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SS- SK.il Coartorder,
. SB Fir who advrni by. tne year.
4 -Jtiril Instruction.- We desire
fir. arVJrbins Farmer." It
I? ' rr itself, ind certainly contains
SP We
pf'jtoee something done by
rf Ul to Pmote the cause of scientif.
ihit-, g he manv of the
i ' , L-:.Tmres commence their anno-
F$e, , i t . i nf ttars. different
. tt!L PU aa t T 7 "
I ill be "discussed for the attainment
it. ailisbmebt of Agricultural Col
I . ScfiQK Btpefjment Farms, die,
Win 4 P mo 01 many Mtreme
f abie.are too expensive to meet
humeral favor .while the mere endow
1 f ipuura Societies afone, proves
a'Sies b&s produced, and is producing.
tbeoeficial results,, by offering pre-
inmsfor ompctjtionj. and thus causing
irtt dnson me panoi me grow-
If to produce1 crops of superior kinds
jt the means) wuich' these ,crops may
econoiiijcalfy ; produced is not made
Lm in 8 dependable manner and thro
Spendable forces. ,
rjiriculturaf Press is doing much
llnajte 'knowledge, but the whole
ftjloriaH cannot be expected to be
(fer practical or 'theoretical, and there
'on i pa" of 9" r agricultural papers
consdered as truly seful whjlc
jie less valuable portions will continue to
jcolate through the exertions of agents
cling only with business motives, . !
The larger States wHI doubtless form
toeaps of Agriculture, embracing all, or
nany of Jlhe! plans, proposed, while the
bsller States will follow the example of
Maryland, so far effective, and with such
pprcmeots as her experience has
Ml n u kv WW - w j . , ti
ili 4lBl333giU-J!!lL i--ri:1- Ni l:;"- I' ! .yp 41 j. ' G;'B.rn. ! i VOLUME pH-NUMBEl 38.
til I
from the Plow. V
VIRGINIA ! FARMING;
general Pion. of Rrchmond, Wchated a
farm MTen o eight , rnile. aUte lh city, on
Jamfi: river, tome two or brei! vear.
(It
-Ttf best and most economical plan yet
pposed is tat reported bysthe Commit
on Agriculture I bf j the Legislature! of
Jew Jersey, nd if carried out as recom
Jntnded iri the killj'wlll doubtless result
pvancing fbe best interests bf tfie State,
pis bill proposes the appointment of a
'He AgrknUuristwhose duties are :
1st. TJ deliver a Icourse of Lectures on
jricuiturpt In'each county each year.
praencirig ith the; county towns, and
pnpag the, j)lace jof lecturing under the
4yisctnCTtothft Legislative representa-
w ."omtbe counties. .
21 To make an! Annual Report to the
TOture embracing air the improve.
p JD, Agriculture, Horticulture, &c,
toeing an account of alt the improved
poftbeStite, ap'dthe means bywhich
;Mc ueen produced, so as to enable
Pn to avai of ;tbe current improve-
-JJi the year. iThis report to be pub
fbe Legislature, and gratuitous
iboted arriong the farmers.
"A report wpuld Ve a text book to
rfy Ml the 1 facts there set forth
Prefer to crops raised sufficientlv
Pfteia to; insure: an examination in
jTi Statr;Ag:riculturist is required
inihe form m inn nrnnnntn in.i
ii ;.r i .; j t" w vwuij i. acir
fJM boctities here none exist, and
(supptied with the current
fPvetrfemf ltimct0 do whichf
Cnd with tbe Ag
Mara fctai.. i . &
l, -' ciipsoi other Statesrsn as
fp hinjseif foi iposted up in all im-
whores id: he ?Atirr-i Kt- th;
Vt 10 JTree, to all cititensnd
.qt b? lfae caW of rendering fp-
, vemenU the1 common property of
V!1 .Meetings bh grictit
ItSif b,'shcd in every town-
F:tf! i - r iuia uian uaa
':hout I: 6 useimness.
