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"nm J - ' y w t "w n h "w " -n .'t, ys-s. 'rr v r h 'h n . w .,-- s- -rr" i. -w .t" . . "",. -" a w . .. 4 i;, , r onj.' ' : IBIT1 ClKlLISlPivrrtnl II Ittolkctial, Btrtl nd tpfcal itMirm, Hi land f ilm n kut if inf ifttlai." ! RALEIGH; WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1853. THM J. kHlt, Edit VOL. XLIV. ' r '. i - i. ' i N 0 23, , , ,, TKRH. If rM stftrtlj i sat, t ? asm. II I' asi1 eluiia MiMifi SB U st t f tb ADVKKTIdiao. I Sqaar (I lias) srtissrUoo 1 M4 MU fW !Hk WMt lH. ItllCf ITCMl- fW Th (idWwrinf i an extract from a letter fr.Mii Caa. H. Pond, addressed lo Hon. Thne Ewbank. bearing date Milfoid, Con December, I8SI. We wpy from the Patent .Office Report. Hog ere not raised in large droves in this vicinity, but slrnost every family raise their own pork, which i esteemed heller for llieir liar ituo any lh-t can be bought. Our pork w of the Ural quality, and is good at the very beat.. By a Statu law, twine re not free commoner;" bm towns can make lawa to allow then to go at large. Many always keep llieir awine in pent ; hut otliera allow them to (rale and feed npnn llieir own landa till they aie ready to be failed, and then they are penned and 'rnrn-fed till thev are ready to butcher. When about a year old, (he hog will weinh from 300 lo 500 pounds ; and sprint pigs, killed in Decemlier, often weigh 81K) pounda. A mixture of "old fashion hofa" wilh Berkshire, and with Ihe China breed, generallv doea very well. Bu moiv depend upon the feed than upon the breed; hiit in this last there is a choice ; yet almost any breed makes good pork wjien fully fed Whole corn is renerally fed oul : hul when the hog have become fill md lH , ihev pre fer f round feed. Hogs are better fsited wilh old com than with new especially if fed wilh eara, aa the eara if new com make llieir leeth aiire. Raw coii ia generully led nut ; bill j unt hef.ire killiiijr time, die lini like conked food, and lliose who have cooking conveni ehre and plenty of fuel, pur!) thi, inelliod. I'ork i wnnh Irom 5 lo $7 the hundred p. nil' ie . CUTTING TIMBER. If oak, hickory or chestnut timber i felled in ihe ei((hih month (August) in ihe second minimi; of lite sap. aAd barked, qtiile a larje tree will season perfectly, and even the twig k ill remain sound for years; whereas, that cjl in winter , and remaining until next fall (as thick as one's wrist,) will completely ssprnlleu, and will be almost useless for n purpose. The body of the oak split into rails will not last more than leu or lweve years. Chestnut will lal longer, hut no comparison lo thit cut in the eighth month. Hickory cut in the eiiflnh is not subject lo be worm-eaton, and will last a long lime for fencing. When I commenced farming in 1802, il was the practice lo cut posl-lem ing iu the winter. White nnk poets and Maet oak rails, cut at that lime, I found not to last more than 1(1 or 12 vejr. In ihe year 1808, I ciun tietn cd rutting fence limber in ihe eighth nmmli. M:ni. of tin u..k ra'l-eiit ih:iter iK- soiiik! of elu SIIHI' III si ,.f -h .si lormeJ in i 1 k' n "If this e . ! off l:s II l(i eo. IHOOlh. I on! or ii Ho'ind. i.inn.'. lo p perteeiU hUo no os r:ie i will X,e. l HK FMRS l-'OR 1853. W. - a: k f .rwaril with anxiety to the e:is o oi'r't lv mill with the hope of And ma an on-: j-e l inieresi among the farnvrs liendim: ll.eni "id s'iy lanner ever attend aKiirwn'io i rn'cei-itHr some benefit from his v oil ? An ex limitation f the AgHcullunl imple ments exhibited at the Stale Fairs has always enabled us hi improve mine of our farming tools, so as in perforin wilh less expense or greater elfi.ieiiry. The Cattle Exhibition baa ikereased our knowledge in thai ilprt men and from ihe owners generally in attend ance, we have obtained many practical hints worth ihe whole expense of our jaunt Farm produeta ars now here else to he seen of sim ilar qualities. A State Pair Calls forth the beat results from all parts of the Slate, and a farn.er must he perfeel indeed if he cannot find reaulls superior to his own, and accom panied wilh facilities lo enable him in dupli cate these results. Rut sbnve all, he gels rid "f local preju dices, bv ein( superior reaulls of I me kind produced in oilier districts than Ins own, and often from soils which he thuughi incapable of being msde tn furnish good results at a profit. The ice once broken he ia open lo conviction. ' and he returns home ready and willing to read and improve Addressee are delivered, and these often awaken new spirit of ciiierire. May we advise our re olersio prepare them selves for visiting the Fairs. Eb. Iloikmg farmtr. WEEDS AND WEEDING. The remedies proposed for doing away wilh weeds, are only exceeded in number by the number of weeds themselves nut among the many methods some may be adopted with propriety. Some weeds of the smaller kinds are destroyed by burning a slight ensiling of liller on the surface of die soil in early spring and niaiket gardeners so prepsre soil for rais ing cabbage plants. Many kinds of the small er weeds are destroyed by t coaling of sig bethels of common ssit per acre after plow ing, end a few days before planting. Home weeds, embracing quite large class, may bo dune awsy wilh hy two plowing at a lew weeks apart, and when the field is intended fur late crops, this may readily be done. Where a neglected corner is so full of weeds that they cannot bo got rid of by ordinary means, then tall th anil