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C WCTi Mix the useful with tho ornamental say we. The more refined and 'accomplished the better, but the basis, and very foundation of ell female accomplishments is a thorough knowledge of housewifery and domestic economy. Maine Farmer. ORCHARD GRASS. From the Western Fanner. The etch's foot grass, (Doctytis Glomcr-1 atay L.) known in America by thenumuofj orchard grass, is an imperfect perenial, ana j grows naturally on dry sandy soil. It is a native of the United States. This grass may ?e known by its coarse appearance, bothof the leaf an 1 spike ; and Uso by its whitish green hu \ it is probably better adapted than any other to sow with clover, on lands intended for pasture. Its good properties consist in the early and rapid growth, and its resistance of the drought; but all agree, that to obtain its greatest val;? chrtnlfI he keDi closely cropped.?{ uc? ? ? - . Sheep will pass over every other grass to feed upon it. If suffered to grow without being cropped, it becomes coarse and harsh. Col. Powcl, of Pennsylvania, after cultivating it ten years, declares it produces more pasturage th in any artificial grass lie has ever seen in America. After being led very close it has been found to afford good pasturage, after remaining five days at rest. It is suitable to all arable soils, it abounds in seeds, which are easily gathered ; but on account of it3 peculiar lightness, (the btish< 1 weighing from 12 to 14 lbs.) the seed should be spread on a floor, and sprinkled with water a day or two before it is sown, that it may swell and j more readily vegetate. Two bushels of ; / seed arc sown to the acre, or half this | ~ quantity with clover. The orchard grassi should be cut early, except intended for seed, as it diminishes two sevenths in value as hay, by being permitted to ripen its seeds. It will boor cutting as early as clover, nnd and tho Jatter swath is very abundant. After preparing the seed for sowing, to mix plaster of Paris is recommend rd. It is one of 'J*# most profitable grasses, nnd much of! its success depends upon the manner of sow. '?? We noticed a few days since a small lot j ? l"- !?.?,? cn.inrr a narf of ! Ol III IS grass ?*.?*?!? IIIC iagi .y, Ii>n| ? r-.. -it had been cut and fed to ca'tle. Where j it had been cut it was coming out again, and j promise to make another crop in good lime. It will be recollected by those who observ- j ed it last season, that the orchard grass s'ood ; tho drought better than any other; from ; what we have seen wo are disposed :o i recommend it to our farming friends ; but we would sow in land made rich with ma- j nure, in preference to any other, if we expected to reap immediate bencfi*. CEMEN'T.FoR HOUSES. It has been a desideratum wiih some to ! find soma kind of cement that would do j t'fir ,tw*j"n,""r"?.Whether . !!Wj following, which is much used in India ; for the walls will answer, wo cannot say. We-have heard those who have seen it speak highly of its tenacity and durability. Chunatn,?The celebrated chunam is a slucco laid on in three coats, the first a common mixture of shell lime, tho sand. tempered with Jaghcry water,* ond about j half an inch thick ; the second of n finer j description, made with sifted shell lime and ' white fine sand, which is also sifted to free j it from pebbles or foreign matter ; nnu i this coat, as well as the third, is applied without Jaghery, which is omitted on account of its color, and it frequently con'ains deliquescent salts. The third and 1 ist coat which receives the po'ish, is prepared with great care ; the purest and whitest shells i being selected for it ; and none hut white) sand of the finest description, and of that a j very small proporiion is used, varying from j one fourth to one sixth. The ingredients! of the third coat (as well as the second also,! sometimes) arc ground with a rosier on a granite bed ;o a perfectly smooth uniform ...i i .u J jiioiw oiiuu.u na?c uig r ui nu ? wj'' peurance of wnitc cream. In about every | bushel of this paste are mixed wi h the j white of ten or a dozen