Lf -Van officer, however, the es-
LLv efsational; Meetings
failure; P"rU. - j 7.
j c , f"io viuua, anu even
,: v i aro neglected from
wu.cn was injiue .ame condition ai ihoutaods
of othert irr that Stated whose owner have a
bandoned them as worthlesajor rather o worn
put and unproduciive ,at nojl ji he worth culti
ratinj.:; for jib as reaaon, tbousanda bare eini.
grated romSVirginia to neweV and kore fertile
land In lomj of the Western Stale.. for the
iole reason tat; they could no longer u(port
their famiHei aod ieVVant topori a oil which
produced old pines and, broom straw, and but
little else. Ani why! Bejcauaci itjhad been
scratched, not ploughed, tear afier tear, until
the surface eihauMed of fertility ; and howerer
great Jibe amount of richness .beneitb, it was to
the owner a hidden mine ; fr he bad a deep.
rooted (prejudice against deep rooting his plou
into the earth--' 3 would ruinhhe Jand;" iboui!
. 1 I . i F ' "
p
rOIC
Ibouiih
if practiced, it certainly could not have done
so more effectually than the ruinous system
which he haspursued "to ruiij himielf'and land
Here, now, within a stoeythrow of the
rich wheat artd clover; fields of Gen. Peyton,
can be seen tbe'same kind of land as bis.cov.
ered with that worthies product the most
worthless scrubby pines and broom : straw
contrasting wjib hit fields like a desejrt waste
by ibe side of, a garden of fruits and flowera.
By what magic has he wrought! this 'change?
Not alone by ibe expenditure cl capital for
lime, plaster, bone dust, guano, or other fertil
izers, but because he has
" Plowed deep while sluggard, a a! eep.
Producing corn tOiBell n keep." f
I 1 S f - t I I I - l - I I i I i
He Jias procured the-best plows that could
be" obtained, and used them with Hour horse to
a turning plow, followed by Ubree more, sub.
I , I i J 2 A 1 Ij 1 1 ' f I . ) . . 1 ... :. .
soiling every furfow in the stiff bottom land a
fool and a halt deep.' This' alone-has : the el
feet to resloretbe fertility top degree that will
treble the cros He has every prospect now
of twenty bushels of wheat!, to I be acre, and
counts confidently ontieji barcelt fifty iiushelf)
of corn Hist oetd bf pf ring liid jlor
corn is so milch inj coniraslwlh theirs, who
plant first and! sow! the ; land afterward that
we will state fit ; In the !firl( place, lie! land
was plowed and subsoiled; last fall, eighteen
inches deep. This skiing wjeH IploWed
with two horssJandjnw, A!ri5in, i beiog
ptaoiedahetJ'Hb' fM.in.g .reariiMoit : .A coul-,
ter which i somewhat the nature of a
small subsoil !low-i run twelve inches deep.
twice in a rowL and all the ground loosened up
by an iron-toofh harrow J and I he corn coverVd
by a double ftirov olf te ct3te and then all
the xlolls are carfulljf.rkedf fpffiiiysmall i iron
footh rakes. Which are far
respect to hoe Jor that purpjse.
superior
iri every
The ease
wjih which uh iaad ia tended I trough the sea
son would surprise some of I hose who! never
plow till after hW corn ts; upiwhen they break
out the, middle! it it can be called lreakh)g
by a little scralctaing if U, shoyelilow drawn by
bouse of a widow lady, a few doors from
him, who had three! pretty daughters, and
who were the most respectable iri the doc
tor's congregation. ; To solve any difficult
passage in the book ofGeriesis5jeconeile
apparent discrepancies, clear up a knotty
ty1 wuld have- been ih easy task to the
doctor, compared, with stoYmihg the wid
qwa prernisjel. But to the rafsing of 'the
sfegeUhe doctor must go, and,j wih great
g;ravityj and simplicity, gentlelreader. you
ai nuiagine you see mm commenctng the
Work. , 1 .!,!:- jl ;1 '-.I L . .
