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M ,1 1 ;PIiccnix i jfamiln Newspaper, JDcuotc & to politics, omc Subnsti'n, News, QVgrtcn Uuve cmi (General 3ntc lligenrc. VOLUME XIII. IIKATTL.I3KORO, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1847. NUMBER 47. PUDLlSHEU EV EUV TIIUasDA V BY RYTIIER & P Li ATT. O. L. PL ATT, nDITOK. officeno. 2 wueelee's stose bcildixb. Ti. To stngle milncribfti, $'i,00 year. To Com panies, tnd to ttioie who pay in advance, a liberal diacount will be made. , Business Cards. GEORGE CUTLER & CO., URAL CHS IS AHP U AHUF ACTURtRI Or Boots, Shoes, and Gaiters, NO. 2 BRICK ROW, 43 Itrnttlcboro, VI. EAGLE IRO FOUNDRY. Sward, Stubble, Corn Sc Side Hill Manufactured and lor sale Wholesale and Retail by II. E. JBROfVJV 4-CO.,- Jllnmtitlc, J Mi. II. E. Dnown, (-11) J. Uaow.v. OLIVER RHODES, WIIIILESILE DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic Straw, MID FANCY BRAID BONNETS, MILLINERY. kC. Hrattlcboro, VI. X3"Prcsent style Bonnet Blocks constantly on hand. JEJ"Ca!l at 1 door south of Unitarian Meeting House. JOIINF. ADKINS, MiNCriCTCRER CT CARRIAGES AND SLEIGHS, West Itrattlcboro, Vt. (35) PHOENIX HOUSE, BUATTLEBOItO, VT. Feb. lit, ten. Iy23 P. SIMONDS, MANUFACTURER AMD DEALER If Ladies', Gentlemen's, Hisses' and Children's BOOTS, SHOES, AMD RUBBERS, II ALL'S BUI1.DIKO, NEARLY Ol'POSITE SMITH'S STAGE HOUSE. E. II ART, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, GJ-NO. 8 GRANITE KOir,Jl HKATTLEBOBO, VI. (13) fkOBeRT WESSELHOEFT, M. D,, lloiucopathic & Hydropathic Physician. Elliot Street, Brattieboro, Vt. S. PIKE, OPPOSITE THE PHCENIX IIOUSU, RRATrLliBOKO, Vt. R. SPAZ.DIWO, IYI. D.. SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE, First Door South of DOTTON & CLAHlt'S STORE. (Iy19) SILK DVING. Grove Street yc House, WORCESTER, MASS. SILK DRESSES DYED FOR ONE DOLLAR. A. E. DW1MCLL, Agent, Urallleboro, Vt, New Goods for Spring and Suinincr Wear. CHASE k CRANDALL, MERCHANT TAItORS, HAVE just received and are now opening a full assortment ol SPRING & SUMMER GOODS, of the latent and most desirable atvles. to which ihey would regretfully tnviie the attention ofpurchasers. u an this 1av ciDenlncf a ereat variety or (T7- FRENCH. GERMAN and AM BMC AN CLOTHS and CASSWERES, which they nreprenared to niako Jnto Garmenta in I urn u?ui r""" wij'v. May 17, 1847, FASIIIOJVABLB Boot and Shoe Store. riMIE auhiciiber, B'aleful (or the very liberal support A he hat reeeivei! frcmi llie public, and being deter mined to continue hi buliies, Intend! todeol liberally with Id euatomew, in token whercnf, be liai only to inlorm them tliat his work ihall be made ol the beat of atork and by the best ol workmen, tivery arlirle ia mide by hinuelf and warranted. Hekeepa on hand and will make to order llie following articles, and final, ly, all kndi usjally made In the country. Gentlemen'a Thick and Calf Boot'. Goat and Call lirogans, " Slipper, Uov Thick and Coif Boots, ' Bronani, Lailiet' Gaiter lloou ami hall' Gailera, I Kid and, Calf Walking Shots, uusKina, KidSlipa, from 60 ett. to 81,60. Someverv nice Frencli Kid Slip) Mlasea and Chtl drc.i81,oeao,.,.k.nd, DANIEL HAGF.R. lInJale, May 18, t3. 39 NOTICE. T HIS Is to certify, Ihil 1 hsve given U my son, JOSI AH THOMAS, bis lime to Tsndse (or tiiins.lt, I 1 oliiin none nf his earnings, nor pay any dttits U Li. shall oUnu none contracting afkf this dale.. J0SIAILTI1OMAS Jlla.J.lf,Juo. I,I87. From Iht Vnhn .Vtff mint for July. The Needle, Pen, and Snord. fir MM L. 11 lIOUURDCr. What hast thou aeen, with thy aliinlDg eye, Tlmu Needle, t subtle and kern f . ' I hare been In Farsdise, stainless and fair. And fitted tlitf apron of fig-leiiires lheie. To the form of it Mien Quern. Tbe mantles and ni tuples, (he hood and veils, Tliat the belles ol Judah wret When their haughty mem and their glance of fire Khkihdled the eloquent prophet's ire, I. helped t taitiioii tifyore. The bradcri belt nf the lndan maid I have drckrd with a trite a xral Aa th- goigcnua ruff uf the knihl of old. Or the utorjarch'i mantle of purple and gold, Or the aatrap'a bruideud heel. I have lent tn Bftuty new pnwer tn reijn At bridal, and court I jr ball ; Or, wedded lo Faahton, have helped in bind Tbtiae gowamer hrka tliat the alrongeat mind Have anmetimea held in thrall. 