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- - - T r .m -Jr . 1 i " UN IPX. TUB CONSTITUTION AND THE LA W3 THE QUOUNDOP OUR LIBERTY. r 1 MMy vrrirb.l, F (hartal, !.' eaitfl fc.cM.cr pswr frM the N.w Ttk ONmri Wine iit urajuiif ApplelrrfiIielifreatjf. Tberr i a Ure on l n IinJ, to I'oituod barW, lha hat hern Lnown to bear fuit etery Masoa for more than a tundreJ year. The abort paragraph vat ia your unv mary of l4t werk; and a 1 oberrta you ia emdl arrirultural department io yoer pajtrr, I uke tbe libertr uf eubotit in; a fe remaike mjjeated by the above ritrarL The fact tale J U unqueatTonalle. 1 ran well remember, bea it a a eonv tn n ti-in U tea apple trees sot ou! of t-t t, but o itnmt-nie autire. W hen I tu a cl.il l I ran di tinnly rtollert the rrnaini of an orrhanl, on - bit lather's frm, the principal Part of which the Uri tib bad cut dpwa M fuel.; tight or ten Urea only rsmained, a raerable duster ia one eurner of the field. Aldtort etery tree was not brfrtaa to feet ia diameter, and in form wore like the lofty and wide .sprea J wak. than our preseot apple trees. Hume of them were from f.ny ta fifty feet high, an J of proportional brraJih. 1 ean well recollecl. also, the fradual de C4y of tliese early tenants of the virgin oil. and the remarkable tenacity with which they cling to life. As oue large limb after au-jitwr decayed and frll, new. an J vigorous young shoot would pring forth end grow with atnniah ing rapidity. I recollect one tree in particular, whose limbs had all decayed aud fell off, one arter another, till nothing but a hollow trunk, reduced to a perfect shell, about rig hi feet high, reroatne J. A nd yet this apparently lifeless cylinder seat forth strung shoots near its top, which grew and bore fruit for mtny years. And it is now but a few years, since the bat remains of this ancient orchard were era dicated from the soil. - Whit rendered the longeeity of theae venerable trees more striking, was, that on this same farm there waa another or chard often acrt$, that had been set out with great care, only a few years before the revolutionary war. and was then too small la tempt the dJir. dations of the eueiny, end th se trees long ago put on the appearance ol perm a ure old agej anO now acearcrly a solitary tree remains to remind one that the 'round was once an orchard. In fact, it is many years since it lost that name. I hia orchard. 1 may aud, had been grafted with gre.t care, with a choice ta rietv of fruit, and when I firat kne w it, was fl iurinhing and productive. I hare stated these facts wilhsnme par ticularity, for the sake ofsogestlng some luquiries, a the following: Is it common, n-w a-days, to meet with very 1 rro and aged apple trees, ex cept where thy were set ot.t on the ir giu soil of the country: And if not, as l uxnect will be found to be the lact. to what caue is the decay of our later plant ed orchards to be asciibed f We know. by sad experience, that many other kinds of trees, which once grew, in all these regions, almost spontaneous!?, and bore fruit abundantly, as the peach and plum' fur iiKtanrn. nno temiire til ha cultivated with the greatest care, and even then arej etr.V,nlr .l.mt lireiL Manv a time, I . I. ..nreaiinir a: fine peach, said to my companions, I' Mr it I una nlunl fill. .Null., nnil if m V life i, .n.irp.l. .. tliwe veara I will eat of its fruit e..f as .kftPft lint. I rpu!.7iil tha fut. fit. .di.. nr..t;..tu.n In ih.ii .!:iv' our hedjes were 1 aded with peaches, which, from their mere abundance, the ve, rv hioi i1i1i:.el In eat. eicent to era k .