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their best time for picking cotton, can bc
done in weather not suitable for that. But
do not send your hands into the field while WI
every thing is wet with heavy dew. That
is some OF the time not suitable for gathering
cotton-lhat is a time when by proper man
agemenr, you may have great deal of your
other work done, which would otherwise
interfere with your cotton; besides, by keep
ing them out of the dew yon will pre-
serve their heath, and in the long run have
more cotton gathered. But mind devote all
your good weather to picking cotton. with
all your force, and always have something
ready laid out to employ it in bad weather.
Do this, aud at Christmas you will be sat
Isiicd that YOU can find more profitable
employment for your hands somewhere else
than in The Gotten field. RUSSELL.
REMARk-"RUssELL' writes, as we doubt
not he plants, with skill and good sense.
Our readers will be happy to hear from him
often.- Southern mt,eut0r.
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HOW GENERAL TAYLOR ACTS IN
EMERGENCIES.

Charles +. Hoffman, whom all our readers
know or should know. rs gentleman OF very
high literary distinction, was with General
Taylor during the Black Hawk War, and thus
relates and incident, that places the character
of the old patriot warrior in precisely the light
that it is looked on by every one who has had
the opportunity to know him personally.
Sumc time after Slilln,ans defeat by Black
Hawks band, Taylor marching with large
body of volunteers and a handful of regulars in
pursui, of the hostile Indian force found himself
approaching Rock River, then asserted by ma
ny to be the true northwestern boundary ot the
State of Illinois. The volunteers, as Taylor
was informed, would refuse to cross the stream.
They were militia. they said called out tor the
defence of the Suite, and it was unconstlulnn.
al to order them to march beyond its frontier in
to the Indian country. Tay ylor thercnpon hal
led his command, and encamprd within the ac'
knowlcdgcd boundaries Of Illinois. He would
nor as the reator of the story said, bulge an
inch further without orders. He had already
driven Black Hawk out of the State, but the
question of crossing Rock River seemed huge
" to trouble his ideas of integrity to the con.
sltuliun on one side, and military cxpedleEcy
OIL the other.
During the night, however. orders came, eth
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HOW TO KEEP CORN FROM FIR
ING.

Mr.. EDIroR;-i saw in the last number
of your highly valuable CuLTIvAToR, an in.
quiry from your correspondent, "H., of Ill.,"
as to the best mode of keeping corn from
firing. admit it is very hard thing to do
on poor land rf drv season, but can IN a
or, at measure bc oLviated by ridging up
your land with double horse plows, deep,
raising high ridges. am aware that those
who cultivate thin land will say, that sys-
tenn will not do; my land is sufficiently red
now, aud it will not do to expose any more
oflhe muIai;to SOIL Go ahead, pay no at
tcntion to the mulatto soil. Well, when you
have got your land rdged up, and ready for
planting. sprinkle your manure. IN what IS
called the water iurrow, and throw back
two hight burrows on the top Of it, with SIN
glc-horsc carey. Open that with bull:
tongue plow; prepare measure, two and
a half or three feet long for each Of your
drcppers, so that your corn can have good
distance. When it gets out of The way OF
birds, or sufficiently largcto work, run a,
round it with Il shovel plow very deep. and
break out the middcs with carey. Your
noes lluSt lol''" 'iiE pl'" ~ "' W. ""S''N'
,ha, which may DC covered up; lhn it out to
one stalk, so as to give it size. Should TIC
weather become very dry, before it be-
gins to tasscI. plow it every two weeks. if
possible, bu, very shallow. and not too close.
and if your corn fires under that system OF
cultivation, YOU can take my head for fis-
ure head for a locomotive.
There is one dra respecting the appllca
ton ofcrt,on seed as q manure must sug
gcst. Nine planters out Of ten put The seed
in La!ks. either beneath or on top Of the
corn Well that system is a runlous one.
particularly Ct dry year, because, SO soon
as The corn has exhausted all the manure
properties Of the seed. the bulls become
very dry, and appear TO cut "ti all commn-
nicalion between the principal bulk ct the
roots and the moisture beneath, for which
reason recommend sprinkling them 5" as
To avoid that Inconvenience. X MUNsHN.
East Felmiana, La, August, 1913.
