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THE INQUISITION
IN SPAIN.
In 1800, Col. Lehraanowsky Was atl.Vrhcd
to that part of Napoleon's 'army which was
stationed io Madrid ' "While in this city,'
sai l Col. L., 4 I used to speak freely anKug
tho people nb'mt tho priests nnl Jciiit
an l the Inquisition.' It, had bfeu JeeredJ
by tho Kmp;ror Napoleon that the Inquisi
tion and tho Monasteries should Ik? sup-
fressed ; but tho decree, like some uf -the
aws enacted in this country, was not yet
executed.
Months had parsed away," but tho prisons
of tho Inquisition were still unopened.
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aid to me, 4 Colonel, you are commander
to-day, and as yo i say, bo it must be ; but .
if you will be advised by me, let this mar
ble nbor be examined. Ijt wafer be brought
and poured upon it an3 wc will - all watch :
and eeo if there is any place through' which
it passes more freely than others I replied -.
to him, 'Do as you pleape Colonel and'
ordered water to be brought accordingly . -The
Blabs of marble were large and beauti
fully polished. When the water had been
poured over the floor, "much to the dissatis
faction bf the Inquisitor, careful examina
tion wan made of every seam in the floor, to
seo if the water passed through. Presently
Col. De Lile exclaimed he had found it.
Br tho side of one of these marble slabs
U.v. 10 or li iWY
li. was walking tho streets of Madrid, two
armed mm pprang upon him from an alley,
and made a fur.ous" attack. He instantly
drew his sword, and placed himself in a po
sition of defence, and while struggling with
them, he saw at a distance the lights of the
patrols, French soldiery mounted, who
carried lanters,and rode through the streets
of the city at all hours of the night, to pre
serve order, lie called to them in French,
and, as they hastened to his assistance, the
assailants took to their heels and escaped,
not, however, beforo he saw by their dress
that they belonged to the guards of the In
quisition. Tho Col. went immediately to Marshal
Houit then Governor of Madrid, told him
what had taken place, and reminded hira
of tho decree to suppress this institution.
Marshal Soult replied that he might go
and destroy it. Col. L. told him that his
regiment (tho ninth of tho Polish lancers,)
was not HufUcient for such a scrvico. but if
ho would give him an additional regiment,
117th, he would undertake the work. The
1 17th regiment was under the control of
Col. Do Lile, who is now, liko Col. L.. a
minister of the Gospel, anil pastor of an
Kvangctical church in Marseilles, France.
1 Tho troops required were granted, and I
proceeded (said Col. L.) to the Inquisition,
which was situated about fivo miles from
tho city. It was surrounded by a wall of
great strength, and defended byacompany
of oldiers. When wo arrived at tho walls,
I addressed ono of the sentinels and sum
moned tho holy fathers to surrender to the
imperial army, and open the gates of the
Inquisition. The sentinel who was stand
ing on the wall, appeared to enter into con
versation for a moment with some ono with
in, at the closes of which he presented his
musket, and shot ouo of my men. This
was a signal for attack, and I ordered my
troops to firo upon thoso who appeared upon
tho walls.
i Tt.vrr i?a 'bvionc tin itmsin. une
qual warfare. The walls of the inquisition
wero covcrod with the soldiers of the holy
office j there was also a breastwork upon
tho wall, behind which they but partially
exposed themselves as they discharged their
muskets. Our troops were in an open
plain, and exposed to a destructive fire.
Wo had uo eannon, nor could we acalo the
walls, and gates successfully resisted all at
tempts at tiring them. I could not retire
and seud for a cannon to break through tho
walls, without giving them time to lap a
train to blow us up. I saw that it was
necessary to change the mode of attack,
and directed some trees to be cut down and
trimmed, to bo used us battering rams
Two of these were taken up by d.:tachmcnts
of men, as numerous as could work to ad
vantage, and brought to bear upon tho
walls with all the power which they could
. exert, while tho troops kept up a lire to
protect them from tho fire poured upon
them from tho walls. Presently the walls
bogan to tremble, a breach was made, and
tho imperial troops rushed into the Iuquisi
tion. Here wc met with au incident which
nothing but Jesuitical effrontery is equal
to. Tho Inquisitor-general, followed by
the father confessors iu their priestly robot?,
all came out of their rooms, as we were ma
king our way into the interior of the Inqui
sition, and with long faces, and their arms
crossed over their breasts their fingers rest
ing on their shoulders, as though they had
been deaf to all the uoiso of the attack and
defence, and had just learned what was go
ing on, they addressed themselves in the
language of rcbuko to their own soldiers,
saying 1 "Why do you Cght our friends the
.French?'
'Their intention, no doubt, was to make
us think that this defence was wholly unau
thorized by them, hoping, if they could
make us believe that they were friendly,
they should havoclho better opportunity, in
tho confusion uf thgr moment, to escatfe.