(.... .ml et t!,e nit! This fact I have witnessed with my ownetes. Why mav beclassed undcnhreedifferent heads, then, has it become so difficult to raise Fri, as a working ox. Inthisimpor peachesl Is it to be imputed to any tant depaitment of American agriculture. change in the climate! or to the exhaus- lion of sonie Darticular property of the uon oi some particular propeny oi n? Vtm f Anil ii.ao. nnt ihe am me cause one- ling. j eaM, put on appearances of permature ol.l ge;aml the sooner, as the pna'css ol grafting has been tho in .re frequently performed with the una variety. We have become so fond ofgraftiii and buddiiw, that in-wt men dUJdiu a nauul tree, however vigorous, hiu run on ...ir .nnUnrrh-inht . the yoke. Their docilitv, lionety, ana wickedness, ana are rouscu oy mo u rinal o. a. x,u mc .. ..,.. . ... l&EiMtt which I igor.areprove,b:al. Although Li .at-1 impulse to energetic action. Inproseeut.'she had been with him again and to use , Last year the number was reduced to wish t ubi, t "5 n I TlTLrsa h ge "in.ng the heavy ize of .he full grown ing1 the work thus commenced, unlooked her own language, Oh, how changed was iVim .' In udCed,m ll.relord ol Sholt-llorn.on the medium for obstacles occur-the lions in the way 'my poor father!' Tears were running ae-Uon of tlietr rmuper lax f n oted airK and li.htrr. oils, s pair of Devon oxen an look very formidable, and in the absence down his cheeks as he begged me to lor- $300 to be be patd annually to the Wash- rripole tree one Kndred F re .'.Uf plough a. much Ui.d. apd a, well, of the stimulus which first excited to ac give his cruel treatment, and entreat God , ingtonian Society, together tAdMtf li&i!tSZ too,.', inordinary pair of h..r.e.-ll.gh tion, how many faint and grow weary in for his .sod. I told.hiin I had nothing a .large II aU, .and od "J vwllhS!: on ill JS or erosse- of the Devon and native American well-doing, or turn asido into some less to forgive, for I had not hud any lung up ight it. This is economy worth tedy- m oar present me hod is, on thestock, or cros . fc V . . f h the again3t hi e j knew he ia(i a prc- iag. It is stated in the last annual r that war grafted in any way I Every man , d. haej ' f'jjjj come ""'" ififijRtejL Does : cfous soul, for which Jesus died; and if the port of the British National Temperance know, that a grafted trea is merely a eon- 0 k.,n 't Jg inany a So- Saviour loved him so much, stirely I might Society, that the diminution of malt made .,,,, of the oil one; and, therefore, SS. de ymod for mne benevolent pur- .love him well enough to be willing to bear in Great Britain and Ireland dunngthelast hro8h,uex,.ianoe bo prolonged by in- co Id xc.ed . ?. 2rl fll ausnices, but'blowsforlhe sake" of his poor soul. I six years was 23 per cent Thedecrease enion into a new siock, 11 win, noiwuu- - . v r I except for a stork to be tortured and mar- m!j of tf success aticnJa the tna.fur- esau-a, to be toutpaei M s early death. Babthuextreskcwiar? Where diJ our JUioB, gralicd Crt.ii coat from tl rti! And eldioegb the seed CI sot I wMwSSiLi dil STJlJJ WtVihiif inr them .unJ - brdr fT,. ! know them " .J n ;.7 1 present procedure, one thine is certain as the course of nature our finest fruits eauit soon ML Of thU we have striking evidence ta the gea-ral failure ef the New. I"" Pippin, which was once as Baivrrsal ly fair as oranges of a lare size, bat bow Itea email aad knotty. Other examples might be given, bat I mast stop say sheet is fu!L A Loxo Ilaxd Faihee. TERUVUN (i'UANO. All tlte departments of art sad indostrr have their occasional novelliVs. The reigning novelty ia the sjrietiltural world that is, ia this part of it is the sub stance caHed guano, which the reader will perceive is advertised as on sale in Haiti- more.' rhis manure consists or th depo sits of se birds that roost and breed on the islands on the soulli wet coast tf America. It has been used for ages in rem, and Is there so indispensable to the growth of corn and wheat, that, according to some writers, the country would have been a barren wsste without it. ' lis une in England, where it has been applied with wonderful results to almost every sort of crop that grows ia that coun try, is f comparatively recent date; jurt long ennngh to have spread a eonviciioi f its efficacy so widely as that seven or eight hundred vessels are now employed ia the ruane tradt!" Its atrong recommendation consists in the small rompaM of bulk and weight hi-h renders chep and easy the trans portation to any distance of a great amount of fertilizing ower. A calculation has been made by a careful and rlincreet far mer near Petersburg to show that guano. at the rate of even four hnnJred pounds tn the acre, whtch i a very liberal