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F>>r I 'rax. ; MISCELLANY. ... . . 1 I'ukvkxtios or I'nrtNo in Smai.i. ?Mr. | St art in, the senior surgeon to (In- Ciiiikv ||<.<. i p'ltal for di-i"ases of the skin, has eowiiiiin ieated to the Modioli Times. a very iiuportniit j plan, wliiuh lie lias jh!<>j>t.-?! durini; tin? la-t fourteen years. for pivv.-uling jii11i11lt in smallpox, ami which, lie st;it,-.?. lias always j>rov.- 1 successful. The plan consists in applying 111 1 itcctuin canlhiiriilfs, or any ve.-icatinir llnld, l>y j means of a camel hair l?ru.?h to the apex of i each spot or pustule of the disease' on all the ; exposed surface of the liodv, until Mistering is I evident. Itv the whiteness of the shin in the ' parts subjected to the iipplieation, when the J 1 fluid producing it, is to lie washed off with wa j tor o. thin arrow-root gruel. The pain at tend- j ing the application of the vesicating llnid is i very slight and transient. jIinsksota.? I lie hill rc|>'irr.<;.| t>y henntor T)oiij*liiR from the Semite commit toe on 'IVrritories, declares tlint Minnesota ?h.ill In? adniitti*il into the I'liion oil an equal footing with the original States in all ret-putt-1. It proves*! that tlint the State shall he entitled to one rej?- J resentalive in Congress, aii'l sndi additional ! representatives as the jiopnlation may .-how 1 thi'V ans entitled to neenrding to the pri-si'iit 1 ratio of representation. leaving ihe Ilxtise In : uncertain the number wln-n the full returns of' the cellsiiR shall he received? ;>rcsumiu<r that I thd residue of the returns will he received I?y I the time the hill shall l.econi^ a law. So far ajiseertuincdUlic population is l;Sii,-10I, with se"Veil counties and part of another to be heard from. Tiik Wkatiikr at tiik Sorm.?Croon pens.iml new potatoes are iihuiidant in the vicinity of . ISew Orleans, On some plnntntions tlic or- ! i. ange trees iiiv potting forlii tlicit- blo-sonis. ami j ".hi others .uv yielding nn abundance of fruit, j The Picayune acknowledges tin; reeeipt of ill' j mess of ripe strawberries grown in the open I ..-air, without the ai l of glass. A letter from j Floriila says?"pencil trees arc in full bloom, , ; and all kinds of tress are out like May. J'eo1 pie are very busy gardening." In Mobile ro> sea and-all kinds of flowers in full liiooin. The Paiikos and the Lady.?A young ; 'clergyman residing in this city ;i short time . stgo paid a Hyiiijj visit to London, and in ! Oxford street met-a young lady weeping bitterly. Touched by her distress lie accost ed her and she told him that she had inst come to town from Birmingham willi her j father, that she had missed linn in the street, ! and being an utter stranger was utterly at a i loss where to go or what to do. Our Iriend ! recommended lier to return at onee to Hir- j mingham, and put her into a cab to proceed lo Eustan square station, Mntin<r.tli:it iie would have accompanied her if h? had not been obliged to return to Bristol immediately. Before di;ving oft'lie asked the .youlig lady if,she had Mi'v money to pay s lier fare, and she replied in the negative. Our friend then banded her a on pie of sovereigns and his card, and the cab drove oft*. Now.'we'dare say, that the reader anticipates the denoumeiit, and i? prepared to jpin inr tKe.laugh .with which the friends of the 1^ 4 ._.l I ... . . . l' ? Clergyman greeieq nun hk a vu-.uin ot me Arts ot lllu whimpering mins. Hut "lie wlio laughs Iftst laughs best,'' payg the provcib; ? and this wa? tl?tt reward of our friend ; for after enduring much good-natured san-usm. and, what is perhaps worse, some real pity for his ignorance ??F female wiles and ingenuity, the etory of the forlbrn .dnmsel * turned 6ut to-be true. A few days Jince our friend *J. J i I-..-J /. il.. __ received It leticr iiimii uic wuy n miner, hii ftged clergyman, Rtating that he ha<l, acei' 'dentally lout his daughter hz the youug lady described, and thanking him for "the most disinterested act of kindnegs he had ever thet with it| the course of a long life." Of v "<ibtfrse<an order wa? ennfn*ed for the rt-payr Iflertt of th? loan, which bear* tlie highest of * nH interest, grfltiludw; and may we not add public,#pecf? ! :.-i.' V't' Brldol ffinglatig) Mirro*\ * ,7~^arfywsto * tfcu a Stout'Eliznfetji rei*te* the Mowing episode [From the Southern Cultivator.} Grape Growing And Wine Making Made Easy. J The attention of all our readers, wlio de- j s?ire to p:irtieipilate in tlie pleasures and ]>iofiis of Vineyard culture in the Smith, is railed to the excellent treatise >>f A. PeCar- ; i adentic, lv?