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1 f r ' : ' tEreryThiirsday. mornings, by ' I HENRY DIMOCK, Editor, At three dollars per annum, in advance. ; ' Aqvertisemext9 inserted, at 'sixty cents per square of sixteen lines, or less, for the first, and thirty cents for each succeeding in serTion. ' ' ' ' . ' . '-. Court orders and Judicial Advertisements will be charged twenty-Jive per cent, higher than the rates specified .above ; and yearly advertisements, thirty-three and a third per cent, lower. XCj" Unpaid letters, addressed to the Edit or onl business connected, with his paper, wll not, in any case, bei taken, from the Post Of- -ficc-'r ' : ; : 1 ' ;.-, ' TAKING THE CjENSUS IN ALABAMA. BY a "chicken man" or 1840. ! Our next encounter iwas with an old lady notorious in her neighborhood, for her gar rulity and simple rAindednese. Heir loquaci ty knew no bounds it was constant, unre mitting", interminable, and sometimes laugh-j ably silly. She was interested j in quite a large Chancery suit which had been 'drag ging its slow length along' for several years, and furnished her with a conversational, fund Which she drew upon extensively, under the idea that its merits could never be sufficiently discussed. Having been warned of her pro pensity, and; being; somewhat hurried, when . we called upon her, we were disposed to get through business as soon as possible, and without hearing her enumeration of the strong points of her law case. Striding into the house, and drawing our papers i ''Taking the census, ma'am 1" quoth we. , i MAhl well lyes! bless your soul,honey take a seat. Now do 1 Are you the gentleman that Mr. Van Buren has sent to take the ten si ? 1 wonder I well,5 good Lord look down, . how was Mr. Van Buren and family when you seed them?' j --r- We explained that we had never seen the President: didn't 'know him from- a side of sole leather ; and we had been' Written to, to i take the census. ' ; Well,, now tharngiri! Love your soul ! Wel' I 'snose Mr.! Van Buren writ you tt letter, did he No .? W ell, I suppose, some of his officers done itj mess my soul 7 Well, God be praised, there's mighty little here to take down timea'is hard, God's will be done; but looks like people can't git their jest rights in this country ; and the law is all for the :" rich and none for the poor, praise the Lord. Did you ever hear tell ot thai case my boys has cot atrin old i Simpson? Looks like. they nver will git to the eend on it; glory to- Hit name! 1 he children will sutler, I'm roightiy afraid ; Lord give us .grace. Did you ever see Judje B - ? Yesl Weil, the Lord preserve! us ! Did you ever hear hirc say what he was . agwine to do in the boy Vcase tigin Simpson? No J Good Lord! Well Jquire will you nx him ' next! time you see lam, and writej me wordj and tell him what 1 1 ray j I'm nothing but a poor widow, and my boy has got i:q.larnin' and old Sim-- son took feni in. They ought to have had a good start, all on'em, but God bless you, that old man h;isu5ed 'cm up 'till they aim able to buy xcrelur to plonerh with. It's a ntiittf imiii cHi nuu iuo twin uuuiii i never U been broke! but r' p - 1 . . . : Here we inter pos ed and told the old lady that bur time was precious, that we wished to take down the number of heiv fumly, 'and the province raised 'by her last year, and be off. Alter a good! deal of trouble we .got through Willi the descriptions of the mem bers of her family i.nd the" 'Statistical table' as far as the articl 'cloth.' . How many j'ards ol .cotton sloth did you weave in 1840 ma'im V f Well now I The Lord have mercy ! Less see! jYou know Saliy Higgins that used to live down in the Smith settlement ? poor gal, she couldn't help it, I dare say. Well Sally she conies to stay 'long wi' me, when the old man (irove her away, and she was a powerful good hand to weave, and I did think sheMlulb me a power. 'Well ar ter she'd bin here -awhile, her baby hit took sick and old! MidsJ Stringer she bndertuk to ' help it sheVa powerful good hand, old Miss Stringer, on roots and sitch like! YVell, the. Lord look down from above 1 She made a sort of tea', an 1 was a-saying, and she gin ' it to Sally's baby, but it got wuss the poor creeturr and she gin it lea, and gin it tea, and looked like, the more she gin it tea, the more- v .. .. . -j -i'. My dear madam, I am in a hurry please tell nif how many yards of cotton cloth you , wove in 18401 1 want to get through with you and go on !' J 't;' , 'Well! -well! the Lord-a-mercV I s who'd a thought you'd a bm so snappish! - Well, as t 1 was n sayin' Sail's child hit kept a