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VOLUME X X I X : : : : : : NOMBERVI*-U Liberty and Union—I*ov and Forever—One and Inseparable." WHOLE NUMBER : : ; : : : 1470.

BY J. J. & J. K. SEAVER. MALONE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, N. Y., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1863. $ 1 T E B B I S :

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

G E O . W . K I N G S L E Y . WITH

LOUDEIRBAGK, GILBERT & CO., (8UCCESSOBS TO UOOHET, COKO * CO.,)

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M A L O N E , N. Y.

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SOUTH B A N G O R X. Y.

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No. 3 Onion Block, Malone, N. Y.

OREN MOSES, JR., DEALEB TS

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J . B R A N C H,

WATGH MAKER

No. S Union Block, Malone, N . Y.

R. W . S M I T H

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STRAW GOODS, HATS, CAPS AND FURS, M i l l i n e r y Good* , R i b b o n s , U m b r e l l a s a n d

P a r a s o l s ,

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86 L e o a a r d S t r e e t . t w o doorsfrotn B r o a d w a y , N e w - T o r k .

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of the Par# Theatre, N e w York. B. U. BALDWIN. aSATH'L F13HKR. HBHHT BIX.

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Carriages a lways In readiness to c o n v e y persons to t h e a d Joiningtowna a n d Fishing Grounds .

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Fine

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At the Sign o f t h e Mammoth Watch,

N o . 2 E a j i l e B l o c k , m a l o n e , N . 1 .

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P I A N o f f f ! p V o R T E ! ? M ®i'L O i ) E O N 8 !

SrlEET MUSIC AND MUSIC BOOKS!

C L E l H < r N S & R E B I W C r T O l i r t

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Sole Agents Tor the celebrated H a l l e t / D a v t s &s Co.'a Piano Fortesf ana the onriTaBed Bstey * Sreeni .Mslodejjns. 4 Also dealars In sheet Slusicy Moaio Booto and Musical Herohsn-* s e generally. Neir Music regularly r a c j ' "

POETEY.

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SURGEON DENTISTS. Br. G. H . C a i a r , who formerly praetUta In Pbtsdam, and

has since stndisd and graduated in i h e Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery, and now permanent ly located In Malone, having formed a copartnership with Dr. G. B. F A B B A S , would respectfully Inform the ettUsens of Malone and rlc lnlty , that t h e y are prepared to perform all Dental operations l u a tuperiormanfter.ancl'a^mogirwuimahle prices. Sp len­did Teeth inserted on all thi Bases n o w in use .

.Office** Dr. Crary's o l d s t a n d , o v e r Morehouse a! Palmer's Store, N o . 4 Dnlon Block , M a t e p e . N . Y .

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i p s r s , S a s h a n d B l i n d s , In Building n^ar^Woolen Fae tory , M s l o n e ^ . T . •>.

hjDoors and Blinds constant ly on h a n d , a n d a l l orders will B« promptly a t tended t o .

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> plane all IdndsflT lumber or* *hort notice,rand » t the imes t iajonable raj a.l Mijso, a T o n g n e i n g a n d G r o o r l n g M a c h l n a '

& WEBSTER

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:pfldJt<> all order* recelfia.

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Palladiara Steam Printing Work*! N o . 2 P n l o n B l o c k , Ufa ioae , If. T..

MWSVTO. I N P A B V O .

DTCKU SlAWf.

T V a s a common world yestreen, And within ore common folk,

wh i l e the wheel of Time turned slowly round. With a broken band, and spoke.

In its far-oil firmament Not a blue speck.cheer'd my sight,

Not a single star resplendent shone On Its sable brow of night.

But a new creation rose From the ashes of the old,

And to-day Ihe mighty wheel speeds on, With a rim of beaten gold ;

And the solemn azure depths Of the sky above my head.

Not a clond reveal, but th'shining enrrs Of an angel's wing, instead.

Yea, a new, new sphere Is mine, And its music that of bliss,

For It forth from chaos sprang, full-orbed. At the flat of a kiss.

Of a long, long, lingering kiss, And as Hybla honey sweet,

Where two hearts vibrate to one deep thrill. And two breaths commingling meet.

-Ne'er a bacchant, rlne-wTa.atb.ed oup, *-From the vintage of the Hhine,

Can Intoxicate, mine bonnle Charles,

Like the softestk iss of thine. And thy voice hath tones as sweet

As the seven reeds of Pan, When he, sighing for the sea-nymph, stood Where the waves of Laden ran.

