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AGRICULTURAL. ~
From the Southern Agriculturist.
- ON MANURES.
Bam well, Jane, 1337.
illr. EditorIn this' dkriet, where
the soil is not very rich, the platitor must
turn his attention to making manure, or
abandon the'soil. Already has the climate
been changed, by the inconsiderate custom
of clearing lahds every year; for it has
become sicklier, colder, and therefore less
congenial to the cotton culture. The soil
is light and easily worked. The materials
for making manure arc in abundance. And
why should we not avail ourselves of these j
advantages ? Not one planter or farmer
in ten, thinks of manuring at all. While
one will be deriving fine crops from manuring,
his next door neighbor will not deign
to inquire into the cause. Even those who j
-turn their attention to manure, do not un. i
derstand the plainest chemical elements by
which they arc to be regulated in its pro- 1
duction. Because it may be beneficial to
manure with cotton-seed on top, a planter j
will use cowpcns and stable manure in the 1
same way,?as if the sun wouid not extract >
much of the strength of the manure, be-1
fore it could be covered with the plough, j
Cotton-seed can be used on top ; because, ]
before it ferments, an J before the sun can
extract its alimentary properties, it is cover- '
ed in the working of corn. I only men- j
tion this to show, that, our planters, by not
thinking for themselves, are frequently inconsistent.
There is my neighbor, Squire
Snooks, who, the moment his manure ar-1
rives in the field, covercs it with dirt, and j
yet he manures his corn with it. on j
top. ^ ;
The best planters up here adept this plan ,
of making manure: j
1. The stables are filled with oak leaves, j
rotten wood (oak best,) pine tmsb, h taped !
in the woods for at least six months betbie j
used, and sometimes clay, well broken up.
This is taken out of the stables every two
months, if possible, during a rain, heaped
and covered with clay or sand ; if not du- j
ring a rain, pour upon the heap, before cov- j
ering it, a sufficient quantity of water to j
assist fermentation. Even while the mass j
is in the stable, a little water, occasionally !
sprinkled, with the use of the grubbing- I
hoe at least once a week, will have a good ;
-effect. Hy grubbing with the hoe, the an- \
imal is effectually combined with the vege- :
Table manure, and lumps o! clay, or rotten j
wood, arc ptilvarized.
2. The poul.ry houses and yards are
cleaned once a month, and the yield there
i'rom, thrown into the stable.
3. All the Pride of India berries are
raked, and thrown into the stable.
4. There is a pen, six feet square, and
six feet deep, below the surface of the
earth, filled with leaves, and covered, into
which the cook and washer throw their
-slops and suds. This is emptied at the
proper time, heaped, and covered with
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nas i, vxv.
5. IJog.pcns are made, six (cet square,
and six feet below the surface of the earth,
filled with leaves, and protected from the
rain. The floor is made of rails, through
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the intervals of which the animal matter of
the hogs is dropped. On the floor is a
covering of pine trash, lor bods, which the
sharp feet of the hogs will, in a short time,
cut into fine pieces. The hogs are either
penned here the whole year, or sleep in
them every night, or, at all events, are put
up at least one month to fatten, for bacon.
Manure thus made, is equal to Cottonseed.
6. Each nogro is allowed to keep one or
two hogs, on condition, that they are pen.
ne<2, as above stated. 1 logs fatten best on
wooden floors; and though raw cottonseed
will kill them, they fatten on it when
boiled with the offtis of the garden and
fields. Thev do not like cold or ram, and,
in the end, it would be decidedly ciicapcr
to pen them all the year, except when they
arc allowed to run the pea, potatoe, and
slip fields. In the way I have described,
hey will make more manure than the cot*on
seed they eat. Besides, there is nojhing
safer than to have our hogs always
:n sigai.
?. Cattle pens. The manure made in
\?esc pens is always inditli.rent, unless they
oe covered. In this particular, our plan.
*ers up here, labor under a great mistake.
