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BY DAVIS .V. ('It 10WS. ABBKVIIJ.IO, S. ('., TIUIKSDAV MOR.MN<;, Al'lUt, 7, 18.-,'.). VOL. XV No. 5<K
THE "ARKANSAW TRAVELLER." | ,
Our flieihlly ami gratifying -i-nuiM)eu<lful |
correspondent " Saw dust," of I'ass (..'liris- ! t
tian. Miss., must pardon vis f<?r presenting !a
a somewhat ro luced copy of his clever ; s
sketch, wherein we have endeavored lo j t
preserve the spirit of the original : In tlie lc
c irl v settlement of Arkansas, a traveller, j
after tiding some eight or ten miles with- |
out meeting a hum in being, or seeing a <<
human habitation came at length, by a t
' u?.hleu turn of the wood road, lo a misera s
ble " shanty," the centre of a small clear- j y
ing, in what lia<l originally been a" Black- ! 0
jack-thicket," whence liie only sound thai j t
proceeds is the discordant music of a hrok i |,
cn-winded iiihlle, from tlie troubled bowels j :i
of which the occupant is laboriously ex j,
torting the monotonous tune known !
" The . 11kmi-taic, or Ilocfcciisuck T>under." I s
Our traveller rules up to within a few feet ! |,
of the door, which was once the bedframe I 1,
of a cart body, now covered with bear skins i t
and hung upon two big wooden hinges.? j c
after much shouting, the inmate appears, i L
fiddle in hand and evidently " wratliy" at i v
being interrupted in the exercise of his art. ! I
The following colloquy onsuos, the itide ! I
fatigable tiddler still playing the first strain ! *
of '"The Arkansas" Traveller," which in ' r
fact he continues, at sudden intervals, tin j j
Jil flu* <!i:ili;isi will !i/> ic l.fiiiurlit I
to an unexpected conclusion. It* tliis be 1 \
not 44 seeking lodgings under dinieultics,*' c
we sliouKl like to know what might be le
gitimately so considered : t
Traveller: 4 Friend, can I obtain ac t
commodatior. for the night with von ?' i
Arkansas 4 Artist,'4 No, Sir?'nary 'com i;
modatiun.' c
Traveller: 4 My dear sir, I have already t
travelled thirty miles to day, and neither ; i:
myself nor my horse has had a mouthful ! I
to cat; why can't you accommodate me ! o
for to night V j ii
Ark, 4 Artist,'' .1 u?t 'case hcint'l be did', o
\\ e are plum out of everything to cat in ' I
the house; Dill's gone to mill wiih the last t
nubbin ef corn on these premises, and it'll
bo nigh onto the shank of to-morrow eve- j
niu' a fore he comes home, unless suthiu [
oncommon happens.' i(
Traveller: 4 Vou study have something
jl.-i T r l . - i
lliill L e.'lll ICt'<l lO IIIV IKU'MJ " tiVC'll a ;;
few potatoes woul<.l be belter than no ' v
.food.'
Aik. 'Artist' ' Stranger, our catin'-' ,|
roots'gin out about a week ago ; so your
chance is slim l/tar.
Traveller: But my fiieinl 1 must re
main willi you, any way. I can't go any | (
/allher, whether 1 obtain anything to cat or | ^
not. You certainly will allow me the bhel J t
ter of your roof'
Ark. 'Artist:' ' It can't be iliil, i>l?l lioss. (
You see we've got only one dried hide |
on the premises ami me an-1 the oM 'oniaii
alius occupies that; so whar's your
chance ?'
Traveller : " Allow ine to bitch my horse
to that persimmon tree, ami with my sail a
<11? :inil I'll :i I.k.I in lln>
(
fence oorner."
Ark. 4 Artist,' 4 Ilitcli your boss t<? (
tlijit 'simmon tree ??in a lioru ! Wliy
you must be a natral foul,stranger! Don't
you sec that's me and the olo woman's only
chance for Yuninon-beei, in llie fall of Ibe
year? If your lioss is so tarnal hongry as
you say lie is, he'd girdle it as high up as
ho could reach, a fore mornin.' Hitch (
your boss to that tree! I 'spect not; no? |
no, stranger, you can't come nary sieh a (
dodge ;is that.' I
Our traveller seeingUhat bo had an origi
tal to deal with, ^i.CT*U?iiig himself an
nm-.tcur performer vu^pu*lhe instrument to (
which the settler wds so ardently attach (
ed, thought he woultl change liis tactics. (
and draw his deteitftincd not to be ' ho.->t |
out a little, before informing him of the ,
fact, that he loo could play the ' Arkansas (
Traveller;' which once being known, he (
rightly conjectured, would be a passport to
his bettor graces:
Traveller: ' Well, friend, if I caul stay,
how far is it to the next house V
Ark. 'Artist:' ' Ten miles; and you'll ;
tb'uik they're mighty long ones, too, afore
you get tliar. I came nigh onto for (
giUV to tell you, tho big creek is up;
the br\il<ro is carried oil; there's nary ,
yearthly chance to ford it, yer'll have to ,
go about seven miles up stream, to ole
Dave Loily's puncheon bridge, through one ;
of the dariitV&i bamboo swamps ever you
eed. I reck<>u tho bridge is staudin'
yet?'twas yesterday inornin': though
one end had down stream about
.fifteen feet, or sich nmtter.'f ?
