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A liberal iliseount \\\11 be made to those who advt i ii'V by the year. Advertisements s*'ni 111 for ])ublicatioa. must be marked w;lh the nuniber of inser tions desired, or tluy will be pubh=hed until forbi l and elvarg ud accordingly. 3Ilr Lcittrs- to tiu^ Iv.lltur, uukss containing money in sums of Fire Dullar.^, or over, must come free of pos-tniie, or t!it amount paid at the otru’o h re will be c hargixl to the writer, n every iiistanec, and cijllec tixl as otlier accounts. Political Scraps. Wceklv Almanac for Xo\ember, 1841. 1 Si'N , Si’N : 1 Risr. i SEV. ; Til-'S i iV. 1 ^7 G : M 17 Wcdn slav, i 5? G : - ■') j ’ 'I'liurs.iav. 1 .S'.) 6 ; 1 J ! Flid:iV, 1 G 1 •') ; •?l) Saturday, '21 Sun lav, ! 1 7 i: '1 "M. "Moutlay. I -J r 1 I* II. 1" Vi 0 . 1 ■I v.. 5 , F,. 1 1 M. M. i:. eiccft sV irntcf) V ii:'". r:-n> tltccil- i/cns t)ll'l::alottc anil tlu- [nildi;'iTvii*'- ^ nilly. th; t he lias opi ue.l ;i .shop in the -2i^* ^ tov/ii r>r Cl :irlutt«‘, iii'arly oppo.^ito the raroliivi In: .” VvluT.-. ht' wilHio ulad to roecive \vork i.i liis li.n Avill b“ !’ pairo short liOiu :-. pijrl'cna wrl!. res’x-el fully (■ nsHV ('1 ieks. AV Lii iii-s, ,i in til!- I ii;. i A lM‘1 niO' al manner. ;u \\ :irr:i!it‘ ;l to !Kilronai>’o is ...r iQ. r'l. ■; ^ ' M'frfrh'.'i in v^lluo^:te 1 V.v till' tnvn- SriLI ^ .inaiiitto r ; the vi iy hest li.tinu* v, it’ _ _ ?r to i!ti so.' 1!(‘ is v>fll stippKi-'l with all kinds o iiiatrrials. 1 li> .'^hoji i.? iu the JcwcHfry sitiMted Alansifju liuiist hi P. Alcxand?' bntv.'fM-n the Hotel.'’ It will laithlullv. so :'s His pr. for CASH. tt) auM'it •e si.'.’I tore of n:i ''lurthor.sc :iiul the ■■ t 'harlott«‘ ('aviie.-^; li. sir'’ l'> 'do work i-ncuuragcnieiit. l;e as liuxieratc |M)ssi'>le July G, lsll...l\v DR. Us ! I F3X Has just received a Ltrcro iv.vl pf ii ral a?sorinieiit of s3rus.e, IJaint.e, Dve-Stufi’s. I’l'i'Aiiuerv. Tlionipsoiiiaii Mp(.li('iiu‘S, Wines and Spirits for mcaical n;-c. And a varied’’ ot f>tlu*r arlieU's. till ol which he AvarranJs »'(*iniinc. and will .sell low tor fi/.v.'?. Clmrlotte. April 27, Is If. ^-•L_ THE ClIAIlLOT’i'E Female Acadoiiiv ^,^7 IThe re-opened on From the Spirit of the Times. DEiNIOCRACY EVERY WHERE TRIUMPHANT. The following arrangement of words will both interest and amuse the reader. The first diamond is composed of the word Democracy,” and com mencing at the middle, that word may be spelled in every direction. 7’he second diamond is composed of the letters forming the word “Everywhere;” the third of those making the word “Triumphant;” and both words may be spelled in every direction by commencing at the ccntre. The whole forms the truism, “ l)emocracy everywhere triumphant.” In addition to this, the letter Y is all around the first ditmiond, E around the second, and T around the last—thus making tlie word YET, and briiig- ing the Democratic triumph up to the present mo ment. It is an unique affair, and we recoinincnd it to the notice of oui readers. Y Y C Y Y C A C Y Y C A R A C Y Y C A R C R A C Y Y C A R C O C R A C Y Y C A R C O M O C R A C Y C A R C O M E i\I OCR A C Y A R C O M E I) E M O C R A C Y C A R C () M E IN I O C R A C Y Y C A R C O i\l O C R A C V Y C A Pt C O C R A C Y Y (; A R C R A C V Y C A R A C V Y (' A c: 'i Y !-: E I? E E R E ]i E i: R E H E R K E R E II W HERE E 1^ E H W Y AV II i: R i: i: R E H \v Y R Y W H E R E K II E 11 W V R E R Y W 11 E R E i: R E II AV Y R E V 1-: R Y VV II V. R E E R E 11 \V R E V E V E R Y ^V 111-: U E E U E H W R EVER Y W 11 E R E E R E II W Y R E R Y \V II E R E } : R E H W Y R V" W H E R E ]’ R E H AV Y AV n E R E E R E II W II E R E E RE HER E E 11 E R E E R E i: T 1’ N T 'r X A N T T y A H A N T ■]' X A H PH A N T T S V II P M P H A X 'r N A II P M U M P II A X 'r A H P M U 1 U M P H A X T T X A 11 P M U 1 R I U -M P H A X T T X A H P AI i; 1 R T R I U M P II A X T T X A H P M I R I U M P H A X 'r T X A II P M IT I U M P H A X