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A FAMILY iTEW:SPAP Ell fEUTJIAL li POLITICS. .TERMS TWO DOLLARS TER ASSUM.""'; Befcote to all -in teix of ; Soiit gTttatui tuc ation, amultutc, Mm, t Market, &! ; ;M LEI GH, XOUTH CAROLINA, S1TUM) AY, FEB. 18. 1854. VOL. Ill -XO. 11. WHOLE M 115 WILLIAM D. COOKE, ) .EDITOR -JfFRWBIETOR. j SELECT. POETRY.- From the C. University Magazine. ' "' Mr. Sheridan, the celebrated orator, meeting Miss Lind. Icy (afterwards MrsSheridan,) in the entrance tf a grotto, toi)k the liberty to offer ber some advice; with whi?h he utv imagine must have been the lady's feelings, whatever W station in life, when, on entering her grottcrfte next du- .he found this beautiful performance, left her by a man of Mr. Sheridin's just celebrity and elevated atand- jns in socFety. Port Fdip. . Us-oith is this moss-covcr'd grotto of stone : And damp is the shade of this dew-dropping tree ; . Yet, I this rude grotto with rapture will own, And willow ! thy damps are refreshing to me. For this is the grotto where Deli a reclin'd, As late I, in secret, her confidence sought : And this is the tree kept her safe, from the wind, As blushing, she heard the grave lesson I taught Then, telPine; thol grotto of moss-covered stone, And tell me thou willow,, with leaves dripping dew, Did Delia seemed vlxed when Horatio was gone? Ami did she. confess her resentment to you? ihjthinka now each bough, as you're waving it, tries To whisper a cause for the sorrow 1 feel ; . T'i hint how she frown'd, when I dared to advise, And sigh'd when she saw that I did it with zeal. Truei true, silly leaves so she did, -1 allow, '.' ; She frown'd, but no. rage in her looks tould I, see ; She frown'd, but reflection had clouded her brow ; She sigh'd, but perhaps t'was in pity to me. ' - For well did she know that my heart meant no wrong, I shrink at the thought of but giving her pain ; . But trusted its task to a faltering tongue, Vhich err'd froin the feelings it could not explain. Yet, oh! if indeeijl I've offended the maid, If Delia my humble monitions refuse ; Sweet .willowy next time she visit's thy shade, ' Fan gently her bosom, and plead my excuse. And thou stony grot, in thy arch ruay'st preserve, Two.Iingeririg drops of the Jhight fallen dew; And just let them fall at her feet, and they'll serve, As tears of my sorrow entrusted to you. . - ' -; '. ' ' ! Or, lest they unheeded should fall at her feet, Let them fall on her bosom of snow, and swear, .; the next time I visit thy moss-covered seat, I'll pav thee each drop with a genutuetcar. " -" ' I'-':- 1 "' - So may'st thou, gTeen willow, for ages thus toss Thy brunches so dark o'er the slow winding stream, And thou, stony grotto, retain all thy, moss, , . . While yet there's a Poet to make thee his theme. Nay, more may my Delia still give you her charms, Caen csmmg', atut soiuetiuiesTuc vTii ev"iilig long f .Then, grotto, be proud to support hep white arms, Then, willow, wave all thy green tops to the song. ' SELECTED STORY. From the Old Brewery. THE LAST OF THE B1ENNEK H ASSETTS. The vicissitudes of fortune is a subject of trite ami common remarks In everv rink of life, .;' ..through air the 'grades of human society, the changing wheel- of fortune is eleyatjng ancj de-pre.-sing families aiid individuals; and no pro phetic eye can read the destiny of the man, as it ga'es upon the unconscious infant, slumbering iti the cradle. The -insignia of wealth may be .stamped upon everything-whidi greets that in fant's waking, wondering glance- tones of love may wake iis young ' aSWctions, and cherish them . into strong avid happy life; parental care may multiply its' fostering influences, and centre all its ambition in 'schemes -for the elevation and ac grandizemeiit of that darling child, and yet and ... " A whirlwind from the desert coin.es, and sweeps them in the. dust ;" ; And many a ch erished'one of earth, lives to en counter its fiercest' tempests, to feel its keenest .'pangs', and to prove "how much the human heart can bear," ere it breaks, 'and bleeds, and dies. We mav read and hear and believe, but we do riot realize the force of facts like tho.-e, until they are actually, brought within the 'sphere of our owu vision"; and then,, in our new and powerful interest,-, we forget our past experience, and an almost irresistible influence impels us to narrate 1 the story to others, in ,th hope of awakening a sympathetic feeling, and peihaps,,reeeiving their practical aid. This.is our apology lor the tol lowing narrative, which is not as relevant to our .