on heavily aa to de stroy sll growth, snd by losing thews of it far ot year, and adding lime with a full plowing, such sailed anil will be bund clear of weed ill lollowing season and of improv ed fertility. Tn ultimate eoMliujenl o.'sali (chlorine and toda,) are not unfriendly to vegetation, and they eoon separate in the soil by chemical influences, and ihu eeasa to be ill. ' ' "v"s " ; - Knot and other hoed e-p enable as to grt rid of many weeds, whoa liie crop receive proper attention tbu a atmt crop, il prop erly alteniledi will secure h . removal of weed. , , Th use of properly constructed cul tivators among root crops, if used tuffieirnUy often, will save much labor ia the removal of weed, for they tura out eery weed between th row, leaving thoM only in ihe row to be removed by haad or by jd hind bo. The aa of th wA or tcttfli ho ia skill full hands, will do much lo satr the soil front weeds; if applied lo a proper depth in a well disintegrated soil, it cuts off the weeds, and hi Ihe hack actios) dra w them above the surface,, to decay without replanting the roots. llor-bof s irs also constructed so is to cut weeds deeply, and to leava the entire weed, root and all, on II surface In decay. Never leave weed a few days longer, be cause they are not going lo seed. Large weeds seldom com forth wilh so mnch of their roots as smaller ones, and then their increased sue robs ether plant of their proper food, nor will their decay no th surface restore all they have robbed again to the soil, for a large part of the nitrogenous portion of their constituents will be lost in the atmosphere. Salt and lime mixture used in composts, de stroys the accidental weed seed from the sta ble, by assisting in their more perfect decom pose wilh such violence as lo destroy many, and when the divisor used is decomposed muck or charcoal braae, tha Bmo,vr te noti lost even by so violent a decomposition- bD. Working Fatmtr. WAGON GREASE. What a rurimis calculation it would be, lo ascertain the different amount of force requir ed to drag loaded wagon wilh the hoxea stip- plied with ech of the different preparations in turn now used for greasing them ! Every i farmer knows that a well greased wagon runs much easier tban one imperfectly greased, , and that different lubricating materials have ' more or less beneficial effect, but no one seems to know Ihe precise mixture thai should be ! used. A very slight difference in this mate : rial would save a larger amount in ihe cost of the power used to transport agricultural and other products, than has ever been appro i printed hy the General Government fur the ! Iwiic fit of agriculture. Steanne, one of ihe constituents of fatly substance, is now made in Ohio and elsewhere in large quantities, and is as hard as spermaceti, withstanding the sun's heat in summer, and presenting st all ! limes a lubricating surface when hesled and nltaching nself firmly to surfaces. Might noi this material be mixed with grease, vary-1 ing ihe proportion according to the season of i the ear, so as at all times lo secure the pres- j cure of a .uhricaiing material more lasting : than the nnliuary mix ures, ami at an eventu-' al cost scarcely greatei, while its increased' elfietenev might render its use profitable ? Ed. Worki'tg Farmer. CAUI.O RPa! We would again remind onr readers of this admirable vegetable. Il is taluable fur the ta ble and for cattle. There are several kinds of Canto Kapas, and of quite distinct quality nut flavor. The Vienna While, the Glass t'aiilo R ips, and some oiheis of the early kmiK are supertpa-in flavor in any turnip, u hile nil the kinds are prefered hy cattle to turnips The crop is quite as large as that , nl Ku'a H.ig is, and is never attacked hy the turnip fl Two crops may be raised, if re?.' J quired. In the same season, by commencing ! with the early sorts; and, indeed, they may1 ! I trHnti! .Mini oul in place from ihe 1 seeil heils, anv time from early spring lo Sep . truiriir 1st those put out at the Uler date inti.-u grtiwiugto a very large Urj before se vere weather. They keep well during win-. I n r. In merely covering them in mounds with earth, out doors. For particulars is lo mode j 'of culture, see our directions in the series i "Vegetable Garden" in former volumes Ed. ! trorktng tormtr. FRUIT TREES. We make the following extract from an articl in Ihe Floritt and Horticultural Journal, published in Philadelphia. This is a work we have never before seen until the Ihsi month, and with which we shall be eery I happy lo continue an exchange. We reenm I mend it cheerfully lo onr readers who are pursuing Horticulture and Floriculture. Ed Mr. Editor: If you will permit m to lay plain approval of o few (elect fruit, before your readers, perhapa some ol ihem may be benefited thereby. The writer ha lo hi great loss, planted many sorts of Pears, which heshas now In graft over again after they come into bearing. Thevery complimeniery man- ' ner which nurserymen and book-maker have in selling oil their descriptions, mskes green- 1 horns pay double, or plant twice. I am sensi ble thai Pears that are very fine lo some, only so so lo Oihers all depends upon Ihe quali fications of the judge. Tea years ago, the BIimmIko.hI Pear might be highly esteemed hy some, and the summer Bonchrelien admired by others! whilst the Burilell waa looked up on as onsurpaasabl. f aw a-day th two first are not worth culture, and the last is , cl .ssed amongst the heal. Unfortunately