Thwr artiGco was too shallow, and did not
succeed. I caused them to bo placed" un-
lcr the guards, and ull tho soldiers of the
Inquisitiou to he secured as prisoners. W
then proceeded to examine all tho rooms
of tho stately edifice. We passed through
. room after room ; found ull perfectly in or
der, richly furnished, with altars and cruci
fixes, and wax candles in abundance, but
could discover no evidence of iniquity, be
ing practised there nothing of those pecu
liar features which we expected to find in
au Inquisition. Wo found pplendid paint
ings, and a rich and extensive library.
Here was beauty and splendor, and the
most perfect order on which my eyes had
ever rented. Tho architecture tho pro
portions wero perfect. Tho ceilio and
floors of wooj were scoured and highly pol
isheJ. Tho uiurblc pavements were ar
ranged with a strict rcirard to rdcr.' There
was everything to please and gratify a cul
' tivated taste : but where were those horrid
instruments of torture of which we have
been told; Jul where thoso dungeons in
which humau beius were said to be buried
- Uve 1 Wo searched in vain. The holy
father assured us that they had been belied ;
th;ii we had seen all ; nad I was prepared
to give up the search, convinced that this
Inquisition was different from others of
which I had heard. 4,
But Col. Do Lile was not so ready as
myself to relinquish our investigation amd
inquisitof "put to death by the dropping of
water on bis head, was mot excruciating.
The poor man cried out in agony to be taken
from the fatal machine. The Inquiitor Gem
eral was brought before the internal engine,
called Vibe Virgin He begged to be ex
cused. No saH they, you have caused
others to kiss her, and now you must do it
Tbey inter-locked their bayonets so far as
to form large forks and with thee pushed
him over th deadly circle The beaaiiful
image instantly prepared for the embracer seventeen he becalm reckless and unruly
there was an opening beneath. AIThands
were now at work for further discovery ;
the officers with their swords, and tho sol
diers with their bayonets, seeking to clear
out the seam and prize up the slab j oth
ers with the butts of their muskets striking
at the slab with all their might to break it,
while the priest3 remonstrated against our
desecrating their holy and beautiful house.
While thus engaged, a soldier, who was stri
king with the butt of his musket, struck a
spring, and the marble slab flew up. Then
tho faces of the inquisitors grew pale as
Belshazzar, when the hand-writing appear
ed on the wall ; they trembled all over.
Beneath the marble slab, now partly up,
there was a stair-case. I stepped to the al
tar, and took from the candlestick one of
the candles, four feet in length, which was
burning, that I might explore the room
below. As I was doing this, I was arrest
ed by one of the Inquisitors, who laid his
hands gently on my arm and with a very
demure and sanrtimonious look, said, ' My
son, you must not take those lights with
your bloody hands, they are holy 1 Well,'
I said, ' 1 will take a holy thing.tohed
light on iniquity ; I will bear the responsi
bility !' I took the candle, and proceeded
down the stair-case. As we reached the
stairs we entered a large square room,
which was called the Hall of Judgement.
In the centre of it was a huge block, and a
chain fastened to it. On this they had been
accustomed to place the accused, chained to
his seat. On one side of the room was an
elevated seat, called the Throne of Judg
ment. This the Inquisitor General occu
pied, and on either side, were seats less el
evated, for tho priestly fathers, while en
gaged in the solemn business of the Holy
Inquisition.
'From this room we proceeded to the
right and obtained access to small cells, ex
tending the entire length of the edifice ;
and here such sights were presented as we
hojm: never to-M& again. - - ' ' -
'These cell were places of solitary con
finement, where the wretched objects of in
quisitorial bate were confined year after year,
ull death released ihotn from their sufferinojs,
and .their bodies were suffered to retain until
they wero entirely decayed and the rooms
had become fit for others to occupy. To
prevent this being offensive to those who oc
cupied the inquisition, there were flues or
tubes extending to the open air, sufficiently
capacious to carry off the odor. In these
cells we found the remains of those who paid
the debt 'of nature; somi of then had been
dead apparently bit a short tim., while of
other no'hing remained but the bones, still
eh lined to the hVior of their dungeons.
' In other cells, we found living sufferers
of both s-'xes and of every ae from three
score years and ten, down to fourteen or fif
teen years all naked as when born in the
world ! and all in chains! Here were old
men and aged women who had been shut up
for many years. Here too, were the mid
dled aged, and the young man and the maid
en of fourteen years old. The soldiers im
mediately went to work to release these cap
tives from their chains, and took from their
knapsacks their overcoats, and other clothing,
which they gave them to cover their naked
ness. They were exceedingly anxious to
bring them out to the light of day ; but be
ins aware of the danger, I had food given
them, and then brought them gradually to
the light, as they were able to bear it.
