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H E R'A W GAZE T T E. ] M. M.U'LEAN, EDITOK & PKOPIilKTOII. CIIERAW, S. C., 1 I ESDA\, ]\OVEMBLIl lS3l). VOL. II. NO. 2. j T. V. PCTTEUKEW, PRINTER. Published every Tuesday. r i : [( n > . If paid within threa months, . . . ".00 il paid withinthree mouthsai'tertlieclose ot the year, 0. ",?) If not paid within 1 hat time, ... .1.00 A company of six persons taking the paper at the same Post Otliee, shall he entitled to it at N1 .">, pai I in advance, and a company of ten jhtsous ?;t >>"-* >: provided tiie names he torwurucd together, accompanied by the money. No p ip t to i?e discontinued but at the option ' of the lad it or till arrearages are paid. Advertisements inserted for To cents per-uuare the first time, and 37 J for each subsequent itiser- ' lion. Persons sending in advertisements are requrstcd to speeifv the number of times they are to !? inserted; otherwise they \vi he continued till ordcr.nl out, and charged accordingly. i "The Postage must ho paid on all cotnmu- 1 ideations sent by mail. I itl icai, ixoxoiby. I r M.IKI.XG POKK. Tiic business of faitening pork for sale :s ; practiced to sonic extent bv most of our j ihrmers, and when portbrmed economically, or when t.he most is made of flit* materials j given them, it is undoubtedly a source of j handsome profit. ^ or all will admit, that! when carried on in the manner it somcbines i is, the process of porkmaking drains, ins:ead i of replenishing the farmer's pocket. To make fattening hogs prob able, it is nocessary. lirst of all, lliat the breed selec'ed lor feeding shoirld lie a good one. There is a vast difference in hogs in the respect of easy fattening, proper proportion of hone,: weight, tVc., and the farmer who thinks to \ make money by feeding the long-snouted, hump-backed, slab-slided animals, that are too frequently1 found among farmers. and disgrace the very name of swine, will lind in the cud that ho lias reckoned without his hosf, and has thrown away boih time and money. There arc several good breeds of pigs now in the country, mostly produced by . piw^mrr^ rif.ktlifr Lin.ds: with the Chinese. and of course having different degrees ol'i not it ude to fatten; and tiiese breeds have been so disseminated over the country, that any farmer who is wil ing to make the effort, may have some improved animals in his pens. The time lias gone by when a j hog should he kept four years to weigh four hundred; the business of fattening is li tie understood where hogs of a year and a half j do not reach that anionic, and some pigs have even exceeded that weigh-. Next to selecting good breeds, it is requisite t!^ thc-y should be kept constantly grow, ing. There must be some foundation for fattening, when the process commences, or much time will be lost in repairing errors, and much food consumed in making car. l>u in pnvuriiwr i* tMW 111(11 SIK^UIU U(- III \ VI >. 'II., II with fat. Hogs should be kept it) clover pas'ure, a field being allotted to them for their exclusive use, so large in proportion to their numbers that the feed may always be Ires!i, yet not so much so as to run up to seed, or grow coarse or rank. Tlicy should lia*pe the slops of the kitchen, the whey or buttermilk of the dairy, unless this is required for young pigs,and in general every tiling they will cat to advantage, or which will promote their growth. The manner in which the materials in-1 tended for fattening pork is prepared and i led, has a decided influence on the rapidity k i>f the process, and of consequence on the \ aggregate profus. If given out raw much * of the value of the article is lost; grain is much improved by grinding, bit: the lull of. feet of all kinds of feed is only brought out by cooking. Corn is without a pcradventure the best article ever produced for making good pork; an J though other substances may occasionally be used wi h advantage, and may produce pork of fair and good quality yet experience has proved that the real corn fed meat is on the whole superior to all others. Hogs will fat on corn given to them in any stale, yet it is far preferable when soaked, ground, sYatned or boiled. A farmer of our acquaintance, and who is celebrated for the weight of his hogs, and the excellence of his pork, is in the habit of mixing oats with iiis corn before grinding, in the proportion of about one T? ITf -ill ~7 f M?IIIWM Mil !