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VOL: IIINUBIBER 42.
ASHE VILLE, N. MAY IS, 1843.
WHOLE NUMBER 14G.
Pnbllshe4 weekly,
BY J. II. CHRISTY & CO.
TWnaasr ii puWiahed it Two Dolus a ye,
WZ- lT- IVnll.r. a4 Fiftw rHl. la
in bu"-; " - -- -- -
sirauntus or, Three Dollars at to sad of the
year. (SWspectus.)
Advertisements uWted atsOne Dollar per square
for lb.findhTweD(ir-Fiva Cents for eaeb
continuance. CouW Ordera will b charged
twenly.fi ve pet cent, fcjtra. ,
notice o? so of ru? Most important.
TI.p recent frightful eart'Hoiankes Vthe
Wpbi Indies, by which about tenthpus
persons were destroyed In GuudnloupebB
imparted nn unusual degree of interest t.i
these extraordinary phenomena ot nature,
It will bo remembered alsoyihnt but a short
period has elapsed, since C;.po lnytien was
destroyed with ten thousand people, while ft
year or two before, a similar calamity oc.
curred at Martinique. Wo have then-fore,"
hunted uo one or two authorities, nnd pro
cceel to give ft few interesting facts as to
the philosophy of earthquakes, arid the most
distructive of which we have accounts. In
ihe Encyclopedia of Science, earthquake
are aWrihed ns usually preceded by n
gen nl stillness intle air, and nn unnnturnl
iii'iiatinn f the" wnt.-rs. of the ocean and
Acs. Tiro shock comes on with a deep,
rumbling noise, like tint of a carriage over
rough pavement; or with a tremendous
explosion n-acmbling a discharge of nrtil
i;ry or the bursting of a thundercloud.
Sometimes the earth is thrown up perprn
dieularly, nnd sometimes it rolls' from .side
to side. ' A single shock seldom lust longer
itun a minute, but they frequently follow
one another at short intervals for a consl
dcnble length of timer During these
shocks, large chasms arc made, in the
ground, from which, sometimes, smoke and
Humes, hut more frequently stories nnd-Jor.
rents of water, ore discharged. Cities aru
sunk, the courses of rivers are changed,
seas overflow the land, sometimes disrupt
ing the earth, and sometimes uniting islands
together. Professor Brando states that the
first earthquake worthy of notice, was that
which, in A. D. 63, destroyed Hereula.
m um and Pompeii.
In the 4th und 5ih centuries, Thrnre,
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Svria.nnrt Asia Minor sunvreo sevcr.-ij ny
Iirse
awful visi'Hiions. vn
f
Jium iry, A. D. 447, subterranean tnuno. es
J j r .L.. DI..-1. . ,k DJ a,.n
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were IMJoru ironi inn unnn i" u ,
tlvcnrth was convulsed without iiitermisA'f volcanH.-s, electricity, &c, to rurnisn
sin f .r the space of six mon;hs,.nd ftmuch informatin. Even a glance at the
PhrvL'iu many large cities were swaiioweu
up. May 30th, A. V. 203, the city ot An
tioch was ovcrwneimea oy a urenuiui cii.
quake, and two hundred and fifty thousand
of its inhabitants crushed In the ruins.
In 1346-7, severe earthquakes were ex.
peiicnccd in Asia Minor and Egypt, and in
Cyprus, Greece and Italy.
la 1692, the island of Jamaica was
visited bv a terrible earthquake, nd the
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city of Port Royal and a large tract of
adjacent land, sunk into the sea.
In 1693, great earthquakes occurred !n
Sicily, which destroyed Citania, and one
hundred and forty other towns and village's,
with one hundred thousand of their inha
bitants. In the eighteenth century, the world was
convulsed with frightful oarthqunkes.
In 1746, an earthquake laid wasto Lower
Peru.
In 1750, the town ( Conception inhili,
Was (hiitravrd.
