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The charge for announcing the i.ameof candi.
date for office is $2 50 in advance, or $3 Q!) if pay
r.cnt be delayed.' i '' .v. .
LetUrs to the Editor rauil coiae free of postage.
13 nowf receiving at bis old aland a new and
"r;.kndid stock of , , ...
. SEASOXAtSLE GOODS, ,
which he offers at ttie lowest prices. . . 1 - ?
His slock is full and unusually rich, and thoea who
Want FIRST RATE bargains arc invited to tho old
. rtand. ' 1 .-.. - ,y , . - .
Ah his Goods were laid in with mtich care, and
rvery fueilit'y for pmcluialn cheap used, lie flatten
Iiiinsclf that if his old customers will give him a call
they will not go away dissatisfied.
-The usual articles-of burlcr taken in! exchange
far Goods. '
Don't forget the old stand. ' ' "'"
VAsheville, Oct: 2, 1815 If 1 ;
' '; IVcw Pall and , Winter
'. w7 : VC .... j3-cocij3iSii'3 f : V:"
V Tne subscribers are now receiving anjd opening
'in tb ixnw .store, u large and well assorted supply
tf new and seasonable articles from New York,
'which added to their former stock, makes their as.
f nrttnent very full and complete. Comprising; every
variety usually to be found in any market.
They solicit an examination by th Jr former cui!
.r loraers and all others. . They are determined to sell
" " CU as accommodating terms ,ns possible,' ei:hcr lor
cash or the produce of the country. : -
. - w rATTON &..OSDORN. :
Ashcvillc, Nov. 14th, 1815. . . . ; , . , 274. , . ,
Nov ; Opening.
" NEW style Fancy Cawpimcrcs,
FJaid Wove Satinetls iew and beautiful arti
, pks for gentleincn's pantaloons. .
f .Rich new stylu rrints, , ( -
Illonde Laces." - ' 1 -r '
' Thread Edging'. , "
. Muslin In merlin ijs., '
Ladies IVack Kid Gloves. '
lilack, j-i ik, and whi' Hrtipc lipso.
Allofwh. a ill be ry c!feap.
RANKIN - & PULLI AM.
Asheville, Noy., lSlj-.tf , , - : ! -
Just Received.
'...- . . . . - -. i- ! z
A fowpiccc8 Lustred Tlaid 'Alpaccas,'-Forezcll9
ind Lunettas, new and bo&utiful articles for ladies
winter dresses, which will be sold very cheap."" '- -
., -. " 1 . Also,--., . : .-.
AlotofextTa rich, new stylo Prints.. The ladies
are invited to call and examine . "
RANKIN & PULLIAM. ,
. AshcTillc, bct.'17, I815.7-tf. , . ,270
New and CIieap Goods!
, Ask now rcccivtng; and bpehinjf atllie stand te
. eently occupied by Messrs. Williams &. Roberts, a
splendid stock of 'New and Cheap
-Which they intend to sell at unprecedented ,
.J, Lb w. . Prices 11
Their stock embraces every thing usually kept by
m- rehinls in this part of the country.
Give us a call before purchasing elsewbcreif you
want GOOD BARGAINS. " '
The usul articles, of Darter will be taken in ex.
change for Goods.
Ahvil!e, Oct. 1845., tf,
- Salt l Saiai.Salt!!!;;
received, 100 Sacks -of Liverpool Salt, (a
very superior article.) which, we will sell at a small
advance, by the sacfc or single bushel, ' for cash or
llie produce of the country.
... PATTON vV. OSDORN; :
Ashctille,Novi7, 1845. tf. V,273
Iatc oIMVortIi.arolina3
HAY WOOD COUNTY. T '
In pursuance of. an order o the Court of Fit-as &,
Quarter Sessions, of- paid county, 1 shall proceed lo
sell on,, the 1st day tif Jannary,' 1846, ajjegro man
by the name of JACK, which negro was apprehend
ed as a ruuaway.'and has been confined -in the com
mon Jail unsaid county for twelvu months. Sale
to be before the Court-hoare door atWayncsville.
. - J. It. ALLISON.
.October 10, 1845. ,. - fc. . . tds 263". .
