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OgLD of ioi^tprtat hope*) , '4
Watcher on ZWs wall?tho u follower of
Vtyf gentle Narurene?-tho map of sorrow *
A?t;J. the miglity Hod! Thou bearest a name
Higher then any boasted style of man?
Above the name of ruler op of king?.
The name of Christian 1 Then art gifted with
A pober more patent than e sceptred monarch,
The power of holineto?and thou art crowned
With something loftier titan a diadom? .
A crown of heaven-born thought. In day*of old
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HOW, tn? riHurrn, vim nis roo ai? *111110
Vh* ittril rook, cdiin^Mrw^ w?lmTort&^~nTo
quench th? burning thirst of Israel's childrm.
Hut thou eanst there tho blcssod word of God
Htir In the atony heart* of sinful men t .
Jfbr pure sweet sjirings of holy christian love
And God Uglorified! y
* Thou ha?t n sort of lovollnoM about thee?
A loveliness pot of mere outward scorning.
Of color or of form, but of the aoul.
The pure high aoul which look* from out the eye*,
Flashes in lofty thought*, speaks in good deed*,
? Andoast* a lustre an halo o'er thy life.
Fein would I pirtnre thee in all thy strength,
And gentleness, and purity and goodness,
lint ah! aa well might some admiring artist
Strive on his canvass dim to fix the image,
The glorious image of some splendid star
That shines above hiuv \
- Oft perchance bright one, - i
While treading the rough wilderness of life, 1
Sorrows may come upon thee, and black cl.?uds
Obscure thy sky. Sweet flowers may droop and '
' . ' die.
And thorn* maj spring along lh} pathway, and
t' <4 foe* . < . . , . ...
Mar strive to mar the beauty of thy life.
For there are thote whose hate would dare to
fling'.
Suspicion's stain* upon an angel's wing.
But thou wilt rtse superior to thy foes :
Thou hust a friend?a loving Savior friend,
"When God is with thee who can be against thee."
Thy frail life's bark iajm a stormy sea,
Tossed by a thousand billows wild and high ;
Yet fear thoo not, lift tho bright eye of faith,
Carol the gladsome song of hope nud love,
An arm Omnipotent will guide thy helm.
Thy God will ahield and save.
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Blanxehuasrkt was bom in 1707, in
Hampshird, England, of Jewish parents;
wu a scholar at Westminister school and
graduated at Trinity college, Dublin, after
which he visited the continent at a period
when Franco vra? racked by the whirlwind
of revolution; ho saw the massive Hustilo
torn down by the aqvodatijs of ^ropitlar free-1
dom and witnessed tire oath ofhdelity taken
l>y Louis loth in ti?e prcsenoo of BOyOOO'
delegates ; Was an observer of tlie struggles !
of the Irish to throw off the British shackles,
and seeing them gam a point, but still
as distracted as before, he led, the shores of j
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a tmiw ??^r um miuve country; norc, nw> i
ovciy ftc diil not remain, but telling hi* estate,
ho hopod in some "more quiet *)>ot to
find repose.
lie stopped wme time in England where
he ftmrriod itnd in 1707, shipped for New
York. On hi* Arrival hespebtM few months
in the city, and then, captivated l>y the de*erlution
given of the far west, he net out to
? Keek a residence Tn the, to him, fairy spot,
* He Was H>on tlouting on the bostnn of the
Ohio river, and \t was not long ere hi* Ulsnd
l|?me presented itself to hi* iriew. The description
of this "^mericaqAlhambra" is truly
fascinating, And we need not wonder at
the'choice made be Blnnnerhftaset, whose
poetic mind reveled In the toene, decorated
in natttrta |Hr**t array and replete ia ererythfcw
t&ft eopld heighten.Jbi* wl?; it* ruder
touches, $?* taste could adorn, and the
harsher ontHne* of liar pencil he could mellow
iMA softer ihudet. The cost of hit part
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(the u^pey potior, of this inland) was $*,600
and full $60,000, was expended by him in
erecting alt fciiftce and decorating his
gfrotiiitfr so that it lin* been said of it, To
the mind of the voyager descending the* river,
as the edifice rose majestically in the dis- j
tance, spreading its wings to either shore,}"
the effect was magical; and emotions were
produced, not unlike those experienced in
gazing on the Moorish palacos of Andalusia.
