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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
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ieretofore made, t ie Publisher of the Ameican
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FARMERS' GAZETTE.
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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:
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