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13YE. L WALTON & SON.
MONTPELIISU, THUIISDAY, APRIL 21, 1851.
VOL. XLV, NO. 22 WHOLE NO. 2323.
iUatcIjmnn & Slate Journal.)
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TF.RMfl fmhlo dl 85,00 llpirmtnt l not
mad! adi-nkwa, Intateat alwajt eliafjad fiom tliatndor
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poctvn.
The Wife o iier llmbaml.
Tko WUmhiJt Mtratft i ttwn IWtoMt. llarrttt H'on
(toMMti 4rlMftf Ik orlf io OA, flow of hr ort
fT bar ttatVinil, tho iwot ItwwniBf . Pht woi t tbo tlm
hf wroto (ht m rorM, lwtpl ifcU4.
Unlik mtB wo.O pflOOOty hoorl !
UiitiLuowr um umI out oVUinioc ;
Oar aiinUUfinf look MfptUft
o aoo iiitrtli?, tt Ibojr tirtt oik ttt
XVfcot hott bwi to da
Kwtkmf f.om lit liinc bfhltit m,
A nK.ft l-rod, waHf vtnfor ? Uft" t brooch
Tho cirtm Mi eti tbln h4m roifto, tho dnw
Aud Dtio mmi dtf ttw lol whofo little ftgite.
The wilfUtt Uni
Doom Ukti taptrt yi,l. thy hand ia rntno
With ! ihot bM ftouM. Wbil I ilo
Aal what 1 drcte iflclurfc the, a th wioo
Moil ittof tia uwa grope. Ami whan 1 too
Qod Mr iMjraalf, llohOM iknt am f ihm,
A rut wlibio My ojo, tba loi of iwo.
Tlaofoeccf lb world ttcbinrfd,! think,
Kmce flrit I hoard tho fuotvt H toy ol
Hova Mill, Ofcati. ootid m j 04U; 144
Bttwtit mi and iha draadfol ootar brink
tMobviottiidoiife, wbro I wbo ihoafbt to ink
Woj eangfat u( into tof, a ad tobl ifco wboJa
Ol hf la a ow rytUw.
Tl ro, lot ! look on mo hrotibo ow !
Aa bright r !) du not eount it airanc,
Pof lovf, i g9 up aero pfl dojrea,
1 tirl I tb fino for tijy ak, and osi btnoo
My umi iwtvt viw ot ntin, fur aarth witti tba a !
I t r r trr f h"f wny
I'ttiuiit, dafet, firil miii to tlieo,
V m-j n v upon my Imjeia tbtmybtfulty,
I rtii oui to lha ful' t.M.w n njl't ami
,k ii." My (titt ..l y -bib iti truftity ,
Mj hit if oiifoi tnturttU ! tt.y t wit' fia,
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Oi. th polwlil tearklr'M staialkH wfcew ,
Till l UUl .tttltd M 11 IU 1MIH luii,
Tlie life of iu daml,H"Wll ilt'nit.
Ami lb rwnu kan ywlMJ llt)r kMtllr (lowti
Ami tka l.l Vtul afar ttWM tian .boom
lUtk,ui,lkaUi ib'tr tniMU bruafki
'I t, wiill U. ititaw i4 ika uoihIiiim lbuiiki,
lb a, waia In Ml no kMxS toil totfcnM
'J'ba iMi ;rat mI aa a Ibiuj tlMw.
An4 kail to ti'a wwkra on laad a ad ra 1
Ail hail aa thai aiaat In tka tala iitiUt (M '.
Tbou autliagilla ou lha aktiar ha LiJ
Or lha hsIl.rtOaa, in tka aiiici ihadi
Ainli-ank'.hoiaao.i to lllm ba ptan,
tVkvtMi huMaa aotila akttla puwaia uf baavao.
Allill.l.N'R.
Mailtn r. Tuppai, xbuiiMtetlm tba AU,l Nw Voik,
ai.t tw tka TmI Um rlbwiug baaulilul line. ;
Tho Old and the IVeir,
Hkall ll W ttub a 'uar ur a aatile. Old tt'urld,
Thai I bid )utl fafawall for a ttklla. Old VVorid I
Skll )tiu aod I (tail
Wiltl a (Mag al tliajkawil,
Or lu uU-blw4l .iKulalfk.OU U'o.ldf
la liulli, ll tntitl b villi a taar, OM Vt'wldf
1'uf uitiob that la rear 4f at, OU WajlM I
Tba liagvalu; lulad
LaVa aadljr krktlwl
Jn d(Mibtttu4faluftanf afttTt'ar, OM tVoiltlr
V.i atei kjr UaJ, anal kj a, OM WluW,
fjwd hwlpa u, hImibim wa lul, OUWuiUl j
My UkM IU mil lta,
Attaaa nr alaii,
Aitd haipii natal ttiib rue, 014 WoiM t
rs), ihua tallk a aiiiltof real, Naff WolU,
1 sank yur krickt akajraa rtk Waal, New U'orU,
Wlih a Imilj Jl will.
Ma wk lofaltl, ,
And Jo takal I da far lha kaat, Ntw World.
Graurully kara for a aiiaaa. N'ava VVoild,
riblll I kaak ia Ika .tin ul Iby 1 .ca, .Now World,
Wbrraiw I rtaiai
1 u ll altvaia al boma,
Witli biotbtri lu arerjr iac, .Now World I
tin dl(infitd ilulUti. to Iraata, Naw World,
Cul cordial kiii.lnaait.ad , Naw Woild,
Jatlla ui lo aland,
Wlib Wtybtall in iny band,
To giva ll wbaravef 1 ptaata, Aaw World t
, MaaiiK K. Tprrra.
Tm An., lliifblS, ISit.
