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yW: a vx. ... .-.w. . I THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. O ^^ ?p?? ?c?;?-mm-anmamwamt?? ^ VOLUME 9 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 15, 1848. NUMBER 15 \ pt*wi,t$med eveky Wednesday xokning BYTHO >f A S W. P E G (J E ?. Ti'.ilMS. Thm D ?I!a-? ntr m i :i i i a Ivanet. Three Dollars an .Fifty Centt within six til iatl:s, or Four Dollars at the e juration of the year. ^A^lverthements inserted at 75 cats p?r square, (fourteen ifKM or le?.) for th? first and half that sum for eaeh stihseotVent insertion. The number of insertions to be noted on JlfT i lVertiscotenfs. or they will be published until ordered fa he -discontinued, and charged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion. Quarterly tin 1 Monthly advertisements will be rhar/ed the same as Sio'le insertion, and Semi-monthly the sarn 'as newones Far publishing Citations as the law directs three dollars awHl.be charged. All Obituary Xuiicos exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates f.>r public offices of pro Tit ortm?t?or pnfHng Exhibitions will ix- rnargeuasanvcrU?eia-iU?. AIM letters by ntiil mu?t b? pint paid to insure a punciua attenion. i? . TO CLUBS. In order to place the Journal within the reach of all. we offer the following reduced rates to Clubs of new subscribers?payment to he viatic at the * ' t'uneof subscribing. F.ir 4 copies for one year, S10 00 ForO copies for one year, 14 00 ? For 8 copies for one year, 18 00 For 40 copies for one year, 21 00 ; ^ For 12 copies for one year, 24 00 * 'Any one ot our present subscribers will be conphleredas one of cither of the above clubs, by ob tsioinrr a sufficient number of n or subscribers to make up with himself, the 4, o, 8, 10, or 12. AGRICULTURAL. > '?2 I *- THK CULTIVATION* OF RICE. I * 0. ? I Heuoj, Whites District, ) i 1 April 1, 1SH. j joiix Boykin, E*q.. Srrrc'ari/ Wu'errr. Airt^uVi:",:!. Socxti;. My I) car Sir.?When I l?a 1 the pleasure of Rooiiiir you last, Voil SI!jr:?Cs!Otl tllAt I xvotiM lav bcfirc the society, a detailo! ao,- ' count of the nio.ld I a 1 ?pt"d in roar nj a , crop of rice on tnv farm in Sumter, iti 1S47. ' ^unbracing the I??? ation ol the iawt, tuc quai- ( _4iy of the soil. an ! 11?o manner of reclaiming | ^bik! preparing it for cultivation. ., li affords tne great satisfaction to r.ornpiy ! .with your request Particularly at this time,! when lite necessity to change t!?e staple pro duel ion of our region is so impressively illustrated. Thoroughly convinced as I ant 1oo, that rice-should supercede the eulture ??f cotton, particularly on river land-"; not- . withstanding the various .communications I | have seen on rice plotting, published by or- j tlfcy of the agrieultura! society of South Car- i inlina. (and thw) arc calculated to d: scour- i h?e an iip country man. We-will consider I therefore, the general principles there laid clown in the management of a rice crop, as applicable only to lands lying within tide vrav. and to us in this quarter entirely impracticable?that \vc can use them only as ; Jights from whirl, we may. by deduction, reach certain points applicable to different i (<?c:a! situations. The emergency watrants the experiment, and I am warranted in saving the experiment wiil result in snecess. You may think me b ?! I too, when I ventijrc the assertion that more than two thirds of the watering system theroic expressed, is utterly useless and of no effect in the yield fSFthe crop, or quality of the grain; but serves in the present view n the case, only to . tnbarrassthe np country planter by augmenting the d lliou't"# a< they s v rally present thf-,in?elve.s in mysterious cgnomina " il lions, to his bewildered imagmat mil, an i fic feels lliat the alluvial soils, of this, and oilier regions remote from titles, arc (loomed to auy thing, but to flourish in liio richer verdure t?f this valuable grain. In order to remove j some of the obstacles that may act as im- J pediments to the introduction of rice in this j region, we will take a cursory view of the j different 11 twinge, their use, and tlie effects upon the product of a cr ?p. We are grave'v t >! I of I ho sprout fl >w. ftf the point flow, of the long How, and of the joint flow. Then again, of a newlv discovered method in ihc management of a rice crop, denominated the Gi) days flow, so called from ffie far.', that water is retained, that number . of davs upon the rice, after a field is planted. v Here the up country inn;i readily concludes that in these repeated applications of water mainly depend the quantity, and qna'ity of product, when in truth, there is no benefit resulting from any of the n, except in the one designated as the joint (1 >\v. In the first