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OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRAT
Sowm bide of Main, a fkw boors be
low Mauket-btkkkt.
Tie COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT will bi
pit'ilisheil evert Saturday morning, (it
TIVO DQLL'AllS per annum payable
half yearly in advance, or Ttvo Dollar)
rijty Uents,j notpata iviinin incyrar.
Vo subscription will be taken for a shorter
period than six month; nor any discon
linuance per milled, until all arrearages
are. discharged.
AD VE R TIS E ME S'S not exceeding a
square will be conspicuously inserted at
One Dollar for the first thrctinsertion,
and riocnty-five cents for every subse
quent nsertion. VZTA liberal discoun
made to those who a-lvr.rtise by the year
i.F. " IK Its addressed on business, must
he post paid.
FRUIT .'I HIS I S.
Vo have from the Huston Her, annilirr
report of a convetsatinn meeting of ilie far
mer of ttie Aasjachiisrtls l.cgislatute
The subject at thii merlin; was fruit trees,
One thought that In setting out trees the)
should he placed forty feel apart, uhirli
would give hut tweniy-eighl trera to an
ncre; and another believed that a hundred
Ireei to an aero wai none too many. The
cultivation of the toil of urrhaida fur other
irops was nppYsed hy uue speaker, hut an
other thought it would not interfere with
the fruit treea, provided the aoil wa well
manured, ai they imbibe, a different kind ol
nutriment.
At an instance in illustration of the two
last theories, mention was ir.aile of the ex
perience of Mr. Moses Jnnos, of Brooklyn,
who, some years r-incc, pUnted iwo ni
three acres with apple tiecs, fcI two rode
(Apart. A few years after, he set peach
trees between the apple trees three of the
former to one of the latter. He has raised
n crop every year among these trees, suffi
cient to pay the expense of rultivition and
management of the whole orchard. From
the 1 12 apple trees in his orchaid, he iais
cd during Iho eighth year, 103 barrels of
tipples, and about the same time he sold the
crop of peaches for $-100.
In piuning a trie, it is of very littlo im
portance when the wound oocn-toned, by
the removal of a limb, heals, provided ihr
wound heals sound nrid bonllhy. The
month of August, ho thought, was :he beat
time foi pruning.
In transplanting, care should be taken to
preserve iho small roots, and have as much
earth nt possible adhering to the tree. If
Uiy of the roots get broken, they should be
rteatlj pared off If the tree is not imme
diately put in the ground, the roots should
q shielded from iho sun, and perhaps
moistened. The holes into which the trees
ure put should be roomy, the noil well put
veiized, and the land deep. The root
should be well spread out. Shaking the
tree in order to settle the soil upon Un
root, is objectionable, as it lends to curl up
and break iho rootlets.
Peach ant! pear trees might he nearer to
gether than npplo trees, and thrive quite as
well. The land should bo loosened fre
quently in diy weather. A great deal of
jmining answers only for pear trees, ihe
growth of which might be out down one-
jliird to advaniago. There is a tendency
pi the best pears la deteriorate. Manure
.should not be applied to the roots of any
fruit trees, In lime of drought, much ol
the moisture of the land could be kept in by
covering tue roots Willi straw or coarse
hay and fllnnos. At such limes it was a
gteat advaniago to cover Iho whole orchaid
A moist soil is better for apple trees, and
1. n deep yellow or gruvelly loarn good for nil
fruit. If it bo very wet it should be under
Oraincl. If the soil is loo dry clay mud or
plistnr of pari may be added to advantage.
A northern is butter than n southern expo
t-uro.
Transplanting may be done at any time
. from Ihe middle of Sepiember, until the
trees begin to grow in the Spring, The
Fall is preforabW if thu transplanting be
clone early.
The Baldwin apple is the mod profita
I hare sworn upon
BLOOHSRURG,
ble. Among its characteristics it the tens
city with v, hith it will adhere to the trci
during heavy gales in which other npp!
would Le shaken off There is a prenlen
opinion that this tree will only bear on tin
even yeere. It is an alternate bearer bin
one said he had asccrtainetl to his satiafat-
'ion that it bears on odd years.
