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The Mature and Relatio&i of Wator.
EXTRACT FROM A LECTL'KE BY PKOFFSSOR
ORAI'KR, or TUB KEW YORK UNIVERSITY.
No Uving thing can exist, except it contain*
water as one of tbe leading constituents
of the various parts of iu system*
To so great an extent does this go, that
in a thousand parts of human blood nearly
eight hundred are pure water. The
distribution of organized beings all over
the world is to a very great extant rcgu1
o t Arl Ktv ? ? ~ * * *
vj iv.-i ?uuiiunDca or scarcity. It
seems as if the properties of this substance
mark out the plan of animated nature.?
Prom man, at the head of all, to the
meanest vegetable that can grow on a
bare rock, through all the various orders
and tribes, this ingredient is absolutely required.
Insipid and inodorous itself, it
takes the peculiarities of all other bodies;
ussumes with readiness the sweetness of
sugar, and the acidity of vinegar. Distilled
with flowers, or the aromatic parts
of plants, it contracts from them their fragrance,
And with equal facility becomes
the vehicle of odours the most offensive to
our sense*.
We talk about the usea of water, and
ImagineTthat Nature furnishes us a perennial
supply. The common philosophy of
people is, douUless, advanced no far as
to admit that in some unknown manner
this substance is created in the clouds, descends
as rain for the uses of animals and
plants; but whence it came, or where it
goes, never once enters into consideration.
Men constantly forget that in this world
nothing is ever annihilated ; an atom, once
created, can by no process be destroyed.
The liquid that we drink to day has been
drunk a thousand time* before; the cloud*
that obscured the sky have obscured it
again and again; and if the sorrow* of
mankind are ?ui many as the philanthropise
may well fear, he might suspect a
great part of the ocean is, perhaps, made
up of tear* that have fallen 'rom the haman
family. In the air their sighs die
away, and iu the ocean the gears are all
lost* This using over au I over ag tin U a
striking characteristic of the ways of Nature;
the beautiful and the vile?the great
and the atnail?are all mingled together
the tear* that you shed in the depth of
grief to day may be squirted to-morrow
through a fio?? pipe to clear the dirt oft
the street; or whistled away through the
npie.ik of a locomotive to scare some dilatory
cow otr the track. So much for the
sorrow of man.
W'liat then become* of tbe immense
411.ti1t.tica of water, which, thus entering
us a constituent of the bodies of anitn.-tls,
give* their various parts that flexibility
which enables them to execute movement.*,
or combining with vegetable structures,
fit* thein for carrying on their vital
process t After the course of a few years, '
ail existing animals and vegetables pass
away ; their solid constituents disintegrate
and take on other conditions, the water !
lost, perhaps for a tiiue in the ground, at
last escapes in tho form of vapor into the '
air. In that greut and invisible reecpta- '
cle, all tracts of its ancient relations disap
pvar?u mmgitw who outer vapors that
are raised from the sea by the tun. From j
the bodies of living animals and plants,
immense quantities are hourly finding '
their way to the same reservoir. In a 1
crowded city, from the skio, and by the
breath of its numerous inhabitants, clouds '
of vapor are eontinually escaping?we see 1
this visibly going on in the cold weather '
of winter; and, though invisible, the pro- '
cess is equally active in summer?the ee- 1
cape arising from the drink that we take, !
from all those various portions of the system
that are dying each moment?for the
life of an individual being is made of the
succeasiv* of all its cc.utiiuvnt par- <
ticlea. In the same manner, from the for- I
est* and meadows, wherever vegetables i
are found,wate ris continually evaporating, <
and that to an exteul Car surpassing what i
we at first suppoie. Iu a single dav, a i
iiliSnijrAp rJ M ?1..? t ' ?
vHUM?n?? MI U1IUW1 IfVtU I
iU leaves, and other part*, nearly twenty <
ounce* weight. How enorniout then \
must be the quantity which eacapea from I
the surface of a great continent t Yet all t
this is thrown into the air; and there it I
mingles with other portions, some of which i
are coining from living races, and some I
from the decay of the dead, some derived <
from the surface of the ground, and some i
from the remote regions of the sea. It I
seems as if Nature had taken sure means <
that here all traces of identity should he I
lost. The winds, proverbially inconstant 1
blow at ooe time from the oosUof Europe <
at another from Africa, at aeother from !
