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Ml pa p. -mf-xi .--sk 10EIM ssi i TI011I J. UIlii Editr KOITI C1K0L1S1 TwtrfnI ii litrllcrtual, mora! ind physiral rrMflirn, the la4 tf ar lim Kiim f nr ffrctidi." VOL. XLII. WEDNESDAY MORNINGSJUNE 25, 1851. NO. 26, CnPTV" 1DT: rl t,: -r " . ; Tl8jlg. u fit yuinlj la advsMs, $5 frr aa- j somewhere eorercd by the application. The nmi II M if trilhia ate Matiu; aad 13 at th j practitioner in attendance did not pretend to .TtksvMr. ADVKTI8IK0-1 Sanr (It Haw) in Isfntios, l( u4 t nbIj fur task tsbsUBt taacrtiwa. AtiHU'1LTUP.AL. , T1VAT10N. Thi in what ia nor needed throughout all the col ton -growing region than anything els which now suggests itself to us. It ia idle to talk about using better tool, plowing deeper, or manuring lands in t country that lui ao little rtal flat if for certainly that cannot be called reW which i liable to run off into the Gulf of Meiico or Atlantic Ocean, in the first Wavy shower after it ia plowed. Yet this ia the condition of much of tlie Innd upon which cotton grows. A it must be kept clean by 'cultivation, and it continued in cultivation as Wg aa it will produce, ia it any wonder that a Very light toil plowed up and down 1 1 ill for yrsrs, with a plow that merely arratrhes the surface, should to soon ruin land; and conse quently exhibit such brojd waste of old fields coveted with gulhty, pines, and broom alraw. which we see in every district that haa been cleared of forest a dmen yearn, and of ten much less, serve to produce the sad ef fect f '"The remedy for this is entirely easy, if commenced with the first cultivation of the land ; and even after much of the mischief has been done, it will prove very efficacious. Shall we give the process generally approved by planters who have tried the system most extensively? However undulating may he the surface of . Vhuf fielct; let alt llM rowshr taiit off" perfect- ly level. I o do thu, first establish one row upon any given point of the field by the level ling instrument, and then make four to six more upon each side as near parellel to that as can he none hy. the eye of the br-il plow; "mini' who must be set to Wort olf for the other to bed up upon. Now, from the outside row incisure off for four or six rqorc rows, and then establish a second 'level by the instrument. In this way, go over the whole field, no mat ter how-undtilsilnf thr -u;ffw, -rriiike' ah the rows level. If planters coiild be persuaded ti plow deep, that is, eight or ten inches and use the subsoil plow In stiff funds, this would an swer very good purpose without ditches. But aa that will not soon be done, the next slept is to cover the whole ground with a sc ries of open drains, sufficient to take up all the water that falls upon the side hill, and con duct It safely s may. At the whole value of the improvement consist in the accuracy with which this work . is done, the first step necessary is, to provide good instruments. The cheapest and bet on for plantation engineer is what is called the THler tevtti-r'Vo make -"thin implement, cut out two strips of light pine, one inch by three, a little over twelve feet long and put them loge'tlurin a triangle with a atiff girder hetweeu, three feet from the bottom, so that you have a true triangle of exactly twelve fuel .... tide, one of whkh k.pen.. .Now sc; it up-' "!!, IM feet exkcjlj; JfevjIuuCUwnMJLMlU nieiit height lot the person who is to use iu iut another girder across with a spirit level state either the precise situation or nature of I the disease causing lameness, but chose, nev ertheless, to be doing something by way of remedy, the owner of the mare hading she did not improve, and being doubtful of die practitioner's knowledge of die case, requested him to discontinue any further Attendance. When the mare was made to walk she did uot betray any great amount of actual limping, but in the trot, the was exceedingly lame, and in both pace, there was a rolling outwards of the tipper arm bone, aa though. H was luxated at the shoulder joint. The muscles covering the outer surface of the shoulder blade were so much shrunk, that the middle ridge of the bone was particularly prominent, and the outer as pect of the shoulder altogether presented a flattened appearance, as com pared with the op posite side. The case was evidently one of what is called "shoulder slip; ami so palpa bly plain were all the symptoms of this affec tion, that the wonder is how it could ever he mistaken for any other. The owner of the marc had remarked to the practitioner previously in attendance, that he thought the shoulder Was the scat of lameless; the only reply was WNn, air, it is only wasted for want of use." This is not the first case in which we hare seen shoulder slip, so culled, entirely over looked and overlooked too by veterinary sur geons, graduates, hy-thc-bye, of our southern veterinary school. The disease consists in the first place of rupture of the muscles oiitsidi the shoulder blade, and in subsequent r.hsorplioii or wasting of these consequent on having their na t iral capabilities ofcontraclion and toncdestroy ed. It is this loss of active and passive coiilrac- Ude-powr-w UHhHHHdeS'itaturaUj posaeo.