In 175.V H-o city of Lisbon was dread-
fully injured. The shock continued only
si minutes, and sixty thousand persons
perished. The so, it is said, first retired
and fn id the bar dry then rolled int nnd
rose fifty feet above its ordinary level. Tin?
largest mounlainsju Portugal wore shaken,
and some of them were opened at their
summits, and split and rent in a wonderful
manner. During the cntastropho at Lis.
bon, an immense concourse of people fled
to the new quay, called Cays de Prada,
when the qmy sunk,' rmdjhe multitude
were precipitated into thr hidrous abyss
On 4he spot , there is now wnter.to the depth
of one hundred fathoms. This earthquake
wns felt in various parts of tho world, not
inly in Europe, but in the West Indies, nnd
on Lake Ontario. Wc-.now quote from
Hrande's Encyclopedia :
In 1759, Syria wns agitated by violent
nenfTtionk rsvieh
protracted for three months throughout a
space of ten thousand square leagues, nnd
levelled to the ground Aeoon, Saphat, B
.beck, Damascus, Sidon, Tripoli, and many
other places. In each of there places many
thousands of the inhabitants perished; and
in the valley of Balbeck alone, tein thousand
men are said to be victims to the convul-
sion. In 1766, the isbnd of Trinidad "and
great part of Columbia were violently agi
tated by earthquakes. In 1772, the lofty
volcano of Papundayang, tlie highest moun
tain m Java, disappeared, and a circumja
cent arena, fifteen miles by six, wasswal
lowed up. In 1783, the north-eastern part
of Sicily and the southern portion of O-
labria were convulsed by violent and oft
repeated shocks, which overthrew the towa
of Messina, and killed many thousands of
the inhabitants, as well as many persons in
Calnbria. In the same year the island of
NJapao, Java in 1786r,Sicily and the Pa
ravens in 1790, were violently agitated by
convulsions of this kind. Since the com.
mencemeniof the present century, various
arthquakesltsTe ocewteiLboth in the Old
and Netr WiwrW. In Ifllli irloteot earth.
quakes shook the valley of h MlsaiasJppi,
by wbich lakes of conaiderablw extent ois
appeared, and new ones were formed, ,rIo
1813, Carraccas was destroyed, and up
wards 6f twelve tliousJind of its inhabitants
buried in the ruins. Irl 1815, the town of
Tombora. on the island of Sumbawa, wis
completely destroyed by an earthquake,
wnicn extenueq inruugrioui on uran m mre
hundred miles in diameter, end destroyed
twelve thousand peraonsv . la 1810, a vio.
lent earthqunko occurred at Cutch, in the
Vint of Ihe Indus, by which, among other
dia3trou.,' Lw,P"v .nw..,
Bhocg, waico:.'lntoahepor ruins,
in 1822, AleppSwas fc,rZ?.h' nttt
' I ' r tk. I ill wild Vlallprf
Ittf Vi.
k . tn.itt (ti'lriirllw' earllQ.u..'f
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from
which the coast for one hundred 0.',es.'"
UICU IU IlIVO UDIUIIIU MIS I' -
... I a.. l.n..A k n gA , W I it t t
f?Hrri;livo to four feet, while, about a mile
inward- frtMii Vnlpariso it was raised from
six toWen Ye'ci, , In 1827, Popnynn and
Bogolauffored severely from earthquukes,
during which vaat fissures, opened it the
elevated phHflS around tho lattetcity. In
1835, the tovof Conception, in Chili, was
entin fy demnlisticd by an earthquake. "In
1837. ihe count rieaalonR the eastern est re.
mity of the MeditehraiK-an, especially Sy.
ria, were violently npiuiled by.oo unrth
quake, which cuused gVat da inogo to the
towns of Durrmscus, Atre-'Tvre, and Si
d,m,and entirely destroyeV TIbcrras and
S.ifat. Such are' soma. of iWKniost violent
earthquakes that have occurreiwithin tho
period of uulheniio History. TKo render
will fin I in Poefrnorf 9 4nafeiiists of
ih flitr.rudi cunhQunkoa that tmwukcD
..! .,. within the last twenty years ;nd
from these it will be. observed thut scare
a moutli elapses without being signalized bj
one or many convulsions in some part of
the L'lobc. Shocks of earthquakes havo at
ditferotit times been felt in various parts of
Britain, and more particularly in bcotlanu;
but they have all fortunately Ix.en expe
rienced in other countries, that we shall
refruiiiTrom entering "rntur Tiny details re.
sncctini? them."