Asia. In tho republic of tha universe
there h a stem equality, the breath of the
king intermingles with the breath of the
beggar, and the same quiet atmosphere
receives the exhalations of tha American
tha European, the Asiuie, tha African;
tM pMtyw th U hat a riaan from dead ia- i
tarmiogia with tlioaa >A iba living; and aa |
ii ikk wart not enough, lh? wind# aad l
lawn?la obliiaraU avary dUtiactioa, and <
4mh ia ooa ootnrooo oonfaskw thaaa raliea I
of ever* part of the globe.
A wan of avaraga rfaa I
raqniaw aUVtw vaigfataf wrtararaar; i
fcan UImnM tie Merita* afttfc, i
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lime hiqown weight of this liquid. These
are statements which may seem to those
who hear them for the first time very won*
derful; and as they are easily verified,
they might lead you to doubt whether die
existing order of Nature, as dependent on
the waters of the sea, could for any length
of time be kept up under sach a heavy
consumption. The human family consists
probably of a thousand millions of individuals;
it would be a very moderate estimate
to suppose, that the various animals
great and small, taken together consume
five times as much water as we do, and
the vegetable world twohuudred times as
much as the animal races. Under audi
an immense drain it becomes a curious
question what provision Nature has made
to meet the demand, and how long the
waters of the s?a, supposing nothing returns
to them, could furnish a sure supply.
The question involves the stability
uf existence of animated Nature, and- the
world of organisation ; and no man, save
whose mind is thoroughly imbued with
an appreciation of the resources upon
"which the acts of the great Creator are
founded, would, I ain sure, justly guess ut
the result. There exists in the sea a supply
which would meet this enormous demaud
for more than a quarter of a million
of years. Such is the plan of Nature, and
such are the resources on which she da
pends for carrying out her measures. For
the well being of her organized creations
she can fall back a gigantic supply.?Wyoming
County Mirror, N. Y.
John Hancock.
The circumstance attending the election
of John Hancock to the presidency of the
Continental Congress, in 1775, are thus
related by Mrs. Warren, in her history of
the American Revolution;
The absence of the late worthy president
of Congress. Mr Randolph, and the
arrival of Mr. Hancock, at Philadelphia,
at the fortunate moment, when the enthusiasm
inspired by Gage's proclamation
was at ita height, both concurred to promote
his elevation. ^Ie was chosen to
preside in the respectable assembly of
delegates, avowedly on the sole principle
?f liia having been proscribed by General
Gage. It was unconlily said by a member
of congress, that they would Miow
Mother Britain, how little they cared for
her, hy choo-dng a Massachusetts man for
'their president, who bad been recently
excluded from pardon by public proclamation.'
The choice was suddenly made
and with rather ten much levity for the
nines, or mr in* dignity ot the ottice.
Mr. Hancock's modesty prompted liitn
for a moment to hesitate on the unexpected
event a* if diffident of his own qualifications;
when one of the mefplters, of a
more rubust constitution, and lew delicacy
of manners, look him in his arms and
placed him in the presidential ckair."
Fwm this interesting incident the read?r
is forced to draw an inference, which
beyond a doubt, is erroneous in itself,
and unjust in relation to the persons alluiled
to. It ix alumni to impute any thing
like fear to Hancock ; for were he really
Jficient in decision and firmness his acceptance
of the presidency of congress
would scarcely hare increased the odium
under which he already labored ; be had
preriou?ly passed the Rubicon, and had
been long marked out as one of the first
objects of royal vengeance. We must
leek for some other cause for the backwardness
displayed by this distinguished
patriot, ou tnia occasion, and none offer
themselves to our mind, natural than mod
ssty and unobstrusiveness, which are ever
the attendants of real merit. And eroelent
and prominent as he was, he could
dill say, with great truth, in refsrenoe to
lis colleagues.
"Never before stood I In such s presence."
But there are other reasonn; Mr. Han:?ek
was not the only member nominated
br this office; among others, Benjamin
Harrison was spoken of. This ^enUemsn
?ne of the innsi distinguished and sealous
nen of Virginia, occupied a conspicuous
Ulion, in our political ranks, froin the movent
of his arrival in Philadelphia as a
lelcgate. Inheriting a princely estate,
vbich enabled him to indulge, to the
nost liberal extent, the natural hospital iy
of his character, formed a noble estab
moment m the city, and kept what ? callid
in the south, "an open bouse." Enhusiastic
in the eauae of independence,
tecided ia tbe meant to be enploved, and
juwearied in the pursuit of bis object, bia
Viends viewed bim,aa it is said, as a propsr
person to preside, at ibis critical juncture,
over tbe continental congress. He
?aa alto nearly connected with the late
venerable president, Peyton llandolph.?