allowance, two or three cwt. being the nsual quanti ty, roes not cost at $3 per hundred, more than ru'r-e much as the stable manure re quired to produce the same results at twenty-fire otitis fbr the two horse wa gon load, when hauled from o .e and a half t three miles. To gratify no agricultural readers, we subjoin the analysis of the genuine gua no by Prof. Ure. of London. So gteat is the demand for Peruvian guano thsta spu rious compound ia imitation of it has been manufactured: .ittragt reiult of a alyit rf the genu- iif. Uuan tn tntrtutt to tit agricul tural value, by Proftttor Ure, M I)., F. It. 5. f Azotized organic matter, including urate of ammon'-a, anil capable of affording from 8 to 17 per cent, of ammonia by low de composition in the soil Water PiWphalf of lime Ammonia, pliocp' ate of ammonia and exalate of ammonia, con taining from 4 to 9 per rent, of ammonia Siliceous matter from the crops of . birds 50.0 II 0 23.0 13.0 1.0 100 00 from the To distinguish "the true sham," Professor Urk says that genuine truaiio, when burned upon a red hut sho- vel, leavea a white ash or phosphate of lime and nngncsia, whereas the foreign sub?anre leaves a black fused mass of sea salt, copperas, and sand. The spe cific irravitv of eood fresh ruano oi never more than 1.65, water beiiiff 100, where as that f thin substance is as high as 2.17. as Produced by the sand, salt, a d coppens in it. Aat. Intel. THE DEVON. As an economical animal, the Devon notl.ini can compare in activity, heauty nd clone matching, wiih the Devon, a .mRi...iMn. f.., iitj imini"u m.... . .-.. .. - W - w . . like quli i-s of superior atrengin, speea and bottom; and when at nwiuriiy, areun rivalled for the siall and the shambles t-king 00 fat with a facility thai no other animal ca-i surps. A fimer wuhing 1 biecd working oxen 01 s.eets, has only nil lliaa alfIIBinV in 111 CIUIIICIM W IM V " U select U qweuef atu ft that rPl fieee the eticr, est tt sa.tim Ltd bsi eJr they be. thai 5T,JrUt?d Uilu- rUcia t0-fcn4 N-ti UlL sad cmes T" . eoep- r,b0"J ,e1 eobf uh y "T " 1 , VILT;:' ' " r 0? teasivsly practiced.) it is aaaecessary to speaa 4 the eabsweed value of rai.iog a -ansiy so e.aiiy ssatcbtd, of such sjoh wiih whom I had been Uborintf, when a labor of love, in the midst of diecourago iroabssaiy wsppsarsaee. and of great Utile German girl of twelve or fourteen mentj and, Chriauan reader, Uod is just as activity ta their Ubor. It is alsot ea- rears of age entered the room, and burst- willing to bestow it on yon, if from the peiEiHias to rinia k iLst a sull higher ing into tears as she went directly op to .heart you desire to be iwcful in his holy cross, to tlree fosnhs, sevea eighths, or the pastor, exclaimed in an animated lone, ! cause. Without it you ran neither be hap eea tberovgh bred, a dl give aa iacrease Oh, Mr. I am sure the Lord is ro- py nor useful, for that fitful piety wh'rb B: i 'Ur il fulPurP,!,nJ in? to convert my father. I do believe he , depends on excitement, and those spas tl is knosra that this class of cstde at six will be converted now she added, with modic efforts to do good, which cease years old wdl girth behind the shooldcrs so much emotion, that it attracted my at-j when the external stimulus is withdrawn, six sad a half to setcafest and npwardi, tention, and drew from me the inquiry, ! re alike unprofitable to man, and dispkas ta fair working cuaditiuu, all card i!l be Of whom is she spcakingr Tell the ing to Cod. One tiling the church Lcks, 1 1 v rm fi , . . FroM ib Adv.M-.ie of Mrai R form. TfflW ta firrrfnmr fill with t.n - w " - Thcreia tlie individual, laborins in any department ' of benevolent effort, who is T- - a m m m . . not uiankiul lor every lesson tn this riea- rcrdy art! Who does not feel, in looking over the face of society, that If the mass t-.i?i . j - . oi cvua which on prcus ami iisneancn us, are ever to be removed, tt must be done tcu ncr latncr, wno was a booted UaUio-.souis jor wmcn ne oica are aytng au by the principle of love, overcoming evil 'lie, what a Saviour she had found f, but to , around you! Remember it is , Uie cAter with good! Every word and action left her