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B uck NJ heat.

Few crops can be turned to better ac-
count on poor, light, gravelly soil, than
buckwheat. 1t possesses chemical action on
the soil, by which the coarser articles are
disintegrated, or rendered finer, and the soil
is thereby improved. Pure, inorganic earth,
thatis earth mixed with animal or vegeta-
ble natter is produced by the disintegration,
or pulverizing of rocks. Slick, or sand, is the
eSide, or rust of silicum; or to make it
more familiar, it is pulyerised quartz. Clay
is produced by the decomposition of fields
par. Now, all the quartz and feldspar in the
world, while existing in the form Of rock,
will not produce blade of grass it is only
when decomposed, or pulverized and the
finer the particles, the better the soil.
If soil is coarse, the subject of the far
mer should be to pulverise it, which can on
ly be done by some chemical application, or
the growing of some crop which has that
chemical power. Buckwheat by process
yet undiscovered, has that power and the
longer it is cultivated, od given piece of
ground, the finer will be particles on the soil
IL iniures land for corn, but leaves it in fine
order for potatoes, and is the best crop to
Kill out bushes, wild grass nd7nellow green
sward. TO fit the land for the next succeed
ing crop, in rotation, plow in crop of buck
wheat in blossom.
& AS food for man, except in small guam
titles, we could not recommend it, as cakes
made from it, though light when hot, are
heavy as liver when cold. A constant use
Of it has tendency, also, 10 produce cuts-
neous diseases. but boiled with potatoes, ap-
Piles or pumpkins Is firstrate for hogs. When
ground, it is excellent for mich cows Fed
raw, or left standing in the feld, il is gteat
for shanghaes. (they being allowed to har-
vest for tLemselyes) The blossoms afford
material for the best honey, and at a
season Of the year when other flowers are
lt Should never be given in any form to
horses, It bloats them, rather than fatfens !;
and what appears to be f,t, pat on horse
BY buckwheat IN a week, disappearSbs hard
work in tlay. ~
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q hsRt Census Taking.

ISendeavoring to take the,censps for the
Government, the Marshals occasionally meet
with such difficulties as we'll nigh to deprive
them of their own senses. The following
co!loguy Il said TO have taken place IN Csnel
street:
"Whois tire head of this fanilyY'--
"That depends upon circumstances. IL bo-
fore III o'clock it's me husband--if aftber i l
it's meself.' "Why this division 2" aBe-
cause afther that hour he's dhrunk as pi-
per, aud unable to take care of himself, let
alone his family "What is his age 49,
Coming next Michaelmas he will lack a
month Of being as ovid as Finnegan You
know Finnegan r. "No, don't know Fin
ncgan and II did it wosldn'tl,eip matters.
Is your husband an alien ~ AOche, Tin
he's ailing intirely. ,IIe has rhaimatics
worse nor ovid DonneIly, who was tieddoa-
blewith them" How many male members
have youin the family ~ AN3vir one.''--
.What, no boys at oil 81 "Boysisit All,
murther, 60 home. Wo have boys enough
to whip four loaycs for breakiast.' /. w hon
were you married r .eThe day Pat DOYLE
left Tppcrary for Ameriky All, well I
mindit. Asunshinies day.niver giided the
sky o ovid Irelaad.p aWhat was the con
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JACK Spicsf.

AMONG the Americans who attended the
late ball given at the Hotel dc Vile, Paris,
was Jack Spicer, of Kentucky. Jack rushed
the dress somewhat stropg, and wore epau-
lettes on his shoulders large enough to start
four Major Generals in business. Jack was
the observed of all observers, and got mixed
up with party that his friends could not
account for. Wherever the Marshals Of
France went there went Jack; and when the
Marshals sat down. Jack did the same, al
ways taking the post of honor. The day
after the ball, Jack called on his old ac-
quaintanee, Mr.. Mason, our Minister to
France, wlostarted up little conversation in
the following manner: :"I hear, Jack, that you
were at the ball last night" 81 was, SIR,
and had u high old time" 'For Which you
are indebted, Isuppose to the high Old com
pany you got mixed up WITH BY the way.
how came you associated with the Mar
shals.?" "Ilow by virtue of my office
they were Marshals of Franco, while I am
nothing else than Marshal ofthe Republic.
| showed my commission, and took my post
accordingly "By right CT your Office ?
whatdo you mean 2" "Read that and sec..'
Here Jack presented Mr.. Mason with a viii
ty-brown paper, with seal big enough for
a four pound weight. "What in the name
Of heaven is this ?" "My commission OF
Marshall received it in 1850, when aSsis-
ted in taking the census of Frankfort. -
"fou don't mean TO say you travel on this ~
81 don't mean anything else. That made
me a marshal of the Republic, and intend
to have the office duly honorcd." Mr.. Ma
son thought that Jack was doing large
business on a very small capital. We should
not wonder if the reader did the same. A
census Marshal of Frankfort mixing in with
the MarshaIs of France, is certainly rushing
matters in manner that requires as much
brass as ephulettes. Jack, we are happy to
say, is equal to the requirements.
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7r QUIZ 1GoBr1S eqU ~. q RlGEIP8 TO ALL
GREEN VILE 8 &: ERI MORNIN July 20, 1855

