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1 tm I i try 1 , .1 . CUi:. ).uyr x'vvif fefi: .f H'l -Vv' i'5 V'. r.rH tfik-jfiwit '".-..4 VOL.- III. NUMBER !7. " ASIIE VILLE, N. C, SEPTEMBER 2,-1842.' . WTIOLE NUMBER 1 11.. f- - , WWii Mil . . t.. . . f v J 7.V V V ((G). nUXTfcD AXD PUBUSIIED WEEKLY BY J. n. CMISTY & CO, ; Publishers of the Lanes of the United State. Tiili pnpet, U published it Two Doi.urs a year, in sdvsnoe -Tw Dollars and Fifty Cent In nix months or, Threo Dollars St the end of the year. Sos projeotu.) , - - ' - Adwrttfcmcnta inserted ftt One Dollnr pcf tqnara for the first, and Tucnty-Five Cents for each continuance-; xurt Orders will be charged twenty per cent extra. - LAWS OF THE U. STATES, ramdat the teeondSemon tf th 27A Congress. oFFiciAi, npticATioy. J rPt7BUCNo, 15.1 : AN ACT foi the extension of the Joan of eighteen i hundred and forty-one, and for an addition of five millions of dollars thereto ; and lor allow. ins interest on Treasury notes due. .Be it enacted bu the Senate and House of Re. yrestntntioes of the United States of Amenta w (longrees assembled, That the time limited by the first section of the act of Cor.gress, entitled ' An act authorizing a loan not exceeding the l"m of I iwrim iiiiumiia ui !, r .twwM i y-first, eighteen hundred and forty.ne,for ob. 1 laming said Joan, shall be, and the same whereby, lAiLiiuiu m w v; ...... ,-..-yvtj e 0.2. Aadbe it fwrtlvr enacted, Ihabjo much m saia iowi m nmjr uu uuibhivu hu u of this act shall be mado reimbursable a shall be ngrceonpon aud determined at the turn of issu- ing said stock, either at the will of the 'secretary I vi uiv 'i""""j .uw..j i first day of January next . ; j. 1 . ec. 3. jladt it further eiwctfi, That tho certificates hereafter to be issued fcf said loan may, when required, be in soch form as shall be irrcseribed by the Secretary of the-Tn that the stock may be transferable by delivery of the certificate, instead of being assignable on the books of the Treasury. .-:. , , .. . ; 90. L-: And -he it further enactrdr That . tli Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to dispose of tho stock hereafter to be issued, or any part thereof, at its par value, but no part thereof shall be disposed of under par tm. til the same has been advertised a reasonable time and proposals for subscription to said loan invited. And tho said .Secretary is hereby authorized to accept such proposals, if he deem it for the intc. rest of the United States so to do, as shall offer the highest price for said stock or any part there of ; or to appoint an agent or agents, as provided in the third section of the act approved July twen. ty-onc eighteen hundred and fbrty-onc, before re. cited, to negotiate the same : Provided, That no stock shall o disposed of at a lower rate than the highest price oAered in said proposals. . , , oc. 5. A nd be II further enacted, That the mo. pys arising from duti oo goods, Wares, and mcr. chandise which may be hqnottcd mto the United States, or so much thereof thall ho eqnal to the payment, from' time to time, of the interest, and to the ultimate redemption of the principal of the said stick, be, and the same are hereby, pledged for the paytnen and redemption of tho stock hereafter to be issued under and by virtue of this eet and the said act of July twenty .first, eighteen hundred and forty .one, hereby amended, and so much thereof as may be necessary to pay tho interest on said stock, and redeem the same when due, is hereby appropriated to that object, to bo first applied by the Secretary of tho Treasu ry to turh payments and redemption. . ee. 6. And be it further enacted. That it shall !e the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress, at the commencement of the next session, the amount of money borrowed un der this act and tho act hereby amended, and of whom and upon what terms it shall have been obtained, with an abstract or brief statement of nil the proposals submitted for the same, distin guiahing between those accepted and those reject, i d ; and a detailed statement of the expense of making such loans. , . - .' ' . wn-T.