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all as an early vegetable, and for which scv- j e. eriil millions of dollars arc paid ourgard n. J1 era yearly, is of late culture in thiscountry. i w At the time" of the revolution, asparagus 1 w tvasjonly cultivated n;i the sea.hoard : ttiis j h? hixu-y hid not then revch d the farmer of j t!;c intoroir.'' , n; v The his'ory of tie potato is a singular ore. , h; ?Rees' Rnc) clopcediu states that the po ato "> was first brought from Virgin! by .Sir >'? Walter Ra!eighL to Ireland/ The writer a( should have said from South America in the ;a latter^part of the sixt-enth century. lie p< had r.o idea'of its ever being u<?d as an es , in culen', at that time. It was pointed cut to | hi him as a beautiful flower, and its hard, buihy ; be root was said, by the natives, to possess , ? ' medicinal qualities. Ho took it to In land, j at where he had estates presented to h:m uy Queen Elizabeth, ai:d planted it in his gar. j ?1 den. The flower did not improve by culti- ; "J vation, but tee root grew larger and softer, j l' The potato, in its native bed, was a coarse ! groundnut. The thought struck the phil- 17 osopher to try the potato as an edible, ai d n' boiling and roasting i\ found it, by either J process, excellent. Me then gave some of i 'r the plants to the peasan'ry, and they soon j ' became in a measure, a substitute for bread, wlien the harvest was scanty. I p " The potato was successful)' cultivated , h in Ireland, before it was thought of in Eng- j land ; it grew in favor by slow degr ee, and ! 1,1 was so hit e known when our pilgrim fnhers ; came to tins cou.itry, that it was not thought i offor a crop in ti e New World. It would !111 have be?*n an excellent tiling for them if j '' they hud been acquainted with the value of j f> the potato. It was not till 1719, that :l:c | ru Irish potato reached ties country. A col. , !c ony of Presbyterian Irish, who settled in I p - " i - i ?! i.; Londonderry, in New tiairpsmf*-, . the rcot with them. This people found the r i <n favorite vegetable flourished well in new i L .grounds. By degrees their neighbors came , S1 into die habit of raising potatoes; but many 1 years elapsed before the cultivation of it i was general amongthe yeomanry of the j t; coutitry. Long af;er they were cultivated 0 in New England, they wore held in con-- j 11 tempt, nnd the m istcr mechanic oft'.-n had j 3 to stipulate with his apprentice that he j u should not be obligedtoeat potatoes. An u aged mechanic once informed mo that he :j raised nine bushels, having at that time li (1746) a dozen apprentices, but did not ven- ^ Jure to offer them a boiled potato with the 1' meat, but loft them in the ccl'ar tor the ap. . c prenttces to^get and roast as they pleased ; J a he soon found that he should not have en. j d ough for seed, and locked up what was left. ; 0 The next year he raised the enormous j d quantity of thirty.six bushels ; the neig!i_ 1 bors stared?'but bis boys devoured them j!| during the following winter. i s * About this time some of the gentry brought this vegetable on their tables, and 1 the prejudice against them vanished. Thus by degrees, a taslo for this food was formed, never to be extinguished. The cul iva,:o:i L of the potato is now well understood?a ' ; crop" ameliorates, instead of impoverishing ! the soil, and the culture can be increased jL to any extent. Thus, by the curiosity oI s one lover of nature, and his experiments, ' has an humble weed b<en brought from F the mountains of South America, and ' spread over Europe and Norih America, 1 until it is emphatically called * the bread o! c nations.' Still, the coun ry from which it ' was taken, has been too ignorant or super. | stitious to attempt its cultivation, until with. ! 