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Vol. IV.-.NO. 3.
BACON

As this is the season for killing
hogs and making bacon, we give the
following receipt. which we find in
the Agriculturist, published at Nash
vile, Tenn.
As the season is at hand for put
ting up pork, and making bacon, a
few practical hints, in relation to the
best mode, will net be out uf place.
list. Kill your hogs as early as
the season will admit. By this
course, the bacon will be completely
cured before warm weather, and will
be sounder and better, than if defer
red later.
2nd. In cutting out, take off the
head first, al near the ears as practi-
cable; lay the hog on the back; cut
the rios from both sides the back bsne,
then halve the hog, and take out all
the ribs and backbone. Next, cut
the middlings out, as near the ham
and shoulder as convenient. Trim
off all the Jumps and corners of fat
for lard, and the slices for sausage
meat. Take off the feet above the
knees and hooks, and put them with
the knees for souse.
Sd. Let all cool one night, and you
are ready for sailing. Prepare a lev
ell surface, at least four feet square,
for rubbing. Then measure out a
bushel and a half Of salt to a thousand
pounds of pork. Some persons use a
pound Of saltpetre to a thousand Of
pork, but the utility of this practice
is much doubted. The better plan,
in u estimation, is to pulverize a.
bout a half pound of red pepper with
every two bushels Of salt. In sal
ting, rub the skin side first, then on
the flesh side, till every part has an
abundance. Lay down your mid
dlIngs. and joints to themselves, in a
cool place. A level surface is best;
and as each piece is laid down, let salt
be sprinkled on till it is covered.
5th. IF the weather is favorable,
in four or five weeks, the meat should
be taken up, the salt washed off; and
the hanging commenced. Let every
piece be hung Is it grew on the hog;
that is, the big end Of middlings and
joints should be uppermost. See that
the house is tight, and that the meat
is not touching.
9th. The smoking may now begin.
If convenient, use green hickory
wood; and the smoking should con-
tinue constant four or five weeks,
and all is finished. In damp weather,
however. a little smoke will prevent
mould, and prove beneficial at any
season. Frequently the bacon is ia
ken down, and packed in salt, bran,
or ashes. to prevent the depreciation
of flies; but this is unnecessary, if the
house is dark. so that the flies cannot
be comfortable within.
, 1844-11-23
PunCh'sC ompIete Letter Writer.
FROM A WHOEVER TO A WIDOW, WITH
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE.

FROM A WHOEVER TO A WIDOW, WITH
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE.
Nv Dear Nadomc:--Your kind
looks and cordial words have accom-
panied me all the way home, and
the truth is | write this before going
to bed; shall sleep the more soUndIy
for having the matter off my mind.
Ii is true, we have met but once; but
We are both of US at that rational
point of life, when people know the
most value of time; and rs all ceremo-
nv is but a waste of existence, ] beg
herewith TO offer YOU nv hand, and
with it, though | have been married
before, an entire heart. There are
hearts, madam, allow me 10 say, all
the better for keeping; they become
meIlower, and more worth the wo-
mans acceptance, than the crude, IN
ripe things, too frequently gathered,
as children gather green friut-tO
the discomfort Of those who obtain
them. fhave been married to one
wife, and know enough of the happi-
ness of wediock to wish it TO be con-
tinued in another. The best compli-
ment J can pay to the dear creature
now in heaven, is 10 seek another
dear creature here on earth. She
was a woman Of admirable Judgment.
and her portrait, it hangs over my
chimney piece-smiles down upon
me as write. She seems to know
my thoughts, and to approve OF them:
] said, madam, she was a woman OF
excellent Judgment.
My means are tolerably good, more
than sufficient for my widowed state.
Of the truth of this, your solicitor
shall have the most satisfactory proof.
! have also heard--casually heard
that fortune has not, my dear madam,
bcen blind TO your deserts, and has
awarded you more than enough to
keep the wolf from the door. | re-
joice at this; for whatever might be
my disappointment, | would not en-.
tail upon you the Inconvenience OF
marriage unaccompanied by an A.
greeoble competence. What is e.
, 1844-11-23
THE BEAUTY OF THE CHURCH.

