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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-02-20
AMUSEDIENTS.

NIBLO'S GARDEN.-MAD. II. SONTAG'S EIGHT.
IN teenth night.-Notice-T public are respectfully
informed that the Opera Season viii shortly c,ose-a
limited number of nights remain only to be given. On
Monday, Feb. q, positively last night OF
La S0NNAMBUIA
BY Madame SONTAG, signors Badiali Pozzolini &c
Secured seats for sale at No 45 Wall strest and the ox
Office Opera commences at ~ O'Clock
Holders OF Sandee Tickets who could rot gain adms-
sion on the third night of SONNAhlBULA, froay Feb
u can have their tickets exchanged for tie last night OF
SoNNAMBULA February Il, by applying at the Wall
street Ticket Office on Monday morning.
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Sen-Sse.
ALBANY, Feb. 70, 1883.
No quorum present.
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IN ATfONAf4 THEATRE CHATHAM sTREET.-DooRs
open at 6L; curtain rises at O'Clock.
Monday evening, February q, will be performed
THE SIX DEGREES OF CRIME.
liio Dormilly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Mr. W. G Jones
ONEAL THE GREAT.
I3rien ;. :. Mr.. W. G. Jones Elinor Mrs Nichola
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NHRisTYs OPERA HOUSE, NO. 472 BROADWAY.
above Grand street-0pen every night during the
sex under the sole direction and personal supervision
Christt, whose concerts in this city for the past
years have been received with favor by highly re-
ors open at 61l; to commence at TX O'Clock.
on and after Monday, Feb. 49, concert win commence
quarter before O'Clock.
On Saturday next, Feb. 26 annual benefit of G. N
risty.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24
p o E Il R Y.
AUTUMN.
BY LONGFELLOW.

o, with what glory comes and goes the year.
The Buds Of spring-those beautiful harbngers
OF sunny skies and cloudless times-enjoy
Life's newness, and earth's garniture spread out;
And when the silver habit of the clouds
Comes down upon the Autumn sun, and with
A sober gladness the old year takes up
His bright inheritance of golden fruits,
A pomp and pagent fill the splendid scene,
There is beautiful spirit breathing now
Its mellow richness on the CLUSTERED trees
And, from beaker full of richest dyes,
Pouring new glory on the Autumn woods,
And dipping in warm light the pillar'd clouds.
Morn, on the mountan like summer Bird
Lifts up her purple wing; and in the wales
The gentle wind-a sweet and passionate Woer-
Kisses the bIushng leaf, and strs up life
Within the solemn woods of ash deep crimsoned !,
And silver beech, and maple yellow-leaved-
Where Autumn, like faint old man sits down
By the way-side a weary. Through the trees
The golden robins move the purple finch,
That on wild cherry and red cedar feeds,-
A winter bird comes with its plantive whistle,
And pecks by the witch hazel whilst along
From cottage roofs the warbling bluebird sings !;
And merrly, with oft-repeated stroke,
Sounds from the threshing floor the busy fail.
o, what glory doth this world put on
For him who with fervent heart, goes forth
Under the brigh and glorious sky, and looks
On duties well performed and days well spent!
For him the wind, ay and the yellow leaves,
Shall have voice, and give him eloquent teach
ings,
He shall so hear the solemn hymn that Death
Has lifted up for all, that he shall go
To his long resting place without tear.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

LOVE is OLD ENOUGH TO REAsoN.-l
think should know how to educate a boy
bu. no, girl should be in danger ofmsk-
ing her too learnedo This is attributed to
Nehbur, the celebrated German hislorian.-
Is it no, little singular that he should
have such a dread of learned women p
Common sense would suggest that the more
learned and intelligent the woman the more
desirable would she be as a companion. Did
he fear rivalry, and merely wish for fool
instead of companion Give US learn
woman-a woman Of sense-we are not a
bi, envous on that score! a woman with
more love than sease is an exquisite tor
mentor who kills with kindness. Love is
old enough to begin 10 reason, and ought
to be ashamed of himself to $50 il blind''
any longer.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

