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TJie JLord sent it, if the Devil
brought it.
In my younger days, I wa what pro-
Dl3 cuiu ( h 'u iUi ctiHf. and I rather
- , .
liiu.k I something l a high bo.
Aiyih.ng like j'un ftir r (1 me up tnon
the bouoiu, Hi d ihe wh I "went H, '
snmetimts, when I was sturid up, peo
ple Maid Has rather curiou.
1 believe my nspect tor rtligb u pen
j'nj rrna in vmic no uill a ;i IMIOIjiu
have been, nor mi high a t is now.
This grew out ttl tuo Unties a th lect
in; education and tti. nghtlessneMx. Ten
or fi teen yt-as kiltil 'o my m -rial life
has at. b red me mewhat. and at tin
present writ ng, 1 own lo a profound re
spect for religion, 1 3 ate this, that i.ei
tritrihegay nor thoughtful leader may
misunaeistand u i,e t -ry I um go
ing to rtlhtK stuiU'd set in in deal with
some levity in matters held cred I
think the nbuke I got. often as 1 li ve
Jaughed at it since, put the laugh com
pletely on me and my companion.
There resided in our neiohhot hand n
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poor widow whose mean ! support
were extremely limited. Ht tween tiui
log heraell for rheumatism, and sp ir
King and knitting, tnot of her loiteiy
tm: was passed. 1 am ashimed to say
that on" one r iwo t.ccaaioos, i joined
soms wild young chaps m placing nti
trick upon tier, such a making unusual
jpoipt about the house at night, smoking
'bermoM ii death hy putting a board o
ver ths top ol her low mud-built chnn
iy,Htid Much like doings, tli.it we thoi-ght
.re sport, but for wheh we deierved
little wholesome chastisement, if there
I been any one au hur.z d lo admitus-
t J.l.
Onenig.lt soon al'er cark. it hap'
pend :hat I was returning horn in com
pany wi.n a merry lejiow about my own
.Oge, ai d had lo g, by Id Grai ny Heir
der' cottage. I hd been into town,
And wa.isiii;iiid lxiio rnurs'enf -4ha-ker
loaves," which imiiH of our pei
'p'e were as lord, as city people are .f
getting now and then a good taste oi
country "home md.
." Tom' ia id I, hb the o'd woman.
rnttge came in 'gM, a a urn ol a road,
'inppoi0 we have a little lun wi h Itiasr
tiy Ilender?'
Agreed," was Tnm'a answer, for le
was utwata ready for pori.
W e Inid m t fully de ltlei! on wli;u
we Would do. hen we came to the cot
tage, and pa u ted to .te'lle our nn dt of
annoyance. Th only hht wiUim
win th dim fl kermg of a lw mimII
tuka burning on the heaiil'. As we
t'"d ner the window, I veiling ti what
was go nz un tua'dn, we .'ound dial
J rauiiy was praying, M.d. a ln.j totur
surpnoe, a-k tig br ! tl.
A hH expect to get bread f-nm
heaven," aid I, irreverentlj , "l mp
o.e a hb will have to bM arro-nmoda. eil."
A'.d turning Irniti the windiw, 1 cbtiti
be red up. n iel-sl , '.i the top ot the
chimney, a (eat of no great d fTicuttx,
and tumbled nv two toaven tiovn.
Vhen 1 reached the window again, m
order to aee what ellect trus iiij (
pupply would have upon (Jr tnnyife nder,
I h-und the good old reaiur ? on tier
i ....... . .. .V. . ' . I.
answeied her prayer.
" Thai's cooltMaavj 1 to Tom; "now
iiirt u?"
'l rather think it is," r p'ied Tom.
"And i the o'd woman ia'lv such a
foo! as to ihmk ihe Lord nnw-rrd tier
prayer, and seat her well baked loaves
dawn the ctvmtiej V
'N doubt of it.'
lt Wiiit't do to let her labor under
thi mutake, no, never in the woild,"
aid 1.
Hallo! Granny!" A'.d I threw open
the window, and pushed my laughing
face into the room.
8he hud juat risen from her knee,
and wai ab.ut put'ing a piece ul the
bread into her moutb.
Now, Granny Bendet!" said !, Mit
. isn't possible that you believe that thai
. bread came from heaven! Why, you
old atnner you! I threw it down the
chimney."