"The people of Christ are to be
beautiful, and beautiful, because no.
ly; the text describes them rs will.
ing in the beauties OF holiness.
The drops OF the early dew is
beautiful. The rising SUI not only
discovers them, i, brIghlens and gilds
them, and makes them the gIitterIng
ornaments, in the early morning, OF
our gardens and fields. And what
were the early Christians? | am not
speaking of those, who in later cen
turtles bore the name, but had no more
of the likeness Of Christ than we
have now, nor perhaps so much; ! re.
fer to those who yielded first to the
power of the Gospel, and were the
first fruits Of the Gospel unto Christ.
Their very enemies we're constrain
ed to do them honor; they hated but
they admired them. As they led
them forth to persecution and to
death, they wondered at their lofty
and splendid characters. But then
graces were not their own. The
dew does not sparkle when the sun
does not shine on it. Even a Chris,
tan nan has no beauty, no holiness,
but as Christ imparts it to him; and
what is his highest beauty and hell.
ness? 1t is only a faint reflection Of
his Lords beauty and holiness
de w-drop rejecting the sun. But still
that dew-drop does reflect the SUM-; ard
so does every real believer in Chris,
Jesus reflect in some his Re.
deemer's Iikeness--'glorious in holi
ness'-that is the Lords own charac.
, 1844-11-23

We are informed hal the Miller
excitement is doing its worst among
the people OF the lower part Of New
Hampshire. In Kingston, Mr.. A. N.
Brown, publisher and printer, has be-
come entirely insane. His brother,
carried away by the delusion, has
given up every thing like work, be-
lieving i: TO be clinging to this worlds
things. A few days since he was a.
bout hauling a load of corn from his
fields, when, seized suddenly with the
above idea, he fell upon his knees and
prayed to God to direct him how to-
act-whether TO carry the corn to
the barn or leave it in the feld-the
decision was in favor OF the latter
course, and it was accordingly Drop
ped for the benefit of the cattle. The
believers of the pernicious doctrine
in that section, generally, have al
most entirely neglected TO provide
for future wanfs-appies are rotting
on the trees, and crops in the fields re-
main unharvested. In Newington,
likewise, the fanaticism has made a.
farming progress. We have yet to
learn how far the expiration Of the
Miller chronology" gees towards
restoring the deluded people to their
reason.
, 1844-11-23
THE NEW PRESIDENT OF
TEXAS FAVORABLE TO AN
NEXATION

The Augusta Constitu,ionaIist, Of
the 3tst ult., says that Commodore
Moore, of the Texas navy passed
through that city on the evening be-
fore. He is said to have stated most
explicitly that the President elect OF
the Republic of Texas is in favor of
annexation to our Union, and that all
the citizens, American born, are also
in favor Of annexation. A few of the
foreigners are represented as being
u~nfavorable to il. Com. More, he.
fore he lett Texas, had 4 CONVERSE
ton with MIR. Arson Jones. the Pres
ident elect, and from hun the Coinmo-
dors was informed OF his opinion in
favor Of annexation.
, 1844-11-23
Gentiemen'.s London Fashion,

Gentiemen's London Fashions
Walking dresses. A bronze green
double breasted paletot; the collar is
low behind, but very broad, and COW
cred with black watered silk; the
t%urnovers are Of the same width as
the collar, and descend 10 the last
button hole; the sleeves are of mod
crate width; the waist is very long
and large at the back; the skirt is
short and full; the pockets are 10 front
oil the skirt, a little below the waist
and slanting towards the back: the
pocket flaps large and square,; the
buttons are very large and far apart.
W~aist-coat Of plaided cashmere; the
form straight, with 4 very small col
lar; the waist is low but the corners
are left square. Trousers of large
plaid, made wide, but without plaits;
they tighten towards the bottom. and
are cut straight round the boot; the
outer seams are curved forward.
, 1844-11-23