for ; us our fine native kinds have been set sside or neglected, because they are natives, and Napoleon, Flemish Beauty, Beorre Capiau mont and some other foreign sorts sought for, thai after trial prove worUilas. Fruit grower ar much indebted lo your fellow citizen. Dr. Brineklo, who ha brought into jusl repute msny ol oat esteemed native (run. I write inn almost onder Ihe shsde of a naiiv Lodge Pear, whose towering head la al lead thirty feel high, and its frail is sold in Philadelphia market al M cents half peck, and I heard a aaighbor farmer aay, that it brought that price twenty rears ago. That tree is worth an acre of wheat, and doe not coal one-tenth nf the Ubor. I have aaid more than I intended, but now for my lid. Some other nf youi many correct it and do better, which I will he happy to see. Ihe following 17 sorisare named aa they rien, and will be in eating from July lo February they ran be had of any good nurserymen: Summer Butter, medium site, pear shape, Tyson, under medium size, Rosliezer, do do do Siicnmetx's Catharine, beautiful long fruit, nearly medium iz. Oil, very aimilsr to the Seckle, Bartletl, large long frail, yellow when ripe, ell) in Philadelphia market at six cent : each, ' Washington, medium size, long shape, -,-Socket, under medium aize, i ; iiooiee Bonn dc. Jersey, long large frail, color nf ih 8eekV - ' ' . Pondtiito d A utnmne, large round frail. ' Van Mons Leon Le Clerc, large long fruit. Lodge, brownish yellow, medium size, , , Li JCingsessing. half round or nearly , round. above medium tzo, . : - Duelmase f Angootem, vry large, fre quently weigh eighteen ounce, very good for either kitchen or table Octo- Viear of Winlfield, November, large long ' fruit, great bearer. Ileum d Aremherg, very large, yellow when rip in December and January, Jauiinelle, round, greenish yellow when ripe in January and February, medium size. Another very important item tn purchasers, is to procure good roots wilh their tree. Ihe size of the trees in my estimation is of minor importance compared with ihe duranry of the article. The Pear flourishes best en a rich loam, wilh a dry bottom. Spent ashes, bone dust and charcoal in equal proportions, giving each tree half a peck of Ihe mixture, will greatly promote their growth The soil 8 feet in diameter and 18 inches deep should be well prepared, by digging, nr through sub soil plowing, giving a very liberal supply of decayed barn. yard or street manure; these articles can he used st once, though we deem it advisable lo work the ground oaa.oa previa . to planting, and have it in pertwt order Ihe tree will repav the labor in 0 years; obtain them if possible on the Angers Quince Stock, and thev will produce fruit the second year after planting. After the tree ia securely planted, cover lite soil with litter of any kmp. l. J . Chester, January, 1853. MI8Ci:IL4EOI78. SARAH 0 o. The linmariKllty of the Affections. The moon ia shining upon my paper, and upon my pen, and upon my forehead bright; but its light also gilds thv grave, thou fairest of mv childhond's friends. I have worshipped blue eyes,' snd there is no radiance so heavenly as that which beams from Ihem. But black are more bewildering and whrn a shadow of melancholy falls over the forehead, il softens their beauty, while it dues not dim ihem. II you will go with me now to s glen in the highlands, and a willow shaded nook. I will point nut lo you the very apot, where year ago, there stood a rude bench, on which many limes I have seen the fair girl I now w rite id, silling, snd by which I once saw her kneeling. The cottage Under the hill is occu pied hy strangers, snd its broad hall and large rooms now ring In the laughter of those who knew not her whose gentle spirit haunt their' very chambers. She was beautiful as a dream. Never was holier forehead shaded by rav .-n tresses never were tresses so glorious a those. If I tell you that I loved Sarah I)., you will call me an enthusiast, and ascribe my admira to my passion. I did love her, but only as a boy worship a being very far above him. I used to lie st her feet in the grass, and gaze in her face, and waich Ihe play of her ex quisite features. It wss there .1 learned first how high and pure, and worshipful humanity may be, ' a . fhe was young and beautiful. What need to add thai she was loved? Surely I need not add that she waa loved, fur such as she live on sffeetiun, and die for 1 1 c. k of it Her father dunned his fortune and hi life to her; and she was heiress lo a large estate. As might be expected she had numberless suit ors of every rank and variety, I cannot now remember all of them, although I then kept the run of Ihem tolerably well. But of all. there were only two that appeared to have any prospect of success; and ihe village gos sips were occupied in discussing their relative chances. Frank R was the gaj est, best heart ed fellow in the world, and. had you seen him on his horse by Ihe side of Sarah D , you would have said he was made lor her, so wild waa his laugh and ao joyous her response. Yd, had you been behind the closed shutter of the window in the front of the large white house on the hill, a they rode by, and had you watched the compressed lip, the broad. Calm forehead, the pale face and the speaking eye nf Joseph 8 . he saw them passing by, yuu would have prayed to God that the fair girl might belong lo that noble man, even aa I, a boy, then prayed. God has snswered my prayers. When Ihe