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"a. JAMES w. PEGRAM, of Peters urg
81. WIN. s. ARCHER, of .4mekia.
4'h RICHARD kIDDER MEADE, of DinUidhie
ON. George NJ PAYNE, Of Buckingham
ON. VINCENT WITcHER, Of PItsytoan,a.
Nh. WILLIAM MARTIN of Henrv
9h G. JOHN TYLER, of williamsburg
9TH JAMES NJ. GARNETr, of Esser
ION. WILLoUGHBY NEWTON Of WcStmoreland
I'm Gen J. b. HARvIE, Of Richmond CUy
I'm Col Isaac A. COLES, 1.4ibcmarle
18th &C JONES GREEN of CniDeucr
4th C john JANNEY, Of Loudoun.
10Th HENRY BERRY, of Jegerson.
ION ION AUGUSTUS WArEaHAN, Of Rockingham.
lIth g Gen b. G. Baldwin, Augusta
18th g Gen PETER G.. JOHNSTON of Scott
I9th " GEORGE w. SUMMERS, Of Kcaawha
2oth GIDEON DRAPER CAMDEN, Of Harrison
2lst. JESSE EDGINGToN Brooke.
which report unanimously concurred in by the Com
vention.
In pursuance of the recommendation of the Committee
OF twentythree, the following gentlemen were appo,neJ
Central Committee for the State of Virginia, witt Will
liam H. Alacfarand Gen. J. b. Harve, Sydney S. BAY
ter, James Lyons, John NJ Bolts, Holden Rhodes Cen
Bernard Peyton, Wyndham Robertson James M. Wick
ham, Peachy R. Grattan, Lewis w. Chamberayne, Hen
ry l.. Brooke, Francis B. Deane r Geo NJ Carrino ton
Sherwin McRae, John b. Young, Isaac A. Goddin To-,
seph Mayo, Dr. Micajah Clarke, Samuel Ia yor and John
Hampden Peasants.
On motion of Mr.. DoRMAN, the following resolution,
after being amended, was adopted
ReSolUed, that each member of this Convention conr
butte the sum of five dollars towards advancing the object
for which has assembled and that the be paid to
vi ne transmitted to the Cen
trial Committee at Richmond after defayin the necessa
ry expenses incurred here.
Mr. NEWTON, of WestmoreanI, submitted an Address
to the People OF Virginia. which, after discussion in
which Messrs Lewis of Rockingham, Johnson of Rich
mond city, Newton, Leigh of Richmond and Archer of
Amelia, participated, was withdrawn
Mr. MILLER of Powhatan, offered the following reso-
lutlons, which were unanimously agreed to
es0l1ed That the thanks of this Convention be ten
dered to the President for the dgned and able manner
IN which he has presided over its deliberations.
"ResoI0ed, That the thanks of this Convention be tend
cred to the Secretaries for the prompt and able manner in
which they have discharged their duties
'ReSoUed, That the thanks of this Convention be ten
dered TO the citizens of Staunton for the use of their
Church. and the preparations which they have made for
the of the Convention, and for the kind
manner IN which they have been treated by the population
of the town generally"
And then, motion of Mr.. DoRMAN Of Rockbrdce
the Convention adjourned sine die.
EDWARD WATTS, President
R 4Hes n, r. R.H rsasr, Secretaries
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-10-03

Lane who, while employed as guard ~ tho pe,is,t;,,
named a Tiny Mo- G recently shot down and killed
the Grs hss been tired and found guilty IN
m ,st degree Sentence mas been PASSED uns him
quo '"e I4Ib OF October appointed for bis execution
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-10-11

motive organs. aud The femme The face md
nn'n''ve or vital organs. In individuals of
the same family that Is, in breeding in and
IN, az between TIE mother and son, or
b'o'her and sister, precisely the reverse
takes place, the mule then gives the face
and WA orcaus, and the female the back
mead with tho locomotive organs.
| have thus briefly stated some of the
more I'npottant laws Of breeding, dscoy.
cred by Walker. OF course, in the narrow
UNITS OF communication, It is impossible
ei'her to glye The facts from which the
laws were deduced, or the impor,un, prsc.
teal consequences resulting from them
These after, however, will readily suggest
themselves to n,elIgcn, breeders. Whs,
have written is offered with a view to
guide them in observing the laws of pro
creation and, in the hope that if these Ia VS.
are found TO correspond with their experj
cnce, they may bs induced TO communicate
thoIr observations for the columns of the
CuNIVator. N. N. ID.
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PROPAGATION OF THE GRAPE

