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(CrThe Postage must be paid on all coimnu i nications AGRICULTURAL. <7kf.k\ crops as manure: [From the Genesee Farmer.] An illiterate farmer asked. 44 Why docs not my ten acre field sink down, as 1 and my ancestors have taken more than a hundred crops from it, without ever adding a particle of manure V9 ' rHe was not aware that the substance"of his crops, instead of being derived from the earth, was principally obtained from the a/r, and from the moisture in the soil, so that the quantity of soil itself was little affected. To prove that plants may be produced from no other substances than air and water let the following experiment be performd. Procure a quantity of pounded glass, wash it clean, put it in a clean glass vessel, and plant in it grass seed or grain ; let it be elevated from the ground and kept remote from any thing that can drop into it or come in contact with it. Moisten it frequently with perfectly pure water, so that not a particle of any thing else can come near it. The seeds will vegetate and grow to a height of several inches; and the glass will not be diminished in the least. If the experiment, instead of being made with pounded glass, were made with silex, alumine, and carbon, ate of lime, in those proportions in which they exist when they form the most fertile ? n_ ?u? wionlf (u.Milil Ko tlio camo It iq ; SOUS. Uie ivsau Iiuum HIV uwnvi .. .... true, that in all good soils there exis:s vege. table and animal matter, the quantity of which is a fleeted by the growth of plants; but these substances form but a small proportion of the whole, and vegetable matter in sods is as likely to be increased as diminished by the growth of plants. It will thus be perceived, that the practice of enriching land by green crops, is in fact nothing else than obtaining manure from the air and ruin ;?that plants form a channel through which fertilizing substances are conveyed to the soil, which are taken in by the leaves and pass through the stems to the roots. The roots of grass in good sward ground make a formidable subterranean forest in minature, and it is asserted on respectable authority, that more than twelve tons are thus added to the fertilizing properties of j every acre of soil. When, therefore, the j leaves ant! stems, as well as the roots, are also thus applied, the whole quantity be-1 comes very large. Crops turned under for manure, should always be in a green state, and never ripe and dry. In the former case they ferment and become fit lbr supporting vegetation : j in the latter, they continue uurotted often lbr years. Loudon, speaking on this subject, makes the following interesting statement : . .\ mfttiff thp mnct nrtivn naris emoloved as .kiwv.p ? r- r manure, I have found the wild species of the genus Sinapis, (mustard,) ploughed in fresh in the bottom of turnip drills, at the rate of twenty tons per acre. The produce brought at auction ?12, while the res! of the field, manured with twenty tonsoffarm-yard dung, brought only from ?9 to ?10 per acre. Other weeds, such as nettles, thistles, &c. produce crops .jperior to farm-yard dung.* Potato stems, fresh ploughed in on clover lay for wheat, 1 have found to produce crops exceeding by two bolls per acre in quantity, with more proportionate weight of straw, than other pans ofthe same field manured with farm-yard dung, but otherwise under the same circumstances. The stems from three acres of good potatoes, will manure an acre of wheat, to much better purpose than fifteen tons of farm-yard dung, the usual quantity allowed in that part of the rotation, closer and wheat being the crop which generally precedes fallow." We think that in no case farm-yard manurc should be rejected or wasted, because all the mauure which can possibly be had is always needed in good farming; but fields remote front manure yards, may frequently be enriched at less expense by green - A || manure, than by carting larm-yaru-aung upon them. This will be evident when we take into account the expense of drawing and spreading on the one hand, and the fact that a crop of vegetable growth is already upon the ground, spread as evenly as is desired, on the other. We have observed in all parts of the country, in the latter part of summer, pastures litefraliy covered with an enormous growth of the common held thistles, (Cnieus luncevlatus.) so that little else could grow upon the land. If these, about the time of blossoming, were cut, raked in heaps with a horse rake, and allowed to ferment, they would furnish a vast amount of manure, and preveut the seeds spreading. THE PEACII WORM. Dr. Scott has furnished us, in the Plough Boy with a description of the