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AGRICULTURAL L.
Hints for the Month.


Winter is now upon us-and the farmer
must be ~vigilant TO secure what he has gain
ed by the labor of summer. Flocks and
herds need close attention. or they will soon
lose much that has been gained by halfa
wears care.
Animals thrive rapidly in warm weather
this thriving may be continued through.
winter, by creating artificially the advanta-
ges of summer; for instance,
The green and suctulent food of summer
is initiated by feeding roots c~opiously;
The comfort Of summer may in some de-
gree be conferred by having good stables and
other shelters;
And other things may add materially to
these. as the frequent sailing of food: the
free use of good litter; and constant supply
of pure fresh water:-
To feed an animal on dry food exclusively,
would be like feeding a man on dry Indian
meal, which would be rather hard;
To deprive it of shelter. would be like
making 4 man sleep in the snow drift, which
would be rather cold;
And to deprive a man Of drink and condi-
ment, he would think was rather short allow
ance. All would have a tendency to take
off his flesh; and what would reduce the flesh
of aman. would tend to reduce the flesh Of
an animal. A want of comfort is a waste of
flesh.
Horses that have run to grass all the past
season, should not be kept on dry hay and
grain; the danger of disease, so common at
this season, would be greatly lessened, If they
had a liberal supply of roots. They soon
learn to eat all kinds.
Be careful not to waste fodder-have good
racks and feeding troughs.
Chop up cornstalks finely for cattle; the
BODY of the stalks, usually wasted, is the
richest part. If VIM. Webb of Delaware,
can make 1000 lbs of sugar from an acre Of
cornstalks, after the leaves are stripped off,
such rich and sugary fodder should not te
thrown away. Salt it and meal it, and they
will soon eat it.
Straw, or coarse hay, sprinkIed with brine,
is readily eaten by cattle, and the salt does
them good.
Thresh your grain soon, before the rats
eat it.
Repair broken tools, and procure new
ones, of the very best construction only.
Read the New Genesee Farmer for the
past and present year, make 4 memorandum
of every thing worth practising, arrange these
memoranda for every week next season, and
put them into actual operation as each pro-
per season arrives. Pursuing this course,
will make, in a few years. any man Of de-
cent common sense a first rate practical far
mer. Try, if you have any doubt,--and if
you have not, try.
" Don't forget to send your half-a-dollar
for the next volume Of the Farmer, and ask
your neighbor to do likewise.
, 1842-01-29

From the New-York Evangelist
The COntemp latiOn of n Starry
Heavens.
Translated from the German Of ZoHikofa,
BY ELIHU BURRIT, A. NJ.

Everything in nature is instructive. the
animate and inanimate, the small and the
great. the part and the whole. Everything
announces the greatness of God, and re-
minds US of our duty and destiny. Every
thing is the voice Of our Heavenly Father,
who leads US. his children, as it were. by the
hand /; shows us his works, and then awakens
as to reflection, and guides US to wisdom and
happiness. Every plant, every stone, every
animal, and every man, is Il herald of his Wis
dom. his power, and goodness; a wav-mark
to Him who has created, sustains and GOV
ems all, and in whom we live and act. All
that surrounds US, in>tIucts, admonishes, en-
courages, ard CO nlorts him who has an eve
to see and a heart TO feel.
But of all the objects that come within the
compass of our vision, what more exal'S the
mind and fills it with noble sentiments, than
the view of the starry heavens! Here.
however. remains unmoved and insensitIve,
nor recognizes the footprints of Supreme
Power and Wisdom. nor the voice of the
Creator and Father Of nature that indivi-
dual occupies the nelhermost grade Of hui
manitv. not far exalted above the irrational
tenants of the field. What an impression
did this spectacle make on the Psalmist,
whose knowledge with regard to these won
ders of the Deity. was so circumscribed in
comparison with ours? "Wten | consider
the heavens" says he, sand the moon, and
the stars, which thou hast ordained, what is
man, that thou art mindful Of him, or the son
of man, that thou v~,sitest him -
Are thoughts like these strangers to US ?
Have we never felt the greatness and majes-
~ of this spectacle in the vacant stiffness OF
the night, when the heavens spread out be-
fore us al their splendor? At such a mo-
ment, have we never worshiped in PROSTATE
alteration, him who created the sun, moon,
and stars, and in obedience to whose com
mand they all move and act? To many OF
ms. | trust, these ha!lowed feelings and re-
fined enjoyments, these aspirations of the
heart and soul towards the Creator, are not
unknown. Have we never in the medItative
stiffness Of the evening hour, while raising
our eyes to contemplate the starry heavens,
perceived ga still, small voice." stealing down
from those c~erulean depths, and whispering
softly in the ear of our listening spirits
"Adore the greatness and goodness Of God ;
feel your nothingness and learn humility
feel your dignity and learn to think greatly
and nobly."
Let us listen again to that voice-it cries
to US still {: Adore the greatness and glory oil
God. How can we mistake the Everlasting,
the Infinite Almighty, the All-wise, and Good,
in these his works I! these, the great mirror
Of his attributes, the grand ~planlspherlcal ex'
hibition of his character! What works
Who can survey their number, their count
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NUMBER 1877

