North Carolina Newspapers

, - . , ... . - ..... -J,'' . j, i. - - . : - " 4 v !iN K'V? -. , jrarJ. iv .dumber a "u nil.iyd it Two Doi.LiM nd ,T u. if ilia mr. ; j - ..! - i .i- ? IGnLANDMESENGEIK JPrIdaTiorBtnff Augmt llj 1143. The ' election Yor Congress in eleven States ln been heard from. In thesa there my - ; . - - -- been electee! $evcnUf-me Democra ts a nd eigh teen Whigs. In the last Congress thesame States Bontorfnme Democrats and fifty. three VMst. . ' In the last ten days' elections cameiffin Kentucky! Indiana, Tennessee, Illinois Alabilmav Mississippi, and North Carolina ttnd, talcen or af whole,' we have no dogbt have given the Democrats alarge maioritr in the Congressional repreonta . don7o i that w should, not be atall sur, " prised if nearly two-thirtls of tha members in tl ne uongress are jjemocrtua. uo it soK-iet tho people bn?e: their way, and Ihen t the evils of which the complain are pot cured they .must blame 'tbemsolyes. We have beeii thinking' of going over to (he Democrats too, and should proceed to MmfcftM(otjwo'b three little" tilings. ' 'First, we canqot abiuo tneir doc trines we believe them at war with rery interest of the couqtry-destructive Holts - prosperity-ubver8ive ' ; of its ' peace, and ruinous to'its morali. " Secondly, we abo. minato their practioe-thcy are4o full of windings, iwistings, turnings, itigzags, and ihcohsistencies".' ; Thirdly, "We do not like " jheir spirit there is toqr much grumbling and growling, snapping' an.d snarling no ..eliaiited''b6r j4"i-u sowl Uea ever did more. Fourthly, we do not like the mate- J-ials of 'which their arty is. composed ''like: Jacob's entile,' thero aro-the ringed, 'streaked And spected-the odds and ends of all parties there aretbo; many sorts and too many colors. -.'If wq could, how ever, get round these little difficulties, we jwbnid no doubt turn Democrat. Perhaps uiluTedUora of tha Mecklenburg Jeflersonian or the new editor. of the Standard would give os tbo benefit of iKetr Rrpmencsas to bow somersets of tbis kind are turned. ; NbV PAPEK.--Amorig several new pa. ln which have lately found their way to, ' ou'rdffice, we particularfy notice one which , hails from Philadelphia, and'is called " The Magnctise'r and Phrenologist,1: edited, by Wm, II. Rodgera and Mrs,"'SrG'.,Imis, Theitreft seemst-give lessons- in Phrenology and examines heads, the editor . removes disease 4 by. the application of Animal Magnetism1'! : Hear him : . "The manner of ascertaining the locality and ua 'tare of the diteast is by: a Somnabulist, whose examnationi have hitherto provea , examnauom nave nunerto P ihJiTy cdrrert f ThfirtreoctorrJJj,, not feel the nothingne of the pleasures, UwfTo ' dilomsTi .takef a negro man, who. pretends to go to sleep (or: does so in fact,) lays bis hand on the sick persons head, rwhile the Doctor v feels the pulse1, and the sleeping negro pro. coeds to tell " where tho pain feels,'.? whe. ther the patient" can be cured , what wll do ,,it, &C. &0.. ..fcijiref t-hi i"', r :Vive la 'humbug.! ".;.:--;: y - v :( itKABTlES Of A M0NAECHyThrg60i people -of England were' taxed over ten '. thousand dollars as the expenses of fehristen ,' .'ing the young prince ; and Sir Robert Peel declared that the expqnse of that occasion ' was much greater, but that the Queen had graciously condescended-to pay all but this ztfmtt tumdutqf her own private jwrae , ' v CooC i ery. The Boonstick (Mo. ,) tTimSs, tells the ;. following of "one of jhe ; Constables in thospartsT It i quite rich, nd is about what we would expect of some constablet 'we know of.'a kngway from - -.- . . ,. r?, jaissoun ;A-4 ' - - - ,-. t Pssmr Good. A fnnd who has jutrtturned from .tho upper coantiei, inTormf .11 that while resting one day at a farmer house, on th road -' 7 tide, a oonatable eame In Sad informed the roai. dent he had an execution P"1,t hint, and wiahed to levy onTHta property- .Three barrel,, of com and a calf iwero pointed oot a being the (nnj- to. tal-Tbe conatable. conceiving it to be hie duty J', to hy handa on every thing he eeeuio proceed. dto diechargesad duty taking bold t every ear of com, saying each lime X thee," and lay it aaide, after going over the three barrels i of corn with the mm ceremony, he proceeded to execute the calf. In order to catch it eaeily, hs "fibred H aome corn, hot the bait wat refueed. He . 