Their plan is this: Leaves and trash,
thrown into a pen, are trampled on by cat.
:1c,exposed to the weather; and by the
time the mass is heaped for fermentation,
the best part of its manuring qualities lias
evaporated. On the other hand, when in
stalls, the leaves are not only trampled, but
they absorb the animal matter, and retain
it until the manure is used. A cow, when
.stalled, will make four times the manure of
a phorsc, in a year. Its dung is more susceptible
of combination with vegetable mat.
ter; and, for the same reason, ?t is render"d
qutcklv iner*. bv *h? acuon of the sun.
; I have tried ilic difference between dried
J and fresh cow dun?, under corn. The i
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I former had no effect: while the latter fore-'
! ed the corn very much. Cow-pens should
I be covered, and the cattle turned in every J
: night. However, after all, the most pro-1
j Citable plan is to stable-feed milch cows and
I oxen ; in this district, where we are coin-;
I polled to feed cattle, one half of the year, t
| they should be fed with boiled cotton seed.
! That cotton seed, for corn, is superior to
i any manure we us;', cannot be doubted ;
j but, at the same time, when the improve- j
' mentof cattle is considered, the increase '
of their nnjk and butter, their protection
, from thieves, and the undoubted fact, that j
j they can be made to produce, in six months, j
j four times more efficient manure than the j
' cotton-seed thev consume, I do not hesi-!
tatc to contend, that, the better policy would j
! be, to stable-feed them on boiled cotton !
I seed, for six nionfus in the year, or during 1
{ the winter -season. Any-vow can be taugir. J
I nnt nnCnn er.nrt fiv rutrtincr a litfln S;ilf_ I
IIU LcU LWl.Vll WV? .? . |
A stall filled with leaves can be emptied 1
! every two months. The' cow drops more j
, tkttn tlio horse, and it tramples more effect- j
f U^llv?its' Jioofs being sharp and wide,
i Another conspiration is this : with cow. |;
j pen manure thus mttde, land is enriched j i
every time it is planted, anu ;n this respect |
. it is more valuable than coltoit seek in ji
' sliort, to use cow-pen manure, rakeci from ;t
an uncovered pen, except from the undo- j J
! composed vegetable matter in it, is always j I
a useless task. In nine cases out of ten, : t
J it will lire the corn, even in a moderately i
wet season. On the contrary, stable ma-, i
mire never will; nor does any well ferment- ; I
ed manure ever fire the plant. A gentle.! t
man in my parts has advanced one step <
to anls this improvement. When the j J
mass, in his unroofed pen, has been sufii- t
cicntly trampled, he covers it with clay, and j 1
on this places another layer of leaves, and j s
so on, alternating, vntil lie has made tiie i (
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quantity ot manure lie requires, mil even
this gentleman is now engaged building a [
stable for his cows, lie says, by experi- t
mcnt, three bushels of cotton seed per j i
week, will fatten a cow, and 2 1-2 bushels,!
with shucks, are enough. 50 bushels of t
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seed, from two bales of short cotton, would ((
enable him to stall feed his cattle during the j ?
I winter?the season when manure is made, J;
: and when cattle suffer most for range. So j 1
that, after deducting seed for planting from :,
j every 50 bushels of cotton seed, lie calcu- !
iatcs to stall-feed one cow. lie further j
I says, that lie wtii not he able to stall-feed j
all fits cattle, but all those not supplied will j '
be turned nightly into an open pen, filled ! J
with leaves, with which he will replenish the i1
stalhj vrhcrT-^OT t! i ct W ???*.,? ? ?