But perhaps the recent earthquake can
bo traced with more accuracy man annum
any other that has occurred, certainly in
modern times.' It was fell in various p iris
of tho western country at Van Bureu,
Arkansas, and at Gil"ua, Illinois nnd u
comparison of accounts 6s given' in the
newspopers,.or as made it tho time by in.
divkluuls who pny attention to such matters,
would enablo a careful observer, acquainted
with ecoIocy and finiiliar with the theory
map is suiiieiem io on ." rv,B.
of this convulsion may tn a great measure
be traced, especially as many captains who
were at sea at the lime, have also seen tneir
return given brief extracts from their log-.
books, shewing that the great waters were
agitated os far as long. 3DW w . we re
...
peat a hope, therefore, that Professor bspy,
or some other gentleman whose opportu.
nities are raro for observing and comparing
all information as to phenomena of this
kind, will think it worth while to pay due
attention to the subject.
We annex also a translation from
French work, by Maltq Brun, wi'h which
we have been kindly furnished by an inielli-
cent friend
There isa dreadful phenomenon intimately
coBiiected with volcanic eroplionB earth
quakes, those convulsive movements which
shake the surface of tho earth, whether in
a harizontai direction , with undulation simi
lurto those of tho sen; or vertically, when
a part of ihe ground is raised up, and the
other part sinks down as into a gulph; or
circularly, when ponderous masses of rocks
find earth revolve ns U were on n pivot.
These are thu three kinds of motion dis-
tinguished by Italian writers who are well
acquainted with these phenomena. -
Lurihquakes produce the most calami
tous elkcls. They oMe.l cnangc ino suriacc
of a country in such a innnner that it is
difficult to recognise it.
Enormous gaps apiM ar to discover to the
eyes of ihe living thu empire of the shades.
I hese tissures emit blueish names ana
dC-adly vapors ; in the course of ages they
form new valhes. in otner places moun
tains n re swallowed up or overthrown, often
detuched from one anotlieriliey glide along
upon the lower ground, and as ihe force
Willi which they are impelled redoubles at
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everv moment, ineso nrnuuiniorv rocss
bmind owrboth' vaWesarnf bilhw-llcre tho
vineyard descends from iw height hnd set
tles in the rnidit of fields of corn; there,
farins wiih their gardens, lifted without
separating, become attached to disinnt vil
lages. In one quarter, new lakes n re form
ed in the midst of the earth; in another,
rocks hitherto invisible, suddenly rear their
wet summits from the bosom of the foaming
sen. Springs are dried up, rivers disap
pear and lose themselves under ground;
others, choked up by fragments of rocks,
spread out into vast mnrsncs. Newsprings
gush out from the shattered sides of the
mountain j incipient riven struggle with
youthful impetuosify.andendeavorto hollo
out a channel for themselves amid the rums
of cilies, palaces and temples. What
makes earthquakes still more drendfnl is.
that there are no signs which unequivocally
indicate either their aprmmch or their ter.
minalion. They happen at all seasons, and
under every constitution of the atmosphere
A subterraneous noise indeed is their in
fallible forerunner ; but it is scarcely heard
before the earth gives way. Animals, par.
ticularly horses, dogs, and fbwla show by
their terror a presentiment of Iheir coming.
The barometwr falls extrernely low, f j ,p
. Earthquakes net with astonishing rapid!.
I Jfl' " It was one single sho:k which da the
Oth of February, 1773, overthrew4 Calabria
and destroyed Messina in less ibarMwa
minutes. ' But tlwae agitations are some
times repeated fr tlw space of months and
wliole years, as in 1753.
The dirtclion cf earthquake is one of
tho" most remark. ible freaks in physical
geography. Sometimes wt remark a eon,
tral point where ihe shocks are moat violent,
and this centre sometimes changes its place,
as if the subterraneous' force' rebounded I
from onw boint to another; sometimes w
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this force seems to move. The sphere of
such .i revolution seems often to embrace a
fourth part of tho terrestial globe. The
earthquake which caused such devastations
ni Lisbon, was fell in Greenland, in the
Est .odies, in Norway and in Africa.
That of 1601 shook nil Europe and a pari
of Asia. . i
In 1803 the shock was felt almost stmul.
taneously at A!giers, in Greece, at Con.
stantinople, Buknrest, Kiow.snd Mftscow.