After the usual, salutations! were over,
Ne satd to Mrs.s VY xk my isessions
have of late been advising me to take a
(e, and recommended me to call upon
you ; and as you have three! fine daugh
ters, I would like to say1 a word tb the el
dest, if you have ho objection." Miss
tHMnters,: and; the doctor; with bis,
characteristic simplicity said; to her, "my
sessions have been advising me to take a
viife, and recommended me to cialj uporj;
m. i ne young tady who had seen some
thirty siimrnets, was not tot lie caught so
easily ; she ladghed heartily at the-doctor's!
apruptnessT; hinted; to him hjat id making
aj sermon.? was it .not necessary tosftyj
8mfjthjng first to jntroduce the subject;
p-6perly before he entered jfplly bpbn it ;i
ahd as for her nart. she was determined
nmito surrender her liberty jat a rhoment'si
Warning the bnnVie nf Kr ct tvnc nnl
cfrbed SaherslandinWout'ilThiy Was afl
afwasto of time to the doctor; and ihe re !
quested to see her sister. M j I 'j
Miss E.4Wr n then entbreA and to!
jsiive time the doctor says, Hmy Isessions
We been jad vising me to take a wife, and
I had been speaking 'to you sister, who
has iust crone out at the donr. nnrl s she
islhot inclined that way, what would vou
kttl. . '. r 'mm '.,irhi' .. .-' -if
iimok oi Deing ivirs. L. , n r " Uh I JJoc
Jojt! I don't know ; ill is rather ai serious
question. Marriage, you know, binds one
ur me, anu usnouiu not oe rasniy entered
(ii
into. I
time to
lesjas Gen. Peytn and j others
irginia are caiiusirig a great rev-
late Old field lands are bought
4
Car
-
I ofHcer
e On i nm
... , ,n; t it
0Dt
.i : - ,i p.
cjould, and doubtless
more farmers in
HI I 'I 'V IA1P I rt A 9 mW. m-l mm. mm. J '
fnul'.J-i " crops oi
manner!
Kby J! instance could be1
f rnw;i:i"uuer 01 culture, &c,
i'liiu. - "in iu iiif rnani, mhi &
k W full ,; 7 - "5lr wou ,a
f
Indeed, the
materially to
,ttn: . i t inquiry anu
a.
a poor mule.
oucn exam
are setting in
olutionin that
inn t
often at tgreatly Advanced prices ; and people
are beginning to find it is more profitable to
improve their own farms than' it ij to run off in
pursuit !of newones. Truly, the spirit 'of iin-.
provement is abroad ; who shall : limit t vasl
advantages to he whole country I,
SINGULAI: MODE OF COURTSHIP.
The Rev. jt, , an eminent Scotch
divine,' and professor of theology, was re
markable lor! absence of . mind, and indif
ference to oHdlv affairs.; His mind,
wrapt Up in lofty contemplations, could
seldom stoop to the ordinary business of
life, and whri fit any1 timr hq did attend
to secular affairs, he generally went about
them in a way unlike any body else, as,
the history 'oi his courtship Will show.?
He was greatly beloved by his elders and
congregationi Was full of simplicity and
sincerity, and ebtirely unacquainted with
the etiquette lof jl he world. Living the soli
tary, comlortless life? bf a bachelor, his el
ders gave him frequent hints that his do
mestic happiness would be, much increas
ed by his tattp to himself ,a wife, and
pointed out Several .young ladies in his
congregation!ajny of ; whom" might be ;a
fit match i or ebrbpanion for; him. .
; The eldersl finding all the hints, had no
effect in rousing the doctor to the using of
the means, preliminary to entering Into a
matrimonial alliance, at last concluded to
wait upon bim, and stir him up to the per
formance of is duty. f They urged on him
the advantages lof marriage its happiness
spoke of it as a divine , institution. 'and
as affording all! the 'enjoyments of ! sense
and, iri short, all the; sweets f of domestic
life. The doctor approved bf all they
said, arid apologised for his past neglect
of duty, on account of many difficult pas
sages of Scripture he had of late been at
tending to, and promised to look after it,
the first convenient season. The Riders,
however, tje not to pe 'put off any lon
ger ; they insisted on the doctor at once
making use bf the means,;Wnd requested
from him a . promise tbat,!;on; Monday af
ternoon, he po'uld straightway visit the
would not consent without taking
deliberate upon It. 0 My time,"
says the Doctor, "is so much occupied,
and as my session has said so muph to me
tri the busings that lmast finish It tb day,
(fj! can j so ybu bad best tell jyour moth
er to send in your youngest silterj to speak
iojme.t In a knoment comes!jhe honest,
MefyMiss 'ay W ; n. omeaway
m child, it is getting on in the afternoon,
abd l m list get faomeab my f studdies. I
ta!ve been speaking to both of youHsisters
? f ! 'ft a ! -i ft. 1 . l-m ''-
on? a little tiusmess. and thev have declm-
edi lama man of few words ; and with
out misspending! precious time what would
toil think of being made. Mrs. L n ?n
Indeed, 1 always thought a good deal of
yop, Doctor; and if my mother does not
say against it, I have no objections." The
Doctor left Miss Mary in a few minutes.