- MisM;.n work proper, as are the former histories ; 'related hi this little book; and vet.it was in the ' ; i -pruseciitiou vt our Mission work," .that this sad history was .brought Wfure our minds, and it was within tho , range ..f our mission walks that :the subject of our sketch was first fouud, and in -the prosecution of ii egular duties was he again , 4rovidoniiaUy thrown ii;n our Care. 4 ; Who hav not heard or read of Iilcnnerhasselt, ouuhi. couneetion with Aaron Durr, - fiftr vearsg, I . Who has not dwelt with pleas am,on the picture. J, awn by the eloquent pen yt tne celebrated Wirt, of the E(len, in the Ohio . nver, ere the temj,ter entered to betray and to ; -uestroYj And who has not bnrneu with indio V uionor .neUedVuith sorrow, over the fearful U,'a!, ,U lt that happy home, when - la., sad alhauee with Aaron Burr was consum-it-d, an,l the full result of treichery was felt by its.mnoeent and unsuspecting inhabitants. . vhde alt. va8 bri'rj.t .,,,.1 l...,;., .u., 1T) 'e, ore '' coming events had cast their ; -shadows before," to awaken the siirhest appre- 'euSion.,a proud father and a happy mother rt-j"'ciiig over the couch of-an infant bov yUo seeing destined to enjoy all that earth could rrormse of luxury and ease. Fond hopes and -Wis antipipatjo'ns were indulged, and through a -'.ng.it vista f happy childhood, promising . JU,, and succyssful manhood, they saw iB im- '"ation -all that the fondest parental hearts cotild picture or! desire. Alas for the jeality ! That boy i the subject ot our simple narrative and for the- benefit of o youthful reader , who may not be familiar k. , ! " - O with tlie previous history of tliis celebrated fam-l ily, we subjoin, a sVetcb, ere we proceed witJ the j . factv, which have, been so strangely brought be fore our uotice. - v . - f J' llannan Biennerhassett, thci father of the s. subject of our narrative, was the ston of an Irish frftft.lwman;bnt;born.in porary visit of his parents lrffofol the Irish nobility they, were at least of the snperjor gentry of their native land ; and their son, educated at "Westminster and Trinity College, graduated with honor, and entered upon the study of the Law at King's Inn how successfully is shown by the significant appendage of L L. il. which occasionally accompanies his name. Aii Irish man and an Irishman living during the excite ment of the French Revolution, Biennerhassett could not but feel deeply the depressed jstate of his country, yet preferring the paths of literature, and the quiet of domestic life, to the turmoil of the political , arena, , he soon after his marriage yvith Miss Agnew (daughter of the Lieutenaut Governor of the Isle-of-Man, and grand-daugnter of the celebrated general of that name, -who fell at the battle of Germantown,) left Europe for New York in 1797, determined to make this country the land of his adoption. After some inquiry, he purchased a beautiful island on the Ohio river, and there built a residence, in whose' construction, economy and simplicity were un thought of. " The sum of sixty thousand dol lars, it is said, was expended by Biennerhassett, in fully establishing himself in his new abode. To the mind of the voyager descending the river, as the edifice rose majestically in the 'distance, spreading its wings to either shore, the effect was magjcal ; and emotions were produced, not unlike those experienced in gazing on the Moorish pal .aces of Andalusia. There was a spejl of en chantment around it, which would fain induce the credulous to believe that it hadtleeh created by magic, and consecrated to the god.j. On a nearer approach was observed the beautifully graded lawn, decked with tasteful shrubbery, and interspersed with showy flowers j while a little in the distanee the elm threw jits dark branches over a carpel of the most beautiful greensward. Beyond these, the forest trees. were intermingled with copse-wood, so closely as to exclude the noon-day sun ; and in other places they formed those long sweeping vistas, in the -intricacies of which the eye delights to lbse itself; while the imagination conceives them as the paths of wilder scenes of sylvan solitude". The: . i I space immediately in the rear of the id welling was assigned to fruits and flowers, of vyhich the varieties were rare, excellent and beaujjiful ; and the manner in. which, they were disposed over the surface, unique, elegant arid tasteful. Espa liers of peach, apricot, quince and pear trees, extended along the exterior, confined to a picket fence ; while, in the middle space, wound laby rinthine walks, skirted ; with flowering shrubs, 'and the eglantine arid honey-suckle flng their raeliiferoiis blossoms over bowers of various forms. , t On the south was the vegetable garden ; and, adjoining this, a thrifty young orchard, em bracing many varieties of fruit, promising abun dant supplies for future use, not entirely neglect ing.the useful for the ornamental: Blfenne'-has-sett had cleared a hundred acres below and cul tivated, in great perfection, the various' crops adapted to the soil. The hall was a- spacious room its walls painted a sombre colqr, with a beautiful cornice of plaster, bordered with gilded moulding, running around the lofty ceiling, wbilje its furniture was rich, heavy and grand. Thje furniture in the drawing room was in strong contrast with that of the hall light,' airy an,d elegant; with splendid mirrors, gay-colored car pets, classic pictures, rich curtains, and orna ments to correspond, arranged by Mrsj Bienner hassett, with nicet trtste and harmonious effect. A large quantity of silver-plate ornamented. the side-boards and decorated the tables. The whole establishment was chastened by the purest taste, and without that glare of tinsel finery, too.com 'nion among the wealthy.1' This sounds like a fancy sketch, does- it not dear reader ?