surprise, lie became very angry, beat giver w hom the Iord lores -Uie u if. on record in the life of the Great Teacher,' her cruelly, and forbade the mention of. ling sen we alone which he accepU. Is ocan aiuniauoa to mis uum, anu cxuiuiia the- omnipotent power of this weapon, fonred and tempered in heaven's own ar. mory. It was this principle, carried out to its full extent, which rave to nrimitive Christianity, iu remsticss power and iu dying love of Jesus. Greatly enraged, he, makes such slow progress in theconver miraculous success. When from that up- assured her, if she did unite with Uie sion of Uie world I . per chamber in Jerusalem, Uie twelve church, he would beat her. to dcuth, and There ia one other interesting thought apostles looked out upon Uie world for she had no reason to doubt Uiat he would suggested by the foregoing narrative, and which their Divine Master had just died, keep his word. With Uiis prospect be- that is the way in which Uie conversion anu irom wnicu nc nau in uieir sigui na- cended to the throne of rlory, what did . . P J . . they behold: Uut ol juuca, where alone thet rue God waa known and wonhio-' net!, fthaucrh even there darkness cover. ed Uie earth, and gross darkness the pee- fie,) a splendid and imposing system of ppy day to tier soul. When slie re- prejuaices ana supersiiuon; uieir 'aganisin, interwoven with Uie very frame J turned home, and told her father what she minds are not blinded by Uie long cherish work of society, and upheld by the whole ' had done, he took a hoop-pole and after) ed belief of fatal errors. There is every wr i.rdi f nnloieI nnwor iml influence. ! beatuiir her with it mo3t unmercifullv. ! reason to hope for, and to expect success. stood directly in the way of that religion drove her from the house, telling her ne- when, wiUi Uie Spirit of Christ, we labor whose interests had been solemnly contid- j er to return, until she had given up her , for the conversion of children; and when ed to their care. Giant forms of sin, grown new-fangled religion. Thus forsaken of. converted, what missionaries do they be hoary with age, and guarded with jealous , her father, the Iord took her up, and she come! What strong faith, what simple care by all Uie worst passions of human J was soon provided with a service place ' dependence on God, what unwearied per nuinrc. were to he removed, before the! in a pious family where she was kmdlv I severence, and what love for souls, do a a a a . I .1 , simple out suoiime trums oi tne irosnei could find access to the hearts of men. Where among the proud nobles and sages i ever, the girl reserved to herself the right man girl, and learn of her, even as she of Greece or Rome, could one be found to of being absent from home the first Mon- j had evidently learned of Jesus. What listen to the humbling story of the cross,' day of every month, without specifying ! could the bigotted Catholic, the ptoad told by an uneducated, obscure Jew! How her reasons for making the reservation, worldling, or the scoffing infidel do, when shall a mission, on the success of which' She provided herself will German Tracte, such an exhibition of the power of reli a world's salvation depends, be carried . and on that day, went to all German fa-jgion is brought before Uieir eves! How forward, and accomplished, under such ! milies of her acquaintance, offered them a " can they fight against love! It is not in ;rm.mi.Jn.P? In die nflertinir rerord of tract, conversed, and whenever Derinitted human nature, sunken and degraded as it I. Art. nf the Anostle. we have the ans - r J uil. umwMVMf . . J - -' - tl.ia niinitmn TI1PV Wflll alllt :.. klM ...! n nr anna. 1 v nir nml i v. XI iwavbd iu wiiuvh.) " J armed with quenchless love to God and, though sure of being cruelly abused and , rushes trrcrragible proof. W hat has been man, and in iu exercise they continually , beaten by the unnatural parent Month' done for the drunkard, by the voice and overcame evil with good, until the evil after mouth she made her appearance ia tiie hand of brotherly affection and sym gave wav, and the good was established Uiat little shop, and with a