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LOVE THAT DIETH NOT. '.Love not alone the gay, j The beautiful, the bright; For youth will fade away, . Like day-beams into night. But love the heart that's pure. How plain soe'er the face: Such love will long endure Such love cannot debase..'. . Love not alone on earth Those transient things of lie Who, like the Tatnbpw's earth, ' Soon fade 'midst shadowy strife. But love the power that made All that to in an is given Whose spirit doth pervade The universal heaven. Love all things, great and small, V L From man to tiny flower; Created were they all By an Almighty power. . For "God is Love," we know, Whatever may be our lot; In life, then, let us sow The Love that dieth not. THE COCK-LANE GHOST. The recent 'Rochester knockings' have recalled reminiscenges of singular impor tance in the history of the past. Among the most celebrated is the story of the Cock Lane Ghost,' which for a time startled all London with its Antics, and found believ- ers among the, most learned as well as the mo3t ignorant of the great metropolis. i iwo u- r i. t i 4 i : in x 4 ui me vuuiv-xtiuc guwi uiauc lis appearance in London. At the house of a Mr. Parsons the pious parish clerk aud sera tchings were heard by his daughter an artless child, only twelve years. B n ir " J 1 " she admitted that she had not onty heard these noises, but had seen the aparition of a ' Mrs. Kent, formerly a lodger in the house, reported to have died of the small pox after she had left it, but believed to have been murdered. ! r The rumor spread like wild-fire, and, as it is always the cred ulous who first assemble to witness the su pernatural, crowds ofbelievers gathered at Parish Clerk's! The knockings and scratchings became more violent, as the number of believers increased. A clergy man was selected among-others to sit at the! bedside of Miss Parson, to converse with or exercise the ghost,1 as the case might be. He informed the ghost in a loud voicethat its answers, if in the affirmative, should be indicated by one knock, and if in the neg ative, by two knocks.' The arrangement being concluded, the ghost was asked if it was the Spirit of the murdered Mary Kent, and it answered with ; one knock. This heightened the public anxiety, and directly she was removed from her home, to sever all houses in succession, and attended night after night by watchers and committees em bracing all the learned professions, and a number'of ladies. The knockings contin ued, no one could account for thefaithiul asked, ?If ,there is ture, explain now; tnese KnocKings are made? Even Dr. Johnson became a champion of the ghost. The sequel of the affair is thus described by the historian : At length, von being pressed to give some proof of its veracity, the ghost consented to attend one of the gentlemen in'ro the vault where the body.was buried, and manifest its knock on the coffin. When the , appointed hour arrived, the spirit was very: seriously advertised, that the person to whom the promise was made of striking the coffin .was then about to vis it, and the performance of the promise was then claimed.' ; The company at once, went in the church and the gentleman to whom the promise was made, went with one more into the vault. . fThe spirit was solemnly required to perform its promise, but noth ing more than' silence ensued. The person supposed to be accused by the ghost, theft went down, with several others, but no ef -. 9 ' 1 1 fect was perceived. Upon their return, they examined the girl, but. could draw no con fession from her. ! Between the two and and was permitted to go three, she desired,! home with her father. ! This want of punctuality in the ghost gave a fatal blow to its reputation. Even .the most besotted; of the beiievers were staggered by it. A flimsy fatteropt. was iherefore made to restore the ghost's cred itby asserting that the coffin and the corpse had been removed, which, of course, had ( prevented the spirit frora'giving the signal; but, on examination, theywere lound to be safe in the vault. Stricter precautions were now taken to guard against deception being practiced by the girljher betl was slung like a hammock, in the middle of the room, and she was closely watched.; . Driven to her last shifts, she contrived; to secrete but not unseen a bit of board, previously to her being put to bed; and