habits of tire insect which attack the peach tree, about the surface of the ground,and oft fatally.? The egg is deposited by a large fly, in July,! which pierces the outer bark; it soon hatches, and proceeds always towards the root, through the green or inner bark, unt'l checked by the cold of winter. Its presence is indicated by the gum which exudes near or at the surface of the ground. The ! worm resumes its depredations in the spring, and emerges, a perfect insect, Late in June, or early in July. The doctor's remedy is, to put ashes about the collar, or lower part of the stock, and particularly in the spring. The worm is then below the surface, and the rain which percolates through the ashes becomes a ley, which settling into warnijlioles,destroys the insect. Whatever prevents the eggs being deposited near the surface, as covering the lower part of the stock with straw in the spring, so that the frosts of winter may destroy the insecis ere I they penetrate the ground as alkali of lime, j ashes ?Scc. w ill preserve the peach tree from the depredations of insects.?Cultivator. i EFFECTS OF COFFEE ON THE HUMAN STATURE. j It is stated in the Boston Medical and | Surgical Journal, that a singular property * _ i has lately been ascribed to conee, wnen drank habitual!}' from early childhood to the age of puberity?that of prevenitng that developement of the bones, which would take place were this article never was introducrJinto the stomach. ~ %/ . From the New England Farmer. BROTHER JONATHAN ?S WIFE'S ADVICE TO HER DAUGHTER ON THE DAY OF HER MARRIAGE. Now Mary, as you are about to leave us, a few words seem appropriate to the occasion. Although I regret the separation, yet 1 am pleased tliut your prospects are good. You must not think that all before you are Elvsian Fields. Toil, carc and trouble, are the companions of frail human nature. Old connexions will be dissolved by dist nee, time and death. New | ones be formed. Every thing pertaining to this iifo is on the change. A well cultivated mind, united with a pleasant, easy disposition, is the greatest 1 t ? W accomplishment in a lady. I have endeavored from the first to the present moment to bring you up in suqh a manner as to form you torjusefulness in society. Woman was never made merely to sec and be seen; but to fill an important space in the great chain of nature, planted and formed by the Almighty Parent of the Universe. You have been educated in habits of industry, frugality, economy, and neatness, and in these you have not disappointed me. It is for the man to provide and the wife to take care and see that every thing, within her circle of movement, is done in order and season; therefore, let method and order be considered important. A place for every thing, and every thing in its place, a time for every thing, and every thing in its time?arc good family mottos. i 11 i J ~ A tnorougn Knowledge 01 every Kmu 01 business appropriate to the kitchen is indispensable; for witiiout such knowledge, a lady is incapable of the management of her own business, and is liable to imposition by her servants every day. hut in these thingsvou have been instructed. # You will be mistress of your own house, and observe the rules in which you have been educated. You will endeavor, above all things, to make your fireside the most agreeable place for the man of your choice. Pleasantry and a happy disposition will ever he considered as necessary to this important end; but a foolish fondness is disgusting to nil. Let reason and common sense ever guide you: these aided by a pleasant, friendly disposition, render life happy, and without these, it is not desirable. Remember your cousin Eliza. She married with the brightest prospects; but, from he petulatu, peevish and complaining ^disposition, and negligence, every thing went wrong; and her home became a piace of disquietude to her husband. To avoid this, he sought a place to pass away vacant time, where associated with those more wicked than himself lie contracted the habit of intemperance, and all was lost?and pr>or Eliza was thrown on the charity* of her friends. Be pleasant and obliging to your neighbors?ready to grant assistance when necessary. Be careful of their characters, and not readily believe an ill report.? Throw the mantle of charity over their fadings, knowing that we are ail human and liable to err. Abhor a tattler, and | give no place to the reports of such. Howi ever strong a provocation may be, never I contend for the last word. Let your Bible show that it is used. Give no place to novels in your library. Let history biography, aud travels bo read, when time and opportunity admit, without interfering with the important duties of the