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TEUMS-Oyf DoLfcXa and Kifty CrlsTsiper annum, pay
able wiihiu three., months from the dale of the first num-
VENERABLE TREES.
.
The .leading article in the Horticultural Register
for April is by Gtn. "Dearborn, on the cultivation of
forest trees. It contains gome curious lstatements
i ' - , . i - I ; -
resp-cting the ages io Much trees sometimes attain.
her rc'J,ir Two DoiM.AR will be iiiyarUbly exacted How few and fie tiVg do- our short days appear,
immediately aitrf tiie expiration ol tliat t erioa. u .i,n Wft thinl- v.f i hi.I, mrdn U nf distant ares
i!Vt!Tli ENTS n t xjdin iWeniy line neatly j jj V wilh whal a salutary appeal! to the
lliHPrtori. llir.M iitw for ffie dollar, and lwtn! w l)vectn I i J -, ' -
, JT i. vi -. i i i i' :i i....,
lor earh' succeeding iiiserttoo. : neari, . are mey piauieu arounu a ; lanmy " tv.
f 1 I At An IkiuiAj niii.l Kc. mtcr t t n Ar thov uril inl t srtn t i rr rf lri..Qii as-1 t f 1 1 t rtTi Willi
not be.attend?d to.- . t ! j 1 another, fur huudtedkand thousands of, years ! How
tJ-'opuaerteUl be discontinued yrnUl all arrearages are , , ,, . ... l oc,u! ,lotd t'n
Well, my dear friend, begin it a KKa as possible. presence of Mr. Ha nicy, M.. P. for Lincolnshire,
But May, stay ! hold ! hold !.-MVI.jit .U . yo iir pijee t Mr. Chapman, M. P. for Westmcnth ; Mr. Smith,
I always like to make a bargain with joo g uilemen j of Deanstou, and other members interested in ag
of the brush." . j i f j ncuhurr, with a compile and very powrrtnl steam-
Dear sir." Hogarth answered!
" I caft srive no plough, constructed 1) Mr Heathcote. M. I, for
of each
be consider td. a veto en sasztmtnt. I
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answer to that tilt I have finisfludi I ?!iill not be nvcrton. About six acres of raw moss were turn-
unreasonable ; you will pay tne, I dare say, as ait ed up in a few hours, and turned in a tnostcxtraordi
artist.' J ' f s 'ary style, s.ds eihteenjinche in breadth and nine
Hey, egad, that yu may drperid dn,' said the j inches in thicknes?, bwirij cut from the furrow, and
Baronqt. ' But stay, stay .bold, hold 51 Ciiii't conplettly reversed in fosi!if.i,-tbe i upper surface
think of exceeding teti' jruincas.'V II ; J of t sod beiiifr placed xacit-'-wherQ be. ?urfaca
Hogarth, pitjued to have hi talents o tinderval- j had been before, ihc joibi!ftf of ploughing bp
steam lias thus been estabhshed,-
, ETEK.N lTiYil iV
Eternity, what art thou My poor mind
MaWtcW It discontinued rmtil all arrearages arc I , -. w nnrr p
toutter the'r .olemnheW soothing, ued, accepted the tern.s, on condition tht five of
their impressive lessons, according to our will, and J"e ten pieces sr.oum oe auvancea, oeniu-
these materials that God hath provided! wherewith e guineas were paiu, auu iue yV "-"
to erect fur one's aelf a 4 livinc monument " ! i u if g u Munieuwiciy.. H .T 1 . i
Gen. Dearlorn favk: I . f HocrartU rose early the neit rooming, jtiid topic
i j i rV.jii -o-.rt;r&rrl and with him some common red paiot. with wbich sin-
published accounts of the longevity of numerous gle color he covered the stair-case frmp tbp to hot.
JiatiKcs in vain through regions of det p thought, celebrated treee. Some of the cedars of Mou.,t torn. He then went to bir J homas s ciiam er, au
Lebanon, measured in 1600, by Mandrell and to- "' i ooor. , i ue. uwaKeutu kuijjuv a.v,
crK!k, were found to! have been nearly! 800 years ".Hey! who s there . i'
th .L- of Wet hAfk lane, deacr bed bv EvelVH. nozinu, angwereu cue puuiirr.