-- Yet this Eden of beauty once ex isted, and here resided the parents of him whom we' will soon introduce to j ou in scenes of start ling contrast. In this favor. d spqt the days of his infancy and childhood were spent j and here amid scenes of such unrivalled beau tv, the artist- - " i spirit awoke to life," and expanded, and received such strength, that all the miseries of. his mature years have failed to extinguish, or even to 'weak en it. ; It would be unnecessary, in a sketch !like this, to enter Into the controverted points relating to the celebrated conspiracy of Aaron Burr. After his unsuccessful nomination for the Presidency of the United States, disappointed in ljis hopes of political preferment, deeply chagrined by the more peaceful measures of Jefferson, and, proba bly wrung with remorse for the death of Hamil ton, he determined to enter into-schemes of con flict and aggrandisement so extensive, as would almost blot from his mind the memory! of the past, and transmit his name to the futuVe as a conqueror, the compeer of Tizarro, or as 'charle magne, the founder of a Western Empire. Whether treason to the United States was med itated, Wj will not now inquire ; but in th pros ecution of his design, it became necessary1 to se cure the co-operation of the most influential men of the West, anil Biennerhassett was too con spicuous to be overlooked. On Burr's first visit to the Island, Biennerhassett was absent, havino gone to New York, to meet and welcome to America, his former playmate and friend, the celebrated Emmet. But a second visit was more successful and as this interview-has been elo quently abided to' by m istifiediWilliam Wirt, we give it as descripUve of r the domestic aituatioa of Biennerhassett, ere Jva was betrayed into those schemes which' subsequently'' proved hi rum.'t .u A shrubbery: which Shenstone iriight hav& envied Jjloorna around tim ; music which might have charmed . Calypso And her jnymphs; isjiis. . An. extensive , liBrart- enr?j its .treast ures before him; a philosophiail apparatus offers to him all the mysteries and secrets of nature. Peace, tranquility, and innocence shed their mingled delights around him ; and, to crown the enchantment of the scene, a wife who is' said to be lovely, even beyond her sex, has blessed him with her love, and made him the father of her children. In the midst of all this peace, this in nocence, this tranquility, the destroyer comes ; he comes to turn this paradise into a hell ; yet, the flowers do not wither at his approach, and no monitory shuddering through the bosom of their unfortunate possessor, warns him of the ruin that is coming upon him. A stranger presents himself. Introduced to their civilities by the high rank he has lately held in his country, he soon finds way to their hearts by the dignity and elegance of his demeanor ; the light and beauty of his conversation, and the seductive and fascinating power of his address. The con quest was not a difficult one. ' Innocence is ever simple and credulous . Such was the state of Edeu when the serpent entered its bowers. The prisoner, (Burr) in a more engaging form, winding himself into the open and unpractised heart of Blennerhasset, found but litt e difficulty in changing the native character of that heart, ana the objects of its affections. By degrees, he infuses into it the poison of his own ambition; he breathes into it the. fire of his own courage ; a daring and des perate taste for glory ; an ardor panting for all the storms, and bustles, and hurricanes of life. In a short time, the whole man is changed, and every object of his former deiiglij, relinquished. Greater objects have taken possession of his soul. His imagination has been dazzled by visions of diadems, and stars, and garters, and titles of no bility, lie has been taught to burn wkh rest less emulation at the names of Caesar, Cromwell, and Bonaparte." Into Burr's ambitious plans, ijicniteniaasetb ireeiy entered, ana soon tney . ... - .. --ftwi, weie uiaiureu aim reaciy ior execution. Vine result of Burr's expedition is matter of history. Humors, which not only connected him with warlike designs against a nation with whom we were at peace, but which dared to affix treason to his name, were rife in the land ; and by or ders from Washington,; lie was arrested, and carried there to stand his trial for the crime al leged. He was acquitted, but his country' re fused to believe him to be innocent, and after an unsuccessful struggle to retrieve his fallen name, he retired from political life, and died unhotuor ed and unsung. Biennerhassett, as an accom plice of Burr, was also arrested and carried to Richmond, and there confined to the gloomy walls of a prison furjsome time ; but as