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Uii le, u lusher, like all oihor creditors, antd laltorers fixed prices, muiiit siiumit. as ntow, to f .fraded by the operationt of the non-tispei ing baitking systeme. oef the' til'erenice ii vt between thme best of such bantk piaper atnd sjpw t "A postmaitster mayn eneclose montey letter to the publisher of a n.eppr. toi the subsceripiioon of a theird personi andl fra - the letter, it writtein by himselhf. (Sigted) A' Kendall, Postmaster Generail." EDMUND RUFFib Peteirsbura. Va., Oct. 31,18u40. Feb 1$,38541 Linsey Woolsey FOR Sale at the Vauclutse Factory, a bales of heavy and Superior Lindssy Negro Clothin, mantufacturied .of exce -- domestic wool. Nov. 2, 1t To improve the soil and themind. Iknow of no pursuits in which more real or important service can be rendered to any country. than by improving its agriculturc." -Waas'ington. "Agriculture is tne Great Art which every Go verament ought to protect, every proprietor of lands to practice, .tid every inquirer into nature impi ove."-Dr Johnson. THE CULTIVATOR, A Consolidation of Buers Cultivator and the Genessee Farmer. W. GAYLORn & L. TiCKER. Editors. PROSPECTUS OF VOLUME VIII FOR IS41. In offering to the agricultural libic of the Unlite'l states, the prospectus of the Fighth vol. mie ot the Ciltivator. (the second ofthle New Series.) we desire the privilege of taking our patrons a id ciorrespondents titiliarly and cor diallv hi he hand. and thanking tiii most hwartily'for the very liberal aid --til -pport tiey, h. ave reideresil ith 1(1 by theircoinninnieationas ad their subseriptiis. The Ctitivator was established to improve and elevate tll Auricnbur of the country; to a proper tone to the morals and mi'd of the ft.rme; to show him ihe- digniiy mul ini-r. ance of hIis profekssion; to store hik miti withl usefil koiwledg". :nd.1 cotnvit:ct. his thsat wlnie all ela-set are iad ust ie mure or lss depen dent on each other. he alone of the whole can miiake any near approach to idelpendence. If there is one thing more thian another, which inl this eommitry es a sil siipriority over his .-llomw Iei. it is knowledge : and Ihis knowl. edg,-knowled!ge which is as essemfial to the ecess of the ihrier as of otlier men. it is tie design ofthe Cultivator to aid in imliparting. i taking charge of the Citaivator. the Edi torswere aware or the ardnous nitire of the midertakiig. Uiader its former condnetor, this ournal had already attained a verv high cha -arter, and we might have slititik f'eti the task 'f sustaining the reputation it hadh gained, or rroii the eflrts necesiary to still -uitherelevate its standing. had not the nisuirance of aid from hlel ablest writers and the mostexpericedil fil. iers of the country,-aid which or coutinns 6vill show has heeti atd will be most protmptly id filly rendered: encouraged us to the tnder akinig. How far we have succeeded Imst lie left fr the readers of'the Cultivator to deler mine; but itan increase ofsnbscriition beyond oy precedent in tie history of agriciltural tirinas of this icoutitry; if the almutost titnati no.t voice of the public press in our favar if lie intlitnde oh private vet flatteritng icstinio inil's we have received, idded to a ciciulation robably treble that of aiy other jourtal devi ed to the agricultural interest. may be adtnitted eveneg. webavcertaitily most abun d kwit .,ceess, y where received asthe exponeni lition and proshiectit of Agricutlture' it, the Uni "d Stts, we intend that every siblject rOn nected with the great itterest I any part ohtir intry shall receive its utle share ofiheticl, 3itd s proper plat1e inln'l lun.'la tl tivtor ill be ait e aod or ilI itim rovp ienis in . the riao of hlisbandry ol'the introta iott of I tew and t niptirttit v.fietis of' seheds aid -I plts; of the rspective tat1" Otasa (..Iti of the severil imuprovetd brec'l fllre ,t tIe. Sheep an1wiie. to different sectionI of the United States; im short. it is iitendl to make it a work which shall interest. instruct aid be stecl~pithil to all. rtl Ii the is iaber. variety, and excellence of the iltistrttiois, the Ctiltivator is wnhiout a rival, einterat hon, or abroad. This department will lie