'toek after It it run and he run being IitUe hone the calf rather outran biro over hill and hollowe UlftJ went4h grabbing at the oalf 'a tail ai be ran. Finally the calf stumbled over a log ' wd fell, Ire being in too cloee purtfutHo diecover the kg went over tool and the calf and consta ble were in a pUe together ; in the fall he caught the ealf by the tail, and aa he did it slated, b-a-h, Sd the eonetabled ejaculated, Ji Itstcutt thte." then retired, much fatigurd, saying he bad ' 'ratheriexeeute any thing else than a calf. , '.m Hand eft, and let them fight ".ft wWPu Ptty but some oC yoo had thoughi of this SMitef.: would have; leen much better foMhe; Whigs. tast ' winter'he pemo. crali p'artjf in tlie' "Legislature, of this State differed about a U S. Senator, and if the Whigs bad pursued a proper course instead orowing over their divisions, they might havejlcured.llio''' re-election pf lion. W. A. Graham without difficulty1 Out instead .. .. ' ' . . . . . . . 01 rneeting mo. occasion properly, they fell to shooting, clapping, stamping, and huz zaing, until both fuctions of the Democratic party'got mad, and would scarce have voted for a. Whig 6 have saved his life. ' "t,-: r . .. Tits ISUlskmi 6tandad. ft to really gratify, biff to witneas the treat tuiDronunent kioli I... taken place in the bUndard, aince it ha been an, der the control of it, present editor, Mr. W. VV. 11olon. It j now docidedijf on of the moat ouij ramguciea paper wiuiln our- knowledge. It editorial aro written with, ahilit mnA .ni.it and in precisely the riVht.tone of bold indnnniJ. ence. Mr. nolden merit the cordial support , of uui iriniu.tn au pan pi Ul OUtfi, so4 we hope bi exertion wiU not go unrewarded MtckUn. burg Jefertonian. .'. ... .... " Well, there's no accounting for tastes. tliat's a (hcf. Xlkgvslihii non est disputant dan.'- ?i ; "(.. . FoLITlUL &1C. . Ws sea it atati th.t TV. H. Lewis, ihe erMoVei man in the State of Ala. bama, ur runningr as the demoeratia candidate. against Col. Ii. C.Lea, of Perry county, the tall ttt man in the same State." We have seen this Mr. Lewis, and the idea of hi running; (except to Grtece) never entered into our imagination. Some persons have the imrmdence to eall us fat. and we are but a pigmy when along aide of Mr. Lewisvi We reallr had a fcolinv at aha nrt Wni if. we were disposed to look upon oureelf with ad. roiratkr.i,.wa were, nevertheleas, impelled to look opon 01m wim wonaer. itunnttig, Indeed ! It is pretty story to talk of man's rvnnmir. who can hardly nd room enough in the world to MM! ttui... we beg the parties litigant to promulgate nomore hoaxes of this sort. Loring't Irftptnd. This race is ended, and though we havej heard pothlng as to the result, wo venture to predict that in the end Lewis was short of breath and Lea "short jof votes. 1 Id nnu tain Scenery. .Tli ere is somelhinff in the- wildnes and tub. limity of mountain soenery that tend to remind tts rather of .eternity than doeay. The perishable work of man are no where to.be seen. No eitv lies in gloomy ruins, to show the outline of faded greatness I no remnnnt of a sanctuary here stand to show tho worship that has passed away. We see no failing, record of the glorious deed of those whose .name are learnt In history's page. We stand upon the mountain and we scarcely know that man exist opon the earth. This w not tho land where art have died, or science been forgot ;' those rock never echoed the elo quence of orator, or the songs of poet ; these water nover bore tbe proud ships of the merchant; the soil nevei yielded to man tha fruit of bi indus try.' It is not there that the finger of Time can be recognized. , In vain would he set hi mark on now that never fail or disturb the fast bound form of adamantine ice. In vain he stretches out his hand where the rushing torrent and the waver ing water-fall,' bleat with an eternity of youth, 1 daab along their head-long course, regardless of the blighting power that withers strength, or lulls to rest tne creation ana toe creature of mortality. Here may we pause and Say that Time ha