1 have drawn a drnp, an round and red. From the finger, atuall and while, Of the atartled child, aa the alrove with care Her doll to deck wllh aome gewjraw rare, But wept at my puncture bright. I bare gazed on lite innther'a patient brow. Aa my utmost vpeed atie plied. To ihieid frmn winter her children dear. And the knell of midnight amote her ear. While ibey lumbered at bef aide. ! have heard, in the hut or the pining poor, The vhirering inmite'a h(h. When laded the warmth ofhrr lat faint brand. Aa alow, from her cold and clammy hand, She let me drop to ditf" What dat thou know, thou gray (looae Quill? And melhoughl, with a apam of pride, H aprang from the inkitand, and fluttered in vain, jta nib to free from the ebon atain, Aa it fervently replied: "trhat do tknotot Let thp lover tell Yhn into hi acret icn. He paurrth (he breath of a ruigic lyre. And traceth thuae myatical linen of Cro Which move the ruaiden'i aoul. mat da Lnotet The wife ean aay, Aa the laden aeaiona more, And uver the ocean'a wildest apray A bleaed raiwive doth wend iu way, lnapired by a bubanda love. Do ye doubt my power ? Of the ila teaman aak, Who face tit Atnbition'a blaatt Of the convict, who ahnnka in hia cell of care i A flourUh or mine hath aent him there, And locked hia fettera faat; And a flourish of mine can hia priaon ope From the gallowa its vidim aave; Break ufl tbe treaty that kinga have bound, Make the oath of a nation an empty sound, And to liberty lead the s.are. Say, what were History, so wise and old And Science, that reads the sky Or bow could Music its sweetness store Or Fancy and fiction their treasures pour Or what were Pesy a hesveii taught lore, Should the pt-n its aid deny t Oh, doubt, if ye will, that the rose is ftlr, Thai the planets pursue their wy Go, question the fires of the riiHiuiidf sun, Or the countteaslreams that In ocean run, But ask no more what the Pen hath done." And it scornfully turned away. What ate thy deeds thou fearful thing By the lordly warrior's side? And the Sword answered strn and slow "The hearth stone lone, and the orphan, know, And tbe pale and widowed bride. The abriek and the shroud of the bv.llr-cloud, And the field that dlh rock below. The wolf that laps where the gash is red. And the vulture that tears ere the life hath fled, And the prowling robber that strips the dead, And tbe foulhyriia know, ' The rusted plow, and the seed uniown, And the grass that dtb rankly ruw O'er tht rolling limb, and the Muud-puol dark, Gaunt Famine, that quenches Life's lingering spark, And tbe black-winged resilience, know. Death, with the rush cT his harpy hi no J, Sad Karth, In her ping and thn, Demons, that riot in laughter and crime, And the throng of the souls sent before their time To the bar of the Judgment, know " Then the terrible Sword to its sheath returned, White the Needle aped on in peace; But tbe fen traced our, from a Book sublime, Tbe p nun lie and pledge of thai fetter time When the warfare of Earth shall cease. Sartathmofdf Irish. Two aULMova of human beings according Iu the Dublin IV at ion, are destined to pensn d; i.;. faiuin In Ireland ! a nonulation sufficient for powerful 8tate and two-thirds of our own at the lime of our Revolutionary alruggle. The mind shudders at the bare contemplation of the fact; what Ihen must be tbe leei. Inga of Ute anectatora of the horrible calamity ? It cannot but be believed that aomething most be "rotten in the state ol Ireland, to aamti tne lruiu 01 mis iim-ius iii'uw a . ro.ni mMiinrr in iTnrit. in eunnecuon mm lue isting distress, it was atated that the Hererrnd ineouam Ma hew haa,fm some time past, been .ceding x,dw poor persona every cay, wtr7 lkucm. Z tfanrl anA Ilnrinfi 1'h Itieinft and S'lUtlllMJrtt'WiS' conam) papers flalteringly but justly allude to the manifeat evidences of enterprise and prosperity which tv.. nt. ful vilUnrpi. The erection of blocks of which pervade iheae tine stores ana elegant dwellingi, show that itacine ana oouiupon wt " laggards in the march of improvement. People at the Last can scarcely rralize the immense change which a few years hss produced on the western shore of lvke Michigan. Cit ies, villag-a, and anlendid farms, have started up insgic-n In tbe howling wilderness. Polk and His Gentrots The Vickaburg Whig says thai a new work under this title will sn appear, 'lb princl pal "uenerali taeiciieu ire aiiuiiih. o US Ollltl alitii" Thomas Hart Benton, and tiiileon fiiiuw. diets for it an Immense run. Tha Whig ire' The War trlmcn (As Dentiitt in New York, occasioned ...Lr..i r..