discovery, or by remoter generations,
cannot be decided; YET the Judge
says that the ingenious and highly
wrought pecimens of workmanship.
the elegance OF the cutting of some
of the hardest stone, the ingenuity
and solidiiy of the gigantic work, all
in stone; the elegant articles OF gold
aud silver. and the culiously wrought
stones found in the mounds, all salts
fy hun that that territory was occupI-
ed by an enlightened nation, which
declined in the same manner as 9TH
els more modern, as Babylon. Bal
dec, and the cities of Syria; and this,
he says, is evidently the work of peo-
pie IRON the old world. as the Indians
nave no instruments of iron to work
with"
, 1844-11-23
Terms Of the Radical.

THE RADICAL is issued every Saturday morn
ing, at $3.50 if paid within six months, and
If payment be longer delayed. Three Dollars
will be exacted.
TTo a club of Three or more subscribers,
(if paid in adrance,) Two Dollars.
No paper discontinued until all arrearages
are paid. except at the option ofthe Editor.
drPostmasters are authorized by law TO for.
ward money to newspaper publishers, free OF
charge. All letters TO the Editor, by mail,
must be POST PAID.
, 1844-11-23
.Wllerism DisarOued.--On Tue.

.Mllerism Disaromed.-On Tues.
day evening, the 90 h ult., in the
Millente church, corner of Christie
ana Delaney streets, MIR. Storrs pub.
lIciy recanted his egregIous folly and
madness IN the matter OF the second
advent. He said, what indeed 9TH
ers beside his congregation had al
ready found out. he was deceived as
TO the day OF the second advent. He
SAID he had been led astray by ex-
element, and deceived by MEsMER-
ISM! and now most penltently ac-
knowledged his manifold sins and
wIckhess. He now exhorted them
to stick to work, &c.
Hines next took his stand in the
confessional. and forgetting, we pre-.
sumo, that he had been both the de-
ceived and the d~eceiver, rated the
people pretty harshly for their iniatua-
ton, and urged them all to go home
and to work, and stepped down from
the roslrum. Slorrs has also ac-
knowledged his error in the Midnight
Cry, but we do not remember seeing
anything there about mesmerismi--
ICON. Adv.
, 1844-11-23

A REMARKABLE RoCK.-One Of the
most remarkable rocks OF which we
have any knowledge, has. lately been
discovered IN the middle OF that great
inland sea, Lake Superior. BY q
gentleman who has recently return
ed TO tins city, from Copper Harbor
we learn that a shalt Of Trappe rock
has very lately been discovered, ri.
sing in the lake from $50 to 200 miles
from land, and ascending above the
surface OF the water a distance oI
no, above four feet. What render:
it more extraordinary is, that 1t stands
alone, aud all around 1t, SO far as ex.
amIna,ions have been made, no bot
tom has been reached by any of the
lead lines used on the lake, and the
point vi the rock itself does moi ex-
coed an area of more than SIX or sew
en- teet square, and So far as observa-
tons OF ii have extended, it does mol
appear 10 enlarge IN size as it de-
sccnds. 1t has already, he states, be-
come a source OF alarm TO the mari
ners who navIgat. the lake, who take
special cafe III passing, 10 give It as
wide 4 berth as possible. 1t is too
small, TOO remote and dangerous, to
admit OF Il light, and therefore It's re
mOvai has become q matter of Serious
Importance, and will doubtless per-
tam TO the duty of the government.
A single blast from a bore of suffi.
cient depth would probably do it, but
the surface OF The rock being so near
that Of the water, aud the space SO
narrow as 10 forbid any regular Iodg-
ment Tor workmen, they would have
to be attended constantly by Il res
sci of sufficient size To resist any sud-
den storm of The lake. and would also
have to be kept constantly under
way. as no barber or even bottom is
within a days SAIL.
The discoveries relate that the
rock appears TO be u place of gener-
al resort for the salmon trout of those
lakes, as they found them there IN al
most incalculable numbers, having,
during their short stay, caught sever
al barrels with no other instrument
than a rod Of iron. on one end of
which they turned 4 hook. They
tried with all their lines on board, for
soundings immediately around the
rock, but without success. Such a
vas, column, could it be exposed to
view. would laugh TO ridIcuIe Cieopa-
tra's Needle, Pompey's Pillar, the Col
lossus OF Rhodes, or any production
of ancient or modern art.-[Pitts-
burg American.
, 1844-11-23
Rates of Advertise ng.