having, as she thought, secured the necessarv ' materials I for carrying on the trick, she ventured to declare that she would bring the ghost at six the next morning. In the morning, she accordingly began; to make the ..acuetomtfd sounds, and, on being asked if she had in the bed any wood to strike upon, she posw tively denied the fact. The; bed clothes were'opened, the board was found, and this simple process annihilated the Cock-Lane Ghost.' MYSTERIOUS THROWINGS -NOT "RAPPINGS." Great sxcitement at the Coal Pits I We learn from an 'eye witness,' the fol lowing particulars of certain mysterious throwings at Mr. Robert W. Jordan's en gine shelter house, at the coal pits in Hen rico county, about 14 miles West of the ci ty. Our informant states that ; for the pur pose of testing the truth or falsity of certain reports in existence in the neighborhood, he, ! together with some eight or ten others, went to Jordan's engine house a few niehts I affo. to witness the unaccountable and mvS o 7 , J terious 'throwings.' He says I that about 9 o'clock on that night, a shower of pieces of burnt coal, brickbats and dirt descended up on the house. These missils not only des cended upon, but were thrown into the house in which they were watching! Up on the instant a rigid search was instituted in all quarters, but the searchers were to tally unable to discover from whence these missiles came! Not a- living soul, saving those in the investigation, could be founld in striking distance of the engine-house or shelter,- The 'thro wings' were agfa in re peated on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day nights, on which last named night the equanimity of Mr Jordan was somewhat ruffled by receiving a blow on , his head from one of the missils ! Our informant left the pits Thursday, hence we have noth ing later than the information communicat ed above, but doubtless these throwings were continued, and will be so long as they excite the special wonder of the neighbor hood. Perhaps these throwings may prove to be equally as mysterious as either the Rochester or Stratford Rappings,' and probably there may be found; those ready to trace their existence to preternatural causes. We , await for further develope- ments with a painful degree of incertitude ! 4 ) The, good city of Newark, by the by, has Recently been visited by a sociable 'spirit,' according to a report in the Daily Adverti- ser, whose rappings have been heard and answered by crowds, of eager listeners.- This spirit' is represented to be very intel ligent, highly communicative, and is, with al, quite a young one, belonging, as it as serts, to an individual who died at the age them, and j of 34 1 As a fitting accompaniment to fur an impos- j ther develbpements from the coal pits, we shall endeavor to make room lor the .New ark rappings at an early day, ! Richmond Times. A startling discovery, confirmatory of the truth of the book of Jonah, has been made by Mr. Layard. In excavating the city of Nineveh, he discovered the name of Jonah, inscribed on the ruins. That prophet, as our readers know, was sent to announce to the people of Nineveth the destruction of the city. His eloquence converted ma ny of them, and God repented him' of the doom he had pronounced, and spared the city for that time. Jonah then became the prophet of Nineveh, and was reverenced by the .inhabitants. As was the Oriental custom, they doubtless inscrib ed his name in conspicuous places ontLe walls of the public edifices, and the inscrip tions engraved by A ssy ran hands,- a thou -sand years before , the christian era have been found by Mr. Layard. This is one of the most extraordinary demonstrations of the accuracy of biblical history we have ev er heard of. x . l f As yet we have only seen the beginning of the end. The city of Nineveh has scarcely yet been entered, and when the ex cavations shall have been completed, if Ma hometan jealousy ' should ever permit that consummation, we may expect illustrations of the prophecies that will strike the World with awe and wonder. Great credit is due to the British gov eanment for the munificent spirit they have exhibited in aiding : the labors of Mr. Lan yardplacing at his command vessels for the navigation of the Euphrates, convey ance to England of the magnificent , sculp tures which he had disentoomed, and afc fording him every