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RCKAL ECONOMY.
Contents of the Southern Agriculturist, for
November, 1836.
Original Communications.?Cotton
Crops of this year; Our Southern Planters'
interests considered, by Caler; On the
Preservation of the Sweet Potato, by One
Interested; Smut in Wheat?Potato Oats,
bv ^4 Practical Planter; Eye Wash, by C,
TF. Petit Gulf Cotton and Corn, by Ari
Observer; On the advantages of Potato
Cellars, by St. Peter's Parish; Green Rye
.as a Manure for Cotton and Corn, by An
Inhabitant of St. Bartholomews; Cure foi
the Dropsy, Rheumatism, &c. Castor Oil,
by Caler; Notions on the Management ol
Negroes, bv A Planter.
Selections.?Van Mon's method ol
raising Fruit Trees from the Seed ; The
method of ruising Thorn Plants, by Roberi
Watts ; Lime as a Manure; Liming destroys
Malaria ; Green Crops as Manure;
Profit of the Chinese Mulberry, Ward Cheney
; On Silk in Italy : Beet Sugar; Cutting
up Corn by the Roots; Cline on the
Formation of Animals; Keeping Stock, a
Dialogue; Great Invention in Fire Arms;
Agricultural Establishment at Moegelin, in
Prussia; Palnia Christi; Smoking Meat.
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MlSCELLANEOrS INTELLIGENCE.?A method
recommended to all cleanly housekeep ers
to prevent an accumulation of dust;
Rohan Potato; Hessian Fly and Wheat Insect
; Cut Worm; Improvement in the
manufacture of Beet Root Sugar; Iniportation
of Sugar Beet Seed; Silk Print
Works ; Patent Silk Loom ; To keep oil
or Drive away Bed Bugs; Warm water
for Cows ; A method of making good butter
from the milk of cows fed on turnips ;
-Antidote agamst Mim; fanijpu toSlttm,
Breviers; Lseml Invention; American
Silk Manufacture; Great increase and consumption
of the Cotton Crop in the United
States; Selecting Seed Corn ; Vanack Cabbage;
Tiie Young Ilyson Tea Plant; Pise
Walls.
MANURES.
Manure is the wealth of the farmer. This
proposition cannot be too often repeated and
enforced, for on the full belief of this axiom,
and a corresponding practice, the success
of the farmer mainly depends. Manure,
wherever it may be found on the farm, is
beneficial, but it never does all the good ii
might, unless it is properly prepared and judiciously
applied. Most farmers are content
if they are able to empty their yards
once in two or three years of the accumulated
piles of straw and catile manure, at a
loss of nearly one half its efficient qualities;
and the exuberant fertility of our western
lauds has hitherto in part justified this careless
management of this important item it]
husbandry. Compost, or a mixture of earth
with common manure, kept in a pile until
the union and decomposition is perfect, is
undbubtedly the best application that can be
made to land. The efficient power is alsc
greatly increased, as the earths employed in
making the pile absorb the gases produced
by the decomposition of the vegetable and
animal matter, and become nearly ofequa
value. The mud which accumulates in
swamps and low lands, where it lies useless
and uimroductive. mav in this manner be
converted into one of the most active restorers
of exhausted soils. The yarding ol
cuule is to be preferred, where practicable,
to suffering them to run at large, and the
additional quantity of manure made by stabling
will, independent of the saving in fodder,
nearly pay the expense of erecting stables
for their accommodation.
Common sense would teach a farmer
that the sooner manure, when applied to the
soil, can be put under the surface, the better
the effect will be, and the less of its fertilizlng
qualities will be lost. Spread ovei
the surface it certainly does good, but in s
I v O
much less degree than when put under the
surface. To this philosophical application
of manure, much of the success in the improved
system of farming is owing, as ii
necessarily involves a rotation of crops, twe
principles of the first importance in ameliorating
the soil, and advancing its products
Formerly the most of the manure was ap
plied to the meadow lands, scattered over
their surface, and these were allowed to remain
in grass so long, that continued tftention
was required to produce ordinary
burdens. It was erroneously supposed tkat
the ploughing of lands intended for mowhg
would be destructive of grass crops, md
their renewal as at present practiced wasnot
dreamed of. Now, where the soil is not so
wet as to forbid it?and the system of draining
leaves few pieces inaccessible to the
plough?meadows are subjected to the same
system of rotation as the rest of the farm,
and when properly managed, no deficiency
either in quality or quantity of hay need b
apprehended. Experience here in the a* t
ion r'f is i:t n^rlect PCC'V'tv""'
k
I
J with theory, and shots that when nature is
i properly understood, ix; way she points out H
' will be found the easiest and most produc;
live to the agriculturist.