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For the Journal.
THE HEART KNOWETH IT'S OWN BITTER

NESS.
'1s well We can our Thoughts conceal,
And only those VIC choose reveal;
For then in time of our distress,
The heart knowcth lis own bitterness.
For oft il is secret woe,
Doth in orr nm"st bosom glow
All outward signs we will reprcss.
The heart only knowcth lis own bitterness,
The eye 10 others may seem gay,
Tho lips with smiles about them play;
We'll not with sympathy deprcss.
The heart knowcth its own bitterness.
FLORELLA.
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"Arc you a drunkard" said the Record
CT. yesterday, to il hard case. who was
brought mp before him for being as blue as
indigo the nigh, before.
"Why, I'm drunkard," said the prisoner,
"but not an u!lra.drunkard."
"What do you mcar," said the Recorder,
Il don't understand the dStnctlon"
"Thcn | suppose you would not under
stand me- SAID the prisoner, "l you had
asked what my politics are, and that should
reply, Im wing but not an uIlra-whig."
The Recorder remarked that the noise
and confusion was So great, he could not be
hcard.--N o. DttU.
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THE SEVEN YEARS WAR.

Tbs war rage from 1856 to 1868, and
almost all tho European powers were en-
gagcd in it. 1t originated in dispute be.
tween Engand and France, relating to the
Canadas; The French encrnachcd on tract
orcoun,ry claimed by the English, in the wIl
derncss and this war has often been called
"a strife abnu, 50 many acres ot snow. -
The miscrics which it accustomed in tho III
terror of Europe, have been seldom cqnal!ed
and at length, the Grand ScIgnor invited the
European Minister at his Court tn hold
conference, and after stating TO them the
great ahhurrcncc he fel, at the bloody war
then raging between So many Christian ma
tionS, Offered his mediation for cGcctng a g III
cra peace! The offer of the Mahommedan
peace maker was not accepted, but re- Icctcd
with pride and scorn, and hnStIlics we're
continued, until poverty brought peace. This
war is represented by hstorlans,as ono oi the
most successful that England was ever cnga-
gcd in. One hundred ships 1T war were taken
from the enemy or destroyed, and twelve
millions sterling acquired in prize money; but
these glorious successes cost the nation $50.
900 human lives and upwards OF ono hundred
and eleven millions sterling! The slaughter OF
the opponents and allies of Great Britain in
this dreadful contest, was lIlllc less than
500 900 men! Boston 1las.
WHAT Is IT To BE Polilcncss is
trait which one admlrcs, and which conicrs
upon IT'S possessor q charm that docs much
to pave the way of lric with success. But
it is very much misunderstood. Polteness
docs not consist in wearing white silk glove,
and in gracefully lifting your hat when you
meet all acquaintance; it does not consist in
artificial smiles aud fatlcriug speech, but in
sincere and honest desires to promote the
happiness of those around you; in the rca-
dincss to sacrifice your own case and
comfort to add to the enjoyment Of others.
The man is always ready to confer Iavors,
who speaks in the language of kindness and
conciIiatlou; and who studies to manifest
those little attentions which crafty the heart
is polite man though he may wcara home
spun coal, and make a very ungracelul bow.
And many fashionable who dresses gentccI,
and enters the most crowded apartments
with assurance and ca>e, is a perfect COM
pound of rndencss and ihcivIlIly. He who
has a heart flowing with kindness aud good
will towards his fellow men. and who is
guided in the exercise of these feelings by
good common sense, is the truly p'tc man
and he alone.
E!EAvY.-A man said to aaother, "whIcl
is the heaviest, quart of rum or quart OF
watcr!" "Rum, most assurcdly," sad the
other; "Eor | saw a men who weighs 200
pounds staggering under a quart Of rum
when he could have carried d gallon OF wa
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He tried third tmc--and after waiting
outside the screen, for The space OF full
minute, he went to secure the plate; when
he found that his subject had left the chair,
and was peeping over the top Of the machine
anxiousy endcavoring to see how it was
done!
The operator gave it up in despair!
