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My love dwells not in lofty dome, Nor flaunts in the garb of pride, But sweet is her low and happy home, By the murmuring streamlets side; Where the earliest flowers of the merry spring Ope their mild eye to the sun, And the wandering birds first rest their wing, j Their home of the surstner won. 1 Nor storied race nor wealth hath flung Their magic around her name; T is ?i-iple iongs her bard has sung, And his love, are her only fame; I Nor the diamond's gleam, nor the lures of art O'er my graceful maiden shine, j For the priceless love of her warm heart , XJO 1 inrm iu can nui iiituv. The wine cup's flash mid the reveller's din " For her has never gleamed, J For the few she loves, who love again, Hath her gentle beauty beamed: < Others may bend to haughtier charms, j To wealth or haughtier line, i They are naught, when my truthful maiden's | arm3 , Press her truthful heart to mine! DEFENCE OF MY CIGAR. Nay, Lady, do not knit thy brow, This harmless weed to see; 1 Nay, scorn it not, for lady know, I 'Tis but a type of thee. I I Tts form, so ladylike and slim, < No waist but thine can vie; , The lustre of its glow might dim All but my Mary's eye. . . ?' ^ The grateful fumes about me twined Are like thy charities? The incense of a virtuous mind, That heavenward doth arise. One fate, alas, must both attend, Ah! that imperious must, Thy bright career, like it must end, And what remains but dust! -V, See, how it graceful bends to rac, And seems to woo the lip, Thou knowcst where mine would rather be, Did it but dare to sip. Then, if the weed thou'dst have me flee, Let not the time be long, My lip may be as free with thee, Nor thou declare it wrong. AN ANSWER WANTED. If kisses were a penny each, And words a groat a score, A kiss for every twenty words, And twenty in an hour, Visit the fair one twice a week, 'Twould take how long at such a rate, To spend a hundred pounds? Philadelphia Times. From the Temperance Advocate. FISHING CREEK AGRICULTURAL t SOCIETY. The Committee appointed to prepare! and nresent a Memoir or Essay, to be by | this Society forwarded to the State Agricultural Society, beg leave to report: That in the discharge of this duty, they have been influenced by the hope that a few facts, the result of experience, will be more and better calculated to promote the object, which the State Society had in view, when they passed the Resolutions, i which have called forth this Report, than any theoretical essay, however well written or plausible it might be. There is no pursuit of man, which depends so nttich upon circumstances, as that of Agricttl Jure. There is therefore, no pursuit in which general principles are so often misapplied. Consequently, fine spun theories are not well calculated to promote the general interest. In selecting, the cultivation of the artificial grasses, as a subject of a memoir, to iio iohmiitcd to the Slate Society, the im provementof the soil, is ihe ulterior object to be kept in view. To accomplish ihis, the ground must be stocked with the grass seed every time it is sown in either wheat, rye or oats. The grass used generally, are red clover, red top or Herds grass, Orchard grass and Timothy. To adopt this course, the farmer must he prepared to let his land Jic to grass at least three years, otherwise the object will not ho accomplished. The advantages to lie derived, are first the pasture for his stock, second, preventing the land from washing* third, the vegetable matter which is left upon the soil to turn under when ploughed down. To improve the soil, you must have manure, to make manure you must have stork; to keep slock, you must have grass. Therefore, it is considered that the cultivation of grass is of as much, if not more importance, than most of '.he crops wedo cultivate. 11 is said by some, who laugh at the idea of sowing grass seed, that we have a plenty of grass without sowing. The grasses, however, which we want, are those which come early and continue late. Such is the red clover, red top and orchard grass; of the timothy, we can not speak from experience. Flavjng said this much, by way of introduction, we will now speak of facts. The facts reported, have been the experience of one of your Committee. In the month of February, 1837, about thirty acres of ground, men growing wheat and rye upon it, was sowed with red clover seed. The seed was sown up on the ground, and permitted to go down with the snow and rains. The method adopted ia sowing was, to mix the seed with ashes, made moist, as much seed to the bushel of ashes as was intended for one acre, which was about eight pounds of seed. The clover grew up in the spring", and at the time of rutting the grain was generally about six inches hiirh, sonic spots of it twelve inches. The summer