-Jtrid be it ptrVter-ennctta, I hat att the provisions of the said act, not hereby modified or changed, shall bo and remain in force, and apply to this act. . - ; i . - Sec. 8. j4nrf be it further enacted,. That tho irrrsidcnt "of IhoJUnitcd Stales is hereby autho rized to borrow an additional sum, not exceeding tho sum of five millions of dollars, if In his opin ion the exigencies of the Government shall re. Hiiro the samo ; which additional loan shall be made within the time according to the provisions of said act, as modified by this. . ec. 9. And he it further enacted, , That all Treasury notes heretofore issued under the act entitled " An act to authorize the issuing of Trea sury notes," approved the twelfth day of October, eighteen hundred thirty-seven, and tho acts sub. xequcnt thereto, and now outstanding and unre. jrc mcd, or which may hares ftnr bn issued under und by virtue of the same, shall, if. due and un paid before tho fifth day. of march eighteen hun dred and forty-two, bear interest at the rate of six ' er cent, per annum from that day 'and " when they .may become due hereafter, or may have be. romo duo since the said fifth of March, eighteen hundred, and Lforty. two, shalLbcar interest .from tho day of their so becoming due,, at the rate of six pct cent, per annum, until thry shall be re spectively redeemed ; Provided, That such inte rest shall cease at the expiration of sixty day's notice, to be given at any time by the Secretary of the Treasury in .one or more of the principal papers published at the seat of Government, or a xoulincss tie redeem the same. And the said in. tercet shall be payable semi-annually at IhrTrea- Hiiry of the United States, on the first days of Junuary and July in every year, : . Ptblic No..33.J AX ACT to regulate arrests on mesne process in the District of Columbia. - ' -Be it enacted by the Senatt and House of Re peeentalives'ef the United States of America in Veneres assembled. That hereafter no person Khali be held to bail in any civil suit in the District f Columbia, nnlcss'on affidavit fil?d by the plain, tiff or his agent? stating in eases of debt or eon. tract tin amount of which ha venly believes to . bo due, and that the same baa been contracted by fraod or false pretences, or through a breach of f trust, or that the defendant Is concealing or has 1 concealed his property in the District or elsewhere, or is abont to remove the same from this District or the place of his residence, in order to evade the payment of the debt, or that, being a resident of the District and aomiciled therein, is about to ab scond without paying the debt, and with a view to avoid the payment of the same, setting forth all the facts on which said allegations of frsnl ee "reach of trust are fonndod, and in all eases set tmg forth the grounds, nature, and partienlan of the claim. The sufficiency of the affidavit to hold to bail, and the amount of bail to be given, hall, upon application of tho defendant, be do. cided by the oourt in term time, and by any single jadgs in vacation In all cases in which the affi- . davit required by this act is not filed previously to issuing the wri tho defendant upon its service. hallnot be required to rive bail, but merely to gufu oiuvr u uiectcr ui ue oourt 10 emer lus ppefrance in the ause, which, if he refuses to oo, n may v10' 00 neid bail as in other eases. I Sel 2., And be it further enacted, That any per. son njw Held to bad in a civil suit in the said Owi trtci toy apply to the Circuit Court of the said Distrit in term time, or to anv Judire thereof In vacatii, for a rule to show cause why he shall not belischnrired on nllne a common anneuntncii. and shll be so discharged unless the plaintiff or hisagcit shall fiio a itiilioicnt affidavit,-in eon. lormitnviui the provisions of the preceding sec tion, wliin a reasonable period of time to bo. as. signed a the court or the iudtre to wit wn the ai- Approted, August 1. 1843. rWte Nob 85.1 AN ACTifrBntine to the county of Johnson, In the Teriitory of I va,lho rijfht of pre-emption tf a tnepvt tend for t tnt of jiwtieefar said -county, and repealing the teeoHd section of an act approved the Uiirq day of March, eighteen , hundred aid thirty.nino, entitled " An act ma. - kinjr a donation of" land to the Territory of Iowa Jorinepurposfol creeling puUliopuiwings Uiero. on." , - - Be it enacted by tie Senate and House of Re. I presentation of the United Slates of America in Congress assembled, That the rlphtof pre-emp- j tion, at the minimum nrieo for which the nubile lands are sold, is hereby granted to the county of tfuiinxon, m me i errtiory or lows, tor the Trao- tional nortliwcst quarter, east of the river, of see tion number fifteen, in township seventy-nino, of range six, wesi or ine principal incridmn, as ro. ported to the land officers at Dubaqne, in said lerntory, containing one hundred and seventeen acres and sixty-four one-hundreUis of an acre. mora or less, on the same terms and conditions expressed m the act of tho twenty-sixth day of may, eignieen