A nerrro boy of thirteen years, named Gcorco
Inig, has confessed that ho killod the little son
ot Air. Ktunpten, 111 llaltunore. aired five years,
They had been spuming tops togithcr, and tlie
bin' Loy beat the little uno on the head tviUi a
nunc because he lost his string. Thin relieves
from arrest tho man who had been heard to
firsatcu revenge 011 the wuidered child's father
Buiao injury.
iHisccIloncous
OLD MAIDS,
OR A MISTAKE AIJOUT MARRIAGE.
itv jins. i:. it. iialu
When I wns n little girl, I was a fat, mer
ry, jolly dumpling, as happr as the day was
long. Every hotly pinohod my red checks,
and I waddled about with my doll in my
plump arms, lindmg fun in every thing, and 1 1
lull j believing that my doll was as sensible i all my acquaintance suouiu Know I lie coin
as myself ; and perhaps she was, almost. fortable fact that I had refused Mr. S.
Rut though I had a natural antipathy to a I I went on with increasing uneaiiness a
spelling-book, and no fondriDts for spending few years longer, not seeking to he useful,
a long summer's afternoon in poking a nee- nr trying to find out for what good purpose
die in and out of a bit of calico, though I ', I was made. Neither was 1 looking for a
considered patchwork all foolishness, am! ' companion who would sympathize with my
gussets its utter luperlkjtfae, though I was better aspirations, and elevate my whole
called a simpleton for braking my mother character, for 1 had no right views of mar-
why she cut cloth op and then seweti it to- riage. J was simply gazing about m anx
gether again, still, I was fond of picking , ious suspense upon every unmarried man of
up ideas after my own fashion. When the , my acquaintance, for one who would lilt me
wise people around mu supposed I was think-; out of that dismal Valloy of Humiliation in
nig of nothing but my play, my two littlu ' to which I felt myself descending. Had I
oars was open to every word spoken in my met Apollyon himself there, with the que
hearing. And many was the word impres-, tion on his lips, I believe 1 should have said
sed on my memory which the speaker for- ' Yes.'
got next moment. The talk armnd me was At thirty-sit I wore more pink ribbons
my real education, as it is of all children, , than ever, was seen everywhere that a re
send them to tvhut schuol you may. : spectable woman could go, wondered why
When I was ten years old, 1 had one sis-'girls went into company so young, found I
ter, aged fifteen, and another seventeen ; ws growing sharp-faced and sharp-spoken,
and, as usual vith girls at that age, they , and was becoming old-maidish in the worst
had a set of cronies, some very like, and , sense ol the word, because I was an old
some quite unlike them in character. One ' maid against my will. I forgot that volun
aftertioun, as I tras tending my doll Ophe- tary celibacy never affects the temper,
lis, who was sick in bud, I heard a brisk My sisters, be it remembered, were older
discuanioii among these girls, which, I may than I. They too were single Hut they
almost say, decided my fate for life. . bail lived more domestic lives than I, had
The first words that caught my attention read fewer works of fiction, bad been cul
came from an animated, romantic girl of mating their own ntl'ires, and seeking to
sixteen, scolding hecanso the heroine of a make everybody around them happy. And
novel she Inni jusi read was left unmarried everybody reverenced them, and loved to
at the end of the story. Wlm surprise a look upon their open, pleasant counteuaii
expreed at this catastrophe I what imiig- cts I mean everybody worth pleasing
n.iiiiiii 1 iiid they were very Imppy.
One of my sisters did not seem to sm- At l.isi our good p.ireiita died, and left
p lthize with this burst of disapprobation, each of us a little independence. Within
and then cone the pithy question, ' What ! a year I was married.
would vou be willing to die an old maid V I was married for my money. That was
M in s nil, ii n i; net! , ' - ' m-U'I omi . .ir- ,i"i, .iml tliev hate been li i tf.irs
n ,ni ii.i, s.i tt
I
Tni"i hu,'i limits nt mil ti-Miie.:t
l!i-
credulity. ' Ymi c ni'i mi .in tvh it ) mi uy,'
cried line. ' li I did kmov yni too Mi ll
to tiniik jou a hypocrite, ' .--.'tid another
' liy, it tt.it inrtmt that a!! ttoiiu i should
be married " exU.mned a t',nd 'Then
tih) .ire they tint .ill married f asked Mary,
ttnli her u-u.il simplicity.
V. iger and hot j;retv the controversy, and
I l-i not a tturd, ttlnle Op.ielia lav It at mi
In r back, her still", kid arui-t tllfl-ing nut,
and her croup quite f n gottnii. 'I'lien first
did I lake niitu e id' til it ti rrible e,., .ilini i
linn oi' iiiuiii'stl, ible-, ' Olu Maid.' In
hint many dirt'erenl tmits of c nito'iipl, dread,
and deirecalion, did I heir it uttered by
those juten.le tiut.es '. Wu.ti aiiecdoti s
c one torth shout t russ uJ ui.ud-, and lid '-
et,
I- ,r
lIiK
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d m nd
1 tl , and
and i
imu
am! tlrtSsy, and
tin i .i', and ini--v
n did a b' ty
-j- U-' r- mu r s,,
rn oi tt a- pi mi i -
Hid
niaititi old in ml
.:nl o blii-n ar "I I
I c On. d in olu al.
