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80. w '''asses - OTmdstones
III barrels Fish 2Piano,
10 do Oil 7 Steam boiler,
~ do Ale
Prerenfgiire of he HAeat Worm.-
A correspondent of the Maine Farmer
says, mir. Herrick, Of Portland. in
formed me that year ago last spring
he had two and half bushels of wheat
sown on one piece-ground all alike
and on one bushel Of sowing he put
two bushels of good strong ashes. The
ashes were sown in the time of hea.
w dew and when the wheat was com
ing into blow, and sowed as much as
he could on the wheat heads. The re-
suit was that from one bushel of seed
he got fifteen bushels Of wheat entire
ly free from the weevil, and from the
remainder, one and a half bushels. he
got only five bushels Of poor, blighled
wheat, almost destroyed by the weexil
or worm. The whole was sown at one
time, ground ranured alike, and the
only difference in the management was
the addition Of two bushels Of ashes"
GeHHesTee Farmer.
WQmSonign ConreHfion.-A Con-
vention of Thomsonlan practitioners.
assembled in this city on Monday, and
Is now IN session. DR.. Sam'l Thomp-
son, the founder Of the botanic medical
system of practice which bears his
name, is in attendance, together with
about forty other physicians of his or
der, from New York, Connecticut,
New Hampshire. Massachusetts,, Maine
and Rhode Island e.
The convention wal organized on
Monday, William Wyman. Esq. OF
Boston, was chosen President, and
Doct. Sperry, of New York, and Doct.
Chapman, Of Boston, Secretaries.
Providence Herald
MIR. Digger, Of Brunswick County,
who was engaged. some days ago, in a
duel with Gen. Dromgoole, the Re-
preventative in Congress OF that Dis
trlct, has since, we re- gret TO hear, died,
IN consequence Of the wound received
on that occasion.-l Fred. .7rena.
II IS stated in the Richmond Compi.
Ter that 1.-THE Boa:d Of Directors Of the
Richmond and Freiericksburg Rail Road
Company. on the LIST inst. declared
dividend Of four per cent on the CAPT.
tai stock And IL is added that "the
present business Of the Company Is
yielding a nett profit Of at least eight
per cent. a year. This is a result
which, the editor Of the Compiler saws.
was not anticipated When.the rail road
was commenced. lie remarks. on the
contrary, 1t was confidently an,icipat.
ed that Il would yield no profit"
The following beautiful sketch 81 the char
soter Of Washington. - extrsetsd from an ,r.
l'eie 90 TIE August number of The kpioker.
booker Magazine
There 1as man among my ooun.
trymen who. whenever he appeaied
upon The theatre OF human aTaifs. vas
always eHcellenily great. lie exhibit.
ed anger only ~ the form of ,irtuou,
indignation. and severity oniy IN the
cause OF truth and virtue The war.
rant Of execution passed from BIZ hand
believed With his tears. and IN the foe
man v HON be Slew. would be found
only the enemy of human happiness
Tie Tad the ioundaiinn oi vast empire
~ Ieemen, be guided abe rcins u go.
sefnment With noble disinieresledness
ard virtue be yielded them gladly 80
be- successor, and with the blessings Of
millions vent into honorable retire.
nent. Whether 20 emotion. thought 4
D. action, who has knosn one 70 pure I
% great aud good A distinguished .
British Peer IaId ol bin. that he ~
be only human beng Tor whom b.
cit en- awful reverence.
BashlDgion Vas indeed, he highest
u the nobility Of nature "Grestea /.
'oblsst, puFes, Of mankind 4