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VOL. 3.
CHARLOTTE, N. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1855.
NO. 49.
A DDK ESS
Of Hit Board of Managers of tie Washington
Sdional Monument Society, to the people of the
United States :
Fellow Citizens: We address you on behalf
of the Washington National Monument Associa
cion, and submit for your consideration the fol
lowing report of what has been done :
The eorner-fctone was laid on the 4tfi of July,
1849. At that time there was in the treasury of
the Association the sum of 862,450,66.
The work has gone on with varied progress,
until the sum of $230,000, the product of volun
tary contributions alone, has been expended in its
erection.
The original estimate of the cost of the whole
work, the shaf', the base, and the ornamental part,
exceeded $1,222,000.
The base, bui!'. of the blue stone of the Potomac,
solid and indestructible, is sunk eight feet below
the surface, and rises seventeen and a half feet
above the surface of the surrounding earth. It
is fifty-five feet square at its top. From this
springs the shaft, with walls of blue stone fifteen
feet thick, faced with white marble fourteen in
ches thick, in courses two feet in height, tied and
bounded into the blue stone at every course. In
its ascent it diminishes gradually and regularly in
the exterior line.
The interior in carried up a straight, undevait
ing chamber. Within and set into the solid wall
of this interior, according to the taste ol the archi-
tret, have been placed, and are yet to be placed,
the s'ones contributed by States, communities, and
associations.
This naked shaft, thus rigidly cut, thus firmly
based, thus indissolubl y bonded, now rises in its
simple and gran I proportions one hundred and fifty-two
and a hall foet above the blue stone b'se.
It is already one of the first objects which meet the
ee of the traveller as he passes through the lulls
by winch the city is hemmed in, and he starts to
find the immense mncliinery on its top designed
for lifting sU ne still idle, ud anxiously enquires
ihe caue.
Ff-llow-Cuan'iy men : We are pained to say, it
is your wgrct. When the catfr d and suhjii-
g-twH P'd:fe nation, and ihe friends of liberty in i
Kurope, began to erect a monumt-ut to Kosciusko,
they mad- it a labor ot love, and Irom everv valley
and mountain, and plain and running stream, lar
ad ner, they brought stones and piled and heaped
:b-m into a vst pyramid.il moond, to testily that I
love. And now, after the lapse of tSiny yars,
mid the convulsions winch have h'ke(i ihe un
happy country, pilgrim hands still swell that pile '
with constant contributions.
We are er cling a Monument to one greater
trun Kosciusko; lo hirn who in history or myth j
is known among every kindred and nation of the
earth ; who I .id the too it'la 1 1 in, gave the propor
tions, and superintended tin- structure of that gov-
eminent which, with miraculous speed, has risn
to the I runt rank among the nations ; and we call
upon you lor aH. Men well known lo you, have J
f;iten to it long years of carefulness and labor.
They hnve been urgmt and pressing in their calls
for help, and you have to a certain extent, res- !
pon!cd to their call. It was n t their work, it was
yours ; they were your sti wards, giving thrirj
tune, and care, and labor, and money, in the same
cati a itb on.
Hut :hey have foiled ; not for lack of energy,
or zeal on their pnrt, but Irom wint ol that action J
and sympathy on yours which was es-m in I to j
success. You, the people of this broad and hap- 1
py laud ; you, the children of Washington ; you.
to whom he h is left the priceless bequest ol his :
services, snd Iiih love; have heid back the contri- I
biitin needed Irom each to erect to his memory a
suitable MonuMient in the National Metropolis. I
While thousands have answered promptly the I
appeal to their patriotism, and contributed the a
mount already received and expended, the far
greater number, either from apathy or want of!
opportunity, have failed lo join in this work of j
grateful duty. I his failure compelled our prcde
crssors to arrest the prosecution of the work, and
to appeal to Congress or assistance.
Ftllow-Coiintryinen : This is not a suitable ob
ject ol legislative provision. A free, a prosper
ous, a thriving people, will not allow a debt of love
and gratitude, due by every individual heart, to
be discharged by an act ol Congress!
A new Hoard of Managers have now been ap
pointed. We Co me into office, under favorable
auspices, und with well founded hnpea of means
.o prosecute the work. Since our election, on the
2d February last, we have not been idle. Our
arrangements have ben begun, and are in pro
gress. We appeal to the people. We wish no
legislative aid. We look to free hearts; we call
tfpon all; not the liberal and the generous al ne.