, , , , . : i y, in ii , . i .M i o? m
muct have been 1400. linden of Choille 533, and eu, wnat uoyou want i sam or
that of Irons 493-the olive trees in the garden of . "The job is done Sir rhomas sauj U
Lr;1i..mr.11ip;iatl..i th-. tie 4.f the Turk- -"Done! asked the other. "Hey, the
ish conquest of that city, and one at Presets in Italy, sure ! 1 he stair-case done already ! HoiU ! i.ey
had endured seven centuries. The English yew stay' stay I Let me fret on my. morning gowndone
trees of Foutaine Afryoy', in the County of York, -hy I VV hat a week's work done in r ufcy I Stay,
To set'k a fitting' semblance of thee ! nought
Can I 'collect ! 'tis vain ! I cannot -find
Ideas with which I might thine image bind.
What are -the ages that oldrTime hath brought,
Compar'd with tbee? the facne of battles fought,'
Though living as the world ? a gust of wind,
That sweeps along, and then is heard, no more.
' And what is boasted Time herseif;to thee ;t
A flame that lor a moment bright will ipar, i j
; leavihg deep gloom through which ho eye can see
Or, lis a wave that ripples to the shore,
vomas.
Dgar.th.
Id 1 1 no
Aud dies upon thy rock -Eternity 1
i Surry ' fourteeu hundred Thelknight hobbled out of his clambcrjaf fast as )(
:.i Scotland, from twent'y-five his gouty leg would permit ; and rubbingjhta eyc, w
THE DEAD INFANT. ! ,
Fweet bud of bemg for a moment given, a
Toghow how pure young spirits are in heaven,
Tho' snatched in love from all thewocs o( earth,
Not dead, but wakened to a nolilcjr birth j
Called from the thorny jnaze by 'others trod, .
Come to the bosom of the infant's God 1
Called earlv ?erc the ruthless hand of Time
Had dimmed thy spirit, with a shade of crime
Cannot thy memory even now impart; , - : ,
Sweet consolation to the bleeding heart 1 j 1 !
Cannot thy infant spirit from above ' ' 1
Say to the mourner, ' God afflicts in love?" s
Oh, thou art happy now, escaped from -all
That shrouds the spirit with a gloomy pall ; .
Thy pangs are over rest thee,. pure que rest-
We would not call thee back, for thou art blest !
have survived twelve centuries ;
yard of Crowhurrt, ih
that of Fothcrincall
to twenty-six hundred that of Braburii, in Kent, ciied'out
three, thousand. But they describe two other trees
of a most remarkable character, viz : the Baobac,
estimated to be five thousand one hundred and fifty
years old, and the Cypress of Taxediuin, ill Mexico,
which is one hundred and seventeen feet and ten
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incnes in circumierence, is siiu more gu.
The ages of the following remarkable trees have
een ascertained, with as much exactnes as histuri-.
cal data, on the principles which have been derived
INDEPENDENCE OF THE FARMER.
The merchant or 4nanufacturer mav bo robbed of
the reward of his labr by the changes of the foreign
or domestic market, entirely beyond bis control, and
may wind up a year in which he had done every
thimr which intellitrence and if dustrv could do to
insure success, nor' only without -profit,! but ofie.n
villi an aciual diminution of capital. The strong
arm of mechank; industry may be often paralyzeo
bv the prostration of those manufacturing , or com-
inercial interests io wnose exisieuce u w "scuun
Jv contributes, and on whom in turn it so essentially
dVnends. But what has the intelligent and indus
trious farmer to fear? His capital ii invested in
the solid ground ; he draws on a frind which, Iron
time memorial has never failed to' honor nil just de
inai'dj: his profits mav be diminished indeed, bu
nevtr wholly suspended; his success depends oti no
nitre earthly guarantee, biHon the assurance of that
ureal and beneficent Being, who hath declared that
while the earth is underneath, seed time and harvest
thai I nt cease. :
from the actual admeasurement, and counting the
circles of trees of the kind, afford.