non. j. BUEL-Dear Sir sent YOU q
dissertation on trees. and omitted to saw
something on grape vines, as | intended.
10 transp'anling grape vines with roots.
] have found il difficult to save them.
They have many very fine roots, and il
they are not put up in wet moss. or some
other wet preservolive, they soon perish.
There is no difficulty in raising g,ape
vines from good slips, much less than with
roots. Cut the slips in autumn, after the
leaves have fallen, and tho vine has hber.
mated for the winter. Choose round and
sound wood. we'll ripcned aud firm, mo fiat
wood, the buds foil and plump. the joints
short between the buds. Suckers from
the root OF the vine. with long joints, are
worihIess.) Cut The upper end Off within
half an inch of the bud-put them in the
ground slopng, the lower end deep, to have
moisture. The upper bud should be COW
cred holt an inch under the ground, to
break off the sun. and they are as easy
raised % currant slips. ! have SET many
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-10-11
CHINA CORN.

This is a new variety Of Maize, recently
brought TO the public notice as an uncom
mon bearer "A small quantity was brought
here and planted last Spring. Its rapid and
luyufiant growth caused n general apprehcn
sion that it would not rpen, but the latter
part Of the season has been highly favorable,
and we believed that nearly all has has come
10 maturity.
Mr.. G. w. Kruger, showed us small patch
of this grain, planted on rich land, but hav
ing only partial exposure to tho sun,
which is mostly fully maturcd, and presents
a spectacle of great interest. The growth
sfthe corn was about twelve feet high,
large and branching with from three to seren
ears on stalk. The most common is four,
and probably this is the most desirable mum.
Dor, for we observed that when six or seven
grew on stalk, some OF them were infe-
rior in size. The stalks with four rs,were
nearly Of size, containing twelve rows,
and one which he presented to us, contains
about five hundred grains. which multiplied
by four would give two thousand from one.
Mr.. X. informs rs that he intends to
distribute this Corn'among the farmers for
seed. most liberal and benevolent design
which will enable the farmer to harvest a
double crop. at least, without additional
abor.-OgdensJurgh Times
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER N, 1880.

slips with the upper bud above ground, as
ADVISED They grew n, frat well, but the
sun invariably killed them before The fall
planted sone slips this season. ond they
have already grown from two to four feet
have had lunches Of grapes the third
year on slips thus planted. II they e,e
planted III sunny Places. they should be
watered The first ycnr. Water 10 always
acceptable TO grape vines Of any ago. If
not put out in the autumn, then cover the
slips with we, ground or mulch. and Sc,
them IN the spring. II put Up IN damp
moss, nr other matter, to prevent the slips
from drying, they mny he taken to Eu' 600
or elsewhere, till from November TO May.
Respect fully, D. TOMLINSON,
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DISTRESSING CIRcUMsrANcE.-Ap zen.
'leman whose name was entered on the
way bill oft Portsmouth and Roanoke
Railroad at Weldon, N. C. as Mr. Wheeler,
went on board the steamboat Kentucky
at Portsmouth on the afternoon Of tho 2s,h
July, apparently with the determinal ion Of
travelling 10 Baltimore. About twelve
O'Clock at night. when off Point Lookout,
he threw himself from the cabin window
into the water. The alarm was immedi-
otey gwen, and Capt. Holmes turned his
bont round, but was unable to see any thing
of him. A gentleman named Roland stated
that he wrs acquainted with him, and that
he cnme from Macon. Gsorgln, but belonged
To Connecticut. Mr.. Whee.ers baggage
was taken by Mr.. Roland.
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SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE.