We call upon each man who '.his day walks erect
in aU the panoply of freedom in this broad laud,
ho is not dead to the common impulses of hu
manity ; who js worthy in the least degree of the
countless and diversified blessings by which he is
surrounded, we call upon men every where to con
tribute each his mite. A great and mighty peo
ple of twenty. five millions, cannot be so dead to
Ihe sensations which are innate m e-'ery breast at
the bare naming of such a benefactor, as to refuse
or neglect to give their aid in such a cause.-
Let every man, then, who feels his heart beat
with American pulsations, and every man who
reveres the name of Washington, singly or in
companies, communicate directly with our Secre
tary and send in his contribution to our Treasurer,
or suggest a mode for its collection.
By order of the Board :
CHAS. C. riJCKEB, Sec y.
The following are the present Officers and Man
agers of the Society, all of whom, except the
President and Second Vice President, were elected
on the 22d of February last, to wit;
FRANK. PIERCE, P. U. S. and ex-oficio P.
VESPASIAN ELLIS, 1st Vice P.esultnt-
J. T. TOWERS, M. W. andex-oflicwZd V. P.
GEORGE H. PLANT, Zd Vi p,fSiaent,
JOHN M. McCALLA, Treasurer.
CIIAS. C. TUCKER, Secretary.
Managers. Henry Addison, Charles R. Belt,
French F. Evans, Charles W. Divis, Samuel E.
Douglas, Thomas D. Sandy, Joseph H. Bradley,
Samuel C. Brusey, James Gordon, Robert T.
Knight, Joseph Libby, Sr., Thomas A. Brooke,
John N. Craig.
P. S. Editors friendly to the cause are re
quested to insert the above address.
Washington, D. C, May, 18qq.
From the Western (Illinois) Patriot.
Nebraska as It Is.
Most of our readers are aware that we have
just returned from a trip in the Territory of Ne
braska, and it is of course exoected that we
shall give a few notes by the way," for the in
formation of those who leel interested in the new
territory.
As the po:nt to which we intended to proceed
lay about 270 miles west, and 80 to 90 north of
Qoincy, Illinois, we took the overland route
through the southern Part of Iowa, a State which,
from her agricultural and other advantages, must
eventually occupy a prominent place in the Union,
as unmistakable evidence of her enterprise met
our view in the shape of grading the railroad line
in different sections, as far as 100 miles into the
interior, and from the information we could gather
there is a determined effort being made to carry
the line from the Mississippi, through to Council
Bluffs ; which will bring under the plow thousands
of acres of prairie land in Western Iowa. This
will be the great thoroughfare also lo the rich And
fertile region we are now about to enier in the
list for all who are seeking new homes on a new
country. We predict that but lew years will
elapse ere the iron horse will snort over the Far
West through the interior of Nebraska, and the
abundance of her produciions will make the teem
ing thousands of the Eastern manufacturing States
rejoice that a scarcity of provisions can no longer
be anticipated.
Arrived at Omaha, the present capital of the
Nebraska territory, on the western bank of the
Missouri, and opposite the Council Bluff city, we
will say a few words in relation to its progress
before we pursue our journey. About last Sep
tember, the town site of Omaha was laid out,
staked and marked on the sod, and also on paper,
and one sod hut made its appearance as an omen
of good or evil for the habitation of the white man.
After this came forth log, frame and brick build
ings, until, as we found, some, 150 or more were
scattered over lh-various streets of the now 'City
of Omaha.'
Our attention was now directed to the road to
Fontenelle, some 40 miles northwest. We had
no d;fficulty in discovering nn old California trail,
which took a circuitous route on the prairie ridge
ihrtiugh rather a hilly country for leu or twelve
miles, when the fce of the earth appeared more
undulating. Stakes of efeias and cabins of set
tlers were here everywhere visible. Here we
travelled over a prairie country, with here and
there a grove of trees to be seen on the branches
and rivulets that meander through the space, and
now supply the emigrants with fuel, and water of
the purest crystal led by springs, at their encamp
ing grounds.