No part of tho globe appears to be ex.
feroptcd from, these terrible effects- The
Alps contain no Irnce of a volcanic agency,
and yet they .are often shaken by earth,
quakes. Tho Vilyer mine at Kongsborgin
Norway, was first oined p to view by a
shock in 1603. . Even The fruzeu zone
subject to earthquakes. Grp--1-"0" ee",
frequent .bm b ; J I" 1758 Lapland ex.
perienced a violent commotion.
The sen often, but not always, shares In
the convulsions of the earth. In 1755 ihe
waters of tho TugUS rose suddenly to thirty
feet above their ordinary level, and retired
immediately with such force, thnt the mid.
lie ol Hit river was oosorveu iu uo ury.
ur minutes afterwards the same pheno.
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incH-)ii rtscurrea, ana n wu iour uurca re
peated. SimUar motions occurred the same day
at MadeVra, at Gauduloupc, nnd at Marti.
nique- -tikiba .earthqunko which proved
dstruclivti to Lima iu 1746, the ocean baa
a movement V the same nature: but pro.
nortionate to th mass of water which was
thrown into ngitimon. rushed forwards
upon the land tor a space of several leagues.
All the largo v:ssclsVhich were in the port
of Callon were swallowed up ; all the small
craft were driven beyonU the town.
Navigators assure us, that ships are very
often dreadfully tossed byNa sudden and
convulsive motion- in the seaNyery similar
to those which shako the land. These
agitations of the sea "perhaps take place,
though there is no corresponding snaaing
f ihe earth. At other times, they are the
effect of submarine shocks in tho very Dot
torn of the ocean.
The causes of these catastrophes are not
well ascertained. It appears that there are
several concurring causes of a very difTe.
rent nature. Some slight shocks arise,
without doubt , from fallings in of the ground
and subterraneous sinkings, which take
place after great droughts. At other times
the shocks may be produced by the terres
trial and atmospherical electricity, which
seeks to recover its equilibrium. These
phenomena,the reality of which can scarcely
be contested, depend upon the temporary
constitution of the seasons.
Tho most generally received opinion
attributes earthquakes to elastic tapourt
enclosed in subterrnneous cavities whether
they arise from the abundance of raid col.
lected in Iho craters of volcanoes, or are
disengaged from the inflammable, substances
with which the subterraneous rivers or
waters of tho sea may come in contact, or
finally, aro extricoted by the fermentation
of that subterraneous fluid, which Deluc
supposes to be the residue of the mother
wuters of the globe. These vspours be.
come dilated by heat, and in seeking an
outlet they rate vp or shake the earth.
If this last hypothesis be true, as many
circumstances lead us to suppose, the Ja-
nnnese have not been wrong in saying thai
ii is u great submarine dragon which raises
up tho earth by its breathing. A similar
tradition prevails in the mythology of the
Scandinavians, it is probably JP anision
to this, that Homer has-given to Neptuii.
the epithet of Ennosigaiot , that is, bo who
shakes the earth.
"ThttE pmtnisoFHT. I saw a pale mourn
er stand bending over ihe tomb, and his
tears fell fast and often. As he raised his
humldl.tohenwn he cried.
Mv brother ! oh, my brother 7"
A sage pas-d that way, and said,
" For whom dost thou mourn T .
One," replied he, " whom I did not
sufficiently love while living; but whose
inestimable worthT I now feel !"
" What wouldest thou do, if he wcreJ
restored lo thee?"
' s Tlie mourner replied, " that he would
never offend him by an unkind word, but
he would tane every occasion to snow his
friendship. If he could but come back to
his fond embrace.''
".Then waste no time in useless grief,
said the sane, " but !f thou hast friends.
go and cherish the living, remembering
that they will one day be dead also.
The steamboat Win. Robinson, Jr., was
sunk on the 20th inst.'in the Tombeckbee
river, by coming in collision wiih another
boat.
Brass at both ends," said a lady pointing
to a Broadway dandy with brass heels oo
hia boots. .
i M Dm pleasant day i S7, while sluing
a our sdjtorlal sanctum In Detroit, a strap,
piny dirty, ragged, but worry .eyed . Irish
boy gave us a call, aod presented , Ihe pic
ture of saucy independence. , After gazing
at us some lime, he burst into a hearty laugh
slopping his hands OS his aide like a rooster
just ready to crow, and roared out
" Uch,-le St. Patbnck s oun luck this
time. Such a bJoasttd cuuntsr-iiuve, Mitt
titer Kingsbury, as covers your head !
sure yees wonts a divilf and I'm the very
b'y to make a good, honest divil to pees."
