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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12
M ISC ELIAN EOUS.
THE RUSSIAN KNOUT.


One would think (says the Knickerbock
er) that the horrors of wsr were IN them.
selves enough, without the occurrence OF
such scenes.es the followipg, in one of The
divisions Of the British army. The terrors
Of battle itself, it seems TO US, are outweigh
ed by such excessive punishment as this for
petty theft, and "threatening language TO a
sergeant" The victim in this case is prl-
va,e in the ''Twen,y- Sixth Cameronians -
~ had expected bloody scene, for fog
gings iaa the army are always more or less
ever dreamed of human torture. A, the
fifth stroke Of the lash, the flesh rose up on
the sufferers back, the wells thicker ,ha an
my wrist, and The wrilhing Of the body
showed the intense agony endured. A
each successive lash fell on the lacera,ed
and bleeding back, The blood flowed out up-
on all around. After the fortelh lash had
been inflicted, he was united, and sher stag
gering few PAGES, he fell fain.ing, when he
was removed to The hospital, and placed un-
der the charge Of lhe medical officer" The
poor fellow had additionally to receive one
hundred and four days. solitary confinement!
Small encouragement this, we should say.
for stalking Her Msjes,y's shilling," and en-
listing in the BRUSH service, particularly
when taken 10 connection with ihe "hospilal
scenes" recorded by an officer and eye wit
ness in "1Ae Story Of The Campaign" in
Blackw ood's Magazine 'Ampu.a.ions had
arms and legs projecting from the bed
clothes were frequent along the rows Of suf-
ferers. One man lay covered up, face and
all; he bad undergone smpula,ion of the
hip-joint four days before. One man, Q
French chasseur, had los, both arms in q
cavslry charge q. BaIaklava." Bat, "speak-
ing Of fogging," let US afford the reader, ''in
this connec.ioo,2 very striking view OF
the awful punishment by the Russian knout.
Il is perfectly authentic, having been vii
messed by en- English merchant, then resi-
den. .. 81. Petersburg. The victim in this
case had killed man, and was sentenced
TO receive one hundred and one lashes of
the knou', lha. number being considered
equivalent to sentence of death. A direct
sentence of death is by the law Of Russia a.
bolished, excep. for military and stale
crimes:
''The place Of punishment. was in field
where horse had been held, on The
banks of the Lieasa canal, mile or so from
the admiralty. The preparations we're sim.
pie enough. strong fiat stake, and alsw
mats LAID on the ground formed The wf6le
,ha, were visible. The stake was nearly
five fee. high, planted very firmly in .he
ground, and soping abou. eight or ten in
ches off the perpendicular. II was abou
four inches thick, but Of unequal breadth
being fully two fee. q! the top, and Iaperlne
gradually groundward TO the earth, wher'
il was not above eigh. inches. On The top
j, was followed on, into three semi-circles
the central one being appropriated to The
neck, and the two others for The arms Of The
criminal. Near TO the ground there was
hole through The stake, TO pass cord fo'
fastening the malelac.or's ankles. The mate
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

A HAPPY HoME.-1n happy home there
will be no faul.-6nding, no over-bearing
sprit--there will be no peevishness, no fret
fulness. Unkindness will not dwell in the
heart or be on the tongue. Oh, the tears,
the sighs, the wasting of life, and health.
and strength. and .ime-of all tina, is most
TO be desired in happy home, occasioned
merely by unkind words The celebrated
Mr.. Wesley remarks 10 this effect, namely,
that fre,ting and scolding seem like tearing
the flesh from the bones, and that we have
no more right to be guilty of this sin than we
have 10 curse, swear. and steal. In perfectly
happy home oil selGshness will be removed.
Even as ''Chrst pleased not himself" so the
members of happy home will not seek
first 10 please themselves, but to please each
Other. --...s..s 8.
Cheerfulness is another ingredient in q
happy home. How much does sweet
smile; emana'ing from heart fraught with
love and kindness, contribute to render q
home happy! How attracting, how soo,h-
ing, is ,ha, swec. cheetfuIness that is borne
on The counlenance offs wife and mother.
How do the parent and child, the brother
and SISTER, the mistress and the servant, dwell
with deI,gh. on those cheerful looks, those
confiJing smiles that beam from The eye, end
burst from the inmosl soul of those who are
near and dear.
How it hsstens the return OF the father
ligh.ens the cares Of a molher-renders i.
more5essy for youth to resist temptation
end, drawn by the cords Of sffec.iop, how
il induces them, with loving hearts, to re-
turn &c the parental roof.
O., tbs. parents would lay this subject to
heart, that by nnliring effort they would so
far render home more happy, that their
children and domesics shall not seek for
happiness in forbidden paths /?
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