Valuable Keal Estate V
. . FOR' SALE, ':
' BY 'irtue of a Decree of
the Court of Equity fof . the
1 County of Henderson, at the
mil
.
fllil
lift
i Fall Term, 18 15, I shall sell
lotlic highest bidder, -at public sale," on theiWrd day
of December next, it beipg the? Tuesday of lluu
Person County Court", in " tho town "of Henderson
villejthat well known cstallialimcnt, -
intaid town, including' 7 loU,aVrick store house,
kitchen, stables, and all other necessary; out build
Ings, situate on Main street, and immediately on t. -north
west corner of ' j public square," and I !jng
iogtotlio surviviw,- .rtner and the heirs cf the
other members of the 'Utufim of John r.Iill3 Co.
r Abo, on thq same day I iLiZl . " a prcmi-
1 ; TRACT OF L ' VZ), . -
containing b' wOi acres, lyir - n-ilhin ubout one
mile and a h4i raid town, l..jngi;: to the
estate. . . - - , - -
- The property will all ! ' ! upon a crc "tcf t ,
tirs, and three years, :ra .gs :" r ! ;
approved security, payaL. ia three tqual - ' -ctalments.
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273
- Ilendersonville, Not. 7, 1815. -Tt. . " ,
??u A. RASISOUE
IIa; cd at Flit Rock:, Henderson county,'
N, C, i . ...4 Profepsional services to the citizens
of t..a surrounding country. He can at all times be
" found at home, unless professionally absent' "
r, r r5t. to cc? oa hand, at all tlmes,'a supply
Iff j4i i i medicines. ' t ' , .
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272.
In mid Fancy -"
'.VND'JOJ PRINTING .
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Or ALL In.
S.uSA? Ti.S OFFICE
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I'ror
t..e luff Yrk I'.inmt..
Jr.-p. tcr' t jcond JLcrtr.ro
oa Ckiisa-nna the Chinese. r
o a aiAJrnacl
le was ogaiii filled willi a
very Id
'rje and fahionaUo auditory; to listen
Wrbstef'g. conc!udinf lecture on this
to Mr
8'JJ''Ct. teing mtroducVd by one of the of.
ficers of the Lyceum, and received with greet
nppl iuse, hp proceeded.!1 ; ;-, ' . '.
;.Tli8 Chioeso excel ia the art of stinting
trcet. The difibreni trees preserre their per
fect proportion in inia!urf. although nl n
iiwt high. Some trees resemblq ibuse of the
natural size through ihe s; me end of the Tc
lescope. Orange trees reduced . in. siz' "are
made to bear, citljer Jargo or small fruit,
.jMr.JVVebater here dt'scribed the tempta.
tion to purchase ia Canton, in New nnd.OId
China streets, and Phvm street . the rich i!k
&c. I ho streets he described as narrow,
and crowded, nnd danerou of nassasi iu
resequence of thej j mode ut carrying bam
boos by tho coolies with Jheir' bundles on
thcri -
The Chinese employ no beasfujbf burthen.
Tie population is too dense to support beast?.
There are no vehicles with wheels in Canton
At the North of the Empire, there are chari
ots in use, of which the poet speaks when, he
I Where Chinese drive I . '
I With ivind and sail: the carry wagon light
The Chinese do riot use milk in any form
A Tew small cheeses fwere once presented to
Dr.jPurker, the Missionary, by alTurtar no.
bleman, whose daughter h(i had cured ol some
distressing disease. ' , j
Pe?g abound in'Canton, and tlieir condi
tionis most miserable. Canton ha mi asy.
lum.i Or almshouses.. Their wantsf however,
are few, provisions are cheap and1 abundant,
and lhe climate is not inclemeat. j They go
about the streets with,-; gongs nndi anything
else that makes a noise: and on them thev are
prrrnittcd to perform till people pay them for
going away. Occasionally, when! they find
they can get nothing, ithcyv lie down nnd go
to 'sleep, and then wake upixnd goat it oguin.
It thus becomes a contest of patience, which
Mr. sVVcbster described as being exceedingly
droll He then went on, to describe jhe organ
fzation of government arid society, in China,
in its connection 'wit,!!' the punishment ."of
crime, :kc. k The Government is pntrirrhal
a pure, unalloyed despotism. The laws he
makes, the soil is his own; Everything of
the subject ts al his.commanrl. The head of
Religion,' the head of lhe State, he is abso.
lute. The empire is divided into provinces
at the head of each of lwhicji is an ofiioer re
sponsjble only to him- ; These are divided in.
