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17U llM :hi 'a.-W -v i - . riTOLISnED EVERY SATURDAY, VOLUME VII. NUMBER 6. TERMS $2 50 if paid within Ihree monthi. $3 00 if paid during the year. 83 50 if not paid daring the year. Subscriber! may discontinue their papers at any time by paying Tor the time they nave received them, but HOT WITH OCT. ' Those who subscribe for a year, and do not at the time of subscribing, order a discontinuance at the end of it, will be considered subscribers until tbey order the paper to be stopped, and pay all arrearages. ADVERTISEMENTS. , $1 00 per square, for 12 lines or less, tor the first inser. tion, and 50 cents for each continuance. 177 Advertisements must be marked with the number of insertions tbat are requested; otherwise, they rill be aentinued till forbid, and charged accordingly. No variation from these rates in any case. Advertisements from a distance, and from persons with whom we have no current accounts, must be sc. companied by the cash, or some responsible reference in town. AH letters addressed to the editors, must be rosTrtir. or they will not be sttended to. Communications of a Personal Character, wll be charged double the rates of advertising. SWINE MAKING FORK. In a very large part of the United States, next to the cultivation of grain, the profits f the farmer are more dependent on his pork, than any other single item; and within a few years past the sales of that article, it is believed, have equalled in amount that of any other farm produce whatever. Jt is becoming, therefore, an object of interest to the country, that the best breeds of swine should be selected and disseminated, and the most improved methods of fattening be adop ted, as the saving of a single dollar on each orer in rearing or fattening, (and expeii eace proves it possible to save money) would hi the saving of many millions annually. To these two points, the bes' breeds and the ipst mode ot 'aliening, me attention oi tar mers should be directed. Fortunately, as far as regards the rest breeds of swine, the farmer in the United States has the means of procuring th-we ani mals that the common voie of fanners in this citnntro' nnd nliron.l. have rtrononnced the best for making Dork, and which unite the ! tlesired qualities of size, ease offattejing. and fineness of quality. These are the Chinese and Berkshire; but though the first arc supe rior to all others for quietness, fineness of flash, and rapidity ol fattening, they are n lone, too small for profitable feeding, and it has been found advisable to cross them with nome of the most approved common or im-1 ported varieties, in order to give the requis ite weight. At the bead -f these varieties, whether for crossing or for feeding, stands tlie Berkshire, a breed which, if it is of com-, paratively recent introduction, has, by its valuable qualities, proved itself worthy of a j more rapid dissemination than any oilier breed has ever received in this country. " The profits of making pork will depend much on the breed of the animal fed ; much on the food used for fattening; and much on the manner in which the process of feeding is , conducted. There can be no doubt that some fanners have such inferior pigs, and feed them -& such a careless and wasteful manner, thai they aelually loose instead of gaining by attempting to make pork. Al most any hog, and in almost any condition or place, will improve, and give him enough to eat, but to profitably fatten, not only must the food be of the right kind and given in a proper manner, but every necessasy atten tbn should be paid to the comfort, cleanli- . r.ess, and health of the animal. The time requisite for fattening is of cource depend ent on circumstances, such as the condition of the pig when puti.p, the food used, age, From eight to twelve weeks maybe said to be tho shortest time in which bogs can be properly fattened with good care; and under ordinary modes ol feeding, they may require a still longer term to be made of good quality; that is, to have the pork firm and the animal well filled with lard- Hogs, when put up for fattening if well, increase the fas test in weight, and also consume the most food, during the first weeks of their feeding. The rapidity of fattening, and the food eaten both gradually decrease, but the first lessens most quickly, and after the hog has reached a certain point, his gain will not pay for his feed. When the animal approaches this point he should be killed. . s For several years past a large proportion of the pork in the northern states, has been j mostly made from apples or potatoes, or from a mixture of these, with meal added for a few cf the last weeks of feeding to give the requisite firmness. On apples or potatoes, t i e i .i i a. ' panicumny u sieamea, as tuey always should be, pigs thrive very rapidly, and wi!l in time acquire a very good consistence of flesh as well as weight;, but they must be fed for a longer period than when meal is ued. Bar ley .has also been extensively cultivated for making pork, as a substitute for corn and peas, and grown for the tame