We then proceeded to explore another
room on the left. Here we found the instru
ments of torture, of every kind which the
ingenuity of men or devils could invent
Col. L. thus describes four of these horrid
instruments : 4 The fir-t vas a machine by
which the victim was secured, and then, be
ginning with the fingers, every joint in the
h'auds, arms and body was broken, or drawn,
clasped him in its arms, and he was cut into
in iiumerfthle pieces. Col. L. said that he
witnessed the torture of four - of them his
heart sickened at the awful scene and he
left the soldier to wreak their vesijeaneeon
I theJas! ulltj initiate of that prison boo.se
In the meantime it was reported through
Madrid that the prisons of tho inquisition
were broken open, and multitudes hastened
to the fatal spot. And oh, what a meeting
was there ! It was like a resurrection ! A
bout a hundred of those who had been buried
for many years, were now restored to lif-.
There were fathers who found their lo g lost
daughters ; wives wero restored to their
husbands, sisters to their brothers, and par
ents to their children ; and there were some
wit" wuiu recognize no meno among tne
multitude. The scene was such asno tongue
can describe.
When the multitude had retired, Col. L.
caused the Library, paintings, furniture, &c ,
to be removed, and having sent to the city
for a wagon load of powder, he deposited a
large quantity m the vaults beneath the
building, and placed a slow match in connec
tion with it. All withdrew to a distance, and
in a few moments the assembled multitude
beheld a most joyful sight. The walls and
turrets of the massive structure rose majesu
cally toward the heavens, impelled by the
tremendous explosion, and then fell back to
the earth a heap of ruins !
the Indiana A
ini Tennessee,
in a letter publi
Msmoerat; .
rUPo, iormeny euiioroi.
Icic who is now traveling
ra!a the following story
dj the Brookville (Ind.)
Co-mmtttt it alios.
Xet me recite' t the true history of
sed over yesterday.
siteVh11
fafr pa?
a man whose
About fifteen jeao 3 Presbyterian cler
gyman of New Y(ai.;atl a wayward son.
Wctjave1 his nam
to withhold it' at
i k . location, dui cnoose
rseni . Before be was
o longer control him.
1 and corrupt city of
became ; a clerk in a
is " character was tod
tlx He next was a
03 'dismissed."
Ajefwharves of the
Cultivation op Mind. The following
is the substance of an address delivered by
Mrs. Hannah Wasson, of Little Britainton,
before her pupils, on the last day of the ses
sion. We publish by request of a friend
of the fair author, and who informs us it is
a first attempt Our young females will
find .many thoughts by which they may
profit.
The human mind has ever been consider
ed one of thft nnhlflKt find irrtont It
.vv - - - - j.uv. .Win, I I
like all else created capable of cultivation ; i m"es rom Nahvfle.
that his father cou
He left for the w
ixew lorK; wnere
drinking saloon, b
bad to be " retained
bar-keeper. 'm a.ih-; tVnL
m emDtv cellars anJi,
city, a perfect nu;saak'y a disgrace to his
race. "lit.
At this stage of hijeifcer an old college
"mate for our hero las I graduate of one
of the best collegesjin tie State of New
York determined tkt hi would hunt him
up and make one moj efbrt to save bim.
He went to New Yot, aid after a week of
diligent search, witbthq aid of the police,
he found him. lie sistd and clothed him,
took hi:n back to tbtlouitry, and by every
inducement that cold held out to hira
persuaded him to y t be a man. He
made the effort, ancjsvas successful. That
friend who sought am Kit and who saved
him we are well acaainred with. They both
determined to ccroj to Middle Tennessee
to teach school. rey soon reaehed here,
and with the higl recommendations they
brought, soon obt: ned good places. The
reclaimed sonofth Jresbyterian clergyman,
within six months i ier his arrival, married
an orphan girl wor i $40. 000 in cash. She
had a younger sisti and a brother who each
had equal amount The sister soon after
died, leaving one hjf her estate to our hero
and his wife, and w other half to her broth
er, thus increasinis estate to $60,000.
When the Mexicaswar broke out the broth
er enlisted, and mle a will leaving all his
estate to his brotler-in-law our hero and
his wife, in case btjnever returned from the
war. He. like nkny other of our noble
youths, was killed at Buena Vista. Thus
our hero came into possession of the entire
estate of the famili which at first was $120,
000, which has Increased by advance of
lands and increaseof negroes to over 8300,
000. He is nowlneof the richest planters
of Middle Tennesfee, and does not live 25
May the Lord open the eyes and hearts of
grog-dealing professors of religion j and
may He open the eyes ot the cnurcn too,
and stir them up to their duty, that they
may eitner pursuaae tneir memDers o qun
the demoralizing traffic, or else, at once,
cut tnem on irom alt connection wna ncr
body. .