gittin' wuss, and old Mis Stringer, sne, kept a giv en' the yearb tea tell at last the child hit look ed like hit would die any how.1 And 'bout the time the child was at its wusf, old Daddy JSkyes he come along, and he said if we'd git some night-shed berries and stew 'em ) with a little cream and some fiog's Iardnow old 'Daddy Skyes is a fnighty fine old man and he , tn the boys a heap of mighty good! counsel about that case boy, says ;he, I'll tell you what you do ; you gQ , t " ' 'In God's name, old lady,' said we, 'tell a bout your doth; and let the sick child and Miss Stringer, Daiidy Skyes, the boys, and the law-suit co to the devil, I'm in a hurry ! Gracious bless lyour dear soul!, Uon't git aggrawated, I was jist a telhn' you how it .nmn f didn't weave no cloth last year.' Oh well, you didn't weave any cloth last yeaV. Good ! welj go on to the next article.' Yes ! you see the child hit begun to swell and turn yallert arid hit kept a willirC its eyes i and a moanin', and I knowed - ' Never mind about the child just tell me the value of the poultry you raised last year 'Obi well- yes--tle chickens you mean ! WhvJ the Lord love vour noor soul, I reck on you never in your 6orn days seen aipoor creetur have the luck that I did and looks like we never shall have good luck again ; for ever since old Simpson tuk that case up to the Chancery Coui -r ' 1 Nerer mind thej case ; lei's hear about the chickens, if you please.' . j ' 'God bless you. honey, the owls destroyed In and about the best half what I did raise. Every blessed night the Lord sent, they'd come and set on the comb of the house, and hoo-hoo-hoo, and one night particular, I re member I had jist I got up to the night-shed salve to 'mnt the little gal with t "VTell, well, what was the value of what you did raise 7 -i 4v ! I I '- v, iTh, T.nrri nhovA Innk dawn ! '. Thfiff irnf j .. W MW. ' - " f O ' SO Daa -tne own mu inai nicy tut, mc qiu hens, as well as the young chickens. The night I was telling1 you about, I heard some thin' squall ; squall end says I'll bet that's f ;:'V Vj ,1 UML -u;', ' IS: .V:- . - ; "n , ' - - . --j " ' - i ' r - "' :- . ; ' '''-. ' - . . ' - f ' "" . . ' X ffj' . 'i K - 'T Yffi' 5 3 :ti " y. ... - -I i !, . , . - - ; j " - - ' ' old Speck that nasty oudacious owl's got, for 1 seen ner go to roost witn ner cnicxens, op j in tne plum tree. yornerst the smoke house. Ft Miss Stringer was sleep- So l went whar old in,' and says; I Miss Stringer ! Oh 1 Miss Stringer! sure's vour'e born, that stinkin' owl's got old Speckjout'n the plum tree ; well old Miss Strnger she turned over 'pun her side, like, and says jshe, what did you say, Mrs. Stokes ? and says I ' :y " j i t I ? We began to get very tired, and signified (the same to the cld lady, and begged ', she (would answer us directly and without circum locution. . ; j ' S , ' ' I v. . ' f f The Lord Almighty love your dear heart, honey, I'm tellin' you as fast as I kin. The owls they get worse and worse, alter they had 8 wept old Speck and all her gang, they went to work on tothers; and Bryant (that's one of my boys,) hi i 'lowed he'd shoot1 the pestersome creetura -and so one night arter that, we heard one. Hollar, and Bryant he tuk the ole musket a id went, out 'and sure e nough, there was oi?ey, as he thought, a ; set tin'on the comb of ti e house ; so he blazed 8-way and down com ; what on earth did come down do you reckon, when Bryan shot!? The owl, I jsuppo e.' . :r 'No 8ich a thing, n s sich ! the owl won't ihar 'Twas my old . he use-cat come a tumbiiri' down, spittin,' sputterin, and scratching and luir a fly in' every ti ne she jump'd like you'd a busied a feather bed j open! Bryant he said the way he co ne to shoot the cat in stead of the owl he seed something white ' 'For Heaven's sake Mrs. Stokes, give me the value of your joultry, or say you will not I Do one thing 6r the other.' j ; 'Oh well, dear lov j your heart, I reckon I had last year high a out ithe same as I got this, 1 i ; r - r . t . . i - i z- 'Then tell me how many dollars' worth you have now,' and tlie thing's settled.' Til let you see for yourself' said tHeL wid ow Stokes, and taking an ear ol corn put of a crack between the los of the cabin, and shell ing off a handfull, she commenced scattering the grains, all the while screaming, or rajher screeching cjiick chick chick chick -chick chick-ee cliick-eer ;e ? j v i ' Here they came, roosters and hens and pullets and little chicks crowing, cack ling, chirping; flyjrg and fluttering over beds, chairs, and tab es ; alighting on the old women's head and shoulders, fluttering