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If 4y 1 U N ION , T II E CONSTITUTION AND T II IS LA W HTH E GUARDIANS 0 F OUR LIBKB T V . Vol. XXXVI. IlIMItOROUGII, . C, lVi:i)iII) VY, APKIL IS, S53. Xo.1783. am i i ibb i SPRING, 1855. Wholesale EOOT and SHOE TRADE, PETERSBURG, VA. WE are now receiving large v v e pari inn of our flock of HOOTS, 8HOE8,TRUNK8,&c. far ttie Spiing Trade, and offer I hem to the Mer chant! of Virginia and North Carolina on the must foorsl)le lerma To those buying for Cash, and to punctual lime customers, we will oiler auch inducements aa cannot fail to please. We solicit an eiaminatinn of our atock before buying elsewhere, aa we feel assured that we ll - I Call give enure eausiaciion 10 su who are uis- posed to patroniie a " Home Market. W. K. JOHNSON & CO, No. 60, 8ycamore eHreet, Peleisburg, Va. March, 1855. 78 4w SPRING TRADE, March, 1855. WE are now prepared, at our New 8tore, Kon. 78 & SO, Bjcamore SI opposite Messrs. M'llwaine, 8on St Co., to offer to the Merchants of North Carolina and Virgi nia the moat commanding atock of Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods we have ever had. One of our firm will remain in New York du ring the present sevsoo, and attend the Audio Hales, thus placing ua daily in possession of ma ny styles of Good much below regular prieeaJ Merchants visiting this Market, would do well to give our atock so examination before buying elsewhere.' STEVENSON & WEDDELL. , Petersburg, Va, March, 1855. ? Brtry P. Kourll. Jot. B. KaueU. RUSSELL It BROTHER, ' General ComraiKriioa Mmhants, WILMINUTO.V.N.C Refer loThoe. H.Wright, Eeo,, iWl Bank Ca Fear. E. P. Hall, Ef., Prea't Br. Bank of tha eJtais. - O. O Parsley, Eee,., Treal Commercial Bank. WE bav amide Wharf and Store Room, situated in trie aaost central part of the town, and are prepared to make IJberal Cab AdTttlM.cn on Flour. Cotton, Na val Store., or other Produce consigned to ualo) ale here, or shipment to our friends North. FRESH GAltDEN SEEDS. A SUPPLY of Freeh Uatden Seeds just re- eeived, and for aale, at the New Ding " LONG & CAIN. Februarys. 1855. 73 IIUKDLE & HURDLE, roi'LD iiiUrm the public that I bey are Briasilairinc? - Carriages and Harness of all kinds wanted is this country, aaore eilensively than thy er have herrlofure, and fresn their long e iwrieuee they Antler themselves thsltbeir wort will not be surpassed by any ether estaUi-h-nwnt. They generally leap em hand some good HOKfKN Un sale; and in eichasire for Car risers and Horsra, Ihey will tale V beat and Tehaecs at market price, delivered at Hurdles &. Turner'a Milb,eiht mi lea south of Kothn. tnngh, where they intend keeping fur aale Pine LUMBER of the bed qushty. January l(. SO 6ijp "sellTngmtcostT BY virtue of IWJ ef Trust, derated by A. C MunUrk certain purposes therein aneniioned, the subscribe otVrs Is aril, at Coat and Charges, Un Caab, or va lime at a small ad vance, the Large Stock of Goodv owned by A. C. Murdoch end conveyed ia said trust, embrsring a grest variety of very acatra He tiooJs. Am ng them will be found Plain. Plaid, tMriprd and Fancy Kilk, Merinoes, Cashmeres, all wool (VLehM, Alpacaa, Muusarlin Detain, Prima, Mu.lina, Cambrics, Vstettes, Hhewl. Handkerchiefs, Tier, and Cotton, Worsted Kits and Kid Glovee, Hosier, Trimmings, Bonnet. Ribbons, Ac Aim, Cloth, Plain and Fam-y l'aimeies, Tweeds, Kentucky Jeana.Ker.eya, Lioscya, 1 tomcat ice. Ready-made Clothing, lists, Csps, Boots, bh.ir, ;!, Queen, Tin and Hard Ware, Caqienleia' fools. nd almost every thing elea that ia la be bad la a Kin,. ,i The Goods are all new. A l' portion of them were purchased in Philadelphia anil rw York laal Fall, and all of tbemainca ihe Fall of 1859. I'urcbaaera who wisa in get oooos si mi tow rairaa.ran do so, if they will gtva) ua a call, at Ihe Hiore Eat of Ihe Court Hons. N. I). BAIN. Trustee January 15.155. 70 BUSINESS CONTINUED lAlli: WEIIls, Jr., having bought out ihe interest of hi partner Dr. O. F. ! U lh lata nrm f l-eve Will, would rV epeetfullf inform his friend, and iht public that i. ii A-,:-. ,k. t.