purjoes by many farmers. Some of the heaviest, finest lots of pork we have ever seen, were made from peas simply prepared by swelling them in tubs with water, and feeding them with milk. As a general rule it may be stated, that all food for animals, certainly for fatten ing ones, should be cooked. . In order to thrive rapidly, and take on fat as a hog should to render making pork profitable, the nutri tive matter should be presented in a way SATURDAY 51 O KVlflO I O V B that will require little or no expenditure of animal or vital power for its appropriation. The following statement will exhibit at a glance the advantages of so preparing food, "Mr. Walker of Ferrygatc, on th 4th of March put up two lots containing fire pigs each of the same brood, and two and a half months old. They v.ere separately fed, the me on steamed and the other on raw pota toes, with an allowance of two and a half lbs. of broken bailey drily to each lot; the barley To t!'i "-'.famed lol lcing prepared a long with the potatoes. The live weight of the two lots were That on raw food, 1 03 That on steamed food, 106 and the following table exhibits their several improvements. March 1 9, pigs on steamed f.Kd, 1 1 4 w a raw M March SO 44 steamed 44 137 44 44 raw 44 1231 Mav 1, weight on steamed food 205 44 44 raw 44 175 June 44 44 steamed 44 279 44 ' 44 4i raw 44 223 Thus in three months the piss on steamed food had increased 173 lbs. being C7 lbs. more than double their original weight: while those on raw food only gained 115 pounds." In another instance, two lots were fed on steamed, and on raw potatoes, and in ten weeks xhs lot led on steamed food earn ed 33 stone G lbs., and the lot on raw pota toes, 17 stone II lbs., making a diHerence in favour of the Fteamed food of 360 pounds, Uur experience is also decidedly in favor of steaming or cooking food for swine; but it should not bp forgotten, that in order to make profit b!e pirk for rooking, it is indispensa ble thai pigs fed on apples or potatoes sliouM j have meal mixed witli their loo. I; the quanti ty to be increased as the feeding approaches its close. With this precaution the general introduction of the plan of fattening swine on steamed apples, or apoles and potatoes, or cither alone, is one of the greatest improve ments of modern f.ir.ning, adding mateiinilv to the profits of the cultivator of the soil, and furnishing a fiit rate article for the nmket. Genesee Farmer. fVrm tl.e.J!l.n TV!.'cr-ili. OREGON TERRITORY. Ma EntTOR By the letter of Amasa Wal ker E"q-, published in your last number, my attention lias again l en turned to Oregou Territory. It K no doubt, remembered bv many tint, at the meeting held in Alton, of which Mr. W aiker speaks, an attempt was made to direct the public eye of that meet ing to the vast importance of a s,ccdy ac tion in behalf of a chain of internal commu nication from the Atlantic to the "Pacific O ceans, by a link across the Rocky Mountains from the headot navigation on the Missouri river, to the head of navigation on the Col umbia river; and that the attempt seemed to be too visionary to demand serious attention. Notwithstanding this, I have not been able to dismiss the subject finally from my mind. And the more I meditate upon it, the more I am convinced ol its innumerable advantages to the United States in general and to the Western States in particular. And here permit me, sir, if you please, to present to i'ip public eye what I believe would be some of iii'e advantage. And 1st. I believe that it would soon become a grand thoroughfare to Asia, not only from our Atlantic States, but from Europe. Any person will believe this when he takesinto consideration the safety, the saving of time the danger of the scenery that a journey on this route would n'lord, in comparison wilh a voyage to Asia by the present course. 2J. I believe that'the friendly intercourse it would induce between foreigners and our own citizens would 'have a great tendency :o keep us in peace and amity, with other na tions. 3d. I believe that it would tend to the augmentation of our national honor, for all nations receive hor.ortor their magnificent and magnanimous works. ' 4th. 1 believe that it would be of immense advantage to 'he United States in times of war, to lie able to receive Irom Asia her rich produce without the risk of a six months voy age exposed to the ravages of a belligerent power. 