ong way was travelled over, and ihe rugged and difficult steep surmounted when her fairy Toot wss pntaed on the rock at Ihe sum mil nf the hill of life, and her eyes gazed into Ihe blue deep sky with longing gaze, there, even there, beyond the blue, hi outstretched arms received her, snd his embrace ws hea ven! (in preach lo block and stones, ye who be . lieve trial love isol ih clay! Go preach lo th dead, ye who deny the imirorullty of the af fections Go reason with , the trees or hills, or images of wood, or with your own mo tionless, lifeless, icy souIsajj who believe that, because there is no marrying yonder, there shsll be no embracing, or because we may not us the gentle word "my wife," we may not clasp thess sanctified forma to our own holy armsl I tell you, man, that immor tality would be a glorious cheat, if with our clay died all our affection. I tell you that annihilation would be heaven, if t believed that when my head al Jength rests on iu cof fin pillow, and my lip (ink lo th silence and repose of death, those loving eye wi'l never look into mine again, this pur clasp never be around my neck, lliia holy csiess never hies m more! But see how I hasten iu advance of . my slurr And yet, like Canning's knife grind er, I remember that I have no story io uHl, or at best a simple history. 8h loved Joe. Hi calm andearnest way of loving her, won her whole soul. He did not ssy much to bar in company, nor of het, but when ihey wer alone, or only com ot th children near, hi low voice would be musical, and sh sat entranced with his elo quence. I hate seen them sealed on the bench hy Jie aid of the stream,' and have heard him lead her genii ssul step by step with him from eirth to (tars, snd then from tar io star, until she seemed lobe in heaven with him, and listening, lo the praise of the angels. - ivf- I sm nnabl to tell you . how it happened that Joseph H left hi profession 'which had been la m.) and entered lb ministry, nor in able : to state, though I nsignt guess at, th eiuses operating in hi own mind. " Th fattier of Sarah D was not religious man, ami, I am, aorry , to say, wis on of a small class of men, who do not only deny th , troth of our most holy creed, but uk very opportunity to east rid icul on it teoehoio. It wss, threfbro, with frost pain that hi daughter observed hi Cold ness snd rudeness to Joseph S ' , and she was not surprised, however much she w ss grieved, when an open rupture rendered the suspension nfhis visit at the house absolute ly necessary. They had never spoken of lore. Each knew the secret of the other's perlert aflee linn, and what need then of words to tell it? It would hsve been hul ihe repetition of hack neyed ph ases. And yet there is no music in the world so sweet ss those three words, 'I love you," from ihe lips we love la kiss. Bui the father of our gentle friend had feared the existence of some bond between Ihem, and peremptorily required hia daughter lo break it if it did exist, bhe replied lo hira relating the simple truth, and he desired her to refuse thenceforward to se or (pi ak to Joseph. A month of deeper pain than ean well be imagined succeeded thi command,1 during which they did not meat. It wa on a moony night in August that (he walked out with me. ('thru a bov three years her junior.) and aat down on the bench bv the side of Ihe stream. The sir was clear, Ihe sky serene, snd no sound disturbed us; hut Ihe soft voice of the wind among the tree lops made a pleasant musie, and we listened and were silent. 1 he stillness was hroken by the voice of Jeaeph S . You will pardon me if I pass over that scene. I dare not attempt a description of it. It was my first lesson in human suffer ing; and though I have learned it over and over since then, though the iron has entered my own soul and scarred it, yet I have nev er seen, nor do I believe I have ever felt, more sgony than those two fell as they parted that night tn meet no more on earth. He bowed hia lips to her forehead, and murmured Ihe solemn word "Forever." She woke at llial word, and exclaimed with alartling vehe mence, "No, no, there is nnsuch word, Joe, "We shall not meet again on earth." "And what is earlht" Her tall form rew more queenly, and her dark eye flashed divinely, as she rose and exclaimed, in clear and silve ry tones: "And whslisearthf These things must end. I will name s trust, dear Joe, and you shall keep il. If you pass first in to the other land, wail for me on the bank, j and if I g i hence before you, I will linger on j the other shore niittl yuu come. Will you remember!" "I will live and die in this mem ory She lifted her face tn his, and her arm tn his neck, and ihe clung together in a pas sionate embrace. Their lip did not aena- raie, but were pressed close together, until he fell her form cold, and her Hasp relaxed, and be laid her geuilv down on the old ?at. bowed over her a moment in prayer, and was goni. 1 hesrd him ssy, "Take care of her, W ," and so I strove lo recall the life that had gone from her lips snd cheeks and eyes. It came slowly, and she woke as we wake in Ihe morning alter death has entered our charmed circle, with in oppression on th brsin, and a "swimming, swollen sense lessness of s iul." At length ah remember. ed all, und raised herself with a half artieota- led exclamation of sgony, broken by a sob; then fell on her knees bv the bench and burled hei face in her hands, and remained thus for nearly half an hour When she ioe her face