He repelled all advances on this subject,
sad joined those, who perceived a peculiar
fitinea in selecting a northern gentleman,
who ia addition to his unbounded
itovotioo to tbe eanse of freedom, appeared
on the floor of Congress, aa ths particular
object of ministerial jealousy and pro*
caption. Mr. Harruoa took ? decided
port in kin election; when the Appointment
wm announced, and Mr. Ilancock
rinced aome degree of atnWraaament
ka tUppnd forward and bora bint to the
sbair, not rudely or iadetteatatr, bat with
that kind of good-ban arid and enay to*
miHiaifcy, wbU akaniliikii Ibo gantry
o1 the j&ntfc. Benjamin Havriaoo wm a
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the confidence of bis country ; when he
retired from congress, he became a member
of the Virginia house of delegates and ]
continued as such* until after the siege of
York Town* when he succeded Mr. Nelson,
as governor of Virginia. '
A Lady Freemason. 1
The lion. Elizabeth Su Legor was the I
only female evir iniated into the ancient ?
mysteries of Freemasonry, llow she ob- t
tained this honor we shall lay before our t
readers. Lord Doncrailo, Miss St. Leger's I
father, a very zealous Mason held a war- I
rant and occasionally opened lodges at 1
Doncraile House, his sons and intimate 1
friends assisting, and it is said that never i
were the Masonic duties more rigidly <
performed than by them. Previous to 1
the first steps of Masonry, Miss, St. Lcger, r
who was a young girl, happtiwd to be in J
an apartment adjoining tlie room genet- 1
ally used as a lodge-room. This room s
at the time was undergoing some altera- r
tiwii ; among other things the wall was ?
Considerably reduced in one part. The
young lady having heard the voices of the c
Freemasons, nnd prompted by the curios- '1
ity natural to all to sec this mystery so t
long and so secretly locked up from hu- n
man view, she had the courage to pick a i
brick from the wall with her scissors, and t
witness the ceremony through the two c
first step. Curiosity satisfied, fear at once ?
took possession of her mind. There was t
no mode of escanu exeent through ?! ? >
i rw " ?' M,v
room where the conc!u<ling part of tlie t
second step was still being solemnized; a
an<i that being at the far end, and the 11
room a very large one, she had resolution d
sufficient to attempt her escape that way; r
a..d, with light but trembling steps, glid- u
ed along unobserved, laid her hand on t
the handle of the door and gently opening s
it, before her stood to her dismay, a grim h
and surlev tyler, with his long sword nn
sheathed. A shriek, that pierced through d
the apartment, alarmed the members of s
the Ldge, who ail rushing to the door, l
and finding th?Ct Miss St* Leger had been I
in the room during the ceremony, in the *
first paroxysm or their rage berdeath was c
received on, but from the sappttranioos of \
her young brother, her life wu hired on
condition of her going through the whole c
of tue solemn ceremony she had unlawful- e
ly witnessed. ^
This she consented to, and they con- F
ducted the beautiful and terrified young b
lady through those trials which are some- tl
limes more than enough for moHCuliti re- b
solution, little thinking they were taking *
to the bosom of their craft a member that tl
would afterwards reflect a lustre on the w
annals of Masonry. The lady was cousin n
to Gen. Anthony St. Leger, governor of n
St. Lucia, who instituted the interesting tl
race and the celebrated Doncaster St. Le- e
gcr stakes. Miss St. Leger married Rich- a
ard Aid worth, Esq., of New Market.? fi
Wheuever a benefit wa< given at the tLe- tl
aires iu Dublin or Cork for the Masonic si
Female Orphan Asylum, she walked at a
the head of the Freemasons with her apron d
and other insignia of Freemasonry, and h
sat ia the front row of the stage box.? |i
The house was always crowded on those a
occasions. Her portrait is in the lodge- I
rooin of almost every lodge in Irelaud.?
