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VOLUME VIL CIIERAW. SOUTH-CAROLINA TUESDAY. JUNE 21 1842. NUMBER 32.
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CHABCOAL AS A MAXlltK.
There is no subject connected with
farming that inquires so great attention
as * manure" Let the land lie ever so |
atonic and barren, it has been fully as.
Certnined that bv a judieiou3 course of
manuring it can he enriched and made
productive. Let the soil he as rich and ,
as full of succulent matter calculated for j
ibe producing and nourishing the variety
i?F plants necessary to be grown for the j
f use of man and the benefit of the animal j
creation, a continued course of tillage, j
and a series of years' neglect of manuring
will certainly render it barren and unproductive.
Upon the state of the soil j
on every farm depends the living, we I
mav say, of the farmer and his family,
and carrying out the principle in its most
extensive sense, upon th* activity and
intelligence of (lie farming comin inify
depends the whole interest of the entire t
commercial and civil community of anv
country. These facts arc so evident t<> ;
anv man, who \v 11 take but a moment
for reflection upon them, that it is won- !
der indeed that more attention has and is
not directed to this all important question J
o? frt tvhnf thp host manure* ? No 1
were invaiiably tine, both ac to ^lantitv
doubt the manures that are well caletila-1
ted to produce a decided and active influence
at once upon many soils would not
act so readily'and so permanently upon
many other soils; hut there are many 1
manures that so act upon all soils; or at
best, there are many applications that
may he made to almost any soil, that if
they are not manures themselves, form
the basis upon which the principles of
other active manures may be made to
produce the most astonishing clients. I
have recently had iw attention directed
to the use ofchjrcoil, by the knowledge
of some facts that have been communicated
in answer to mv inquiries, that has
induced me to devote a paper to the subject,
in the hope, at least, that it will ev- 1
cite attention, and be productive, in the
end, of great good to the community, by ,
inducing a series of experiments upon the i
use of charcoal as a manure, that will resuit
in immense benefit to the farming in
tcrest.
^ i shall net pretend foenfer into a series i
*^of reasonings upon the chemical ntTinities j
of charcoal to the soil upon which it may
he applied ; these matters I shall leave to
those whose education and pursuits have
better fitted them to ascertain these ;
things, !>v enabling them to reach them
hv chemical analysis, which I am unable
to make. I shall siinp'y state the facts
which I I a ve observed, and lies* which
1 have leamcul from others, whom | have
requested to look to them, together with
the results that have been obtained, leaving
to others to say whether the question
is not of siiifit'ieut importance to lead
them to try whether the results will not
be equally bcnoncia! iu very many other
51 <11(11111111,
In the neighborhood in which I !*vo
thorn nrt ji great many hearths of coal pits,
as they are called ; places where \vou;|
has been piled, and burned into charcoal,
scattered about thecountrv. I have invariably
observed, that upon th so hearths
in the course of a few years, a luxurious
coat of grass made its appearance, when
nil around in the vicinity scarcely a blade
of grass could be found, and what there
was found out of the coal hearth was
sickly and dwarfish. This was so well
known that in the heat of summer, when
the pasture in other places was dried and
withered by the summer drought, it was a
common practice to drive the cattle to the
"coalings," as they are called, sure that
they would there obtain food. During
the last summer, business railed mo
into Hartford county, in Maryland.
While there I was surprised at the exceedingly
luxuriant growth of a crop of grain
hut lately seeded into a field, on Deer
creek, and also at the very peculiar appearance
of the soil. The soil upon
which the grain was growing had a reen
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f markably dark appearance, and appeared
to be so mellow and friable as nearly to
bury the foot at every step, end although
it lay very level did not appear to the
touch to be so; not as the soil in the other
fields around it on the same level. My
attention was excited by what I saw, and
I inquired if the field had not been covered
with charcoal, and was told that it had
been. I inquired when it was done, and
was told it had been spread upon it more
than tuxiify years ago! ! I then asked
what was the general quality of the crops
.aided upon it, and 1 was tol l that they
and quality. The person who lived upon
the property informed me that ho had repeatedly
hauled the soil fro n that field
and spread it upon the surrounding fields,
and he could, for years, or in fact fiom
tho tirno he spread it there to the present
day, always see, by the growth upon these
places, exactly where he had put it! !