The manner in whici manures perforin s!
| the effects attributed tothem, there is reason a
; to believe, is at pre*:ntvery imperfectly unI
derstood. That they fccome accessary in
j some way to the growl of plants is certain, a
| and the general opinio, seems to be that s,
! the decomposed matteris taken up by the 'j
I roots, and again becotes incorporated in j
the new structure, fs i not possible, how. p
| ever, that the electric ornagnetic influence, jt
! j which seems to pervadqiature, and the ac- j
| ttvitv of which every ihv discovery tends h
more fully to develope, lis a more important h
in tlio trmii-th nt .Imitc tli-m lino
; T ill bllV %* ^ * 1UI11C UJUII 1IIVJ ^VU- j ^
I crally been admitted ? In the construction v
! of the electric pile it is \yii known that nl-} Si
! ternate substances of inidlic and animal or!
1 vegetable origin are cmjoyed, which seems!
; to be precisely the condiou in which tlie
| manures are the most tfective. Yegeta- j(
1 tion does not succeed iithe pure minerals p
i which form the foundathi of the various n
1 earths, nor will it flourisl where tlie richest, b
and of course purest, maure is alone em- s
I ployed. Is it not probale then that the ]t
! 1 mixture of these moisten^ with water, con- <J
' structing a true voltaic pi?, by exciting tne v
? secretory powers ot the jam, gives it vi- s
1 tality, and the powers o aggregation or a
1 growth. We throw out these hints for J
the examination of the cuious. merely ad- a
; ding, that in wiatever wa; they 0}>erate. n
1 ' manures are indispensable to the success a
' I of the farmer.?Gen. Farter. a
j a
f ECONOMY OK FOJDER. II
i Let us compare the vale of hav with o
i J other crops lor the teeain<ol stock. An i o
;: acre of hay yields one to/; and a half of A.
' j vegetable food ; an acre olcarrots or Swc- it
! dish turnips will yield froi; ten to twenty g
i ! tons, say fifteen tons, whifi is by no means c
; an exaggerated estimate. Crops at the rate a
of twenty-five tons of carrots and twenty- n
- two of Swedish turnips b the acre, have s
? been raised among us, and much larger t(
>' crops than these are upen record. tl
i By an experiment, itfas been ascertain- n
ed that three working k>r;ei fifteen and a fc
! half hands high, consuned at the rate of two n
hundred and twenty-loir pounds ol hay per it
week, or live tons one thousand five hun- si
! dred and forty-eight piunds of hay per year, it
besides twelve gallons u" oats each per h
. week, or seventy-eigl* buihek by the year, p
An unworked horse consulted at the rate 1)
of four and oue quarter tens of hay by the y
year. The produce therdore of nearly six a
: acres of land in this mode cf feeding, is ne- t;
; cessary to support i workaij horse by the
|yqftr ; but half an icre of Qrrota of 600 0
i i bushels to the acre, with the addition of chop. ^
j ped straw, will, whic the sason for their c<
11 use lasts, do it as wll if not btter.?These d
things do not admitof doubt, tfey have been n
11 subjects ofaccurafc trial. w
| Jt is believed, tint the valueof a bushel st
of Indian corn in iraw and meal, will keep oi
i a healthy horse in jood condiibn for work th
1 a week. An acrt of Indian corn, which lc
I i yields 50 bushels, will be ampk for the sup- la
, i port of ahorse though the yeir. Now it a
; j is for the farmer o consider, vhether it be s
, I better to maiataii his horse upn the pro- tli
; 1 duce of half an aire of carroti, which can vi
: be cultivated at in expense nd greatly ex- hi
; ceeding the expanse of half an acre of po- e:
I tatoes ; or Jpor half an acre <f ruta baga, to