of 1837, it was pastured, alter the crop of grain was taken oft", with | hogs and small cattle, and some times j horses and milch cows. The summer of! 1S3S, no slock was permitted to go upon t, until it was in bloom, about the midlie of June, to the first of July, when lbout fifty hogs, between forty and fifty :tuvs, and horses, were permitted to pas :ure upon it, until the crop was eaten oft*. The stock were then taken oft", and the slover then grew up again, and made very ' good fall pasture, though not so good as j die first. The spring of 1830, about fif-J teen bushels of plaster of paris was put upon part of the field, about one bushel [o the acre. The crop of clover was not jo good this year as the crop of 1&3S, but made very good pasture, and was treated iqoq tl,:. ??? mud) us 11 wns hi iquo* x in*? } vi?i ouu*7~* j Tied the proprietor of one fact, of which before he had doubts, viz: that the red j clover will stand our summer heat and drv ioumhis. "it'it Wt'lTisibod ilieTTfy' seasons" of 1838 ami 1839, wc may expect it to withstand'our ordinary dry seasons. The fall crop of 1S39, was perm.illcd to go to seed and ripen, when the whole was turned under, with a large two horse plough, brought from New York for that express purpose. In the last of November and mouth of December, as the season would permit, the ground was again sowed with wheal and rye, and a better crop was taken off it, at the harvest of 18-10, than ever was on it since it became what is termed old land. The clover at the time of harvest was generally from eight to twelve inches high. No stock was permitted logo upon i?. until the clover was blooming: at this time it was generally eighteen inches high, and some stalks neasured two feet. It was then a sight well calculated to satisfy any one, that it requires hut to try and we can grow clover. The spring of J8-1I, the clover > > .l - i . came on as usual, out me wmus sprang up and smothered it so that the crop ivas not so good as either of the cither crops.? It is intended to fall on the ground this winter, and plant corn on it the next year, then sow again in wheat and rye, with a view to sec whether a sufficiency of seed is in the ground to stock it again with clover, of which a doubt is entertained.? The land upon which this clover grew, is a stiff soil, original growth of timber, hickory, post-oak, black-oak, black-jack, and some few pines. The location is upon the south f .rk of Fishing Creek, in Chester District, about fifteen acres of the land has-been cleared upwards of forty years, the remainder about twenty-five years. There has been no manure put upon it at any lime, except about one acre, and that but very trifling. The cost of the clover seed was a few cents under eight dollars per bushel, delivered on the farm, so that each acre had about one dollar's worth of seed upon if. That seed stockcd the ground for live years, and two heavy crops of wheat und rye taken ofTitfii the time, and after the first year, the 1 I * I *1 !?.? r. pasturage is consuiereu worm mun ^mu.i all lhc expenses would be, if it bad to be stocked every year with seed, and ten per rent, upon the value of the land. Hogs will fatten to make good pork, without any other feed, by giving them a little salt occasionally. The richness of the butter and milk is known only to those who have seen such. Care is to be taken when cows are lirst put upon tiie clover, *iol to put them on until the dew is olf the clover in the morning, and not let them slay on long at a time, for a few days; afterwards by keeping them olF until tin dew is dried.up, no injury is to be apprehended. There is no injury to be apprehended to hags a'l nil. No serious injur] has ever hcen experienced with horses-? It will salivate a little the second crop jbill by giving (!ry the salivation ivil soon stop. No part of this clover ?'? cut for hay, but in another experiment i has been mowed successfully. In the.spring of 1837, about one and < half acres of ground which had been pre viously \yell manured by cowpening," am a crop of turnips taken off it the wiulei of 183G, was sowed in clover and orchard ! I. ai? ' I ' I?,.? nprn^c cnoilc tf i>rr igi'ioa lunniiti. i giu-ij. obi.