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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-03
MEMORIAL.

To The Senate and House Of Representatives ~ Ire
Unifed States in Ccngrtss asse,nblsd The memorial
of the undersigned, respectfully represents that
they are entitled to Bounty Land, under the act
of 2sih Of September, 1850. that they are informed
and believe that the INDICATED warrants are worth
more to them than the patented lands would be.
tina, they do not expect desire to reside on The
land thus granted; that if patented to them, the
expense of agencies and taxes will he an annual
charge, reducing the value Of the grant, which
they could avoid if permitted To sell the warrant.
Your memorialists further represent that the las.
by preventing the sale Of the warrants, assun =
that the officers and volunteers entitled to bounty
lands, are not competent TO act for themselvss,
whereas many Of than are among the most intel
ligsui and respectable citizens Of the States. They
therefore respectfully hok that the act aforesaid
may bs 80 modified to make the warrants for
bounty lands assignable, and they will ever
pray, &c.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-03

'5,752 British taken prisoners.
g. CONTINENTAL MONEY
Amount issued IN ITS ! 1000 900
I" lT71 10000, 900
" in all to July, 1899 $4,000, 900
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-03

The surrender of CORVALLIS at Yorktown, DC
tober 1881, closed the war; prisoners 1913.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-03

The following y be especially designated;
Milwrights.
Moulder and Boiler Makers.
Artifcers in Brass, Copper and Tin.
Cutters, and Workers OF Steel in general.
Carpenters.
Brickmakers
Workers in Ivory, Bone, and Horn.
Civil Engin, ers, Railway Contractors, and Con
tractors for Earth Work, and Masonry Of ever,
description. 1l.attt
Architects an Bridge Binders.
Builders. Master MAsons, aud Bricklayers.
Shin Binders, Masters of Vessels, Ship Carpen
tiers. and Others connected with Building ant
Docking ships.
Block and Pump Makers.
fTemp Drcsscrs aud Rope Makers
Manufacturers OF Line. and Cotton Fabrics.
Manufacturers Of Spinning Machines, Rowing
Machines, Card Breakers and Finishers, Draw
ing Frames Willows, and .ckers, etc, connect
I'd with Cotton, Flax, and Wool Machinery.
Calcndcrers, Dleachcrs, and talico Printers.
Cloah Folders, and Measures, and persons inter
osted in Sewing Machinery.
Anchor end Chain Cable Manufacturers.
Cutting and Turning Tool Makers
Pin and Needle Makers.
Nail and Rivct Makers.
i}olt and Screw Bolt Makers.
Nail Cattcrs.
Coinory.
Leather Dressers and Curriers'.
Msnufacsurers Of Great Guns and Small Arms.
Candle Makers.
Biscuit and Cracker Makers.
Lace Makers.
Ribbon Wsavsfss
Stone Cutters and Marble Masons.
Dyer, Cloth Washers, and Scourcrv
oerers.
Cider aud Chsese Manufacturer
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-01
My own green land forever ="
THE GREAT EXHIBITION No. MI.
Exhibition Vans-Visit 10 the Zollyersin States
and Netherlands.
IOTTtspundtnCe u The Y Tntune