fonly sustained. aid inacrensei titere t andattraatioti given by it greator oitinur or' fian aties o r te c niAtA imals, selectd from otir ,lies' 'all kinds native anid import bledt specnlne ;*ns l kind' 1 A ri d; by the drawintg of new [pements, gi. ciral and Mechaical:anid bv engravn'g of sch olij'cts aswill lie better suder.itood. wille ivetn it huch illstratios- l W i an illstratiois ofitee present voane i narlsv cqIIlm to aioe inred in ininler; adt' stitlectiont this have given or patrains secure their coni ane nitwitstaadit the r.'t expesSey itece ita occ-asieios. gre'at dutrinag the past year. a 1d the letiri fd the ack volumtes its n ellitstecirttoe otanttt that we have sterhtypmed clin1 tititti con Ic.aud shall lie able, now ands hiereafter., t tnisbuscribers with wvhole sets, or any sai Tor prsoialm fyei to the friendis of A - ricultte, to those Gentlemeini wtho have' scte asori Agentts, to Postiniastets generally thirong~ ot our country---.in short to all those wh-> hat -so eeerouisly inuterestedl themselves in otir - half, in bringinig a knowledge "if our work 1 tie otce of' their friends, and in obitaiinug siu sciter-; our mtost haeartl'elt and cordlial thtaii -Insrci. \y hile we have endehcavoreud to tia " uternils suchd as to ofler' ant adheqatc tudua mect andt reward'( ti those wh'lo sare dispiss d fromn pieenini~il y moittive's to initerest thaemnselv 5i our favor, whoe shtall still be iudebieal to Es who will in aisy wayv aid us in cair elforts C sk the Cultivator tmore genernlly tisetial-. atter by inacreasinig its cairenation~t or empllloyi ut thi pens foar its cohmmtis. att Our gratitude isespecuitlly dute to those cc ii'tlieen whose nntrouis able and variedl co in onticttions5 have given such ani imterest a hi- vale to osir paper; and we alre colnfidetnt fr< their well knownl regatrc Ito the vittl ianteresis .Ameianm Hunsbandlry, that our aippeal to ii itt orteir n'rtliir aid 'wilh noat lie is vain.r cl cre ' ttaiect in niuature diat is niot muore b I less titmuatly coniicedwt dgiulue' ih- aisy not bes tii'de stubserv'ienit ini its aidva ltetn 'Iai.n-One Dolliar per iamnum ; six eel sa-- ' -.'; h -naeyt hie rentited ii advat h-uii .j rte monestg' A..toimissioni of 2O per 4 edwille li to Agenits it lae obtisini d a ioir subl'tsrteitrs, i ad .\ I sbcrlion s to e iny obitin 100 or miore. Al - snbilst k ene lst El DEL & CO.. Publishser Albany, 1841-. . ~Public Notice. E 4L personiiii indelaied mu lie estau .. Blumuer WV hiue, decenaseds sare ret ~~ al tu maske inttiite( panyiment ; nuti ewpersns having deandls against the et for 'tie requested to renderei them in, prol Ilet attested . ABNER PERRiN, Adnm G. an. 1, 1841-.i From the Guardian. BY A PUPIL IN THE CnLUMIBIA FEMALE IN STITUTE. "Happiness may visit here, "But she duwells alone in Heaven !" Earth, hast thon not some happy spot, Where care and sorrows are forgot ? And enn'st thou not bring back again, The hann we seck for but in vain? Tell us. 1 thon deep blue Oeenn," tell, Fi thn hon- not some secret cell, Where mortalt, never, niever know, Anght ofearti'< misery or wo? I sked; earth anwvered me again, O'er my wide waste is sorrow's reign! And Ocean. from its stormy bed, P'en with a voice nfthunder, said, Vnin mortal, not within my caves, The prize is not beneath the waves! On my dark bosom tempests roar, And angry billows lasb the shore. Fame, eno'st not than true bliss bestow? Do none who seek thee, gladness know? Their names are ever wafted high, Exuing ldandlit3 r-nd the sky. But Fame replied. Jnys are not mine! Though I enn round the bocom twine wreath of glory, fresh and fair, Yet care is ever lingering there. My victim knnws ro Insting rest, A burning thurst is in his breast. ie pants. on eagle's win2s to soar 'ro some high peak, ne'er reached before, Mhere he may bask in Glory's rays, nd on admiring millions gaze, But he does unt that height ohtin; fe seeks it, but, alas! in vain. When thou art twining round the beart, nn it not hlid all enre depar ?