Burr was discharged on the indictment against him, those against Blennerhasset, were not prosecuted. He was merely required to enter into bonds to appear upon requirement at Chiilicothe to answer to a charge of misdemeanor, for preparing an armed force, whose destiny was the Spanish territory, of which however, no notice was ever taken. Thus ended the conspiracy of Burr. But, alas ! not so ended the misfortunes of Blenner hassett. His pecuniary affairs had become em barrassed. His beautiful mansion had been re garded and. used as public property. Almost bankrupt in purse, and with a family dependent on him, he knew not where to look for help in his fallen estate, lie made an unsuccessful : t- tempt on a cotton plantation in Mississippi; but ten veal's passed slowly away, and the prospect of regaining a fortune became less and less flat tering. A temporary hope led him to dispose of his plantation, and remove to Canada. But, alas ! the hope allured only to destroy. Leav ing Canada, he returned to Ireland, in 1822, thereto prosecute a reversionary claim, which, in his more prosperous -days, he had regarded with indifference. All his, efforts were unsuc cessful, and finally, he sunk to his last repose, in the island of Guernsey, attended by the faithful wife who had shared his every joy, and solaced (so far as devoted affection could do) his every sorrow. After his death, the heart of that strick-e-n one, yearned to embrace her child, and the returned to New York, and with a devoted slave, and an- affectionate son, strove ouce again to create an atmosphere of love in a quiet, though humble home. For a few years they struggled on; but who can portray the sufferings of that lovely and ac complished woman, as visions of the past rose before her mind ? The lovely mausion, the de voted husband, the playful, happy children, the troops of servants, the crowd of friends, all, all would pass in sad review, making the dark pres ent still darker by the contrast ; while, as she gazed upon her feeble, suffering son, unfitted by his loDg privation for those arduous struggles by which alone, he could have regained his father's lost property, aud thus been reinstated in his farmer position in soaietyl The future must have seemed shrouded in more than midnight darkuess. Sad forebodings filled that mother's heart, and planted their thorn in her dying pil low. The saddest have all been realized by that idolized son, who cannot, even now refer to that tender parent, without exhibiting the most in tense emotion, which causes his delicate frame to shake as though the fiercest ague , were ex panding its power upon his physical system. : . . We shall give but a simple outline of the dark picture which has been strangely and unexpect edly brought; before puli r&iorvaodyefrre tujt readers to realize the contrast &Td- deduce the moral. - r . r ' One morning,-Mr; EM one of ti e visitors of the' Mission, iiuited a lady to accomnany him on a' visit to a most interesting old gent?, man, whom he-had found in the vicinity of rte ? M'ssionlj She immediately cotjipliecy ayd onj,n4iaip''.was in-j formed that his name was Blenrierhassettr" " They entered a forlorn and comfortless room, and found an interesting looking man, delicate : and refined in appearance, even amid the utter poverty which surrounded him ; and whose man ner and language gave unequivocal evidence that he belonged to a different position in socie ty from that which he then occupied. He was attended by a colored woman, whose every look and' act be'okened the most entire aud devoted attachment to her master. Yet, no familiarity of word or manner intimated that she had ever forgotten the rehtive position which, from his birth, she had maintained towards him. He received his visitors cordially, but with considerable emotion. He referred to his past history and his present circumstances; and he and the old colored woman wept together, as past scenes of happiness and of misery were de scribed. He referred with much bitterness to those who had crowded around his father in the days of his wealth and prosperity, and who could forget his son amid adversity and sorrow. Do you see that black womau 2" he exclaim ed, as she was about leaving the room, she has more heart than all the people I have known. She has clung to me amid all my poverty and sorrow, without the slighest prospect of remu neration or reward, My father was the friend of hundreds. He set up merchants and mechan ics, he patronized literature and the arts, he was courted and flattered in his days of prosperity, and when splendid fetes were given to Aaron Burr and Biennerhassett, there were enough found to do him homage. But when the storm buret upon his devoted head, how few were found to rally around him, or to befriend his in nocent and suffering family ! Iam poor. I caunoi work. I am too infirm ; and this Id woman (turning again to his devoted servant) has done for me what alt the rest of the worli have failed to do given me a quiet home, and a gf aleful heart.? o: 'tyoke.nale" JooIT