it mus, be manured with 300 lbs, Of Peru
vian guano, or its equivalent OF other OF
ganic manure; the ground mus! be plough
ed at leas, inches deep, narrowed It'll :
perfectly fine filth be obtained, and then to
After the seed is sown, they must be light
Ily narrowed in when each acre must re-
ceive top.dressing Of S bushels Of ashes
and Of plaster per acre, end then be rolled.
In 6 weeks the mile, will be fit TO cut and
cure into hay. The time for cutting is,
when the seed at the top first begins to turn
Quantity Of seed per acre.-sow 8 pecks
per acre. n,
ITALIAN RYE GRAss.-This plant. like
the millet, may be avsiied If as ready re-
source for hay native Of l'aly, our warm
suns will be found congenial 10 i.s growth.
If the ground be msnured, and ploughed,as
for mile,, it will yield two or three cut
tngs in season, provided il be cut just as
i. is coming into bloom. All kinds of ami
mails eat it with activity. Alter each cut.
ting, it should receive q .op-dressing Of say
2 bushels Of bone-dust, bushe OF salt and
S bushels of ashes. AT the time Of seeding,
Iop-dress it with bushel Of plaster. Until
very recently i, bad not been introduced in-
TO England, probably because Of it's south
ern nativity, the climate Of England was not
considered ngential to il. In speaking Of
this grass, G. III. .And'%e0, Esq, author Of
"a Treatise on Agricultural Engineering,
&c." and author Of ".Modern Husbandry,"
work published in London in 1853, among
several instances Of lis productive nature, has
The following -
"The following resul. obtained on the
farm, and which may give better notion of
its value than anything else ,ha. could soy
about i, -
"Fifteen Scotch acres were under culliva.
,ion. The frs. cutting Of this had yielded
about ten tons the acre. the second nine,
and the third, which was ready for cutting,
was estimated at eight or nine. We presume
these ale tons Of grass, not hay. Ed. Am.
Far
"Nr. Dickinson, al Willesden, estimates
his yield Italian rye grass at from so to
100 tons an acre, gets eight or ten cuttings
according 10 The season; and there is no
peculiar advantage of soil or climate, the
former ranging from elmos. pure sands to
cold tenacious clays." Here again, we take
j. for granted the grass Is meant Ed. An.
Far.
CAT Myer Hall Farm, one field Of rye
grass sown in April, has been cut once, fed
off tvice with sheep, end was ready (Ar-
gus. 20th) to be fed again. In another, Of
ter yielding four cuttings within the year,
each estimated at nine or ten tons per acre,
the value Of the afer- -ma.h for The keep of
sheep, was stated al 25s. sterling per acre."
| Such results as are herein stated. are not
10 be expected in this country. In England,
the parties who obtained these heavy crops
mauured ,cHh liquid manures after each
cutting. This grass is biennial, and if cut
jus. as it comes into bloom, will last two
or three years provided after each cutting it
receives The ,op-dressng we have recom-
mended.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

In late speech by Victor Hugo occurs
the following remarkable passage: "Jus-
tice is a lheorem punishment, is exact as
Euclid crime has its angles Of incidence
and i's angles Of reflection and we men
uemble when we perceive in the obscurty
Of human destiny the lines and figures OF
cell chance and the thinking man Provi-
dence''
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

A few weeks ago we saw an old gentle
man sitting opon the bank of the Arkansas
river and fishing as patiently as the anglers
described by Dr.. Franklin. Suddenly vi.
cious little dog, belonging to our party, stole
up behind him and gave him spiefuI snap
through the sea. Of his psn,aloons. "By
heaven ~ exclaimed the old fisherman s'I've
got bite al last"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

few days he died from the fever and mor,i.
ica'on that were likely, might rather say
certain, to follow such severe injury. And
even in The event of his recovery, he would
be sent to end his life in the mines OF Sibe.
ria, and this could scarcely be called the
least part Of his terrible punishment.
s.Such is The Knout.',
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