The gum may be prevented from cxnd
ing liom peach trees by the fol'owing watl
v iz: four querts of soft soap diluted in
pail full of hot water to which add one pin
of salt and half a pint of saltpetre. Sa
and fsltpeire applied to the ground is ver
beneficial to fruil trees particularly lot old
trees.
Mr. .1erriam f"aye the Journal,,) men
iior.fd the following experiment in sr.nt
out an nrchaid of young apple trees, II
had a piein of ground roniaintng hboul 3
(errs, on which he i onli-inphi'eil uniting an
nrhard. Finding a lot id iters riy cliea
he purchased them and traiifplaniid inn
litis lot as follows. He first dug holes f mi
feet in diamciet, and three fret deep. Tin
sod he took fmm ihe lop two inches thirk
and preserved, tie felnoseparaied the black
loam, and yello subsoil, and also picked
tut the sloiifa. He then filled the caviiv
italf full of stones, and lifted the yellow sub
iotl anion? them, then put in blaik loan
uffi 'ienl to make a bed high enough fm
he tree. On Ihe top of this he put smls,
nvetled, trampled the whole duwn sulti!'
nil rnverrd Mis with about one inch ol loam
(J'l thin he set ihe tree, very shallow, firii
carefully spreading out the roois. He then
filled up with iic'i loam. The circle rutin'1
each liee is kept clear of weeds dining dn
season, '1 bene trees, when transplanted
had been long out of the ginund, and Mi
lernam rnnsiderrd it iloiihtf-il whcihn
hey would live. No'.witliHianding. howe-
it last sea-oil was very dry iliebe Irets al
lived r-.ad did well. lie conn leied thi
neihnd an exctllent one. Viie slums hat
beneficial chemic.il action on the soil an'
itept , ihe land drained- Thu ends while de
composing make a soft and moist bed f.n
he tree, and obviate ids ncccn.-iiy of water
ng in a dry seison The piece oeeupiei
ny this orchard he contemplated ploiighni).
4nd cultivating as soon as convenient.
It was ulitod by one ge itlem in that ap
plication of hard eoip to th wouridi-d pur
npplo rroift hid proved aueces-ful n
nauiing them early to heal ho hid mjurei
young tiees by applying potash ti hat bcei
recommended in some publications In
louiul that four and a half potimta of piita-l
dnsolvid in a niil of hul watt r one niiart ol
-.Inch added to a pail lull of cold watt-i
nude a safe and valuable wash lor yoniif;
trees. Alio a wcali ol equal parts of pla
tfcr of pari soft soap and Iri-sti cow in ami re
liluted with water to cause easy application
lion with thu bruth an excellent manure.
Among insects which troubled fruit irci'r
the liorrer rafapillar girdlei and white worm
were mentioned. The best remedy agmisi
the huter is to cut it out: removal with the
hand was the most clfiuient couito to tali.
with catxptllara or a still' wire hruh would
serve the girdler is a email worm whit".
cls between Ihe bark and the trunk and
lues mneh injury and the white worm may
he lound in the gum which exudes hum Ihe
tree
The same ubj?ri will be revumod al the
next meeting. With regard to eaterpillart
that if they would use ihe 'ounce of preven
tion' they will take the first pleasant day to
use iheir thuinba & finder in removing from
their fruit dees Hie little taxt)n r.tdls in
whitih the egga of this insert are deposited
ready lor hatching in May. Tiu other duv
we had the pleasure or leruoving about 'JO
of these embrvo nests from the branches nl
a favorite i pple tree.
Cookino Conw iMl'al ahd Coiin ron
Mugs No safer position, we think cat
be asfiiiiHil, in the economy of s'oek
, 1 . .. . t L. i . . . il
leeuniir, uiun urn n-ianniy us vveii jp
null intent Is essential to their iirrervii
ion in a peil ctly liestty ronil)ion. If
wo admit the correctness ol ihi$ ponion
and few fact!" io more cUtnly ohviou?
then it resnltt) as u Kievi"hl ir ference
that DJtal, and not only Uiuul but corn
the Alter of Jod, eternal hostility t every
II. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
COLUMBIA CObNTY,
Oiould be rooked before fed. Oorn, by
being boiled or steamed is increased in
m'k nearly two hundred per cent
hue mea is increised. by Hie same
.irocefa, more ilian three. Iiundied per
-.enl. To place the subj-ci in a position
norc easily compichensible, one bushel
of corn, after being sicamed or boiled
will measure three bushel. To cook i
nuihel of meal, five hushel-i of wa'er an
q'l.red, so (list every pound ol meal
vii give neatly lour and a half pounds
ol mu'h, Willi a toliim! corresponding
y loci eased. Maine Fwrner.
osA-tit: crsmMS.
