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IXMD1S I. LCI1T, liMriili Miter,
VOL. XLI.
RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY -MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1850.
NO .44,
THB MOKTH CaJtOUKA BTAJI
It KlUHU IIUUr
IT TBOIAS J. LE1AT k SOS.
(Offio naarly opposlu tbe Post Office.)
Trrai f the rip r.
U 0 pi unun. wbB paid is aiivavcb $3 00
If ptjatot i dlved tart mnDths.
Trrtni if idwrtitlni.
Oat sqaar. (10 line,) Urst insertion. SI 00
ear a subeeonent Insertion. 2a
Jart orders and judicial adrtrtlMUwotn, 2i per
eanl. higher.
A deduction of 83 J per cent, for dvertisetitt by
tk. year.
nWJ.AJl letters Mil enmmanjcatiniii tnust be ti
.fid. Remittance way b aiiwif at onr rik.
. THE ART OF IMPROVING THE
BREEDS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
n k LaTTCi adwiisskb to th iiuht
ho, tn Joseph rank, a. a, bv tia
JOHN lAlSDfcltS SEIRIHT, liUtT., H. p.
WITH MOTES BY THlt ItDlTOR or' "THC
ri.OVOH, THE LOOM, AND THE ANVIL."
Kl. i lit., I. lh. r..lL.in Li.
..i.i:.k. i' k. lanj s - .
-Memoir, of the " Penn.ylv.nia Agricultural 8 '" hodj ?f "K agncuhoriMt from every
eietv." ami in the "Aiueriran tenner," upoa I P1 rf the '. and two from Amenes.
readiogit, a few week. .in.e. and reHec.j T1?.""" M WV ".'."T!
how many y.mng farmer, have grown up tomanf jf lrt LT "? Xli '"il I. v'i
estate since then w. conceived the opinion that I "vie A'theb.the. priced tup 11430, "which
eaMiv nince uifn, we ronceiveu uir. opinion inat
it would justify a republication, together with a
few- note., which are appended Lfc'J. '. A.
j i , ' r
Deai Sir-
I have "not tlie pretiimplion to
hink that I can throw any ('ghf.t'pon. the jT)
of improving the hieetla "of Joineatie aaim.l.,
which it now to well understood in this coun
try: but, in obedience to voor command. 1
print these observation., to w hich I am tenti
i . . . , i . .
file you have at'.ched more talue than dwy
UCServe.
The attention whkh fHttlemen eT landed
properly have, of Ule yesrs, paid to Ihit sub
ject, hit been extremely beneficial to the eoun-
trv: not to much bv the improvements which
they themwlvet have made, a. by the encour
agement Inch the prolrssional breeder have
recened from their pa I roil age sod support,
without which they could not have carried
the breeds of cattle anil sheep to the perfection
which manv of litem hnve now ttatned.
They have, likewise, been the meant of
making the beat breeds known in everv king
dom, and of tranporl;ng them to district
where it it not prolmMe they would hate been
introduced, but through their agency.
The Duke of Uedlbrd, Mr. Coke, and tome
few others, have not only been the liberal pat
ron of the professional breeders, but have
themselves made great improvements ill. the
breeds, to whieh th ir aiteutiou has been
direr led.
The same success hut not, in general, atten-
ded frjtdemcA.t hesilireedi
after having been obtained by them at greit
expense, loo fmiuentlv degenerate, in their
hands, from mismnnageinent. They conceive
thai, if they have procured good males and fe
males, they have done all dial it necessary to
. eitahliah and. to continue a good breed; but tliit
;.' M ...np. nicn,ihc,catc., ;,,
W'cre 1 lo define what it called die art of
breeding, I should aay that it consisted in the
selection of l males, inmdtd to breed to
gether, in reference to each other' meriitand
.defectt.t
It it not alwtyt by putting the beet male to
the beti female, that tlieUst produce will be
"ohtaihed";' firf.'sTioiiTd' tfity "both hate a ten
dency lo the same defect, altlxiugli in ever so
slight, a degree, it will, in general, preponder
ate so much in the produce a to render it of
little mine.
A breed of animals may be said to be im
siBrtwed when any desired qtratity Has been h
. creased by art, hetoml what that quality was
in the same breed in a state of nature ; the
swiftness of the riice-hnrse, the propensity to
fn.ni i i,i..i! i'. Li....'
imorovements' whi.h ha.. J 'n.
i tirnlur varieties of the sperii to which ihese
: animals belong.' V hat hss hcen produced by
rt miiatl K iu,i,ii,,,.i..l u .1 -
n il.; .-,. imti. .1 I n " . !
.m . .uii. ..f n . . if 1
.to a stale ol n iture. or n.rli:ms ,l..fiet mill
.arise, which did not exut when the bieed
was in its natitrd state, unless the grea est at
tention is paid to the selection of th individ
ual! who are lo breed together.
We must olwerve the smallest tendcBcyr- to
iuperfectiou in our sun k, Ihe moment it tp
pears, so as to be able to couuteract it before
It become, a defect; as a rope-dancer, to pre
serve equilibiium, must collect the balance be-,
fore it has guiie too far, and then not such a
motion as will incline it too much to the oppo
site side.
The breeders'! Hud'es will depend entirely
inpon the degree in which he may happen lo
i possess ih is particular talent.
. Regard should not only be paid )n the qoal
iiliet apparent in animals, selected for breeding,
ibel to those which have prevailed in the race
ifrora which they descended, aa they will at-
W koOW Bnttlln. in It.!, b.nn. 1
ef then
these distinction, of of landed !
ipronertv.'' ,and
pnitessional breeders ourj
' profssionl shtsep breeders" are all "republi
'et?","l':e,,;" 'M,t th? sre not, we trust,
'.kiing ade in the art of raising and
.breeding ehwp, Utitt eosw from what quarter it
T T this defwition we would add, "with
partita r ohjid in sw," and in regard to
h reeding sf Wn, thai object thould be, for
the awst part, to pn4"ar th laoat valuabl weol
with th ieavttnHii and expenM. Meat iato be
th4 froat stiier squpaals, bnl root w aWra
,aW7oolr fmanuis sheep.
ro stBetaaiata.eewed with euew distiae
twa WKwun it taest And iU covering. How
j great the oiffcren tf rJie between the eoars
,est aad thenest wool I id ia as mwch a th
sweat aatgnaa ef eapital ia taeewltitwiasaef the
aasssanimkL willnrcidao awsol worth iftvani.