family. Be not ignorant of the events of thetimc being; therefore read some journal of the day. As to friends who may call 0:1 you? never be confused nor in a hurry; treat them with hospitality and politeness, and endeavor to make them happy in their own way. Never teaze them to do this, or that, which they do not prefer- True politeness consists in an easy deportment, and making | our friends easy, and permitting them to enjoy themselves in that way which is most pleasing to them. Speak with deliberation. The other sex tell us that, "the female tongue is never tired;''be it so: let it be regulated by reason and common sense. At the close of the week, if possible, let all your work for the time, be done; so that on Sunday you may improve your time in such a manner as will be appropriate to the day, and never, extraordinaries excepted, let your seat be vacated at Church. As to dress: decency is becoming to all, i but extravagance opens a door to want; follow tl ie lashions of the dav so far as dcccn. cy and good sense will approve, but avoid , singularity. Be not troubled for what you have not; but be thankful for and take care of what you have. A Losrho-n L-t load-' cd with flowers will not cure the headach, nor a gold watch prevent the consumption. As you have attended to the study of Botany and discovered a taste for flowers, I would not by any means draw your attention from so innocent and pleasing an amusement. But let your garden be smail and well laid out, and the plants selected to your tase. See to the managemeut of it yoursuit. It is a pleasant exercise, productive of health of body and serenity of mind. Let the order, neatness and the display of beauty in you garden, be the index of what may be seen in your house. One thing more: the management of domestics. See that all things go right in the kichen. Let every thing be done ac cording to order. Never dispute with a servant in what way a thing shall be done. Let your commands be promptly obeyed. Observe a mild dignity but avoid all improper familiarity with those who may be placed under you. Be never hasty and impetuous but calm and deliberate. Reprove when necessary, with mildness and determination, but never make a long barangue about matters of minor importance.I oo muetwfcpfbdf, esp^iallv if delivered in a passion, or high tone of voice, is apt to lose its desired effect, and produce reaction on the part of the dependent. Dig. niftv ,?or?ipiAn n->rl ?nndoci<pntinn mirst he assimilated in such a manner as to command respect. Undue severity will so opcrate on the mind of domestics as to destroy respect, and create disaffection and hatred. Never charge a domestic with lying without irrefragable proof?then punish or dismiss him. To say frequently and upon all occassions to a domestic, "you lie" is perfectly ridiculous, and has an evil tendency. If he be a liar you harden him; if otherwise, you injure his feelings and destroy his confidence. 1 have done?you have my best wishes. From the Journal. A CHRISTIAN FATHER. < TVfv rind. I hJpss thoo. that 1 have such -v V.?, > a father," said the son of the celebrated Adam Clarke, in the closing notes appended to the third volume of his life. And what made him such a father? Was it the gigantic stricture of his mind, the universality of his talent, the deeply read and richly stored intellect?was it either or all combined that made him such a faiher? No! It was his piety, it was religion that shaped the man, and moulded him into the venerable example of a christian father. Throw aside religion in the forming of his character, and you might have had a gifted intellect, the general adapted, ness of universal talent, and the soaring and contemplative mind ; but you would not have had such a father. Bvron had mind, he had all the elements of mind in gigantic structure ; but he was not such a father, for he never was such a husband. H<i discarded moral principle, and unlosscd himself to a perverse and depraved mind, and sought the perverted and hot-bed atmosphere of a licentious immorality; therefore, his was not the element of christian love, the example of christian practice, and the loveliness and symmetry of christian character. It is true, he was a husband and a father ; but alas ! how unlike a christian father. But i? docs not require a destitution of all all moral tendencies, in order to display the character of a father, who does not stand out in the loveliness of christinti example, lie may be an egative character, in many respects, and cease to show off the perversities of an open and day-light depravity; and yet be destitute of those christian graccs which stand confest, the proper and more lovely appendages of a christian father. Much is now said, and truly too, about the influence of mothers ; but let us not in expaciating upon the influence of the mother, forget the peculiar and commanding influence of the father. Talk we of S'li'fih -irwl WP Will cfill ffirCTPt k^UI UK UliVI Utl^UV^Ltiy ?? V ?