T T X A n P M U .AI P H A X T T X A H P M P H A X T 'J' X A H P II A X T X A II A X 1' 'r X A X 'I' T X T 1’ his paper, and informed the President that the country, in such an event, should come out against him also. Mr. Tyler informed the mighty com mittee-man that if the gentleman and his friends were retained by such a slight matter as the remo val or appointment of a Postrinraster, they might go against him as soon as they pleased. Mr. Elliott departed in haste, while the President closed the door, saying to himself, d—n your impudence ? V O K T Y “GONE ARE THY BEAUTIES, SUMMER!” HY ."MUS. K. .S. NlCUOI.fj, C.Tonc are thy beautie.s, Summer ! and slenced is thy mirth, INTERESTING INCIDENTS. The fragments that might be gathered up from the late proceedings of the Agricultural Soctely, if they would not make twelve baskets full, are ne vertheless numerous and interesting. Had we more leisure, we might collect them and serv^e them up for our readers—some of them, however, must not escape notice. There are few in Richmond, we suppose, who have not noticed in our streets a large iat man, so t • j disabled by some cause or other as not to have the i use ol his leg.';, driving a wagon loaded with wood— | j seated on a sort of plat-forni immediately* before the wood, and guiding his team with rein.s. Ilis appea- I ranee was remarkable, and how, in his crippled con- 1 dilion, he could drive his faw'-horse team to town and about our streets, and unloaded his wagon of the wood, were matters of wonder—yet all of this he did. The committee to examine farms stumbled upon this man in their travels through the county, and found him so comfortably provided, with his few acres so well cultivated, his fences and farm- CURE FOR WORMS. I will give you a fact Avhich may profit some of your readers. I took charge of my estate twenty- seven years ago, having, from that time until now, from thirty to sixty in family, and within that time have not lost one child under twelve years, (eitlier black or white) with the exception of one a few hours after its birth; and 1 attribute it principally to the lollowing remedy, which keeps them free from worms thine Each bri>^ht young bud thy kindiu'S.; nursed lutb droopxl I's fragile head, And scattered lie their pale cold I’aves; dead arc thy w’ld riowers—dead ! While every lofty forest in its towering plimies and prido, Hath donned its Kori;cou^ mbca and lu.d thv li\>'rv aside! And all thy parsing witcheries are fading from the earth ; The merry songs thy streamlets sang beneath tiie mountain i houses in such good order, and with such general j)ine ! appearance of industry, neatness and system, that ;\re now remembered but as dreams—as dreams nu longer | they recommended that the Society v'ote him a pre mium of .'$12, and the recommendation was uuani- mou.sly agreed to. His iiame is Thomas Jennet. He employ.s a laborer to help him upon the farm, and he wagons wood to the city. At tiie solicitation of the committee he came down to the Society’s exhi- j bition~was present on Wednesday at Baooa's Q,uar- j ter, and came forward upon his crutches in the large Thy bird. whose silvery voices nnde music rotmd our homo. ; assembly, amidst a spontaneous burst of applause. No more with sditteri’ig plumage and merry chantings roam ! i to rcccive the honor so justly conferrod upon him for Each v.ind’s lo'.v whimpered melo i.es ore numbered with the j good management, probity, and remarkable per- severance under his serious physical disabihty. The committee stated that they found at Mr. Jennet’s the finest litter of pigs, (three-quarter Berksliircs,) that they saw any where in the connty. TIil'cc the worthy citizen brought with him, and they were dis posed of at the Society’ii fair at prices that hand somely rewarded him. The premium of $J;20 for the second best cultiva ted farm was awarded to James Gordon, who o wns a very small farm not far from Richmond, which he cultivates almost