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The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-19
AGRICULTURAL NOTICES. &c.
Derived from he " BSlletia dcs Sciences Agri
coles ct EcoaOnsiqaes," for Mag, 1895.

Derived from the !" Bulletin dcs Sciences Agri-
coles 1t EcoaoHiqaes," for May, 1895.
MULBERRY TREEs.-Attempts are making
in France, to extend the culture of the null
berry, and the production Of silk. This tree
was cultivated in almost all the provinces of
France, in the time of Henry w. it is now
confined to twelve departments, and large
quantities of raw silk are imported from Italy
and elsewhere, to supply the French manu-
facturers. The importations in 1924 amoun-
ted to 81 millions Of francs, about Z millions
| of dollars.
HoRsEs.ANp OxEN.--M. Dupetitmont, in
late agricultural work, examines the advan-
tage of cultivating land by the Iabour of hor-
SEES, and by that of oxen. He concludes that
the food Of horses costs twice as much as that
of the oxen required to perform the same
work; that horses have 26l kinds of diseases,
and oxen only ~; and that the manure pro-
duced by hose will enrich only half as
much land as that furnished by an OK.
TEA OF PARAeUAE.-Various plants are
| employed as tea in different countries there
are many vegetables in America that furnish a
wholesome drink. The most celebrated
of all the teas of America is the tea Of Para
quay, called matte, great quantities of which
are exported to Chill, Peru, Buenos Ayres,
SIC. The inhabitants of those countries al
ways have quantity of tea prepared, wheth-
er they are at home, or ON a journey. 1t is
prepared by pouring hot water on the leaves,
and passing it through a strainer, into YES
sci called matte-pot; this pot is suspended to
the neck by little chain. European travel
lers prefer this tea to some of the teas of Chi
ma. The tree which produces the Paraguay
tea is species of Her, and is found in Para
quay and in some districts of Brazil; it re-
sembles the orange tree. The leaves have no
odour until warm water is poured on them !;
then they diffuse an agreeable fragrance.
TEA OF CHINA.-The black tea of China
comes principally from the leaves of the thea
viridiS mixed with those of the casnellio sesa,.-
qua, vegetable which is not tea ). and the best
teas, both green and black, appear to be the
leaf of the thea 6ohcG. The quality and col
our depend entirely upon the time the leaves
remain on the tree, and the manner in which
they are prepared.-Hompshire Gaz.
The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-19
BY S. S. SMITH,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS.

EEs&A1s4Ss
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bym0a or by post carriers, TWO DOLLARS
per rear, payable in Advance. TO companies
Tess than Ten, By mail, or taken from the Office
suhere there is Gjoint responsibility aChere one
individual is responsible, 81 so per Vear, in al
Uance. TO like companies o. more than ten, ST.
Is per year. in adUance.
Nopapers ,CiU be discontinued until all arrear-
ages are paid, except at the discretion Of the pub
tister.
ADVERTISING.
For half sgudrs, three Insertions, or less,
IS cemts;-nnore than hal IA square, and Tess than
a squire, 81 1-s cents for one square, 81 ,OO;-
and in the same proportion for more than a
square; for continuing advertisements more than
three sCeeks 90 per cent per sOeek sOiN be charged.
PROBATE NOTICES.
Administrators and Executors .Sl,OO.
Commissioner -M Sf,Q5.
Advertisement from a distance, and all orders
for papers, &c. must be accompanied By Gosh, or
referred to some person IN this Ualage, and post
age must be paid on all communications by mail.
The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-19
just Published, and for Sale at this Office
VIEW OF THE HEBREWS
OR