** w??M aw,^v* not an Abraham and a Zacharias. If the tender assiduities of the mother, steal upon the kindlier affections of the child, the commanding influence of the father, moulded by the hand of deep-toned piety, will rouse his judgement and command his example. The father has his proper place, and if lie stands right with God and child, in loveliness and holiness of example, though the mother may have the pre-occupancy in sowing the good seed in the earlier days of their offspring, lie, from peremineice in strength, will raise the higher and stronger wall, to keep and control that child when youth is lost in manhood. We cannot estimate too highly the privilege to a family, of a deeply devoted christinn father. There is snmethinnr sweet and ~ ~ t, lovely in the name family; but when there is added to that, christian, it gives a higher and holier influence to the name, and makes one think of the endearing and connecting influences of heaven. Christian family ! And who under God, is the vicegerent of the family ? the father. Upon whose shoulders rests the government, and who stands the example of the many, whose eyes are turned upon him, for leading moral influence/ the father. Who holds in his hands the resources that administer to the comfort, convenience, and happiness of the family ? the iathcr. Ought he not then to be Christianity embodied, and piety under full and complete exemplication ? 0 thou most High and Hohy God, whatever else thou deniest me, in the gifts and graces of life, deny me not thai grace from thy infinite resources, that shall make me a bright and living example of a christian father. There is quite a distance, between the family compact, as associated with savage or civilized life; but there is far greater remove between that family, under the control and guidance of a christian, or that which comes up under the blighting and dis astcrous influence of a wicked father, an While the one governs and controls the fum- th ily, under the lawful enactments of Hea. wl ven's high King, and within the protecting lie infiueneies of the reign of grace ; the oth- tv I er owing no higher authority than self, O] sways the sceptre under the defenceless an reign of sin. Each sustains the same re- al< lation in life, but are opposite in their the- wl ory, their experience, and their practice ; Ei the one, gathers the motives of precepts, ic< that governs his lile from the Bible, and 11 j meekly asks?what is-duty ? What does ha God command? The other gathers his d\ motives and principles from the maxims of kii the world, and sediously enquires, what is vi< expedient? What vill most further the in- on terists and wordly agrandizement of him- ? self and family ? And who cannot see, that m< as their moral purposes and pursuits, areas mi far as the poles apart,so the tendency ofthoir he influence. nc rn-korntinrr nnnn their resnGC- .an ? 1> ? | r tive families, in the untold luturc, must be by opposing opposites withov* qualification. pe Tiie portraitures of domestic life, under co .the purilying and chastening influences of ed piajyis exemplified by those fwnijies, who up had for their head, a Leigh Richmond, a wf Thomas Scott, and an Adain Clarke, can a but give a bright example of the living in. wc fluence of ?n christian father. And what wf father, that has ever read the biographies an of these venerable men, but has been more I c fully impressed, that whatever other rela- of tion he may sustain in life, it is deeply im- he portant that he should be a christian father, m; Ye fathers in the American Israel, be ye co emphatically christian, that your saving in- of fluence may reach to the remotest gencr- tie tions. Vidi. in an Several ways which leach men to he intemperate. 1. Idleness.?Whenever people are idle,' and have nothing to do, they feel very uneasy and unhappy. Then they think if they can get some strong drinK, 11 win j make them feel lively. And havng no- the thing else to do, they will go to the tavern jjec and grog shop, and get something to drink, an So if we wish people to be temperate, we to must teach them not to be idle, PI1 2. Gambling?Anotherthing that makes tin people uncomfortable, unhappy, ond so na makes them wish for strong drink, is the practice of gambling. When a person looses this way, he knows he has got no- cx thing for his money, and it makes him feel kit very unhappy. Then he is apt to drink to strong drink, in order to forget misery. ga 3. Excess in eating.?Some people learn the to be intemperate in drinking, by first be- oe coming intemperate in eating. \V hen peo^ pie eat too much, it makes thern thirsty, cu restless, and uneasy; and then they wish es| to drink. One intemperate indulgence is etl apt to lead to another. The person that t0 would not wish to bo a drunkard, should ca take care not to let his appetite be his mas- j ?P ter in any thing. j in 4. Bad Company.?Bad company is an- j hn other tiling that leads people into intcmper- j P'( perance. Almost all sorts of bad people j no love strong drink. Keep away then from j lai all sorts of bad cempnnv. I sa ______ [tal <1 01 ii.txnilo fpmnnrnnrp man.?