The bes, thing 10 give your enemy is
forgiveness; to your opponent, tolerance ;
to your friend, true heart; TO your child,
good example TO father, Difference to
your mother conduct that will make her
proud Of her son; TO all men, charity to
God obedience.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

il will task the nerves of most readers 10
avoid laughing a. the following mos. anus.
ing account. of the "Evils Of being Near
sighted" involving also an instance of the
whimsical good-nalur and polieness Of the
French character:
Iwas passing down Broadway one pleas.
ant morning, when my dog-as ] thought
but, alas it was another er's-rusbed between
my legs, and nearly threw me down. AL.
though naturally, or rather commonly, a
good nstu,ed man, ! was not, at that precise
moment, in my smoo,best mood. The
tranquil current Of my mind had been agits-
ted by more than one circumstance that
day, and the little dog rendered me abso.
lu'elv angry. With an exclamation ol
wrath gave this member of the canine race
kick, which sent him bowling to the op-
posile side of the street.
"Sare - said tall, swar,hy, F,enchi6ed
ferocious- look ing parsonage. bowine until
his very muslaches brushed my nose "y ou
ave kick my dog! Wha. for you ave
done dis for, Ell 20
"'My dear Sir exclaimed, terribly dis.
composed, j beg len thousand pardons!
really thought j. was my own dog"
"'Ah you Tough. it was your dog, ah
No, Sare, i. was my little dog Eat you 'aves
kick !"
"'Sir, | am exceedingly sorry ] mis'ook
him for my own dog. Iassure you thought
it was my own dog al 'be time"
"'Bu', by gar, Sare; dere is not de resem-
blance dere. De one dog is Of ae chite,
and de oder dog is Of ze black color. Be-
sides, Sare, de one 'sves 60. ze ear yer
wide, and de oder ver' short. Yees and
re one 'sves got de tail ver' moch, and re
oder 'aves lose de tail ver' moch! Dere is
not r-r-e-z-e-m-blance, SAre! Non !"
"'Bu. Sir, am near sighted; my eyes
are impsred. ! could not see the difference
between the dogs"
"The foreigner looked steadily in my
face for a moment, bu. perceiving there no
thing but truth, his countenance became
calm and comparatively pleasant.
"Ah you 'aves den, Monsieur, re vision
no. very far, eh :"
I'll sssenled."
"sAh! den zat is ell de apology "a,
shall demand - and, with graceful adieu.
he passed on.
How fortunate for me-" soliloquized l.
"tha, he wss Frenchmsn Had he been
one of 'our folks ! might have figured in
the gutter before could have an opportu'
nifty to explain, or excuse myself My a.
pology would have been laughed at by a
Yankee. 'Alasn sighed l,psusing, and wlp-
ing the glasses of my speclscles, who ever
piIied near-sigh.ed man ?'''
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

REvoLUTIoNARY ANECDoTE.-A gentle
man sends from Kingston to the Boston
Traveller, the following incident connected
with the Revolutionary war, which he be-
lieves has not before appeared in print:
"In IL, while our country was at waf
with England, the tories, as they were call
ed, unwilling to espouse their couu'ry's
cause,
cleft their country for their country's good
AS tories and traitors always should -
Among the number who thus lef! the Brit
tsh domnions, in Nova Scotia, was my
aunt F., with her tory husband.
"During The war, an American priva,eer
was seen approaching L., where my
aunt and other Americans were located
Al the approach Of the ugly-lookipg s,ran
ger, all the Americans fed except my aunt,
who KEEP, small store near the place oI
entry. Having secured what she could
from the shop, she haslened To her house TO
secure her vauables there, also bot the of.
icers Of the vessels were too close upon
her heels 10 allow her TO secreie much
They came upon her jus, as she was en-
'eIIuR CudUutI WulCu ldu OceU previous
ly left in some confusion. Seeing ihe Off
GERS so near TO her, she turned in an instant,
and with her noted readiness for an inven-
sion, said TO the leader: 81 hope you will
pardon the appearance Of my room, as we
have jus, had the smallpox in it, and have
not had time to put things to rights since
the patient was carried offn' II was "a
word and a''-go for the officer made q
speedy retreat, Ia his haste to escape, he
fell over the staircase end rolled down two
flights Of steps into the street, dropping from
it's scabbard an elegantly mounted sword
which he left behind as price to pay aunt
Picking himself up, as bes. he could, he
was joined by his comrades, snd very soon
'he privs'eer had her sails spread and was
on. Of sight leaving my aunt 10 laugh over
her weIl-.lmed s,ratagem, and to hun, for
her money box, which ives found scme
months afterwards among The curren,-bush-
es in the garden, jus, where she placed il
when she took i, from the shop"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