wss as the fiee of sn angel. It wore Ihst same exalted look until she died. I think she took cold that night, she was never well afterward; and the next winter she passed at the South, returning ill the Spring very fragile, but very beautiful. Joseph S wa sent abroad by one of Ihe Hoards of Missions of the Church, but his health failed, snd he resigned his com mission, while he travelled through the East ern world. Three yeara fled wilh their usual swift ness. To Sarah U they were very alow and nainful years', yet she was happy in her quiet wsy, and no one dreamed of the strange trust he was longing tn keep on the other side of Ihe dark river, which men so shrink from. She grew feebler daily as the summer and autumn advanced, and in December she wss evidently dying. On day her mother had been oul of the bouse, perhaps making calls; she returned al evening, and among other iucidenia of news wiich she had learned, she mentioned to Sa rah the death of her old friend Joseph 8 'The fair girl was reclining in her large arm chair, looking oul through the closed win dows al ihe snow on ihe ground, sod ihe pure moonlight which silvered il. There wa no al irtling emotion visible, as the mother men tioned ihe fct which tuber wa ihe must solemn, yet. mot joyful news th world could give, for now, how much nearer was llieir meeting! I saw a smile flash across her face as the joyful news reached her ear. I saw her 'ips move as if she invited even then his spiritual embrace. 1 saw her forehead railed in feel lite caress which I know she i fall! Shs was silent for some minutes, and then spoke in feeble, yet very musical sreents. snd I, boyishly, wept lloud! Then she smiled, and looked at me with finger upraised, snd said. "Wait a Hide while longer dear W .I ii." And then, after a moment, abe aid, Mother, i lb snow very deep f " Not vary, dsart why did you ask? " " Be cause if il wer deep, 1 thought il would be difficult for old Mr. Smith to find our lot in the graveyard. Are ill the head stones cover ed, mother "What ia in mailer Sarah? What if they are covered" " VI other, dear, il is useless tn conceal il from ourselves, or Irom one another. You know, and I quite as wi ll, that I am dying I hive not wished to live, only for one thing I did long for lile, end I dreaded tn meet death all alone! h,n now I shall not. W . will you tell what I mean when I am gone. Yes, gone, dear mother 'This ehiir will stand here, and I not be anv where near it. You will b burr, and Cutter, and you will rise and walk about, and visit, and go in and out, and sleep and wsk again and so on day after day, and I shall have no part any lunger in your cares and joys. Hear moiher 'end aa she uttered ihe last two words, (he pot her arms around her vnother'l heck and kissed her fundi v, and sask back into her ehair a gain I aat aWter feel watching herinalchless feature. A emit wss fitting across them, now there, and now gone, yet each tiin it appeared, il lingered lunger thin before, until tt beeain fixed, snd so holy, so very holy, lhal I grew bewildered as 1 gazed, snd string temper pasted through my body. The breath of peace waa fanning her glo rious brow! er bead wa bowed a eery lilde forward; and a trrs escaping from iu bonds, fell by Ok side of her pur whit lem I pi, ami dose to her just opened) lips. " ft hung there motionless 1 No breath disturbed j its repose! She slept as an ingel might sleep, having accomplished the mission uf her God. Oftentimes since then I hive heard a voice from hraven as meludius as that which the prophet of old heard declaring the blessing of the righteous dead.' To-nighl I luive beea hearing it il is taint, indeed, hul Hear, and oh, how thrilling, and it sounds like her voice chsnling a brave old psalm! "Ani thorn shall wlk ia part whit, light. With privvu and kiar abroad ! Aa-I thaw shall tammer bish Is bliss, I'pas til kills f He!" I know not under whsl palin-lree af Chal dea, or hy the ahaddow of what rock in Hin dustan, or what ruin in lime-hallowed Egypt, the clay whieh one wa my friend, of mine own kindred, await th resurrection. I have kneUin the -silvery moon-sheen of th high lands by lb grav at that other friend of early," oiy yesTrn . dihbbv niwigui iingtvrmn iwuaj.T' ottrter sroio'oae grav, or al th oilier. I only think of th rending rail snd th embrace which awaited her when abe became au an gel! Journal of Commtrct. THE MARRIAGE ALTAR. S The following beautiful and eloquent ex tract from the addiesa delivered by Judge Charlton, before the Yonng Men's Library Association of Augusta, some two years ago, is still going the rounds of the press. We are not surprised st this. It i one of those beautiful gems ol thought and feeling which wilt never cease to he current. Like h'read east upon waters, il has relumed after many duys, Rut beautiful as the passage is at all limes, recent events, in which the gifted author wai ah interested party, give it additional beaut)', and render its reproduction at this lime peculiarly appropriate. 'The extract ia as follows: I have drawn for you many pictures of death; let me sketch for yon a brief but bright scene ol beautiful life. It is the msrriage al tar. A lovely female elnihed in all the fresh nis of youth and surpassing beauty, leans upon ih arm of him to whom she hss jusl plighted her failh: lo whom she has just giv. en up herself forever. Look in her eyes, y gloomy philosophers, snd tell me if you dare, thai there is no happiness on earth. "Se the trusting, th heroic devotion whieh impels hereto leave country, parenla, furs com parative stranger. Sh ha launched her frail birk upon wide and stormy sett sh his handed over her happiness and doom for Ibis world, lo anothet' keeping; but sh hss dons il fearlessly, for lose whispeisto her that chosen guardisn and protector bears msnly ! snd noble heart. Oh, woa lo him that kirgets his oath and hia manhood! 