-thal. allows the head m the upper arm hone, (hum erus,) to roll outward when weight comes up on .it, and we consequently observed that this rotation outward, and attendant lameless, are always creates! when the horse, inns' affected, HlTgotrlg" "do WW hilt.'"Tir'ni'r in7;joWyorc'aseii 01 lhiskinil,acuremaybe ellecled by applying counter irritant rejieatedly over the seat of dis ease, by continued rest, and a few weeks' run at gr.va.X'rth-Hrilth .floriculturist. Maunxas, then an unprotected pen, and march upon Havana. The men-of-war were to appear at the same jime in the harbor of Havana. Being thus besieged by et and land, the Spanish coukl easily be starved out, ahould an etfort to take the rity by storm prove failure. Just at the time this propo sition Wst made, England was negotiating a treaty with Spain, but the plan was to put all the blame upon the colonic. The scheme fell through at the time, but thirty year after, it was carried out precisely as indicated, and fourteen millions of specie were taken from the Cuban Treasury. Spain obtained a trea ty afterward and got the island back, but not tlie money. The intrigues of the English Covcrumeul to obtain possession of the Isthmus and other portions of Central America, presents a his tory of great interest. Two Admirals were continually employed a la 'Cbalfieid, in this business. We understand that portions ol these document are being prepared for publi cation. The book will be interesting in ma ny points of view, particularly a allowing what a eatspaw England once made of lier American Colonic. -V. Y. Tribune. bar with a stout screw, and Uien bring the otherTfr"n8 ilnyl',,, ff,at MWnFmiy-birTiwde 01. an uso is iosi, weens, uume, n;ty, ine very goose grass which covers waste places, is cut up and taken for the cows. You see the lit tle children standing in the streets of the vil- (IKK-MAS AtJItKTLTCKE. Each German has his house, hit orchard, hi road-side trees, so laden with fruit, that if he diil not carefully nrorupsVl tie together, and in many places hold t Tmiuis together with wooden damps, they would he torn as under by their own weight. He ha his corn plot, hi plot of mangold wurtzel, or hay, for potatoes, for hemp, Ac. lie is ' his own master, and he, therefore, and every branch of his family, have tlie strongest motive for constant exertion. You see the effect of this in his industry snd his economy. In German nothing i lot. The produce of the trees and the cow is Carried to market, much fruit i dried for winter use. You tee it lying iii the sun to dry. You see siring of them hanging from their chamber windows in the sun. The cow are kept up for the greater part of the year, and every green thing is .collected nook, wfiere the grass grows by road side and river, ahifbro'u carried home on the heads of the women and end to a point thai indicates level and fasten it. Kererse the feet of the rafter to prove your plain t leret, and your instrument true. New if vow take thi In the field and move it tlmur a (iven line, that line will he an exact level, j o lay en a mien with a tali that ex perience has proved to be about right, screw on a block so as to raise one foot of tlie rafter three Inches, snd as tlie feet are just twelve feet spar!, that give you a fall of three inches t.ti every, twel v feet, or grade of lttO feeyo the miU, which will carry the water without any danger of Washing, particularly as the ditch will grow up in grass during summer. If, however, the ditch is very long snd ha to carry great deal of water, it way be more ale to lower tlie grade toward the outlet to two or two aad a half inches to the rafter space. One of the great secrete of success in sac ditches, is to wake them of ample dimen sions, and so near together that gully cannot form between them. The rows being level snd the ditches on a grade will cross many of the rows, so that an accumulation of water sufficient to break over and form wash, will find its way out to the end of the row into the dilcli, aud so be conducted safely out of the field. If the outlet of the ditches can be carried into the wood, or into tome other situation where it will not form gully, it should al ways be done. Make the ditches broat and roond so they can be crossed over with a plow, Mil be cleaned out with dirt tenner. If you And at any time they are wearing, put dams across or other obstructions sufficient to prevent the difficulty. No definite rule can tie given how near together these ditches must , b planed, as that will depend upon the pitch of tlie hill and textun of the toil thev mav vary from five to fifty yards apnrl. Besides saving tlie land, tide-hill ditches,' wherever tried effectually, hare greatly in creased lh product of the land. The reason of that Is obvious. Haiu water contains a great deal of fertilising property . If it run off suddenly, hot only that is lost, but a great deal more is carried with iu When it i held b the ditches it penetrate through the lower bank of in oitcn and enriches the land below, so as to show visible increase upon several rows of corn or cotton. It is system of artificial irrigation which, like that system wherever pnetised, make the land more productive, t Home persons object to level rows, because, upon very hilly field it makes the row too long. Thi objection is easily obviated by turning at every ditch crossing. r if ran n. ferit,Timke a many short rows as you like, but do wat slop the ditch so long as it will run liiUs, arid whenever the line comes to an old sk...!. 11 11. j ' p oeiow and cross it uuless it is - past all hope of redemption; and even tlusn, it :M j;4wuf u carry (be wml (ram it than empty Vtat Hitches into il. After a verv t,.r,l ni. Ih ewuer, overseer, or some-competent dri ver ought to go avCr all the ditches and see where there are any defects, or any alterations ' tequiied. and if any breach has been made in a ww ditch, have it repaired at once. ' , ' m?ric(i 9grieulturit, A Great Gold Story. On the strength of a private letter from San Francisco the N. Y. Tribune tells the following marvellous story in connection with the statement we gave yes terday of 26 pounds of pure gold having been abstracted from 103 pounds of die quartz rock: In the fireproof store of Gregory's express off ice in Sau I'mncineo, lives a