eggs, half a pound : ofg'aoe (which is butter separated from j its Caseous parts by melting over a slow (ire) t and a quart of tyre (which is sour curd j fra?h prepared) to wh en some add powder- j ed baiapot g (or soapstone) from a quarter , to half a pound, which is sail to improve! the polish. I The essential ingredients in addition *o i the lime and sand, seem to be the albumen j (of the eggs) and the oily matter of the j ? lnrrified butter for which oil is substituted, i The last coat is laid on exceedingly thin, j and before the second is dry; it ! dries speedily, and is afterwards rubbed : with tr.e smooth surface of a piece of the i sonpstonc, or agulo to produce the pohsh, an operation which is continued for man) i_ a r.. t.' i. :? ? ... ?..Mnn i nours. iV?;cr which ii ? Iiutwsiiij iu **tjJL" 1 it from lime to time with a soft napkin to 1 remove the water which continues to j exude from it from it for a d;?y or two after j completion. Maine Farmer, | * Jaghery water?is" a solution of coarse fugarin water?say a pound of sugar toevary eight or ten gallons of water. From the Carolina Planter. Mr. ewtor, It is surprising how much is frequently lost to planers, as well as to other people, C..m ?h.? iwftnf r>f n !???'? cnl.-?nlnti?-?n_ Fur iUl ll*W ?* % v. ? ?.v,v .V,... . v. example. I observed this foil th.it my cotton bags had each of them a strip inserted in the side, of some ten inches in ! width. Having found much fault with my t Overseer last year &r not putting enough i cotton in his bales, it occurred to mo once ! that he had enlarged the bag for this pur. ! pose, and without reflation I dismissed the matter. I af.erwords discovered that my screw, though a new one, was a little otil of order, and that in fact it would not press the cottton down so as to permit common 42 inch hogging to mee\ and hence the necessity of this strip, without any increase in the weight of the bales. For ten dollars jhe same m'ght be put in perfect order. buf as I intended to remove it altogether the w next year, 1 thought I would put up with n the inconvenience of packing a few bags a less each packing day, ratVr than be at a any trouble or exj>ense. In the mean time " however, my Overseer kept calling for bag- q ging, until I became impatient under the ft demand. I made a calculation, and dis- ri covered that a large quantity had gone that ?' could not be accounted for. I thought of S course it had been stolen, and began to set t; inquiries on foot for the rogu'-, when m> n packers referred me to the strip on the side f< of the bag, and I ascertained to my ainaze- n menf, on makiirg another calculation, that u in packing 8 hales the s rip consumed the n bagging of one bile, and hat in packing mv f crop I had thus lost about 300 yards which tl at 22 cents amoun'ed to 86*3. Nor was h this all. O.i each packing d iy it had taken t1 an extra hand to sow on the strips, whose v wages, together iv th the additional quantity e of twine and rope, could not have been o worth less than $9 more, making thus a h total loss of 875, besides the disfiguring of r my bags. k This is precisely what it would have cost r me to have made a n-w screw complete.? F Had I made a close calculation of conse- c quences when I first discovered the state ol my screw, | should have saved more than 0 half; and had my Overseer done so before j, he commenced the patching at all, he wonid gl have saved me oil except t' e 'rifling cost 0 of repairing the screw. I mention this lit le b circumstance, which is only ore n n hundred r of constant occurrence on even the best s regulated plantations, and which shows how t< much is to he saved by the strict attention a of the Overseer. S. S, j Correspondence of the Journal of Com. F merce. s Boston. Feb 15,1840. * I gave you a sketch, the other day. of r Mr. Webster's speech at the Agricultural ? meeting at the Stute House. Meetings jbr like purposes continue ta take place * weekly. At Hie list one the lime was ? wholly occupied by E\ Governor Hdl of * New Hampshire, who as jou .are doubtless- * )y aware, has reoeutly clovol? d himself exclusive.'y, as i; would seem, and with all his characteristic nrdor, to the ' cause of the farm rs. His "Month- 1 iy Visiter" is a most admirable pan'T, sec. 1 ond perhaps, since tbe decease of Ju Igi- c Buel, to noo.iier of the cln.