-jQ ?? ? . % sown with <>:its. The orchard grass, ii was ascertained afterwards, was n<>t sowed sufficiently illicit, as it came in bunches A heavy crop of oats was taken off flie ground, ami the clover was cut that an tunin, a very good crop, though not well cut 011 account of the ??als stubble. In the year 193S, the clover was cot twice, at each cutting, about eighteen inches and 37 two feet high. '1 ite orchard grass begat: | to spread uport the ground this year, ami by the next spring, 1830, look the ground I IVoin the cl ?ver generally, where it happened to he thick. The years I ?40 and IS1I, tlic grass lias been permitted to rijpenjts seed, and-ihen cut. It is a. hard grass for liny* when permitted to stand until the bloom comes upon it, but when I young it is tender, and stock is very fond | of it. The advaitlage-of this grass, as a I pasture grass, is that it comes early in the spring. On the first of April, 1811, ii was six inches long in the blade, mid afforded a good bite for cattle. Another advantage, it continues green and is good pasturage late in the fall. After all the natural grasses in our fields arc dead and jof no service, this grass is green and good pasturage. On the tenth of November, 1841; stock were turned upon i: and had green grass of from eight to twelve inches in the blade. Whether il the grass h id been thick upon the ground, the sods would have taken the'satne hold, is not known, but as il is, the sods appear to he as firmly fixed in the earth as broom .rr-.o^ 'I'KSa ,r,-(UUlll i; i u x 111 o ^ i aoo io wi i i i ? i u <? ^ / ami in a few days after being cut, shows itself springing up again. Tin- result ol !experience is, that it is a line grass I'm I pasture; but not sn good for bay. No manure was put upon this ground from the time lite grass seeds were sown. The soil is n yellOiv s indyT^SJTTfi' a ycllowisli clay subsoil. Has been cleared upward; of thirty years. In the spring of 1837, about one acre and in the spring of lb39. about three acres averc sown In'eacl cawt?i tne grSss seeds were sov/irwilh oats [Through this piece of ground, a smal branch runs. The one acre was originally wet and boggy, hut lying at the foot of t long cleared land, lite wash upon it, has covered it from six to ten inches deep, ant it is now perfectly dry. The. year before the grass seeds were sown, it was well ma ntired and planted in corn, and produce; a very good crop. The crop of oats was good. The first year the grass could hard ly he seen. The next not a good crop? EarJt year since that, a very good crop ol hay, hut amount by weight not known.? 1 The crup of 18-11, was generally Iron i two to three feet high when- cut; and a: ' thick upon the ground as ii could stand.? This makes an excellent hav, and upon a soil well prepared, yields a bountiful re turn. Tiic three acres was before the wes side of the branch, and was old ineadov land, which had been used as a natura 'grass had been entirely subdued by weed: of different kinds, and the ground aban doned as a meadow, and turned out, as i usually tcrmctl, about five or six years be fire being ploughed up, it w.is again pu under fence, but the natural grasses dom no good. The winter of 1537 and 1839 a heavy coal of long stable yard manurt was put upon it. Then fallowed, as wel j as the nature of the ground would permit and planted in corn. There was a hat stand of corn, in consequence of the co worm destroying it. In the spring of IS3G , it was sowed with oats an I red top gras seed. There was hut an ordinary crop ? joats. The grass lias been standing fo 1 hay ever since, und llie crop of 1841," iva ,ia very good crop, though not so good gen i crally, sis the oiic acre, but it was owin, j to the fact that it is not so thick upon th 'ground. It is believed that the next croi I will-be bolter, as it appears to be spreadinj i over the ground. A part of this, howeve was" trrm: Tgct high, by measurement.Thci soil upon wrrft4hl!u*,groivs, is what i , called cold bluck-j ick land, sonic-(dace, water rises in it, which has been attempt ed to be remedied by rutting a ditch alon its margin, but has been so far nnsuccess fill. Whether this grass will grow wed upon high dry soil, cannot be stated fron any experience, but no doubt is entertainei that it will. This grass makes an excel 1 onrlv nnrl Infp. nnd n # IUIII jumuu;, 'j - ihistiine, the 10th of November, the smal , cattle and horses are grazing upon tli meadow, with apparent delight, that the have been treated with the luxury of greei , grass. Nothing can be said about Timoth ; trrass, from experience, more than tliuti is believed it will grow, because, if ten o fifteen stalks will grow luxuriantly, thcr is no reason why acres, should not. A f tempt was made with the timothy, In - from defective seed (it is supposed) but , few slulks ofit grew. They were abot 4* I illreo in four feci high lo the top of the > seed stalk. t Your Committee have thus presented the result of the experience of one of its , members, upon the growth of what is culled the artificial grasses, in contradjc I lion to the natural grasses of the country. . The fact is to he ascertained, whether we I jhiive not grasses growing in our own fields , which, if cultivated, might not be equal to , any which is brought from abroad. It is found that the rye grass grows spontaneous in our fields, and if cultivated, might , prove ofgroal value to us. In looking | ?