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^IfHMJpywSlwiBW^l'W^ !? **u Set by some mordant of fancy, And dc?pite the wear and tear Of time or distance or trouble, Jnsista on Ha rlgfat to b? there, lehuca had thought us together; **lh whs of natters of courao; *Vev Sere nothing, Ana to the other, Bui a short half hour's resource. Wo spoke of freuch acting and actors, And tbolr oasy, natural way? Of..the weather, for it was raining As we drove borne from the pi*JT. * W<> debated the abeis) nothings . 0 Ilea take anch pains to discuss; Wire thunderous rumor of battle Were eilent the while for us. Arrived et her door, we let her With a drippingly hurried adieu, And our wheels went crunching the gravel Of the oak darkened avenue. . As we drove away through the shadow, f The candle she held la the door From rein varnished tree trunk to tree trunk, Flashed fainter, and Hushed no moreFlatbed fainter and wholly faded Before wa had passed the wood; But the light of tue face behind it Went with me and stayed for good. Hi* vision of scarce ? moment, And herd It marked at the time) It oomea unhidden to beunt me, Like s scrip of ballad-rhjiuc. Had she beauty t Well, not what they call so; Too may find a thousand as fair. And yet there's her faee in uiy memory, With no special right to be there. As I sit sometimes in the* twilight. And call back to life in the o< ala Old face* and hopaa and fancies Long buried? good rest to their souls I? Her face shines out of the embers; r. 1 see her holding the light. And hear tho crunch of the gravel And the sweep of the rain that nighh Tia face (hat ean never grow older, That never ean part with its glearr,; T>a a gracious paaasssion forrvsi. For what is it all but a dream. From the Chronicle k Sentinel. Vote* on the Situation?Ho- 13. sr s. u. BIlL. I hare said in all esses of doubtful coostU tutionality, the Executive Department could not become a court or judge In the matter.? Neither ean Congress be a court. But it was necessary there should be a final arbiter ; and therefore, the CoasUtution provided a third a apart m on t of government, called tbs Judicial. This Judicial power ia expressly declared to extend to all ease* arising Under the Constitution, the law* of the United State* and treaties, Ac., Ao. But bare again differences have arisen, and it has been insisted that the Word "cases" has a legal technical signification and must bo confined within it, and, therefore, that the judicial power does not eg* tend to all gneitiont arising nndcr the Constitution. This position was a favorite one with persons of the strict Construction State bights school. '' When Booth Carollnadeclared the Tariff Act plainly and palpably Unconstitutional, she refused to refor the question to the Court, but proceeded to nullify the net in bee borders. -? a The Union men and Federalists insisted that m aha should refer the case to the Supreme Court a* the final arbiter, bat South Carolina refused to do so, Insisting that the State was an Independent, seperate sovereignty, outside of the oxpr?t powers granted to Congress?that ? this was a political question, affecting her separate sovereignty, and that she would not permit any other power to sit in judgment upon questions Involving her sovereignty j that In this respect South Carolina stood to the United States as the did so F ranee or England. It w - sappesed that the peeatlar doctrines ifi itigbte had* been decided by the war again> i the poeilten taken by Sooth Carolina, t and that hereafter the Supreme Court would . ha si rune, what the old Union men always contended M was Intended to be, the final arbiter i open all qwecttoae arising under the Constitution, sops to leave uo excuse or assesstty for m i|>pc4 to ?rni t? MUlt oontrover?ie. be' twee It tht General Ooverfcwont and the ~ State*. -r * r> 4 Georgia and MUsUnippi were tho firjt to aet im fh? new idea. The> d I<1 what SowUrCaro* Ttaa fdfa'Md"to do. Tfttjr applied to tho ftppromo Court (in, I think, a proper com made) :'***> enjnti thogofUrvement of bUU palpaMf *p on.tHutlOn.t?-admitted' to k^.to-r-tn their border*, ?he reply we- the queoUmv ' A poii/ieai pio'w* afld not a jpdict+t eerc. [ ,Tha 9<MHM Court refnaed to entertain tho Jarladioton, and that *impfy mfttmmri what ?u IM ^tuf^tfK High t? doctrine of %>ath #l Car* Una. I am glad the qenatkm waa prewateJ. at am enpoetally glad they ware b yaeaeaUd hyUewtbem St-tea, .hewing * dia?penHIrm dhwwby to ahMa the deHeton claimed "tokaWdhahft Madhby th#fra*, and"to reOgniio aa arbiter of Jutpro di.pute. abort of arm*b IM I**6 **?!