How TO BE MAN.-When C4.lyle was
asked by young person to point out what
course Of reading he thought best to make
him man, he replied in his characteristic
manner:
cit is not by books alone, or by books
chiefly that man is in points man.
Study TO do faithfully whatsoever things in
your actual situation. then and now you
find expressly or tacI'ly laid down to your
charge-tha, is your post; stand in it like a
true soldier. Silently devour the chagrins
of it-all situations have maryland see
you aim no. TO quit it without doing all that
is your duly"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

or even preserve unbroken the chain Of his
argument, and it is the misfortune Of the
lovers of true eloquence that such was the
melancholy fact. Mr.. Webster in this re-
spect had the advantage over ell oilers
He has left monument behind him worthy
of his vast fame. No. too rapid to be fol-
lowed, in the present improved state Of
strenography, his speeches were happily
preserved, and that wIhou. any great labor
on his part. In his speech on Foote'S reso-
luton he had the advantage Of report from
the pen Of a senior editor Of the Intelligent
Ger, who is second 10 no one Of his con-
Itemporaries in the best qualities Of a states
man. 1t is not, therefore, possible 10 con-
celve Of richer mind of all that is grand
in eloquence, stupendous in genius, or con-
elusive in argument than the speeches Of
Daniel Webster affords, caught up as they
fell from his lips, with The glow fresh upon
them, end reviewed by himself in the sun
sci of his splendid career, when no! facul-
I,y was dimmed or ray obscured.
No man can accord to the lamented Web
s,er preeminence do not accord 10 him.
No man can takea prouder pleasure in con-
,enpla,ing the rising column of his fame,
which, piercing TO the skies, is gided by
the first rays Of the" sun in his glory"
have thus ven,nred to give my public
estimate Of the character Of these two re-
msrkable men, Webster and Pinkney,-l
vailed until the facts that illustrate the lat
ter were spread out before it. That esti-
mate must pass for what it is worth. For
rare combination Of all the elements OF
true greatness, they were, in my opinion,
| proudly pfe-eminent. For massive gran
deur Of intellect and granite strength, So
lidi,y of judgmen. and sublime eloquence.
they were principles inter pares. PInkney
was Webser's equal in depth and briliancy.
wore varied in his gifts and uniformly great
in his use of them. His ora!ory was more
splendid and overpowering, if viewed in
the aggregate, fully its equal if viewed in
any other light. They were, however,
kindred orbs, stars Of the first magnitude
In all that is worthy of lasting renown, in
devotion to the Union, power Of argument
conservative craftsmanship, and majesty o
eloquence, their names will be handed
down 10 ihs coming generations the fire.
OF lawyers. orators, and statesmen, equallcd
j1l10 be oYeme one or other of those
y. s.ar'.,en,s, 1nequalIed in the exquisite
union Of pre-en!inent excellence, in all,
award to them like honor and distinction
satisfied that our country will never wan
lIle TO the name of the home of mere
eloquence snd force of intellect so long as
either name shall survive to be remembered
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24
DocToRs.-If we examine the life Of the

DocToRs.-If we examine the life Of the
practicing physician, we find !, gilded and
shining on the surface but beneath the span
giles, how much pain and hardship! The
prac,icing physician is one Of the martyrs
of modern society: he drinks The cup of Bit
,erness, and emp,ies il to the dregs. He is
under the we ght Of an immence responsible
iiy, and his reward is but too often injustice
and ingralitude. His trials begin at the We
~ gates Of his career. He spends his youth
full years in the exhaus.ing investigation OF
Anatomy; he brea.hes the air Of pulrcfacton
and is daily exposed to ell the Perls of
contaglon. View him in the practice OF his
dfficul, art, which he has acquired a, the
risk Of his life! lie saves or cures his patient;
i, is the result of chance, else ii is alleged
that j, is nature, and nature alone, that cures
disease, and that The physician is only use
full for form sake. Then consider the NOR
.ifca,on lie has TO undergo when he sees
unblushing ignorance win the success which
is denied to his learning and talents, and you
will ackno ledge that the trials of the ply
sican are not surpassed in any other bus
mess of life. There is another evil the hon
durable physician has to contend wih-a
hideous and devouring evil, commenced
by the world, sustained by the world and
seemingly forevermore destined to be an
inflclIon upon humanity. This evil i
Quackery, which takes advantage Of .hs,
depIorabe inslinc. which actually seeks
ialsehood, and prefers it to truth. How
often do we see the shameless and ignorant
speculator arrest the public attention, ana
attain fortune, while neglect, obscurily, anc
poverty are the portion of the modes, prac-
tilioncr, who has embraced the profession o
medicine with conscien,iousness and cult
Yates it with dignity and honour.-Protes
sor Carnochan
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24
MIS- E l. A N E 0 y S.
LIFE OF WILLIAM PINKNEY.