; which can be riised as a seond crop at th
. less expense thai potatoes; orupon the grain Ik
11 produce of an acre of Indian corn; or, on gi
; i the other kand, upon the produce of six acres \\
i i in hay ano grain, tor six acres will hardly do el
.! more thai to yield nearly si: tons of hay re
11 and sevinty eight bushels <f oats.?The cc
i j same economy might be as sicccssfully in- bi
I j troducet into the feeding of our neat cat- h<
i j tie. I tave known a yokeofoxi n engaged N
s t in the hhour of a farm, to le kept three su
>; montlu in winter, in good working condi- til
i i tion, tnon one bushel of Indan meal,and w;
I ; about25 cents, worth of strav per week; es
I ; and ny own earn has never leen in better fa
II condtion boti for appearanc and labor, at
i (thanwhen fefi wholly upon a iberal supply sii
1 - ? . ' . 11_ i, \ i._
i I otrita oaga ma me coarsest ouucr. l>ui ut
5 it hs beeu ascertained by accirate measure, he
> met, that at unworkcd ox pu up on good
f oldiay, consumed at the rale Jf 33 lbs. per
, i daj or 231 lbs. per week, whith is upwards
; I ofi tons per year, of 2,000 lbs. per ton. tin
. : Tfcre must then be a great s?ing between op
. | feding in tie way referred to.or upon En- w<
. ( gkh hay; and English hay done, in any es
i qiuntity, without grain or veiptaBlos, is not co
, i alficient for any nard workng animal.? stc
; I (olman's Address. th<
. | 7 ? an
_! Honey.?In passing through the garden Co
. j jmployed by the American Institute, our at- jf
L jtentiou was directed to some loxes of honey sh
, 'of a e'ear, white aid beautiftl transparent Va
, apperrancc, such is has beet) seldom seen nil
in tin New York market,. 1 is presented
- tiri c / ? PITT . "Til _ _
m by Ajessrs. w iico: ocuone, of *v est Dioorn- qU
J field Ontario county. One ?f the firm has hii
furnshed us with t ie following statement:? bu
j "-.ast spring wc had not noro than 220 wi
i swains, this fall ve had over 120 ; nearly an
I all he young swarms are good to winter at
j ovi'. We liave aken from our bees 700 hu
ilb>ofboxor cap honey; in addition to
i th* we furnished all in the ucinity where co
i ws live, with boxes, showing them how to lot
nanage, promising to buy a! the honey that ou
\?s built in them. This, adled to our own, he
*ade 5,641 lbs. All this wis taken away hii
fitheut destroying a single swarm of bees, wl
\Tear seven eighth of this haiey was of the se:
white, such as wes exhibited to-day ; it ar- a i
rived irf New Yok market on the 6th of sin
September; nearh two thirds of it is al- wc
ready sold. We iave adopted this plan to ke
make our bees profitable, anci not to destroy on
an insect that is stch an c.vainnle of indus- Ih
try.? Y. V. Go* ' hi}
SMOKING MEAT.
Ivtract of a ic ter from a subscriber at Cincinnati
"IIow 4 doctors disagree.' I entirely
ifier from one of your correspondents abou
mokinu meat. I would have a perfectly
ir tight smoke-house, preferably of stone o
rick?if of log, plastered, and the mea
opt constantly in the dark. If it contract
slight mould, so much the better. No in
oct will breed in such an atmosphere
'here is no occasion of putting meat inten
ed for smoking into pickle. Let it b<
roperly sake J, and before hanging it up le
be washed in hot ley. Let it hang till it ii
ry betbre smoke is made under it. Greer
ickory wood is best to make smoke,
ave never hid spoiled meat. Besides, i
ill be found the least troublesome way, uni
erv safe, as but little fire is required to hav<
tnoke enough."?Genesee Fanner.
ECONOMY OF LIVING.
- i i ? i ?? -ii_ T"\ : i.