>!! Ill tes*oc. Where convenient, let the hogs he in the orchard from the time the fruit begins to fall, till it is time to gather apples for winter or cider, and they will in most cases be found respectable pork. When it is necessary to put them in the pen, boiled tipples mixed with a small quantity of corn, nuts, potts, or buckwheat meal, will (ill them up rapidly, make them lard well, and fill the fanners' barrels wi:h sound, sweet pork, of the lirst quality. If any, however, are doubtful, they can easily finish off their apple led pork, us is gem-rally done with potato? led, with corn or peas, and with similar results.?Gen. Far. < . From the Wrstrrn Farmer. ON TKANSl'LANTlNU. There is no operation more important to the agriculturist than that of plantingout lruit trees; because, if properly performed the benefits of the operation are for himselt and tor his nostcritv. Jlcncc the damage ot ; ~ i." ' ". introducingimproper practices founded upon unbound principles, in planting. Having observed in your November number of the Western Farmer, some " Notes on Transplanting;" copied from the New York Farmer, recommending the plaining out of trees without lopping olf any part of the top or branches?and approbending that the reasoning in favor of that ^ o practice is incorrect, and might mislead, to their injury, the confiding and inexperienced, I beg leave to oiler a few observations on the subject, The author of those "Notes," it appears to me, reasons badly, when he draws an argument in favor of his new theory, from the fact of the greater success in planting a young free "with its limbs and roo's entire," than "the larger one with the system of docapitation practised upon it." lie infers .1.... Jul!m.xnn.', fmiri thr? nninn'n. (Mill illU lllfiCll-llli; iui.h.>; ivik lion of the branches?whereas it proceeds from the "roarer lossof the roots, in di?;j;inff n;> the larger, than the young tree. In r< moving a young plant, it is quite practicable to retain a much larger proportion of the extremities of the small fibrous roots, adapted to the introsuscep'ion of the plant, than of a large tree. There can be no doubt that the roots are more essentially the life sustaining members of plants than the branches?therefore, when a tree (small or great) is removed, the chance of its living depends more upon retaining a due proportion of its most essential members. The soundness of theories may some, times be tested by pushing the principles on which they rest to their extremes. Let us see whether the theory here controverted can stand this test?Plant a young tree with its branches and roots entire, it will live ?cut off a branch, it will live?cut otF several, it wiil still live?nay, cut ofFthc whole, leaving only the stem, and it will not only survive, as a thousand instances have proved bur being sustained by the roots, it will put out new brandies and will floursh. Plant another tree will its branches and roo's entire?try the same process of amputation on the roots, and ere you reach the; last reo% the branches will wither, and the tree will decline and die. An argument in favor of the new theory is attempted to he founded on a supposed analogy between vegetable and animal life. "Put (says its author), would any person in his senses think of cutting otl'a child's arm Ik'cause it had the misfortune to lose its foot ?" Certainly the author of the Notes, in this question, loses sight entirely "I'I'm cmMrkCMil 'innlrtfrv 'Pho fiwl ?>i Oil can be supported by the appendant root? and as reduction of the bulk to be supported, is indicated in both cases when the sustaining organs are impaired, it would seem that the analogy is clearly in favor of trimming oir a portion of the limbs, so as to leave the top of the tree proper.ioneJ to the remaining root. hut further?is not this new theory entirety at war with the system of pruning ? done fur the double purpose of preserving the tree, and improving the fruit, a system which has stood the test of ages, and has the sanction of experience?the best guide to young agricul urists. hut liicts are the best arguments in these matters; about thirty years ago, I transplanted a pear tree into ?nv garden. It was seven inches through, dug up in December, in freezing weather. To save it 1 trimmed otl most ol'the top. so ine.eh as to admit ??l i's being carried into a cellar, to preserve jt lor the night from the liost. \<xt day it >;: } }< ?