4 in a few years.?Nov; tr.e lights of science r arc chasing away the long deep shadows J5 of the Andes. j5 44 Rice was brought from India in 1722, i? and cultivated by way of experiment in j( Sotith.Carolina. it succeeded well, and 1 ( was. for many years, the staple article of j j the State. It seems strange, but it is net |1 more strange than true, that a vegot ble jc should have a nioraiand religious influence c over the minds of men. Brahma could j 1 never have forced his code of religious rites, Ir with an hundred incarnations, if India had ' not abounded in the rice plant. His fob 5 lowers would have become carnivorous, I notwithstanding nil the rays of his glory ' ana the awful exhibitions of his might, ifhe J had not driven tr.e animals away and si cur- 1 ed tiiC vegetable kingdom for his worship- 1 pcrs. Man is, in spite of his philosophy, a j' creature of the earth?and in a common t1 measure, like the chamelion, takes the hues I of his character from his posi:ion and his;' food. : ' 14 The cotton plant was firs: cultivated as !: n flower in our gardens, und a beautiful i flower it is This plant alone, has made a (: re volution in the finances of the world. ' Look at the growth and consumption of it j1 in the United States, and the immense man- i J ufiiofure of it in England, where it cannot j1 he grown, and you will find my assertion ' true in its most expanded sense. j ' " Until our purchase of Louisiana, this j! country was indebted to the East and West * Indies for su^nr. In this country?thethir- ' teen United States?sugar and mo!assf,s ; < were made in small quantities, from corn- j ' stalks, sweet apples, pumpkins and maple,' sugar trees ; but all put together, furnished \ I but a small part of tne sugar demanded bv j; the great mass of people. Our people are ; fond of saccharine, or swectning, to use our ,s peculiar term for it. 'c "The corn stalk, the pumpkin, and the ;' sweet apple, are gi\cn up for sugar or mo* ' ^ lasses-aud the maple tree is faliing before the j 0 nxe, and we must rely on the sugar cane ''' alone, unless we can substitute, as in France '* the sugar beet. The culture of the sugar! e beet has been commenced with us, and j C probably will bo successful," ! t< o The Desert Horses.?Stevens Incidents' o of Travel.? It is part of the historical ac- j *i count of the Bedouin's horses, that the j d mares arc never sold. IWy Sheik would j c ' we sold nis soul for a price; and, as s jon : Ic .\6 iio saw tnat I was pleased with ins mure Ic ho-wanted to sell her to me; and it was h singular and amusing, in chaffering for ' it r . V ? I this animal, to mark how one of t??e habits ; s< of bargain making, pecular to the horse- is jockey with us, existed in full force among m ihe Arabs; lie s.ti 1 th.at he dir. not want . s< - , j.?,m ?r>? vr-" '"v " I fifty dollars, a new dress, and arms com- hi< <.te and he would not sc!l her; but if I an ' d he r, there being nothing that tie ful cuid not do for me, doc, I might have se ?ea The Sheikh* was an extraordinary ani- ob ;al. The saddle had dm been oti tier w: ic-k for thirty days ; and Sheik, himself a on o-si restless creature would dash off sud.. rr.iy a dozen times a day. on a full run] hi: ro-s the valley, up the sides of a moun- j in ::i, rounJ cur caravan with his long spear j di iised in the air, and his dress streaming j of i the wind; and when ho returned and i wt ought l.cr to a walk at my side, thejjo< sautiful animal would snor: and paw the j tin round as if proud of what site I ad done,1 sic id anxious for another course. I could j m; most imagine I saw the ancient war.horsej Pc > , or* (irtulu il'onrih it h \? _TnH?? I I'C I IUU ( i J Vs 1| O V IB l IV. IJT N-4 gv III/ M \J J V w - . , [lis neck clottied with thunder. Canst {iw iou make him afraid of a grasshopper?j 10 glory of his nos'rils is terrible. Hh locketh at fear, and is not affrighted, "Ither turned) he back from the sword.? a ! 'he quiver ratdetli against h m, ?h? glitter- yc ig spear and the shield. lie swullowelh ?| ie ground wi.ii fierceness ?ar.d rr.ge; neither dis eliuv th lie that it is the sound of thetrum- dc Et. lie saith among the trumpets, ha, to a ; and he smelK th the buttle afar off, af 101 .und r of the can ains, and tie shou:. du igs." fr< Nothing showed tMe hardiness o? th' so j tic jrses more than their drinking. Several arcs v. o camo to deposites of rain water he ft in the hollow of a rock, so foul and d:r- P'' that I would not have given it to a dog; ha iJ while th'ir sides were white *ih ct >un the Sheik woulJ lake the bits out ol i* ir mouths, and sit down with the bridle pi i his hands, and let them drink their fill; 11:1 id 1 could net help thinking that a regu- ar r.brcd English groom, accustomed to in- ar nuate a wet sponge in the mouth of a ea'cd horse, would have been amazed and t un ified at such a barbarian