Boston TimeS
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HUM,N SKIN NAILED TO CHuRcn DOORS
Mr.. Albert Way communicated the result Of a
correspondence relating to the tradition handed
down in several instances, that the doors of Ger.
tain churches had been covered with human
skin as a punishment of sacriege. Sir Harry
Enne6eld had first called the notice ftbe So.
ciely OF Antiquaries to the existence OF such q
tradition regarding the churces of Hadstock
and Copford, in Essex; and the Hon. Richard
Neville, in his antigua Exporala.' had again
stated the record preserved by popular belief IN
those parishes. 1t appeared that similar tale
was known at Worcester, in relation 70 the
great north floors of the cathedral-supPoz to
have been covered with The skin ofa per son.who
had robbed the altar These doors had. been
renewed of late years, and the old woodwork
drpo<ed in the crypt; but by the assistance
of Mr. Jabcz Allies, portion of the supposed
human skin had been obtained, which remain
ed under the iron work and clamps,-the skin
having evidently Eeen laid upon the doors when
first made. 1t proved. on examination ny
powerful microscope, to he in fac, human. Mr.:
WAY stated that having obtained portions OF
the skin from the church doors at Hadstock and
Copfnrd these had proved also, on scien''no
examination, to be human skin.
Minutes of the Archaeological Institute.
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How TO LIVE LoNG--A venerable min
lister, who has preached some G5 years IN The
same place, being asked what was the Sc
cret of long life, replied, Rise early. live
temperatey, work hard and keep cheerful" ;"
Another person who lived to the great age
Of ITO yeats, said, in reply to The inquiry,
"How he lived 50 long?' II have always
been kind and obIigpg; have never quarrelI-
ed with any one; have eaten and drank only
to satisfy hunger AMI thirst, and have never
been iue'
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From the New York Sun.

THE PLEASURES OF THE CoUNTR
BY JAMES wooDHousE.
Wo love, as twilight shadows fall,
TO stand beside some tranquil stream;
Aud list the evenings distant call,
Which wakens up !ic's early dream-
That dream which dies not when despair
Burns round the heart with lurid glare,
But lrcrnbics soft, like kucs Of even,
And flows. ill caught aloft 10 heaven.
We love to watch the stars appear.
One after ono in bright array;
And love their radiant marching steer,
With music on their winding way;
'Tis sweet on such n night as this,
When pcr(uncd breczes speak Of bliss,
And falling waters murmur near,
10 list the voice whose tones are dear.
And sweet TO think Of her, whose voice
Can thrill US in solemn hour
Can make our sorrowing heart rejoice,
When solitude and night have power.
Her, whom through liIe's oft changing lot
Can never, never DO forgot
Whose lovely face and faaItess form
Arc stariikc, appearing through tho storm.
'Ts sweet at mornings early hour,
TO rise and view the cool grey SKY;
To dash tho dew drop fom the flower,
And list The birds in copscs nigh;
TO spring across the murnurlng brook,
And pause on emerald moss to look-
TO hen, voicc-to spring above
And clasp the tender form We love.
And on that bank to stand and talk,
Until the morning horn sounds clear;
To kiss farewell, and slowly walk,
And turn TO watch her form so dear;
To sec her reach the forest nigh,
Then turn, and wave her kcrchicf high;
Come homc,-and thinking still Of her,
b. greeted with" Good morning Sir"
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GooD.--'Docs your arm pain you much,
sir7' asked young lady Of gentleman who
had .catcd him self near her, in mixed as
scmbly. thrown his arm across the back OF
her char and slightly touched her neck. No,
miss, it does not; but why do you ask"
noticed it was considerably out Of place, sir,
replied she; that's all The arm was re.
moved.
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DrRIvArIoS.-Ynuh have seen those brauti
FIJI petite garments, called "loseys," which the
ladies wear over their dresses. Having an ar
uument the other night as to their origin, one o
the fair di>pnlanst decided it by tho following
ORIGIN OF "JOSEYS."
Oh, Joseph was gentleman
And dweIt in Egpypt's land;
lie wore garment which the Queen
Que day took in her hand.
She tore t from his body
And put it on her own,
And as Il IoScy ever since
That garment has been known.
Exchange Paper.
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Two large merchant flour mi lis will soon be
erected in Augusta, which it is thought will re-.
ouire four or five hundred thousand bushels OF
wheat annually. The mills will be ready for
the next harvet. They will be erected upon
the Canal whose ample water will proPel the
machinery.
