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From the Alexandria (D. C.) Index. .
THE ORPHAN. J
by j. e. dow. |.
I bave no home, my parent's graves R
Are blotted from the burial green; f
Along their hearth the wild wind raves, (.
And silent is each youthful scene.
I have no home toshelterme,
\ And Father, I have none but Thee.
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I have no kindred, all are gone, ?
- My lovely sisters sad and gay;
Their death cold pillows on the lawn, n
Were made when autumn passed away; v
The winter came to mourn with me,
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- . And Father, I had none but Thee.
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I'm all alone, my heart is sere, 1
My native hills I know no more; e
No smile have I, nor pity's tear, ?
Nor memory of the dead before.
An Orphan I from infancy, f
And Father, I have none but Tiiee. i
Around me sweeps the bitter blast, *
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And m my paui trie show ...... B
On winter's pa'l my form I'll cast, t
And strive to hear my mother's call. n
The night grows dark?I cannot see, t
And Father, I have none but Thee. fi
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The morning came, and 'mid the storm, f
The stranger found the Orphan child; a
A threadbare cloak enclosed the.form, _. f
On which the suo\vyrdrift was piled.
Her weary spirit .now was free, .
And Father, she found grace with Thee. ?
AG RICULTURA L. ]
From-the Southern Planter. ' f
MANURING.
* The system of spreading refuse vegeta r
^ blc matter over the surface of land, in- [
stead of hauling it into the farm pen to he |
trampled by cattle, is finding mucn favor r
in public estimation. Among its advo. (
cates, we reckon not the least able, Mr. {
T? il.o <1 m f t, r, r r.f jhf, fnllowino I
IJ I IIUIIIIIMIW, illV. Uiibiiwi w. ...? - D ,
communication. Wc invite particular attention
to his views; they in a great de- j
' grce correspond with, and confirm, those (
of "W. W." in a former No. of the Plan- r
ler. . " f
For the Southern Planter. ,
I have, for many years been in the ens- (
torn of spreading a portion of my ma- t
nores on the surface of some field which t
was to be cultivated the year following, r
and have never failed to be gratified at the (
result. When I speak of manuring the r
year previous to pillage, 1 mean a year i
before the tisual tiinc; i. e. spreading now, ?
arid doring the winter and next spring, on j |
land which is to be cultivated in the year! (
1843. f
I have already spread on mv field to be
? ' IO.IO 1 p.,
cultivate'! in corn in 1010, some remwi
straw chaff, comf>ost, saw-dust anil mould,
scrapings about negroes' houses, rotten
s leaves, and pulverized charcoal and cinders
fiom a blacksmith's shop; and shall
through the winter continue to spread. the\
like. Refuse hay, weeds, chips, sha-j
vings, sawdust, and toharco trash arc all i
very good, and should never be moved to
the farm pen, that we may have the trouble j
of moving them out again. The hog
pens, however, should be liberally littered,
for which purpose leaves-are best; but
if those cannot be had abundantly, then
other trashy matter should be used.*
Next spring I intend all the long ma.
r.tire of the horse, rattle and hay yard-,
to go oil the cornfield intended, for 1843.
Of course, the decomposed and pulverized
manures, will goon gardens and mead?ws;
and ?t course, my cornfield of 1842, '
gets no manure. So soon as the weather is '
snfii-ieutly warm to cause evaporation,
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(wfiicn is usunny aoout ti\c nrst <>i aprn^i t
intend to sow plaster on alj the manures i
|* then spread, and follow with the saine im* 1
\ mediately after every future spreading.? 1
The plaster is expected to intercept and
retain the ammonite, us it issues from the I
manure, and 'which would otherwise he- |
come aerial, and future rains to carry it i
iflto the earth; and this, together with the ]
irotective- eoat, is expected to grow a
plendid crop of grass; and altogether, to
nake the Ihnd permanently rich.
My hilly lands are kept mostly in small
;rain and pasturage, and my bottoms,
xce-pt for meadows, arc kept in corn,
mall.grain, and used wi thou t grazing, exept
partially .in the fall and beginning of
rioter; whiclf system I am sutislicd with,
nd shall contirnic it unless convinced
,r mv- orror. O'he or.ound allotted to
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orn will, as above sla.ted, be manured
he year before'tillage,.""fallowed in fall
r winter, raked and planted in the spring,
he crop tilled by the cultivator/ so as not
a lift the grass seeds to the sbrCj^e. falowed
again the next fall or spring for a
rop r>f small grain, when the -grain and
rass will all start together. So soon as
he small grain is harvested, the fit\Jjl. ia
gain ready for the manure and p!a%t^;,
nd the third year is rest for the land, and
uiiile* for the sheep and calves, or cows
nd hogs if yon please, from August till
he fallow is finished.