} ;f irji! ;?ud ?M?mtcd. Ir is v ? a V1 ??/? animal is not constituted an organ to receive through its pores nourishment lor the sustenance of the body, as the root*' are of a tree. The stomach of an animal is this organ. Xow, let us suppose the stomach to be wounded or impaired, so as not to be able to perform adequately the functions of receiving, preparing, and furnishing the body a due portion of food. What is the consequence ! Why, by an invariable law of nature, the bulk of substance to be supported, must he reduced, the hotly and limbs fall away and dwindle, sometimes almost to a skeleton. But when the stomach recovers i s tone, and performs properly its functions, then the body and limbs begin to recover, and finally assume their wonted size and fullness. ?o when the roots of a tree have been reduced or impaired, to a degree which leaves them incapable of supplying adequate nourishment ' -t 1? i i i lOI" lilt* wiioiu ire^:, uuuy uiiu mnu^ mu iiuiiiv law of nature ordains, that a. portion of the substance to be supported, must be reduced ?the limbs wither, dry, and decay ; and who ever yet saw a dry dead twig restored so as to vegeatc ? As then, in the cases supposed, art is in capable of reducing the bulk of the animal, nut nature is competent both to reduce and restore?as art is capable of reducing the bulk of the tree, leaving only as much as good hearing free. Abolition years past I transplanted a bcaiing Junetting apple tree, more than halfgrown. ciating oil' most ol the top. This year it bore the best and largest apples of any .Unletting tree in my orchard. Some tour or live weeks past, a neighbor of mine transplanted from the forest to his yard a very uncommon and beautiful tree, bearing berries?desirous of saving the t<?p. he trimmed oil* none, and the tree died. Such facts could be advanced without number. S. KUVI'TJAX Wit MAT. We learn by a letter from .Mr. John Calkin, of'Elizabethtown, Essex County, N. V. that lie has a new variety of Wheat, which he believes to be the true Egyptian. 1; * * ^ Ml f was origmallv taken trom a wiiu goose, aas a number of small heads growing on each side of the principal head, and'making a I head an inch or an inch and a half in diameter, and containing in some ins ances 150 kernels of grain. It is more produc.ive than common wheat, and is not liable to smut.or the attacks of the weevil. It is a spring grain, and requires early sowing. Mr. C. being desirous to contribute his mite towards the improvements of the present age, requests us to say to such farmers as wish to procure seed, that he will furnish them on making their applications to him, post paid. We are inclined to the opinion that it is a valuable variety, and worthy the attention of wheat growers.?Si!/; ('u flurist. CHINESE 3IULBEKIIV. The Chinese Mulberry, imported by Mr. Whirmarsh, is not the Morus Multicaulis, : Dili Willi I I1C COUSUIt.TS <1 i-H'UVl JH.llll, nun n is known in Italy only by the name of Chinese Mulberry. Its leal'is not so large as that of the Multicaulis, but it is thicker, ot a firmer texture, and there are double the number on the s'oek. On a given quantity of ground, the Chinese would produce more Ibod for the worm, and more silk, than the .Morns Multicaulis. The worms, also, eat it with greater avidity. This mulberry is considered, by the silk growers of Italy, as decidedly the best. It is capable ol withstanding the rigors of a cold climate vastly better than the Multicaulis. The branches harden more speedily, as they shoot out, and become wood. Another tiling in its favor. The leaves of the Muiticaulisare so pendulous and flimsy, that they are beaten about bv the wind, which not unfrcquently fractures the surface, cansint; the sap to ooze ou.', and the leaves to blight. These leaves, if fed out, as they are likely to be by inexperienced hands, prove destructive to the worm. The leaf of the Chinese Mulberry is not subject to injury in tliis way. Besides, the Chinese can bo propagated from seed, while the Multicuulis cannot; or at least without degenerating, as Mr. Whitmarsli has conclusively proved, lie carefully preserved a few seeds, from