/ -M^iaat thaeajnlllUry Mile, ahow elarly the rererm. They paoamd ,?a I he nnMi that the htatp* ate a*!) aep. , 1 arete tebiioal eommdnltft*, atxkae Mot it no * eemaHTy MUuwe'ttrat their taternat dnmwtie government. cannot he abrofn^d, WguTalcd t ' Vh5* PEpltrfercd with bj Congress. Ilenco the |IWm eltir for every State, eltisen and oorpo^ IIm to make a ease and tost these military HpBf, when any person, by tbeir aathority, ' j shall interfere with n ri^lit of property, or of person or of liberty. I therefore beg every eltisen, black and white, even the humblest of the ten millions who inhabit these ten States, to remetnberi never forget, that it is his right?his glorious, unpunishable, unImpeachable nioiiT, to resist very interference, by any officer, high or low, with his property, or his person, or his liborty,. under these military bills ; and that each eltisen owes it to every other Citiscn and to his State' and to posterity and to constitutional liberty, to aasert the right boldly and fearlessly against every such interference. Nor have military officers in such cases one particle more of protection from suoh resistance than civil officers. " The late is suporior to all?is matur of M and the strength, tho majesty and the merit of the law make thecitison's panoply in this issuo. Hoar what a distinguished American writer says on this subject; , t . "It is now settled In Bngtand and tho United PUtcS, that an officer of the forces who executes the unlawful jrder remains personally answerable. If the highest in command, the Drxtith monarch himtcfj, order, contrary to law, an officer to quarter hie eolditrt upon the eititrne to annoy and oppress them, as Charles L did, tho officer remains responsible, in the fulleet sense of tho term, to the law of the land. All tbst has boon gained by tho arduous and protracted struggle which began to show itself most signally under Charles L, may be summed up in the fow words that the taw eha/l he euperior to all and every one and every branch of Gerernmmt; that there is nowhere a mysterious, supreme and unattainable power, which, despite of tho clearest law, may still dispense with it or arrest its course. This is the sum total of modern civil liberty, tho great, firm and solid oompion's liberty." Our Constitution?our snnrnmn Inw no Congress, nor President, nor other earthly | power can violate or authorise to be violated with impunity?ie oVir ruler, our onig ruler, and all the higheat office-holders, elvil and military, are bat tie eervante and bound, under penalties, to obey its commands. Our Constitution declares: " The privilego of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be s.mpemUif, union when in cases ol rebellion or invasion the publio safety may require it." * . " No bill of attainder or ex poet fmcto law shall he passed." " The trial of all crimes, except in oases of impeachment, ehall be by Jury." " No soldier shall, in Jiwe of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of tho owner." " Congress shall mako no law abridging tho freedom of speeob, or of the press." No citisen " shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless 011 a presentment or indictment of a grand jury." " No warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation." These are the commands of the only imperial power in Amerioa?the Constitution. They are so plain that a wayfaring man, though fool cannot err in reading them. They cover every Stater and territory, and protin ee, and foot of soil ovor which tho juris d'ulion of the United State* can possibly go. Yet every- on* of thete positive commands, and otbcrs besides, are to be violated and ordered to be violated by those Military Sill*. They arc, therefore, assaults?unmistakably traitorous assault*?upon the Constitution ; end every man, woman or obildor officer, elvil or military, in the United States who votes Cor these Bills, or approves them, or accepts them, or passively submits to them, is an enemy of the Constitution and an enemy to every aitiieu whose rights are protected by tho Constitution. I care pot what excusos are made, nor whet pretenses are whined out About the power of Congress And the progressive Radical party. Sueh pretenses only show eowardice or tho treasonable intent in those who use them. Tho only way to crush the Radical party is to bring down Upon 4t that power which is greater than the Radical party?the Constitution. If the President is a slave and bonad to execute the orders of traitors, th? people ate froomon and entitled to resist. The only question and, therefore the only danger Is, have they the courage to resist? A freedtnan should know' no master but the law, andbend the knee to no earthly power but tho Constitu Hon. As the resuU of reason and settled anIhotily, I affirm ; mt a. * *unv every omcer, uigu or law wlio sclera th? property