My ground intended for corn in 1843,
s now well taken in white and red clover,
nd in the springis expected to make a
landsome show of spear grasses; the
eed of all which were previously on the
ind or carried with the.rnanure which waW
preatl for the corn crop. For this pur.
mse, the clover are far preferable to aji,,
ithers. Before dismissing this part ofc
ny subject, I would remark, that it might
ic well to be cautious in pasturing slock
beep on highly dunged land, as 1 am inlined
to think this is at least one of the
enerative principles of rot.
Lot us now compare the customary
lode of moving and applying manure
.ith mv nronosition. As to manuring in
fie hill, or on the planted and growing
rop, it is ont of the question. Broad*
?est and before the fallow for planting, is
he only method for a substantial Southrn
Planter. If the land to be planted is
lay, it must be ploughed in falbor winter,
or the purpose of exposing it to the frost;
hat, thereby, it may become pulverized,
k.nil if infested with worms, or'other pes-^
iferious insects, although sandy or othervise
porous, it must be ploughed in the
arne season, for their destruction. If the
griculturist has on hand the.wanted qnanity
of manure, he must start his carts to
aove it opt in March, and perhups ennintie
through Apri.V and whether his
ield has already been ploughed or not,
iy the time thejqb is done, it is badly
jotched, by the treading of the' wheels
nd teams. If the ground has been
doughed, it must be .ploughed again, for
he ptirpose of tuthing down the manure;
nd this isdouble work and cloddy to boot;
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lay worse, for me team ano pmugnman
lave a tough job in getting through the
rodden earth, and tangled corn-stalks,
ind siraw: and if it has not been plough d,
the last mentioned objections are
iqnully applicable.
My mode is to get out the manure at
ny leisure,?the sooner the better?but if
>v June not much difference; and if the
and should be potched in so doing, not
nuch difference for this either, for the
sovering matter will prevent the land from
>aking, ard the growing roots will open
lie pores anew.
Unfermt?nted dung when applied directy
to growing vegetables begets rust and
>ther diseases; and if these be eaten by
nan or be?st, they have a deleterious fifed;
but if instead of converting these
egetables into food they are ploughed
lown for manure, the deleterious qunliy
must by decomposition, be thoroughly
lissipated. Col. Taylor has justly renarki
d, that''the earth will no more bear
forging with dung, than the stomacn ot
nan with food," and I say that dissease,
vill as certainly follow the one practice
is the other. A weakly constitution, and
roor land, will bear less; and a robust
institution, and rich land, will bear more
'ood. ,
The custom is to spread the manure,
slough it down, and plant immediately;
iy which process poor earth is brought to
he surface, consequently the crop takps
i wretched start, the" puny roots presently
;ntcr and feast on the rich dung, which
forges the plant, and disease is the conse.
juence. By my proposed practice, the
irnmonite, or essence of the manure, has
ime to sink six or eight inches before the
'allow plough shall again lift it to the Mirace,
when and where it is ready for imTiediHte
and congenial action on the young
slants; and the course manure which shall
>e turned under, will, with the aid of inJustry,
produce a bountiful and nutritious
wop. Za. Drummond.
Amherst, Nov. 1842.
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The following description of the points
)f a good hog is taken from that standard
illle work, the Farmer's Almanac:
"As this species of farm stock justly oc:upies
much of the attention of the farmers
it the Wpsjat this time, we shall devote
i chapter to a sketch descriptive of those
jreeds in which the most interest is felt.
"Let us see first what constitutes a good
log. The head?though it is certainly
preferable that this should be short, handsome
and sprightly, with thin, pointed and
pendulous ears; yet good hogs may have
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a long and .somewhat coarse head-, with a
heavy flopped ear.. The jowl should nol
he too heavy?the flesh of that part is
coarse and of Utile value, moreover, it denotes
too great fin aptitude to fatten, frequentlyto
life injury of the breeding qualities.
The neck short and not too heavy,
fitting well on the shoulder; the shoulder
not quite as high as the !uin, thick and of
rood substance, rounding well out; the
constitution is generally in proportion tn
the capaciousness of the breast and loin.