. What is your tismer -
" Good luck to me, I'm called afther
swajc Suiut Peter,'' ' . y fi
" Well, Peter, have you a character V
V' The best of characters I lell iu Ould
Ireland ; bur sure didnV I forget to bring
llwtnme wid me!" f
We liked the looks of Pete, and though
he was a great vagabond in appearance, wk
thought ii would do no hnnn to try thu ex.
periment nd we sent him up stairs to be
llie " devil," of the printing office.
There was a striking peculiarity about
this boy ha was always iu " gooi luck.1'
When he comnwM-'"" i'r.ww. .11,i
h made about as many mistakes as linn.
dy Andy,- hut he had an inimitnblc way of
turning them ovesoasto show tlieir best
face; and hnally maRing us see somecapi-
tal " 0 luck n them. As a specim n, ;
he once by accident knocked over an open
ink keg, and enme running down to our of-1
hee, witli his luce gleaming with joy, ' Arruh '
!OW, Misther Kingsbury, I've had tho na. i
test good luck this mornin ! My ful hit itself
nguinst the ink keg and it ran all over the
floor, bul
- Ha '.-what ! you blundering 1
Bui, my good luck, it did'nt touch th:
paper that's piled up an' if it had, would'iil
it have been ruined entirely 1'
Wo don't design to tell a series of ancc
dotes of this singularly happy character
our object is rather to refer to him by vay
of illustration to a moral, Whatever Imp.
pened, he drew something good from it.
tn what would dishearten others, he law
only hope. He recognized no clouds to his
sky, ilwae all sunshine.. Consequently he
encountered no obstacles that he could not
overcame.
Thu: boy .before we left, had become
one of tho most. valuable hands in our - es
tablishment.
By his indomitable good luck
he hud lnrn.,.1 lo read nnd writ iih ,w.
, ,. , . .' I
anu manage hi irue irisn siyie 10 get in
fight on our account. It was owing to his
good luce that fie did'nt have his breath
knockedout of him in some of his manual
,, . , .
exercises.; He entered our office one day
Inughihgy, with his eye well blackened, and
some money in his hand. He handed it to I
the bookaeepor, with the name of a new
- - I
ubscriben It stnicfc: our ear at once, for I
persot named was a bitter political ene-
my W o!:ed rete how It happened.
He burstinto one of hia rich laughs, and re-
pH': ..
Imettaaby by the market, ana I
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talktn' ayn yees, my jewel, 1 guv him an
argimenlbttwdne his peepers, and he guv
me this rnnmintxover my oun. linn we
grappled, and it was myself that got on the
topof th, Jlackguard. just se.d mylf
comfortfuly, and thin showered the creatur
with arornp.nla until hn eid I Anonoh Rv
my darlii food luck, I rasoned the baste in-
t - o J l
to subscibin,' and thin before I unseated
myself I coaxed him with another settier
bet wane lis taathe to hand over the fee: for
that sarrrv Och, now you've got him, it'll
be you, Ihsther Kingsbury, that'll make a
good dirrrnicrat ov im and a dacinl chris
tian.' i
Whiping a man into subscribing for a
paper is, beyond oil dispute, a new method.
Whelher Vo would advise its general appli
CUtion wi have no time to say.
A ICWlgO last summer, we visited De-
imil .nlweroatr.nnd in theatre! bv a
well dressed, gentlemanly looking young
- rr 9
man who began to cul some extruvugint,
antics. Ii was Pele now bv common con-
sent, ' Ppler M" , Esq.' good
luck and Imnrst labor had, within a lew
years, put him into the undisputed posses
sion of some three or four thousand dollars,
an iliienl wife and two swate children"-
tlf. was oqh of tho democratic Lit) Com
mittcc, nd will ere long be of th Common
Council. H had a large stoiu, and was
pokcnfcfaa.a ubstant al onJ rising iimn.'! wawyieui 7
.IT" .. --"-- -: r- :t rand neat crop rava 40 bu. hels to the ac
We loo ad, in co" mou wnn nim, inai
Hope was still as large as ever, and his old
phrase rolled as oilit, from his tongue.
rfowwe have SKetrtietl tins character
for the special benefit of thut large class to
be found in all qmmuniiies called Ubumb
less who look at the dark side of. every
ihing. and make the most strenuous excr.
ti. n to render lh-instlvcs miserable. Heo.
ven has intermingled rsys of Jight with the
darkest shades of human life. In the woof
of adversity are threads f gold. Complnio
not, then, but look joyously forward, and
when gloom gathers over your mind, think
of our sketch of " Locxr Pkte. The
American.