enjoining her to fix the day, for any would
suit him ; but to send him tip Word the
day before. I s 1 - -
The doctor; was scarcely home before a
kef n dispute arose in the family among
the three young ladies, all claiming the
doctor. ' The eldest qriesaid the offer was
first made to her and she. did nbt positively
refuse. . The second . declared that she
Wifhed only a little time to think upon it ;
and the younger insisted that It was com
pleJtely with her. The mother of the young
ladles Was in such difficulty With her
daughters, that she was obliged to call up
on the doctor himself to settle, the dispute.
Sthe called, and the reverend doctor, in his
cnracteristic way said, "my) dear Mrs.
W-- n I am very fopd of peace in (am
il!ie$ ; it is all the same thing tb me, Which
of tfiem and just settle it a mongjy ourselves,
send me up Word." The doctor was mar
ried to the youngest, 'and one of his sons is
at this day a respectable clergyman, in the
land ol the mountain and the iflobd. -St.
Jtjotiis Bulletin. , f M
man in our community can say with thank
luiness. mat it turned out so that, to his
half dozen yersV apprenticeship, he is in
debted for the' habits of industry and so
briety be has obtained. That, when be
was put tb a trade,he was on a pivot, as
it were. Had it not been for the firmness
of his parents, he likely would have been
a ruined lad ere bil minority expired.-
Ths Was the turning point.
COAL MNES OF ENGLAND AND
AMERICA. U
he following article from the Galena
(Observer, ,is very interesting ; the au
thor writes correctly, and is evidently ac-
quainted with the mining operations and
laws of England : .V ';
SThe depth at Which our Illinois coal
is dug Is bjjt a pin scratch on the globe,
corbpared With the bjiggings in the English
coal ibine?! One shaft, near Sunderland,
is perhaps the deepest in the world. The
coal was first found one thousand six hun
dred feet beloW the 'surface, and it is no w
Worked at Hone thousand seven hundred,
and one thpusand! eight hundred feet 14
These English mines employ large bodies
of workmen. In orie there are one hun
d red and thirty.six ' men and eighty-five
boys belovtrj ground engaged in fourteen
diflerent kjifids of labor, and one hundred
and twelvb men and twenty-eight boys
above ground, in seventeen occupations,
and, three hundred and sixty.one workmen
in all. T;he names joflhe classes of Work
men are singular: under-viewers, banks
men, drivers, hewers, putters, headsmen,
half-marrows, foals, stoppers, or door
keepers, &c. The hewers are the actual
miners. of the Icoal 'receive' about twenty
shillings a Week, working six hours a day,
with coal and: housed rent free. Children
under eight years o!