,! !
ft 1 O tie st I
iiy y un' creainn -
h' ' I itiy mo, ifr-, tt Ii" n
-ln d in nit I, in h nl . li
nn V al a at - tulki U -
, c -ii kind lo ii t , ii iv ap-
m i ' o I - 'A vi-
t. ild li ite ll .! an oiler '
i i-li.tl)!'j, and wjrcg'een
liUfa'y.' And ' -Mitj .
l''. . lit Ii III 11 II I
li ul a. M a V s t in ri
i i 1 1 ill-, l.t i iH-f
i . 1 1 . . i 11 I tl i
I , . 1, u ,
ui t , -i.i lever
Ml-- ilrt.-i-d :
.a'Cl ICit s to iiui
was lur ever laiuing anotu auiifiay-scnotii
and society meetings,' and so on. '
Yott itmy be sure ihat the next time these
lonrtte .-..nut i.. our t.,mji I kjiiiird nrv
cloe!y tl.o face ol Miss Z., a lace 1 had id-' Ins throat, and stretch up his neck as they t
tea lo.e.t (..!-..,. lii.lon.v. I sate llml ,I,.I.J .....1,1,. :,, .. ,. ..!. (r.
..uiww v.....', . ' " ' - , ..
saw-
was exceedingly plain. 1
looked hard
at;
J ,u,v uviuiv, . ......... ..,UIU, anu ,. ...... w
M Mnu Y's drab-coloured bonnet and shawl,
XLjiorceived that they were old fashioned and
"KsirSftinrt. mid that liar freen snectar.le.s
rirrlfnarj, and thai her green spectacles
ooked tHSfiaiitic. Then flllss -V.. beside
.
whom I had always tqeezed in upon the so-
fa, unontiraged by her kindly mule and do-,
lighted tviili l.er conversation, how mini- '
teresting she nad become l They were all
old maids!
It must be observed that my sisters right,
good, sensible, domestic giils they were could souud one note wejl, and one only. -had
no part in this bewilderment of my And so he continued fur some six weeks
young ideas. They were in the minority, longer ; learning one note at a time, till he
to I took it for uranted lliev were in the , had finally coninleted the whole canarv totnj
wrong. Hesidet, what children are ever so ,
much influenced by what is uttered in the 1
familiar voices of their own lamily, as by i and perlect time, altvays closing at the ex
the words of comparative strau?er I Take 'act note with them.
care of what you say at n friend's house, ' h is also a littlo singular that, although,
with the young tolks catching up every
uom sentiment you drop. Many a judicious
.1 i i i
roomer a morning oAiiurtiiiioii uais utre-u
blown to the moon, by some light remark
from a dinner guest, who did nut after all
mean to give his real opinion, or whose
opinion was not worth having.
And not1, I assure you, my education !
went on rapidly. It is perfectly marvellous,'
in how many ways, ami by what different i
torts of people, ft young gut is taught that
it is a terrible thing to bo an old maid.
Fools never show their folly moro than in
their hackneyed jests upon this topic; but
what shall we say of the wise folks iv'iosiu
almost as often in the same way 7 What
shall we say of the refinement of him who
is gentlemanly in thought utid expression on
nil subjects but this ? of the humanity and J
chivalry of him who nssaits the defenceless T
of the justice of him who taxes a class
with tho faults of individuals, and wounds
with that meanest of weapons, a sneer!
or of the Christianity of him who indirect
ly censures and ridicules one of the arrange
ments ul Providence I
1 learned my Icason thoroughly, fur it
came to mu in some shape every week. I
read il in every novel and newspaper, and
hoard 11 from every lip. The very men who
spoka truth and ben&e. on the subject, some
times neutralized it by an idle jest 111 some
moment of levity, and the jest drove out the
truth from my young heart. At eighteen, I
lived only for the ignoble purpose I can
not say of getting married : but what could
have been the ruling wish of one who had
been taughi by society to dread celibacy
worse than death! 1 dare say I betrayed
il ;u the ball-room, in the street, everywhere.
1 dare say 1 was duly laughed at.
At last, quaking on the verge of six-and-twenty,
I had an ofTer a most absurd one.
I was six years older than my lover, had ten
times as much eense, probably, except 011
one point. I knew that he was ' rather
wiltl,' as tliu gontlu phrase (iocs. In short,
I neither lovuil nor respected him ; but I
tvns willing to marry him, heoanse then I
should he Airs. Soinehddr, and should not
ho nu old maid.
My parents said ' No,' positively. Of
course I thought them unreasonable & cruel,
and m.tile myself miserable. Still, it was
something to have had 'an offer' of any kind,
and my lips were not hermetically sehleil.
had several confidants, who took care that
ol pur'atorv I !i ite
tt ite, tor ii i y liiishau i
li id bad luc k as a
i'ld I have Sw n t. el jr
one t i-!e m coinii'i ai !
I net t r see ,ny plump, hippy suters, and
then el.ince in me uiirmr at my own cadav
en us, Ion j, dulel il tisige, tvitlioul ttisliiug
my- if an old mud. I do it every day of
my life.
Vet half of my sex nwry as 1 did not
for hue, out for lear '. lor fear of dying
old maids.
Tliey h ite then retard. Arid they tt hose
idle tongues creale tins mischievous fear,
and thus make mi much domestic misery,
have their responsibility.
The Bob-o-JinIi.