place therefore, we will enquire into the use of the sprout, and po/w/flow; these arc used immediately alter a field is planted. The first is the spmut. flow; is r :tamed, until the grain is swollen, or has attained the earliest sta^e of germination, when the water is taken off, and the field kept dry until the tender points, ab nit a needle's length, arc seen along the rows, when , ' the water is again returned, and held until the grain decays, or is otherwise exhausted. Hence the only advantages resulting from these flows, are the security afforded against birds feeding upon the grain tint has heen planted. But nothing is added in these to the products of the crop. The next in order is the long flow; this is usually app'iod ?''?? ntonf hnc nUnmwl the fourth leaf. ?T|IUII UIW J/MIIH u??o - .... am! used mainly as an auxiliary to the hoe. As such it is often indispensab'c, for on ft ilds that arc not well drained, and made arable, an early, and spontaneous crop of grass is Eoduced, which the clfects of the hoc anc in t.he ordinary cotirs ?, is not sufficient ? to clear effectually; a judicious application of water therefore, at this juncture, and retained for ten or twenty davs, and sometimes longer, will materialy lessen the manual lahor which would he otherwise requ:red. Hence, much judgement or experience is necessary, both in putting on, and taking off, the water at u proper time. The next in the order of our remarks then is the 60 days flow, which I understand to be nothing less than a union of the three flows already mentioned, viz: the sprout the point and the long flows. This flow is introduced as soon as the field is planted; the same as in the sprout flow, when all is merged into one, by being continued with slight variations, until the full period of the time expires. Now, from all this, the least observant, % I readily conclude that the rice plant is both hardy and thrifty, accommodating itself to ! all casualties, and possessing some peculiar organic principle by which it can adapt itself to either the wet or dry culture. It is indeed true, that it is a plant which requires but a fin tile soil, with a proportion of gencI rous labor to insure sucess to the cultivaj t-.r. It has been remarked above, that lite important flow, in producing a rice crop, is that called the joint flow; and and although ' the free water system, now so generally adopted in the earlier stages of the crop has been the means of postponing this important flow, until the first, and sometimes even the iaihI line fnlltr Qnnnopp/I Siflll PYHO. IflCUMJu J'liiii iiuo m?iij u|/|/vui ^'iin v?|/w rience liatli shown, that where water has not been too freely used in the early stages, this I flow may be applied with great advantage. much sooner. For instance, a field having been hoed as soon as the rice can bear it, i should in due time after bo ploughed, and then being handsomely and lightly dressed with the hoc again, nrghl safely receive this flow, which should be continued until it is ripe, what grass may have escaped the iioe, or ; otherwise intruded itself, should be pulled out by hand before the rice blossoms or delayed j until after thev disappear. The necessity ofcarlv watering would be effectually su* " [ pcrrcded by ttic thorough draining,and the facility of using the plough to so much advantage as could be done here. Then by ! the use of pumps attached to an engine of j one horse power, placed in a common flat 111at could drift along the margin ofyourriv-1 crs. would supply all the water necessary.; and with proper banks to di* ide your fields ' and separate the higher from the lower surface of the swamp, will enable you to re ?1 izc: to a considerable extent, a permanent m I.. lir-ulj fnun I lie uh ? ulluip*. Ill l ii'. 0>> i uiuuuiv ?? ? ?? w>>> . cu'tnrc of rice. I would c lose these remarks wiih all due ileferctirc, l?y suggesting thai a fair cxperi- ! inenl be made upon such a scale, as will enable you to judge. or to arrive at a definite conclusion, as to tlie propriety of changing to some extent, tin; staple production of this region; by the introduction of rice, embray eing the lac !it:c\sof doing so on river la:yK especially. As tliey possess, without dodiit, i urinsically that soil which is prcfcrcd above ! a'l others. With these views, I rcspcclfuily submit a course of experiments made upon a piece of inland swamp situated among the sand hills iu Sumter I)i>trict, formerly a mill : pond, which had lain waste for seven or j eight years. ]t would bedifiicu t to imagine j a quagmire in worse order, or which would exhibit a more un?igSit!y appearance for cultivation than this did. Bui having had some 1 t i experience in the culture of rice, and know- 1 [ ing its hardihood and its tendency to y el I and mature well, when planted iu a rich loam 1 was induced to make the trial. I ac- j cordingly took in about thirty acres; e?