an excellent Multicaulis tree in l.ie rrr> r/tan mifl nl.intf'fl tlioni: but the UIO U l? II VIVIiy MUM ....... y plants arc greatly inferior to the parent stock, and but little superior to the common White Mulberry. Wc examined this Chinese Mulberry, a short time since, in company wish a friend from Pennsylvania, who is quite extensively engaged in the cultivation of the mulberry, and his views, after examination, accorded with the statements above made.?Hampshire (iaz. SALE OF TREES, &C. The great demand for trees, slips and seeds of the Morus lnulticnulis and o her varieties of the Chinese mulberry, and the high prices they are selling for in market, I should admonish purchasers to guard against f rauds and impositions in the sale of spurious articles. The intrinsic value of these articles to practical silk growers, and the enormous profits which nurserymen derive from their cultivation,has already created a demand altogether bovond their abili'y to 1 ~ SlippiV? UVCIl Ul lliu liiusi nuuiai This lact, in connection with the strong dosire which is now manifest by many enterprising farmers to engage in the business, has opened the door to unprincipled speculators to palm upon the credulous, articles which are not only spurious but worthless. We have heard of no impositions of this kind in the sale of trees and slips; but we have heard of an individual, we hope no* a yankee, who is said to be travelling in the Wes'ern States, and soiling cabbage seed at 80 an ounce, and affirming it to be genuine Chinese mulberry seed of the first quality. The same fraud may easily be practised iir?rk?i ili<? id rsale of frees Ujn/li lllo Wl 1111J V.? IJ 11 T w. and slips, under llic pretence of their being the Chinese mulberry. The eagerness ol some men to furnish themselves, will induce them to purchase a few even at the most extravagant prices, and there are sharpers enough in the community to take advantage of it. We should not be surprised to hear that the old dealers in "wooden nutmegs" and " horn flints" had turned then at ention to the manufacture of Chinese mulberry trees, &e. and that their agon's and pedlars were selling them in large rjuantities, and at high prices. It is to he hoped that this will not he the case ; but as long as there is even a possibility of it, a little vigilance will do no harm, and it may [irevent purchasers from being swindled out oj their money by dishonest men. W e would therefore recommend to gentlemen who are desirous of purchasing, to apply tc nursery men, or regular dealers, in preferenee to buying of travelling agents. They arc generally men of character and responj sibility, and there is no danger of imposition in the character of the articles they sell, | The same may he true of travelling deal ' ers : but as long as there are but a limited ' numb'"!' m nro'lct. there is no ivccs-rv o hawking them about tlio country; and wo , should suspect the individual who should lu; thus engaged. We understand, however, one or two nursery men have travelling agents ; hut in every instance they are furnished with proper credentials, and consequently the same confidence is to ho placed in them as in their employers.?Si/,'; | Cu/iurist. A XEU* MAXtTACTlT.::. In a late Paris Journal we find the ful! lowing account of a new manufacture, i winch has already acquired a considerate j success, and proaiises to he of great iinporj tance:? On the borders of the streams and in tiie j valleys of New Zealand, tlmie grows a i plant which resembles at the same time the | corn-flag and the aloes. This plant, to I I'dii/di* it > # * t >??\ t ! /rit>nn t MO tl'jow) i .f mv*u r^jaiui ainia uatu t'lfcu uw naiuv ui Phormium tcnu;c% is the hemp of tlie natives. They hrenk it with largo muscle shells, and then separate witli their nails t'.ic hemp iVoni the Hum. They weave it afterwards iiito a sort of net, like luce, which thev bleaclitiu the dew. The beauty of this fabric has as'onished navigators. Cook, Forester, .and J turnout d'l rville have spoken of it. Messrs. Lisson and RiciiarJ deseri i bed it in tiieir botanical work on Australia. I Since 1827, several English merchants j have attempted to make use of this plant; j capital, mechanical power, nothing was spa1 red.?But they did not succeed in ridding ! it of the resinous gum which it distils, and