Thus we travelled until we reached Fontenelle,
Dodge county. Our readers are aware that this
is the name of the city located by the " Quitiey
Colonization Company," in Dodge county. The
claim as shown in the territorial records of Ne
braska, is about 40 or 50,000 acres, running about
10 miles from nonh to souih on the Elkhorn river,
and taking in all the limber on 6aid river, and
about 5 miles from e ist to west. It is estimated
to contain aboul 1,000 acres ol timber suitable for
building purposes, and an unlimited amount of
fuel. Its soil is evidently of richest description,
and in every part of the country springs and
brooks abound.
D 'dge county, Nebraska, is second to none in
the territory her natural advantages are such
that she is destined to become, at no distant day,
l nucleus for commerce, and the advantage she
derives from the abundance of water power with
which she is supplied, may be the means of draw
ing considerable manufactures within her borders,
to supply the interior of the territory, for it is a
(act that if richness of soil will enhance settle
ments, there will be a broad expanse of farming
operations commenced in this and ndjoining coun
ties lhat trill justify the settlements of a large class
of mechanics. The following extract from a let
ter from Fonentelle will show some of its advan
tages :
44 This town is elevated about 150 feet above
the natural surface of the Elkhorn River, which
winds its way upon its gravelly bottom, around
this prairie city, in the shape of a half moon,
which, while you stand upon this pedestal town,
turning yourself to the right and to the left, you I
can view the meandernig course of this river for j
fifty miles, and the beaU'tfal scenery beyond des- j
crip'.ion, wuh here and there a smaller stream,
flowing into this prairie lather of waters, and these j
streams are all well skirted with limber, which
will afford ample supplies for all present purpos- j
es. There is far more timber than I had any ex- i
pectaiion of finding here. We travelled from point
10 point, and every point seemed to be tha most
beautiful, and at last you become confounded, and i
cannot determine OH which place to locate a farm;
there are len thousand of acres in this neighbor- :
hood that there is but little choice in, and just here
I would say there ii no power given to man to I
exaggerate or extol the beauties of this country, j
beyond its just merit and as to the navigation of
late river there is nodonyt and when you spread
out the map before you, you will at once perceive
that Fontenelle will be the great centre city of the j
United States. The mineral resources of this
territory are but very slightly investigated as yet,
although Goal has been discovered on the south as i
well as the north side of the Platle River, which
is a part boundary of Dodge county these coal
mines will do away with the abjection that vast
(orests are indispensable, in giving the quickening ;
energies, :he enterprise and the agriculture, as :
well as the mechanical arts. God has so equal
ized this world in His providence, that iheae vast
prairies are not without all things necessary to
give zest to the fertilizing of the garden soil of the
world. In this territory there is the most desira
ble building rock, which will receive a polish
equaling the Italian marble. In Burt county,
there is the beautiful red sand stone, and as it is
exposed to the atmosphere it becomes hard, and
can be worked admirably into fine dwellings, I
found on the bank of the Elkhorn river a very fine
specimen of iron ore, and copper has bepn found
in its vicinity. There has been a salt spring dis
covered in Salem county which promises great
reward to those who work it ; a charter has been
granted by ihe Legislature to a company or that
purpose. Specimens of rock salt, equal to Turk's
Island, has been obtained from this vicinity. And
is there not enough, in the first touch of this infant
territory, to induce ua to believe God had abun
dantly supplied all things needful, to make a great
and independent State. The water is abundant
and of the purest kind, wherever it is found it is
pure and fit for use ; there are no stagnant pools or
swamps to be found."
The land throughout Dodge county is beauti
fully undulated not brflaVm, but sufficiently roll
ing for cultivation, and every hollow or valley
having a small rivulet running with crystal wa
ters, fed from the many springs which emanate in
the prairie.
The town site, as before stated, occupies a most
elevated and commanding position, and its prox
imity to ihe beautiful serpentine windings of that
crystal stream, i ne ciKnorn, witn r.s diversi
fied scenery of groves and bluff ehterminglin
along its banks, north and south, as far as the eye
can see, and the immense green plain of the Platte
Valley westward, with here and there a Califor
nia, Oregon or Utah train, wending its werisome
way along the extensive expanse of sward, until
imagination may picture it as a sail on the great
ocean deep leads us to exclaim, after due delib
eration, this is indeed one of those locations that
may be termed a master piece of nature, where
God has smiled in nature's lovely garb.
Near the summit of a gradual slope which ex.
tends half or three-fourths of a mile east from the
bank of the river, commences the town lots, and
the great California road will pass through the
centre of the c'ty, in a direct line for the north
bend of the Plntte.