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A lie may slagger through brief exist
ence. as bIackguard edges his way by dnt
of bullying through crowd, but the truth,
however absurd for time, will triumph and
live forever.
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Examples ought never to pass for laws.
Men are too sub cct to lr'.;;mlIcs to serve for
copies Tor others to follow. In the greatest
virtues there will be etcrnaIy some mixture
of lmprrlcctnn, and Il man is in danger of
taking his example from the blind side he
discovers. But reason and justice can new
or nlislcad him.
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TiEAvy.-A man said to aaothcr, "whIcl
is the heaviest, a quart of rum or quart OF
watcr!" "Rum, most assurcdly," SAID the
other; "Gor | saw men who weighs 200
pounds staggering under quart OF rum
when he could have carried gallon OF wa
ter with case"
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VERY CURIous.-An elderly lady called
with her son, a day or two since, at one of
our fashionable dasncrrcolype establish
mcnts-,o have her LIKENESS taken. The
artist, after considerable trouble. managed
to fix her head in Il light position, and hav-
ing informed her that she must sit perfectly
quiet for the space of a minute, with h's
watch in his hand, left her gazing at the in
strument which was to produce her counter
part. After sitting for half a minute, she re
marked; "wcl. there's something very curl
Gus about this ccrl'Inly."
"Madame!" shouted the operator; 'stop!"
but it was too late; the picture was dcslrny-
cd
lie made second attempt, and when
the operation was about halt over, she m
tomed the patient artist, that "lf he wantei
her to sit still, he must fix the mails in the
back of her head different" which spoiled
another plate.
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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-09-13

No REPUDIATIoN AT ALBANY.-The Albany
meeting, instead of .repudiating Gen. Taylor,
turned out to be a very large and enthusiastic
demonstration in favor of Taylor and Fillmore!
The Albany Journal says: 'The meeting last
night was immense Resolutions were pass
ed, enthusiastically, to so for Tay lor aud Fill
more-not dozen dissenting. 1t was glo-
rious meeting in numbers and enthusiasm. No
true man can halt between Taylo and Loco
foco. Onward, in spite of letters, is now the
word"
Old lacks reply to the Charleston commit
tee works both ways. 1t strengthens the Lo-
coioco opposition TO him in the South, and
weakens the Wing opposition to him in the
North! The Charleston Locos, falling to COM
nit the old man to veto the Free Ordinance oi
1857, or TO distract and divide the wings in
the South, have fallen back, Prindle and all
into the Cass ranks, and the Northern wings
have come out still stronger in opposition tC
Cas- aud Van Buren,.
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NELL REBuKED.-Wo copy the following
rememberabe rebuke from late number OF
he Buffalo Daily Advertiser. Ii will ans
wer for The meridian of this city quite az
sell as for that o Rochester:
"Sorred him about Right.-A DR.. Dean
in Rochester, few days since, hitched his
horse To shade tree in front of gentle
nan's house, where he had no business
The gentleman not relishng that his trees
should thus be destroyed, very quietly dove
the horse and buggy to a livery stable, and
had them put OUT The Doctor, returnn g
from the visit TO his patient, and finding hi.
horse and buggy gone, and believing them
to be stolen, issued flaming handbill, head
ed Daring Theft and also advertised them
in the morning papers. The next day, how
ever, he learned that his horse was safe in a
public barn. The Democrat says that III.
| Doctor wishes to apologize 10 the communi
| ,y for the impu,ation cast upon the gUoC
name Of the city by insinualng so bold a
theft could be committed in tie day time
lie should learn that shade trees were moi
set out and pruned through years with mucf
labor aud cpre, TO be made bi,ching poets Of
| thus rendering them liable to be destroyed il
five minutes And all should bear this in min
in cities. One of our cit.zensuse 10 60 Gu
and quietly cut the halter, whenever hors
was fastened to tree in front Of his res
dence, which proved quite an eifsciuai rem
| edy To the encroachmeni."
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CITY OF EVANSVILLE:
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEP. ls.