gentleman named Hastings, who is largely interested in the quartz "mines'; trrrwt'0f1riTrlaTTrrt Creek, ten mile shove Stockton; his partners (for there are seven ot them) have ween work ing lor the last two or three months with indif ferent success. They leased out the c! lim to sH-4oae- MJtieaagf eeing-ttr- Jtridr the. profits, r.arly in April they commenced drilling on the opposite side of the mountain, -where there was not the least outward sign of eold. Alter boring to the depth of seven feet they blew out at one Mast $350,000 worth of eolil. Una occurred on the 1-ilti. thr the 22d two of the partner arrived with two boxe of the quartz, weighing 103 pounds. The boxes were afterwards taken to MolTatl's Gov ernment Assay office. - Each, ounce of rock yielded 98 SO of gold. Total value, 98,182 15. Cost of coining, 9225 -Several merchants have tried to purchase shares but they have been told that 9 1 00.000 would not buy one. j he lead is represented to be 7 or 8 feet from the surface, snd about 9 or 7 inches wide. The depth and length are not yet ascertained. Over two tons of this valuable rock is said to be in sight, and the estimated value, according to proseut appear ances, is 99,000,000. 92,000,000, it it said. can be got out in a month. Tbx Prior or Doiso No Work. There are men we blush to call them men who turn up their nose at the mechanic and hum- liter laborer.' Being liberally educated, a ii ia ea-lled, they rook dtrwa-wtth ' tort of Con tempt on those who, in cases, hare contribu ted to their support. "Yon need not despite lages, in the stresms which generally run down them rT wbin tbe are given to the cattle. They carefully collect the leaves of the marsh grass, carefully cut their potato topt for them, and even if other things fail, gather green leave from the woodlands. One ctn- not neip iiiiiikiiist cununumiy ui me enormous waste of such things in England of the vast quantities of grass on banks, bv road sides, in the openings of plantation!, in Unet, in church yards, where grass, from year to year, springs and die, but which, if carefully cut, would maintain many thousand cows for the poor. J o pursue still iiirtner this subject ol tier- man economy. j he very cutuugt ol the vines are dried and preserved for winter fod der. The tops and refuse of hemp serve as bedding for the cows, nay, even the rough stalks ol the poppies, after the heads have been gathered for oil, are saved, and all these arc converted into manure for the bnd. When Those art hoTT idfllciehtr rtie" 'children are sent into the woods to gather moss, and all our readers familiar with Germany will re member to have seen tliem coming homeward with Urges bundles of this on their heads. In autumu, the falling leaves are gathered and stocked for the purpose. The fir cones, which with us lie and rot in the woods, are carclul ly collected and ild for lighting fires. Id short, the economy and care of the Ger man peasants' are an example to all Europe. They have for years, nay ago, been doing that, a it regards agricultural management, to which the British public is but just now be ginning to open Its eyes, lime, slso, is as carefully economised at everything etse. Ther are eatlv risers, as may well bo con ceived, when die children, many of whom come from a considerable dwla nee.are in school at six in tli morning As they tend their cat tle or their swine, tlie kmiting never ceases, snd hence the. Quantities of stockings and other household things which they accumulate are astonishing. Homttt. jptntiiiuI.wJhteJidjB-Pll lady-to her pom- I tract, waste have beeijjn'giied onjhe 23 pou 4n, one day, -for many a niglilhavTTNovember.lv worKeti at Tt" to get money io seno yon lo school." There are women, too, wh iwill not touch a needle with their delicate hands, who laugh at the poor and industrious who learn trades, or work in factories, for a living. "I.a! lidw uiirc fined ft scornful smile, aa she lounge on the sofa, readin? the last pink of a novel. We once knew a Isoy shall we call her a ladyf of this complexion.' She was loudly WabwirpoeThaiti-wwkwggirhclHng SIIOULDKE LAMKNE!S. i r j n ww uTs airu. - are went in . hah Which kid bee lame for many weeks past tad bad fee wssr -iorw let reoeai-.rtl., .J everely blistered from lha ftiot tehs-fcnee, ii Off the suspicion dial the teat of uiitcfiicf un- was Interesting Dociixukis. lhere are in the possession of s private gentleman ol Washington, tome twenty volume of manu script, purchased at an auction sale of old family relict, which contain a comprehensive history of Enilish proceeding with reference to Spanish America, including portion! of both the northern snd southern naivesot me Continent, and the Spanish West Indie. Most instructive, curious and rich are the de velopments of 3politlat MBWttcy-iHIllltate' struclion to the Commandants and Admirals bavins charge of the English force itauoned on tht tide of he watwy -ostensibly to guard the Colonies, hut in reality to look out lor tlie fgrowtbrof the Brithdt -dominion at occasion might oiler. .. a , In 1729 a proposition was madslo ih then Premier, the Duke of Newcastle, by Col. J. Hamilton, to lake Cuba aa acqaisi- tioo represented fo be of Immense talus; nd 'importance with link txp$u t EnglimiLt f JbUadclpti.ia, RTfJitccipiiheconieia .', He proposed lo raise ten thousand troops in plaled extension. The plan adopted consists T . 1 . . . t . . t 'r : .1.- ST .1. .1 a .1. -I I '. the colonic, to be ubststod by thorn upon the requisition of the Homo Government;' and with the aid of two men-of-war lo be sent from England, he thotrghtthe thing could ea sily be done. , j he "troop were to land Froas tit S.w Tort Tnbuas. EXTRAORDINARY CRIMINAL TRIAL IX BELOUSI.