Among other improvements connected with this
setilement, an order was given by the Marshal of
the territory for a Court House, to be built this
fall, and court to be held in October next. Two
brick yards are being commenced, and we expect
more orders have been received than can be exe
cuted this season. Everything in and around
town bears the impress of enprgetic and determin
ed efforts of progress, perhaps more so than any
other settlement in the territory of Nebraska.
The Piety or the Pullsidelpliia Plat-
form.
Afier ten-days of toil and trouble, of strife and
agony, of sectional struggle and personal conten
tion, of low intrigue and furious controversy af
ter every argument of persuasion and of compu'
sion had been exhausted in the vain attempt to
establish harmony of feeling and nniformily of
opinion alter schism had torn the body in pieces
and destroyed its power and respectability the
ruptH of the Know Nothing Council in Philadel
phia promulgated a platform, in which (heir max
ims of morality and their principles ol public po'icy,
are expounded with the painful precision of a log.
ical deduction, and ihe copious detail of a criminal
indictment.
This Know Nothing platform is a wonderful
production. There was never anything like i:
before and we are quite sure there will never be
anything like it again. It is equally original and
inimitable. The genius that conceived it should
avow its paternity, and enjoy ihe applause of an
admiring nation. The person lhat could combine
so much of political wisdom and pious precept,
must surely illustrate in his own life all the virtues
of the Christian and all the accomplishments of
the statesman. Who is he ?
In this country, ihe Slate and the Church are
distinct and independent. The interests of reli
gion have never been confounded with matters of
public policy. No party has ventured to incor
porate a confession of religious faith in a platform
of political principle, until Know Noihingism be
gan itadesperale experiment upon the public virtue
and the popular intelligence. The first article of
the Philadelphia platform affirms the existence of
Deity and the agency of a special Providence, ann"
the eleventh recognizes the authority of the scrip
tures. Thii is the Know Nothing Confession ol
Faith. Is it to be undertsood to exclude the doc
trine ol ihe divinity of Jesus ? It evades the issue
at least, and lor the simple reason that the grand
chaplain of the Order is a disciple of Socinianism,
and the majority of its members in the North be
long to the Unitarian communion. The party
that ignores the second attribute of the Godhead
may raise recruits in Massachusetts, but will find
no favor among the Christian people of ihe South
ern Slates.
But all this pretence of regard for the interests
of religion is the merest cant and the most shame
ful hypocrisy. A party that numbers not righte
ous men enough in its ranks to save it from the
fate of Sodom, to set up as the special patron of
the Protestant religion ! A party whose piety
is illustrated by the profligacy of a Hiss, to affect
an exclusive concern for the public morals! Jo
seph Surface abounded as much in virtuous senti
ment as in vicious conduct, but the veil ol affected
honesty coukl not conceal the hideous deformity
of his real character. The morality of Know
Noihingism is the morality of the villain in the
i play, Hnd the soundest platform even would fail
to cover up the essential corruption and evil of its
i nature. Indeed, its professions of purity only
' serve to expose its criminal conduct in the strong :
1 light of controst. Thf protest in this Philadelphia :
; platform against the selfishness and vanity of pol
i iticians, its professions of regard for ihe public in
I terests, and its promise to restore an era of prim
itive simplicity and virtue in ihe administration of
i the government, come with all the effect of the
' bitterest iron; from a party which is responsible
for the shameless excesses ol its Massachusetts j
members, and for the indecent disclosures in the J
i Legislature of Pennsylvania. There is s much j
! modesty in the painted blush of ihe prostitute, as !
! there is of sincerity of conviction and honesty of!
I purpose in the pure and patriotic professions of
; the Know Nothing pla.'form. The people will not j
1 be deceived by such vain pretenres and id mork- j
, ery of political integrity. 1 bey have had these
1 pledges before, and they have seen in this very-
party the most flagrant corruption of private mor
als and violation of public virtue.
The Philadelphia platform is as obnoxious in
its political principles as in its religious profes
sions ; and the party exhibits as tittle of wisdom
in its policy, as of virtue in Us conduct. This
aecuation we will make good in another article by
a critical scrutiny of the several provisions of the
platform.
Entihelt Unnecessary. There a sign
projecting from the door of a maniuimaker's shop
in Troy, the concluding portion of which reads
thus; " N. B. Dresses made lower than ever."