Exchange. 1
? im am ? 0
Kkttlkmknt or Kansas.?A letter in ?
the St, Louis Republican, dated Whitohead,
Kansas territory, June 26th, says *
that thousands of emigrants froin Virgin- ,
is, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, '
have already arrived in that te. ritorv, and t
thousands are still pouring in, the lands
for from ten to twenty inilua back, having c
been, with but few exceptions, clairne 1 by
squatters. The writer gives the proceed- .
ings of a meeting of these settlers, at which
a Squatter Association .was formed to '
make provision for deciding upon disput- r
ed claims, Ac. Resolutions were adopted *
precisely similar to those passe-1 at the
quart*' meeting held at Salt Creek trad- J
ing house. Among them were resolutions '
to afford no protection to abolitionists as 1
citizens of the territory, recognizing the %
institution of slavery as already existing 1
in the territory, and recommending slave- 1
holders to introduce their "property" a*
early as possible. A Vigilance "Committee
was appointed and also ftvaJttftMute*
to the General Territorial CWWMNlaR, to
be held at Salt Creek, on
July." Of what character tlraPWren
tion ia expected to be, no mention is made.
Ga? sot Unhealthy.?A a opinion U
widely prevalent that gaa ia aofilted for the
illutntaattoa of private dwellings, owing to
the heat end noxious geaee it evolves; nothing
ean be more erroneous. The heat, it ia .
Was, is la proportion to the linrht ?????
and If, M has been found to be the case, a
four inch pipe will supply m many borners
sufficient to outvie the blase, (each candle
eonaumiog 176 grains of tallow per minute:)
the ?|uaotity of calorie and earboaie acid
gives off will be found to be la each eaao
pretty near identical. The Argand, or aha.
dowleaa gaa borrer, if encircled by a pale
blue glass, yields a perfectly homogeneous
whit* MAl. bum J
enabling artist* to parM* U??ir labor* a* ,
satisfactorily during tb? night aa during th?
bias* of a Soother* sum .oar's day. The ,
rtimi of artificial Mght is ia the following '
order; eaal r? hring by far the cheapest,
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imt wtt^nhw v^otnwij mtmw.
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From the courtis Recollections and p
rate memoirs of the Life and Character
Washington we extract the following:
Washington ceased to oe a sportsmi
ifter 1787 wbdh he gave up the huntii
*stablishment. True he bred the bid
Torso and a favorite colt of his nam
dagnolia, was entered and ran for a pun
>111 this was more to encourage the bfr
ling of fine horses than for attachine
o the sports of the turf. Ali the Lit
hat be could spare for active exercise
lis latter day was devoted to riiling aim
lis farm and insj?ectiug his improvenien
n this ho was ably assisted by several
lis stewards and managers who were K
opeans, and who had brought from tin
jwii countries habits of industry ai
cnowledgo of improved agriculture at
ural :?fi'airs; so that, bad the farmer
dount Vernon been spared but a few yea
onger, bis estate wguhl have exhibited
eries of model farms, examples to l!
leigblarring improvers and to the count
it hircre
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Mount Vt^non in the olden time w<
clehruted for the luxuries of the table.['he
fields, the forest, and the river, each
heir respective seasons furnished the tun
ibuudant resources for good living. J
nong the picturesque objects on the I'
otnuc to be seen from the eastern porii<
if the mansion-bourn, was t!ie light cam
>f Father Jack, the fisherman to the c
ablishment. Father Jack was Africa
icgro, a hundred years of age, and >
hough greatly eufcbled in body by su?
i vast weight of years his mind possess*
iticommon vigor. And he would tell
lavs long past, Afric's clime, and of A
ic s wars, in which lie (of course the s?
>1 a king) was made captive, and of t!
erribie battle in vftich his roj al sire w;
lain, the village consigned to the flame
aid he to the *lave*hip.
Father Jack powessed in an emine
legree'lhe leading quality of all his rat
oniuolency. By looking through a sp
[lass you would see the obi thdierina
ent nearly double, enjoying a uap, whh
ras only disturbed by the hard jerkii
if the white fte/ch ;tiat became, entangh
a bjaJasfkt li^^x -
Hut"tin* slunil>ers otFafhcr Jack we
ccasionally attended by some inconvei
rn-e. Tlie domestic duties of Mou
Vernon were governed by clock tinie.Jow,
t lie cook required that the fish shou
?e forthcoming At a certain period, so th
hey might be served smoking on t.1
o?rd precisely at three o'clock. 1
fould repair to the river bank and mal
lie accustomed signals; but, alas the
ou'd be no response; and the old fishe
tan was seen quietly reposing in hisc
oe, rocked by the gent'e undulations
he steam,r and dreaming no doubt
vents long time ago. The unfortuna
rti*t of the culinary department, grov
itrious by delay, would now rush down
he waters edge, and by dint of Ion
houling, at length the canoe would I
een turn to the shore. Father Jack, i
ignaut at its being even supposed th
le was asleep on hi* post, would rate tho
iresent on It is landing with "What y?