I had for some time past had my attention
directed to the subject but here I
found it fully developed to my full satisfaction.
When I returned home, I made it the
subject of conversation frequently with
the farmers in our neighborhood, and
from one of them I learned that when he
lived in Chester county, Pa., with his father,
a part of their farm became worn out
and ur productive. It was abandoned for
several years and in the mean time many
coal pits had been formed upon several
of the old fields, by drawing the wood
there to hum into coal, that had been cut
in the adjoining timber lands. After
sometime they again put those fields under
tillage, and he states that wherever
a coal hearth had been left, there the crop
of grain and the growth of grass was
equal, if not superior, to that which grew
upon any of their most productive fields.
Another case of the application of char. j
coal I have found in this neighborhood!
was made by a gentleman in the iron
business to his meadow, near the coal |
house. He had a large quantity of the
coal that had become too fine to be used
in the furnace; he did not know exactly
what to do with it, it was in the way, and
he concluded, as the easiest way to dispose
of it, to haul it out and spread it upon
the grass land. He spread it l?.te in the
fall, and for many ye rs he informed me
ho observed the most astonishing effect
produced upon his yield of grass. The
quantity was nearly double, and the effect
continued as Ions as he owned the property,
which was at least ten years; so he in.
forms me.
From what I can sec of its effect,
where a large quantity is left upon the
ground, as for instance, in the centre of
the hearth, it takes a considerable time
for it to acquire a sutficicnt degree of
moisture to penetrate to the bottom, and
until it has acquired that degree of moisture
nothing will grow there. Around
the outer edges of circle where it is
thrown upon the ground it is soon satur
ated with moisture, and vegetation is soon
facilitated, and goes on rapidly. I should I
judge, from this, that when about to be
applied to land the coal should be ground
fine, and then thoroughly wetted and I
sown or spread with a lime spreader over
the surface of the soil. From the circumstance
of its being easily powdered or
mashed up, I should suppose that the pro
cess would ho very easily effected by
making a floor of plank, say circular, and
procuring a good sized stone, to be affixed
bv a shaft to an upright post, throw the
coal into the circular planked wav, and
attach a horse to the shaft passing through
the stone, and drive hiin round, carrying
the stone, in its passage, over the coals.
A very simple and easy process, precisely
similar to the old fashioned way of grinding
or breaking up hark, practiced by the
tanners, previous to the invention of the
cast iron mill jnow in use. The cost ol
covering an acre would he trifling, and if
it produced no other effect than that of
forming a permanent vegetable basis in
the soil, for lime to act noon, it appears to
mo it would well repay a greater amount
j of labor and expense than would be ne.
| ccssarv to try it.
I hnvejust been made acquainted with
| another result of the application of char,
coal to arable land, that if general, from
its application, will induce its use by
every one who can procure it at a reasonable
price: that is, wherever charcoal
has been apjdied rust never affects the
'growing crop of wheal! ! My friend
who has communicated this fact to me
j states, that lie has observed it particularly,
j and when the field generally lias been
44 struck with rust," as it is called, those
pl iers where ho had applied the charcoal
invariably escaped.
J. II. HKPnrRX.
Jersey ShorC, Lycoming Co., Pa.
ON FATTENING SWINE.
I To the. Editor of (he Ploughman:
Sir:?In your paper of the 1 Sth you
have a communication on the cooking of
<* - i e _ VT..?? y,i- I Imvii no
I meat lor nogs, eve.?on, i ..??- ....
| doubt that it is the best way of fattening
sw!n<\ both as t!io most economical and
i also the quickest way; for in the first
| place, swine love the taste of food that is
; hoiled, or scalded, much better, if \vc
! may ju Ige by the way in which thev
take hold at their meals, than when they
i have the raw article given them, ami
it follows as a matter of course, that they
will fatten quicker, the cooking of foot
renders it more luscious, and it takes r
less quantity than when used in n raw
, state. I have seen some farmers give
I their hogs raw pumpkins, potatoes, anc
! also apples, thinking to latten them; tin
result lias been, as far as I have observed
j a great waste ofall these articles and .*
! very small profit. To ho sure a lilllt
while before killing time conies, they
- n .ri.^n tlinm shelled corn, to finis!
iiux, j;1"".