of a citizen under these military bill*. U h trespasser, subject lo indict meat and euita for damage* a* individual*. That avacy auoh officer who arreate a eillsen under throe bill* is guilty of fab* imprisonment, and subject likewise as an individual; and ia amenable lo tbe writ of kaboa* eorpmt before any oonrt, Slate or 1 Federal, Having jurisdiction to lsaae the writ. That If a single citizen, white or blaek, ie tiledhy a military commission and executed, the officer ordering the oourt. the Individuals composing the oonrt, the counsel proa eonting the ease, the officer approving and executing the sentence, up to and Including the President, enoh aod all nrg guilty of , WMr<f?r.gpd indictable in the county where the crimo ia cosaiaitted. , IA^ And 1 again l>ag our oilizeug a very where, to aeeait U??e* remedies, and aeaort thsm , (ear I seel y. Do not ha prevented by the , sickly, cowardly, criminal stateusenU, that - the eouHe are prohibited from taking JuMa-' i diction. This ia the peer defaftce , wtib which those authorizing the crimes have 1 sought to shield those sITly matarn who idqv obey them, aud is itself iinrbotthu a ' ' ' i ! rill iMf f <Mr /^'/ - i. . ??? ii IX- OF I>C GREENVILLE. dOUTII tiooal. The power which ten not violate the Uw cannot nooul or escape the pfoeeae a, or rsmeiUi and penalties of the lew. See in damages for every injury ; Indict for every crime. Be enre and include the treasury agents who were lately stealing vM> ?' ' " - ' " ' j w-w.i vi v*nrr tuir^si ouo orinaici in the county where the Injury Wat or may bo done, or the crime waa or may be committed. Whether defendants are preen t or abeent, get the tme bills. Don't let lepee of time bar yon. Whenever you eee me at a oo urt understand I will aid yon without fee or reward. The written Constitution fa my client, and the preeerration of its protection the only fee I ahull ante. The time for the lawe triumph over paeaioti will one day some. II our people will now, ?very whore# asaert theee righte, not by again abandon log the Constitution, bnt by olnlmtng ita remedies, that time* will ?ome quickly; and then we aball demand the criminals wherever found and they will be de/iwered.? If the President fiimnelfshould commit murder in the manner I have indicated, I do not heailate to say that I would urge a true bill against him and demand him for trial when hie term has expired. We owe It to ourselves, to our children, to free institn tlons, to teach all, however high or low who take advantage of degenerate times like these, to violate the great guaranties of the law, and ti ample on the rights of the clllscn, that when the political spasm is over they can find no hiding place from the law's avenrer nor take shelter from its penalties anywhere in the jurisdiction of the Constitution. L-?t this generation teach thislerson now, and teach it faithfully and well, and we shall have no Weturn of such periods of sorrow and crime for us, or for our children.? Tf we do not tench this lesson, then soirow and crime will increase their coming and prolong their stays, hecauso rogues will steal; tyrants will oppress; little officers " will cut fantsstlo trick*nnd^ traitors will use fraud and force to perpetuate their power, jnst as often and long st they think they can do eo with impnnliy. I aleo earnestly hope the people of each of the ten Slates wilt go boldly forward, and preserve and continue their existing Stats government*, and hold nil election* in the mnnner end at the time prescribed by I existing State constitutions; -will choose officers qualified according to existing Stale constitutions and laws. If any citizen or officer shall be interfered with In exercising his right* under these laws, or in discharging the duties of office to which he may be thosen and make the issue fearlessly. I would have them continue this until,, and even after, pretended constitutions may be formed by dehfded negroes and their designing inferiors Under these Military Bills; and if an attempt were made to displace existing constitutions and governmonta by pretended constitationa so funne l and officers chosen thereunder, I would indict very officer so attempting to tub vert ex. l-ling legal Stat? government*, and I would then have our Governors or the Legislatures (if in session) make appl:eation to tha President; under the Constitution, to protect xisllng Statc governments " against domestic violence," and thus compel the President to deride whether he it bound to displace by fores what he admits to be existing legal State constitutions and governments for those he admits to be illegal, unconstitu. tional and tyranical. I will add two important considerations why our people should