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REMARKS, BY THE EDITOR. J (
It is with great pleasure, that we give \
publicity to the foregoing communication, t
In that portion of country whence it comes, 1
the least possible attention seems to have j
been paid to manuring. Our correspon- I
dent, D.j sliows, very conclusively? that |
this should not be the case, lie clearly <
points out the various sources, from which (
the planter, in Barnwell, might procure i
himself manures of the very best kind ; and i
we hope, that due attention will be paid to i
the subject, by them. In travelling through (
| that district, about two years since, we met j j
j with a very superior field of corn, upon the ! J
road. Upon inquiring of the proprietor of i
the same, why it was so much better than ; i
i all the rest, he observed, that he had ma- ; *
nured it as a " brag-field," and, at the same j j
| time, observed to us, that lie expected to ! I
make from that field, more than any other (
two on his plantation. This was a con- 11
cession sufficient for us. We urged upon
j our friend to manure more the next year, (
and to plant less. He did so ; and he is {
now at our elbow, and states the following i
as the result of our advice :
1. He attended the field with less expense 1
I of tune and labor. 1
2. Ilis corn, from having greater nour- 1
i :.a..oiict iin it t!i?> reverses of i
idlilliv.111 IV OUOIH141 <1, ...w - - .
tlio season better. 1
} 3. I Ie madc a larger crop, than when he i!
planted twice as much corn.
Will our planters consider these facts ? j1
If tlu-y do, they will learn, for once in their <1
i lives, that there is such a thing as deriving j1
1 some benefit from " Book-larming."
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PROPER FORM AND SHAPE OF
CA 1 TLE.
[from ehe library of useful knowledge] !
Whatever be the breed, there are ccr- |
' tain conformations which are indispensable I
; to the thriving and value of the ox and j
cow. When we have a clear idea ot these,
wn <hnll he able more clearly to form an
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accuratcjudgcmcntofthcbreedso! the differ,
j ent countries as they pass before us. If there j
1 is one part of the frame, the form of which,,
: more than any of the oilier, renders the
animal valuable, it is the chest. There j
1 must be room enough for the heart to beat,!
j and] the lungs] to piay, or sufficient blood I
for thejourposes of nutriment and of strength '
will not be circulated: nor will it thorough.
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lv undergo that vital change which is esi
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I sential to the proper discharge of every I
function. Wo look, therefore, first of all '
j to the wide and deep girth about the heart!
and lungs. We must have both : the pro- !
portion in which the one or the orher may \
f preponderate, will depend upon the service ;
; we require for the animal; we can excuse 1
j a slight degree of flatness of the sides, for ;
he will be lighter in the forehead and more
t active ; but the grazier must have width as
1 well as depth. And not only about the
heart and legs, but over the whole ribs, I
i must we imve length and roundness ; the i
hooped, as we!! as the deep barrel is essen-'
tial : there must be rnorn f<r the materials
from which the blood is to be provided.
The beast should also be ribbed home;
there should be little space between the
ribs and the hips. This seems to be indisf
ensable to the ox,'as it regards a good
healthy constitution, and u propensity to fatten
; but a largeness or dropping of the
belly is excusable in the cow, or rather,
notwithstanding it diminishes the beauty of
the animal, it leaves room for the udder;
and if it is also accompanied'by swelling
milk veins, it generally indicates her
value for dairy.
The roundness & depth of the ba rrel, however,
is most advantageous in proportion as it
si found below the point of the elbow, more
than between the shoulders and the legs ;
or low down between the legs, rather than
upwards towards the withers, for it diminishes
the heaviness before, and the com
parative bulk of the coarse parts of the animal,
which is always a very great consideration.
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The loins should be wide; of tbiyhhere
can be no doubt, for they are the prime
parts ; they should seem to extend far from
the back; and although the belly should
not hang down the flanks, should be round
and deep. Of the hips, it is superfluous to
say, that without being ragged, they should
be large; round, rather than wide and presentmg,
when handled, plenty of muscle
?nd fat. The thighs should be round and
oilgj close fogether when viewed from belind,
and the farhliT down they continue
:o be so the better. The ?p-gs short, varyng
like other parts, according' to *he dej-tilation
of the animal; and decidediy slioTh
or there is an almost inseperable conneC- j
ion between length of leg and lightness of I
:arcase, and shortness of leg and propen- j
sity to fatten. The bones of the legs, and !
hey only being taken as a sample of the j
mnv ?friir?tnrv? r>f th<* frnmfi 5'encrallv. i
should be small, but not too small?small
mough for the well known accomplishment
?a propensity to fatten?small enough to
)!ease the consumer; but not so small as
o indicate delicacy of constitution, and li. |
ability to disease.
