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ful to the animals, as well as conducive to their health and crowth A proper scrubbing post in the middle f their pen will not be amiss. And during the whole t me of their fatting, they should have plenty of litter, oii w :n lie the more dry and warm, and it will be „ore than paid for, by the increase of good manure, ' When ho (r s are killed, a single one should not he of left to live °alone in a pen. He will be apt to pine too much after his former companions. And in cold weather he will suffer for want of lodging as warm as a he has been accustomed to. . - . or The fat of pork should be plentifully salted with to the best and strongest clean salt. It will take three pecks for a barrel. The pork should be kept contin ually under pickle : for if it be exposed ever so little to the air, it will become rusty and unpalatable. Boiled or steamed clover hay will serve to keep liogs during winter, but the addition of potatoes or carrots, boiled or steamed with the hay, will be an improvement. ' It is declared, that food, when soured by a proper fermentation, is much the best for fattening swine, and that one gallon of sour wash will go as far as two of sweet for that purpose. Mr Young says, that the best method of feeding all kinds of grain to hogs, is to grind it to meal, and mix it with water in cis terns for that purpose, at the rate of five bushels of meal to a hundred gallons of water,— Deane. From the Boston Gazette. COCK ROACHES. An alarm has been sounded in various newspapers from different parts of the country, summoning the hege citizens of New England to unite their efforts for the suppression of Cock Roaches. T he locust-plague of Egypt, it is supposed, would not he more terrible than the unchecked inroads of these creatures, which said to be more numerous during the present sea son than at any previous point ot time, py to be able to announce the discovery of a method of destroying those intruders, at once simple and ef It is as follows:—Procure from the apothe cary or herb woman, a moderate quantity of that odor Boil it in water We are hap fective. iferous vegetable called Poke Root: until the juices are extracted, and mingle the liquor with good West India molasses, or if the spirit of pat riotism be cxtravagnht, with molasses from New Or leans ; spread the liquid in large platters or soup plates, in the kitchen, pantry, closet or wash-house, or what apartment may have been the subject of invasion, and the enemy will be found slain in heaps, lying by hundreds and fifties, before the following morning. A gentleman to whom we are indebted for this informa tion, states that he slaughtered 676 cock roaches in a single night, by means of the Poke root and molasses, and that the root which had been boiled being thrown into a closet, thickly invested by the enemy, the place Was quitted entirely in a few days, great numbers be ing left dead upon the field. ever Remarkable Circumstance .—Within a few' days Mr Hieskell lost a cow in consequence of the bite of a snake—and what i3 very remarkable several of his hogs that had eaten of her carcass, have also died from the effects of the poison, the benefit of farmers. We communicate the fact for By the way, poke-root, boiled soft, and applied as a poultice, is a sure remedy for the bite of a snake. We published this remedy three or four years ago, and have had the satisfaction to learn that it saved the life of a valuable horse for a subscri ber. We have also received an acknowledgement of its efficacy through a Pennsylvania paper. It was made known to us as a cure used by the Indians in Missouri. Staunton, ( Fa.) Spectator. — **®ö©*— Climax of Blunders .—In a debate on the leather tax in 1790, in the Irish House of Commons, the chancellor of the exchequer, (sir John Parnell) observed with great emphasis —" That in the prosecution of the present war, every might to give his last guinea to protect the remainder." Vanderleuro said, however that might be, the tax on leather would be severely felt by the barefooted peasantry of Ireland. To which sir Roach Royle replied that this could be easily Remedied— by making tho trader leathers of tvoodi ■ - Mr his We invite attention to the communication below.— The value of the medicinal herb which it refers to to has been frequently and generally announced. In that disease which seeius to defy all the science of the phy sician, it has never boon known to do harm ; while there are ."several cases, apparently well authenticated, of its having been serviceable.— N. Y. Com. Adv. Healing powers of the Liverwort. A. P., a young man between 26 and 30 years of a g e , i, as been apparently in consumption for two years, or more. In the winter of 1827-8, he was confined to |,is ro om with every symptom of confirmed con sumption pulse 110 to the minute; hectic fever, in cessant cough, with expectoration of matter which in March amounted to full a pint daily» night sweats, debility, and great emaciation. After having tried the usual means in such cases to no effect, the Liver wor t was resorted to. It was first taken in decoction without apparent benefit ; a concentrated Syrup was then taken, and to the astonishment of all his friends, he rapidly recovered so far as to be able to attend to business, and the summer following worked a small garden, and has continued mending gradually in health and flesh to this date. New Lebanon, April 16, 1829. N. B. The above account is taken from the case book of the physician to the Society of Shakers in New Lebanon, and may be relied on as correct. -.a®«* Washington, July 20.