(Iicmoir. Now I have no douht if tlie\
had looked two.thirds, or mayhap a les
quantity, they would have realized ?
; much larger profit, and not hear 1 so much
; squealing, for a hog is not content with
j raw apples, potatoes, or even a fine pump,
kin thrown over in his muddy domain
without raising sundry screeches of dis-:
approbation. I once fattened two hogs!
on cooked apples, that is to say, they
! were the chief ol their living. The pro.
: cess was this; I filled a large boiler with
I apples, and then put in water till it came 1
j even on the top. After the apples were |
j sufficiently boiled, I stirred in cob meal!
j till the water was soaked up; this was fed
out to them three times a day; at first it
physicked them, but in a short time, with
the aid of a little salt, it did very well.
My apples w??re, generally, the refuse of
the barrelling fruit, and of course worth
Kitt litflfv I lc?>nt them on this food from !
I ?I
the middle of September till about the
twenty-fifth of December, when we
slaughtered them. They appeared all ;
this time to thrive and fatten well; and:
all thought who saw thein after they j
were butchered that they would weigh I
four hundred pounds, and I thought the i
same; but when they were weighed in
Boston, where they were sold, they did
not come to quite three hundred pounds.
The pork was soft and flabby, and did not j
weigh like corn fed pork; hut the cost ofj
j making it small, compared to that of
J corn fed pork. Now I use but few apples :
; and those in the early part of the fall, |
! boiled up with potatoes and pumpkins; ,
; about the first of October, I feed them
\ on boiled potatoes with Indian meal mixed
in, sufficient to make a thick mush;
and in November they have meal scald,
ed, till the latter part of tho month, or !
the first of December, when the)* are j
slaughtered. I have found this, as 1 j
think, the best and most economical way j
of fattening my hogs, taking care that |
LWlu aiiMu?M?ij , ? v* w?-.w 1
his head frequently towards his flanks;
I rolls over, and often turns on his hack.
' When the pulse bocotncs small nnd
| feeble, the horse frequently lying on his
t back, an I voiding srijall portions of dung
r like gingerbread npts, his back bone ele,
vated, and his !c*gs find cars cold, it is a
I certain indication that inflammation has
taken place. When a notification a(|{
vanccs, the animal appears free from pain
' ] and easier, vyhich is a sure prelude to
1 jdeath.
- ' n .% % ?
Cuke.?In all cases ot me cone, ciys'
tersshould ho administered with as little
1 I delay as possible; and repeated every
r j half hour until the disorder be removed
? or considerably relieved. Previous to int
j Producing the pjyster-pipe, the hardened
they always have a good bed of dry litter j
for this is hotter, for them than muddy'
planks to lie upon. I had two hogs
j slaughtered on the 30th of last month,
| which weighed, when dressed, eight hunj
dred and thirty-nine pounds, and which
| were fattened, a* I have stated above. I '
have two of the Mackay breed, fattened j
in the same way, they are a year old **% ,
February, and which 1 suppose will weigh
three hundred at the present time. I
have used wheat shorts, for hogs, hut did
i not dnd them to answer. An intelligent
j and enlightened farmer of this town,
told me thrt he once made use of rye meal
I for his hogs with good success; this was
! when the price of rve was much below
j that of corn; and now, Sir, if you think
j that these remarks are worthy of notice,
I you may give them a corner in your good
| farmer's paper.
Yours with respect, L. G.
j Weston Dec. 1S41.