- - h ! there are direams of bliss untold, n:t Friendihip dies. and' Love growscold. Anil there are sudden partings here. When we are torn from all most dear, A d thrown upon the world alone. Where un heart echoes to tinr own. And denth d1oh come. and tear aw'ay Those who hove been our only slay He comes. to bush the gentle voice, Which hil us in its love rejoice. And i, this all that mnn can know Of earthily happiness below ? Must all our hopes by winds he driven, And oh ! shall nouglht to its be given, To cheer us in outr lonely way, A nl point us to a hrighier day ? Oh, ves! there is a heavenly star, \hich glimmers in the depths afar! it ;hines with I e;Nveni's n"v puresi light, A ied erle li the darklnets of the night. It comes to give the wvenry rest, To comilert those wiih enare oppmresed; It comePs, ihe~ mourner's tear to dry, To hush the friendless orphan's cry, I hids me loouk to it aund live, And find that bliss earth cannot giv Mortals, oh ! why thus delay To seek the triue and liv'ing W/1 \vhy will ye still toil on in v , - 'Th girt or ha~ppiness' Ka \Vhy will ve smhdows stWtiprsuie ? Realities nre brought toA"" Wh ekthe lesaves., deod and sere, hen ever-loondau:ii1~Ivers apptear ? t ere wve enin find "g*~si tg resi ut thtere's a lnmd iere all are blest: Where sotrrows5 m1fi tii the eye, Andl p~leasure nev never dlie. Then let us sceekat heavenily shore, uWhere angry tepest rage tno more. And may ontr 1tughts andc aims he given To ht bletine, reserved iin H-eaven! Ii. From Drocratic Free Press. d N~$'G IIFFICE MELODY. Ej1 PRESSMAN. Pnil p, hysturn quick the rounce, mt Andl le e work begit or Tfhe w~ork' pressinig on without, ~' Anid 4s 1SfPress within And 'a ,o guide the pulie mind, Hav/luen~ce rar and wvide, rf Andl apr deeds are good, although tir- Thir~vs at our side. ate, Let jlie friskcel now my boys! erly a~re more proud than we Wh -ait the noxious crowd wvithouzt, So p way-none are so great, As y who ran the car; And have dignity like these W raetice-at the bar. And - who iwirl the roller there, .Be ek, you inky man! Old ti Is rolling on himself. So ham if you can. Bee l of the light and shade, Nor r the sheet grow pale; Be ca ,ul fhe monkey looks Off .ry head-and tale. Thon ligh in ofice is our stand, And ous.is our case, We s d- not cast a slur on those Wh 11. our lower place. The ga 'g world is fed by us, -Who stail knowledge here, By fee' g thiat wefeed ourselves, Noi 'ni our fare too dear. Pull 1p, ybnys, turn quick the rounce, And s the chase we'll join, We h eposites in the bank, Our s are full of coin. And wvl, iould more genteely cut, Af " and a dash ! Yet so imes we wt ho press so much, Ourse es are pressed for cash. TYPO. sellaneous. How ta Suipper.-A few nights ago. R conjur ntered an inn at Ludlow, and asked ith mpany if they would like to Bee a lit of his performances, as he wtas allowed "all persons who had seen him go throu his performances, to do it with nore ta .:and judgment than any other Man livi The landlord was the first to tive hi nsent, and stated that he kn'ev a few tri' himself, and had seen many vondei o r;-Tie-.6onjurer then re nest opan o place three hats paq IS :;hi ch beiug done. he re ast" i1er' tojh-inpa loafof breadi, nf e. jeniei*,pje, early co.a table and agreeably to himself jf he.h di ee pjecesofcbaeese. The cheese Eemg bro ~igi, the conjurer cut three good ized piec a atd placed one by each piece if )read.t Now wras the grand trick. The conjurer turned tup the cnffs; of his coat, took off his neck-hailkerchief, unbuttoned his shirt collar, and stated tha.t ie would tow eat the three piecs of bread and af erwnrds bring them -all under one lint. The conjtrer commenced eating the aread and cheese.- and after caing two pieces, deaclared ke cotld not proceed wi.th the third and Snish the trick, unless he had sonethin, to drink. The worthy landlord, desirin tit the wonderful trick shaoald he proceedelein, for the nnausenent of his ctsiomerginmediately gave the conjurrnr a quart oiale; and the third piece of hread and chees soon followed the first two pie ces. Noithe grand trick wnas to be per. formed, a the landlord and his compa. antios anxusly awaited it. The conjiarer said "Now putlemten, which lant shall I put the hirearl ind cheese tnder'!" The Inmilord pointed oit his otvi lant. .vishing hi hat to inke pnrt itt the trielt as w6l as hiread anl cheese. It bein so