>m-1 monemg late 1 do not remember dates. By ! cutting and beating down the tussocks from ?li<? /Irf imfij ?:> :i< tfi m*t the erain to the surface, and heaping the ftps, fur they were two wet to born. I proceeded to trench as near as practicable in continuous rows, about 14 inches apart, and p anted a bushel of , seed to the acie. 1 would willingly have increased the quantity of seed, but it could not be pr-'currM. A portion of this land lay tinder water when it was plantc and continued so (luring the whole of the growth, to the maturity of the orop, and made a fair yield not inferior in quality or product to drier portions of the field. I had no division bank, consequently in flowing a part, the whole was eqallv subjected to water. I commenced planting about the middle of April, and finished the latter part of May. The surface was kept as free from water as possible, until the first planted portions of the field ha I fully displayed the fifth leaf,say lu or 20 days, prior to the joint, when the whole was plowed, having been twice hoed, ! though very imperfectly, owing to the rough! ness of the ground. Every precaution. Iiow, ever, was used to retain the water without diminution, by a stop made of logs and dirt, i to the he glit required, over which the sur1 plus water was suffered to pass. I In this imperferfect manner a crop was produced, from which has been realised upwards of a hundred dollars to the hand, and nearly two hundred bushels of rough rice, tint I'nt c ?!fl on Imnd. 1 was under the necessity of preparing the rice f*?r market unaided by machinery, a mile distant from the harn yard, where it was slacked and thradic I l>y hand in small parcels; as the pounders required it. and at considerable waste, both of time and matei rial. It was my intention to have kept an accuI rate account of the number of bushels made, but from the circumstance above stated, found it to be impracticable. My sales were principally made in Camden, and Sumtcrvillc at -S3 50 a bushel, for whole rice, and three dollars lor the broken. The grain proved to be of excellent quality, when tested by weight or the facility with which it received a polish,?this process was performed a so by band. I am, nevertheless, encouraged to continue with the experiment, notwithstanding all the difficulties which has been presented, convinced as I am, that they will lessen on the one hand, while with culture and earn, the crops will increase 011 the other. I must remark, however, that an undrained inland swamp, is fraught with a thousand difficulties perplexing to the undcr: taker, while those whoso lot it is t > be cast on the alluvial soil of our rivers, have nothing in comparison to contend against. The tcrreous compost which I find to be contained in this swamp, and which seems to form as far as my observation has gone, its general character differs materially in ap, pcarance. We have the rich brown soil, nllnvi.il- vvilh a deeD ly 3iuur\, V<IIMU>| ...... , _ r mixture of vegetable matter; in various stages of decomposition, this forms the larger proportion: there is in other parts a black ! m ?uld, with less solidity, and considerably i intermixed with sand, and vegetable matter. There is also the blue clay so highly esteemed in the culture of rice, which promises to be more general in receding from the bed of the old pond. Thus, my dear sir, have I hastily compiled the forgoing views on the culture of rice, embracing a ;few explanatory remarks on the use of water, at the different stages of the plant &c, which 1 tiust may not be wholly uninteresting; to your body, to whom it is respectfully submitted through you, and with due deference placed at their disposal. Verv respect fullv. vnurs &e., JOS. S. BOSSARP. MISCELLANEOUS. FEW TALK AND CHURCH SCANDAL. That tall young fellow's hero lo day! I wonder what's hisname? His eyes ere fixed upon our pew? Do look at Sally Dame. Who is that lady drossc<! in'gr rn? It can't be Mrs. Leach; mi ?*?