- . A criminal trial is row pending in Belgium, which, on account of the high social position of the parties, hat excited general interest, in many respects resembling that called forth by the I'raslin affair in France. The circum stance may be briefly related aa follows : The person accused are the Count and Countess Bocarme, for the crime of murdering their brother-in-law. The Count belong In one of the most dictinguished families of Bel gium. Hi father, Julian Bocarme, married niece of the Austrian t.enenl Ghastclit, was an official of the Dutch Government at Java, where Hyppolite, his only ton, was born. He was nursed uy a colored woman, and grew up among the Malays, whose savage and perfidious character he seems to have imbib ed. Count Julian afterward returned lo Bel gium, and lived for some time at Tournay. Here, however, he enjoyed no rest; his love of adventure drove bun abroad 5 and ascom- nied by hit ton, he wandered to North A- merica, where he founded a colony on the hanks of the Ohio among the savages. Ydtiug Hyppolite remained here till he was eighteen years old, when he returned to Europe, and soon after married a lady named I.ydia Poug. nies, Iroin rernwetx. Ilia yonng wife was well educated, with superior talents, possess ing a vivid instillation, and cherishing a pas sionate admiration ol the rrench mmsnce writers. She sustained personal relations with some of tliem, sinong other with Bal zac, who often passed several weeks in the the summer at Bury Castle in Tournay, which Itiey ou'iVg cbMble "had made their residence. She also wrote some few novels, but quite in significant ones. Such s character was hy no means adapted to influence a nmn like Count Ilvppulite, who had brought with htm fKam ateirtlihr-tiiMlHct' of '"hati-ai'ugK - lie abandoned himself lo hi unbridled pas sions, and became the terror of his acquaint ances and the distress of his relations; in the village where ho lived he was tinted most intensely on account of his severe anil cruel disposition. The dissipated life of the Count produced a total disorder of his finance. He wa deep ly in dehl,'and had squandered a large part of In estate. Hi only hope wa in the inheri tance of his brother-in-law, Gustavus Foug- nies Thi prson gave no promise of a long life. Hi health was bad, and by a fall from a horse, he had tost I leg. A deep distrust of his hrother-ip-Iaw, no one know why, teems to have been early rooted th hit minJ. Al though he Wat ardently attached to his sitter, and had made her the heirtohia whole proper ty, he seldom went to Burg, and often laid that he wa afraid lo cat any thing there, un til it had been tasted by his brollier-iu-law. He wa perfectly aware that he wa anxious to gel hold of hi property, and wished noth ing so much a hi death. It i laid even that he once' expressed the suspicion that Count Ilvppolilc had pnhumed hi father. . -. Toward the close of Inst year Fouynies had made up his mind to marry the Countess de GrandmetZ. The wedding day was fixed, the bridal gift were purchased, the marriage con Sd of vised to the contrary by hi iutemled, who forbod- ed some bad end. came lo the unlucky deter mination to invite, in person, his sister and brother-in-law to the approaching wedding. The Countess announced the expected visit to her husband on the 20tli, who replied,"! will do the business for him to-day." Gustavus Fougnies arrived at the Castle that day, and ia ilia evening he was dead, On the Another fact came to ihe knowledge of the Judge by a lucky accident. On the first re port or the enine, tlie newspapers titled, a mong other things, that the Count wa iu Brussels during tlie summer, when he pur chased s new carriage with white lining t he himself weans) j fur in spile ol the advanced season. These eimimstances recalled to Professor of Chemistry in Ghent the recollec tion of a stranger, who hsd repeatedly visited him ia the Spring, lo consult hint in regard lo the preparation of nicotine. He called him self Beirand. The Pro lessor stated this to the Court, and on bi ing confronted with the Count, recognized him a the pretended Beirand. lie also delivered letter to the Court, which had been written to him by Bei rand, giving an account of the progress of his opera t tons. The last of these letters conclud ed as fullows ! "It hit succeeded at last j the trial Ita been made tnd the effect it fright ful." The letter are in the hand writing of tlie Countess; Bluyia at last confessed, al ter obstinately denying for long time but she throws the blame on her husband, who compelled heroy lhreata of death not to pre vent the crime. Die Count sua persists iu hi denial. ' from the hesped-up palm leaf basket, sits at I and whilst this btefieetual sunerioritr'ei. our feet rolling it into farm. She spread th ists, th levelling system sever ean be brought broad moist leaves here, aad Uwro she heaps j into practical opera tioo in a country abounding ? th drier fragments, and with her nimble fia-l with an ranch intellivcnes atttit slilfrr ri ? 