When we consider that agriculture is
the great business of the natIon--of man.
klnd;-'hat ''s successful prosecution de.
pends upon knowledge, in The cultivators
OF the SOIL of the principles of natural
science and that our agriculture stands
in specla' need Of this auxiliary aid-we
cannot withhold our surprise and regret,
that We have not long since established
professional schools, in which our youth, or
such Of them as are designed to manage
this branch of national labor, might be
taught, simultaneously, the principles and
practice of their future business Of life. and
on which, more than on any other branch
of business, the fortunes of our country,
moral, political and national, essentially
depend We require an initiatory study Of
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-10-11
THE HER NIT. a FABLE

A pious hermit. wh, lived IA The sollu5e
Of the forest fsr from the noise Of men, was
once wandering through the woods IN
search Of few wild fruits and berries TO
make no his frugal meal. He heard a
moaning in the grass, and looking down
saw fox, both Of whose fore .Iegs were
broken wrrhine like asnake IN the ground,
and apparently starving. The good her
nit was about To seek soma food for the
helpless creature. when An eagle appeared,
soaring high overhead. aud suddenly let a
fowl fall from 'ts tslons directly ut the fee,
Of the fox. The starving animal seized
ereedly On the precious prize and soon
made hearty meal on it. "Ah," exclaim
ed the pions enthusiast, "this is the finger
Of God. Why did distrust his provlden-
tlal care, and wander over bill and dale TO
seek for my daily food' He who brought
food 10 the mouth Of this helpless ANNA /,
will surely never forget his servant
Henceforlh, ! will take no more thought
for my body's sus,enance. but trust to his
goodness, and devote all my time to med
tation" True to his resolution, he returned
TO bis cell and neither plucked the fruits
that hung on The trees around him, nor
went down 10 he brook to Quench his thirst
Three whole days he lived thus and wasting
away to a shadow, in the vain hope of
direct interference of heaven. On the
evening of the third day, just as he sunk
into slumber, thunder rolled through the
cave, he saw form Of an angelic beauty,
and heard sweet but solemn voice that
spoke thus-"Mortal, how feeble is thy
understanding Couldst thou thus misin.
terpret the lesson contained in the Gag g
conduct Thou art not lame and helpless
as was the fox. but art strong and active,
like the eagle that gave HIM food Him
thou vert to initiate in going about and
doing good to others for know hat idleness
even if accompanied by constant prayer, is
odIous in the sight Of the Almighty"
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SHOCKING OccURRENCE.-Tbe Char.
louisville, Virginia, Advocate states that,
while Mr.. Jesse Crab and his lady. of that
neghbnrhood, were looking at their cattle
on Friday evening Of last week. his Durham
COW, which had calf By her side. made
furious attack upon Mrs. Grath, Knocked
her down and gored and ,rampIed her in
such shocking manner that her life is
despalred Of. Mr.. G. who ran TO the relief
ofhis wife, was also Knocked down and sus.
,alncd considerable injury. This COW had
been procured from Connecticut at great
expense. and wns particular favorite with
Mr. and Mira. G. and before this occurrence
was considered a uactsble and we'll dis
posed animal. Mrs. G.. wore red bonnet
on The occasion, which ia the only cause
that we have heard assigned for the attack
on her.
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How HE SAVED rT.-A military man
Dawn Eas, knowing he could be elected
toa cap'aibcy if no would cuneeot to a
nomination. called upon a neighbor who
had formerly served in that capaci,y to as.
certain IL the office was Of pecuaiary profit.
Beng told by The retired veteran that he
had held the Office for five years, and saved
five hundred dollars. he gladly accepted
tho nomination, and was chosen captain
Of his company. After soMe three years
campaigning in the ehspa Of "comnany
Trainings" ard general musters.' finding
his office to b. heavy bill Of expense in.
stead Of a source ofp,ofi,. ne called on his
own friend again for information as to how
he had saved five hundred dollars, while
he himself lost one hundred annually by
,he same sHce. Why, replied the cap.
tain, i was worth just one thousand dol.
ara when | was elected, held the Office
five years. and lost five hundred dollars by
1t go resigned and saved the other five
hundred dollars
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An Ohio paper advertises for good
practcaI printer. who would take charge
Of n mechanical department of q newspa.
per officeread proof make selections. serb.
BILE a paragraph when necessary. rock the
cradle, Dig potatoes. cut wood, and 90 with
GALS to singing school and neighboring
cuttings.
An individual who was honored with a
serenade by some ofhis friends one night.
very unconrtoously told them they might
saw his wood If they saw fit. but as for
making a useless noise about the house, he
would not stand any such nonsense.
REsEBvE.-Persons extremely reserved are
like old ennameed watches which had paint
cd covers, that hindered your seeing what
o'clock it was,--IPaipoie.
The Picayunc tells a story Of fellow
who said ho shouldn't care so mnch about
he mosquitoes biting him, if they didn't
Drag so like tbunder beforehand.
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STATISTICS OF LUXURIES.