'H.r wlsi shall Ik rsrn lap, - O'sr tk ral-kmrtd. Bis wars bUxxt tks wolf shall lap, 'Br lif b psrto. Sksai su sHsksaw sit, 0 kis grsv vr, B1mU( sk.ll kslksw It, ' V r- Nsv.r! Oh, nvr!" " Wa have all read the dory of the hut band who in a moment of hasty wrath, said lo her who had but a few months before united her fate lo his, 'If you are not satisfied with my conduct, go return lo your friends and lo your happiness.' 'And will you giv ma bsck that which I brought lo you?' sskd the despairing wife. 'Yes,' he replied, 'all your wealth ahull go with you; I covelj.il nut.' 'Alas!' she answered, ! thought not of my wealth I spoke of my devoted loves; ran you give these bsck lo rat!' 'No!' said the nan, as he flung hiinscll st her fee'l; 'No! I cannot restore these, hul I will do more I will keep ihem unsullied and untainted; I will cherish ihem through my life, and in my death; and never again will forget thai I have sworn lo protect snd cherish her. who gave up lo me all she held most dear.' "Did I not tell you there waa poetry in a woman's look a .woman'a word! See il here! Ihe mild, ihe gentle reproof of love, winning hsrk from its harshness, and mile n il, Ihe stern and unyielding temper of an angry man Ah! if creation's fairer sex on ly knew llieir strongest weapons, how many of wedlock's fierce! battle would be un fought; how much of uuhippincss and cold ness would be avoided!" GALVANIC EXPERIMENT. The following description of a galvanic x prrimeut wilh a criminal wbo had been hang ed, is from "Portfolio of an Excitement Seeker:" .'At length one of Ihem got back again within his circle, and aaid, 'Well, well, let us go to work, . Wu can think of other things tier. , "Ery on seemed lo regard this a sort nf relief, 'They had got rid of an importun ate thought, and about their experiment they set with zeal, snd doubtless with skill. A great deal took place which 1 did nol under siaud, and do nol understand, even now I hey turned th body over and coolly carved away with their knives a th back of ihe neck, and close to the base of ihe skull I shuddered aa I saw; for though th man wss desd enough, in sll conscience, 1 could not persuade myself that ha did not foal, Snll sad motionless lie lay, however, as ttiey h-nd-led him to roughly, and there waa something very nortilile even in that silliness. The dull, smoky glare of tli lamp gave a more hideous expression lo the features as they turned him over and over; and ihe oppressive anmisphere, together wilh lb sensations of Iread and awe tMt I fell, seemed almost In lake from me the power of respiration. 'Then they filled Up the great porcelain trough thai I have mentioned wilh acids sud water, ad justed il properly, lot down Ih metallic pistes into th liquid, snd drew some wires trum the battery to the dead body, inserting the end Of one of ihem into Ih wound they hsd made lit back ol the neck, It wss an old, and. as I afterwards found, celt bra led anatomist; who held il in its plar with a' long pair of loreept, apparently lipped with glass. I had gol as near to he table aa I could, and I saw hi hand (halt a good deal; I wondered whether it wa with age or agition, and I quietly raised my eyes io hi face. Jl was as ?al i that of lb corpse! and glancing round, aaw, alt th rest, who hsd gathered closely about, gazing with straining eye, ' tnd face equally whi'e, upon the form ol desd man I had hardly dropped my eye lo that cold, dead eounleninc again, when a sudden quiv ering twitch passed lika a flash of lightning over the muscles of Ih checks, and lh old sorgeoa's band shook terribly, but he held th - wir finely iu its place, 'A little more arid,' ho whispered, in tones hardly audible, and Mr. White ran and poured sonieth'ni oul nf a vial into ihe trough. Suddenly th pmiro iled longus wai drawn bark into the mouth, and (very one retreated a Hep from Ihe table in awe and fear, ezcepi the old man who hold the wire, and I could see him shut his teeth hard, and knit hi brows, as if struggling reso lutely against the lerlings of dread and awe within him. His eyes seemed starting from his head; hut a moment or two after he (aid, almost wilh a gasp Ii is coming!' Sis indeed, it seemed. As ihe subtle cur rent of unexplaincJ relation poured into the corpse, sll the features began Ju Work convul sivrlv; the jaw moved; ih teeth chattered; the eve begsn to mil. -y ,"My God!' cried one. T 2riT, ;. 't"of lleavsu's cake, iofiS exclaimed an- o(har . I Wait a mtnuts wsit a miiiutcV W aa think!' exclaimed a third. "I crept up closs to the corpse, ini almost touched ii; but my heart seemed a if it bid nearly ceased In beat. "Every one was awe struck, and I could see the old surgeon waa io himself, thoueh he aaid nothing, and cnniinned lo hold the wire hardly conscious, 1 believe, of wh he, wai doing, but looking more lika a none stalue llian a man, "In the meanwhile, th ghastly contortions nf the corpse, which the set ol strangulation hsd left, had gradually given way to move inenta and expression, convulsive, Indeed, hut much more nsiural. The eyes s'ill rolled, but there anemed a light in them. " The mus cle quivered ill over; but hardly more than those f a man tinder strong emotion. The corpse seemed lo look at uif and the agitation of all around became intense. Suddenly ihe knee were drawn up almost to the chin; Ih trms raised wildly. On man darted Inwards the door and threw it open. 