thus resist end never consent to these usurpations : . K In the first plnce, if we once Allow these k new governments to become legally fixed on lit by eur consent, we can never get rid of them. The power will be In the hands of those who make and administer them ; and though destroy, at they will, they will hold on to their iniquity. It will also require three-foortha of the States to eenotir In the adoption of the odlotia Constitntional Amendment, bnt If adopted it wftl^hen re quirt three-fourth* of the Steele* ta get rid of it. But, in the Second place, If, rtl it (Jl?ar, these hills are so grossly unconstitutional, then they can never be legally established if we eoatiano to r?wi?t them. Lot. ui con. tinue to reeist them. Let ne commence oaaee ae fast and at often ea they arrive, and If even after these military constitutions are framed and organized, and hove oppressed unwilling peoplo for year#, the dotirt finally decides the acts authorising them to he unconstitutional, then, unlike a * care of onus between belligenenta, every f thing done under them will he declared c void?the wicked government* will be die. c placed, every man who hat administered ' them will be a criminal, and our eyistuig ' State constitution* will be restored to us. 1 Then patrlota will meet again at Wash- 1 iagton and at evary Slate capital, and, , gathering the raeorda of thaae Badieal trait- , ore, and all ol their Stat# aubordinatea to , gather, wilt do, aa our fathsrs in Georgia { did when eirruptlon had oaurped power ? and tolled our honor as a people onee his ( fore-- wo will eateh Jfr* from hravm and \ tans Uai up. If thee, w? yield new, o?ir remedies are < gaffe Mil- ere are ooaqnerrd forever; t ut if t we rdfnse ft? yield, offr remedies wlH eon- < thiue, and we oan never he conquered. j pil * i. saw atiW tsma in at * ??? nr A thousand parties of pleasnre do | not teave a recollection worth that of doe \ good ac-'ion. < I * it dl ! ^ -' v# ?f> If ?t? "*** vt? '* >P?XJL^ii CAROLINA. JULY 25. 18 ?r-r??J1 i Intolerance of the Pope. The Pop*, ainoe the departure of the French troop*, haa become inspired with wow seal for the aupprcsaion of heresy. While thee were here there waa toleration of the Proteataht religion to the following extent: The Aiperican Church, conducted bj Rev. Mr. Lyman, waa allowed to moet iu a private huuae. Formally nor vice waa held in the houae of Ueneral King, American M in later, but be baring changed hia residence, and having no room suitable for holding the service, a large room In a private J welling waa secured. A Lutheran aud French svangelical service has been held In the house of the Prussian Ambassador. A Scotch Presbyterian service has been held in the house of pastor, Rev. Mr. Lewis, during the past six fears. All of these have been held in the city, while outside the walls an English service has been held fdr forty years or more. The French troops bad scarcely left the city when the police Informed Mr. Lewis that ho would not be permitted to bold service. Mr. Ddo Russel, manager of English affairs in tho Papal dominions, at once called upon Cardinal Antonelli, to know the meaning of the order, and waa Informed that all such assemblies wcro unlawful, and that the law must l>? put iu force. In other words, it was contrary to the Popo's wish, for lie is supreme in Rome.? lie informed Mr. Kusscl that no service would i>e permitted inside the city walls except under ho arms and flag of a Foreign Ministei. Engand having no Minister, Mr. Lewis has been ibligcd to go outside tho gntcs. I attended is scrvico on Sabbath last. It was in n room Ivor a restaurant, a cold, cheerless apartment ?the best, however, that could bo obtatnod.? rho Pope's police, with swords at their side, rere pacing in front of the door. A hymn was ead but the minister said that wo could not ling it because it would attract tho attention >f the police, who probably would breik up tho icrvlco. Rev.- Dr. Peabody of Harvard Unirersity bold a service in a private room in one >f tho hotels. No publio notice was given, but it was whispered from ear to car, just ns cigh:oen hundred years ago, tho first Christians ot Ituino gavo tho information of tho holding of .heir secret meetings under Caligula and Nen\ 3ul tho toleration of tho Popo will hardly coin>arc however with that granted by Nero, when Paul was here, who " dwelt two whole years in lis own hired houso and received all thatcauie into him, preaching tho kingdom of God, and caching thoso things which concern the Lord lesus Christ with all coufidenco, no man forlidding him." So the rule of Nero -stands in sontrnst to that of Tio Nono. Tho first was a 1'ogan rule; tho last claims to bo a Chris.inn I Cardinal