usage. These j \o horses were twelve and twenty yeirsjS IJ, respectively; and tho former wast lore like a colt in playfulness and spirit, ?d the other like a horse of ten with us ; zc nJ the She ik told mo that ha could count pi pon the services of both until they were t|j liity-five. Among ail the recormn?nda? tit ons of tho Arabian horses, I know none' }.; renter than this; I have known a man,! [{ om long habif, conceive a l:king for a vi- j Cl ions jade that no one else would mount; j ^ nd one can imagine how warm must be i e; ic tetling. when, year after year, the best j w This race is the companion of the won- ci or.ng Arab, and the same animal may bear i ft im from the time when he can first poise | Cl sp? ar, until his ag"d frame can scarcely ; ustain itself in the saddle. j tc ONGEVITY OF THE D )G AND THE HOT SE.? p OLD BILLY. A notion has been long, and I believe, a jenirally entertained, that the pirod of a ifo allotted to quadrupeds, is 7 times the j, ongth of their state of immaturity; or in p tther words, it wo suppose the dog, for in- ? tance, to reach his growth in two years* p to will live fourteen?if at least this hy. jr sot bests be correct, and I feel inclined to j a telieve it both in the dog and horse. Th J p torse docs not attain maturity till he has; omplctcd his seventh year: consequ ntly p ie would live, if consign* d to the mere un- jr nfiucnced operations of nature, till he was a 19. But in order to place the subject cot- Q ectly before the reader, it will be neces- ? my to observe, in this place, that when I p speak of the longevity of the horse and dog s nv^nndincr tn seven times the nerio I o - n :upicd i:i their progress to nmtur ty, I exlude ;lio$e deteriorating influences which he semi-domesii"ation of these two highly j. nteres'hg and elegant quadrupeds have y mtailed upon them. A dog subjected to jxtraordinary exert.on bcconv s worn out jeforc he has reached his fourteenth year; i c i pointer regu'arly used to rauge the moors >eat the enclosures. &c., nianitVs's every j .yinp'om of advanced life by the time he j ias comp'c'ed his ntnth year, if not before ?such as deafness, defective si?ht, &c.? If we loo!; at the fox hound, whose diciphne ^ i more severe, and whose exertions are j r.ore exhausting, we shall perceive that by he time he reaches his seventh year, he is 10 longer able to run up to or wiih the 1 pack ; and so in regard to the horse, if lie be overstrained or overworked, particu. larly in early life, he becomes exhausted nccor bngly. The racer, subjected as ho is to the | severe discipline of the training stable, and the desperate struggles of tho course, and [hat too in early life, uniformly shows a n premature old age?the one being the inev. 0 stable result of the other, amounting merely :o cause and eflbct. Of all our racing . stallions not one has reached his49.h year: j1 Bay Bolton di d in 173G, aged 31 years; ' r* ? 11 - C/\n f\ I V L^ompi?*iroTf uiu ^iviu^ own vi Eclipse, lived (o be thirty rears old?he a lied December 29,1836; M itchem died r F< b. 21, 1781, age I thirty two years; Sampson d.eJ in 1777, aged t ?iity-lw*? " r'enrs; most of tho racuig stallions died :t much earlier periods. " On the score of longevity, ,40!d Billy" 11 itands alone, f ir removed from the whole j d >f li s ki.-d. On Tufsday.Juie, 11,1822, s! visited Lati hford Lock, about a mile from 9< rV;.?rrington, tor the s lo purpos ; of seeing d ir looking over, a horse which had ahso- S1 jtely attained h:S sixty third year, and was d hen rising si.xt^ .low f The horse belong. 1) d to the M*rs.;y and Irwell Navigation J ) Company, and at the time i saw him his ] tf ?eth in front were perfect, hut of an ex'ra- i i- i??.i, . hie bridle teeth, j w rutnnry icugm, r tusks after having grown uriusi - I c< ualiy Jong Ii id become sonic;* hat inverted j Ci escribing an iil defined semi.circle, which? n onvexed owards the upper jiw. His j t* uvcr iip was neither so loose nor so pendu- j C( >us as what is generally seen in very o'd j st orses. His eve was very remarkable : i sf appeared to be difK-rently placed in the ! p acket to those of all other horses which j is ave fallen under my observation ; at t.">e J Si 3:r:e time it appeared so ciear, and pre-! Si ?n'C'i altogether so nerfeci r.n apprararcn of r?!;-tr.'