There was a spell of enchantment arOund it,
which would fain induce the credulous to Iter
lieve that it hnd been created by magic and
consecrated to the gods. On a nearer approach
was observed the beautifully graded i
Jaws, decked with tasteful shrUbery and in-1
terspersed with showy flowers ; while a little:
in the distance, the elm threw its dark
branches over a carpet of most beautiful!
green sward. Beyond these, the forest trees
were intermingled with copse wood, so close
as to exclude the noon day sun; And, in oth-'
er places, they found those long sweeping
vistas, in the intricacies of which the eye
delights to lose itself, while the imagination
conceives them as the paths of wilder scenes
or sylvan solitude." [
-' The interior filled up won irt * style cor
responding with the exterior, and here at |
last be had the real of what before was an I
idea, "an image of which had long haunted (
his dreams of youthful fancv as the picture <
of sylvan beauty, graceful solitude and calm !
repose."
But eight years passed away ! then coines '
a dark cloud "gathering in the horizon of
his effulgent ftitnre/* destined to burst upon
him ana his with a sad fatality. In the
ypfti Ant"". Burr, iust out of the chair
of the Vice Presidency, joOThr)^ -it <]??:
West for a purpose then unknown. He;
readied Blnnnerhnsset's residence in the lat-,
ter'a absence, and after enjoying the hospitalities
of the house re-embarked to view the
country down the river. Blanuerhasset,,
who had been to New York city to visit an j
old friend, soon returned, and Burr address- j
ed him a letter, the general tenor of which
was calculated to lull any auspicious that
might arise, and by a mixture of flattery and !
future fame endeavored to win him over to i
his side ; the answer was all Burr could de- j
sir? for. tlm I
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the eve of a Spanish war he surmised the i
intentions of Burr, to be in that direction, |
and ho expressed himself willing to enter
into any engagement for the subjligation of
Spanish rale. Burr replied in a guarded
manner, and in August of the next year
| visited him, in company with' his daughter,
i Wirt reinarknon this visit, **In the midst .of
this peace, this innocence, this tranquility,
j this feast of mind, ibis pure banquet of the
S heart, the destroyer comes; he comes to
1 turn his paradise into a hell, yet the flowers ,
! do not wither at his approach and no mo-1
mcntary shuddering through the bosom of
their unfortunate possessor, warns hi in ot' the
ruin that is coining upon him."
r The result of this visit is :
uThe wholo man is changed; every ob-;
ject of his former delights relinguishcd. No
more ho enjoys the tranquil scene; it h;is
become flat and insipid to bis taste. His
books are abandoned ; his retort and cruel:
ble thiown aside; his shrubery blooms and
breathes its fragrance upon the rtir in vain ?
("he likes itno.t; his ear no longer drinks in
the melody of music?it longs for the
trumpet's clangour and the cannon's roar.?
Even the prattle of his babes, once ?u> sweet,
no longer affect* him; and tlio angel smile
of his wife who hitherto touched his bosom
wirli ecstacy so unspeakable is now unfclt
for and unseen. Greater objects have taken
possession of his soul, his imagination has
been dazzled by visions of diamond* and
stars and garters, and titles of nobility; he
has been taught to turn with restless emulations
at the names of Cromwell, Crosar and
Bonaparte."
What a change! the tniad of the man
has been filled with the wild dreaming* of'
one, whose dreams of a city were like Alad- j
din's dreams of his Pal.u'pi nr
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Cathay 1 - The air in him, And nbotit htm i*
fllled witn Jtho^fAntAfitic phasmn* of a diseased
brain, ana his spirit, having caught the.
infection, retains it tv itli all the horrible
ghastly train of evils consentient upon it.? r
The upas shauow tityi covered Viivl GiiCtJ j
peaceful spot?its poison has entered his
heart, and with its entrance has been the
exodus of those liner feelings of quietude no !
holy and so pure iu other days. Alas for:
hint and his 1 Hp
In September of 1800 active preparation*
were made for the contemplated expedition, !