Under this caption we lind some labornte
tables and calculations in the Inst number
OF Dr.. Alcotts Library Of Health" which,
though mixed in with theories regarded by
most people as apocryphal, and by some a.
absurd. as nevertheless valuable, to a cor.
tam extent. IN Themselves though thoir
currency may be injured By the stamp
which theorists make on their surface.
The Doctors theorirs are not ours. bu,
that is no rcnson why hil statistics should
not be made available. Wo can mel, them
down.
HIS lat Of luxurics will be d'.son,e,l
from. 10 begin with. These are not only
tea, coffee, tobacco, spirits. wine, beer. bu,
also sugar. molasses, and salt. He hints
himself that these last three, Tin the pres,
ent deo"h Of true light on the subjec'. ;"
may hardly deserve to come under this
enumeration. This. however, doesn't af
'ect the question Of the amount OF con
sumption, which is stated for account If
the three countries. Gfaat Britain. France.
and the United States. We then have
this table Of the proportion consumed by
each million Of the population in these
countries. We leave out tho French
column:
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POWDER Mill EXPLOSION. Mon.
day forenoon the powder mandatory in
Sou'hwlck. belonging to Col. Fooe. com.
prislng mill and two other buildings. was
blown up and entirely demolished but no
lives lost. The mill blew up first. and
fortunately all the workmen were at the
time in one Of the other buildings and
instantly fed, and thus escaped dreadful
death. Besides The buildings 500 kegs of
powder were destroyed, and probably the
loss Of property, between two and three
thousand dol'ars,-SpringfeM Gag.
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THE BURIAL or SCHlLLER.*
BY MISS q. F. GOULD,

The solemn, still, and sl,atlowy hour,
When Saturday in Sabbath, dies,
Der Weimar hangs, with clouds tho, lower,
And veil in black the moon and skies.
Lo ! from yon mansion lishs appear,
Pale elimmering through the midnsh, gloom
a coin'd form is the bier,
Aud thence borne forward TO the tomb.
That funeral irain-how sad they 20
Behind The cold, unconscious clay;
While sighs and sobs of bler wo,
Sound deep along the silent way!
Now, as the open grave beside
That dismal bier its bearers rest,
"A heavier food OF sorrows tide,
Rolls Fer each m0urner's burden'd breast.
For him who sumbers in the shroud,
With trembling M they lift The pail,
The moon rends off her veil OF cloud,
And o'er him leis her lustre fall,
She beams her siIvery, soft adeu,
Aud is again in darkness hid,
A. il alfrighted, thus TO view
The name on that dread coffn.ld.
For tits her lover, now no more;
Her friend, that they to dust consigu!
And ne er again is she 10 pour
Her light for eyes like his 10 shine!
IT'S done that mournfuI, final rite,
Too sacred for the glaze Of day!
Beneath the curtain folds OF night,
Earth earth has closed Der SCHILLRR's clay
And bark the heavens in thunder groan;
They weep in torrents Ger his bed
Their searching, fiery bolts ate ,hrown,
As il to find, and wake the dead
These iun'ra honors, 60 sublime.
Befit him we'll 10 whom the, re paid,
And a, the, birth Of holy Time,
'ris meet his dust at rest lie laid
His spirit, bright with heavenly fre.
Has burn'd rs way through mortal strife,
And gan'd i've high, intense desire,
10 solve the mystery Of life!
II is the budding month Of May;
The passing storm will call The bloom;
tribute nature soon will paw,
TO dress her deatliless PoET's tomb.
%For particular description of this midnight
funeral, and the storm that followed ii, see "The
Life OF Schiller" page 237.
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JVheniland. .4ug. 90. 1919.