Last of all, the hide?the most important i
hing of all?thin, but not so thin as to inlicate
that the animal can endure no hard. (
ships; moveable* mellow, but not too loose,
md particularly well covered with fine soft
rnir.
HIE MULBERRY CULTURE IN N.
JERSY.
During a tcmporay visit to Burlington,
New Jcrsy, last week, we were pleased to
earn that several individuals and companies,
n that vicinity, were cither engaged, or
ibout topn?r?g?. in tho culture of tW mul>orry
with a view of entering extensively
nto the silk business. Gen. G. D. Wall,
)no of the U. S. Senators trom mat state,
vith a public spirit, and patriotic zeal, worhy
of the distinguished station he holds,
las commenced the transplantation of the
Morns MulUcaulis on his estate near Burinstou.and
from his well known character
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or perseverence in the pursuit of laudable
inds,there cannot be a doubt that success
iwaits his generous effort to give an
mpetus to this new branch of agricultural
ndustrv. Ills Mulberrvorchard, we learn,
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vill be under the management of Mr.
Jhauncy Stone, and was planted under the
oint superintendence of that gentleman and
Mr. Gay. The latter of these individuals
s the inventor of an excellent Silk Reel,
ind is advantageously known to the eastward
in this particular branch of business.
Mr. Stone is also from the east, and doubtess
has an experience that will prove
eminently profitable to him in his present
oca: ion.
There is another' establishment on an
extensive scale, situated about two miles
rom Burlington,on the Jeresy sine of Dela
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K'Hre, OWIieu uy wit; mcsoia. i/ftc/iry.?
These gentlemen are also from the east
md arc intimately acquainted with the culure
in all its details. We had intended to
/isit their establishment, but circumstances
intervened to prevent it, which we
regret the mere, as we are confident, from
he experience and intelligence of tlx?
Messrs. Cheney, that we should have found
much to admire, and gained no littie knowledge
from an interview with practical men
of their attainments.
Odier individuals of wealth and enterprise
in the neighborhood of Burlington, taking
courage from the examples around them,
will, we understand, embark in the business
the next season.?Farmer and Gardener.
A GOOD DAUGHTER.
BY J. G. PALEREY.
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A good daughter !?there are otner ministries
of live more conspicuous than hers,
but none in which a gentler, lovelier spirit
dwells and none to which the heart's warm
requitals more joyfully respond. There is
no such thing as a comparative estimate of
a parent's affection for one or another child.
There is hide which he needs to covet, to
whom the treasure of a good child has been
given. But a son's occupations and pleasures
carry him more abroad, and he J.ves
more among temptations, which hardly permit
the afFectiop, that is following him perhaps
over half the globe, to be wholly unmingled
witii anxiety, till the time when he
comes to relinquish the shelter of his father's
roof for one of his own; while a good
daughter is the steady light of her parents
house. Her idea is indissoluble connected
with that of his happy fireside. Site is his
morning sunlight and his evening star.