wholly by his own labor. The statement of the comrtiittee with regard to Mr. Gor don’s little estate was veiy interesting, and showed ho\v much the labor of one man, properly directed, can accomplish. The large company present were highl',' gratified v.dth the mark of distinction conter- Take the lat of old bttcon sliced and fried in a pan until the e.ssence is all out of it; take out the rind first; then put in as much wormseed as is necessa ry, (vulgarly called Jerusalem oak), as much sugar or molasses as will make it palatable—give it three mornings in succession. The children will eat it freely; some you will have to restrain from eating too much. Incredible as it may appear, I have known as many as one hundred and twenty or thirty large worms come from a child of tliree or four years old. I usually give the medicine spring and fall.—Farmers Rciriiifcr. While .spirit-moans and divgea arr- welling on tlie blast! The purple of our niountain-tCj j i-s streaked ^Mlh sullen gray, * For all thnts bright and beautiful fuJing swift away! The sun spurs on h;s fn ry stot d he were weary, to>, .\.nd would c.T'.’hangc; his burm.di* . clouds lor sumnu r skies 01 blu'j! Gone arc thy glori .Samnr r !- but hast thou fled alone? H ivc none wh- ii in thy hv>usehoI i glee missed one familbr tone ? Is tbf rc :i ) vacant beuid ; th bright and blazing hearth? Have you no gentle spirits passed /roin our abodes on earth? Dw; thou’lt ^^hi^{)er, more down to the tomb hath Tliin^ tinirw. r, Sjiimmcr, I v. cll k than one, With eye of hg!it and st -p of gle gone! Thou’li tell me, stern relentless D;a?h thou hast no power to stay, 'I’hat beauty, pride, atid lo\' hness uhke become his prey ! V s, they have passed, O .Summw ; like thy flowrct's whis- poTcd fe-MOs, And autumn-wiuds their grnvcs ^ v\ith many s:ghs and moans! Hut Memory o'er the bleeding iuart her viLils sad shall keep, And SSummer’s breath must ever wake a i.trang*' fond wish to weep! ON STORING TURNIPS. Sir: I have observed in different agricultural publications many methods recommended for the storing of turnips in w’iter ; and amongst all those plans I have never seen any thing so simple or so eflicacious as the one I have adopted witli great success for several winters. 1 am only a small far mer, and usually store for winter and .«:pring use about 30 tons of Swedi.sh turnips. My method is, to make a long heap of turnips about a yard ninl a half wide at the bottom on a dry piece of irronnd, and pile tliem up in a triangular lorm as high a? they v.-ill stand; then cover them with sods cut from a moss, which I procure about half a yard so^uare. The sods v.hen properly cut and taketi care of will, from the quantity of heath in them, last severul winters. Those 1 intend for covering my winter stock of turnip.'^ this season having been cut from i the moss hi IS'^0. I liave not found in my stock of turnips since I adopted tliis mode of preserving them, .20 lbs. of rotten or decayed turnips ; and I usually Jiave some as late as the end of May or beginning of June, at v.'hioh f.rr.e thio ycnr they appeared as fresh and juicy almost as when they were stored in October last. Any farmer living near a moss has a ready, cheap, and most efficacious covering fo^ his turnips; and I j red upon this honest and industrious countyman.— | recommenti all who have it in their power, at least How truly have the dec sions of the committee borne ! p*an one \ear. I/ondon Tanners -Va". out our anticipatioas, and how well are they” wortliy \ ~ ' the comparison wdth the sun’s ravs, which shine \ upon Iho rich and poor ! This Mature of perlcct ira- " ‘'‘I’''- partiulily with regard to the diliercnt clas.,es, is a I quartered as for ma very praise wortliy one of our Society, and must af ford salutary encouragement to tl:e humbler tillers of the soil.