,r>u-! ..Ammiiiii wnli llnu'n. and the
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distance between the fore legs as great as
possible. The back broad and straight,
and rather arched than otherwise, and
particularly no sinking immediately behind,
thf&hoiildef. The ribs well arched, forming
a good barrel, and supporting ihe belly
well. The rump rounding off evenly,
the tail well set otiy tapering and thinly
haired, except the .'tuft, which may be
heavy; in some breeds the tail is curled
like aCorks screw. The ham must be of
good size, round and plump, and 9weling
out so as to come in n- litre with the
^bouMerff'sucb a ftfrmed bam will weigh
well ur iti^sizc. The hips wide spread,
and the twis'f coming well-down the flank
deep and full; the belly roomy, but not
"Coming too near the ground. The legs
straight and fine in^the bone; the muscles
heavy, particularly in the thigh and arm;
the hock.poinie?f;vt,he pastern joints firm
'ond strong, not-resting thp dew claws on
the ground, so that the animal has a bold
and erect footing; a thick fleshy leg will
not carry a heavy hog to a distant market.
The skin thick,, but tender and gelatinous,
and easily masticated, even in the shape,
of roasted crackling; soft and handling
well and free from eruption. The hair
smooth and soft, no bristles on the neck,
shoulder or back. It lias been observeb,
even by some of the oldest writers that,
'smooth soft.haired hogs are most suitable
foV, warm climates.' ?
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''Though the above uescnueu mrm mm
qualities are those thai in our view constitute
the best hog, yet, like all other kinds
of farm stock, they should in a measure
be adapted to the climate, situation with
reference to market, nature of the keep,
and the circumstances and management
c?f the farm." ?-utl.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Baco^ Saved.?The Legislature of MaiDe
haVe granted a divorce to' Col. Ebcnezer Cobb
and his wife Sarah Bacon. The wrong side of
fifty caught the husband, whil": the bride had just
passed the age of blooming seventeen.
For this divorce the only course
That wisely can be taken,
^. Fair Sarah sued?the case was proved,
And thus she saved her bacon!
Can any blame the youthful dame,
Who gave the courts a job?
When all the'eorn is shelled and gone, '
Say, who would keep the Cobb? '
There is a man in Boston whose face is so
chnrrtthat hp snlits wood with it?Rasp. I
Wonder if he is'nt related to the old Jady who
once lived in North Carolina, whose nose it is
said, was so sharp that she used it for a tooth
pick.. y ~
[From the N. 0. Picayune.]
LOOK OUT.
When" you find that your horse has
been ''taken with a leaving " during the
night, lock the stable door and look out.
When you hear fire-bells ringing in the
| night, and the Vvall begins to feel hot ot
j your side, get up and look out.
When you have lifty thousand dollars
jin y?'ur pocket-book and suddenly find
! that your pocket-book has become an ahinfraction,
then look out.
j Whenyon'are sitting comfortably smok
! in? a ci?ar upon the boiler deck of a high
I pressure steamboat, and find yourself unceremoniously
knocked into a cocked had,
minus a leg and an arm, and lying in hoi
water, then look out.
When pretty women pass along the sidewalk,
opposite your office window, you
are at liberty to look out.
When a pretty woman is looking out for
yon, look out '
When you are water- bound in your place
of business at dinner hour, with a hungry
stomach, a preevish temper, and a cataract
of rain tailing in the stri ct, take a chair by
the window, politely breathe your thankfulness
to the gentleman who borrowed
your umbrella, and look out.
When you step upon a tip sy ffag in the
sidewalk during sloppy weather, and find
your new French lights fancifully variegated
with mud spots, you will find it a
pleasant revenge to return and stamp upon
the flag again, harder, so that your coat
may assumeuniformiiy with the pants, and
ever after look out.
When you are riding in a railroad car,
and are told to Hook out!" look'?out, of
course, but keen your head in. , .
When a man str'kes a boxing attitude
before you, and it strikes yoti that he intends
to strike, by all means strike out an
intimation of striking back, in as striking
a position as possible, and look out.
When somebody you don't know offers
you something you never saw, desiring
you to buy iirat less than half its value,
look out.
When gratuitous lodgings are provided
for you by an impalicni creditor, in a
small stone apartment with a grates-Window,
y<ni may possibly find'it pleasant
pastime to look out. ?ft
When any hodv^ou don't want to see
happens to be near you in a public room,
it is quite natural .that something in the
street should attract your ettenlion and
you may look out.
Any young ladies having connubial desires,
anil no particular prospects, may perhaps
find it profitable to look out.
Upon gelling into a "wrongbox." upon
any occasion, it may be as well to look
o.ut. .."I'
When you find another man doingjn.ore
business than you are, and you are puzzled
to know the reason, just look over his
advertisement in the newspaper, and look
out. . v* *
When James G. Birney is President of
these United States, lu,ok out: You neednot,
however, make yourself especially
uneasy about looking out for such a look
out.