OR
TRIBES OF ISRAEL IN AMERICA.
Exhibiting-The destruction of jerusalem
The certain restoration of Judah & Israeli
The present state of Judah and Israel,-&
An Address of the Prophet Isaiah to the
United States relative to their restoration.
Second Edition, Improved and Enlarged.
By ETHAN SMITH, A. M.
Pastor of the Church in Poultney, VT.
This work has been highly spoken of by
several of the best literary and periodical pub
locations in our country. Price rs cents.
lT@Also, " NARRATIVE of REVIVAL of
RELIGION, in the Sd Presbyterian Church
of Baltimore, with REMARKS on subjects
connected with revivals in general. By VIC.
WALTON, l.astor of the said church,"
Price 12l cents single, 81, 90 per dozen.
Ths little work is justly celebrated for the
plain and scriptural views of the author in re-
Iation to Revivals of Religion, and the means
which God usually blesses in i" Reviving his
work." Ne real Christian can readthis work
without feeling his ows guilt and determin-
alton to be more faithful to his covenant obi
cations mo individual can read it without
admiring the excellence of Christianity, as ex-
emplifed by its faithful followers ;-and no
candid mind can read it once, and be satisfied
with one reading.
JUST RECEIVED, and for Sale, third door
in the Brick building west of the Court
house
Violin and Flute INSTRUCTOR,
Martial Musick do.
Also, for Sale as above, Blank Deeds, PEN
sioner's blanks, County Court and Justice
do. Blank Warrants for non-commission-
ed and Staff Officers. Orders solicited.
ALSO, BLANK BOOKS, of different
sizes, and ruled to any pattern. Writing &
Letter Paper, Writing Books, Sabbath school
and Toy books, and most kinds School books,
for sale as above.
The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-19

Mr.. Smith,
The following beautiful Scots song is Ia
ken from ThomsOn's collection, Edinburgh
That work is, at present, so little known, BY
our amateur singers, that the song will proba
bly, be new to most of your readers. c.
THE LAND o. THE LEAL.
Air 81 Hey futile taitti." iBruce's Address,
I'm wearing AVA, John,
Like snaw-wreaths in tina =, John,
I'm wearing AVA
TO the Land o. the leal.
There's nae sorrow there, John,
There's neither cauld nor care, John,
The days are aye fair
L the Land O. the leal.
o dry your glistening c'e, John,
MY soul langs to be free, John,
And angels beckon me
To the Land o. the leaI.
Ye ha' been leaI and true, John,
Your tasks near ended now, John,
And I'll welcome you
To the Land o. the leal.
Our bonny BARN is there, John,
She was bath guide an fair, John,
And we grudged her sair
To the Land o. the leal.
But sorrows sell wears past, John,
And joys comm fast, John,
The JOY that's ay to last,
l. the Land O. the leal.
Our friends are a. game, John,
We've lang been left alane, John,
Wen a. meet again,
l. the Land o. the leal.
Then fare ye>weel, my ain John.
This warld's cares are vain, John,
Wen meet and ay be fain,
l. the Land o. the leal.
The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-19
THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, DIR.
FRANKLIN, &c.

A friend has favored us with an inter-
esring Manuscript, relating to a most im-
portant period of our history. The cir
cumstances here detailed are new to as,
and we believe they have never. before
been made public. The narrative is in
the words of General---, one of the
members of the General Convention
which framed the Constitution. 1t was
committed to paper by the gentleman to
whom General detailed the facts,
and we have now the satisfaction of lay
ing it before our readers.
New- York Gazette.
was (said General - Delegate
from---, in the General Convention
which assembled at Philadelphia, for the
purpose of digesting Constitution for
the United States, and l believe l was the
youngest member of that body. The great
and good WAsHINGToN was chosen our
President, and DR.. FRANKLIN, among
other great men, was Delegate from
Pennsylvania. A disposition was soon
discovered in some members to display
themselves in oratoricaI fourishes-but
the good sense and discretion of the ma
iority, put down all such attempts. We
had convened to deliberate upon, and, if
possible, effect great national oblect--to
search for political wisdom and truth !;
those we meant to pursue with simplicity,
and to avoid every thing which would have
a tendency to divert our attention, or per-
pick our scheme.
A great variety of projects were propo-
sed, all republican in their outlines, but
differing in their details. 1t was, there
fore, determined that certain elementary
principles should at first be established, in
each branch of the intended Constitution,
and afterwards the details should be deba-
ted and filled up.
There was little or no difficulty in de-
termining upon elementary principles
such as, for instance, that the Govern
ment should be Republican Representa-
tive Government; that it should be divi-
ded into three branches, j. o. LegislGtiUe,
Executive, and judicial, &c. But, when
the organization of the respective branches
of the Legislative came under considera-
ton, it was easy to be perceived that the
Eastern and Southern States had distinct
interests, which it was difficult to recon-
cile, and that the larger states we're dispo-
sed to form Constitution in which the
smaller states would be mere appendages
and satellites to the larger ones. On the
first of these subjects, much animated, and
somewhat angry, debate had taken place,
when the ratio of representation, in the
lower House of Congress, was before us
the Southern States claiming for them
selves the whole number of their black
population, while the Eastern States were
for combining the elective franchise to free
men only, without respect to color.
AS the different parties adhered pertina-
ciously to their different positions, it was
feared that this was an insurmountable OBJ
stacle; but as the members were already
generally satisfied that no Constitution
could be formed which would meet the
views and subserve the interests of each
individual State; it was evident that il
must be matter Of compromise and mu-
The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-19
Fare Reduced to 50 60.