The grace and vivacity, and tenderness of
her sex, have their place in the mighty
sway which she holds over his spirit. Tha
lessons of recorded wisdom which she reads
with her eyes, come to Ins mind with a new
charm as they blend with the beloved me!odv
of !)~t V'.!< <'. Ho scar*o!v Vnnws
I weariness which her song does not make
I him forget, or gloom which is proof against
i the brightness of Iter smile. She is the
; prile and ornament of I s hospitality, and
| the genile nurse of his sickness, and the
j constant agent in those nameless, number,
less acts of kindness, which one chiefly
cares to have rendered because they are all
unpretending, but all expressive proofs of
love. And then what a cheerful sharer is
she, and what an able ligiitener of a moth,
er's care ! what an ever present delight and
triumph to mother's affection ! On, how
little do those daughters know of the power
: which God has committed to them, and the '
happiness God would have them to enjoy,
who do not, every time that a parent's eye
i rests on them, bring raptures to a parent's
heart. A true love will almost certainly always
greet their approaching steps, that
they will hardly alienate. But their ambi-,
tioi} should be not to have ita iove merely, j
! winch feelings implanted by nature excite,
but one made intense, and overflowing by
approbation of worthy conduct; and siie is
strangely blind to her own happiness, as
well as undutitul to them te whom she owes
! the most, in whom the perpetual appeals of
' parental disinterestedness do not call forth
I the prompt and full echo of filial devotion. l\
Schenectady Reflector.
From tho Christian Index.
present state of liberia.
The following statement is transferred j
! chiefly from the address of the board of!
I managers ofthe Virginia ColonizatioifcSoi
cietv, issued for 1836, with such additions
! as are necessary to bring up the history of
' the colonies to the present date.
There d.re now eight American settlements
of free persons of color, upon the !
coast of Africa.
1. Monrovia, (after the late President/
Monroe,) the seat of the colonal government.
it is a sea-port town, and stands '
on Cape Montseradc, at the mouth of a \
river of that name. It contains about 500 I
mi i* 1 I ] I
houses. 1 here arc iour ^nurcnes anu j
three Sabbath schools, in which almost the i
| whole population of children are taught,,
| en.bracing also a number of the children
! of the natives. This town was upon its
! first settlement, very unhealthy to the
whites, and, to some extent to the colored
emigrants. It is now becoming more j
healthy, and may be visited by strangers
with as much safety, it is believed, as most
other ports within the tropics. Monrovia
is visited by other ships from all parts of
the world. A week seldom passes without
! more or less arrivals. A Valuable barter
i trade is carried on with the natives of the
I interior* and for some hundreds of miles
i alongtfie coasTT 'l^eariv One dozensman
j vessels have been built at the wharves of
I Monrovia, and at the expense of theenler!
prising merchants for the protection of the
I coast trade. This trade has proved very '
I profitable to some commercial houses.?
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The exports cam^woou, ivory, inucs, iortoise
shell, and gold dust. ' The houses of
the settlers are well built, well furnished,
j and good order, temperance, and industry
j generally prevail.
2. New Georgia. This is a settlement
j of recaptured slaves taken by the public
armed ships of the United States and England.
This is both a commercial and an
agricultural settlement, with an exceedingly
fertile soil. It contains more than one
hundred houses, and several hundred inhabitants,
recently heathen, are now
lapidly advancing in civilization and
Cristianity. After visiting thisscttlement,
! Thomas II. Buchanan, agent for the NewYork
and Pennsylvania societies, writes:
?"Imagine to yourself a level plain, of
some two or three hundred acres, laid off
into square blocks, with streets interesting
each other at right angels, as smooth and
clean as the best swept side-walk in Phili
adelphia, and lined with well planted hedg!
ns of cassada and plum; houses surrounded
with gardens, luxuriant with fruits and
vegetables; a school house full of orderly
children, neatly dressed, and studiously
engaged; and then say whether I was guilI
tv of extravagance in exclaiming, as I did,
j after surveying this most lovely scene,
! that, had the Colonization Society aceom!
plished nothing more than had been done j
I in the rescue from slavery and savage ;
j habits of these three hundred happy people,
j I should be well satisfied."
ft. CAi.mvELL. This is the largest set
j tlement in Liberia. It extcuds seven
| miles along the St. Paul's River, and is
j the most flourishing settlement on the coast.
! The people are mostly agricultural. A
j society exists among them for the improve;
ment of slock, with which they are pretty
I well supplied., and of an excellent quality,
j The situatian is elevated, the country in
a great degree cleared, and the soil remark
ably rich. Here are schools and churches.