_ T i nnrc 3 iur, juucm wim i/uawn I womlcr if he'll preach, Lend me your fan. it is so warm, We bolh will sit to prayers; Mourning becomes tlie willow Ames? IIow Mary's bonnet flares. Do look at Nancy Slooper's veil! It's full a breadth too wide; I wonder if Susannah Ayrcs Appears to day as bride? Lord what a voice Jane Rice has got! Oh, how that organ roars; I'm gl id we've loft the siegers' seals? IIow hard Miss Johnson snores. What ug j" shawls art those in front? Did you observe Ann Wild; Ilcr new straw bonnet's trimmed with black I guess she's lost a child. I'm half asle ep?that Mr. Junes! His sermons are so long; This afternoon we'll stay at home, And practice that new song. From the finrle ton Merenry. MANUFACTURE OF COTTON &r. IN TIIE SOUTH. Were all men agriculturalists llicre would Ire no such t hit tor as wealth, except as to the value to oaclt man of as much of the products of the earth as would serve his own purpose. if a portion of mankind would become carpenters, to the exclusion ol all other mechanical arts, and so of every other calling, a great redundancy of labor would he left unappropriated and unproductive. There would he merely a mutual exchange j ..C .......,V?..,1,1.. f,?. nnr.f Iw.r ni<t t,? sill,. I <<! IMIU \;</Ul?ll? Mill > ?W| uiioupi ( J"*-'*- k'' I ply the mutual wauls of I!?r? parties as in I those commodities. A further ere a inn of those commodities would he useless, because they could he applied to no valuable purpose; and for the creation or production of these, comparatively,hut little labor would he re| quired, consequently the excess would he J lost. But from time to time lew discovoI rtcs are made as to the actual wants of I man. Inventive senilis is enlisted to con- j trive means to supply these wants. Thchu-j man desires and the human mind, being ever J on the stretch, as actual wants arc supplied. artificial ones are created, and which demand new means of supply. Hence, ail that we eall advances in civilization, progress in society, rind improvement in the arts. For , all these, labor is demanded; and so much . as will meet this demand is abstracted from agriculture, the primitive employment of I man. Thus, the number of laborers in the field is from time to time diminished; and j those left become fully employed, because tlicy not only have to feed the nselves, hut j to supply the wants of others also, by whom they are remunerated with that with which they cannot supply themselves. And thus is j wealth created, and which displays itself in I every form over the face of a civilized land with an industrious and enterprising population. In improvements in agriculture*, in the taste and comfort of dwellings, in the magnificence and architectural beauty of public offices, and towns and cities, in matiufac Hires, steamboats, railroads, ships, and iii tin) increase of the comforts, luxuries and elegancies of life; not forgetting bv any means the advances of literature, science, J and mora! philosophy, by means of seminn-1 ries of learning and public schools, which no ! community that h is learned to understand l its true interest, will ever fail liberally and ! cheerfully to support, j The foregoing remarks being true, and ; they are believed to be so. it (allows that a i I proper distribution of labor, and its proper | and judicious application, are necessary to j [ render it the most productive. That is to j say, iu each and every department the sup-! ply must ho in the ratio of the demand. If, too great a proportion be appropriated to agriculture, it must be withheld from somcolhi cr departments. Then, if it be made to yield its greatest a nount ?>l' product, that [ product will become superabundant, and command but low prices, while the product or products of some other department or departments, necessary to the agriculturalist, will be enhanced in price. If, on the other hand, with the over supply of laborers, the agriculturalist stints the amount of labor to I be performed, or applies the whole without economy to curtail the amount of product. ; so much of the labor as the deficiency rep I resents is wasted. Thus, if a man should employ twenty hands to cultivate a certain tract of land, to produce a certain quantity of corn, when, with one-half the number, with proper management, ho might produce i -I I | ail equal qtianmy, lie woum waste toe mm. of ten hands, which would become of no possible use to him or nnv one else?labor which, if profitably employed, would serve to increase his own pains and to enhance I ho aggregate wealth of the community. The canstantly increasing wealth of the Northern and Eastern Slates, and the prosperity manifest in all their numerous cities, towns, villages, and farming districts, arc doubtless attributable, not to any natural advantages of climate. soil, &c.. but to the judicious and economical distribution and application ol labor; no more being applied to any one branch of business than, with the aid of the improvements of the day, can be employed for the production of profitable results. Thus it being found that labor can be more profitably cmplycd in the various bran ches of manufactures than in agricultural pursuits, the North and East find it most beneficial to ripply n great amount of labor to those branches, and to draw large portions of their supplies of the necessaries and comforts of life from abroad. At the same time the great demand for labor thus