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MISCELLANY.
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I'ukvkxtios or I'nrtNo in Smai.i. ?Mr. |
St art in, the senior surgeon to (In- Ciiiikv ||<.<. i
p'ltal for di-i"ases of the skin, has eowiiiiin ieated
to the Modioli Times. a very iiuportniit j
plan, wliiuh lie lias jh!<>j>t.-?! durini; tin? la-t
fourteen years. for pivv.-uling jii11i11lt in smallpox,
ami which, lie st;it,-.?. lias always j>rov.- 1
successful. The plan consists in applying 111 1
itcctuin canlhiiriilfs, or any ve.-icatinir llnld, l>y j
means of a camel hair l?ru.?h to the apex of i
each spot or pustule of the disease' on all the ;
exposed surface of the liodv, until Mistering is I
evident. Itv the whiteness of the shin in the '
parts subjected to the iipplieation, when the J 1
fluid producing it, is to lie washed off with wa j
tor o. thin arrow-root gruel. The pain at tend- j
ing the application of the vesicating llnid is i
very slight and transient.
jIinsksota.? I lie hill rc|>'irr.<;.| t>y henntor
T)oiij*liiR from the Semite commit toe on 'IVrritories,
declares tlint Minnesota ?h.ill In? adniitti*il
into the I'liion oil an equal footing with
the original States in all ret-putt-1. It proves*!
that tlint the State shall he entitled to one rej?- J
resentalive in Congress, aii'l sndi additional !
representatives as the jiopnlation may .-how 1
thi'V ans entitled to neenrding to the pri-si'iit 1
ratio of representation. leaving ihe Ilxtise In :
uncertain the number wln-n the full returns of'
the cellsiiR shall he received? ;>rcsumiu<r that I
thd residue of the returns will he received I?y I
the time the hill shall l.econi^ a law. So far ajiseertuincdUlic
population is l;Sii,-10I, with se"Veil
counties and part of another to be heard
from.
Tiik Wkatiikr at tiik Sorm.?Croon pens.iml
new potatoes are iihuiidant in the vicinity of
. ISew Orleans, On some plnntntions tlic or- !
i. ange trees iiiv potting forlii tlicit- blo-sonis. ami j
".hi others .uv yielding nn abundance of fruit, j
The Picayune acknowledges tin; reeeipt of ill' j
mess of ripe strawberries grown in the open I
..-air, without the ai l of glass. A letter from j
Floriila says?"pencil trees arc in full bloom, ,
; and all kinds of tress are out like May. J'eo1
pie are very busy gardening." In Mobile ro>
sea and-all kinds of flowers in full liiooin.
The Paiikos and the Lady.?A young ;
'clergyman residing in this city ;i short time .
stgo paid a Hyiiijj visit to London, and in !
Oxford street met-a young lady weeping
bitterly. Touched by her distress lie accost ed
her and she told him that she had inst
come to town from Birmingham willi her j
father, that she had missed linn in the street, !
and being an utter stranger was utterly at a i
loss where to go or what to do. Our Iriend !
recommended lier to return at onee to Hir- j
mingham, and put her into a cab to proceed
lo Eustan square station, Mntin<r.tli:it
iie would have accompanied her if h? had
not been obliged to return to Bristol immediately.
Before di;ving oft'lie asked the
.youlig lady if,she had Mi'v money to pay
s lier fare, and she replied in the negative.
Our friend then banded her a on pie of sovereigns
and his card, and the cab drove oft*.
Now.'we'dare say, that the reader anticipates
the denoumeiit, and i? prepared to jpin
inr tKe.laugh .with which the friends of the
1^ 4 ._.l I ... . . . l'
? Clergyman greeieq nun hk a vu-.uin ot me
Arts ot lllu whimpering mins. Hut "lie wlio
laughs Iftst laughs best,'' payg the provcib;
? and this wa? tl?tt reward of our friend ; for
after enduring much good-natured san-usm.
and, what is perhaps worse, some real pity
for his ignorance ??F female wiles and ingenuity,
the etory of the forlbrn .dnmsel * turned
6ut to-be true. A few days Jince our friend
*J. J i I-..-J /. il.. __
received It leticr iiimii uic wuy n miner, hii
ftged clergyman, Rtating that he ha<l, acei'
'dentally lout his daughter hz the youug lady
described, and thanking him for "the most
disinterested act of kindnegs he had ever
thet with it| the course of a long life." Of
v "<ibtfrse<an order wa? ennfn*ed for the rt-payr
Iflertt of th? loan, which bear* tlie highest of
* nH interest, grfltiludw; and may we not add
public,#pecf?
! :.-i.' V't' Brldol ffinglatig) Mirro*\
* ,7~^arfywsto * tfcu a Stout'Eliznfetji
rei*te* the Mowing episode
[From the Southern Cultivator.}
Grape Growing And Wine Making
Made Easy. J
The attention of all our readers, wlio de- j
s?ire to p:irtieipilate in tlie pleasures and
]>iofiis of Vineyard culture in the Smith, is
railed to the excellent treatise >>f A. PeCar- ;
i
adentic, lv?|; in the present munher. J.ike j
very many others, we heretofore have been
deterred enterinix largely into the Culture, ;
ot tlie \ '.lie, l?y Tear o!-the expanse and dif- I
lirulty attending it. We have been taught j
to Uiu!c 11 pon the proilurlion of jrood Wine :
in (lie South, sis exceedingly problematical. !