- tant science will be elicited. The greatest bene fil, howev er, will accrue to the urlnlf rs. U'ni,r a Substitute for Oil in MacJiincry. Mr Briggs, of New Jersey, has made souucxperirnerils to test the application of water at lirtiibttitute lor oil In relieving machinery of friction. The experi ments have been highly successful. Water has been used instead of oil upon the axle of a locomotive, and after running at a high speed for fifteen miles, h ..I. i.K.uiilmiit anv uercenllble decree of heat. The water is applied to the axle by means of a small wheel with buckets encioseu wmim " confines the end of the axle. N. X. un. 1'imsiiPii iimsa CortH. If vour corn has been thinned by the crows or cut worms, now Is the lime (osow turnips; lei every vacant spot Ihirs produced in your corn-fields be occupied with mis vcgciim.c. We have known from forty to fifty bushels of ex cellent English turnips produced on an acre with out any apparent or material injury to the corn. -an.l -l.n.tl.l tV,,VII 1 , II III pd i 1 1 C 1 V BCf lIlO SSl 1 UU PCVM tlll'JUlu w v - . - - j hoeing' In" July. If the'planw come uji too thick, they should be thinned. weniiiy rmw, Rctuarknlilo Deliverances Wc met the following singular narrntirc the other day in the volume of a Canadian mini unary who .is recently published certain reminfecenccs of his fe and labors. 1 he story is well luld, und the in cident which forms its subject, whether called "no itlential ' or "rrovidcntul," was certainly remark able; About this period I went to attend the sate of the eflVcls of Mr M , a respectable farmer, who had iltcal at one nf inv out-settlements a few months be- fure. He had led a ifiilow, n wry amiable and pi ous woman, and three children to mourn his loss. he lone widow thought herself unequal to the management of the large firm which her husband had occupied. She therefore look a cottage in the tillage where 1 lireu, anil was now selling every, thing ofT except a little furniture. Alter the sale was over 1 went into the house to see her. I congratulated her upon llie plan she had dopted, and remarked that she would bo much more comfortable, not only in being relieved from the cares nf a business she could not be supposed to understand, but in a reeling nl security which, in her unprotected state in the lonely house, she nuld hardly enjoy. 'Uh I no, said she, 'not un protected ; far from it ! You lorget,' she continued with a mournful smile, 'that I am under the special protection of "Him who cares for the fatherless and the widow, and l teel quite comment that lie will protect u..' And lie din protect Ihern, and that very night too, in a most extraordinary and wonderful, and 1 may add, miraculous manner. I he larni house was solitary one ; I here was imt another within hall a mile of it. That night lliero was a good deal of money in the house, the proceeds nf the sate. The mMher and her three young children, and a mud servant, were the aolc inmates. I hey had retired to rest some time. The wind was howling fearful ly, and shook the wooden house at every blast. litis kept the poor mother awake, and she thought she heard, in the pauses of the tempest, some strange and unusual noise, seemingly at the back orthe house. While eagerly listening to catch the sound again, she was startled by the violent barking ol a. nog, apparently in a room in the Iront of the house immcdiilelv under the bedchamber. This alarmed her still more, as they hid no dog of their own. She immediately rose, and going to her maid's rooTi awoke her, and they went don u together. I hey tirst peeped into the room where they hail leard the dog. It was moonlight, at least partially so, for the night was cloudy ; still it was light enough lo distinguish objects, although but faintly. They saw an immense black dog scratching and gnawing furiously at the door leading into the kitchen. whence she thought that the noise she first heard had nroceeded. She requested llie servant to open the uoof which the uoz Was attacking so violently, i he girl was a determined and resolule creature, devoid of fear. and she did so without hesitation; when the do; rushed out, and the widow .w thro' the open door two men althekilchen . in jow, which was open. The men instantly retreated, and the dog leaped thro' the window alter them. A violent scuttle en sued, and it was cvinent from the occasional ) ping of the noble animal, that he sometimes had the worst of it. The noio of the contest, however, gradually re ceded, till Airs M -could hear only now und then a unit and distant bark, i he robbers, or perhaps murderers, had taken nut a paneof glas, which had enabled them to undo the fastenings of the window, when, but for the dog, they would doubtless have accomplished their purpose. The mistress and maid not a light, and secured the window as well as thev fould. They then dressed themselves, for to think of sleeping any more that night was out of the ques- ion. i ney nao not, However, got uown emirs uic second time beforo they