a gainst her sides, pec iing at her hands, and creating a din and confusion altogether., in discribable. The olt lady seemed delighted, thus to exhibit he' feathered tock and would occasionally xclaim a nice ; passel, airrt .they a nice' pnssel ! But she never would say what they ,'were ; no persuasion valua of the widow Stokes' poultry, though as she said herself she had 'a mighty nice pas sell1 THE GREAT RACE AT NASHVILLE; The race for the Peyton stake, which at tracted. to Nashville rtany persons from dif ferent parts of the X. nion, including a num ber of distinguished I gentlemen connected with the turf, came off on the 10th instant, and resulted in Mr. Kirkman's filly, the pro duce of imported Eli sa, by Rubens and Im ported Glencoe taking the stakes. : 1 The course says Ithe Nashville BannerJ was' attended by an unusually large assem blage. Never erhaps in this country was there a contest of the kind which excited so to last was animating in the highest degree. Four horses started. The first heat was won by the Hon. Alexander Barrow's pro duce of Lilac, by imported Leviathan and imported Skylark. The second was taken by Col. Wade Hampton's produce of import ed Uelphine, by Whisker and? Plenipoten tiary. Thet third was keenly contested be tween Col. Hampton's and Mr. Kirkman's; but the latter, jn the last mile, made a brush and passed her competitor. The fourth heat was the great contest Hon. Balie Pey ton's were withdrawn. The contest lay again prin cipally . between CoLs Hampton's and Mr. Kirkman's. It was well sustained, but again in the last round the latter by a brush gained the day. This result seemed quite unexpect ed. Col. Hampton's horse was evidently the favorite, while the vie tor had excited I but in considerable attention of interest. James Kirkman's er try produce ot fcIiza, Dy Rubens, and imp. Glen coe,! ' . ' . ' - j! Col. Wade Hampton's entry pro-, duce ol imp. Delphine by Whisker and Plenipotentiary, 44 11 3 122 iviexanaer liarrowjS entry pro duce of Lilac, by imp. Leviathan and imp. Skylark, m j i Peyton and Chalmer's entry pro- 1233 auce oi mack Mary, by Kclipse and imp. Luzhorough, i ; ul 2 3 0 4 Time 8 528 50 a 339 52. Track very neavy. Uutitng Grass.-rrThn editor of the Ameri can Farmer recommends ' that srass be cut while in the flowering) state, before the seeds have been formed. He remarks, very cor rectly, that up to this time, the plant draws largely on the atmosphere for lis nutiiment, but for the formation bt the seed the energies of the soil are mostlyitaxed ; and ; it is to a vpid this exhaustion ofthe soil, that he recom mends cutting the seed so early, x ' lf9 however, the soil is t severely taxed to form the seed, the farmer, we think, is amply remunerated, from ; tlie fact! that , they are Very far more nutritous than the blade and stem. Where the grass to be mawed springs up spontaneously, arid requires no previous preparation ofthe soil, it would probably be well for the tar mer to take the trouble of mo w ing, for. the sake ofthe stem and blade ; but where previous. preparation andisowing seed are - to be , ?on& throuorh with. w HrtnKt whether the farmer wjuld not find it more to his interest even to buy manure to restore his land, than for his stoc to be .without the nu triment afforded by the grass seed .j.UvU We believe all agree that if the seed are allowed to form: the grass should be cut be fore they are sufficien ly matured to Planter. shatter In harvest mg.-S. O. i BBB JU9t. AND FEAR NOT! LET ALL THE SND3 THOU AOt'OT AT, BE THY CODMTRT's. THY OODrs': ird TPDTH'8.n LETTER FROM MR. CLAY. The following letter from the - Hon. Henry Clay to us, is in reply to certain interrogato ries, pi opounded by ns in a letter dated Au gust 22, 1843, a copy of which we insert be low. . - ' . ' ir A portion of our letter was dictated (or, at least request was made, and the questions written out,) by one of the most prominent democrats in Georgia ; so far, as relates to tlie first two questions. I The views of Mr Clay meet our most hearty approbation they are, indeed the ve ry sine qua non of our principles. We hope those of our friends, who have, in private conversation, pledged themselves to us to support tbe Whig party, provided an answer from Mr. Clay should be received and which answer should be repugnant to a high Protective Tariff will not forget their promises when they read this letter. Let every Democrat read this letter and let it not be charged upon us any more, that we are "high Protective Tariff", men. The letter of Mr. Clay dated 13th Septem ber last, did not reach us