-.in. ih. LI M.nA. fV Will .HHHS SVVW ew - f ,. , H . I nd will be pleased lo aerve the f.wmer ewats. "f House, well known sa Faddi. Uier. Mlih increaaedr.cihire.andeipe-Hir, Hotel. 1 ha repaired lbs buildings, hi nd S determined, lo plea all, las k-ra to fi"W - '. well cafculal- ne.it lb csnSdenca of Ihe public i reftesh. the weary twejle. Ihn ' t.hs ... a- Tl may fcleaatnllhim,wilfindMslablefur ".'. - alsbed with ihe best lb ma rkrt allWde and bia i;rr.',Y i. "7 h,"fT ' ke auWrilf, as lliey can get arrnmm ts4isea - MMattieUae.mraalct.y I ikn athirh eannut be olssined eUesrhere J. C TLRRLSillvB BOA. Nov. 15. "A . . .. Carpets rind Carpeting; 1 JARI.OR, Chamber, and fctalr-cs CerpeW ing lust leceiven y I IV TI'tJttPTtf jL ttflY. m wa triisiaasv sat a tw " - 61- Clarendon Iron works. WILMINGTON, N. C. THE CLARENDON IRON WORK8 art now prepared to receive orders for Beam, Vertical, Horixontal or Oscillating Steam En gines, High or Low Pressure, and adapted to all purpoaea; Circular, Vertical and roi table Saw Milla, complete; Pumpe, Mining Machinery, Grist and Flour Mills, complete I Parker, Tur- bine and other Water Wheela, Equipping of Steamers, Car Wheela and Aileel Horse Pow. era of various patterns; Rice Field Pumps and Engines; Rice Thrashera; Shingle Machines, Winning, Pullies, Hangers, Gears, and all other Mill Work. CASTINGS Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions, including Ornamental Iron Railing, Pipe, Bridge Castings, &c. cVe. The Company would respectfully invite attention to theii styles and patterns of Railing, which maybe aeeu at their office, BOILEK8. Tubular. Flue and Cylindrical Boilers, Water Tanks, Chimneys, and all other kinds of Boiler Work. REPAIRS A arparate department and force will be kept for repairs, where work will be done thoroughly and with despatch. All work done in the estslilisliment delivered either on the cars of the Wilmington & Man chester Rail Road, or the Wilmington & Wei doa Rail Road, or in the fluta at the Company's wharf, fiee of charge. Having large facilities the above woik will be done on aa rcasonsble terms aa elsewhere, North or South, and in a prompt and satisfac tory manner. -'' Consultation by letter or otherwise in regard te plans and designa for milla or their furniture, nd for machinery generally, willingly answered. All orders or coniaiunicaliosa to be addiessed to the anderaignH. HENRY M. DRAKE, Ag't. March IT. 85 tf Lumber for Sale At the Raleigh Planing Mills. 200,000 feet dressed Flooring. 100,000 ," " Weathei boarding. 50,000 " Ceiling. 100,000 " " Thick Boards. rpniS lumber Isof the very beat long leaf pine -at brought to an enact limine, ami will lie delivered on board the cars free of charge. 1 hose wUbing to purchase will, on application by let ter or otherwise, be furni-hed with a rani of pri ces, and all necessary inforiualiuu aa to fi eights, T. D. HOGG &.CO. Raleigh, Msrch S3, 1855. 6muf W. P. ELLIOTT, Lai of Worth & Elliott, Fe'yetleville.'X. C, General Commission k Forwarding merchant, WILMINGTON, N. C. OrJera for Merchandise, ami coniirriiirfnU of Flour and other Produce, for tales or shipment, thsnkfully received and prompllyatteMdcd to. Marsh, 1855. 78 ly THOMAS WEMJ, SttorncB a vtounstucr at arc, SIX'la3 ySII'JEZs XT (Di -m , i iff IN addition to Ihe ordinary pi eel ire vl hi pie fcrviiin, wiil give prompt attention, aa lieie More, to lit pinseculHNi of all claims fbPca sion and Bounty Ijind. All rWldiers, Revolutionary and others, whose service e tended Is fouHeadse,thrif Widowa or Minor Children, and who have not received one hundred and sisty acres, are new entitled to additional lttinty Land. And aa the adver tiser has a regi.ter of all the rasra presented by hint under Ihe tWmci Iswe, and Im of all the warrant rxm based by him. coiiisining all the detaila and facta sf each case, and the number of every wareanl, eroiia Kir whom It acted be (ms will therefore bav no dilficulty in establish ing Ibeir ctaima. He has also a opy of the Muster Rolls published by direction ef Ge neral Ambly. T7 OIBes ia the Court House. March, 1855. 