, By ihis time, the old woman court
tenance was turned towaidi me, and by
' the dim hgnt ot the feeble fire, I could
sea that there ere tears ol thankfulness
; upon her faded ana withered face. The
'lxpresaion of that face d d not in the
least change, though thsre was a deep
.fftbuke iutne tone ot her voice, as well
t in the word she uttered, as she SJid:
The Lord aentit, if the devil brought
itl" Vou may be sure that I vanished
irn'anjer, !i e T in c!appf d hs band-t
and Mtioined,
'tJM.il! ioc! T o ro d! Oh deai! b'if
the Id lady a too much fr u u that
time."
I tried ti 'a-igh u i'h him as w wen
-hT nnme, and d-d laugh, -.td as he
did; bin Miii:ehow or other 1 ugh
d.d not appear do me anv goid,
Ainrihat I U f (iranny Ueudei alone.
"Wire Fence.
Messrs Editors'. B n g a pra"t:c.l
farmer ai.d a miIwm iler to your ialuable
paper, 1 ii-ire to contribute Mtuiilrug
toH'd ihe firming inu-rs, by making a
i w Mijgentioti tin the subject -l wire
lence, lor ll.e considera ioii id' the Idler
of ihe -ti I which I I'.aiinoi but h pe may
bad to. tome praciicab; fesul s. that
may pp.ve highly leiiefeal lo inulA who
ne euagi d in the nhlesl pnisuil Itiat
eer orrupied lhetiiiiidoCfi.au.
The w nei of thi,hat ing lately 1 -arned
thai posift and wire- have in some places
bet u uhinii id tor otner maierml ior
f lice, bay taken gome pama to Haiert-un
thecimparaiive value .f making t, which
n-v be done as f ilowh: First set one
pot id' common aize firm in the grom d,
and plat e in it a lung hctew or bmall
windlass wiih a xma I rag whee) at or
n ar the lop where the upper wire m de.
signed to la.; tbeu t-iti'vu oi e end td the
wire to itie t-rrew or jndiat-, and ex
te::d it lo the oiin r t nd of the fence,
whatever t tie d. anre may be. There
set another p.t, lo whie.li fasten the
wiieas at ihe begii.nin; ih n turn the
screw or windlass ai tacn end, until ihe
Hire i.t at tight as d sired, whun it will
he rea iy to receive a" many intenue-dt-te
posts as mav suit ihe fancy
which poti'M, it is believed, need not ex
ceed two inches t-qua:e of hard wooj,
which can be sharpened and very eatti
driven into Iheguuod, on a Ime wih
the wire, to ucb depili as may be tie
retfsary. Bxieud as many wires as de
ired to aei'oiupli.sh ihe object. Let
each be fateiied to each inteimi di ne
poht with cooiii.iMt tend r liLokn, with
the hook part o tietu over as t tudy se
cure the wire in us place. Four w ires,
! is b'lieved will be bi.fficietit lo secuie
sheep, as tl-ev do not gel over a feme
unless they call first jump on to it.
'I lie wire maj b of such z : as best
kin' !. ii v. ?'. 16 Ik no diub:
sutlicieiii u hu h f r cacti r d of fence
of tour uiie, will tioi cot, at toe
wholesale price moie than nine r ii n
cen is; and Ma-h pt'Sis as ab ve described
will tii-t cost more thii 1 cent eacn and
ooe to a rod wt 1 be fUthViHiit, ax the
whole line of Jem e Irntii i r end t tha
tit her will be a 1 utnit d to resist any
presnnre g liitht it, and tor thai resu i
the pi s may b mim ui.d set but liht
iy in the giound.