Mr.. j. BuEL- Sri wish to inform You
and the public, through your paper. the
Cutivaior. the great amount of wheat
grown from one kerne, of the common
bearded wheat, grown in this town, which
is 1O6 stalks, averaging SO kernels to a
stalk, amounting to 5,5l2 kernels.
ALLEN SAGE
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In tea. it will be seen the disparity ia no
very great between these two countries
though the price with the English is muci
h'gher-say, a dollar the pound on al
average, Ia Great Britain, tea i. no
drank al all BY the great mass Of the pop
u'oti,n. ns it is here. II is too dear 70
them. It i, luxury. In France. The,
have other tastes. The whole consump
'ion in hat grea. country is rated at G, sol
lbs. 10 a million of inhabitants
or coffee, the share of the United States
is immensely out Of proportion, show ne
again the greater ability Of the popula
'ion to consult their comfort. s.,
lbs. are allowed 10 each of us, while il
Great Britain It's less than halfa hound
and even in France not three quarters
France brings up the arrears in ,oine TO q
strange degree, being allowed tpenty. three
gallons a heal, to third Of n gnllon for u.
Americans. and n i''le less for the popu.
'ation Of Great Britain. In sugar, and o.
spirits md beer. the British teko a LONG
lend; but more especially in beer alone
in the use Of which their population to the
French ia na APO TO 1855. and TO the Amer.
leans ma ago 10 s. In spiri's separately zoe
arc ahead in the ratio nf so ~ % MS com.
pared with the British, aud of SO TO with
the French.
Ofmolasses md salt alone among these
articles it would be seen tho three nations
take about equally. I, hos been lately
stated lint ,pe use much less salt thnn the
English, hu' BY these tables wn use more
more, that is,,hnn the British population
nj la'ge. This. however, is human con.
sumption. Immense QUANTITIES. arc given
10 stoch iheve-it is said IS millions OF
bushels yearly. while the ,choie consump.
ton in the United States is not more thnn
I2.
The Doctor makes il out that his nine
Inquiries, in the three countries, cost over
500 millions Of dollars year and wo sns
pect he has not exaggerated. for coffee he
puts down at less than IS millions of dol
mrs in all. whereas the North American
Review allows go TO our own country
alone. This grand total is equal to on
average Of Sl2,62 for each individual OF
the 65 millions allowed for the three coun-
tries. or of soc for each family of five.
The Doctor knows, he says. that come use
less than this. but others use much more.
Ofthese 800 millions. about ICE are al.
lowed for sugar, molasscs and salt. On
the other hand no mention is made Of some
smaller articles. accounted luxuries bv
many. The yearly cost of the spices used
in the United States, 10 those who con.
sumo them, cannot bs less. our writer
thinks, 'hnu $500 600; fruits. 81 500 600;
chocolate and cocoon, $3.50 600; making
total Of nearly s. 900 600. These, too
arc "luxuries" with him ;rhe readsr may
call Thorn wha, he pIeases. The calcula-
lion OF the cider Is given up in despair
Boston transcript
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perin'endng matters connected with the
funeral, which was to take place Yesterday.
Mr.. Peake, the husband of The unfortunate
v'c''In, was IN the room with the corpse
tor long time on Monday evening. He
seemed deeply effected, wished to cit Up
a'l night with the body, and gave the IN.
happy family oil the assistance and con-
ISOLATION IN his power. 1t is said of him,
that his conduct throughout, has been
manly aud decorous.
Mr.. Wood was visited in prison By Dr..
Clapp, the attending physician of the coun.
~ prison. The DR.. found him asleep. On
being reused, he expressed great con,r,.
tlon TOR The deed which he had committed,
spoke with great feeling upon The virtues
OF his daughter, and SAID that if the affair,
up to the time Of the fatal deed were to be
re'enoc'ed he should do differently. He
then burst into tears, and uttered ,ncoher.
ent expressions, monifeslly under great
excitement but without any indications of
insanity. The Dr.'s conclusion was, that
he was perfectly sane, at less. during his
visit.
Take It altogether this 10 one OF The most
extraordinary affairs that has occurred for
tho Ia" 5000 years ; and a. i, deeply con-
Germs The whole human family, we have sent
on TO PhlIadelphis, a reporter, q miniature
painter and o draugh,smau to get full and
accurate particulars Of the whole affair, the
past history Of The parties, with sketches Of
The scene Of the tragedy,aud portal, of,h
beautiful but i'll fated girl also her father
and husband, with the whole phrenolo.
gical development of each.-N Y. Herald.