! =. -: -n a ,v, r r ! V 5 sight was very little, if any, impaired.? e was under fifteen hands, and when in 1 flesh and in the vigour of life ho wouid urceiy have reached that height. I lis rs had undergone the barbarous (and now isoiete) practice cfcropping. (liscolour ts a dun chesnut, dappled m earlier life; e hind foot white. When "OIJ Billy" grew too inactive fur i tedious and jading labour, his owners, reward for long services, turned luni out ring summer in tiio luxuriant pasturage Warrington Meadows, and in winter he is taken into a comfortable stable, and i r e f f _ 1 on mastics an J son toou. i saw nun in 2 meadows, in company with some young >ck, with which, it seems, he could stili ako a hobbling gallop. He appeared to issess the use of his kmbs in extraordinary rfcction, considering his age; he could ;donn and rise waii (fuse, lie died the [lowing winter. "Old Billy" was bred by a Mr. Edward obinson,uf Wdgrave Farm, in Wo^lston, short distance from Warring'on. Wh?*n >ung, and indeed till he reached the age fifty, lie manifested an extremely vicious sposiiion, not only to human beings, but to >gs, or any other animals which happened oppose his progress or stand in his way ; id this was particularly shown when ut the rwr hour or other periods, a cessation im labour took place, lie was impa:iit to get into the stable on such occasion id would use very savagelv, either ids els or his teeth to remove any livngimdintenf, whether p'g. dog, or child, that pper.ed by chance or otherwise to he plad in his way. Thirty years of his life -re spent in a gi", and the remainder iuc:pally on the Mersey and I r well ivigution, in towmg boats. His appearice indicated a union of the Cleaveland id genuine Eas'ern Bloods. T. B. J. Bell's lifo Feb. 17. From the Oregonian. rILL ANOTHER EMIGRATION SOCIETY. We learn from the Michigin City Gaittc, that a society has beati formed in ilia; ace and vicinity, for tho purpose of set? .L. r\ ,t.? llg liio v/reguu. i ivu uutmr-s is mc Jrr.i-ision fee, and the society propose to ivc other o$s<K.'ia:ions become auxiliary, is called The Oregon Emigration So. ely. Wo do not see whri! advantage le constitution promises to the meiDuSrs iccept the s'ngle item of information, and e predict that in order to become an effilent society, it must very mater ally change s constitution. This, however, is nut n uucern of curs. A writer in the same paper says, "With, i the last few weeks few subjects seem ) have attracted mere universal attention ian that of our dis'ant territory, Oregon !" H says again, "Since the able speeches nd reports of the lion. Messrs. Gushing nd Linn, in Congress, together with the Heresting and graphic descriptions bv rving?by the missionaries, and others 'bo have been there, have been befor?? tht ublic, thero is no wonder that (hepeoph i many sections of thn country, sliouk wake to the attractions which the Oregot irritory presents." "We already hear of an emigrating com any, witli a capital of ten millions ofdollar: ) Missouii, whoso des ination is Oregoi nother in Illinois, which has applied t( Jon cress for a crant ol' land, another ii Josto 1J, which entertains the lamlaMti* pur osc of carrying moral and religious inruction among the Indians, and anothci i Michigan." Religious Toleration.?The following uv was passed by the General Assembly o Jew York, at its recent session : No writ, process, warrant, order, judg sent, decree, or o'her proceeding of am ourt, or office of jus ice of the peace, whicl rill be served or executed upon the sevent! ay of tho week, commonly called Satur. iv, by or upon any person whose relig. aus faith, and practice is to keep tho sev nth day as a day set apart by Divine com nand as the Sabbath of rest from labor am edicated to the worship of God, shall b< ulid, except in cases of breach of tlx icace, or apprehension of persons charge vi?h crimes and misdemeanors. Theser ice of any such proceeding, in all othe ases, shall be utterly void. No person shall be su jeet to do or per. arm military duty on the seventh day of tlx reek whose r ligious faith and practice ii he same as stated in the first section of thii ct, except in cases of invasion, insurrection ir in time of war. Remarible Occurrence.?Tiie followng singular facts were related in our hear ng a few days s nee. The source frorr rh:cl? the information was