" l oostvvcu, says .?ir. x/ewuy, m sjhmk
ig of liis passage in a steamboat Iron
'uris to London, * that a considerable
umber o' passengers carried a comforta
le pio-nie box or basket with them, ant
pread their own table. Wiih some, doubt
;ss, this J revision proceeded from a fastiious
taste, that feared some poisonous dir
rould he found in the common fare of i
teamboat But with many, 1 presume i
rose iron a habit, which presents a market
itlerence between the people of Englant
nd Amcica?I mean the habit of economy.
It i? this feeling which would forbii
mong u? such a habit as that referred to
nd not aily this, but a great many mort
nd lietter practices. In England, econo
uy stands out prominently; it preside*
vcr the arrangements of a family; it ii
penly professed, and fears no reproach
l man i> not ashamed to say of a certaii
idulgcnui, that lie cannot afford it.
entlemai says to you, "1 drive a pony
haise thk\ ear ; I have put down mv hurst
nd gig. lecauso I cannot pay the tax." A
inn whose income, and expenses, ant
tvle of living far exceed almost any thing
i bo fomd among us, still says of some
ling qui'e beyond him, which his woalthiei
eighbordoes, " We aro not rich enoOgl
>r that." One of the most distinguished
ten in England said to me, when speak
lg of wines at his tabic, *' The wine J
tiould prefer is claret, but I cannot atlon
, and so I drink niv own gooseberry." 1
avc heard that many families earn* the
rinciple so far, that they determine exact
r how nany dinners they can give in c
ear, and how many guests?nay more
nd how nany dishes they can put upon the
iblc, when they do entertain.
" This frankness on the subject of ecoiv
my is among us a thing almost unheard of
lot that we arc more wealthy, but, as I
ouccive, less wise. The competition ol
omestic life among us is too keen to adlit
of any such confessions of internal
eakness. We practice economy by
calth. Nor is that the worst of it; foi
tie conse^uenco of this habit of feeling is,
lat wc practice too little. When a strangei
oks upon the strife of business in our vilges
and oties, be imagines that he sees
very covetous people; but a nearer obtrvnlion
trnnlrl a'mu; him thnt mnr.h ol
t% f MUVII r VUIVI 0IIVIT 114 a n?v.. v.
lis eager md absorbing, and almost slash
occupation, is necessary to sustain the
javy drains of domestic expenditure. This
ctravagauce at home, chains many a man
i the counter and counting-room. And
lis extravagance is of his own choosing;
jcause lie knows no other way of distinjishing
himself, but by the style of living,
r'ould tie but conceive that he might better
ovate himself in society, by having a well
ad Library, by improving his mind and
mversation, by cultivating some graceful,
it comparatively cheap accomplishment,
5 might live a wiser man, and die richer.
c '
ho would hesitate to choose between
ich a family, and one whose house was
led with gorgeous furniture ; where the
ife and daughters are dressed 'in the gayt
of the fashion, and the husband and
ther banishes himself the livelong day,
id half the night, from that pleasant munan.
to toil and drudge in the dustv ware
use? lie sleeps in a very grand house;
: lives in a counting-room !"
DECISIVE INTEGRITY.
The man wlio is so conscious of the rcctide
of his intentions, as to be willing to
en his bosom to the inspection of the
)rld, is in possession of one of the strongt
pillars of a decided character. The
urse of such a man will be lirm and
?ady, hecausc he has nothing to fear from
5 world, and is sure of the approbation
id support of Heaven. While he who is
inscious of secret and dark designs, which,
known, would blast him, is perpetually
rinkimr and dodging from pubiic obser
lion, and is afraid of all around, and much
are of all above him.
Such a man may, indeed, pursue hisinilitous
plans, steadily; he may waste
mself to a skeleton in the guilty pursuit;
it it is impossible that he can pursue them
th the same health-inspiring confidence
d exulting alacrity, with Jiini who feels,
every step, that he is in the pursuit of
nest ends, by honest means.