smile, offered pathy, may be done in a higher sense for in its stead. At all limes, and in all places,' the hardened man a Tract, at Uie same any slave of sin, by the Christian who is . a . afe A. -.1 It a a a A a. M - a 'S aa, aa . I C f InI ..i.lla ing, they Uiulonniy met evu wun goou,(oui, aim ouenng o pray wuu nun. one and in so doing achieved a greater con - ouestUian the world had ever before seen, Is not human nature the same now, that it was in the days of Peter and Paul? Why, then, do not all who are followers of Christ, and who 'seek to leave the world better than thev found it. imitate thftp illustrious examnles! Why do we so seldom see the full power of iW, brought jWcr to payer; how long did this young kenness and disorderly conduct, by the po to bear on the ten thousand evils which disciple go forth weeping, bearing pre- lice, iu 1832, to have been 32,63612,332 now afflict and destroy mankind! Is it cious seed sustained by faith alone? For of whom were females. In lS43,thenum not because those who would thus follow eighfeen months she had persevered, with-! ber was reduced to 10,390, of whom 4,148 in the footsteps of Jesus, must first be out seeing any fruit of her labors, when ' were females. Congress, at their last baptized with his baptism of self-denial! two months before I met her, she found session, passed a law jirotiibilinictliepur' and sufl"erinr! Is it not because such a 'on visiting her father as usual, that he! thnne of wine for the President t eltar. eniirsn rfn nires a ncrsevcrancc in doing irornhwhiph involves more effort than most e .... ... i professors ol religion are wining wexpeiiu .nuerrupuon,aiHiuijmii',uiuiici iucuuic( m niassui.-uu?ci m io-iu, -uv,vw in the cause of benevolence! They hear ' again, for she was a good girl.' The next , Last year it was reduced to 4 1 ,000. Du the cry of sufferins, perishing humanity jnonth he was still more tender, and even' ring the last four years, 31,000 drunkards -they look on the picture drawn perhaps k U,l nfa world v nir in . .u-.v.. , - - --- .nffprpil tn Innmiisb nml die. until now not a vesti-m is left to perpetuate the memory of itsbrief existence! Oh, if we had moreoftheSDiritofourDmneRMleem- er; it our nearts were orougm h.m nutliv with hia heart, we Could IlOt SO a a I.. 1.4 ca.i-ri. . . his heart, we coulo not so become discouraged in a p a'-h soon tire or a . l i . i. .,,., .nil a i.. . n n.hin I ,tM.t ena rti, nf alio nnn, I nnco 4i ii nmiipr. iiiiiBa I wild) b Ins eoiiaeerated with his tears and blood. If e realized the value of u immortal sotd, aad the shortness of the time is Licit v na labor for iu sal- raOon, we should fl it tLe dearest pn- od iDe sweetest enjuvmeut this tute A .hort toecdote mtnUy itlaled io the l - " of.ri(cr,br .tinman "5" "tW.WanmUz W power of tottworeitomi I wraa ia th ;w kt V M .1, I ralor, seated ia the study of the brother EL-uucuiou j uurseu, my cnuu, saHi my .friend, what God has done fin you, and .1 . . i i i hat you have been trying to do for him. , . x root uie simple story ol tne Utue ntu I . gaUieted Uie follow in partict gaiheted die follow in particulars. She had providentially been led, a year and a 1udf since, in her fcnorance and sin, to en- - . . a a . . ier uio cuurcn wncre my Incud was.paiiioi voruuaneuort, not-iroiu as;cnt prcachin-r, and whilo there, the Lord era-! aud cold sense of duty, but from a warm 'eiously met Iter, and converted her souL r..n e i !. .i ft . '." . . a wouuer anu toy, tne ran uome to. mo .uujet, uam in uia nousc. one con-, turned, however, to attend church, and af-, ter some time told her father. she felt it her duty to be baptized, and unite with ' the people of GoU. in cotnmemoratimr the iuio uw wu uuu ukwiiuiuou iu ui' jivj-xvm her duty, trusting all Uie consequences in effected. Let us seek to gain access to .a . i . r ..a ., .w -aa'.!.. I f .1.