7v JUST RECEIVED, 1CASK French Brandy. Isle. Madeira Wine. I da. Port Wine. Pure for nedirinal us. AUa, s kA uf fine Cigar. LONG ii CAIN. March. IMS. 78- IURTKR BARTER! WANTED, in eiehange fW Dry Goods. l.'sgsOkl Caatiiiia, ppr. Bras. Dri ed Fruit ot all kinds. Herds Grsw, Timothy and at her Meeds. Flat Thread, and all kind of lieata- spun Cloth, '. AU.siileJ in e ichinief.efJroceriesoreili- er Good. Corn. Wheal, Meal, Flour, Flat Seed, tJ a kinds of Marketing. JAMES WEBB. March .Olh, 1855. 7- JUST RECEIVED, rpWO Daaca C'o4 Utfr Oil JL March 70th, 1853. JAMES WEBB. Hillsborough House. HTMIE subscriber would hike the liberty of In ""' traveuiiig v.on.n..,....y ... those whs may vb.lt our town, that he b. taken chart of the Hon sf Entertainesl, north- .......ImI l. .tosi .L.k In ussf to lbs Court ptendtd lot St show stock In Star to House. K. B. Having reined front all cttievliuwnee, 1 1 ti.. m. mte ,ei.tHHi ta vieiior. and wiu try t hsv llirir want ealitfted. My prices shsll . be mo.Icral. v M.f'tt'lf'Y 1 .!. .'1 V,.lt, l.l.l MutUfi.lllS. 77 'S?af r " May your rich soil, Exuberant, nature's better blessinga (our O'er every land." . ; From the Farm Journal. . SHADING POOS LAND. BV J. 8. IIOVCHTON, M. D. ' I ant not one of those w hobelieve tliat nterebhade is, in itself, equivalent to ma nure, or that slmde reallj creates any materials ol value in the soil so shaded. But 1 believe that it ishighlj important to keep all fund, and especially that which is light and porous, and compara tively poor, well aliaued during the hot season, in order to prevent the too free evaporation of the gaecous elements of plants from the soil. Under good management, and espe cial It where land is well manured, no fields should be permitted to lie idle, broken into ridges, and uncovered by the foliage of growing plants, making some kind of crop. The loss caused by neglect of this rule, both by want of shade, and by the exhausting influence j of weeds, is greater than the profit to lie derived from any single crop that can be grown. I am induced to write this article for the purpose of bringing to the attention of farmers two occasions on which the best farmers in Virgiuia resort to shading the land as a means or protecting the soil from exhaustion, and two means by which they do it, which appear to me to be worthy of extended imitation eve rywhere. We are in the habit of sup posing mat uie larmers oi v irgintaare behind the age, in improvements and methods of cultivation j and so they are, many of them, just as many ol our far mers are in Pennsylvania ; but in the art of renovating exhausted soils, I am of the opinion that there is as much skill exhibited by a few planters in Vir ginia, as there is in any part of the United States. The two plans for shading light soils in summer, above auuded to, are as inaiiutsiaraneauoi me supply, mere follows: are regular companies organized and The first is top-dressing clover iin- engaged in raising, planting, and trim mediately after mowing, the same day'ming, at so much per rod. In aCircu or the next morning, with a view to lar now before ine, they offer to "plant, shade the plants and the soil. To ef- cultivate, trim and mature a complete lect this object long manure is employ-' fence, at from T5 cents to ft per rod, ed, leaf mould, dried peat, muck, loam, one third tube paid when planted, and or any other carbonaceous matter ; or the balance when completed." " II dig it these materials be not abundant on the farm, then a light drilling of plas-1 ter uf Paris and salt is employed, say! is matured." Truly do these gentle one or two bushels of plaster, and a1 men sav. "this being- the fact, who bushel or less ol salt, to each acre, j lite heavier the dressing is ou light' . . i ... sous, Ol course me lienor; out even the alight r oat of plaster and salt is, . . t i? e t i ,r I to be highly beneficial, shadiit"' rtpensive operation