The clear, unclouded brow, the open
untenance, the brilliant eye which can
>k an hones' man stedfastly, yet courtesly
in the face, the healthfully beating
art, and the firm elastic step, belong to
n whose bosom is free from guile, and
io knows that all his motives and purpo3
are pure and right. Why should such
man falter in his course? He may be
indered; he may be deserted by the
irld; but he has that within which will
ep him erect, and enable him to move
ward in his course with his eyes fixed on
saven. which he knows will cot desert
! Let your first step, then, in that discipline
i: I which is to give you decision of character,
. j bo the heroic determination to be honest
t men, and to preserve this character through
^ every vicissitude of fortune, and in every
r relation which connects you with society.
1 I do not use this phrase, u honest men," in
g the narrow sense, merely, of meeting your
. pecuniary engagements, and paying your
debts; for this the common pride of gen.
. tlenaen will constrain you to do.
2 I use it in its largest sense of dischargt
ing nil your duties, both public and private,
5 both open and secret, with the most scru1
pulous, Ileaven-attesting integrity : in that
[ sense, farther, which drives from the bosom
t all little, dark, crooked, sordid, debasing
] considerations of self, and substitutes in
. their place a bolder, loftier, and nobler spirit:
one that will dispose you to consider yourselv'-^ga^orn,
uot so much for yo^s^'ves.
' us country, und your
. j tarcfts* &nd which will lead you to act on
, eveQ* occasion sincerely, justly, generously,
. mmrnnnimouslv.
There is a morality on a large scale, perI
fccijy consisient with a just attention to our
. own affairs, which it would be the height
. | of fplly to neglect; a generous expansion,
II a proud elevation, and conscious greatness
11 of character, which is the best preparation
t for a decided course, in ever)' situation into
1 which you can be thrown ; and it is to this
i high and noble tone of character that I
. wonld have you to aspire.
j I would not have you to resemble those
, weak and meagre streamlets, which lose
? their direction at every petty impediment
. that presents itself, and stop, and turn back,
; and creep around, and search out every
i little channel through which they may wind
,! their feeble and sickly course. Nor yet
) woild I have you to resemble the headlong
L torrent that carries havoc in its mad career.
But I would have vou like the ocean, that
noWesf c /iiblero of majestic Decision, whirjv
L in the calmest hour, still' heaves its res
1 less might of waters to the shore, filling the
r heaveus, day and night, with the echoes of
. its sublime declaration of.Independence,
an#1 tossing and sporting, on its bed, with
i an imperial consciousness of strength that
| laughs at opposition. It is this depth, and
- wefght, and power, and purity of character,
[ that I would have you to resemble; and I
| would have you, like the waters of the ocean,
[ to $ecome the purer bvyqtfr own action.?
? Extract from Mr. WfrCs Address to the
. Students of Rutgers College.
t
? The present Privileges of Christians.?
11 ">V? sometimes hear it said by Christians of
I thojpresent day, that if it had been their
privilege to have lived at the time when
. and his-Apostles sojourned on earth;.!
! to have seen his imposing miracles, witnesf
sod his lovely and attractive example, and
? to have heard the counsels which fell from
I his living lips, it would have had a most
' powerful influence upon their character, en'
forcing implicit obedience, and softening
> every feeling into unison with holy love.?
' But such an observation only shows how
little wc know of ourselves?how little we
i understand the sophistry by which the human
mind deceives itself,
f The privileges certainly were great of
- those favored disciples who were the con1
stant attendants upon our Saviour's per
sonal ministry?who heard from his living
lips the heavenly instructions which were
1 so rich, so well calculated to teach the ignorant
and encourage the timid and hesitating?who
beheld nature and nature's laws
instantly submissive to his word?the ever
ready instruments to etFect his purposes.?
But great as these privileges were, we are
mistaken if we suppose that they conferred
any higher ability, or greater inclination to
D
conform to trie requirements ui uie iwuocm>
er. We know that the generation to which
he preached heard with indifference his
warnings and resisted all his exhortations,
and the hearts which were thus insensible to
the heavenly admonitions of the Son of God,
l were but the faithful representation of what
the heart of man ever has been & ever will be,
until subdued and renovated by divine grace.