\ few I -X y?vw...fc ......J - -- , evenings since, while walking along Broome . street, I overheard the following conversa- 11 tion between a father and son, the latter a boy some ten or twelva years old. Approaching a grocery, (not a temper-1 t0 ance grocery, but a place where rum is *e< sold,) the father observed to his son," I c must stop here a moment I believe." 1 j! Son. No, papa, let us not stop, 'tis so ? cold. Let us get home as soon as we can. Father. But I am thirsty, and r ust stop here to dridk. Son. We shall soon get home, and tea will be ready then. Father. I will be out again in a mo- n* w ment. Son. No, don't papa, don't s'op now. Father. Hush your noise till 1 come out eC again- . J}' The little lad here grew desperate, and . seizing hold of his father's hand and pul- , . I ling it, cried, " Oh ! papa, don't stop here, ,! I mamma will cry again if you do." The 1 father, who hail not yet lost all sense of feeling, vielded to his little son's entreaties, su anJ they both went on homeward togeth. , cr. ^ ac Does not the conduct of this little boy SO speak volumes for the cause of tempe1 ni i _,l i ^ ranee.' 10 tncyouin 01 our own uuuun^ we must look for sober, industrious men lo supply the places of the present race of drunkards, who are soon to leave the stage. w And when we bohold in the rising genera- , tion such powerful advocates for tompcranee, we feci assured that ere long our ^ land must become emphatically, the ' land of steady habits."?Evangelist. Napoleon's Galaniries.?Josephine had been divorced, and the Austrian Archdu- sjj! chess had been chosen her successor, when 11C one of the imperial chamberlains, whom I will not mention by name, requested per- . mission to present his daughter in law at I / ! court. The young lady was pretty, and j . tlinnrrh disjinmiished bv a (antivatincr air i ofsimplicily, she was in reality as artful as 5 Circe. She made her appearance at the Tuileres, at St. Cloud, at Fontainbleau, at the theatres, and joined the imperial hunting . parties, in short, she went wherever she could hope to throw herself in the way of ^ ;!.o Emperor. On these occasions she cu could see no other object but Napoleon; she sighed, blushed and affected bashfulness, t whilst, at the same time she was always placed where she must necessarily attract his notice. One day I attended a sitting of j the council of State, at which the Emperor | presided. At the close ofthe sitting, 1 went j sta to receive his commands, and having taken | th< lenv? of him, I s'epped into my carriage, cs id drove homeward. I had got no further an about the middle of the Rue du- 13ac, ien I was overtaken by one of the impeil pages, who informed me that the Majeswished to speak with me immediately, f course, I ordered my coachman to turn id proceed to the Tuileries. As I drove ong, I puzzled myself in trying to guess uat I could be wanted for. I found the mperor closeted with the Minister of Pol2; then I was more mystified than before, hought that some formidable conspiracy d been discovered?that some grand coup ".tat was to be attempted. Nothing of the [id. The Emperor left the Dukcde Rojo, and conducting me to the recess of ie of the windows, he said?"Madame de ? is rendering herself quite tolerable to e, and the conduct of her relations is still ore odious. Her father in law is a scoundrel r husband a mean low spirited blockhead, d her mother is a vile intrigueing woman, whose art, however, i am not to be dud. As to Madame de herself, her nduct has disgusted me. The abandon female who unreservedly puts her virtue i to salet is preferable to-ibe hypocrite, 10, for motives equally mercenary, afFec s , sentimental attachment. Now, what I mt you to do is to call on my chamberlain, 10 is your friend, (I disclaimed the honor, , dthe Emperor laughed) and tell him that iispcnse with his services for the space a year. Inform his wife that I forbid | r appearance at Court for six years, and i ike known to the affectionate married uple, that to afFord them an