A curious cireiriistance, quite aside from
the ordinary dK't.tes ,,( iii-iiuct, occurred
in lrie i a-e of a t oini' hoo-o-link ill the f un
lit nt Ri v J. U . Turner, of Gieat 15 ir
nn 't'iii 11 tt.is c ijvd at lir-t apirt fmrn a
poi ol i.i'i.rn- ttlii;li ttere in another
i i;e oi the .sain loom. 1 lie bob-o-liuK
h vei - in,; il .il fro .i June t Decuilbei,
iiir.il I i vv i- per initn .1 in -'lare in the s.une
i i'e lie civilities aid svmpatl le- of lu
in i.ri.i .r-. tl.i e., i lie-, . It i ii id been ?u
lon.i e.iiert.Uiinw In1 i vt I'll their stteet and
an ii'.uii J sii lu- iien adiiutttd lo the
stine caje mm thi.ti, bu tried most assidu
ouiv to learn their song. At first, houev-
t-r, lor a long tune, with miserable success,
enough. He would stand mid watch them1
with an ayony of attention, and then try to i
tl.ir t. 11. .......1.1 ....11 1
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sound one note, which, in spite of all his
leal and labor, proved to be a mere rough;
scream. At his humiliating failure, he would ,
l ui orot-olteil mid miraned ihni lin would !
be so provoked and euraged that he would!
flv m his inoffensive and tve mean tnr mates !
g
and teachers, and peck them most unmerci-1
fully, and drive them from their perch. Sol
he did for three or tour weeks, uefuro any i
apparent progress was made in his studies.
Hut his perseverance was equal lu the ditfi-
culties he had to oterconie. At length ho
and could sing it to perfection. Then lin '
would sing with them in perfect harmony j
ran-'through all this training, he was never
' known to begin to make u sound till the ca-'
' i i r.- . i. l. . . ... r
f uune nun nrat sirucit. tuu ituj-uuii;, yet m-
ter ho had acquired the skill to sing thoir '
song, he must always himself now give the,
signal by the significant cluck; when, in-
tunlly, tho canaries, generously forgetting
or forgiving his former incivilities, would
strike in with hun, and perform the piece
with the Greatest perfection, and with the
1 l.. . .!,.l.t. , .1 ,..nl, J n ...I I... I 1.
(Ugliest itctigii! tu tiiuuisuitt.il uiiu tiic flaunt
ing family, who enjoyed this singular con
cert through the early pari of every day for
the whole su miner.
It is also worthy ofremarkj that thissuc
ccsslul essayist 111 foreign music was never
known to utter a note, or 10 attempt to ut
ter .1 unto in his native tongue, till he had
mastered ihe canary. 1 hen, after a few
weeks, when lie found himself something of
uu independent singer, and capable, as ho
thought, of loading the choir, he al last ven
tured to go without the chorus and attempt
his own native melody. In his first attempts
al the solo, it was most diverting to hear
turn in confused notes part in his native
bob-o-ltuk, and part in canary till at length
he was able to expel all foreign elements
from his style, and sing only the pure bob-o-link.
Having now succeeded in this, he propos
ed to the canaries to try the chorus again,
and gave ihe " cluck," when the canaries,
instant to the sign, started off singing their
own native song. Hut not so the bob-o-
link; hu threw himself 011 his "reserved
rights," and snug bob-olmk ; and so they
have continued to tbo present lime, lie sing
nig tiou-o-iiiiK, aim uiey, canary. Ann us
hu is the chorister, they begin when he docs,
and cud when hu cuds, precisely at the same
instant.
When tho bob-o-Hiik was first caught, his
colors were a bright, beautiful black, and
while. After mulling, he fur some reason
not stated, never resumed his origiualspringl
dress, but has continued the plain brown,
like tho fomale, now for two years; and
sines in tho winter as well s in tho sum
mer, especially when the sun shiuos bright
ly, and the winds whistle in the trees around
. .
the dwelling; and now, sinoo his character
is matured, lie is a sprightly, happy, gentle
manly sort of a bird. Tratthr.
THE FLAX MOVBSIEiN'T.
This is the title of a puuiphlet by
thc '
Chevalier Clausen, whioh li been publish-,
ml in New-York bv Mr. Wilev. The cor-
respondoiit of the New-Yojk Commercial, '. unerringly as they do, the beatings of
in his letter of the 29th tilt, states that tho"e popular heart may well be considered
mo or Itax cotton, manufactBted according i as ntnong the richest rewards 01 puunc ser
to the process of Chevalier (Jaussen, is now I ico. The short notice that had been re
in progress upon an ctstve scale, at I ceived of his intended arrival, left no titno
Ilradford, in Yorkshire, ami t Cork, in to make preparations for a fortrtftl welcome
Ireland, large mill-owners at those places, , by committer. It was therefore cmphati
having entered into contracts. The prm- Ically a reception by the people themselves,
ciple of the invention, by which lias is ad- The people resolved themselves into a com
aptcd for .pinning upon cotton, wool and j mitte.o of the whole, and did tho whole thing
silk machinery, consists in the destruction!'" 'heir own peculiar style handsomely,
of the cylindrical character of the fibre by cordially, and enthusiastically."
the expansive power of carbonic acid audi II was expected he would arrive about
g, ten o'clock m the boat from Pittsburgh
The first process, hovever, is the remov-1 " Long before the appointed lime, how
al of tho resinous mat er peculiar lo the ever, the artillery nt the landing began to
plant. This is effected by boiling it for ! vociferate, announcing the approach of
three hours in wate-, containing one half the expected guest. The streets leading to
per cent of common soda, after which it is j the rtver were at once tnronged with crmtds
dipped in water slightly acidulated with j hurrying to join in the work of welcome,
sulphuric ectd. The lias is then thorough. !""' by the time the boal had reached the
ly saturated in a solution of bicarbonate ofl"ol,,K. 11 ,s estimated tnai so.ueute 10 ten
soda, and being subseniifiitlv immersed in !
n solution of diluted sulphuric acid, a lib-
oration of gas takes piste, which causes I Ihronged with tuitors, all anxious to pay
the tubes of which the plant is composed ' "eir respects lo one whose f.nne had gone
to split, when the material, instantly losing i abroad so widely, and whose deeds formed
its rigidity, becomes a light expansive mass 1 9,1 brilliant a page in American history.
of cottony texture, " increasing in size likelTlle General stood on the hurricane deck,
leavening dough or expanding spnnee." ' surrounded by a dense throng ol visitors and
Lastly, (or the purpose of being bleached, . '"ends.
it is snlunced into hynocloMte of maanesia '
(manganese)tvlien it quickly becomes while.