to districts, each with-its subordinate head,
and for the people s conduct therein J each 'of
theirheads is held responsible.'1 Families ore
held responsible for tho behaviour of their
members. Thus every body is a spy: upon
everytbody. Thus revolts and, insurrections
are prevented; and ' centuries of peace have
been ecured. - Mr. Webslerthought hetrac
ed some similarity between this arrangement
and the obligations ."hundreds'? of villages in
England j (or robberiesj&c., and "townships"
:n ouVCountry, for1 abuses, nuisances, &c.
tie gave an instance of tho operation of this
law, in ihe case of an Amencan, who lost his
watch,' going through. an excited crowd, at
Can!:i, without beiug ablo to identify the
thief.. He stated his case to the authorities,
k uo toldijiim he should have his watch with
ia so many days0 That duy! one or two
hundred police, officers were jseized in Can
ton : one was selected and told that all would
remain jn prison till, tho w-atch . was brought
baclc .Of course these poor fel'owsMriends
use great exertions lo.gei them freer-all the
people thus became, from sympathy, officers
of police, for the time , a nd, siireenough , the
watch was found, 20 milejs from the City, arid
restored. If a iheft Jakes "place in athouse,
they, bamboo all the servants J
till tho guilty
one confesses. -. j ',
; The Chinese-code is very
extensive.
regulates religious ceremonies, Social J; inter
course, sppa.-el,'rnoniesf and eVen courtship.
Mr. W.Vihought there rmght.be some smug
gling indulged iff, in this last article of Chi-
' r..-:flT' w ilun wpnt on to allude-to
the history of the present reigning family in
China of .Tartar origin, jsince" 1844 Tarr
tar tastes retained the famous Tartar palace
is outside the. walls;. the .present. monarch,
Tnou Kuans, is an aged ron j .his grandfallu
reigned when the first English Envoy went
ta PL-kn tha author of the famous 'Ode to
" It is sacrilege to rnmethe, namo of
Vwtqt.- Grwt. changes of. China s laws
' l . a Kir the-Tartars... In the first
invasion ihcv tfid much Wood. .A Dutch
u';..n describes the wretched state of jhe
country from'Canton "ufPekw, through which
: i i 'a in rnnseoucneb of these wars.
Writer caTe.nn ir.terestm- desenp
.: ' V , ."manner in .which the Chinese of
-ir-' J.- u- dress thetr hur. :Some
- W .11 but . locV to L, ru!!cd ,p
- ' -'" - r.ft rmn nnolhv.r.-. -And
by : some or.3 way , .- , .
from this necor:3ii.---- . . -
inS hair; in other rr. : of ihe. word, -.jn
ChrisVeno'-Tho rucucjior, hC zittc?
worn cuVpee":l?.- -vi borrowed from the
Chinese. There is r.oh?rcdipry Aris'.racy
or distinctions of social r2aiAiaC!:ts2. , All
dignitK'oCAaLcVoi aro t.uqivcrsaU
c.
TuiVJur arc tiJuchtutl iterary txcellencu
is orwh to l !l. Wealth U 3ot a source of dis.
tincticn,.; Ir. V. guve instanccsnf this fact,
in point.- There are nine degrees if racUtdis
tjnguihed by the color cf the button, on thr
top of 'ihe conical cap, and. tho pcacrckN
fj.ither with two eyes. , The superior pro.
mot, 9 and degrades at wiil. The afliirs or
t!ie.l2mpire are conducted by P.ms, or bands,
of difibreni kindj which Mr. W.trccapi'ula.
lt d. There are, also, t wo councils, and their
relatives and powers '"were described by the
lecturer He adverted to tho. impossibility
of obtaining any arrangement for correspond,
ing with . lkin, on the part; of; the foreign
niinisterk. Filial luye and reverence form
the foundation of 'thc system of ihL govern
mcnt. Wirship to aurestors and respect to
parents ire made the 'first duties Uuusual
Instances are rewarded." Tho parents are
rewarded for the virtues vof their! children.
This'Js t?e strongest sentiment U i he hearts
uf the Chinese, j Changes' of domestic ties
sever it not, absence ds hot weaken it, and
even death but elevates it to a yet higher point.
Htlts arc erected to, their ancestors temples,
effigies, and triumphal altars. The worship
f the dead is a very high Chinese observance.