must be repeated." isketl plants, to some extent, aiid;"Uf the Osage Orange, a living fence saw I the na keeping the land moist, and prevent- can be made that will last Tor genera ing the too rapid evaporation of valuations, with but little attention annual ize gases. One of the best farmers in Virginia, from whom 1 obtained this! hint, IS celebrated for hit success in improving soils, and attributes much of bis success to top-dressing clover with plaster, or plaster and salt, coarse manure, &c, as above described, im mediately after mowing in hot weather. I think the suggestion a very valuable one, and strongly advise the trial of it by farmers generally, when the soil is not well covered witn clover. Another method of shading the soil much practised in Virginia, is the sow ins of the ficlJ pea immediately after wheat, or auy other cmp, is removed, a . . . I when the laud is not to tie used uireci Ir for ant other seed or vegetable crop. A fair growth of vines may no doubt be obtained even as far north as Penn sylvania, before cold weather, to be turned under as a fertilizer; and as the pea grow very quickly, it will onn ahade the cround. especially if sown broadcast. The merits of the field pea for this purpose, and as food lor stock, I have discussed at length in other ar; tit le in the Farm Journal. If it is found that ihe pea will hot make suf ficient crowth to nay for the expense of not ins it. after wlicat or oat, (which 1 tlo not anticipate men tne tanner may try corn lodder, (corn sowcti mica Iv in drills or broadcast.) or corn and buckwheat, or uucKWiicat aione, to oe used as a green manuring crop. The seed of either of these plants would IS At cost him but little, and the benefits to be derived from the shade a Horded by the ocas, corn and buckwheat, with the additions which they would make to the soil, and the absence of weeds, would sHord a good profit on the expense and latnir. In tome of the Northern States it is the custom mw the best fanners to loP l CIS limillliy IIVIUl Willi mauuiv I . ' . . t- I 1. ...S.I. t Mil Vtk immediately after mowing, and the re sult is that a second growth ot grass Is obtained, half the weight of the first, on land which, without such treatment, would scarcely afford decent grazing. As all iat mers may riot have manure to spare or grass lauds, to be used in this way, tfo not expect the practice of summer manuring to be very gene rally adonted i but surely alt farmers might find some kind of muck or leaf mould, p ue used chiefly tor shading clover lands ; or if not this, they might dress them with plaster and salt lor fields which have been stripped of their crops (at on truck farms) early in the season, and cannot be worked with any crop requiring much cultivation, there is no plant equal to the field pea for shading and enriching the soil. Y. Philadelphia, Jan. 1855. Hedge The Osage Orange. We extract the following from the Progressive Farmer, lor the informa tion of such of our readers as may feel an interest in the subject of live fences: Vt e all know that it is a very heavy tax on the produce of our farms to keep them enclosed, yet no one, unless he actually goes to work and makes a true calculation of the yearly outlay of "time and money," has conception of the large amount actually expended in the necessary work of keeping up a decent set ol tences on his tarm. At a rough gueit, I should suppose at least teu per cent, of his annual income is expended on' the item of fences atone, or, we might say, a farm that will produce to the value of one thousand dollars a year, will cost $100 to Keep up the fences, INow could the frraets, generally, see their interest n the planting ol toe lences or hedge?. am conriiireu, mat our unsightly and dead fences would soon be removed from the premises of all Progressive f armers, and their place occupied by "e" reason, cnemicai or mecnani nerinanentand oinanu-iifnl Iivinr liprlir. iCal, fur the phenomenon. The truth ,i. What h,.htfp" it U.....I.I tu tJof it is not to be