" !
LONDON, Friday, Aug Is, 1851.
Ii is curious TO mark the VARYING circum-
stances by which an idea is rounded as II passes
through the successive phases OF lis history. THIS
correspondence between cause and effect which
gives their value to geological, archaeological and
all other remains and which renders clrcumstanral
Developments interesting a. the iutagiiO Of the
life, has been aruusngly illustrated " pass
from great things TO small ones,) by the different
kinds Of vehicles that have successfully preiomi-
mated since the beginning Of the memorable month
OF NAV III the thoroughfares leading to the CRYSTAL
Palace
Through the first few weeks the streets were filed
with The brilliant equipages Of the arStocracy IN all
their glory of magnificent horses, coronet,ed arms
and rainbow lIyeres this palmy epoch was sue
ceeded by The era OF palmer carriages. hackney.
coaches omnbuse. also coming out IN great force
and tosming IN the neighborhood Of the Pa,k A
solid, siew-noylng mass that literally crammed the
streets from SIDE 10 sre, and through which heyes
OF frightened womens who would not have 90, them.
selves across TIL doOmsday. potsd safely over
oy good homorec pohcemen ~ the president time.
though many handsome carriages are TO be sect,
and omnibuses are silll reaping golden h,rve,is
mountainous looking vans are beginning 10 make
their appearance, rooted H. and hung round with can
vas curtains, "a which the word EXHIBITION =
painted IN gigantic characters wherever the letters
car Dc stuck the huge machines, drawn by two
enormous cart-hoTseS, beng crowded with tw, an
three score Of rough-lOOkme customers fr,rn Tho
country, women and children. laden WITH l,,rr
oerng baskets OF prog, which 20 back much Irhtsr
than taey come. should Z SIT further retuf,7,- n
the tnirance.ee e made. a. i confidently expected
and the railroad companies cOnser. % come Gown m
their fares fox the nonce. a. the newspapers are ny
M 10 cera,e them INTO DONG. We shall doubtless -
favored with some fresh variety Of locomotlv. no
nomena tho Oh What car have after the afo-e-
SAD vans, Is impossible 10 imagine
HAS ret mons nos 0-fOas IL ne une xpIoye5 70
slOnS OF the Crysial Palace
H. The department OF lie Loilvereiu States pms
Sia naturally Cccur.es the most Conspicuous uos,.
frightened review u The ILllIne Fable l.tns,r,.i
procuciS here displayed would demand loo rnTch
TINE We merely remark. therefore ~ pasSrut ia,
Germany has evidently arrived az a high degree ~
manufacturing activity. and i on the hlgt Tos, ~
great excellence n many branches and oroc,ei >,
notice ne more remarkable Oh ects con-r,9fsG ~
tie EaIlCr> ne q. eFs q TIE COME 1er4,l1n -
10 TIE hI>i pace, thtn. NJ Tfuiarz iae aroo,-,lro
collections al nlnera. ogral su.cInens. ,rs 80 80
Ca HCu Prussia. w1.c- are cons,.sle,. Il. ,,o@.,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-01

q Gov. Hunt passed through this VII
iage yesterday, r0Uts for Lake George lie was
cordially welcomed mere by those no were aware Of
MS arrival The Governor appears IN good health
al tne spirits. and his exalted station does not pre-
yeHt M usual simplicity and frankness, which 60
hand n hand with true republcanisn He intends
spending few DAYS al the lake, enjoying Is delight
ful scenery and ing to his aOors AZ
Al any the iatter part Of the week.
rCien's Falls Free Press.
Gov Hunt Will visit the Clinton Prison before as
return. Evening Journal
" Miss Jenny Lind and Miss AhmaTe-
son arrived IN town yesterday afternoon and TOOK
locglngs attke Mansion Miss Lind has been pass
inC . iea GAYS with ms Burke. a, .' 5omef'IAe
Farm The residence Of Mr. Joseph bnFAe
Buffalo Courier, TAlfs lay.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
Eccentric .Parson.

The Providence Journal tells the follow
ing amusing story of a minister, betraying
a want Of faith, while preaching in favor Of
that christian virtue.
cold Doctor S. was among the most &C.
centric geniuses of the " CLOTH" He held
forth, many long years since, somewhere in
region Of the White Mountains, in the
Granite State. His pulpit window was so
situated, that, from it was a full view of the
Monadnock Mountain. One Sabbath, ex-
patiating to his audience on the power OF
faith, he recitel the passage from the New
Testament, in which it is said, "if we have
faith as a grain o; mustard seed, ye shall
say 10 this mountain, be removed" &c.
Then he exclaimed, eyes, my hearers, if
you had faith as a grain of mustard seed,
and should say to old Monadnock, be ye re-
moved, it would be -" when, pausing, and
casting his eyes out of the pulpit, he shook
his head gravely, and continued" doubt
fill, mig hearers. Old MOnadnOck is a toll.
erabIy big hill, but yOu a try it,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
d u-rtet y.
A Yankee Bell Ringer.