—Richmond IJnquircr. king apple jcdly, arc pat ii.io a -pa?i ’.rith ja?t water to cover tliem, and boiled.uiitil they can be rcduced to a mush. Then for each pound of tlie pare;! ap ples, a pound of sifted sugar is added, being Kprink- T 'V X ft Ii! her next. Pu]>ilscan he ac- comiiiodated with board, ei ther in respectable families in the village, or in the Aca- d'.'mv with the Teacl'.er.s, at ,*^0 per month. Terms of Tuition per St‘.ssioii. THIRD Cl.ASS. Keading, Spelling, with the Elen"*ents } o s 50 of Geography and Arithmetic, i ' SKCOXl) CLASS. Reading, Writing, English Grammar, ^ Emerson’s second part Arithmetic and > §^10 50 Olney’s Geography, ' FIRST CLASS, including the studies of the second, with'j larger sj'stems of Arithmetic and Geo- • irrt^hy. Algebra, Composition, Bota- J ijy. History—Natural, Moral and Men- j !$16 50 tal Philosophy, Astronomy, Chemis- try, Rhetoric, &.C.., &c. J EXTRA BRANCHES. Instruction in Music on the Piano, per Session. !j>25 The French Language per session, .... 10 Drawing and painting.in w’ater colors, per sess. 10 Oriental'Teinting, per course, 10 Wax Fruit or Flowers, do ,* • ' ^ Embroidery in Silk and Chendle, \\ orsted ^ ^ Lamp Mats, Ottomans, 6cc. &c S French Sachets, Screens, and Work Baskets, ^ ^ per course, S S. D. NYE HU rCHISON. Principal. Charlotte, Sept. 14, 1841. 27...T Pijir J.nijers' Groans.—The Xew Haven Her ald, a Tippecanoe, but not quite Tyler-too paper, drops the following tears: “ Georgia.—4one, too, in the long funeral to the •Hombs of all the Capulets.” A Loco Governor, Legislature, and a lew other small particulnrs. VV"c don't like to say much about it, but if our Ty- hir does not keep ofl'these “cowans and eves-drop- pers,” they v/ill overwhelm us like the locusts of Egypt. Georgia is gone.” The Whigs say they lost Connecticut in conse quence of a violent storm which prevailed throuijh- out the State on the day of the late election. ^The Hartford Times notices the matter thus; The late storm was the occasion of considerable damage at Nantucket. In Connecticut its effects were princi pally confined to the peach trees and the Whi^s.” The National Intelligencer hasa mournful para graph on the prevailing apathy which seems to have settled down in Georgia. Strange that paper can not discriminate between ayathy and death.—Ib. The w’ay Connecticut AVhigery v/ill go up Salt River in April next, will be a wonderment to the fishes!—New-llavoi {Cotm.) Register. It is whispered aboiit, that a procession will soon be got up, of those working men who are getting “ two dollars and roast beef” for voting for Har rison. Call a cab !—Ib. We inquired of an old farmer the other day, why apples were so uncommonly scarce this year ?— Why, they were so abused in the hard cider cam paign,” said he, “that they are ashamed to grow this year ” Notes of Hand and Land 13eeds ; also Clerks’ and Sheriffs’ Blanks, for Sale at this Office, -Ncw-Ilaven Register. Removal—On Wednesday evening last, a Mr. Elliott, of Harrisburg, editor, adviser, committee man, and Whig, appeared at the President’s man- sion, and before a number of visiters, demanded the removal of Mr. Peacock, the present woithy Post master at the capitol of Pennsylvania; and threaten ed, if the President did not remove the aforesaid Postmaster, to come out against Mr. Tyler with CONTENTS or THE l AUMKRs' UEOISTI-R. no X. VOL. IX. Original Communications.—Publication of the Westover manuscripts; paj>or nets for cleaning and ventilating silk worms; wlu'at and Indian corn in Frtince ; notes on Sandy Point estate no. 1; culture of the tomato and the Indian pea; now utensil for cutthig dow'n corn ; Bermuda grass; notices of grass es and weeds; Eastern shore bean; Sandy beach bean; Poverty grass; on the necessity of a proper rotation of crops; i)arty politics and private matters ; notes in reply ; summary of news. Selections'.