As long as the church gives counten
ance and. encouragement to the traffic, she
need not expect men of the world to be
better than themselves and fight against it.
What can save both? A prohibitory LAW;
and it should be the heart's desire, of all
christian men, and women too. They
should pray for it and work for it, day. and
night, until our whole land shall be treed
FOB TEE SPIRIT OF TBS AGS.
Grog-Selling Christians (?)
Ma. Editor : Suppose I were to tell
you that a church could be found, in this
enlightened age, that tolerates grog-selhng
in her communion, and retains in full
fellowship, . one who sells liquor to drunk
ards on the sabbath would you think
waa Quizzing vou, or trvinz to play upon
your credulity ? Astounding as the thought
may seem, and incredible as it may appeT,
it is even so; yes, I grieve to say, it is
even so. We havei in our eye at this
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distant, that does tolerato and hold in
iHpLaJcicaiullch arac 'cr,;. hos'as(
crime, perAar3, is that Cr seukVf-up,
(and that too on the holy sabbath) to de
graded, debased and worthless men and
women ! ! And what is most wonderful to
tell, these facts are well known, both to
the church of which he is a, member, and
their good Pastor I I know now, your sur
prise is great. You are perfectly amazed
and thunderstruck with the statement;
that ever befel the race of mortals. We
should desire such a law, not only for the
sake of lh"6-'pxcrdrataM''?znc--'theu.Tnor:
guilty dram-seller out of the churchy. but
also for the dram-drinking and drauvselling
profession iu the church, whose conduct
and whose example is a 4 stumbling stone'
to many, and a
Dark and
mind of that professor of Christ, whose ob
Jr. ,a ligations to his God, his neighbor and him
heavens!'7is it possible these things are 8U .
9 atti r -l l. u J that he can deliberately, and with malice
K)i i v ii v. w n TLii sun, in ;l niuriMi LiiiiLi ... ' ...
be, and of what kind of christians com- forethought set up
benighted
indeed must be the
car,
posed ? J ust lend me your editorial
and I will whisper into it privately, (but I
you must nt speak it out, for they are
rather ashamed of it.) A large portion of
that church are Sons of Temperance ! or
a low, contemptiDic
rum hole, which must eventually corrupt
himself, corrupt his neighborhood, and for
ever ruin the souU of all who patronize
him. Such a business, for a professor of
Christianity to follow, in thi3 day, when
w T .
rather are called Sons of Temperance, who eve47 man, can hQ will De eniigntenea
sitquiety by, and say nothing. Never on the evils and horron of the liquor traffic,
r i'-. v.a is absolutely and positively the most nn-
luiiic iucii viiiiyco I av icaou ou iuc y vein ic , , - - -in , . iii 11
hP:1rd ftMinst t.h nnt.rn.. t.h rliscrra Pardonable and flagrant outrage, that could
outrage,
brought upon the church by this good man
who sells grog. In justice to them, how
ever, we will say, this man was not a grog
seller when he first united with the church ;
be perpetrated against any church, by one
of her members. We cannot think of it
even, without a feeling of complete abhor
rence and most unmitigated loathing, for
mend the matter at all, I believe.) The are satlsd hat. nlttS short of the strong
a. n aim ui tuc law mil cyci uiiu'jl siuiju uuv.-
minded pretenders to their senses, and their
grog-dens to a speedy overthrow.
church remonstrated a little, anu sent a
deputation to him once, requesting hira to
quit the business, and there it ended, so
far as the church was concerned ; but the
grog-shop went on, and is still going. on in
full blast, carrying its christian keeper
down, down, down to the lowests depths
of , !!
Yours,
TEMPERANTIA.
December 7, 1854.
and just in the degree that the mind is cul
tivated and rendered pure and perfect, are we
fitted for rational happiness and pure ei joy-rueafe--s5'lucation
i the grnd Jnp o
knowledge. It reflects that brilliant light
which reveals to us the beautiful things of
this woild yet, opens our minds for the re
ception of that light that lifts our minds to
j the Higher World, where all is peace and
happiness and joy for evermore ' 1 lie im
mortal mind was formed to feast in the in
exhaustible fields of knowledge which lie
open to all around us ; nothing is wanting to
invite us to its delicious feast but the will ;
for the will forever will make for itself a
Home. Your dreams of reputation, your
swift determination, your impulsive pride,
your dei)..ujtJUf?l-viH'9 ..to.w"vu a name, have
all sobered mu atfection ; have atl" blended
into that flow oftieling which finds its centre
and hope and joy 91 Home. From my soul I
pity him whose still does not leap at the mere
utterance ofthatlname. A home lis the
bright, blessed, aiorned phantom which sits
highest on the sunny horizon that girdeth
life. When shall . it be reached? When
shall it cease to be a glittering day dream,
and become fully and fairly vours.