|; in the present munher. J.ike j very many others, we heretofore have been deterred enterinix largely into the Culture, ; ot tlie \ '.lie, l?y Tear o!-the expanse and dif- I lirulty attending it. We have been taught j to Uiu!c 11 pon the proilurlion of jrood Wine : in (lie South, sis exceedingly problematical. ! Xo one doubted the capacity of our sunny i clime for tlie growth ot' the grape ; "but"? j the making of good wine afterwards?I here j was tlie ilillh-ultv ! Well that difllc.ultv j has vanished?the mystery is solved? "granite laboratories" and deep cellars are j pt-rhnps, well enough in their wav, hut hv no means in<li-p>-n-al>le ; and hereafter, any | man may plant lu> Vinevar?l vv'th tin* panic ' eevtnintv of beinij al>!e to make a l?ir<T?*Iv ! * 1 paving crop of ?jfood wine, that lie would I of making hicaJ from liiscom or w heat I tt,l.l. We have recent!v made two vi-its to the vincvards of Dr. M?d>otiald, ?tnd our curres- j ' pondent, Mr. Ih-Caradeue. We have in- j ]ii:r<*<l minnlely into their system of plant- 1 ;ti?j ntiil riillnre ? we have examine.! their 1 soils, locations ami aspects?have eaten , theiv irrani'S, am! drank their wines of vari- t ous flavors ami qualities?lint all pure, in- i vigorating, and vastly superior to tin; for. < i-j.ii tra-h for which we pay so dearlv? \V? have, (so iar as our brief time would permit.) familiarized ourselves with their. . processes for m ikiticr these wines, and with j all the advantages and disa<lvantages of the i business: and the result i?. a deliberate con- ! vietion that the t'ielU Culture of the Grupe. ( ' as practiced hy these gentlemen, is one of j the .utresl and most rvniuverutirc brunches ' of rural industry, and destined in a very , ' few years to become of great and signiiieant j importance to the South.?There are thou fcjitnls of acres of uplands nil around us, too I j poor for cither cotton <>i coin, thai will pay j from *-1)0 to S",oo p.-r acre in wine, the i ' third or fourth year from planting, ami which, if properly managed, may l?- made | io dear expenses from tin; very outset. Much ! ' i>f thilaud can In; purchsed for a mere trillo, i (live or ten dollars per acre,) an>l if il will j pay even two hundred dollars per acre in j wine, after the third year, what other field I crop now cultivated in theS.mfii ?. ? ! to compare with it? The experience of j . ilie vinters in Ohio, shows an average yield of four hundred gallons to the acre, and that we can safely count on equaling this need not he doubled. t In fact, the testimony of hath the gentle- ^ men above alluded to, (who have hml six ( teen year experience,) as well as the- recent t successes <it .Mr. Axt, ami many others, justi- ( tins us iu claiming for tlic Culture of the , Crape far more attention than has ever ( vet received in the South, and' of earnestly ( urnriiii.' it upon the notice,our subscribers. We can fully endorse, from our own knowledge, all the statements of Mr. DeCaradeuc.; ~ and commend his article to the special attention of mir readers. We do' not claim j | prr fiction for his system nor does Mr. C.I himself? but we do contend that It is the cheapest, easiest, and surest way of profitably cultivating the Vine, yet offered to the public. ' i ORAl'K GROWING AM) WINK MAKING MADK J EASY. 1Editors Southern Cultivator.? A<rreen? * bly to your request, I now hand you a few remarks about our method of planting out and taking rare of a Vineyard. I say. ' 'our method," for I claim it is peculiar to Dr. MeDonriald and myself; and we have adopted it, not through ignorance of more complicated and more costly methods, but first, on account of its simplicity and c/iraj)??.i .1 i " ----- ' ....v. vi>?5.., ii.iviiim ,Vi;n succeeueu, wny, should we alter course? 1 do not pretend to sjiv it is the best, nor do 1 wish to deter any so disposed to go to tho expanse of trenching their lands three feet in depth ; but there ?re very many farmers who have not the means to incur expenses, who wish to' plant out an acre or two of vines but are , literally frightened out of it, not only by the mystery and. difficulties which hereto fort!, have been connected with the business, but also, by fear of (lie money wlii&h is to ei>meout.of their pocket* before they receive any return. First,so many hundred dollars for trenching, and grubbing, and manifting';* llien as ii.any more for vines; then so nymy more to Learn how to stick the cuttings into j^lie ground ; and then so many more to learn how to prune; then to learn how to make the wine^how lo keep it drc; and, to crown , it all, bo many thousands tor ncell ir. 