Traevller: " l'ritiul, y0U Beem cotnmu 1
Tucnlive, and if it's t,0 offence, I'd like
to know what you for a living
here V
Ark. ' Artist:' ' No o(\\.?co on yenrtli,
stranger ; we just keep a g??>c<.ty i
Traveller : ' A grocery ! Wi,er0 lho
narno of h11 that U mercantile <1., Vo|Jr cU;4
tomcrs como from ? Your nearest uui??hb0r
is ten miles distant ?'
Ark. 1 ArtistThe fact is, i,)(s un<J
the olo woman is the best custom^,
yet; but wo 'epect these diggins
\ improve, and in course business will j,n
prove too. llows'cver, we do sutli'm v
now, even. Mo and the ole woman took
tlio cart t'other day, and went down to
town; we lort a bar'l of whiskey; and
artcr wc coiuo homo, and 'gin tu count
I
lie balance' uti hand, we found tliar want
niljUt one solitary picayune left, ami as
he ole w milaii cariies the pus, in course
lie lia<i it. Well, I sut the har'l gin one
ide of the loom, ami shortly alter, tlio |
?le woman says: 4 Supposin' you tap vonr
end of the har'l,' an>l I did ; ami slie j
(ought a think, and pai<l me the picayune. 1
Vcttv boon, I he"tin to <ret dry, ami se/. I :
1 n ^
>le woman, sposin' you lap your ceml of
he l?ar'l V?ami she <li?l ; and then slie
ells a me drink; and tlie way (hat pica!
urn; has travelled hack'ards and for'ards j
vcr the hung of that har'l, is a caution to
hem as loves "red eye." lint, .stranger,!'
oses is apt to come with every business j
lid me and the ole woman has lost some
>i the grocery line; and I'll tell you
?? MM.... I !> '
iwh iii.it uoy i>inl our ohiesi
un, he .seed how the liquor was go in,' ami '
ie did'nt have nary red to join in tiic retail
U'iness; so one night he crawls under 1
lie house, and taps (lie bar'I atwixt the 1
racks in the pttneheon floor, ami I r'ally : '
iclieve he's got more than ine or the ole
. :l
Ionian ei: her ; the good for tiothin'vagan
o
ioikI to comc llic girutT over his natural
. 'I
torn parents : it's enuil' to make a man
our agin all creation ; that boy "II he the
uitialioii of lis yet. lie lakes to trickery ;
ist as nateral as a hungry possum takes ' '
o a hen roost. Now, strang-r, what on 1
earlli am I to do? He beats me and the i
>le woman all holler.'
Traveller : ' It would he dillieult for me ;
o advise in regard to your son, as 1 have , 1
10 family of my own. You say Us ten j '
uiles to tlie next house; the big creek is , '
ip, the bridge carried away ; no possibility ; *
j
if lording it, and seven through a swamp t
o 1 he only bridge in the vicinity ? This j
s a rather gloomy prospect, particularly as '
In? sun is just about down ; still inv curi
sity is excited and as you have teen play- j '
rg only one pari of the 'Arkansas Trav- i
lkr1 ever since my arrival, I would like to j
mow, before I leave, why you don't play |
he tune through ?' j '
I
Ark. 'Artist. 'For one of the best | |
easoiis on yearth, old hoss?I can't do it. j
liaint laint the turn of (hat tchuue
1 <
11< 1 drat me if I believe I ever shall."
Traveller: 'Give mo your instrument,
ind I'll sec if I can't play the turn fur
. . I
Ark. ' A.'tist:' 'Look here, my friend,
lo you play the (urn of that (chunc !'
Traveller : ' I believe I can.'
I
Ark. ' Artist;' * Lite, lite, ole hoss ! ?
vc'il find a place in the cabin, .shore.?
Jle woman ? ole woman ! (a hallo? within (
lie shanty was the first indication the (
raveller had of any other human being on
lie premises) (lie stranger plays the turn
f the4 Itackensnck Traveller ' My friend,
lileh your hoss lo the Yntimoti tree, or
my when; you please. JJill'll be 1 ere
iooii, and he'll take keer of him. Ole wonan,
you call Sail and Xance tip from
he spring; tell Nance to go into the
pring house and cut oil* a good big piece
?v barslcak; to brile for the stranger's
iupper; tell Sail to knock over a chicken
>r two, and git out some lloiir, and have
urn Hour doins and chicken lixens for the
itranger. (l?ill heaves in sight, twenty
our hours earlier than lie was expected
i half hour before.) Hill, O Hill ! there's
i stranger here, and he plays the turn of
.lie 4 Kackensack Travellergo to the
?nin niiil ? l.t-* '
,v... v..*' ?? ?> jjif II 1/1- #?I1U
ining it to the house, so the stranger
:an have sutliin to set on ami skin a
Later 'long with me and the ole woinam
while the gals is gettin' supper; and,
I>i 11 lake the lmss and give him plenty
af corn ; no nubbins, l>iU ; then rub him
Jown weM; and then, when you come
Lo the house, bring up a dried hide and a
barskin, for the stranger to sleep on :
und ihep, Hill, I reckon L-e'll play the
Lurn of t'ne 4 Uackensack Traveller' for
us.1
The pumpkin was brought ; the ' Inters'
were Skinned' and eaten ; thu 'turn' of
ii.~ 4 n.sj 1. fM n i
uiu ikuciLi'iisiicK a riivencr was repeatedly
played, to aliuiulant edification: and tho
gals' finally announced tliat "supper
was ready,' and allhotigh instead ' storelea,'
thoy only had ' saxifax tea doins,'
without milk, yet the repast was ono to
he long and gratefully remembered.?