Extract from the Life of WILLIAM PINKNEY, Just
published By .Messrs. appleton e. Co., .Nt,c York,
qcritten by the REQ. WILLIAM PINKNEY, D. d.
MARSHALL, STORY, WEBSTER, CLAY, CAL
HoUN, PINKNEY.
Marshall, Story, Pinkney and Webster,
four Of the greatest names in American ju
risprudence, all now gone to their res! -
The frs, two may be said, without figure,
to linger still in the highes, forum Of this
nation, and give forl!, law TO the country
and world. The forms Of Marshall and Of
Story, (aIke calm and digni6ed, and yet
all unlike in the living lineamen.s of man
ly beauty the befi.ling sancluaries Of minds
free from prejudice and we'll nigh in,ui,ive
memory Of the living. The form Of the
third is not yet stranger to the hall that
has oft resounded with his numpe, tones.
Marshall and Story dictated law to the ma
,ion. They expounded The Constitution of
the freest and noblest republic known to
the poge of history. The world has
learned to venera,e their judgments. They
were lumina us.cie in foro usticie. All
men loved 10 do them reverence, and no
man can wish for The judicalure Of the land
a more exalted destiny, or fuller measure
of glory, than the permission to wear their
mantle and emulate their greatness by i'm
bibing their lofty principles. Pinkncy took
into his hands the same inmilsble Consli-
tuition, and, fresh from the society Of lis
most revered authors, and animated by its
s!upendous principles, he unfolded il TO the
view OF the American people, and assisted
IN the establishment Of those grea. prin-
ciples of construction which are al once
the oInamen. and the strength of that more
than Egyptian pyramid reared by the hands
of a Marshall and Story to the lasting
honor of American jurisprudence. Web
s1er lived 10 prove that the highest inlelec-
tual endo owments and the profoundest legal
learning perished not with them. He wore
the mantle of his three grea, predecessors,
for time bis contemporaries on earth, with
not less grace than dignity. He enjoyed
the enviable tile Of defender and expounder
of the Constitution. II is not transcendng
truth TO say of him that .ha. precious in
sirumen. has been made more illustrious
by the surpassing briIliancy and depth of
his giant iellect, and that ages yet to
come will hold it in still higher reverence
IS they view j. in the gorgeous ligh. of his
mastery commentary.
There was a rare combination in the
character of Pinkney and Webster; solid
as the granite, profound as the ocean, bril-
liant as the diamond, they were it seems to
me, the puresl specimens Of all that was
great in ora,ory and masterful in reae eoning.
Now that the shades of Marshall and Story
live but in name, and the echos of Pink
ncy's eloquence aud profound legal learning
arc heard amid the hills Of his own beauli-
ful Potomac, and Webster too is dead and
Msrshfeld is desolale, we may say with
proud exul!a,ion, in Webslel's own words,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

The number Of persons who have ascen-
ded Mont Blanc, is thirty-four. Colonel
Macgregor, who wen, las, month, concludes
his narrative with these words ID cam
not conclude this account wi,hon, the OBJ
serva'ion, tina! repetition of the enjoyment is
within The reach Of every one who has good
weather, good guides, good head, and suf-
fcient energy for walk Of twen.y-four
hours. chiefly over deep snow, and without
Sleep"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