lost his power. Here may we view the faint effort of Tim overthrown in an instant , Change they are j but the work of an hour ha defeated the slow progress of decay.. The lightning of the thunder-storm, tne dm wing tempest, tne engulpn. ing flood, the overspreading avalanche, have ef. faced from the surface of nature the impress of time, and left naught in the change to remind us of age.. Burely . tnere are scenes in ufe which seem created to awaken in mankind the recelleo cares, nay, even the sorrows or our petty span, when for a moment he dwell with hi heart and oul upon the thoughts of all eternity ! Yes, it in so Der me ray 11 win comion tne snevea Edward Etxrtlt.' .'. '--- - Hives should be looked inta'at Hits season and all the litter and filth which, ha accumulated on the plat.form brushed sway.- , ., Salt should bo kept constantly on tbe plat-form under the beesThey are fond of tlie article and bio to the bees, and some of them should be plant ed near the hive. . . '. -'Y' House bujlt to cover tbe hive are a great no. isance. They . afford aliclter to the boo moth and it is not easy to destroy it when we have no ready access to the back of tlie hive. . , - , fiaon hive saouid se act on. a nnn posi iour ioci itrht This should be so sheltered b some tree that the shade may cover Ihe hive from 10 A. M, to 3 P. M. Tbe post must be sawed of! square and a board 12 Inches must be nailed on to it firm ly. This will be the platform of the hivo. , .. . . Cut noTiotch or doof in the hiva- for the bees to enter bat raise your hive one third of an inch by mean or smooth chip or thai thicKnea uaj tne bees may have access on aH sides, If yoa raise the hive -higher the hecsv are foroed to go to the corner post- to climb up every time they go in. If you set the hiva down closer they cannot enter. ' It is well to visit yonr bees often in summer. If yoa come daily and behave eivily they will con sider yoa friend and you may cant up the hive with, great ease without running any risk of be ing stung. . You must not take a stranger with you, ,xoo wui oltcn nno me mow worm crawi. ing about. Uie ptaiiorm? iu grows 10 00 mcu fa length whec he cart get good living ( destroy very one-yon see, ana vnwiorvvB-au for them to hide in or the miller to lay her egge. Event board should bo smooth and sound outside. . Millet will be fluttering by tbe first of June if not sooner. These lay their, eggs in or near the hive when they dare to, and these are the parent of the bee moth, the great detamyer of the bee If yoa can induce these millers to fly into a blaxe which you may kindled near the hive in th evening y wi may do well. We have heard that a dish of whey set Boar the hive will attract the miller and cause her t drown herself in it. This scheme is easily put In practice and we hope' our friend will try it. ., .' '.. . We have made it our practice to visit our bee every morning and to cant up tha hive to exa. mini them. They would not let a stranger do it We need to weizh some of our hive daily. . On of middling size in June gained three pounds per day for, seven day in succession, rormer. ASIIEVILLE, N. C, MISCELUNEOUS. "' 1 f Front the Arkansas Gaxette.l A Tela f Travel Loral irietntr1t. A friend has related to us the followimr story, which he received from the mouth of one of the parties t m -Jo 1841, a vouns broad shouldered, bis. ijsica n.eniucKian regular bred stock. . J rr : . . - ' . . - " raiser ana drover went on to Buffalo, Si. Y., to purchase of Lewis Allen, who had just returned from England, some of his . S A a imporiea siock. . Alter De Jiad closed his purchases, , finding he had a day to spare. ne oeterminea to spend u in a visit to the Falls of Niagara, So, aAer breakfast, be siepnea into tne passenger-cars, and found the department which he selected occupied by a modest-looking and plainly-dressed gentleman. In a few moments he com. menced a conversation upon the subject most interesting to him, to wit, imported stock, and the bargains he had made, and Inlormed his fellow-traveller, in the most decisive, marker, what was the best breeds, &c. The stranger, after hearing him put, without dissenting to' what be said, spoke upon the subject of English stock