The traveller remained all night, and was
piloted safely over tho 4 big creek' early
the next morning. Of truth, 1 music
lias charms lo soothe the savage beast !'?
Knickerbocker.
More A Lout the Frauds.?III proposing, in '.lie
Senate a short lime before (ho adjoiunmoir,
amendments to I lie Post Office appropriation bill,
Mr. Wilson said he knew n oune whore Ric?,
i-ilitor of tho " Pennsylvunian" hntl contracted
for printing blank" for 8-10,000, which cost him
jnst $5,000, nnd the profits were djvidod, fifty
percent, to tlie Wnsbington " Union, "five prr
cent, to .Mr. Appleton, and three per cent, to n
p.-ipcr published for the interest of a member of
Congress.
Mr. Mosonsuid- If that was a fact, it wn?
due to the Sunato nnd couutry (o lay the information
hsfore thom.
Mr, Wilson reiterated the statement, nnd
said that Kioe himself had said no, and moreover
tlio arrangement was with cognizance of MrBuchanan.
Mr. Camewin said the matter was notorious,
that cvorybody, exoept perhaps Mason,
knew it. Rice, until lately was a creature
<if the I'lt-sidont, hut recently the}' qunrr*led,
and Kioe weut blabbing ali about
K
\ Tlio Washington " States" says this nffair " is
investigated,'and the fact# laid before the
when this is done it wdl he found that
n "?< ?! Opposition Scuator stated is not far from
COUlt^ *? ' 1
)
J Votn tfir .V. )* lal'fH in*/ /'?>/.
A VISIT TO ATHENS
A fairer <lav I never saw, not oven in j
America, while after a hurrie<l breakfast ami ^
willi excite*! imaginations we hasl<-nc-?I to i
the ruins of Athens. On that hohl rciek j
hetore tis was onee seatcJ the ^ramlenr of j
the "City of Minerva,"?the Acropolis?j
wiihin whose houmis stood tl e tinijxnilhvnt '
Parthenon uml tin; l'umlrosetim, hu>i'les J
many of those huililin<;s with which l'eric- j
nr* liumitiii.'.l !?!.? ?!? I *' - - ''
.,.<v>i?.vi m* vuv. it was lor mis ( ^
point wo were hurrying; but stay, how can j
wo pass those beautiful columns? Ilow [
.jrand ! On inquiring of our guide, lio in- (
forms us in a long sing-song narrative^ |
[which makes mo so angry.) that they are \
uipposed to he the remaining columns of j
lie temple ??f Jupiter Olympus?lit em- j '
[ loins of its fallen grandeur; and was it (
'lero that the gold and ivory statue of the j 1
;od was, where these hovels, was once the j
emple of Jupiter ? It is even so, for al| |
our route the huts of the sotialiers l
I M ' t
ire built of stone from tho ruins, ami 1 am
.old that when a farmer wants to wall his j
i
and he has but to go to the ruins, where j
io finds the blocks already hewn. After a ' (
ittle .scramoliii" over broken pedestals ami i
i _ 1 j i
scattered capitals, we found ourselves in the 1
uoseiice of the Parthenon ; and it was j
lot till now that its grandeur and extent |
Itecame visible. All around us lay its <
sculptured stones, while above towered its
splendid columns. Tearing ourselves from |
it.:. i i
.ins aosorning scene tor a moment, wo | ,
'razed around us?wo were in the venire of; ,
i lovely, fertile plain, ci'cirelod by a range j
>f blue mountains. On the one side lay j
.lie struggling remains of ancient grandeur; j (
ivliilo on the other modern Alliens. See j
tlio fate of cities! Like that of man, they j i
ire made of dust; they flourish ; to du.?t j
.! ey return. A few whitening lines alone j '
111.uiv mo sue ot me prMc of J'orioles. i
]>111 to ilio Parthenon again ; this temple, i
was dedicated to Minerva, hut was i!e::lroyed <
in the ruins of the city by the l'orcilcs (to
whom we owe that encouragement of art
before unkuow,) in 444, B.C., rebuilt it in <
i most, noble manner, as its remains now I
.leclarc. It was in this temple that 1'liul- 1
ias's renowned ivory statue of the goddess ;
Stood ; it was folly-six feet hi^h, and cost i
idiout ^o7'3,000. This rock of the Acropolis
is one perfect mass of ruins?ruins, too ,
that will cope with any in the world, Kgypt
not excepted. There are growing on this
Held of stone a few scattered olive trees, ,
which were one of the emblems of MiliLTV.n.