crca:cd gives to it an increased value, and lays the agriculturalist under the necessity of seeking out and adopting every improvement in order to produce the greatest crop with the smallest possible expense. It will he hazarding nothing to say, because the writer pledges himself to prove in succeeding numbers,thai more labor is absolutely lost in the South from the lack of its judicious distribution nn/1 nrnrriMii/vil jnnlicai inil tlinil is Rlliolovcd "'I I. in !lie production of all the cotton fabrics manufactured in Now Engl md. Should the writer succeed, and lie lias no doubt of doing it, in his attempt to make proof of the foregoing statement, he'^will, of course, be able to show, a! the same time, that it would be greatly to the advantage of the people o| the South to enter largely into the business of coitori manufactures, and especially as the raw material is grown in abundance on the spot. True, it mav be said thai the business has already been prosecuted in the South to some extent, but as a general thing not with greatly profi'ablc results To this fact I reply: The want of success, or the reason why Southern manufactories are loss productive and less profitable than those of the North, is because there is the same want of skill,and the same want of economy in the application of labor, as are manifest too genera I iy in the business of agriculture. With good management, under the guidiancc of scientific knowledge, there can be no doubt that Cotton ran be manufactured at the Smith wiilfmorc profit than in"any other portion of the Union. C. T. J. Vr:\Tii..vnox.?The French Chamber of Peers is so arranged as If) admit twelve cubic foot per mimic, or about seven hundred cubic fee! an hour for each individual. "By experiments made in the English i louse of Commons, everv flav of the session for two venr?\ it was found that the air was deteriorated when the supply was less than ten cubic feet per minute |br each person, and in sultrv weather from twenty to sixtv^cuhic feet were required to sustain a refreshing and agreeable atmosphere, and for three successive weeks each member was supplied wilh sivlv loot per minute.' Dr. (.Jrisrnm. in Irs report on the vcn'ilalion of tjii.' New York public school house, gives ton c hie fret per minute as necessary lor cacli pun;! to preserve a lielthy stale; and is alleged by Dr. Roid, of Edinburgh, in his vahnble work on Ventilation.that ordinarily ten cubic feet of fresh air per minute are required by cncli individual. For example, in a church 30 feet long, 50 feel wide, and 40 feet high, containing therefore 1(50,000 cubic feet, there may be 1000 persons; for their seppiv there would lie required a change every sixteen mi i ites. If the services be two hours long, a total change should lake place about eight times. Thai is, there should be a constant egress of the vitial (I air. and an ingress of 10.000 cubic feet of fresh air per minute, to have it pure at respiration. Lotus hear in mind what has already been stated, "that the lungs at each respiration are expelling a fluid, a large per centum of which is deadly poison is continually exhaling from th wli In surface ol tiic b ?dy, and that these ^organs, too, arc throwing olf twei ty grains per minute ol aqueous vapor, an I increasing wilh the temperature." Let us remember, also, that a single person makes about twenty respirations per minute, and consequently a thou sand persons, timing a service ol two hours would make 2,100.000 respirations. Now if wc duly consider the great amount of iinourilv which is hero evolved bv these thou sand humnti 'aboratnries, it \vi I inquire nr great stretnli of the imagination to conceive the neee-sil v of devising some mode lor it! removal, ami that a largo volume of fresl air is coinly needed to meet all the wants o the system. i>nt what must the condition ?> the air in many <>f our over heated churches where lit I io or no change has taken plan during the two or three services; and ii some churches it will he found that the ail is not entirely changed from one Sabbath t< another during the winter months. ixsriiiATixi; to kditors. There in ;i good ti.-no coming hoys, A g'md tunc coming. When Printers shall ho paid their lines, Their children hive new frocks and fhucs. In t!io good time coming; Tlic doviI'm |>itt ain;e slisll In: |i:iiil, His panlaloons soivcd stronger, And a limn now In I lo crown his licadVVail a little longer, There's a gno-1 time coming, boys, A good t ine coming, Subscription lists shall swell in size, Proportioned to tlioeiilcrprizo, In llio good time coining; And every merchant in the laud, Shall find his mind grow stronger, Patronizing his town prints, Wail a little longer. There's a goo.l time coining hoys, A good time coming. When an editor can pay his debts, (Which now too often ho forgets,) In the good lime coining, IIo'll settle oil'liis old accounts? To make his credit stronger, With half dimes in his fob for change, Wait a liltlo longer?