Among the Oigi a young man ol
-il.ieen will Bunieinneo say to a willow
of twite hU age peil.a.'s, come tak-;
I, unt with nie. Tin- widow ansnerii hoa,
(jif) This means llul these iwo will
itiut IochIit I ke man ami wile; both
up ic." pulling loeiher their lior-s,
tamp kellles, ami iqoipag".
f)u the limit, the man html-, the wo
run raddles and unsaddles H? ho -t-,un.
i cl; lux meat, builds his lodge, cull rts
hio iMiod, roi lu Ins food, and makes
ii)(icca-cii,(. ami in rverv renieci
ake.- the place foil put of s dutiful and
f
helping wile, yet tlxy are not ntanifd.
Sometimes they repeal ftvtril hunts,
iml r ven live ye rs Ingeihrr, and the
voiiian bears children, Mill it i. mr
irmriage However well Hi yi.o .g
nan may he ftiiled wild his hunting
companion, should he be, so fortunate k.-
to r'n" to rank of a hiave wairior,'he casts
er oil unhoiit ceremony and mairief,
hat is bo a wife efier ihe custom ol
i naiioiij and is pained for i-o doing.
or his pie lotii union ii not considi red
u noi a tilt f.-r a brave or wairtor. iV
nan cjn marry a wri ioi 's daughlr r thai
not a ai i lot hiuuelf. Con qiientU
noihtrs ifun cry and pi), ti.d bt
oi- their iiit, ihal' they may be men
iiongli lo to to war, and kill anil seal)
le Pawneti, and he niceelul in steal
ng horse., iliat thry may rise lo ttttU
I warrior, nn.' jjet liont,rjbly married
Nu Ongp fi'cb I) on or ah If, nor i,i ;on
i-lertil honorable, por Irealed honora.
le, until he distinguishes himself and i
illid a hiave or w.uiiof. Th s he ma
'o in one of the five foil iwing way,iz.
lioot down hia r nemy ; km-ck nun on
he head after another has shot him
own, scalp him after he ban been hol
I
own, and knocked on Ihe head; rhno
t i . rr i
nroiigri iwo on it noes with an arioiv
hip Mint, or steal ten horses. To do
tlher of Ihe above acts entitles lum to
ihe name of a brave, and lo ihe privil
go of carrying a tomahawk. AH oih-
era are waiters and kettle tenders. A
nrave or warrior may strike a kettle ten
ier, hiiij ne cannoi ies-nt it. or ramrn
, , i.
he blow, until lit rises lo the cam-
rule, then he may do it if it ehould be
wont) years afterwards. All giilsa
nun the Osage are Buld in mmMg. I
hive never know i an 0.rage girl take ui
with t man, a the Wrm is used among
ume other nations. However noor th
noiher, aunt, or guardian i. she will
lemand ("omelhing fur her ilatightor oi
ward in marriage. The girl being in
rmnd, and the mother giring idem ui
inly for value received, lead the moth
er io watch Ihe girls in the striOH
manner. Widow of ovetv erad anrl
g- mike ihctr own niainigf rout, ., i
ami ill ihe loose-l pos-nhh iiiji.mi. Hi
he guli- are an rhasif m those I -.u
oilier na-ion. I have nrvt-r kim I
runaway much among them. Cheru
Suited Exactly Our Iriend George
Wilinms, of Henry, who is the caii.r'
nf more wii in others,' than any other
memccr of ih AUbsma IIoimr ol Hep
reseulalircp, was better pleased at the
putage of the measure of Diennial
form of Tyranny ever the Mind ef Man."