Xo one doubted the capacity of our sunny i
clime for tlie growth ot' the grape ; "but"? j
the making of good wine afterwards?I here j
was tlie ilillh-ultv ! Well that difllc.ultv j
has vanished?the mystery is solved?
"granite laboratories" and deep cellars are j
pt-rhnps, well enough in their wav, hut hv
no means in<li-p>-n-al>le ; and hereafter, any |
man may plant lu> Vinevar?l vv'th tin* panic '
eevtnintv of beinij al>!e to make a l?ir<T?*Iv !
* 1
paving crop of ?jfood wine, that lie would I
of making hicaJ from liiscom or w heat I
tt,l.l.
We have recent!v made two vi-its to the
vincvards of Dr. M?d>otiald, ?tnd our curres- j '
pondent, Mr. Ih-Caradeue. We have in- j
]ii:r<*<l minnlely into their system of plant- 1
;ti?j ntiil riillnre ? we have examine.! their 1
soils, locations ami aspects?have eaten ,
theiv irrani'S, am! drank their wines of vari- t
ous flavors ami qualities?lint all pure, in- i
vigorating, and vastly superior to tin; for.
< i-j.ii tra-h for which we pay so dearlv?
\V? have, (so iar as our brief time would
permit.) familiarized ourselves with their.
.
processes for m ikiticr these wines, and with j
all the advantages and disa<lvantages of the i
business: and the result i?. a deliberate con- !
vietion that the t'ielU Culture of the Grupe. ( '
as practiced hy these gentlemen, is one of j
the .utresl and most rvniuverutirc brunches '
of rural industry, and destined in a very , '
few years to become of great and signiiieant j
importance to the South.?There are thou
fcjitnls of acres of uplands nil around us, too I j
poor for cither cotton <>i coin, thai will pay j
from *-1)0 to S",oo p.-r acre in wine, the i '
third or fourth year from planting, ami
which, if properly managed, may l?- made |
io dear expenses from tin; very outset. Much ! '
i>f thilaud can In; purchsed for a mere trillo, i
(live or ten dollars per acre,) an>l if il will j
pay even two hundred dollars per acre in j
wine, after the third year, what other field I
crop now cultivated in theS.mfii ?. ? !
to compare with it? The experience of j .
ilie vinters in Ohio, shows an average yield
of four hundred gallons to the acre, and
that we can safely count on equaling this
need not he doubled.
t
In fact, the testimony of hath the gentle- ^
men above alluded to, (who have hml six (
teen year experience,) as well as the- recent t
successes <it .Mr. Axt, ami many others, justi- (
tins us iu claiming for tlic Culture of the ,
Crape far more attention than has ever (
vet received in the South, and' of earnestly (
urnriiii.' it upon the notice,our subscribers.
We can fully endorse, from our own knowledge,
all the statements of Mr. DeCaradeuc.; ~
and commend his article to the special attention
of mir readers. We do' not claim j |
prr fiction for his system nor does Mr. C.I
himself? but we do contend that It is the
cheapest, easiest, and surest way of profitably
cultivating the Vine, yet offered to the
public. '
i
ORAl'K GROWING AM) WINK MAKING MADK J
EASY.
1Editors Southern Cultivator.? A<rreen?
*
bly to your request, I now hand you a few
remarks about our method of planting out
and taking rare of a Vineyard. I say. '
'our method," for I claim it is peculiar to
Dr. MeDonriald and myself; and we have
adopted it, not through ignorance of more
complicated and more costly methods, but
first, on account of its simplicity and c/iraj)??.i
.1 i " ----- '
....v. vi>?5.., ii.iviiim ,Vi;n succeeueu, wny,
should we alter course? 1 do not pretend
to sjiv it is the best, nor do 1 wish to deter
any so disposed to go to tho expanse of
trenching their lands three feet in depth ;
but there ?re very many farmers who have
not the means to incur expenses, who wish
to' plant out an acre or two of vines but are ,
literally frightened out of it, not only by
the mystery and. difficulties which hereto
fort!, have been connected with the business,
but also, by fear of (lie money wlii&h is to
ei>meout.of their pocket* before they receive
any return. First,so many hundred dollars
for trenching, and grubbing, and manifting';*
llien as ii.any more for vines; then so nymy
more to Learn how to stick the cuttings into
j^lie ground ; and then so many more to learn
how to prune; then to learn how to make
the wine^how lo keep it drc; and, to crown ,
it all, bo many thousands tor ncell ir. 'And
iflTso hffppena, ho is nble^and willing to
[.Bland all (iffudred ,to one, he i? fright
ened half. o^Lqf hit> senses, and gives up in
tk-npair of eVefj being able to unravel t\w
oiystury, an I m wtor tho awful Roienceof
Wine making <*pedatfyif ^be h?ppet}*to
bear of ^ratftQ Ubor&orW'tfging; built for
the exprgM purp&e oMmpprtiDg instruct iofl
fe'- r
ritKI'AKATION OK TIIK I.AM).