facility ' which money or British authority could secure. We should be glad to see a similar spirit exhibited by the government of this country, in refernce to American antiquities. v 4f , Jfoirfi'Jlfanday Times.: - The Rioitts of WoEN-Ohio is a great State producing the finest Bacon, and one would, thinkjthejallest kind of women. Not satisfied with ruling their own husbands, they seem to aspire to a control of all the rest of mankind, and for that purpose have held a convention at Salem, j in Columbia county. The convention met on the I6ih ult., and was called to order by Mrs. Emi ly Robinson. Mrs. Mary Anne W. John son, of Salem was appointed President, pro tern., and Mrs Sarah Coates, of Marl boro, Secretary. A committee consisting of Martha J. Til- ;den, of Akron, (wife of the former member ! 'cr r ,: . vc :i ru ! of Congress from that district, Em ily Rob- jno enemies to punish, it is argued by loco inson, of Marlboro, J. Elizabeth Jones and I foco Wic that promise was implied not to jJane Trescott, of Salem, and Josephine Griffing, of Litchfield, nominated' the per manent officers of the convention. The fact of the President, Miss Betsy M. Cowles, being an ancient maiden, : i .u :. .i; .:n.. Pruveu 1 llvc"",,u - ivFi'"s lur'ris' m the report from which we collate, defunct M. C's., Judges, &c, are pulled in shows that the sex cannot but have some recollec tion of the poor weak creatures it seeks to depose. Among those who spoke i were Anne Clark, of Deerfield, Jane and Rachel Pres cott, of Salem, Jane and Sarah Paxon, of Marlbrro; Rana Dota, of Akron, Josephine Grilling, of Litchfield, Mary A. W. John son, of Salem, Sarah Coates and Hannah Wileman, of Marlboro. j A series of resolutions were adopted de claring that wotrren wererentitled io all the privileges of men, smoking, drinking, fight ing, we presume, and that they would have them, offices included. The resolutions said nothing of bearing the burdens of soci ety. An address to the Constitution Reform Convention of the State was also adopted, praying the inserection of a provision gran ting to women 'not only the right of suf frage but also, all the political and legal rights that are guaranteed to men.' There were present four or five hundred of the fair sex. : r Singular Case of Death from Taking Wild Cherry Bark. We have the facts of the following case from Dr;'N. H. Carey, of Wayne, in this county, who was called to the patient, but too 1 late to save her. In March last, Mrs, Gerry House, of Wayne, aged about thirty, having been unwell jsome two or. three weeks, prepar ed a strong decoction of; the bark of the wild black cherry tree, (Pruny.s Virgini ca,) to which she added a few spoonfuls of gin, and drank about a pint of it. She immediately became sick and. convulsed, and died in about three, hours. When Doctor Carey arrived- she was near ly dead ; the pupils of her eyes were dila- - I to their utmost extent, her lace exhib ited singular distortions and her breath emitted a strong odor of prussic acid. It was this acid which is contained in this species of cherry, which caused death, j We have seen calves poisoned by eating freely of the leaves. In moderate doses this bark is an excel lent tonic, but in large and concentrated doses it is a dangerous article. JW 22. Farmer, From the Richmond Whig. GEN TAYLOR'S PLEDGES AP- POINTMENTS & REMOVALS. ! When the Iocqfoco party . get hold of a falsehood, which suits: their purposes,' they stick to it no matter how often exposed and refuted. ' One of their favorite slanders a gainst President Taylor is, that he has vio- lo tori nlonrod mfll Kflffi Kofrtro and gAar his election in relation ;b"atpdintmeni and removals from office; They are challenged in vain for proof of allegation, and the pnly answer they give is a repetition of the slan der. It.is not the less important,liowever, that Whigs should be provided with a brief review of the subject for convenient refer ence. ; The first allusion that wa can find to the r achievements, which have won the admi subject.of pledges, is contained in th letter ratioajof European veterans, haveencoun- of the 20th April, .1848, addressed to the Richmond Republican. We quote the fol lowing passages , - .If nominated by the Whig Convention, I shall. riot refuse acceptance provided l am. left free of all pledges, and permitted to maintain the position of independence of all i parties n which the people and my own! sense ot duty have placed me Permit me," however, to add that if such high distinction'! bo conferred on me, the Constitution, in aistrict and honest interpre tation a inhfcspfrit and mode m which it was acted upon by Onr earlier Presidents, .Siiould be myriiiluidev" 4 Ia t1us ij con ceive to be ail that is necessarv in the wav of pledges. ' j fitness, but because they are VeTnocrats.