- .till 1 t 1 .1 we nanus oi nun a no nam saiu, t wiu never leave thee nor forsake thee.' She ' was baptized, and admitted to Ute Drivt- leges of the visible church, and it was a ' .MA.vt - .1 a . .1 : ' - iu uciuuiku v chivfy iciiuiuua I privileges, un cnicnng tne laiiiuv, now - ' praved with them before leaving always i a , ., , . ... laKIIUT ntf IUIIHT g nflUSC in Iier ffaV. 3 - - J timc eiitreatmir him to taink ol his Door I 3 I , was uniformly driven away wiih severe; blows, but said she, ! did not care for I ' e rj " ( the blows, for, Sir, my poor father s soul , was all that I thought of, or cared for.' ( In this course she persevered how long, , think yon, indolent Christian you who, . in the midst of ease and comfort, think it i hard to wait one little month for an ans- . was in tears over his work, lie sullered her to read, converse, and pray without j... . ....I... i.:.iu... .begged his child to ray lor rum, saying he was so v c he dared not pray for him - . . - -. - , asked him to pray for himself, lown at my side, but he could only say, 'O Lord, forgive, forgive, oh Lord, for- give;" and now, sir, 1 am sure tne lioru ...:n 1 will hear, and convert my dear father. one men toot ner wave wmio - Him who out of Uie mouth of this babe in She then took her leave while I blessed Christ, lad bngUmdi m lemom of sod pcntrttuxt im doing good. Tt ocxl rrcainp, m tnvaneg the woo pnjff im voiUtUmade,lrmcuzed the svcet tbrlU tone of the IkU Grr niaa f in la the individual bo m ad I found 0l ber falbet w theTEi tied to the my duM in tiew of las ei and inquiring with trcmbUnr ear thi! Tar to the Saviour's feet. A ""IWBF 0 - --- - sou v la put into his mouth that sight, new ana uaugnier w urn room rejoicing 14 tne grace hcn s ay their stains, and rave t!roi I a foretaste of the glory to be revealed. v If ara. tlnA whn m-mrm l),im iU rhTlA grace to persevere in her work of faith and euuio net mi pcuu ui ui im ut uuuj over all Ute earth, and that is, not men. ... i i w . i . . i. r . w Bur money, nor intellect, nor yet zeal, but uie constraining iovc oi jesus in tne oca as of her members. Header, is this heaven- ly flame burning on the altar of your heart?. Is it impelling you forward ia Ute .i i . JT . . a sympathy with Uie benevolence of the Sa- .-:o 1. .1. . " - j "" J, j wu- plain of laboring in vain, and spending their strength for naught, and wh the church with all die means and appliances for extendine the Redeemer's kingdom, . me ncurw oi u tniimcn, hu unug uicw . to Jesus, and then they will become an- eels of mercy to their deluded parenU. '.They are not like adults, hedged about ' tliotf aRah ttvtiiKitf Tmlr n!ilAa 4TlianaL. .. v.uv. vuao- , " mc ume oce s to resist the influence of love, and of, t M'ct,: e-mntinn r.. 'tUB, me ,l iiiiiuiuuuu lumuiauvu lui- . ..1 wnoiiycooswraieu io uuu.aiiu uucu wiui his Holy Spirit. Who will seek for en- I . a ... a re consecration, mat iney nay oe niteu thus to labor in the vineyard of the Lord! S. T. M. From the Portland WashUstoniaa. TKIPERINE SOIAET. The statistics of London show the num- ber of persons taken into custody for drun j I his is laving the axe at tne root oi uie tree of intemperance The pauper tax i i ..:.. tain c-nn nnn have been reiormeu in i wai stare. . Three years aso Uiere were 469 inmates . . years, was zi per cent in wines 22 per cent. in r rench Brandy, in two years, 14 do. and Geneva, 33 per cent. In Ireland, whiskey has de minished one-half and 8,800 beer shops have been closed within a few years. 1 wvv. wn The number of teetotallers ia Great Britain ,,t . irA.. i is estimated at ifiOOJCCO, TU pmpor Uoa of pkdged rb-rrj mra lxl It ia etery kaadred ! It a sutrd ia tie tuert teg above alluded to, aa a Uex btdAe C ct, thai CO .000 of their tUlow tnortd K"rir ' ed every year la the principally S alack, Germany, no lircose tosBsrry ts hcreaAcr ta be granted to aay one eddic ted to drunkenness. This is as it should be. A police mar is irate in Eiluu.ore sutes, that since the Ist'of March last be has set ta iucViscnt on 160 rr minal cases.aaor wLkIi but twelve aught re traces groceries! Tlicur sepport tn the jail and auuatiouse is a large item in the heavy tax tmpusel oa the riUzrns It appears Uiat from official docnnniiU that 241)38 gallons of New Ergland rum. distilled front foreign tnolasHv, have been exported front Doton from A pril 1st to Au gust 1st, 1844. Congress alloas abouiity of three eenu per gallon on all