received, is sue! s to put all doubt, as to its truth and cor. I'C'ncss out of the question. A (emalo slave belonging to a residen f the adjoining County of Burke, about fif. ,?en years ago. had a violent attack of fever nd was reduced to so low a state, that ai ivo several times, she was supposed to bi cad; and was, as ofien, folded in hei hroud ; but was saved from interment b) nine light signs of remaining life. Auc lough she ultimately recovered from hei iekness, she remained, from that time tc ie present, utterly helpless ; and w as entire, r without the power of speech. For filteer cars she never spoke a w. rd. She was icn about thirteen years of age. About two weeks ago, without giving ny other manifestations that her pcculiui ondition. had undergone a change, s' ommenced speaking with as much roadi. ess and case, as one, whoso power of uttrance had never been hindered or impair;h And what renders the circumstance iil more remarkblei?. that she commenced jeaki.ig by repeating passages from the ible. praying, and singing hymns \ and i: said she can repeat passages from the criptures to tin almost incredible number, he remains in the same helpless condition r body as heretofore,?\ Linco/nfon Ar. C. i RALEIGH AMD GASTOM RAIL ROAD. The Third Annual Meeting of the Slock holders of the Raleigh and Gaston Rai ! Road company was hold at the Office, ii this City, on Monday and Tuesday his:.? The Report of the Chief Engineer shows ; that the work is being rapidly completed The Excavation and Embankment is fin | ished to within sevon mik'3 of Raleigh | and the balance, comprising but a verj j small amount of work, will t?e done withii La few weeks. On the parts compictri j most of thy timber has been laid, and th< j Iron for the whole distance, between Hen ' deison and this place, lias been purchased Upon that portion of the Road already ir use, the receipts from the transportation o freight and Passengers have greatly ex - ' f r .r (veilt-d tiic expectations of the it tertus ot im Road ; indeed, such has been the press o goods and produce at the different Wore bosses, that the limited power employed bi the Petersburg Company upon the Ron rtas been found entirely inadequate to th< conveyance of frieght as fast as it migh accumulate. Every exertion has beet made by the parties interested, however, t< give satisfaction, and we understand sue! arrangements are now making as will ena ble the Company during the present year j to place their own Engines upon thi I Road. i Geo. \V. Mordecat, Esq. was re~e!octo President and the following gentle me elected Directors for the ensuing yeat unanimously, viz: Dattcan Cameror William Buy Inn, John II. Bryan, Josep W. Hawkins, William Robards. Raleigh Register, o o New York, June 5. 1A39. The property of Samuel Siv.-.rtwob was sold to-day for the benefit ot the Uu j ted S ates. This property is very goc I property, a great deal of it being lots of Ian | in this city ; but it is V"ry much encumberei j and sold for but little more than the encun b runes. A large portion of it was but c J bv a deputy U. S. Marshal?tor what pu pose, it is not known. This propf,r v < Swartwout's brought but between $11,01 and $12,000?not much more the cost i selling. i ? New York, JuneG. The Chrk of our Common Council w; | last night employed i early two hours reading, in manuscript, about 100 pages j removals' from office, which the Locot'oci I have made in fh? fortnight past. The wu is not over yf-t. T.'tD does n ?t include su ; ordinutes, such as clerks, laboring men i the Corporation yards, &c. who are thru j out of their places by scores. , important decision. The Circuit Court of the United Sta: ) for the Louisiana District has deeded th 1 the lute law of Congress concerning stea< r boats is not applicable to boats navigating t Mississippi river. There are nearly o; ! hundred and fifty suits to which this deci , ion is applicable. Tlie caso before tl j Court was that of the United States \ Captain Price, on a information tha* tl said captain had not complied with the a ofC<?nt?ress in procuring iron tiller rop ! for tiie use of his hoa .?Nat Inleh \ | f Ro.M ME.YlCo. ) { The correspondent of * tne Lnuisianian l I under date of May 11, sates that he r - j cent defeat of the Federalists, in the vici.i . j of Puobla is a mortal blow to their