until the 3rd inst. i j ! Lagrange Herald. I Lagrange, Ga., Aug. 22, 1843. Dear Sir : Permit me, though a stranger, to propound a few important questions to you relative to your present views, independent of what they may have been heretofore. ; I request your attention,' particularly, be cause have contracted for, and am about to establish a press, ccc, and contemplate publishing a newspaper here to be styled "LaGrane Herald." Likewise, a ClayXJlub has been organized, consisiing j of a large number of citizens.; Besides, the arduous du ties of the Editorial Department Will devolve upon me in its commencement and I desire to know precisely, in what manner I am to meet Democracy in their numerous modes of attack, .f-; j ';.. , - , Please state if your views of the Protec tive policy of 1832 have undergone any modi fication, and to what extent ? And would you, if you had it in . your power, go for a bill as protective in its principles! as the Ta riff Act of 1832 ? Please state your present convictions, with respect to a Tariff? What the extent' of your Tariff measures are, &c. ? . With most profound respect, I am, dear sir, your obedient servant. I F. S. BRONSON. Hon. H. Clay, Ashland, Ky. ; . Ashland, September Dear Sir : I received your 13, 1843. favor, ad- - m- the Dolicv of protecting American interests. On that subject I have very frequently pub licly expressed my sentiments, jwithin the last t wo years. In the Senate of the United States, early last year, I fully expressed my views, and what l said was published. About the same time, I communicated them in the answer which I transmitted to a letter ad dressed to me, by a Committee of the Legis lature of New York, which was also publish ed. J again expressed my opinion, in reply to a letter which I received from a fellow citizen oC Philadelphia, requesting me 1 to state the principles of the -Whig party. A statement of them as understood by me, was accordingly made, and it is now conspicu ously published at the head of many news papers. The last expression of my opinion is contained in a letter which I recently ad dressed lo Nashville, and of which 1 now transmit you a copy. If you had seen these various 'exptesslons of the opinions which I hold on the subject of your; letter,! 1 presume you! would not have deemed it necessary to address me. . ' ; The sum and substance ef what I con ceive to be! the true policy of the United States, in respect to a Tariff, may be briefly stated. In conformity with the principle an nounced in the compromise act5 I think, that whatever revenue is necessary to an economical and honest administration of the General Government, ought to be derived from duties, imposed on Foreign imports. And I believe that, in establishing a Tariff ol those duties, such a discrimination ought to be made, as will incidentally afford reasona ble protection to our national interests. i I think there is no 'danger of a hih tariff being ever established ; that of .1828 was em inently deserving that denomination. I was not in Congress when it passed, and did hot vote for it : but, with its history, and with the circumstances which gave birth it 1 am well acquainted. They were highly dis creditable to American legislation,! and I hope for: its honor, will never be again repeated. , After my return to Congress' in 1831, my efforts were directed to the modification and reduction ot tne rates of duty contained in the act of 1828. The act of 1832 greatly re duced and modified them: and the act of 1833. commonly called the compromise act, still fur ther reduced and modified them. The act which passed at the Extra Session of 1841, which 1 sunnorted. was confined to the free articles. . I had resigned my seat in the Sen ate when the act of 1842: passed. Generally, the duties which it imposes, arejower than those in the act of 1832. And without in tending to express any opinion upon every item of this last tariff, I would say, that 1 think the provisions, iu the main, are wise and proper. If there be any excesses or de fects in it, (of which I have not the means of judging they ought to be corrected. My opinion, that there is no danger hereaf ter of a High Tariff is. founded on the grati- fvinff fact, that our manulactures nave now taken a deep root. In their infancy, they needed a greater measure of protection ; but. as they grow; and advance, tney - acquire strength jand stability and; consequently will require less protection. Even now, some branches of them are able to maintain, in dis tant markets, successful competition with rival foreign manulactures.. . ,1 Hoping