M I S C E L L A N Y . A P A S S A G E IW T H E L I F E O F A

F E X C n r O M A S T E R .

In the year 1824,1 arrived at S t Petersburg, with the intention of establishing myself aa a fencing master in that capital. Introductions from distinguished individuals in Paris enabled me to make a friend of Count Alexis W . ; ajnd that young uobleman was good enough to inter­est himself, warmly in my success. Not content with procuring me several pupils, himself in­cluded, he urged me to petition the Emperorfor the appointment oi fencing-master to a regiment, and offered to give me a letter of recommenda­tion to an aid-de-camp of the?Czarewitsch Con-stantine, who was then at the Castle of Btrelna, near St. Petersburg.

"If his imperial highness," added the Count, "will write a line in your favor at the end of the petition, you will have an excellent chance; of obtaining what you desire. Present {yourself boldly, flatter his military pride, and try to gain his good word by the frank and soldierly de­portment which has done more for you, w}th myself and others, than any letters of recom-mend«tion."

The morning after receiving this advice, I hired a droschki, and set out to Strelna, taking with me a letter to General Rodna, aid-de-camp of the Czarewitsch; also m y petition to the Emperor .which had been drawn up in due form-After driving a couple of hours along a good road, bordered on the left by country mansions and parks, and on the right by plains extending to the Gulf of Finland, I reached the convent St. Scrgius, the saint most venerated in Russia after St. Alexander Nieuski.

Ten minutes afterwards, I arrived at the cas­tle ; and, after some parley with the sentry, ob­tained admittance. Some? officers, who wjere lounging about, informed me that the General was occupied with the Czarewitsch. One of them, however, took in my letter, and desired me to wait in a saloon which looked out o(n a magnificent garden. The same officer speedily returned, and ushered me into the apartments of the Emperor's brother.

In one of theso, I discovered a man standing with his back to a largo fire, and distinguished by the most uncouth and forbidding counten­ance I ever beheld. Between a pair of promi­nent cheek-bones that would have graced a Cal-mnck Tartar, appeared what, in France, "we term a eerase, with a pair of upturned nostrils— the combined effect of which gave the owner a strong resemblance to a large monkey ; nor am I sure whether, in such a comparison, the disad­vantage would not have been on the side of Jhe animal. The eyes of the Grand D u k e (for hb it was) were remarkable for their restlessness.— They were small, deep-set, and of a color which. it would be difficult to define. His complexion was a deep unvarying red. The frogs and loops which fastened his dark green frock across bis breast, nearly disappeared beneath a profusion of crosses, decorations, and ribbons o f every color of .the rainbow. He was tapping his boot with his riding-whip, and the undried'splashes' of mud on his pantaloons indicated that he bad but recently returned from a ride or a review.— At a table near him was seated General Rodna, pen in hand, and apparently writing under his master's dictation. \

Not expecting so pppmpt an introduction, I stopped short on entering the room. The door was scarcely closed, when the Czarewitflch, projecting his head without moving his body, ajid fixing me with Ms piercing eyes, abruptly inquired :

"What countryman V "French, your highness." "Age ?" "Six-and-twenty." "Name?"

"Ifou want to be a fencing-master, , to & regi-' ment?" ;;.

"May it please your highness, such i sUieo l> jeet of m y ambition." 4

',ArB-yo^.a.tot>rat&sworasmol^f,' ' 3 - " I I m w f e n c e a 'i&ptafeiitfslnce''irny;iSrriVal'itt!

6tv Betershnrg, anfl^ your JughnesB bagi easjly ;i^^^iffle>.|)p|fflojtt: opmms&^d^- P # -sent." • • ' | i ' ,'- • "*'-

"I heard of y o u ; , but y o u had only^|econd:

"rajte;i%ncer8tocppi^.j?i|!i.'yr.v; '.-'.-\ ^ V4,

:„ "WfiichagaTetthem a jrat claim uponjny i ^ r

bearan^yourrlughnese.* •- * • * . •

'Mtej£4estt~CfJiia0er^^

fore^ery twice they

SSfe^&a:?:; J,

ness." ."flai anfi do yoi| tolnkywn cjga ttfihat

witfymety* • <•• - - -'-.•: ; < /''iha'fcnu|Htdepend on Mw-your;fm|Seiia| % l r a e s s m i | h t " wii i i ' toj W!b&0fc*$:&-% prUice, it IH probable your highness would touch me ten times and be touched twic«. But ifyour