of interest was succeeded by one of sad and mournful import. The visitors relieved his pressing .wants, spoke kindly to his attached servant, and left to meet the other claims which were pressing them on every side. Months rolled away, and the old man remov ed his residence far beyond th lady's walks. But he was not forgotten ; and again and again he was referred to with interest, and commented on as one of the saddest instances of the reverses of human fortune. A record of this visit was preserved, when again in the most incidental manner, his residence was discovered. " Two of the ladies immediately called. It was a decent looking house, but the hall and stairs, proved that it was only a tenement house, and with sad forebodings, we ascended to the upper story. We knocked at the door, and a faint voice said, " Come in." We entered. One glance at the desolate-looking room, uncarpeted and tin warm ed, at the miserable bed, without a pillow or proper covering: One glance at the pallid face, and shaking form of its invalid .occupant, and we sat down, (accustomed as we were to scenes of misery,) almost powerless to act or speak. Sucha tale of want and jvoe, of physical and mental suffering, was revealed ; such loneliness and seeming neglect ; such a contrast with what we knew of the early years and prospects of the unfortunate man, that the heart would swell, and the tears would flow, though the trembling invalid had raised himself upon his arm nervous ly, yet politely, enquiring who we were, aud what we wanted. " We are friends," said Mrs. D -, advanc ing towards the cot, " and we have called to see if we could not aid you; if we could not do something to make you more comfortable." He gazed at her earnestly, and said, "I know your countenance. Wbo are you ?" Shjynentioned her name, recalled the past to his mind, an i then gradually led him to the recital of his own woes and wants. Many questions were asked and answered, and much information elicited; but in a broken and sometimes incoherent manner on his part, and we could not describe the iuterview and give it the interest it possessed, forthose who saw and listened to the mournful tale in that cold and dreary room. We promised, him per manent relief, and assured him that so far as our means and our influence could prevail, he should never again know the destitution .from which he had so deeply suffered. We told him God had sent us, and we hoped to benefit his soul and body. We left, and immediately sent hjm sufficient bedding and clothing to make him perfectly comfortable. In a subsequent inter view, many facts were related. For though weak in body, and occasionally confused in expression, his memory seemed unimpaired, and he gave a continuous account of hjs past life. To our ut ter surprise, we found he was but fifty years of age, though Iwe had judged him much older from his appearance. y We sketch his history as narrated by himself. " I was the second son of Harnlm Biennerhas sett, bearing my father's name ; and was born' on the Island in the days of my father's greatest prosperity. My infancy and chi)nood were guarded by the love of a most device d mother, and my education during my youthlas mostly superintended by my father at homf . I after wards went to school in Canada, atfinished iaj --. '"f-- - ' -'I' O education. Then having a predilection for the law, I entered the; office of David Cod wise, in New York, aud studied three years for that pro fession. Not being, particularly successful, I found my early taste for painting, reviving in all its strength, and resolved to yield to the vision which .were, forever floating through my brain, banishing all legal dtavlsani ttattlng me for the prosecution, of that arduoas- profession. -1 placed myself urtder the instruction of Henry Inman and soon became 'afoficienl'mOvt, and supported myself eomfortably by my labors. During this time,- my parenfs Were in Canada and Europe. But in . 1 8 3 1 , my: fath ar died, and my mother returned to this country. We took a iiouse in Greenwich street, (that colored wo man accompanied her) and although straighten ed in our means, did not suffer from actual pov erty. My mother's health and heart were broken, and she rapidly 1 declined. Watched by that i faithful servant ahd myself, she sank peacefully away, and was interred in Robert Emmet's vault, by a few faithful and sympathising friends. It is false," he exclaimed, w ith the utmost indignation, " it is false, that her last days were spent with an Irish nurse. It is false, that sisters of charity followed her to the grave. She was a member of the Episcopal Church, and was buried accord ing to their form, in Mr. Emmet's vault ; and the man who wrote that life, knows nothing of my father's history. For all the authentic docu ments are in that'trunk," pointing with his fiu- ger, " and 1 only can supply tnem. 1 aided Wallace to write his sketch. I lent the papers to Matthew L. Davis, when he wrote the life of Aaron Burr, and I alone can give the proper information for my father's biography.