dition Of your husband before marriage 2"--
"Diyil man more miserable. He said il
did not give him n promise within two
weeks he'd blow his brains out with crow
bar. eWhat was he at the time of your
marriage, a widower or bachelor ~ "a
whicha a Swidower, did you say9 All,
now SO way wild your nonsense. It's the
like ofme that would take up with second
baud husband3 Do ] look like the wife of
widowera A poor diyilall legs and con-
sumption, like sick turkey. a widower
May niyer be blessed if I'd not rather live
an ovid maid, and bring up family on but
terrnilk and p'raties." Here the dialouge
finished up, the Marshal coming to the con-
iclusion that he could snake more next door,"
Whether lie did we will probably know to-
morrow.
"Who lives here2" "Yaw." "What's
your nanel" "Sharmany, on der Rhine"
"Whars your fathers name?n "Nix for
stay" "When did you arrive in this city p
."Mit a steamboats," Got any children ~
"Yaw, two barrels NIT krout" "How long
have you resided in this house 2" "Two
rooms and der Easements" "Who ownsthe
building2" 81 pays noting. Hans pays
der same twice a month" "Where did you
live last year 2" ACROSS der red store as
you come up nit der market in your right
hand, perhind der pump What pelongs TO del
blacksmid shops" The Marshal having
entered all this, made up his mind that he
would push ahead and examine Hans, Who
lives upstairs "mit der banisters." We shall
note his success at an early day.
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ohu iou ioitu W tHo piacc Ol tOTtuTe. AT
THE moment, a voice, high up among the
ffowning rocks that loomed out from. the
thick hemlocks that crowned the hill oppo-
site, hailed Cornplanter in the Indian tongue,
informing him that he wss an Indian war
rior, just returned from the war.path with a
goodly number of prisoners
lie desired that the ceremonies Of t}1e tor
ture might he suspended until he could ford
the river and join.them, when Ihcy would
celebrate the occasion with unusual demon-
stra.ions Of savage se;cicings To This Corn
planter consented. The flames that had
been kindled were extinguished, and the
prisoners again bound to the trees
In the meantime, Brady, for it was he
who had deceived the wild Indian, with a
body of men moved silently up the river to
a place known as Truby's Ripple, and there
fording the river, drew his men up across the
neck Of the bend, and moved noiseIessly
down upon the savages. So cautious was
his approach that the Indians were complete
ly cut off from retreat before they became
alarmed.
Brady's men hemRed them in from be-
hind, while the Alleghany rolled in front.
The first intimation to the savages Of his
u
discharge from his unerring rifles. The In-
dians fought with desperation, but were over
powered; all were killed or taken prisoners
save the chief, Cornplanter, who, finding
himself alone, plunged into the river, and
swan for the shore.
Being good swimmer, he remained sew
eral minutes under water, but as he rose for
breath, he was greeted with shower of bull
lets. In this way, alternately swimming un-
der the water as long as he could held
his breath, and then rising to the surface, he
escaped.unhurt, and reachiag the other shore
in safety, secreted himself behind large
standing rock.
The prisoners were of course unbound,
and all joined in the jolli6eation and ioy at
the timely and unlocked for release. The
rock that shielded Cornplanter from Bradys
bullets was pointed out to me by the old In
dian, in recent trip down this river. 1t IS
known as 'Cornplanter's Rock The old
Indian gave me the story with sad and de.
jected countenance, in broken English.
ALIAS! what change! Where then the
sheeny tide of the beauteous Allegheny par
ted only to theswift skimming birchen canoe
and echoed to the wild voices that came out
of the dense dark forest now is heard the
shrill whistle of the steam-pipe and the
rushing of the steamer. Where the tawny
savage then reclined upon the shady banks
from his pursuit of the deer, the panther and
the bear, or rested from the war-path, is now
the scene of life and activity.
The tall old forest has receded from be-
fore the advance of civilization, and given
place to farms, beautiful villas and busting
towns. The Indian, too, has passed away ;
but few, and, and they but miserable de-
caying relics of what they once were, are
now occasionally seen, the defendants of the
proud race that once could call these hills,
and groves, and rivers all their own. Alas
in the language of the poet:
'Cheiftains and their tribes have perished
Like the thickets where they grew
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Many of the wild legends of border strife
eand Indian barbarity that have been enacted
along the. shores of the Allegheny and Ohio
have never been rescued from the dim and
fading rernembrances os past age. But
Z Occasionally asstory of thrilling interest, is
snatched from the lingering records of the
&red man.
The story lam about to relate. Ireceived
from an old Indian pilot Of the Allegheny.
; il was many years ago, when that stern old
chief, Gofnpianter, (whose remains now re-
pose in silence and loneliness on the banks
Of that beauteous rivei he loved so well } was
y in his glory. His tribe roamed over the
dense and unbroken forest along its banks,
fearless, unmolested and Free
His people were hostile to the whites, and
never lost any opportunity to lie in ambush
and seize the lonely voyager as he descended
. the river, and consign him TO the stake and
the torture. But the watchful, shrewd and
deadly foe of Cornplanter and the whole
= twany race was the indomitabIe and fear
less Captain Samuel Brady. This yetran
pioneer and Indian hunter was ore Of those
noble specimens of the hardy foresters who
plunged fearlessly into the interminable for
ests that then overspread so large portion
of the Western States.
Like Daniel Boon, Lewis Wetzel, Simon
Kenton, and others, who made Indian hunt
ing pass time, his deadly hate of the In
dians, and his burning passion for hunting
them down, amounted to a monomania.-
This hatred was in consequence of the wrongs
they had inflicted upon his family--his
father, Captain John Brady, and his brother
having fallen victims to the tomahawk and
scalping knife.
The scene Of the present story is at a
place known to boatmen and raftmen as
Brady's Bend and where now the noise
and hustle of new manufacturing town
called the sGreat Western resounds along
the shores that then echoed only to the
whoop of the savage or the panther's
scream
lite q bend in the river Of nine miles in
length, and is sometimes called tile Nine
mile Bend and is scarcely half milo ae-
&fcross the. neck. Here in this bend, Corn
planter, fetnrDed from some successful in
Z roads upon the whites, had secured several
prisoners, BY tying them to as many trees,
while his swarthy and hideously painted
followers were busy In making preparations
forthe faogot>and the torture. 60.
The stake was erected and the faggots
prepared with all the coolness and refines
inent Of Indian barbarity. 1t was a beautf
full evening; the sun was just sinking Be-
bind the lofty hill upon the opposite shore.
Caimness had thrown its oily 'wand upon
Che Alleghany's crystal tideyapd il slept
Tho flll, round moon, Just bursting through
tlle tfse>tops behibd them, sailed calmly
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NO. 10.