Our Weston correspondent is a prae;
tical farmer, and wc are pleased that he
defends the good old practice of letting
| hogs have a variety of good things. If
i some of these are cheap so much the bet1
ter; and in regard to cooking food for
7 o o
j swine experience seems fully to prove the
| advantages of it, If it suits the stomach
! better it must prove more nutritive than
raw food. Pork raised and fattened
wholly on grain seldom commands price
- - i a i r.
enough to repay the cost, ana me reiuse.
of the dairy is well adapted to promote
the growth of hogs; but other cheap materials
may often be used to advantage,
and by boiling they may be rendered ;
more palatable.?[Ed.?Massachusetts
Ploughman,
THE COLIC IS HORSES.
|
j Causes.?The colic is sometimes ?c- |
j casioned by perspiration being suddenly
! checked from imprudent exposure to wet
or cold, or drinking a large quantity of cold
water when the body is healed by exercise,
or it may he produced by eating too much
immediately after latiguo, or by bad hav,
new corn, or whatever is new or prone to
forwent; and sometimes it may originate
in weak and delicate animals, from the
fomentation and confinement of air in
the intestines.
Symptoms ?This disease is generally
manifested by the horse's suddenly lying
down and rising again and sometimes
striking his belly with his hind feet; he
stamps with his fore feet, and refuses every
kind of food. When the gripes are
violent, he throws up his body in convulsive
motions, h-s eyes arc turned lip, and
liis limbs are stretched out as if dying;
he falls into profuse sweats, succeeded by
"~l'l aliu-nnnrt fio atrtvAs tn turns
dung in the rectum should as before stated, I
be cleared awnv.
Mr. White recommends to give, ns
soon as the disorder is observed, the fol- j
lowing draught:
Balsam of Cnpivi, 1 ounce,
Oil r?f .Titnitm* s ,li"ir>linin3
Simple mint-water, 1 ounce,
To be m:xed in one dose. Or the fol-1
lowing;?Venice turpentine, one ounce,
mixed with the yolk of sn egg; adding,
gradually, peppermint.water, one pint;
also spirit of nitrous ether, half an ounce
for one dose.
A clyster also should be injected, consisting
6 quarts o/ water gruel, or warm
waterland eight ounces of common salt.
If toe disease has continued for several
hours, and the pain appears to be exces.
sive, with a quick pulse, it will he proper
to bleed to three quarts, or sometimes
more to prevent inflammation and remove
the spasmodic contraction of the
intestines.?The draught and clyster
should also be repeated, and the belly he
rubbed for a length of time with mustard
embrocation. If the disease he exceeding
violent and resists these remedies,
which will very rarely occur, a pint of
castor oil, with an ounce and a half of
tincture of opium may be given. The
horse must he rubbed perfectly dry, and
well clothed: nnd his stand filled with
clean litter for a considerable height.
Latcsons Modern Farrieri).
THK SI'Kt'lKK .11 131V.
A tale of the Lake of Como.
It was a still and cloudless night?not
a breath stirred the lenves on the high
trees that surrounded the great villa of
Count Minotti, on the lake of Como,
when two figures were seen to emerge
from a private door that led into the garden
surrounding the house, and descend
the stone steps to a little boat, in the
stern of which sat a figure muffled in a
coarse cloak. Perceiving their approach,
the man who occupied the boat, immediately
arose and assisted the cavalier and
his companion, a female of stately formand
features, of great beauty, to descend,
which they did in silence, and entered
the boat, which was immediately pushed
off. There no moon to add beauty and
effect to the scene, hut the heavens were
studied wiili siars, anil the clonr t?U?? l??U?
reflected their more intensely blue rays,
whilst the lights from the windows of the
different dwellings that skirted the shores,
were reflected in long lines of gold, and
the distant bark of the watch dogs alone
broke the stillness of the night. Not a
word was spoken hy either party, untii
the boat reached the middle of the lake
when the lady laid her small white hand
on the shoulder of the cavalier, and look,
cd earnestly in his face for some minutes.
