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From the New Genesee Farmer.
Comfrey.
Prickly Comfrey. — [Symphytum
officinale]. If all is true that has oflate
been published respecting this plant, it
promises to become a very important ac
quisition to our agricultural products, !
not only as food for cattle, but for man-. ‘
It was first noticed as an agricultural
plant in London’s gardiner’s Magazine,
in 1830, by D. Grant, Lewisham ; where
it was tried by a number of cultivators.
Cattle of every kind are said to be fond
of it; and Mr. Grant thinks an acre
might be made to produce thirty tons of
green fodder in one year. The plant is
of easy propagation by seeds or roots ;
it is also of great durability, and if once
established, would probably continue to
produce crops for many years; and in
that point of view, it would seem to be a j
valuable plant for the co'tager who keeps j
a cow. In the spring of last year, there I
appeared in the Kueene Sentinel a letter
from the Rev. E. Rich, of Troy, New
Hampshire, recommending the cultiva
tion of comfrey for its foliage as fodder
for stock. He obrerves, “it will proba
bly yet prove one of the best and cheap
est articles cf healthful diet now known;
not outdone by the potato or Indian
corn !” lie then details some experi
ments in the preparation and use of the;
roots as scad, by drying end grinding, j
then boihrg as porridge, &c.: and says
he found it very beneficial for colds and
other diseases of the lungs and bowels.
He advises mixing a third of comfrey
meal with wheat or Indian, for porridge,
puddings, girdle cakes, &c. Should the
taste, be in any degree unpleasant, as is
often the case ith r.avv things, any agre
able condiments can be added. The!
letter further s.utes, that the roots are to '
be dug once l.j two years, and that they
wiil yield at the rate of more than
two thousand bushels per acre; (!) and
the two cuttings cf the tops in one sea
son, give at the rate of six tons of hay
per acre.
In an article on this subject in the
Portsmouth Journal, last November, the
editor, after alluding to the letter of Mr. j
Rich, states that Mr. A. Robinson, of
that town planted a bed of comfrey in Ills
garden, last spring, half a rod square, the
plants set in rows fifteen inches distant.
They scarcely started till July, and the
season was very dry; but on cutting the
plant in September, the product, when
dried, was 22g pounds. He has no doubt
but that next season when the roots be
come well set, the bed will yield, at least,
two cuttings of twenty-five pounds each, j
or at the rate of about 8 tons per acre. j
Mr. Robinson says his stock of all des-1
criptions eat it freely ; and he thinks this
plant will prove a valuable acquisition to
our agriculture.
Comfrey is called a native of Siberia,
but it may be regarded as indigenous to I
this country. It belongs to the order
Baraglrue, which consists of plants not
remarkable for useful or nutricious quali
ties.
The plants can be found in almost
every neighborhood, and it will he an
easy matter to try experimentss with it.
Saving Seeds.
“Like produces like,” is a general
law- of nature; the same both in the
vegetable and animal kingdom. If a
cultivator, then, desires to have any pro
duction earlier than usual, let him pro
cure the first seeds that ripen on a well
grown and productive plant, and so pro
ceed year after year, and he will obtain
this desideratum.
Every variety of vegetable may be
rendered more productive, by selecting
every year the seed of the most produc- <
tive and well-formed plants. For in
stance, peas that grow in long, full pods, ;
on vines that bear abundantly; and if
you would have them earlier, take those ;
which ripen first; choose beans the same <
way; select the finest heads of grain for 1
seed before reaping; select seed corn ’
from stalks that bear two or more good i
ears, and take the largest and best formed . ■
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ears. Choose from stalks that are large
at the bottom and run off to a small top,
not very high. For early onions, select
seeds that ripen first, and have good form; I
turnips the same, and so on, following
the same rule throughout. There is no
w.ork, attended with so little care, which
is'so much neglected by the farmer as
this.— Plow Boy.