derers, home. We seem to hear their blest
voices, as they mingle around the throne Of
the Most High.-Whose soul will not kindIe
within him, and whose spirit will not thrill
with estacy on contemplating scenes like
these ?-Hdmburg s. G. Journal.
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Nature.

How eloquent is nature who is not
pures and better when he listens to her
voice How impressively does God speak
to us, at this sweet, sad season How he
lets his goodness and his glory pass before
US! He makes all nature beautiful, and gives
us faculties TO enjoy its beauties.-Sweet
flowers. We too, in your ever varying hues
and delicious odors, whisper the name Of
your Creator. Ye wear the richest dyes,
and send forth the sweetest fragrance, as
you are about TO fade and die. Apt emblems
of life .
The autumn of our days is coming, but if
we are ready like the glorious forests and
beautiful flowers, we may wrap our garments
about us, and wait in holy peace, till we are
called TO bloom in "beauty immortal in the
gardens Of God.-Bid.
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The degradation of the wonderful genius
while it distressed the good and qualified the
evil, could eyen afford merriment TO the
wretched p%unsters OF the age. Abiding
alike to his misconduct and his poverty, his
new titles of Verulam and St. Athens were
easily converted into Very-iame ard ST.
All bones.
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Wilson describes Lord Bacon as Of a
midd!ing stature, his ''presence grave and
comeIy," bot adds that he early wore the
appearance Of old age. HURRY says she
had a delicate lively, halle eye. DIR. Har-
vey told me sit was like the eve of = viper"
The same writer relates one or two cha
racteristic anecdotes Of this ex'raordina-
nv man. He was once watching some
fishermen from the garden at York House
and offered them 4 certain sum for the re-
suit of their draughi; which they refused,
considering it insufficient. On drawing up
their net, they found that it only contained
two or three small fish. Lord Bacon told
them they had better have accepted his offer.
The men replied that they had hoped for
better success. '%lIope.' said his iordsI.ip,
sis a good breakfast. but 4 bad supper
When the Bishop Of London cut down
some fine trees at the Episcopal Palace at
Fulham. Bacon told him tina, he was Il good
expoundcr of dark places.
When some person limited 10 him that it
was time to look about him. Sir" was the
reply, 81 do not look aJout mel look ajore
me-"
Queen Elizabeth, when on a visit 10
Lord Bacon at Redgrave, happened TO make
an observation on the small size of his house
MADAM lie replied, ''my house is snail;
but it is you who has made me too great for
it,
King James. says Howell. once asked his
opinion of a French Ambassador who had
recently arrived. Bacon replied that he
thought him a tall. well looking man. "But
what do you think of his heal piece?" asked
the king. %''sir,' said Bacon, " tall men are like
houses four or five stories. wherein, com
monty, the uppermost rooms are worst fur
nishcd." do not know whether this was
the French Ambassador, who told Lord Ba-
con, on his first Introduction. that he always
compared him to an angel. of whom he
heard and read much. but had never seen.
Bacon replied modestlv. that "il the chart
ties of others compared him to an angel, bis
own infrmities told him that he was a man.
Ii Bacon can at all be compared TO an angel,
it must certainly be a fallen one.
y \ Y
Aubry informs us on authority Of Thomas
Hobbs. that Bacon owed his death to his
indiscrete eagerness in pursuing n phllo-
s~ophical experiment. He happened to be
taking the air in his coach near Higtgate.
when an idea came into his head that flesh
might be preserved in snow as well as in salt.
The snow at the time laying thick on the
ground, he resolved TO make the experiment;
and "stayed so long in doing it," that he was
seized with a shivering fit and was obliged
to be carried to Lord ArudeI's house q. High
gate. Unfortunately he was placed in a
damp bed, by which his disorder was so much
aggravated that he died in a few days.
, 1842-01-29
Lord Bacon.