nunorea and twonty-rour, entitled An act granting to the counties and narishes of each State and Territory of the United States in which the public lands are situated, the right of pre-emption to quarter sections of land for seats of justice within the same which said right of tion nipiiun is iii ieu ui inat to tho quarter soo hcretofore located by tho commissioners of said i county, which is rciinauistaed. ' ' See. 2. And be it further enacted. That so much of the second section of an act entitled "An act making a donation of land to the Territory of V. 4U- L - - . : If . r mvtra, ,w wio fjuijiuvo vi unTCling puuilC DUIlUingS weroon," approvca me unra day or Alurch, efgh teen hundred ond thirty-nine, as directed the con. tiguous sections to the section to be selected under said act, for the purposes aforesaid, to be reserved from sale or entry until the further action of Congress thereon, be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; Prouided, That tho right of pre-emption shall not accrue to any person or persons who now are or may hereafter settle on said lands under any existing pre-emption law.' ( -Approved, August 1, 1812. k . ,' ', Pcblic -No. 30. AN ACT for Die benefit of I ho county of Holt, in , the State of Missouri. Be it enacted bu the Senate and House of Re. presentatiles of. tha United States of America in congress assembled, I hat tho proper authorities of and they hereby are, authorized to make entry, at the proper land officot wiUiin one year next after the date of this act, at the minimum price, of the west half of tie south-west quarter of seetion numbered twesty-six and the east, half of the southeast quarter of section numbered twenty, seven, in towsship numbered sixty, and range numbered thirty-cight, situated in said county of Holt, making one hundred and sixty acres, upon which the seat of justice of said county is loca tod, in full satisfactioi of the 'claim of said county under tho provisions of tho act entitled "An act granting to the ceunties or parishes of each Stato and Territory of tho United States in which the public lands are situated, the right of pre-emption to quarter sections of lands for scats of justice within the samo," approved twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight' hundred and twenty-four: Provided, That said lands shall not havo been sold by the United States prior to the duto of this act. Approvod, August'!, 1842. rtnsiiv-No. 37. AN ACT to confirm the salo of a certain school section in the Stab of Illinois, and for other purposes. i " u Be it enacted bv tie Senate and House of Re. presentatices of the United States of America in Congress assewLled, that the sale heretofore made of section number sixteen, in township number thirty-nine, north of range fourteen, east of the third principal meridian, in the State of Illinois, by and under the auttnrity of said State, with the assent of the inhablants of tho Congressional township in which slid seetion is situate, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed : Provided, That this act shall be eoretrucd as only giving the as sent of the United States to said sale, and to the patents issued by tlw State of Illinois to tho pur chasers of the same,' so far as the United Steles are concerned in thomatter. "Approved, August 1, 1842. T . ' tPrELic No. 38. - r - -AN ACT to constitute the ports of Stoninglon, -'" Mytic river, and Faweatuck river, a collection distrtci Be U enacted bu the Senate and House of Re. presentativesaf the United States of America in Congress assenUiled, That the town of SStomngton, in the county of New London, State of Connecti. cut, shall be a -collection district, from and after the thirtieth day of June next 4 and that the port of .Stonington, aforesaid shall be, and hereby is, made a port of entry. - ' . . Sec. 2. Jnd be it further ehdclectThit tho dig. trict of Stonington shall comprehend ail the wa ters, shores, bays, and harbors, from the. west line of Mystic river, including the villages of Porters. villa and Noank, in the town of Groton, State of Connecticut, "to the east line of Faweatuck river, ineludiug the town of Westerly, State of Rhode Island, any thing in any former law to tire con trary notwithstanding. . Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That from and after tho thirtieth day of Jury present, the office of tho surveyor of the port of Stoiiington aforesaid be, and the same is horeby, abolished ; and a collector for the aforesaid district shall be appointed to reside at the port of Stonington, who, in addition to his other emoluments, shall be enti. tied to receive the salary now allowed by law to the surveyor aforesaid, and no more ; and said collector shall also perform the duties heretofore enjoined on the surveyor. Approved, August 3, 1843. ; V " JOHN WHITE, ' Speaker of the House of Representatives, ' WILLIE P. MANGUM, President of the Senate pro tempo je. Approved, August 3, 1842. JOHN TYLER. 'If you don't accept my challenge," said one gentleman of honor tcrnnotlier, I'll gazette you; so take your choice, - Co ahead, said tho other,' I would rather fill but gazettes than one coffin. - . 55 ' t . wi minivi miiiiui lin n UI I . m . . tL . the county WIIolt," Tn the State W TWlasourt, be;tXn(T(m5lUesrrJ in e . , 1 ; v f, Foe tus. Mcsscxokb. Niagara Vails. ; On th 13th of August, 1810, Mrs. E. and tnysolf left New York, 'twr home, for puagara rails, in the Northern part of the State of Wcw York." We. reached there in four days,, by stagcar EteamhoaUr4UJdraiI roads, which carried us. with great, speed through one of the most beautiful, romantic, rich, and tliriving couDtrics in our land. I mean Western New York.' Its waving farm productions, lofty forests, over-hann; ing hills, poorly streams, undulating hills and classy Inkcs, all lend it a . cbann that none but flio blind could help but admiro. This part of th eountry seems fo Imve been intended by the Maker of all things as a sort of reservoir or storo-housc fur that great city', New York. Tho beautiful towns, vil lugos, and country scats on our way were numberless. After we arrived at tho t alls, wo took lodgings at tlte"Catcract4ouso," kept by Whitney 6 Son ; a tolerably well kept house. v I did not rush down- to sco the Falls and their wonders immediately after our arrival, as ono would to see a dear friend ; but waited until tho next morning, so that I mighi view them at my-leisure, and without over, or hastily .undervaluing their real beauty or sublimity. According, ly, on the morning of .Wednesday, August 17, we left our lodgings, with many ethers, to see the great, tho unsurpassed Ameri can scenery, that which she may be proud of, and even dare the universe o present a scene of equal grandeur and . sublimity. For my own part, I was not overwhelmed, struck insensible, norconfounded, but filled with admiration,'' awe, reverence, and solemn, but unspeakable pleasure. Tho following inquiries pressed themselves upn me at once : Why might not this river havo passed on directly on a level as above tho Falls? Why this great fissure or declivity in a solid rock T Why this eternal roar of earth shocking thunder in this secluded but now charming place? Echo answered why. Every clear morning a beautiful rain-bow eirls in a half moon, from tho centre at the bottom of tho Falls, tho whole scenb of foam and mist below, including tho beauti. ful cascade shore, and a mist floats through it as the driftins snow through" the beams of the sua, or a passing breeze , and ascends as tho 6moke of everlasting torments, 'for. ever and ever." ; Tho mellow tints of tho rain bow charm our admiration somewhore in tho vicinity of the Falls, at all times. from tho " rock tower.? I would not swop a sight from this spot (in a temporal souse) for that in which Moses is represented by tho poet when he says, " " Could I but climb where Moses stood And view tho landscape oe'r. Not Jordan's stream nor death's cold flood, Could fright mo from the shore." Nor could any thing I havo ever seen fright mo from thalThore," without a first and it last fond look. The numberlesslain. bows here only hide their silken beauhes for the approach of the sun 5 when this rises with its gilded light, they bury themselves in the spray, and no soonor does " old Sol" hide his eloryTwlnlniTlho-western-! peaks" than they take their usual position with ap parent renewed splendor and vivacity. VVhnocrv,"BdmirmReverynmng--trrotin(r me, and gazing intensely upon tho sccno before me, I saw a little humming bird dart from a crevice ncaf . me, bathe his golden wings in the tints of the rain-bow, litt- him. self proudly above tho roaring cataract, and wend his course triumphantly inrougn the clouds of mist and dashing spray di rectly to tho opposite shore; thus changing his habitation from ono government and nation to another, across the most imposing and majestic scene in the known world, and that too In a moment's time. Whilst 1 sat with delight, viewing his flight, I could not but envj him his wings and advenlur. ous little spirit ; and the more so, ' when 1 sat, worm-like,upon a log on tho verge of a precepice, not during to advance a foot. I