'And iflTso hffppena, ho is nble^and willing to [.Bland all (iffudred ,to one, he i? fright ened half. o^Lqf hit> senses, and gives up in tk-npair of eVefj being able to unravel t\w oiystury, an I m wtor tho awful Roienceof Wine making <*pedatfyif ^be h?ppet}*to bear of ^ratftQ Ubor&orW'tfging; built for the exprgM purp&e oMmpprtiDg instruct iofl fe'- r ritKI'AKATION OK TIIK I.AM). 1 prefer new land,?surli as wotilil bring from four lo six bushel* of rorn to the nrre ; select if, possible, a pieee oil easterly, or soul ii easter.ly exposure, ami on a liiil side, if v??u have sueli; if von have not, level land will do, pi*t?vii l?r<i it tin not .too retentive of moisture. Sandy soil is the best, although dry clav bill-sides will answer very Well. Clear tlie bind and break it up with nlows. as lor corn ; but all trees must of course, I?o cut down and removed. Now get a parcel of small slakes, three to four feet long, and proceed to mirk out the rows; if the laud he level let the rows he straight ; hilt it oil a hill siile, lay them oil' horizontally, or level without repaid to straightness ; ihis is in older to prevent the washing awav of the soil, (see one of the late numbers of the Cn/tivalur lor a simple leveling instrument.) I make my rows eight or nine feet apart, I prefer that distance on account of driving Wilts lictween to haul stale*, or manure, when it becomes necessary, or in vintage time. 1 laving slaked oil'the rows to vour satisfaction. proceed looped the trenches or lilt-lies ; lei tlii'iii ! <; about two feet wide, unil M>me fourteen inches deep, lnr?je plows followed l?y Ions* shovels, will very quickly ilo tlie work in sandy soil. The next liiint? is to plant ; tiiis can be dune, in our >oti'.li[ rn climate, from the middle of November to the end of March. I prefer looted plants ; i it hers jjive the preference to cutting ; the first will save one year, and you can |m;uu iiu-ui oecjier, wiiicn is ,*i great f>t?i?*ct. Makuyourseif a wooden compass, with an upening of four feet six indies at the points, ;ui'l mark <>nt the distance fur yonr vines in the bottom of tlie trenches; drop tlie vines in their planes, am! proceed to plant llieni. Two men, with short handled hoes, will plant a great many ill a <lay ; one deep-ns the hole to let tins roots go some inches leeper than the bottom of the ditch; the jther places the vine upright and holds it until the first has put earth around it. It' ton have other hands Id them follow with Iioc-n and refill the trench. so that the ton I ye of tin* vim? will he about on a level with lie sui fact. l?ut a short stake to oncli vine, o mark il place. Then; is nothing more to lo util 11 the spring ijras* will call y?.tir plows .ml hoes i;\U use; then work them as you iv<jiilil corn or cotton. Vou may plant wo rows, ami they will not interfere with lie vines in the least. KtliST PRrvivn In the winter, at any time between the 1st of December ami the loth of Mirch, :tke a sharp knife, remove every branch xsept one, ami cut that ilutvn above the sec>nd or third eye of the last growth ; break he land with a half-shovel plow as for corn, massing the nearest furrow about twelve indies from the vines. Give thein a stake lhou'w four feet long; they will, in the spring, dioot out many suckers, and put out eyes where they have no business; cut out the suckers with "* a long handled chisel, and rub otT all the eyes excepting the two or !iri'i? Villi Ii'ft in nrmiiiiif I !.?? /> ?.? >1 I o "'"J *ro\v up, should bo fash-nod to the stakes, ivi111 bits of soft string, bark, or anything .ds? you may have at han 1.?Keep the land cultivated with plow ami hot*, and plant peas between. SECOND I'RCNIXG. The second winter's pruning is a n-pcli Lion of die first, but you must replace the imal! stakes by good lasting woo 1, frotn six Lo eight feet. long. There will bo some fruit. The summer's work is the same as above. Til I ill) PRUNING. Tho third winter's pruning is different remove all branches or canes, save tho two strongest; of these, cut tho high est >il>< >u L eighteen inches long ami tho other about three inches?tho longest i-* intended foi fruit; the hitter, which is called "spur," is to make wood for next year. Towards spring. bend this long branch horizoiitSlli/ and fasten the end of it strongly lo a short stjike, placed at a sufficient distanco. Tr the West tins cane is made to form a com plete circle l?y fastening the e?