0 us. gyra mwnuing in latter Mia nape, wraps mw w, sutnrex wiui a running twin ; thea she seals the envelopes wuh-ibs-exhud-ingjuiosof the plantain, and lo. einr after eigar mils out before aa ia lampUnc abundance. one m proua 01 her skill and throw back Iter unbounded hair that hat fallen like thick black reil over her face at she beat lo her work. and there is a smile of vanity ia them, 1 the stretches out her hand grasped fttl) af etsara, her cunning handiwork. Vt smoke aad puff way me uayio ataxy dream, we do sot aa ry a Cuban Don. L.F8 IN TABOGA. From tlie last of a charming series of pa per now appearing in the Literary World, and attributed to Dr. Francis Tomes, who wss for two year attached a surgeon to one of the United Slate mail steamer on th Paci fic. Dr. Tome wa one of the first to wit ness the developement of the gold fever on Ae.pller idejBlta .smtinsnlL .!ld Jul statr vatiott ranged over the whole of. its most in teresting phase. We are eneotirageq T Jope froth these publications in the Literary World, that tlie Doctor designs lo favor tlie"fiuhlic with a full account of fiat rare and valuable experience. We may at well add, that I a- bogs is a litde English Island on the Pacific coast not far above Panama,' with a bob) coast, where, in the absence of more perfect accommodations, it was, aud still it ws believe customary to shore vessels for repair. Ia the following sketch the writer describe hi visit, iu quest of something lo est, to a nstiv hut which be find hid sway In a tamarind grove. In the distance it looks not unlike some huge bird's nest, half covered with the leaves, and the languid native -girl swsying in the hammock, and startled at our approach, sug gests to the fancy the fluttering of feathers. It it in tact a native cane cut, and the nanimocx in twinginggently wth languid movement of a Taboga buauty. - We sntet, beading under the low open doorway, pushing aside the leave, and dolfing our Guayaquil sombrero and ut tering lour buena diss, Benorila with the most courtly air at our command. .After modest flutter and graceful, movement . of light drapery that drojm curtain over the full form and rounded limb ' that had been wooing ihe warm air in unsuspected aecret dalliance, we are courteously midn welcome. To our question, hay olounai eotut para low and unrefined. "Why," said she, "hei fa liter was nothing but a low mechanic'. "Yes,' remarked woman present, her father was a mechanic. I knew htm well, for he lived in thn same neighborhood with yonr mother when the went out m waihtngF There reader, if you could have been present, you could hive seen t strange eonfusion of facet, nd heard a vain attempt W Utter tomethittg , too quickly to come out. It ttuck in her throat. When we hear men and women ipeak lighdy of the , industrious part of the community, we feel just like tracing back their genealogy. We hsvedoneso in several Instances, and you would he surprised at what we learn. The moat aristoersiie man of our acquaintance 1 the grandson of a fiddler; the proudest woman the daughter of a washerwoman. Il belrayt a lack of good sense to condemn' or look wfiih con tempt on any virtuous pecson, however poor he or she way be. i he wise and good respect anilove goodness wherever il it louitd. U01 ton fnvettigator. A NW lKSTRtTMKXT OF DesTKI'CTIOW. A rifle capable ol firing 85 balls every minute' tneluduig the time of loading, was shot n to a a day or two since, as an1 important improve ment to Are arms. Under Ihe barrel, in the place of the ordinary tarn-rod, is an iron lube containing the 2B balls, and bv cocking- the gun a bill it brought up in the barrel, and the same operation also bring up from lh breech a "pill of priming. The charge of powder is contained in the ball, which is not round. but oblong; and having on opening which is 1 corked, shut after Ihe powder has been Intro duced. Tlie quantity of po-vder I only 28 grains, and drivel the ball will) greater fjrer , than die large charge 111 aa ordinary gun. This w a new invention, and lit manufacturing of the gun 11 now beginning at Williamsburg, snd we learn that a iaf order a been re ceived at the foundery or Gardner, Ilarrisrm Si Co., of this city, for casting breeches," 4ie for iU .The day of it exhibition lo ourselves. the owner tnd part inventor had been do wit in tlie meadows with ten men having ordinary He Bred 60 balls whiln they fired lie next morning, the rCjMtrt was spread village "thai Fotigiiies,""liad" diedYuildeu- ly at the Castle, but the people did not hesi tate lo speak of Count Bocarme a the mur derer. Th universal prevalence of the ru mor, led th magistrate to Institute an inquiry. This official was at first very circumspect and lenient toward tlie Count t but the embarrass men! of the accused, with his contradictory an twert at length aroused bis suspicions, which soon look a tour definite shape. " Among oth er things, the extmiuiug Judge discovered a deep bile on the hand of the Couut, evidently nude by a man, and which he could not sal isfactorily account for. lie accordingly had the Count and Countess taken into custody and sctw wTonrnayr ' ' The physician unanimously testified that Fougnies csme to hi death by a corrosive jiois. on, probably sulphuric acid, which he had been forced lo swallow. Uul lor a long lime the bite on the hand was the only circumstance 10 direct suspu'.iou against ths Count. Both the Count eft and himself strenuously denied (lie charge, asserting that l'ougiiics must have poisoned himself in their house, since they lound linn dead in the dining loom, and the servants could throw no light tin the matter. ' At length, Kinerence, the French chambermaid of Ihe Countess, made some important disclosure. She slated that on the - morning of November 20lii, lbs Couut sent bi servant to the village several miles oft, and alia look his place ia waiting on the table. When it began to grow dark, sli isked whether ih should bring in lights, hut the Count directed her logo the nur sery up stairs, where were the children snd the only two wamng-n.aidsinen in the house. One of the children wishing for some milk, a maid went down into the kitchen to get il. 4 Shei'wt no sooner there ' than the heinl a half-stifled cry in 'the dining-room." ""Mur der 1 Astastination t Hyppolite 1 Hynrtolite!" .Slut rushed to the door ot the kitchen, which was separated by an room fronr the dining- room, and saw. ths Couiiless com out and shut the door after her. . Mi imperiously ordered tlie maid In return up stairs. At lh latter passed the window ol the dining-room, she thought ohe heard Die death rattle of dy ing person. Mic alterwaru met the Countand muHkAtS- Ihe target. Upon (light examination we could see no onjcciion tft Ihe instrument.