that this letter may- be satisfacto ry to you and afford - all tne intormation ? you desire, and : tendering ray grateful acknowl edgeraents for the friendly feelings and senti- ments entertained by you towards me, ' i . I am with great respect, your ob't. serv't ; j A .V ifvrt "'I ---.f- ; H. CLAY. F. S. Bro.mson. Esq. , S' ' l r. A GREAT SCAMP. i i One Judge Lilleston, of Indiana, having been defeated as a whig candidate for the Legislature, immediately deserted the Whig party because, as he says, the Whigs wouldn't elect him, and because it is to his interest to gtover to the Democratic party. We admire hii candor he declares that he will stick to no party unless the party is able and willing to give him office as he wants it but in our opinion he is a grand scamp, and should be kicked out of the ranks of both parlies by all honest men. - ' , . ' We fear there are more "Lilleston's" in the Whig ranks men who are Whigs only so long as they see any prospect to get the re wards of office should . there be any r such scamps still skulking among us, we tell them to get out of our ranks to stay out and if thev will but show the; white of their eye, we will help to kick them out lest they may ; not be able to get out fast enough. I " -' I -" ! " Milton Chronicle If the Whigs will only let the Calhoun men alone, they will use up their brother "Demo crat" Van Buren. See how the Mercury puts it to him : j : ; ;,: ; : , I FROM THE CHARLESTON MCRCDRT. The ditor of the Hartford Times, one oi the leading organs of Mr Van Buren -in New England, had the j imprudence to publish the following paragraph m his paper, some weeks ago. I. ., ' .' V 4That the Whigs may go for Mr. Calhoun or any other man in preference to .Mr. Van Buren, is not unlikely ; the same spirit that led them to prefer Aaron Burr to Mr. Jeffer son, De Witt Clinton to Mr. Madison, and nidi nas prompted tnem ort all occasions to take upj as an alternative, any other person than the known choice of the Democratic par ly, still actuates them." i k The implication is plain, that Mr. Calhoun and his friends occupy the same relation to the Democratic Party now, that Aaron Burr (Mr. van uuren's patron and intimate friend, by the way) occupied to Mr. Jefferson form erly, and the Federalists, with De Witt Clin ton, to Mr. Madison in 1812. The Washing ton Spectator pins the Down Easter to the wall, and we beg the reader to remark and remember the fact, that the man, who in most strenuously backed De i Vitt Clinton, the Federal leader, against Mr. Madison, the regular nominee of the Republican Party, was martin vanjsuren. Locofoco Stock Markei. In North Caro lina, Mr. Calhoun's Stock seems to be sink- for the purpose of appointing Delegates to a General Convention of the party, at Raleigh, the I Calhounites were outgeneraled I bv the friends of the Magician. They were in a mi nority in tne committee! to report business r the meeting, and made a counter renort." advocating the District System of electing members to the National Convention. On counting hoses, their report was rejected by -one ounureu ana two votes in tavor of the majority of the committee," to ''seventy-five votes in favor of the minority of the commit tee." .-... : x- Warren county. i gives a very heavv vote on tke Locofoco side, and her decision agaitist Mr. Calhoun's views of the proper mode of organizing the Convention, may be regard ed as k strong sign against him. A greater effect' is given to I this decision, by the fact. that tie friends of Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Calhoun went into a decision of the merits of their tespective favorites before the vote was taken So that the decision ofthe meeting may le regarded as a direct vote in favor of the superiority of Mr. Van Buren's claims to the residency. fetersberg IntelL I ' FEEDING HOHSES. Various opinions: are entertained as to the best aid most economical mode of feeding horse), and many experiments are on record that lave been instituted": to settle the ques tion.,: The; result seems 1 to be, that at the ordintry prices, of grain and hay, it is cheap er toKcep uorses on grain, man on nay and grai& There is another important matter to be coosidered, however, and that is is feed ing eitireiy with gram as conducive to the healti of the animal as a mixture of hay; and grain We do not believe it to be ; and the geneal result of the experiment has been to sh-w that it is not Our own experience wouli lead us to speak decidedly upon this point; We have tried feeding horses upon grain alone, and upon grain and hay, and founf -. the latter ( the best for animals. The. Wrs not so shrunk up ffaatj thee was more muscle or consequently more weight, and whatever may be thought of this lattr quality in a race horse, where nothing but anews and bones are required, every far mers knows that the road : or farm horse is wirth but little without weight. Feeding hores on grain alone, is. like keeping a man on four solely, he will live for a time but will finaly sink under the experiment, i In " this case the finerjthe flower the worse for the mar. We have never had horses in better condtioh for labor, than when we have fed then with cut wheat straw, wet op in the tub with Indian corn meal. ! It is evident ther mus; be some proportion between the bulk and he nutritive power of food, and grain a lonegives too much nutritive matter for the bait. Oats perhaps, approach nearer the standard than any other grain, but the use of theie alone will in along run be found unad visable. i--'- ';?-'! v ;-1 "V ; : ; Seeding, of Wheat. We must again be permitted to urge upon our Agricultural lea ders the importance of getting in their wheat as early as possible. From all bur reading and joservation we1 have arrived at the con clusion that the early seeded wheat stands the best chance of making a good crop, and nriranln(r from the ills of insects and dis ease; " We would impress tnpon wheat grow AratBe nolie'v of beinff" liberal in the allow ance of seed 1 they sow to the acre. Less than two bushels snould never oe sown. Enough seed should be given to the earth to fill it with plant s, without . relying upon the operation of tilling ! to do so. If a sufficient nnantitv of seed be not so given, weeds will spring up and roblhe earth of those salts and food that should go to the support ot the wheat plants besides, they foul the land for future crops; prevent thet free circulation of the air, and in the critical period when the wheat is maturing, m warm, sultry weather, in a measure, superinduce the mildew. Again, where the grain bearing heads are all from the original plants, and not the offsprings of the tillered ones, the ripening occurs at the same time, a circumstance always desirable. The wheat grower should bear in mind that lime or ashes is indispensable in any soil whereon wheat may be grown; that salt and charcoal are most valuable auxiliaries, and that deep ploughing and thorough pulveriza tion, are as essential to success as good land. Bait. American Farmer, i A Last Word on Wheat. Let no one henceforth assert that the" wheat crop lis un certain. There are soils and latitudes better adapted to its cultivation than others'; as is the case with all other crops, but it is really as certain a crop as any other. Why should it notoe, since its cultivation dates back to the commencement of man's history ? j In England there is no uncertainty in the wheat crop, except what is occasioned by the vicis situdes of season, and so it is in this country with those that pursue the English mode of cultivating it. Why did Wm. C. Williamsx in this neighborhood ; reap thirty bushels to the- acre: this year; while the wheat of the majority of Kentucky cultivators was not worth reaping at all ? He sowed early at the rate' of three bushels of seed to the acre, upon a rich clover-lea, ploughed 0 to 10 inches deep, well harrowed and rolled, and laid off into beds of 9 feet width with deep water furrows. They sowed late, a j bushel an acre, upon worn-out "land scratched Hhe surface with the plough ; so that much ofthe seed did not come up much that came up was winter-killed,' and (what remained in the spring was smothered by grass and weeds. Let not the farmer neglect to soak his seed in strong brine and then roll it in lime. I This is always done in England. Many believe it will prevent rust, although it seems to have failed in some instances in this region. At all events the washing will get out the bad wheat, and make the seed' sprout and grow off more rapidly and the salt and limb will act as manures. Kentucky Farmer, t i CORNSTALK MOLASSES STILL Jt;V-v- BETTER, - i : Our friend Mr. H. J. Thompson, called bn us again last Tuesday, and kindly gave us the results of some further experiments which he has been muking in the manufacture of Corn- S&ySMnY&a long the ridges of his potatoe-patch where the f)otatoes were missing, with a view to having ate roasting-ears.