^s now publish- rl ed among us. The accession of such men a to what ts unquestionably the great interest c of the country, and which so much needs such aid, is a subject of general congratu- '' lation and concern, and with this view 1 speak of i'. Of what the Governor will ct probably bo able to do if he keeps on, some ' inkling inay be had from the fact that with scarcely any effort made for it, the cirrulation of his paper has risen to 6000 copies F1 in tire firsv year, including 1000 in M ?ssa- ' chnsettH. An4BcreaKfi (1 inturfsl ?? ogciput. 1 ^ ture is obvious tn all New England, I think, within a few years, and particularly within fuift Ai* it,rn*? fiir whieli nil iriu? rmlr'n'e tvill ^ assuredly b* thankful. 0 The address I sj enk of, was chi? fly on ^ the lessons we Americans may learn in . i agriculture from outj father-land. It went ^ over part or Mr. Webster's ground in fact, and that portion requires little notice. The u Governor, after describing our common c fault in this country of exhausting the virgin 8 soil and then leaving if, whieh he said was a universally the case to gr??m extent, man. J: fully contended for the posi ion that a/l our land, even the Eastern, and the granite " hills of his own rough State not excepted, were available, or should be, to industry and skill. There were no occasion for any complaint of the soil, nor for emigration to the West, or any where else. There was strictly speaking, no sur,h thing as barren '' soil among us, or ut least very little, though r there certainly was a grtat deal of ihe ' land rejected under such an impression.? ^ I could not but t ear in mind as the Governor thus argued, that ho was entitled by his * own practice, in some degree, to do so, for I k/% i.? rt r\r>cw. ,/%??! formni* find n rrnnH ttrtfv MV? 19 (1 pi miiiivsf MII'I a *'i?- f and in nothing has he shown qu ?l fications belter than in making the best of what most of his neighbors would doubtless call very bad materials and means. For example, not long s'nee, in the '* Visiter" speaking of the poor pine levels which abound in some sermons?oft?n called barrens?h says he has himself 40 acres of similar land, which cost seven years ago five dollars the acre, $200. The wood and timber had been so much taken off that what was left was considered of lit le value.? I His first operation was to take from the piece indisciiminutely logs sufficient for 05,000 feet of hoards, worth, after paying ail expense, $8 the thousand, and paying I for the of price "of the land. Since that time, on clearing less than hoTf of it, as many more mill logs and aboui 300 cord worth $1 the cord, have been taken off. The value taken from the purchase is at leasi $700 ; and on 15 acres of t!>o 40 I there are sown 19 bushels of rye, from which, if there he an ordinary crop,will come 1 200 bushels. The land afterwaids, says the Governor, will bo worth ?25 tin; acre Jut almost any cultivation I take pleasure m recording this case as Jin example. A groat deal was said in praise of the I **new system1' of husbandry, as distinguisn. cJ from the practices of the last century, I and including drainage, manuring bountifully, and the turnip crop, and rotation of crops. Of these improvements lie c died Mr. Cone, now Earl of Lieccstcr, the Fa. t/ier, and gave in connection with ihe com- B pliment, a lively skech of the history and condition of the magnificicnt estate of th:?t I illustrious farmer at Hollt.in BI dl. This I may furnish you some oth? r day." O her opt illustrations of the true theory of husbandry were derived from the old country. The governor said that prominent among B' :bo sources of the success of British Agriculture, was the proper division and application of expense aud Inhor. Thus in B* Scotland, untd the Highland Agricul ural Society was formed in 1784, that country was as poor in its Agriculture as may be E rell conceived : the face of Scotland in the liddle of the Inst eenmry, was as "bleak s a howling wilderness." Up to that time II the manure used upon the farm pu. pon a little patch. No wheat of const*, uence was raised. The oat crops were ill ol thistles and weeds; and there was no F rvation of crops. By the concentrated florts of the in- mbers of the Highland loc'-ety, means have been sought for oh- b i.ning and .applying all the valuable ma- c ures ; hone d ist has b?