II meek such a debil oh a noise for, bej
want sleep, only noddin."
Foor Father Jack ! No more at ear
lawn will lie be seen, as with wither*
rm, he paddled his light canoe on tl
iroad surface of the Potomac, to retui
rith the fancy spoils and t?oast of famoi
inli taken * on his own hook.' His can*
las long since rotted on the shore, ai
lis paddle hangs idle in bis Cabin, li
occupation's gone,1 and Father Jack tl
>lu Fishermau ol Mount Vernon, " slee
l._4 ?l .1 ... i * ?
iiai nierp ill?i kiiu?*s nu waKin^.
44 A hunter, too, was attached to tl
toiisehnld establishment. Tom I)at
ind his great Now Fond'and dog, Ou
tor, were as im|>oriHiit characters in t1
lepartmant for furnishing game and wi
owl as Father Jack in that of fish. }
'ast were the numl>ers of the conva;
tack duck* on the Potomac in the ancie
ime, that a single discharge of Tom l>
ri?* old British musket would proeu
is many of those delicious hirda as wou
upply the larder for a week.
Mow TO OUT THK Rf.AL FI.AVOR OF Ct
rEE.?In Knighton's" Forest life in Ceyloi
ire the following hints on the preparations
wflee, derived from long experience : T
while aroma which reaidee in the eeant
til of the coffee-berry, is gradually diesipnt
ifter roasting, and of course etill more sf
teing ground. In order to enjoy the t
lavor in perfectiso. the berry should nass
mce from the roaating-pon to the mill, a
.hence to the coffee-pot: and again, af
laving been made ahoutd be mixed wh
ilmoat at a boiling heat, with the hot mi
It moat be very bad coffee indeed which
hear precautions be taken, will not affc
in agreenble and exhilarating drink T
peat evils are eonstanlly perpetrated in I
fiend in it- preparation, which are m<
foarded againet In alraoet all other eounti
ind which materially impair its flavor a
itraagth?knepiag the oaflea n considers,!
lian after roosting or grtaHng. kj vrhieh
itrength la diminished, and Hn defeat# a
rolatile aroma lont, and mixing ths milk w
it after it baa baaa allowed partially to co
TWo beat will to booo loft yoo.?1
will of a atrong n*a^ * Moot bat
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ir. Auctioneering in California
ri- The reporter of the San Francisco News
of furnishes that paper with the following
reports of a speech made l>y a California
an auctioneer :
tg "Ladies and gentlemen, I now have the '
ird honor of pulling up a fine pocket hand '
ed kerchief; a yard wide, a yard long, and i
?e; almost a yard thick ; half cotton, and t'o 1
e- ther half cotton, too; beautifully printed '
lit with the stars and stripes on one side, and '
lie the stares on t'other; it will wipe dost '
in from the eves so completely as to he 1
ut death to demagogues, and make politics '
ts. as had a business as printing papers; it*
of groat length, breadth and thickness, to- i '
,u- gether with its dark color, will enable it '
?ir to hide dirt?and never need washing;
ud going at one dollar??seventy-live cents? ?
id ?fifty cents??twenty five cents??one '
of hit? nobody wants it ??ob I thank you 1
rs sir?
a "Next, gentlemen, for the ladies won't
lie be permitted to bid on tins article, is a
ry real Minion pure, tempered, highly polish- 1
ed, keen edged Sheffield razor; bran
as spaukin new; never opened befote to sun- '
? light, moonlight, starlight. da\light, or '
ill gaslight; slia p enough to shave a law
-t year, or cut a disagreeable, or poor rela- '
V- tion ; handle of buck-horn, with all the
o- rivets but the '.wo a the ends of pure 1
?o gold, who w ill give two dollars ? one dol- '
>e lar ? half a dollar ? Why ye long beard- 1
s- ed, dirty faced reprobates, with not room '
in enough on your phizzes for a Chinese wo- 1
d- man to kiss, I'm offering you a bargain 1
.'h at half a dollar!?razor and strap?of re* 1
}d cent patent; two rubs upon it will sharp- '
of en the city attorney; all forfxirbits! and 1
,f- a piece of soap?sweeter than roses; lath- '
>n ere letter than a schoolmaster; and strong 1
to enough to wash out all the stains from a
as California nolitioian's ronar-ien.-o ult *
I ? 1 ,v"
a, four bits I?why you have only to put 1
this razor, strop and soap under your pil- 1
nt low it night, to wake up in the morning
e, clean shaved, won't anybody give two '
y- bits, then, fur the lot ? I knew I would '
?, sell 'em. *
:b Next, ladies and gentlemen, I offer three '
ig pair socks, hose, slocking or half hose, just 1
ed as vou'ra mind to call thvm. Knit by a 1
machine made on purpose out of cotton !