heard their protector scratching at the oulcr door for admittance. They immediately opened it, when he came in, wagging his bushy tad, and tawning upon eacn ot mem in turn, to be patted and praised for his prowess. He then stretched his huge bulk at full length beside the warm stove, closed his eyes and went to sleep. The next morning they gave him a break fast ony dog might have envied ; afier which nothing could induce him to prolong his tisit. He stood whining impatiently at the door till it was opened, when he galloped oll'in a great hurry, and they nev er saw him afterwards. They had never seen the dog before, nor did they even know to wliom he belonged. It was a very singular circumstance, and they could only suppose that he came with some stranger to the sale. The family moved the following day into their new cot tage in the village: nd when my wife and I called upon them, Mrs M reminded me that, when I Inst saw her, she had told mo they were not unpro tected. Cheatino the Gallows uv MESMEM8M, The cits uf Pittsburgh is tust now excited to a consider. able degree, by a very singular subject, being no other than a report, fitmly believed in by numbers, lhat Reidel. who was to be hanged there a cnuple of weeks since, for murdering his wife, anil w ho was reported In have committed suicide in tits cell the night previous to the day fixed for his execution, did not thus voluntarily cheat the gallows by his own act, but was mttmerizvl into a coffin and out of llie prison. Some go so far as lo say that he has been seen alive in Louisville since Itis reported death. The story goes, that Ileidel's counsel is a man who is capable of exercising a powerful mag netic Influence over any person upon whom he chooses to exercise it ; that during his intercourse with Reidel he had accidently discovered that he was highly susceptible to the mesmeric influence. The idea struck him that by this means he might escnne. Arrangements were made accordingly. A quantity nf blood was conveyed lo Reidel in his cell, which he was directed to throw over the floor. A strong dose nf laudanum was left for him lo lake exactly as the town clock tolled a certain hour, im-. mediately ofier taking which he was to cut his arm to keep up appearances, and to place himself with the blauket-rone about his neck The powerful in fluence ol the magnetizcr was men urougni to ueor ..nnn ihn irtfmnf ihp nrisoner. and bv Ihis means. together with the laudanum which he had taken, he was thrown into a state resembling death, and re mained in this condition until he wna taken away in ihe coffin bv his brother, on Pridav afternoon; the mesmeric Influence was then thrown off, anil ,t. r.eaneil iirlsrmer left. Such is the storr. It throws the reported mock suicide of John Cj quite in the shade. If. Y. Trut Sun, (C7 fcuract from Professor Atlee's Valedictory Address to the Graduates of the Medical Depart ment of Pennsylvania College, for 1340-7: It has been well mid tint knowledno. in the hands of a good man, is like the bulwark erected bv the patriot against an insidious foe j knowledge in the hands of a bad man, is tike the sword of the assassin, used only for destruction. This is par ticularly true of our profession. Its usefulness and only solid security lie in the virtue of its possessor In the cultivation or such principles as will make improvements, discoveries, and inventions in medi cine, blessii gs, not evils, lo society. Consider it, therefore, your first duty to cherish that holy feel ing iu llie iieau iroin yyiucu goou actions spring. Remember, vou leave these walls, unssessimr either the bulwark of the patriot or the sword of the as sassin : if the former, then are you destined for an useful and noble purpose- if the latter, far better bad our institution crumbled to the !uit ere the name ol 11 Ptnntyteania ifirlUal Cotlrge" was in scribed upon its columns. Gut, gentlenfrn, wheth er vour purpose will be for weal or fur woe depends mainly on jnursclres. You are, in a certain de gree, the artificers nf your own characters, destinies, and fortunes. Possessed of proper principles, you will be guided through all difficulties, and main tained in the direct and sure path to usefulness and eminence. All men are bound by the laws of soci ety to regulate their coi'ducl by virtuous principles ; but there are perhaps none in whom these arc re quisite more than in the physician. He, before all others, is permitted to enter into the sacred privacy of families : and, therefore, he, above all others, should not only be pure, but beyond suspicion. He miiifles with all clashes, at all times, and