arranged, te conjurer said "Gentimtena, I haave eatn te bread atnd ch~eesearnel tnows I w'il bring it ast tler the lanidlor's hat,"' and immtedliately plar: ed the hat potn his he~adI andl said-*-Nmv von percete it is undaer a le liat wit hott miy udece'pon." amuid~tt shouts of laughter from tall th company except the landlord, who was tnus three pieces air bireaid atnd cheese whht h% did tnot seemn to reli-b. The emorrr left the houise without makinag na-lection of thec comtpnny, beitng w'elI satisfl4 with the lanadlords genecrosity. The Balmore Sun reads a certain class a lesson, iebc we shouald imnagine thcy would not seedily forget. MatrimI Pirates.-Society is cursed with a clavof' individtaals wvhose worth. lessness is eeal led onlhy by a heir atssuantce. Conscious c their waent of moral power, they have t htope of elevation to wealth or respectality, except itt the formtation of a matritnnial Allianace that shall oapen the collers asome rich present or prospec tive heiress. These, an eloquaent lecturer, a few eveniks sinace, distinguished by the emphatic tia of "pirates;" and warned such as, by 'eir peetnhiar position in socie ty, wete esmedl to their itasidious adv'an ces, to lip a their gntard against thetm. Thec situatir of an heiress is usually con sidered an a' inble otne lay most 'youang women.-. has not only the power with. in her hanaf indalcitig i'n every virtuous desire, hbut 'th dozens of admnirers at her feet, the ihty of choosing from a large circle. Btuere is no one so mutch itn danger of nking a shipwreck of happi ness as shte.Caressed on every side, she soona loses a power ofjtudging correctly. andi it too iguetlay happens that some heartless fome hunter, more subtle than all the rest, ns her guileless beart. Mod est merit raiy enters the list in the con tentiotn for heiress, and therefore her circle of chie is limited, except in rare :pa...c,n te selfish, the intrest.ed, and the worthless. In glancing around through society, how melancholy is the picture that is presented of the fate of heiresses. A father la.vishes upon his child all the ac complishments that wealth can procure she is the idol of his heart. Suddenly he discovers, that among the crowd of admir ers who have flocked around her, she has suffered her affections to go towards one who has neither correct principles nor ha bits of industry-a mere butterfly of fash ion-a grub with glittering wings and shin ing body. In vain, does he oppose her choice. In an evil hour, if he will not con seut to the marriage, she runs away. Ini a few years. we find her the forscken, heart-broken wife; all her fond hopes wrecked-hiding away, with her children itn her fathbr's house, shunning the eyes of the world, and brooding in melancholy gloom, over hir itbappy fate. This re stilt is an evil that, it seems to us, society should have corrected long ago. The cre dentinis upon which a man enters the cir cle of wealth and fashion in this country, are scanned too superficially, and are, be sides, not founded on the true basis of in dividual worth. if a young man's family connexions are what are called respecta ble, it is of but little consequence what lie may he-he belongs to the "certain circle," and comes in aid goes out at pleasure. and ntil some poor. simple hearted girl falls a victim, he is not stspected of being a dan gerolus person.-Does it not seem strange, that filiebrs and tmotliers, who really love their inexperienced children, should so wantonly expose them to the thousand dnngers that beset the pollh that winds through the mnizes of fashionable society ? A party is given by otie of the elite. and Mr. A's. daughter is invited. She must go of course.-The father and mother never dream f enquiringjnto the character of those fisually invited to Mrs. B's. parties, and it may be. while they are doting in their own parlors, -ote shrewd, but heart less matrimonial pirate, may be runuing down a prize, and that prize their own lovely and innocesut child.