Antonolli infhrmcd Mr. iLisscl that tho American church would be shut up un~ ess held under tho roof of tho legation. Mr, King has uuido no remonstrance, and I pretutnc, will offer none, though I think that the imericans residing here are nearly unnnimous n their wishes to have biui take such action is Mr. Marsh took at Constantinople a few roars ago?demanding and obtaining from tho sultan not only toleration for American .roislionnrics, but protection throughout the Tarksb dominions. What a contrast I Toleration md protection lb Turkey, iu China, in Persia, lindostan, Siam?in all heathen and pagan ands, but no toleration in this city, which of dl others claims to be most Christian ! You nay sell Bibles or give them away in the Streets if Constantinople without hindrance from any [uarter ; hut in Rome the prison awaits you, rilhout trial, without process of law, for such , heinous offenco 1 i ididk mm it u nearly mo unanimous dr. ire also of the American residents here that he United States Government ought not only o protest against the action of the Pope, but o demand such toleration as is accorded to \mcrican citisena in matter of religion byevoy^natioa uuder-Uie sun ; not that thoy would tare such a domaud eaforjod by cannon and layuuuts, but by those moral forces which u ;reat nation ret brings to bear, which is oremost iu everything relating to liberty of lonscience, religious belief, as well as in main, aining the rights of men to life, liberty and he pursuit of happiness, lias not the time iome for America to ask the Pope to grant to ho Protestants in Rome the samo liberty that lomanists enjoy in tho Unltod States? Let Inneral King call for that concession in belalf of American eititens and See what tho roily Will he. Possibly, however, the people of loroe Will make reply ere many months have ?a**cd. Italy is not yet Wholly a united penile, and till that is accomplished, Italian patriits will bare still n work to do. In theso lettors it has been my aim to write fispassionatety?not with bigotry, not as a *rotr?tsnt even, bnt rather from the American tand-point, as a lover of human liberty.? iVhnt I have stated are facts, and, however tartilag they may be, there are other things vhioh mast remain nnsnidof oppression, of ceilestaMioal interference in private affairs, of wieetly espionage. Jesuitical surveillance, of lonflscations, of the secrets of the oonfeseional if liberties taken hy eenfeasors with confiding somen; for should I make a statement of what I hare heard, I fear that my friend* would koul.t my veracity. Here is the problem? liily thousand baeholors, ftfty thousand spin-, iters, from six to tan thousand ecclesiastics, tho last f?r bid don to marry,) yet human pas. lions the same here as elsewere in the world, md the confess onal the altar whero the hoart lelivcrs its secrets to tho ear of the priost.? rhese aro the elements of the problem. What itato of society, what condition of morals, fttf so to expect f Just sorh as we And?hospitals shero woman may hide their shsme; hospitals 'or fomuTlings ; a hollow-hearted society; lying to vtoUtf&rt nf moral law ; begging no disgrace . heating a virtne ; immorality no crime; rolijlort a moelreyy. While the papal tempera! power lasts there It no hope for Rome. The Rope's hand is Upon the throaf of tho people, stifling theit ivory breath. Think of that t&tc of soe'etv EVENTS b % J. ftf* ill : - n v I ?v3 67.. where among wren hundred thousand peoph not utoxu then ton in e bnndrod ceo. read 01 write; whore-but two newspapers ere published, and neither of thcin containing more wordi than this one letter of wine. Think of nearly all tho terrf tory of the papal domain being under thb Pope, and no peasant or proprietor allowed to turn a furrow of the soil eaoept bj permission from the Pope I Remember, alto, that possession is so grudgingly given thai nearly ell of the Campagnn, which was ouce a garden, is Dow turned down to pasturage; thai foxes have their dens within a mile of the city walls: that hunters in red coats, with baying bounds, join weekly in the chase over all thi onee fair but now desolate regions?desolati because the Pope will not permit its cultiva tion. Rut enough. To human appearances thi papacy is nearing its downfal. Sinco th< seventh century it baa held mighty iwaj among the nations, llow the change will b< brought about, time alone will determine.? Italians in Rome and Italians oalside the pa pal dominions?more than twenty millions?are anxloasly looking for tho tiusewben Rome will bo part and parcel of tho Italian Kiug' dom ; not only looking for it, but doing all tliej can to bring it on.?South Carolina ttnjtlitl. Farmers' Gardens. Perhaps there is no one thing