. id fvr the finest, insteadof teg for Ihecoara
, wwere, yi eiren ni stances or the country are
tfarssrable, as in mm, rhe rovmoMat (boa Id
, give tbt tatjst proaubk) direcuon to the ua ef tht
.capital tsiployed, by enaUing the farmers to
,-r,1' cMlve of the proni. ef rearing the Iner
ivMilei-,,,-!,..
eaSflKiB ear exxa7ca..auk
There, are time, we wefl kanw, who will object
,t Jhjs. wss tsMekWoiu WrtMT.ee rf'aotbtT
trprW,. Tbey doa'teurk th dit.
,UP1U bowreendetail. and general rriuciplee
:!L 5' ' ,.U!' with Burke, & -kit
.oa f tta aet pmoleaw la li.)Uo. wlut a
gbf tuU.p. iartfTIiZet bTtb.
IT iii,r,f!5 ",t "' " oah with
.ChrfMn!? " P IndividosJ
etB. rHill the rsp.a,Ulrjy of th genw
Jl JloprDt of the great rwwroet .U
' . Jf".,r. he tatnmed. kmg a govent
" d "en and men's intitutiorit re-
waysehow themselves sooner or liter in th
progeny. It it for this reason that we should
not Breed from an animal, however excellent,
unless we ean ascertain it to be what it called
trrff bred: 4hat it, desreadrd from a race of
ancestor, who hate, through several genera
tion, possessed, in a high degree, the proper
net which it ia our object to obtain.
The offsprir of tome animilt ii very un
like ihemaeliea ; it if, therefore, a good pre
caution to try the young males with a few fe
male, the quality of hoae produce hat been
already ascertained: by thit meant we well
know the sort of stork they get, and the de
scription of femalt t to which they are die beat
adapted!
Tbi rule, which ia to wall understood, and
generally to carefully acted upon, in regard
to hrf kwtet, it shamefully neglected In the care
of .beep.
Could our flock, ha urotrated from doe, and
steady encuarageaiant given to the cultivation of
the n nest wool, men surneat-oi. ware, sir.
B yboM. Col. Randall. Mr. Taintor and other.,
might he rewarded fir breeding nun., expressly
to be annually told or let on particular day, aa
by Mr. Joua. Wehb and other, in England.
Iatst month. Mr. Webb had hi. 2"th Annual
'Irttma'
of Southdown ram, attended by
. . . . .r . '
L" in"'r rHtwihn year nr. the ew tr
1 1 '-" f""" 'l? 'V'"'
j..t20, to Lord Berwick. "Mr. Meven. 1
Ik' m.' Lv- J . .k,
rarmr
from
V w V nrh himtnna tin ,1 IS niiir,. .Hit
thin gentleman, w nndemtand, alto nurchaaed
ewe of Mi. WUt ntwii-aa to the a-de.
t Thit result i not likely to happen where the
breeding i. kept viIMh Ike if in ; then "like
liegett like" riV great uniformity and preei-
suia ; pronnen the goon point or the animal
I , ii . i i 1 r i i '
nitTw own well eaianii.nea ot carwiui nmnin.
tht0Ufh ,u(wr, g,Mr,Uon.. But there it
itHnffAr l,&l ttA ImI animili. tli rm.nt
piwWe lee ieeteel toek. may Lreea' ".Jbsak
and bring out again the qualities of their inferi
or aaeeatrr. Th English farmer. Kllman, wbo
won enviable distinction, a well by bi high
nil lilieral character a. a farmer, generally,
a by bi. wonderfiil success in the imprtivtmert
of ptmthdmm aeep, went so far perhaps a little
too far ) a to any, oa the nevesstty si having
sheep "well bred:" "Where attention haa nut
been paid to thi. stiom, I have seen the offspring
everv wav Inferior to both aire and dam: and I
would rather, therefore, breed from an Indiffer
ent ewe and ram, thai I know to bs well bred.
than fn-m a ewe and ram possessing a good ex
ternal hape derived from an Indifferent stock,
where little or no attention had been paid to the
oreeaing.
Ibht OtMehuUd mtt mk.
ANCIENT AGRICULTt'HE.
From a very interesting article in the Lon
don Quarterly Review on this tubject, we
make ihe following extract. The w hole arti
cle w iil repav perasal. Our modern farmers
no. doubt look upon the ancients a Itttle better-
Utah Ibarbaitant in agriculture, but it would
appear that more respect was paid to agricul
tural hooks, and at reliable retultt were derived
from agricultural labors thin tt new. But to
the extract:.
"The Roman agricultural course, w ith the
partial exceptions to whieh we shall, hav oc-
caido to advert, was sf the siiniileet possihle
(Icacription a crop of grain Hid a fallow .
t. very year one liall ol the arable land was
in grain, one half in fallow. One-third of the
fallow was sown with tome sort of green crop
to he mowed for lh eatde, and this portion
of the fallow, and this alone, was manured
nrevin mr"TTV'Hd 'th mat period bore
three grain crop tnd one green crop. This
we should bear in mind when we come to
consider what effect a long perseverance in
thit course had on production. The naked
failow received three or four ploughing dur
tng tlw awwBHir, heaidt di scsd furrpa. ,. ,
The w heat wat of many vtrietiet ; white.
red. Slack, bearited, and tmooth are expressly
ueutktueili and these do not exhsusi tit cair
tigue m name..
Some are taid lo be suited
) f nd dr.v- 0,her to wl moi
land, iligo, 1 ritirum, and lar Uuoreun ap
pear to have been the lavorile sort ; and the
two first varieties rwiMiot have been very far
removed, if Kltt.sr statement, that tiligosown
on ern I""'1' 'ft years turns into tnl-
. J
li uin he correct,
-The mode of towing grain affords, perhaps
the most marked distinction between Roman
anV modern practice Then yt s i war tw -Ibid,
The Itnd wat well reduced by ihs ine x, '
which wae our harrow, and was used both
for pulverizing and for drawing weeds to the
turfucc, and by the eratet which was ah imple
ment for crushing rlodt. Both these were
worked by oxen. If the land wss naturally
dry; it vas next drawn iwtn ridges (similar,
probably, to our turnip ridges) by s double
mould-board plough. Too seed was then
sow n by band broadcast on Uieae ridgea, and
die major part, of course setdrd into the fur
rows. It wat then covered by band with
rwrfr r. rales, tnd lightly, for the ridges
rertiinly were not obliterated. They are al
ways epoken of at a benefteial defence igaiait
thought to the torn growmg on drr lad
AIW this eovariag of die ed the land reaaan-
,d 1U"" lU " hd Put mi ""urlh. aiul
mirlfy 114 Kith Wide. U Uien received its
nral bwemg. (ssrrito.) winch in dry land m
eluded what we should call earthing up s in
moitt land, where die corn wat already ou a
ridge, the operation wat simple hoeing.