>Ut f >r grasses, however, we ought to look I . for those which grow from the old root, , i and not from the seed, because those which I I j.cpme from the seed, never come tn main I frity early in the year, and are, increiore i not so beneficial as a pasture grass. I So uiticli l:as been written oil the stibI jeel of grasses, their values compared with each other, the time of cutting them, the II manner of curing hay, &r, that it is thought j unnecessary to say any thing, -but what .[ has been the result of our own experience, i! Sj well satisfied have we been with the | result of our experience', that'wc have dci' termiucd lo go iut-o the business upon a J larger scale, with a view l<? the improve* -hnciitof the soil directly, by turning under i the clover; indirectly by procuring an abundance ol'food lor slock of all kinds, , j without which manure cannot be made.? i This we expect to di> by making hay of j herds grass and timothy. One of your ! committee has now on hand, ready to be committed to the earth, thirty bushels of red top seed, cost in Philadelphia sixtyIt wo and a half cents [rer1 bushel. Three {bushels of timothy, cost in Philadelphia I {four dollars twelve and a half cents per | bushel. Nine bushels of clover seed, -cost )in Pliiadelphia six dollars per bushel for |! part, six dollars and fifty cents per bushel ! (or part in New York. Wc have been thus | particular in giving prices, because we !j have known some of our citizens imposed p upoii in the purchase of grass seeds for ! want of a knowledge of* their current prii ccs. Clover seed is generally sold by the {pound and a bushel weighs from sixlyi two to sixty-five pounds. We have thus, Mr. President, given our , mile to aid a cause, which has been so long neglected in our State, but which is now, t,m Iwino nhniiL in rise tn a liicrh rank in J the estimation of society. That the far' liners will 110 longer suffer themselves to i h^mrhT-.l-tTprrrn tTeltrgs of an inferior or-' dor, but stand forth as tliey are, the lords I of the soil, the sovereigns of the country. ; R. G. Mills, Chairman. ? Fishing Creek, Nov. 19, 1641. 1 From the Liverpool Chronicle. f ANIMAL MAGNETISM EXPLAINED. 1 Animal magnetism has, for some .years, ! amused and bewildered the lovers of the marvellous. Ridiculed as a mere illusion " or delusion, it has nevertheless perplexed the scientific; its effects are too palpable ' I to be denied, but any rational solution of ' the cause or causes in which, (hey have 5 i originated has hitherto eluded detection. "jTiie honor of unveiling this mystery was 1 [reserved lor Mr. James Braid, an eminent *|surgeon in Manchester, who having wit1 iiessed the recent experiments of Alon' 'sieur Lafontainc, in the Athenaeum of that ' town, determined, ifposible, to bring the 5:system to the test of physiological and * j anatomical principles. This gentleman 3 having satisfied his own mind that he ' could produce the phenomena without per1 sonul contact, and even induce sleep when 2 in a different room from the person to be ? thrown into th? slat -of somnolency, anc uminccd a public lecture on the subject. ' which he delivered aL the Manchester j AiheiiBtin, on .Saturday last before 700 pei sons. 1 ; Mr. Braid first placed on a table acom' moil black wine bottle, in the mouth of s which was a cork having a plaited top f The individual on whom the experiment was to be performed was seated on a s chair, and directed to gaze intently at the * colli without winking or averting his eyes. 5 The cork was about two feet from the e person operated upon, whose head was P inclined back wards, forming with the obis jeclan angle of forty-five degrees. In r I this position he remained for about five ~; minutes, when profound sleep was pros duccd. s A second experiment was completed in the same lime. In the.third case u bandage <i: iv.ib nlsirod round the head, for the pin pose of'reiiiiuing in an immovable posi'l lion, a common bottle cork a lillle above 11 llie roof of llio nose, as the object to lie gized at, ami in about four minutes a com* plelc stale of somnolency ensued. In lhis 1 ease was proved the inability of the pa " liont to open the eyelids, although coiif sciousness was in no respect, suspended, Y as lie was able to reply distinctly to any n question. The fortii cxpriincnt failed, eitlier through the noise that prevailed, or y owing to the person not fixing his gaze it corilinuoiisly on the object, r The fifth was successful, and although e the parly made n desperate effort to open I-!his eves, so much as to agitate his whole! u iram., they remained as though hermelia cally scaled; when Dr. Braid took, from his jt pocket a wooden ruler, and drew the end . .'A -. . , ^ .