Rewasding howestv. A colored ser
vant sweeping out bachelor's room, found
a sixpence on the carpet, which he carried
to the owner.
" You may keep it for your honesty,"
said he.
A short litre after he missed his gold
pencil ease aod inquired of his servant it
he hal seen it.
Yes mr,"" was the reply. "
"And what did) yoo do with it f" "
Kept it for my honesry, sir !" "
- The old bachelor disappeared.
" CcEirQCoNsvMmoN.Tbe following
communication, says the North Americao,
comet from source entitled 10 the fulleet
confidence:
Messe. EbtTots. A kUtr from, a die.
tinguished friend in England, recently re
ceived, contain the following remedy for
corirombtforr, which sense of duty com
pels me ta givo to your readeri-' My' cor
respondent states that it was given him by
nn wn4ifrfl.y skillful ' GcriTttn Physician,
who had tested its efficacy on ma ny patients
--am6ng others, on his own wife.
. I meiuian it to.yousnys my correspon
dent, in the hone that it may be usefnl to
some of those hibwring under that afflictive,
and, indeed, hitherto incurable malady, on
yoursidu of ihe Atlantic, ... Il was discover,
ed in Russia, aod has been tried with as
tonishing success in Germany. " Rub fhe
body round ana round, from tne necK row
down on the body, for half nn hour morning
and night, wiih the fat of. bacon cured in
smoke, t'lamnoi must bo worn during ihe
course of the euro, and not changed more
thnTT&nce n monih at the soonest. The
cure opcuries frbjn four to six months" 1
Should any of y Mir readers be suffering
under thtt abve namod disease, and be ap-
prt-nenstv of a hoax w.fng practised in the
remedy specified, yo;i ore nt liberty to
mention my name. Yours, &c.
Dvrias or Jousnhlist. No man fpqaifca a
larjor rango of inlrtlrct, -mora varied require,
mcnta, or greater flrength of character, than the
conductor 'if a public jmirno. Of courae, we
allud to ana who acta with a tall aenae of ttic
dignity and worth of hia calling, and in the ron.
aeicntboi desire to dieeharjre its duties. Neither
etatesinan, lawyer, nor dinna, more in a more
extended aphere, or haa mora oer aion for the uae
of tbo nublvat facnlliri buh if mind and heart.
Hu ilanila in immediate contact with the public
mind- Ho furnishes the intellectual aliment of
tho people. He givca a tons to public opinion
and tha guardian and goido of publie morals.
Thousands of men, each morninv and evening,'
listen to hia voice, are moved by his peruaion!",
are corrected by bis rebukes, or corrupted by bia
licence. The characters of men are in some de.
jrree placed in bia hands. He may levatc tho
bad, or traduce lha good. Hu ean atiinnlate the
worst passion of inflamed timet; or give an im
pulse to wise and beouficent movements. This
influence differs from that of others who operate
upon the publio mind, m that, while thrus is con
fined to particular and distant occasion!, he acts
incessantly.
The orator agitates oiily while he i speaking,
the preacher is hemmed in by the walls of Iih
churcli and the limits of a Sabbath day : II)
day
etatesman seldom steps out of hia bureau ; the
n,aB ' 'tn " n" montr u ' '""T" ana cru
cibles j ana llie teaoncr unly in Ins school room.
But tll ,dilor is perpetually at work. As the
tbo mails carry hia speculations from one eitjf to
another, hia action spreads like the wares of the
Pf'' n eonce"lfe f iro,e. ""d befr the ,iurt
pie bas subsided, the waters at the centra are
;gttin digiurbed.-Even while he aleepa. hia
tnoughta are awake, they .re diffusing good or
evil, they are entering other minds, to mould tnem
or worse a...