<l of.it to tin foot of the vine; (his is called "arching.' The object of .arching is to moderate and regulate the How of the sap, in order that it may fill all the eyas on the cane, for if tin cane were left perpendicular, the sap would pass the lowest eyes, and rush upwards into the top.' Dut, in my opinion, arching ovei dc/es the business, nritl the sap, who*e ten dency is always upwards,will most generally stop at tltie cy .'S on tho upper part of lh< arch, find develope them atrqligly ; and thos< below will put out very weakly, or not al all?while, when the cane is laid'Aor/zonfa/ ly, they all get their >h?re inucli.niore.equal ly divided. The vine should also 6e?trong ly fastened to'the large, stake. All wh< plant x'ihes nrju*t pWt^.outOijer Willow wbose,twigs ,arp buporjor to any others fo funic* Mllimiifli T Iiqva modn iiu nf lli. B.. ....... yoojo& t.wig* of Black "Gum, or of thq .Wilt W.jjfow, and of-the bark of young Hickory ^Qnring this summer, the $?j?e* will throv oat strong l?rftTit:lics, vtfiid) muat^be fA#teo *ed fo th*.ftaltta t?. iJn;y%gro*; unjil". tbe; rwcM^feiopf rtUybe *t?r, v..-' , . *4SsLi'<i I similiter make use of a se.raper. A t'ler this, : tin: winter pruning is always, inert;or less.n ; repetition of this last', one spur, mid one or I two beftring canes, according to the strength j of the vine. In pruning, let the cut lie clvan and close, leaving no small ends of dead wood, wliieli will surely injure tin; old stem. Among old vines, a small toothed ' biitclirr-?a\v will gieatly assist the npornlion. 1 j I do not approve of summer pruning; | vines and fruit require all the shelter they ' | 0:111 inn-ter t<> preserve them I'rotn our burn* inif sun. Persons engaged in the grape j culture should not lose sight, of pruning ; it 'i is to moderate and equalize the production I of fruit, thereby improving its quality, and ; j -paring the health ami life of the vine. We : are often told that this or that person has a vine, which is never pruned, climbs to the j summit of high trees, hears abundantly, is : very old, etc. A single vine is very different from twelve bundled to the acre?and in many parts of Italy, where they have 1 adopted tin? tree culture, the quality of the ; wine, which formerly ranked high, has comj pletelv been destroyed. I never wish to see i my vines average more than from twelve to ! fifteen bundles each. Quality is better than quantity. The Catawba seemed to have usurped the I most prominent place among the natives. ' At the West it is by far the greatest favorite; perhaps, then; are others do no succeed , i as well. At the South. mo*t persons are following in the wake of our Western broth; ten, and have taken it for granted that none i others are worth cultivating, and condemn ; without kr.owinir iliem. The Catawba is . f : certainly a beautiful looking grape, and a i great bearer ; but its honied and wild in lis j ky flavor, (which is unfortunately too strong| Iv retained in the wine,) is a very serious ! objection for a palate accustomed to a more ' delicate fruit or beverage. The "boquet," j or perfume, of wine is a precious quality but this is "too much of the good tiling." j Foreign grapeH must l>e discarded for I wine making. After a fair trial, wc, like many others, have come to the conclusion | that they cannot stand o'ur climate. : i w 11 .1 - .1 . <-m e uauves linn nave come witlnn my roach, I give a derided preference Ui ; t li?i Warren and I lie Isabella, both givaf i bearers, but, like the Catawba, subject to the mi. The fornwr makes a delicate wine of the color of Madeira, but not so strong; ' the latter, a light beautiful colored Claret, I very similar to Ibirdcattx wines. I also, like ! what we here call the Uurgundy and lilaek 'July, (both misnamed,)?the first being the ! i . ? i? ... | iiesi tame grape we liiive in tins country, i and making a delightful Madeira colored ! wine; the Black July makes n very dark j rich, red wine," not unlike Port. These two | vines are not great hearers, hut their fruit ' does not rot. MAKING WINE. My process for making wine is different from that followed in the West and in Georgia. The grapes being gathered, and all ' impound or green berries removed, they are : thrown into large tubs, or half barrels, and i thomiicrlilv ffll.slii.il iv i 111 ll.n t.....,i . it.. j contents are then emptied into large vats (bogheads.) which are filled to within four . teen inches of the top ; cover these wit! homespun and boards, to keep out gnats and ilies. In a very short time fermenla tion commences; the mass swells and rises ; to the top, and should be pressed down will a wooden ptuldle, two or three times pci ! day* The next morning the clear jniee'if drawn from a fascet, near the bottom, aiu poured into a barrel ; when no more juici > COII1PS out lllft iiuieu ?n llin i?l ic ' "? i lied to the press and wliat liquid remains ir it is squeezed out; this is