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highness wished to be treated likeany other per-•on, the ten hits would probably be achieved b y B e and the two by your highness." '

"Lubenski f' cried the Czarewitsch, rubbing his hands; ."LubensM ! bring the foils 1 W e shall see, Sir Braggart 1"

"Is it possible your highness would con­descend —"

"My highness orders you to touch me ten times if you can. Do you want to back out already t Now, take this foil and mask.— Guard 1"

"Is it, then, your highness's absolute com­mand?" ' '.

"Yes I yes?! a thousand times yes ! "I am ready." "Ten times I" repeated the Czarcwiitsch, as

he attacked me—"ten times, mind you! less won't do. Ha, ha !'*

Notwithstanding all this encouragement, I kept on the defensive, contenting myself with parrying his fierce thrusts without returning them.

"Now, then V cried he, somewhat angrily— "What are you about ? You are not doing your best W h y dorft you thrust ?"

"Your highness ! the respect •*— " "Curse your respect, sir ! Thrust I thrust I

thrust r Observing, through his mask, that, his cheeks

were flushed and his eyes bloodshot, I took ad­vantage of the permission granted with such ev­ident sincerity, and touched him three times running.

"Bravo !" he cried. "My turn now. Ha 1 a h i t ! a hit !"

He had touched me. I then touched him four times In rapid succession, and was touched once.

"Hurrah ?" cried he, quite delighted, and stamping with his foot. "Rodna !" did you see that ? Twice to his Beven !"

"Twice to ten, your highness I" 'replied I> pressing him hard. "Eight—nine—ten 1 N o w we are quits."'

• "Good ! good !"* cried the Czarewitsch, ap^ provingly—"very good !" but that's not all. The small-sword—not enough—no use to the caval-ry+-want the-sabre. Now, could you defend yourself, OT» foot, against a mounted lancer ?— Parry a lance thrust ? eh ?"

"I think I could.Tyour highness !" "Think.* I Not sure—eh F* "Pardon me, your highness, I have no doubt

of i t " "Lubenski I Lubenski !" again shouted the

Czarewitsch. The officer appeared— "A lance and a horse I a horse I a lance 1 Sac-

re ! Quick I quick 1" "But, your highness"—I interposed— " Ha ! voits atapeur f" "I am not afraid ; but with your highness, I

should experience equal reluctance to be the victor or the vanquished."

"All nonsense and flrfttery 1 First trial was capital. Now for the second 1"

At this moment the officer appeared before the windows, leading a horse, and bearing a lance in his hand.

"Now, then t" exclaimed Constantine, as he darted out, and made me a sign to follow him. "Give him a good sabre, Lubenski ; and now, Sir Fencing-Master, mind yourself, or you will be spitted like one of the toads in my sum­mer-house. The last lived three days, Rodna, with a nail driven through his belly !"

8o saying, Constantine sprang upon his horse, which was of the truo Tartar breed, with a tail that swept the ground, and a mane like a hurri­cane. With remarkable skill, he put the ani­mal tihrough the most difficult evolution*!, at the same- time executing sundry parries and thrusts with his lance.

"All ready r" cried the Czarewitsch, coming up to me.

"Ready, your highness," I replied ; and he, •etting spurs to his horse, galloped off to the further end of the avenue.

"Surely all this is a joke V said I to General Rodna. ' "By no means I" was the reply. " You tola either lose your life or gain pour appointment.— Defend yourself as if you were on a battle­field,"

I now saw that matters were taking a more serious turn than I had altogether bargiiinedfor. flad I considered my self at liberty to return Wow for blow, I could have taken m y chance without uneasiness; but feeling myselfbound to control as well as to use, a keen-edged sabre, While exposed, to the sharpened lance of a reckless antagonist, the chances •• of his imperial direr-slim 'Were rather against me. It was to-late, however, to draw back. , I summoned in aid all thj? coolness and* address I possessed, and pre­pared to face the Czarewitsch, who had already reached the end of the 'avenue, and turned his horse about