Scene With the Queen of Spain in tbe
Palace at Madrisl.
We translate the following interesting account
of the late extraordinary political movement in
Madrid, from the Courier de Bordeaux :
After a long discussion, the law that Signor
Madoz had proposed to the Cones, to obtain an
authorization to sell the properties ol ihe Stale, of
the clergy, of the establishments and corporations
of charily, and of public instruction, was adopted
in the sitting of the 27th of April; scarcely a doz
en deputies opposed it, while there were 108 votes
in its favor. As soon as this result was made
known, Madoz exclaimed : 'The revolution of Ju
ly has made a gigantic step !" The project of the
law had been the subject of a protestation from the
coart of Rome. At'the beginning of the month of
March, ihe representative ol that court, Monseign
eur Frenchi, had presented this official protestation
to Signor Luzuriaga, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
who had replied that 'he government was very
decided not to make any attempts on the interests
of the clergy, and to respect the stipulations of the
compaet of 1851. Still later, another protestatiou
was deposited with Signor Luzariaga, and com
munitciited lo the Queen. The court of Rome,
basing itself precisely on the same compact, sus
tained i bat the government of Spain, from which
it ain not separate ine uortes, has not the power (
to make any attempt on the right of property of
the clergy, supported by a diplomatic convention,
authorized previously by a constitutional law, vo
ted by the Cortes and sanctioned by the Queen.
These steps of Monseigner Frenchi were support
ed, we are told, by the Cardinal Archbishop of
Toledo, recently arrived from Rome, and bringing
the latest instructions of the Pope. The represen
tations ol this prelate easily alarmed the religious
scruples of the Queen and the King. Signor Ma
doz expected it, and he had told his two colleages,
Marshals Espatero and O'Donnell, that when they
should ask the sanction o.' the law just voted, they
would find a resistence in the Queen which would
require great efforts to vanquish; and us Signor
M doz noticed especially the influence of the Arch
bishop of Toledo, Marshal O'Donnell replied :
"If the cardinal persists in creating difficulties, we
will send him to the Philippine Islands."
On Saturday, the 28th April, two processions
left Madrid at the same hour for the royal resi
dence of Artoiuez one conducted the Marshal
Duko of Victory. President ol tbe Council of Min- J
isters, who was to present to the Queen the law
voted the preceding evening of the Cortes, fully i
determined not to return to Madrid without having
obtained the royal sanction ; tbe other procession
conducted the Monseigneur Frenchi, who was to
communicalo to the Minister, Luzuriaga, the or
ders which he had received from the Holy See,
and to demand his passport in ense t lie law hIiouIU
he promulgated. The Marshal had first a con
ference with the King, and the loud sounds of his
voice struck the ears ol ihe chamberlains and offi
cers in attendance waiting the close of these pain
ful discussions. The Queen had answered by a
refusal.
"I must declare to you, madam," said the Mar
shal, "that your refusal may have the most fatal
consequences, both for public peace and your own
person. You know with what facility barricades
are made in the streets of Madrid ; the population
is already exceedingly irritated and discontented
soon they will be pushed to ihe last extremities,
and believe me, the Assembly will not hesitat n
put in force the most energetic resolutions."
"I reproach myself," said the Queen, "for hav
ing consented to the presentation of this law, which
troubles my conscience, for it is a violation of a
treaty that I made with the Pope; and I am re
solved not to give it my sanction, being convinced
that there will result from it great evils to Spain.
The Marshal having repeated the difficulties
which the ministers would have by a refusal, and
the impossibility for them, in that case, lo keep
their portfolios, the Queen replied that they had
found her docile even in painful positions, and that
she could not believe they would abandon her in
the situation they had placed her in, when she
would be without counselors and without de
fenders. "Well, then, sign," said the Marshal.
"No." replied the Queen, "1 cannot sign this
great iniquity."
The Marshal then went to the King, to whom
he recalled the services which he had rendered to
the Queen and to tbe throne since the evolution.
"I know not," observed the King, "if it would noi
have been better to have lost both crown and
throne, rather than have kept them as you have
madehem." The Marshal not having succeded,
returned to Madrid.
In the evening the ministers were convoked,
and it was decided they should resign en masse, if
the Queen still refused her sanction to the law.