Look out for rain whenever the alma
nac tells you; and if dont come, why" you
can still keep on the lookout.
Look out for fun about the coming
holliday times, and if you want drection
how to find it, read the morning papers
and look -out.
Look out for Number One particularly,
ami upon all occasions, and look out for
your neighbor when you cart, for a man
sometimes saves his own neck by being
upon the look out for another.
From the New York Aurora.
Plea of an Iowa Counsellor.?Gentlemen
of the Jury:?It is with feelings of
no ordinary commotion, I rise to defend
my injured client from the attacks which
have been made upon his heretofore unapproachable
character. I feel, gentlemen,
that though a good deal smarter
than arty of you are, or even the Judge
fierp, yet that I am totally uncompelent
to present this ere case in that magnanimous
and heart rendering light which its
importance demands. And I trust, gentlemen,
that whatever I may lack in presenting
the subject, will be immediately
made up by your own good'sense and discernment,
if you have any.
The counsel for the prosecution, gentlemen,
will undoubtedly endeavor to heave
dust in yotir eyes. He will tell you that his
client is a man of function?that he is a
man Of uninmpeachable'voracity?that he
is a man who would scorn to futch an action
against another, merely to gratify his
personal corporosity?but let me retreat
of .you, gentlemen to beware how you rely
tipoiifany spacious reasoning like this."
I myself apprehended that this ere suit
has been wilfully and maliciously foclit?
focnt gentlemen for the sole and only
purpose of browbeating myunhappy client
here, and in an eminent manner grinding
the face of the poor:?and, gentlemen
I ap| rehend that if you could look into
that man's heart, and read the motives
that have propelled him lofotch this suit,
such a picter of moral turpentine and
heartfelt ingratitude would be brought to
light as has never before been experienced
since the Falls of Niagara:
Now, gentlemen, want to make a
brilliant appeal to the kind sympathies of
your nater, anil see if I cant warp your
judgment a little in favor of my unfortunate
client, and then I shall fetch my arrangements
to a close. Here is a poor man,
who has a numerous wife and children
drpendedant on him for their daily bread
and butter, wantonly focht up here and
arranged before uii intellectual jury, on
(lie charge of eggnomniously hooking?
yes, gentlemen, mark the idea, hooking,
six quarts of cider. You, gentlemen, have
all heen placed in the same situation, and
you know how to feel for the misfortunes
of my heart broken client; and 1 hope you
will not permit the nateral gushings of
your'symyathizing hearts to be overcome
by the superstitious argument of my ignorant
bpenent on the other side.
The law expressly declares, gentlemen,
in the beautiful language 01 nnaKespeare,
that where no doubt exists of the guilt of a
prisoner, it is your duty to lean upon the
side of justice, and folch him in innocent
If you keep this fact in view, you will have'
the honor gentlemen, of making a friend
of him and all his relations, and you can"
alters look back upon this case that you
did as you have been done by; but if you
disregard this first point of law, set at
nought my eloquent remarks, and folch
him in guilty, the silent twitches of conscience
will foller you over every fair
cornfield, and my injured client,gentlemen
will be pretty apt to light on you some of
these dark nights, as my cat lights on a
saucer full of now milk.
Expensive Profanity.?The editor of
the CrescenLCity says lie was once in a
county court up the country, when a weal.
c
my ucvumny-care mimci n|/j'cu uui, u?
oath, for which the Juege fined him.?
With much nonchalance he pulled out his
pocket book, and paid a 820 bill for the
outrage. The lawyer went on with his
argument, and- touching the feelings of our
farmer, he again broke out with?
"D?n my eyes! if it ain,t a lie!"
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Again he ivas fined. IteVtif], however, ". <**<>?
kepi on shearing., and rejjnJafly pnying
Iinnja# lirffia ftlnnff
1113 illlF? 1C| CUtil V*|llif ^|l >11 v iuaw.ii v
himself J,n a terrible 'passion, and only
sftvgniy-fli'c cents in his pocket book;--' " \
lie could contain, himself no longer, but
jumping up from his seat,exclaimed,"See <~
here. Judge, that are lawyer is a cursed" .
scoundrel, and Taint got bjjfsix bits,'and
I want to swear at him eterrtally had.? ?
Now, yer honor, jist tell me'"of an nafh ' that's
worth three-quarters of a do liar, and
if-I- don't pitehr iiltt him d?n me!" ?
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Anecdote.?The Philadelphia Ch^pa- .
iele calls the hero of the follow jjyfrforv a
Yankee, but We will wager a sixpence
that he was born in Pennsylvania. But *t
no matter, it is a good joke.