- Why did they not appK' to me ? After my mother's death, I moved to street, where ypu first found me; aud since then, I have lived here. An old friend paying rent, and a kind Irish woman assists me in my room, &c., but I am feeble and suffering. I am dread ing paralysis, and, ladies, I need attention, and such as you only can give," And as he spoke, his frame shook with a strong nervous agitation, and he turned imploringly from one to the other, and was only soothed by the promise that they would do what they could to make his declining y'ears comfortable and happy. May there be "liorht in the evening time." Sites for Peach Orchards. Intelligent cultivators have been long familiar with the fact, that the peach crop more uniformly escapes the frost on hills and in exposed localities, than in warm valleys. On hills, the wood. ripens early and becomes hardy, and th frosts are noX so sharp, although the cold wffuls may be more sensibly felt by animals and men. ' We have long entertained the opinion, that by a selection of aspect, and the adoption of shelter, there is scarcely a county in the Northern States, where peaches migiit not be raised with considerable uniformity. Bv shelter, we mean shelter from the sun on frozen trees, more than mere shelter from the cold. A late number of the Granite Farmer furnish- es some corroborating tacts on mis point, vvnicn Ave condense for our readers. Charles Richard- sen, of Manchester, N. H., who cultivates a fine garden, succeeds in raising the best peaches on a tree almost completely" .shaded on the South and East from the sun, the roots, body and branches being kept at alow temperature, while his other trees are barren. The fine peaches which excited so much attention at the Horti cultural Society's rooms, in that xjity, raised by A. C. Heath and O. P. Warner, were from the trees protected from the suu on the East and Southeast by brick walls. A tree in Concord, on the very top of what is called "The Moun tain," ha borne abundantly the best of peaches for twenty -five years, stands in a veiy exposed situation, and is surrounded every winter by snow banks several feet deep,, which melting in spring, keeps the fruit buds, Dack till tliey are safe from the frost. Walpole, in Massachusetts, is celebrated for its fine peaches. The Neponset runs in a North erly directionthrough the town ; and on its low banks, the peach tree grows luxuriantly, but never bears. On the gravelly ridges above the valley, the trees bear abundantly. The editor of the Farmer states that in a dislance of a fourth of a mile up one of these ridges, he pass ed " from a peach barren to a peach plenty." Exchangee paper. A SoakeitCors for Horses. One of the most successful and judicious farmers in the vicinity of Baltimore, effects a saving of from one-third to one-half of his corn, by soaking it thorough ly before feeding. His method is this : Two empty vessels, hogsheads, or something similar, are placed in his cellar, where there is no dan ger from frost, and filled to the chime, with ears of corn. He then pours in water till the receptacles are filled. When well soaked, the corn is fed to the horses, and when the contents cf one cask are consumed, it is again filled, and the animals fed from the other Even cobs, soaked in a similar manner, but in pickle instead of pure water, are eagerly devoured by cows, es pecially if the usual allowance of salt is with held. The corn cob contains a large quantity of nutriment, and is by far too valuable to be thrown away. Germantown Telegraph. ; Celert may be sown during the close of this ... ,i - - montu. -in ncn meiiQw ground, m a siiuaupu where the plant can be protected. Wn fit fn transolant early in the spri chea - which: reqiriretS b? properly j "The Earth is Wearing Oct." How of ten are agricultural improvers told that mother earth is in her decline? "The earth is wearing out," says Farmer Standstill, " there is no use of improving the soil -it will soon all be gone." Gone where? We ask you again, reflecting reader, if you are a believer in thhant I Some hills are bafe, and naked, aaoeonrtyinriiich ' sterility. Other vallies are impoverished, and refuse to put on uature green livery, with which rich spots so exuberantly array themselves-. Trees and herbage have disappeared, but still the earth is young young in the measure of years young in her capacity for iucreased pro duction on every acre of herwide domain. Eve ry atom which the Creator cast from his plastic hands at the dawn of time, still has its visible existence somewhere on this globe, and is doing its part of the re-production which nature is so constantly employed in. Nothing is wasted in nature's vast laboratory. The dead leaves from the trees the withered grass of the fields, all go to make up for those drains which vegetation calls forth from the earth. What if the mould of our new lands is washed down the brooks and rivers, into the oceans which encircles conti nents ? The sea, in return, gives back its rich treasures to the land which has been