I 4. Millsburg. This town is at the
| falls of the St. Paul's River, about twenty
| miles from the sea, and boats ascend witlvi
out difficulty to its wharf. The settlement
is beautiful, healthy, occupied by industri;
ous farmers, and has a soil very produc;
live.
j 5. Marshall. Marshall stands upon
' an open, cleared, and rising plot ofground
\ between the two rivers Junk and Red
Junk, distant from any Mangrove swamps,
t or other sources of disease, and fanned by
. the uncontaminated breezes of the ocean
that rolls its waves upon its beach. A
town of more than a mile square was laid j
off in 392 lots during the last spring, and a ;
j number of the colonists and recaptured i
| Africans removed thither, and commenced I
| the construction of houses and the cultiva- j
tiou of the soil. "There cannot be," says j
1 l)r. Skinner, "i healthier situation *n any
tropical climate. I should not have the i t
least fear, had I a convenient house at j {
Marshall, to bring out the remainder ot t
my family, or to take under my care at i
that place any American for acclimation." J
(3. Edina. This is a healthy situation c
at the mouth of the St. John's, sixty miles t
south of Monrovia. There are some very i
beautiful and fertile islands in the river, ?
which, together with much valuable land (
along its banks, have been ceded to the c
society. About one hundred houses have f
been erected.
7. Bassa Cove is on the opposite side 2
of the bay from Edina?a settlement jbun- 1
ded by the joint efforts of the New-York f
and Pennsylvania Colonization Societies. 1
Nearly one hundred slaves, manumitted by
the will of the late Dr. Hawes, of Rappahannock
county, Virginia, were the tirst
settlers. Many of them were deciededlv
pious, and all pledged to the temperance
cause. A strong desire to plant this set- 8
tlement on the principles of the Society of c
Friends, induced those who controlled the 1
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first (^edition to send the emigrants un- "
armed/and to leave theimiefencelesS. A 1
native chief taking advantage of ?hs
tacked the settlement, killed a number of
I, a
its inhabitants, an dispersed the rest. This ^
settlement has been re-established and ^
prospers. During the last summer more
than one hundred and fifty town, lots have
been cleared, and several houses erected
for the accommodation of future emigrants. ?
The colonists generally are sober, peaceful,
contented, and happy. Their number c
exceeds two hundred. L
8. Cai'E Palmes. This establishment j
is about 250 miles south of Monrovia? j
has been founded by the Colonization So-'
ciety of Maryland, and is patronized by
the legislature. The village of Harper
contains about twenty-five private houses,
and several public buildings. The colo. r
nists arc represented by the late intelligent j1
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governor, ur. nan, moral inausinous, re- ligious,
and happy. This gentleman has s
resigned his office, and J. B. Russwurm, a F
man of color, and late editor of the Liberia F
Herald, has been appointed govenor of s
that colony.
All the settlements, except, perhaps; the r
most recent one have schools and church- ?
es. The churches are eleven or twelve in -1
number, mostly erected at the expense, J
and by tlie hands of the colonists.
The agricultural and commercial productions
of these places are rice, sugar,
cotton, coffee, cassada, banana, (the two
last bread stuffs,) potatoes, Indian corn,
cattle, hogs, hides, cam wood, palm oil, 1
wld JmU pepper,
| oranges, and lemons. ~-4
li'iKA nftan " c:iv< flip in- '
I ff C HUTU UIICIJ tJUUIUl VU) w ??rv
telligent editor of the Liberia Herald, J
"and we repeat the assertion, that no rea- '
sonable man can desire greater facilities
for an honorable living than are to be found 5
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in this country. Tlie principal articles
that are in foreign demand, if not indige- 5
nous to the country, are found springing (
I up spontaneously through our mountains, '
hills, and valleys. Millions of coffee trees J
of sufficient sizes and ages may be gathered
from the woods between this and Junk.