Sjch lence cannot 1? disturbed by
the Win , utid tdiouid the p tt he rietl
by :he Iti-s', it wi u.l n but a mimII
matiT to dr ve them down to their pro
per place. Il any 'ear exist that the
;re mav contract m cold wea her and
break, it wi!l t-e very eay to turn Hie
sere us or wind a -sal the appr a:h ot
frost, and leav all secue. Fence
may be made on the same, pi in to secure
any o her kind ot anim d. but lor the
laiger kmds i: is not uu ikey it will bo
ativixable. to p ace a cap txMid on lop o
tne posts. How durable such a !nce
may be remains to be known hereattei:
bu it is highly pr -bible that the wire
wttuld endure for many years, if placed
on the sun ndo ot the os even M)hut
pan', which cati be apidied if nece.a
r. inch a lence cotud tie moie eas Iy
ni v-d than any oher;all that would uts
necessary would he to unfasten tacit end
ot the wire, and wmd them n i a net,
and remove ihe posia lo nny place d
sired, which coulu be very sf.eediiy ac
Coinpliftbed. Vours, &c, !l. C. IF.
Auburn, JV. F, Jin., 1048.
The subject of the firegomg letter is
attrae-mg a great deal oi attention in
some pa its ot Virginia and in the muN
d e sia ea generally. H'e rjoice t i see
it. li we cannot get our Legila ure to
repeal our odious and tyrannical fence
law, all plans which go lo diniiuitli the
sum witu which we are rohb-d of by it
deserve grat at lention. 'I tie u ire fence
will in ihe end dothita very consider
able extent; and if it will prove as ser
viceable heie as we are tout it has done
elsewhere, it is a great invention.
hether u will answer the sanguine
expectations formed td it has yet to be
seen. A very tine specimen of t.ns sort
ot lence is now it. course ol erection up
on the well manured and well arranged
farm ot' Mr. W n. Ctump near Ibis city,
and we shall then have an opportunity
ot observing us operation. Ve would
mention one tict however, which tie
derive irom those win are conversant
with this fence, that it is absolutely ne
cessury to have a strip of board nailed
along the upper part ot posts. The cat
tie do not see the wires, or retard thm
as too small lo be, an lirmediii eni; and
either i-jure themselves or b-ek tl-rmnjh
hv plunging, against hem. Hal. Sfar.
The Pine Tree.
TFe ropy the fallowing comnuin ca
ion to ihe Columbia (S. ) U,tily
Telr graph, giving a number nf ieme
l'..r thedec4V of ihe Ino. ft a m-tiler
of Mich vital importance to us or this rp.
gum, thai we would recommend a trial
of it by , some of those eg tged in the
Toreiitiiie buMiit 8t.
Nonce has been given through ihe pa
per, iIm! d eae a coinmittn g ad
ravages on the pine iree in ihe rfis:rcis
td I'ttes'er and York. A siml-r dirase
lreva lel alMiut five years g-i hi the
Northejn portion of L xogt- u I) s.-rji-.i,
which destroyed vhi iiurutx-ia .oi tlrt-He
valu.th e trees. ben the d sase stop'd
' s ene d to slop acoi.o . rVt i ot in
for meed thai any in-trumema!ity was
tised c prevent us progrt ss. aui na
t fied that this d'vease is the Work d'iu-ect-.
To destrov trior, several irne
dies have been confidently recommen
d.d:
lt. Cre a bole in each tree just nut
side the mfec'ed district, introduce in-o
it with a Mtiali cane scoop, h small p r
tion of the fl .ur of brimstone, then plug
the hole up.
2( Somewhat bare the roots. Thio
in salt iu proportion to the size of the
tiee.
3d. One gallon cheap whale oil, nnp
pound flour oi brimstone, twelve ounces
saUmimiar, one p und vbloride of lime.
f4el the salamomac and lime be welt
pulverised, so that all the panicles can
be well mixed together. Take old
woolen or cheap colli n cloth, about lime
im hea wide, fafteii il round the tree, to
ilntt t e upper pari may hangdown like
the collar ot a coat, having previously
biuidud the mixture up.-n i' Ii wi I be
well to renew it once or twice a week,
until the i sects quit wot king. It is
alleged that as soon as the wi rm comes
in cont.ct with U.js mixture death iro
niedinely ensues.
4ih. Kucirde the tree just above tlie
gr. und with b ljacco snnH'.