It is not the louse, though that may have
i way; nothing is wanting but a taste to pre-! ,ls charms, not tie fields carefully tilled, and
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fer ihe ennobling and satisfactory cultivation
of the intellect to the ennuity of Idleness.
: Knowledge after all constitutes the only dif
ference between man and man : it is the
streaked with your own foot paths ; nor the
trees, though tbeir shadow be to you like
that of a giant'rock in a weary land: nor
yet is it the hre&de with its sweet blazeplay ;
first and most essential element of power : ! not l'ie pictures which tell of loved ones, nor
it is the germ of all prosperity; it is the j l"e cherished bocks but more far than all
means of all our eniovment. success and ! lhese it is the presence. The Lares of
happines?, throughout life Education is the ! Jour worship are there; the altar of your con
flower of tho intellectual mind, iust as vir
tde is the flower of the pious heart.
When God created Adam and Eve he
placed them in a garden where it was as
easy for them to do right as wrong. It was
like walking on level ground as easy to walk j errors will ever meet with gentlest forgive
hdenee is there ; the end of your worldly
faith is there ; and adorning it all and sending
your blood in passiouate flow, is the ecstacy
of conviction, thqre at least you are beloved,
that there you are understood, and there vour
one way as another. But this world is like
the side of a mountain. Since Adam and
Eve partook of the forbidden fruit, it is up
hill towards the place of endless joys.
Therefore it behooves us to take the upward
path. When we get in the habit of sliding
on the downward track it is hard to stop.
The path becomes slipperly by the wear of
habit. It is hard to succeed all at once ;
but wo must have hope and courage, and
you will surmount the difficulties that beset
the paths of life.
Dear pupils. I must now take my leave of
you and you of me lor the present. When
you are engaged at home, in the school of
every day life, and if you encounter prob
lems ot dimculty, turn to your hearts and
one after another, until the sufferer died. call upon that Higher Teacher, our Father
The second was a box, in which the head and
neck of the accused were so closely screwed
that he could not move in any way. Over
the box was a vessel from which one drop
of water a second fell upon the head of the
victim every successive drop falling upon
precisely the same place, which suspended
the circulation in a few moments, and put
the sufferer to the most excruciating agony.
Tho third was an internal machine, laid hor
izontally, to which the victim was bound ;
this instrument was then placed between two .
beams, in which was scores of knives, so fix
ed that, by turning the machine with a crank,
the flesh of the sutlerer was torn from his
limlw in small pieces. The fourth surpassed
tho others in fiendish ingenuity. Its exterior
wa a beautiful woman or largo doll, richly
dressed, with arms extended, ready to em
brace its victim. Around her feet a semi
circle was drawn. The victim who passed
over this fatal mark touching a spring, which
caused a diabolical engine to open, its arms
clasped him, and a thousand knives cut him
in Heaven, for the patience of knowledge.
Go on, then, with a laudable ambition and
an unyielding perseverance in the path that
leads to honor and renown. Press forward :
go on and gather laurels on the side of the
hills of Education and Virtue ; linger among
tbeir unfading beauties; drink deep of their
crystal fountains, then join m the march of
fame ; become learned and virtuous and vou
will be great ; love God and serve him and
you will bo happy. Do not bo afraid to
think for yourselves : vou know not thehih
destiny that awaits you : you know not the
l.: i 1 , n
iicigui iu wuicn you may soar in tne scale 01
intellectual existence. Go on then, boldly,
with unyielding perseverance, and if you do
not gain admittance into the temple of fame,
sinve at all hazards, to drink of the foun
tain which gurgles from its base.
A city editor says that a man in N. York
jiot miuscii into trouble bv mnrrvin tr two
wives. A Western editor replies by assur
ing his cotempory that a cood manv men
into as manv pieces, in their deadly embrace in Michigan have done a similar thing by
Col. L. sa d that the suiht ot these en- oniy marrying one. A villase Editor re-
gines of infernal cruelty kindled the rage of torts that quite a number in his acquaintance
the soldier s fury. They declared that eve- nounu irouoie enougn by barely promising
ry inquisitor and soldier of the Inquisition to marry one without going any further.
should be put to ihe torture. Their rage
was ungovernable. Col. L. did not oppose
them ; tbey might have turned tbeir arms
against him, if he had attempted to arrest
their work. They began wiih the holy fath
ers. The first they put to death in the ma
chine for breaking joints. Tho torture of the
ness: and there your troubles wil besmi ed
away ; that ther you may unburden your
soul, fearless of harsh unsympathizing ears ;
that there you may be entirely and joyfully
yourself.
There may be those of coarse mould and
1 have seen such even in the disguise of women,
who will reckon these feelings puling senti
ment, God pity them as they have need of
pity. Ike Marvil.