5th. I believe that it would increase the national revenue by bringing into market a vast tcrriiory in which the sons of freedom from every nation would take up their abodes and ihus cause the tree of liberty, planted by our forefathers to spread its umbrageous branches from the Atlantic to the l'ucilic U cean. 6th. I believe taat it would strengthen our Nathionul Union, by forming- a 'ignment that would connect the Nonh with fhe South, and the East wilh the West, so finhly that nothing but the arm of Omnipotence could j ever break it. I have thus, sir, cursorily preented what I Relieve to be a few of the National advan tages that would attend the accomplishment of the proposed project. I will now hint'at a few more which, although they are National in their character, yet they are more imme diately interesting to the Western States than they are to the East. And. 1st. I believe that it would cause a rapid (AT BOWM'CBBE E1V, PI li E COUNTY, increase se of the population of the. West, as a .. . mtura i resuitoi aueveiopeii'eni oi us rc3oar - ccs, 2d. I bcneve that it would soon cause the ,'tnazin' hundyT - ' w Western States to bccone trs middle ofi Gentle reader! look me steadfastly mthe now an extensive republic, and put them in that .!:.... .., i. -r.u-tt:. attitude towards the other States of the Union which nattttc has designed for thsm, and to which they are . justly entitled. I believs this, because I have always observed thtt a place where two rcat tboroiriV.Hres inter sect, invariably becomes a place of impor tance; and v.itii this observation before me, my mind naturally inquires, What would be the importance of that place where a grand thoroughfare from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans should cross the "Mississippi river; and what would be the benefits that such a place would bestow on the new Western Mates! But these inquiries are too exten sive for me to answer. For when with the mind's eye I look at the Mississippi rolling its waters from Isortli to outh, and a linet'l in ternal conimuaicalion stictched from the At lantic to the Pacific over our beloved coun try, 1 cannot even hazard a cdniecture in re ply. I now, sir, for the prosent, leave the sub ject with the hope that some mind abler than mine will take it up, and that our Legisla ture and delegation in Congress will endea vor to induce our National Government to have it investigated by survey or otherwise, as speedily as possible. Yours resjctfully, CLINTON. A VEGETABLE MAN. Sjrcima of Georgia, Table Talk. The amusing 'Georgia Lawyer.' (no less a person age than the lion. Judge Charlton, Mayor of S ivannih.) in the Knickerbocker, gives the 1l!owing anccJote, in proof of his position, that man is sometimes nothing more than a veget ble: Two frien N. and Ifoiiier l.iwversof mine. wre tr-u el!n. 1 J," l:S : ice, on rue c:r- ctul. i aeir route t mm r.cross the san Jy bill t iat f"; hi tuo tiorthen boundary of t!ic Alatam tha, one of the noble rivers ot our bcautiail state. These hill, or ridge?, how ever, arc a barren and desolate as Arabi t Petr.ia. You might plant a Yankee there, and be would not grow! Pei!;..jT. after I'lia assertion, it would le 4surpiusaagc to say, th it no effort of industry or ingenuity could coax a blade of grass to rear its bend above the sterile soil. It was a rainy dny, and af ter travelling for some time, w ithout encoun tering any signs of human lii , their heart were cheered by the sight of the 4smoke that so gracefully curled,' and they knew, forth with, 'that a cottage was near. An l sure enough there it wa. A clu:i;y, ill shapeu log hut, with intei or, to speak more classically, 4chinks, widi enough to tiirowa si.cabie liear through. My friends dis.m Hinted and entered. A fire of pine wood, oriighl-wood." as it is tech nically called, bl-jzed in tiie clay chimney. In one corner of th3 fire-place were huddled a baker's dozen of vellow-complccled' brats. A tall, gaunt female, with long, uncombed tresses, or bunches of coarse red hair, was seated upon the floor; while in front of the lire, and occupying the only stool in the hovel, 4set the lord ol ti.e soil, shivering under the malign inllucnee of a tertian ague. 4Good morning, my friend,' said one of the visitors who is celebrated for his politeness nnil nrh.-ir.il v. .Morning!' was the laconic and ccho-like reply. (1 beiiev e that is an incorrect expres-! sW. Echo, like a woman, always gives the; ,,.. ...,, PmA it.int;.n vmi Iimvp bore' rftiimf.,! mv I brother attorney. , " Fineh Jli' "rcVoonded the host; 4vvl.al'sit fine for? ' 4Vhv, I should suppose '-ou would have good sport here, ia hunting.' . "Then vou'd turiioss a d n lio! You j can't hunt,Vepting you -got something to httiifat, kin vouJ' very dear case; i inougnt, t . i i . however, that so near the river, there would h? plentyof deer. Sliil if it is not a good bunting-ground, it is a fine place for raising cat tle.' It'tJ, is it! .Sposin' the cattle gets in tho swamp, and the d d river rises pon 'em, and fjie cu'sed 1oolt don'i get out of the way, but get drowned 1 How you 'gwine to raise 'em then chT 4That certainly fs very bad,' continued my indefatigable friend, 4bui there js one com fort left to you. If you have not the richest soil, nor the best hunting-ground, nor the greenest pasturage, you have what is better than the monarch's diadem, or the highest niche "in tits Temple of Fame; you have health.' 4The Iwl I have, stranger! Dont you see them veljiv complected critter. in the Corner tljri ? 'linTs lmI lie tltli, "nn't thev? Th old wo:nan t'nen lias ot it 'sn't she? And look ft me. with tins cu'sed ager ."baking my bones into aj:!lyj .Yon call that JualtD, don't yout' . 