usually very thick and is put into another barrel, af it is of in ferior quality! lie sure that your barrel; > are filled to with in three inches of the bung less than that would leave too much air ii , contact with the winej "'id would cause ji I to sour ; more than that ktvould> cause it t< i overflow in the fermentation which for a few clays will be very brisk ; when this has'sub sided, till the barrels to one inch of tin ' bung, with wine reserved for that purpose and dose the bungs tightly. I3e very care L ful that the- barrels, tubs, vats, etc., be al i perfectly clean and sweet, as the sligbtes I degree of uncleanliuess would be fatal to tlx >vine. ' * i * " t r There now remains fiothing to do unit the next winter, when wine is drawn in ' to'ollier barrelsnn order-to clarify it. Th< * dark Claret is allowed to ferment on tlx ? skins f5i* four or five " dAys, iS order to ex tract all the collor :'it is then treated as* tlx * , yf ' ' .-V * . . - others.-* *t ' * . Another item, by many to bi r positively" indispensable and ,the cojt o ? which is very considerable is a celldr. Til ' u.i. V Iiwn uur nvino uuiiuis unvo ucvil UUI VBrj f slight bgrfrd-hoOaes*on 'the- aurfu<;e, pnd w< b have iMt^UO jwine fr<jfn* ^pfility, excep r Vlioro we could,trace it to leakage, or somi othot; cause. ?And in ..order illll more t< cheep?rjjMid re - i^ibve'^l) mjsigry froiri ifj'Mlnfo taught n\i I ftorft ,the bfcntmg ?wl .Briftriug to the.bol 5T't''"' ' ' ' H . ;' gent as tin* peasantry of Kurope, jiiu! mticli more to be depended upon. Here we have miother decided advantage over tlie West- ] ern folks, who are dependent upon the ca- ! '' pi ices of foreign laborers, and many are the \ |, airs they put on when they cuino to tliis j " country. j I5y following the above directions, which i " I have endeavored Wf give in such a manner | .1 as to he within the understanding of all, and \ ' making use of a little judgement in modi- j | j '"g them according to circumstances the j i most inexperienced fanner an set himself; j mil > viiii-i'uril ?itw 1 ivill I'miiw willi />v. I I perienee. I wish to sec as many as possible ; ! eni;a?;ein tlie business, as the more we art; ' I ~ r> * i lite; Ik:tier it will b? t'ur all. and centuries ! I . . 1 will elapse before it ceases to pay.? We j ! hope, ere loner, to seen Southern Society of | Wine Growers, with its centre at Augusta, j ottering to tin; world pure and lu>uious wines, of all hues and of all flavors. I should state that Or. Mel >onald*s mode j of planting vines is more simple than mine, j lie makes no ditches, but. onlv holes, aboui j i sixteen indies in fli:itii?*l i*r *in?l /.i.?liI?.(?n i deep,and plants the cuttings in tliestr. 11 is i vinos are remarkably tine, as all who see | them can testify. Ditches require more la- j hor at first hut then there is the advantage j of having that part of y<?nr land broken which the plow cannot afterwards reach. . V-C* Woodward, S. C., Sept. lS.j/. r emaie uipiomauso 111 wasningion. The \Vsisliin?jti>t? correspondent of llie ; Philadelphia Pennsy Ivanian says : Among llie instiuiiioiis of Washington is a class of female "diplomatists," ' intriguers," ''politicians," or "ollice heggrtrs," as j you may please to style them, which as a i class, cannot Ik; paralleled in the world. I These women are gem-rally strong-minded in the fullest sense of the term. No little j feminine scruples among them ; no blusli ! in nMiiiuMy uv?r cuiik's oeiween mem ami | success ; but they "go in to win," 011 the jnincijile that "When a woman will,she will, Vnii may depend on't! Ami when pile won't. slie won't, bother.*.'a the end on't." A few days ago, one of ti?e?e amazons ar- : rived lieru to secure a position lor ;i foii I I who seemed to inherit ail the feminine traits j | which his mother lacked, 'l'ruc to (lie pitn- i ciph-s of lier class, she went to work. It ; she caught a glimpse of a Cabinet ollicer, ! she, hailed him. If she lilet a Senator, she j : i........ 1 I i I - I I : milnniMitMiMi iimi ; ami u sue came ill con- I i tract will) a poor "member," only, she colj hired liini. All were alike Attacked, and i luul to sutler the infliction of a woman's i j tongue for an hour at least. Heavens ! what misery. Even llie President was not wife, and rumor lias it that Iii?