After spending many hours among ,
ihe-e interesting remains, we deceiided to
ihe Catapolis, which is now occupied by ,
the site of modern Athens. There were ;
many wonderful buildings in this part of
the city, but they are now almost entirely
obliterated. It was in this part of the city
that the most magnificent edifice of the
Grecians was situated, I refer to the temple
of Jupiter Olympus, whose remains I have
befoio referred to. Here, too, were those
schools in which the philosophers u>ed to
tench their scholars; not dismal prisons,
hut- hcautiful gardens, where Were expounded
the mo.?t magnificent theories of
the world. Alliens fulfills all my expectations,
with the exception that I did not lind
as many sculptured stones and frescoes as
I had before imagined; thesp, I suppose,
have heel) taken by greedy collector, and
it would he hard to say if they are not now
at better purposes than to he defiled and
made stone walls of. The sun is already
tinting the Parthenon with its varied hues,
and I must close this very uninteresting
letter on a very interesting subject.
IjkjIiL J'Jsscnlittl to Health.? While tho
importance of pure air and appropriate exercise,
to the healthful development of the
Kfwh' te I? 1
.viti.my, i ii numu quarters, mni
attention which it justly demands, the importance
of Light as u sanatory ami curative
agent is scarcely thought of. In genteel
life dark rooms are only fashionable ;
a bleached skin is deemed the perfection of
beauty ; and gloves and veils must be worn
out of doors, lest tho sunlight should give
a little darker hue to tho marble like tablet.
Hut plants seek the sunlight, and without
it becomes pale and sickly ; and animals
need it no less. In tho years of cholera it
was invariably found that the deaths were
most numerous in narrow streets and northern
exposures, where the salutary beams of
light had seldom shed their genial innucnees.
Scrofula- ami tiniilar " ?
found to be most prevalent in poor children
living in confined and dark street**, where,,
on the other hand, exposure to llio sun in
tho opott air lias been found .one of the best
menus of restoring them to health. In
countries where little covering is required
for ihe body, cases of natural deformity are
exceedingly rare; and an Kuglish physiolo
gist has maintained, with a great array of
facts ill support of tho position, that expo-i
i; -i.i : - -t - > 1
sure 10 mo Huuiigiu is uusuiuieiy essential
to the regular conformation of the body.
If, then, the light of day is essential to
the full.development of the human form, it
becomes an imperative duly to construct
our dwelling-houses, our schools, our workshops
and our churches, upon principles
that will allow tho life-giving clement to
have the fullest and the froest ingress, and
to admit al) tho light that is consistent with
a suitat le protection from tho direct-rays of
| the 6un.
/ '? <>/? lh< H<>w ./'iiirnii/.
TH? SPRINU FASHIONS.
Ul clioicu mat'-rial lor robes, iiothin:;
can exceed?lor the next month?in l?Comingness,
tin; bareges in chachcmeer |
colors. Tln-y constilnUi tin; feature of the |
season ; ami, 1 i 1< > the early vi<>!? ts 111:it ;
holder our woodland streams, are certain '
tu become (Ik* most ? ??Iiv? 11ir>?; ornaments j
of tin; side walks of Hroadwav. They ale I
woven in !?iiil*l?r j"J"\ am!, as is i!se fasliion j
in double jupes ij-'iierally, (lie upper one is j
[ ordered. In (lie matter of st\lo all may |
L?e suited in these goods , for if a robe bien j
iiroii'itincu is required, it. will be found
fttnoug those wit It strong contrasts between i
I lie ground am! tin* l>or<ler ; while those j
ivho desire an mi obstrusivo robe, subdued ;
nut rich, will select those in which the !
tutors of the ground and the borders liarlionize.
The next novelty is tho composition
latilies, woven ;a l<>ti!>?o jupe, and wii.Ii 1
>hawl. <_>l" course this dress won!.] form a j
inic monochrome, were it not for its smal' j
lloral figures, which make it seem as if fab j
riealed from a liehl of strawberries. "l he
diawl varies in size, from a single Vandyke ;
o a eommon sized stella. 'I his is really a |
leal. pretty style for demoiselles.
Next, we have barege robe ?double jupe i
? plain chintz figured, and with ara- \
liesoiie, lloral and architectural borders.? j
These are suitable to the present month,
tnd will continue throughout the spring. :
'or promenade; their infinite variety in;
oolois an*l figures calls forth the discrimiu- ,
ution of the pin chaser ; and there can be!
no surer index of the taste of a lady, than |
will he disclosed by 1 r style of costume of j
Jio present fashion.
\Ve a.'Xt arrive at the Organdies, woven
iti cither two or three flounces, or double j
jupe. Of these we noticed an extensive .
variety at K. L imber <fc Co.'s new store ; j
those of double jupe?the lower one plain, j
,,,.1 11... ,i, i;? i - ii
bnv *?| ?v. vnvf vitvu ? iui r>i 11 it I j |
ihii.lz figures?wire the prettiest that we j
saw anywhere. The.-e appear eharming j
when made in a single-skirled morning |
ilress, with that which the weaver intended !
for an nppeiskirt, for a low of double how !
knots, on tabiler. 011 a cjuilles up the sid< s, !
find a knot at the front of the waist with !
ends widening to ten inches at the bottom, [
and reaching lu within a loot of tlio edge 1
of the skirl, and three knots also over the 1
jockeys on the pagoda sleeves?using the j
holder of the upper jupe for edging the
i-nds of the knots ; and if not enough for j
liordeiing the sleeves ami ihe flowing end< j
of tlie pattes from the waist knot, then sup J
|ily the deficiency with ribbon to maleh, |
>111 c 1 .fMlli.ar n.. I l.o -.? .. 1 i
M I wil lliu iV) III VI IV iiuviii\.v.u
!in?l ruflled edgu.