Mammoth Vegetables. —There is now
exhibiting in New York five sorts of Veg
etables, each of which is a monster of its
kind. One is a l’umpkin weighing 1472
lbs.; a Squash 150£ lbs.; two Water
melons of 27i and 39A lbs.; two Egg
Plants of 6A a 6J lbs. each, and several
I bunches of Corn, the largest ever exhibi
ted. The pumpkin was raised at New
Haven, where it has an invitation to par
| ticipate in a Thanksgiving dinner.
Movements of the Jew s.
There is at this time a singular and
exciting movement among the Jews of
Europe in relation to their resloration.
Great divisions have taken place in
Frankford and other cities, among con
gregations, on the subject of reforms, re
pudiating great portions of the luws of
the Rabbinists and Talmudists, and con
i forming in a measure to the spirit of the
I times and the march of improvement; at
i the same time, the severe oppressions of
Russia towards this ancient people, carri
ed out through the influence of that pow
er in several of the German principalities,
seem to precede some important advent,
which at this moment keeps them in
great excitement. Those who have
means, and instigated by pious zeal, be
lieve the jieriod at hand when they are to
return to Zion, are wending their way
down the Danube, and Dnester, towards j
| Jerusalem, and the arrivals at the Holy
City are so numerous that accommoda
lions are difficult to be obtained, and a
large caravensera, we understand, is in
progress of erection, to accommodate
several hundred. Many are residing at
Beyroot, Jaffa, Ilybren, and the surround
ing villages; the Jewish population of
Jerusalem, not exceeding 6000, it is sup
j posed has increased to 40,000, at the
| present time. The persecutions of Rus
sia have induced the Divan to extend
every protection and facility to the Jews,
who number 100,000 at Constantinople,
and the Sultan, by this stroke of policy,
has drawn round him many of the power
ful baukers of that nation. A sanhedrin
of the learned men of the nation, it is
said, will be field at Lerusatem, to dis
' cuss all the proposed forms in the religion
which do not reach any of the cardinal
principles, but the mere ceremonials of
chat faith. The Jews have another great
friend in Ibraham Pacha, the new Vice
roy of Egypt, who was their great pro
tector while in command of Syria. Great
results in the fulfilment of the prophecies,
are shadowed forth in these movements,
in the mean time the European Jews are
becoming hard students, and striking out
i boldly in the paths of science, cultivating
! literature and the arts, and preparing '
j themselves in many respects to acquire a
claim on the good feelings and protecting j
influence of the Christian powers. The ‘
Jewish periodical press is constantly re- •
ceiving additions to its number, among
; which we notice “The Chronica Israelia,” ,
lat Gibraltar, “The first, fruits of the
West,” at Jamaica, “The Sydney Voice
of Jacob,” at Australia, and upwards of j
twenty periodicals devoted to the litera
ture and religion of the Jews. They are
also cultivating the arts to a considerable (
extent. In the “ Exposition de L’lndus
trie,” at Paris, we find a long list of
Jewish»artizans, introducing several suc
cessful productions, for which they have t
received medals. Among them we no- ]
tice annimometers,hydometers and horo- i
ligical tools, locks, cil cloths, bronzed i
quill pens, fine cloths, carpets and hang- j
ings, fire arms, morocco leathers, cash- t
meres,goldsmith’swork,seraphines, print- (
ing ink, sealing wax, &e. &c. 1
At Frankford, accepting bills of ex- r
change on the Sabbath, was always dis*- s
i pensed with, but the Senate have under c
consideration a new code of regulations, a
very oppressive, one of which is to com- 1
pel them to accept bills on that day. The t
Rotlichilds are moving strongly against i
all these severe enactments, and have p
come forward boldly and liberally in be- u
half of their brethren. The Baroness J. ti
De Rothchild, at Paris, has introduced
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the subject of the Russian ukase in her /
salons, and a lively interest was manifest- ti
AUGUSTA, GA. OCTOBER 26, 1844.
ed bv Mons. Guizot and the British Min
ister, who were guests, and assurances
were given of an early interference in
■ favor of the repeal. It is a singular fact,
and may be deemed a sign of the times,
that Spain, a Catholic country, has actu
ally declared war against Morocco for
putting to death the Spanish consul, M.