70 cents per square Of IS lines or less, Tor
the first insertion, and 81 cents for each sub
seguent insertion. A reasonable deduction
made to those who advertise by the year.
Communications or advertisements ola per.
sonal nature when admissible will he charg.
ed double the usual rates, and payable invarIa.
biy in advancc.
II For announcing candidates, 50 each,
invariably 10 advance.
uAdvertisements Except for yearly adver.
tisers, should in all cases he accompa nicd by
written directions, as to the number Of inser.
tons: ifnot, they will be published till forbid,
and payment exacted.
, 1844-11-23

ter: beautiful in hoiiness-that is the
character of all who are made par
takers of his grace and Spirit-lheir
character now; 'the beauty of the
Lord is already upon them; it will
be more brightly, more visibIy upon
them in a brighter world."--Brand-
ie1'S 81 rmon's.
, 1844-11-23
Authorized Agents for the Radical.

AuthoriZed Agents TOT the RauIcHI'
I. n. BRYsoN & Co., Louisiana, NJ,
A. MAsE. P. M. Frankfort "
Fl. T. KENT, P. M. GAINESVILLE, /"
]. H. BRIrroS, Troy, "
b. GIBsoS, P. NJ, Paynesville, "
Door. w. H. NIcKLIN, New Hope, -"
P. w. OVERLY, P. NJ, Shamrock, i"
john RAILS, New London, "
A. HENDRIX, P. NJ. Spencerburg. i"
JAS. n. griffin, Hickory Creek, "
Door. J. ADAMS. Ashley, /"
, 1844-11-23

New and Interesting Discovery in
South .1mericd.-The National Intel
lIgencer contains 4 long letter from
MIR. Pickett, at Lima, commenting
upon discoveries of extlaordiany ru-
ms, said to have been found by Judge
NIeto in the province of Chlchapovas,
while on an exploring expedition.
ln making a survey of the country,
he found. at Ceulap, a building OF the
most extraordinary character, which
he describes Il wall of hewn stone
$50 feet in width, $500 feet in length,
and $50 feet high.
"This ediflce being solid in the in
ferior for the whole space contained
within $4,000 feet circumference,
which, it has 10 the before mention
ed heigth Of $50 feet, is solid and
levelIed; and upon it there is another
wall Of 100000 feet in circumference
in this form, GOO feet in length, and
500 in breadth, with the same eleva
ton (l5O ieeU OF the lower wall, and,
like it, solid and levelIed to the sum-
nit. In this elevation, and also in
that Of the lower wall, are 4 great
many inhabitants or rooms of the
same he wn stone, IS feet long, and
fifteen wide, and in these rooms, as
well as between the dividing walls Of
the great wall, are found neatly con-
structed inches, a ward or two-thirds
long, and a half a yaro broad or deep,
in which are !ound bones OF the an
cient dead, some naked and some in
cotton shrouds or blankets Of a firm
texture, though coarse, and all work
ed with borders of different coIors.
If this description is authentic-and
we have no reason 10 doubt it-this
must be Ihe greatest building in the
world in point of size. We know Of
nothing in Egypt or Persia to equal
it. From the description it must have
been a vast tomb, but whether erect
ed by the Indians before the Spanish
, 1844-11-23