A very general opinion prevails that the
intention will lead to rapid and extraordi
nary results Sixtt tons of the cotton tre
now belli;.' prepared for the Manchester
Marktt "J'rnii -ri ,jt.
Flax vsi Cotton,
l'r nil l II" I I vi Inn I Tim n. inKfll.
Some consulerahla inquiry lias of lite
been made in relation to ihe probabilities
of a su'licieul supply of tl ix in the North
ern States in case there should be a de
in irid for it for manufacturing purposes
The following data, gleaned from reliable
sources, will bu satisfactory to t.iose niter
ested in the growth ol cotton, or the man
uf icture of linen therefrom.
The annual unporis of fnc linens aver
age about l?0,.5IH),000, and the wholesale
prices of these cloths rane as luh as to
niera -:e 075 cents per yard; while the retail
prices go up to Kj cents and $ I, '40 per
yard
In 1M0 the number of acres of laud on
which grain, &c. was grown in ten of Ihe
Noiibern Slates, was about vi'l.O'HI.OOil ;
ami the llax crop ol that ye ir in ail of the
."slates .orihol the Ohio rm r. including
Maryland, covered about -1,01' i OIIO acres.
The average crop ul llax lint i- about Dot)
lbs. per acre, of which one ,inr !, or sat
l1' !iis. is llax cotton, Icatmu
coarse tow lor paper, bagei i , .
urtn.lt" it will in 'l.e
Tup ll lXseeu is about I t
acre, and is uenerally north - 1
I;
I lbs. ed
iy other
', e-' !- per
pt 1 Ini-iiel.
t in all the
We may icadilv suppose tli
States suitable for the growth of llax, W,-
OOU.UOd ot acres could now be turned to1
the growth of that crop without at least dis-l
.n . 1 . .
turbtng the present serial crop, or dimiu
minishtiig the quantity now devoted to the
c" "re olne.r oroP,' . r ,, .
1 Ills baSlSgltC'S US tllC ftllloWlUg TOSUllS '
, ,
QIinf,nr,n l.tft It.. ,1. ...,... .
"s nn "
R nnnnnn
, J- , Vi a"
" UUSIi. se
acres average
c U"S'K te eu )e r acre iu".uuu.uu
"v??m" .U4"ui' """!-
'J!50 Ibi. llax tow, rough, 1,8.10,00,000
This being sufficiently uoar the amount
r 1. nfii.. .1... cn r.
, wu. v.op " . .., . b .o" ss. "(uned each other in their detotion
g.ie u ciaiuuo, u.e same,
tve can determine from our present limited
knowledge of its properties:
1)00,000,01)0 lbs llax cotton ut 7c per lb at
,' ' ir 00 000
innnmiiini,,..!, . i '
1,000,0000 bush, seed at fcl
per bush, at factory, 100,000.000
1,840,000,000 coarse tow at 3c
per lb. ut factory,
-j,-J0O,O0O
Total, Sti-ii-.-JOO.OOO
The cotton crop of MO nud '50 was a
bout 2-200,00() bales, at say 100 lbs. per
bale ; and the price averrged 11 l-'J per lb.
value 6U0..100.UOO.
Tho llax crop would be Q.1OO.O0O bales
of 101) lbs. bales, giving above, the present
nverago of cotton, !JOO,000 bales.
The difference in the total value of the
1
two crops would beSiaj1000,000Kfiacor of
the Flat crop. Allowing these estimates to
be high, still 11150,000,000 is quae a mar
gin to wotk 011.
For the new Leavitt machinery, the flax
may be either mowed or cradled, so that
the harvesting of the crop may be done 011
the cheapest possible scale.
Farmers would do well to consider these
facts and net accordingly ; fur that there
tci'iV be a demand for their crop of the com
ing season, there can bo little doubt.
Those who raise llax should, after thresh
ing out the seed, bind up tho stalks in con
venient bundles to handle. It should then
be laid as even as possible, and in this con-1
ditiou slicked away and covered with
straw, to dry and prepare for the market.
A Flax Dresser.
Wn are informed that S. A. Clemens, of
this town, the inventor of the new cotton
press which received the award uf the gold
medal, at the late Mechanics' Fair, in llos
toti, has invented a machine for dressing llax,
which will dress from the rude material, one
ton of llax per day, leaving it clean and rea
dy for market. Men who know how much
of a day's work it is to swingle twelve
pounds, will understand the value of this in
vention, and western farmers, wo imagine,
will bo in a hurry to get nt it. Mr. Clemens
has also invented a machine for dressing
the Yucatan hemp, and last week snipped
three machines for that country. They
have been thoroughly tested, and proved to
be highly practicable and benclicial.
fspringficld Republican.
GEtV. SCOTT hV TUB WEST,
The Cincinnati papers of the filh iust.
conlnin interesting nccotiuts of tho reception
of Gen. Scott, in that city on the day prc-
If c,liB- ur rca,lc.rs nro aware that the
horn null &f .tl Minnn 14. ttrtit An i Imir teilft
several othor officers of high rank, to select
sites for asylums. The Cincinnati Atlas
says :
" The reception given to Gen. Scott was
a stirring scene. It was one of those spon-
tancous outbursts of enthusiasm, which the
presence of n public favorite is always sure
to awaken in the West, and wlncli, tnrlica-
or l,l,ee" ihonsntl people
had assembled
lo receive him. J he boat was instantly
boo' However, the crowd opened, ami a
tall lorm was seen, standing unentered, by
the multitude on shore. It was ini iut.t
Srorr. No sooner ttas he rccogni.td by
the assembled thousands, than u shout went
up that made the ttelkiii ring and spoke
I'.e cordial feelings of those assembled there
I i L'reet linn. It was n filling welcome
Iroui the first city of tho west to the first
Capuin of the age.