part r j " Sinta Ana, Ana," "has l>ecomethe id j of the day. His name is the comm< j word in the mouth of the people, anil sir T is the frenzy of those who are in a majoril j- that if Ins excellency chose to make hims kin^, emperor, dictator, in one day t Central Government would disappear, ai } he repealed by a tyrant and a troop 1 slaves." , The wri er of the letter from which tl is extracted goes at some length into statement of Ins views of the polici> s of Me ro, and the probaba ility of Santa Ana s perseding Busamente, which at this disfan ] does not appear to us probable, at It iis- r 3 immediately so, s.nce undoubtedly they a , acting together in a common cause wi 1 such a good understanding as has, hy t defeat of Mexia and his followers, led to complete success. Santa Ana, it appeal after the bat le of Puebla, returned for'hwi to the city of Mexico. " He has return * to Mexico," says the correspondent abo 3 quoted, " where he was was received wi 5 extraordinary honors. He had rejoicing ba !s, illuminations, public plays, for an eve over which every good man grieves. Tl i populace admires the hero of Tampicc 1 patriots deplore the miseries of civil we i One party weaves garlands for the victc ' ! the other is filled with grief; on one si j you hear songs of victory, on the other wa j mgs for the dead. Time will show us t ": end of this medley of things." I TEXAS AND MEXICO. ; From a private letter from Vera Cri . ' tlm Von/ Orlrt.nn^ Rpn nf Mav v L S*l V d uiw w. ?- j % F/ ? learn that Col. Bee, the Texian Minister r Mexico, has been allowed to take rooms r the city of Vera Cruz, until the (jovernme I de'ermine whether he will ho received or n< in his official capacity. Col. Bee thinks I > will be able to effect a treaty. This information, the Bee says, is fro i " the most unquestionable authority bcin ? wo presume, the authority of the Texi; MSius.er himself. r j A new work on the Antiquities of Mexi j by Frederick do Waldcck, was publish) fin Paris in April, in folio, with 22 larg plates, price 5 guineas. He spent the yea ! 183T35, und'3t3 iuthe ProvinceofYucata j (Central America, and is said to have dev ' ted the last twelve years of his life to tl :! study of American antiquities. He ciain : to have d scovered five larse cities in ru of which the Yucctans kne w little or not , ing. Accurate drawings were made on d ! spot of the remaining monuments. M. t ; Waldeck, it is further stated, found a poei c* ^!;! a? the C'^nQnefit Alexin | which throws much light on what was a j great cmpir* ; an'i is also said that there - | are proofs of the Christian faith having been I preached there by the high priest Chilam j II Dallam 100 years before the Spaniards 1 -; arrived, and there is a vocabulary of the 1 s | tongue. Newark Advertiser. ! 1 . ] The Prophets f Where are they ??' , j This is the title of No. 10 of the interest* I ; I ing series of Temperance Tales, published ! i | by Whipple, & Damrell, No. 9 Cornhill,' 1 ! Boston ; by Schofield & Voorhees, No. | JllS Nassau*st.f New York ; and by A. j * i Flint, 223 Arch St., Philadelphia. 36 pp. j . I nrien 6 cents. It is a forcible illustration of i I the truth that "Wine is a mocker," that! I'j bad h ibits tire very deceitful, to the person j . i ensnared by them ; and that he who i * thinks he stands, should take heed lest he j f j fall. . j * i I / ! TRICK BV A QUACK. j | The Liverpool correspondent cf the New j i York Star r> lutes the following anecdote in , t a recent lener: i " A quack doctor, of no very equivocal j j < caste, went to the levee, when some knights i were to be made: Each gentleman hand. - ed the Lord Chamberlain a card on which , i was written his Christian and surname. This e j Mr. Aldis did as they did, knelt down, got i : the royal accolade and rose up " Sir Chailes ci i Aldis." it was impossible to unknignt him, n i arid Sir Charles the scamp remains. It was r, ! George the Fourth who g ive him the title, ), j and never was a man, a monarch, more anh ' nuyed when the mistake was discovered ; for | on t'.ic very walls of St. James' Palace was pasted, the next day, sqtiare bills recommending Sir Charles Aldis* Pills which contain no mercurv." ? T i. From the Lowiston Telegraph, id IRISII HUMOR. lCj Wo learn from the last Detroit Po t, that j} a volunteer in Miss Victoria's