The next month Blannr^amet accompanied
Burr to Kentucky. AI?out thja time, the
alarm had been takco by the public, and j
various oonjectnres were Afloat regarding
the ultimate designs of Burr, while Hlanriernasset's
name, was coupled with that of tho >
traitor's conspicuously. Soon after Burr
was arrested but ?taj**rgcd for waut of
evidence. After this Blsnnerhasset was
warned by Graham (who was the agent, or <
rather spy of the government, and who had
revealed to bim, under the supposition that
he was one of the "party" important (acts re- i
garding the expedition) but waa uusuooess- 1
ful in convincing hUn of Burr's baseness? i
so closely had the latter interwoven himself
aid plans into the mind of his victim. At -J
one tune," however, he became disheartened, j
but his wife, unconscious that she waa '^V
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etiing* blade to jilwngo into her own boaem,
spurred hint on, and .he yielded "more to her |
wishes than his own desire."
In December he left the home in which
he had spent so many years of happiness
and over which the angel of repose had unfurled
her wings, now idaal withdrawn, and
descended the Ohio, joining Burr at the'
mouth of the Cumberland river, he took
command of one the boat* belonging to the
flotilla. s : .
But by and by even the henrt. of Aaron
13nrr began to fail him; many of those on
whom lie relied deserted hiin and Blannerhasset,
how cast down saw hiin, in the dead
of night, niAke an opening in Ids boat and j
film it* Itliu VIIV"? VA TZVIHZ Till '^45f(i. !
It waaunot long ere Burr surrendered him- j
self to the civil authorities, but soon after cf-.
fvctcd an escape, whereat a reward of #2,000 i
whs offered for his arrest;, and Lieutenant I
Haines securing hiin, conducted liiin, after a
painful march to Richmond, Va.
Blannerhasset having been arrested In
Mississippi (then a territory) and been discharged,
considered himself' safe from further
annoyance, but was arrested and thrown
into prison. His wife here addressed him a
consoling letter full of love and commisera-1
tioii for his situation?lack of space forbids!
our giving it. in extenso. lleurv Clay ex-1
erted himself to the utmost to procure the j
acquittal of his friend, but all his forensic
abilities could not avail, and he found himself
under guard to proceed to Richmond on j
a cbargo of treason, whither Burr had preceded
him.
The Court assembled.
Let us for a moment ponder on the characters
accembled in and composing that
courtT^^lMllfihench was Marshall "spotless
in purity-^^^fo^o^ndncw of judge-j
uient without as equal." At ~t&fN>fcuiT.,*as
Wirt, "whose fervid nnd soul thrilling el*?*
qtiertce even on this very trial placed him at
once among the first of American Omtors.*
Tlier? WAX nf ta-lintM ! !.? I ?
......?... vi iiviu *?i nn.-i iicru n?iru
"ever)- word that lie uttered, like a two
edged sword, pierced the arguments of his j
opponents at every point." Ilays, too, Was
there "ever ready to take advantage of suspicious
circumstance." John Randolph!
"building up the vulnerable points of his j
case against the attacks of his adversaries." j
Butts and Wickhain, the one ludicrous yet:
convincing, the other dignified and commanding,
and there too was Aaron Burr, onco the
Vice President of the United States, now
araigned before her highest tribunal on the
^tavest charge that could bo made; with
him was?Blannerhasset his victim!
After a trial of 20 days, Burr was found,
ns we all know "not. guilty, under the indictment,
by any evi >ttice submittrd to u?"
and with his discharge all the other prisoners
were liberated. Thus terminated the conspiracy
of Aaron Burr.