re woof; tlift tnnn that buys Ui^a will bo 1
li- enabled to walk till he gets tired ; and, '
nt provided his boots are high enough, ne&J- 1
? n't have any corns; th? leg* are as long '
hi as hills against the corporation, anil a> 1
at lhick as the heads of the members of the '
>e Legislature, who wants 'em at one half
Ie dollar i quarter dollar ??thankee, madam *
ie dollar I 1
re ''Next, I offer you a pair of boots, made 1
r especially for Sat Fiaticiseo, with heels 1
a- long enough to raise a man up to the i
of lloadley grades and nails ensure against a
of being carried over by a land slide, legs 1
le wide enough to carry two revolvers and a *
rn bow ie knife, and the uppers of the verv 1
to best horse leather. A man in these tmoia '
id can move about as easy as the State Cap* I
ital; who save twenty dollars? All the <
n- tax payers ought to buy a pair, to kick '
at the Legislature with?and they will be t
se found of assistance in kicking the bucket '
ju especially if some ln>dy should kick at be- 1
f i ing kicked?ten dollars for legs, uppers i
and sols at that,aie bringing twenty thou- t
lv sand dollars in Sacramento! ten dollars," ?
:d ten dollars I?gone at ten dollars ! *
ne "Next is something that you ought to *
m have gentlemen, a lot of good gallowies? i
us sometimes called sus|>enden?. 1 know i
oe that some of you will after awhile be fur- 1
id nished at the State's expensc,l>ut you can't '
lis tell which one, so buy where they're <
lie cheap; all that deserve hanging are not
jm supplied with a galjows, if so there would '
be nobody to make laws, condemn crinii- I
lie nals or h ing culprits, until a new election <
,is made of pure gum elastic?stretch like a '
n Judge's conscience, and last as long as a *
he California officer holder with steal; buckId
Ie* of pure iron, and warranted to hold I
<>o so light th it no man's wife can rub hiin j
i*. off the breeclovi, are, in short, as strong as {
nt g<x>d, as perfect, as effectual, and as bona
a- Juit aa the ordinance a/aiu*l Chinese-shops i
ire of Dupont street?gone at 25 cents." <
Hovs, RRAD Til K FOLLOWING. We
cup, iron) an exchange, tlie following nohle I i
>r_ answer of a boy :
? '"Why cli?) you not pocket some of those
\ pears ?" said one U>y to auollicr, "uobody
was tliere to see."
"Yea tliere was? I was there to see my'
self; and I don't ever mean to see myself
^ do a mean tiling."
cr Ponder tliat, young readers. Never
ull I see yourself do a mean or dishonest thing, j
at Under all circumstances, maintain yournd
self-respect, and keep a clear conscience,
ter You cannot have a worse companion than
en the ever-present remembrance of a bad
II, action.
'f Fui.rii.MKMT or Dorics.? There ia
>r? nothing in this world that I fear," said an
eminently pious woman,14 but that I shall
in- not know my whole duty, or fail to do it."
ore This is a noble sentiment?it is a chrisies
tian sentiment, and should be heartily
nd adopted and acted upon by every profaased
follower of Christ. "ror the Lord
God ia a son and shield; he will give
a<j grace and glory ; and no good thing will
. he withhold from them that walk uprightly.'*
And "if the Lord he for us, who osn
^ be against us f
" I Tb? ?i?t yimn of man must make pro I
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AGRICULTURAL.
Cotton Culture.
Messrs. Euiroas s 1 have more tha i
once been called on lo give my mode of
cotton cul in re, and 1 have done so in days
passed, in the Southern Cultivator. I
tun solicited again to give you a communication
on the subject. And now, that I
liave finished my day's work, and everything
around me being calm and <j liet, I
Have concluded to give you my system of
otton culture from beginning to end.
And I do not wish lo he understood by
die expression " my system," of claiming
originality, for 1 frankly confess, that 1
lave studied agriculture as a physician
?t udies tiled cine?have corresponded with
the most experienced farmers of the South,
ind have read all the agricultural works
I eould get. And ill this way, together
with mv own experience, founded on tlioov
and practice, I have adopted the followng
mode of operation.