*en brought from t| ireign lands ; and the turnip iiushandry s as been gem rally introduced, with other d reen crops, which there must be a substi ? u e for Indian corn crops. Rotation, ol ive or six years, is practiced, and now mark r lie effect : the pre* of the rent of lands, w as b -en raised to 8, Iff and 12 dollars, in ? lie most distant parts of that country, |j fliere the business of raising cattle is ulmos t< xclusiu* ly pursued. The improvement j| r .in-im^#>.irri Ii?n hu tmrl tirwl hi/ U/:ifPIV I ai vuiii'i <11 i " 7 uiftj ** j * avH meanwhne brought the most distant b ounti^s near to the Smitbfirld Caltte Mar e; of Loudon ; and Scotland is said to he icher in arable lands than any par' of Great Iritanin. In a word, it has become a new c ountry al oiidher. . VVe are hardly aw ire in the ftni'ed Stafpg f the extent to which agriculture is carri <1 a England, whether as a business or as a cienee. Some notion may be form d f bo h, from the expenses investe I y tenants, there, ns well as from the orrespon ling results of their cap ml and tj kill. Nine-'enths, lie said, of the cultivaed lands of Great Britain are leased o ten. | ints, who pay, for rents, from two to five b .ounds sterhng p r acre. Adm 'ting taxis and labor and other expenses to be no tii?her here than tie re, it will at once be it icen that our common cultivation w.ll no \ vhere do mucii more tl an pay the price of a ent. By superior pro !u"Mv? n ss, occastioned by superior cultivat on, the Bri ish irmer is not only enabled to pay rent end v axes, fir.ding every thing for husbandry, all u irnclcs put upon 'he ground, and all article< n I) which the ground is worked bu he oh a ains wealth from his calling A high ugri- e luliuril authority st;?t s the product of one English fa* m of 891 icres, in the year 1811, o l)e ?8678?cquul to 840.000, On u nts grou-id were cart-'d in that year theal j nost incredible quanitv of 13,748 horse art loads of manure, and in 1812. 10.250 nore. Suppose the r-nt to be $12 per icre, the expense of manure and its appli- . atiou 812 inor?', and the interest on on lay, 1 axes, add tional labor of cultivation, super P ritendence, &e. 8i2 mor*% still there will a ie left a profit of 812 to the acre, leaving a ,) :lear gain to the etnant of about 810.000. Vgain; A pay.farm near London, of 160 '' icres, was rented fi?r 812 the acre, or $1- v 120, The tenant commencement with a v jreat ou lay for manure?on outlay, which tl iere would Uo considered equal to the value 'j d'jhe land before it was manured, with a nrge expenditure For tanning implements, 11 md arcommodotions and wa^-s 10 Lborers, iic. an<J yet this man has oeen constantly 1 iccumulaling riclies from the farm, nf er >-iying all expenses. This was as early ns 823. All this, of course impli-H wealth 11 the tenant 10 begin, orjcapital ;.t least. If 10 takes say 10i)0 acres, which is not un. ' isual, ho nocds $20,WOO to make what is ti onsidered a fa r s art. Tnis, for manures, |j lock, tools, teams, dec. Mention is m ide of splendid farm which had heen as it were rented by ii v st n nts on this grate. Over * 0,000 hu^h Is ol Inne were among the inn- v mres put upon it, and this was all carted | listancn of four miles. c PR!ZE ESSAYS. (?/* In accordi.nep with an nnnunciation ieretofore made, t ie Publisher of the Ameican Farmer has the pleasure of off ring to f.e Farineis and Planters of tho United Jtntes, the following list of Premiums for Sssavs on the several subjects mentioned. J - - * r.Z. 7or the best Essay on ?lie renova. tion of the soil. det< rorared by improvident cultivation ( he essay to be pnr ieularlv calculated lor tSio meridian of Maryland, Virginia and the C no mas,) a rom. plele set of the first scries of the American Farmer, the five vol. urn's of the Farmer and Gardener. 