Prt paratious were now made by the Gen
era! and his suite to land. Rut this was no
easy undertaking. The. crowd was so dense
it ttas impossible to proceed. Hands were,
thrust out from every quarter, and words of
welcome showered from every direction ,
and, for the first time in his life, the Con-
queror of Mexico had to capitulate. He
was literally taken prisoner, separated Irom
lit in Ins suite and borne along to his cum-
age by the enthusiastic multitude.
The General, however, surrendered grace
fully. He shook hands cordially and re
sponded heartjly to tho grottitigs of " How
fare you Gcueial .'" from those around him.
i Having gained tho carriage he was escort
ed amidst the cheers nud greetings of the
throng to the Huriict House, where another
ttclcoiue awaited turn from the multitude
who had assembled there to witness Ins ar
nt il. In a few minutes after his arrival,
lie made Ills appearance on the balcoey,
it here he was 'vartulv received. He ad
cri --ed those assembled ui a brief speech
am! retired.
Shortly afterwards several of the nulita-
ri m l lire companies paraded llieinselves
mi Vine and Third Streets, upon which tho
(jeneral again made his appearance and
briefly addressed them."
During tho day, the JJurnet House was
. ,e",""1 '-J'B
tha.r rr.crir.rtc ti t nr l.rnl'ft iilll fUlllllfir. -
Among others who called, were four men,
tut; titity luiiiaiiiui lun.uuto 01 u t.vi.fjr,iiiji
who had been engaged at the storming of
Chapultepeu. Tho General received tnein
with great cordiality, and as he held them
by the hand and spoke of tho dangers they
had shared together, these shattered relics
of that terrible scene were moved even lo
tears by the kindness and sympathy of the
old comimiuder. .
. 1 no iriiuuij tin
The ir Hilary and firemen of the city cm-
to the
many of thorn had fought undur
, cealr11(J fioaj ma,lo huforM, b
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Cincinnati uazotto gttcs an
! equally vivid description of the reception of
' 1 .'..,..,. ., ,,, 'llin,lR
" ' " L " "7 .. 1. ,7 J F
and otic who is destined to lead tho Whig
party of tho Union lo a glorious victory in
ISo'J. We copy from the Gazette :
The diktinguishen "Military Chieftain"
and Statesman was recoived yesterday by a
"ground swell'' of popular approbation and
favor. There was no organized, formal
welcome but a spontaneous uprising of
the people to greet tho arrival of otio who
has a fixed and enduring place in tho affec
tions of his countrymen. The General nev
er looked belter, still he is laboring under
an attack, familiar to Tunuelf and others,
since his and iheir return from Mexico.
Gcuoral Scott was to stay in Cincinnati
a fow days, and then pursue his journey in
accordance with lm original destgu. Il is
said that tliu homestead of the lamented
Prcsidaul Harrison will probably bo select
ed as a suitable place fur the erection of a
military station. It is a beautiful spot on
tho banks of the Ohio at the North Heiul,
some tun miles below Cincinnati. A more
appropriate pla'cc, it appears to us, could
not be fixed upon.
The Pittsburg Gazette of tho 7th instant,
renorts the proceedings which took place 111
that city 011 ihe occasion of a visit made by
the surviving soldiers of the war uf 11-,
resident there, to their old commander,
Generul Scott. The introduction occurred
amid the most enthusiastic cheering, and
when the multitude of citizens assembled
had become sullicienily quiet, Major John
Willock addressed General Scott as fol
lows ;
"Dkaii Genkhal: Ihe surviving sol
diers of the war of ltil'-J, residing at Pitts
burg, are here assembled 10 bid you wel
come. They gieet you on 011 what may
be called your fuel visit lo a place of somo
military reuottti the site" dl FortDuQues
ue, Fort Put and Fort Fayette. .My com
rades and I regret, that you miss from our
ranks a volunteer boldter of 1I2, now no
inoro, who was your dear and personal
friend, who eloquently defended you, when
attocked beneath the dome of the capitol,
over which the Hag of our country had float
ed so often to announce your victories.
We hail you, General, as a fit and proper
person to be sent out on this glorious cm-1
bassy of your country's benevolence tho i
selection of sites for asylums for aged and
disabled soldiers. frrom the landing at
Port Georgo to the landing at Vera Cruz
from the dujs of I.umiy'a Lano to those
to the lane to the gate Helen, you havo not
only been the best trainer of the American
soldier, and his gallant leader in the field,
but his kind, encouraging and condoling
nurse in tho camp of pestilence, and bed of
sickness. May Gotl watch over you, Gen
eral, and your noble mission, and preserve
your own health, now so good, to unjoy,
for many years to come, the honors cf our
ComilrVi nilli Ua bIe;
dit,r3
sings of the old sol-
Po which General Scott replied :
I ' Sly coiiiraues of Jaiy, your presence
, fills me with painful yet pleasant recollt-c-i
nous. You are survivftig soldiers of that
; H',ir thin is indeed pleasant. Hut many of
your companions and initio ore not here
l their day of bustle and battle is over. I
'think yon from an old soldier's heart for
'your kindness and respect. Whoever ser
vice I have dune to my country, has met
uith general approbation and fan r, anil I
am arateful. If it had not been fur
toil
and others of the volunteers and rt pillars of
181"., neither victory nor renown would
this day be recorded. lean say, gentle- ter, and Dr. Rice ihoueli he uouhl get
men, Irom my heart, that m thp war with over the injury. G 'ner i! Hrady is ,i uativo
Mexico, the volunteers of Pittsburg did of Pennsylvania, and no rred the arnit
their whole duty, and won, as they deserved, 'March 7, 1 70s!, as ,m ci-imi of infinity-!--a
glorious name." Tremendous cheers. ! fought under Gen. W it n , served through.