auestioned. but taken our "Sportsmen," or, more properly, "loafers," in trespassing over our fields to start a Rabbit, or a Partridge, and find nniyuf these "ticklish lri ipra obstructing their further progress ! Wouldn't they stand and hold forth against modem progress ! In some of the Western States, where thousands of miles are already growing ol the usage urange as hedges, the de es completely grown at VI to f:zi per rod, to'be paid when a thorough fence - - - - - , would not prefer it to a dead, dull wooden fence, costing no more to con- . i i. ..:.... ......I... ... airuti, anu uduiij; uuigijiii.mtium fifteen years at most, when the same T . . .! ly, at one dollar, or even less per rod. From the Southern Farmer. AGRICULTURAL DOUBTS. Kit. III. All writers, in describing the proper shape ami position ol the farm-pen, agree that it should incline from the circumference to the centre, so as to confine the drippings and prevent their ' escape. I am inclined toenierauouut here, lor the loiiowing reasons i in tne first place, a yard ol this description renders the cattle uncomfortable, and gives them a cold, damp, unhealthy at mosphere, in the second place, wntie moisture lavors the decomposition oi vegetable matter, snaking preserves it. Straw, if kept perfectly wet, will not rot fur years when slightly moisten ed, it ferments in a very short lime. I would give the farm-yard a gentle inclination, that the rain-water may pass off ao gradually as not to carry away the vegetable matter, but at the same time to prevent an excess oi wa from standing on any part of the farm yard. L'ntil fermentation commences, no valuable portion of the vegetable matter is dissolved or can be lost. This fermentation does not in our cli- Kijr uorod, or Uhinew lown.ilie bust- mate commence till April, and by that'ness part of Moscow, lying under the, time the manure can be piled up, pre pa- ratorr lo removal to the land on which sf . it IS to be applied. Many persons see ing a dark colored water flowing from the restaurants and coflee houae, nol a the farm pen, after a hard rain, sup. aingla building was ssed. a .. .llsaaa Lasi...l ll.aaa asvsallal Ifieat A f.vaasa.l pose Ihey are iomg voiuabie inauer.i arc loiiiii vniuauiv; maiici.' Not ao. It is the tannin and coloring i H" Uouievard. tne spacious streets, me ( do marrieu next weea. it seems rain matter escaping, which are rather de! immense structures owned and in part or- .er queer that she should he married be V. . .... . i I ; leterious than useful to the crop. vegetable matter, or rather the fertilis ing portions of it, were so readily wash ed awav, we should never see a rich hill '!. Vi. in mv nan uf the Slate, the tccp lands arc richer than the plains, and precipitous mountain-sides are otten seen surpassingly fertile Let the farm-pen, then, be placed on ground winch slopes gently very gen tly to the South, and the cattle will be more comfortable, the straw and stalks will be decomposed sooner, and the manure be sooner ready for hauling out on tne land. While on the subject of manures, who can pass nver the great fertilizer of the Pacific guano? Die only doubt which any one can entertain about it is, whether it is worth utteen pounds twelve shillings, Virginia currency, per short ton. Here is a thins which a poor man can atibrd to buy, and a rich man cannot afford. This is a seeming paradox and a real truth. It is on hen- nest grass land a marvellous fertilizer on richer lands a questionable bene factor. If any man doubts this, let him take the cars any bright morning in the coming April, and step ott at the Hus ton denot. and if 1 do not nrove it to his satisfaction, 1 will give him up as hopelessly dull, or incurably obstinate. This is the kind of land, "short grass," on which Mr. Turnbull made his ex periments. By the way, if I were a king, or any other fountain of honor, I would give to him a medal and a pen sion for his essay on the restoration of poor land, recently published in the Southern Farmer. But he must excuse