- - . F.xTRtmo 1 thr Carrot.. The'txIeiwmH of the Capitol is to be carried out under Ihe direction ol the 'resident, Ihe Commissioner of I'ublie Building being snade by law th superintendent. - Wa nderstaad that' Ihe President hat appointed Tliomm U. Waller, of wingion the North and Soudi, placed aoine dislaoe from the oaesent building, aud eoHuecled witli it by ' aieano of Cavridor J 1 he oornertorm 01 tna iension will 04 laid on the fourth of ivy.Rqmblit1 for ; titer both looked pile and disturbed, and said Motliihg. Bom time after, they went diKwrl irrm-'" the; ntkiAtta4 sight ol the body broke oul.mui toud enc be- for the servants, w bo were now called 10. Soon after the far! examination a chemical laboratory wa discovered in thoeastle, , 'J'he workman who wa employed in it testified that he had been engaged therefor fourteen day in succession ; that the Count often came in lbs middle of th Might to Issra hs oHgas of Ilia work and thai alto the Connies had visited the room, lo so how lb "suecessfon- water -was gelling along, t Th principal in gredient ia III ahemicai. operation 'wastobso 00. and Ihe physician also discovered that the poison was elite ted by. wcoHuei LORD BYRON ASO THK M0XK. : . A writer in a late number af Eliia Cook' Journal, in giirf uWriptioa of NewMead Abbey, Imt Uyrati iunner residence, re late the following 1 , .1,: - , ; ;, -; .... At th end of a gallery, a hug tloos coma met oar gaxe, with several other relics of the dead, such at bones, skulls, Ve which were dug ap during !.ord Jlyrou'a resideuo al Ihe Abbey, flora under the flagging in tlie clois ters. Ii sppears, lhal at one time, his Jxrd ship had a strange fanny for this species of re- turreclionixing, and digging up of dead men's bones. Whether it was that he fancied ths thrifty friar had filled their, coffin with gold before taking their departure from.this nether world, in order to psy iheir passage money, and secure rapid transition into th next t or whether ha expected to find soma mar bra tea eagles, or what would b still belter, the great iron chest, filled with gold and jewel. tube buried or sunk some where either in the ground or bike 1 or wheth er it was s mere curiosity for seeking up tnti quariaa relics, 1 eaimot pretend lit telL though report hints at the two lormer motives. How ever, ampiyxsr other jhilv,llH.. coffin brought fo light, and with it the' skeleton of a monk. Another of the noble Lord t ttrange fancies waa to have the akull of thi said skeleton cleaned, mounted with silver, ami mad into a drinking eup.- Ho then wrote the half dozen ttanxas which are probably well known to lha public, beginning Start not nor deem my spirit fled," and which were aflewards engraved on the silver. The cup waa shown to ot by the housekeeper, and with it the following some what strange and new story. Mind, I "don't say that we believ it oeither do 1 ssk you, gentlarsader tobelieveil,-.! merely, tell you the tale as It sras told lo us by the worthy man's owa lips. She assured u it- wa uni versally rretlited by Ih whole household. The story is this 1 ; . When Byron first drank out of this cup, it was at a parly 4 the large ura wing-room some ladies were seated beside htm, laughing, talking, and enjoying with him the festivity of the evening. Scarce, however,, had he raised the fatal goblet to hit lips, when bl at the doorway, sppetred, "black, terrific and in dutky garb arrayed, the headless trunk of a human being; apparently- i itionk; " I'fie hnttasvtiilvVotl, Htinimi. smt msny asoouiu, hurried out of the room. Byrmt, however boldly faced the tpectre, and domtnded of him hi errand. Tlie mnuk approucned, and is sin and resting place the bone of lha pious dead, and sppropria- hnglosurh vile use ihe skull ol a fellow mortal, who one thought, spoke, and quaffed tlie wins lice himteir. lie enncluded by hire tellinr him thephce, day, hour, and all parti culars of his death, which, as Ih good Isdy assured us, all name to pas exactly a pro dieted. : Thus and this short but strange sto ry. But this is bat on in a hundred of ithe hobgoblin tale which ara told ot iliia ancient place. - Byron himself believed, or pretended lo believe, in a great msny of them, and lo on fabled visitant especially, ha ha given lha most psrfsct sanction by his eiwdenea, and eaated him lo ba rsongniaod a a familiar In- mat of lha Abbey. This is the famous gob lin Mar, who is said lo walk nighdy through lh hall and cloisters, and has been seen by Byroa himself oa several important occa sions, alwtyt portending a vH, - One of those oorsstons wss a slioit time prevtout to hi ua- forteaitc marriag with Miss Milbank. Jlow fiir this report is true, I am not prepared In say. His Lordship has, ho water, embodied the tra dition in a ballad, ba watch h thus speaks .1 him! 'M i- v- i ...... 