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The undersigned need not advert to the liarar er of the above works?they are too >i ll known to need comment?each prize nil of itself form a complete agricultural brary, and n is hoped will attract the at?n i ?n of the best talent of the country on ie above subjects. 07* " communications (post paid) to e addressed to Publisher of the American Fnrmpr, Baltimore, Md. O^-Editors throughout the country wdl otifer a favor by publishing the a'ovd. FARMERS' GAZETTE. ? w FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1840, Wanted at this Office a lad of good charac ?r, from 14 to 16 years of age, as an appren.' ce. He must be able to read. The River is slowly falling but is still boatale. The Pee Dee Agricultural Society will meet l this town on Saturday the 7ih. March.? lembers ar.* requested to attend punctually s important business will be done. Early Spring.?W.thin the two last reeks tie thermometer has several tune" been p to 08 ill this town. Peach blossoms commenced opening >n the 221., and most trees re now in bloom. This is at loasl two weeks arlior than las year. Charleston Observer.?This paper, the of which was lately des royed by fir", las reappeared in enlarged form and enrely new dr?*ss. Conjress.?So li.tle business of pub'ic nteresi is done in either ou*e that no weekly inper which we see furnishes any thing 'ike regular abstract o! the proceedings. The; ehate in tlie S uiateon Mr. Grundy's 11". ort against the nssumpt'on of statu debts yas continued till Thursday, the 2(M?. rhen a motion by Mr. Clay ol Ky. to lay he r. port on the table, was lost 15 to 27. Hie subject was pos poned till the next rtotv'ay. 1 : the House, Mr. Campbell, on the 8 h, from th" committee of elections, in. roduce.l a resolution authoriz1 ng the comnitioo to prim such papers as m >y bn ne. essary to facilitate their investigation.? Various motions have been made to umeiu lie resolution nnJ questions of order havf eon made and debated ut great length /hich occupied the time of tne House duilj 0 the time of our last accounts, und pre entod u question being taken on the reso ution. Mr. Carnpd?ll stated at length th? ourse pursued hy die committee, and ih< easons for it. Tne report of his remark; n the Globe shall copy next week. Tin rommittee are now waiting for tliepanie; in one sid" to procure further evidence o 1 legal votes having been given at the elec ion. Farmers' Register.--We gave out thi he Tabic of Cnnten s of the ^January No of 'hi ably conduced a id very valuabl* jeriodie.il, to be set up for insertion whet i i?i kve received it; nut it was uvenuoHcu n he printing office, tiO'l that No. ofthe worl i:is been either mislaid or lent out, whic! prevents our inserting the contents now.? \s a substitute we ins< ri the terms of tin aork, whieli will be found amoung the nd /ertisementa. VVe think we may ventur :o sav to any intelligent agriculturist, wh< has not seen the work, that upon set ing i 10 will not b* disap|)Otnted. The New York Legislature has passed re solutions again6t the sub treasury. In th Senate the vote stood 16 to 9; in the Hous )f Representatives, 92 to 7. Tijr Southern Pulpit.?VVe have rc eived the first No. of a periodical with thi itie, published in Fayetteville, N. C. an ?(litrd by the Rev. Wm. Potter. It is neatl jrinted on good paper; price 8150 per an turn. Each No. will contain one sermon c irdinary length, by some clergyman of th Southern States. VVe learn from the numbe icfore us that ministers of different denomina ions have promised to contribute to its pages rhe sermon in the present number is by th Kev. R. VV. Bailey, of Fayetteville, and i vritten in his usual neat and ,ierspicuous style We commend the work to the patronage o he religious pubiic. Pers ins wishing to sei pocimens of i* ar? invited to call at our office The Blood Hounds.?Tlie Secretary' o War has reported to the Sena o, that he au l.?. n..rl ?K/> pmnlni mnnl (if ??iitvTeil tilnn I JIUII^ 11 1111 Mll lll Wl l/tit *?