PA. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1817.
Sessions' irun any one else we saw al
Tdscalooss. Hy O ' said he, lt suit
me txictly; the d d locofocos oeat mt
every other year sure j next Auguil i
my timt to be beat in c wne I shall
mis j thai, save about 0200 t leclinet ri.ig
money, and slip in in '47, like an Met)
oyatei IiyO bny,l suits me p imeY
fVeumka IVhip
HOUSEHOLD TREASON,
nv bolweb.
Heaven support thee, old man! thou
hast lo pais through the bitterest triil
which honor and affection can undergo
-houehold tiea.on.' When the wifi
lift high the blushlrc, front, and bla
2n nui her gu.lt; when the child, will
oud vote, throws off all control, am
make birt of di,olieilitne, man re
volt at iht audacii) ; his spirit arms a
;amsl hi. wrong; Us face, at, least, i
one, the blow, if 3cril?giou, indirect
11 j', when nul l wordu ami snfi k a
conceal ine worst loe fate cui arm
when umitl the roiifidt iice ol the heat
i . a t
dirts us ihe form of Pcifi ly when lo
from the lepule swells the fi ml of it-
terror when i he bieaat on which mn
lesiud fur romfnri, has taken counsil it.
dvceie him when he learns, thai, tin)
iflcr day, the life entwined w.lh lu own
f bi n a lo and a Hag. mine, he f t l-
noi ihe mftne-s of grief, nor lite absorp
n ol nil : il b m cliicr than iief anil
more unheiirig I hah nge, it is a horroi
that ajipal. The hei.ri dot w nol bleed;
ihe tears do nol II nv, a in woea It
which htimini'y is commonly so'j cicd ;
,1 i as t Mimrihing oui f (he course ol
laiure Srd taken place; something mnn-
-.'Kiua and oui of all thought anil f r
-varningjfoi the domestic traitor u be-
g parl from the otbit of criminal.-; h
Ion has no fear of his innocrtil rlul
dren; with a price on his head, he lay(
n safely on ihe bosom of his wife. J.
tue hotJit, the shlinl man, 'he wcm su
ule and iij.-peeiing, can bi at) oiuch
iuie atrihe iimpln.1. Wre. it no' eo s
Iwirolf, and lire
oecfptiors most rre,
t ill wotlil were the rioi rf hell
H835JJItLimi.il AJJB
Detiti cfa M ther. -Aide fron
hafol a wif , the death of a mother liar
s .rnething in il m .re touching than an)
uther event does happen, we look bark
upon the days of our infancy ami child
I, when a fond mother wuched ovt-i
our 'outgoings and inenrruirg-,' rvhen
'he dull hour of night were msiked h)
Her walchings.
We it: in k we have done our du'
when we have laid her in the gloouj)
rave, wetting il with our leart and ris-
d a s-one over her dust, and chanter! a
hymn to her memory. But there is &
duly which maternal afl-clion has im
posed upon ui and which nothing bu
iern conformity lo precept can perform.
It is to follow her precep's and txiniulr
o lake home to our hearts Iho solemn
earning which heaven born love dic
tate, to practice Ihoie virlu-i whieh or ,
namrnl every department of life, and t.
cheiish fondly the memory of her whom
we are indebted for life, for happiness.
uitl i mijhl almost ay for heaven. Il
we fail to perform ihtse, we prore our
lelvm traiiora to our nature, lo our con-
"fienee and to our God
Effect a uMllilc Tl.e now
r nf mo
x mt.lili- d n. in i i r i . I i
Ml1"'" 'i ' ' i I y. T'i" i i'in .
(i
4r 'I,
Ol JJ Miniarle, in aiini,,, ,,,,, ,,i
mowyAlpfi, became Iihi.ii c h--j .viu. elc
andi learly fn-a-n, h il (aid ,im-(. ,0
i-h Kino ni: i ho He pi.
great General wilh j sagarj y .,. H
mm lo meel every emergency, order
ed his band of music lo play vyuh spir
u ami animation their celebtaicd martiil
airt 1,1 was netfui med, an4 tb,e efjuc
Thomas Jetfe-ion
w wilhoul pieeeJent. I war rifd
iheii souls with ihe fiie of pal-tr.ne tie-
votion, aroused their dying energies,
they sprung lo their feel ami Hie rn leh
was accomplished with e icces .