Soon after Blanneilin.sfiOt returned to
Xntchea but found himself ruined in resources
and with a wolfish band of creditors pursuing
him. His library, bis apparatus, his i
mansion and all its contents soon passed in- i
to their hands nnd he found himself forsaken j
by hM who professed to be his friends, but!
who were only the butterflies that hover
in the sunlight of prosperity, about the
person of a man. Finding that .something
must be done he exerted himself nnd, embarking
in cotton speculation, he soon saved
enough to ^purchase a farm ; here after the
wild buffeting of two years excitement he
found R^home, not, it is true, like the one of
old, for the mellow lustre which pervaded
that, had been scattered by the crimmerian
tints of faction, yet in it he could find what
his weary heart most needed, repose!
Even this did not last long; misfortunes
came and the prospect of his regaining his
fortunes became daily less flattering, and in
1818 at the solicitation of his friend the Gov.
of Canada, he removed thither, but here too
his evil gcuius followed hint; his friend was
removed from office nnd lllannerhasset found
himself cast upoo the world at an advanced
age, without health, energy or means. He I
then resolved to sail .for Iceland and did so i
in 1822; his rcMtUions as ho saw the |
shores of America fade in the dim distance, j
must have been anything but pleasing, and
tho retrospect truly p:ii??r,d
KijH^yvars of struggling and povcrtv passed
away, and then "wearied with tl>j turmoil
of life, he sunk to rest with b'.s head
softly pillowed on that bosom .vliich for
f.?? il-JI-' *
?wn j jram unit iii(uv".? jujiicci unison i
wftft his own."
RUnnerhnsaet m as nbout six feet high, of
slender proportioi * and slightly stooping;
Iris forehead wnft prominent aim! hi* nose
was a distinguished feature of a face wearing
an M]?eet of seriousness and thought.?
Ho Was rather noar righted ; hi* disposition '
was retiring and hit life sedentary And studious;
hooks and philosophical experiment* '
had greater charms for him than the fashionable
party or the glitter of the bail room ;
his temperament woe nervous , and he wm
intensely alarmed at thunder storms or any ,
convulsion of nature.
Of his companion too much casnot bo *
mid, and for fear of saying too little, we had
better not describe her Icagthly. Suffice it
to know that, like Bhakespare's Portia, she
was Mricb sou led creature in whom the
first gems of womanhood had blossomed '
kxth, without a weed to cheek or a chill tow
their growth." She was a [inete**, 1
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JANUAR
and'lcft one "eloquent lament over tlie misfortunes
and rain*of the family and fortune*
of Blxnberhnsset."
We have seen. hot one stanzas with
which we close this short account *>f one!
wboeo life but for one act would have passed
a* unruffled as the placid bosom of a lakelet
in summer'* prime, but who now dots
the world's history as a victim to polished
promiscuous plausibilities, that fell from o
traitor's lounge. More than one heart has
cursed Aaron Burr for his crimes, and we,1
will forbear. Speaking of "the deserted
isle" she says:
'Too many blissful monifiiM llu-rc I've known;
Tbo mnny bom* they met their decay ;
Tpo mnny feeling now forever gone";
To with "that they could'et e'er again display
The joyfnl coloring of thy fine array ,
Hunts with these, let them remain n bolt.
With thee, tlicir scorcts, their bitterness forgot," j
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The Lancaster Gun.
Our readers have probably noticed in the j
letters frtmt the Crimea account* of the Lancaster
gun, which has proved to be a most
effective weapon against the walls of Sebastopol,
although it una not been altogether a
safe gun for those who handled it, two or
three of them having burst. The Montreal
Quzette gives the following description of
its operations:
"It is a well known fact, that it is impossible
to cast balls or bullets in such a w ay
that one side will not be heavier than the j
other, and it is also well known that this!
circumstance deflects the projectile from its
right Hue.
Willi small arms this difficulty is overcome
l>y the groove in the rifle barrel, which.
-jjggfMLMnrnl, sots upon the soft substance
of the leaden'it |
motion before leaving the muzzle oftne rifle, j
which continues until tho hall is stonned.!
Uy this moans the heavy bide is alternately
turned in nil directions so that any tendency
in one direction is immediately oounferbfclnuced
by a revolution of the bullet, which
changes the heavy side, and the result is that
tie ball tlies in a direct line. Now however!
well this plan may answer for small arms
and leaden balls, the groove is impracticable
for cannon and cast-iron balls, and it has
long been, a problem to discover some means
of making rifled cannon.