It was not to the preaching of the Saviour
himself that any remarkable success was
granted.
j But what arc the privileges of Christians
of the present day which may be compared
with those of the apostolic times? We may
not hear with our corporeal ears his living
voice, such as rebuked with a divine energy
t^e vices of thej Jews, or in softer cadences
poured the balm of sympathy and
comfort into the soul of the alHicted; we
may not see with our natural eyes the blind
and withered, the halt and maimed forgetting
their infirmities and leaping with joy, to
throw themselves at the feet of their benefactor,
but to the eye of faith?for ail the
purposes of knowledge and piety we may be
with Christ now, as truly as were his first
1 i- *i nr. l A?nnA
I OlSCipies. \\ e nave me uuhiiulo ?mu
counsels which he delivered permanently
secured to us, which may no: be lost, as
doubtless they were liable to be to those
who only heard, them and for whom they
were not written. The influence of the
Gospel upon us should therclore be less
transient?we should live perpetually under
the power of that example the features of
which are faithfully represented and constantly
before us, in the sacred volume.
The most important privilege of the primitive
disciples was, that they were made
partakers of the renewing grace of the Holy
Ghost. But that privilege was not restricted
to them. It is a blessed influence of
which every believer is the subject. If it
imposed upon them, as it certainly did, the
duty of serving God in newness of spirit and
purity of life, not less imperiously does the
same distinction require of us a similar character.
Corresponding to that special intercourse
onrj which the r!iscif>!cs of*
/
Christ had with him in the days of his flesh, ap
when he withdrew from the world, and the ob. TJ
servation of the people, and admitted only th<
that chosen band to the place of his holy he
retirement, is the special intercourse and bo
comunion which every Christian lias with an
his Saviour. When lie enters his closet to en
pray in secret to his heavenly Father?when du
he draws near with an humble sense of his re^
wants and unworthiness and a believing "v
view of Christ's power and grace, with earnest
desire and lively hope, then is he privi- co
leged to he as really present with the Re- Pu
deemer, and as richly to enjoy that presence W
as those whom he took with him to the 'nc
Mount of Olives, or who with joy, gratitude Pe'
and amazement witnessed the scene of the 011
transfiguration. the
O
The seasons of social worship when "a
Christ has promised to be specially present cai
wifli the two or three assembled in his name 10
?wtibfl wi.ii gratitdd^and humility, and rul
love we have prayed, confessed, interceded ^
?when in the hqly supper we have felt the 10
greatness < * oufr guilt, the wonder of his
love, an \ '"iujneXt pardon purchas- C'1
ed by 1. u< ath, and exjierienced those ro.
freshing influences which make glad the
heart of the pardoned sinner, the adopted
child, the invigorated saint, then do wo ,cs
know that we have been with Jesus, and en- rai
vy not James, or Peter, or even John lean- P'1'
ing on bis bosom. P01
Christians who have such privileges ought 'm
to be distinguished by the holiness of their att;
lives. Permitted to read in the Gospel the *ve
record of the Redeemer's life, and the de- ,nt(
clarations of his will?favored with the com- wo
muiiicutions of iiis grace?and that near Jon
and intimate communion which is enjoyed
hi prayer and the sacrament of the supper, e_"(
they should watch; vigilantly watch against sm"
sin?they should strive to excel in religious ?er
knowledge?and to be like Christ in meek- *l ^
ness, and patience, and holiness; and not as s^?
men of the world, exhibit a vain and haughty
i cnirlf n nrnl amhitinns. nrnl rnn.
I esti
wy " - ,
tentious temper. The spirit caught from "?
communion with Christ is a spirit of .idif. cie
ferenceta the sinful attractions of the world P?'
?and of ardent aspirations for things heav.
enly and holy. It impels with a divine en- ftlK
erg\r in the path of usefulness, and presents I)er
to view at the meed of active and seif.den v. ,"u
ing labor, misery relieved, the happiness of S'?
human beings promoted, souls saved from
sin and death eternal, and God's holy name
magnified and honored.?S. Churchman.