involuntarily ejaculated, " Oh-had 1 his powers proportionably appropriated to my. self, with my present searching curiosuy, how would luaff-tho-mUUsthat incessant. hr rise, float and never disappear ncrei Incessantly they shine,"" O! (Jod t how beautiful, hoiiv imposing, and how wonder ful arc they? And how much more so art thou thou great Jehovah, that made them allT Man. all immortal hail list and seo th works ef thy maker God! And thou, O Earth wonder, admire, anu pc asionisn ed at his-" handy work." From the top of tho hill, above " Biddle's Stair-case," is one of the finest views l in tho morning,) that it is possible to tmmaginc. - The whole view is ono of lnucscnoaoie oeauiy. e lore, inhale the morning breeze, behold the beauties of tho rising sun, the water fall, the varienated rain.bows, tho heaven as- cending mists, themajectic river, the over- ranging rocks uw nounaing oiuown, uie oaping torrents, tho craggy precipices, un fathomable dcrlb8, inscrutable wonders, the .shores of our own and another country, and hgar,at the samo time, tho ceaslcss roar of this stupendous body of water, over an ovpr.hanging precipice, whkh for its form, situation, height and beauty, can not be surpassed by any thing of a like character in the known world. While here, tho toad chiming and rhyming spirit of the muses, got hold on me, and I forged out the following precious morceaat ;- I love to steal an hour away ,'. . In siome sequestered bower, ' And breath th parting smile of day Neath some romantic flower. 1 Or climb some lofty lowering rock, - . Some overhanging hill, " ' -'' Above the plain and shepherd's llocki , f Above the murming rill, - . Or set mo in some lonely grove ' ' ' Where evening tepbyrs pass me by,' ; Where natare whispers naught but love, And love creates no sigh. - - ' J; rOr place me In some tlidlng bark; '- Some loved one's favorite stream Where twilight lingers like a spark,' r' ; ' ; Jtencath the moon's polo beam. ,,!- s Orb-ad me'to a brwhcr'r grave" T' Where brothers often weep, Wbeve wr-rpmg angds erowd to save, And watch, and never slwp. ,' Or place mo on some gentle steed ' ' In woods forlorn and wild, Or lot me cross some flowery mead ' ' Where natmo always smiled. ' Or sikme by some eroggy rock, - -r. ; Samo jniphjj rolling stream,'" . . Away from town and villago clock, -" ; And from the sun's bright beam. J Or take me to that mighty place Where thunders never cease, Where rainbows dance with comely grace . And wonders noey decrease. ., Where rolls the mighty cataract In awful grandeur by, '. Where sight reveals the fact , ' And facts oo'rwhclm the eyo. Whcro works reveal the power of Gofl lit nature's gurb sublime, Whore waters flow without a ' rod" , , And speak "a God divine" What e'er I am, whore e'er I bo, If where I nover trod, ' Rive mo the peace tliut flows from thee Thou great clcrnhl God. -Tho Falls. T f W e wandered to and fro." all around the Island, during the wholo day, admiring the sccuury on an siucs 01 us, ana culling many . (1 1 i 1 I.. ocautiiui and variegated flowers that crow spontaneously here, until the sable curtains of night warned us that they could most graciously refresh and strengthen us by our going ourselves into their dark keeping, which, after receiving a plentiful supply in to our distillery , wcchcertully complied with Notwithstanding my bodily fatigue, tho Falls occupiod the whole errand of my nightly visions.- 5 On tho 18th, wo crossed tho river about mile below tho Falls and went over to tho Canada side, stopped at the Clifton House- paid two shillings a glass for Lemonade visited Barnetfs Museum, who charged no. thing forgoing tn, but two shillings for com. ing out!! He, like tho man, is very ac. commodating for ono's money. Ills Mu scum, however, irvcry well worth seeing. It contains many curiosities, gathered around tho Falls, and from different parts of the world. His Camera Obsura gives a good view of the Falls. From this placo, we have a full view of tho Falls, both on tho Canada and-A mc.ric.aa side, which is l. .11' . - i f . -j iruiy Buaiimo ; nw uia nnesi view on mo Canada" side, is from tho- Clifton House, wh:ch entirety baffles description.. AH tho way from this to tho Tablo rock, on tho same side, (which is as high up as wo can go) there aro tremendous precipices, de tached rocks, and caverns hundreds of feet perpendicular, besides springs, curious frenks in nature, &c. &C Wo descended the steps at Table rock, which aro 80,- as we did those of Biddle's, on tho opposite side, which numbered 90, besides many steps made on tho hill sido, before