[or else vamcso.] Lilt I'M,.?At a la!? hrnnk up of flic? teetotal -- - - .1-.na rrtllriiiT from til | i-in, unj ?. ? | temperance fostiva! fti!! of spiri!.*. From the Gazette of the Union. r TRICKS OF FORTUNE TELLERS. , A year or two since, a lady residing in Hobo, l<en, had a tendpr and well beloved daughter I stolen away from her door during an exhibition that took place in the neighborhood, and which was witnessed by crowds of persons from this city. As might naturally bo supposed, the dis. tressed mother caught at every means to obtain inlormalion in regard to Iter lost child: and the press willingly lent their powerful aid to assist her; but still no tidings of the tender one could > be obtained. In her anguish she applied to the fortune tellers for information, and in consequenccofwhat they told her; she travelled todi.s. taut rities in search of her child, and it*?s almost needles to say she spent her strength for nought.! Thus was her mind kept in a c< n'itiual state of, suspense, balancing between hope and fear, for | many long and weary month?, by thosp wretch, j ps, fhoy caring not fi>r the agony that rent a ; mother's heart, so long as they could filch from 1 her a little filthy lucre- At length she visited a fortune-teller on the western side of the city, who more merciful than the others, graciously told her that her child had been taken by a wealthy foreign lady, who needed it in order to ' enable her to inherit some property, and when her object wa? accomplished the child would be returned to Iter. And thus we suppose. Iter j mind has been set at rest, nniess, perchance, she : has since visited another of like character, who j has sent Iter on more wearisome journeys. We sire now about to relate another circum- j ; stances that occurred a few years since, more j ; diabolical in its character than any thing oft he ; kind that has been laid before the public. I? appears that a German gentleman and his wife, j residing on the eastern side of the citv, had a ! lovely boy, an only child, stolen Irom them; and ' a'l the energies of their minds were put in re. ! quisition with a view to his recovery?so sensi- | live were they, that a hint was only necessary , to make them travel miles at a time, in hope of hearing tidings of their lost treasure. In this way much money was spent, and several months passed away, without their hearing a word of j their son, and they were inconsolable for his loss. About this time there resided in this city a French Canadian woman who pretended to possess a knowledge of future events, and from ! the celebrity which she obtained by private | means, runny persons were induced to visit her. ! She was constantly in the habit of inquiring of persons that called upon her the exact location oftheir dwelling; and at the end of eighteen months from the time the child was lo>t, she succeeded in getting hold of a ?\omnn who re. j sided next dm r to the family referred to. This j woman came to consult in regard to eleven . L-_. ! spoons lliul hern sloien irom nvrj m?twelfih spool) being in another part of the house still remained in her possession, and this she exihited to tlx* fortune-teller, as a specimen of those that had been stolon. Sho was told to o:i!i again in four or five da vs. and, having the i " spoon, she returned to her home. The fortune. | teller immediately s nt out and had eleven spoons ) made to correspond . xartly with the one left her j and then had them thrown into a cistern in the yard of the next house to the one in which resided the lady who had considtcd her. When the woman called again, the Outline-teller I went through a variety of mamruvres, and at !:i<l"lo!d her that her spoons were deposited in a cistern; which she paiticiilrlv described?and the dupe proceeded at once to have every cistern it) the neighborhood searched, I.ul without sue1 cess. She then called on the seer again, who promised to examine further into the matter, and ! I after several visits, she positively declared that j 1 they were in the cistern she had described, and which were very near the lady's house. The cistern in the yard of the next door to her resideuce was then throughly searched, which res> idled in finding the identical spoons, tied up ex; acMv as the s-er had said, i Now her I une spread through that neighbor, hood with great rapidity, and the German lady was urged and iutreateii not to delay a moment , in consulting the seer, as she might I hereby find her son. Six*, however, being a religious J woman, thought it proper at first to consult her i minister on the propriety of doing so, hut lie I j. treated the idea as peifeetlv ridiculous and she | I i .1.