WAR NJEVS
8 A NT A ANNA'S ADVA NUB.
from th New Orleans Delta of r.l. SSth,
If the statements made by all the Mrxi
can papers and letier-writer be entitled
confidence, it is obvious that Santa Ann
sntartain detifns egainsl Jtnlerey, and
hta begun hi march against that point Our
corre'pondenle re pirient that large bodiet
f troopa are being thrown forward upo
he road to Monterey aa well aa the rnai
'jeiween Tampicoend Monterey. But th
moildifini e atateturnt ft haretten is con
ained in a letter published by La Palrla
ist evening from Pampico of the dato ol
Jili February which state triet 10 000 ol
he tnoi brilliant Iroope (tropat briHiante
ire marching for the road bet ween -9alul.il
rid Monterey. Thi information wai
Miuiiunicated by a letier written fron Bn
liiiis, .tfnoiher letier written from Tula o
!ie date of 3J February aiMes that on tht
Ist of the month Gen. Parodi, with a bri
iila of ISOfl' men compmed of the 13tl
rgtmeni.of nfntry of the line styled tin
railhful Soldier of San Luif,' and a bai-
ultun of the National Guaid of Jaliaco
wilh three piecea of artillery, were march
ing in Ihe direction of Montttry, by iht
road of Malcherala. The sierra is fortified
at eveiy point, by the battalions of Puebla
Guard Costa de Tampico, the company u
Veterans, and three companies or Cavalrv
In the village of Tallea, Col. Juie Antontd
lei Uatltllo I atar.oned with h repcti,blt
force to defend ibat point. Gen Urrea
with 1500 men of the first regiment of Oav
'ry, 'Pnmero U pubhoano,' mtiai have al
ready arrived al Vic.oria de Tsmaulipaa
These movemente are no doubi made fo.
he purposr of drawing off oar force f.'.n
he corilerepbieri stuck on Vera Cm?,
dania Anna osee' to eutuff Taylor'tj aii
Lurjica ions, to blurtk up bath tht roads
3jmargo and lo Tnpler. Th" dj'c
uieolfl ere by no means to bet reaiJed et
lunignificanl; they dueerve the serious ron--idetation.
ai rf will no doubt excite the ut
most' vigilance and activity of preparalioi
among our forces near Monterer. Foitu-
iiately Gen, Taylor, who ia never taught
lapping, is in command at Mnntetoy, wilt
iboui 4,000 men This force can easil)
Mold that place until reinforced. Hut, ji,
the n.eantime, Ihe Mexicans are r.ushini.
forward toward Malajnoros, from tne read
which leads iluough Victoria. UrreaV
Cavalry sro no doubt (he advance nf a large
(oiru intended for this point. This will bi
a bold movement, but is characteristic ol
Urrea, whois a prompt and decided office.
If, however, his force consists only of r av-i
aliy. we do not apprehend any serious con
sequence fioro an attack on Matamorss
The great fear is, that they may inlercep
our communicaliona elung the riwr, and
the road from iJ-tamora and Cannruo to
Monterey. Wn trust, however, thai Gen.
Scoll, who items to be movtnj; with great
eautinn and prudence, will not weaken our
force on the Rio Grande, so a to exnoir
our line to be easily brnkon, and the herd
earned result of a moat expan.lve cam-
paif n thus be Iml to our arms.
8ince the sbove was written, we have
teen a latter ftom a Mexican offiier written
m great ronfirJenre and secresy, Mating thai
i.en. yrrea had been ordered to march on
Ialamora, and naa already considerably
dvancirl on the road
("orreapondeneas of the Daily Delta.