ECONOMY IN SAVING AND EFFICIENCY IN
THE Action OF URINE.-Dana thus beauli
fully illustrates the value of human urine as
manure -
each pint of human urine will produce
pound Of acheat. Each pound Of .anmo-
MIA is equal 10 bushez Of grain. Whaev-
er may be the food, it is evident ,ha, rivers
of riches run away from farms, from wan,
Of attention TO saving lha, which ordinarily
is allowed TO be wasted.'
"Each man evacuaes annually, enough
salt to manure an acre of land. Some form
of gene* only is to be added to keep the
land in hea:. if the farmer has but the heart
TO collect and use tina. which many allow,
like the flower unseen, 10 waste its sweet
ness on the desert air.'
~The author here means mould, and we
infer, ,ha, il is immaierial whether the cub
stance used be woodsmould, marsh mud,
river mud, peat, mould from hesd-lands, or
any other kindred substance. According to
the above statement, l25 gallons Of human
urine mixed with as much of either of the
substances named, to dry the urine, and p e.
pare it for broadcast sowing, if applied To an
acre, would produce 20 bushels of wheat,
provided tbs season and other circumstances
combine to facilitate production: Looking
at the constituent elements Of urine, as com
pared with those of wheat. we most lmpll-
ci,Iy believe, thu, 200 gallons of human u
rine, mixed with 80 bushels of mould, or
either of the substances above enumerated.
bushels OF ashes, and l bushel Of plaster,
would be sufficient, ii broadcasted and
ploughed in, the land being properly pulv-
erized, 10 produce not only very large crop
of heat, bu. carry i. through i yeas ro-
.alion of crops with profit TO the farmer,
and 'ha. the land might be seeded to clover
with the certain prospect of luxuriant crops
of ii, provided the land naturally had lime
in it, or that that mineral, in tho event Of
lheir being none, were supplied at the rate
Of 10, II or 90 bushels per acre. The
quantity Of urine named, would upon decom-
position, furnish upwards of 44Ibs. Of am
monis, quantity abundan,ly sufficient, by
lis direct and indirect action upon the veg
ctabIe and other substances in the soil, to
ferliIi1e an acre OF land. Editor Of tie a
mCTjcaH Farmer.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

I" How much butter "a
"One half pound, if you please"
"And sugar -
" Half pound.'
sand these oranges 20
"HaIf dom, sir"
"You 60 by halves to-day-well, wha,
else Be speedy, ma'am, you're keeping
better customers wailing."
{" Half peck of Indian meal, and one
fine French roll,' said the woman, but her
lip quivered, and she turned to wipe away
trIckIing tear.
looked al her straw bonnet, all broke
"a! her faded shawl, her Thin STOPPING form,
her coarse garmen,s-and ! read povery on
all-ex.reme poverty. And the pallid,
pinched fealures-the mournful but once
beautiful face, told me lha! the luxuries
were no, for her. An invalid looked out
from his narrow window, whose pale lips
longed for the cool, fresh orange, for whose
comfort the tea, and the butter, and the fine
French roll were bought, with much sac
rfice. And saw him sip the tea, and taste
the dainty bread, and praise the flavor Of
the sweet butter, and turn with Frightening
CyCo W tuC SpIOtII huu !
ask her, kneeling by the smoky hearth, to
taste them with him. And as she set the bro
ken pan on edge, to bake her coarse loaf, !
heard her say" BY and by, when I'm
hungry" And, "by and by," when the
white lids Of the sufferer were closed in
sleep, saw her bend over him with bles-
sing IN her heart. And she laid the rem
nans Of the feast carefully by, and eat her
bread unmostened.
started from my revcrie-the grocer's
hard eye was upon me.
"You're keeping better customers wait
ing"
Oh wanted to tell him how poverty
and persecu,ion-contemp and scorn, could
no. dim the hearts fine gold, purified by
many trial that that woman, with her
little wants and holy sacrifices, was better
in the sigh, of God, than many trumpet
tongued Dives, who gave lha. he might be
known Of men.-OHre Branch.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
BY E. WELLS, JR.
EDITOR A ND PROP PRIET o r .
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constituting square-and 25 cents for every sub
sequcnt insertion. If the number OF insertions be
not marked on the advertisement it will be pub
lshed until forbid, and charged according ly. A
liberal deduction will be made to those who ad-
vertise by the year.
Communications addressed to this Office must be
POST
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

The "cause'' is advancing We hear Of
one "Isdy" in Salem, Massachusetts, who
has Sc. up barber shop, and shaves a, six
cents per chin Of another, who is study
ing law al Cleveland, with view to prac-
ticing the same Of dozens who are dsguer-
reolypng: of scores who are preparing for
the Practice of medicine and of hundreds
who eel type. LET them be sea-cap,ains if
they will" as poor Margaret Fuller used to
saw.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

Goethe has written few passages more
beautiful than the following:
"The year is going away like the sound
Of bells. The winds pass over the stubble,
and find nothing to move only the red ber
rics of that slender tree, which seem as if
they would fain remind US Of something
cheerful ;and The measured beat Of the lhrcsli-
e,'s fail calls up the though. ,ha. in the dry
and falling car lies so much nouIshmenl
and life"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24
ROAD MAKING.