No.-Furnival's inn.
You speak OF Your membranes:
my husband dying left me without a
single one. That your daughter
should have forgotten her duty, is an
atillc,ion. | am glad, however, &c
flnd that you know the true sourse Of
consolation, and refuse TO lend your.
sell 10 her im]providence. Truly. IN
deed, do you say ii is a meddling
world. have found it so; as sumo o.
my husbands poor relations will an
Swer for me-. However, as | coulc
not endure The sight of any thing
that reminded me of my dear los
treasure, | have left them for ever in
Cornwall. Ii is now sonI1 months
since they have ceased to distress
me-.
Your son may mend. If you will
allow me as a stranger TO speak,
think you should still act with ten.
derncsS towards him. How very lit.
tie would pay his passage 10 Austria
liza!
Health Is, indeed n treasure. j
know il. Had ! not had the robust.
ness--Pardon the word!-of a noun.
tain nymph. | had never survived the
dreadful shock that cruel death has
inflicted on me. AS it was, it struck
me down. But, as the poet says,
''lhe bulrush rises when the oak goes
crash.
You are partial TO hunting9 1t is
a noble recreation. My departed
lamb followed the hounds, andsas
sportsman say, would ride at any
thing. He once broke his collar.
bone; but, with good nursing, we put
him in the saddle again in a month.
Ha! you should have seen him in the
scarlet coat!
In tins fleeing lite, how small and
a are personal gifts compared to
the treasure of the mind! Still, II
there is any thing | admire, is fine
teeth. A wig, al least IN 4 man, is
detestabIe.
You say you are two and-ffty.--
WeIl, must say, you don't look that
age.
You speak plainly of vices. and
say you have none. 1t would be i'll
manners IN me, on SO Short may
say, so very tiivaI--an acquaintance,
10 doubt you. Besides, il has been
my ialth--and what | have lost by ii
| hav'nt time TO terI-tu think well OF
every body. Weakness we all have.
One of NINE is. Il love of n pew
We think but very little OF religion,
when we forget proper hassocks.
have, however, delayed you too
long; and, indeed, except for polite
ness sake, know not why | should
have written al all.
therefore remain, your obedient
servant, Ruin DoUBLEKNor.
p. 81 shall be on, all day to-
morrow. At present. say at pre-
sent--l know of no engagement for
the next day; no, not the next day
the day after; for 1 hate a Thursday
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PRESENTATION OF NAGLE'S POR-
TRAIT OF HENRY CLAY.

The Philadelphia Chronicle of Saturday last
says that the largest, most brilliant and most en-
thusiastic assemblage that we ever remember to
have witnessed, was gathered in ana about the
Musical Fund Hall last evening, to witness the
presentation of Nagle's magnificent painting of
HENRY CLAY to the National Clay Club.
In half an hour after the doors were opened,
however the entire hall exhibited a condensa-
ton of human beings seldom witnessed I; every
foot of vantage ground was occupied, and short
iy afterwards hundreds were vainly attempting
to gain admittance The spectacle was truly
brilliant Not less than twenty-five bundled per-
sons were crowded into the saloon, rather more
than one-haf ladies, presenting an array of beau
ty, fashion, and intelligence, which beggars des-
cription.
The meeting was addressed by j. G. Clarkson
Esq, who made the presentation, and was re.
piled TO by Charles Gibbons, ESQ.,, President Of
the National Clay Club. He was followed by
Josiah Randall w. B. Reed, Joseph R. Chand-
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servant, of Kentucky.