opportunity appreciating each other's excellent qualn s, I give them leave to spend six months Naples, six in Viena, and six months in y other part of Germany.?Evenings with rince Cambaccrcs. From the Ashborough (N. C.) Citizen. EXETOR DE SON TORT. Question by a Subscriber. "How far am I at liberty to interfere with ; estate of a deceased person, without substing myself to the payment of Debts as Executor dcson tort; which I understand mean;?an Executor of his own wrong! ease lay down some general line of disction, that may be intelligible to an ordiry reader." ANSWER. Various arc the acts which constitute an ecutor of this description; such as his taig possession of and converting the assets his own use; paying the deceased's mortges, or other'debts or legacies out of im; suing for, receiving, or releasing the bts due to the estate; seizing a specific :acy without the assent ot the lawtui exe. tor; entering on a lease or term for years, pecially, if lie enter in right of the deceas, and does acts on the land, which belong the office of an executor, as turning the ttle upon it; delivering to the widow more parol than is suited to her rank, awscring the character of an exeulor to any action ought against him, or pleading any other ia than ne unques executor. (That he is t an Executor) and all other acts of a simi. ; nature, however slight, may have the me consequence, as in one case, merely liing a bible, and in another a bedstead, ire held sufficient, inasmuch as they are dicia of the person so interfering being b representative of the deceased. So w here a creditor took an absolute bill sale of the goods of the debtor, but agreed leave them in his possession for a lirnij time, before the expiration of which the bior died, and the creditor took and sold e goods; he was held liable to the extent their value as executor dc son tort, for e deceased. But there are many acts which a stranger ay perform without incurring the hazard of ing involved in such anexecatorship; such ; locking up the goods; directing the fu ral, in a manner suitable to the estate bich is left, and defraying the expences of ich funeral himself, or out of the deceases effects; making an inventory of his oprerty; advancing money to pay his ;bts or legacies; .feeding his cattle; repairg his houses; providing necessaries for s children; for these are offices merely of ndness and charity. Mrtn nr, r\ fhnrp rrnnornliv hf* 1,Ul V.14.1 W.W..W, 0 ich an executor, when there is a rightful :ecutor, or where administration has been ily granted; for, if, after probate ofthe will, Iministration granted, a stranger take posssion of the ; roperty, he may be used as trespasser by the executor or administrar; but it is otherwise if, after taking such )ssession, he claims to be executor, pays receives debts, or pays legacies, or otherise intermeddles in that character, for in I cases, he becomes an executor of his own rong.?3 Bac. Abr. 20-25.?See also artin on Executors, 15-18. ^ NOVEL READING. Dr. Chalmers, in his moral Philosophy, eaks very strongly against the indulgence novel reading. While he would have > apprehensions that the intellectual or aP ontf Ano TtfAflM Oilffpr vl ui VUUIUV,lVl VI CAIJ > VllW IVVUIM ww**v? r neglecting them ; he would tremble for e friend greedily addicted to the perusal them. They are without doubt danrous to any one. And if for no other ason, because they present life as it is it and never should be. Novel readers 11 rarely be satisfied with their fortune life. The daughter will be dissatisfied th her parents, and ultimately with her isband and children. The mind is so acstoined by reading novels, to jiclion, that (thing else can satisfy it. And we venre to predict, that novel-reading husbands e never too well satisfied with their i ves. i A singular device.?A singular circum- < mcc, exhibiting in a remarkable degree 1 } reflecting faculties of a wolf, is related j i having taken place at Signy-le-Potif, a :' small town on the border of Champagne.? A farmer one day, lookingthrough the hedge of his garden, observed a wolf walking round his mule, but uuable to get him; on account of the mule's constantly kicking with his hind legs. As the farmer perceived his beast so well able to defend il9elf, he considered it unnecessary to render him any assistance. After the attack and de* fense had lasted full a quarter of an hour, the wolf ran off to a neighboring ditch, where several times plunged into the water. The farmer imagined he did this to refresh himself after the fatigue he had sustained, and had no doubt that his mule had gained a complete victory; but in a few minutes the wolf returned to the charge, and, approaching as near as he could to the head of the mule shook himself, and spurted a quantity of water into the mule's eyes which caused him immediately to shut them. Tbat moment the wolf leaped upon him and killed the poor mule before the farmer could como to his assistance INTEMPERANCE AND PAUPERISM. Thefo^inge^ct is from theXynn Mirro^nFacts cannot lie. We here have at once the cause of our pauperism, and a large item of our own tax; Or? ward.