in all places his deportment should be exemplary to all, a stumlling block to none. Pure morality should shine no where brighter than in the actions of a physicnn. U here is it more essential I 1 o Ins hands health and life are often blindly entrusted ; and where is the tribunal, except conscience, that watches over his treatment or judges ol his motives I If his professional conduct be not governed exclu sively by the welfare of his patients, and hi. mo tives not based upon tlir'purest mu'rality ; if he prostitutes his oiling to personal, sinister, or unho ly purposes, then is he the most formidable and dangerous uf men, cspabb of invading the peace and happiness, the endearments and sanctities, that cluster around the domestic altar, and more to be shuur.ed than disease itself. Hufeland justly said : A physician, without morality, is nut merely a nonentity, he is a mouter 1 "Integrity and gene rosity of character j the disposition to sympathize with others; the power or commanding your own temper: of resisting vour selfish instincts; and that self-respect, so important in every profession, but especially iu our own. which would prevent sou from doing in secret what you would not do before all the uorlJ; these things are rarely acquired, ex cept by those who hare been careful to scrutinize and regulate their own conduct in the very outset nf their career." Brodie. In the exercise of a profession, which has been honored in the example of One, whose life a id character are the sublimest piltern of benevolence, of purity, and of self-sacri fice, ever exhibited to man, the physician should endeavor to imitate Ills philanthropy, and, in etery way, go about doing good." A Capital Henly Some time ago (says the Ulica, N. Y. Gazette), Mr Scott, a workman in one of the factories at Oriskany, in this county, became smitten with n roge for military glory, and applied to the captain of a volunteer company to be received as a recruit For some reason, his application was not then sue cessfiil. and he resumed his work. Recently an opening In the company presented itself, and one ot the lieutenants wrote to him follows: Utica. April 0. 1847. Sir ; The company under the command of Cap! Waliadt is now organizing, and il you wish to join us you will receive the bounty, anil jour psy will commence as soon as you tout, i nc renuezvou is at Mechanics' Hall, iu this city C. A, Johnson, Lieut, 10th Infantry To A. J. Scott, Ksq, Uul this letter happened to fall into the hands ol another Mr Scott, also living at Oriskany, and he forthwith returned it, with the subjoined reply, tell ing some home truths in a way none trio less eucc tiic for being rather ol the roughest: CJiusKANV, April 7, 1847, M v Dear Sir : Through some unaccountable freak of fortune, I received the enclosed from you to-day Hut as you were gentlemanly enuugn to pay tne postage, you are entitled to a civil though truthful answer. Allow me, then, to inform you that I never heard of Capt. Walradt or yourself belore to-day. rich titer have 1 the least idea of " mining you, or in any way assisting the unjust and intensely mean vvar J resiueni i uik is waging ogainsi mruiu. t have no wish to participate in such "glorious1 butcheries of women and children as were display ed in the capture of Vera Cruz, &c. Neither have I anv desire to place myself under the dictation n a petty military tyrant, to every caprice of whose Will J UIUSI yicm limilicil uucui-iii.c. nu kh-c-sj , As long' as I can work, beg, or go to the poor house. I won't go to Mexico, to be lodged on tin damp ground, half started, halt roasted, bitten ny mutqueloes end centipedes, and stung l) scorpions and tarantulas marcneu, untied snu noggeo, ami hen stuck up to bo shot at, for eight dollars a month and putrid rations-gtVtll, I won't, As to the "bounty," I have not the least doubt that will be promptly paid. Many a poor fellow hss received it already at Palo Alto. Rcsaca de la Plunder, Monterey, and uuena vista, ami no doubt it has come and will come lo thousands more, in the shape of bullets, shells, and vomifii at Vers Cruz. Much obliged to you, but I hate no desire to have mi bones nicked bv the hideous Mexican vultures, tandcrabs and jacKUIIs. ttau mucu ramcr wait my appointed limp, and close my eyes in, peace among mends an kindred. As for yourself, I should not wonder if you were a likely sort of a chap. But )nu are employed at an abominably menn trade, "if you ever noticed it," Human butchery hss had Its day. Human progress has made mighty inroads upon it within the last half century. And the lime is rapidly approach ing, when the