II
i AMPio, .Mexico. Feb. 10, 1817
A letter was reerued here r;.a,f;dai,froml':',:,::,'d-J. f
Victoria, staling Ihal ihe lancet f. ret at th.t
iilaru hml luan n.u.ii , . . '
nltv well on 10 six th.,.-n.i m...
the arrival of , hi- reiof rremmw. 1 "
mnnder hauled nn hefore '.,. .,: v.
had Hdl.l torn to ihe Am ili-af- nuii
a f - m p 111
1'ih r-
iee assisted them 'j h,-, who rere no.
prominent in the business were sem ell
47.
a man of 60 year nf age. For my own pat
I unnot fully believe thrl an) considerate
Mexioan force will come or have ooroe this
ille f lie mounlaina, and in noticing the
teport I only do so lo keep up wia otliere.
That the lancers are at Victoria, who left
there on our approach, 1 can believe, but
nothing else. There was a rumor in cir
eolation at the time f v left Monterey, that
Clovi Morale was in nr near Victoria, with
7000 meni but we found thai near 6000
were 'in buckram.' The same might be
applied to Ilia move on Sallillp, aa Iht cav
alry of Gen. Qonnles, at the aacne tune of
our cour.teimatch lo Monterey, was magni
fied into sn immense army.
The sehr. Pioneer came in from I.obo
Island last night, hating Ufi il on the B.h
mat. The captain report that he sailed
liom the island a few day ago vitb one
hundred mn, dailinsd for the wreck of the
Oudiaka, lo render aeaiilance lo ths veisM
if practicable, and lo ataiat Ihe volunteer!,
but finding that the troops bad left ibere
set fire to the wreck, and returned io lie
plane from whence they aailed. diwinbari-
en the n en, and then proceeded to this piece
bringing up despatches from the iloop-rif-war
St. uf'iy't, direct from the iquadroo.
These deipalchea froca Com. Gunner si)
aid by an ofSoet to be of an important at-
ure, but their contents bate or, nor ptob-i
tbly will not, be made public.
Ool. D iker, of the 4th Minnie, recently
iron) th; Ilnsoi, made speech lo his mea
vesteidaj evening, in which he took occa
sion to say that they uould be marched a-
j-inat the enemy in a few dya This be
at certain of, and the Colonel having been
in faehington very lately, and jiel fro.-a
Jen. 8cotl, was reckoned to spaak by the
arJ. Us said, also, that Gsn. Scott would
'?e here in a day or to.
The Malarantsa jsna nf coltlng into onr
.'untetri is now in tht full tide of ur
esifol operation,' and no leta then &'e
uve had their blood let out in one night by
hct greastra knivea, but I did not hear nf
it-in of the wound being mortal The
faUkr.tj of our bays generally laid to
be difiuulty.
I cofiVeried tbia mofnir.g with s jnile
naa ftoic Off the island of I.nboa. He saje
hat six corapanie of the L nuianians hate
mtled there; i. p rt of the I'ennt) li anit
nil one or two ve-tul off liter wi lt
roups.
From the same frrepondenif lellef,
oeating date Feb. 18 h, we make tbe aua
joined extract:
The Republieano of the ad, also eontalne
a latter from Su I.uie Potoei, affording
inach informs Ion a to iSa movemenl of
lite Mexicans, and ought to be pub ihed, if
ii is only to (how that their i some real
nagnauimity yet in Mexico, Tbe writer
louts at the idea of nj ticing at the capture
f 70-or 80 men, by over 2000 of their own
peop'e. Hut to th teller;
Ran I.na Porott. Jan. fir.
Yesterday, at fl o'clock in the morVmir,
hero wae erat teioicinrt in tha mrp.t.
Fhe church bells rang oot thnlr merry peale
nd many a rocket was Bred off during the
curemnny. All Una wai occasioned hr vhm
receiptofihe 'miserable notice that over
2000 Mtxiean esrslrr under the vli-,i
(Icn. Minon, hud surpriiod and osp urcd a--out
00 YQkeoe,' who were out who their
oareh of forage. The pUtw
hlch they curroudsrad at eallsd Ter.qut,
le la Vice,
Po-dRy the corpa of infantry have h fi
fot &alulloalso a brigade of horse at d a.
brigade of foot artillery, having fourmsn
guna thrae of 24, three of 1ft, four of 10r
and the reaidue of 12a atjd 8.
tVt are assured that in lea than two rlar-.
there will go o.ul another division, and nn
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whh Airi ftain-ii. '
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