The New York Tribune gives the following
account of the celebrated talking machine
Send itdown this way, there are some more
: machines about here that can repeat what they
re told better than that:
"The sounds issue from the lips of mask thai
IS they open and shut reveal tongue that play
IKE the living member, though not so limberly.'
II is really Imaginable to see this bust placed up
right, with turbaned head and whlskered face,
slowly enunclatlng in a whining tone sounds
which we have heretofore considered as belong
ing exclusively to our species. II beats the par
rot out and out. 1t will go through our alphabee
and numerals with great precision, and say ':thred
hundred and thirty three thousand three hundref
and thrty-three" as German may despair of
ever saying. 1t speaks with decided tone, as it
il had lost it's palate, and with great deliberaton.
If MIR. Faber himself could speak English, we
have no doubt his wooden pupil would improve
rapidly, and enunclate much more readily The
grave, solemn counienance never changes, no
matter how funny the words may be- Uncivil
as it may SEEM one cannot help laughing in this
mysterious creatures face when with head erect,
and CLASSY eyes fixed on some distant object, he
says, Good NOR nin-gen-tle- and ladies. y
He undertook to sing "Hai Columbia, Happy
Land" but we cannot say he was Grisi or a
Clara Novella; however, he stopped now and
then, and reformed some shakes admirably.
We thought he sung better in Dutch than Eng
sh. The perfection of the instrument may be
seen in the correctness with which it pronounces
not only the full vowel sounds, but the middle
sounds. Mr.. F. has been engaged on it seven.
teen years, and it took him seven years to get
the sound of 'e' alone"
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AFFRAY AT NAsHvILLE.-We learn that an
affray of an extraordinary character occurred at
Nashville on the I'd inst. relation of the cir
cumstances of the affair was made to us last
week, but we refrained from noticing it ia our
columns, diskng upon mere rnmor to give pub
licity to an occurrence dsgraceful to the Judi
clal character of our State 1t seems that Judge
Turey, one of the Judges Of our Supreme Court,
had offered wanton insult to highly respecta-
BILE and amlabe lady Of Nashville, whose name
we forbear mentioning. The facts were commu-
nicated to Major Turner, clerk of the Circuit
Court, who being relative of the lady, made her
cause his own, and meeting he Judge as he was
leaving the courthouse, inflicted upon him ca
ming SO sound and hearty that he will have reason
to remember it for some time to come-KnoruiHe
Register,
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THE NAVY YARD.
w ASHINGTON, ia

AsHINGToN, January 80, 1874.
One OF the largest meetings of the working
men and citizens generally ever held in this part
OF the city was held this evening" when, on mo-
ton, Mr.. w. H. Custus was called to the chair.
and MIR. Geo. w. Clarke appointed secretary
Ihe object OF the meeting being stated by the
char, the following preamble and resolutions
were presented, aud after many interchanges of
opinion, were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the editors of some of the city pa
pers have given, doubtless through misnforma-
ton, an exaggerated coloring to the proceedings
which lately took place in the vicinity of the
Navy Yard IN consequence of the rejection or
the Hon. David Henshaw, late Secretary of the
Navy, by making it appear that all the people in
the vicinity participated in the proceed gs now,
therefore, be it
Resolced, That we, the resident citizens, in.
GLIDING. the few now employed in the Navy Yard
as well as the many lately employed therein,
dIsavow having any participation in the pro-
ceedings alluded to-
Resolred, That the bonfire and procession al
luded to was, as we learn, gotten up on the spur
OF the moment by a very few, most Of whom
were boys, and we, in our capacity as citizens,
did not feel justified TO interrupt, though we at
the time heartily condemned.
Resoivrd, Tn there was no general ilIumi-
nation, or other demonstration of Joy, and that
we trust we know our duty too well as citizens
to participate in such proceedings, and that we
feel this declaration would be entirely oratuitous
had not the public papers, through misinforma-
ton, made that appear unanimous which, in
reality, was very limited.
ResolUed, That, in our disavowal of partici-
patton in the proceedings above alluded TO, as
American citizens, we are not operated upon by
a spirit of savish fear, but by sincere desire
that the truth shosld be publicly known
Resolved, That the editors of the city papers
generally, and the Baltimore Sun, be requested
TO publish the above proceedings
And, on motion, the meeting adjourned.
WIN. II. CUSTUS, Chairman
GEO. w. CLARKE, Secretary.