Diys are set apart for it. t The tomus are on
the idesof hills, where families sacrifice and
worship, and -decorate the, graves colored
p iper fl igi and other, devices of the same nia:
tcrial, representing, food,, xoney, dothing,
&c. being; left on the graves for the visi'urs'
peccascd relations. . These , fl igs, siuck tip
around the graves j give a curious aspect to
these places of. sepulture. ! j
Mr. Webster went on to state lhat the
American legation remained for Mired months
at Macao, its members engaged, in the study
of the language Mtantime Keying lingered,
and the legation were weary. , He hud prom,
ised to como " in 5 minutes," butthi Jurned
out some 2ttdays. . j At last he came, officially
noMfied theministcr of the fact, and called on
im the next day. The visiting cards; of the
Chinese aie good sized .sheets of red paper.
Uur luxuries and .-elegancies in writing were
ii uso by the Chinese long before ourl ances
tors ever drpamed of them. They never use
a wafer -always a seal always put their
letters in cnvi lopeswiih writers aodjreeipi-
entsname both outside the relative rJosit'ion
of the name denotes theFrelative rank lof the
person namd a point on which Mr. Gushing
aud. Keying once had a misunderstanding,
and an explanation. ( ,The size of thecharaci
tcr has the same significancy; and the PlenU
potentiaries Mr. VVi remarked, used charac
lers largo enough for a guide board. Ho then
'. "". . . Ij ! I .i r . m . t
weui ou io ujrscrioo me visit oi tne uninese
minister. with his isuite. Won?, the Lu
Governor of the Kwang provinces; Choo,
Tung,' Lin, the .Tartar, and Duke Pi von, to
the American Envoy. ;. Choo was agreat
scholar, a gruduate j from Hanlin wcjarino
spectacles with black horn setting sour face,
shaved head, loose dress, &c. Preceded
by two sets of messengers, with cardsl ahd
three guns being fired j in honor of the irCjmen.
dous event, Keying was received by the ma.
rines, belonging to the frigate, by the Com-
modore and officer of tlie Squadron, nnd the
legation. , He was a i man of sixty : years of
age, mil, large, And dignified in his bearing
of Tartar origin, and very distinguished.
Nothing was, said about business, a collation
was provided and the vistit terminated. It
was returned by all the legation and officers
the next day, al the , temple of Wong Hya,
about three miles from Macao; tastefully sit
uated1 and massively built a band of not very
attractive music playecTas they approached,
three g'uus were firicd and they were receiv.
ed very graciously, with the usual civilities,
Keying taking Mr. Cushing by the left hand,
conducting him with his right, thus keeping
the place of honor to himself, which, howev.
er, " he yielded 1 to him, on being seated. , A
dinner was provided in a portico in the garden.
As all these things are alike, Mr. W. describ.
ed that given on- the 3d July; 1B44, the day
of the signing of the Treaty. The "copies
being prepared, .on both sides, the -legation
&;c. went to. the temple, were received in a
small room,on a hot night less comfortable
for , the broadclothed J Americans than the
craped and faqned Celestials. The treaty be
ingsealed, after mucH ceremony, the party
went to dinner., Tho etiquette being to lake
off coats oa sUling'down to tabled the lega
tion did so; one gentleman, forgetting his, ac
tually silting dovn, hjwever; to this grand di
plomatic, dinner in. his i. shirt-sleeves i The
banquet, set for;20, Xvm very choice. ' First,
they drank hot shanshoo, a, kind of whiskey
made "from rice. - On emptying the cup, and
nodding to the person whose health one drinks,
itis'the fashion to turn the, outsicfe towards
him, that, he may see it has l.-a faithfully
emptied. , Next came fruit and sweetmeats,
liVc .Chinese minister. c- iing oiT by giving
Mr. Cushing a fig; with, his own clv- "cks.
Thenxamc a' very good puddingr tl.
tibiv'of Keying himself. .Two "waitt
put on meats, Keying 'again t help!. ,j
Atnsricar. envo)' with his own cho;ticks.
was a kind -of" itew;" mido cf chicken ar. ;
pork -..Shansbflj. wa ;rcely drank-daring tl.j
repast! The different "dishc3 (silver) used
pr niit into the'middle of"lhe table, as one
succeeded, ihe ,otbcrf - a great number was ar.