--- Twol days afterwards, to wit on the 22d : What do these iron despots care about the April 1848,! the letter to Captain Allison' Piesident's forbearance towards the Dem was wntten: from which we make the fol-ocratic oflice-holders m the State? Do lowing Jextracts 1 ' to accora- i nave no private purposes plish,4no party- projects to build up, no enemies to punish nothing to serve but my country.' i 'Onel who cannot be trusted without j)ledgescannot be confided in merely ori ac count of them.1. - Because Gen Taylor declared that he had remove democrats from oftice,-but can any mail not actually blinded by paf ty ven- om or who' has not a very soft intellect, per-j ceive any connection or soundness in such reasoning ? In the true construction of a sentence, the whole must be taken together and not; the separate parts. 4 He had no private tpurposes to serve, no enemies to punish,' was equivalent to saying, that the public good being his object, he had no pri vate resentments to gratify. So far from pledging .himselt iQ the Allison letter not to remove violent and obnoxious polit ical enemies, he stands expressly pledged not to make any1 such pledges. I But aware of the shallowness of such rea soning,! theDe mocratic logicians resort to the Inaugural Address as furnishing -con clusive jproot ot the President s uniailhtul ness. The following extract from that ad- dress is the passage reliedon. ' " ' Thef appointing power vested in the President, imposes delicate and onerous duties. ; So far as it is possible to be in formed; I shall make honesty capacity and fidelity indispensible prerequisites to the besiowai of office and the absence of either of these qualities shall be sufficient cause for removal.' . . t --.- There are two distinct nounced in this extract. propositions ' an 1st tliat in bestowing office, honesty, ca pacity, 'and fidelity were indesperisible. 2dl v That the absence of such qualities should ;be deemed sufficient cause for remo val. In - makinsr appointments to office is there anything above expressed which would preclude the President from preferr ing his own political friends,1 especially when he found the offices of the country al most exclusively occupied by the ppposite candban say that there is. In the other case, i it any! where declared that the ab' lc .i r.- . j u fi sence oi the qualities enumerated should ,a 4i Lr 1 A constitute the only Ground of removal: Is jo man of tolerable fairness and thorp, anv any thincr m Gen. i avlor s lanofuaffe sanctioning the idea that gross interference '"J "o ."" " j o o in elections for exam plexor partizan violence, should, not be sufficient grounds for re mov-r al, notwithstanding the possession i of sufivj cient honesty and capacity ? M r Jefferso n, one of the earlier Presidents referred to by . Gen. Taylor as his exemplars-- wr Jeffer-. son whose name is rood authontv with f Democratswas the first who suggested the standard of honesty, capacity, and fidel- ity to he Constitution, and he expressly required an equalization of officers before tnat stannaro couia apply, inere is nom- ing whatever m Gen Taylor s rule which dispenses with that requirement. AVhence then the senseless; clamor a- bout violated pledges ? The answer is ob- viousjv It is! necessary for political pur- poses that the President should be vilified and abused, and a bad reason is better than none.. If these pledges were, ever madetby Gen. Taylor, to whom, were they M. J fmrde werithey given to the Demo - eratic hmrtv. and it so did anv ot that par - ty voUfor htm m consequence of such pled- g " Jpejj did:- not,: they hav-no. right no f 1 Tf thow rfirt nrkf thotr nntrp nn nfflit i 10 complain 01 any violation. , No (President hss ever ben sojbasely and violently abused as ; Oen'l Tajlor by the bitter-enders. There is nothing that he can: do or say-in the opinion of these i immaculate gentry tnat is not aosoiuieiy; jow it any ot our old bottom lana tar I abominable. Even hisVlorious military mers can zive better advicelet them do tered the sneers of our. Locofoco Gener als of militia, :,, His foreign diplomaqy'not surpassed in our annals by. its dignity, manliness and patriotism, has neverthe; less been the frequent theme t( democrat ic, invective. We all remember that the proscription of bur State! 