> war was carried into his sanctum, ami that the statesman of half a century had to qnail before (he modern Xantippe. At last, in the . course of events, sh? met a distinguished Senator from the New England States, who has a tongue of his own, and knows how to use it. A battery was at onco opened. - Round shot, bombs, cannisters, slugs, grapes and '"13B ?as poured into the dignitary without mercy and without even a pause for i t treat ii. \v lien sla- had literally "<;ui out," as Sain Sliek would siv, llie Senator a^ked if lier son was with her. Sim replied !?y calling Spooney to Iter,] who came like a "Squeers" hoy for his "mo- j lasses ami brimstone,'' am] was duly pro- j Rented. "Is this the young man whom you want j appointed ?"asked tli?j Senator. "Yes,sir," tlie mother replied ; "and oh ! sir, lie's set his heart upon it,and it will l?e a great disappointment, au4 I hope- " "Iieg pardon, inadam. hut Uid you say r you wanted him to join the army 1" ! "Yes, sir, tlm Dragoons, if you please." ] "Well, inailaii),my influence is not , but I will endeavor to serve you it'you will adopt a suggest iotl of mine." , "Oil ! with pleasure, sir ; you ary so ? very kind." , "Then, inadame, frotn what I sec of you r. self and son, allow me to recommend that you apply for flic admission 'in the Dragoons; and that your son ho sent hack to ' ; serve with the homeinf<tnIry. I atn sure llie country would gain be tlx: change." i Xatitippo glowed and swelled, hilt be) fore she hud titne to efcplede, the Senator was crone. A Oreat Work.?A writer in the At! lantic Monthly thus refers to the great, work. ? of Agassiz, modestly entitled "Contribution* to the Natural History of the United States." I According lo ^his reviewer, Mr. Aga&siz has t commenced "one of the monumental labors of our country,'' the lijke of which, in.the * way of systematic natural science, has not beep, witnessed on fhe Western Continent. | No naturalist since Cnvier has attempt^! such nn immense task it'll tlie same po.wen* of observation, ' analysis and reflection. ' *'W6 fid not as-sume to say," says the reviewJ er, "where iri tbe category of fully equipped, - intelligence Mr. Agassiz belongs. 136t if tli^ a union of the most extraordinary observing 1 power* with fen almost' poetic perception of analogies witl^a wide compass of thotigntj - uje AHHWuiying yjMttiot ?n<l. Imhit, Uirgo f lynowloilge of boo^ and personal intifnacy, I with tli?s leadera-in: varioua, ^departments of< r* 'knowledge, and with this tlie upward looking aspect of mirirl and heart, whiiib is die 5 crowning gift of#11?-.if tlig, union o^.yfese 1 qualities run give to the man'of -s<fllfrce,n" a claim togMi nobler " nnrae-of, \yi?<1om, ^ 1? [? not flattery, but juMice to award this distil)u - . tion to Mr. Agassiz." , ' * ' * J? ' >-< ' ? 7 - M , ' .. "* *' Fate mjjmt twuble iUelf about* nrirober ? ^>f foolish pgbnlfe; for no sc\oner rines a foot OtfTrtpliment to Dr. Charlea Mackay. j A in mbor of ?rentleineii in Washington, | ays till- National IntelligiMieVr.) admirers of ( )r. MneknyV pvnitt* and jirntiliod listeners to ' j' is r.-eent leetiires here, desiroti;? of jfrtyIrts^ him i (j".i"t. and unostentatious eouiplimont In-forc : ' is departure, ns a mark of their respeut for the , 1 nan ami the author, invited hint to n private j \ laniptet i.t (lansier's saloon, la-t owning. The ' j ompanv, though limited, embraced n immher j ^ if tile tno-l <listiui^tlished irent leiili-n, niumii^st j vlioin Weinay he permitted to mention Gen< J ' nine* Shields, ('civ. I'riee, lion. Mr. Se\v?r<l, ! I f<*n. Quitman, lion. Mr. IJoyce, lion. Mi'.Slier- I I nan, Hon. Ml*. Huliiu/aine, lion. Mr, Morse, ; j Ion. K Ward, ainl tin- linn, Mr. Parrott. Lord ; Sapii*r ami sir \Vnt. Ou*lev Were invited, both | 1 f wImoii wrote letters declining on account of i ' trior engagements. (Jon. Shields. I?v in v it si- I I ion, presided at tin- entertainment, ami, after i , lie elotli hail Keen reliioveil, lie mailt'a few up- ] H-opfinte remark*. eonelttding wit.li 11 sentiment. j ii response to wliicU Mr. Mnekny delighted the :utiipaiiy t?y delivering the annexed poem: t?l.? 1 t 1 w wuii auu ?j vilclillAll. Said brother Jonathan to John, "You are the elder born, And 1 can hear another's hate, j Hut. not your slightest ueorii, You've lived a life of itolde si rife, You've innde a worid your own, AYIiv, when I follow in your steps, lleeeivc nie with a groan ? I feel the promptings of my youth, That urge me evermore To spn-ad my fame, mv race, my name, From shore to furthest shore. I feel the lightnings in my blood, The thunders in my hand, ml I must work my destiny Whoever may wilhsta id. And if you'd give me, brother John, The sympathy 1 '/rave. And stretch v<?'ir warm fraternal hand Across llm Atlantic wave, I'd give it such a cordial grasp That earth should start to see, And uuciciil crowns and sceptres shake That fear both 3011 and nie." Said brother John to Jonathan, "You do my nature wrong; I never hated, never scorned. But lovml y?'ii well and lori?. If ehihli'ii of the self-same sire. We've quarrelM now mxl then, 'Twos only in our early youth, Ainl not since we w?