| (l) awav from her. The neigh- j ' ? ?? I IIKU ? ?" - , " bors. however, again beset her. ami at last pre1 vailed upon her lo discard her spiritual adviser, ! and to pay a vi?it to the fortune-teller. Arri. 1 ving there she made known her object, when j , the seer told her she would see what she could ! , do for her, ami at once commenced to numl !e i . over some o{ her inenntations. She then look ' . i*i;r in a bottle, then walked about the room, arid ! , (mul'v stationed herself with the (lerman wo. J , man before Ihn looking glass. At first it ap. . pea red to be very misty, but gradually it bright. | ened tip, when the inother thought she could (lis- I 1 ' ^ j- rem a ehiid, and as the mist entirely cleared ( p away she eottld see, as if at a distance, the lace of her lieauiilul bov, with his ringlets ctnling on ' ' his neck. In another in-tanl, the mist re-ap. j ' | pea red, and all was as dark as hrlhrr. The' 1 | woman now became also frantic with joy, ran r | home and related to her husband till that she j ' ! had seen. He being somewhat superstitious,' was easily persuaded to pay her a vi>it; when the same scene was enacted, which son : con. vinced him that the seer could tell him ottiie whereabauts o! hi> son; and to this end, a nego- i tiatinn was entered into forthwith, when it was agreed that the parents slmuM i>av to the seer j $d0() in cash, and give a note for >!)!),), more ! -> be paid on the restoration of the child. This being arrtnged, lh" seor pretended to i go througli Willi some magieal operations, and , then directed the parents to proceed as fir as ; Trov, where they would hear something in re j latinn to the child, which would probably enable j them to trace, out bis place ofubode. Arriving at Trov, ihev were met by a colored man and woman, bearing a resemblance to the persons j described to them. The anxious father toad" j known to them their errand, and were (oh! that 1... I jlV. an,t|?. | SUCH ;i i->|l in ii.in ... . .. _ , thpii bad ;i piece o("tlit* dress lie wore, which the parents recognized a? helon^iti^ to their son. j III consequence nfihe information they received i they rode several miles into the country, hut losing all trace of the child, I hey were obliged | to return to the rilv. and again consult the fi.r : time-teller. The magical process was again J resorted to; the paren s were directed to return I to Troy, and take a certain road, lending to the interior, an I they would certainly find the cliil I. ; The direction was complied with; and, atler j '* - " or fiud XT IliltoG i riding !l ijim.hicl' 01 Hum: iiiiii^ .M . from Troy, their eyes were suddenly delighted with a sight of their long bet hoy, standing by j I. the side of the road picking blackberries. | e Who brought him there, or where lie had been since he left his home, he coiu! give no intelligi* i bin account; a1] ho know, was, that he had.been J left on the joad by a man whom he had not aeon before. Tim* far had matters proceeded, when police ' authorities got scent of what was going on, and ! the gentlenii^Avas forbidden to pay-the note, and on going To the house of the fortune-teller, t lie officers ascertained that she had left in haste, having heard of their approach. They the* M proceeded to examine the mistical glass, cot. ] ered with a thin coating of white wax, which ? lining heated wirti steam, conveyed to it through a concealed pipe, became transparent, so that ft jhH person could see through it. Behind this place .9 a tolerably well executed portrait of lite lost boy J and by lettingin a cold stream ofairfrom a refrigerator on the other side ofuie wax, it became J congeaieu, ana iiip poirau was iwcaen trom tntf sight. Subsequent investigation brought to light (lie fact in regard to the spoons, and also 3 the fact that the child had hpen stolen by*the seer?placed at a boarding school in Troy?af- jj terwards removed to several other places, and ^ finally left on the road just in time to meet it* j, parents. Drnfh of C;)J. 7iicho!.is Van Tlcifftelaer.? Another of the venerable relics of the Revolution lias departed, yve triHl to rereive there- S compense of the just and patriotic. Colonel Nicholas Van Rensselaer, a venerable soldier al ot the revolution, expired in this city, on Wed* tl nesday; in the 91th year of his age. Col. Van ^ Rensselaer was with Montgomery at the stormsing ol Quelipc, was at Tisconderoga, Fort Miller. Fort Ann, and at Bemis's Heights (in two 1 engagements of the laltpr.) and was deputed to J9 convey the intelligence of the surrender of Burgoyne to Albany. \ hat events did he not live to witness in the rourie of his nearly cou- -,| tennial