connected with the culture of the soil so badly anil universally neglected by farmers as Iheii gardens. How mnny in your neighborhood, reader, have what may be strictly termed b ' good garden from year to year ? How many grow an abundant supply of emnl! f. ui?s for the use of tho family ? How ninny have asparagus, radishes and salads plentifully, or at all, early in the season ) melons, cucumbers, squashes, tomatoes, cabbages, I liens hemm frreen nnrn Atn !.? ? , . , 0 ?.... u.c miiiiiuei months ; and celery, vegetable oysters, parsnips, turnips, horse radish, Ac., in the fall, winter, and early spring? All farmers can and should have them ; nothing which they eat is cheaper, moro grateful or healthful than these, together with the summer fruits. If we can persuade you to take the pains, and incur the alight expense neces ary to their production, we shall be amj ly rewarded for our labor by the gralitade and satisfaction which we know those feel who are de| oudeut on you for support, and who eat daily nt your table. Have you a garden spot! iPshould be n choice piece of land; note large, but rich, dry, warm, near the dwelling, and enclosed to prevent the depredations of fowls and animals. If the soil is poor you have the means nt hand to make it rich; it heavy ot wet, thoroughly nnderdrsin it?as it it amnll you can afford this expense. We re peat, it need not be large, for a small garden, well tilled, is much better, and less Costly, than a large one overrun with weeds, and cultivated like your fu Ida L*af mould from the woods, with ashes, iitiie and plaster, are the best manures you can use, unless you can spade or plough in deep fine barnyard manure. This year you should make a compost lteaj>, and have it on hand for the next. If the garden is small, it is best not to plough, but rather spade. First of all lay it out well; make a bed or border, as they are called, four or five feet wide, all round the outside. Next to this a walk ? then one or two broad cross walks, and then reserve I the rest for beds and walks n? -? "uu circumstance* shall dictate. Make up Join mind now to have a good garden this year; and in our next article we will try and tell you how to start the esrly vegetables nn?! srode in a cheap and simple manner. B*lt and Ashes as a Manure. A correspondent of the Southern Cultl vator gives the following statement in regard to the application ofsalt and ashes to land ns manure: In 1853 I purchased twenty five busheh of dirty salt which fell from bacon wbich was stored in Atlanta, at a o?at of fifteen oenta per bushel. It coat in Athens twentyfive eente per bushel. 1 mixed It with ell the Old leeched ashes that could be collected ou the lot?the ordinary quantity which accumulates during the year on a town lot. This I spread broadest over eight acres ol thin, coarse, sandy soil, badly worn by cultivation, but which lisd, in previoui years, manure applied in the hill. My recollection ie, that allies, salt and all made about eight bushels per acre. Tlih piece (of eight acres) I planted in Corn, foul feet each way, one stalk to the hill. During .,L t? ? ?-- L giuwin, lb w am iic(|urnujr U} |MiP9 >ns who knew nothing of what wa. done to the land, on account of the dee| green color of corn. Many questions wer? asked about it. Th? season*, I think, wer< good. I gathered from these eight acrei fifteen Urge two horse wagon loads of corn in the shuck?equal, I suppose, to aboul thirty bushel* pet- nere. Again, In 1863 or 1864, I planted anotlici pleca ot land on the oppeaite aide of tin road, somewhat thinner than tho ?ighi acrea described above. This land was lai. off tivs feet apart. In theae rows I dr lle< the same mixture of old leached a*hee an( a tit, at about the same rate per sera. Th? green appearance of tin- corn while grow* Ing. and the great height to whioit th< stalks gr*w, was Still mciro remarkable and attract A mora notice and more fre quant remarks. 1 did not pay any partic ular attention to the gntheitng of title crop and cannot eay how much it made per acre But of one thing there can be no doul t th# product vastly increased l?y the app i cation. * * - ' UlLt-gi"?1-3-U?UJXJ NO. 9, I, . I I ? S. ' What is " One HoiM fovut" r Tli* dm of the terra "hom power" U rcry eoaumoa; yet few, exo?ptgood maehan1 ioa end engineer* attach e definite meaning to it* but regard it ai indicating, tooealy. about the power which one horee eoold exert. It K bowerer, when need in the senae under oonaMeralion, * definite m [ poeaibla, end mean* the power required to lift 88,C00 pounds arordnpoU one foot high , in ofie minute. A horse hitched to tfie end of a rope over r a pulley one foot In dli\m?i?r a deep well, travelling at the rate of