A Date tree in Egypt,
Apricot tree in Damascus,'
Grape vine irt Damascus,
Red oak of Mount Etna,;
Walnut tree of Balbec,
Almond, tree of Damascus,
Fiif tree of Damascus,1
plive tree of Palestine,
Fig jtree of Palestine ij
Olive tree of Asia Minor, r
A Lliva oak in Lotisiana,
fevcarnore or Plane tree of Palestine,
fycamore'of Heliopolis
')ne of the Cedars of Mount Lebanon, 1824
Teletin, T rebinthus of Asia Minor, IStiO
Cedar of Mount Lebanon, j 2112
The celebrated Chesmit of Mt. Etna. 2661
kycatrrore of the BofpiiortH, 4000
1 he Sycamore near ihe ruins of lielinjwhs, ac
cording to the tradition in Egypt, existed before the
-ictt' rif ltcnh anr! Man and fh-ti Ihev sat unrit-i
. ,k - j ! i J I " -
Us shadow, and drank
"'Age. j
300 ''years.
S24
378
4UU .
. 406
640
643 r
710
780 85"
300
1050
iao5
4
What the d -1 hare we here?". I
f The Red sea, sir," Hogarth answered! V
The Red tea 1" said th astoiiisheI krght.:
' Hey ! stay, stay -hold, hold But iliere the
d are the children of Israel t" j ; j; I
They are all gone over," said the painter.
'f TIk y are all gone lover, are they ?'V Sir Thom
as repealed., Hey ! stay, stay hold, hold ! But
zounds! ! where are t hej Egyptians ?" s
They are ail drowned Sir Thomas," 9aid Ho
garth, who was considerably pleased to have thus
pruperly chastised the illiberal treatment 'which he
had received. Lewis's Comic Sfcichis. '.if
f-
USE OF CONFIDENCE.' I , ;. ;
Tiefe I may remark, that courage and; activity, un
less combined, are of little avail in military nutters.
Activity without courage, will only make a man run
away the faster ; and courage cannot be brought
properly to bear without activity. The twr? qualities
are io each other as weight and velocity; ir mechan
ics. But after all, confidence is the emil pf battle.
The body which possesses the most confidence on
coming to the charge Will be succosful In'the
whole course of m military cateer, I neyef saw two
bodies of any size cross bayonet. I have heard
that such a thing ccurred at the battle of Maida ;
hut it will require stronger evidence than I have
yet seen to rnake; me believe it. Before such a coi
lision takes place, one aide gives way ; anti I hoi it
as a maxim in warfare, that if one body will stand
it i II, another of equal size will not come jp to it
. A LUCKY EXPERIMENT. . '
During the severe froat which took place about
four inon lbs ago, a" lively lass who had been marrirct
about a year and a half before to a young farmer on
the borders of Rodney marh, was much scandaliz
ed at her husband goihg too often to the publie
house, and staying to late when he was there.
Several little conjugal expostulations having failed
of producing alteration the lady in a moment. of
pa.ioii icciared positively, that if it occurred again,
she would throw the baby, nn infant four months
old, of which he was. verv fond,, into the military H
canal, and herself in after it. Not dreaming that
she would carry her threat into execution, a fovr
days had only elaped when the ; !
" iron tongue of midnight had told twelve, I
before Mr. knocked at bis own door. Ills
ife let hi in in herself,1 and without saying a sylla
ble, set down the candle, walked deliberately to
the cradle, snatched tip the unconscious little inno
cent sleeping within it, and rushed out of the hous.
It js hardly necessary to say the alarmed htisband ;
rail hastily a fter, but so sudden and unexpected had
been her movement, that she had gained a consider
able start, and the canal being but a few yards from
their dwelling, reached the low path before he could
overiaKe ner. lie was ausi in iinie to ncic uuu
save her from self destruction ; but the poor Iittla
thing was already in the middle of the water, at
that spot about four feet deep, and he could witness
its strupfjles by the lioht of the moon. ' In an itv '
stant he threw himself in, and grasping the' nighjt,'
gown which had prevented its wearer from sinkings
t)roofjit safely to. the brink the cat I dn sseti
iittle Polly'a bed-clothes, exceedingly wet, and mew,
iiig pitoously. . His spouse in the njean .time, had
regained her Own door, which was not opened till
he had plenty of time to enjy all the comlorti of his
situation. Before- however. hc was quite an lcicifc-
admifsion was vouchsafed t but the story5 of his self
inflicted ducking haviiTjg got wind, no further straU .
agem was necessary to wean the awain from lusTt
sympoeium ; the jokes of his convivial acquaintance
being sufficient to. prevent his again partaking ft,
thejr revels. Old Country Memorial. J
Any lody who has seen a charge by the best troops,
wat r from' a nciuhboriii " will be convinced of this fact. B fore the-assailing
.. ..-I .i.'.t . I.:-.' t . .
well! The accumulation. of mud frOm the dejsite body arrives within twenty paces of ihelrnemy it
of t he Nile, has long
but sprouts having pu
FOUNDERED HORSES.