—Mr Owen, of New Harmo ny, has passed through this city on his way to Europe. We learn, from him, that he has been fully occupied since his debate with Mr Campbell. He remained two months after the discussion in the city of Cincin nati, preparing a work, which he published there, and which contains a narrative of his voyage to and pro ceedings in Mexico, and a review of the public mee ting with Mr Campbell. As this work contains much curious, not to say important, matter for the states man and political economist, we may perhaps make some extracts from it. It seems that the public dis cussion between Mr O. and Mr C. had not produced any animosity between these gentlemen : for, we are informed, Mr Owen called upon Mr Campbell at his house, at Bethuny. Mr Owen spent three days with his hospitable opponent and relatives, and he was much pleased with his visit. During his stay in this city, Mr O. has had conver sations with the President and other public officers, and the representatives of foreign Powers. His oh ject in these interviews, &c. appears to be to advo cate the necessity for and the advantages of a new system of policy, which shall enable all nations * to obtain the advantages of modern discoveries and im provements, instead of being, as at present, oppressed by them, and by which these enormous powers of pro duction shall be beneficially applied for the industri classes, without injury to the present non-produ cers.' Ho recommends, for this purpose, that the at tention of all governments shall be directed to estab lish " a superior system of education for the whole of their population," and to create measures by which " through wholesome and equitable labor, all the in dustrious classes may be improved in their character, and enabled to enjoy a comfortable existence through à right application of their physical and mental capa His new work is written chiefly to explain We had an opportunity of conversing ous cities. these views. with this gentleman two or three times, during his late visit here, and he endeavored, with great earnest ness, to convince us that the world is more governed by public opinion than by any other single " circum stance ;" that public opinion, at present, is of a very low character ; that it is almost altogether partisan and personal, and that it is very materially formed by the public press of Great Britain and the United States. That it would be of the highest importance to these and other countries that would follow their example, that the most respectable papers should now use their influence to create " a superior public opin by abandoning partisan and personal subjects, and directing the attention of their readers to the great objects of Government. That is, as he states, ion, the best methods of education and of producing and distributing real wealth." He asserts, (and in this we arc inclined to agree with him,) that the means j exist in great superfluity to educate well and provide abundantly for all through that education; and lie asks, " Why should these important benefits be with held longer from society ?" Another favorite object with him, as we gather from his book and conversa tion, is, at this period, " to lay the foundation for a general permanent peace among civilized nations, that great national improvements may not be retarded and he thinks the existing state of Europe and Amer ica peculiarly favorable for the introduction of this policy. With this view, he has sent a copy of his new work to the British Sovereign and Cabinet Ministers, and to the Emperor of Russia, who had formerly been his guest for a short time at New Lan ark. He expresses himself very well pleased with the views and declarations of our new President and his Cabinet, in reference to these topics, and he thinks that they are honestly inclined to promote a liberal domestic and foreign policy, provided their attention shall not be distracted by party politics, the bane, he sayB, of every country.— Nat. Intel. to New York, July 20. Sailing of the Expedition for Mexico .—We announ ced on Saturday, the report brought by the Lavinia, of the sailing of Commodore Laborde's squadron. We find in the morning papers the following particular*; received by the Mary Jane, which left Havana on the 9th inst. The expedition against Mexico sailed from that port the 6th, consisting of one 74, two frigates, three _ corvettes, one brig, and one sehr of war, and seven transports, with about 4,500 troops. Six of the trans ports were American vessels, viz: the ships Robin Hood, Triton, Bingham, and Roger Williams, and brigs Chilian and Cornelia. These were chartered for two months. The fleet laid too ofl'the Moro until the morn ing of the 6th, waiting for the Soberano, 74, Admiral Laborde's flag ship, which did not get out of the har bor till that time. Private accounts state that there had recently been numerous failures among the shop-keepers in Havana, which had thrown the place into much confusion, and expected these disasters would be severely felt. Money was extremely scarce, and discounts 2£ a 3 per cent, a month. News of the death of the Queen of Spain, was re ceived at Havana on the 8th, and an order was issued, prohibiting all public amusements for the space of three months. The day before the Mary-.Tane sailed, the British Government sehr. Monkey, Lieut. Cole, in company with the Spanish brig Providencia, arrived with a car go of 350 slaves, which the sehr had captured a few days previous, after an engagement of 35 minutes.— The sehr mounts 1 gun, with a complement of 26 men; and the brig is pierced for 18, and mounts 8 guns, and Many of the slaves had died of the small pox, which prevailed on board—and about 60 had jump ed overboard, and were downed, in preference to hav ing their throats cut by the English, as the Spaniards told them would be the case in the event of being cap tured. on it was 56 men. From Havana .—Our correspondent at Havana, un der the several dates of June 22d, 23d, and 27th, writes us as follows : " Havana, June 22d—To-day the British Government Schooner Pickle brought in the Spanish slaver La Mulatta, with three hundred and thirty-fire slaves ! She kept up a running fight with the Pickle for one hour and twenty minutes, when the loss of her mainmast by a shot prevented her es The Pickle lost two men killed, 7 wounded ; board the Mulatta 10 killed and 15 wounded. Balt. American. On Monday, the 8th ult. an emigrating party of Creek Indians left Line Creek, Alabama, under the charge of Messrs. Th. Crowell and Luther Blake, for their destination beyond the Mississippi. It is said that the party consists of about 1,100 individuals. cape.