4Look here, my friend,' exclaimed my bro ther qbip, 4answer me this question, and I wont ask you another. If you cant get any thing to grov? hereand nothing to Hunt: H all your cattle drown, and your family are all the while sick; vhy, in the name of common MISSOURI,) M B E K .2 1S39. . c sen-.do yorrhot up clicks" and off! Why ,do you ntny qerer ! Oh" cause the lirrht wood knots are so , face. - Upon your honor, as a esntleman, for ! i. j j ' tt- .i . .r lady,) do you believe that was n animal Y Do yon believe that a real genuine rr.an,- or brute would have remained his whole lite, under thesev circumstances, in such a spot? ..e, you don t. Jvow, there is what I call a man of the rrelable species. ' I can't tell whether a vegetable thinks, or not; tut if it does, I will bet my spectacles against the prettiest lady's eye in the country, that, that man s idea ol heaven was, that it consisted oi a large pine barren, where the light wood knots were 'maiin handy,' and where he could shiver the whole day with a 4cused agerj over a large fire of the aforesaid light wood knot, kept in perpetual Maine by the 4ministering angels of the place.' Saturday Chronicle. From "Toe School Boy." THE BOY AND MAN. A few years ago, there was in the city of Boston, a portrait painter, w hose name was Copley. He did not succeed very well in busiess, and concluded to go to England to try his fortunes there. lie had a little son, whom he took with him, whose name was John Singleton Copley. Jd;n was a very studious boy, and made iucli rapid progress in bis studies, that his lather sent him to college, lhcre he aphed himself so closely to his books, and became so distinguisheda scholar, that his instructors pre dicted that he would make a very eminent man. After he graduated, he studied law. And when he entered upon the practice of his profession, his mind was so richly stored with information, and so highly disciplined by his previous diligence, that he almost im mediately obtained celebrity. One or two causcsofthcgreatcst importance beingintrucst- cd to him, be managed them with so much wisdom and skill, as to attract the admiration of the whole British nation. The King and bis Cabinet, seeing what a learned man he was and how mu:h influence he bad acquired, felt it to be important to se cure bis services for government- lhey the i e fore raised him from one post of honor to another till he was created Ird High Chancellor of England, the very highest post of lienor to which any subject can attain; so that John Singleton Copley is now Ixrd Lyndhurst, Lord High Chancellor of Eng land. About sixty years ago he was a little boy in Boston. His father was a poor por trait painter, hardly able to get his bread. .ow. John is at the head ol the nobility ot England one of the most distinguished men in talcut and power in the House of Lords, and regarded with reverence and respect by the whole civilied world. This is the re ward of industry. The studious boy bacame tlin useful and respected man. Had John ft. Copley -ipent his school boy lays iu idleness, lie would probably ha9 passed his manhood in poverty and shame. But he studie J in s chool when other boys were idle; he studied in college when other young men were wasting their time; he ev- ier adopted for his motto, "Ultra pergera," Press onward and how rich has been his reward. Mon measure their charities by a peculiar standard; A man who has but one dollar in pocket would giv a penny for almost any purpose. It be had a hundred, he might give one: carry it higher & there comes a falling oi'' One hundred dollars would be consid- loo large a sum for him who has ten UIOIISUIIU, WIUIC it MCJl lil Ol U1IC IllUUSdIIU would be deemed almost miraculous from a man worth one hundred thousand: yet the proportion is the same throughout, & the poor man s penny, ino wioow s rmie, i more than the rich man s h:gh sounding widely i1,u"T"u io.imnOAfl rnrfiiri in f i if rririiitiii From the Pbilade)jb:a National Ustetta. The Centenary o f Methodism. The oc casion of so much interest to the Christian world has been widely observed by the de nomination who respect the Wcsleys as foun ders of their Church. The appellation Meth odist, was first applied by Charles Wesley when at College, who from the sedateness of his manners, the regularity and piety of his life, gathered around him a few of the more thoughtful, while he was subjected to the ridicule of others. Their number at first, in 1 728, consisted of four, namely. John Wes ley, fellow of Lincoln College, Charles Wes ley, student of Christ Church, Mr. Morgan, commoner of Christ Church and Mr. Kirk man, of Moron College. In 1732, Mr. Ing ham, of Queen College, and Mr. Broughton, of Exeter, were added to tiieir number, and soon r.fter Mr. Clayton, of Brazen Nose, James Slcevy and George Whitefield joined them. The first organization of a class of re ligious' persons, under- the appellation of Methodists was made by the Rev. John Wes ley, in the year 1739, in the city of London. His first place of worship was a transformed foundry in London, and'the members number-forty-two. ftow the societies number half as many churches; the cumber of mem BY HI. . WOTE8. WHOLE NUMBER 321. bers