The next day the ministers arrived early a! Aran
juez ; and Marshal O'Donnell, being the first
to enter into the chamber of the Queen, said to
her, " Madam, I fear that you are under illusion
as to your situation. You are ignorant that, if
you persist in your refusal, the Assembly will con
stitute itself a national convention; it will declare
your f nil from the throne, and banish you from
Spain. If you push us there, we will renounce
that constitutional royalty for which we have made
so many sacrifices, and we will proclaim a republic.
Spain will not be the more unhappy from it ; but we
h ill retain your daughter, she belongs to the na
tion, and might serve as a hostage to answer for
you."
These menaces, uttered with great energy, by
a man who is not always master of himself, pro
duced the mosf profound distress in the mind of
the Queen, and appeared to freeze her courage.
Her streng'h was exhausted. She only answered
with tears for some time. "I hesitate no longer,"
cried she, wiih pain. "I will do lhat for the inter
est of my daughter that I would not bavs done for
myself. I will sign, if yon promise me noi to
take her from me; but I protest, with all the
strength of my soul, against your violence; and I
hope that God will make fall upon your head, and
that of you colleages, the responsibility of my
weakness."
At this moment the Grand Chamberlain and
the ladies of the Queen, preceded by the young
Princess of Asturias, entered. Tbe child threw
herself into the arms of ber mother, and tbe ladies
knelt at her feet, entreating her to put an end to
this contention, and no longer to compromise the
safety of her person and tbe destinies of tbe dynasty.
"Hasten, madam," said Marshall O'Donnell,
"here are the ministers, who are tired of waiting."
The ministers entered, and those deputies who
formed the bureau of the Assembly. One of the
ministers put the pen Into the hand of the Queen,
and the law was sanctioned.
While this was passing at Aranjuez, Madrid
was assuming a revolutionary aspect. The gar
rison had 6een consigned to iheir barracks; nu
merous groups of people formed in the streets,
and (hose members ol the Assembly who were
known for their advanced opinions, met in one of
ihe rooms of the palace, where they proposed
measures most anarchique. They demanded a
decree that should proclaim the national conven
tion and the vacancy of the throne ; and were pre
luding these acts, by a singular coincidence, just
at the moment that O'Donnell was menacing ihe
Queen.
Al the same time, the chiefs of the militia were
agitating similar questions, and were preparing
to second the undertaking ol the Assembly against
the Queen. Many of the people, however, were
gaily assisting at the bull-fight and applauding the
death of the Ininderillo Oliva, known through all
the city by the part he look, in the days of July,
in the murder of Mr. F. Chico, chief of ihe mu
nicipal police, and of his servant. Oliva was the
faithful companion of another banderillo, who be
came famous under the name of Cucheta.
We have made a point of giving this recital,
(says the Courier de Bordeaux,) not only because
we have good reason lo believe in its correct
ness, but especially because it presents the pic
ture of the fate of the Queen, from which we
cannot separate that of Spain. The circumstance
which gave rise to these deplorable scenes is not
the ihing which touches us the most; whatever in
terest may be attached to the project of law of
Signor Madoz, und its natural consequences, this
interest fades before (hat which we feel for the
person of (he Queen and the principle of monarchs
in her person. Royally is a fundamental institu
tion in Spain, and we are convinced it is necessa
ry, nay, indispensable, to the prosperity and the
greatness of lhat noble country. But it is on con
dr ion that the royal person shall be surrounded
with regard and consideration, and lhat its inde
pendence shoul l not cease to be respected. It is,
unhappily, too true thai the majesty ol the Queen
has been insulted and its independence has been
violated. This conduct is very culpable, and it
is still more awkward and unclever. What can
be expected from such excesses? Without doubt
they have obtained the sanction of the law on
which they found grat hopes; but may we not
fear that the constraint exercised upon the Queen
will weaken the moral authority of the law ?
Signor Madoz will soon learn, perhaps, that he
lias ftigbiened and sent away from ito sale of
the national property those capitals of which he is
greatly in want, and which an intelligent and
moderate policy would have encouraged and
drawn towards him.
Blackberry Wine.
We extract the following recipe from the New
berry Mirror :
Pomaria, June 11, 1855.
Messrs. Editors : Having numerous applications
for the recipe for making Blackberry Wine, and
as the season will soon be al hand for preparing
it. I must ask the favor of you to insert it in the
. Mirror.