Fare Reduced to $3.50.
By Stage from Litchfeld to Derby 80
miles. land conveyance and from Derby
TO New-York by Steamboat, OUSA-
TONIC, CAPT. G.L.HARr. The above
Line leaves Litchfeld every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday morning, at 6
o'clock; arrives in New Y ork same night
Fare $3.50. Returning leaves New ork
Tuesdays and Thursdays at o'clock A.
M. and on Saturdays at o'clock P. M.
touching at Stratford each way. Persons
travelling to or from New York will find
this one of the most pleasant routes in the
country, as it passes through the pleasant
and handsome villages of Litchfeld South
Farms, Bethlem, Woodbury., Southbury,
Oxford, Humphreys Vile, to Derby. Pas
sengers taking this Line from New Y ork
will arrive in LitchGeld early the next af-
ternoon. Good Coaches and Horses are
provided. The Ousatonnicis one year old,
with good accommodations, and well fur
nished, and very fast Boat, with an expe-
rienced Commander. Extras furnished at
short notice. For Passage or information
apply to J. PARKS, Agent.
Litchfeld, June II, 1926.
The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-19
THE TRAVELLER AT THE SOURCE
OF THE NILE

In sunsets light, DER Afric thrown,
A wanderer proudly stood
Beside the well spring, deep and lone,
Of Egypt's awful food;
The cradle Of that nlghty birth,
Solong hidden thing to earth!
He heard its life's first murmuring sound,
A low mysterious tone;
A music sought, but never found,
By kings and warriors gone;
He listened-and his heart beat high
That was the song of victory!
The rapture of conqueror's mood
Rush'd burning through his frame
The depth Of that green solitude
Its torrents conld not tame:
Though stiffness lay, with ewes last smile,
Round those far fountains Of the Nile.
Night came with stars :--acrOss his soul
There swept sudden change,
Fen at the pilgrims glorious goal
A shadow dark and strange #
Breathed from the thought, so swift to fall
Ger triumph's hour-and IS this all? -.
No more than this what seem'd it no,O
EuSe ny tudt SpIIuS ~ iSldllu
A Thousand streams of l0velier flow
Bath'd his own mountain land
Whence far DER waste and ocean track,
Their wild sweet voices call'd him back.
They call'd him back to many glade,
His childhood's haunt to play,
Where brightly through the beechen shade
There waters glanced away;
ll.al
Back to his fathers hills and graves.
But darkly mingling with the thought
OF each familiar scene,
Rose up fearful vision, fraught
With all that Law between;
The Arabs lance. the deserts gloom,
The whirling sands, the red simOOm!
Where was the glow of power and pride
The spirit born to roam?
His altered heart within him died
With yearning for his home!
Allvainly struggling to repress
That gush of painful tenderness.
He wept-the stars of Afric's heaven
Behold his bursting tears,
Fen on that spot where fate had given
The need OF tOillng years
Oh, happiness! how far we flee
Thine own sweet paths in search of thee!
From the Winchester (Vr.) Republican.
In digging cellar in Braddock-street
Turing the present week, two human skele.
O ms were found in a state of preservation
one was standing upright; the other was
wing on its face, with the right arm exten.
led in the direction of the head, and the
'ther lying by the side. The probability
S, that the skeletons are those of Indians
Who were killed during the hostilities which
preceded Braddock's war. 1t is known
hat this part of the town was then a deeI
norass, covered with bushes, into which
hese persons we're probably pursued, ant
where one probably sunk, and the othe
nay have been shot by musket ball. "A
ew years since a skeleton was found nea
he same place with handouts on; proba
Div an executed malefactor.
The excavation of human bones is fire.
1uent occurrence, and as often reminds u
IF the scenes of war and desolation-o
battle and of death-which marked tn,
early settlement of our village. Fort Lou
ioun, which was then the bulwark of thi
rontier-the last hope Of the. early settler
the head quarters of Braddock in 1888
Ind of Washington in previous years, still
exhibits the traces of those wars, although
n the centre of one of the best cultivated
ind most populons sections Of the Union
The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-19
BLANKS