A brown, seven-straw platteil flat, with
low crown, encircled with tufts of feathers,
hrowti string beaded over the ears with a
rosette composed of a rose and leaves in
natural colors, is worn with this dress.?
Also a linen color ornamented at the
closing in front of the neck with a knot in
keeping with the others 011 the dress, hut
not so large, in trimming knots, which,
with imitation embroidery?a Li. chatc/aine
? is the termination of the i/uilli' or side
bonier style of skirt, let the size of the
knot.-; dimini.di regularly from the one at
the bottom of the skirt to that at the neck;
there should be four on each side of the
skirt. The jockeys should be edged like
the ends of the sleeves. This forms a
morning costume de rhez soi, which no lady
can fail to admire; and we think that oue
made from a material of plain white
ground, ornamented, not too thickly, with
small pink colored figures and borders, is
irresistable. Very light drab kids.
Of course we should not lose sight of
the new style of tutfetus with satin volants
figured and plain, in mode, Marie Louise
blue, and ashes of roses. These are intended
for dinner and evening robes for
e.\r lv sprinir. and nothinir could bti more
appropriate, except it l>e darker colors for
dinner dress; but the former are the fashion.
It will he seen that flounces and doubles
are in favor. Tho inanimation of these
styles proves that what wo stated in referciH-e
to the crinoline, in tho Home Journal
of the 20th ult.,is worthy of consideration
?for tho beauty of a flounced skirt consists
in its drapery ; and then small figures
have superseded tho largo dssigns, and to
disclose the beauties of large tigures, it bo.
came necessary to inflate tho skirts by relictdated
foundations. Crinolines arc not
losing favor, hut cages have. Tlie spring
grenadines, tout ch svie, are tho most charm
ing possible ; those in tnoilc cachcnur, and
chintz figures are incomparable.
Tulle illusion in two iuneB. ornamented
iii chenillc, is most fresh aud I eautiful for
tlic ball-room, as is also tlio tarlatans with
colore*! floss borders.
Children^'dresses Iiavo also been thought
of, anil those of bareges in two flounces,
and those in double juj>es, arc fresh and juvenile
appearing, being ornamented with
a very light tracery, as a border to the upper
skirt, and short sleeves, in the color of
the dross, which is usually white, and without
foliage.
Spring Shaiaiti.?Tho only, really now
and pretty novelty, independent of tho
dvess, is a cachemere, in 6lripcs three inches
wide, of pink, white and green?tho stripo*
figured in difleront floral designs, representing
the flowers and foliage of both hemispheres,lustegd
of that oriental favorite, the
J pain* leaf.
THK WISDOM OF VIRTUE.
A iviiliixliuji Tillotsnii, when I )ean
Uaiilerhtirv, ahout tlio year, ltJSO. was
liii-i 'I (says his biographer) 41 upon l??*i
info. 1 that tin* Karl of Shri'.shury v
heing i.||._j:i._?,.,| Jo ji conversation wh
111i111 prove dangerous to liis virtiii1,
well as so liis character, to write to h
111o following loiter, which is a inastcrpi'
lor the elegance ami politeness as well
tin; force ainl pathos of the remonstrant
" My l.onl.? It was a grout satisfacii
to mo to he anyways instrumental in I
gaining your lor<lahip to our religion, wli
I :nn really persuaded to be the truth,
I Jut I am and always was more coneerti
that your Lorddiip would continue a \
luotia am) good man than become a 1
tenant, being assured that the ign
anco and errors of men's uuder.staudi
will fmd a much easier forgiveness w
Ci?id than the faults of the will. Y?
Lorddiip olive Sold me that you would
deaver to justify the sincerity of y<
change hv a conscientious regard to all oil
paits and actions of your life. I am st
you cannot more ctl'ecluallv condemn y?
own act than hv heing ;i worse man at
your |?rofe-.Moii to have embraced a het
religion. I will certainly he oik* of I
last to believe any thing of your Lordsl
that is i.ot good ; hut 1 always leale
should he one of the first that should h
it. The time I last wailed upon your Io
ship 1 had heard .something that alllicl
me very sensibly ; hut I hoped it was i
true, and was therefore loth to trouble y<
lord-hip al-out it, l?ul having heard
same fiom those, who I helieve, bear no
will to your loidship, I now think it
duty to acquaint you with it. To sjh
plainly, 1 have been told that your L<
.ship is of late fallen into a convorsat
dangerous both to your reputation and
tue, two of the tcnderest and dearest thii
iu the world. I believe your Lordshiji
have a great command and condueL of y
sell; but I am very sensible of li'.jtv
liai'.Vy, and of the dangerous lemptati*
to which youth is exposed in this dissol
ajjo. Therefore, I earnestly beseech y
lordihip to consider, besides the hiyh p
ouKUoii of Almighty God, and the lniz
of your soul, whenever you engage ii
bad course, what a blemish you will br
upon a fair and unspotted reputation; w
uneasiness and trouble you will crcal(
youiseit iroin the severe relict-lions o!