'Whsa aa heir I bora hs'a liaard Is atsara, - Aad whs aagnt Is to Wlall .. , Tbst snoint lias, la ths psls moensbla, lis wslks froa hall to assail. Hit forsa yoa nvsjr tract, bat asthb las," - 'TblBtdovcdbylHssovIt ' . . Aad his tyaa any b tsta fro ths fold bstoeta, . : And Uisy sesai of a parted soul. en tern are found in lb United Stales. T. ih i.ll- and the dissipated the equal distribution , of property would bring but temporary relief; br industry and prudence would speedily resume , Iheit supremacy, and (lie acquisition of prop-. erty would proceed a usual unlctt the e, quality could be continued by law, which we do not think would be practicable. In this bnd of liberty every man ean acquire proper ty ad aspire to competence if he be so dis-T posed but some nrefer thesliortcr roadof dlvest mgothers of the fruits of iheirlml and ecor-omy ; ' and complain that Providence does not thower abundance tipoa tbs worthy aad the worUileM alike. Jbor it honorable, and the mau whrt ' acquire fonuns by honest industry deserve " tor credit thsa him who Inherits tnd Jissi- pates it Whilst the laws secure 10 ill toiling' thousands a lust remuneration for, their labors," none need despair of reaching conditio of I eomfort if nofof aflluence, without retorting lo a system subversive of right tnd justice. " m , . Ball. Vtwpr't 1 Rakb pRuoatts. Froma MicJiiganpeV we take lha folluwing remarkable piece ofjn-v telligeuce about the growth of a western r.lty 1, A year ago, we visited Saginaw city, , an J r -Uiere heard lhal the Hon. Norman Utile, Was . negotiating for soma llire hundred aero ol, forest land, wft mile below, on lha east side of the river, and intended a city should be o- eated there, within ten years. . Ten months t go, the purchase was completed at six dollar M.s.jyi..JW novr.wriung in whM waa then t be m eity, although l llitt time not tree bad been cut.' . ', , , , ';, ' , , " k front of us, lays some 600 feel of gooil wharf, On it, the music o sswt is heard fnuit lh large mill ol A. M. Hoy I and Co., of N e w l'nrk,..itr. by. preparauuBs art -hoing rnatwj for another one, for O. H. Haxlrton, of Flinf, A few yards further, a splendid steim .flour mill, tour stories High with four run of ionr?,7 owned by Hoy I it Co, tnd will be m opera tion tn August. A commodiout ware'houtc. JO by 80 fcei, It nlsoon the wharf, and oh the. streel fronting th wharf, it to ha teen hotutv :' being erected by N. fllackmsr, Esq., n ir4 feet fcy tighty. A little distance from tnere an Acauemy costing 3,000 is going tip. Over 4 00 Iota have been told, the patt eiglil ' months, conditioned that llicy be improved v A plank road from Flint it to be finished bv' July, Slid a mnvemeiit i being made for iplant MSd rrom J ustola county seat to this place. Th Hock I taid to be subscribed, and die dis- lance i 29 mile. ! -.-. East SagintW now contain! 100 Vuildin'sii.' and carpenter are at work in til direction, at o pnra 1 , . . . - climeTrvearmirTt-l heaped up aratnst the bamboo wall an abun dance ol plantain, banana, mangoes, melon. main spples, pine, and yellow orange, I rag runt wilh their mellow odors, and .gushing with ripeness. As w look, feasting our eyes on the lucious heap, we ee a monster of Ihe aligator kind, a large black, toft, fleshy thing, that seems to crawl torpidly about the heap ; il ha a long, like a serpent itt blsck akin tnattgtltf I00W like the thrtvelled neck 01 an Alncan hsg ; its body is thick ' and flaccid ( the back is roughened with a bony ridge, tnd the belly, glistening wilh a (limy while, fall in fold -bout its spreading ela we, and its viper tail eoils in and out among the fruit. This, we are tnld,i an iguano, and aa innocent and much prised item of the larder, and it urged upon nt a delicacy thai an Apiciu might smack hi lip over. Wa shudder out a tnuchat grntia; implying a very decided no, to the oflcr of cooking this monster for our dinner. Our host it a notable bortekeeper, and while the i buty making ready for our cheer, we htv dropped into her grata hammock, into Ihe very mould or her graceful form. A w awing in the hammock, w tweep the tret of ihe whole hut, and examine the birdcage-like t tincture ; it tidet are made of cane placed upright ind joined together at the top and bottom with cm piece, rattened by trdt made of a native grass j tlie roof rises in a paltn-leaf thatch that ascends In a central ridge and falls wilh a steep descent, bringing the earet in a lealy rrtnge low down over the tides. The doors and windows, rudely cut out of the esne wall, open into th green grove.' A great red earthen jar dripping with moisture, filled with delicious water, always ept cool hy ths evaporation through Ihe por ous clay of which il ia made, standing in one corner with a goodly show of white calaba- thct srrsned abou, two or three hides stretch ed nn the bare ground, some palm leaf bask et lying near, and the swiinmimr hammock lasicneu 10 ine nuge poie, moving in lis oreexy sweep, are all the simple contents of Ihe palm- thatched hot. . The goodly s housewife, ss w look about ut, is in the meantime busying herself with the preparation of our feast, and although she labor with a notable seal, all she doe i done with grace of movement and a soft languid esse, that lighten til' her libor. The plan taint have been thrust into the orange wood fire, just outside the door in sight of tlie swing ing hammock, and the dame, nt the tit be neath the shade or - spreading tamarind. Is busy dropping into, a calabash of rice, .into wiih.iI lias peeii poureu 111s mnky juice, a shower of tnow white meat, which she grate with a thell from th rtoe cocotnuL. I be mealy plantain hat burst jls letihery jacket, and the rice mingled with the meal and milk. of the ttoroanut, ft done- -to tarn, and we feast 1 sad our Taboga Hcbs pours out for u a ralabtth bumper of chicha, in which her hfallb and aa eternity lo her beauty are of coarse feelingly pledged. . For dessert we have nn choice to make we lake what is of- fafjj J fruiM lift) Mt099y o( Mml flu twd with tli tweets of the orange, die melon and the lucious pine. To crown all, all hail our good friend, the wide world's friend. Tobacco! Wa ask for a Cigar, snd our maiden plies her ready hand. Mie has a store ot the finest leaf Taboga grown, aud culling the choicest Land KcroaawAt a recent meeting of I .and Reformer! of th city of New York, Dr. lngra- htm ubroitied a preamble: snd resolutions. which wera enthusiastically adopted. , The first resolution 1 in the