robbed, and though it conns from the islands of the far South, it nevertheless contains all the elements which are requisite to restore the fields which have been exhausted by tillage. There is an inscrutable wisdom in Providence which is be yond mortal ken. WTherever nature has a want, there will be an agent of supply ready at hand. Whenever it becomes the practice of rural minds to apply the intellectual force with which they are gifted, to devising the proper remedies for natural defects of soil, or wasted fertility, then may we expect to see the earth bloom like a bride amongst youth, and we will hear no more the unwelcome voice which bids her sons des pair, as they stand in the furrows of life. Yes, the earth is stiil young. Glad and joyous in coming years will be the march of time among her teeming vallies. Fields of golden grain and snowy fleets torn her increased production, will cause the countlesVyillious yet to enter life! to bless those who have nor""toC)d. idle upon the - . . . -. sou. Let us be up amd doing, 'lne bog.ithe the marsh, and the fen, sending forth the sorrows of pestilence and death, can all be made to smile with health and beauty. We must each do our part in the work of local preservation. It is a mandate written by Deity amongst the laws of nature, and he who disobeys, instead of plente ous harvests, reaps only disappointment and vexation of spirit. Soutliern Agriculturist. Asparagus Seed.- Asparagus seeds are re commended by a Scotch gardeneras a substitute for coffee. " Asparagus," he remarks, " contains, according to Liebig, in common with tea and coffee, a principle which he calls 4 taurine,' and which he considers essential to the health'of all who do not take strong exercise. Reading this, led me to think that Asparagus might be made a good substitute for coffee. The young shoots which I first prepared were not agreeable, hav ing an akaline flavor. I then tried the ripe seeds'; these, roasted and ground, make a full flavored coffee, not easily distinguishable from fine Mocha. The seeds are easily freed from the berries by drying them in a cool overt, and then rubbing them on a sieve." Try it, farmers. Isinglass for Eggs. Eggs are used among other things for settling coffee. An exchange has it that this substance, which may be found in most drug stores, is an elegant substitute for them in this use. It contains the same chemi .cal property albumen ; and ten cents' worth of isinglass will last long-r than two or three dozen eggs. Perhaps it might be used as a substitute still further. MISCELLANEOUS MR. BODISCO'S WIFE- We take the following from the Boston Tran script : He had always mingled pleasantly with socie ty, but the tie which connpeted him most nearly to America originated in a singular instance of "love at first sight." He was one day walking with a friend out towards Georgetown Heights, when be passed a boarding school for young la dies, and was attracted by a fair girl of 16, who stood swinging her bag, and talking with great animation to some of her .companions. Who I is that-beautiful girl? Who is she!" eagerly asked he, but his friend could not inform, him. The door opened and in she went to her slate and books, all uuconscious of the daguerrotype that glimpse had left on the heart of the grave Russian Minister. ; The next day, and the day following saw him taking the same walk, which subsided to a yery slow step as he approached the building, and looked earnestly at every door and window. May Day was at hand, and was to be celebrated as usual, in the school, by some simple festivities, and the choice of a Queen from among the number, and this year the floral roy alty happened to fall on Miss Harriet Williams the very girl who bad so instantly enthroned herself in the admiration of the foreigner. "Just before May Day, the Principal was sur prised to receive a note from the Russian En voy at WashiDgtoni -expressing a great interest in education, and begging permission to be pres ent at the festival iMay Day, which it would give him particular ' pleasure, as a stranger to nff, in tren- of cotrrsL was Vefr graewusly granted and AsimanV Irrain as0baves Be! eafi of Tnm repared.Xf tbjxkW wis tie jroui1 tfiou1 i assist L-";. " : '',..---:- ous-itm.'wcjysitseiM km-ntA, aaa -ii ,aw AimiM -' . ' ... - --- -..- - - -- ..-.? :,-. .-: . -'- - - ----- ..-. e r. . : ! . .... M3$ .. .' -. :'- S-- i; ... f , , - , ;'. ... 5 "' frR- V . . i . - - '-' : :. -f- - - . F;.-"-s' v -V"-' j4T ' .