Permit me here to remark, that I am
ui onverseer?have been overseeing on
his place 7 years, and have, therefore,
tad tin opportunity, to some extent, of earning
out my* views on this subject.
In the first place, I make and save all
lio manure I can, by hauling leaves, corn
talks and straw from the. thrasher, into
ny slock lots, on which I never fail to
lave the stock penned every night. This
auric, together with lit?*ring the stables
ind cleaning them out every three weeks,
s assigned to two hands, who are furnish d
with a call for the purpose. In this
>vay, any farmer can make as much mature
or ' Georgia Guano ' as fie call haul
>ut through the winter and spring.
As early af.er the lirst of January, as
tircumstauces will permit, I start ail the
earns to hauling manure on the land ineiideu
for cotton, and deposit it in heaps,
.efficiently close, so as to have every row
Manured alike. Soon after I commence
iau ling, I commence bedding cotton land,
vbieh is done as follows: I lay off my
ows with a scooter plow, and deposit the '
uanure in the furrow, on w inch the beds
ire thrown, with a one horse turning
plow, or shovel and mould board, the latU
i- 1 pivfcr. This work bhould^be done
Lime enough lor the beds lo settle before'
planting, ho its lo prevent llie tearing down
>f the beds in planting, besides other
id vantages not necessary to inenlioti
ier?.
The tenth of April I commence plantng,
by riinniug the side harrow over the
axis to clean them of trash and elods,
md open iheni with an opener made of a
jieee of timber twenty inches long, tiianfnlar,
with beam and handles; roll my
eed w ell in ashes or lime, and strew them
>ert/ regular, at the rate* of 112 bushils
per a re, and cover with a block tweny-four
by sixteen inches, four inches thick,
iollowed in front half an inch. Cotton
tlanled in this way, will come up in the
ball not wider than a kuile blade, and looks
ike a " narrow ribbon stretched across
lie field." I can run as close to it as I
sunt lo. A? soon as 1 have enough cot
.on up for a stand, 1 commence running
iruutid it with the "Mississippi Scraper,"
lie hoe hands following, chopping lightg
through, leaving from one to three
italks, the width of the hoe apart. This
lone, 1 turn on it with all hands, and put
t to a stand, after which, 1 run around it
with the side harrow. The balance oftbe
work is done with the sweep and harrow,
is the seasons and circumstances require.
1 have now given briefily and imperfectly,
the mode of cotton culture which I
liave adopted and practiced for several
fears, by which I have made as much cot(near
a bag per acre,) as we could
lave.
This has been done, not in Bakernor
Leo, nor any of the famous cotton
'rowing districts, but in Cherokee Georgia.
In conclusion, permit me to say,that
i? I could cultivate my crop of cotton
entirely with the hoe, 1 would do it, but
ibis being impossible, I use the implements
that will do the work as near like
the hoe would do it, as possible.
Yours, <kc. G. L>. HARMON.
CVdur Town, (hi.. Mag, 1854.
Raising Hogs.
Mkasiis. Editors : Having been frequent
y solicited l?y planters to give y
mode of raising hogs, I now throw together
my plan, merely reinsiking, that it is
the best and chea|>e*t way ot raising bacon,
and also, attended with leas trouble
than any other plan i ever tried or seen
tried, and if strictly followed, 1 think will
be found very correct, the plan 1 have laid
down, is for raising, annually forty head
of bacon hogs from eighteen months old
to two years old. As 1 am but a poof
writer, Messrs. Editors, you will please
give my letter such trimming as may
make it readable, and if you think it may
l?e of some uae to the planters, you can lei
n appear in yoor very vattiiihie So*I oj
the South, and if not, let it die.
Tlie firwl tiling to be done ia, to encloM
one hundred acree of lend, noma wooded
nod i?oni? old field ; make ? good fence,
no nothing like a hog can get in or out
without aneintance ; secondly. get ten good
breeding sown and two malea, and pftl
them in it; bare a pi ice where they can
get plenty of water to drink and walioe
4 -w ney
iii ; tins done, liave thciu looked to and
calied and fed a little, merely to keep
them lame and gentle; thirdly. With
care, they will have from forty to fifty
hogs old enough to kill in eighteen months
) from the tillle they were put in the field,
j Fourthly : In July, previous to the win|
ter you intend to make the first killing,
J haVvi four acres well and closely fenced
| in, in the inside of the lot, and planted in
slip potatoes ; the yellow yam 1 find the
I host, being most productive and sweet,
| the land Miould be strong enough to make
one bushel or more to the row, one hurt|
dred and fifteen feet lorlg, and there must
In; twenty-live rows to the quarter of acre.