The Lancaster gun professes to have nccoinplished
this by means of an elliptical
bore, out of which is to be thrown an elliptical
projectile, either shot or shell. Without
plates we may not be able to make all our
readers understand our explanations, but we
hope most of them will do so. The gun is
large, because il is at a long range that its
great precision of aim tells best over the
common gun, and its appearence is that
of an ordinary large cannon, except that the
mouth, instead of being circular, is elongated
like an egg, having one axis longer than
another. We will suppose that the mouth |
is the largest up and down?that is, that the
longer axis is vertical so that the flattened
ball titling it would stand on its edge ; but
the bore winds gradually from the mouth to
the breach of the gun, so that when the ball
is driven home to the proper position when
the gun is loaded, it will have turned one
quarter around and will lie horizontally, that
is at right angles to the longer hxis of the
mouth of the gufi ami on its side. When
the gun is fired, the ball must make one revolution
for every four lengths of the gun, and
thereby coiinterbulnncfl anv J.,
it* shape winch would otherwise deflect it.
Several of these guns have burst. This is
perhaps attributable to the fact that they are
used Mt vory long ranges ??d were probably
overloaded, although it is quite possible, and,
in fsiet, probable, that forcing the ball to take
a rotary motion would increase tbe resistance
offered so much its to increase the risk
of bursting, Experience will soon test the
question. We may remark that the tame!
principle hits been applied to small arms, and
a decided advantage is claimed for the Lancaster
over the common gun."
A Smart Don.?rA friend of onra has a
assart dow which be savs used to l?e very
smart, lie was never Lout 'cept once, says
be.
One day we started a bear, a regular snorter.
lie put right straight off, and the dog
alter hire, and 1 brought up the rear. They :
were soon out of sight, hut 1 followed a mile
or so, and came out at last on a clearing,.
where was a log hut and a feller settin down
nnd smoking his pipe as comfortable as possible.
Did you see anything of a dorg an' a bear
join' by here ?' scz T to the felloT.'
Yes, I did !' sez he.
And bow were tln>v ?' i
4Wnl,! mi/, lie, taking l?i-? pipe out an'j
irswiug hi* sleeve a crown his face, 'it i
were nbout a nip en' tug, though I think fhe '
lorg had a leclle the advantage.*
'How wee that r 80S I.
*Wa1, be war alnfljt bit length abend?
It ton want to meke a men feel woHUh
uui think of Battdfor knives, ju?t tell him <
-bat lilt children look like Mr. Smith, who ;
fceej* ihejar^yr.vBtbu voftiefi
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Minor Morals for Married People.
''The last word" is the most dftnjjoi'ou* of
infernal machines, ihfrbamland *ift*liould
no more fight to get it than tlie.y sliouUI
struggle for th? possession of a lighted boiubshelh'
, .
Keen nnEpictetiiH in your dining-room, to
read while waiting for the Completion of your
wife's toilet. ,
Married people should study each other's
weak points, as skaters look out tbr weak
lifirtu nf til A 1PA Sn rvwlof ti\ I'rtnri /\0 <if tlmm
r*,%" %,,v ,vv? ",mv' ?" vi
L'iHhi who mnrry for love should remwnber
that the union of angels with woman
lias been forbidden eiuce the fluod.
Tbc wife is the sun of the social system.
Unless she attracts, there is nothing to
keep heavy bodie* like husbands, frOtn flying
oft' into space.
Wives, be lenient to the mart'al cigar.
The smoke always hides the most disagreeable
part of tlie battle.
The wife who would properly discharge
her duties, must never have a soul "above
buttons." ?
The liberties cfnation h?vo hnve been
won by mutual concessions. Let the husband,
who would acquire the jaivilcge of asking
fiiendsto dinner without notice, remember
this when bis wife bints at a new lmnnet.
The wife's want is the husband's opportunity.
Notwithstanding the HMCrtious of mathematicians,
tlie marriage ring is a circle
which husband and wife have the problem
set them of making all square.