reaching them, and went directly unden the Falls after reaching tho foot of thorn. This is a difficult matter to accomplish, as the pas. sago is exceedingly rough and narrow, and no one gets there without genteel drench. ingrexscpt they6 ro Tufiilsheff wltlfanln. dia rubber suit, which may bo procured at the top of tho hill. Persons frequently go under, or through a sheet of water,-for some distance when this is done, they are completely under the main fall of water, and tho over-hanging rock which it passes over, and at tho samo timo they aro nt tho zenith of their glory, and have accomplish, cd tho utmost degree of daring and adven turc, and consummated tho Inst or grand, est feat which can be attained to here, or their curiosity and perscverence can afford them; for which they receive a certificate on their return, and their names, the date &c., is registered nt the top of tho hill. Nothing kept me from trying this, but bo timidity of my "better half." I had to yield to her weapon (i.o tears) and thus v debar myself of an adventure that my whole mind and heart were bent upon, dead or olive. Scvcralgentlcmcn, and one lady, went un- der while wo were there. A guido is ne-, ccssary hero, at all times, who provides for his companions . suitable. opparcU- The whole atmosphere about, this place, smells strong!yof sulphur ; and if there were brimstone and fire about it I would goto it, for it is altogether one of the most snblime, grand, slupehdoufToverwhelming and "aw. fully picturesque spots that ever stood up. on, or beheld on earth. NolhrhgTsnrrmnT iatUreo JtWhilo we stood overshadow, cd by a mountain rock, on the(one hand, the great Niagara poured Over at tho other -tiie deep cavern and abyss of troubled waters rolled under our feet, and tho blue vault ol Heaven, str6tched as a curtain above the whole, none but God himself could know our feling3. We looked up, and the cataract seemed high as Heaven; down and tho waters deep as perdition ; around ami all seemed as strong as the pillars of eternal truth ; within, and w felt tho im press of God Almighty's power, goodness, and mercy. Thrones, principalities, and powers were nothing to us on this occasion. But God was all and in alL He who can stand here, and throw the powers of sight to the top of the Falls and overhanging rocks without seeing any higher or feeling ta holy and heavenly impulse, must be less than human. A s for me , 1 sliall never for get the impressions there made upon me. The Niagara Falls are the property and glory of tho two greatest nations in the uni verse the prido of them both ; . a scene of endless dmiratiori! nt emblem Of heaven's" kindness and wisdom, a bulwark in God's creation, and tm incontrovertible 'proof. of his design, power, and wisdom. At onq lima here tho rainbow, was under my.fcct, tho earth my chariot, tho clouds my com. pinions, and earth-shaking thunder my mtu sical companion I Our exit from this place was attended with those impressions wo sometimes have inLparting . with near, and dear friends.' On the following day wc visited tho Devil's Hole," where tho Frcpch and Indians, at dead of niirht, pro. fcipilatcd 293 out of 300- British soldiery to a distance of 150 feet intu death's arms and eternity's rates. : It was trulv to them a 'dead march.'1 .This is art awful placo. From hero we went to tho "Whirlpool,1 whicn will guarantee to any. one, aching ooncs and a panting heart, before no gets to or from it. 1 Whea there, blind bo tho eyes, ond withered be the heart that would or could not appreciate its endless beauties. 1 ms pool is about a hair mile in diameter, is round, and receives tho wholo of tho river, which pours into it with great force from tho rapids above, whore it leaps, roars, and dashes in grand succession. 1 ho water, nfler , being mado drunk by whirling round and boiling up, finds its way ut and pursues its onward course. Tho largest oaks are mere playthings for it; they aro whirled up and down, and drawn under without any effort 5 and some, limes they are carried round, under .and about hero for days before they leave tho embraces of this monster of the deep. The largo rocks here roar like thunder, in consequence of the water thrown under them from tho whirlpool. We gathered many beautiful specimens of rock about Its edge, and then left it. From this place to tho Falls (4 miles) the country is beautiful and level; and there is no more appearance of a river than there is in tho sandy deserts of Arabia; and at tho samo time one of tho greatest bodies of water in America courses through a cavity of solid rock, varying