professional soldier will be placed on the same level as the Bandit, the Bedouin, and the Thuir. You had better nuit the business i ond in return for your offer and Information, if vou wish to enrae lu the woollen manufacture (which is my trade). I-will eive vou all the Information and as Colt slstance in my power. ditton. I tbtnfe a man" is mqre nobly employed, 1 am satisueu wiiu my ton- drawing a spinning-jack, assisting to clothe his fel low " humans," than even in leading an army lo laughter them. 1 am truthfully yours, A. J. Scott. C, A. Ji.kaain, L'eut. tOih Infantry. The Castle of Pcrotc, Jkxico. A correspondent of lbs Philadelphia Inquirer, writ- ng from Mexico, contribute, the annexed inteiesting ketch of the crlebiaU-d rastle ol'San Perole, in which better idea ia given ihsu In any other account we have wen, of its great size and strength : It covers about twenty acres of ground, and is n the most perfect repair. Indeed, it is construct ed in such a substantial manner, that it appears to defy time to decay it. There is an inscription over the main entrance, or rather was, for the .Mexicans obliterated it when they dismounted the Spanish cost of arms, and supplied ils place by their own ; that, 1 suppose, gave the date of the erection of the building, or the reign of the King in which it was erected. The figures 1774 arc cut in the stone over the main inner entrance, but whether it means that the building was commenced or finished in that year I don't know. Among the most remarkable things about this place are two enormous bronze mortars, one or which is I1J years old, the other 110. They are the most splattdid nuirtars, as well as the largest I haro ever seen. They are elabo rately and most exquisitely carved and finished off, and should be sent to the United States as trophies if not fur the service ihey'Tvbuld render in some of our Forts. These pieces are, of course, of Spanish manufacture, as are almost all of the Mex ican artillery. In the chapel ol the Uastlc, which is very beau tiful, is the grave of Gaud.loupe Victoria, the first President of the Republic or Mexico, who, accor ding to the inscription on his tomb, died 1824. In the moat nf the Castle, (which by the by, is 911 fert wide between the bastions and the wall, and l!0 feet between the main walls and the wall of the moat, and 2d feet deep.) is the place where tbe .Mexicans executed their Stale ciiminals, and de serters from the garrison of the CasiIe.cVc. They must be a bloody and cruel people, judging from the manner of their executions ; fur the persons murdered in this spot were, it is said by those re siding here, always left as they were killed, and so remained until the flesh rutted from the bones. We could not doubt the fact, for -ill around the cross to which ilicy were tied, were skulls and other bones, making, if put together, complete skeletons. The cross itseir is about 1)1 leet high, and lias strong pegs in the lop-stick.to which the hands of the un fortunate victims of tyranny were tied, whilst their feet were secured to rings in tbe masonry, in which the bottom or the cross was built. 1 he wall ol the Castle in the rear of that emblem of Christianity, so foully abused, by being used for such a puriose, is marked by musket balls so thick, that scarcely mi inch or the wall can be picked out mat nas not musket shot marks on it. There are also scleral deep trenches near tlio cross, containing piles of bones that have been interred Irom time to time, after the flesh had rotted from them, and the space Ihey occupied around the foot of the cross, was lor other victims. The moat of the castle, tbe dimensions of which I give you above, is dry, but can, they say, be filled with water in two hours, which I dare say is the case, as there is a fine stream of water running into the Castle continually, and it has reservoirs or tanks that contain an immense quantity. 1 lie greater part of tha armament nf the Castle was carried dountnCcrro Gnrdo, from whence of course il never relumed, as we took the whole of it. There are however pieces enough eu on the walls Tor us to beat off anv Mexican army that can be brought against us. TJie garrison of the place consists of seven companies of the 1st rennsylvania Hcgimeni and C-ipt. Timor a company ot United Males Ar tillery. The other three companies of our regi ment, together with the 2d Pennsylvania regiment, garrison Jalapa. Feeding Hons on Arrt.Es. Among a multitude of farmers, it is a common observation that sweet ap ples may be good for fatting hogs but not sour ones. This is ureal mistake. If hogs have a large run in an orchard, so