thus ex, orw ed, aud Uie amount paid by Ute govern-' menton the w bNc is 1 7,23 1 1 1. ADcmr cn cord for Uie exporters of this Hut imh so would nave Dcena mucn more appnpvwie bounty on the traffic On the 2t?th UIU James Urown or rhdcdelpbia, '3S committed to prison. In a state of in toxication the monster beat and braisca the w ife of his bomm in such a cruel man ner that she died Uie 31st. The gin drank in England and Wales i nnually a niounu to nearly JtT20.OCO.000 sterling. Faux Coix. A commonirstica bs beta subroiited to the Pfpartnifot fl Siats st Washii gtoa fiom Londos, stati g that Uis mint lad diircvsred Jfls sovr rsigns intrnded for circulation in the Uni ted St-te. The following is gisn as a description of then : t , , " ,' lis specific gravity, found it. to be 13,58, (with rcfrrsacs la dtstdl.d wafer as aaity at CI degs. Fshrsnhsit.) which is about nali tne value ol standard gild. The imitation of the coin is so perfect as to tae deceived the dis-smkir bimitll, and iu executioa altrgetber is of such a quality as to excite the most intense in terest sad snxisty in all wbo Uvsren iu The iaprsssiua of the sovereign im itsud is that of Queen Victoria, sad is so exquisitely done ss to defr detection by comparison, exeeptin laoYfMbree isry minuu iniUnces, tls nosr obvious of which is Uie sSixT. reaee of the dotting of lbs ground or field, or, in that quailer of -a .L .u '. . . tus snteio contaiiuug ins single lionj wiih the aid of a saagnifying glsas, ihe duU on the ground of ins fale coin a ill be found to be more distioei, being coar ser, or further asundrr than in the real eoin. The specimen . we have seen was gilt, of course the colour of fine cold : but on being cut, it showed the icdoets sii- sir.g ft oni the a'loy ol copper.' Commercial Integrity The firm of George Crocker & Co., of New Beiifmd, Mssssehuseits, which suspended pay msni and mads an assignment two yrt ago, have given notice that io conte qeoce of success in business, tbey sra resdy to meet the deficit of ssid firm, prin cipal sod interest, amounting to 130.000. Such men are eminently worthy of suc cess. Culture of itiJc The Second Annual Convention of Silk CulturisU end Manu facturers, wss held in New York on Wrd nesdsy, of last wetk. It a a ala-ed i at in a little town in the West, called Gloveo vdle, Gloves to the vlueof from C300, 000 to $500,000, were annually made, and this msnularture consumed in ihe tame period $10,000 worth of American Silk. A communication from Myndert Van Sthaich wss received, 'enclosing $1000, to be distiibuted a. $100 s year for the best piece id manufactured Silk. It states that in a short time the silk manu facture of this couutry will rie to 20.000, 000 annually, and alluded to the acknow ledged fact that "American silk was supe rior and made less wsste in reeling Irom the cocoon than sny other. A THE LAW ON NEWSPAPERS. 1. Subscribers who do not give ex press notice to the contrary, ars considered wishing to continue their subscription. 2. 11 subscribers outer the discontinu ance of their papers, the publisher may continue 10 send llem until all cash char ges are paid. 3, If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their papers from their offices to which ibey are directed, they ars held ie- sponsible till they have settled tbrir bill, and order their papers discontinued. 4. II subscribe re remove to other places without informing the publishers, aad the paper ia sent to the former direction, they are held reaponaible. a. I he L001U have decided that refu sing to take a paper or periodic! from the office, or removing, or leaving it un called for, is " prima facie evidence of intentional Fraud 1 It is said that new and very rich Gold Mine has been discovered on the lands of Col. Wm. Hancock, ia the upper pait of Moore county, N. C. The 01 e ia said to be worth from 10 t 20 a bushel, so fr as it has bren examined. It is em bedded in a blue fli t stone. One of tus veins is 12 fejt Wide; but ihe.ticue-t vein is front 8 to 12 laches wide. ' -
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Nov. 7, 1844, edition 1
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