-Many passages occur ia ihe writers, wbich
taken ingty4 appear lo indicate a ttrong opin
ion oa their part, that w hereat tome erupt ex
haust -d, other unproved the land. The o
pinion that sonte crops, even when gathend,
improved th rand, did prevail lor Columel
la, who strongly advocate the ploughing in
System, thinks it necessary In coronal it.
"dome ted ua that a crop of betas stand in the
place of ru. airing lo th is tad. .wane It opiev
ion I would interpret this ; mm oee ean make
the land richer by sowing (hem, hut that this
eiwpVill exlurust it less liian tome others.
For of this I sm aeuiit. that land which
has had nothing on it will produce more corn
than that which has horn these pvlie ia th
preceedimr vtar .'
Roman harvesting presents te eral ria-
bobs Jrom- UnUtb raecv. la eoto eases
4 fhe- ewti- of rhe ttanding eww -were" gaihertd
or s sort or coralj, cut ufT, awal earned U) le
thrashing floorttlie straw being cut by a tuV
tequent opcralioo. The mode i which liii
wee done i accurately described by the Byte
tecs, sad is flvtuty poUMjed iu Uie drawMf
from th Egy ptssa tombs. n other esse the
com was rut low, and baring been gathered
together, was passed ihrvmgh combs or hackles
hieh dcuiucd the ears. Pliny, In ji very ob-
aewre passuge, and rtlladiut ia one which t
more minute, describes a ttoiiing maehine
which was used in the ltr?e farm, in Caul.
We do not think that Meters Rantme and
Mr. Ilornsby would take the wordt of either
luthor or both , combined, as working si-1 Iter hutband looked astonished, but an
rertioat for the ronatnieuoti of tha im weredhcr, while the searched about for It
plement. Thit much it evident, thtt the body "Yon will toon find it, Agnes, in the folds of
of the machine was fiiei oa an axle which roor drcs."
eomweted two wheels. To the sxle were' Bnt the search proeed unavailing, and. it
fixed a pair of shafts, into whieh a very ! night, Mn. Motd.nt fiirlr wept heratlfb)
steady working ox was harneised, not in ' sleep. It wa. not merely th value ofthsor
the usual manner, but a a ttable-bov "anient, although it was of almost princely 1
would, with hit head where his tail thoul'd j worth, but the gift had been bestowed upoa
be. Contequendy when he walked on, in-! her by Mr, Mordant on the day of their mam
stead of pulling by the thafta, he pushed br j K. nd he required that it ahould lot be
them, and drove the implement into the ttand- j orn for show, but nexther hearU and, in ctse
ing com. Bv' some toachihery which wejo'"i' death, he taid il would remind her oT
cannot undertake to describe, it collected ears him. A thousand thouihtt earns into her
of corn, cut thrm off. and dronoed them iato
a receptacle in rarpeutum: l'lmy aa) a
'vallum.' Palladiua tayt that this iiuplrmenl
answered well in open and even land, and
thai tome farmers in Oatil cut their whole har-
vest with it without employing any reapi rt.
"The direahiiur was by flail, by treading j
out (lor which hornet are taid to have been I
better than oxen.) and Utterly by a machine
drawn b ealUe, descrilitd aomeiimet at hav-
ing teeth, aomciLtuet toller, called tribula ,1
trahu, and fotUmn. and which, whatevet it J
Blight, be, was adopted from Cartilage.
-Tlie nodo( using alraw were various,!
,i ,,... rinlinsriU
upper half was used aa cattle food, the lower
.. . i . -
at litter; but avheu the former tailed, the latter
was bruised n ttoue a rude anticipation,
of our chaff-cutting and tpringtcd with salt
to indue tlw cattle to eat it. Ctlumella seta
very Jinle Tjlue Jyeij pn . tjie jtsf aM ,.. J.S
that In many placet c.ulie are led on it Ixuw
nccetsitv, but minus cummode, ' "
IOIITH'i lirilTIEXT.
" THE DIAMOND CROSS.
Wriitenftlhi '''! " ivrcaa4iiBowAo.
- , I
ing. before Simon Barton .humble door, j
.n theshtpe of . gorgeous eqnlpage and ,
.piiroftpinhoree. .trtktng the grount ,
wtth Ihetr tmpatjent feet. ., a very un.al j
sight it wis, in that dun and nuserabh itreet, I
, . a . i
to behold to grand a coachman flourish to
,t . g ,
formidable a whip over the headt ol tuch ,
glossy steeds. Why, the steeds themselves
lotted their finely -shaped hctdt in the air,
eager to go forward on their way; but the elegant-looking
lady, w ho wat within the coach
and had pulled thecheck-tiritig for the coach
man to stop wrien ana wjiere tie aid. teemed
dctermit.ed'.h.. they should tw.it he, plea
ure. I he party were eviucnuv strangers in
Ihe city, and consisted of the lady, a gentle
man, and a bright ai.d beautiful boy,
-Why do you stop Agnes," said the gentle
man, languidly, "at this ouWif-ihe-war,forlon-Wik
ing place, eafnfn honk-stnref You know
that we have not miniite lo spire; for the can
tain tnM us he would certaiidy uil at ten
and. if the vessel goes without us, I shall miss
die last chance 1 have for lecovery,"
-Dwnoi (ear, AJIxwt," replied - the lady, a
she biok from her bosom a jewelled watch ;
"it is but just nine o'clock, and they tell me
that die warf is very near.' My motive .ir
topping here it not altogether selfish; fori
want tome books for both ofutto read on the
voyage, and though I have unwisely put it off
until the last minute, I possibly may find
something here."