Kitiliiy: About the lolh of November,
have the forty hen I of hogs intended for
bacon, put in tiie lot of slips, and do not
allow any other hog to go in, and just hefore
Christmas or forty days from the
time they were put in, they will be fat
enough lor slaughtering. J list before the
hogs are pui to the slips, 1 find it a gootl
plan to have a quantity of trash and oth
i er vegetable matter spread over the slip
: beds mi J alleys ; the hogs in rooting the
I potatoes will mix the trash and vines,
thereby improving the land, and making
it richer annually. 1 also advise that as
I soon as the hogs are taken out of the lot
lor killing, the land in the lot. to be levelled
and planted in oats about the first of
January, and nothing suffered to go in
the lot, and in J uly following, tliev will
he ripe* and then they can he cut or turned
in to make the lot still richer, and the
ground then, iu July, ought to be listed
with a two horse plow and bedded, and
the beds top levelled, so as to be ready to
plant slips the first chance, and then the
slips will he ready in November again, for
1 forty more hogs to get fat on, and so
on.
I find it is best not to give any water
| to the hogs that are fattening on potatoes.
This size lot is for raising and fattening
forty hogs annually ; this number ought
to make five tlfousand weight of good
nett bacon, exclusive of the lard, jowls,
ike. <kc. Tlie stock hogs, in the largo
lot, (100 acre lot,) ought never to be ?1I
>wcd to increase over one hundred head.
The bacon thus raised, 1 find equal to any
corn field, and I think somewhat more
, qnicy. If the weather should be two warut
about killing time, to make bacon, I find
it best to cut up iu small pieces and pickle
it, it is just as good for plantation use, and
it is better than to run the risk of spoiled
bacon, or let your hogs fall off or to feed
iliem ; for it must he l?orne in mind,
that this lot is only to fallen forty hogs
iu aUiut forty days, this it will do, if the
land is made good, and uolhiug allowed
to rob the lot.
liespectfully,
ISAAC FEliWELL.
Grahamsville, May 1854.
Corn Culture?Poultry.
Mu. Editor: In your article upon the
culture of a coru crop, you neglected to
state w hat kind of grass you had to contend
with in its culture. This is important
for us to kno , inasmuch as our lauds
are very much infected with joint and nut
i :r i... i .i.-. ? ?
aim ii > vru unu uiw ur any
similar grasses to contend with, then surely,
your treatise is of great value to us.
Although, we must beg you to give us
some hints upon the inangemeotof a eorir
crop in nut and joint grass, and what is
the best method of destroying these everlasting
pests. Any thing under this head
will be thankfully ueceived by
Your obedient servant,
C. A. SAM&
]\ S.?We tried an experiment this
spring with coal tar, as a preventive to
liee in the nests of setting poultry whieh
has proven entirely successful. The coat
tar whs plaee in claim shells and put
under the pine trash in the nesta ; the iice
lelt immediately.
We tried another experiment with coal
tar and oil as an ointineul for young turkeys,
that were very tnueh infested with
vermin, the nronortioti* rsed were, two
part* of oil to one of tar, touched under
(lie wings and on the back of the head.
This also proved successful. C. A. 8.
J/addrrlPs P. Ojjlct. S. C., Afar/, 1854.
Our directions were made to suit the
general condition of the country. A specified
remedy must of necessity bo madu
to suit peculiar cases. The joint rnd not
grass for ns such an exception, but as wo
have no acquaintance with either, we mu*t
ask for a prescription from some one who
has.?Ed.
Laror and IIbalth.?Mark, says a
sensible man, the Ul>oring man who breakfasts
at six, and then walks, perhaps two
.1,. M ? .. v. . '
w mrtT nines 10 ins wora. lie M mil of
health, and a atranger to doctors. Mark,
on the other hand, vour Clerk, who takes
tea and toast at eight, and gats down to
1 the store at nine, or half past, lie is a
pale effeminate creature, fall of aaraapa[
rilla, and patent worm medicines, and
1 pills and things. What a pity it is that
f this class of people do not lay down the
yard stick and take up lha flail for a year
' or two. By ramaining in thsir present
I occupation they aerva to fill up cemeteries,
and that'a ahout aa miserable use of hu
j inanity m yon can nntaa.
t Th? worat kind of strap far m man to
i ham anything to do wHh ? Mack strap,
r Skaptica will ylaaaa try on a gallon.
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