1 prefer new land,?surli as wotilil bring
from four lo six bushel* of rorn to the nrre ;
select if, possible, a pieee oil easterly, or soul ii
easter.ly exposure, ami on a liiil side, if v??u
have sueli; if von have not, level land will
do, pi*t?vii l?r<i it tin not .too retentive of moisture.
Sandy soil is the best, although dry
clav bill-sides will answer very Well. Clear
tlie bind and break it up with nlows. as lor
corn ; but all trees must of course, I?o cut
down and removed. Now get a parcel of
small slakes, three to four feet long, and
proceed to mirk out the rows; if the laud
he level let the rows he straight ; hilt it
oil a hill siile, lay them oil' horizontally, or
level without repaid to straightness ; ihis is
in older to prevent the washing awav of the
soil, (see one of the late numbers of the
Cn/tivalur lor a simple leveling instrument.)
I make my rows eight or nine feet apart, I
prefer that distance on account of driving
Wilts lictween to haul stale*, or manure,
when it becomes necessary, or in vintage
time. 1 laving slaked oil'the rows to vour
satisfaction. proceed looped the trenches or
lilt-lies ; lei tlii'iii ! <; about two feet wide,
unil M>me fourteen inches deep, lnr?je plows
followed l?y Ions* shovels, will very quickly
ilo tlie work in sandy soil. The next liiint?
is to plant ; tiiis can be dune, in our >oti'.li[ rn
climate, from the middle of November
to the end of March. I prefer looted plants ;
i it hers jjive the preference to cutting ; the
first will save one year, and you can
|m;uu iiu-ui oecjier, wiiicn is ,*i great f>t?i?*ct.
Makuyourseif a wooden compass, with an
upening of four feet six indies at the points,
;ui'l mark <>nt the distance fur yonr vines
in the bottom of tlie trenches; drop tlie
vines in their planes, am! proceed to plant
llieni. Two men, with short handled hoes,
will plant a great many ill a <lay ; one deep-ns
the hole to let tins roots go some inches
leeper than the bottom of the ditch; the
jther places the vine upright and holds it
until the first has put earth around it. It'
ton have other hands Id them follow with
Iioc-n and refill the trench. so that the ton
I
ye of tin* vim? will he about on a level with
lie sui fact. l?ut a short stake to oncli vine,
o mark il place. Then; is nothing more to
lo util 11 the spring ijras* will call y?.tir plows
.ml hoes i;\U use; then work them as you
iv<jiilil corn or cotton. Vou may plant
wo rows, ami they will not interfere with
lie vines in the least.
KtliST PRrvivn
In the winter, at any time between the
1st of December ami the loth of Mirch,
:tke a sharp knife, remove every branch xsept
one, ami cut that ilutvn above the sec>nd
or third eye of the last growth ; break
he land with a half-shovel plow as for corn,
massing the nearest furrow about twelve indies
from the vines. Give thein a stake
lhou'w four feet long; they will, in the spring,
dioot out many suckers, and put out eyes
where they have no business; cut out the
suckers with "* a long handled chisel, and
rub otT all the eyes excepting the two or
!iri'i? Villi Ii'ft in nrmiiiiif I !.?? /> ?.? >1
I o "'"J
*ro\v up, should bo fash-nod to the stakes,
ivi111 bits of soft string, bark, or anything
.ds? you may have at han 1.?Keep the
land cultivated with plow ami hot*, and plant
peas between.
SECOND I'RCNIXG.
The second winter's pruning is a n-pcli
Lion of die first, but you must replace the
imal! stakes by good lasting woo 1, frotn six
Lo eight feet. long. There will bo some fruit.
The summer's work is the same as above.
Til I ill) PRUNING.
Tho third winter's pruning is different
remove all branches or canes, save tho two
strongest; of these, cut tho high est >il>< >u L
eighteen inches long ami tho other about
three inches?tho longest i-* intended foi
fruit; the hitter, which is called "spur," is
to make wood for next year. Towards
spring. bend this long branch horizoiitSlli/
and fasten the end of it strongly lo a short
stjike, placed at a sufficient distanco. Tr
the West tins cane is made to form a com
plete circle l?y fastening the e?<l of.it to tin
foot of the vine; (his is called "arching.'
The object of .arching is to moderate and
regulate the How of the sap, in order that it
may fill all the eyas on the cane, for if tin
cane were left perpendicular, the sap would
pass the lowest eyes, and rush upwards into
the top.' Dut, in my opinion, arching ovei
dc/es the business, nritl the sap, who*e ten
dency is always upwards,will most generally
stop at tltie cy .'S on tho upper part of lh<
arch, find develope them atrqligly ; and thos<
below will put out very weakly, or not al
all?while, when the cane is laid'Aor/zonfa/
ly, they all get their >h?re inucli.niore.equal
ly divided. The vine should also 6e?trong
ly fastened to'the large, stake. All wh<
plant x'ihes nrju*t pWt^.outOijer Willow
wbose,twigs ,arp buporjor to any others fo
funic* Mllimiifli T Iiqva modn iiu nf lli.