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doddridge's rise and progress. us
About twelve years ago, the Rev. John
H. Rice, D. D., sent a copy of Doddridge's aQ(
Rise and Progress to a sick lady in the cal
country, who made no profession of reli. ^
gion. At this time there was uo preaching^ sPe
nor was there a single professor of religion
in the neighborhood. The lady to whom s,ie
the book was sent soon died; leaving it as a^?
a dying legacy to a female friend, who was T"
the mother of a large family of children. "'J*
i This mother was awakened and hopefully a
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I tUU > ILUj vjy UiVs luduui^ vi ?I?IW * ?iw t
conversion of a daughter soon followed. ?* ;
This volume soon became the object ofgenI
eral inquiry and attention, and many were ^ad
more or less atfocted by reading it. This rn0
led to the adoption of measures for procuringthe
preached Gospel: and the result cut
of the whole has been the establishment of ^',e
one of the most interesting'country churches
in the State. J
1 have met with this same volume a few ^10;
days since, in the hands of a lady who U 'K
was reading it for the first time?with S.UP
no little concern for her salvation?a concorn
awakened by the same honored book. ?nn
1 called two weeks ago to sec one of the ^ur
most intelligent and influential gentlemen in nia*
. I
tin's eonntrv. who was in irreat distress, oc
casioncd by the recent death of a child. I SL'n!
asked him if he had ever read Doddridge ? 10 w
lie said he purchased a copy last summer, con
of one of our distributors, but had not read
much of it. In compliance with mv request,
he promised to read it from beginning
to end.?On calling a few days after this . 1
interview, he addressed me as follows:
'I have complied with your request. J n,?f
have read the whole book. I commenced sJ,cl(
reading it with my pencil in hand, determin. )uUJ
ed to mark such passages as I might wish ?
to look at a second time; hut Isoon put up
my pencil, tor I found I should mark every
paragraph in the book. 1 have read it with J'00
the deepest interest. Surely, there is no "ee(
human production like it. It has brought Jou
me to see myself as 1 never did before., A ) ou
few days after this, he professed conversion, c j
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Church next Sabbath. Pura
Richmond Telegraph.
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From the Saturday Courier. whe
WRONG ESTIMATE ON THE PROFESSIONS. H5W1
We think there is one radical error in me';
American society, viz: a universal dispo- ter*
sition to underrrate the mechanical profes- wn.'
sions, when contrasted with what are termed
the "learned professions," and with al- 1,
most all the other avocations. of si
Does the rich and respectable mechanic 2,
?the artisan?the architect?he who rears pens
our public and private edifices?the build- 3,
er of our ships, and the constructer of our sant
canals and railways?never permit a course 4,
of conduct in himself, winch goes directly chile
to take away from the respectability of the 5.
profession by which he has gained all he and
possesses ? When he comes to decide upon the s
the path his sons shall pursue?is it not too 6.
ofien the case, that an overweening dispo- niac
sition is displayed to make them lawyers, 7.
doctors, ministers, merchants, any thing but of oi
to bring them up at the respectable calling 8.
of their parent. to ci
And let us ask, is not the same thing true 9.
of every other class in the community ? prop
The sons of American citizens must lions
be educated for gentle men. They must not 1(
learn a trade an art upon which tlieycan drcd
ways depend for a respectable living,
bis would tend to lower rather than raise
~*m in the scale of public opinion?and
nee it is, that thousands and thousands of
ys are crowded into "the professions,"
d ubehind counters,"?io become, in the *
d, genteel paupers, living upon the proofs
of other men's labours, rathe; than
lying upon their own hands for an honest
ing. *
We repeat, it is the wrong estimate of the
mparative respectability of the different
rsuits, that causes so dangerous an error. .
e would not stifle genius nor deride learn*?nor
do we entertain the least disresct
to any profession?but wc would have
r sons taught to believe, aud made to feel,
it it is far more honorable to learn some
ndicrafi, by the practice of which they
ti live in independence and honor?than
I J. j .1 1 I
U0 CrOWUeu llJiU Ul<5 aiwap uychiwvtiii^
iks of"profession," which wili doc yiejd
;ir bread-?-und which but too often lead
the en; ire prostration of the better fceliogs
the human heart, iu low cunning, duph*
y and knavery.