Good roads pu, down among "the car,
dinal virtues.'' honest men are always III
favor Of them, and so are Polilicans as
general thing. Why then don't we have
good roads? That is the question. II is
because the science and practice Of road
making are not generally understood, and
because there is no efficient, through, and
uniform system adopted throughout, the
country. A lazy and dishonest practice OBJ
tains of sinking as much es possible when
working on the road as a general thing
men do not do more Than half days work
IN a day. That lillle is more Than half
thrown away by want of skill in the over
seer Muck and turf are frequently depos-
tied 10 The road, in a very rough state, So
that holes and horrible chasms Immediately
follow
understand that in some of the old coun-
tries dlheren, practice prevails. The sur
face soil is removed and layer of stones is
deposited, then smaller stones were applied
and still smaller, well packed, and perhaps
some Of the surface stones broken,-the
whole overed with gravel, coarser the bet
ter. few years ago, when happened TO
serve the public as path master, parlof the
labor of the district was not expended ill
the rains Of autumn were setting in and one
of The road commissioners OF The town ad-
vised that i! was now too late TO work with
profit. | thought otherwise; selected the
worst part of the district, called out men
and teams. commenced deposiing cobbe
stones in The road, putting the lsrges. at the
bolton aud smoothing off with the smaller
o1
king the whole deposite abou, a foo, in
thickness. For more than ten years The
road so administered to has required no
repair, and is hard and dry a, the wors. sea-
son of the year. A neighbor gave the
stones cheerfully and was glad to &c, rid O. f
them. We have expended labor enough in
our district 10 fix all our roads in this man
ner twice over, but great part of il has
been thrown away. ! will sum up briefly;
lst. Make it point TO do good days
work on The road, and as many Of them as
you are taxed, and more if necessary.
End, A good foundation is indispensable.
Ge. stones, or a, leas, good coarse gravel,
even though you have to draw a grea, dis
lance and pay good price. There is gene
rally a supply on somebody's farm IN every
district, al least gravel hill, which i, is or
ought TO be lawful TO seize for the public
use.
Sd. Watch new road closely and Gil
up the holes before they get so large tha.
it will not settle evenly.
4h. Don'l patch up for the present when
it can be avoided, bu. do conclusively every
year as much as possible.
5Ih. Make it Christian duty to strive for
good roads and many a weary and worn
traveller will bless you on his dying bed
Before closing. Iwould recommend the
scraper for smoothing off l'roads in the spring
1t is very useful ins,rumen,.-R Rural ~
| Yorker
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

CnLoRoFoRMING BEEs.-A stalemen,
has recently been very extensively circulated
lha, chlosoform had been found by Mr..
Smith, of Edinburg, to be most admirable
means of putting bees to sleep for short
time, during which as much honey could be
removed ss was desired. writer in the
Boston CuItivator has tried chloroform &C.
cording to Mr.. Smiths plan, aud found not
only that the bees were soon put /" sleep.
but they have been soundly sleeping ever
since.
To HAVE LARGE CURRANTs.-The llor-
ticulturis, directs that cufran;s be pruned in
winter, manured in autumn, every alternate
year, and the soil be kept clean and mellow
till after bearing. TO which we may add,
tha, if all old wood is cnt away, and young
shoo,s constantly springing i'll lis place,
something like The renewal system Of pru-
ming grapes. bu, not So close, good culiiva-
ton will give line large curlauls from the
same bushes !Jr lifetime.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24
THE POOR CUSTOMER.

" How much butter 20
" One half pound, if you please"
" And sugar -
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-11-24

union Of pre-eminent excellence, in all, !
award to them like honor and distinction,
satisfied that our country will never want
lille TO the name of the home Of mere
eloquence snd force of intellect so long as
either name shall survive to be remembered.