Jl spi^e of what General Rodna had told me, I b i d notrelinquished all hope that Constantine was only jesting ; but when I saw him bring h i i lantje to thaguard, and push his steed into a g a ) l o p ^ lje^e;<5pnvinqed th,at I h a d t&flefend m y life. -The horse adyanced at full speed, and theOaautewitschwasicrd^efied down upon hia neck, in such a manner that he w a s nearly con-cealedi^bytheiabuudantrmane. I could only see thViop^ffciBlieM appearing between ItiaBhar-ger's ears. When he reached me, he made-a p p ^ t a t i o y breast i; but I parried MB thrust; ^nd,:1&uad}ng,pn oae aide, i or se and rider, car-

ttiat he had missed his aim,, the Czarewitsch ipuliedrbiflhoree-ap-tfiprtwi& admirabledeX-" fferity. "•> • • • • • • • '"Yery g o o d ! i fery g o o d P said he—"try

i icWJS*"; - -i 's •• •* . . ' ' • ? ! " • - • Aiid wiffifiutigixingAe .l̂ e/bfpl&jectlfJn or

i&tft&bfhd -tb6Tc-fa§MGe for bis career, and, after1

again ,a§king me If J waS ready, returned totne1

cisiTe%omeh '" M* secohd'attMIt

with whirlwind speed; this time, however, in­stead of contenting myself with a mere parry, I dealt a violent back-handed blow on the pole of the lance, which was severed by the stroke, and the Czarewitsch found himself disarmed..

Then, quick as ttiought, I seized the bridle of the horse, and by a violent jerk threw him on his haunches, at the same time placing the point of my sabre on the breast of the rider. Gener­al Rodna uttered a cry of alarm; he thought I was going to kill the Grand Duke. Constantine doubtless, had the same impression, for the col­or left his cheeks for an instant Stepping a pace backward, and bowing to the Czarewitsch, I sa id:

"Your highness has now seen what I am able to teach to Russian soldiers, and is able to judge whether I am worthy to become their pro­fessor."

"Yes, by my soul you are ! Never saw a braver fellow ; a i d a regiment you shall have, if I can get it for you. Lead Paulk to the stable Lubenski," added he, throwing himself off his horse. "Now, follow me, Sir Frenchman."

Then leading the way to his apartments, he took up a pen, and wrote at the foot of my pe­tition :

"I humbly recommend the petitioner to your Imperial Majesty, believing him in every way worthy of the favor he solicits."

"Take this paper," said he, "and give it into the Emperor's own bands. Put you in prison, perhaps, but ma foil he who risks nothing can gain nothing. Farewell! and, if ever you vis­it Warsaw, come and see me."

I bowed and took my leave, delighted with my success, and no little elated at having passed so well tlirough the ordeal imposed upon me by this eccentric and formidable pesonage.

At ten o'clock the following morning, I start­ed for the Emperor's present abode, the palace of Tzareko Selo, determined to walk in the gar­dens until I met him, and to risk the penalty of imprisonment, incurred by all who ventured to present a petition to his Imperial Majesty. ^

My stock of patience, however, was very nearly exhausted, when I had waited and wan­dered more than four hours" in the palace gar­dens, which contain, in their vast enclosures, slopes, levels, lakes, forests, grottoes, pyramids and statues All these I had visited, without perceiving any one but the sentries and a few loungers ; and I was beginning to despair of meeting him whom I came to seek, when the avenue I had just entered was crossed by an of­ficer in undress uniform, who saluted me and continued his promenade. I asked a gardner's boy, at work near me, who that very polite offi­cer was.

"The Emperor," answered he. , I immediately darted down an .alley which I

calculated would traverse the path Alexander was following. I bad scarcely gone a hundred yards, before I found myself so near his Majesty that I paused in some alarm. The Emperor halted for an instant; then, seeing that respect prevented me from approaching him, he advanc­ed towards me, and I awaited his coming, stand­ing uncovered on the side of the foot-path.

The emperor limped slightly, owing to the reopening of an accidental wound in the leg, received in one of his journeys to the banks of the Don. As he slowly advanced, I had leisure to observe the great change which had taken place in his appearance since I had seen him in Paris. His countenance, formerly BO open and cheerful, had now a sickly and mournful expres­sion, and h e was evidently a prey to the deepest melancholy. Notwithstanding this, his loota were so benevolent that I felt reassured, and, as he passed near me, I ventured to.'address him.