—Hay seed upon inverted .sod ; driving nails into hard wood ; of .seed-soning and seed sa ving ; the pear tree; the curculio; preservation of butter; Incombustible wash; Tomato tart; A tritil of fattening qualities of Woburns and Berkshires when fed on the .same tdlowance ; A phenomenon in grafting; cultivation of the pine on the shores of Gascony; reports of the Massachusetts Agricultural Society; the oyster trade; poisoning wolves; re port of the comiiiittee of the Barnwell Agricultural Society, on the culture of cotton; Gunny bags against Kentucky bagging; Mr. Law’s estabiisli- ment; Blackberry jam ; arrangements of flower-beds according to M. Chevreul's Es.9ay on colors; the dahlia ; apple gathering and keepmg ; an excellent regulation—preservation of birds; Apple jam; Strawberry jam; Crab apple jam ; protection of wrens, and their usefulness ; observations on the secondary* and tertiary formations of the southern Atlantic “states; cultiire of the sweet potato; on mud; on lucerne; on storing turnips; preservation of vines from the ravages o) bug.'!. HARVESTING POTATOES. The idea has generally prevailed that ]>otatoes, | especit\lly those grown on low and moist lands, are | i essentially benefitted by exposure to the sun and air, i j before removing them to the bin. This, however, j experience has long sincc proved to be an error, j The sooner potatoes are in the cellar after their re- j moval from the soil, the better; the operation of dy- j ing in the sun's rays having a powerful tendency not only to injure their eating qualities, but also to I render them far less likely to keep well through the I subsequent spring. Another very popular error, and one no less produc tive of bad consequnces, we think, is the supposition that the tubers should be thoroughly cleansed from dirt, the presence of which, in ever so small a quanti ty, is thought by many to be the radical cause of their becoming watery and unfit for food. Any one, however, who will take the trouble of experiment ing, may easily satisfy himself that such is not the case; and that potatoes which have undergone a thorough cleaning will manifest symptoms of decay, and become unfit for culinary purposes much soon er than those which have not. In many sections it has become quite common for farmers to' select a portion of their potatoes in the fall, and pack them away in barrels, filling the interstices between the tubers with moist earth, and securing them from the action of the atmosphere by heading them uj). Potatoes secured in this w^ay, and deposited in some place where they will be exposed as little as possible to the influence of light and frost, will keep well, and retain their eating properties till late in the spring.—Maine Cidtivator. led over the ])oiling mixture. Agitate it well, until reduced to a jam. Then put it aito the pots. Tiie above is the most simple v/ay of making if ; but to have it of the best jiossible clearne.«;s, make a thick syrup with three pounds of sugar to each pint of water, and clarify it with an egg, as before directed. Then add one pint of syrup for every three pounds of apples, and boil the jam to a proper thickness.—Southern Ap:ricv.Jturi:^t. INCOMBUSTIBLE WASH. Slack stone lime in a large tub or barrel, with boiling water, covering the tub or barrel, to keep in all the steam. When thus slacked, pass six quarts of it through a fine sieve. It will then be in a state of fine flour. Now, to six quarts of this lime, add one quart of rock or Turk’s Island salt, and one gal lon of water—then boil the mixture and skim it clean. To every five gallons of this skimmed mix ture, add one pound of alum, half pound of copper as, by slow degrees add three fourths of a pound of potash, and four quarts of fine sand or hickory ash es sifted. We suppose any kind of good hard wood ashes will answer as well as hickory. This mix ture will now admit of any coloring matter you please, and may be applied with a brush. It looks better than paint, and is as durable as slate. It will stop small leaks in the roof, prevent the moss from growing over and rotting the wood, and render it in combustible from sparks falling upon it. When