generally, tiie different kind of breeds, the properties of each, the best cross for milk, butter, die, and displayed, in a modest and Unas- suming manner, such minute and general information on the subject that it astonished the other, and he asked him if he was not a stock-rauer. . He said no, and the Ken. tuckian asked, as usual, " What might be your name, sir I" "Morpeth, was the reply. " Morpeth,", said he, " Morpeth ! Now, I hare been all over Kentucky, and travelled (0 Arkansas, but I never heard of the name before. Where did you come (mat Mr ' Hf nrnnlh 7" PMm V..lp 11 " York.v said he" New York ! . A great vasam ua tuvi KWH Will VI St place beats Lexington or Louisville, I always saving and excepting old Kentucky, it is the finest country I ever saw." In a short while they conversed on the subject of farming, and the stranger, without the least parade, seemed to be perfectly fami )iar with the subject, and after hearing at length of the superior style of agriculture in Kentucky, and the astonishing produc tions there, the eorde of fine. stock, grain, SiC,he related the improvements which had recently been made in agriculture by means of chemical experiments, the diffe rent kinds of soil,, the distinguishing pro. perties of each, rotation of crops, effect of climate upon productions, dec. Stc. at length the Kentuckiao cried out, " Why, Mr.-Morpeth, you must have followed farm ing for a livin?" ."No," he said he had not,-" but it was a subject to him of great interest. The rest of the journey was filled up with a description of what the Kentuckian had seen on the Mississippi andr in Arkansas, to which the stranger listened with apparent interest. At length they reached the Falls, and, amidst constant ex. elamations of astonishment on the part of the Kentuckian, they passed on the Cana. dian side. Upon reaching there they saw a number of negroes, dressed in regimen, tals, with muskets in their hands. " Why, what the devil does' "this mean i T'These are regular soldiers," said the stranger. " Soldiers 1 negroes for soldiers 1 Well, did you ever hear "iTHriikeT , . Well, when I go back to old Kentucky, and tell them that tho British have' negroes for soldiers, they never will believe me in the world. come hero with his big-whip and give it one crack, I tell you, sir, that a regiment of these black rascals would drop their mus kets and beg for quarter. Now, old fellow, you might have heard that we like to have got into war with the British about some boundary or other. I tell you that the first horn that was blown, would raise a regiment in old Kentucky thai would sweep this land from shore to shore. Nothing could resist them x for . I. tell, you nothing can beat old. Kentucky fop war or raising lat stock.- After awhile the bell of the tavern rung for dinner, and they both hastened in, the Kentuckian before. ; When he reached the room he found the table half Jilled with negroes, and stopped. Tbe stranger with out appearing to observe it, took hold of a chair, and pointed to an empty one by his side. " Hello!" was the astonished inter. jection of the Kentuckian, " you are not going to eat your dinner witn negroes, are yonf I can t "do it,, sir. I could never show my face, at borne again if I were to do no" n Well," said the stranger, " I am rather hungry, I acknowledge ; but, as we are fellow-travellers, I will ..not balk your humor. , We will go down to the lower island, pass the suspension-bridge, and dine on the American side." " Now, that is just into my hand, my old fellow ; we will do so." When tney reacnea tne suspen. sion-bridge the Kentuckian was overwhelm, ed with astonishment, and swore that they never would believe him at home when ho told of it, r The stranger was perfectly fa miliar with such things, and told him who was he. original inventor of such bridges, the great improvements that had been made since this one bad been put up, the defects in its style, bow they could be repaired,, improved, die. were tne iteniucKian ourst out into a hearty 4augh, and said, WeII, stranger, I have found you out at last; you are a bridge builder by trade," slapping him op the shoulder in great glee. No, Bir," said he, " you are mistaken ; but I have