous precipice, scrambled up a dan. - gerous height of rocks, reached the nest, - captured one of the young ones, retraced his perilous steps, landed in safety, pro - ceeded home to the barn, and deposited , his prize in a barrel which was used to hold corn for the horses, put a riddle on ; the top, and returned to bed unperceived by his companion. On getting up he i complained that his limbs were sore, one l of his knees was grazed, his fingers s scratched and bloody, and he could not imagine why his feet and legs were cov t ered with mud. He then said he dreamt t that he caught the bird he was in search : otonthe previous evening ; and going to - the barn they found it safe and unhurt, ex i actly as above stated. The lad is of res - pectable parents, and his masters are , perfectly satisfied that lie captured the - bird in the way that has just been de » scribed. No person in the neighborhood . remembers so extraordinary and perilous i an adventure; and, however incredible, i there is no doubt of its truth. A year or i two ago the lad, while in a state of som ■ nambulism, fell from a granary, and was : seriously- hurt.— Dumfries Courier. 1 I A Curiosity. Capt.-Joseph G. Jenkins exhibited to I us last week, one of the few copper coins • struck by the United States Mint during i the Presidency of Washington. On one side is the Portrait of Washington sur rounded by the words and figures— “ Washington, President, 1791.” Onthe reverse, the American Eagle, eight stars, and the words “one cent.” An anecdote is connected with the emission of this coin, which portrays in living colors the high disinterestedness of Washington, and the pain he always experienced when his name was placed conspicuously be fore the public. When a specimen of the coinage was brought to him and he perceived his own features stamped upon it, he immediately ordered the mill to he destroyed, and the few pieces already struck to be suppressed from circulation. The face of liberty was substituted, which is still the device on all American Coins. Hudson Columbian. A Good Daughter. i A good daughter! there are other min ) isters of love more conspicuous, but none in which a gentler, lovelier spirit dwells. ’ and none to which the heart’s warm rc -1 quitals more joyfully respond. There is s no such thing as comparative estimate ■ of a parent’s love for one to another child, i There is little which he need to covet, ■ to whom the treasure of a good child has 1 been given. But a son’s occupations and pleasure carry him abroad, and he resides more among temptations, which hardly permit the affection that is following him, perhaps over half the globe, to be wholly unmingled with anxiety, until the time i when he comes to relinquish the shelter of his father’s roof for one of his own; while a good daughter is the steady light < of her parent’s house. Her idea is in dissolubly connected with that of his hap py fireside. She in his morning sunlight and his evening star. The grace and vi vacity and tenderness of her sex have l their place in the mighty sway which she holds over his spirit. The lessons of re- [One Dollar a Year. ' corded wisdom which he reads with her ‘ eyes, comes to his mind with new charm as blended with the beloved melody ofher 1 voice. He scarcely knows weariness which her song does not make him for get, or gloom which is proof against the young brightness of her smile. She is the pride and ornament ot his hospitality, and the gentle nurse of his sickness, and the constant agent of those numberless acts.ofkindness, which one chiefly cares to have rendered because they are un pretending, but expressive proofs of love. And then what a—cheerful sharer she is, and what an able lightener ofher moth er’s cares! What an ever present de light and triumph to a mother’s affec tions! Oh how little do those daughters know of the power which God has com mitted to them, and the happiness God ’ would have them enjoy, who do not “ every time that a parent’s eyes rest upon ' them, bring rapture to a parents heart! ’lAtrue love will almost certainly always ' greet their approaching footsteps. That they will hardly alienate. But their am ~ bition should be, not to have it a love merely, which feelings implanted by nu rture excite, but one made intense and 1 overflowing, by approbation of worthy 1 conduct; and she is strangely blind to s her own happiness, as well as undutiful, 1 j in whom the perpetual appeals of parental * disinterestedness do not call forth the prompt and full echo of filial devotion. The Peaches. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN'. d A farmer brought five peaches from o the city, the finest that were to be found, n But this was the first time that the chibl d ren had seen any fruit of the kind. So e they admired and greatly rejoiced over e the beautiful peaches with red cheeks and s soft pidps. The father gave one to each t of his four sons, and the fifth to their . mother. t In the evening, as the children were i about to retire to sleep their father in o quired, “Well, boys, how did the peaches . taste?” “Excellent, dear father,” said . the eldest. “It is a beautiful fruit, so e juicy and so pleasant. I have carefully e preserved the stone, and will cultivate a . tree for myself.” j “ Well done !” said the father. “ This s is husbandry to provide for the future, , and is becoming to a farmer!” r “I ate mine,’.’ exclaimed the youngest, . “ and threw away the stone, and mother s gave me half of hers. O, that tasted so sweet and melted in my mouth.” • “ You,” said the father, “have not ac ted very prudently, but in a natural and 3 childlike manner. There is still time s enough in your life to practice wisdom.’ t Then the second began, “ I picked up l the stone which my little brother threw . away, and cracked it open; it contained . a kernel that tasted as good as a nut. — 3 And my peach I sold, and got for it money enough to buy twelve when I go to the 1 city.” 5 The farmer patted him on the head, 3 saying, “ That was indeed prudent, but ) it was not natural for a child. May , heaven preserve you from being a mer-' . chant.” ( “And you Edmund?” inquired the . father. , Frankly and ingenuously Edmund re -2 plied, “I carried my peach to George, f the son of our neighbor, who is sick with the fever. He refused to take it; but I j laid it on the bed and came away. . “Now,” said the father, “who has made the best use of his peach ?” All exclaimed, “Brother Edmund.— But Edmund was silent; and his mother . embraced him, with a tear standing in ■ lercye. — Watchman. Conclusive Argument* Soon after the Copernican System of Astronomy began to be generally under stood, an old Connecticut farmer went to his parson with the following inquiry : “ Doctor T. do you believe in this new istory they tell of the arths moving around the sun ?” “Yes Certainly.” “ Do you think it is according to scrip tur! If it’s true how could Joshua have commanded the sun to stand still ?” “Umph ?” quothe the doctor, not a whit puzzled. “Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, did he ?” “Yes.” “ Well, it stood still, did it not ?” “Yes.” “ Very well. Now, did you ever hear that he set it a going again ?” Where is true happiness but at home t