Of various Kinds, and neatly executed, for
sale at this Office.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-06
agricultural
From the New. England Farmer.]
PEACH-TREE INSECT.

Mn. FEssENDEN- much has
been written respecting the insect which
attacks the roots of our peach-trees, il
may not be amlss TO remind your read
ers that this is the time to guard against
succession of the evil.
The presence of this insect is detect
ed by The ooziug of gum from the trunk,
close to the ground; and, if this be re-
moved, together with a small portion of
the bark, the larva will be exposed, ~
ing next to the wood, and curved later
orally in a crescent form. have taken
them from the trees in February, of va
rious sizes, and in full vigor. This
grub, or mere properly caterpillar, is
of reddish white colour, with brown
y cad, l6 legs, and has the body cover
ed with few minute hairs. Mr.. Worth
SAYS, that g il commences its operations
about the last of September, entering
the tree IA little below the surface of
tho ground, where The bark is tender !;
it cuts through the bark, passes down
wards into the root, then returns up
wards, and reaches the surface by the
beginning of June following" Ii feeds
on the Hber, or inner bark, and on the
nlJurnuln, or new wood, and thus inter
rupts the returning sap vessels, causing
the tree TO bleed, aud the gum 10 ooZe
at the wound.
After il has ceased feeding, the cater
nillar constructs cocoon OF brown
colour, and oblong oval shape, compos-
ed of castings of the bark cemented by
glutinous, silky fbres. In this it takes
on the chrysalis form, and remains till
near the middle of July. Some cocoons,
however, are formed successfully later,
and the chrysalis state is, of course, pro
porlionably protracted. After repeated
efforts, the chrysalis perforates its CO.
coon nj the upper end, and contrives, by
means of several band of teeth, which
arm lis hack, and the spires which sur
round its tail, to thrust itself about hall
T wav out of the cocoon; the skin then
buists on the head, and the perfect in
sect extricates itself from IFS slough.
The females deposit their eggs in The
month of August on the trunk oil Inc
peach-tree, near the root the eggs are
soon Matched, and the larva immediate
Nv penetrate beneath the bark. Some
eggs are laid as late as the last Of Sep
TENDER.
The precautions which ! would re
commend are, TO remove the earth a
round the roots, carefully TO search i
and the trees for any cocoons or laryi
which may exist there, which should b.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-06
Mt8ceILattD.
PRISON DISCIPLINE.

The subject of Prison Discipline has
been most strangely and lamentably
neglected. Strangely; for ii is wonder
tul that whole community has not been
aware of the worse than iruitlessness of
its efforts and the glaring inconsistency
of its penitentary systems. We add Ia
mentally, for the direct tendency OF our
prisons. is TO render crime more fire.
quent, and iniquity more degrading and
incorrigble.
There is in morals, as in physics, q
scale below zero as well as scale "a
bove it, The misfortune and the fault
of the age has been, that our efforts for
the beneG' Of our fellow men have been
directed almost exclusively to those who
are above this dividing point. If man
has been guilty of no tlagrant offence
against the well.being OF society, we
are willing 10 labor for his good, and to
elevate him to a higher grade of moral
acquisition. But let him sink only one
degree below it; let him commit a
crime which brings down upon HIM the
hand of punitive justice, and we feel as
though the bond Of brotherhood were
severed, and efforts for his reformation
were neither demanded by the genius
Of philanthropy nor the spirit OF the
gospel. We cousign him over-sucii
we do aver is the present tendency OF
almost every penitentiary in the civil
lied world-to irreyocable degrada'lon'
and TO eternal death. Be he young OF
old, be it the first crime or the tenth
be his punishment for one year or io'
twenty, we associate him with the mos
abandoned villains, we place 1t out 0
his power without a miracle to regai'
his caste, we make him feel that he ha
no sympathies with the virtuous worid
and that they have no sympathles wi'
him and then, at The expiration OF NJ
sentence, turn him loose upon the worlo
Initiated in every art of villany, havln
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-06
PRESERVING POTATOES.