I believe ihe public was first indebted to the
Rev. Richard Johnson, (hen of Beaufort, now of
Atlanta, Georgia, for the recipe, which he intro
duced from Virginia, fifteen or twenty years ago.
By following the recipe, any family can readily
prepare, at a trifling cost, a supply for use in case
of sickness, as it will be found superior to most
Port wine. The spices will give nn aroma, and
impart flavor to the wine, which will be pleasant
and agreeable to the taste. Yours, truly.
WILLIAM SUMMER.
Recife to make, Blackberry Wine. To
every three pinls of berries add one quart of wa
ter ; suffer il to stand twenty-four hours, strain
through a cullender, then through a jelly bag,
ajid to every gallon of the juice add three pounds
of good brown sugar, the white of two eggs beaten
to a froth, and stirred in the juice; a little spice,
with two dozen cloves beaten together, and one
nutmeg gratwd, should be put in a small linen bBg
and dropped in. After all are mixed, put it in a
stone jug, filled up, and kept full with some of the
same juice reserved for that purpose, until it is
done working, which will be in two or three
weeks. Cork it tightly and keep it in a cold place,
for three or four months, then pour it off' into
bottles, with a little loaf sugar in each bottle, cork
and seal close. If the wine is kept for twelve
months, it will still be better, and it will continue
to improve with age.
Inoejiiuous RASCArtrY. A wine merchant in
Paris recently received a note as follows :
Sir : For some time you have been robbed, at
retail ; we have now resolved to rob you by whole
sale. I hereby notify you that, to-morrow night,
should you not adopt measures lo prevent it, your
cellar win" be entirely drained.
" Sacre !" cried the merchant, and he loaded
his pistols, and at the appointed night descended
into the cellar, and seated himself between two
wine casks. Everything in the cellar remained
safe, but on returning home in the morning, he
found every room in his house rifled, and all his
plate, money, and clothes purloined. The thieves
had persuaded him to take care of his cellar while
they should rob his house.
Hiving Bees. A chap out in Louisiana re
cently took a notion for a bath in an inviting stream,
which flowed through a field he was engaged in
ploughing, and divesting himself of his clothes for
the purpose hung his unmentionables upon the
limb of a locust tree, hard by. He had luxuria
ted for some half hour, and swam back to bis star
ting point, when he perceived a bevy of young
damsels approaching with their flower-baskets.
He scampered up tbe bank and into his breeches,
but alas ! uuhappy man ; not soon enough. They
were occupied. A small colony of bees were in
possession. He reports that ha got home ; but
how, he knows not. Thinks he ran; knows
he halioe'd, and is sure the girls laughed. His
friends found in his pantaloons a number of dead
bees, some angry ones, snd tbe biggest half of a
very sore youth. Worcester Transcript,
Jubilee In Virginia.
The Democrats ol Fredericksburg, Virginia,
had a brilliant celebration on tbe 13th, of the late
groat victory in that State. Letters were received
from the President, from Mr. Dobbin, Mr. Wise,
Mr. Tyler, and othets. We give below the letters
of President Pierce and Mr. Secretary Dobbin:
Washington, June 11, 1855.
Gentlemen : I shall be constrained by official
engagements, to deny myself the pleasure of par
ticipating in the proposed celebration at Freder
icksburg on the 13th inst., but I beg to present my
hearty congratulations upon the late signal triumph
of sound principles and manly sentiments in the
"Old Dominion.
Pre-eminently prominent as the sons of Virginia
have been, from the commencement of the Revo
lution, for their bold advocacy of the cause of
freedom for their consistent and patriotic devo
tion to the only principle upon which a govern
ment, constituted (ike ours, can be sustained, it
may well be doubted whether they have ever
achieved for themselves more distinguished honor
than in the late election, or have ever rendered
higher service to this Union.
If political heresies and religious intolerance
could have shaken and carried the stronghold of
that party, upon the faithfulness, patriotism, intel
ligence and courage of which the country has been
obliged mainly to rely in every period of serious
danger, whether arising from foreign arms or do
mestic dissensions, it would have been the occa
sion, if not of discouragement, yet of profound re
gret and sorrow, to those who revere the constitu
tion under which, as a nation, we have attained such
amazing advancement, and have realised socially
results so unexampled in the history of the human
race.