softening it enough for weaving. An ingenious'countryman of our own, M. Lienard, has just regulated and brought to perfection the attempts which so far had remained stationary among the English. I Ic ! has established at Pont Ilemy a manufacj torv* of the Phormium lenax. The cloths tliat were shown at the public exposition' appeared to us as beautiful, but more substantial, more pliable, and lighter than linen j ' -t I i | null). J liny SCeillCU IU UC U[S|n~UJ>l~Jui.u 1UI sails, and for the covering of carriages.? Amateurs have made and renewed demands for it. One of the great properties of the Phormium is, that it can remain under wafer live, six or seven months, without being injured. Numerous experiments on ropes and cables, leave no doubt in this respect. The factory of M. Lienard, situated at Pont Remy, employs more than one thousand workmen. Before many months, we are assured that the great increase of this fabric will cause the number to amount to three thousand. Before being brought to the D O weaving state this plant goes through seven 1 operations, which are so li'.tle costly, that all included, even to the combing, does not amount to" six bancs the quintal. We repeat, that this fact is very important. At the moment when the cloth manufacture has failc i in France, when we cannot in any market maintain a rivalship with England, Holland and Belgium, here is a fabric which can and ought to take the place of cotton. ; This is perhaps a great source of wealth to come into France. Marshal Claused has I introduced the culture of the Phormium into j Algiers. The government will understand the economy of its use in the Navy. In England, where as yet they only make cables of the Phormium, it is preferred to any other kind of cable. But shall this mam; factnrc Ileft to a caprice of rivalship Cannot (England shut up New Zealand from us ! Will not the Suite protect a French establishment in this island ??F/:nch payer, PISE TIMBES. Extract of a letter to the X. Y. Courier Sp Enquirer, dated Alleghany city, Oct. 'J.4 ISM. Under the mistaken no:ion that our whole country was covered with inexhaustible forests of pine, the owners and inhabitants of the pine districts have allowed them to 1x3 plundered and wasted in every imaginable form, without apparently the least regard for the future wants of our increasing population. In such low estimation has it been held, that those engaged in supplving our markets with lumber, have never dreamed, until recently, of charging any thing tor the raw material, being content to receive compensation Ibr their labor in the manufacture and transportation of it to j market; and many an acre of pine timber, j which would now be worth, were it in m:ir-1 ket, from one to three hundred dollars, has been rolled into heaps with beech, maple and hemlock, reduced to allies, and sold for six cents a bushel. * $ * * * % (i. id pine lands here will produce from ten to twenty trees to the acre, which will | make on an average about twelve hundred . dred feet, board measure. To show you the value of each thousand feet standing in the forests, 1 will give you a statement of facts which I have collected from sources on which the fullest reliance can be placed, i The expense of cutting, hauling to the mills, j and sawing, docs not exceed three dollars. The cost of transportation to Albany on the < Jenessee Valley Canal, including tolls. * O . ' will be not far from six dollars. The price at w hich the three kinds of lumber, that is, firs', second, and third qualities, are now . selling in Albany, is from thirty-three to | thirty-four dollars. 1 take the price in the Albany market in making this estimate, P because it is probable that the price there I will continue to be as low as in any other, owing to the various sources from which I supplies can be obtained. I will, however, j allow a larger sum for the expense of both .; the manufacture and transportation, and ! state the account in the following manner: 'I . Present price in Albany per tliousanJ $33,00 Expense of manufacture, 'say $ I, of transportation, U, ' J 3.011 I j V.ici'- '"icli i.-t 'ji'li."