11 anyone thinks proper to try one
or all ot thesf reeiu.itivtt, and tne r
wuit ht.uid bo .aiiifaciorv, communicate
ttte same co the public. - f
I would regard the destruction f our
pine founts as an irrepaiabie calamity ;
lo revenl such a catair phe every fea
sible itiblrumeutaiity ought to be tesur
ted to. ,
J Jave heatd that a strong decoction
ofsge kins soue m-eru at once' wei
the tree ail around wi n a brush above
t I.e. ground, aout two ti.cues wjd , a
bou. twice a week until the cliin iv i
past. IMVUV KYt.-UlT,
t'ulutnhta. May 27. 18 Id.
iVelsh Sayings. l bree things that
can nt ver he.oiue iusl the hi one v ol
the bent volem. the hoe oi ne lunch
era iiore, and a wo.uao's longon.
1 hiee Itniis um easily don-lo alia v
thiibt wan inc, to dry wei with water.
to pieaae ali in evety Hung tht ts dour.
1 utee ihiogs that ate as good as bet
oro tii oreau ui laimiis, Wi i: wa'er Hi
inir.-t, and a gray coat in Co d. 'I'tnte
initios as goou as their beiier dirty
water to x'liiguish Ihe fire, au uly
wife to a blu.d in ill, a wooden swoid iw
cowaiti. Tnrte Wttriitngs from the
grave : u kuowe,.! w!;at I wa. seesi
what 1 am, lememUer what tt.on art to
be. Ibiee iliiugs ul snort cuoiinu
a ice a la'iy s iov. a chin Die, ana a
biook's fl ou. Tnreu things ifir.i ought
tit Ver to bo from home ihe cat, iuo
emmuey, a. id tne housewife. - Tnrcu
essentials lo a taae s ory -it Her- a good
t . ...
ine;o..ry, a no u lace, hiiu too is tor an
autiieoce. lhiee thing aten Tu ih
peactick the gaib ot uu utig- l.ihe watk
ol a th.tt, and the Voice ot tne Oevil.
1 Inee things a la Uuwi to bol of
the flavor ot ale, the oeauty d thy wile,
and ihe contents of tnv nurse. I htee
miseries ot a man's house a smoky
cniuiuey, a dripping to-j, and a sCulumg
wile.
Going Going!! Gone!!! Gen.
Zacnary Taylor. at lat has oeeu forced
to array iiiuiself iu parly plumes, and is
now Mamped as a It Ag-, who is to be
beaten in November next, by those who
love the Constitution. &tudy his Allr
ton Lei'.er, and his condemuatioti ap'
pears in every liu. Head his uo party
leelers and down with the bigs will
be me coi.q ivriug cry. Columbia Ca
rolinian. The new track of the Stonington road
is laid on iuoia ruober, and the cars are
uiouuted on India rubber springs, which
deadens the sound and removes almost
entirely thai jirung which has long
been au auuovauce to railroad travel-lets
From fhe Baltimore Republican.
Whig Roorbac ks Already.'
W e minced ji few davs ago a false.
hfMK.' star-ed agaim.1 General Caas, ns
tersing h iImihuthcv ufile American
m niiler at I'ar s. The inventive I icul
lies id' whiggery have j ,,t produi td
another, which is no es than Ihe ridic
ul-iis etiarg that "while bis frher,
Alaj .r i ass, siiperutetitted the recruit
ing service in 1799-I8U0, lor what we
democrats s'yhdihe provision eating
ariny, be (ihe present Urn. Cass; ws
lb" preceptor of ihe fcraiiin.ar-sch.oi in
W liniiiign.n', and aUays ap,ie8red with
a hlack cik k tde in his "ha
Ti e Delaware, U;.Z"ile lee.npifulates a
fact or two on me subject of the resi
dence if (leu. Vna -n V ilmington,
winch naiU this KuorbaCK eflectually.
'Thai paper nay :
He mis born in October. 1782. The
eru of the prevalent of the blatkcuck
ade teas in 1799 and 9!). and cot.sr
quenttjf Um. Cass tras then only six
iten or seventeen years vj age. At ihe
age of seventeen ,e wuijgrated to the
worinwest ru l erriiury, and sealed at
luarieiia.
Ili'peful rharge, U x a wretched sln.
lerer to isue against the bo of sij-tren
who, with his revoluiioiiary sire, was
j-turning among us. With this simple
i4temeut: the whole of Una niserahli-
uonrback must Viinorizf and diomo
not into "thin air." but ino the murkv
recesses of Hie loul brains from whence
it has been evoked. Not satisfied with
le-uuermg this exploded and ndiculous
humbug, the Journal goes on to state
that bo (lieu. Ca-s) "doublh ss urn.
claimed mat if he believed be had a
diopof democratic blood," &c , ke.