guilty conscience; and Iiow great a
lenee you will oiler to your good priucip
your nature and your education, ami I
mind the best made for virtuous and i
tli\* things. And do not imagine you
stop when you please. Experience sin
us the contrary, ami that nothing is in
vain than for men to think they can
bound* for themselves in any thing ilia
had. I hope in (iod no temptation ha?
yet prevailed on your Lordship so far af
he guilty of any loose act. If it has,
you love your soul, let it not proceed to
hahit. The retreat is not easy and o|
hul will every day become more dillii
and obstructed. God is so merciful ll
upon your repentance and resolution
amendment, ho is not only ready to lory
what is past, hut to assist us by his grac<
do better for the future, lint I need
enforce these considerations upon a in
so capable of and easy to receive ?*<
counsel. I shall only desire your Lords
to think again ami again how groat a jx
of wisdom it i.s, in :dl our actions, to c
suit the peace of our minds, and lo h
no quarrel with the constant and insep
hie companion of our lives. If others
j please us, we may quit their company,
I he that is displeased with himself is i
I voidahly uhappv, because ho has no v
I to get rid of himself.
| ' My Lord, for God's sake and your o
1 think of being happy, and resolve hy
means to save yourself from this untow
generation. Determine rather upon
speedy change of your condition thai
gratify the inclinations of your youth
any thing hut what is lawful and lion
hie; and let 1110 have the satisfaction tp
assured from your Lordship either t
there has been no ground for this report
that there shall bo nouo for the fnti
which will bo the'welcomest news to tin
the world. I have only to beg of y
Lordship to believe that I havo not <J
(his 10 satisfy the formality of my pr<
sion ; but thiit it proceeds from the trt
alTection and good-will that one can pi
1?ltr lwtnr In mini I nr,?w f\t\A a..
V J ? * J/l *\J V^V/U U*
day for yonr Lordship with tlio same
stancy and fervor as for myself, and do rr
earnestly beg that this counsel may b?
ceptablu nn j effectual. I am, ?kc."
Feeding Poultry.?Professor Gregorj
Aberdeen, in a letter to a friend, obson
As I suppose you keep poultry, I may
you that it hits been ascertained that if;
mix with their food n sufficient quantitj
egg-shells or chalk, which they eat greed
they will lay twice or thrlco as tnanv o
as before. A well foil fowl is disposed
lay u largo number of egga, but oaimot
so without LUo material of tbo shells, li
ever nourishing, in other respects, the f
may .bo; indeed, a fowl fod ou food i
water, freo frolfo carbonate of lime, And
finding any in tbo soil, or in the ."-hap
mortar, which they often eat on the wi
would lay no egg* at all, with the bc-^t
in the world.
DRESSING SKINS.
of Tin* method ?>!' dressing skins with the j
in. hair on differs but little in ]>iiticiplti from m
iii<_r th:it of tanning them for leather, in pic
ias parinj; skins for leather, they have to he tie |
ieh privetl of their hair, either by sweating or
;,s liming?this process i.; dispensed with in
im pH'parinjj robes. The fresh skins, if they ^
have to slant! lor some time before they
;is ean he treated, are first steeped in a brine
e: | "f common salt; then lifted out of the |
on brine and laid over a table or bench, with j
|?. the hairy side downward, all the Ik-shy | ^
id, parts scraped <>11 clean with a knife, and the j
raided cdjre.s cut oil' and trimmed. They I
, i are now leadv for nnder<'oin<_j the proverv '
1 I . * . ! in
! in'' operations. If tliev are clean white
1 . " rU|
'to i S',,rl'l> skins, intended for seats, saddles or j ,
mats, they are steeped in a solution uf alum !
fur several days?from tliree t? six?tlien '
jj lifted ont, nailed on racks, to stretch them
| to their fullest extent, and dried in the air.
>nr | ' r t ,|
! liiey are now ready lur use. The strength
en i t - / ?'
ul the alum solution emolovid should lie ! '
>nr 1 ;
ill. the rate of one pound of alum to every
four pounds of skins, the alum being dis '*
J(|r solved in sufticienl quantity to cover the %
wski|,s-. . r
, _ Calf, doj* and other skins designed for '
tl
rohes, are prepared in a dillei'ent manner.
I(j After having all the fleshy parts removed, j ''
j as heretofore described, they are steeped in j ?
a bath of oak bark or sumac, or blackberry ' ?
ear . ' J
i(j wood liipior, eoulaimr.g some alum in so !
^ j Iutit>n. A peck of ground oak bark is suf j 0
Hcient for tanning twenty pounds of skins; j r<
it will require twenty pounds of American I
j ? sumac, or the same amount of voting black ?
HI berry bushes, to effect the same object.? ''
These a>-e bailed in a close vessel for about l'
my . I
tliree hours in water to extract their
Jilk
jit | strength, then mixed with sullicieiit col>'.
. water to cover the skins in two separate j 11
i./ i I . :i. I . . . . - I i
. Lf.ium i.?i wj n ai I wo several tunes.)