?. ! After making this large allowance lor the cost of the mnnuiac arc nil the transportation oi the lumber to marker, it will !)o seen that the net value of each acre that will produce hiieoit thousand of the three lands is no less than ^tjt)i). Take away two thirds of litis, and it wiii show that the pine lumber hero is of immense valae. And the great improvements recently ni.i le in estah. l.siiments for the manufacture of luutlter, sue!i as lab. shingle, clapboard, planing, and matching machines, enable those engaged in tiicr business to save a vast deal watch heretofore has been lost or thrown away. HVUEIAX IltJLCS. The following vainabfo rules arc drawn front the work of Dr. Hcaumont, of the United Stales' Amu, on Physiology and Digestion. Dr. l>.r it will bo recollected, 1 I I' <r% tf/??.. ! XW.O IHJ O ? '.? ??U f/\ ! I 11|l \\Jl ^ %' I ??l > V-UID *\ 1 *4 1 * T IV | test, bv actual experiments and personal ; observation, the etibcts of various substances upon the human stomach. I. llulfc, or lond possessing a due pro. I portion of innutritions with nutritious mattor, is best ealciffiited to preserve the per- , inanent welfare of the organs of digestion, and the general interests of the system. j J. Tue food should be plainly and simplv prepared, with no other seasoning than a little sail, or occasionally a very little vinegar. ti. Full and deliberate mastication, or chewing, is of great importance. 4. Swallowing the food slowly, or in small quantities, and at short intervals, is , verv necessary. 5. A quantity not exceeding the real ; wants of the economy, is of prime importance to health. (5. Solid aliment, thoroughly masticated, is far more salutary than soups, broths, &c. 7. Fat meats, butter, and oily substances of every kind, are difficult of digestion, t<'? t o,? *# utifir'ii m nil tii /!#?_ I V I" o tl IIU |V.i|U iv range that organ, and induce disease. 8. Spices, pepper, stimulating and heaing condiments of everv kind, retard digests . . " tion, and injure the stomach. 0. Coffee and tea debilitate t!.e stomach, and impair digestion. IP. Alcohol, whether in the form of distilled spirits, wine, beer, cidcr?or any other intoxicating I: mors, impairs digestion, debilitates the stomach, and if persevered in lbr a short time, always indues a morbid s'ate ot that organ. 11. Narco ies of every kind, impair digestir.n, debilitate the stomach, and tend to disease. 12. Simple wafer is the only fluid called for by ti?o wants of tiie economy; the artificial drinks are all more or less injurious ; some more so than o.liers; but none can claim exemption from the general charge. 13. Gentle exercise, after eating, promotes digestion more than indolent inactivity or rest. 14. Sleep, soon after ea'ing, retards digestion, and icads to debiii'y and derangement of the stomach. 15. Anger, fear. grief, and other strong emotions, disturb digts.ion, and impair the functional powers of the s omaeii, aaJ deteriorate the secretions generally. thl widow's son, on Mv :iotud:;?s last f ha viiii. t> .1 .i ../v.?./ 17"..i ir... *> IjlJ lliC (l.tuutr oj uic ~k uiu u uu r .tj.uu. "Y?s," said uncle Bony to himself one day, "I do hate the temperance .societies. They ai i doing untold mischief. Soon u*e v n shall not he allowed to cat or drink without license from a temperance society or a cold water-man/' He was not yet given up to perfect obduracy of hear:; and therefore as bespoke his conscience smote him ; and he continued, "hut for once I will attend a temperance meeting! 1 hear the society moots to-morrow ufernoon. 1 am bullet-proof? they cannot convert me." He felt armed "on every side against the shafts of truth. Here the root of the evil was assailed. The mischief of moderate drinking was held up to view in all its naked deformi y. The base immorality of the practice was unveiled. The sin of it I was described. There is one crisaid uncle JJonv io himself, "against which my ino:her did not warn me." The speaker went on. f Io proved, he demonstrated that drinking a little is the cause, theorigiu. the fountain head of all drunkenness; that it is the source of d.sense, poverty and disgrace, misery, crime and death: that i: is the grand "stumbling block in the way of" God's "people;" that it is pouring out upon our country, upon the world, an overflowing flood of desolation, i nolo I?ony trembled. He knew be bad been guilty of the crime of drinking distilled l.quor. The speaker showed that drinking a little was the only possible way to enter the drunkard's path, which leads to inevitable destruction. 