about 2 J unlet per hotir, or 320 feet pe$ minute, will draw up 150 lbs. the some dUApnoe he travels. The force thus exerted U called, in mechanics, "horse power," it being ail approximation to (be average amount of continuous power it is fair to demand of a strong hnrre. If we multiply the weight raised (160 pound-) by the number of feet it was moved per miuute (220) the product will be the number of pounds whbh the nine power would raise one loot high in the sumo length of time, (33,000 pounds.) The dynamometer is an Instrument mode for measuring power, particularly that exerted in drawing. Those used for testing I the draft of agricultural implements ere I simply very strong spring balances, or . s| ring steelyards, graduated to indicate the power required to rai*e any weigl^ within reasonable limit, at the rate of 3} miles per hour. When we apply the dynamometer in ascertaining the oraught of machines^ if the index Indicates 180 pounds it is shown . that the horse is required to draw just as hard as he would do if raising 1 60 pounds out of n well with a rope over a puily ono foot in diameter at the rate of 2} miles per hour, and so for oth< r weights. The velocity at which a team moves is to lie considered, as well as the weight to be raised, or the load to he drawn. If the horse travels faster than 2i miles fier hour, while raising 150 potfnds out of a well, he exerts more than one horse power. If ho walks slower than this he does not exert a force equal to one horse power. In ascertaining the draught of a plough or a mower anl reaper, by drawing faster than 2J miles per hour, the dynamometer would indicate more than the correct draught } and by drivinir alower. lh? draught would appear to be lea* than it | really is. In testing the draught of maI chines a team should always more at the rate of 2$ miles per hour, or 280: feet per minute, which is the universally Accepted rate with reference to which dynamometers are graduated, and an easy one to Which to approximate in driving with afMost any kind of a team?Portland Prict Cmmtil. I . _ 'i-V- , Diar.Asns or Hoes.?Swine are rrtueli mora subject (o disease than most persons imagine, and the human apociea who eat ewine ure much more interested ih the preservation of their health, than is generally eon, ceived. Many "of the diseases of mankind, we imagine, originate in the consumption of unhealthy animal food If so. Ilia important that all animal? should be iq a perfectly healihy state, when slaughtered for food. On the subject of the diseases of hogs, tlief last Danville Times publishes a letter from a Mr. Kemp, who seems to hate had considerable experience in their management* He t(iltiks that the prevalent disease this Winter, tmong hogs, generslly called rttol' era, is nothing but fever. He classes the diseases oi hog* thus; measles, fever, mange* murrlan or leprosy and garget. He has cured a number afflicted with fever, or so-called cholera, with the following preset iption : one tea-epoonfu) of spirit* of turpentine, on* table Spocnful of castor oil, and one table-spoonful of sulphur, to b? ^ given as soon as the disease appears, and to oe repeated frequently. Fattkvimo Tuukcvs?A writer in Ui? Gcrmantown Telegraph furnishes that jour* nnl with the following atatemont: Idnch has been published of late in oflr agricultural journals, in relation to the tilimeotary . properties of charconl. It has been repeatedly asserted ln.it domestic fowls h?ay b? fattened on it without,any other food, and that, too, In a shorter time than on the most I nutritive grains. I made an experiment, and must say that the result surprised me, as I had always been rathsr skeptical ? Four turkeya were con tired in a pen, And fed on meal, boiled potatoes and Oats.?* Pour others, of the seme brood, were also f tlio Mino tithe confined in another pen, ' ami ted daily on the same articles, but With ' one pint of finely pulvrtized chareoel mixed with their meal and potatoes. They also hod a plentiful tdpply of broken ehttreoal t in their pen. Tlte eight were klltlff on th? some d*y,ahd thfire was a fliffcre'nW of one> nl- t-half pounds each in faVifP"'W the r foa ls aid-h had been supplied With the | charcoal, they being ttinbh the fattest, and I the meat greatly superior in point of ttne j demon and flavor. ' Thou Art thk Mar.?The Now A'la* spoaks out with great plainneea as to the res9 ponsibility of the Secretary of Stato for the , (daughter of Masimillian. It rays; " Wo believe that Wm. II. Seward wilfully " and deliberately devoted Maximilian to when ho might have aaved him by fttroHhiag out hie flager ; and for this ht.oeat crime, a* arraign him before the tribunal of ?\jb"e opinion, now and herc!.fte^,',