ed by law, and the
age are now exciud
barbarous harnessing
j Benefit of Apprenticeship--hkvfi is an
important feature in the regulatibn of a
frfafter-mecbanic. which isj'TijiglitfoI to
srirrfe kind patent's heart, arjd thbt is the
fiyfosevebyears' npprentide(s$ipithe boy
wh learns a trade must; submit to. - Qut
iti an excellent discipline. !' tbkes the
lad!at aicriKtcal peried ot life w.hfen he
perhaps has a disposition averse . tb steady
ernloymentr--When he isinclibM to roam
all lrge; amid the contaminbtibg Influen
ce's about him-and puts bimitO b steady
round ofduties severe, art first, but soon
becoming from habit agreajble ; and,
when bis minority expires, his f tjeady hab
itihnd industry are .established, and be1
comes forth a man, the master pf a trade,
of fixed principles, and good habits, a bless
ing o himself and the community ; or at
leassf ibis ought to be the result of an ap-
prenticeship where both master and ap
prentice mutually discbarge their duty to
each other, - j 4 r- ' i ,
If parents would but look at! it aright,
theyj would declare that,; had tbey many
sonM they should learn trades, j Contrast
the youth just alluded to witjb!birn who,
hav!fng a horror of an apprenticeship, is
allcjlwed to rain' a!t large. At thejmbst crit
icailpbriod of iife for, forminlhabits, he
is forming thbs that'! are ihe reverse of
industry. He is not jfittihg himself to be
b min, hut Wbaring away his! boyhood in
idleness. Tbje partial parent sees this,
yet ias not fortitude to avert it Atitwen-ty-ohe
years of age the firstnamed lad
comes out a good mechanic s Jt js won
derful if thehother has not faslebed habits
upon him thbt Will be'hisiruib, (fbe is not'
ruined already. More than bob eicellenf
of females to the coal carts in the pits is
prevented.; 'Oor, IUibis diggings are borb
paratively jdlr ' Th English miner often
pump, one thousand! gallons a minute, or
Six; thousand tonstday '; one near Dur
ham pumped itwen six thousand seven
hundred tons of Witer per diem 1 The
use of steajrnl pbwe'r fn bur coa mining is
yet tb come.! In the north of England, en
gines of two hundred and fifty horse pow
er are in common use at the pumps. At
! Percy Main4f near jjIewcastle, engines of
jfive hundred Ibndsixly-six horse power are
!n ope ratioin,! four hjindred and forty horse
power being; employed in pumping alone.
But little capital is Employed in the bust
bessilbere. It is estimated the cost of a
!first class Eglisti iiolliery, including the
shaft, machinery, houses, wagons, &c. &c.
Is frcirb 40,000 toj i 150,000. The deep
est eoal is tbib best.p As our Illinois beds
are 'worked deeperhey will furnish an
Article as good, and ere long -better than
the, ; Pennsylvania; Aoal. Adjoining the
gfeat unworked colliery, which stretches
across our State from central Iowa to
northern Keritucky,manofacturing cities
will soon arise as busy as Pittsburg, per
haps smoky,
valuable for
And coal, more and more
manufacturing purposes, for
solidity, densfty, beat-giving, &c, will be
brought up as the progress of our north
western manufacturing towns make a de
mand for it. !l v !
NUMEGS1lNDIfiENOUS:TO CALI
. ! :!'; j FORNIA.
One day last May, says the Alta Cali-
fornian, we iwere presented with a very
fine specimen of nutmeg by one of the
delegates to
--. S . ft ' mm. m
uangerous, oui mis is all sheer nonsense,
for the most virulent poisons are extract
ed from herbs. What is opium but) a ve
getable. extract, ahd beside this a great
number of minerals are extracted from
vegetables, at least they can be. ; Mor
phine, n ax vomica, strychnia, solanfa, ni
cbtine,j and many ot her dreadful poisons,
are vegetable extracts. How nonsensical
then to speak of medicines being more
safe or valuable because they are obtain
ed frorb Vegetables; It is well known that
mushrooms a certain kind are cooked
and used as an article of diet, vet in ihe
class of mushroom there are some idead
fy species, yea, the species generally used
for the table, at some seasons and when
growing in some localities, are highly
poisonous. A few weeks ago wc read art
account of some Bavarian officers Who
were poisoned by j eating common table
mushrooms, and they died in the most Iran
tic delirium, in spite of the best medical
skill and attention.
NORTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD.
A meeiingof the Directors of ihe Nortlj Car.
Una Rail Road was held in this place on
Thursday the 8ih instant, and having completed
the "business before them, adjourned on Friday.
By the kiridneas of a friend we have been put
in possession of the most interesting portion of
their proceedings. !