existence! What progress inthehistory of tne great country the liberties of which m he fought to establish.?Albany t rgxu 31 si nit. *3 We see it stated n few days ago that a large <8 number of emigrants embarked at Havre for this city, to form a community on a large trncj ?y ?4 of land purchased for tbom on fled River, Texas. About seventy arrived hcc yesterday in - ^ the ship Rome and appear to lie but one family, 3 so affectionate they are to one another. Their dresses are similar, being principallyblack velvet, rnd from their sober and r bust appear. ance there is little dutiht but they will make for themselves a prosperous and happy home. jV. 0. Evening Mercury '2Sth ult. The Taris correspondent of the London At- .3 las says, "Louis Plii'ippe has quitted the coun- j fry, leav:ng behind h m twenty five millions of delits, his custom being to pay his creditors 31 but or.ee in five years. It is the third year only which is now elapsing." Russia?.* MAKitiAor.s.?Marriages in Rus sia arc curious. The priest meets the parties at thp door of the clitirch. The relatives also ^ enter, having received the benediction of the priest. They go with him to the altar, where ;j he puts wax can-lies in their hands,?a crown I is placed on the bridegroom's head.- The priest -j puts a ring on cue n( iheir fingers, and it is J passed round till it is placed on the finger of the bride. He rues round the altar, followed by the Iricnds and the couple?lie gives his bene* i diction. It takes place in the i iches churches in Russia. The same ceremonies are performed on a marriage in the family of the Empero-, except the crown is held above, not placed on their heads. Heing present once at a marriage . 1f| of the royal family, the crown was held up by . J boys, and it was ninu-ing to see theni stretchingthemselves to hold it up. The music wasdeliglitful. I have frequently heard the choir of 1 the Rope, but it i? nothing when compare#* * with what I heard at that marriage. I never heard music so touching. Their dresses were beautiful. The bride had a train twelve feet long, made of rich velvet. and lined throughout with ermine^ and it ?jjj took five mmi to bear her train, and as sfie mo. verl round the altar, followed her. It Was at- ^ laehed f-> her dress, below the shoulder. There were many things about it very imposing. The To Deum was sutig most beautifully. There are many things connected with their private lifi?. When unking a dinner, the host and hostess do not sit, but, like Abraham, serve their guests. The gentlemen go up to the ladies and kiss their hands, and if tJ.cy are intimate,-the lady kisses his check. These, are Asiatic customs hut there is no doubt in a few years they will pass away an 1 European be introduced in their place.?Dr liairrl. Mr. Clay and tup. Psibjidency.?The -i Louisville Courier in the course of some re. maru? in a 1,7 a % ???i "We feel entirely >a'*e in assuring him that Mr. Clni iri'l not lr a candidate, at the next Prrs'dcn'iit Rlcction! We know llint Mr. C.'nv will not consent to tin* use of 1 i? ivimc in ^ another canvass in which tin* result involved ip * tlir> |ea*t donbt. I! I lie situation of the eounjry was Midi thai the people, rn 7natsc, would call him to the pre*i lentia! chair. .Mr. Clay would | unquestionably rnmp'y with t!> ir wishes. t Mr. Jj Clav has taken a ra'ntn.! deliherate survey ot the situation of :tlnir?; he is not and has not v been hv arty means so sanguine as many of : his anient friends and we repeat, that ifeven the Whiff party made an unanimous call upon him ^ and there was a nrosper! of a violent party contest. the result of which was in the sligh.est deffree problemntical, Mr. Clay would not con* sent to beeorne a candidal^.'* Cen. Shields leaves Washington to-day for (hi* west. It is understood that he is appointed governor and commander at Tampion, an"! if the war continues, a new mad for distinction will he opened before l.im for enlarging still more (lie brilliant reputation which ho has won under the onirics of hi< country. (VI. John (iarland, another ofthe distingnished herces of tlx* war, is now in Washington; Imt leaves it on Monday for Missouri, to lake cotnin?"fl of tin* thir l military dc^aittVtent, where the movements of (lie Indians will require his encgies to repress them. I Ytishinz'tm Union of Sunday. Atpi.kton flown. the notorious Major Get), era! of Massaelitisetts who denounced our army in Mexico a* a hand of ruffians ??td a??a*sin% and who refused a soldier's rontfpsios to the remains ofthe gallant Lincoln who fell at Buena Vista, is the candidate of the politieal Aboli. ? fill tVi,? ?o?t in Conrrrpss vacated ?" ? r bv the death of the Into John Q. Aoajis. The cattle could not have found a more fitting rep. rcsentalivo!