B.. .......
yoojo& t.wig* of Black "Gum, or of thq .Wilt
W.jjfow, and of-the bark of young Hickory
^Qnring this summer, the $?j?e* will throv
oat strong l?rftTit:lics, vtfiid) muat^be fA#teo
*ed fo th*.ftaltta t?. iJn;y%gro*; unjil". tbe;
rwcM^feiopf rtUybe
*t?r,
v..-' , . *4SsLi'<i
I similiter make use of a se.raper. A t'ler this,
: tin: winter pruning is always, inert;or less.n
; repetition of this last', one spur, mid one or
I two beftring canes, according to the strength
j of the vine. In pruning, let the cut lie
clvan and close, leaving no small ends of
dead wood, wliieli will surely injure tin; old
stem. Among old vines, a small toothed
' biitclirr-?a\v will gieatly assist the npornlion.
1 j I do not approve of summer pruning;
| vines and fruit require all the shelter they
' | 0:111 inn-ter t<> preserve them I'rotn our burn*
inif sun. Persons engaged in the grape
j culture should not lose sight, of pruning ; it
'i is to moderate and equalize the production
I of fruit, thereby improving its quality, and
; j -paring the health ami life of the vine. We
: are often told that this or that person has a
vine, which is never pruned, climbs to the
j summit of high trees, hears abundantly, is
: very old, etc. A single vine is very different
from twelve bundled to the acre?and
in many parts of Italy, where they have
1 adopted tin? tree culture, the quality of the
; wine, which formerly ranked high, has comj
pletelv been destroyed. I never wish to see
i my vines average more than from twelve to
! fifteen bundles each. Quality is better than
quantity.
The Catawba seemed to have usurped the
I most prominent place among the natives.
' At the West it is by far the greatest favorite;
perhaps, then; are others do no succeed
, i as well. At the South. mo*t persons are
following in the wake of our Western broth;
ten, and have taken it for granted that none
i others are worth cultivating, and condemn
; without kr.owinir iliem. The Catawba is
. f
: certainly a beautiful looking grape, and a
i great bearer ; but its honied and wild in lis
j ky flavor, (which is unfortunately too strong|
Iv retained in the wine,) is a very serious
! objection for a palate accustomed to a more
' delicate fruit or beverage. The "boquet,"
j or perfume, of wine is a precious quality but
this is "too much of the good tiling."
j Foreign grapeH must l>e discarded for
I wine making. After a fair trial, wc, like
many others, have come to the conclusion
| that they cannot stand o'ur climate.
: i w 11 .1 - .1 .
<-m e uauves linn nave come witlnn
my roach, I give a derided preference Ui
; t li?i Warren and I lie Isabella, both givaf
i bearers, but, like the Catawba, subject to
the mi. The fornwr makes a delicate wine
of the color of Madeira, but not so strong;
' the latter, a light beautiful colored Claret,
I very similar to Ibirdcattx wines. I also, like
! what we here call the Uurgundy and lilaek
'July, (both misnamed,)?the first being the
! i . ? i? ...
| iiesi tame grape we liiive in tins country,
i and making a delightful Madeira colored
! wine; the Black July makes n very dark
j rich, red wine," not unlike Port. These two
| vines are not great hearers, hut their fruit
' does not rot.
MAKING WINE.
My process for making wine is different
from that followed in the West and in Georgia.
The grapes being gathered, and all
' impound or green berries removed, they are
: thrown into large tubs, or half barrels, and
i thomiicrlilv ffll.slii.il iv i 111 ll.n t.....,i . it..
j contents are then emptied into large vats
(bogheads.) which are filled to within four
. teen inches of the top ; cover these wit!
homespun and boards, to keep out gnats
and ilies. In a very short time fermenla
tion commences; the mass swells and rises
; to the top, and should be pressed down will
a wooden ptuldle, two or three times pci
! day* The next morning the clear jniee'if
drawn from a fascet, near the bottom, aiu
poured into a barrel ; when no more juici
> COII1PS out lllft iiuieu ?n llin i?l ic ' "?
i lied to the press and wliat liquid remains ir
it is squeezed out; this is usually very thick
and is put into another barrel, af it is of in
ferior quality! lie sure that your barrel;
> are filled to with in three inches of the bung
less than that would leave too much air ii
, contact with the winej "'id would cause ji
I to sour ; more than that ktvould> cause it t<
i overflow in the fermentation which for a few
clays will be very brisk ; when this has'sub
sided, till the barrels to one inch of tin
' bung, with wine reserved for that purpose
and dose the bungs tightly. I3e very care
L ful that the- barrels, tubs, vats, etc., be al
i perfectly clean and sweet, as the sligbtes
I degree of uncleanliuess would be fatal to tlx
>vine. ' *
i * " t
r There now remains fiothing to do unit
the next winter, when wine is drawn in
' to'ollier barrelsnn order-to clarify it. Th<
* dark Claret is allowed to ferment on tlx
? skins f5i* four or five " dAys, iS order to ex
tract all the collor :'it is then treated as* tlx
* , yf ' ' .-V * . .