-Portsmouth, New Hampshire, contains a population of about eight thou* sand, and there are about nintty places in that town where ardent spirits is sold. The number of families is about 1200; so that they have one grog-shop to about every thirteen families. The number of paupers tn their Alms House is on an average otic hundred or one hundred and ten. It would be interesting to know how many of their paupers are made such by intemperance, either directly indirectly. Lynn has a population of about 10,000. ?There is only one place where ardent spirit is sold. Our citizens have wisely set their faces against the use of that vile beverage which docs a man no good, but rathor produces evil, and that continually. The average number of our paupers probably (inoo r? ? *-o-. *?-" - - uwv? iiv/i j vi ty-jivc VI JiJ ty? H ill not our good neighbors in Portsmouth make an effort to approximate a little nearer to the spirit of the times in the particular to which we have alluded ? john Randolph's mother. The late John Randolph, some years before his death, wrote to a friend as follows : 441 used to be called a Frenchman, because 1 took the French side in politics : and though this was unjust, yet the truth is I should have been a French Atheist, if it had not been for one recollection, and that when ray departed mother used to take my little hands in liers, and cause me on ray. knees to say, 4 Our Father which art in Heaven From the Savannah Georgian. " A Curiosity..?From a friend, who has furnished the following, we are gratified to learn that the tact off the existence of a large Mineral Fountain at sea, to the southward of St. Angus: ine, is confirmed by Lieutenants Petigru an Ingraham, as well as by Capt. Sisson of the schr. Exit. " This fountain has been frequently seen and described bv others, hut from c?n. gularity of such a phenomenon, its existence has often been a subject of discredit. " As described by the gentlemen mentioned, the fountain is situated about a 2} miles from the land, and 8 or 9 miles from St. Augustine Lighthouse, the latter bearing by compass N. VV. by N. "It is distinguishable at some distance by a yellowish appearance on the surface of the sea, and the breaking or rippling of its escaping waters on the weather side, and a sulphurous atmosphere may be smelt half a mile to leeward of the fountain.? The Sounding adjacent to the Fountain are 9 fathoms on the seaward side, and 14 fathoms on the land side. In the JPoun tain itself Capt. Sisson reports that the lead at 25 fathoms failed to touch. In sailing over this Fountain they found it difficult to keep a determinate course or a position centra! or convenient for observation owing to the activity with which the current disengages itself from beneath the vessel gets drifted to one side or the other although there is no difficulty in circumnavigating the spot. The waters of this Fountain, as far as their observation went, were cool, brackish and sulphuraus, and the volume discharged they conjecture to be as large as a column of 100 feet diameter. " Other mariners have stated the waters ? X* Aiintmn nn/I Ui tills x uuuiaui iv ug viwiuvuijr uvou auu the volume of greater extent, but when the accompanying resistances are taken in. to view, the turmoil of waters meeting un. der different impulses; it may be expected that descriptions of this singular Fountain may vary in some particulars, until it is made a subject of methodical examination. In the meantime there seems to be good reason for supposing the origin of this Fountain to be homogeneous with that of many others in the interior of Florida, impregnated with sulphurous hydrogen. " But to the mariner the locality of this is worthy of purticular attention, because, instead of its being a shoal, as the breakers might indicate, it may be a good mark at a time when other land marks cannot be seen. Instead of a Scvlla and Charybdis to be avoided, he may find an opportune haven for the supply of fresh water. 44 We commend it to the notice of chart makers. 44 In noticing this marine operation, the conjecture is irresistible, that such eruptions are more common than is supposed, and that the phenomena attending them being similar to these of shoals and sunsen rocks, this may be the cause of many errors in the chart3 of the day in desig n