following word 1 1. Jluoieed. That ws cordially endorse tb $elf-ecul'iltntlh ths every man bas a natural and indisputable rin'it to so much of the earth st It necessary tor the maintenance of bimaell and his family, to b guarantied te hint anil bit, by wis ana salutary laws. . - , If die gentlemen composing the meeting si which Hits resolution wa pasted, belisv lo be a "sell-evident truth lhal every nian entitled lo as much land at will support him self tud family, H is somewhat surprising thai they have not taken advantage of the present liberal snd lenient land system lo -supply themselves wilh farms. Nothing is easier than Air any man who desire lo (arm a tract of public Isr.d te obtain possession of it at price probably not more than il has cost the tnited Sutes for survey, sKe... But do the land reformer of the city of Naw York with to become permanent tctilcit on small tracts of land m ilia Western country I Not on in a huiulred.ol Ihswa.clsmoreus as they or lor a distribution of the public lands, would culii- vile them personally II granted a a tree gilt. I be annelids teried u Hi Ihii rctoJutiuu -mat oxtensiv auniihcatKm llitn m'eni il and millt-UtiusI bo supposed, and aims at a division. not ot public lands alone, tmi 01 private prop. ertv. It is aa agrarian principle.and strike at individual righia. The tendency of die iga is 10 Ihe levelling system In all things, and lo the introduction of a soeial organization which would paralyse industry, by depriving men of lha inssnliso lo uneuef tu.. J kit 4ws frequenUy tried on a small scale, but without success 1 and, so long aa there exist a diller enc in die mind, habile and purpose of men, there must remain an inequality of condition, No lawa ean. subdue human frailties, or pre vent tl:e elevation of mind over mere matter W. O. Browklow.' L L. Oos nf. the richest things that ha reached our ears fur some time, is the action of the Memphis Cnl- lege in conferring the degree of 1 I). oll ' ' our neighbor Brownlow. Thit fact we have, not yet seen 111 print, but learn it from Browns., low himself, who passed tlirpugtiXJiutlauoi'ga tin week on In reium rrom Memphis, hav ing with him his sheepskiH,"and gold-head-r ed cam, wilh hit honor inscribed upon it, ' 1 presented an additional evidence of the high , etU?icjn riilrrlaini'd tor hiin by the- (Allege.-- Brownlow ssy there is nothing inconsistent, in (hi action of th College that the same degree was conferred by aa eastern ColUge on f (fen. " Jackson soms year ago, and that lie , - - rtorssd, write snd auH better thaflr'the old !,IW (ieneral could. There is a propriety in that argument thsl relieves the Memphis College from the charge of vending "cheap honor," . ,,,, -4-t , , vnoia'wjn weswre. B1J1 One of the beat eommentsrie oa theoa fi . ffflgnitAaa' drgreet of modem days, wa mado . by negro, either of Boston or England, w forget which, -upon whom lha degree of 1 T L. D. was sonferred by some College,: who doclined th honor! a it was becoming alui gether - "too common." vyipmn 6 J , ' C'Aron. y Sen. . vi . . , ..-.-.. n T Cayrrtt Pai.scr Bkatkr. Dr. Duft". his p-eh al the snniversirv mee'.iiur. of tha Wesleyan Methodist Misatonsry Soei- ety in London, Ihut dcscrilied one of lha Hua then Temples of India: "In Bcniighant you hive Ihe hugett hettheii temple that can prolially he found .from th.t North lo tlie South pole. It it square, eaell side being a mile in length, so thai il ia four miles round. , Talk of your Cryitst pahice! W hy, as a msa would put a penny in his pork- ft, yon might put your Crystal Palace into-" the pocket ol this huge pagoda. The walla ard ' J5 feel high and i or A feel thick.ind in the cen tre of each wall rises a lofty lower. Entering; lha ArtlsutlaM Vod corns to another wilh a wall as high, and four more lowers. Within' Ihsi square there I another, and within that a- gain anothar-nerowded by thousands ol Brali"' mint. The great hall lor pilgrims Is support lad by a thousand pillar, esch ew out of a tingle black of atone. .' ' ' " '-- 4 ; APxillot Position. Joseph Se'gfrw t!,, who has contracted lo .paint the spire of ih Presbyterisn K :hurch on Main ireet,asceiel, on Thursday afwroooa, to within soose -atX! feet of the lop, by ingeniously . ittachtng at bloek-aad-tackle lo a hook, am) fasteiilcg ths" lower end In a large basket He look passnew in ttist frail barque, md reached an elevatiiiit of 153 feci from the grounJ. , Having been. rawn up as high sr tli anparahi svoohl admit, and wishitig to fasten a wire lo lhv topmost spire, he ol nibed op ths rope -and . stood upon the tackle block, holdingwith ' hand to $omt pmjecting pita of tin, whilrif he arranged the wire with ihe oilier. While' in tliia perilous position, he fell himself "grow ing faint, and his grasp relaxing. lie iinmedi- , auily slipped down into hit baukaV where lio lay, nearly exhauied,fome li-n minute, with 1 his head projecting over one side of the rcci-;-tacle, snd hi feet over the opposite. "It was 4 almost enough tn sicken .lundsman'to view' Wie-fset.--Hd Mr. .-vMe ftoin the rrf-- the steeple he never would hare known hat hurt linnl Ciiicef.K UUazrUe. a Some twa hundred raerrhauts and baukerirr of New York, have -invited Hon. U. M 1'.. Homer, Chairman of the United States Urn-' tte's Finsnee Committee, to attend a socir' dinner on the 20th mat. "Thit roinpliinrnt waaleadesed mo reiwntf Mr. Itnnw i'k sd-'" vocacy of I Branch Mint in that city. 1 1 e is , detained hy pressing engagiueuts al limine liom, accepting. Hq writes, however, a rrrv p.itn ou letter, full of-Iinion- spirit, and hi Hows merited praise en the energy aud . enterprise uf llie great city .Halt Ami.
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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