- others.-* *t ' *
. Another item, by many to bi
r positively" indispensable and ,the cojt o
? which is very considerable is a celldr. Til
' u.i.
V Iiwn uur nvino uuiiuis unvo ucvil UUI VBrj
f slight bgrfrd-hoOaes*on 'the- aurfu<;e, pnd w<
b have iMt^UO jwine fr<jfn* ^pfility, excep
r Vlioro we could,trace it to leakage, or somi
othot; cause. ?And in ..order illll more t<
cheep?rjjMid re
- i^ibve'^l) mjsigry froiri ifj'Mlnfo taught n\i
I ftorft ,the bfcntmg ?wl .Briftriug to the.bol
5T't''"' ' ' ' H
. ;'
gent as tin* peasantry of Kurope, jiiu! mticli
more to be depended upon. Here we have
miother decided advantage over tlie West- ]
ern folks, who are dependent upon the ca- ! ''
pi ices of foreign laborers, and many are the \ |,
airs they put on when they cuino to tliis j "
country. j
I5y following the above directions, which i "
I have endeavored Wf give in such a manner | .1
as to he within the understanding of all, and \ '
making use of a little judgement in modi- j |
j '"g them according to circumstances the j
i most inexperienced fanner an set himself; j
mil > viiii-i'uril ?itw 1 ivill I'miiw willi />v. I I
perienee. I wish to sec as many as possible ; !
eni;a?;ein tlie business, as the more we art; '
I ~ r> *
i lite; Ik:tier it will b? t'ur all. and centuries !
I . . 1
will elapse before it ceases to pay.? We j
! hope, ere loner, to seen Southern Society of
| Wine Growers, with its centre at Augusta, j
ottering to tin; world pure and lu>uious
wines, of all hues and of all flavors.
I should state that Or. Mel >onald*s mode j
of planting vines is more simple than mine, j
lie makes no ditches, but. onlv holes, aboui j
i sixteen indies in fli:itii?*l i*r *in?l /.i.?liI?.(?n i
deep,and plants the cuttings in tliestr. 11 is i
vinos are remarkably tine, as all who see |
them can testify. Ditches require more la- j
hor at first hut then there is the advantage j
of having that part of y<?nr land broken
which the plow cannot afterwards reach.
. V-C*
Woodward, S. C., Sept. lS.j/.
r emaie uipiomauso 111 wasningion.
The \Vsisliin?jti>t? correspondent of llie ;
Philadelphia Pennsy Ivanian says :
Among llie instiuiiioiis of Washington is
a class of female "diplomatists," ' intriguers,"
''politicians," or "ollice heggrtrs," as j
you may please to style them, which as a i
class, cannot Ik; paralleled in the world. I
These women are gem-rally strong-minded
in the fullest sense of the term. No little j
feminine scruples among them ; no blusli !
in nMiiiuMy uv?r cuiik's oeiween mem ami |
success ; but they "go in to win," 011 the
jnincijile that
"When a woman will,she will,
Vnii may depend on't!
Ami when pile won't. slie won't,
bother.*.'a the end on't."
A few days ago, one of ti?e?e amazons ar- :
rived lieru to secure a position lor ;i foii I
I who seemed to inherit ail the feminine traits j
| which his mother lacked, 'l'ruc to (lie pitn- i
ciph-s of lier class, she went to work. It
; she caught a glimpse of a Cabinet ollicer,
! she, hailed him. If she lilet a Senator, she j
: i........ 1 I i I - I I
: milnniMitMiMi iimi ; ami u sue came ill con- I
i tract will) a poor "member," only, she colj
hired liini. All were alike Attacked, and
i luul to sutler the infliction of a woman's
i j tongue for an hour at least. Heavens !
what misery. Even llie President was not
wife, and rumor lias it that Iii?> war was carried
into his sanctum, ami that the statesman
of half a century had to qnail before
(he modern Xantippe. At last, in the
. course of events, sh? met a distinguished
Senator from the New England States, who
has a tongue of his own, and knows how to
use it. A battery was at onco opened.
- Round shot, bombs, cannisters, slugs, grapes
and '"13B ?as poured into the dignitary without
mercy and without even a pause for
i t treat ii. \v lien sla- had literally "<;ui out,"
as Sain Sliek would siv, llie Senator a^ked
if lier son was with her.
Sim replied !?y calling Spooney to Iter,]
who came like a "Squeers" hoy for his "mo- j
lasses ami brimstone,'' am] was duly pro- j
Rented.
"Is this the young man whom you want j
appointed ?"asked tli?j Senator.
"Yes,sir," tlie mother replied ; "and oh !
sir, lie's set his heart upon it,and it will l?e
a great disappointment, au4 I hope- "
"Iieg pardon, inadam. hut Uid you say
r you wanted him to join the army 1"
! "Yes, sir, tlm Dragoons, if you please."