I his is a coinage of The whojy cloth,
thrown out undr the cover id a doubt
les," au insiuuatin winch, ti it were
anassertmn, wouid bea mere falsehood.
e liave seuloiu seen a more undisguised
attempt at detiaciioii than this, even in
the worst of political times. Why,
inee are the veiy woids which have
been so repeatedly and so falsely charged
upon auoii.er pr .ibiiu )k deumcia (Mr.
liuchananj by ihe whig press, and o:
winch w shortly stiice published an
exposition from the Richmond Ei qui
iei, winch proved That he did not utter
. Ihese vile insinuations nv d in refe
rence to a were b ,y, aie as uiiwoithy
d credence as ihey are ol manly uttei
rtiice. li may not be amisM to state bow Gen.
Cass c.ime io be a sojourner tieie, aid
what liedid when here, lie came line,
a boy irojuliis academy with hs father,
M. j'ir Jonathan Ca-, wh'i, wnh his
la.hcr, ttughi at Hunk. ra Hill. Mi j,,r
Cuss Was stationed nere uu the. rt ciuil
mg aeivice. Lewis, a mete sir pliug
ooy, waa solicited to take charge I tne
L.auu actio d of i..e town, then vaia .i;
and eXlea.ng imm"diateiy bis wi.l.u
nens so lo do, ret. rr. d ihe committee lo
hi lather lor h s consent. Maj .r Cass
granted the n q ind assent, a-iutng that
lie was very nappy to aeu ally fling
open w hcii, tile ie.d an opportunr.y to
eoubio Ins t.o.1 honestly toeam his
oread," affirming - mat be wou d pie
fer that tie should adopt the bniiis
ol a wo..d sawer, lamer than remaui a
met e or..iie in society.
iuch were iho maxims which were
ea-ly insi lied into tho mind oi you g
Ca, and nobly lias hs 'indited by ibein.
hy tna own unaided industry and per
severance, ne has readied his present
t x d'ed posi.ion.
1 inre are those we believe still living
here who went to h.s school by day
and oitieis w no Willi hwu drilled as
volunteers iu the satue room in the evr
i ind
ies, Gen. Cass was "known here;
and y-ung a he war, a mere, b y. rest
ing only lor a siiuit period among
straugeis, there was, so tar as we cu
learn, no aing.e act oi his stay which
touid nave uouo u.scieuit to a man ot
lutture ears. A more txemuiar v Ca
reer than that displayed during the short
period oi ms sojourn here, no mau uecd
covet or wish to behold.
Government Officers. A Washing
ton correpoudeut ui the liattitnore Hun
gives the follow. ng us soiue of the tea
lures ol a new bill immduced into the
houe of Representatives by Ueneral
McKay, ot iNorth Carolina, lor the
puipoe of restrictmg the power of the
President iu itie matter of appoiutucnts
and removals Irom office :
The promotion ot competent clerks
to superior st uauoi.s is one of the beat
features of the bill, and another is the
distribution of salaries in such, manner
as lo give the largest pay to those who
discharge the most laborious and res
pottstble duties. As do person is to be
removed, alter the passage of this act,
without a statement in writing ol the
cause of his discharge, nnd as no one is
10 be pet Hianeuily appoii t-d xcept lip
li a cen hVate ol gia d natural abilities,
good habits, ctpjieiency ar.d diligence,
from a Hoard of falxammers, H ere can
lie no m re dismissals or appouitmt n:s
upon mere patty n und."
Mr Cass' position upon the Slavery
Question We behevo that the position
o. Get. (,as upon the Slavery questiun
has been inucli misrepresented or at -leas',
much uu understood iu ihisSta e.