-Thev wonder at their misfortunie, when they find their (laughter's aflections all given away, and her resolution to marry a man who they know will bretik her heart, unslinken. Bult what more coid tiey have expected, while sufferina their child to run the aiddy roundl of fashionable dissipation with soci e 'y!otgttjizel under.ijs.pre tit false prin prey of fort ntne-un-re rs-an fam1T Iipes and family happitness continue to be cast to the winds. Rrvolutionary Anecdoe.-A story is told of n Sergeant who travelled through the woods of New Uampshire. ott his way to the Amerienti Army, which will show the chnrneter Of the Indians. lie had twelve me with him. Their route w;is far' fromi ;ny settlement; atnd they were obliged every night to ramp it the woods. Tne Sergeant had seen a good deal of the Inudianis. atnd11 nerslood thitem well. Early in the afternoon, one lay.,as they were mtairchintg on. over bogs, swanips, and brooks, under the great maiplo trees, n hody of Indians, more than their own nun hers, rushed otit upont a hill 'i front of them. They nppeared to be pleased at meet in2 with thte sergeant and his men. They considtered them their best frieids. For themstelvee. they had tinken up the hatch et for the Aiierients, and wonld selp ,td strip tlse ratc:lly English fAr then like so mniiy wil cats. - IlIw do you do. pro?' (tmieniig brother,) said otte, and * How !o you do ?' continuled anotheer; anm so they wetit aboutt shaing hanitds witi the ser geant ande his twelve mteni. They' went oll't laest i d the sergeanit. nav 1in tomarede OttLn a ih- sir two, halited his men,. and addressed thema thust. * Alv brave felluuws,' we onttst use all possibee caution or~ befoire mrorning we shall all of its be (lead mrent. Yot1 are amazed; but depeti upon mei, these lindiants have tried to put out suspicion. Yatn will see moure by and by. They concluded finally to adopt the fol loinig scheme fordefenice. Tlhey enscarp ed for the iiht near a stream of water, wvhich protected them front behinid. A large isnk wvas felled and a brilliant fire kindled. Each maan cut a log of wood a bout the size of his heody, rolled it up ntice ly it) a blanket ansi pit his hat on the etmi ofit, and laid it before the fire, that the en emy might take it for a man. Thirteen logs w~ere fitted out itn this man nor representing the sergeanit & his twelve men. They then placed themselves,.with the londedi guns, behind the falleni tree. By this time it was dark. but the fire was kept burning util .midniighit. The Sergeant knew if they ever would come, they would come now. A tall indiatn was seen through the glimi ering of the fire, which was gettinig low. He moved towards them skulking as an Indian always dones. He seetmed at first itat a gtuardl might he watcing, but seeiing nione, lie came forward more holdly, rest ed on his toes, and was seen to move his lingers as he counted the thirteen ment, sleeping as lie supposed by the fire. He counitedl them again and retired. A nther came up anid did the same. Then the wshole sixteen in number, came up and glared siletntly at the logs, till they seemed satisfied that they were aisleep. Presenttly they took aim, fired the wvhole numtber. of gutns upon the logs, yelled the war hoop, andt ruished .forward to murdler and scalp their stupposedl victims. They were fired upon by the sergeant and his party and no.t. on ofth Ini... .... lef. to ..nl .t.. story that ight. The sergeu *ad hi party reached the army n safety. A writer in one of the Foreign Encyclo pedir.s calculates that if the natural resour ces of the American Continent were fully developed, it would afford-sustenance to 3600 millions.of inhabitants a numberfivi times as great as the entire population of the globe. The writer, after advancing this position, goes otn as follows: "And what is more surprising, there is every probability that this prodigious popu lation will he in existence within three or four centuries. The imagination is lost in contemplating a state of things which will make so great and rapid a change In the condition *of the world. We almost fancy it is a dream, and yet the result is basedon principles quite ascertain as those whieh govern the conduct of met] in their ordinary pursuits. Neerly all social im provements spring from the reciprocal in fluence of condensed numbers and diffi sed inteligence. What then will be the state ofsociety in America two centuriek hence, when a tlotisand or two thousand millions of civilized men are crowded into a space comparitively so narrow, and spen king only two 1i'nguages, as will doubt less be the case? distorv shows that wealth, power. science, litetature, all- fol low in the train of numbers, general intel igence and freedom. The same causes which trantsferred sceptre ofcivilization and the wei-ht of influence front the banks of the Euphrates and theNile toAWestern Eu rope. Mltst, in the course of no long peri od. carry them from the latter to the plains ofthe MNississippi, and the Amazon. Smoking a hror.