*? I '- * viv^vy I imwds to the? Seminole Indians Ir his formwo do not s"e any good ground foi dijccting *o the measure. The ridiculous absurdity of attempts ofrn madu bv heated or reckless pariizans in his country, to fix upon their politicnl opponents as a body the brand of abolitionism, is well illustrated by. the following anecdo of a member of Congress from North Car iina, to'd by a correspondent of the 3 il more Pa:r or. "Mr. Bynum then took (lie floor, and pr reeded at great lengh to defend M ir; V n Buren, "demo'T icy," endeavo ing to prove that the Pr sident wasaHNortl e n m m with Southern principlesat thai the H lii^s wer?? identifi.i with t! abol lion s s throughout the country, win the "democrats" were their uneomprom' ing enemies. He commenced reading list of yeas and nays ori on abolition que tion which had b' en decided some yea back, to prove thai the Whigs have alwa; voicd with she Ahoht Ouists, and when I came to the "BY' he mad" a sudden s'" but was called on by Mr. Granger to pr reed, when there appeared recorded tl naine of ,4J- sse A. By num." in co junction wnli that of Messrs. A 1 mis ni Siade. Tms of course created -real mir a the expense of this great defender "democra s and democracy," uud wou!d-l champion of the South." CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE B .ITlsH POWER ] INDIA. The cap'ure o "Kurnool, or fternnul, 1 the Brnisli forces in India. h.?s been hel'o announced. Bombay papers to a rece date, received a this office, give us the pn nculars of the affair. and of the subseque discoveries of arms and ammunition in tl captured Fort, lo an extent which 1*9 tru ex'r (ordinary. The cap ure was made < toe night of Oct. 6lwithout the leust r sistnnce. The nrtillery at that time found in tl Fort w is very insignincuiii r mere were good m my swivel wall pieces (the travr iug whe< Is and wood work of which he eviden ly bw" recently renewed,) hut on 7 or 8 brass or iron field pieces of sm; calibre. It was generally susprted hoi ver that much lay concealed ; and the r suit of the labors of a Com mil tee, appoint i to search, was accordingly looked forwa i to with impa'ient curiosry. Their disco cries did indeed prove most extraordina and impmtanf. i Tne discoveries have been almost e clusively confined to the Nuwuuhh. Z mat which proves to be a perfect Arsenal up a most extended scale; and you will stu 10 read that there have been found concte ed in various ways?und r sroun I and godowns whose doors and entrances h been bu It up?between 4 nod 501) piec ' of artillery, of which fully 100 are in su i a s.ate of equipment as to be ready for n live service in the field at a few days wui tug. A great many exceedingly w<l! ron3tri ted furnaces are now stuudmg in perfi r order for casting Guns and shot, and i rums of many more have been found in v , rious places . an immense quantity of si ot'ull sizes, grape an I c.-minster, hngridji h.nid greu.idus and shells of various diair ! ters. Several very fine brass guns (I s-h ?i . mention that almost the whole of the piec found in the Fort are of brass) have be dug up, and 2 mortars of the same moi which tor size and perhaps also for beai 1 of casting?promise to rank as the most ; in irkable oi their genus in Kurop"; Tne D?-voop.>ri (F ig.) Telegraph rc ' tains advices of a si.II later date from K< " nool, viz. to O'-f. 19ih. They commu * rate the fact of a ba. tie having taken p!n fourdass previous, a few miles from i ? Fori, between a body of Brit.sh troops r the insurgent forces, in which h" la were defeated with loss, in kdled prison* * of ue-ir 1000 men. The conqu rors a ? obtained a |.?nre amount of treasure. * Herald Office, > f Sr. Augustine, Feb. 14. I MOKE MURDERS. Our city is nguin in mourning. Yosh day at 2 P. M. tho mail st ?ge, having i 3 Northern Mail, left this city f r J.mlw vilie and St. Mary's. At sunset n gent ' man arrived, and gave information that p iiad soen the stage across the road, havi i no horses attached, at the 7 mile brim , and