Tkil mmmt nnl eat nnl kte eittll Aft that Win
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an(i wbeiber benign or pestiferous, are producing
their inevitable nnpreasiona. Ortat rvesfem ma-
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aim incui bitv;' t wi oa-irvrntwiei wvoia
A rufir tnjnmi,. andcom.
munjeatiya ; and this has been characteristic of
the husbandman from time immemorial, it is
related of lcbomaeua, a eowplcto husbandman,
llTX
conoe ellicf lhr arU But if a
-.. k.. ;nv mnmm nf timmtrA Hit KlU witk
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care and prosperity, ae la happy m having mem
inspected ; and when asked, will eoneeal nothing
of the manner by which ha brought hia work to
such perfection
Altessativc Hlssamdkt Hus been the princi-
1 means of converting one of the poorest coun
ties, of England, the county of Norfolk, into one
of the-most producUvo and wealthy. Most of
this county P?-" a aan.iy sou. sixty years
. a' Ml . . J lh
TCar,. At tho close of the last century, accord.
mg to the same writer, no audi things as summer
fallows were known, and grass waa left bul two
J Th "umber ohorsea were lessened.
ploughing were not so frequent, often bnt one
for barley ; and soma misted W mere scaniymg,
and- succeeded well. This change of system
had the e fleet to Inereaee the product one quarter
and one third. Tho same system la coming into
operation upon oursundv soils, and with equal if
not greater ad vantage.
Ltac and Maasn Mod. A t-cntleman distin
a-aished for rood and (Kat qualities, tells as, that
on a sandy soil, hr has found lime a powerful fcr.
I tilii,.f. A poor field pat ih enrn yielded 10
busbela followed by oafs crop hunt succeeded
linv-d.
and neat crop gave 40 bu. litis to the acre. , fc.it.
peril nee has taught him tho great valuo of mitis'i
mum, espectoHy wn usvo-m coniDinauon Jtua
a small anantity of liina -Keeps a email loroo
Muudallv assigned to the collt etion of marsh
mud, weeds, leaves, mould from the wood's, Slc,
and is amplv eompensulud lot ilcannot too high
ly recommend I bo use of inarsli mud has cover
ed several acres wiih hrushaond. The fertilizing
effect very obvious, and thinks poor land may be
reclaimed lv a covsring of brushwood, very spee
dilv, and wiih great economy as to the labor and
th imiiIis ia vers careful to have- all brush not
large enough for firewood, even the prunninga of
his orchards, rcrvta 10 oe sprena upon me moi
exhausted portions of hia land
Amrriemn Farm,
tr.
Plovohihg fob Coar. Tlie American Farmer
says: tn ploughing up com and uats, ground, the
farmer, should neither spare his team or hia
plough, as the deeper be goee the better prepared
will bis soil be lo sustain the cr sown upon it.
Il w a fact that cannot be disputed, that corn
planted on ground deeply ploughed, always stands
drought better, looks green and healthy longer,
and nine tiroes oat of ten will yield mora fodder
and more train than that which is planted in
shallow ploughed g roond. There is no mystery as
to the reason ; it ie aa envious as that two and two
make four. The roots penetrate beyond the depth
ai which, bv evaporation, eartls beenraaa eeprrrnd
as He moMturc, and there find in store for theai.
tint necessary inrredicwl to neanniul vevetauoa.
aad laua eacapa from Uwa sail of being parched ap
fcr UM want ar waaar.
The following article, which we (tod iu
the shape of a " Communication" in the '
Ohio Shale Journal, is entitled to the so.
rious, and even solema, consideration ef
every man in the country who in capable of
comprehending the extent of such a cala. -mity
as the breaking up of this Government
through wilful and factious resistance, by
individual Slates, to the Constitution sn.4
the Laws,
The t crisis opproaches ! There . are
clouds in ihe political horizon which por
tend evil. ' They overshadow the whole ,
country. A storm is gathering before
which the stoutest frames will tremble and
it wilt be well for the Amernran people -for
Iho causo of Coustilutioual Liberty
throughout iho woild if lliere bo stout .
hunrts ahd clear heads to inieLthe shock
apd turn the moral tenqiost aside.