-We have heard of smoking hams, and we have often heard fllks execrate a smokey chimney, but un til the present moment, we did not imag .me it possible the pyrolignous process could be practically made use of. to alter the - opinion of a juror. It seems that when the jury in-a late important casr tried in the Coart of General Sessions, retired they stood 11 to 1 for his acquittal. ThiTbne stood "solitary atid alone" in his opinion, a refractory and crooked disciple. His - companions vexed at what. they deemed his obstinacy sought out some means of attnoving !im, and finally discove.red that lie al'ominated a cigar. Forthwith each armed himself with a bundle of Havanas,' aiid ax-It they wen, puff pulE puff day * mamhlea der eut wn into slices, dre an away for domestic consumption. In vain No.1 coughed, talked, swore. begged.entreated, and at length went on hiq knees to his tor metors. They were inexorable. It was his pleasure to stand out, it was their's to <moke. Human nature could not stand it. ie gave in, and the supposed culprit was acqutitted. Truly the old proverb well sIyeth.' there are more ways of choking n dog, than hy giving him melted butter." Philadelphia Times. Honey, a cure for the Giurel.-The fol lowitne which appeared originally in the Liverpool, (Eng.,) Courier, may prove serviceable tO some of your readers: "Abnut twenty seven years ago, says a correspondent. I was Much nfflicted with the gravel, and twice in serious danger from small stones lodaing in the passage. I met with a gentleman who had teen in mv situation. and had got rid of this sad disorder by sweetening his tea with half honev nnd half snenr. I adopted this rem ed*y. And found ir effectual. Aftei being fully clear ormy diseasc about ten years, I lelined taking honey, Mid in about three mrontls 1 had a violent fit of my old com plaint; I then renewed the practice of fak itg honey in my tea, andi atm now more rhnt three score and tent, atnd have not for the Inst sceventeen years, had thte smallest symptoms of the gravel. I have recoin mended my prescription to matny of my equaittance, and have never known it to Uncommon P'uncluality.-Mr. Bran croft, the preseot Colltector of the port of' Boston. wvill retire from his oflice March 31, thaut is, aut the close of the presetnt qutarter. t is a remarkale fact, that wvhile Mr. Brancroft htas collected more than ten mil lions of dollars of reveniue, every bottd which has beena taken by him and-has fal lent dtte, is disucharged. There is not no0w a sitigle itstance of default otn the part of any merchtanut durine his official term. Stuch a result, it is beleived, has never oe etnrred for any other period of the same length of timec. .it is most hon~orable testi mony to the character ofthe Boston mer chants now otn the stage. .Serenating.-Some sentimental young gent lemen lately serenaded a house in New Orleans with the belief that there was a youne lady in it. Afrer they had aung and played for sotme time, a bilack wench look ed out of the window, and accosted them thuts: "Look hea, gemnmen, taint no use to be foolin away your titme round here, kase dar aint nobody home 'cep Betis, and dat's me. I aint no ''jections to you playing "Jim-aloug-Josey,'' "Cooney in do H ol ler," or any ting dat's fashionable and nice, but dern 'talian and oder foolish tunes aint no acceount. Go way, white folks." When you hear a youtngster engross the whole of a cotnversatiotn, it is a sure sign he has not got sense enough to listen. The Raleigh Register says, "our Banks have again suspended the payment of hir liabilities in specie."