11 has Imcii some t me s'lice wc read his
celebrultd let.er iiiiufi it is snl.im-t. f
recolleetiou, however is, that he lake
derided ground against theV!mot I'ro.
viso, and repudiates the doctrine of any
imeileren e at all on the part ol 1 on
gress wan Slavery either in the Stales
or Ten none-, b-hevmg that tie people
! the r. spec ive Stales and Tetntnru-s
are alone Competent l decide this ques
tion, li stems to us, that the d .c r.ne
of entire iioii-tnierfi-rence ou Ihe p.r of
Congress is the, true ground, and the on
ly sale one for the douih. 'I o allow
Congress to interfere at all, even though
it bu to protect us Irom any iu. propei
hge-Unoo on i his subject by the 'territo
rial govtermnptiis, would he y elding a
point whch we think that the South
ought never to concede. The position
taken in ihe lialiimore Convention
that Congress snail not int .r.i...Mf
with the fui-ieot at all.
10 -- aasswu
juogement, the ouly tiue ground otsnfe-
. . ml . 1 M . o. .
i lur ioc ouuni. laimtuo oiaie is an'
ner.
GEN. CUTLER A UARNBURNER.
During the last war with England,
(Jen liuiler performed one of the noblest
deeds oflieioism on rtcoid. in ono
of ihe severest b titles with the fin ish
and Indians on the North W es.ern fron
tier, a large numter of the savage had
foi.iid iheir way into a Xfurn.froiu which
tliey pourd a deadly h e upon the Ame
ncan tumps. The Ameticau totuu.ah
oer said " hat Barn must be burnt,' und
inqu.rtd "who would voluu cer tu per
lioui the perilou- task." Altera long
paue ihe youthful liuiler gajlanilv
stepped forward, and, providing bimseif
with a toich, proceeded to the Hun
amid a shower ul bullets Irom the liflcS
- j s mil mru ii HU Coin-
ptftely as to ei.vefi.p a iii dilute, ad
relumed uiihar.ued to the American
lines, when every sptcia;or Coiidered
his death inevitable ! The filing of that
liarn ocprued the eue.uy ol his strongest
punioii, and soon gave the vn toiy to the
Ann ricaus. Gen Hutier is, thereUire,
me rigiii sort of a H u nbun et tie burns
tt.e 1 tarns occupied by h.s country 'o eue
m ea ai d be is in every otht r lei-pect
a man w..rthy ! the aiun:atiuti und
cofid--i.ee oi his country men ! lie
and ins great asuc;a' ou the Democra
lit: ticket, are bound to ho e.ecitd by an
uveiwnelmiog vote I Bait. Argus.
Urownlow, in his paper, the J .nesbo
roun hi- sav. if Uvii l uyior is
fl .ininaleC lot the Presidency by all the
conventions thai ever do meet in this
l ie, an l it ne is the hsi and only candt
d iio unit ever tno wings run between
iota time and the d ) ol Ju lgemeiit, we
win noi support tniii, or vuio 4or linn.
Siiik a pm down here!"
In Decomber, 147, Gen Ca-s gave
his view, ul leng'ii op.iii tne HH,t
Pruvio, tu a Ijiior to Mr. Nicholson,
of leiiotasee. Iu t trtt leiter, ts a
voed hnuaell opposed to ti.e tneaiuro
and to the exercise, of any legislation by
Congress over any ol ihe territories of
the lj uited Status, re-pecutig the d mes
tic leUHous ol tneir luhaoitdiiis. ite
oeiteved mat ail qoeti us oi that mature
should be set. led by in.i p.-oj.; -tneui-slte-,
who oughl to bu aoosed l re
gulaio tneir inienml concerns tu their
owu way ;" and l hat Congress has no
more power io aoolisti or establish U
very in such territories, thuu it has to
regulato auy other of ihe relative dunes
of social I.fe. that of husbaud and wife,
ur parent and child, or of rna-ter and
servant. Ue said, in Conclusion :
" The Wilmot Proviso seeks to take
from its legitimate tribunal a question of
domestic pncy, having uo relation to
the Union as such, and io transfer it to
auother, cieated by tt.e people fur a spe
cial purpose, and loreigu to the subject
matter involved in this issue. By go
ing back to our true principles, w'e go
bacK to the road ol peace and safety.-
Leive to 'he ptv.iple who will be affscted
by this question, to adjust it uKn their
own responsibility, and in their owe
manner, and we shad reuder another
tribute to tho original principles ot our
government, and lurnish another guarair
iy ior iw permauet.ee ana prosperity."
Mr. Trist late Commissioner to Mex
ico, has arrived in Washington.