The proud elevation on which the Common
wealth of Virginia now stands is freely recognized
and deservedly honored from one extremity ol tha
Union to the other.
With my best wishes for a joyoui gathering,
worthy of such a Slate and such a triumph, you
will please to accept my cordial thanks for your
kind invitation.
I am gentlemen, with high respect, your obliged
fellow. citizen. FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Messrs. Eustace Conway, J. G. Gallaher, A.
K. Phillips, and S. G. Daniel, Committee.
Economy In feeding Horses and Mules.
When corn sells at dollar and a quarter a bush
el a planter has a pretty strong inducements to
study economy in feeding ihis grain to his horses
and mules. The writer has recently been expe
rimenting a little in the way of testing the relative
value of boiled and dry corn for the nourishment
of a working horse. The result is a gain by boil
ing varying fiooi ZO IO 25 per C(lt. VVe bJ
rather leed four bushels of soaked snd partly
cooked corn than five bushels of the gram dry,
particularly where one has very little hay or straw,
blades, or othe-p ' roughnes,' to give with the
corn.
It is well worth while to heat water boiling hot,
and pour it over cut feed and ground grain lo fa
cilitato the extraction of (heir alimentary proper
ties in the stomachs of working animals. It is
not enough lo fill the digestive apparatus with
coarse forage, or the seeds of cereals, if we would
secure the best attainable results for the food con
sumed. It must be so prepared as lo yield up its
life-sustaining virtues in a speedy and perfect man
ner. As a general thing, grain fed to horses is
quite imperfectly digested, so much so, indeed,
that not a fuw hogs and cows in and near villages
and cities, subsist mainly on the droppings of hor
ses that travel the streets.
Over 60 per cent, of corn is starch which is in
soluble in cold water, snd not very soluble in
juices of thft stomach. By boiling or baking, btarrh
is transformed into a kind of gum which dissolve
readily in water, and is easy of digestion. If
grain keeps up to anything like its present market
price it will soon be as common to bake bread for
horses as for men. Unlike the ox, the horse has
a small single stomach ; and there is no', one ar
gument in favor of cooking food for persons that
does not apply lo its equal preparations for horses.
Scotch farmers have been some years in (he prac
tice of baking bread for their plough teams whu
hard at work. It is soon eaten, agrees well with
the stomach, and gives a (aiigued animal the max
imam of lime to lie down on a good b' d and rest.
This kind ol feed, designed lo make good blood,
and a plenty of il, does not supercede the neces
sity of cut hay, fodder, or straw, whose bulk is
important for the duo expansiou and vigorous ac
tion of the digestive organs.
Our practice is to boil corn some three or four
hours, and salt it about as much as for hominy or
bread. It swells to twice its original volumn.
which is no inconsiderable advantage. Horses fed
moth on green rye, barley, corn, clover, or lu
cerne do best when a par: of the water ia such
succulent plants is dried out before they are eaten
Even cows giving milk like half cured new hay
better than perfectly green grass. A young corn
plant two feet or so in height, has about 90 pnrls
of water in 100 of its stem and leaves. This fact
does not prevent its being nutritive at that earl
stage of its growth, for it has very little wood, or
woody fibre, which is indigestible. Dry matured
plants yield their nutritient elements sparingly to
horses, as compared with oxen and other rumi
nants. Corn alone is too heavy feed for both horses
and oxen; and among the thousand and one inven
tions for crushing and grinding corn in the ear.
we doubt whether there is anything equal to the
' Little Giant Corn snd Cob Mills,' advertised by
Me-srs. Carmiehael it Dean, in the pages of this
journal. Large experience in feeding core and cob
meal bas demostrated its economical value. The
cobs do not yield any notable amount of positive
sustenance ; but they serve to render all ntitritive
elements in the corn available for the support of
life ; and where Coodder is scarce as it now i-.
crushed cobs, if sound and not weathered, nix ad
mirably with pure meal.
To work poor mules, oxen, and horses, or waste
their expensive food, is bad economy ; sad one
way to keep teams poor is lo use dull, worthless
ploughs and harrows, which require roan and beast
to go three times over a field lo effect a degree of
tillage which, with really good implements, might
have been better done st one ploughing or harrowing-
Every step in agriculture ought to tell ; but
it can not, with bad tools, sod bsdly kept working
cattle and servants. So 'iihtrn Cultivator.