LOru BACON.
1t will be interesting to the reader to look
over the following scattered anecdotes re-
lating to an extraordinary man, "over whose
mighty mind AMI corrupt heart the Christian
Ilngers with sorrow, the moralist with Won
der. and the world at large with regret-A
MN whom it is now difficult, to praise. yet
whom. but for some iamcntable weakness, it
would have been almost as difficult not to
rdolizr."
Lloyd says TINT she was 4 c%ourlier from
the cradle 10 the grave, sucking in experience
with his milk. being Injured to policy as ear
" to his granmtr. When 4 boy Queen
Elizabeth took mach notice OF him, admir-
ing his ingenious answers, and aIluding to the
post held by lis father, used TO style him
famiIiarly her young Lord Keeper. She once
inquired the aye of the gifted boy, TO which
he replied readily, that III. was two years
Younger than her majes,y's happy reign
1t was remarked by the famous Earl Of
Salisbury. that Raleigh was Il good orator,
though a bad writer-Northampton a good
writer, though n bad orator-but that Bacon
excelIed in both. Howell who must have
often listened to his oratory, speaks of him
rs the eloqucntest that was born in this
Isle"
y r
His information on all subjects was aston
" l... Loorl H., :: cnvs horn
in his Advice to his Son, "entertaln a coun
try Lord in the proper terms relating to
hawks and dogs; and at another time o%ut-cant
a London c~hirurgeon." OF money, he said,
it was, like manure, of no use till it was
spread.
How extraordinary and how humiliating
to human nature must have been that scene,
when the great philosopher stood a cringIng
APPELLANT to his peers, "craving pardon of
God and his fellows, and promising to amend
that life, which, apparently but for such ex-
posure. would have been transmitted TO pos
teritv as proud and ~faultless as his genius
When he delivered the great seal to the four
peers who had been commissioned to receive
it, sit was the kings favor" he said, that
gave me this; and it is through my own fault
tina, he has taken it away" When the in
strument was delivered to James, he NUT
tered some words respecting his difficulty IN
selecting a successor-"As to my lawyers"
he said, ssthey are all knaves."
Bacon was apparently little DISTRESSED by
his fall. Gondomar, the Spanish Ambassador
happened to encounter him Immediately at
ter that event, with equal bad taste and bad
feeling wished him ironically, a merry East
err! Sand to you, sisnor," replied Bacon,
|" | wish a merry Passover" the reply not
only comprehended a wish that the ambas-
sailors were all out of the kingdom, but allu-
ded to his supposed Jewish origin the greatest
insult which could have been offered to a
lSpaniard.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-29
From The Richmond Enquirer.
THE TARIFF!