'The next instant the corpse raised itself sud denly, and sal upon die table, and dropping ihe wire, the old surgeon himself fell fainting lo ihe floor. i 'Every one else rushed from ths room, except myself, tnd why I did not follow, I know nol. My feel seemed moled to the floor, however, I could not stir; I could hard ly breathe. 'For an instant for merely 1 an instant the dead man aal there a living on I dien swayed heavily backward and for ward, and then fell and rolled over Upon Ih table."" "Thupell which . held ' m there seem ed dissolved; I regained th use of my limbs, which had seemed . nsralyied; and rushing mil of the mom, a III oilier had don "before me, I hastened down the suiis." ' ' "i"' SINGULAR CASE OF INSTINCT IN A :' HOUSE. W do not remember ever to have ' heard of a more remarkable exhibition of uaiqu In (iderahn tims span nf sprightly lint hone that h has never separated. Io th stable, in the Held, in Ihe harness, iher hie alwsys been together. Thi haa caused a strong at tachment lo grow up between Ihem. A few day ago he went with them out-to Lak Minnetouk on a fishing excursion. Tsking them out uf ihe carriage, he led ihem down to th lak, sud lied them with stoul ropes, several rod apart, on a (trip of grass that grew upon th adore, and- leli them to feed. Returning to the ahaatee, he threw . himself upon th floor lo await the return of lb parly wbo had repaired lo the lak to fish, i '"tot much urn hsd elapsed before th sound uf sn approaching horse's feet, sltraelrd hia attention, and a moment after one of hi pan appesreJ al tha door. 'The animal put hia head in, and, giving on neigh,' returned at a alow gallop, - yet under evident excite ment, to the spot where, but a few moments before, ha snd hi cnuipsninn had beea seem ingly safely fastened. Surprised lo And bis horse mve, snd struck with bis singular con duct. Mr. A. immediately followed, and found the other lying in water entangled in tlm o. snd struggling to keep hi head from being suhmerged, . . (.. , ;, , . 'While Mr. A. proceeded lo disengage th unforuinai horse, bis nobis benefactor stood by manifesting tli utmost tolritud sn I sympathy, sud when hi mate wa extracted from his situation and again upon bis feel on ferr firms, ih generous era a in re exhibited the most Unquestionable! signs of satisfaction snd joy. 'That this intelligent animal should have noticed ih misfortune of hi male; that h should know where to intilv for rescue, and in hia efforts should minder thru fourth of aa inch rone, and finally that he should oxbibit so high an appreciation of the event, sr circumstances to astonish oa snd commend ihemselve to th thoaghtful eon ei deration of those who would limit the power of reasoning t th genu tomo." &. Jlnthany'i xprtt. , . , THE. SEA SERPEN T IN TEXAS. Tha Columbia f'Tsxs) Democrat give th following eouiM aC aea or river ser pent, recently seen in th Braao riven "On Friday ll sersrat of our citizen had a full view of a moaslor in our river, answering th description of tho ses (arponl. They ssy it was Irom IS to ,11 Iset long, with very large haad, rmWmbling th alligator. Tie circumference of its body, near iia head waa about 39 of 80 Inches, ana it Motioa m Ih w Her tiinilar to that of th sank It moved wilh iucrrdibl awifmess, osmetune raising its body ut of til wslar lb re at four feel at a til, i When a mil below our town, bis soakeship took a resting (pell, and Waa eon very plainly by a gentleman Using im mediately on th fiver. "There aa be ao doubt that this individu al ia cither a lineal descendant of Ih serpent, or in some way itlsted lo thai mon strosity. t , i , , Among ih passengers who arrived hy the learner Hermann, were Madam Louis Run kay and her thre children. Madame Kti li ka y i a sister of Kossuth. Sh intend lo re side ia Ihi country. i; j.. ,f f Mr. Underbill, spirit rapper, die., has been fined 9W0 for exhibiting his nonsense at Rock Island, III,, without a license, 'This siid "Doctor" turd Mr. Daiiforth, of the Republican, for liM, who was promptly acquitted, loiiigenc tnan waa f.Hniuncated to saw Eitlraci from ihe report of Ja.ne Kearney" , days line by Mr. Allen, of thi. place, The i,ieul, C. Topographical Engineer to the circumstance, a they w.re narrated to u. ire Secretary of War, May , 1838, w-qniring '' aa follow: "Mr. Allen hi had fiir ton- him . mm. ib ...iL. jJL from ths Kswbsra 'Atlantis." BEAUFORT HARBOR, . Il i a iset ,-anirxiswlly conceded, that Beaufort ia a'plar of ih almost importance to ths future Well-being of North Carolina. A Beaufort increases, an alio must th prntprrl j ty of th Slat inc re , "11 snaflv adian- ; luges (ttending its anusliotv, lliiTaaTely-sa I t convenience ot its hirlior tit salubrity of h climate all point to JJeaufori a ihe plar so which Ui attention of North Carolinian should b directed. .Connect it Intimately by, meana of Internal improvement, with th other portion nf the Sttie. and w ask whet ., waa there user plaee, wills better pros pee la . of becoming a greet ii( f , , : . . . . r , Wo dvm it. highly important to present continually -the condition of ihe