A WHOLE NATION OF FRANKLINs.-The
following paragraph recently appeared in
the leading Editorial of one of the leading
news papers Of London 1--WE have few
great engineers, end mechanics, and large
body Of clever workmen; but the Ame'i-
cans seem likely to become q whole nation
of such people. Already their rivers swarm
with factories, their towns surprising every
State Of Europe, except Belgium, Holland
and England, and the abodes of all the skill
which now Distinguish town population,
and there is scarcely an ar. in Europe mol
carried on in America, with equal or greater
skill than in Europe, though i. has been
here cultivated and improved through ages,
A whole nation Of Franklins, Slevensons
and Watts in prospect is something won.
derful for other nations 10 contemplate"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

HINTS TO THE MARRIED." have heard,' ,
says Nr. Henry, ''of married couple, who
though they were both Of has.y temper,
ye. lived comfortably together by simply
observing rule which they agreed d-neve'
TO be both angry together" And he adds
that an ingenius and pious father was in the
habit of giving this advice to his children
when they were married:
Doth one speak fire. t'other with water come.
Is one provoked? be t'other soft and dumb.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12


DEATH-BED REVELATIONS large wine
desIer residing in London, recently, on his
desth.bed, being in grea. distress Of mind,
acknowledged to his friends that his ago
was occasioned by the nature Of the busi-
ness he had followed for years. He stated
that il had been his habit to purchase ell
the sour wines he could, and by making use
Of sugar Of lead, and other deIelefious sub
stances, 10 restore the wine to pala,able
taste. He said ne did no. doub, be. had des-
troyed hundreds Of lives, as he from Time 10
.imo noticed the effects Of his mixtures on
those who drank them. He had seen in
stances Of this kind when the unconscious
victims of cnpidi.y. after wasting and de-
clinihg for years, despite The bes. medical
advice, went to their graves poisoned by the
adullerated wines he had sold them.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

Men of the mobiles. disposition always
think themselves bappies. when others
share their happiness with them.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

The lady who tried to read the light OF
other days, subsequently took camphene
lamp.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

The marriage certificate is said 10 be the
bes. noose.psper published,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

FLowERs.-Every lady should cultivate
flowers. A natural fondness for them is an
evidence of refined mind, and we know ol
no be..er method to foster or create deli
cate taste. We think i. is Bulwer who says
that be never saw flowers in window in a
country town, without finding, on inquiry,
that The residents were more refined than
their neighbors. We never shall forget the
impression made upon US, after a ho. and
dusty ride for hours over bleak moun.sin
as:k-by the sight Of neat cottage, with
flowers in The window, suddenly betrayed
to US by turn in The road, ss we entered
the frs. village in the plain. We felt that
we were once more among friends. ], was
like welcome from one long absent: like
the sigh, of the roof-tree Of childhood like
the song our mother used to sing, heard, in
after life, in a strange land.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-12

SHANGHAIs.-The Knickerbocker says !:
"There are objections to Shanghsis, no
doubt; bu. we never thought Of this. Our
'Up-River' correspondent, even, whose Tex
perience' has been recorded in these pages,
makes no mention of it, ltis very curious,
but it is true. The way Of it was this -
Mr.. s. an old resident of Saltwater, on
the upper Hudson, introduced among his
family of hens few Shanghais, including
rooster, of formidable dimensions, who had
'run to legs good deal. His crow was
peculiar, and easily distinguished from that
Of the pro-celestial cock. il came 10 be 9
Second nature for his owner 10 hear it in
the early morning aches, for which he
was wont to wait, as for The coming Of 9
celestial morn.' One morning he had wait
ed 10 hear repetition Of The usual sum
none, after being aroused by the 'shrill cla-
rion' once sounded; bu! he heard it not q.
gain. The other roosters were doing their
besi; but the pre-emnent chandelier was
still. Mr.. s. went out TO see what had
caused the silence. He found the rooster
lying on his back, with both legs out Of
joint. After en- examination, he set both
legs; the cock walked of, and gave vent to
his satisfaction in lusty crow. In the very
ac', he dropped as if he had been shot. de
had crowed his legs out again He was
kept three or four days, and then killed. 'II
wss too much trouble said M. s., 'to
sc! him every time he crowcd ="
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-01-04