The { cuteness' of the genuine Yankee
is we'll illustrated by the following story,
told by a correspondent of the ". O.DeHa.
The Yankee is bound to propel himself all
over the world but whoever heard of one of
them working his passage 10 a desired ha-
ven by downright labor ? They will rather
watch for a chance to adopt some such e..
pedient as is described in this story
A tall, awkward looking chap, Just from
the Green Mountains Of Vermont, came on
one of the splendid North River boats at
Albany. His curiosity was amazingly ex-
cited at once, and he commenced "peek-
ing" as he called it, into every nook and
corner of the boat. The captains office,
the engine room, the barber's shop, all I'M
derwent his inspection and then he went
on deck and stared in Amusement at the
lever beam, the chimnies, and the various
''fxins," till at last he caught sight of the
bell. This was the GROWING wonder, and
he viewed it from every position, walked
around it, got down on his knees ard look
ed into it, and exclaimed, {" Wall, rally, this
beats the bell on our meetin'- house a darn.
ed sight" By this time the attention of the
captain and several of the passengers was
attracted to the genius. How much
would you ask to let a Teller ring this bell
"You may ring it for dollar, sir" said
the captain. Wall, it's a bargain, all
fair and agreed, and no backing eout." ats
a bargain, sir" said the captain. Our hero
went deliberately and brought a seat and
4ooL boI1 &c tho bolI rOnn mud hovtun ny,
ranged everything to his satisfaction, com
menced ringing slowly at first, and gradu-
ally faster and faster till everybody Oh board
thought the boat was on fire, and rushed
on deck, screaming with alarm. There
stood the captain, and there sat the VAR
mounter," ringing away, first slow and then
fast, and then two or three taps at a time
The passengers began to expostulate the
captain said it was a bargain.
But the passengers became urgent tina
the eternal clangor should be stopped. Al
the while there sat our hero undisturbed
ringing away more ways than a cockneJ
chime-ringer ever dreampt of. AT last the
captain began to think it time to stop thu
simpleton but his answer was, ga fai
bargain, and no backing OUT and he RAM
away for dear life. "Well, says the cap
tain, "what will you take 10 stop p "WalI
capt'n, l guess | sheant loose nuthin' if
take five dollars and a free passage to New
York, but not darned cent less. We'll
walk down to the office and get your mon
ey and passage ticket" said the Captain
After that we all went to sleep.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12

, man of strict observation, has used tur-
nips or cabbages in rearing and fattening
his bogs. and he is fully of the opinion that
Cattening is greatly facilitated by the free
use of various vegetables and experience
has tanobt him that pork thus fattened IS
IF = 6rm1er texure and more nutritious than
when fattened wholly on corn. 1t is ra-
tional 70 sunpose that this might be the
case. for We all very well know that it is
the nature ofswine to feed ON vegetables,
and hence va see they have wisely been
provided with an instrument for digging
roots. and ching from the vegetable crea-
ton such fooda as is most congenlal to their
nature.
Now, brolhc farmers, | think this sub
iect demands nr strict attention; and if it
Is found. as i certainly will be if tried,
that ruta bags will answer instead of po-
tatoes. and eyn far exceed them in raising
this almost Indispensable article (pork) in
our living, it easy to see the advantage,
since it will b found that at least five times
more ruta bags than potatoes can be raised
on the same fece of ground. Land that
will bear cocoon will bear good tufnips,
and they may)e planted and worked the
same as corn. A good time to plant ruta
bagas is aboutthe first of June. OF course
ruta bagas sIiqld be nearer together than
corn, and itpll be found necessary, on the
first hoeing, : pull out the poorest plants,
leaving one, tto, and sometimes three in a
hill. Come, nd make the trial.-Mainc
Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
A. Faithful Old Horse.

A friend relates the following, which has
struck US, rightly considered, as possessing
an element Of the pathetic in no ordinary
degree -:
An old horse, that had served his master
faithfully for some twenty-five years, was
sold to a drover from one of the little Long
Island villages near New Haven, and taken
to that pleas ant town for shipment to the
West Indies. As the old fellow went away
in new hands, he seemed to have kind of
instructive preseltiment that he was to re-
turn no more. He cast &c many a longing,
lingering look behind" and whinnied his
apprehensions so effectually that his old
owner almost r%clented, and, but for seeming
childish, he would have followed and re-
voked the bargain-a course which his chill
dren, who were watching the old horse de-
part, %strenuously urged him to adopt. He
disappeared, however, with his new master,
and soon after, in company with a large
drove of other horses, he was placed on
board a vessel, which, one afternoon in
March, set sail from New Haven for the
West Indies. The vessel had hardly
reached the open sound, at nightlall, before
a storm began to brew which by nine o.
clock became 50 violent that the safety of
the ship, captain, and crew was placed in
imminent jeopardy. The craft labored so
heavily that it was found necessary to throw
over much Of the live freight, which great
ly encountered the deck, The oldest and
least valuable horses were selected, and
among them was our lour-legged hero"
The stormy waters of the Sound received
the poor old fellow; but his destiny was
not yet to be fulfilled. The shore, which
the vessel had Rugged in the tempest,
was only three miles distant, and this, with
more than 'superhuman' effort, he was en-
abled to reach. That very night his old
master was awakened by the familiar whin-
nying of his faithful beast, over the long.
accustomed door-yard gate, saying, like the
old 'gaberlunzeman in the Scottish song
Get up, good man, and let me ill.,"
The familiar sound CAM like the voice
of Nat Lees spirit-horse," as described
by Dana, in the " BUCCANEERS" to that re.
morseiuI master. He did get up, and lei
the old steed into his wonted stall, which
he thereafter occupied undisturbed until his
death. With an unerring instinct, that an.
imal had travelled twenty-five miles, aftel
reaching the shore, before he arrived at the
door Of his old master. 81 shall never sell
another old horse" said the original nara.
tor of this story to our friend, the longest
day | live P'-Knickerbocker.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
Spunk and Peril.