We know from experiment that they will 1
bear in three years from the time of trans- '
plantation; so that a man who will com- 1
mence with spirit, and set put 15 or 20 !
thousand plants, may calculate, with a good '
degree of certainty, on a large quantity of
coffee iu three years from the time he com- '
mences operation."
The great staples of the country will
probably be rice, cotton, coffee and sugar, 1
as they can he raised of the finest quality, j
From the Pittsburg Christian Herald. (1
TOBACCO!! x I
A tobacco user, when out of his accus. '
tomed haunts is always in distress. He i
wants tobacco, in fact he must have it, or <
be disqu (lifted for the discharge of his du- i
ties. Tiic question then is, where shall he I
bestow the essence of his quid ? How <
miserable and distressed he looks and feels* !
I know he does, I speak from long and sad : 1
experience. The 44 smoker'* too/sir, feels,! I
j if he has no tsaturaied his system, so as to i
! destroy all sensibility, that 'he is the next j
thing to a nuisance m good society. This <
i you may see manifested when you approach 1
! QiiC that is not hopelessly hardened, he <
? will turn awav his head, conscious that his I
| breath is an offence. Oh how thankful I I
! have been to see such marks of regard for s
! itiv olfactory nerves. 1
J * r ~ 0 m
j Hero I may introduce an incident which (
! I myself witnessed, it will serve to illustrate 1
| the miseries of a tobacco user; it was on a 1
I communion season, and in a church where
the practice of using tables is still coutinued, i
At the l ist table there were but few sat down. <
among that few, but sealed a considerable I
distance from the rest, was an active, wor- |
thy elder of the church, who gave vent to t
his feelings occasionally in very audible (
groans, and thus attracted the attention of i
I all sitting near. No sooner had lie parta- 1
ken of the sacred emblems?the cup was t
scarcely outofhis hand, before he straigh- f
tened himself up, put his hand in his pock- r
et, drew out a large roll of tobacco ; and r
with all due gravity, broke off and deposi- 15
ted in his mouth no small quantity. This \
was witnessed by many. 1 looked round t
I to see the effect. I observed many care- f
less persons laugh, while others appeared t
! to be deeply distressed. Now I ask is not r
| this a miserably cruel bondage, which will c
make even a good man offend thus against t
every idea of propriety. f
The miseries which |a tobacco user in- i
flicts upon others is more grievous, if not 1
more hurtful. It was in view of those J j
gr,'"vnnces that I made the observation, that | c
hey should not be permiteJ io mingle ii
ood society. To give a calelogue t?f
hose grievances would extend this uricle
nuch longer than is proper. I shall s'ate
i case which I hope will give you a pretty
rood idea of what som? of these grievances
ire. I know, sir, a man whose standing
n society is respectable, who indulges him.
;elf in smoking to such a degree, that not
uily his breath, but oven his clothes, and I
lo believe his very flesh, has become im.
>regnated, and is so exeec dingly cff.-nsive,
hat no one whose sense of smelling is in
tny degree acute, can bear to come in conact
with him. Near this individual, official
lufjr obliges mc to sit. Do you wonder,
hen, at my expressing myself so s rongly ?
have seen this individual coming up to a
riend and desiring to be exceedingly famiiar,
lay a hand on each shoulder, and in that
>osition stand and talk till liis friend turned
>ate, and was about to faint. Now, I would
>sk, has any man a right to afflict his un.
iffending neighbors in this cruel way t I
hink- not. A man who will thus unfit himelf
(or good society ought to be compelled
o stay out ofit. ^ ^ '
It is scarcely necessary to gq mgfe in deail.
4eeoWjsy^ou
!oor ways, &c., bu; they are evils whiclSS^*^*5
:now, and over which many a tidy housevife
mourns.
Men may observe the evil, the woman
uffer it. If I could make my voice be
icard, I would say to every young lady in
>ur land, have nothing to do with a tobacco
iser; avoid him as you would the plague!