been a great deal with persona who were fond of such things, and, acquired somewhat of a taste for thero." " Well,' admit but did, you come from the city or country, Mr.? Morpeth V " From the country." . " Well, it is a verr srreat State : AUGUST 11, 1843. said the Kentuckian, " I bear tha last bel ringing let us go and set our dinner. We wiU have a bottle of wine, and I will pay for it myself ( for I Would rather have lost one of the calves I have purchased of old Buffalo Allen than not' have been here to. day; tor I have had lots and gobs of fun !" They sat down to dinner, drank their wine, and the Kentuckian filled uo the chaam between the courses with praises of rveniucity and abuse of the Canadians and British. He had always hated them, and he always would hale them ; he would just nice to have another brush with them to lick them again, and a great deal more in the same strain, to which the stranger listened patiently, and -sometimes with a kind of quiet interest. He went on to say that he bad heard that , the English were in the habit of travelling; through the country, and then writing books ridiculing and abusing us. Ho just wished, by Heaven, that he could catch some of them in old Kentucky. He had heard, as he came along, that there was now a great English, Lord travelling through the country to write a book, and he had bis name. " It was Lord Lord Lord Morpeth, I believe." That is fty name. air, said the stranger. You don't say sot Tavernkeeper, what do I have to payr- f ( . , T. An- Irlsbysitirmi(h. ' Mrs. Elinor Donovan, a tidy", good-look ing little dame, but whose natural beauty was sadly obscured by a pair of artificial black eyes, appeared ia court to prefer a charge of assault against one Misther Fafi rick Early, whom she described as " nebbr an' first cousin by her great-gran mothers side." " There was a cross warrant against Mrs. Donovan's husband at the suit of Mr. Early, and both were disposed of at the same time. Each of the parties was at tended by a host of witnesses,-and all of them, principals included, exhibited usual unequivocal tokens of an Emerald " skrim mage," not one of them being minus a black eye, or some other conspicuous dis- ngurementof the ft human face tlivine.!,, V ier hanner s worschins ' began Mrs. Donovan, after devoutly blessing , herself, and giving the Testament a hearty smack, " Yer banner, it was on Tchuesday the last as was, I was sittin7io me own room, conversia wid JNelly Now urn asout.ould times, an1 the like, an1 saisonin' tho dis course wid a dhrop of comfort, and thepiu vaties boilln' for me husband s bit av dinner whid who should kurrt in but Masther Path, rick here. " Ah."ais he. i God save all here," ses He. ' A' ye're wellklm rath- nck, ses I, fori see d as he d been bavin a dhrop, an'I thought It beUher to.be civiL "An' maybeNelly,"sesbe, "ye'U be afther lindin' me tho loan of.a shillin' this mornin,' ses be, quite coaxing, ." Errab, thin," ses l, "dWthink I carry the four. laved shamrock about me," ses I,' " that I should have so much money, an1 it only tbe beemnin' of the week," ses 1, " tJegor," ses he, " I must have it, Nelly," ses he. " Q baderskin," sis I, snaking civil all the while, where ud I eel it : an be the same token,!1 ses I, " meself ud be obleeged to. ye if ye'd pay me the fippence ye owe me, sesjjjanowld 1 debt's betther noran old grudge anny afay,',, ses I7when up. he jumps an med no more to do but hot me a cruel poulthouge betwane me two eyes that sent me sprawlin' on the flure; and, then me husband kem in, anr then I screeched " murther" for the bare life or me, an' thin the nebors kem in. an thin they alt .began Lfigbiia1 like mad, ao'4hic, but meself dis- remembers all the rest of it, yer hanner, ! Mrs. Nelly Nowlao was then called upon to supply the hiaius occasioned by Mrs. Donovan's want of recollectipn, and She confirmed her statement as far. as it went. An1 whin Pat Early," continued Mrs. Nowlan, " when he struck Nelly Donovan an' when her husband kum in an' when the nebors kum in, there was a regular skrinv mace amoD''st us all, an' , : -1 JTbjaMagialraterwAnAouJoQkjjaj'tJri " Troth it's meself as did that sameVyef worschip," said Mrs. Donovan smiling, an1 why shouldn't I r " : J: V - An didn t you pelt. me witn the bonia' praties?" naked Mr. Early, ' an thin didnl you whacW the pot at me and sind me clane over the bannislheraf Come now. yeVe an yer blessed oath, Nelly Nowlan . .