A Mr.. Roberts. in England, has dis
coved and obtaineda patent, for what
he calls singular discovery in the art
of preserving potatoes, and other vege-
tables. His directions are simply as fol-
lows: "Take potatoes that are thor
onghly ripe, aud, before they have
grown in the spring, cut out with knife
or other instrument, or otherwise des-
troy the germs or eyes. The more
they are kept from the air the finer
they will be- We have been acquaint-
ed with this process these twenty years.
Farmers in New-Englaud, often cat out
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-06
THE GRAPE.

The success Of the grape in this part
of the Union, under proper manage
ment, is beyond all doubt-the expert
ment has been made, aud the proof can
now be exhibited Let any one who
will take the trouble, look into the gar
den of Judge Smith, the late residence
Of Gen. Brahan, within half mile Of
town, and he will be gratfed beyond
his highest expectation, at the richness
and novelty Of that Interesting spectacle.
We have seen, in various parts of the
Union, full bearing vines, but our mag
ination never conceived the proiusion
which adorns the arbors and trellises in
Judge Smiths garden.
The celebrated vine at Hampton
Court, England is said 10 produce one
ton of grapes annually. MIR. Joseph
Cooper, of w-Iersey, afhtms, that he
has taken from a single vine, at one
picking, 1875 pounds of grapes, and we
have seen vine in Newly ork, which
the gentleman assured us produced more
than 1000 pounds annually but none OF
these vines, considering their age and
Dimensions, are equal to some of Judge
Smiths, in point of produc!iveness.--
We will not venture an opinion of the
quantity on single vine, for fear OF not
being believed by those who will no.
take the trouble TO examine for them.
selves, but we venture 10 affirm, tina
an acre of such bearing vines would pro
Guce in one season, at the least, 800
gallons Of wine. If such prospect i:
not sufficient encouragement 10 cult
vate the vine, neither interest, MOI
pride, nor love OF good things, would
ever induce one to make the expert
ment Mobile Reg.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-06
Public Y endue.

WILL be sold, by License of
w the Probate Cour. for the County Of
Middesex, so much of the Real Estate of
WilltGna Barber, late of Marlborough, in said
Couuty, deceased, as will raise the sum of six
hundred and seyonty-three dollars and eighty
eight cents, for The payment of his just debts
and Incidental charges. Said Real Estate is
eitnatcd in the westerly part of said MaTlbo-
rough, north of the Pond, on the great County
Road leading from Boston to Worcester, and
has heretofore been occupied by a Clock and
Watch Maker, and is good Stand for that
purpose. Sale to be at the premises, on Thurs
day, the 2lst day of September next, at two
O'Clock in the afternoon. Conditions Of sale
liberal ELI RICE, .4dn,'r
de dOniS non Of SAID Estate.
.MalJorougl, Aug. Is.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-06

Pidlty. He became in principle. and so
far as was possible in practice. absolute
| ~ abandoned. Crime, the most, afro
cious, had lost every aspect that was re-
Voting and, had it not been that GOO.
more merciful than man, visited that
prison with bis grace and converted
this forsaken sinner, before this time
he would, in all probability, have ended
It's days on the galiows.
Now the cure for this is, most evident.
iy'solltary confinement, at least at night.
and the cutting off of all communication
between prisoners during the day
Let every one be left, after the hours
OF labor are over, TO his cell, his Bible,
and his own conscience. He will be
saved from the moral contagion that is
about him. He will have time for re-
Election. He will be kept from inflam-
ing the passions of others, and will not
be lnfiamed himself Under these cir
cumstances, if he enjoy adequate reIig-
ious instruction, we may hope for a raS.
zeal reformation and if this be not ~
fected, we may at least be sure u. -
VIII leave the prison a better KE,ET,g,.
when he entered it, R1ptist Mo