From information elicited at the meeting, it
appears that the whole line ha been put under
contract: tbat many of the contractors hate
made good progress in Ibe work, and that all of
them are preparing to proceed with much spir
it and vigor io the completion of iheir contracts,
Though no regular return were made of the
forces engaged on the line, yet it was ascer
tained that on that portion of it which lies be
tween the Yadkin and Charlotte, (some forty
miles,) there are 631; men and above 200 boys
now at work ; and that portion of the road, it is
with much confidence! expected, will be graded,
if not entirely finished,-during the present year.
Much importaut business was transacted by
the Board. Among other things, the President
was authorized to contract for iron to lay on the
road from one end to' the other, except thi first
division, the iron for which is to be- furbished
by the contractors for building that part of the
road ; and the Chief Engineer was authorized
to contract for two Locomotives, ol twenty ions
weight each, and a suitable number of Cars, (or
the eastern end of the road, to be in readiness
for transporting materials at the earliest period
it may bej found necessary.
A change in ihe location of the road near
Waynesborough was authorized, for the purpose
of avoiding a piece of low land so subject to
overflow as to render trestle work necessary
By this change the main stem of the road, in
stead of passing through Waynesborough,, pass
es by that, place as the distance of, say, 1600
feet, but will connect with the town and steam
boat navigation on the Neuse by means! of a
turn-out. 1 ' .'R . J
It is understood to be the policy of ihe board
to call in the subscription money very rapsdly
ten per cent is ordered to be paid in April next,
and ten per ceni in June. This course is nec
essary for prompt payment to contraciors, and
is just lo individual siockbolders ; for ibelsoon
?r fifty per cent shai have been paid in by
them, the sooner the State will begin id par.
licipale in the burthen of carrying forward the
work. j. . - . , ,
A good deal of conversation was had on the
subject of Engineers to supply the vacancies oc
casioned by the resignation of Mr. J. Ci Mc
Rae and Mr. Prevost. This business is In the
hands of the Chief Engineer, and it is under
stood that he expects Mr. Theodore Garnet,
now engagad on a Rail Road in Kentudky, to
supply the place of M r. M e Rae, and is i) cor
respondence with other suitable persons for sup
plying the! other vacancy.
In the financial department it is found that
tbe five per Cent, paid in at (he time of subscrip
tion, is just now about being exhausted ; and
consequently that ihe local jon of ibe road, pay
ment of the officers, and contingent expenses,
have not exceeded 50,000 dollars. There is
scarcely another instance of so small an expen
diture on a work ol such magnitude. Hitisbor
oxlgh Recorder.
REVALUE OF LABOR.
Look at the transforming power of labor!
Tbe item which follow are drawn from Hunt's
Merchants' Magazine, of October, 1848,:
A pound of cotton when spun is worth $25 00
Tbe same wove into muslin and em
broidered i worth 75 00
An ouoce of Flanders! thread is worth 120 00
The same made into ace is worth M" ,200 00
which is worth ten times the value of standard
gold weight for weight. A pound of iron, worth
four cents, can be made into fifty thousand pen-
st the nutmeg was in a pulpy con-1 dulum springs of a WAicb, each wortb four
the Whig Convention, who
assured us very complacently that it was
a native of California. We as compla
cently received it, sujpposing it wasan as
surance based upon Mrs. Opie's license,
when the gentleman; reiterated tbe fact,
and confirmed it with the information tbat
his brother bad gathered a number of
them from some nutmeg bushes that were
growing a few mjles from Piacerville. -
Another gentleman who was standing by
declared that be had seen many of them,
and that great crops could be gathered
with little difficulty in the fall season.-
We concluded that we would make tbe
m.btter a subject of a paragraph upon our
retbrbjbut; ailfear of being badly sold
induced us to waitifor further evidence.