as to find all the variety they de sire, they will only eat a small proportion of sweel apples. Even the delicious gate apple and the fall pippin seem to cloy the appetite and they will eat but few before they will leave "them for those of more acid or other flavor. Their taste in this re spect seems like that of the lovers of hard cider. A hog weighing, when slaughtered, 300 lbs, when first DUt uo to fatten, ate about nna bushel and a half of sourish apples, and about four gnllons ol nulH and water Wltn inren quans oi Dran, oaiiy, with nleniv of salt, and it fattened rapidly. At the end of a month, one bushel of apples, with the same quantity of milk and bran was sufficient. This mode of feedins seemed to fatten the animal so rapidly as if fed entirely on corn. The pork of anple-fed hogs ia sweeter than corn.red, and gener ally healihier, inasmuch as apple-fed hogs do not become feverish, or otherwise diseased, even when closely confined. If permitted to run at liberty iu ihn orchard, which is the best wsv of feeding, they of course consume more than when confined in a pen, Apple-tea pom is as nsru ascoru-icu; m the lard is hard and beautifully white. lloston Cultivator, New and Important Inventions, Galvanized Iron, We noticed an article iu the Courier and Enquirer a few ilaya since, which contains some very important facts ; so important that they should be known. It oppears that, by a newly discovered nmeeis. iron msv be covered with a coat of zinc at a very moderate cost, and thus prepared it defies oxydation. " Tin, shingles, slate, and pure zinc must yield their claims to durability to this new ar ticle. Roofs covered with it remain bright and un tarnished through all kinds of weather and seasons, and wa mijht almost aav all time. Every thing that is usuolly constructed of iron, and is exposed lo damoness. mav now be made almost imperisha ble. The nroceis of manufacture is founded on elec tro-chemical principles, and has been thoroughly approrcd by the gteatest of our modern chemists. Cooistss or Gr. Wobtii. During the bombardment or Vera Urui, this gallant omccr, linaiug ins noise couiu vr.lilv .xhiu.Lrd. dt-t Ditched a servant tor . backet of wa ter. Jost as the man waa raising the bucket tu the horse a ...... ,th . I. .c .hll .truck the .round at til. dt.lanee f few varila. Th. man started In terror) bat O.n. Worth, ..i tk. r.... .- . l..nM4 nut. .ltd neleniuto- rlly. without moving, "Haiti empty your bucket on that thinsT' Tb. man, mechanically obeyed, and Gen. Worth captured lb. shell whole. It wss 1 locats la diameter, sod weighed abut 120 lbs. . Railroads and the Farmers. Tha introduction of canals and rail roads, and their extension into all parts of the' country, is working a chaiiga to which many farmers in the older portions look with evident alarm. By these facilities for intercommunication and transportation, the grotsers of breadslufls and provisions on the fertile prairies of (lie vast West are brought into al most direct competition ith those of the seaboard and interior of llie Allantio States. The alarm is given, that nur runners cannot stand such competi tion, (net their business will be ruined, and the vaj ue of their redl esle destroyed. In these fears tie do not participate. There may be some incouieiiieiice, and some apparent present loss, in accommodating ourselves to the change of circumstances, but we must do it, whether we will or no, and, in our apprehension, it will be done. so gradually as to produce very trilling inconvenience or loss. When it is done, we shall find that rail roads have done more to promote the agricultural prosperity of New England, and to enhance the value of the farmer's properly, than any other cause of recent date. In all time past, and all the world over, it always has been the case, and it always will remain to be so, that, w herever a local market is created, the far mer is more prosperous, and his estates bear a high er value, than where he depends entirely on a dis tant market fir the sale of his products In .the vicinity of all great towns, laud always bears a com paratiiely high price, because it will pay a profit on such price. i Now, the tendency of Railroads is to build up lowiis u herever they go, and lo create a local mar ket in the vicinity. They afford such facilities fur carrying on almost every kind of manufacturing and mechanical business as to bring these establish ments lo the doors nf the farmers, instead of com pelling the farmers to send their produce a great distance to them a distan-e which would absorb a considerable portion of the value of the commodi ties