- Faith I did," returned Nelly, an' diyle a lie 111 tell about it." . .. " An didn't you heave the kittle bf boiltn wather at Tim Callaghan, .an' the three. leggtoolhat-hoHum ia the mouth an1 med him swally all his teath at onest 1" - - " Musha. my boy O," chuckled Mrs. Nowlan.1? I don't deny it. an'I hope they sat aisy on his stomach." . . ? - " " IS thin, may the divie annve ye to l,u merick for that same!" shouted p. voico from the body of Ihe court, the possessor of which voice was instantly ejected, w,. Mf s. Nowlan went on to say, in her own way, that the fight became general; that pots, kettles, and crockery flew about, and that, eventually, the whole of the'telliger ents rolled down stairs from the top to the bottom, where they lay kicking, fighting, and biting each other for some minutes, until some more peaceful neighbors came id and separated them. Several' other witnesses were examined on behalf of the complainant, who as usual, swore stoutly for their own party. Mr. Early, in his defence, declared that it waa the Donovans that commenced tne I. . n.l ,W. Us UtxA tu4n ' hllfl. ther'd anT scalded, and Mill entirely by the boilin' hot pitaties," and thai-hoi wau-the harnilessest, ci vilest; and quietest crathur on the face of this blessed airth ;" and eall ed several witnesses, who, however, in their zeal proved too much, and therefore added to, rathef than diminished the force tef the complainant s testimony. ?-" The msgistrat endeavored to extract from the witness some idea of the real oil. gin of the affair, when one of them said he believed there was an owld grudge Detune tha Donovans an the Earlys, an' whenever they kem foienenst each other there was sure to be a Debt, v ' u . ; , The case against Mrs. Donovan's hus band was then beard. The Magistrate Well, Mr. Early, it is proved (hat you committed a brutal and unprovoked assault on Mrs. Donovan, The wonder to me is that you people don't kill one another in these fights. .1 fine you 20s for the aisault. '- 1 V. " V Yerrah,"ycr hannerV"exclaimea .Mr. Early, ia it me to pay twinty shillings t Yf might as weil ask the' Hill OV- Howih to dance a hornpipe'" ;i v .... . . The Magistrate Then you go to prison for a month. , , v. Throth, it's meself," said Mr. ' Dono. van smiling and bobbing" his head j " it's meself that s greatly obleeged to yer hanner for seein justice done betune us." , - ; : . The Magistrate-And you, Mr. Dono. van, must find good bail to keep the ' peace for jwo months, or remain in prison for that time. ' " " More power an' long life to yer wor schip," shouted one of the Early party. " Be dad, that's aiquaf justice, any how ! Dan's own self couldn't have done betther!" - For once." the Magistrate's decision ap peared to give satisfaction to both sides U GkorgE Hvatt We saw it stated in a paper lately; that this person is now a com mon soldier !n Maine.- Fifteen years ago, says the Mobile 'Herald, Hyatt-was the very soul of one of the most select circles in Boston tho best comedian in the coun. try, and a poet of the first water. ,. Some of hrs sons are sven now popular the " Mellow Horn," for instance, and several others that we cannot now, name. Hyatt married a beautiful girl, who in a few years was obliged to descend from the. luxury of . .tiVi. 1; nciics, ouu iub iu wasuuig lor living. Her father lived in oneipf tho most splendid niansiocs in Boston and nine years ago, she was dragging out a miserable existence in a cellar in New York.' At last, she was driven mad, and . died in the. alms-house. Reader, you must know the secret of this tale of misery : George Hyatt, the educat ed, favor-winning man of genius, was a drunkard ! When ha reflects .on his past lire, as he paces his lonely round at night, what must be his thoughts t . Pity that he could nof teach others to fee! as he feels then! - " ' - - : : ' " Appolntmeots Office. The 'subjoined sentence from Sir Edward Coke; defines a rule for regulating appoint ments Jo office, more remarkable