i rayed there. Bf esd, Pork', and Madeira were n
FRIDAY," NOVEMBER SC, .10
provided out of compliineul to th Ameiican
guests. Lotus fliwer seed, roasted water
melon s-eds, and other such things, camu on
as a kind of dessert. Among other de!;ca4
cies going tj foTm a Chinese repast, Ff. VTeb
ster mentioned shark's fins, ,sea -J, sea
slug, birds' ncsLa, fishes ma's, the roofs of
hos mouths, and decrs sinews, m ado in
lo stews or broths. The bird-;- : very
valuable, and is, when cooked, a- jrious
substance, very p ilalable. It is' made on the
nicks, near the sea, by a kind of swallow",
and is first cleaned of ftrathcrs and dust, aud
cooked. Ii is vcrmicclla ortctpioCnf both in
look and taste, when served up(V, Most of the
h ... -: . ........... ;j i
other costly dishes' mentiorttfd, "Mr.. W.
thought by.no, means so- tempjing. At din
ner, it wus etiquette-' with le Chinese to
tuku up choice morsels with their chopsticks,
and bock jning to a guest to lean forward, to
cram thodiimies dawn .his" throat.. The
Tartar addition to the Chinese ihVneV, brought
in by six cooks, with great ceremony con.
sited of roast mutton, turkey, bjiled ham and
bufTdo hump, and a whole routed pig, he.
qucred and gilt all over. After jjll ibis, came
soi.p! Ani very g od souptaji", Mr. Web.
ster remarked ; and drunk out of one bowl,
Keying beginning and passipgil round, for
each to have a sip. - i i ?
- This curious dinner, commencing with fruit
and ending wah soup, lasted from nino till one
o'clock, and bsing finished a fiqal leave was
taken of the Chinese plenipotentiary. ' More
"music,1' more guns, lanterns lilazing, cool
ies shouting, Mr. W. says the hole party
returned to 1 Macao, each reidy to exclaim
with Macbeth, I have supped full of ,hor
rorsl" . Mr.1 W. preferred the loose costume
of the Chinese to our own, and indicated his
tasto at some length. - ' 1 '
. Hedcscribed thedressof theChinsscManda.
rin,-i-thn golJ embroidered silk rlibe, with its
ornaments of gold, aud emblems, dec. &c.
Chinese theatricals are not of . a very high
order. The "actors wear rich ! costumes. -
They, hae no play houses, as .such. Their
actors are strollers. No changes i of . scenes.
&c. Being engaged, for a set! number of
nights, by subscription, or a wealthy employ.
er, they erect a temporary booth , in a public
square, play historical i raged ics," and obscene
comedies. They act incessantly! after they
begin, for days' and nights, the Chinesej re-
maining z nours ai a time to see mcir per.
formnncts. The women appear on the stage;
boys iict.the female character speaking in
falsetto. - Mr. W. described a play he saw.
It appeared to commemorate' some old battle
between the Tartar and! Chincsd dynasties.
Both parlies seemed to be triumphant. Each
monarch, in turn, took the throne, nnd , made
a speech to1 his courtiers. Then they both
appeared on the stage, together, and thereup.
on a terrific combat ensued. ! The warriors
turned themselves heels overhead in the me
lee made up frightful faces, and brandished
their big swords and battle axes fearfully.?
Just when things looked at tne worst, the op
posing parlies suJdenly embraced, stuck out
their right legs, and- slapped them smartly,
(indicating that they had now mounted on
horseback,) and galloped off quite amiably
together behind the scenes ! '
A comedy Mr. W. found too grfss for de
scription. i In i their literature, the' Chinese
use an abundance of tropes and images.. The
small feet of tho women, for example, they
call in poetry or romance, " golcfen i lilies."
A young lady, resisting the amaioryovertures
of a lover, who, says .the romancer, as
each succeeding gust" of the venial breeze
waved her dress, behold the gold lilies which
exceeded nor three inches, says I will drop
pie screen to shade myself from the fi.iwers
and the moon, (meaning love) and lb prevent
the butterflies (meaning lovers) front entering
my Chamber.1" And Mr. Webster gave other
specimens (and among them some poetical
ones) of . the ..literature of China These
were very amusing, and full of deepf interest,
indeed. i-We wishHye had space for: them.