SOUND AND PATRIoTIc standardization
the occasion of political meeting at Raleigh,
the seat OF government of the State of North
Carolina, Mr.. Senator Badger, who is resi-
dent OF that beautiful little city, was called out
by his fellow-citizens, and delivered speech
OF great interest and power on the or, at Ma
tional issues involved in the pending Presi-
DENTAL election. In the course of his speech
ne paid glowing and feeling tributeto the in
tegrity, ability, and worth of Gen. Zachary
Taylor. He deemed the true pivot upon which
the ensuing election ought to and must turn to
be the question of the unlimited exercise of the
Veto power. If, he said, you would have the
Legislative departments Of the country mere
chambers for registering the edicts of corrupt
Executive, vote for the advocate of such the
DRY, Lewis Cass. But if you would see the
will of the people expressed and perfected
through their proper epresentaiives-if YOU
would preserve your republican form ofgovern-
me1t In reality as we'll as pane, vote for that
man who will sacrifice his own private partial
tiles OF opinion to the open declarations OF the
popular will. Mr.. Badger concluded his re-
marks by an eloquent, earnest, and stirring an.
peal 10 his Wing brethren to organize and work
to manifest their attachment TO their noble
slandard-bearer, the gallant Taylor, by ma
jority euual to that by which they The People
OF North Carolina declared their affection lor
Harry of The West
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THE BIBLE-lTs VARIETY.-When The
Iny literary men were afdeis, his reply was
-"Decause they were ignorant OF the Bi-
DIE" Ii the question was asked why the
lovers OF general reading often fail 10 ac
quaint themselves with The sacred volume,
one reason that may be assigned doubtless il
that they are not aware OF us interesting va.
ieiy. This feature OF The Bible is W, ! Il
lusira,ed by Mrs. Ellis, in The following ee-
CANT extract fro her recent work emit,
the Poetry of Life"
With our established ideas of beauty grace
palhos aud sublimuy either concentrated i'll
lie minutesi point, or extended 10 the wild
est range, we can derive from the scriptures
1 fund of qualification not TO be found H.
any other memorial oil The past or presenl
umo From the worm that grovels in the
Dust beneath our feet, 10 the track of the
leviaihan In The loaming deep-fom TN,
moth that couupis the secret treasure, t.
The eagle that scars above his eyre in ih,
clouds-from the wild ass in the desert IL
ihe lamb within the shepherds fold-lrun
The Consuming locust 10 the cattle on thou
sand hills--fron tie rose OF Sharon tn the
cedar of LebanoD-from HE clear crystal
gushing forth out of the fiiniy rock, To the
wide waeTs Of The drluIe-iTO n The -en
waste to- The fruitful vineyard, and the lane
flowing with milk and honcy-irom The paul
of The wandeIer TO the gatheter of ID might,
multitude from The tear that falls in score
! TO the din Of battle and The shout Of . irium
phant host from the solitary in the wilder
ueSS, 10 the salTapOn The throne from The
m gunner clad in his sack CLOTH Ia the prince
n The purple robes from the gnawng oil
lie worm that dieih not To the sc raphic Wis
on Of the dissolution the still, smal
voice, To The thunders of Onnipotencc
from the depths of hell TO the regions o
eternal glory, there is no degree of braui,
~ deformity, no tendency 10 good or evi
no shades of darkness or CLEANS of lighr
which do MOI come within The cngnizanct
Of the Holy Scriptures; and therefore there
IS no expression OF conception Of the nino
hat may not find corresponding picture
40 thirst for excellence that here may no
meet with lis fnl supply; and no condition
II humanity excluded from the unlimited
scope OF adaptation and sympathy compre
hendej IN The language and spirit Of The
Bible.
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A PALPABLE HlT.-The Boston Atlas thus
discourses to the "recusant Wings" who pre-
tend they cannot support Gen. Taylor because
he is no Wing, and yet talk about voting for
Martin Van Buren,:
'sThose Wings who called the Worcester
convention, TO oppose Gen. Taylor, because he
was mot whig" are requested to meet at the
town pump TO make preparations to support
requested to bring with them copies of their
speeches in 40. The Van Buren, men in Con-
cord are to bring the big ball. A transparency
of Van Buren, giving his casting vote to rifle
the mails of slavery and papers, Will be exhib-
tied.