laid upon brick work it renders the brick impervious to raiu or wet—Franklin Farmer. THE PEAR TREE. We are told that many persons are afraid to plant pear trees, lest they should die with the Jire blight; that they have done their best to save the trees, but all to no purpose ; and that they now set tle down in despair. In reply to this melancholly ac count, however, w^e can repeat the assurance that ICC have not lost a si7igle tree by the Jire blight in twenty years. It has been in our fruit garden seve ral times, but always seems to walk out again as fast as we did ; for we cut off the injured branches without delay, and burnt them immediately, destroy ing, as we believed, the whole colony of insects that had committed the depredation.— Genesee Far. PROTECTION OF WRENS, AND THEIR USEFULNESS. The wren, I had always supposed, was a destroy er of bees, until I was told a short time since, by a very intelligent lady from the city of New York, that her father used to encourage their building about his hives, by putting out all the horse-skulls he could obtain. She said that her father raised his hives about two inches, by means of small blocks under the corners, that the wrens might go under to clear the hives from moths, worms and dead bees^ which they did eflfectually without disturbing the bees.— Uniofii Agriculturist. Salt aJid A,shcs rni.rcd for Stock.—Last v.'inter I saw it recommended, in an agricultural j)aper, to mix salt with ashes lor stock. Having tested the utility of the practice, I arn now prepared to speak favorably of it, and from a firm conviction that stock, of all descriptions, arc e.ssontially benefitted tliereby. My cows, work horses, and young cattle, as well as sheep, have been regularly supplitnl with it as ol'ten as once a week sinci; the snow went off, and notwithstanding the teed in tlie pastures has been quite short, in eonsequence of drought, for a large part of the setison, the animals are healthy, and generally in better condition than v/c ha\ u known them tor yetirs. Sheep, especially, are extremely llmd of it. prefer ring it to pure salt, atul eating it ;is eagerly as they do meal or corn. A.s to the general clhcacy of the practice and its tendency as respects the health of stock, I will merely say in conclusion, that I am ac quainted with several farmers that have made the same trial, and that in no instance, with which I am familiar, or which has fallen under my notice, has it been attended with other than the best effects. Tixe proportions in which the ingredients should be giv en, are one part salt [to seven of ashes. The salt should be fine, and the ashes dry and free from coals. If thought necessary, the salt may be in creased in quantity to two, or even three parts, in stead of one. Try it, farmers, and see if it doth not “ do good like a medicine.”—Farmers"' Jour. Bees.—It is said by those whose means of know ing are to be respected, that tlie annual profit of a hive of bees, properly provided for, may be equal to the profit of an acre of wheat that produces an average yield. If so, people more generally would do well to engage in the business. Bees need the right kind of flowers in abundance, and in good succession, somewhat near them. This object may be secured by sowing hemp in places near the bee house. Buckwheat also is an excellent food for the bees to work among. And hemp and buckwheat keep in blossom all the.sca.son till frost comes, and till the bees are done operating. Forty Years ago.—Forty years ago, young ladiea of the first respectability learned music,—b ut.it’was the humming of the Bpinning-whccl, and learned the necessary steps of dancing, in following it. Their forte-piano was a loom, their parasol a broom, and their novels ihe Bible. For ty years ago, the young gentlemen hoed corn chopped wood at the door, and went to school in the winter to learn readiiiir, v;riting and arithmetic.
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