stated that on riding within about yards of it lie saw several articles in I road in disorder ; at the same timoh's hoi 1 b' came restive, snorted, and exhibited sy - ptoms of terror, and justly concluding r was not right, turned Ins horses head a came to the c tv by another road. T gentleman d.d not mention this faf*t, f-ari he rn'glit give r.se to unnecessary alai 1 un'il some anxiety had been expressed |t cause of iho non arrival of the mail fr S . Mary's via Pablo, when he nrvmioi wh.it he ha I seen to he Post Master. ? This did not become generally kno e until about 10 o'clock, when it was rn c mimical" J to the M iynr T. L D mcy, Iv who prornp Iv ordered Corporal Cereop< an I 10 men (who had been placed uu< t- ins command by Col. Twiggs) o proct s immediately to the spo to uscert iin I d facts, and to proceed onward, should tin y be necessity to give protection lo tue IV ? mad. Tin? detachment on reaching the 7 it branch, discovered the carriage in the pr linn describ d. and ihe body of the dri< r n-mcd Geo. VV. Walton, a fine irifellig - lad of about 16 or 17 years of age, lyi 1 in the road. The (n ii >ns h id sccre f themselves it appears in t -fi cen re ol s clump of palm ttoes, having cut tiio n aw . fnr the purpos", an I fired upon the lad if lie turned to give his horse water. T ' l ?h i lita kpieiwl fill.i nfijje p U?ll? cill* IU ' l??c llg'il Cftif. diagonally cam * ou! at the back 01 the I ' c?|' the spine, and through the curtain of I stag''. They stripped the body ofthoci and pantaloons. The stage seats wi broken up?the curtains were cur to r , bands?the harness cut to pieces, and i horses taken away together with the mi The body was brought in about 8 o'clock t morning. Corporal Ceroopoly left a guard andrc ( on 7 or 8 miles further ; but not discoveri the mail returned to the city. A moccn and bare foot track were discovered m > the stage. f te From the Edcnton Sentinel. 0. Salmon Creek, Jan. 27, 1840. Dear Sir :?Be pleased to publish in your next paper, or hand to the44 Sejatinel," lor |)uUI<cation, the follow ng particulars of , n. a hear:.rending and awful cutastropbt: in On Friday night, the 24:h of January,.**)* > r. bout 7 o'clock, the dwelling house of Miss h. F;i sey Ward, near Windsor, Bertie County id was consumed by fire, together with all its i?? inmates, consisting of an elderly lady, three Ik children, and Miss Ward herself. The s. fi e was not nisi ovt r'-d until it had progres* a se l so far us to render the efforts of all to s. extinguish i or save the inhabitants, unavrs ailing.?T wo sons of the elderly lady reach? -* i . . ys e<j me .?sc* tv only in lime 10 see meir oniy ih parent buried beneuth the mass of burning I p, tiinfx r. No persons lived nearer than a I o.. quarter of a inile of the scene, and node ne arrived in time to hear a gtoao or cry of n- disress from the burning inmates, id After the fire hud burned out, the con. th sumed bones, supposed to be of Miss Ward of and the three children, were found among be the ashes, congregated together. 4t was indeed a dreadful sight / a scene so awful, [N I hope never to witness again. The wbote matter is a rmstery how the house took fire ). and that no c ? of the inmaresjshoufd have escaped and more thanall, that tney should eot have been aroused by the fiames ; far from ii?e position in which their ashes were 1 found after the fire, they must either have perished while sleeping, or have been cob . fined in the house beyond the possibility of J escape. A suspicion, daily gaining ground, is en., lertdined in the community, that the house was so: on fire, and the inmates eilher murdered or secured within by violence by the ^ incendiary, to prevent the possibility of de* . tection. Respectfully yours. , J. B. WEBB. jj T. J. Bland, Esq. Edenton, N. C. * Correspondence of iht Charleston Courier. "j * Washington, Feb. 10. ' nl Some cxplana: ons, respecting the con. y_ tradictory statements of Col. Benton, in the Senate, and Mr. Wi*e, in the House, respecting ti?e employftu in of blood-hounds, by the government, have been recently ' made. Mr.'Vise nvrs