" ?i'i ? il
lliree poutius of dissolved alum is also
1
| placed in each bath when they are ready ;
lur 'or the skins ; these are all placed in one ^
of the baths :it a time, ami allowed to re n
lan . '
main fur three days, luring turned in the in
^ teriin every succeeding day, and then lifted f
, out, dripped and placed in the fresh baili, 11
whore they undergo similar operations du N
, ling the noxt three davs. They are again c
anl ,," . - ... 1
( ^ lifted out, nailed on racks dried in the open ^
air, and aro then lit for use.
in" L
h it Skins are composed mostly of gelatinei
which is very liko'y to decompose by expos
.. ure to moisture and tho atmosphere. To 1
I ii 1 . ,
preserve them, thev aro brought into chein t:
vio ; ?
I ical union with sour) substances, so its to c
| form an insoluble compound. An ncid in s
oak bark, willow, sumac and hemlock, has <ivor
. , .
been used Irom time immemorial sis the
chemical agent, to form an insohlblo com c
jws ,
noumi wuii me iroiainic 01 me skiiis i?y a 3
ore 1 , . . i
s ^ process called tanning. Any other cliemi- ,c
^ . cal substance that will produce the satno ''
effect may be used fur tho same object, 1
ami hence alum, which is a colorless suit s
stance, is employed for this purpuse for 11
white skins, Kobcs of skins require to be ''
more ela stie and soft than leather, hence
^ they arc not submitted to the tanning pro
cess for such a loii" period. Youn" black Kit,
0 ?
j. berry uslies impart to the skins greater 1
softness than oak or sumac liquors. I
rive i
lo preserve skin robes truin the attacks li
- to . .
of insects, they should be submitted to a |:
. , slijrht #m??kin?j in a smoke-house, and then o
111,1 . ? i r , ,
j hung up m Hie wind tor a lew days aftpr u
I . wards. If found to be a little too hard
' when drie-l, they should be beaten with 0
rods until they are quite soft. Uy attend
ing 10 these directions carefully, persons ^
,lVC living in the country may prepare Heir ,,
own skins, with no more apparatus than a f
, s barrel, a t;vble, and a kettle.?Scientific ?
A?uria?, '
una ? ?
vay Cirtut Friahct und Inundation?Jlaivy Gale 1
an a it real jirsirueuoa. ?</ i ropqrly.? lne ?
protracted ruin of 1'iiday and Saturday,
wl\ together Willi tho heavy g;do of wind from
all the South, caused an innndution here more ex
artl tensive than lliut of iho previous week. The
H river conlinueil to rise until Sunday morning,
when the water reached n point nearly two feet 1
I to , . , , t . . .
higher than that reached at the previous mini1,1
daliou this season. ^
or,l Operations on the Hudson River Railroad were '
i bo entirely suxpoiidcil, and the passengers which
liat 'eft New York in the early truin on Saturday 0
OJ. morning, reached here yesterday morning in the f
' Steamer Oregon. They were taken on board at t
',,0, Rhiuebeclt. The Ilendrick Hudson arrived here c
3 111 yesterday with n large nuinher of passengers and ^
0()r tin immense cargo of freight. Soon uft< r leaving
New York she eiieounteied a gale which la?te<l I
'C all night. In the Highlands it wus terrific, ami f(
such as is seldom experienced on tho Hudson
test River. I'
oggj Both honta nrrivod hero about the name time, u
am] landed nearly two thousand pa>?cu!,
gcrs. v
con The flood extended farthor down tho river |,
lost lhan usual, and the effects of it were visible nt
I ac l'ouphkeepsie. Between this city and Hudson e
the river presented the appenrancc of a lurge e
lake. Tho inundation extended to the villages
below this citj', covering places whero water has '
of not been seen ii? fifty yenrn. It appears to have ti
been confined to tho valley of the Hudson, for
'CS ! t ~ .i._ i ..i il.? \?,.i i. M
jrwiu uiu o?i? ?*?*u VI*" wuiittWlv Wo Ctlll
lell learn of 110 disaster. ' ' ' " 0
The freshet rtt the North hns been quite exF011
tensive and very disastrous. Tho loss to the hint- c
f of bormen at Glen's Falls is estimated at from |t
.. $100,i>00 to SI SO,<100, \ sunken boom at "
' -vi Fort Edword gave way, when 200,000 logs and ?rrgs
a Urge amount of lumbor were swept away? I
I '1'he water was very high and the ourrent swift,
' and no effort wqs made to save tlie tim- '
, do ber. . "* 1
The Haosao river Ima overflowed aud a
lOW portion of the embankment of the Troy ?
uod ani\- Greeufield Railroad lias been waihed J
. away. # . - t
nnu ?f|,0 flood hero is now subsiding, tho
not river having fallen nearly three feet Irom I
/. the highest point roached on Hunday nioru- .
? "lB* .
nil?, The Saratoga Bridge was carr'e 1 awoy this 1
will ,norn'"P by tho flood. The piers were {
mostly dciuol shed.?Albany Journal of Month
>J 1
THE USE OF FLOWERS.