"Sire !" "Put on your hat, sir," replied he, "It is too

cold to remain bare-headed.'' Seeing that J hesitated, from respect, to obey

him, he seized my hat,'clapped it on my head, holding my arm the while to prevent my taking it off again. When he found that I made no further resistance, he said :

"Well, sir, what have you to say to me V "Sire—this supplication ;" and I drew the pe­

tition from my pocket. The Emperor's countenance fell. "Are you aware, sir," said he, "you who pur­

sue mo even here, that I absent myself from St. Petersburg to avoid petitions and petitioners f

"I know it,aire butrnyipetitiaa has, perhaps, more than others, a . claim on your Majesty's gracious consideration. Jt is countersigned by your Majesty's august brother—by his imperial highness, the Grand Duke.^nBtantine,"

"Ah,AhJ" esdajmedthe Emperor,* quickly, holding out h|s hand, but immediately with­drawing i t

"So that I ventured to hope," I continued, "that your Majesty would, in- this instance' at least, deign to deviate from the rule estab­lished."

"No, sir," replied the Emperor quickly. "No, sir, I will not take4t, because, if I did,J should to-morrow., be pestered with a thousand such papers j and 1 should^ be compelled to abadon these'gardensfwuBre at ̂ present f find solituda and quiet But,'' added; he,r0b6erving m y dis? appointment at this refusal,'and extending hit h i n d to- theidh:ection;^lth^tK, ."putjyour pe­tition tatf-OiefpiBtofflces I-thaJPUxeceiye it-to­night, and4he',day after/-.tomorrow youwf i l HaVomy-.#n8werJf* •««; zt»^ ^ } r .--:-. * it :

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F a r m i n g - I n t h e E a s t .

Extract from a letter of a correspondent of the California Farmer, dated Batavia, Java, (East India), April 15th, 1862 :

The agricultural implements of the country are truly primitive, simple and rude, like those of nearly all Asiatic people, and the jjreat as­tonishment is that they succeed at all. And yet they are said to be more perfect, and to im­ply a greater degree of intelligence, than those of the Hindoos or most of the Asiatics. I have succeeded in procuring, in miniature design, a full set of all their implements, which is quite a little museum of itself

The plow consists of a single handle, a beam a Bock tipped with iron, and an apology for a mould-board. It has no coulter or cutting in­strument ; no other iron except the top of the sock. It is drawn by a yoke of buffaloes or ox­en, and one yoke only.

The harroT^, made with a single row of wood­en teeth, is or^ly a nide rake.

The next n ost important instrument is the hoe, a univei 3al substitute for the shovel and spade, which are unknown. The everlasting bamboo is ui ed for handles, yokes, and every­thing else you can imagine.

The sickle is truly 4 peculiar instrument, and is used to nip off separtely each ear of rice with a few inches of straw, and cutting grass, which, by the way, is cut every day for daily use, as they make no hay as we do ; but they use these instruments with much dexterity.

It is said the whole farming stock of a villa­ger may be purchased for fifteen or sixteen dol­lars, including a pair qf buffaloes, as these ani-malB serve all agricultural and other purposes for horses—and which, by the way, if they could be transported, would be the thing for the vast tule landB of California.

Cattle are very plentiful throughout all Java ; but, as no pains or interest is taken in breeding, they are mostly inferior. Hogs, goats and sheep are numerous ; wild hogs abound. YjCt, simple as their instruments are, their productions are wonderfully abundant. The greatest part of the soil is tilled when the soil by flooding is re-fJaced to the condition of a soft mud, and is tjhen very easily managed. I need scarcely add, could our American, implements be introduced and used, it would create a great revolution ;— but you«an hardly divert or break the natives from their old and own modes. They do just as their fathers did for ages, and every day you can see stones carried at one end of a bamboo pole to balance the other, instead of dividing the load ; even the Europeans are slow to in­troduce improved implements, save from their own make. It is,however,cheering to see a num­ber of American plows, carriages, buggies, mills and a variety of patents here—even the pen and ink we write with. .