in these days for the breach than for the observance : -'By the laws of Jtsngland," says Sir Edward Coke, " it is provided that no offi. cer or minister of the kins shall be ordained or made, Tor 1 any "gift or brokage,' favor or affection. Nor that any other who pursueth, bv himself, or any other, nnratelr or ooen. ly, to be in any manner , of office, shall be put in the same office or in any other, but that all such officers shall be made of tbe best end most lawful men and sufficient : Alaw-worthy' 4o-be writteo in letters of gold, but more worthy to dp- put in due execulion.1. - t :4i. - v ; The administration of Washington illus. trates the noble principle here laid, down in a manner worthy of a frefc, self-governing people. . How things are maqaged in the present timo tbe country knows well enough. The theory of republican government. justly remarks the Baltimore American, is that the best and ablest men will be placed to control. affairs.. ' Tlio term elcclim ohoosinff fromimplies this. W hate ver of ability and wisdom there U in a nation, that should be mado available for. the highest uses which are those of government. And thero is no more certain test of the capacity of a people than is to be found-in the cha. racter and quality of the men who are ele. vated to official stations among them. When offices "are claimed and won as the rewards of nartv services ; when appointments are mado with a view to promote the. ends of party leaders to make political capital, as the phrase is ; when worth and ability are passed over for the sako of rewarding the zeal or silencing the clamours of mercenary partisans, what remains for the intelligent, the virtuous, Ihe highminded, but to with draw from the selfish struggles of political ife, and preserve their own self-respect within themselves! To seize upon tho wages of governing the-emoluments of office this,, when it becomes a general principle, is sure to entail, first, bad govern rhent. and then no eovcrnmchf . which is the fore-runner of revolution.- - v 4-; With reaard to the ambition which seeks after place nd station, a writer of the pre. sent day draws a clear distinction" between great and little men. "Great men,!. he says, " are not ambitious in that sense : he is the small man that is ambitious so. Ex. amine the man who lives in misery because he docs not shind above other men; who pocs about produciug himself, pruriently anxious about bis gifts and claims; strug elins to force every body, as it were beg. gingevery oooy ior vuu uuu.' ledgo him a great man, ana s nun over uro heads of men ! Such a crealure is among ; WHOLE NUMBER 158. the wretchedest sights seen under the sun. A great man? A poor morbid prurient empty man ; fitter for the ward of a hoapi. tal.than for a throne among men. I advise you to keep out of his way."' He cannot walk on quiet paths i unless you will look at him, wonder at. bint, write paragraphs about hire, be cannot five. , It is the empti. nets of Ihe man, not his greatness. r Be.' cause there is nothing in himself,' he 'bun.'; gers and thirsts that you .wpuld find sone-" thing in him. In good truth, I believe no great man, no genuine man who had health and real substance" in him, of whatever magnitude, was ever much tormented in this wsyif ' "vf , Incapacity Tor true government has ever becrj and will continue to be the cause of changes in modes and, systems of govern . menu Whenever a principle is elevated to supremacy and embodied in institutions, it is so elevated not for the personal aggran. ' dizement of those who are made its official representative, but for important uses to the ceneral bodv politic for eood covern- ment in fact. When this ureal truth is for. gotten the vitality of the system is gone ; me wnoie tiling becomes a notion. An in ferior principle, mean and selfish, usurps supremany and clolhea itself with the robes of the rightful sovereign. - But the impos- turejmust be'discovered before long and then a change.' ' Ths compost heap' Begin with the arri. val of the first favorable weather to gather materials for compost. ' Don't let a particle of matter capable of being converted into food for plants slip through your fingers. manure is tne larmers capital-tne wana, by the favorable instrumentality of whose mystic and occult operations, he divcrsifi- eth the surface of tho earth with the smiling beauties or vegetation, and causcth the waste places thereof to bloom, and tho desert to blossom as tho rote. "Give me a sufficiency of manure," said an elderly tarmer to us, recently, " and I can work out a living in any wintry, and frona any soil."' The merchant must have capita!