" 'What do you charge for'boardT ^Skcd
a tallGrcen Mountain boy, as he-walk,
ed up to the bar of a second rale hotel in
New York-r'what do you ask a week for . J
board and lodging?' Fire dollars.'.'Five
dollars! that's too much; but IVpnse you' %
will allow for the times'I am absent froffi .... -
dinner and supper? ^erntimj?^
seven ami a half cents eurh.' Here" the,/- ....
conversation ended, and the Yankee took
up'Miis qunrtfrs for two weeks. During '
this lime, he-lodged and breakfasted at
the hotel, but did not take either dipnef -,;V"
or supj'er, -saying his business detained
liim in another portion of the town. ?At.
the expiration of the ttvo weeks, he again'
walked up to the bar, and said?'S'p.-se
we settle that account?:^m going in'? few,
minutes.' The landlord handed him his
bill?'Two weeks'- board at $5?$10.'? ' *
Here, stranger,' said the Yankee; this i*. v
wrong?you've made a mistake; you,ve
not deducted the limes I w as absent from . *
dinner and supper-?.14 days, 2 meals per
day?28 meals at 37 l-2cents eacjt?$10
50. If you've not got the, fifty cents
change that's due me, Vlltalce a drink
and the balance in segars.'"
Another horrid Murder.?We are 7. 3
again called upon to perform the .painful
task of recording the murder of an unoffending
woman by her brutish arid- ihhu- -t -jL
map husband. The facts in relation to this "
appalling murder are as follows;?-A man .
named James Adams and Ann his wife, -
livpf! in Amitv lane, one door fiom the .. *
.corner of Wooster street, and on Thursday V*
the husband who is an inlemperate.nian, in
the employ of Mr. Lark, the Street Inspect v
tor of the 15th Ward, returned hojne (romj, ^ .
his work about half-past 5 o'clock, and
finding a woman named Ann Gorman set- *.\j? ,*
ling the tnihle for supper,'began to abuse
her, railed her opprobrious names, and/''3HB
threw a plate at her head, afterwards swore . v-;
he would take her life, and for that* piir-, -'-<ga
pose'seized'a large Carving knife; but Mrs.' :-*3B
Adams who had been in the ^ard hanging
up some clothes that she had been washing
came in, remonstrated, with hint on bis , f
j attack upon this unoffending woman, upon ^
."which he become the more enraged and :
said he would take her life also, and plun'g- '."V
ed the knife into her bosom and buried the * *
blade four in'ches, which he drew forthand
again stabbed her in the breast, the knife
passing through her corset board and v
breast bone, and into the right Ventricle ' "
of the heart.
Mrs. Adams then got from his grasp and
ran round into Wooster street,'^to'a Mrs.
Turner's No. 213, calling-murder, her in?
human brute of a husband leaving his attacks
on her to wreak his vengeance on^-j-11
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I lie woman, Sllll ncrping Iium ui mi.
bloody knife, but who fortunately made' ~
her escape through the window. On Mrs. * ^ ;
Adams going to Mrs. Turner's, to avoid .
the murderer, she was placed on a chain ^ "
and in a very few minutes after fainted tmf
died. Mr. Leek, hearing of the horrid
deed, went and arrested Adams, whom he
took lo the Upper Police office, where he
was placed'in strong confinement*
The Coroner yesterday held an inquest
on the body, at Mrs. Turner's, and the ju- *
ry delivered a verdict that the unfortunate
woman came to her death by stabs inflict- ..
ed on her person by her husband James
Adam?. s
Adams was examined about 6 o'clock,
before Justice Taylor, and fully Commit*
ted. lie isabout 50 years of ttge, and a
native of England,.as was also Mrs. Adams,
and who was about 49 years old. Site
'was a very industrious woman and lie on
the contrary, a very intemperate man, ami
was frequently in the habit of HKtreating
her.?N Y. Era. .
Right of Search.?It is said by a Louisiana
Journal ihuI Geru Hamilton, on the
part of Texas, has, in the treaty wiiiiEng- *
land acceded to Iter the right of searching
Texas vessels. Texas is a small repub?
lie, and among the nations of the world
like a slender reed; but we know that if
Hamilton has in rpality sacrificed a principle
St* scrupulously repudiated by the
United States, it is disavowed by the great
body of her virtuous population. In -the
pcrscnt crisis of affairs, we say to Texians,
never permit this act to be ratified by your .
legislative body. America is on the brink nf
war. and England on the brink of her
grave. These are nonempty sounds, and
We know from the great reliance the cili.
zens of eastern Texas, have placed in the
Heruld, that this advice will not be ua*
heeded.?Natitochcs Herald.
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