Who are the props and pillars of our pub.
edifice? Who are "the bone [and rnus"
of our society? We say, the meclian*
and husbandmen .of the land. From t!?c
?ksof these, too, have sprung statesmen,
losophcrs an J sages, who have shed im
ishable lustre upon the age in which they
id. If the amount of useful intellectual
linments could be correctly estimated?
entertain no doubt, that the ranks of the
sHigent mechanics and agriculturists,
uld carry off the palm by immense maties.
Then why should the almost universal
jrt to disgrace these professions, by a
lultaneous rush into other ranks, aoy lou
prevail! llettor?infinitely better, would
>e that our hardy, athletic youth should
mlder the axe and away beyond the
untairis?than bv a false pride and false v
mate of true respectability, they should
thrust into wrong channels, to disease soty,
and weaken the bouds of the body *
it if*.?Thorn tliov micrht live in the true
o
ality of nature?cultivate their own fields,
i slumber beneath their own cottage, and,
haps, become the founders of new oomnities
of moral, physical, and intellectual
JjtS.
ON THE USE OF TOBACCO. . * k
? ?
The use of tobacco is an intemperance
ich prevails to an attrming extent among
as a people. 1 know scores of Methods
who spend $5 per annum for tobacco,
i will not give five cents to support the
ise of God ! t think I should becaib in
ing,ihat the Methodists on this'circuit
nd $5 per anuumfor tobacco.?-Our
eJnJ hotrgwr hw aflm too fltftry w be
C t r n
! And if the minister should apeak
>ui it, the people will point him to another
lister, as good as he is, who uses this
IV weed. O that the ministers would set
si for example. Hundreds of females in
church will use from six to eight bottles
Scotch snuff* annually, which cost ?2,
ile they would think the class collector
I no conscience if he demanded of them
re than *25 or 50 ceuts a year to support
cause of God ! Let ajl the preachers
oil* tliis idol, and the people will soon do
same. i .
Sept. 5, 1830. W. SPRY*
['his is a sad state of things indeed ! Do 1 .
;o who denounce this "filthy weed" payit
they save by their "temperance" to the
port of the Gospel ? Will the people ret
n if the preachers do, and pay their $5
uallv into the treasury of the Lord f r}
ely these motives should induce thern to
ce haste to "cut ofF their idols;" and "set '. *.
;tter example" without delay. A just , ? s
se of decency alone should prompt them
ipc away the reproach set tortn in tnis
unuuication.?Chrs. Adv, fy Journal. *
CONFIDE IN YOUR MOTHER.
\> the voutliful female we would sav?
?
no individual of either sex can love
i an affection so disinterested as your
her. Deceive her, and "your feet will
i in due time." How many thoughtless
ng daughters deceive them clandestine.
;ive their hand in marriage, and thus
the grave for .all their earthly happiness.
who would persuade you to deceive
r parents, proves himself in that very
i unworthy of all your confidence. If
wed him, you will speedily realize what
have los\ You will find you have exlged
a sympathizing friend, and an able
judicious counselor, a kind anddevoted
;e, for a selfish companion, ever seekhis
own accommodation and pleasure; i
i.? i j >:
ecting you in neann, anu ueserung you /
n you are sick. Who Ims Dot read the
ard of deserted parents in the paJe and
incholy features of the undutiful daugliLT
ARDENT SPIRIT HAS DON ? TO PRODUCE
MISERY IN TIIE UNITED STATES.
. It has cost the nation a direct expense
ix hundred millions of dollars.
. It has cost the nation an indirect ex>e
of six hundred millions of dollars.
, It has destroyed three hundred thoui
lives.
, It has sent one hundred thousand
Iren to the poor-house.
It has consigned at least one hundred ^
fifty thousand persons to the jails and
irate prisons.
It has made at least one thousand mas.
It has instigated to the commission
ic thousand five hundred murders.
It has caused two thousand persons .
Dmmit suicide.
It has burnt or otherwise destroyed
erty to the amount of at least five mili
of dollars.
I. It has made not less than two hunthousnnd
widow if. '?.v