-?v- . sr;-' , nfit gcnt'y over the upper eyelids of. both ' eyes, when the spell was brolcfcn, and. the^ ^ sense of sight restored with perfpct ease, These'experiments fully demonstrated fhiit. * the |)!K*norhe?a we're perfectly indeppn-' ih?nl of animal magnetism, as in no one instance was there the least approach to ^ personal contact or any manipulation. Having thus convinced the nudirncet';iit,; sleep could be produced w i t h o u Pp r"essdre"* - V -fv of the thumbs or waving of the hands, as Vemployed by Monsieur LafoiUatne', Mr> Braid proceeded to explain the rationale. * of his di-cover'y. r. The artificial mode of producing sleep J is to fatigue (he rrc.tos and levator muscli^SH?*^ of the eye, which U 'cflvcted by e crm*liuuously strained and intent gaze at 'Srt ** ' object viewed under the acute angle. Un. - ^ iler such circumstances, .tye irritability.ofi those muscles become exhausted* as us the irritability of the.optio^firvp; giddi-' - vV ^ ncss follows, a mist rises up. before the eye, and sleep ensues. Congestion is in- (( dttced in the eyes, and carried from them to the optic and musculo r nerve of the eye _ endowing to their proximity to the origitr ^ nf'lhe nerves of respiration and circnla- f:' yon, rfll-ci them through sympathy, and enfeeble the action of the heart and lungs. 'I I'he heart, thus acting feebly, is unable to. , * |)roj)cl the blood with sufficient force to ? the extremities, and hence their coldneS*. Vhe blood consequently is accumulated in. tlic regions.of the heart, and it istboS stimulated, and in order to remove the in- ' ordinate load it is compelled to increase th6 frequency of its contractions, in oHpr-tO J"v [ btnpeijsate for the feebleness of its efforts. .-'-v . The Brain, bead and face now becomes congested in consequence, and varied phe-- ' nomeiia, resulting from irregularity in the ? ? S 'l circulation of that important organ,;Jthe brain, follow. .The inability to raise the upper evelitl Mr. Braid accounts f<>^ on the. principle of temporary paralysis of the lei 4, valor muscles, owing, to excessive and long-continued exertion at the commence* tnent of the operation. . "Mine got! what will de Frenchman ' make next?" as the Ducbmah- said, the 1 first time he over saw a monkey. a e .r.* . " : ? /v caiu* II jL-urv?ir, bjicui\iu^ ui me new doctrine of repudiation, valliantly says: Fight the British, but don't cheat them?1 pay every cent we owe them, and then ' lick thetn like blazes. - ????w??? The New York Herald estimates the number of persons who would take the bencht of the bankrupt law iu that city* at 4000. Served Him Right.?A woman fn?a town not far from Portsmouth, N. H.- K who had been ill-used by her husband, on finding him enjoying the comforts of a v sound sleep, quietly sewed him up in the bed clother, and while he was in that de- , ^ ' fenceless situation, gavz him a sound < * < thrashing. . Getting a Living.?"Jim," said Amber Phelps the other day to his son?"Jim you are lazy, what on earth do you expect to do for a living?" "Why father, I've been thinking as how, I would be a Revolutionary Pensioner!" Singular Incident.?A jman nam6d Miller arrived from the South at Washings tftnj a few (lays ago, to prosecute a claim against the Government. On the 2d inst. he died, and being supposed very poor, no one would to his affects. At last Mr. Rives, one of the prdprietcrs ofthe Gl<?de,, undertook the task. On the opening of the deceased's trunk, upwards of thirtythousand dollars were found. Of course Mr. R. will be entitled to the per centage allowed to administrators. The. properly by the will goes to a sister of the deceased, now residing in Virginia. Philadelphia Ledger. STATE OE SOUTH-CAROLINA, LANCASTER DISTRICT In the Court of Common Pleas. IJurrolI McLcniorc, vs. Charles Davis, Declaration in Attachment. Jackson .Miller, vs. Shadrick Wright? Declaration in Attachment' . ? John U Wrijrfit, vs. William Royally* Dcclnrritii'ti in Attachment, WHEREAS, lie* Plaintiffs' in the above sin-* i ., ted rases did, this tl y file their declaration in my office against the Defendants, who are absent nnd without the limits of thift^Sla e, and having . ^ neither wife nor attorney within the same, on whom tn serve a ropy of the said declaration, with a iute to plead thereto. It is ordered, .That the said D fondant do appear nnd plead to the siid declaration on or before tho first day of November, Anno Domini 18-12 or an order fur judgment will he granted l?v default. ' -n S. RECKIIA.\1, Clerk. Clerk's Office, Oct. 30, 1811. p'rsfee36 JOSEPH CHARLES WORTH, r Fashionable Tailor, r"E TENDERS his thanks to. his customers for -3L t!io generous pntrouago he has received, and - respectfully informs the public tlfat lie continues to carry on business at his old stand, two doors abovo the Pest Office, where thoso wishing to Iiavo garments neatly and fashionably made arc invitod tC call.:--'" . >