Darmep, who ivas a Jew, and claimed to
be a subject of Morocco. The Spanish
Government have appropriated f>o,ooo
francs to establish two schools for Jewish
children, and it has been determined at
Frankford to admit all the Christian ser
vants of Jewish families into the hospi
tals, and as regular recipients of Jewish
charities; and Mr. 'Prelaway, M. P., has
given notice of a motion in the House of
Commons for the removal of Jewish disa
bilities. Not among the least interesting
of all these signs, is the attempt to revive
the agricultural pursuits of the Jews in
Palestine, and several important reports
have been made on the fertility of the
soil at Acre, Zafed, and the villages sur
rounding Jerusalem, and a supply of oxen
and agricultural tools have been obtain
ed.
In all this we see a better and more
happy deStiny reserved for the Jewish
people, through a proper estimate of tho
principles and duties of Christianity. In
this country they arc greatly on the in
crease, and it is supposed that the Bre
men, Hamburgh and English vessels will
bring out twenty thousand emigrants du
ring the current year. On the subject of
the restoration of the Jews, we are to
have a stirring speech from M. M. Noah,
next month, at the N. York Tabernacle.
No one has studied the subject with great
er attention than he has done, and we
look for an interesting discourse from
him. He is strongly of opinion that the
movement is to be made from this the j
only country in which the Jews have all j
their rights, and relies much on the 18th j
of Isaiah, in reference to the U. States, in
connection with the restoration.
Thclri la the Ciimuter of Deputies. !
Go into the Chamber some day, when
there is a grand Parliamentary tourna
ment, direct your eyes towards the nar
row cage, bordered with marble, which
serves as a tribune for harranguing depu
ties, and behold in it a little man, whose
head alone is visible, so diminutive is his
height. That head is adorned with a
passably ugly face, somewhat monkeyish,
in sooth, but quick, vivacious, express
ive, original, which seems to he hanging
from an enormous pair of spectacles.—
Whilst our honorables are employed in
hushing their school boy buzz, examine
the capricious contour of those, thin,
sneering lips, on which is ever playing
the most minute, sarcastic inquisitorial
of smiles. At length silence is re-estab
lished ; the orator is about to speak, lis
ten, or if your organization is at all deli
cate and musical, begin by stopping your
eyes, and open them by degrees, for the
voice you are going to hear is one of
those shrill, screetching, piercing organs
which would make Rubini shiver, and
give Laplache a fit. It is somewhat e
quivocal, anomalous, amphibious, neither
masculine, nor feminine, but rather ap
pertaining to the neuter genger; and
strongly flavored moreover, with a pro
vincial accent. And yet, this little man
is M. Theirs, and one of the most power
ful orators of the chamber. Those shrill
lungs emit sounds almost always listened
to w ith favor, and often applauded with
phrenzied enthusiasm ; from that nasal
throat issues a flow of words transparent
as crystal, rapid thought, substantial and
compact as meditation itself. —Journal
des Dcbats.
I
Great Literary Meeting at Milan.
The sixth meeting of the Italian Lit
erati was to take place at Milan on the
12th of September. The city took upon
itself the expense and necessary provis
ions to be made for giving a reception to
persons attending this gathering, equal
to any which has been offered in other
cities. One hundred thousand livres had
been appropriated to the purpose of
making experiments in natural science,
and an attempt was to be made to de
compose azotes, some experiments with
an electrical telegraph, and others equal
ly new and interesting. Domestic afflic
tion prevented tho President from open
ing his house with the magnificent hos
pitality which the Borromean family
usually display; but the different socie
ties were to open their halls for conver
sation and for balls and for concerts.
All the places of public amusement were
to be thrown open on the occasion.