. The. invalid's eye grew bright, l-.
tint, at the lady spoke, and he aa usual, let
her have her own wty, gazing proudly on the
rich beauty md noble lirof hit lovely wife,
tnd then linking hack into ihe carriage with a
sigh of regiet mil a troubled look at the pros
pect of hi early death.
. At the -dot of )h humble book-store stood a :
girl about ten yean old. who had a weak-look
ing child in her arms, ind the lady paused as
the encountered her. The girl's countenance
wit one of peculiar loveliness, and tha clear
hazel of her eye wit uplifted to Ihe Hunger's
face.
-You are very beautiful," taid the lady.
hastily. "No I should not sav An, for it
will make you vain I nieau, I tike lo 'ook at
you; there it somethiug enchanting about you
as you turn! with that doll of a child in your
arm, flow old it tne, and where M tht mo-1
tberf
-ltte it only two, the, answered, "and
ticUy most of the time. r Eyrr Since my "mo
ther died I hive taken care of her, and the told
me not la part wiih her uutil we meet in the
blue iky up yonder."
"1) not tear, returned the itnngcr; "1
(hall not rob you of your treasure. And, the
father where it hef"
-In the book-store, answer the child; and
the lady remembering her errand, entered.
Himon Barton showed no sensation of ssion tsh
mentat the bright being stood before him, tod,
advancing from among his dusty books, saked
her pleasure.
"Hare you aay tbing new, inquired the
lady, -wherewith to while away a ledums sea
voyage something light aqdentt running?"
The store-keeper displayed some books,
which were by no means new, and the lady.
turning them over, contemptuously, said.
War, these must have been printed before
Ihe flood. Hive yoa nothing more modern!"
"It takes money to lay in a new stock,"
grumbled the man, and money is mil the lot
of every oae,
The stranger looked inquiringly at him, I
and taid lo hftotell, -l see that you are poor,
but ou srr proud;" then the added, aloud, -I :
will take a dozeo of these books. v hat is
lh price?" i
lie named the price and she paid ft. He
tarried the package toohe carriage, and then
reeamed hw oceuptuow tnT lusting hookt.
4t the lady crossed again the threshold, the
girl whose strange beauty had so struck her
met her gaze. .1..:.L:. . .
Here child," said tha, "lake thai trill and
hay aw dress for Lous end yourself, sod if
you an trer hi want, rtujomner mat tne re a
oertoa ia the world ready ft help you, whose'
name j$ Agnes Mordant,''
lae eumpage rolled pjrrodir a way, wnnr
tit git) stood looking her nmie ttfankt, sr t patient child. - H haw yoa btveexhaptted alt
toba aarr the in valid : found : MtonWimgjjwpvWm saTuiyaatioii, aid tt iin a dial "fii
upoa t eofa on lb deck of an outward-boaad
r cere I, wnten was notdiy phmgnttig in waves,
wtdi hi wife rneenng him wjitb worse of hope
aad extort, while his child pristid bkttbin
bvdt to hi h)tle red lips, . A. deep sleep
aomewhat refreshed him, amLopeiiiegbii eyes,
he mechanically inquired the hour. Mrs.
Mordant again referred to ber time-pe ire, but
tn air of consternation overspread her features
wliea the discovered mat an ornament. Which
wti a.'wayt ituclied tn the watch-chain, indl
which she wort nexi her heart, wa mworiiig.
I -Oood heaven!" she exclaimed, "my dia-1
'mond eroat it not here!"
'nd s Ki where the could have lost it, hut
the could not account satisfactorily for it ab
sence. No one could hare stolen it, for she
never look it front the chaint and aha at last
arrived at the rondueioa that tlm ring which
was attached to the Chtin mutt hare snapped.
"'W h 'he mud have "Jroped It m tne etty
" n1 ' u ' "If1 ' "W;
u-eletn, for their voyage would, in tU
probability, occupy two or three month, and
' H uld be advertised, tbt nnder would
h," sppropi micd it to hiratclf aa having no
w"r' , .. ... , .
W c U-ft Lucy ttan.hng at die door of her
father hook-store, looking the thankf she
, nl u "P""- ' " '""V
1inU.llim.nt fnn m 1.1 tin With ffclinr Al
gratitude; for, never before in her life hid the
- I . n, , I
been the Juppy possessor of what seemed to
her such a large turn of money. In her limplie
itv, ah thought that it would last Lotto sad
heiseiri lifetuiieand 'ilw frrT'dmotKJolcfa'''
at tbe gut, lor now she could avoid tlie cold,
haish louk whurji her father invariably gave
her whenever site atked hua for nwmey to
supy eves tlie daily rtecetaKie of life.
-Lei fite aue," said the, wusiugly, "Lone
shall have two new ISunday dreaaet, and our
bonnets shall lie freshly. Iruuiniai widipink ribr
l .. ' t .. i. n i c. . .
OUII. IlillH. .I1MJI WU, HViri . Iir.
kimlieM4m, Pare of ,nd mehaU
hlin(lker(.lil.f ,,, ftn. Then, I ,h.U p0r-
fc ..Jwl , for the old one it.
misenlbl(..f00.ing hin(r, wh bo,h ban-
, , . . ... . . .
dies broken on. and but, should I not inow
, . . .,, 4 j .;. . a,,.
the tqonev to father first! And, tcttng on tins
.. . . . ... ., ,h." . ...
counting over his lite gain,
"Well child atked he, -whattloyou want!"
-Oh!" answered Lucy, delighted, "that lady,
who must have been a queen, hss given me to
much money!" '
.i. ... ...i i 1
."" ",.a -"'
Lucy thipliyed her treasure, and be, clutch-
j ing at it, took it from her tender hand, as if
It had been hit own.
"Ten dollars!" taid he triumphantly; "why,
'i a rich ..neuL.urely;iid will purchase
many goodly 4hitigs.,..JIere are the window'
panes to he mended and the bill 1 owe for
bread to be paid; then, there't that old Hand
ing bet to Ned Bums about the election. It
will do that and more too."
"But," lather, said the child, reproachfully.'
"Well!" teplied he. roughly.
(. . -Th iady trd that It would buy something
for Ixille sou met and we want new dresses to
look neatly in at sundiy school, and many
other little thing! fur house-keeping tkit you do
not know of."