in depth from one to two hundred feet, and the perpendicular rocks aro as much higher on each Bide above tho surfaco of the water! Many tremendous rocks hava separated from U10 great mass and tumbled into the river, both at and below tho Falls. . We returned by tho Sulphur Springs, and again went over and all around the Island. And, to immortalize myself, I carved my name on ' Riddles SIcds."" and on a small tree o X3oiu.Ilnnd American sido) towards tho' American, Fails, where I expect it wui be handed down to posterity ns a lasting mprcssion of tho searching nature of my penknifo ! There aro many scenes and places about tho Falls of noted character and importanco to tho admirer of the beau, tifuland tho lover of American history ; but I must ccaso detailing, first, for tho want of time, and secondly, for want of sense. l$ut while icmory lasts, i shall never forget Niagara Falls. I quit them with as much reluctanco ns I would tho gravo or last embrace of my nearest friend. And, were 1 ablo, my footsteps should mark : their soil every year. But Wo are pass, ing away from this beautiful earth, and cannot always enjoy tho scenes wo would. As toa doscnption of the- l-allsr their on-4 gin, timo or existence, &c, I have nothing to suggest, because I am entirely incapable of making a beginning at an ndequate re presentation of what they are now. AH I havo to say is, I have secnTThave admired them, and never expect to look upon their ike again. And I would advise all others of tho curious world' to go and see them, certainly, surely without fail. On the morning of August 22d, we took a last fond look" at the Falls, and " were off." May Heaven spare me "to see tliem again and again ! J. M. E. Law of CorvBiGHT Wo havo seldom met a stronger illustration of tho necessity which exists for an international law or copyright, than a notice which wo .find in tho Iew World 0 paper published at New York on tho 2d of April. Tho editor an- nounccs that, on tho 4th inst., he would print thewholo of Sir.L. Butwcrs newt novel Zenoni, in one number of his journal, of 32 quarto pages, to behold at 12 i cents. Tho injustice of lhiaiTO9t-4ie-obvieu3-te4 every body ; for, (without rclenng to feir Bulwer s exclusion from the benefits arising from tlio sale of his productions in the United States) as American newspa pers aro allowed to circulate freoly in our colonrcsrond irr England,-tlieregularedi-tions of Znnoni ore met ond undersold by this practical reprint on British ground. A bookseller at Quebec Could, without let or lindrancc, order and circulate, a thousand copies of the New World, containing Za- noni, to tho direct injury ot tno isngiisn publisher'snterests in Canada ; and even a, London, newsman could, if he thought proper, import ten times as many, and sell for a shilling what Messrs. Saunders and Otley cannot sell for less than a guinea. W e commend this circumstance to the at tention of Sergeant Tulfourd and Lord Mahon. London Alias. ' - A man in this vicinity once sent a barrel of cranbornes to a friend in foreign parts, who bad never seen any fruit of the kind. n a few months be received a letter in which his friend expressed great regret that on account of the length of the voyage, the fruit were tour when they arrived, and he was' consequently obliged to .throw them away.Lerfger. , j ........ y J TIo common potato.' . . , , - ! It Ir pretty gcncratly-wndcrstood thatther -potato is indigenous to Chili and Peru, iii ' which countries it grows wild.V Tho plant ; " Is very 'Common about Valparaiso, ana Mr. ' Cruikshank says, thai he has noticed it along ."" ' tho coast for fifteen leagues to the northward (i of that port.; ;', Thcro is one peculiarity as- f - "f cribed to the wild plant by tho gemlcrr.nn, J viz.7 that the flowers "were" all pure white,.:' ? ' free from tho purple tint so common in the cultivated varieties Amidst cohfb'cu'ogjcsv limony and opinions on rite subject, we must, give to Sir Walter Raleigh tho credit of in. ? traducing the potato. . lis introduction into -Ireland by him in 1010, is well authentica- ' ted by, cor roborativo "testimony. . Among tho anecdotes told of this enterprising voy agcr, it is said when his gardncr at oung. . hall in tho county of Cork, had reared to ; tho full maturity of apples the potatoes r , which he had received from tho knight, as .. a lino fruit from America., the man brought to his master one of tho apples, and asked if that was tho fine fruhY" Sir Walter hnv- ' '"' ing examined it, was, or feigned, to bo so . dissatisfied that he ordered tho " weed" t, bo rooted out. The gardner obevod, and -in rooting out tho weeds found a bushel of potatoes, j. ; .. .",'.'