--the mechanic must have instruction mate, rials and tools, and the farmer, whose heri- ' tage is the broad fields arid fertile valleys of his mother earth," must have manuee. It therefore behooves every ono to to be at tentive to this grand point, and to gather up the means of enriching and rendering fruit ful tne son, the products ot which sustain his lite. . " . ' - ' . No one who has not made the experi ment will.be able easily to appreciate the importance of attending, practically and habitually t to the rules thus hastily laid AfXWim " T .At flVanr AHA ttlASWllVaBaA Ka aaArlia t , yn."l UVa VTWI V UUV IIDIUIO v STJUU lVjua in his efforts, and our word Tor it, he--will have no occasion to deprecate the re sults. Maine Qultivator. Ccrious ieAttlt. A friend has' shown us some scions, which he has just received ' from a gentleman on Grand Isle, Vermont, which produces apples partly sweet and . Eartly sour. This singular production was ' rought about In this manner: A bud was taken from an apple tree producing sour, fruit, another from one producing sweet ; the two buds were neatly cut into halves, and arbalf of each - xir(f joined together; forming a bud which was inserted in the stock as usual." "" ";- - We have often heard of this method of producing two distiuct varieties of fruit in tbe same apple, but we have doubted it, and -though our information appears to come BOW lroma-ory respectable source, ihbugh such a thing mayjb possible. It is easily tested, and we nope the point will, be set tied. Ou friend thinks to test it by get. ting the two kinds of fruit from tbe scions . sent him, but whatever fruit they may pro. duco will prove nothing, unless there is ', proof of their origin." We have' seen of natural fruit sweet and sour' fruit in therf same apple."' We. ad visa him to be tho rough in his experiment and begin with tho bud. Bosim Cultivator. MoinaATB Sriarir Painsuno-Jrhe foJlowing ini tractive anecdote appears in the Isle of Man u Temperance Guardian, in' a letter from ( Mr. Towle. - When ftationed in the Bath eireuit, I Was in. trodueed into the company of an aged man, whom 1 understood to have been intimate with Mr. Weslcv, and once a useful local preacher. We entered into eoh venation about Mr. Wesley's times, when, among other things ho observed i "On one occasion, ; when Mr .Wesley -dined with me, after dinner, I prepared a little brandy and water. On perceiving; this, with as-air ef surprise he cried . . " What, my brother, wnal's Uist i ooyon oniw spirits t -i - . "It I brandv.". aaid 1: mv, oikcsuob is so W, I am "obliged to take a fUUe after dinner.1 "How mooh do yoa take V' said ho, "let me "Only about a table spoonful." - ' " , Trnl. said he, M that is not ranch : but one spoonful will soos lose it effect, and then yon , will take tw9 from two yon will get to full rlass. and that in like manner, by habituating yourself to it, will lose it effcet, and then you will take two glasses, and so on, till, In the ead, , perhaps yon will become a drunkard. Ot. my brother, take care What you da." ..Happy had it been for that man if be nad laKta the timely warning of his good friend Wesley . BuL alas I he trifled with hie little drops, until he actually did become a drunkard, ruinei his repu tation, and at the very time I had the interview with him he was poor, old, miserable backslider, ' apparently within a few years of his grave. i - ' . "' Clat iN Lancasteb. The Lancaster (Pa.) Examiner contains a call for a Coun- ty CIay meeting, to be held at the Court House in that city on the 29ih ult. It is -signed with ten columns of names, each , column containing about two hundred, so . that there are near lyo thousand1 signers.'-,, to the call. Well done .. ,-, i r ft' ii .i ( 5 1J 4 , , , i E . a I l Sr r, i