Jiarhor of Beaufort, to th view of all Ihe riliaena nf th Siato. And wilh tliUjil,iKtsa, sadish tb M ro!luwiiigexlr.c.Uroiaasie-jch.Hetivsmlom V lima aim a, by Dr. Areatlell, th Senator from -Carteret! . .,. M , v ;(, f "For iht tail on hundred year, th habor t of Beaufort ha been gradually improving, with the exception of th year I9li to lalt in- -elusive i i when, front torn nuacomtniablo to cause, tli bar waa nol o good a it had been, , by so ms i or $ lost. Since that Urn, hows ' ever, at sis led before, it has been prugiSsivo -; ly improving, and il now baa 1SJ leet of water at lowtid heap. Shipments, in th . large! a! oTtreawU, bar oiu!ly. bora mad by some, of our citizen,, direct, ! Liverpool front Beaufort, While we has a aufljeieney of water at this bar to admil , lit , largeat class of merchant vessels, il is on of , Ih safest harbora on th Atlantic eoasl, lto storm--it mailer not bow furious ha never. , driven vessel ashore o at to injur her eri- . ously in this hsrbor fact, whieli, I venture to say, can b slated in favor of but mv few, ifsny. of lbs ether harbora on the Ailamio com. It can be entered with th wind from all . point ol th eompaa, except North West and r al ebb tide, ,.:...,.,,.,'.,.,,.. Beaufort is. also, one of th healthiest loon m io th whole Southern country, and i bsfiomt .. in bo on of ihe most fashionable place for . , summer resort in tha Slate. At th juncture of the North ind New Poll rivers. It present . you wun aa unooalructed view, in Hi ocean, , about l mile distant. Where you may enjoy , it (in breeze and lav in ii invigorating water, .' With (II thes advantages, what i to keep it from becoming ultimately a great city city worthy th character of Ih Old North Slate? I answer nothing, if the reso. , lution under consideration are carried out , Unite tha East sud Wet by mean of th great Central Railroad; and my word for it, a i new era will dawn on litis binte, tV will . therahy giv her a healthful tirculutiiin both, sections will become on in interest and iden. ., lify then i will eeaao th ancient bickering . of Eastern interest and Wealera interest; and , w will all go in heart and soul, fut lit com- ,t mon interests of the Stale. , ,,. , , , , , . . , f From th Southerner. REAUFORT HARBOUR. boucti of h dismal Swamp canal, down th Pasquotank river to Elizabeth; iheoc lo Croatan sound, Pamlico, and other sounds, -near ths coast of North Carolina die, Ac, 'Beaufort, inc the settlement of ilia country, has never had let than IS or .10 fret on th bar of it Inlet al high tide Il t hss now, perliijW, S3 fecial high lide ' ' Certainly il hss tuarly that depth, and there are few bare to th (outhwird of il wilh tf more; allow water it Tias 19 feet, A pari, " . K-bla communication fur enaating' vessel t would, therefore, open for the trade nf a ' 'arge part of North Carolina; at least on nf ' the best, and taking depth of water it low ,' tide, th character of tho bar, and ilia safe-. ' ty of th coast near it perhap the best At- " lanlic hsthor south of Ih Chesapcuks bsy, , Several route hsv been proposed sores of thera hvv been surveyed, snd one of ' them ha been ' attempted, by which to con nect the trade of th sounds herein mention ed with Besufurt. . ' l ' W are not dependent upon mere1 pecula '" lion for our opinion of the importance of , thi hsrbor; It wss made msnifesl bv the war . of 1813, 'M, and '11, during whieh il he- Mm th depot of prize , for msny ol our cruiser, whence, hy liihters, their rargoe 1 1 'ware forwarded through the sounds, and by '' th Dismal Swamp canal, to Ihe northern eiiie. ' 'Tobacco and other nrnduc was sent from Petersburg to foreien Markets, whenev- r ! Chesapeake bay wa Occupied by the enemy. 'The following' rx tract ' from Ilia '.' brooks of the treasury department will show ' th importsnc of Beaurott harbor to com- , mere al thai period, and it contrast with Ilia . bsual transactions of tha port! ' ' Year. ! " Gross revenue. , Ton n are, ' 1810 tsss "' "l 1.081 1 ! 10,110 '108,SI4 n.n ' ' 4.B09 ;'' ' ,858 'J iw. ryga) " !;om 1811 813 ' 1813 ' 1814 1815 wt;" 1.4GII lis 1.9.58 ' Ms 4 ' 1810 - BALE OF NEGROES. On Friday last several negroe belonging tn the esuis of Farnifbld Jernigan, di-ceased. wore sold t th Court-house, ' On negro shout 35 year of age brought 81010: anoa ther anmewher between 89 and 40 year ' ilJ, old lor 8tn, a woman J" yrara old and child wer knocked down at 1 1055. Three ho 14. 12 and 10. bronchi 86. 800. and TOO dollars respectively. 'These prices oaem to indicate that negroes conlins ' to bo ' in demand at is high isles a have prevailed forsoms time' The bidding Wis spirited. and (ale quick. Ooldt Rrp. ' Died oft Saturday, 80th oil., at th advanc- ed age of UO yssra, Monica, a eRt wo- ... .. , i I uauuanri w, www ..wwm, ' Chart County, Md. Incidents which she frequently related, furnished data from which her age could be nearly ascertained, Sha wa a servant of uncommon industry and fidelity. She wa devoudly altavucd lo her misires. i a v t - 1 1 .' Hon. II. W. IIuuard, of Alahami, ha hrten recently elected a corresponding mem ber of the Imperial . Academical Society of Cherbourg, in France, ; .,. , ...... ,, e llonaol.trr, th philosopber, (Icridra the ides of msgnetic laliln-inovnig, and ndvi-vs those who have consulted him on the uhn, t io "iry their ch ff upon unie y"ti"j'ir binl." I
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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