" S i n g , for t h e P r i d e o f t h e T y r a n t i s B r o k e n . "

These are the jubilant words with which the Knoxville Bulletin announces the deliverance of East Tennessee from Rebel rule. It adds:

"Vindicated and avenged, our people stand to-day under the old flag of their fathers, borne into their midst by one worthy to be their de­liverer, the chivalrous hero of Newbern. The symbols of rebellion are gone, the idols of the temple of Baal are broken, and the false gods our people so gloriously refused to bow down and worship, have been removed from our sight forever. The world's, history cannot, we hon­estly believe, show a counterpart to the scenes our city has witnessed during the last two days. Men and women, and even prattling babes, hail­ed the old flag with such emotions as made it apparent to every one of the gallant army of our deliverers, that here in East Tennessee had been the home of such deep and fervent patri­otism as brightened and made glorious the an­nals of our Revolution. Such patriotism win­tered in Valley Forge, and, during the present war, has marched through dismal swamps and mountain paths, seeking everywhere the ene­mies of constitutional liberty, smiting him hip and thigh. Such has been, such is the patriot-

, ism of East Tennessee. It is with no spirit of vain-glorious boasting that w*e write these words. The world will in time know how the spoiler came and took to himself the heritage of our people ; how men have fled from the despotism at Richmond to a more than promised land across the mountains, and there taken arms in their hands, faced about, ready and eager with mailed hands to<1driveitreason and oppression from their land.

"To-day they are here—their mission is ac­complished, and tee are free."

M a n u r i n g G r a s s L a n d i .

I believe that manuring grass land late in au­tumn Is no longer a subject of doubtful expe­diency among our best farmer* Well conduct­ed experiments have proved that it is far better to keep manure housed, and apply it as a top-dressing late in autumn, to grass-land,-than to apply it in the spring of the year, even if well rotted. Coarse barn-yard manure applied as a top-dressing to grass land in the spring will not increase the crop half as much as the same ma­nure would increase it, were it spread evenly over the surface in the falL

The truly philosophy of this matter ia here.— In autumn, everything tends downward into the earth. Grass, Btubble, leaves, and ail such sub­stances return back to the soil The tempera­ture of the weather grows cooler and cooler every day ; and the various gases in the soil do not rise to promote vegetation as they do in the spring of the year. Therefore, when manure is applied in late autumn almost the entire strength o f t h e manure is carried down into the soil, and there retained as food for plants until the next spring, when new life of plants begins, and long and warm days increase the temperature of the soil; and thus those manurial substances—gas­es and salts—which promote the growth of plants, are brought up to the surface of the soil, and taken by the roots of whatever is allowed to grow upon the soil.

But when the manure is spread on the sur­face of the soil in the spring of the year, only a small proportion of the salts and gases of the manure ever enter the so i l ; but they are swept away upon every breeze, and almost wholly lost in their efficacy on the crops of him who claims those substances as his own.

A thin sprinkling of the scrapings of the barn-yards and sheds, applied in November to grass land, Will often increase the crop to more' than twice the usual amount This I have of­ten tested, and never yet known it to fail.

On the contrary, I have never been able to peDccive but little benefit from manuring grass late in the spring. I have now my mind on the meadow of a neighbor who gave one of U s meadows a heavy dressing of good manure last Apri l ,p&~ l'watcTieq\l?ifc uhtil the grass, was mowed, and am compelled to acknowledge that I cbuld perceive little or no benefit at all arising from the top-dressing. The grass was very light and yielded, as I judged, not more than one and a half tons per acre. Had that quantity of ma­nure been applied in autumn no doubt the grass ^ouid|iav.e]yreIde^mb^th^an three tons of hay

.per acre."

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lead Possible. ^traveler, announces

that he-ia- upd^^e\?JKickVo£.this)- a s hitherto supposed, faWtiibfeahih^ii (ihe Unicorn.) Writ-

•ihrKlroffl Central iA^lca5,ite says that several yMtt*gfrh&-Be^i"$lluBfo^ '&h#&e8odisa tne" M^efmMi w e r e s o c i r -OTmstanciai that his ecepticiBm1 was shaken, and 3%:SIH$Eenf% li»iB>dif^ea4!^(ad41ijait4t9'«oii>' : ^ u & o % t e ^ f r J i ^ ^ ^ ^ f e ! m * 6 ^ a 1 1 t s told HMO® Ui&mett tim%#m Ofau-cB<m animal,

^raarew«lC«%dBanftawiththeon&-hornedrhi nocero*hana iJatefully dislinguisfe<& between i t arrdffie presumed trm&m * MbdSdbt the vast -fote«t« and unexplored waatea of Central Afri c* contain many unknown animals', and Dr. B&ikiejgtfea a h s t of native names by wh|cu thU strange ere«ture is called in various Afucan

W h y H o g s E a t A s h e s .