44 Dearest Vicenzo," said she,44 why so
moodv and thoughtful? Yoi r evening
star shines as brightly as on that night
when you wooed and won my poor heart;
but," sho continued mournfully, 44 you
are changed, aye, changed?and now
scarcely vouchsafe a word."
44 Yes," replied he who wa9 thus nddressed,
as he cast from his shoulder the
cloak in which he was thus muffled, 441
have words for thine ear to-night which
may not be pleasing?Mariana, thou hast
outlived my love. Hast thou no prayer
ready? for here I shall absolve myself
from the vow mv folly made thee."
The lady stared wildly at her husband,
for he was no less, and attempted to clasp
him round the neck.
44 Z?car, dear, lord," she said in suppli.
eating accents, 44 what dreadful deed dost
thou meditate! Think, oh, in mercy
think what you would do!?Have I offended?
Have I said or done anything to
I 4* Peace !" muttered her stern but cruel
partner, forcibly removing her arms?
44 peace, I say, and pray for thy soul, for
thou has not ten minutes to live!"
The lady fell on her kn^e?, before her
i merciless lord, and in a truntic manner,
; besought him to have pitv, but the fi2nd
' had steeled Ill's heart, and he harshly bade
her prepare for death; when the tone ol
his victim suddenly changed, and no Jonger
a suppliant, she vehemently upbraided
hirn for his cruelty.
44 Viccnzo !" said she, as her dark eye
dashed wrathfullv. 44 I am in thy power,
but my friends will avenge me! I a>k
i not for life, for I know tliv purpose ie
| deadly; but dread tho vengeance of mv
family, who will demand me at thj
1 binds."
, The Count deigning no other reply
j than a low articulate malediction; made
a sign to his attendant, who iininediatol)
i rising, seized the lady bv the arm.
| 44 Hurl her into the lake, Jaropo," saic
| Minnotti; and the words had scarcely
. passed his lips, when their victim, forcei
.1 _;.i- .
1 in spite ot her struggles, ovcrme siuo u
(the boat, fell with a faint shriek and i
heavy plash into the water, but shealtnos
immediate roso to the surface, and tin
Count seizing an oar, endeavored t(
| stern her by a blow on the head.?Th<
stroke was ill-directed, and missed tin
j Countess, who, seizing the oar with boll
hnnds, supported herself, and thus addres
ctl her cruel husband:
j 44 Yicenzo Minnolti, thy davs are nnni
hered?Cod shall judge you for tills deed
I summon you to appear before his tribun
al before this moon is out!"
, Her husband instantly directed bis at
teuton to return to his villa* Romors
never tonrhed the breast of Minnotti
who was as subtle as he was revengeful |
nnd cruel, and he spread it abroad that
his wife had eloped from him, and the
tale was believed, for he had previously
circulated stories of her infidelity.
Three weeks and more had passed,
when a nobleman on the other side of the 1
i lake, gave a splendid fete, to which many !
; were invited, and nmongst the rest the
Count Minetto was the gayest of the gay 1
| throng. During the evening ho had refrnrdoil
a ladv of exauisite beautv. and !
I O ? J ~" 1 " ?
! now heendeavorod to enter into conversa!
tion with the object of his admiration; i
but the lady was coy, and replied to all 1
i the the fond things he addressed to hor
i with provoking coldness, and Minnotti
more than once fell his wrath almost master
order. If he handed tho beautiful
i mask an ice, she modestly excused herI
self, and the Count in vain begged that
! she would partake of some slight refresh!
ment, without which she could not possii
bly support life through the evening,
j The halls were brilliantly illuminated by
| enumerable lamps, that mocked the stars
above",them, and d meo and sprightly conversation
were not lacking.
' Dearest lady," said he, "excuse a ,
, little gentle force, and let mc remove
that envious vizor from your lovely face."
His companion made no reply, and
Minnoiti construing her silence as an assent,
playfully raised the mask from the
j lady's face?but oh, horror/ what did he
behold!?the pale countenance of his
murdered wife, who regarded him with a
look so fearful, that his very blood was
chilled, and bis knees bent under him.