] "Well, inailaii),my influence is not
, but I will endeavor to serve you it'you will
adopt a suggest iotl of mine." ,
"Oil ! with pleasure, sir ; you ary so
? very kind."
, "Then, inadame, frotn what I sec of you r.
self and son, allow me to recommend that
you apply for flic admission 'in the Dragoons;
and that your son ho sent hack to
' ; serve with the homeinf<tnIry. I atn sure
llie country would gain be tlx: change."
i Xatitippo glowed and swelled, hilt be)
fore she hud titne to efcplede, the Senator
was crone.
A Oreat Work.?A writer in the At!
lantic Monthly thus refers to the great, work.
? of Agassiz, modestly entitled "Contribution*
to the Natural History of the United States."
I According lo ^his reviewer, Mr. Aga&siz has
t commenced "one of the monumental labors
of our country,'' the lijke of which, in.the
* way of systematic natural science, has not
beep, witnessed on fhe Western Continent.
| No naturalist since Cnvier has attempt^!
such nn immense task it'll tlie same po.wen*
of observation, ' analysis and reflection.
' *'W6 fid not as-sume to say," says the reviewJ
er, "where iri tbe category of fully equipped,
- intelligence Mr. Agassiz belongs. 136t if tli^
a union of the most extraordinary observing 1
power* with fen almost' poetic perception of
analogies witl^a wide compass of thotigntj
- uje AHHWuiying yjMttiot ?n<l. Imhit, Uirgo
f lynowloilge of boo^ and personal intifnacy,
I with tli?s leadera-in: varioua, ^departments of<
r* 'knowledge, and with this tlie upward looking
aspect of mirirl and heart, whiiib is die
5 crowning gift of#11?-.if tlig, union o^.yfese
1 qualities run give to the man'of -s<fllfrce,n"
a claim togMi nobler " nnrae-of, \yi?<1om, ^ 1?
[? not flattery, but juMice to award this distil)u -
. tion to Mr. Agassiz." , '
* ' * J? ' >-< ' ?
7 - M , ' .. "* *'
Fate mjjmt twuble iUelf about* nrirober
? ^>f foolish pgbnlfe; for no sc\oner rines a foot
OtfTrtpliment to Dr. Charlea Mackay. j
A in mbor of ?rentleineii in Washington, |
ays till- National IntelligiMieVr.) admirers of (
)r. MneknyV pvnitt* and jirntiliod listeners to ' j'
is r.-eent leetiires here, desiroti;? of jfrtyIrts^ him i
(j".i"t. and unostentatious eouiplimont In-forc : '
is departure, ns a mark of their respeut for the , 1
nan ami the author, invited hint to n private j \
laniptet i.t (lansier's saloon, la-t owning. The ' j
ompanv, though limited, embraced n immher j ^
if tile tno-l <listiui^tlished irent leiili-n, niumii^st j
vlioin Weinay he permitted to mention Gen< J '
nine* Shields, ('civ. I'riee, lion. Mr. Se\v?r<l, ! I
f<*n. Quitman, lion. Mr. IJoyce, lion. Mi'.Slier- I I
nan, Hon. Ml*. Huliiu/aine, lion. Mr, Morse, ; j
Ion. K Ward, ainl tin- linn, Mr. Parrott. Lord ;
Sapii*r ami sir \Vnt. Ou*lev Were invited, both | 1
f wImoii wrote letters declining on account of i '
trior engagements. (Jon. Shields. I?v in v it si- I I
ion, presided at tin- entertainment, ami, after i ,
lie elotli hail Keen reliioveil, lie mailt'a few up- ]
H-opfinte remark*. eonelttding wit.li 11 sentiment. j
ii response to wliicU Mr. Mnekny delighted the
:utiipaiiy t?y delivering the annexed poem:
t?l.? 1 t 1
w wuii auu ?j vilclillAll.
Said brother Jonathan to John,
"You are the elder born,
And 1 can hear another's hate, j
Hut. not your slightest ueorii,
You've lived a life of itolde si rife,
You've innde a worid your own,
AYIiv, when I follow in your steps,
lleeeivc nie with a groan ?
I feel the promptings of my youth,
That urge me evermore
To spn-ad my fame, mv race, my name,
From shore to furthest shore.
I feel the lightnings in my blood,
The thunders in my hand,
ml I must work my destiny
Whoever may wilhsta id.
And if you'd give me, brother John,
The sympathy 1 '/rave.
And stretch v<?'ir warm fraternal hand
Across llm Atlantic wave,
I'd give it such a cordial grasp
That earth should start to see,
And uuciciil crowns and sceptres shake
That fear both 3011 and nie."
Said brother John to Jonathan,
"You do my nature wrong;
I never hated, never scorned.
But lovml y?'ii well and lori?.
If ehihli'ii of the self-same sire.
We've quarrelM now mxl then,
'Twos only in our early youth,
Ainl not since we w?*re men.