-"'-'-' -"; -' : f i v -' ' :.r . ' . - .: tf,' ers always make it. At the end ofUe term, Miss Harriet announced that slie woud not at tend school any more. "What, not graduate'! ohjjwhyjnot? Are yon going awaJrfY But she! shook her head, laughed, and in a fewweet was the wife of the Russian Minister. V She bas accompanied her husband oace or twice toTius- ala w L w knbwn as the American rose.1" Her face had regularity of feature, but was particuls rly distin- gujshed jfor exquisite coloring. Noth :qg could surpass ,;the chestnut brown of herl hair, the '. bright gray blue of her eyes, nor the lue of the. . lily and the rose so delicately blend id in her . complexion. Perhaps her figure had too much em bon point for perfect symmetry, butshe mov ed; with grace and dignity. Although there was a great disparity of years, and great di Terence in appearance and character, between herself and husbandl, it seems to have been a very happy ' - ' union. EXERCISE AND FRESH AHL ' WVe havono doubt that a large proportion of the delicate females, with which oi 1 cities "es pecially are filled, owe their ill-health to a neg lect of exercise and fresh air. Take hedaugh tet of a family in good circumstances, ' From her very infancy she is guarded as if the least breath of air would injure "her, nerer going out " wf thout being wrapped up to the ch nr and of ten being sent to school even in a arriago . Her natural instinct to exercise is res trained' as , a 'Vulgarity ; she is called a tom-bcy, a romp, arid a dozen other contemptuous ns,me: and thus, at last, she is drilled into a n tere BOcial machine, finally losing even the spiri s fo wish to take active exercise. Her days a "e spent in learning enormous lessons, - or in practicing crotchet work or embroidery, rariec with, an occasional children's party, where slo is allow ed whatever she pleases, and to dai ice herself into a fever. , When she'leaves school her exis tence becomes-even more monotonous '-'Per- . baps, it it is winter, and the family keeps' no Carriage, she is weeks without being oat of the house; iand in the house she does nothing but dawdle over a novel, stitch at- a bit of fancy work, or sit over the register of the 1 furnace. t tnt im.L"rrM--nr arr iii'StVm i .' ' - ffher father keeps a carriage, sne may riue cTn occasionally ; but she is always furred to4he throat and so things are no better. ' In aword she is a hot-house plant, forced, li'ce it, to a premature development; and-like it doomed, in consequence, to a premature and unnatural de cay. ; - . ' ' - ': i Surely, if there is a reform in soci? .! life need ed, in One particular more than an other, it is required in the education of our daiij rhters, "and in the life we allow them to lead afterward. They are dying, by hundreds, for wait of fresh air; and yet we take almost no note of the fact. Wrhen the English prisoners perished, in the Black Hole in Calcutta, from the loul atmos phere they were compelled to breathe, the whole Civilized world cried out with indignation at the perpetrators of the deed ; and thjstigh near ly a century has since elapsed, the stiory is still never told I without exciting horror ' BufT we permit our daughters, and to a cerfain extent ' our wives also, to die, by slow degress, equally for want of pure air. In fact, whereithe Black Hole of Calcutta stifled its hundreds, the close rooms inhabited by American females Blay their thousands. Peterson's Magazine. I T.f - COURTSHIP AMONG THE BRETON ' PEASANTRY. ; ' ' The village tailor performs in JBrittany a most important part ; and as he is general! the poet, so is he frequently selected as the negotiator of the rustic marriages of the district. "IVten'' the preliminaries have been arranged, the tailor, then called the " baz yalan," or u messenger of love," from the young man to his fiancee, proceeds to the residence of the parents of the lattjer bearing wtth him a branch of broom in his band, ?as a symbol characteristic of his mission.' Here he is introduced to the brentaer, or advocate or de-. fender on the part of the young girl, whose duty it is to baffle the importunity of the lover's mis sionary1 as long as possible. " The bazj valan, af ter the usual courtesies of greeting, replies to the brentaer respecting the pupose of his visit, and informs him that " a certain pigeon arid a beaut iful white !dove were wont to'consort together, but that the latter, having been feared away by -a sparrow-hawk, he is now seeking for her in every direction." The brentaer replies, "That he has seen neither dove nor pigeon." Young man, you lie," responds the! baz valan, rather unceremoniously ; " our people beheld the white dove, in her flight, descend into your very orchard." j . : The brentaer still denies all knowledge of the lost one ; upon which the messenger of the young man. declares that his pigeon Trill surely die, and that he must depart to seek the dove elsewhere." ' M Stop, friend," the other replies, "I will go and search the bouse ; perhaps I may find' your white dove."! ' , : He retires; and shortly returns wltt a little gin. ;j - - -::"pi?:k: " Noi no, that is not my dove ; yeti cbarmin g little flower, if my pigeon were a drop1 of dew, he would descend upon thee ! tbenj; after a pause, he adds, I shall ascend to youir granary " per aps she has entered it in Tier fllgjht.' u Wait awhile, friend" says the brentaer ; aud retiring, he again returns with tbej" mistress of the house, "I have been in to' the granary,' " he cries"; I could cot fi nd your "dove,' only jhis I ' I A A
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