service, find, j. ing a canoe upon the beach near Maiden, ,fj* got into it,and started on a voyage ofdLcovI-. cry. When he had got some distance from ul' the shore he was discover d by the officer )U ol the day s\ho ordered six men into a ot hoat and gave chase. Me pursued the voyage to the American shore and in his I ardor lu? forgot he was out ot British tcrri. r ? ? lory, and sc zed the de erter ; a ei:iz*n told iS ;he man that he was free and need not go in hack unless he vvis.ied; one of the officer's of men an Irishman, hearing this, exclaimed ; ;)S ' If that spalpeen be free so is every moth,-k er's son of us ! So ye may jest go home b. my jewi'll (addressing the officer and tell jn the kernel that he left us here to take care is of the prisoner !") * Tut tui," said the offi'-er, ' ger into the boat men." Arrat; ] srwd Pz! " I have some republican bloo J in ! me, besides/? is''oub.ful but that Gineral f,s I Ja. kson is some klJi to mo: the gineral is at a rale Irishman, barring he came to Ain., ci. criky two years before ho was born ! 1 he he j officer had to hire men to row him back, ne and teport seven men deserted. [,e j I have seen a young girl marry a young j.# man of dissolute habits, and repent of it as |)e long as she lived. CHKKAWGAZETi E. itio.NuAi LVLM.NG, JU.NL i7, lo6H. n ] j j ' Owing to tlie sickness of our principa |lv liana we were unable to is.-ue our paper ai y. the usual time. Printers arc not to he proel cured on short notice in a little iulund town, in in the Southern States, nh tv, If this paper should f-.U into the hands ol Mr. P. who lately worked in our office he j(j' is informed that if sti 1 unemployed, wewil Qf i give him employment till October ut least Price of Silk Worm Eggs.?We see nr ils advertisement in the Fayette vibe Observer a ... ,x. by a ninn residing in Pittsboro' N. C. of pi. fering silk-worm eggs at one dollar pet 00 thousand, which is equal to $40 per ounce 101 They sold at this price last spring in sotm jI places at the north/fend perhaps still higher l,e by the small quantity. But it was only be a cause the ex ens on of the silk cuhurc rs' proved *o be so much greater than had beer htr llvioo onfrnim/l in tlm Kiteinoci tl 11 ' r\y I j'U "J VJJ III UOU IlliliV UUO|llV?W> ve last year that the quuutity of eggs preservet iih was not not sufficient to meet the demand, 5s, The pi ice w II probably be high next yeai nl again ; for we have no doubt that the de. iie mund will be at least ten times, perhaps fif 1 ty times, greater than it was last year )Pj still we consider it probable that northeri de culturists w 11 preserve eggs enough to mee '1* any demand likely to arise, and at a muc! lower rate than $40 per ounce. It wouh be more profitable to preserve the cocoon i for eggs at $3 per ounce than to reel then 1Z> at $6 the pound for silk. Ona hand coul< ve very easily rear worms enough to produci f? from 125 to 150 ounces ofeggs, supposinj ,n only one half of the cocoons to be of suits nt t ble cjuaiity to bu preserved for that purpose he and the time required would not exceet seven weeks. At $40 per ounce 125 ounce.m | would bring $5000 ; a pretty good compen k*' sation for 7 weeks labor of ono hand. Silk ,n' ... n* j _ j worm eggs could very well bo anorueu ami will be sold in all parts of this countr) co in very few years, a' the rate of less thar 2d i(j cents the thousand. ;e, ? rs { Mr. Grundy, attorney General has writn? J ten and pubiished an elaborate uniclo to he j Provc ^at Mr. Van Buren was a "War as ' Democrat" during the last war with Great in | Britain. The Alexandria Gazette, there'1*upon, reminds Mr. Grundy of a speech |el which lie once made in Congress in .which I he said that "he never saw an office holder 0 1 bosv vi{h ftip plsctio^g but he frb '.hflt he ivuie omce noiuei) ??? mviv about his bread and better than_his couq* try."