Pigs, when shut up to fatten, are very fond of cinders, and improve in condition by eating a certain portion of them every day. Some per­sons are unable to account for this singular pro­pensity in swine. Poultry are very fond of egg shell, lime, sand, &c, and it is well known these substances arc necessary in order to form the shells of eggs, and to furnish material for the bones of fowls. ,

Now, it is reasonable to suppose that swine eat ashes and cinders for the purpose of supply­ing the material for their bones, and this singu­lar instinct in animals so low in the scale of in­telligence, is truly wonderful, for ashes contain the ingredients which are necessary to form bones, viz : carbonate and sulphate of lime and magnesia, clay, silica gelatinized and made solu­ble by the fire.

When hogs are at large, they take in clay and silica with their food, and eat bones and roots, which contain the necessary ingredients ; but when they are pent up, they endeavor to sup­ply the material necessary for keeping up their frames by devouring ashes and cinders. Let them have plenty of them.

' F o r b i d d e n F r u i t . '

M. Noel, a French agriculturist, speaking of the introduction of the potato into France, says, "This vegetable was viewed by the people with extreme disfavor when first introduced, and many expedients were adopted to induce them to use it, but without success. In vain did Louis XVI, wear its flower in his buttonhole, and in vain were samples of the tuber distributed among the farmers ; they gave them to their pigs, but would not use them themselves. At last, Parmentier, the chemist, who well knew the nutritive properties of the potato, and was most anxious to see it in general use, hit upon the following ingenious plan. He planted a good breadth of potatoes at Sablons, close'to Paris, and paid great attention to their cultiva­tion. When the roots-were nearly ripe, he put notices around the field that all persons who stole away any of the potatoes would -be prose­cuted with the utmost rigor of the law. N o sooner were the new roots thus forbidden, as it were, by authority, than all persons seemed ea­ger to cat them, and in a fortnight 'thewhole crop was stolen, and without a doubt eaten.— The new vegetable having been found to be ex­cellent food, was soon after cultivated in .every part of the kingdom.

A Q u a i n t V i e w o f M u s i c a l S c i e n c e .

A Highland piper having a scholar to teach, disdained to crack his brains with the names of semibreves, minims, crochets, and <mavers.— "Here, tfonald," said he, "taBfyerpipeSflaxLand gie us a blast. So, verra weel blawn, indeed; but what's a sound, Donald, without sense ?— You may blaw forever without making® tune o't, if I dinna tell you now the queer things on the paper maun help you. You see that big fel­low, wi' a'round, open face fjjointlng to a semi-breve) between two lines" of a bar, he moves slowly from (nat line to this, while ye beat ane wi' your fist and gie a longblast ; if̂ now, ye put a leg to him y e mak' two of him, and he'll move twice as fast; and if ye black his face, he'll run four times faster than the fellow wi' the, white face; but if,after blacking hisiace, ye'U bend his knee, ort iehis leg , ne'llhopeight times faster than the white faced chap I showed you first Now, when'er you blaw your pipes, Don­ald, remember this—that the tighter - those fel­lows legs are tied, the festcrHhey'll run, and the quisJcer they're sure to dance;"

G B B A T B R I T A I N ASD T H S *PI]W3!ESJ—The

Washington «orrespehdent o f 3i»«aS&W York Post says our. government intends to make Eng­land pay for tile losses' incurred' b y bin* mer-ch¥nt ships' from pirate ^gunjioat^fitted out in English jbbrtk tM S t i f f f>eparflfi6rit is re­cording ttfe exaiit iaoney losrthjfbugli the agen-jcytof-'tbii EnglisTaptrate'-sliip's'." jjolra merchant vesselis'%eitroj?ed Mt^e ' f i l c t -?r*eco l«p , and, so far ffis possible, the value o f riropertjf •destroy­e d isascertamed^fid # i t t ^ down.--' "<

that there IB plenty of cotton itt-eeftaat Counties in Mississippi which; M s tiof f eHt tonf luence of t h e ^ C ^ A ^ b r a n d V & n d whlcUAue owners are- mostanjSous to staid to N e t r Orleans, pre­ferring toiimsouiQ lafc m gcfl$&g4fcihs;re and. selling it fbr g r e e n b a c k s ^ ft iwlucedpijiee, to accepting Confcdeiat* notes, at«fhe rate- u f h a l e &!iT)ttlefbalheplimfatf<wi>^^ v f 4

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