He dwelt upon the writings of Confucius
the Chinese bible full of high moral ity, ,Con.
fucius did not preter.d to prophecy. - Happi
ness here and hereafter Were his inducements
to virtue. " .He toldthem that a prOph'et would
rise in the ' West.-. This' prophet they lalte
Budha to be, and his doctrines 'prevail to a
greater or less' extent, in ccmseque ncet Pub.
lie libraries nlun !. Bjuks are cheap.' They
had the nrtr t tinting ! before' Christen,
dom Jiad it j' sj cf.tr. gunpowder the
mariner's c: 4ass t oi paintingship
building piper . money c? nals--manufiic.
turcs," playing cards; indeed, evpry thing but
steam. On alltliero things Mr. , Vebste'r
made interesting remarks. He said .that pa
per' moDfY' for ,tinstance; orrginaled," Was
ured,"and discarded in China; before! Bills. of
Exchange were invented by . tho Jews, ia
r- I -t ..I I..1 .L . . . r- .i' - . i
iuropej uuu,ue iueu uiai, ior tne immense
conclude his lectures with a few remarks upon
the" Antiquity and History cf C Ir.aL The
L.iinc : (' te their history f.-n... .1 pe-':;J t
which l". : Mtioris of tI.c. countries rver
! ache;' . ', they claim, hi added, to have
i en r ;nd civilizf-d before cut world was
creatL Comparative chronology,
c- ' istronomy alor.e can H I'reJ to,io cur.
reel these c-'reagant ny-rtions, if they be
sb Thc-C -so crfi.. iheir:coJgonyt
evidently -The carliestbulory.of every na
tion, however, manes rreiiuou.oi iiwiii, we
trade of lhal extensive empire, they had now
no coin save" a little copper piece, of the val
ue of a miil ! Mr. Webster " said . he would
'5
unuc
en
Tli
act-r of its Ian. "ii.it
i;e Mere alluded ,y Mr.
i euMer.as prouls tl CliioVn Uin
t I . .... ... w-
l.. j oldest
rut::: earth, -eveo older Uiau tho Jw.
Tlx- g c rnmcct i pitriarcual ; he lunguar,.
iuwr.iglyj.hu-a!. 1 I -cr Mr. Vd.scribed
ft exfreJutgy clu:r..y. Tht ..scutative
c!hraclers for ihe iicas aln-ady iu use by ihe
Chinese have readied the enormous number
uf eighty thousand. Or.e must learn all these
tQ learu ihe, language peifecily, though a
kmi ledge of the ra lica's and primit'n : of
the language which afe the original ' 1. ro.
jlyphirs facilitates thencquisiliun- material,
ly. , Tht-se have no puticyiar sound belong
ing to them. Articulation isentirely n'bilni.
ry j there is no gramm-irof the h: u-ige,
lime, numbers, genders, persons,. . rumcnttj
ogrcemeut, puiictuatK)n,-s-all arttot course.
'wanting. . Such a language h is had the plied,
jand still has, of keeping the Chlneso in a
Stationary and isolated cundition, arid renders
their consociation with the' rest of the world
impossible. .They pretend to have an'authen
ic and correct list rf their! sovereigns from
he year 29,053, before Christ.1 Mr. Welwter
sees nothing incredible in' this, and argues as
i its probability ; and, in conclusion of his
lecture, happily and elegantly ho says ; " Tho
Cnincstfaro to mankind whnl the pyramids
tire among mountains. Their origin lost in
tie past, l hey are yet themselves as strong,
as pr)mincnt, and as undocoyed as ever. The
pyramids are dumb. Their son led passages
have been explored in vain. They return no
response to fruitless enquiries.' No intelligi.
bile sign do they give to guide ourslep amidst
rj searches hs dim and obscure as their own
dark vaults. But tbe Chinese are a living,
visible tangible, and intelligible people. The
hie roglvphics forgotten, now, in Egypt, are
iti fresh and vigorous daily .use among-thcnl,
ahd all whichl they. . have, we can read, and
lourn and understand. We have begun the
penetration . through the hitherto formidable
barriers that have opposed us in our research,
cs ; and who shall say what rich rewards are
yj:i in store, as the crown to the l-ib rers o
some future Belzoni, in the 1 CentratFlowery
LKndTV
. R!r. Webster has won a great deal of de.
served credit,; here, by these two lectures,
lufes, and a repetition of them would be re.
ceived, we doubt not,,; with favor. In other
ciiit s we expect, as a nutter of course, to
sep them nnnoUneed.
: From Uis North Carolina Farmer. -
The Rhubarb or Pic Plant.