in the expense of transportation. A' evidence of this, we need but look at facts. Everywhere, in New England, that Railroads have been construct ed, long enough to have their legitimate effects, vil lagesliave grown up, upon their line, new kinds of business have been introduced, and property, iu the immediate vicinity, has appreciated in value. The area over which this influence extends every year, widens as time is given for the change to work its way. The change, then, lo which farmers must be sub jected, is, to cultivate for a home market, instead of raising the g-eat staples for one that is more dis tant. Prime lump butler, anywhere wilhin ten miles of the villages and towns upon the Railroad, or where they can gel it weekly to market by Rail road, is worth nearly twice as much as it is where they are compelled to lay it down and keep it for a distant market in the winter. Lambs, seal, vegeta bles of tarinus kinds, and all descriptions of fruits are comparatively more valuable. The effect, then, of the Railroads eventually will be, In give the vi cinity orthe places the)' pars through nearly all the advan azes they would possess, if located near a populous city. With the culture of many things adapted to this change of circumstances, especially of the more valuable fruits, a considerable parlion of nur agri cultural community are not very well acquainted. The sooner they acquaint themselves therewith, so as to adapt themselves to the change, the mnre to their interest it will be. New England Farmer. The Mexican Ladies. The following extract from a letter of George W. Hughes, Captain of tbe Topograpical Engineers, will interest sumc of our readers : The women are rather un-Jer.what we regard as medium size, slight in figure, well formed and graceful ; and while few are beautiful, many of them while young are good looking and ngreeahle. Their hands and feet ore small, with well turned ancles.. They lute generally while teeth, good " mouths, magnificent black eyes, and glossy black, hair, in the dressing of which they daily bestow much pains. They appear to be amiable and kind hearted, and are said to make good wives and mothers. They are cleanly in their habits, for most of the towns and haciendas being situated on running streams, they hare every advantage for bathing, of which they avail themselves most liberally, without en cumbering themselves wjth much superfluous cloth ing. Their usual dress consists of thin slippers, without stockings, a cloth petticoat usually red, and a chemise, which expose more of the person than is, in most countries, considered to be consistent with due regard tn modesty ; but this is the custom of the country, and I am not disposed to criticise it. With a rosary around the neck, and gold ear rings, and you have ihe female costume complete. When ihey go abroad, Ihe re&eia is generally worn by all Mexican women, its quality depending on the cundition nf the neat". To their ordinary doraes tio duties they add the weaving of rcbosas and blank ets. The latter are worn by them, as an outer cov ering, and is literally 'a bed by night, a garment all the d y.' Many of them are of fine texture and of great beauty of figure and color. Their prices vary from $3 .to $75, and even to 8(00. Many of the better class of females are well educated and accomplished ladies, who would grace the saloons of the most polished capitals. The woalthicy class live in a style of great luxury, and I have seldom partaken of more elegant and sumptuous entertainment than at their hospitable boards. The services of china are beautiful and rich, the courses following each other in rapid suc cession, and Ihe table groans with the profusion of meats, fruits, confectionary, and wines, piled upon it. A gentleman whose curiosity induced him to count the courses at a dinner, assured me that they exceeded twenty in number. To Boy. Do not trouble the birds. Let them sing and fly, without fesr from you. Do not kill them ; do not cslch and imprison them. Let them go abroad In all-lhe joyousness of their brief sum. mer'a life. If you wish for something to do In these pleasant days, dig a hole in snme suitable place by the roadside, three or four feet across, and' a foot and a half deep, and throw back part ofjhe earth. Then go into the fields or woods, cateh a" wild t?ee, the prettiest ynu can find, and fasten its roots care fully in ihe cage that you have made for them, nd your children's children, w the poor wayfsring man a century hence, may thauk you for the .shade you have nrovlded. Is 'not this better than atcMnS I killing blrdst Praetitaf Chrittim.