Some time after, Co!.. Formati assured us
that he bad seen some that were plucked
during the formative stage of the spice.
whilst the nug
An Wa till tipcitfltprt tn Annnunee i cents.
lJ Ljj.::J Li. : rai;frh Lead to the value of 85, made into small
toe aroiuauUiaa juuigcuuua i xaiiiviui, , A,
L.ATJJ ... u .inAA Kaaii inL hfpe is WQjt!hJll40, , !
par iron iu iuo iiho vi vv, ,uuu
Total value $200-
forrbed by Gbv. Bigler tbat be saw a large
I quantity of them growing last summer,
and that he had senUor some ot tne ui rpr
special coltivation, We deem it Very safe
to announce it as a new resource of Cali
fornia.: '! ' ! 1 , '
Yeable Extracts and Quack Medicine
l4ir'uitei'cmmbnfor'de.in quack
medicines b advertise the same as being
purely vegelable," ! This. i presuming
upon the ignorance ,of the multitude. At
one time, long ago,; vegetable medicines,
witn! the exception of alum and sulphur,
werd e kcldsif ely used, and when science
bad ileelaped the virtues of mineral mc
dicitiesi bid ejodicfj were soon anayed
agbinst tbe 4vils or ther" new drogs.---Thej
isbmej prejudices still exists in the
minds bf many, herjee we bear of the
her N octor beibgj the most safe They
belieVS that ininerai medicines are more
die is worth j 8 350 00
Do made into gun barrels is worth 1,190 09
Do made into scissors is worth 1,190 00
Do made! Into pen knife-blades is r
worth; ! ' 3,230 00
Do made into polished steel sword-
handle is worth! v 4,860 00
In t bete instances, it it teen that a very
cheap material is made to be worth many times
the value of gold ! j
Melancholy. John Johnson, of Gaston coun-
ly, who recently had his loot cut off while chop,
pins wood, and from neglect, bad to undergd
amputation, died on oaiuroay, too oomsi. e
wat a very poor man and ha left a widow and
four small children.--jTAe Remedj.
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Adulterated tea is becoming more com
mon every day. There is scarcely pound
of good tea to be found : it is ! adulterated
first in China, and then it undergoes a fin
ishing process when it comes here.
yisitop m. Kossuth to':.:::.
About two o'clock yesterday cf.:,
Kossuib, accompanied by GenCass,
on Mr CJay at his rooms ai the! Nati
pie interview was on both sii?s : .
al and friendly, and was ; continued r
housr, in the course cf which ue Jean: t
Clay fiankly disclosed his ser;tm:er
cbnjsiderahle length, as to Ihe poll : v
country! in reference to the questijii c.s i
lionj in Europe n 'affair, j Mr.? C'av, .
been understood, is opposed lo any c
ihi policy, deeming it best nol ouly .
se I lea, but likewise for ibe downltr, J'
ulalions-ol Europe, that weah'ouM j
bithierln. ibe even tenor of our way.
i lip. Kossuth paid ihe most tefpectfL;! ;
tb ilr. Clay, and on his tide imparted :
lerefttin; intelligence as folhe social n
ical coudition of several of tbe European :
; , Xational Title!! ;
FlVB HUXDHGD pRSorS DcftKOV:-
; ' lWatkr Sfout. f
On Saturday intelligence , was rez '
Lloyd's, (London.) under date MaJ:a,
the 8th ultimo, of a moil awful occurrc:..
1 Aland of Sicily which! had been' sue; !
enormous Avater-spouts, accomiinied !
rific hurricane, j Those who ' oesit J i
nomiena descrite ibe water-pj:ts cs I
meuse spherical bodies of water rcac! "
ihe clouod. ihrir .cone nearly touc!
earth, aod, ai fr as could be judged, zl
ler ol a mile apart, traveling with im::..
locity. They passed over the island rr
sata. In their progress houses were t:.:
lees uprooted, men and women, horse?,
and sheep raised : up, drawn into their i
and borne on Iri destruction ; during i!. . '
age rain descended in cataracts, cccc.
with hail stones enormous size and i.
ice. Gning over CastelIamarre, near ;
it destroyed half thy town, and wa'sheJ I
dred of the inhabitants into the sea, u!..
isbed. Upwards of five hundred peu
destroyed by this teritle visitation, ai: !
menae amount of property, the; cojntr;
laid waste (or miles., : The shipping ir. t'
bor suffered severely, 'many vessels L '
stroyed, and their crews drowned. A
occurrence number of dead human
were picked up, all fiigbtfully muti!.;:
swollen." III I IfM ; ,
Sjiow tx Nova ScoTiA.i ccrrc t
of Ihe Pictou Chronicle has furnisheJ i
which gives the. result, of 'a recur J' cf
snow-storms atlhe Albion Mines far ?'
seven years. Tbe table shows the r.;
suow.storms ineach year, the depth i
which fell in earjb month, with tbe a M .
each year and Ihe annual average, '1
age number of jdays pr annum on V
Was a snow, stnrm. dunnnr Irin cevn v,-
sixty; and l be average depth of sno
fell in each year nine feel and six inc'.. .
snow is usually dry and light, requ'n in;
Jeen inches deep of snow to produce c
of water:.; - ': jl' - ir"J ir-' 'FjHi 'j ".'