11 called the drunkard's drill!; by its true name. the venom of lite second death, Tne crime of making, vending, or drinking distilled liquor, he denominated' the mos: ruinous evil imnyinable. I In pronounced it the en slaver of both body and sou!. "That's true/said undo Bony in an under !ono, as ho started f rom his seat: ' and not another drop ot* this poison of the sou!, tin's destroyer of ail good, shall ever again pass rny lips." The speaker concluded. Cncle Bony joined the temperance society.?I'oacc and . happiucss again visited his lire-side. li s wile prayed Ibr him. The fountain of pious feeling was once more opened in Ins soul, lie now thought of his forsaken clos t. lie entered it; he raised the voice of prayer to Him who hears the young ravens when they crv. I lis soul found pardon and comfort, lie re-encicd the family altar; he again returned to the house of Hod, and was r -stored to fellowship witli the saints. He is now an exemplary, a devout christian, a cordis! "' iv.riii'i'T 1 i ,e MiC S< *; 'Ti l 5 Jourtn, ana lUlUhd iimi ii m. uau uwi mv. \/tno | of his own, he should be a gainer in exchanging corn, bushel for bushel, for oats, rather man not have them to mix with his swine feed. I Ie thinks they eat the mixture better than clear corn meal, are Jess liable to a surleit, and of course will fat much faster with the oats than without them. lVas have generally been ranked next to corn as an article tor making good junk, and they are probably the best substitute that has yet bee n found, hogs feeding well on them, fattening rapidly, and the pork being of good quality. It is almost indispensable that peas should he ground or soaked previous to feeding. Potatoes are more extensively used for latm toning hogs than any other of the cultivated roots, and arc probably the best of the whole for this purpose. Unless they are boiled, however, they are of iittie value cornpara- ! I tivelv, but when cooked thev will give the hogs a line start in feeding, and they may then he easily finished otfwith corn or peas. The fattening of hogs on apples mav be considered as one ol the successful innovations ofthe age, it being certain that this fruit possesses a value f >r that purpose which hut a lew years since was wholly unknown. The success of this experiment lias given a new value 10 orchards, and will probuulv i check their destruction, which in some sec. I lions of the country had already commenced to a considerable extent. The vari-1 ous reports from gentlemen of intelligence i of the practical results of apple feeding are | most gratifying, and we have no doubt the! s,f. "i"'?!l ,,of"llv "pp:-Mvv ! wlntrt verfjiir'v ' j a blessing to I. s family and n-dsdibori ood. lie himself to! I iiu ib?? subsnnee of this story ; nud as i.? concluded, in? exclaimed wi ii almost unearthlvciicr^T. while the b<r ~ % o tear rolled down his o|?eel;, *VvIv mother's last prayer is answered; it was, * 0 iny (Jod, save this my sou from final ruin." The hearer of prayer heard her last pe ilion, and * I I, the widow's son. aril a niiracl of pn eo,** Was the temperance soci tv of any bnn. cfii !o ui:c!i' i'oin ? Have ail t'l drums oversold. <> honT'-u or<ir uik, accomnlishe I I us much i??:o i :;s u-.sdoue in uncle Bopy.s : case ! Hum s her, answer die cues 'on. Friend. SINGULA II AD'.T.NTCKS OF A JAX1ZACV OFFICER. A eircum J'atice w!i:c!i lately occurred at Cousta^iiiojije serves lo show liie detesta. ? ... t\ -. y-.:* r*. . 1 I.J IIUII III ijh^ij V-* iiliv^ \ji iit;u^r?.i v ?** ?** ! in the East. An Ousta or Captain of the Janizaries havingsueco -dod in escaping death at tlie time of the destruction of that m li in. concealed liiinsrif i;i ;i vault belonging to a , house which lie | o.ss ssed in the Valley of X ighfgules, at Sen ,-i ri. Ti a re he nnd lived | since tho year 1820; his mo her and sis or being the only persons acquainted with the secret of his retreat. Ilis relations and friends visited the house. without having the most-remote suspicion o' the place in which lie was conceal* d. For the space of ei^i t I years the family i?ad snbss <d on :lie wreck of their fortune, hut at luurth ineir means wore exiiausii-d. ami they fell in'o distress. ! Tl^oy gradually disposed of their proper v. ."ill all they