me for doubting whether he is right in commencing Ins system with a corn crop, instead of one ot wheat or oats. I also doubt whether his system, even when thus amended, admirable as it is for light, sandy soils, would be equally efficacious for heavier lands to say nothing of stiff clays. So anxious is "A Doubter" to know the reason why guano acts better on poor than on rich liU,(l that he authorizes the editors of the Southern Farmer to 'oner a silver cup. uf the value of twelve dollars, for 'fr granted. The reasons to be pub- lished in the Farmer, and "its editors j to be the judges, with the privilege of callinz iii the chairman of the Execu- jye Committee as umpire in case of disagreement. lie is not yet doue with his doubts, who calls himself A DOUBTER. TEE BURNING OF 103007. A correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, in consequence of ihe circulation of a paragraph taken from an Iowa paper, in which it was announced, on the alleged authority of Senator Doug hs, that ihe City of Moscow was not burnt in 1812, as the world has believed, has availed, himself of the occasion to relate the following particulars in relation la Ural contugration, loumled on lus per aonal observation, and the results of Ins B v " inquiries on the spot. He says. Having anived there mscif in Au gust, 1814, where I remained till the fol - lowing May, 1 proless to know the con- dition of Moscow at that lime, and annex a few facts in regard to it ; noi, however,1 because 1 suppose the absurd story a:tri - DUieu to aetiaior uougiass iteru any re fuiatioii Willi well informed persons, but in the belief that they may affoid iome interest to your readers. The French army entered MOSCOW on the second day ol September, O. ., 1812, KotuiotT ha.ing evacuated it a day or . iwo previously. I he inhabitant! belicv cd that he would have risked a battle in its streets, and were cutirely ignorant of ihe intention of Count Costopchin, the military Governor, to destroy their vene rable city on its occupation by the cue- my. On Sunday, about noon, Napoleon es tabhahed hi head quarters in the Krera tin, and on Monday night the riiy was discovered in be on fir in innumeiable places. This lenible conflagration last - ed eight days, duting six of which il ng- ed with equal fury. About seventeenths of the city, in spare, and nearly all the most magnibcent esiauiisnmrms oi tne noouuy, wnu ineir libraries, galleries ol the line aits, i.c, were destroyed. At date of my arrival, nearly two years after the conflagration, the great street, railed 1 rskny, which, in extent and ilia anlendor of its edifice. would have once vied with thai or any cspital in Euiope, was still almost entire- Iv in ruins, a solitary mansion here and ... - . there in process of reconstruction being ;h only matks of returning vitality. In jvremnn, " waueu m, which cuiiiaiuru Immense depots of flour, grain. &c, all a I S a I .aT - 1 " wareuouses aim snops, miu niosi oi cywini ! ... ........ ... - If copied by ihe nobility, and the residences of iht officials and beat classes generally. Many of these buildings ate surrounded by extensive grounds, o'ten walicd it, and are at rnnsidciubie disisnees sun.icr. ! which, uuinly, and the fact that a por lion of the French army was quartered (here, may be attributed the prcamuiion of about one eighth of the city area, which was saved by the almost supeihuman exertions of th French soldiers. The Kremlin, in like manner ocfu pi ed by the French, and protected by brick walls of from 20 to 30 feet in height, (not 00, as Senator Douglat is reported to have said,) was also preserved. Nor did any magazine blow up and crack the church of Ivan Veleeky, as staled. The rent in the walls of that cathedral, and the prostration of several of the towers and bastions (now probably replaced) of ihe old Tartar fortress, were caused by the explosion of mines placed under them by Napoleon when lis evacuted Moscow, and which, but for the failure of some of them to ignite, would have left the whole