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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-11-26

CumoUs.--A party Of gentlemen, one day this
week discovered on island IN the Usage, about 10
miles above this place, two or three old gun barrels,
living upon or near he surface of the ground. Upon
digging, they found within three feet, ab Ut forty gun
barrels sixty hoes, and thirty or forty axes sod
some few gun locks together with other implements
supposed to be used for mining all nearly eaten up
with rust
II is said that about forty years ago, company of
Spanards assembled the Usage river for the purpose
Of mining and tradng-that they were interrupted
by party of Indians and compelled to retreat, after
ha tily buryng their implepens, stores, and what
ever Of value they had with them, that they were
pursued and most Of tho company killed 7 he lead
er Of the expedition escaped and afterwards died
was killed al Loutre Is and leaving among bis papers
q journal of his mining expedition on the Usage
and this recent discovery is supposed to be stores
buried IN the occasion referred 10. There is some
thing said about three sacks made Of deers hides,
filled with dollars, being buried at the time and
place. but to say nothing of the ImprobabilIty OF so
large a sum of money being carried upon such an
expedition, suppose the money, like that of the
old Buccan,er, Blackboard, has sunk so deep
by this time, 1T would require some wizard spell TO
regain it. However the money was not found among
the gun barrels Usage Woman.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-11-26
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GOV. POLK AT HOME.

The Nashville Union, replying to the Banner on
the subject of the vote for Mr. Polk in his town,
Columbia snys:-
cit is true that majority of votes were given for
Henry Clay in Columbia, but is not true that they
given by the citizens Of that town; for the de-
feat of Gov. Polk in his own precinct being one OF
the highest points of wing ambition hundreds Of their
party were induced 10 60 in from adjacent precincts
for ths nglorious purpose. 1t is therefore, no evil
dsnce of lack of neighborhood popularity. On the
contrary, the best possible evidence that but for
this incoming Of wing voters from other precincts,
CIV. Polk would have had decided maiorty in the
country seat where he resides.
So with the Hermitage precinct 1t has been the
practice the personal and political friends of Messrs
Bell, Foster, s. Co., for years to go from Nashville
and other precincts of this county to the Hermitage
poll the morning Of the election, and there east
their votes. The bject is self-evident 1t is 10 give
forth to country and the world, false impression
IAN impression that majority of Gen. Jackson's
own neighbors not friendly to him. Contemyti-
BILE as it Isl those who in the habit of it, openly
boast of their conduct at the of the streets
and their presses, in this case controlled by intel
lecs inebraed with the dstllment of malice and
venge, give voice to the false impression and exult
over it.
To all the qualification which this labor and pains
to wrong and misrepresent the great and good old
man of the Hermitage afford these disappointed, re,
vengeful and malicious partisan leaders, they are
more than welcome. In the language of other days
" it is wasting ammunition against bomb proof bat
tely."
But The SANDER of Gov. Folks home reputation be.
comes still grosser in view of the fact that Maury
county, whore he has resided from boyhood, and
where he still resides, gave him majority of nearly
hundred uotes and the Congressional District
which he so long represented, composed of Lincoln,
Giles Maury, Bedford, and the new counties of Mar
shall and Coffee, gaze him majority Of nearly thirty
eight hundred
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-11-26
EMOLlENTS.

We perceive, by the Philadelphia papers,
that the ladies' of that city are raising fund TO
present Mr.. Clay with a service OF silver, which
is 10 cost several thousand dollars; and d" a pro-
position has also been started TO raise fund, by
subscription, to purchase Mount Vernon the
home of Washington, which is offered for sale,
to be presented TO Mr.. Clay as sign of regard,
which shall have some relation to the depths and
extent of the feeling entertained by the donors"
Aud in Providence, Rhode Island, it is proposed
to procure by subscription full length portrait
of Mr.. Clay, to hang in the Senate Chamber by
the side of Sluar's Washington, or in some
other public place while elsewhere, some of
his fri nds are anxious for his statue in marble,
The expenses of its procuration to be paid by
wo shilling subscriptions.
All this however, will not effeclually soften
he asperity of Mr.. Clay's Disappointment
for, after looking, "lo these many years." 10
he gift (more precious than ally OF the Presi-
dency, he has "seen his fondest hopes decay"
The "service of silver will be of liule service
to him-Mount Vernon is in too near proximity
to the White House for an agreeable residence;
and as 10 the portrait and the statue, his friends
evnce satisfaction truly commendable-to be
satisfied with the shodolo since they failed to
secure the substance itself.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-11-26