-Tbis corn supplied his family-with late corn, but much the larger portion of the ears 'were allowed to remain on the stalks until it became hard enough to shell. After he had pulled the fodder from f he discovered that there, was still much juice in the stalks,, and as his mill was ready and he had some leisure time, he determined to try the experiment of making molasses from stalks that had already yielded a crop of ears. Accordingly he cut up the stalks and stripped the corn from them which he fed to his I hogs he then I pressed the juice, from which he succeeded in making ten gallons of molasses, even better than that which he had manufactured from the stalks from which the shoots had been removed thus making his corn yield a double crop first matured corn, then superior molasses. : ; 11 Southern MisceJlany. SAFETY IN THUNDER STORMS. Out of doors we should avoid trees and ele vated objects of every kind; and if the flash is instantly followed by the report, which in dicates that the cloud is very near, a recum bent position is considered the safest. We should avoid rivers, pondo, and all streams of water, because water is a conducter, and persons on the water in a boat would be the most prominent objects, and-therefore the most likely to be attracted by the lightning. If we are within doors, the middle of a large carpeted floor will be tolerably safe. We should avoid the chimney, for the iron of and about the grate, the soot that often lines it,' and the heated and rarified air it contains, are tolerable conductors; and should be avoided. It is never safe to sit near an open window, because a draft of moist air is a good conduc tor. Hence we should close the windows on such occasions. In bed we are comparative ly safe, for the feathers and blankets are bad conductors, and. we are, to a certain extent, insulated in such situations. . CONVERSATIONAL POWERS. i Fluency must not be ascribed as a test of ta lent Men of genius and wisdom have often been found deficient in its graces. Adam Smith ever retained in company the embarrassed man ners of a student Neither Buffon nor Rous seau carried their eloquence into society. The nf the ooet Chaucer was held more de- his RTOftch; The conversation of Goldsmith did not evince the grace and tender ness that characterize his compositions. Thom son was diffident and often uninteresting, i Des- cartes seemed iprmea mr bouiuuc. vww mmint observer : his conversauon was slow and dull and his numor reserveu. no- "1 - I TT garth and Smith were, abset minded, ana me studidus 1 nomas jrarKer saw no communion, save with the dead. Our own Ma mil ton! Franklin, and a nost oi omens, were AGtrxt in that fluency which often facinates a promiscuous circle. nasnxngwn occwiwr. - ...... or k ' Pnsintr Aieav. The following beautiful thoucht from Goethe is peculiarly appropriate ,n thi tr esent season. 'The year is going away like the sound of bells. The wind pass ovvvr the stubble and finds nothing to mn Onlv the red berries of that slender ...iim aa if thev would fain remind us of .nmoth.ncf cheerful; and the measured beat of the thresher's flail calls up the thought, ihaYin the drv and falling year lies so much nourishment and life.' " An old revolutionary soldier, named Jacob T.ni- was found dead fn bis oed at. Hyde Parir New York, on i Wednesday : last. He was upwards of 80 years of age, and perished through want and negieci. ' From tie Lc-Czr; ' : THE UNIVERSAL PHACH VENTlOn. .The member of this excellent ir. have been meeting together, but th::r ; . ings have not been correctly repcrtc J. . following is a verbatim account cf v;'..: t t place a lew days ago, at ens cf th"lr c : : blies :; , Mr. Palseambop was unanimously ci'! lo the chair. He began on the tzzzi?.:: : L had personally made for peace and qvsirtn: He had just paid a cabman four Xivnis Xl.2 . gal fare, rather than provoke that in-iviJ-: to punch his (the chairman's) her.d, r;' ': had been threatened. Hear, hzzr 1 V.' great principle ofthe socivty w&a tar-v war ; and he was glad to see that , thn railings, which were formerly tzzds in 1" form of javelins, were no longer ni'r.ur..:. in shapes of such a fbrmidsi)Ie ch-rz .. Hear. Atone hquss he (the chiircin) I, called and requested the owner to rc: :. some railings in the form of javelinf, cr. the fact of their giving trarlike noticr.a t ; neighboring youth but the housthc.i..- r plied in on unfriendly tone, and hi1 v rr. ensued, when he (the chairman) rcccI.: J kick, and finding he was foiled In ths cr.::" ter, ran away iu the spirit of the Hear, hear, and cheers, j Still ho (tr.: c man) was not discouraged. App!iu::." 1 . the Duks of Wellington was-favcr-t!; I peace. It was a wrong notion tocupr:2 tl itieinerooi tvaterioo xjsjs ioca oi vtz.