■
Tile place of the Nativity,
j Perhaps, says Wilson in his work upon
j Judea, there is not one spot on the face of
the globe that is more deeply interesting
to Christians than the village of Bethle
hem. It extends east and west, standing
on a hill six miles from the city of Jeru
salem, and in which the most remarkable
event had occurred, according to those
minute descriptions given in the Record
ot Inspiration; but, above all none more
striking than it being the place giving
birth to the infant Jesus, who was the
Prophet of the Highest, and came forth
to give light to those w ho sit in darkness.
There is one large monastery of Francis
can monks on a commanding height,
looking dow n on a charming valley which
calls to mind that ever memorable mo
ment when shepherds, who were there
watching their flocks, heard the heavenly
choir, and saw the star with unbounded
joy, which had led the Magi, wise men of
the East, to the place of the Nativity.—
In the magnificent church within this
monastery is a chapel undr ground, finely
ornamented, where fifty massive lamps of
silver are suspended, and kept constantly
burning. Here is pointed out, in the
form of a star in marble, the place where
He came forth, who was declared to be
Wonderful, the Mighty Counsellor, the
Everlasting Father, and Prince ofPeace.
The Nizam's Female Soldiers.
The princes and nobility of the East
arc noted for keeping large seraglious,
and his highness (the Nizam,) to keep
pace with them, has a considerable one
attached to his household, for the protec
i tion of which a corps of their own sex
j was raised many years ago, armed and
| accountered like other regiments of the
I line, but not in such a superior style,
j Their commissioned and non-comrnis
| sioned officers are also women, and are
j much more expert in the performance of
their respective duties than one would
imagine. It has been said by seme, who
have been so fortunate as to have got a
glimpse of this gallant corps whilst at ex
ercise, that they have gone through their
field movements in a manner highly
amusing; and if one was to judge from
their appearance c:i duty around the
seraglio and other places, it certainly
must be a sight, above all others at
Ilyderak d, worth seeing. The sentries
may at all times be observed very alert
on their po.» f s, excepting in the casa of
thoso who may have an infant to take
care of, when, perhaps, one hand may be
employed in holding a musket, whilst the
other is engaged in nursing. Women in
this condition must find it very difficult
to conduct their duties to the satisfaction
of their superiors. The husbands of these
Amazons have nothing whatever to say
to the regiment, and follow their own oc
cupations, either under government, or
upon their own responsibility.— Capt.
Wilson's Private Jour.
Bodily Exercise In Early Life.
To fetter the active motions of child
ren, as soon as they have acquired the
use of their limbs, is a barbarous oppo
sition to nature; and to do so under a
pretence of improving tjieir minds and
manners, is an insult to common sense.
It may, indeed be the way to train up
enervated puppets, or short-lived prodi
gies of learning; but never to form
healthy, well-informed and accomplished
men or women. Every feeling individual
must behold, with much heart-folt con
cern, poor little puny creatures, of eight,
ten or twelve years of age, exhibited by ,
their silly parents as proficients in learn
ing, or as distinguished for their early j
proficiency in languages, elocution, mu- (
sic, drawing, or even some frivolous ac- .
quirement. The strength of the mind j
as well as of the body is exhausted, and ,
the natural growth of both is checked by j
such untimely exertions.
How to die au Easy Death. ,
A great many essays have been written j
on the easiest mode of bringing to an j
end this animal life of ours. One is in
favor of hanging, another of drowning, *
and a third thinks a bullet through the <
heart will produce the least suffering. ]
j But we have an easier road to death than j
i either. Although the object may not be a
so soon accomplished, still it is as effec- a
tual; for thousands have tried it. We Jj
will give you the receipt. Take several t
strong cords, fasten them round the waist a
as tight as you can bear it, and let them 0
remain a day or two. Gradually tighten
the cords; persevere, until 3 r our body has
the appearance of an hour-glass. Your ji
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TOTAL ABSTINENCE PLEDGE.
We, whose names are herrunlo an
nexed, desirous of forming a Society for
our mutual benefit, and to guard against
a pernicious practice, which is injurious
to cur health, standing and families, do
I pledge ourselves as Gentlemen, not to
: drink any Spirituous or Matt Liquors,
I lime or Cider.