"CoMse IN WALus.--Niss Beale, in an interest
ing sketch of South Wales, gives the following ex-
planation Of the uses Of the word coming"
1.-THE word coming in Wales, like settling in
America is one Of universal acceptation IT is APP
oiled IN fifty different ways and does no, alone mean
the action Of moving from place TO place, f1r you
may be coming without the intention of motion.
The butter comes in some parts of England when 1t
il beginning to form from the cream; but IN Wales,
not only butter and cheese, but every other insni-
mate object, comes. II you speak TO man OF the
state Of his crops his trees his garden, he Will tell
YOU at once that they coming. The frost mas
nipped some Of his cabbages, they're coming again
famous now or the potatoes are coming mr. or
the tbeks are coming beomifd' Cows pigs, ducks,
geese and chickens all come, If they thrive ct ALI ana
"a 70 men. women and children they are forever com
inc Praise boy for his good writing, and ne tells you
n,,,h pleased smile oh yes, think II u come J;
inlet foher SAYS that his child Is coming capnai at
hoI The consolation in cases OF illness Is always,
Never YOU mind he'll yeti and when you are
oni,c' from one room TO another for the first time
Nor IoTp and severe ndsposi,on you are told that
90, ore coming beautiful tnoufh your legs sclicey
Snnp,r, YOU, from weakness. II you venture re-
nark mon some wretched little ckly narl, you ere
answered by yes sure he's coming nice now -
Crpples and bed-ffdden persons never 'eM coming,
and 10 short, every person and thing il Wales Games
excepting the waters at inns, who neSer come wh,
tbey are called"
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-11-26

had arrived together and fainting still side by
side, long time before they were enabled by signs
and Whispers to tell that they had run down sixteen
elk, and yet couldn't say which was the best man
This feat brought upon d. an affection of the lungs,
nor did he recover his strength for several years
He is still alve-a quiet and influential citizen.
Nal Beuf became very dissipaed, and died in short
time Our informant tells us that he has made an
examination of the country, forming their race track
himself, and that they, without exaggeration; must
have run seventy five miles between the hours of 8
A. M. and r. M. He is foAd of reading the New
York s irt of the Times, and wishes TO know what
the editor thinks of the Barclay and Ellsworth breed
when compared with the prairie runners of the west
"a thousand of whose exploits remain untold, as
matters of common occurrence
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-11-26

this emergency betbought me Of an expodient which
concocted an admirable substitute, composed Of the
following ingredients:
"Air-slacked lime, puverized until it was OF the
consistency Of flour, which was then passed through
a sieve.
"Rice boiled in large kettle until The substance
was drawn entirely out of the grain; the water, then
OF plastic nature, was strained to separate the
grain, Sc, and clear the liquid. A tub, about the
size Of half-barrel, of the prepared lime and
OIL and the material had so much the appearance Of
paint that novice could not have told the differ
eDce.
'The ship was painted outside and inbcard with
the above mixture (Which cost next to nothing) and
never presented finer white streak her bends or
cleaner bulwarks and berth.deck than en- that Occa
sion, and no other kind of white paint used du
ring the remainder of the cruise"
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-11-26

A New WAY or MANUrA FEATURING PAMr.--The
following (ssy, the Pensacola Gazette) was related
to US by person who formerly carpenter in
the u. s Navy
eDuring cruise in the South Pacific we we Mt
into the harbor of Coqumbo, and as the ship had been
out long time she covered with rust from ste IN
TO stern 1t was the anxou wish of the commander
that she should be restored to her pristine coors, but,
on examining the store room, twas ascertained that
there was not pound of white lead in the ship; in
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-11-26

The Nashville Union, replying to the Banner Q
the subject of the vote for Mr. Polk in his own tow
Columbia, says:-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

and, instead Of making themselves party to
its enornilies, as the President invites them
to do, think rather that it is the duty OF
the Senate to wash its hand of all this part
of the transaction by special dlsapproba-
ton. The Senate is the constitutional adj
wiser Of the President, aud the right, if not
the duty, to give him advice when the occa-
sion requires it. therefore propose, as an
additional resolution, applicable to the Rio
del Nore boundary only-the one which
shall read aud send to the Secrctarys table
and on which, at the proper time, | shall
ask the vote of the Senate. This is the res
oluton:
Rcsoelcd, That the incorporation of
the left bank of the Rio del Norle into the
American Union, by virtue of treaty with
Texas, omprehending, as the said corpora
ton would do, a part Of the Mexican de-
partments of New Mexico, Chihauhau, Co
ahuila, and TamauIipas, would be an act Of
direct aggression on Mexico for all the
consequences Of which the u States would
he responsible"
Having shown the effect Of the treaty on
the Rio Grande frontier, Mr. B took up the
treaty itself under all its aspects and in its
whole extent, aud assumed foul, positions in
relation to it, namely
!. That the ratification Of the treaty would
be, of itself, war between the United States
and Mexico.
2. That it would be an unjust war
3. That it would be war unconsiitutIon-
ally made.
A. That it would be war upon weak and
groundless pretext,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07
CHEESEMAN'S
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1t is warranted any Of Piles FiStuia,
of however long standing, when everything else
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in the side aud breast, pain and weakness in the
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Pain and relieve Soreness in all cases. This Won
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full remedy-being prepared in accordance with
strict and well established chemical laws Its rep
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while the universal satisfaction it has gven,-the
increasing demand, and the numerous and respec-
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that it needs only to be used TO prove its invaluable
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M As there are several counterfets, the pur-
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