Whiskey Aristocracy. There is the
aristocracy of wealth, of intellect, of codfish
the aristocracy of villians ; and would yon
suppose it, a drunken aristocracy.
The most singular being of the above men
tioned lists of aristocracy is the 4 upper ten'
drunkard. With what airs he lords it over
tho lower grades of .the same profession; he
associates with rnx&te but those in the same
grade, and standing in the profession as
himself; he vis-its none but most respectable
drinking houses, (he turns his nose up at a
picayune house) drinks none but the most
respectable liquor, and pays hi respectaWe
dime for it which the respectable barkeeper
drops into his respectable till, and it is a res
pectable business throughout; and if he be
comes respectably drunk, he is 4 only some
what excited.1
He would scorn to be seen in the compa
ny of common drunkards. But anon he gets
a grade and still another grade lower until
he is with the lowest and most loathsome
grade of drunkards, watching about rum
mills to lick the glasses of the chance drop
that may have been at the bottom. Respec
table drinkers, stop ere it is too late.
This is the inverse rule of progress m the
drunkard's scale of graduation.. He never
rises, but always sinks lower and lower in the
scale of being as long as be adheres to the
infernal cup. Southern Organ
What is Practical Farming.
the ashes of plants are called, inorganic
I will just here relate a little circum- matter. Though apparently homogeneous,
stance connected with this business, by these ashes have certain distinctive features
way of showing how much this grog-mem- which are iraportaat to the farmer. The
ber cares for the church of which he is a same plant, without reference to the soil on
part, and for the deeply mortified feelings which it grows, always yields an ash of about
of his Pastor. A short time ago the Pas- the same composition. Different classes of
tor visited him at his house, and tarried all plants yield different kinds of ashes.. Inor-
night. Early text morning, the whiskey- ganic or ashy matter is obtained by plants
shop man entered the room where slept the only from the soil. It is of a mineral char-
preachex, and . told JiinvJie 4 could, nt go acter.nnd uver exists naturally in the. &
with him to church that morning, (it was mosphere. Frbra these facts we see that the
the regular monthly preaching day) and soil, in order to produce perfect plant?, must
he must excuse him, as there was to be a contain th matters necessary to form their
horse race in the vicinity of his establish- ashes, while these being different in the va
raent, and as it was probable there would rious crops, the soil may be fertile for one
be right smart of people about, he could'nt cr0p and not for an other, because the pro-
c uuociiu nuiu uc a.3 uc lukca iu portions oi us inorganic materials may De
have his low groggcry called From which sucb that it can furnish food for the ashes of
the preacher inferred that, he wished to be but one kind of plant. Other soils are again
there to deal out the poison to his fellow- fertile for all plants, and if we examine these
men, as it was likely they would want by chemical analysis, we shall find that they
sump'n to drink' after the race was over, contain all that is necessary for forming the
and perhaps before too. It plainly shows ashes of all plants.
that, this whiskey-selling church member The first fact that strikes us in studying
had rather be at a horse race, among a the composition of vegetable ashes is that
crowd of wicked violators of God's law, or they consist of the same substance in all
at his sink hole, dealing out the 4 dark plants, the- differences consisting only in their
waters of hell' to his associates, than to be relative proportions to each other. These
attending the meetings of the church, of substances are called potash, soda, lime, mag
which he is a member. But 4 birds of a nesia, phosphoric acid, sulphuric acid, chlo
feather will flock together,' and no doubt rine, (a constituent of common salt,)-silica,
he felt more in his place behind the whis- (the base of sand) oxide of iron, for iron
key-stinking counter, selling ' bald-face and rUst) and in some plants oxide of magnesia,
rot gut,' than he would, had he been in These constituents, except the last named,
the church listening to the ' preaching of exist in all of our cultivated plants, the pro
the word. . portions varying with the kind of plant.
Forbearance, by the church in this case, For instance, the ashes of wheat and other
is no longer a virtue. They have waited seeds contain larcre uroportions of nhosnho-
to see if he would not give up the unholy ric acid, the potatoe yields much potash.clover
4 traffic in blood,' but alas ! he loves the possesses large quantities of lime, etc. The
grog-den more than he does the house of relations between the soil and its natural
God; the 4 thirty pieces of silver' more productions seem to be invariable, and we
than the bleeding cause of Christ. And observe in practice that, other things beinar
now there is but one course for the abused equal, soil in which phosphoric acid large
church in this matter; and why se does ly predominates is best for wheat, rye, corn,
not pursue that course at once, is a rayste- &c. An excess of potash fits the soil for po
ry, I dare say, to many who are cognizant tatoes. Lime induces a growth of clover or
of these facts. To clear herself of the other plants having ashes for similar compo
charge of sustaining the grog business, she sition.