"Yoa hive plenty of dresses," returned
Dirton; -and y oq ar, tht most indulged, apod
child in di city, your wante are endless." Then
seeing the lean gather to her eves at this un
just charge, he bade her begone from his sight.
and, while she led IjOtle irom bat presence, he
pocketed, with a miserly gleam on his hard
face, his unjustly-acquired gains Lucy did
not ;erpt for the scarltt llu oa hreheek
burnt up die few tears that flowed but the
turned her eyes upward towards thai heaven
where the believed her mother was walrhing
her, at if she had said these wordt: 1 '
"Mother, thou Brest it alt; thou knowest ill
my sufferings; thou sent bow hard is my task;
thai the fkihcr, who should cherish and love
me, is harsh and unkind; that there is dial in
his aauire which die angels mutt despite, and
which dioti, mother, mutt coudemn fog tuch
conduct helped to send thee early In llut grave,
W bat must I dnf W hat mutt b done! Hhall
I ttand idly, and let il ail go on, or shall Un
little frame and weak heart try to reform and
mtkeiny father beTterf r Weak though I tat"
will try, even if my reward come not oa earth,
but in heaven." , . ,
In a mute aspiration, somediing like Ihit,
Lucy made her resolve. Mie had a more dif
ficult task before her thin the at present divhv
ed, for her father, from hit youth. Hern tnd
and unyielding, had lived an irreligious and
careless life. Hit wife, who Was lovely in
every gift ef mind sad person, wanted that rear
olulioa of character which eould wake such
ma happy, and h wat nut possessed of that
spirit of drterminilion, Ihe germ of which
showed itself hut just now in Lucy's resolution.
Thviks to the little book store tod her modi
er't example, Lucy had .acquired a taste fur
study and reading, im) child though she waa,
thit application In books had given her a refine,
njenl of manner and conversation which child
ren do not often possess. All her Spare hoars
were spent in pouring ever thoe volumes
which her father, atrangely enough and at
nanus with his uttud indifference selected for
her. Every one, in a Ideiiine has had tome
aura ruomeni ss the aow endured bjr Luv,
Nlie felt depressed in mind ind body, loasiv
and miserable, without one friend on earth lo
whom h eould appeal for tfmpaibv. Brie
wat called away from utdulgUtg long in such
forlorn Uioughie, by Loue, to some and irau
her, and aldtough any thing like anwttemeet
was forriga to ber present mood, she tried hrr
best to entertain aud quiet tlie wiywird efiild,
They tat together upon the stone step Mom
the door it which the greal earrispe had lnp
ped, and Idicy told the oft acDeate4. stor.iis taf
Cinderella and blue Beard, or drew froat di
eomert of ber tried brain nunr a ' Wonderful
tale of her own invention, There are not
viae thinn m lh world mora tiresome than
ahe tt.k of lale-lslling to a tttk&iwb tiwiWlbtmK Uim hef humble bed,
bat done iimii thing brillitai ia the wsy of
eabeard-of advealurea of sou gianl or ogre,
aad look down at the child, expecting to at h
wrapped ia thought, or expressing lhanki tad
wonder, th only polio thtt is taken of ill
your exertion t expressed iq the words;
"It that all; do tell me mother." "
' Aad it was llint with poor Iiey and Lotto,
"ding to m nhw," taid Lotto, "mamiwt't
ong- Ind wKh a heavy, latile heart, ley
warbled dt nursery long that Lotto loved so
welt, railed ill -Idle Carl," While lott jtmwd
in the timple c ho rut eunlained in tlx last tins
of each vertw.
Ok, tua, bright swa, toaMawt ef tht sky,
pot yaar hard serfc for a miaul by
Give as for a whllt your esdlest rwmd.
A ad east aad play with at an th grosad.
But lb ass said m!
Wia l, eokl wind, with year wkistlt aad roar,
Pray so aot toy with the wave ear bmwi,
roan froHe with that'i a gnwi M ttma,
la tbt rhar gra 'aesth la appls trs.
Bat tka hrtttt said as.'
Ob, watar, clear as yo low aloap, .
I'm due to a iettaad aias a asaag,
Dimt rorever that cadi way.
But paaa fur aaaSBent and with ttay. .
Bat the strata, said a.'
Llttla bin Mrd, oa the high tne-tep.
Vou have nothing ta do and will stop,
lH .bow yea a way t baild a ntat,
Aa stay way, Ik nicest and best
Bat tbt bird said
ftua, iraten and wind, and itrmat tty to!
I los, t task wiH quirkly pa;
I siust not b idle clone all lb dsy.
But vbea ay work's doat, tbea eta I tow. and
play'
And tay aH taid
At Lucy tat on the atone step there , tinging"
and talking to ihe child, with her heart any
here but in the wordt the was saying, her fin-
ger idly traced llnguem in
e .
the, sand, for she
M-n. tliiiiL in rijfcnnr nnn.
was thinking deeply upoa her newly made
plansV: lit the turned over the loose mil she
saw some thing glittering in It like sunbeam.
prie too
L' t . L 1,
it though
hibit her treasure to the passers by. Her na
ture wat aot one tn conceal any eireumttance
of die kind, but the had an undefined dread
that if the thowed il lo her fuller ha would
insist upon keeping il for hit own, and ah too
well remembered her experience in the iffair
of die lad) 't gift; '"The owner must b found
al once," said sb lu herself, "But how? Hhall
we put it in the papers? Yea, thit would be
.the most .straight forwird plan, ind then,
may he for our honesty, we will get a
handsome reward." Thit plan seemed to b
in correct, thai hot doubting for ia instant that
her father would a creed to it, th ruthed into
his presence with the glad tidings oa her lip.
-Oh father, I have found such beautiful erns.
Lei us hsvs a good look at ;l before the owner
eallfo il. Here art twelve targe while stone
encircled by twice many red ones, nev
er tw such a perfectly beautiful omamaat,"
"Let me tee," returned the father, -what
you have found, some bauble, I suppose."
"No, rather, no bauble, only look at it.
At Lucy held It up a sunbeam coming
through the window lit up iu ihining turfice
nd a thousand butterflies of imprisoned light.
taking their exquitite colour from the rare
diamonds,' danced over the Willi of th room.