ACCIDENTS AND OBsERvATIoNs.--
years ago, sowed about half an acre Of
wheat near my barn; my neighbours hens
came OH it and began their scratching, and
as did not want to quarrel with my neigh
bors, let them scratch. But in despite Of
biddies scratching, (for they scratched the
piece nearly all over,) the wheat came up
well aud grew thick and even, and at har-
vest time had some over Is bushels.
Last year, | sowed half bushe of wheat
on a part of the same ground above men,
toned, and my hens and those of others,
Immediately went to work and scratched il
nearly or quite over; they followed this bus
mess daily for some time, but the wheat
came up thick and grew well, and had a
good crop for any year, considering how
much the apple trees shaded it.
| sowed about four bushels of wheat be-
sides, on ground nearly or quite as fayora-
bile for crop; it came up well, but soon
after, the worms and fly destroyed it so that
had more from the half bushel where tho
hens scratched it over, than | had from all
the remainder.
So, is it not a fact that hens save more
spires Of wheat by destroying grubs and
worms, than they destroy by picking up the
grain for all they get is that which is so
near the top of the ground that it never
comes up, when dry weather comes, the
roots (for grain roots are all lateral, dry up.
and have even seen the grain itself sbriv.
eled and dry, and perhaps the next day, af-
Ter u shower, the same kernel would be swol-
len as though it was ready to burst, and the
roots were in a similar condition.
Maine Farmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

PRuNrNe.-' Does the looping off branch
increase or retard the general growth of a
tree ? The principles Of vegetable physiol-
ogy that relate to the growth Of trees, are as
follows THE sap is absorbed by the roots,
ascends the stem, traverses the branches, is
elaborated in the leaves, and descends again
towards the root, deposting new layer Of
wood, and also the peculiar secretions of the
species. If, then, we deprive tree of one
Of lis houghs, do we not take from it num-
Der Of its digestive organs-its leaves and
do we not thereby impair lis growth, at least
its increase in thickness A branch, mas
much as il bears leaves, is means Of pro-
dnciiveness, aud not of waste, TO a tree I
should, therefore, be inclined to answer in
the affirmative, and say that pruning, TO any
extent a, time, must be injurious, at least
as far as regards diameter. There is one
point connected with pruning which do
not think has yet been satisfactorily deter
mined. 1t is this Does tree absorb the
same quantity of sap from the ground when
deprived of several of its branches, as il did
while it formed integral parts of it! The
elucidation Of this question would throw
some light on the effects of the operation
of pruning - Correspondent Of Gardeners
ChrOn.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

How DISCOVERIES HAVE BEEN MADE
Many of the most important discoveries
in the field of science have been the result
of accident. Two little boys Of specta-
Gle maker in Holland, while their father was
at dinner, CHANGED to look at distant stee-
pie, through two e-gasses placed one be-
fore another. They found the steeple bro't
much nearer the shop windows They told
their father on his return; and the crcum-
stance led to a course of experiments, which
ended i'll the telescope.
Some shipwrccked sailors once collected
some sea-weeds on the sand, and made fire
to warm their shvering limbs and cook their
scanty meal. When the fire went out, they
found that the alkali of the sea-weed had
combined with the sand, and formed glass
the basis Of all our discoveries in astrono-.
my, and absolutely necessary TO our enjoy
ment.
In the days when every astrologer and
every chemist was seeking after the philoso-.
piers stone, some monks, carelessly maxi
ing up their materials, by accident invent
ed gun-powder, which has done SO much to
diminish the barbarlties of war.
Sir Isaac Newton's most important dis
coveries, concerning light and gravitation,
were the result of accident. His theory and
soap bubbles of child and on gravitation
by the fall of an apple as he sat in the
orchard And it was hastily scratching on
stone a memorandum of some articles
brought him by wash-woman, that the idea
Of photography first presented itself TO the
mind of Stenifelder.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

Nature seemed TO console us, and l felt 70
the first time in my life that
"Man's inhumanity to man
Makes count 'ss millions mourn.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

SCARLET FEvER.-At Hartford, Connect
cut, the experiment Of covering the body with
sliced onions, and renewing them often, till the
feversubsides, has been tried with great effect,
in cases Of scarlet fever. The onions draw the
fever to the surface, and to imbibe il to some
extent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

FLA&.-If pulled before the seed ripens, fax
Is not exhausting to the land. Those who raise
fax for spinning can profit by this hint.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