.-r. !: -i;-rr -, ; 1 , i U'. !"
Despatch in PaVbriiaking. Fr
have been more improved thai) Ibis, :
will acknowledge who have read a do
of the old mode and compared ' tbe' pre s
i no jjuuisTiue courier oi a idie oaie r
remarkable insiance bjrdispatch;: fc At 1
five o'clock last Evening, the paper c;;
this morning's edition of the Courier is ,
was rags, injMr. Isaac Croroie paper .
Thej rags were soorr converted Into tl.
we cirdered,iind ai fifjeen minutes bef-r .
ocrock the paper war delivered at c;.-
rrpuj ior uio pre83. inis is certainly
stance of remarkable expedition."
r ree masonry is ,m . a j very nor ,
prosperous state now in every, part
kj iiivtp, ani iiic irai ernuy is gro wir
numejrons than it has e ver before 1
There is now a certainty that the in
division which has existed hitherto
State lof New York; will, be heah '
the two Grand Lodges be united n
one common iurisdiciion. St John's
No. ii of New York citv. the oldest
United States, gave in its adlair
weeks ago to the party which is i.
immensely in the majority. i Their f
pie has been followed by many oft!,
er lodges, and the union will soon I
plete. 4 St. John's lodge is the posa
tbatj copy of the Bible on which Wi.
ton took his bath of fidelity to the C
tution of the UnitedStates. when 1.
inaugurated its first President.
j j;-; M-.;j .
Social lnterc6urse--Ve shout J rr.;'
principle to extend tbe hand of fellov
every man who discbarge faithfully hi
and tiiaililaius good Older wo oat i
deep interest in the welfare of general .'
t-whose deportment is upright and wlc:
is intelligent, without stopping to l
whether he swings a hammer or draws a t
There is nothing so distant from all ;
claim, as the reluctant, therbackivard .)
The 'forced ami lei t he checked conver
- the hesitating compliance, the well t
too apt trjj! manifestjo those a liitlo daw:
whom in comparison of intellecl'and (:ti:
of virtue,; they frequently sink 'into ii.
cance. Daniel Webster, 1
The C0stbast. 1 saw a; vast nul.l
tne sick ana ayingail last hastening to
and 1 heard a voice say : i here is U, ; ; .
asking," and tbere wa but, one! or tv.
that great company raised their ;vo!!cs3 t
tbat boon. , - 'X-AV1, j'1
I saw a band of weary travelers in r.
desert, parched with thirst, and I beard
saying to them : There is water for t-.
ing.'t " Ho, every on4 tbai ihiristeth, c
to the waters 1" and directly io sight t
a ccol and! sparkling fiuntain gUililr ;
rock which threw a deep shadow zz:
" weary land,! and hot a few there vr:
made tbe effort to reach the grateful V.
the rock, ox to slake their thirst in its -
f Tbereii gold for the digging," "rr;
another vopce; and thousands of
tioners cry, Where where": Far f -over
the deep waters across tbe d:
passes of ibte mountain,;danger dnd dir .
be braved-pbul what of all that J there i
for tbe digging, atihe"end, j And
ihrojig. and pre, and (crowd, io fe&cL .
off land! rl-!' VI! hi
"iWbat shall it profit a man, it fcs ;j
wnojie wuitu iuu iwo ,ui wwu ,
shall be give io exchange for bis tc: ?
J.
1
ronnd Charcoal is said to be tbe I:
in ihe worlld for cleaning knives.' ; It
wear tbe k'hives away like brick dust,
to often used. Try it
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