Bartoaaaw the sudden light and looked np
surprised it hit daughter, Hhe stood there be
fore him like a flower thai had - sprang from
an old and decayed trunk, so ditfereat were
the child and tlie man the, with bar Hushed
face ind graceful fingur holding op th Croat
in the sunbeam, with htr dark eyes turned ad
miringly towardi it hi, with his fae full of
wonder and eoveleoufneas look in literal telv
at her and it. He sprang lorwardwith greedy
ryes la take her prize awsy, but the closed her
little hand tightly over It, ind said:
"Tell me first, father, what you ire jgoing
tftaojwjih,jU,,.;., ..
' "I will tell yoa ifierwirds," replied lie.
"No," taid the, eoaiingly, "I think thil the
cross it mine until the owner comet for it, for
I found it by Ihe itone step in the itreet. Now
I want yew to premise me totrivertite it.
Hiire il lo nv," said ha coldly. '
-I make no rasli promise child," answered
ilarton, -hind II to m mstintly.
"Oh, my dear father," aaitl the IrouMea girl
eirneilly,"! ant hope that you would let
hive my own way iboul thit. I sfit! hope
Ihit when you saw Din rich jewel you would
hive said lo me, "Lucy, go and find lh own-
. - - . i .
i, nut I im itraHl that you ire not going lo
do thuft Yes, you ire," lonlinurd tlie, tender
ly, -I w misukrn. I Hunk that you are
looking more kindly now, something it yoa
did it mother those time when you loved her
best. Your little Lney ean go ind find Um 00
r." ' '
Her hither deigned lo lake no notire or thit
gende and politic tpeech, btit sorning nearer
lo ber said sternly, "if you do not give ate
thst cross I shall fore it with my iirnng hind
from your tender grasp, ind snili them both
per hap, you bold, uiigratcful child."
Waa I Airy angry at these wards? Nd, aot
angry, buljlitirt Her cheek glowed with deeper
cnrnson, and her eye fell beneath her father i
flrrce gaxe as she taid, - will give it lo yoa.
iatlirr, without your uting loree, because yoa
art my parent, nut if yoa do not act about it
a I ask oa to, I think thai, some dsy you
wdl be anrrr for it, lor year eanstieae will
tell yoa that you are wrongi ind oh, remeo
ber, sir, remember, that there ii (Sod who
see in secret." Ilersmsll and trembling hand
unclosed ind placed the eross withia her lar
Uiertbrowa tnd eotrse palm.
-Lucy," mm) he, after examining il well,
"these ire real diimond and tru rubieie
Tbey will make us rich, girl. We pin bpy
house and ground with them, tnd rou ind
txitte shall be ladies of die land, f lurrah!"
added he, in a tuddt-a burst of exultation, "I
have withia rov hand, without one iffort of
minoi what I have for so miny yean been
wishing for, and in v in riches, nchss, riche.
K.y aothing about lh erosa, Lucr a yoa
value my Uvor. ! thill alwty kVp it about
dm, uptil all fear of detneiioa is over, and lh
proper time cornea, sad) ibM auea more, hue
rah!" .
, IMcy eould not gympajfuie with tin
wretched spirit and she said u him, for the
last lime; "Thetl ) mi itt ng profait DM
tberl . . ...... i
-Do you tliinfc tne njaoy replied be, ,,hl
oromise von nodiiiur.'
I he poor gin ruswui w net owa inn room,
a , t i i.. t. j
. .. if j i . . . . . . somuvM win, iiiwrc.w,. worn mw tmuwf
ok H Bp t fmyWmM Mid ..ComeinTehiULwMl read bulbar
oghl, .hehid it id her bosm,ifri.d toex- 'Bh, , j ,ijndow py hi,
mr imum In lh. n.s.rr. hw. 11m. Mn. .... .
k n i, ..o ..mn .i..;menni n
trtirrC-
thin fct-her heart, and oa light about ber?
. - -
on inoug; r am.., .
The next "dsy rxr feuSer'i manrrrr wa
sterner ihan ever " ho ftvideudy w allied to.
makf her afraid of kin. Her good, sheening
wit received rokllv, tad eve 14le,'the pel,
was urmoticed. i Barton epeal hopre making
ealeolsiions on piper, and when he knew that
he was unobserved counted the diimond nd
rubies over and over again, Il an a difficult
thing for on of, Lucy' disposition to take
weekly the harsh rvbukt'i that were tlwwctvd
apoa her every day. !q the extremity ef her
anguish, th formed plan of escaping with
Lou lo I not her city, there to heg or work for
her bread for the tell persuaded that her fa
ther, by hi. actions, would rather hiva herib
sent than there ever before him, eonsciou of
hittecret. Bh dared not reveal it lo any one,
for her habit of obedience wat ao ttrong thai
she considered herself bound lo her ptrenl by
the holiest lies, and moreover, ah feared that,
were he detected, some dreadful panwhnwvl
would await him. !She eould not oftea yield
to thought of flying away from aerfatber'a
root, log her better angel came tnd told her that
she was wrong, and ber wool soul became
filled with lite idea of accomplishing br fa
ther' reform. And to her mind there Wat
baton wiy to achieve any goodind that Wat
tnrongh the Bibla alone, aided by the guidance
of heaven.
Lucy waa an early riser, for her latki were
many her Cither rose late. One morning, aa
he til doe a to retd her ususl portion of the
Holy Word, th thought (truck her thai per
htpther father might not object to hearing it
alto. So ihe took the volume and knocked
timidly at hit door.
"Are you awake, fatherr" inquired the.
" Yea," replied he, "hut what oa earth ao
yoa want with ma? If I am iwak yoa wok
-lmeoiMtoreadmaBible,Ond l Ward.
to yoa."
ran wti a long pause, and Lucy might
havo counted one tixty lime, but her heart
leaped with joy unspeakable when her Hither
bedfidn, read In a dear sweet voice thos
wordt, that hive often proved i comfort to th
inner ai well a a delight to. the christian
the faetritade. When she had finished ah
isosa withoulsaying word retained ta bar
toom, where ahe bad left Lott islsep, lad
kneeling by lh bd-dc preyed earnestly for
her father ind the sleeping thild, W hit could
have been th old mtn'i rafleetloni ii thai an
gel of marry ranithed from hit sigh? Was
the spirit of peace left with him, ' or did hi
hard heart know no peace? Hit manner ion.
tfnued unaltered toward ber) no (find words
pissed hi lip, ind y st the drepaired not, Tlie
next morning foond I mtj against the dreaded
door. The mm iwfU pent succeeded her
question, tnd again he gave her (ear to enter.