44 Vicenzo!" said the spectre, laying
her cold, clammy hand on his
and looking him earnestly in the face,
" lipfmlri thv Wlffi!"
.:j
The Count heard no more?he recoiled
j from the apparition, and with a gasp fell
| senseless to the ground. He was discovJ
ed by some of the company in a deathj
like state, from which though attended by
1 the most skillful physicians, he did not recover
his senses until morning, when he
begged those who attended him to send
for a confessor, to whom he unfolded
what had occurred; hut the remembrance
of the scenes in which he h d been an
actor operated so strongly on his sbatter
od nerves, that fit after fit succeeded and
ere the evening bell had rung, the guilty
soul of Vicenzo had fled forever.
So far goes common rumor; but the
sisterhood of a neighboring convent know
the sequel of the story. The wife whom
her lawless husband would have betrayed
to death, was not permitted by Providence
thus to perish.
Buoyed up by her clothing, and nssisted
by the oar, which by the trepidation
of those who intended her murder was
left in her possession she floated a long
hour a living death upon, the bosom of
the deep, still lake.
The barge of the nobleman at whose
| villa the fete took place, rescued the lady
as her strength was just exhausted, and
the rest the reader knows. It only iemains
to state that tin? lady, shocked with
i tl.o vi/nr!<l hntnnk herself to the seclusion
Ul V UVIMtJ W?V*?? _
or*a convent; and it was not thought adI
visable to disabuse the minds of the peasants
of the idea of a supernatural visitation
for so horrible a crime. Her rescue
and subsequent residence were therefore
carefully concealed.
Speech of a Kkntuckian*.?The
New Orleans Picayune telis an excellent
stoiy about a Kantuckian in Havana,
; who was dining with a friend, in company
with an Englishman, and finding
] the lattcr's attention attracted towards
j him, told certain very marvellous anecdotes,
and ran a complete " saw" on his
companion. A wart on the bridge of
' his nose, near his left eye, which had
been blackened bv the application of
. lunar caustic, gave a very sinister aspect
} to " O^d Kentucky."
I The first toast offered, from the he.1t!
i of the table, was " Mary, the Mother of
' I Washington!" The Kentuckian seized
a decanter swallowed at least one fourth
' j of its contents, and rising from his chair,
I deliberately dashed the bottle into fifty
1 | pieces. "That's the way to drink that'
' toast," said he, and calmly took his seat.
' - * 1 --i - l.
' j The frngiisiiman turneu puie, iur uc i?^.
' rrnn to think the next decanter would be
f 9
r j brokan over his head.
? I say, 44 Thompson," observed the
Iventuckian, winking to a person next to
. the Englishman, on the opposite side of
r the table, 44 do you know that the man
who gouged my eye out the second time
1 ! is now in this very city?"
f ? No, is he r
44 Yes he is, I mot him yesterday on
f the Pasco, and lie sunk like a mud.turtle
1 j into his shell."
44 Did you speak to him?"
44 Devil the word, but I watched where
0 I he went to, and am determined to fix him,
! spile of the consequences."
think you had better not," said the
| other, who seemed fully to comprehend
the Ivenluckian's desire for a little fun.
< Perhaps you dont' know nil the c rj
rumstances of tliat fight,"said tne other,
; drawing himself up, rather proudiy. "The
...... ?/v/\ iuao rut knr niinpr
W.'JV ll IH'JJlin, > "II ????.-> IUUIM i|t,wv,<
-1 That manV?calll? uwd to got into dad's
c jiaiturc, and one day I caught"?
"F.H up for the eecomi toast, gentlemen,"
called out the President.
" All charged!'*
The Star Spangled Banner/*'
The Kontilckidti contented hirrteelf
with a wild and starting " hip, hip, hurr*!'*
over this toast, and quietly resumed hie
storv.
J - ^ ^
"One day t caught a favorite Durham
sho't-hornod bull, cut off its tail and right
fore-leg, tarred and feathered it, and
sent it home, in all its glory."
The eyes of the Englishman were fixed
upon the narrator with a glassy atare.