*re men. Am] if with cautious, cooler blood, J I'esnlt of 8iinVrini*s keen, I I sometimes think you move trfd fiist, Mistake not wlint I mean. I've felt, the follies of my youth, : The errors of my prime. Ami dreamed for you?my father's son? j A future more sublime. And here's my hand, 'tis freely given, I stretch it o'er the brine. Anil wish you from 1113- heart of hearts A higher life than mine. Together let 119 rule the world, Together work ami thrive, For if you're only twenty-one Fin scarcely thirty-five. Ami I have strength for nohler work Than e'er 1113- ha?d has done. And realms to rule and truths to plant lieyond the rising sun. Take you the West anil I the East, We'll spread ourselves abroad, Willi trade an-1 spade, and wholesome laws, And faith in man and God. " T.il.n - 1 r ?' T5 ? jkmitv j?'t? me- ?? ?.-m hint i ilie iliisg: We speak the self-same tongno That Milton wrote nml Chatham spoke, A ml Hums and Shakspcaresung : Ami from our tonirue, our hand, our henrt. Shall counties blessings flow, To-li^ht. two darkened hemispheres That know not where they go. Our Anglo-Saxon name ami fame, Our Anglo-Saxon speech, Hccaived their mission straight from Ileaven To civilize ami tench. So here's tny hand, I stretch it forth; Ye meanerlands look on! From this (lay hence there'* friendship firm 'Twixt Jonathan anil John!" They shook their hands, this nohle pair, And o'e? the " electric chain" Came daily messages of pence And love betyvixt the twain. When other nations, sore oppressed, Lie <n?rk in sorrow's night. They look to Jonathan nnd John And hope for coming light V tofttvn tup P.itv .V ?niir*I i>t* man wlin has lived near us so long I hat lie might pass for n native oftliese diggins, although lit) was born nearer you than ,'ine, wrt*?obliged to visit your city on business, a tVw Weeks ago, in the midst of the panic. Ilj; took quarters at a boarding Jiouse, and his rustic dress and appearance exposed liitti to tlie. observation and remark of a smart young lady, of Very uncertain age, who sat opposite to biin jititbe dinner table, j Taking him for a decidedly verdant 6on of the #6$, she proceeded to quiz ' him at her leisure. . 1110 gentleman perceived herurm, and he hffinored the juke/ In the'eourse of lier inquiries shu asked? '' "l)i(l you ever visit our gfentoity before ?" l*Yes,jna'ain, I did, severnf j'ejira since." "Did you come by railroad or bicamboat in tliofm days?" '# ' jNeilher o$iherf tliiugs was^jn use when I coine to'towifp < ..V '' ,;?o0 mujit oom& by stage I?;, "Nut exactly thai way neither." /'Jo.-* f* "No, not that way neither." ' 4 "Yoo murt eorne Qn fobt ?'* " . *Not exactly so, ./ youtcome?do tell us | ff ;a ft ^ if jrotC must U&pw, 1 wn?: born JjfrtVlotto 24, 1814, 40^Walker street, tfekf ftie 13otaery?' . , y i The ypuijg IftdV wm Wjk?tly Mtiifled. her li^:dm?e^nnotlior time, *)^Vivinjflf -lief oW 4- ^ '*V --I " S >** v'-' ' -W ?! ? a *? v :? Physical Exercise. The journals of health in various parts of he country gives h picture, by no, means latterinjj, of tin* physical di'Jjeneracy of our -ottnti viiiem '1 he evil complained of pre* -ails principally in the cities which -rtru #?1v.iys and everywhere nurseries of ill health ( ^ n which tlx' nidi pass their time in dingy vorks shops and eh me cotMilitijf-rooms and lie woman scarce ever place their feet oil lie pavement, and when they do, wean fetich bin shoes that colds and eonsnmption*'nro he general result. The eoriserpictiee is a puny, pale-fared, dyspeptic race, as unlike is possible to the !?? !. and vigorous men of [lie colonial era, and o! the rural districts in >ur own tim<?. We see hut feeble and inIrcqticni indications in anv of our <rros\t cit " . . - o ies of a people having tin? most remote connections with 111os*! magnificent races described by. Tacitus and others, ns universally large of statin*, perfectly formed, and excelling even the Romans in dignity and beauty. Think of the ancient Germans, the ancient Britons (and many of the present one>,) the Romans and the Greeks, under the himple influences of exercise aud plenty ofopen air. "We will defy any one," swivs a cosemporary, "to stuM}* tIns pul-ject without becoming lost in wonder althe perfect seizure of life and its rational enjoyment w 11i<r 11 then prevailed, and without experiencing the deepest regret that we of the present day should so wastefnlly sacrifice such means of happiness. The lofty ideal of CIieek art, which was the same tiling as Greek life and Greek intellect, an ideal which humanity has never since attained, is all reducible lo the simple problem of an intelligent race, developed bv air, bathing and exercise. The Apollo, the Villus, the .love?in short, the whole mythology ??f infinite beauty, and of ideas wh,jch bewilder the soul with admiration^? are all but the result of constant familiarity.witli the hu man form perfected in its every phase. Tlie thirty thousand gods ami godihsses of classic mythology were every one reflecteil iileals of humanity which first attained what may be culled an absolute of postive con dition." We are, therefore, pleased to see medical and oilier journals ur?