8om tun th would read a hymn, with har
BMuneal reins, and one her father asked her
to repeal a chapter it) fc Bible, - The war
golden mom ante to mi ghibful daughter, aad
the bud of hop bloomed m per breuti but It
seemed only in the dim light . of morning, be
fore the broad day shone through lh closed
shutteri thai the influence laied eunahio
aad lh earea of busines disparted il ill.
One day Barton went out lo purchase a
few new book, ind left the store in Lucy'
charger- W h il Lotto look aver - aum prel
ty pictures, Lucy, reeling that thit was a real
holiday , tamed over the leave of her favorite
author, and felt happy and free. .
(to coNctratiB KtxrwtKk.j
BRIDCK BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
, FKA.NCE.
Th British Academy of Bcienses ; has al
present ander eowskle ration a . phut of ja
extraordinary character, being aeithef j
nor le Ihan a iurcnto bride between
Franc and England, M. Ferdintnd Imai-
We proposes lo wtthlish rort lie bridge bei
twern Ciiiw and Dover, ror Uin purpose
he Would construct ttrong ibutmenl, to which
the plitform would be attached. At a dis
tance of 100 yard from th eaesV aad al di
tane of every one hundred yards afro Mn
Channel, be would link four barges hear it y
laden, to which wnnld be Nggd doubt Iron
chain of peculiar cjorittruetiou, A fnrmidtbie
pparatu of balloon of aa elliptical form, and
firmly secured, would support in th air the
exUemitiet of the fhains, which would be
ttrongly fastened to the abutmentsoa lh shore
by oilier chains, baen seeuoo olon huaurro
yard would eost iboul I00,000f which would
matte iboul eighty-four million for lh whole
duHsnc Tlie chains wifHNtrtod in
lbs sir at staled distances, would become tbe
point of support of this fairy bridge, on wl.ipb
lh inventor purposes to establish aa atmos
pheric riilwiy. The project hn beeq deve)p
fd at jrest length by the iuvsntor, --
. Pbikccm A. Tbe peooU of thi eoiin.
ty have long looked forward with bright hope to
a canal Connection betwaep (be Eatiern Branch
of Elizabeth river and Nnrih river tributgry of
Currituck Wound, in North tleroiiun out the
eheme found no rul voeate tUew hsre, because
it wa too piuah advane of Ihg lime. A
few ardent nlerprising aiUzeni of lit little
village of Kmpvdle might look into futurity
and lactunain with BuihrmatMal peruiuly, tlw
imporuwo of tuch eonnextioa Hf . purpose
of commercial intoreommuniealion between two
crest tttiiest but they, being trljudged by til
moneyed wiseacre or those br-fon usyt to be
only "fishing forth promotion of their own
internet, were only laughed it ind derided a
vitinniriet ind ignorimqtee. Jet they weta
neter disronrsgedl and Ifpvr recoftectioii
doe not fall as, an trt wa pissed by tjie
legislature (we think it wit while thil lealou
friend ef improvement and free sthools, Mr.
Will tin Kohsrt. repreeeBtrd Frtoeesi Anna.)
to ineorporanr a corn petty to est th mid eanal,
And, by the way, in turning over lh leave
of a file of tlie Herald of th yaar 1SII, w
rami across th following eommunicition,
which th writer of thit truel Immediately
recognized at die production of in iniclligeiil
pd estimable eiu'zen of Kempsvill, th Key,
Aathony.Walfce, now no more; 4
From lie Herald of June It, 18JI).
ITtOUfhltnt
e Ae Conaf emtemfllti jrw
fem Brtnthof JUiiubetk neere
tlit Ktutem
AeA'tWAA'WrvieAirtwwo,u
CurrUurJc Souml. ; . ... , ,
Thi fanal ebould be al lent thirty fest trifle
al Ih Ion, and seven or eight feet neap Hrjih
a fork elrJhetid;Bnd wejrrm
it ought Id run M level, with vgry few impftu
distant lets tbift eight o.ile.
V" J- J o"rMt wou produce
.mMluull I
mcHl benefit to th-s town of bjorfolb, as well
ts to tbe inhsbiteat of th fmptty lying cow
ugeua, arid all the peoplg'.whe rreida along!
th0ttof North Ctrolipi. Aaadvantogeaw
aad safo mwreoeras wevijd be uSosepssisd be
tween PbibaViphta, )allifBr. Ktehtpoml.
Wrfiifigtonand Aleiandi aad lb Houthern
State, at ripens of about tixty thousand
dollar. . No objection founded on the general
good caa be tdduced, . , l'I18. .
. Thit w Written during period of war
and wbsa ur eoaat wa il lb mercy ef a bos-
um Beq and at aoara no body look nooos mf
it, ind a step waa taken lo bring il to Ihe Be
lie eflh Leg itlaiura for many subsequent
yearn. But ia process of tint aa set was ob
tained, a w hav be fori staled) and Bow the
matter it liken up. it would teem, in teniesl,
aad the hops of the Princess Ann people ir
in a fair Inia of fruit ion, which nothing can .
lh wart except the tact, niifortrity ascer
tained, thai the connexion betwen the iwo rivsrv, '
Eliiabeth tad North, can be more sdrantags
ously soosumm.ted fromr tlw .Boathera thaa
lh Eitlera braach of Eliftbeth riven ta tba -same
point oa North river, designated) aa
".North Landing. Th "Town of Not folk,"
which "I Ilvh)" deems will be aa nutorialiy
beaefiftod by the essal from lb Eastern Branali
baa token lb ubjct into rstsidsration, and .
measure hav bee adopted by il Louasil
to have a survey by the most com pete at aa
giar thai can be found. Hi will determine
the great question, whether either route ia
practicable to a degree which will reader it a
thouroughfarefor trade and eonuaere between
th Iwo States, worth lh axpens of the pro.
posed eaaak aad if to, lb on toil preferred,
. Aratt HtrM. '
" j.i.n 1 . BI ,'- -'
MR. WEBSTER AND HIS POSITION,
Hon. Isaac Hill, of Kew Hampwhire, baa
writtou a letter to Mr. Wtbtts-, xprainf
hi beany osneurrtac in the sen u meal ai hut
speeches, and bi warm approbalioa of hi
court in regard to th que km growing out of '
livery. H my Ihit "all that ie of va'ue in
th sound diacrimlustion and good sens of th
peopl wiUdccl.rt.in f4vprofdt gresl priaew v, "
pie of Mr. WtbiktV i$&'h'MBiM.n "" t . 1 "i1 1 1 '.V.