Vnd if he approach you, say mildly, but
irmly," a little farther off if you please, sif.w
Anti-Tobacco.
From the S. S. Journal. ;
The Deaf and Dumb.?The 21st anmal
report of the directors of the asylum
it Hartford for the Education and Instructon
of the Deaf and Dumb is a very interleting
document. The institution has 130
>upils, under the care of Mr. Weld, as
>rincipal, and nine assistants, besides a
iteward and matron. Twenty-one of the
jupils are supported by tiieir friends, and
rostofthe rest by seven dif^ertnt states >
vhich have appropriated funds for this ob.
ect. The charge is one hundred dollars
mnually, and the term of instruction is now
ixed at five years. Tho expenses of the
nstitution for the last year for salaries and
he maintenance of the household were
lbout $21,000.
One of the present beneficiaries of the
isylum is a woman now thirity years of age
ivho has been jm inmate for twelve years,
dvprvcz-'j ?t --A ||speech,
but also of sight. She is a native
Df Hartford, an<T was deprived of these
'acuities, at the age of four and a half
i.? ? i r k i?i?
feurs, vy lypuus icver. a more nopeies3
subject of instrue: ion can scarcely be imnagined?the
senses of touch, taste, and
smell being the only remaining means of
jxternal communication to the mind. Yet
she has been so far enabled to understand
:he language of felt signs as to present the
following results:
"She is sent for an article of dress, for
her scissors, thimble, or any thing of her
awn, wiris entire ease and with as much cerainty
that she understands what is wanted,
and will procure as could be had jh the
:ase of almost any other person. If one
whom she knows is silk, she is informed
af it; or if a death occurs, she makes the
sign for weeping, for being sorry, and perU
no In. Knnrinrr n n/1 to HdOl.ntii? nf nnlnf.
iVI Uu'/,|#^> UI,U ,w wvwnvuo VI gVUJg
to see the corpse. If permitted, she examines
the grave clothe, feels the face and
hands of the dead body with great delicacv
and carefulness, makes the sign for being
dead, says the friends are sorry, etc. Still
we do not know what Iter ideas of death
are. She cannot fail to know that a great
change has passed upon-the body, and that
soon after it is carried away; but farther
than this, all is probably misterious. Sevcral
deaths have occurred in the asylum
since her residence here, all of which have
been deeply interesting to Julia. From
iho first, she undoubtedly obtained her original
ideas, whatever they were, of so
^reat a change; for when after a careful
examination, she satisfied herself that the
body was incapable of motion, and had.
ceased to breathe, she seemed fiiled with
borror. In succeeding instances she has
aecn less deeply affected,though the rmpression
in each has been agitating and dis*
? ? AAftQI/lnHQ WA QKA ifl
rcssing III U WuoiuviauK ucgicv;. 10
iisposed to make signs about the event
while it is recent, to herself sometimes, and
o others, whenever it is alluded to.
"On the Sabbath, Julia dresses herself
n her best clothing, and taking her rocking.
:hair, begins the observance of the day,
by abstaining from all her customary emiloyements.
She never fails to know when
he Sabbath returns, nor to keep it through)ut,
negatively at least, in the strictest
nanncr. This, so far as we know, is simp,
y the result of habit, and in imitation of
he example of those around her. She
>robably recollects nothing of what she
nny have been taught, previous to her
nisfortune, in regard to the nature of the
Sabbath; nor indeed is it probable that she
vas, at that early age ever taught at all on
his subject, except by the examples of her
riends. She shows a certain regard for
he Sabbath in another way. When per.
nitted to visit her mother, and spend some
lays with her, she can never be persuaded
o remain longer than till the afternoon of
Saturday: but gets her bonnet and insists
lpon returning soon after dinner. What
ler reason is we cannot discover, unless
icrhaps a desire to enjoy the quiet and ??t
?f this day in Her own rocking.* he;r and