being exclusive of those- in the United t States about 500,000. Their means and lib erality may be estimated from the fact that for missionary purposes alone they raised ia 1837'about $400 000. ' V ' ' The principal Missionary Stations of 'lh English Methodists are in Western & South ern Africa, Ceylon and Continental India, New South Wales. Van DiemanV Land, Zealand, Tongp or Halai Minds, Vavou and Fejes Islands, thewet4 Indies, and British North'America. In man of the places they ' have 'printing esuMishmenlsr j1 The numberlV of scholars in the Mission Schools "is 49,-- 255. The first chapel erected in this country was in John street, New York, in 1768, though a church was organized there in 1766, and about the same time a society was for med by Mr. Strawbridge, in Maryland. The society in New York was commenced by Mr. PhiliD Embury, a local preacher, and Captain Thomas Webb, of the British army, also a local preacher. The first ministers sent by Mr. Wesley, were the Rev. Messrs. Board man & Pilmore, who came as missiona ries, and landed in Philadelphia in 1769, where they found Webb and a society of about one hundred members. Mr. Boardman went to New York and Mr. Pilmore continued here where he preached, the first Sunday evening upon the commission ; "having," as he says in a letter to Mr. Wesly, "the stage appointed for the horse tace for my pulpit, who listened with an attention stni as night. In 1771 Messrs. Asbury, Whatwat and Wright land- edin Philadelphia on the 7th of October where they were most warmly welcomed. In I77tkhe Methodists numbered in Phila- -delphia 180 member; now they, are over 7000. Then the number of the Ministers stationed in the resj recti ve churchesin thiscoun try was 10. now the number is 3300, to which may be added nearly 6000 local preachers. Then the whole number of members in the Colonies was 1 1 60. Now there are in the United States upwards of 750,000. Thomas Coke, L. L. D. of Jesus College Oxford, was ordained Bishop, and entered upon his duties in 1784. lathe same year Francis Asbury was ordained to the same office. Bishop Coke may be deemed the father of the missionary institution of the Methodist Church. He crossed the Atlantic on missions eighteen times and died on a voy age to British "India in the year 1814. He commenced the missions in Western Africa and in the West Indies, and having spent the whole of a large fortune in the cause, had the hppiness of numbering 15,000 members in the West India missions. Bishop Asbury, who was more exclusive- ' Iy devoted to the care of the church in this country, was born near Birmingham" in Eng land, in 1745. He entered the ministry at the age of 1 7. He -came a missionary to the colonies in 1775, was ordained a Bishop in 1784, and died at Fredericksburg, Va. in 1 8 1 6, in the 7 1 st year of his age. The church in the United States having a r wider territory," and being remarkable for its assiduous labors in the new States, cannot . be expected to accomplish as much as the British connexion in the cause of missions. Still its la'mrs are vast and efficient. Its principal missions are among the Indiantribes, ' Africa, South America,Texas and the South- era States; connected with these missions aer 230missicnaries,21,838 church members, 21 Eg being Indians, 29 teachers, 838 scholars. For fhe support of these were collected the past year, 1 4X000 dollars. The centenary occa sion besides being religiously observed, has elicited gratuitous offerings in England to the amount of 1,300,000 dollars. Of the sum which will be raised in this country no es timate can yet he made. About 10,000 dol lars it is presumed, will be contributed from this city alone. The Union Church in Fourth street has collected 3000 dollars. Humbug. The learned Dr. Watcrhouie, justly denominated the "American enner," while professer of Natural History in Harvard University, some years ago, made an artificial insect, to the limbs of which he could communicate motion, while he held it in his hand. After exhibiting it to the class he was lecturing, and penniting every pupil to inspect it, none of whom could tell to what class of insects it belonged, though they all believed it to be a real living creature, the Doctor thus addressed them: 44 1 suppose, young gentlemen, you wish to . be informed of the name of this bug; had you examined it more attentively, you would have all perceived that it was a hum The IV7U In h ITanmi. Cut rnnr root rinrl. ' incrtit vi-uir rlnlti. ia an rtl A maxim mnA m w!m one; and ii people will only square their ideas 1? .1 . , . accoruing 10 meir circumstances, now mucfit happier might we all be! If we would come down a peg or two in our notions, in accor- 1 dance with our waning fortunes, happiness . nuuiu w tuniijs yviuiiu uur rcaco. it is noi what wa have or nrhat tv ha nnl adds to or subtracts from our felicity. It is the longing tor more than we nave, the rnvyiEg of those who possess that more, and the vi'i " to appear in the world of more consequence than we really are, which destroys our peace cf mind and eventutlly leads to ruin. - -' 1 t 41 V. " -