To thit letter Mr., Webater repliedalfollowai , -
WaiHinoTON, Araa tOth, IIM, . ' '
Hon. laaae Hiu. .!."---' r-' i
Ihtr Sir-A regard such a kruer from yea '
ilhilof tb ITth of mis bhmw B iwwsr, , -diaary
aad gratify ing incident mmy bpfc Fer
a kwgwrerseof year wa bar bslongad -en-
opposing partiea, espoused eppoite- meat-
and supported for high offio men of tar dw
fsrrrii poiitic! opinions. W bava not bow-' , -
ver lakeii diflrrrol view of duty in respaet
to the maintenance of the Conitiuition of th . ... ' ' . ,
United State, From your voice or your pea, .
any more ihan from mine, there never bis pro .
eeeded a tentimenl hostile to "that txmr of - t '
GoverttmCnt which constitute u Qn Pen ' .
pie." ' ; : v " ' "
a no now, wuen wa are no longer young,
staat of tlunp baa aritea seriously intarras-
qng th htrmonv and mutpal good will wbart) '
bivi hitherto rxisted between different part . . .
of th country, excuiag violent local ami
new. impeding th regular, and ordinary pro,
greet at lb (ruvgrnment, and. fraught will) '
mischief d vry dcepripiion. m .
And ill thi hat ,it or iginin arrtaia braacbt
of lh slavery quettion, al l appears to OK,.'"
are tilher bulla onimportartl to tL em selves, e
cteiriy setuco anq oeterminea tf v"
. . ..r , . i : . i l . . a ... .
Hiuim. - , -
Ad thin I have wen vitb that keen regret '
which yoa bava experienced yourself, and
wbiebaMBotbnibavn commea fssbag with
all reneeung m)ii wbo are, (overepf theig -."
f.wtr. . l '.-....,.,- .
I a tnw untiappy itat at ipa puoii zjih t
bava foil limy duty to iddrest myself, nut in
ktngtwg of irritauoa, eriminaiioa or nteaaor,
but in word of peace, patriotic sympaihy, and
fraternal regard, My effort ha been, aud will -be,
to lh full xlenl of my power, to cause ' ,
the, billow of use let and dangerous doine
muenir'toaHtooalMl WtT""' "
I am as hilly iwars n otir men or wnat
i to be periled from gucb attempta. In .'
highly rait() time it i frr eatier to fen M
ed lha fiirne of patwioq and discord, (bin
to subdue them, and ia uch time bs who
counsel- fljodenitton filndfl"'''' a"1?!
arded a feiling in hi duty to P;ty. ,
Thee cenaequenceg 1 willingly rneett fbese
danger I neounter ajthout hesitation, hsing r
resolved to thrbw my iclf, wjlh whiprertigli
miy bekxig to me uqreseryedly blla th opal
of lh tgioN. Whr Washington d I am
willing to follow, al a VutttUqu idoJ. R4
With uusqual, but (W falefjig tepi, ,
Th (peech. which you commend so much
abovt ig meriu, I iqbmil lo lh Political Parr
ry to which I belong, iqd to the wiig and par
triotie men of all Pirtiet. In' t J gsnertllui) Iq
wttfen I liv. ind eheeluljy ey It, with in
pnnciplej nd sentimerne whjch b) , to -
the judgment of prosisrity if mf fliUer my,
self thai aay ihitur, apokea or written by to
will b remembered o)g fnqugl) loeoin boi '
for that impartial and mguil u-(hunl. . .
I itu, wiih greal regjtrd, your ob' terv't.
UAMKt WEB8TEK,
A WTIIV BPEKCH, 'J,". . .
Hon, Daniel Webner being lavitedfoittent
the launching, a Bnton, of it splendid new
packet thip earned after him arrived about
five minute loo late, it teems, lp see ihe cr
el ilid from tha r)'- ht Mcended the
platform el the tlnp lioutpjhe prif grecwq
with round of fig hearty cjiesfA ind, pfter
ia iniredueiioa by Cp). Train, pot aWf
M follows ' . V v -Uf
al am vsrr much obliged to jroo, and gbtfl
to im you, fellow eitiaeii. I earn lier l. '
aaomy aamenk take Iter departure for I" r
proper lemeaU I am in older friend of in
eiltien of Bastoa than h il, ind I hop
to leave thrm quite suddenly. . 1 give you
joy of Ji fine mar g, fellow einzen. I
bop you and your lauulir are u weu, mo i
rejoice to tee to many bvldeacrpi l4 gener
bappiaewaud protpetty l) gfquij jFHWg".
8L4VJ(Y,N CALlfQUNtA.
: THtVKI TB. TtSTCOrl0.".
F orrespoadtap offbe .New York Tribune,
fUu Fcito, hhiiidsy, Bfpt, , lp?".
1 have a few wards to sav lo Von. rust iffeet,
, n reil but only avootrd qaestjoa, Pan?
,,-t iVebttrr sisu-d in hi e real speech on
divine Uw''
twrolntar amitila r unaM,itip thie. mwi
offl.ejttoeky Mil"!'!"- W '"'Ml he n'
nature of the eot))(try. ttc. Ac., il would, nv
No greater mitrtakft Pfiuhl be niatlc; ,vef
have alwat existed in inch circmlncei a
w mtvf jfiifOr-loatow. ihe. Bsrbary ' ,:,
Arabia, P-rsis, Ih Etl, Mr. Webster !
gretrly'irred n ttating thai those who famo
hithrf aevpt ftill ihe i)esirbU-nes pf fheif
stava( mi ffial tne meompaubiiitf of tf caes
with res pert to the exit'iriice of slave ekmo
prf fvnt)M tfietr bringing them along. Tins ie
ij wmply not the fact. The men of tht
Mouth here only regret that ihey had pot
known before whai they now know, to win
ihat thry aught hayp brought il'ing (heir
lives, and been unmolested in the pusw i"fj
of tht in mi) the proiits of lliiirlal or,
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