The reception of General Scorr at Cm- on! the last War, and on the 0th of July,
cinnati and Pittsburg, arc but the dawning ll ', ttas appointed Col. of the !'-M iniati
of the morning. We are yet lo sec, and j try, and has been a Rnjnlicr (jeneril bv
that within the next twelve months, its ( brevet since July 0, l-i l, with hn bend
meridian splendor. Enthroned in the affec-, ipiarler.s nt Detroit. lie took an nctivu
lions of the rr.oi't.K, they will boar him up- part m tnielliiu' the Canadian Patriot distur-
I wartl and onward, as the waters bore the
i Ark of Noah. Atlas.
! Counsels for the Young
j Never be cast down by trifles. If a spi
der break his web tweiuy tunes, twenty
tunes will ho mend it again. Make up
your minds to do a thing, m.d you will do
it; keep up your spirits, though the day be
a dark one.
j Mind what you run after! Never be
' content with a bubble that will burst, or
firewood that will end in smoke and dark
ness. Get that which you can keep, and
i which is worth keeping.
I Eight hard against a hasty temper. An
. ger will come, but resist it strongly. A
spark may set a house on fire. A fit of
passion may give you cause to mourn nil
the dnys of your life. Never revenge an
injury.
If yon have an enemy act kindly to him
and make him your friond. You may not
win him over at once, but try again. Let
one kindness be followed by another, till
inn bate e...,ni,asJte.l trior end. llv lililJ
and little grunt things are completed and
so repeated kindnesses will soften the heart
of stone.
Whatever you do, do it willingly. A boy
that is whipped nt school never wins his
lessons well. A man that is compelled,
'7. 7 J . i
cares not how badly it is performed. He
i that pulls off his coat cheerfully, strips up
I his sleeves in earnest and sings while he
I works, is the man for inc.
1 Evil thought are worse enemies than li
, ons and tigers; for un 01111 keep out of tho
! way of wild beasts, but bad thoughts win
I their way every where. The enp that is
, full will hold no more krep your heads and
hearts full of good thoughts, that bad
thoughts may find no room to cuter.
A Hundred Years Ago.
A hundred years ngo, a stupid German
monarch reigned over tlieso United States
then colonics of Great Britain and on
the whole earth, with the exception of
Switzerland, there wns not a single repub
lic of any pretensions. A hundred years
ago the French Itllies floated over Quebec,
1 Pittsburg, and New Orleans. A hundred
(years ago the old French monarchy existed
j the llastilu reared iti accursed towers,
and Louis XVth dallied with infamous wan
' tons, squandered his subjects' money, and
' blasphemed in his own person the name of
man. Fifty years ngo cotton mills had, as
it were, just been invented ; and railroads,
locoinotnes, and magnetic telegraphs, were
practically unknown. Fifty ycarsago thero
were scarcely live millions of people in the
United Stales, and Ohio was almost as much
of a wilderness ns Oregon is now. Fifty
years ago Washington had just died, Jell
erson was still living, and Clay, Webster,
and Calhoun, were names as yet unknown
to fame.
To renew old and worn-out Files.
The following recipe has been selling a
bout the country for ", as a tooret. Take
hall a pound sulphuric acid, (oil uf vitriol)
add one pint of soft water in an earthen or
glass vessel vory slowly or it will inflame
put in the files and heat to about the scald
ing point. Keep them in five or ten min
utes, according to their coarseness. Wash
in strong ley ur salairatus water, rinse off
dry and oil.
The explanation of this is, that the acid
has two sides of each touth of tho filo lo
corrodo, and only one point. It creates
snecies of sharpness about like a file half
worn. We have tried it. Rural New York
er.
PituNi.Nd Stonb Fni'iT Tunes. It has
been but a few years since the cultivators
of fruit havo been in the habit of pruning
nfiich trees at the extremities of tba bran-
rh. instead of cutting off limbs at the
trunk. '1 us system 01 eiiorieuniij-iii as 11
is called, is gaining ground, and it is a great
iiiinroiemeiit. The reason for this modeuf
nruuing are evident 011 examination. Most
kinds of stone fruit grow rapidly, and bear
tho greater part ol their Iruit 011 new wood,
which is. of course, near the ends of the
limbs. In this way a tree spreads over
much laud, and has naked branches near
the trunk; and priming at the trunk causes
the gum to ooze out, which sometimes cu
dani'crs tho health of the tree.
On the contrary, by nruuing nt the ends
of the brunches, tho tree is confined tq a
small snace. the wounds have no unfavora
hie effect, or only affect the twigs, and not
the trunk, and much new wood is produced
for ihe production of fruit. .Yw England
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Farmer.
Gun. Ilunit Dtunv. Old as this arrr d
veteran is, he will yet live to road the rulo-
giums passed upon him on his supposed tie-
miin ' ' f I . . . i JnH,.Hl,i. . I ! .... -1 .... .
,iu irit.a;iaiiiic iiirtpntcu announc
ing his death tvns entirely incorrect. The
facts are simply these : Abnut III o'clock
Thursday, (10th instant,) while the Gener
al was driving a spirited span of horses
through Miami Avenue, Detroit, his hurcs
took fright at the ieb.;rsphic wire, now
being strung from Detroit to Port Huron,
and ran nwny. After running a short dis
tance, General Ilrndy was thrown from hts
buggy, nutl sinking his head violently
against a post, fractured his skull over the
left eye. lie was immediately picked up
by Messrs. William Hud Avery Brush, and
carried into the house of John W. Siroug,
when Dr. llicc and other physicians ttexo
rtllrd in, who remised -4kttae,ittai)r.e as
could be siven, mid are still attending hun.