'officers, "on the the 12th of February last, was mainl f iustified on the around of a few. vervfew removals made by President Taylor 9w j Virginia. Our State through its Legisla- ture, has virtually decreed the total dis franchisement of the- Whig party. All the officers, exectVTe"ltiunisterial and j u-; dicial, iare henceforth to be given to Dem ocrats, not because of any supenotty of '..they give him tne least praise or creoit tor clemency. On the contrary, do not pome of them actually indulge 'm taunts tnd say that although he can remove pet ty Post Masters, he is afraid to touch the more powerful dignitaries ! General Tay lor s supporters have entire confidence in he rectitude of bjs intentions but may not his goodnesVof heart incline him too readily to a mild j)olicv, . which 'without conciliating his- enemies, may dissatisfy his friends ? - TO JIAISE A I PREMIUM CROP OP CORN. j A subscriber wishes us to inform him how to produce the largest amount of corn . from an acre of good Sciota bottom land, j It is impossible or any person to say what is the maximum amount of corn or any other crop that may be produced on an acre, of what is the best possible mods of culture. Another difficulty in the way oi complying with our Inend s request isg the want of precise information as to the ;' character and condition of the soil for there is a very great difference, in thes,e respects in good Sciota bottom land-r-some being much worn by long cropping with corn, with no manuring, and others kept in better condition by the use of plover or manure. V , -n :l : tf- :. v ,'; '' But presuming that our friend onTy 3e- " sires such general information as may en able him with the aid of his own judgment and experience, to improve - his mode of culture, and perhaps raise a "brag crop" of corn the coming season, we will give him four short rules, expressed in one line, thus: , Manure liber ally , plough deep, plant close . cultivate well. These rules comprise in substance, the mode of; culture of nearly all the wonderful corn crops which have been recorded. But it should be remem bered that these rules must be practiced in connection, in order to secure the best re sult, and especially that the third one must mot be attempted without the former two, for we have known sad failures to result from close planting, where the ground Was not well manured or ploughed deep. The amount of manure requisite, will ' depend much on the condition of the soil; r manured, or m sod, ! &7"'n Df Wrf? pfhwn; l ever seen a crop of corn that we thought ' - u i r 4 & i was oo highly manured,1 if the manure ... Ln xu t r - i51i. a few acres very highly at the expense of Deep pbughing, e are convinced, will . 0f vergrfeat ' advantage to our boUom Iands bringing up to the surfaCf, say two inches of fresh soil, while lhe and surface soil is buried ata x n -Ai . o..i :i other portions. in? wo"uld also prove highly beneficial on the more compacl ana clayey bottoms, Close planting must not be overdone, or.: the cro wni;consist oniy of fodder. , Bnt if the two former rules have been observed. . full one third more stalks than usual will s be supported with advantage on the ground in orer t0 0btain'the largest possible yield of corn, we should' not have, more two stalks -m a place say the rowsi , 3 feet apt, and the hills20 inches apart w:th lwn stjlius :n pahh il. . vf- r E' ti,0 ofto m u AfiA iS I - Bill. n.B - 1.11 IIIJI I. Ill U.I K. U Lj U A A LiijU.U u w fw i.ympnt ; ( farmpr rrmpmbir- i that weedsrob the cropand frequent yi -?. ';t,A.-r wv t. AAii- ded advantage. untiL the blants have near i - i i - i in 1 ft - t ..n . . " j qWined their ' growth; butthis worlc should be done in such a manner as not to break the . roots of the plants, hence tha j cultivator b a better implement than the plough, rafter the ! plants have pushed their roots, into the allevs.' . : ' ' , i r it our columns are open. -1 , Ohio Cultivator,
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