-, r foil; pinking his friends and acqusfr.tc:: :, Hear. The Duke had said that h3 hr J r ther repose upon his laurels, and hs (Mr. C. was glad to perceive that the laurels i.i f . : of Apsley House vrere looking hi-U'.rv- (.Uuestion.J ! The chairman then read the repcrf, f. : which it appeared that tke Society's fjr had been exhausted in the nnrchara cf r " t: . i . . i " woru8 iroul iiie manse store ccicrr, l.. converting the same into plou-hsharcr, c wmcn me oocieiy iiaa now cucn astcc a i be able to supply the whole of the urlzzll ml interest. The comrnhtep. cspH fr:r r if - ther subscription from the raeraber, to cri ble the Society to buy a quantity cf bay cr.::r wun tne mienuon oi waving tnem rr.zzj : ,. boot-hooks. I It was proposed to give the thanki cf t! Societv to a certain actor, who hid rrr-t! advanced the cause of tranquility end f;:: by having never " made a hit" This resolution having been agreed to, t! meeting seperated. j - THE JOKE LOAN SOCIETY. Persons requiring the loan of a few the Joke Loan Society and Benevclsr.t : elation for Humorous Endowment. Thi i" - ciety has a paid-up capital of ONE MILL10M iOCCj! I . i: . f . . . anu everj applicant jor u oan is esp-C" j I deposite one pun in the hand of ths secret-r which will be returned if the loan la est qzz ::i ed. - he object of this institution is to tjf those with jokes who may be terrrporari'(!'; tressed for want of them. The directors invite the attention cf tin ' "I" .11 1-1 . mMMM - I L "" which may be had by the year, term, cr r ting. j SACiatw hit. a Id M.Bt. I. . iiua mow uiuiiiCU I.. CT..,,' stock of a retired punster, at a rats Is that the jokes among which are a' few t.V hare never been used can be let cut ca trrir astonishingly moderate. As a guarantee tn tha nhl! that t - .' r t ii cles provided at this establishment aro cf : lollowing specimens of ; 1 JOKES FOR THE MILLION. On passing a grocer's shoj whib a c; . tomer is being served the esclamaticn e rs That's right suit him to a T (tea,)" vrll -v uu..u n Buuu usiui juc, wnicnj iroo m frequent opportunities of introdccin it particularly recommended to facetioca CSz. l lies- , 1 The following is a cheap joke for jdvensh On nnfifiintr a nrfntr short innd in I . I n rr trloA U Mnll i l -. Wood if he could " run away as fast car--sible. vi. Di jLamaged lokea renaired. nr.- r- ones taken in exchange. Dramatic authcrc t M I i. flUnnllCll on MRV lfrma. an A a liKn-n -.M,. . ance on taking a duantitv. Phua m at an hours notice for large or smell p-rtlrr THE; GIRLS. They think of Hvmen. and csn't 1 ' sighing. When their livnra fWpr!- they canH help cry ing. They sit at tha v;I: do W9, and can't help spying. : Into frivrJ matters they can't help prying. To " each a beau, they can't help, try in j. VL: together, their tongues they canthdp iv;l ing and turning, and trying. They cztz w n their corsets, bring bn corinumntinn- rr- i help dying. We exect to get "swopdclcj!:; i lur saying tnis out w&o's alraid 1 FRUITS OF PERSEVERANCE. The Rev. John AVeslev fonndBcfiL! ge'ir'CTance. It is said that he rc-3 cv:r morning at 4 o'clock, and labored dili-cr.:; preaching, travelling or writing, until 13 c clock P.M. He delivered 42,000 cztzzzz averaging 840 a year, or more than ir:o : mons for each day of thejast Lfty tor ecn day oi , me jast Ltty ycz:.. I C - t his life. e. in lit, Bcvcniecn years i, his published works on varices c : : ivinity, ecclesiastical history, tzzz'.z. death, of divinity, biography, &c, amounted to t;:!rty-tr. a umes octavo. His works between tht t:: and bis death, and his manuscripts in the !: ' of his executory must have greatly ir.irer the number; He died in ICO 1, ncJ Z2. COMODORE TUCHER. We remember well hearinf? this rrr. :r: ' roan relate his receiving his first corr.r:!::! in the Navy. He was at 71arblshrr.f, c: after his return from "England, and r : t time Washington was at Can-.briJ::, Tucker, then a young man, was cutting iz before his mother's door when a c"j c'r ed omcer rode dpjarn tne street, it . r the .dark of the evening, and the cZzzt l: Tucker thus eropioyei? roaa up to t:::.z z asked him if he could inform him nhrro Honorable Samuel Tucker resided. . u : . astonished, answered him in the r.r " t! saying, there is no such man nrci !.:: there is no other Sara .Tccksr in th: i but mvself. Immedistslv cnhcrir.T L officer raised his beaver, and tor:;": presented him his commission m tr.3 i... It is stated that Jude Morgan, Cc!I::: r New Orleans, has sent his Washington. art " ' .
North State Whig (Washington, N.C.)
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Nov. 2, 1843, edition 1
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