."". '." . The discrepancy of opiuion respecting -; tho introduction ol the potato into Lurope, secrns to have arisen from confounding hd( sweet with the common potato. , Tlio laU, ' tcf was Introduced into Europe long before tho former, and it seems most probable that , it was the species brought from New Gran ada by Hawkins. ' ; . v ," i; . ' Potatoes were first looked upon as a -great delicacy, and cultivated by a very few. -The Royal Society, in 1603, encou- raged a more extensive cultivation of them as a means of preventing fainino.. Prcvi- ously to 1604 they were raised only it! gar dens of the nobility and gentry r but in that year, they were planted, for the first ti.mcj v in the open fields of Lancashire ofcouq. try in which they have ever bcerr very ex tensively cultivated.- Tlwirgrowlh-was; more rapidly extended In Ireland than in , " England, and they havo long furnished J from two-thirds to four-fifths of tho entire; ... food of tho people of Ireland, Potatoes were not raised in Scotland, except in gar. ' dens, till 1728, when they were planted In , tho open 'fields by a person by tho namo of Prentice, a day laboror at Kilsyth. ' . , Somo of tho goodpeoplq in Scotjand were opposed, at first, to the new yegcta- 11 ble, declaring that-,l potatoes, wcro not mentioned in tho Bible. ' Somo of theso . . prit ?S th Ionian Islands, at a later- pe riod, exponents probably of tho prejudices of tho peoplo, manifested their hostility by alleging that the potato was tho forbidden ' fruit, tho cause of man's fall ; and of course its uso was both immoral and irreligious. -Of a piece with this was the hostility of tho t rench to Ihe growth of tho potato in their - country, in tho voting against a benovolent gentleman who took pains to foster its cul ¬ ture, under tho plea that ho bad invented tho potato. " ' ' i r. '. .. , . "1 ho potato was introduced from Eng land into tho Netherlands, and thence into 1 Germany, in tho early part of tho last ccn. tury. It was first cultivated in 1620, but notwithstanding tho exertions and rccom- mendations of Liunccus, it did not como Info gcnerarculirvatlon tintiM7047whcna royal edict, was published for tho "encou- ragcmeni 01 mis uruueu oit nu-juuiiuty. In France, much of the final success 01 its mora extended culUvation was due to tho. final success of its more extended cultiva. tion was duo to the exertions of the bene volent rarmcnticrV'wha persevered amidst opposition and ridiculo of all kinds. For a while, the king, Louis XVI, and his! court , wore tho flower of the potato in tho button-holes of tlicir coats, as a means of enlisting popular favor, or, what at that time was equivalent,' fashion, pri its side. The dearth in tho first year of tho rcvolu. tion, served to direct attention moro and more to the cultivation of tho potato, which, after a time, became general. To it were tho people of France and other parts of Europe indebted for pBotcction against fa mine, in tlw disastrous years of 1816 and 1817. "Ave might suppose, however, trom the following incident, lhatlhO prfjadiccs against the root were not so great inj all parts of France, even at tho timo in which Wrmcrrtierwoa laboring-so- har d-i4tsfa vor. In seven years1 war 1756-1763 ' : a small detachment of the , French army, while in Saxony, having its supplies wTiolly cut off, the soldiers subsistcA-lor-iiight or. ten days entirely on potatoes, obtained from -fields, nor .was tho manner of living con sidered among them as by any moans a hardship. Less than thirty-years befom this event, the potato was unknown to tho agriculturists of Saxony. About tle middfe of tho last century, tho culture of the potato in Switzerland, which was begun 1720, has so much increased, that it constituted the food of two thirds of tho people. In the present day, it sti'J forms a leading article cf food among the pcasan-' try of that country. In Italy, within tho present century, the cultivation "of the po tato has teen greatly encouraged ; 'and tho traveller in tlw city of Naples, for instance, must, remember tho largo vessels filled with boiled potatoes, in the public streets', and -tear tho royal palace itself, from which, at -a cheap rate, the poor and Iazzaroni can -procure a,wholcsome meal the supply of their favorite maccaroni being deficient or too dear. . - - - :. Potatoes eaten raw have been found to be among the best remedies for the scurvy , as well as an excellent preventive. -it v. r.i r t
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