Am] if with cautious, cooler blood, J
I'esnlt of 8iinVrini*s keen, I
I sometimes think you move trfd fiist,
Mistake not wlint I mean.
I've felt, the follies of my youth, :
The errors of my prime.
Ami dreamed for you?my father's son? j
A future more sublime.
And here's my hand, 'tis freely given,
I stretch it o'er the brine.
Anil wish you from 1113- heart of hearts
A higher life than mine.
Together let 119 rule the world,
Together work ami thrive,
For if you're only twenty-one
Fin scarcely thirty-five.
Ami I have strength for nohler work
Than e'er 1113- ha?d has done.
And realms to rule and truths to plant
lieyond the rising sun.
Take you the West anil I the East,
We'll spread ourselves abroad,
Willi trade an-1 spade, and wholesome laws,
And faith in man and God. "
T.il.n - 1 r ?' T5 ?
jkmitv j?'t? me- ?? ?.-m hint i ilie iliisg:
We speak the self-same tongno
That Milton wrote nml Chatham spoke,
A ml Hums and Shakspcaresung :
Ami from our tonirue, our hand, our henrt.
Shall counties blessings flow,
To-li^ht. two darkened hemispheres
That know not where they go.
Our Anglo-Saxon name ami fame,
Our Anglo-Saxon speech,
Hccaived their mission straight from Ileaven
To civilize ami tench.
So here's tny hand, I stretch it forth;
Ye meanerlands look on!
From this (lay hence there'* friendship firm
'Twixt Jonathan anil John!"
They shook their hands, this nohle pair,
And o'e? the " electric chain"
Came daily messages of pence
And love betyvixt the twain.
When other nations, sore oppressed,
Lie <n?rk in sorrow's night.
They look to Jonathan nnd John
And hope for coming light
V tofttvn tup P.itv .V ?niir*I i>t*
man wlin has lived near us so long I hat lie
might pass for n native oftliese diggins,
although lit) was born nearer you than ,'ine,
wrt*?obliged to visit your city on business, a
tVw Weeks ago, in the midst of the panic.
Ilj; took quarters at a boarding Jiouse, and
his rustic dress and appearance exposed
liitti to tlie. observation and remark of a
smart young lady, of Very uncertain age,
who sat opposite to biin jititbe dinner table, j
Taking him for a decidedly verdant 6on of
the #6$, she proceeded to quiz ' him at her
leisure. . 1110 gentleman perceived herurm,
and he hffinored the juke/ In the'eourse of
lier inquiries shu asked? ''
"l)i(l you ever visit our gfentoity before ?"
l*Yes,jna'ain, I did, severnf j'ejira since."
"Did you come by railroad or bicamboat
in tliofm days?" '#
' jNeilher o$iherf tliiugs was^jn use when
I coine to'towifp < ..V
'' ,;?o0 mujit oom& by stage I?;,
"Nut exactly thai way neither."
/'Jo.-* f*
"No, not that way neither."
' 4 "Yoo murt eorne Qn fobt ?'* " .
*Not exactly so,
./ youtcome?do tell
us | ff ;a ft ^
if jrotC must U&pw, 1 wn?: born
JjfrtVlotto 24, 1814, 40^Walker
street, tfekf ftie 13otaery?' . , y
i The ypuijg IftdV wm Wjk?tly Mtiifled.
her
li^:dm?e^nnotlior time,
*)^Vivinjflf -lief oW
4- ^
'*V --I " S >** v'-' ' -W ?!
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Physical Exercise.
The journals of health in various parts of he
country gives h picture, by no, means
latterinjj, of tin* physical di'Jjeneracy of our
-ottnti viiiem '1 he evil complained of pre*
-ails principally in the cities which -rtru #?1v.iys
and everywhere nurseries of ill health ( ^
n which tlx' nidi pass their time in dingy
vorks shops and eh me cotMilitijf-rooms and
lie woman scarce ever place their feet oil
lie pavement, and when they do, wean fetich
bin shoes that colds and eonsnmption*'nro
he general result. The eoriserpictiee is a
puny, pale-fared, dyspeptic race, as unlike
is possible to the !?? !. and vigorous men of
[lie colonial era, and o! the rural districts in
>ur own tim<?. We see hut feeble and inIrcqticni
indications in anv of our <rros\t cit
" . . - o
ies of a people having tin? most remote connections
with 111os*! magnificent races described
by. Tacitus and others, ns universally
large of statin*, perfectly formed, and
excelling even the Romans in dignity and
beauty. Think of the ancient Germans,
the ancient Britons (and many of the present
one>,) the Romans and the Greeks, under
the himple influences of exercise aud
plenty ofopen air. "We will defy any one,"
swivs a cosemporary, "to stuM}* tIns pul-ject
without becoming lost in wonder althe perfect
seizure of life and its rational enjoyment
w 11i<r 11 then prevailed, and without experiencing
the deepest regret that we of
the present day should so wastefnlly sacrifice
such means of happiness. The lofty
ideal of CIieek art, which was the same
tiling as Greek life and Greek intellect, an
ideal which humanity has never since attained,
is all reducible lo the simple problem
of an intelligent race, developed bv air, bathing
and exercise. The Apollo, the Villus,
the .love?in short, the whole mythology
??f infinite beauty, and of ideas wh,jch bewilder
the soul with admiration^? are all but
the result of constant familiarity.witli the hu
man form perfected in its every phase.