Mr. Lemay : The abm named plant
merits more regard, I venture to assert, than
it receives in our country. A very few, say
ha
fa dozen, well planted and tended in rich
ground will supply a family with most palata.
bl
and healthful tarts or pics from early in
ihd
spring till ripe apples come. They were
particularly acceptable in this season's dearth
of fruit. ! Some 20 years since in Western
NeW York, near Auburn dining al the table
of Major Van Vaulkenburg, a revolutionary
soierIi was asked how I liked rny apple
pie as a desert?. Oa replying, it was very
fine, I was told it was not of the apple, but a
plant that grew in their garden. And I was
shmvn a few sets of the Rhubarb, from the
stems of which they had pies'evcry day for
dinner. I .have carried out my resolution
then formed, of having, when getting a house
hold, these plants and the excellent tarts there.
fronji even since locating in the south with a
famy. Near the cily of London I learn they
cultivate whole . fields of the Rhubarb znd
arrV in wagon loads Jor market. . But in
mrica, it is not an generally nnd extensive
cultivated as in Europe. It is not so'casi-
ly raised from the seed as some plants, being
subject to destruction the first season by the
uus heat. 1 find newly cleared land brings
the plants forward; for: transplanting; sooner
than old land.1: Some thousands I cultivated
for lie ona new piece of cleared und are
twice as large as thoso heretofore . ..-d grown
a season on old soil. " f y
j ' - ,r i - - s - - "
The tarts are inadebr; Ft ripping offthe
outer skin'from tbc-stemB. and cutting them
jup into pieces, ana sprinKung suar over tne
cut pieces when ready for . baking,' just
gooseberry and other fruil tarts are made.
Rhubarb tarts have a(near resemblance v in
taste to the gooseberry. Thcxe are -various
kindsjof.the Rhubarb plant oue kind espe.
cially lmcdicinal. But the real pie'plantes.
"peciaiywhat is called the Gobath, bas very
tMck ljeaf stems, as thick as a man's wrist
so that." a v y few cut up, as abov stated,
make farts enough for a large family. When
.veil cliivated and large, there is as liit.'.e
trouble or less to make tarts 'of them than of
a ppiesi ,s" ?a ;,"?;; i: rr -c-ii- '; 1 v-' 'rtyi'r ..
- :'By mid summcr'the Icaves'decoy, .But best
to keep the ground clear of weeds and grass
around them ; and in the MI cover them with
welt rtlted manure, snd very early in the
spring they grow out, and n jready to
usef1 As the large .leaves are cut off for. use,
the smaller one's; grow to succeed ihctnand
thus a rontinuous supply is had - ; -
The 'rbox'ti -will -afford - ample hints to all
wishing to have R.huburb tarts; in i perfection.
And itmay be 1 Issiy asscrtedjhal every
farnilv fairly trying them; will Jieve'r bc'wil.
Xr " r "t ';to have an annual 5upply afterwards.
It o-oht' 'to hive been named B'nbove, that V
kind c aljed ihe Gobaih is a little later coming
out in the spring than some oth-r kinds cf the
tart ; Rhubarb. -Batit clii .....:!nue to sup
ply its1 taaf stems faler L tho' summer, or uni.
Ut summer W Veil is A iir - pples ripen.
r thu Ptlar- . . I 1'i r .
. -".i-, uncw itiein. biiu rcier-
CC IS nintlc. it I v wN . .i i j rr
e nature of i:s L.jvorn,n..,t .1,.
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: " ttt ii
Ia haste, yours; &3., wiih all diss rr-ccti
and fervent wishes for tho deserved Euscrrs j
uf.lhe North Carolina Fr- -cr
-.V "",,' ,- S1DNL1 . . ELLIiL
Brinkleyville, Halifax co., N. a,
' - . Uct.24, 1810.
r5
- Aloriitm among Cotes. Earl Stiencersays,
that iir.ee he pTaced lumps of rock salt in ' !j
pasture lands, none of his cows" lure su2l'rc4
abortion. i ' ' ' ". .
' Charcoalor WheaCTIn Genesee Farm-'
er states th'st nar &h jus!;y , Oioi, charcoal
ground fine, has bo n applied to wheat Knds
whh signat succeis. .The avcrag yitldcf
four pieces1, grown by f t.' Hyward of Cuf.
falo, to which 23 bush. Is of charcoal pcricrs
had bcn -applied, Was 27 12 bushelsVper
acre, whilo on three' other; pieces without
coal, the average y iel-J. was only 4 1.2 bushels
per acre. ;Mr. i;aywafdi!I apply 10.CCD
bushsU of cdil to wheat fields this autumn.
He grinds it in a common bark mill used by
tanners. Amer. Farmer. -
, Who can beat This?
We Itjarn from (he IlillsborougH. Recorder
that our worthy oil 'friend Capt." Joseph G.