Th SPIRIT OF THE AGE has now ptk
Is extensively taken in every County in North Car
olina, and is therefore one of the very beet Adver
tising mediums in the State. -
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
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1 do 2 insertions 1 251 do 6 do
' 1 do 5 do -; 1 501 do 12 d It
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JOB PRINTING, of every description
KEATLT EXECUTED AT THIS OFFTCt.
the best chance of success, and unless closely
hatched will erowd it but. It is reasonably
supposed that if we so improve the charac
ter of the soil as to render it more congenial
for the crop and less so ior the weed, we
may pursue onr operations with better hope
of success. "This is a matter which may be
' easily brought into practice, and which must
greatly advance the interests of the cultiva- -tor.
The compositions of the various kinds
of tho vegetable ashes hate been often pub
hshed in'tables of analysis, by the assistance ,
. of which we may know the exact requirements !
" of our crops and may fit oar soils .for their
recepticyf,; -
i The farmer should always bear in- mind i
. this law 'of nature, viz: The various classes ,
of plants have ashes of different composition!",
and no crop can come to perfection without s
J the matters neeepsary to form the ashes pe-
Thesk are My Jewels.' 4?ot many
months ago, somebody sent us a pamphlet
containing a sermon preached at the fur.era
of a minister, who died and was buried in one
of the towns of Massachusetts. The preacher,
in a most eloquent strain, dwelt upon the
devoted life of the deceased, and the micccrs
which had attended his ministry. He pre
sented him bv a beautiful figure of rhetoric,
before the Great Judge, bringing as his off
ering the souls he had been instrumental in
saimj with a proud humility, while henvrn
rang with hailed 'ijahs, These are my jewels."
We turned from the glowing picture of
the life and death of a good man, to the ac
count of a meeting of brewers and distillers, "
which was presided over by one of the mt
extensive manufacturers of intoxicatingdrint3
in the State,, and we could not help but
think of the wonderful difforence there would
be on the day of final accounting between
the good man whose funeral sermon we had
read, and the president of that meeting.
The one presenting himself for judgment,
with thesouls redeemed through his ministry,
and saying in the eloquent and emphatic
words ef the preacher, 'these are my jewels
The other surrounded by an army of lost
souls, reeking up from the alms houses, tho
brothels, the gutters, the prisons, and the
gallows; from stately mansions, the abodes
of wealth, from the hovels of poverty, and
from all the wide space between these ex
tremes, presenting them before the majesty
cf heaven, yelling blasphemies, shouting pro
fanities, and claiming them as the fruits of
his labors, and saying, these are my jewels
; There is an 'eternal distinction' between
two such men, a difference that rmy ivtrll to
. counted as everlasting. Albany State Itey.
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Girls Practising " Wearing the
Breeches' Header did you ever fee a
J girf dressed In boyV clothes?" " Weill "rf you
have not, just get one of your f-male ac
quaintances to appear in the royal regalia
once, if you want to have a real hearty laugh.
, Don't let them know that you see them, but
get them together, and see the didos and
monkey antics they will cut up. How grace
fully they put up their little mouths and kiss
each other, as if it was a real genuine man
instead of a wild frolicking girl. How inno
cently they steal their arms around each
others waists, and almost imagine they are
in their lovers' embraee. But then to see
them strutting up and down with pantaloons
on, why you see at a glance they have been
into the wrong wardrobe. There is some
thing in their walk and gait that says in plain
language to keep your hands off, and then
when you come near, they sorter' shy off,
as if they were afraid you might want to
' ffd' the texture of the pants. For our
part, we think a nicely formed girl dressed
in pantaloons is one of the cunningest things
in the world, and the only objection we have
to young ladies appareling their graceful
forms in this mode, is, that they might bo
inclined to keep up the habit after they are
wed.
A whistling woman and a crowing he
Are sure brcome to some bad end.
How are v ou, bmuh r says Jones. Smith
pretends not to know him, and leidies hesi
tatmgly, 'Sir, you have got the advantage
of me. I es, retorted Jones, 4 1
su
ppose
everybody has that's got common sense.'
Smith looks unhappy.