Sensible Adrice.-"lf You ever marry" sale
a Roman Consul to his son, ''let it be TO wo'
man who has judgment enough TO superintenc
the getting of meal of viciuals; taste enough
to dress herseli pride enough to wash her lace
before BREAKFAST; and sense enough to hold hel
tongue when she has nothing to say"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

HoRsEs.-It is sorrowful to see the abuse
and cruelty that is practced by some on
this noble and useful animal. A great ma
ny valuable horses die yearly from improper
treatment alone. Those who have the care
of horses, should work them moderately.
feed aud water regularly, and give them salt
at least twice a week. | believe three-fourths
of the diseases oF horses are brought on
them by Improper treatment. Much has
been said from time TO time about the dis.
eases of horses aud their cures have al.
ways found it much easier and better to try
TO prevent, than to cure them,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-07

OREGoN.-The ST. Louis Democrat says,
that about five hundred individuals have al.
ready collected at Independence and vicinity,
for The purpose Of enigraiing to Oregon
They expect to be joined in~the course Of the
present month bv about fifteen hundred more
persons, who are from among the most hardy
pioneers Of Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-08-07
POLK'S TORY ANCESTORS.

The Argus of Monday made a great
flourish over a statement which it copied
from a North Carolina Loco Foco paper,
to the effect that the Editor had a printed
copy of the "Mecklcnburg Declaration
IN his possession, with the name of EzE.
KEEL POLK James X. Folks ToRY grand.
father attached to it. The Releigh IN.
CO Register shows up this last invention
Of Loco Focoism pretty effcctualIy.
Hear it -
We pronounce, on the uery best author.
ity, any copy Of the Mecklcnburgh Declar.
alton containing EZEKIEL Folks name. a
VILE FORGERY We do not denv
that the 'Jeffersonian" may have a prin.
led copy Of that Declaration with EZEKIEL
Folks name attached TO it, for we learn
from a member Of the family, that when
JAMES X. POLK was ID candidate for Gov.
ernor in Tennessee some of his friends, to
rebut the charge of Toryism against his
Grandfather, had a spurious edition of the
Mecklenburg Declaration published, and
iuterpoLated his name We have this
statement. on authority which cannot be
gainsaid. Besides, We have turned to the
publication, made by our Legislature in
1881, on the subject of The Mecklenburg
Declaration. and the name of EZEKIEL
Polk is not to be found in the list of
Delegates present on the Goth May, l775.
The Chairman of the Committee of our
Legislature. to whom the subject was
referred. was Thomas G.. Polk, ESQ. oc
Rowan. as high>minded and honorable a
man as lives.--EzEK.EL POLK was his
great Uncle, and he would scarcely have
permitted The Resolution of the Patriots Of
Mecklenburg TO appear without his kins.
mans name fiji had been legitimately
entitled TO a place there.
The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-08-07

forever upon the country? What if Hen
ny Clay is a stakeholder? If, as he has
often declared he holds slavery as a great
moral and political eril, and is now utter
" opposed to its extension beyond the
guarantees of the Constitution. If he is
the only barrier against a project so fatal
to all the long cherished hopes ofthe final
abolition of American Slavery, can any
conscientious abolitionist vote for any
other candidate? Is not every freemen
sworn to cast his vote so as to advance the
good of his country, and if the abolition
of slavery is indispensable to its welfare,
how can an abolitionist, even upon abo-
lition grounds at the present crisis of our
affairs, vote for any other candidate now
before the people but Henry Clay? Slave
holder as he is, he now stretches forth his
arm toprevent the extension fslaveholding
and to repress its further invasions upon
the country. What abolitionist who is
not dishonest or delirious will spurn the
protested succor when certain ruin is the
result of rejection. No one laments more
deeply and sincerely the existence of slave
ry than Henry Clay. But as this noble
and highminded patriot loves his country
and the union, he dares not disturb the
odious institution in those states who
choose to cling to it under the guarantees
of the Constitution. But a more sincere
and ardent foe to its further extension
there is not in the wide world. And now
when every other candidate is ready to add
to the power of Southern domination, and
betray the North, Henry Clay proves to
be the man for the emergency. He nobly
throws himself into the breach. He says
to the slave power, hitherto shalt thou
come and no farther. With the aid ofthe
people he can stop the further progress of
the crushing car of slavery. Can any
conscientious abolitionist deny his aid
Does not the peace, prosperity, the harmo-
ny and even the very existence of the un-
ion demand your votes at this time ifnever
more for Henry Clay. If indeed you are
true to the cause Of humanity, true to the
single and glorious purpose of emancipa-
ton which you profess, you are guilty
of perjury in the oaths you have taken as
freemen which nothing but ignorance in
the midst of the most convincing evidence
can excuse.