Kremlin, with its thiiteen churches, two Imperial palaces, arsenal, barrack. &c., a complete mass of ruins. How fai Moscow may claim to have been a burnt city may partly be inferred from a statistical table now before me, published by the Russian government after the evfccuniion. When the French entered Moscow, it contained 2567 brick bouses, of which 2041 were burnt! . But the reader must not suppose 1 mean those small structures so called in our cities, or even the boast ed edifices with their four rooms on a floor, occasionally seen here, which are the pride and envy of so many good ci tizens. , Most of the brick houses refer red to, and so termed by the Muscovite enumerator, would, from their great extent and capacity, be. called in Italy palaces casting in the shade in these leapects the most famous of our public hotels, each furnishing spare for the accommodation of many families, and most of them so occupied. The vastness of these edifi ces can hardly be appreciated by persons who have not seen iheni. For instance, the house of Count Apraxin a small part only of which, withiupalatialball-rooms, drawing rooms, private theatre, &c, suf ficed for his princely establishment, the restbeing rented out to tenants, and which ho bad already rebuilt in 1814 was a huge quadrangular building repuled lo be a verstor two thirds of an English milu in circumference. Of Wooden houses there were 5C31, ol which 44 CI were burnt, leaving on the departure of the French but 2100, chiefly at the extremities of the city. Even at the close of 1811 there were 6000 fewer street tamps than prior to the arrival of the French. The churches having been all built and arched, and hav ing floors of brick or stone, with little that was combustible in their interior, and being, moreover, generally detached from other buildings, aulTereJ numerically less than so wholesale a duKtruction of a city might lead one to suppose. 1 hit number standing when the French arrived was 326, and in August, 1614, 273 were in a condition fit fur ut-e. Many more details could be given, but ' suppose the above will suflire to dispnso 0f the gigantic imaginary wond-shed of Senator Douglas, on the burning or which i,a would have us believe the preatesi of J0ut modern poets wasted his magnificent ; apostrophe : j xnott, Elni.( flm( .qu,,,,,., j Vesuvius show bia blaxe, an u.ual si ii. ; For grasping tourists, from her hackneyed he'gtit; ""o ""wi-t alone, unrivaled mi the h To comt hc,eiB "mpirea sh.dl expiir! I a . r fwv .... An Old Thavf.ulf.r. POPPING THE QUESTION. Jedediali Ilotlge was dead in love with the beauteous Sally Hammond, but owing to an unconquerable feeling of diffidence, he had never been able to screw up his couratre to the stickin; point, absolutely requisite to enable 'him to inform her of his predilection. Three several times he had dressed up 'in his " Sunday -go-to-meeting-Gxins," and made his way to her father's hmic, (determined this time todoor die. But, unluckily, his courage oozed away, and became " small by degrees and beau ti fully less," as the politicians say, till, when he was fairly in her presence, he was barely able lo remark that it was a warm evening. Sally got tired at length of this oft reiterated obscrtation, and resolved ti help him out of his predica . ... - men t, lor, like a true woman, she ima not failed to perceive what Jcdediah was trvin? t.i come at. but Couldn't. j ror the fourth time Jeucdian came, but did not succeed any better. Sally commenceii iter attack oy iniorming him that Mary Stutters, an Inlimatc rem., " h""'S u ut You don't sar," said Jedediali, that . -. a. it A.ldh sL S . ... u 1 iA ocmg uie winy mea mi iiccurrrti iv lim, except one, and thathe didu't dare give utterance to. act a . a . " ics, ttaiii sally, "she gomi i , . - - P , -- fore me, considering she's a year youu- cer, Jedediah's heart leaped up in hit throat, but he didn't venture to,iy any thing. - i 'I "here was a pause." 'vembcr 7.
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