Wo only wish we could induce some of
i(j fair ladies of the Smith to write such
mtrihutious as ilie following, which wo
lip from an <>M paper, hut which 1ms lost
nne of ith fragrance l?y having been so
>ng preserved by tlie " art. imperishnble."?
. will lighten any sail heart to read it, and
e most eheet fully insett it in preferenco
? anything we could say on so dclicato a
ihjeet:
" If you wish to know, in passing through
10 country, which of the homes aro tho
lost cheerful, look at the door-yard.?
here is an index of tho taste, habils, and
i>atncss of tho occupants. The poorest
ian will have some little plants of llowery
aauty in his door-yard, if ho be indusious
or have a neat, domestic wife; there
ill he, despite of poverty, some of Natro's
luxuries?some Four-o'cloeks will
leru l?o lifting their bright faces to the snu.
s if to proclaim in their many colors tlio
lany j?*ys their presence has diffused to tho
earls of tho inmates; tho yellow Mariold,
l'ans'es or (Jhiin Aster, even tho
eod which hears a pretty flower, will thero
o seen. Children learn to lovo Xnturo
trough (lowers, ami first learn to read tho
>ve of Ilim who ina(ie them, as written
11 their fragrant leaves. Let not a nook
r corner where a child may roam bo withut
llowers ; let not a cottage door-yard,
xposed to the gaze of the yonng, bo bar.'ii
of these little monitors. Thero is a
ingnage of lo^'o in the growth and habits
f their petals; let th?s yonng know its innence?let
the aged see through them
iejt?ysof life, and each little flower bring
ack some reminiscence of the past,
'Who does not Velish the smell of fresh
ptnrned earth ! Who, that has known
lie pleasure, does not watch with interest
lie germinating seed or unfolding blossom ?
Uid who ever r?'!?rette I their hilmr ?mnn<ir
owe is ? Who ever felt unhappy in being
ble to send a I'll hling bouquet to a sick
r absent friend ? None?surelv none.?
n tho cottager's yard or prince's garden,
f wo see no. flowers, we may luok in
aiu for flowers of the heart in die ocupants
of th^ dwellings; there is somehing
beside the meat s wanting. Lovo
Mature, you will love hor originator, and
>e happier for the love.
Then, loo, by flowers does the infant
uind flrst learn to meditate and wonler;
by them is a spirit of inquiry by
ibsorvalion nurtured, and in their capnles
do the flo?vers hold the seeds of wislom
and knowledge. Thus in childhood
ire they sown, and in manhood developed
in the full blown fruit, blossoms of
cientitic investigation. Study, which hna
ioen induced and fostered with pleasure
i>r a rewad, is not apt to tiro or vox
lie mind, and thus will tlio adult puruo
with interest ami inquiry an employment
which has Xnturo for a patron aud
ustructor."
The Proper Kind of Trees to Plant Out,
?A gentleman, originally from New York,
ut now a valuable citizen of South Caroina,
who bids fair to become eminent as a
poinologist, and who has instituted exiciiments
in various fruits, far in advance .
if general practice, thus sensibly writes to ,
is
' T .W5.V. r.f ....If.-..,,
. mv.mw ..vw v. umiuitii oi^c, uiju yp?rr
Id, from tho graft or bud, as the cnso may .
ie, aud lilted, as regards llio conditions of ho
roots, for immediate and vigorous
;rowtb. I am qniio averse to buying large
rnit trees. 1st. Tliey cannot be systematic
ally trained and 2d. They require to bo,
hortencd in so much, to compensate fur
uutilalion of roots, as to present a wide,
urfaco of wounds. Trees, too, should be.
>f Southern propagation, and thus, in some
iieasure, adapted to our climate. VVe shall,
lever have Southern nurseries of, great exciit
and merits, until we ceaso to buyv.
Northern trees.'Maiden
trees of one year old, wo always,
refer, from tjic reasons given so clearly bv
>ur friend. Hut how different is the habit
if persons ordering trees, and how mi}cl|(
id lacy exists in notions which prevail If},
his matter! Some persons wiph an orhard
in full bearing the ne*t year afyer
hey plant, and accordingly prd/jr L'nrge.
rees, with spurs and bud*, nil ready forget),
or the iininediate production of fruty,?'or
these men disappointment lies stored
ip, and their labors are nerer to l/o re
rarded. A tree is like an infant, it,
mist l>e taken young; nurtured and traind
by tbo proper rules: in fact, it must bo
ducated bv proper culture to fit it for
earing perfect fruit. If left to the uuoaruiii
result* of natural notion, it vyi^ became
;iltl and rampant in its form, and dogenracy
in the sive and flavor of its fruit is
ertain. ^Ve say tins in order more clearjr
to fix the idea In the minds of. oyr reat^.
rs, that too much attention cannot be paii^
o the preservation of the roots in (.r'ansilanting
t|ee8. We may as \yeil atop "up
he moujh of a child wifh cement nnij exicct
it to live, as to plant o^t a 1 urge-topped
bean-pole looking tree, wjtji a danlf
>ody exposed to tho sign's rays, antl sup*
>ose it would flourish. When the tre?
dnnted has the proper kind of roots,
hen feed it?yes, feed it bountifully, mm}
,ur word for it, your labor will be jrg*
vnrded.
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