*ii??j with great earnestness the important subject of physical exercise. If they can prevail upon our coiitrymeu to take there advice on this point, ? to eat plain food, and*give themselves time enough to eat ; if they can induce Amerj can ladies to take out door exercise, and imit:ilti the English !a(!ii>s in wearing thick allocs in l>a<l weather, and becoming great pedes)rains in fine weather, they may possibly save ilu: Aim-r'n-an people from becoming a nation of d wart's or from entire extinction.?Jlichmond Dispatch. Whitefield'a last Night. A correspondent of The Independent furnishes the following characteristic anee,dotoof the last address of the great preacher. An admirable ending pi a useful life: ? ' Out of the abundance of the heart- the mouth speakoth," of whatever that heart may happen to he full. Rogers relates, in his lately published "Table-talk"," that Fox often talked for half an hour after taking up the candle to go to bed." The eirc.um ?' - 1 _ iuu Ul Mil UlieCUOlC or Whitefield, that has never, I believe, found its way into print. Whitefield had preached every day Boston from the 1 Till to the 20ih of September, 177Q.. On the 21st, he went to Portsmouth, where he preached daily from the 23d to 29lh. On Saturday, the 29ih^. he preached nearly two hours at Exeter in the open air. In the afternoon, ho roJe to New btiryport, where hu had engaged to preach the next morning. While ho was at supper, many people crowded about the door of tho house, and even pressed.into and tilled the hall, anx ious ti? hear a word of direction and cointort IVoin that voice which Mind so profoundly stirred llicir souls with the sense of sin atnLthe need of Ch/ist.... Whitefield wiiO was in a very exhausted and suffering ' slate,said to onuof tlic'ininisters with liiiu, "Brother,you must speak" to these dear people ; 1 cnjinot say a word more." lie then look the candle which was offered; him; and .began a hasty retreat toward hisbedroom. When he had got about half. way up the hull stairs, the thought of thusrushing away from tlint anxious crowd wastoo much for him, and he tinned ..partly a-- . round to say a few \yords (they were to be his last!) of the soul aud the Saviour ; and. mosc words flowed on till the candle which he held in his *hand burned awayand went out in its socket. * lie then went ) to bed. .-Early the next mornihjj he wasseized with one of historribjc uslUiiuitiu par- * j oxyisius, rushed to the window, and throw it dp to get h breath of/resli air, and in h short time (about six o'ddcV*) expired. Was ! not this "finishing his course with joy and 11)0 minic-iry whicli lie Iffld-- received of (lio Lord Jesus.to testify the Gospel ihe. gracd of'God 1'' Blessed is that servant whom his Lor4, wlicf) lie cometh, shall fiiidsy doing. Whert Ife oofnetb'at even, * } or at mitlnigbt, or at ebek-tiro'ymig, or iu t/ie morning, blesagd is thuf. B^rT&ut."'' .. Anotuer FillidiIbter*' Pvmou.?Mo- ; WLg, Jan. ?9?The ^efeury {mya that Gen. w in. ** aiKer, in a speecU delivered in thra city on the 9ili of October lAat^ said that a confidential friend of his. liad ?n interview with, a of the,Cabinet, ivlio sUKed 'I that the President w?? oppos&l to the Nicaraguan entvrprim-,-but#l?? ifle^ber recom- ^ ; mended thau?\y|lker-should-^nter into.a trtaty-with Pre?fdent Cory fort/ of Mcxicp, <m.ft j besiege Cnbn, and thuri -produce a war with >:i opain. YYaiKeiy However,, repudiated tne jifvpositforf.*. i t-'ip't -v % , .' _ K anbab-?CuoA.7-On\He^i|hr instant Mr, J." ,* D#vi?, Ut? flfeiiretiry of^rtfch'djaQW Senator at \V?ohincton Ijroni Mississippi, SircporUid lo l?*Y? subrilj 11fed rcmftvlcBto the following effect: y ''lie denounced ^*eioltfHr'fttid>^bblitionist$.. 3 III"?aid th'e former were tlie^>eate?i robbera of : the two. *-The hM.t*h W.tatied/lttJt the formed \i Was not oniHIed io' r?jp'e<sfc. -"Jhe rigbtaof tl.e people dfKans^e to govern tileniaelvutt ?U' whiohi the ? Spfejf*-' ' ' . - M **** ? ' .'' * .: t . ria