Commodore Porter, the A mericau charge at Con
stantinople, WTites io the Editor of the Sporting Ma
gazine on the treatment of foundered hordes by a
Turkish Veterniarv Surgeon as foHows; i .
I tent for a Turkish farrier, the one who attends
the Sulun's horse. He Immediately pronounced the
l.brse foundered, and said he must be bled in the
inside of the diseased logs. Hcj put a nipper on
I he nose to keep him steady, then . took up the left
leg and crossing il over the right, ve it to an at
tendant, be then struck his lancet into: a vein'a lit
tle above the fetlock joint, ?nd took froin it about
three pounds aud a half cf blood 14 c r.-ih bled ye-
rv fn e!v. i He now said be had taken enough, and
went to t he resile side cf the leg, and striking his
lancet into a emaboe the knee jbinta sihgle
drop of btood audcdvand both that ancl the first Jo
pei;rd vein instautlv easrd bleeding. I There may
be no novehv in this,hut it certainly astonished me
I.- f!ii1 thai Aneninir two veins in the same liiiib
stonncd toth from bleedini, such however is the
fact for I witnesse d it. '. I I-
He desired that trie liorss should rest the next
day, thr.t he. should then be rode with great violence
ii mil he was in.a profuse perspiration, the diseased
limb then to be rubbed with yvet jsajt, (to which I
added a pint of hot brandyV tbeniruMx
then walked about until cool, and all lameness from
that time disappeared, the horse ithe third day was
perfectly well. " j;
The pipes tn chickens may be prercntc, and if
pet too far advanced-cured by a siigbt mixture oi
atsaicsL'aa m tntir ruoc. i .
kible others
that the present
te parent s'ock.
The Chesnut of Mt.
fel
cd tree.
destroyed the original tree, will beifound to be divided into threeipArts: the
iorth from ithe stump, and first composed of your rash, dare-devil lellbws who
iormiug part of a circle, calculations wefe tormed outstrip their companions ; the next, of your steady
kherefrom of thesize arid age of the original tree, hands who will do their duly and no more ;! and' the
i bich was added to that oLthose which now exist, last, of yiose who would stay lehimJ it thfy could.
The Sycamore of the Bosphorus, under which, it They are, in fact something like a pack of hounds
is said, Godfrev of thelfirst crusading armv encajup- in full cry. I he foremost dogs 4o as much misc.iiel
cd, has also disappeared, leaving ten trees which by overrunning,the scent as the nindmoattiv; lagging,
sprang from the slump': one of wliich, beimj meas- Fear is the most powerful of human passions; ami
n!r:d; was found to be 1050 years old ; and it is pos- is more evinced than the world generally supposes.
sent trees are the second; removed, Irom with glorv but we seldom hear of? their covering
. i - ' ! I I . ' i r .1 e ' . ! .. Vl.i
I thprne ves twm ine tire oi ine enernv. ici tiuuui-
Etna grew from the stump of less any mart who has seen much' service haV obsery.
ed more of tear than ol courage witness the dim
cully often expcriericed in gelling men from Jjnder
cuver into an exposeo siiuation. v nai fcioopuig,
and bobbing, and running back ! Indeed J have seen
a great deal more to make me a-!i;tfn'.l ol my
pecies than proud of it. Individuals iiiay be found,
cerfainlv, in vvhm fear seems scarcely lo e$ist ; but
in bodies it is always very apparent. I It is ttot, how
ever your hairbrained fellow who is the rnst cour
ageous. I have observed that these who jhave 4he
least thought ordanger ecntrnlly Display ;the moot
fear when the danger comes upon ihem. The man
is best prepared to do his duly who ha given the
subject the nuist thought; I myself have fpmd that
the actual pretence of danger was less distressing
than the anticipation , of rtfJlluc'kttonSi I 'iccntij
years in JlttiremtnU 4 ': I
v ':::':
Should the efllrts making 10 apply steam to
M r. Hogarth used to tell a story of his being once
iti company with several tutists, who were boasting
DYSPEPSIA.