? A Sign.?The Harpers of New York are about to publish A memoir of the Life and Public Services of Gen. Scott. It has of late become the fashion for men aspiring to the Presidency to introduce themeelves to tho public by a memoir of iheir lives. A man worthy of this high office would prefer the publication of his biography to be postponed till after his death; and men understanding what Qualifications ate oecessa. ry for the office will not be ready to bestow it upon one whose merits must be made known 1o the country by a memoir* It is stated, on the authority of a letter from Washington to the Editor of the Rush* I mont! Enquirer, that an arrangement baa ; been made with the British GovermiMtf* | by our minister, Mr. Stevenson, by whfch it is stipulated that the slaves shipwrecked^ 8 or 10 years ago cn the Bahama Islands* and which were liberated by the British au* thorities, shall be paid for. t The recent depression in the price of cot* ton which was likely seriously to injure | holders of that article, is ascribed to accii dental and temporary causes, and not to tho proportion between the supply and demand. ! Tlit Bank of flie U. Stives, therefore proposes to advance three fourths the value of cotton yet held in this country, to those who will ship to Humphreys and Biddlo, in Great i Britain. And it is recommended to other banks to advance the remaining fourth, io i cases uheie ihn holders must have it. in or. der to prevent the *.!oof their cotton. Th? arrangemen: will sive the country, many millions of dollars, and will save many en? terprising merchants from bankruptancy. Wlmt a cru? l "monster" this same Bank of the United States is. The Seminoles still continue to murder and plunder the a hites in Florida. Whcth. (j er by authority of the tribe, or by squads | acting of their own accord, and refusing to submit to the authority of the chiefs does not yet appear. They may remember the , treachery of the whites towards Oseola. G< n McDuffie has succeeded in procur* iug the loan for which he went to Europe. Tiie Pee D^e Aricultural Society will meet next Saturday. When wc shall be able to issue another paper will depend on the health of ouc hands, or our procuring a printerSOUTHERN AGRICULTURIST. 1 Contents ofthe June number of the Southem Agriculturist nnd Register of Rural ' Affairs i PARL. I?EDITORIAL AND ORIGINAL. Agricultural Convention. Proceedings of the Monticello Planters1 I j Society, and appointments of Delegates to j he Agricultural Conven ion. j The Pny logical Differences between the j European (or Whit-' Alan) and the Negro ; , i by W. G. Ramsay, j On Pea Vines as Provender ; by Cotton. Letter on the importance of Agricultural f Schools, and Agricultural Conventions; . wi'h remarks by the Editor, j Advantages to Charleston, and South. Carolina, to ho derived from a Direct } Trade, with Reflections on jne Kail Koaa j } and Canal Communications of the South, j (Continued.) PART II.?SELECTIONS. Treatise on the Culture of Silk. No. 3: r by Gideon B. Smith. (Supplement to No. , 2, published in the last Number.) , Experiment witn Maryland Twin Corn. On ihe Management of the Dairy, par., ' ticularly with respect to the making and cur ing of Butter; by Dr. James Anderson. j The Twin or Okra Cotton. i' Comparative cost of Hay, Roots, &c., for , j feeding Stock, j! Root Culture?Beets, j Blessings of poverty in Youth. ; Working Cows, r! Soap M iking. .1 Force of Winds?Salt Rain. . I Pri o of Durham Cable. . 1 Agricultural Periodicals in the United ' j Slates. 1 I PART nr..---MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. I Rail Roads ; Dangers of Rail Road Trav. ii jelling; Land Sales; The Bush Cow; j Days of the Week; Truth; Rip Van Winkle waking up ; Origin of tho term 11 Muslin s! A Pr'ze for the Ladies ; Familly Conver1 !sation ; Indian Food; Cure for Frozen J : Limbs ; An Excellent Law. Q ; ? i Virainia K ections.'^-Jihe returns re t i ' "iJ 3 ! turns received at Richmond are not com* "1 plete, but the Whig, of the 4;h inst., says ? I iis feels justified in giving the following as J tho result of the congressional election 3 ! throughout the State, j Administration..^-Linn, Ranks, Andcw I Beirup, Walter Coles, Robert Craig, Geo. ' C.Dromgoole, Joel HolIeman.Jos. Johnson, ' | J no. W. Jones, Wm. Lucas, Frs. E. r Rives, Lewis Steenrod, Green B. Samuels t! ?.12. J Whigs Henry A. Wise, John Talis. M feiro, R. M. T. Hunter, John M. Bolts, I , John Hill, Wm L. Goggin, Chas. F. Mer* I ccr?7. v 11 Conservatives.-"'James Garland Geo, I '! W. Hopkins 2. J ; I In this result the administration has gain. M ; e i Hoileman, and the Whigs have gained I , Rortruv Contests ! Hill and 4""'w"i dv _ j the seat of Lucas. i The sameJournal, oftke5th inst., yield, j ing Giles and Mercer 1, and Logan 1, (not I