There is story, and which we believe
is a fact, of two boys going to a Jackdaw's
nest from a hole under the belfry window
in the tower of All-Saint's Church, Derby,
England. AS it was impossible to reach it
standing, and equally impossible to reach
that height from without, they resolved to
put a plank through the window and while
the heavier boy secured the balance by
sitting on the end within, the lighter boy
was to fix himself on the opposite end, and
from that p%erilous situation to reach the
object OF their desire. So far the scheme
answered. The little fellow took the nest,
and finding in it FIVE fledged young birds,
announced the news to his companion.
Five are there 2" replied he then I'll
have three"
May" exclaimed the other Indignantly.
run all the danger, and I'll have three"
You shall not" still maintained the
BOY on the inside; " you shall not. Prom
Use me three or III drop you"
Drop me, if you please" replied the
little hero, but Ill promise you no more
than two,"-upon which his companion
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
Why should Farming be Despised.

Mr.. EDITOR eff it were not for the
farmer the king would go hungry" but our
young men seem now to despise their busi-
ness. All want to follow professions, which
are already overstocked, while farming is
both healthy and honorable-honored by
the greatest of men. C%lncinnatus was a
farmer, and only owned about seven acres
of land, which he cultivated with his own
hands and was not contaminated with the
vices of the times. He was three times
invested with supreme power, both civil
and military, and again laid it down and
retired TO his little farm in content A
Washington, the father of his country, re-
tired to his farm in peace; no doubt he en-
joyed himself more there than when in the
hustle and tumult of the camp, or in the
more solemn pomp of the State. What
cares the farmer about the revolutions that
sweep over the mercantile world ? these ca.
lamities do not reach him. Or when the
storm RACES, he is snugly ensconsed in his
house, while the sailor is breastinu the
waves, and the merchant looks pale with
dread for the loss of his goods, and NAV be.
reduced TO penury. All the farmer asks is
sunshine and rain he views nature in all
Its beauty and simplicity, from the tender
germ to the ripened ear; he is a close com
Panlon with nature IN all her mysterious
ways. lie views his fields at his leisure
and, like the bee, sports among the flowers.
lie views the grass and grain gently waving
IN the wind, and the Bonded orchard, with
its fruit of various hues; he breathes the
pure air that is waited from the mountains
and, IN short, we say he is a happy man
so far as mortal can be !--Boston Cuhiya.
tor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
Raise Vegetables for your Swine.

Mr.. EDITOR Il have thought it might
not be amiss for me to inform nv brother
farmers, who have not made the experiment.
something Of the value of vegetables as
food Tor swine. Last season | raised about
eighty bushels of Ruta Bagas, and COM
menced feeding them to my hogs in Decem-
Der, from which time, until the last of
March, they ate perhaps three bushels of
corn, and with this exception, the boiled
Ruta Bagas-being %victuals and drink
formed their entire living. The growth of.
the shoats, three in number, has been as
great as when, in former years, / have fed
out from ~seventy-fve to one hundred BUSH
els of potatoes to the same number, il the
same time.
For fattening swine, l believe a great ex-
pense can be saved by the use of vegeta.
bles' Mr.. Lang, a neighbor of mine and
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
An Eavesdropper in a "Fix."