The refusil of n portion of the States of
this Union to comply with the law of Con.
gress prescribing the mode of electing
members of the House of Representatives,
if persisted in, is virtually a dissolution of
the Union f
The law in question is undoubtedly a
constitutional one. As such il is binding
on nil the Sia'ei. It is the paramount law
of the land, nnd (-annul bo disregarded or
Contravened without setting nt defiance tho
law m .king power of Congress. The work
is then day. Tho Nution.nl Legislature
ceases lo possess u power co-t'Xtensiva with
thu Union. Tlie iUates, invariably, aro
upe'rior to tin: United Stales ; and what
remains or our Union?
L t us pursue the subject n little further.
The law of Congress io quires thnt tho
Stiles s,h ill Im disirictud each district to
el ct one member. Certain of the States
refuse c.iunpli nice. (The reason for this
refusal may be separately examined, as well
ns tho manner of complying with the law
on tho part of some of the Slates neither
can oflect the question under considers,
tion.) They refuse compliance, and pro
ceed to elect Representatives to Congress
under a law of their pntticular State.
When Congress shall assemble next De.
cember, and these pretended Represents,
lives shall present themselves, what will be
the consequence t If thoy bo admitted to
soots, what becomes of the law of Con
gress T If' one law may be set nt defiance,
why not two three tub whole Who
shall answer tho question ? Not Congress,
lor. lis p-iwur has ceased! The law pre
scribing its own organitation under the Con.
stilulion has been trampled in the dust ! To
what higher power shall the appeal be
token I To the pop!e. Not so. They
have already decided in the affirmative !
These is no hicheb power. They ha :
deliberately withdraws from tho reach of
e ederal legislation. The moral power has
been exhausted. Nothing remains but
force, brum force.
.Shall force bo resorted to shiil the ex
peri.ent be tri.d? Ay, slmll it.'- And
who shall try il? ' N t one Sta v iu u
Conf.i t wuli h not!. erf That wuiinl b
double treason ; for tho pw-r of tin- Stated
is equal, and they are forbidden by tiio
Cons iiuiion to " engage in war unless
actually inviiJed." Not the present Exec
utive; for he has virtually provoked the
approaching crisis, and invited the States
to disregard the law. It is true, he is ex.
pressly enjoined by the Constitution lo
" take care that the laws bo faithfully exe.
cuted.' But what of that, when we think
of hie course in the Rhode Island rebellion,
where lie was equally bound to act under
the Constitution.
But, says the quibbler, the Constitution
also provides that " each House shall be
llie judge of the elections, returns, and
qualifications of its own nf?mbers." True;
and the same Constitution also expressly
soys, " This Constitution, and the laws of
the United Slates which s'.iull be mado iu
pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law
of the land; any thing in the Constitution
or laws of any Staft lo tho contrary noU
withstanding. Tho qualifi mtion of mem
bers must b ; adjudged under, the law. All
laws enacted in pursuance til' the Coiistitu.
lion ore bin ling. Ti e judgei of every
Siatc are bound thereby, as are also tho
rwmbert of the State Legislatures, and all
Executive and judichil olliceis, " hoih of
llie United Slates and of ihe. several Slates,"
by express provision. So thut if one law
bi; disregarded, so mny all; for by their"
oath they are bound to support all, not a
part. :'. i
I Ij-epeat again, a crisis approaches.1 It
is will) toar ami U in'ihug XliuLl wstch Us
i. Not that 1 fear my own powers
of personal endurance but! tremble Tor
our proud Union, once the mark of the
prize of the joyous son3 of Liberty through,
out tint world. .1 would here adopt, with
slight variation, as upp'.iciblc on thisocca.
sion, tliu language of (Jenersif Cuss in a
bile letter to the Secretary of State: " I
am clear in the belief thnt il is better to
i , i ,i. fliW(lrka than, the citadid to
fighi for Ihe first inch rather than the last
to maintain ourlhnon and tTic Constitution
when attacked, rather than to wait nil we
have none to be. atiackcd or maintained ;
nd such, I trust and hope, will be the. un
wavering determination of every constitu
lional member of the next CoTlgres.T,
- MONTGOMERY-
Ta roa itnter A getlma who keeja a
large flock of sheep assure as that during tho
season of grasing, be givca bis ahoes tar at tho
rate of a g'll a day to every twenty sheep. He
puts the tar m troughs eprinklee a little toe aalt
over tt, aod the abeep eonaome it eagerly. . This
reserve tbean ftesa worwa the bad, astwooO-a
their general growth aad iasoppoaod to bo a epe.
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