Don't trust too much to good temper when
you get into an argument. The Indians pro
cure tire by the rubbing of the driest stick-*.
Sugar is the substance most universally
diffused through all natural products. Lot
married people take a hint from this provision
of nature.? Punch's Pocket Hook.
The Mormons.
r ?_j>peaking of the possibility of a collision
MwMiTitw~T$?$^01i^lr!' ""d
ted Stale* authorities, grovufi)^1 ,e
appointment of Colonel Steptoe to the goT^
eruorship of that territory, the Louisville
Journal ?ay?:
"Terrible as a collision at this time between
the General Government and the Mormons
might be, we say, unhesitatingly, let it
come if it must. Let the legitimate authority
of the United States be maintained in the
Territorry of Utah, even if, in order to that
end. the whole Mormon population have to
be driver out or annihilated. All ap]>earances
imJK^tc unerringly, that sooner or later,
a conflict between the Mormons and the
lawful authorities of the nation must take
place, and if so, surely the sooner it takes
place the better. And it is especially desirable
and vastly impoitant that, whenever
the conflict occurs, our 'Government shall be
clearly and indisputably in the right, as it
certainly will be in asserting and maintaining
by force its right to appoint the Governor
of Utah. The Mormons are a inost pestilent
people, and a great many persons insist
that the General Government shall put
down polygamy among them. Wo have no
idea that the Government has a right to attempt
thi*, but it has a light to govern Utah
as it governs other Ten itories ; and, as a conflict
at no distant day must, from the very
character of Mormouisin and the whole conduct
of its devotees, occur from one cause or
another, we are not unwilling that those
horrible fanatics should take ground for the
maintenance of their profligate prophet as
Governor, and bring on the issue now."
The Jenning's Estate.
The Kichmond Whig publishes the following
extracts from a letter received from
ifn intelligent Virginian in England, dated
Oct. 24,1854:
I cannot find the Will of Old Jeoning's
for the reason that Lord Benuchainp has lost
it where he could not find it now. lie administered
the estate as next of kin. Earl
Howe taking possession of Action 1'lacc as
next heir, so that they cannot he reached except
a will be found later than that now on
record, which would show special devises and
bequest* to your ancestors, or some other
claimant.
"If the will wn? found, and if lapse of time
did not operate as an effectual bar to recovery,
what next 1 (\.) It would trfro ? mint
of money, mid tunny years, to out Lord
Howe, ami the Itenuchamps luive squandered
away the money. (2.) A deeper fraud
was never practised or planned than
thin claim. It has mined many claimants,
and tvill min many more.' I would not touch
it, for I wan cautioned aUiut it ou tny ar?
rival by friends, and I took their advice.
Thousands of indigent knaves, who practice
law in London, would starve but for the
harvest they reap froin the investigation of
such claims; and they stimulate inquiry
and excite false hopes by newspaper publications
and letters?lacri eau?a*? with the full
knowledge that never a dollar could by pos
nihility be recovered. Tis a thing almost
unknown to recover claims of this character.
. Thk Committee on Foreign Relations in
the House pf Representatives, to whom hv?d
been referred Mr. Cimgman1* resolution in favour
of the mediudhu of the United State*
in the preeeut Kurcpean war, have reported
unanimously in its favor.
NO. 34.*
I Facta About the United States.
Tint United States are composed of 33
i Stntcs ond 0 Territories.
I They contain (i population of 25,000,000,
1 of whom 21,000,000 are white.
. The extent of sen co<t is 12.660 mike.
The length of it* ten principal riven it
20,000 limes. ...
The sim face of the 5 great lakes U 80,000
square mites.
., The number of miles of Railway in oper*
ntion in 20,000 which coast $600,000,000,
j 'J'lie length of canals is 6,000 miles.
It contains the longest railway on the
: globe,the Illinois Central, which is 734 miles,
Tho annual value of its agricultural pro|
duct ions is $200,000,000.
I Its most valuable production^ in Indian
corn, which yields mutually 400,000,000
bushels.
The amount of registered ?ud enrolled
tonnage is 4.407,010 tons.