Bacon, of Orange, sowed five pecks of. com
mon wheat on an acre of land list season, and
reaped at harvest time 25 biuhcis; and on the
1st of August he "sowed on the me acre
thirteen quarts of buckwheat, from which hi
gathered 25 1.2 bushels, making 50 1.2
bushels from one acre inn year!- If any of
our readers have done any thing like this we
$M bo glad to riear from them. If thay
have not, we hope every ore of them wili iry,
and communicate to us the result next year;
And Capt.. Bacon will greatly oblige us ia
furnishing us a statement of his . manner of .
improving and preparing the groun3 and fgho
lirig in the grain, as well as a descriplifTet
the soil. . Experience producing such rt can
as ihe above, is what our farmers' wantfj!'6
ii is lonuuaio iuai nicy can nna .u an af.
themselves. JV". C. Parmer, . Vf"
UllryV Improved Straw Cutler. A nee
and improved Straw, Cutter, inv; 'ted and p
cnted by Mr., Gray UtTcy; of Chapel 'llilf
was exhibited" here" last week ; and was rnuc
approved By 'some excellent judges, who e'x-7
a mined it. Tho blade comes -Jo a .'point ia
the middle, withaaw teeth running up on each
side, and is ( made to work.VapidJy up- and;
down, with great case, by means of a cranky
which may be turned by hand or machinery;
and cuts stalks as well as straw. " It costs only
12 or $15, and w were so well pleased with
its operation, that we- cheerfully recommec
it to the public as a valuable invention. 2V.C
Farmer. i! ' " . -
The seeds of sunflowers hav'o been found to
render chickens, not only fat, but the flesh is
also rendrcd tender and juicy. An experi.
ment, stated in the New England Farmer, in
which fowls were shut up and fed with these
seeds, - is worjhy the special attention of
farmers. -r . ..-. " -
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It is said that an infusion of leaves of the
common walnut poured upon the ground,
brings the destructive earth-worrri to the sur
face", 'where it may be "destroyed... Try il,
farmers. - . -Z
:v From the St." Loom Repuhlicdn, Oct. 3L - ' . .
OTorc Ittor in on Difficutties. . Ci
. A geritlemaii fromtheXJpper. Mississippi
informs. 4is that a few days' ago' the she riff of
Rock Island camo to: Nauvoo with a writ for
one of tho ;Redings," charged to have been
concerned in the murder of "Col.:, Davenport.
After Reding had been arrested and was about
going on board a boat for tlock Island, a body
bf Mormons : collected round the sheriff for : '
the purpose of rescuing the , prisoner, and ia
the attempt Reding received a shut in the leg,
and the sheriff a wound from a pistol shot. "
The prisoner escaped. . ,V. t
We farther understand that Maj.- Warren,
'.!:e commander of the forces' stationed in the
county, had several writs to serve Jn Nauvoo;
which he would attempt to execute on Tuesdajr; " ',
list, when it was expected the Mormons would - ,
offer opposition to their service. j If these, re.,
ports be true, and t. j Mormons do ia'f :t . 1
offer resistance to. Major Warren, they ,i.'l
bring upon themelves , another diCiculty i.n.'
mediately We are not fully informed r s to
t'lecharacterof the"writs to La served, tut un. -
cerstand that Rorrieof them arc'BfTnint .r-i' -i.
.
of the members of the Council cf T
which includes the l?.dcrs or "rir"!"-:!
;v3
of the Coiirch, j '
: The St. Louis Republican of the 1st ir.ctini'J
has later intelligence j confirming the accc;;.t
of Redrng's rescue, and: adding a" detail cf
subsequent events '.. hich"seera to fjrebods &
violc... explosion ' It says: ' , -
Reding was rescued and, r 'now roc-rcJ
in Nauvoo ;hhe '.ofiicers were" stoned, td,.
otherwise injured. " We now learn frorn tJ -s
Quincy Whig," and other sources; that t'.: .
Mormons-in Nauvoo hve actually. " 1
xls power of. the ttate; and dechred t!.'. :z
m:ro arrests shall be made in Na.;r. C i
'r iturday las . ! " Wi.i- says : .
- vCol. VVarrer-, - : rurple tz.1 . .
rr.-in, attorney far t..J sir. 13, visited . . . :.
Near t'-- cntirc.3 of ihe city lh:y ci . .
bled a force of about 200 arr.:J Mc;.:- -this
being contrary to the crJr cf G:r.i II: r.
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