that ih" Secretury in ?1" War has offi-iully Rdmitted to him that tie employment of the hounds wus uuthortj >zed by tli" government. The fact appears to be this :?'hat the Secretary, some two . vn.irs aim. was Limed bv General TaYLOR. ;j(j ; f ~ ~*r? ^ ? . ? ^ o authorize him to employ these animals, r|j muzzled, in following and scenting out the Indians. The general rprescned tlint it would be n ready and proper means of ascertaining ?heir hiding places. TheStcre1C l'jry S?v? " 3 assent to the project at that time, but it was not put in execution* Su'>. -.rquently Gen. Call, it seems, without the authority or the knowledge of the Sec. ( rotary of War, ordered the importation of re the hounds now in Florida. Many memo| ' ia|s n.tve been received here remonstrating igainst their employment, and more are on 1^1 tii? way, and much political cnpi al wdl be made out of it, withoui doubt. 0s , # # Atfiirsin Pennsy vaniti are still in an I eiciied and unsettled condition, both in re' gnrd ?o politics and the kindred subject of ' hanking. The L'*g.stature, it is now thought, will rix upon the first dav of April, for the compulsory resumption of the banks. Tito hunks have had a meeting and issued '. there edict on the subject viz : that they j r n i i v\11 lo uno 011 ine isi any 01 renruary, IS41, ond no before. Frotr? various sou-. I ces, we I- arn tha1 H e banks ore determined in' not to resume, but to surren 'er their chart1 r ers in preference to resumption on the 1st & Iso 'a-V ,,r ,'M' They ^,real# ? n to muk<* unmed atn arrangements to wind up. O: course, (In* will produce inu'*t? distress and pain, whereupon Harrisoiiism will feed and fatten. It is not at all inpnMsible just now that the great democra?r t c part) of Pennsylvania will be rent in i lie ;wain by this contest between the banks >n and the people. We shall soon see. e> he New ani improved plan of avoiding the ng dangers of smoke and sparks on Rail Roads. ch. ?T.i?* plan of ingenious invention, above 60 referred to, may be seen at this Olfi 'e. The the following notice of it, by the gen l^man who rse fu r.istied it, will be read with interest. m. *' I send you, by the bearer, a sketch of ai| a plan, which it is believed, (and universtu intl lly allowed) will be quite an improvement 'be (o rail roads, ami i b'-licve it will boa public ' b1.Mi.fit / ! nil ? n liv/uiou \ fr\+ IfAVI. Hlg W* lltll' Mil v av. uov j iv? MVW in, bling y?u* You perceive there is a i>e. three-told advantage derive J through the urn plan?for instance it avoids the danger of iKj i?e sparks ; secondly, it avoids the nuisance of smok", and at the same time it admits wn ttie means of warming the passenger ca.-s ,rn- hy tii?* nuisance complained of, [in other tq.. words tne nuisance will lie turned to adi,I v vuntage in mis instace.) It must be allow* ,J,., ed there is hut litile ingenuity in tho coo. *nI struct o mg chiefly re mnrk able for the tliP I'iu t <> us simplicity ; yet it is the opinion r. of "practical and experienced engineers, that >lic it will well answer ih ? purpose intended. It would be a little droll to sec the locomotive ido a| one end, and the smoke issuing from the ,si. oiher end of the train of five, ten, to twenty irer u?rs V" Caar. Cour. en i itij. Cast Iron Ra lroad.?The Miners Journal nal says : We aro pleased to learn that * Mr. Win. Ly man, is now engaged in cas _ 1- . .l it i n j 1 i? ay 'ngiron runs mr mo urancn rvoau lenumg as iroin Greenwood lo the Mount Carbon Rail- ^ 'lit* road. They are o cost $45 per ton, nnd n_i ire undoubtedly munh (he cheapest rail that <.|i ean be used, as the material, if broken, is the wo.th n< ar its orig.nul cost as old iron. 3ar Phil. U. S. Gaz. N. York, Feb. 12/A. the Croton Water Works.?It appears ail. from the semi-annual report of the Water his Commissioners, jnsf published, that they iiad paid, prior to 1st of January last, foul, ir;irds ihe construction of the Crolon A que. me duct, $3,917,839,82, of which, 81.243,sin 827 13 was psiJ during the last half of jar 1839. The e remained due for work perforzied during tlM pcriol, $349 40 making: -