possessed was the house; the sale of which would inevi ahiy lead to tin? discovery of the fugitive, j In tliis extremity the (>usta determined to confide his secret to a merchant named Ibrahim, who hud once been his intimate i friend, and who was still his debtor for one half of .1 biil ?.f 12.od0 puis res. The sist#>r ,a* rim nnf irtntKi*e Oustn. on nresctitinif : the bowl of Ibrahim, olP:rcd lo destroy i; for ' the moderate sum of one thousand piastres. Ibrahim aft'fted ?jrcat sympathy fertile misj fortunes of his ol J friend, enquired bis plana ' of concealment swore to keep the secret. | and promised the thousand pics.res;?but , the villain immediately fiow to the Semskier Pacha and betrayed the Ous'a. Tito minister hoard bis story, and, after his dcpartj ure, directed some of his officers to keep watch upon him. A cavass was then desi patched to the Valley of Nightingales, with nrdeix'n brill" TiWaV the OllSM, atld tOqiliot his nlar.n and tine of his family, by assuring them that his fvvcellenev the Seraskier pledged himself to obtain his pardon. | After much hesitation on tnc part of liis mother and sister, the Ousta at length came , from his hiding place, and declared himself I ready to follow his guides to the palace of ! the Seraskier, where he was firmly con1 vineed that death awaited him. On being ushered into the presence of the minister he fell on bis kn? es; bur in spite of the rags with which lie was covered, his excellency raised him up, and desired him to take a seat by Ins side.?Slaves entered and handed ' him it pipe a.:d eotiee. The Ous a wrs overwhelmed with astonishment. He fear. ed that lie was the victim of a mystification ; which would only render his impending fa c .1?i> , Ii iinn n I>i/>h flniua ur.1i] mu. <: lirt'ilUiUi* J J ell UII^U u i ivn UivOO iimu brought to hii.i, wih.'h two thousand piustres weiv preset) ed to him by the Scraskier, and when he \v?ts permitted ;o return home, bis fears were changed to jo}', and be retired ir:vokiiiLT blessings ot? tat Sul.an uud his minister. The traitor, Ibrahim, was condemned lo pay to the OusUi one halfofhisdob,'together with aJltho interns', (a condition which the municipal laws of Constantinople do not .admit in any case.) and he would morci over have paid with his head the fort-tit of ! his baseness, had not his wife and four children, on their knees, implored the mercy . r c Oi I X' ccr<i>hici. The iStilfan has expressed It's approval of the conduct of his Prime Minister in this affair, by sending to the Ousta the sum of ton thousand piastres, and employing hha iii an honorable and lucrative mission. ! A firidic anion? thc> sicin".?A keeper of one of our village recesses haJ occasion last week, to put a quantity of oilorries in his backyard, which were sau rated with spiri.uotts liquor Tito discovery was made by an old sow, in her tnischieveous perambulation^, and site invi ed a s.nali party to join Iter in the "jy/vc," if we may be allowed, on such an occasion, !o use this fashionable term. The whole pary partook of the in. ' toxicating food until they were pretty wcil done over; 'Inn;!: as a higher of grade animal creation sho:i!i b *, a little too drunk lor reputable swine, who were treading upon tii*; peculiar pro', nice of others, in Tins,:licit* amateur l> icchnnaiian revel. V\ e looked in upon the scene in the height of its paroxvsms. T.terc is such a tiling in medical ethics, as amparaiive ana'orny; here was dwipartifisr drunkenness. It was a pretty close iniitauon; as near tiie thing as a first attempt could well be. They were reeling, reclining, and putting themselves in S! manncr of grotesque shapes?vvi'li an occasional ugh, ugh, that only wanted the additional hh\ to make liie resemblance complete.? Some were prostrate, gloriously and inanimately drunk* One well fed, sleek haired ! porker, reclining upon his fort-legs, his head cocked rukishly upon one siJe, one eye closed, and the lustre of the other, dimmed by his deep pota.io.is, scvuitj apologising . in lite.language of tin* ballad. I f O I ''Wo arc na drank, ;vc arc 111 foil," &cc. The old sow. she that pioneered *o the frolic, stood, or rather walked about, the representative of some veteran toper, who i recovers from the first a tack, elastic and absorbent as t s't/viure?"jt-J vtuiUs his l?ss, ** > < Jf ' X' ^