General 15. lies in t v-rv rritical situation,
more troni the Ion of f.' vd than the bri ik
injr of the skull. The br ,m is not injured,
and the General is sen-mle of all that trans
pires, but is very iow. We f.btain tl.e a
beve particulars from the Detroit nineM,
published after thr supp ."sod death ol lien.
lirady was anno;;:ictd by telegraph. tt
to Friday night, (our hue
nliiniialion from
D.-troiO he was alive rid
Biting much bet-
bances .111 the frontier, so far as they come
ln. 1.. . : . r t . 1 J 1 .
minor ins juriniiicuon. ne is greatly ha
loved by the People of Dmroit, with tv lmut
he has lived for a gre,t number of tears.
He is ,i good Wing beside.
Ii, onomy or Fii'ir. Every man u-lnj
keeps a good supply ot -tewing and biking
apples, of his otin rai-mg. sates a great
many hard doll irs ye irlv , otliprmse to be
paid to the imlltr or butcher. Or, if ho
raises his own meat and yrain, an equal a
mount is thus reserved for market. Then
what a valuable addition lo the comfort, va
riety, and luxury of the table ! 15y tholirtt
of summer, tho thick trusses of straw bprncs
begin to redden in the sun ; and half a doz
en quarts of this melting crimson fruit may
be bad each day for the table, from as many
half-rod beds. Cherries, currants, and rasp
berries continue through the first half of
the summer, followed by early, juicy anntes ;
rich bloom dusted plums; guidon, perfumed
iipricots
anu uuttcry and molting pears.
Now, tve do not say, as some most tntstal:
enlv rr.fnf.rl tl.it flt.d linn ....1 .Ini!,........
! . ' ' . -
costs noitunrr niter t in triwn .1
ire nlan-
ted; for good fruit cannot hu realized, un
less the ground is well cultivated and ma
nured. Rut it does not cost half so much
to cultivate an acre of fruit, as an acre of
potatoes or corn ; while the amount obtained
is greater than pillier ; and all ready for the
table, without going th'titigh the process
winch the gnin crop requires, of threshing,
and winnowing, and uu, ling, and knead
ing, and baking". Ry planting rich, hi.'h
tlavored apples, fir su-vmh.', ami pus, iu.-te id
of poor and insipid ones, each family may '
save, fifty or a hut.ditd, or two hundred,
pounds of Sugar annn '!lv, in sttoeieun,
I and spices. A fruml 1 I ours finds it cheap
er to buy good lull pippins for filly cents a
bushel, than pour sons sold as "cook mi;
apples," fur fifteen cents 1 bushel, lie u-es
the Talman Sweetings hrgely, for baking1
and for puddings, and thinks thalaiiliidiiu
apple pudding, made by this natural swectc
uiug, is the cheapest and best pudding in tho
world. Ho estimates that he saves from
$7-5 to $100 annually in tho cost of his ta-''
bio by his fruit. Otrmantown paper.
I.tiiicNsn Trees. The Hoabab of Sene
gal (lrnni(i;u'(iri'i'nr'(,)tlielliild Cypress of
Oaxaco, ( Tciodeuuidiiliihum,) and tbo fam
ous Chestnut of Etna, have been often cited
as the giants of the vegetable kingdom. Rut
those sovereigns are dethroned, and put in
to the second rank by those lately discovered
in Tasmania, which loaves far behind them
those antique monuments of nature. East
jveek 1 went to see the two largest trees ex
isting 111 the world. Roih of them are 0:1
theburder of a small stream tributary to the
river of North West May, in the rear of
Mount Wellington. They are of the spe
cies named (hero Swamp Gum ; I ami my
companions (hvo of 11.-) measured them.
Out) ol them hud f.illtn ; we lliercluro easi
ly obtained its dimeiiMi 11. We found its
body two hundred feet hum the ground to
the branches. The top hud broken oil" and
partly decayed, but we ascertained the en
tire height of the tree to have been cerUmlv
throo hundred feet. We found the diameter
of the bkao of it to be thirty feet, and at tho
firt brunch twelve firot. Its weight we es
timate to be abuut four hundred and torty
tons. The other tree, now growing, with
out tho toast sign of decay, resembles an im
mense tower rising among the humble sj.-so-r
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iiua ircua, a!tiitiiiii vvi; itijju 111 iai.i, 4 uu
Gum treo at three feet above the ground meas
ures one hundred and two feet in circumfer
ence. In tho space of a square mile I think
there wore not leas than one hundred of
ihete trees, none leas than forty feet in cir
cumference. It must require tuvornl thous
and years to produce tliu largest. Revue
iiorttcole.
A work has recently been published in
Paris, by an eminent physician, 111 which
he describes a now remedy for headaches.
He uses a mixture of 100 and salt, in pro
portion of one to one half, as a cold mix
ture, and this hu applies, by means of a lit
tle purse uf silk gauze, with a rim of gutta
percha, to limited sputs on thu forehead or
other parts of the head, when.- rhsom .tic
headaches are felt, It gnus instantaneous,
relief. The skin is subjected 10 the pro-,
cess from half a minute to one apd a half
mnniles, and is, rendered hard and while;
It is goud 111 erysipelas and diseases of the
skin.
Young ladies aro like arrows, they arc all
in u quiver when the beaux come, and can't
go oil' without them.
Nothing can be more foolish than an idea
which some parents hate, that it is not rc-
I soectnhli In set their rhihlreri In vvnrk.
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