- The amount of capital invested in manu;
facttires is*80j00,000,000.
! Tito amount of foreign importa in I860,
' was 8207,978,947?and of its exports 8230,*
,971.107. .
Tlie annual amount of its internal trade is
I 8000,000,000.
! The annual \nluo of the product** of labor
(otber than agricultural) is 81,500,000,000*
The annual value of the income of their in'
habitants is 81,000,000,000.
The value of its farms and live stock ia
8500,000,000.
Its mines of gold, copper, lead and iron
are among the richest in the world.
The value of gold produced is 8100,000,*
: 000.
Thesuifaeo of it* coal liclds is 138,131
j square acres.
Its receipts for customs, lands, dee., ?bc.. in
| 18.V2. was 851,472, 274, and itsexjKaiditures
: 843.543,283.
Within her borders arc 80,000, schoolSj
i 0,000 academies 2;t4 college*, and 3,8?tf
churches.
i-dii ^Heading Cabbages in Winter.
~ plan to accomplish thts d?1
HE III I i 1^., I we understand, is
sirable end ?s that xvff^S<N^^tatea by th?
adopted in the New Englaru^^j^^w?in.
best farmers and gardeners
vito toil attention in this region, as we nov^t
unfrequcntly see much cabbage, which failed
to head in the fall from various causes,
either pulled up and fed to the stock or left
a prey to the frost.
Select a suitable spot, in a garden or field,
six feet in width of any desired length, free
C a _ 1*
I irum sianuing waior; run a furrow the pro
posed length of your bed, and throw a back
1 furrow upon it. This double furrow will form
| a title wall of your cabbage house. In the
I trench stand your cabbages on their roots
i leaning towards the furrow at an angle of
of 40 to 45 deg. Let the next furrow be
thrown upon the roots and stocks of the cabbages,
and another row be placed in the
trench made by the second furrow thus proceed
until your six feet of width is planted,
then let the last furrow be a double one-? ^
! making the other side wall about the height
of the cnbbnge heads. Through the whole
length of the middle of the patch lay rails
lengthwise, supported by crutches, at a
height of about, two feet from the cabbages (
this will form the ridge of the cabbage house
! Lay light brush-wood from the side walls to
i the ridgepole; then throw on salt hay, or
bog bay, or straw, two inches in depth. As
the eold weather advance*, throw on dirt until
you have a depth of, say six gr eight inches-?or
even more, when the winters are severe,
and finally spank the dirt roof with the
i flat of a spade, until it will shed the ram.?
Kill up the two ends of your house in the
snme manner, leaving only small air-Jiofes of
a foot or two diameter, which may- be closed
with hay, and opened occasionally on a fair
day. lite length of the house should be on
a north and south line.
In the earl v spring you will find your most
unpromising plants have heads of their ownj
and nil be thriving and fresh. Try it once,
and you'll try it ever nftenvnrds.
Not IV\n.?A genuine "Down Easter"
was lately essaying to appropriate a squaro
of exceedingly "tough beef' ut dinner, in a
Wisconsin hotel. Ilia convulsive efforts with
! ins kuilc And folk attracted the attention and
smiles of the rest of the company, wiio
in the same predicament as himself. At
last "Jonathan V'jmtieuce vaniahed "under ill
nicctw, when laying down his "ulensiln," ha
burst out with, "Stiangers, you needn't luff
?if you haiut got no regard, for the landlord's
feelings, joit orter hare some respect
for the old hull This sally "brought dowu
the house."
Ct'AJto Disoovicuxks;?The Guano deposit
which wan recently discovered by an Ainercan
shipmaster upon Bird Island, a shall
distance to the eastward of St. Thonuts, towards
Barbados, is said to be equal to at
least three or four hundred -thousand tons,
and in quality, it approaches that of tint
Chincha Islands. The New York Tost says,
that another Island has been discovered with
at least a million ton* on it, tlie locality of
which is yet secret. Measures are now taking
for the organisation j<f a company to bring
the guano UMpmrketr The value of this article
to the farmer makaa these discoveries ?
matter of general importune.
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