Let the Baltimore American rail and demonstrate,
loudly and frequently it may still repeat
that Repeal Is the woodland that we can never
be satisfied until this bill of denominations be expung
cd from the statute books, completely changed in
its enactments." The same impression is not only
spreading over the South, but we understand is maxi
ing lis way in the North--e,en among the liberal
Wings. The bill prohibits the importation of so ma
ny goods by It's minimum principle and its high du-
ties, that the impression in New York now is it will
scarcely bring more into the Treasury than t,cere
millions of dollars, instead of twenty five millions
the sum estimated to be wanting to the Treasury
Mr.. Wise, in an able letter which he has lust ad-
dressed 'To my Constituents attacks the Tariff and
Distributions and yindcates Mr. Tyler against the
charge of proving traitor TO the Wings about Bank.
eve shall commence 1t in our next number but the
substance OF the last part of is to be found in
article which we shall also publish Friday, from
the New York Union, under the signature of
''Haon," said to be from Mr.. Wise's pen.) In his
letter to his constituents, Mr. w. enters into very
extensive statistics about the Tariff act, and says
"For this bill uld not and did not vote, for obvi-
GUS reasons, after what have said. Its average
rate of duties is too high and its provisions are
prohibory to produce revenue. The sound estimate
was that the bill, before the duties tea and cof-
fee were stricken out, was prohlbitory not to
have raised more than about IL millions About three
millions OF customs estimated on tea and coffee.
and with the duties them stricken out as the bill
passed into law, the revenue, probably will not ex-
coed Ia or Is millions, when % millions at least are
required" The estimates among of the tnan-
ciers of New York who see how the physic is work
ing is now about II millions. This law therefore
must be essentially changed-and one more effective,
for revenue, and less prohibory, must be passed in
its stead Is not this strict justice well wise
| economy We must resist the avaricous graspings
| of greedy monopolists though well aware, as
the celebrated Say declares, that The legislative
body has great difficulty in resisting the importunatc
demands for this kind of privileges; the applicants
are the producers that to benefit thereby, who
can represent with much plausbility, that their own
gains gain to the industrious classes and to the
nation at large, their workmen and themselves be-
| ing members of the industrious classes and Of the
nation. No cries out against them, because very
few know who it is that pays the gains of the
monopost. The real sufferers, the consumers
themselves, often feel the pressure, without being
aware Of the cause of il, and are the first to abuse
the enlightened individuals, who are really advoca tng
their interests"
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-29
From the N VI Morning Post,
MR.. HENRY CLAY.

The Tribune is in error in supposing that the nomi-
nation of Mr. Henry Clay has struck terror into the
Democrats. When we said that the know ledge that
he was TO be the candidate of the Wings would unite
the Democrats in the support of whomsoever might
be agreed upon by the National Convention, we had
allusion to that principle of aagonism which found
in political parties. Mr.. Clay is the most anti Dem
ocratic in his principles, of any candidate the higs
could select and, therefore, his nomination will raj
ly the whole body of Democrats in opposition to
him.
He is the avowed friend Of paper money, " than
which" as Mr.. Webster truly says, no expedient
has yet been devised better adapted for iertzng the
rich mans land by the poor mans sweat lie is in
favor OF burdening some branches of industry with
taxes for the benefit of other branches He in ia
vor of corporations, and Of exclusive privileges He
is, in short, an anti-Democrat.
There is nothing about the man that would lead the
Democrats to suppose he might be successful There
is no halo OF military glory about him. He is not
general, colonel, or even a major
If the Democrats have any fears of the result Of
the next Presidential election, they caused by
the strength of the opposing candidate; but by a
knowledge of the ways and means by which the late
Wing victory was achieved. They expect that the
like ways and means Will be resorted TO in the CON-
ing contest The banks cannot, indeed, pour out
their thousands and tens of thousands with as lavish
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-29
From the Richmond Enquirer,
Extract of letter from Louisiana, Sept. 10:

Since the passage of the revenue bill, the sugar
buyers have been purchasing the remnants of the
crops on the plantations, at four and five cents pay
able in specie.
&C had letter from my dear old friend, Generel
Jackson, by the last mall in which he speaks of his
health bad his Affections great, and the taper of
life slowly burning OUT and yet, like an expiring
lamp, his nose, unquenchable and irrepressible spi-
rit occasionally flares up-especially when he aludes
to the late and ungenero att mpt of the Louisiana
Senators, and Berrien of Georgia, TO wound his
feelings, and suy his fair fame and hardearn,d re-
putation lie is much amused at the manner in
which MIR. Tyler has trumphed over his adversaries
IN Congress. Conrad cannot be elected to the SEN
ate after his conduct towards the saviour of Lousi-
sana think Mr.. Waggaman can be elected by the
aldof the Democrats, as friend Of Mr.. Tyler
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-29

sure must be consumed and blood spilled before
this impoitic, destructive and fatal war is inded
will trust, not prove a melancholy truth.
The accounts Of the burning Of the city Of New
York in the Gazette, are full, explicit and ntegi
BILE more than one-iourth is destroyed, beginning al
the fort and all along the Broadway, taking IN the
college, sc. and that il fired by some northern
man, is undoubted. A MIR. Smith, son Of a clergy
Of Weymouth in Massachusetts Bay, whom and
whose family knew very well, was concerned IA.
ken, and, believe, executed on due proof.
remain, truly yours,
S. CURWEN
EXETER, Dec II, l776.--l am informed that by
letter from officer of character, Arnold and the
proyincials represented behaving with great
intrepidity and good conduct and their defeat was
owing TO the superior weight of metal on the side Of
their enemies ] am rejoiced 10 find justice done my
countrymen, and that there those who can look
through the vista of party, truth and speak it,
The news of the defeat Of General Washington at
kingsbrdge is confirmed.
Dec. 22.-The above defeat Is not very important
save the loss Of cannon few prisoners taken, fewer
killed. the retreat not deficient in military skill on the
side of the proyncials, much to the reputation OF
the British General; rencounter nor badly not un-
successfully conducted on the American side
Dec. 23-The unimportant, Insignificant, fribbling
Governor of Virginia come back TO England.
Dec. 26-Lord harrington in his private judgment
condemns the present war unjust, and will prove
Intellectual but votes with government, miiister
of state.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-29
REVOLT AT ASHLAND.

The last Bardstown Gazette a rabid Wing
paper. aims a shaft at the Lord of Ashland and
his q barganer," John Quincy Adams. The
Gazette remarks as follows on the report and
resolution of Mr.. Adams:
uTWe have thought, until recently, in common
with the great majority of our party, that the veto
power should be modified in conformity with the re-
solution appended to the report of MIR. Adams But
reading and reflection have changed that opinion 1t
is not at all wonderful that this power should be par
ticulary obnoxious to the Wings at the present
time"
% We are opposed to curtaing in any respect the
constitutional powers of the Executive, because, by
making him Inefficient for evil we at the same time
make him inefficient for good"
"The slang about the one man power and the
smonarchcal feature of the Government, is beneath
contempt. But it is urged with some plauslbility
that it is probable that Congress would be right
than one man. But this kind of calculation of
chances is at best a very doubtful operation. Wis
dom is not often increased by the aggregation of
members, and one man may be often more competent
to decide great question correctly than thousand
Others who may be inferior in power of mind or adj
vantages of position But aside from all these abstrac
tons if the presidential negative liable to be over
ruled by bare majority, it might often happen that
one man in Congress- heated by party strife, blinded
by the smoke OF party conflicts to the great and
pan.ive exigencies of the nation, would pass law in
direct opposition to the deliberate opinions, not only
of the President, but of whole Cabinet of expert
cnced statesmen enabled by their position to take
impartial and comprehensive survey of all the inter-
ests to be effected by the In preference to
such mockery this, if any alteration were to be
made IN the Constitution, we would give the Presi-
dent an absolute negative, which would involve SO
heavy responsibility that it would be seldom exer-
csed and only in extraordinary emergencies"
"The power which it is now proposed to abolish
is the last remaining check upon the despotism Of
party maorities-a despotism alike hateful for its
blind reckessness, and contemplate for its perpetual
instability.
We would call the attention of our readers to the
speech of Mr.. Marshall, in to-day's paper. We will
resume this subject hereafter"