Ask thy purse what thou shouldest
buy.
Those are the hardest misfortunes which
we allow to take us by surprise.
Do the frowns of fate startle you?-
Fear her smiles still more.
The man who is always fortunate cannot
easily have a great reverence for virtue.
No legislation aimed at the vices of the
poor, while sparing those of the rich, can
ever be upheld in this country.
Calumny, though raised upon nothing,
is too swift to be oTertaken, and too volatile
to be impeded. .a a
Agriculture, like the leader of Israel,
strikes the rock-the waters flow, and the
famished people are satisfied.
Imprint the beauties of authors upon
your Imagination and their morals upon
your heart.
Slanderers are like flies; they leap all
over q mans good parts, to light upon his
sores. .lf
ADVERSELY overcome, is the brightest
glory; and willingly undergone, the great
est virtue, sutferings are but the trials of
valiant spirits.
The greater part Of men have no opinion,
still fewer an opinion of their own, well re-
aectcd and founded upon reason.
He is rich who receives more than he
spends; he, onthe contrary, is poor, who
spends moro than he receives.
The idle should not be classed among the
living; they are sort of dead men who
can't be buried.
Man ought always to have something
which he prefers to life, otherwise life
itself will appear to- him tiresome and
void. '. .'i
If you want to learn the value Of a dol
far, 60 and labor two days in the burning
sun as hod carrier.
Though sometimes small evils, like in
Visible insects; inhict pain, and a single
hair may stop vast machine; yet the chic
secret Of comfort lies in not suffering trife'
to vex one, and in prudently cultivating al
underground of small pleasures, since yer.
few great ones, alas, are let onlong leases
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-01-04
ThursdHy Morning Jan. q, 1855
A scoTcn LOVE SONG.

tIil They told ine thou vert false, Jamie, s,5
.tti. iAnddid no care for mes: toa ..,..t
a. a. Iheeded not the voices. Jamie, w sis t
thought 1t could ma be;
~ SO loving were thy words, Jamie,
Na SO winsomo was thy smile;
-s'sI did na think that 10, JamIbf
Could veil one thought OF guile.
Dbst thou recall the hawthorn glade
~, Where we sat side by side, .-t
df When, on summers night, Jamie,
raa Thou sued me for thy bride!
'e Ny heart was very full, Jamie,
ui As in the pale moonshne,
promised to be thine, Jamie,
!l TO be foreYcrthlnc.
I'D, Together there we knolt, Jamie,
's''f'c The bent and revercnt knee,
p r' And prayed our Heavenly Fathers love
81 .,tp Night rest onthee and me.
.,a SO radient seemed thy path, Jamie,
NY cup so full of bliss,
-,..l How couldI e,er dream, Jamie,
r-,r, IN That it would come to this
iJls.e never see thee now, Jamie '
Thou eomest not to me:
500, It's said thou seek'st anothcr's love! Fl ''-
-, 'r All, Jamie, can itbc!
They tell me she is rich Jamie,
~, And. of lordiy line,
RI Not thrice her wealth and rank, jamie,
Gould buy, love like mine. room
Vi 81 My check that crst was rod, jamie,
''a!' Ispalin' day by day;
',3s" fceliti my heart, Jamie, tsr5Fe
,is.af IN w6arin' fast awa.' '.'
tas Then, jamie, when the Summer comes,
a-'. : And blossoms cloihe the tree, ...pa h. .4
Bestow Que loving thought Oh her ...
.i.. aisWlro died for love Of thee.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-01-04

LITTLE THoRNs.-The sweetest and the
most clinging affection is often shaken by
the slightest breath of unkindness, as the
delicate tendrils ofthe vine arc agitated by
the faintest air that blows in summer. An
unkind word from one beloved, often draws
Che blood from many heart Which would
defy the battle-axe Of battered or the keen
est edge of vindictive satire. Nay the
shade, the gloom of the face, familiar and
dear awakens grief and pain. These are
the little thot'ns which, though men of
rougher forms make their way through
them without feeling much, extremely in
commode persons OF refined turn,in their
journey through life, and make their trav-
elingyirksom and unpleasant. "a z z