Dick Corncracker was a restless, mis-
chievous boy, whose prying curiosity led
him into a hundred scrapes every year :
but the hardest one of all was that in which
his ears were nearly scraped off his head
in the following manner.
Dick had a sister who had a beau, and
Dick was very anxious TO pry into the mys-
after the twilight had faded away from the
landscape, and the best parlor was illumi-
mated f%aintly--for lovers in anticipation Of
the chapel scene, prefer a dim, religious
light for their tete a tetes-as some of the
family were absent, master Dick resolved
to execute a plan which he had conceived
several days previously, and make himself
master of the mOdus Operadi of the prelim-
inarles to marriage. In the parlor floor
there happened to be an earthen tunnel ;
placed there to admit the passage OF a
stove-pipe from below. which was connect
ed with a " dumb stove in the chamber
above. 1t being summer, the stoves were
removed, and our young hero found that
he could introduce his head through the
aperture and listen to the conversation be-
tween the loving couple. He listened ac-
cordingly, very attentively, for some min
utes, unobserved by the occupants of the
parlor, who were too much attracted to
each other to observe the inverted face
above them. AT length Dick, becoming
tired of his constrained position, and of the
conversation, which latter he AYERS TO this
day, was extremely "sickish," attempted
to withdraw his head from the trap into
which he had thrust it. To his dismay,
however, he found himself fastened as Sc
curely as an OK in stall. He could not
pull his head out without stripping it of
ears and scalp, SO he hung fast until his
emotion, and struggles wlthal, brought the
blood into his head, and he grew black in
the face. At this critical juncture, his
nose was tittiIlated with some particles of
dust, and he sneezed. This awakened the
lovers from their intoxication, and they
discovered the prying rogue, who
himself betrayed, began to kick and
roar Justify for " heIp!"
All hands were called on deck, and it
was found impossible to extricate the I'M
fortunate youth, without first prying out
the earthern funnel, and shivering it to
fragments with a hammer. Dick was
hcu0oforth-0urod vf -OavOsdruPPiug and 10
at this day a very good boy Yankee
Blade.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
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A Sheep Shearing.

FRIEND THOMPSON A great, sheep
shearing came off at the Messrs. BINGHAM's
in Orwell, on Tuesday last, in the pres
ence Of 200 people, who came from the
Towns round about to witness the wonder
ful result of the new improvement in sheep.
And it was wonderful. Nothing of the
kind has ever been heard of in the United
States. 1t was a complete refutation of the
c%alumnles of short-sighted seven by nine
wool growers, who are jogging on in the
old way, content with small sheep, and small
~feeces, and small prices. Many who came
doubling whether all could be true that
they had heard, went away satisfied that,
like the Queen of Sheba, "the half had
not been told"
These sheep were imported by Mr.. Tain
ter of Hartford, Conn.,-being purchased
in France at very great prices,-and are
called French Merinos." They are a
very large, heavy, fine wooded race, that
have been bred from the Spanish and
French Sheep for seventy years. l will
give the live weight of a few that were
sheared on Tuesday last, with the amount
sheared, in the presence of the large COM
pany that assembled to witness the opera
ton. One Buck had been sheared previ-
Gus, at a ten months growth-live weight,
300 pounds. Weight of fleece, 81 pounds.
All that follow are ewes, many of which
have twice bred during the last sixteen
months.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12


The PARsoN AND THE DEvIL.-In New
Jersey, not a century ago, a young clergy.
man went to pay a visit to a senior brother
plrson, who resided on the ~sea-coast. Du-
ring his stay he was invited by his friend to
go a fishing to this he readily acceded, and
as they were proceeding on their excursion,
asked what kind of fish they would be like
ly to take. His friend replied, that thew
might get some devil fish. After trying
some time, they hooked a large devil, who
immediately ran off, and dragged the boat
with considerable velocity. The senior par
son burst into a hearty laugh, while his friend
apparently much alarmed. inquired the
cause OF his laughter. The old gentleman
replied, he was laughing at the deUiFs run
ming ai0dy NTH tDO parsons.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
slinned off the nlank-

slipped off the plank.
Up tilted the end, and down went the
boy, upwards OF a hundred feet from the
ground. The little fellow, at the moment
OF his fall, was holding his prize BY their
legs-lhree IN one hand and " o in the 9TH
Grand they, finding themselves descend
ing, huttered ont their p%inions instinctlvely.
The boy. too, had on a carriers frock Sc
cured round the neck, which, filling with
air, from beneath, buoyed him up, like a
balloon, and he descended smoothly to the
ground-when, looking up, he exclaimed
to his companion
Nov you shall have none!' and ran
away, sound in every limb, to the astonlsh-
ment of the inhabitants, who, with incon-
ceivable horror, had witnessed his descent.