The Kentnchian continued his tale.
"There were three brothers of them;
two caine to me the next day to give me
a flogging. I killed one, by throwing
him three rods over a stone-wall with a
pitch-fork. The other run and jumped
into a horse.pound, where I pelted him
to death with squashes. The jury acquitted
me, on the ground that I had merely
acted in Self-defence ?A few days after,
the third brother?the one now in Havana?and
myself, went out a-training
(ought until we were completely tucker,
ed out. When we got through we compared
notes. He had got toy right eye#
and I had chewed off both of his ears,
and we made an even swop; that was
he way I got my eye hack. A celebrated
eye-doctor came along a day or
two after, and fastened my eye into my
head again. Do you see that?" (poin.
ting to the Mack wart in the corner of
his eye,) " that in the head of the screw
hy which he fastened the eye to my noae,
in order to hold it!"
Cannon Powdbh.??A couple of our
young " sprigs of the law" were walking
down State street the other day, when
one of them happened to notice a half
peck measure tilled with onion seed*
which resembles coarse cannon powder,
standing on the steps of a merchant's
store. Thinking a good opportunity had
presented itself to try the nerve and
boasted chivalry of his companion, he
stopped suddenly) and with apparent as*
tonishment, exclaimed!
" Gross carelessness' what dors that
man mean by leaving his pouder thus exposed?"
" Powder/" returned the other, in surprise,
"so it is. What an outrage to
leave it in (his public plr>oe thus exposed.
Il is liable to explode any moment. Let
us hurry along, it is not safe to remain
so near it."
" Sto?," sad h' companion, approach*
iog the onion seed," it may not be pnw.
der, let usrxtmine it."
" 0! it is powder; come away, it may
explo 'e," was the reply.
" Kut I am not satisfied, and am dr.
termined to ascertain," said the olherj
and into the store he flew and procured
a match. ? Now." said he, exhibiting
the match, which he immediately igni.
ted, ** we'll know what it is," and delibor,
ately lowered the burning** loco" to with,
in an inch of the onion seed,
* Heavens!" yelled his frightened com.
panion, ** stop?wait?you are crazylet
mc go/"
And clapping his hands to his ears, in
anticipation of a tremuloas oxplosion, ho
? took leg hail," darting down the street,
like an arrow.
? Stop," roared the man with the
match, "let us as ertain what this
But instead of halting, his pqce in*
creased, and the poor Isllow continued
to run till he brought up against the
liiinlrcr yard on Dutch Point, where for
t >e first time, he dared turn i rou >d to
witness tho fragments of shattered buildings,
which he very natprally supposed
were flying in the air.' He was badly
* agitated," and invariably f? slopes"
when any mention is made of onion
seed" in his presence. [Hartford Tunes*
AN INTREPED WOK A If.
A French paper says that art hflftprary
medal, with a diploma of Hativerteqr, hns
been awarded by the international Ship,
wreck yocicty, to Madarnoiselie A* D *1.
larate, of Biarritz, in the vicinity of
j Bayuhne, for her noble anrt heroic con.
duct, In the winter of 1839, a dreed*
ful tempest broke ovor Biarritz, and tha
Zoc lighter of Xantes was dashed or? tho
rocks with terrible force. A crowd col* .
looted on the shore, but no person would
venture to the relief of the sailors, who
were clinging to the sinking veasvL?*
What no man would risk atiumptjng, a
weak woman boldly undertook. She seized
a rope, threw herself into the
raging sea, and, after numerous failures,
at last succeeded in swimming to the
vessel, At the moment of her arrival,
the captain, who was holding on, found
his strength give way, and fell into tho ,
sen. Site caught him as he rpso to {h*
aurface, nnd bore him to land before lifo
was extinct. Such conduct in a mat) .
would have been admirable, but in a wo.
man it was sublime.
THE COR.V LAWS AND TEA PARTIES.
The memorial to Victoria from tho wo.
men of Liverpool, for the abolition of the
corn laws, contains 63,140 signatures.
The English Indies and gentlemen gather