[No. 15.
I health will gradually decline ; you will
Lj fcel faint and languid ; cannot endure
work; and will probably have the dvs
;! pepsia, liver complaint, and be exceeding.
ly troubled with nervousness. No mat
i j ter, the work of death will be gradually
going on, and before many months con
sumption will be seated, and you will die
: 80 easy a death, that your parting breath
I will be hardly perceptible. If however,
1 you wish to commit suicide in a shorter
; time, wear thin shoes and muslin dresses,
iu cold and damp weather. Wo have
' never known this receipt to fail; and it
has been tried in a thousand instances.
[Portland Tribune.
Dr. Franklin ou Pride.
In writing to Samuel Mather, when in
; his 79th year, Dr. Franklin relates the
following anecdote:
(. “ The last time I saw your father (Cot
ton Mather) was in the beginning of the
year It 24, when I visited him after my
’'first trip to Pennsylvania. He received
me in his library, and on taking my
leave showed me a shorter wav out of the
house through a narrow passage, which
' was crossed by a beam overhead. We
■ were still talking as I withdrew, he ac
companying me behind, and I turning
! partly towards him, till I felt my head hit
against the beam. He was a man that
never missed any occasion of giving in
struction, and upon this he said to me,
“ You are young and have the world be
\fore you! stoop as you go through it,
' and you will miss many hard thumps
“ Pile advice thus beat into my head,”
added the doctor, “ has frequently been
ot use to me; and I often think of it when
I see pride mortified and misfortunes
brought upon people by their carrying
their heads too high.”
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Miller’s L,ast Veision.
The Editor ofthe Cincinnati Chronicle,
who recently attended a lecture of Parson
Miller in that city, gives the following as
bis latest exposition of the end of the
world “He supposes that the material
world will stand ; that the sun and moon
will shine on, and the earth scourge,
changed in her surface and purified by
fire, will also continue in her present as
tronomical relations to other planets.
The good are to be saved, and only the
wicked become victims of tho expected
, conflagration. Even the latter are not,
some of hi 3 followers aver, to be annihi
lated, but to live on and be punished.
Ihe destiuction spoken of is to occur
through the agency of a hail storm, the
stones to he about sixty-three pounds (a
talent) in weight. The effect of such a
descent of hail, in addition to the physi
cal consequences of its fall, will act
chemically upon air, and cause a separa
tion of the gasses, and from this a general
combustion will follow.”
*
Practical Advantage o f Science. —The
following illustration ofthe utility ofsci
ence in the coitimon occurrences of life
life, is taken irom the Genesse Fanner:
“A penknife was by accident dropped
into a well twenty feet deep. A sun.
beam from a mirror was directed to the
bottom, which rendered the knife visible,
and a magnet fastened to a pole brought
it up again.
Good Wishes. —A singular sort of a
man, not twenty miles from Boston, sent
for a magistrate to write his will. After
mentioning a number of bequeaths he
went on—ltems, “I give and bequeath
to my beloved brother, Zack, one* thou
sand dollars.” “ Why, you are not worth
halt that sum in the world,” interrupted
the magistrate. “Well, no matter if I
aint,” replied the other, “it’s my will that
my brother Zack should have that sum,
and he may work and get it if he has a
mind to.”
A Yankee paper hits off the following :
“ Wal, there’s a row over there to our
house.” What on airth’s the matter, you
little sarpint ?” “ Why, dad’s drunk,
mother’s dead, the old cow has got a calf,
Sal’s got married and run away with the
spoons. Pete has swaller’u a pin, and
Luke’s looked at the Aurora Borax, till
he's got the dellirium triangles. That
ain’t all, nuther.” “What else upon
airth ?” “ Rose spilt the butter pot and
broke the pancakes, and one of the Mal
tese kittens got her head into the molas
ses cup, and could’nt get it out, and O, 00,
00, how hungry I art!”
Regard your reputation as SkT richest
jewel.