Tlie thirty thousand gods ami godihsses
of classic mythology were every one reflecteil
iileals of humanity which first attained
what may be culled an absolute of postive con
dition."
We are, therefore, pleased to see medical
and oilier journals ur?*ii??j with great earnestness
the important subject of physical
exercise. If they can prevail upon our
coiitrymeu to take there advice on this point, ?
to eat plain food, and*give themselves time
enough to eat ; if they can induce Amerj
can ladies to take out door exercise, and imit:ilti
the English !a(!ii>s in wearing thick
allocs in l>a<l weather, and becoming great
pedes)rains in fine weather, they may possibly
save ilu: Aim-r'n-an people from becoming
a nation of d wart's or from entire extinction.?Jlichmond
Dispatch.
Whitefield'a last Night.
A correspondent of The Independent furnishes
the following characteristic anee,dotoof
the last address of the great preacher.
An admirable ending pi a useful life: ?
' Out of the abundance of the heart- the
mouth speakoth," of whatever that heart
may happen to he full. Rogers relates, in
his lately published "Table-talk"," that Fox
often talked for half an hour after taking
up the candle to go to bed." The eirc.um
?' - 1
_ iuu Ul Mil UlieCUOlC or
Whitefield, that has never, I believe, found
its way into print. Whitefield had preached
every day Boston from the 1 Till to
the 20ih of September, 177Q.. On the 21st,
he went to Portsmouth, where he preached
daily from the 23d to 29lh. On Saturday,
the 29ih^. he preached nearly two
hours at Exeter in the open air. In the afternoon,
ho roJe to New btiryport, where hu
had engaged to preach the next morning.
While ho was at supper, many people
crowded about the door of tho house, and
even pressed.into and tilled the hall, anx
ious ti? hear a word of direction and cointort
IVoin that voice which Mind so profoundly
stirred llicir souls with the sense
of sin atnLthe need of Ch/ist.... Whitefield
wiiO was in a very exhausted and suffering '
slate,said to onuof tlic'ininisters with liiiu,
"Brother,you must speak" to these dear
people ; 1 cnjinot say a word more." lie
then look the candle which was offered;
him; and .began a hasty retreat toward hisbedroom.
When he had got about half.
way up the hull stairs, the thought of thusrushing
away from tlint anxious crowd wastoo
much for him, and he tinned ..partly a-- .
round to say a few \yords (they were to be
his last!) of the soul aud the Saviour ; and.
mosc words flowed on till the candle
which he held in his *hand burned awayand
went out in its socket. * lie then went )
to bed. .-Early the next mornihjj he wasseized
with one of historribjc uslUiiuitiu par- * j
oxyisius, rushed to the window, and throw
it dp to get h breath of/resli air, and in h
short time (about six o'ddcV*) expired. Was
! not this "finishing his course with joy and
11)0 minic-iry whicli lie Iffld-- received of (lio
Lord Jesus.to testify the Gospel ihe.
gracd of'God 1'' Blessed is that servant
whom his Lor4, wlicf) lie cometh, shall
fiiidsy doing. Whert Ife oofnetb'at even, * }
or at mitlnigbt, or at ebek-tiro'ymig, or iu
t/ie morning, blesagd is thuf. B^rT&ut."''
.. Anotuer FillidiIbter*' Pvmou.?Mo- ;
WLg, Jan. ?9?The ^efeury {mya that Gen.
w in. ** aiKer, in a speecU delivered in thra
city on the 9ili of October lAat^ said that a
confidential friend of his. liad ?n interview
with, a of the,Cabinet, ivlio sUKed 'I
that the President w?? oppos&l to the Nicaraguan
entvrprim-,-but#l?? ifle^ber recom- ^ ;
mended thau?\y|lker-should-^nter into.a
trtaty-with Pre?fdent Cory fort/ of Mcxicp, <m.ft
j besiege Cnbn, and thuri -produce a war with >:i
opain. YYaiKeiy However,, repudiated tne
jifvpositforf.*. i t-'ip't -v
% , .' _
K anbab-?CuoA.7-On\He^i|hr instant Mr, J." ,*
D#vi?, Ut? flfeiiretiry of^rtfch'djaQW Senator
at \V?ohincton Ijroni Mississippi, SircporUid lo
l?*Y? subrilj 11fed rcmftvlcBto the following effect: y
''lie denounced ^*eioltfHr'fttid>^bblitionist$.. 3
III"?aid th'e former were tlie^>eate?i robbera of :
the two. *-The hM.t*h W.tatied/lttJt the formed \i
Was not oniHIed io' r?jp'e<sfc. -"Jhe rigbtaof
tl.e people dfKans^e to govern tileniaelvutt ?U'
whiohi the ?
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