One cause of that peculiar American disease ctl
led the dyspepsia is the enormous quantities f
hot bread, hot rolls, smoking hot cakes, half baked,
and little removed from dough, and withal saturat
ed with melted buiter, which are consumed at near
ly every meal, morning, noon and night, by all ages,
and each sex by' little children as well aa by grown
jjft fathers and mothers. To these two quite suffi
cient rehpons we can yet add another, and that is,
the cutom of 4 taking tea,' which means drinking a.
quantum of the Chinese .beverage, -.with a pretty,
substantial accompanrtueni of various ' relishes,' two-,
or. three hours only after a hearty dinner. ' Don't
give the stomach too much to do, said an experien
ced physician, and it will ncver trouble you,' but
it may well be supposed that it will murmur and
revolt at the little repose which ili uius peraamea
to enjoy. - - -
One,
f uhernninen works' each had executed.
particular! said be had I written a volume in folio
withia single pen, which be had mended 190 times.
Another declared he had finished anjequestrian sta
tue with only a broken knife for a chisel, and a rol
Irng piu for a mallet. " A third stated be had engr
vd a copper-plate with no other tool than a j rusty
nail.) "I told them, said Hogarth, "that I once
p unted a sscred history piece with one color, which
was neither heightened nor lowered ; making the
liack'lground, shades. &c. with one unaltered color.
Tihe company expressed their artonishment; and
begged be would relate the method of completing
tils performance : Hogarth thus informed them :
I wassetU for by a Sir Thomas Thornton, a man
xA singular
same; sacred h
si knee which
being at sea, where he
some! Aljreriiie Rirates,
thbus
Israel
ar disposition, to paint his stair-case i with ploughing mach.ncs Ik success fu, a, verrpieat re
red historical piece, applicable to a circum- glutton will be brought about in human afiinu It
hich happened to him once, which was his is irnpos.:Ue to form an adequate idea of Reflects
was pursued and taken by such an improvement on u cuaracie, -
I 1 asked him what be try and the prwluctions ,f its sod. c eo?y
' a: -1 -i fnllnu intr uarspranii from a late Lwijiisn pitper :
Keeping the Sabbttlh.-l 'be Daily Advcrliser of
our city gives some curious details of the way lbs
sabbath is empUyed by many in New-York. It cal
culated, that twenty-five thousand resort to; tb
grounds at Iloboken, and j fitly thousand depart iu
the various ferry and steatnboatf for Jersey, City
Ion: Island, and other place. JV. lr. Star j
, j '-.. -
An awful Pause, After the elergyraaa laaxl unitfdi
a happy pair not lung ago, an awful silence ensued
which was broken by an impatient youth's exclaim
i ug, ' Don't be ab unspeakably happy !" t'6.k
'Feeling and Politeness. 'The New-.Ofleaji Ad-,
vertiser tells us that a young widow there, l6ingaj-,
ked after her husliand'a health, answered sau)injj.
' lie dead, J thanlt you' ib. f "
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Rather Screrc.-" You saved toy Kfeat tbe battls.
cf Waterloo, raid a beggar ts a captain. Saved'
your life ! how ? . 1 served under you ; and whea
you ran avray i jouowea.xb, 1
coun-
tbef
nt ol me cgypuans pursuing me cmmitu oi ,. v '
through the Red seal' 1 1 t " :&eam i'lc.vgz.zw rxnmrms cr)? ir.eo
If hat Nczt A " steam knitting company hi,
been incorporated, f -This is unfair ta the old ladies
unless a steam mill should be iurected to grisd tbeia,
all voung again. ib. . . ; - '
DiCKS.-i-Poor, maimed, miserable ampataU
Igd " szld Sir Itamzs, s Iixky thecght. on Fr-tfc? reck &t fc idct, ..earj-os, :s u 1
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