Harry Erskin, of facetious memory, was
retained for a female named Tickle, against
whom an action bad been brought. On the
trial, he commenced his address to the court
thus : ' Tickle, my client, the defendant,
my lord.' The audience aumsed with the
oddity of the speech, were almost driven in
to hysterics by the judge replying: 4 Tiekle
her yourseif, Harry I you are us well able
to do it as 1
must rid her communion of all rum-sellers,
aye, and rum drinkers too, and no longer
retain in her fellowship those who, by their
11 .l ..!
wicKea practices, cause tne way oi truth
to be evil spoken of
God Almighty, in His matchless purity
and wisdom, has pronounced 4 a woe' against
this whole rum business : and His curse
and hot displeasure rest upon all who fol
ow it. 4 Woe be unto him that putteth
his bottle to his neighbor and 4 Woe be
unto them that rise up early that they may
go to seek strong d.mk. Hum and relig
ion cannot go hand in hand. 4 How can
two walk together except they be agreed ?'
says the Bible. These do not agree, they
mi
never can agree, mere is no union, no
affinity between them. They are as wide
asunder as light and darkness, as hell and
heaven. How then, we ask, and with what
sort of consistency can a rum seller or a
rum drinker pretend to hold membership
in any christian church on earth f It
seems to me that such a man must have the
audacity and the hypocrisy of the very old
devil himself. Just think of it. A man
to stand behind his grog board, and pass
the quart pot and brandy bottle all day on
Saturday, until late oaturaay nigut, ana
on Sunday morning, (just because it is cus
tomary, I suppose) go to church, and with
a long face and sanctified countenance,
take a seat well up near the 1 Amen corner
and try to look as innocent and harmless
as if he never had put a three-cent tickler
of nasty whiskey out of the back door of
his shop on Sunday in his life. Why it
seems to us, the man would feel so mean,
so ashamed and guilty, that he would go
Ioff and hide himself from the gaze of chris
tian folks, to repent in sackloth and ashes
The same principle explains another ap
parent peculiarity of cultivation. It is often
observed that soils which are fertile for one
crop refuse to produce it after a few years'
cultivation, though they will produce some
otuer crops in aounaance. i ne reason ior
this is that the constant production of a sin
gle kind of plant robs the soil chiefly of one
or two ingredients, until they are too much
reduced in proportion to afford proper sus
tenance to plants requiring them so largely;
though it may still contain other ingredients
An American Attacked bt Catholics.
Bruialarid Unprovoked Assault. On Sunday
afternoon, says the New York Tribune of
Monday, a man named Joseph Oldridge, liv
ing at No. 184 East Twenty-Sixth street,
while engaged in distributing tracts of a
religious character in Tompkins square, was
- observed by the Irish Catholics as they emer
ged from their cathedral, near where ho was.
Taking him for a Know Nothing, Robert
Bernard and others pounced upon him and
beat him in a most unmerciful manner ; and,
if a correct opinion can be formed from the
actions, intended to take his life, bestowing
sundry kicks and heavy blows while he was
laying prostrate on the Ground. So, in sub
stance, is the report of Captain Hartt, of the
17th ward Police, this (Monday) morning to
Chief Matsell.
-The alarm of murder was raised by the
unfortunate and unoffending man, when officer
White ran to his assistance, and no doubt
was the means of saving bis life. Other po
licemen soon appeared ana prevented the
v. .
ous gang. iernara wno was foremost in
this disgraceful assault, was arrested and
taken before Justice Welsh, who committed
him to prison for trial.
in sufficient quantity to sustain another class commission of further violence by the riot
oi plants, inus successive crops oi wneat
rob the sou of its phosphoric acid, while they
require its potash in. less quantities. Sup
posing tha two constituents to have existed
in equal proportions at first, at the end of
five years of wheat growing there would be j A Newspaper. It was Bishop Horn-
remaining in the soil more of potash than of er s opinion, that there is no better moralist
phosphoric acid, and it would be better fitted than a newspaper. He says 4 The follies,
for the growth of potatoes than for that wheat vices, and consequent miseries of multi-
On this principle is founded the rotation of tude displayed in a newspaper, are so
crops, which consists of cultivatingsay three many beacons continually burning to turn
or five kinds of crops in yearly succession ; others from the Tock on which they have
thus so varying the demands on the sou that J been shipwrecked. What, more powerful
it supplies the various, kinds of inorganic disuasivive from suspicion, icalousv and
matter in about the same proportions, and anger than the story of one friend mur
is left at the end of the rotation in proper dered bv another in a dnpl ? WW Mnt;n
balance that is, having no constituent large- likely to be more effectual against gambling
iy picuuiumauug oier iuc uiuers. urnmr ana pronigacy, man the mournful relation
or. this subject, we may mention a very plausi- of an execution or the fate of a despairing
uro lucul wu tuo auujwk oi weeus. mil suiciae i w nat liner lecture on the neces-
the natural tendency of soils to produce spon- sity of economy, than the auctions ofes
taneous growths of plants, the composition tates, houses and furniture I Only take a
of whose ashes correspond with their own. newspaper, and consider it well vav for it.
J !. "Ml . . ., " '
Many of the more noxious weeds differ greatly
in their inorganic parts from crops which we
wish to cultivate, and when the ash of the
weed corresponds more closely with the soil
than it does that of our crop, the weed has
and it vill instruct thee
Why is a lady walking in front of a gen
tleman Hke the latest news ? Because she's
in advance of the male.
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