ow by the hand, and pressing it, bade her
farewell; then kissing the daughters, said
he would like to see them in Ohio, and furn-
lsli them with good husbands. DC but even
this was not all. The black BOYS, who stood
along tie walls, were not forgotten, and
grinned as he hanGed each asilver dollar. As
he passed around the breakfast table. which
was not yet cleared off, lie saw his old
friend, the inackera. The Tears came into
his eyes, and raisingit by the tail, with
bis thumb and finger, parted with it, saving:
+ Well, good bye, good bye, my old boy
you and fhave served long campaign to-
gethcr; but (wiping his eyesl suppose we
shall meet again next winter. Good bye.'
The old gentleman rapidly left the ht,sse,
and Jumping into the stage, rattled off, and
fortunately for his ears, the widow never
saw him again.
The BouRDoNs.-The Paris correspon-
dent Of the Daily Meas writes 1T is posi-
lively stated in legitimist Cliiques that the
Count de Paris is at this moment at Frohs-
dor0, whittier he has gene Of his own accord
to negotiate the fusion with his cousin.
Some say. that he has taken this step in
spite OF the Duchess of Orleans, and repre-
sent him as having in fact eloped from the
maternal roof. | am moro inclined to think
(assumlng the news to be true) that the
Burbons are merely playing out family
comedy which has been arranged beforehand.
In answer to all the overtures made by the
heads of the legitimist party to obtain from
the Orleans branch the acknowledgment
of the Count de Chambord as the sole head
OF the house, the Duchess of Orleans has
in recent times made but one answer: Il
cannot take upon myself to prejudice tho
rights of my son ; when he comes of ape
ne shall decide for HIMSELF The Count de
Paris, who was born in 1887, attained the
age of ls--that is to say, his majority as a
royal prince-but few days ago; and it is
very probable that he may have decided TO
merge his individual pretentions- in the hope
of strengthening the influence of his family
Such an event, although not of thrilling in.
terest for the moment, would not be usim-
portant III certain contingencies.
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5rlertrh aYnrtrg.
Absence,
BY oAMPDELL.

IT'S not the loss of loves assurance,
B II is not doubling what thou art
But It's the too, too long endurance
"a OF absence, that affiicts my heart
The fondest thoughts two hearts can cherish,
When each is lonely doom'd to weep,
Are fruits on desert isles that perish,
Or riches buried in the deep.
What though untouch'd by jealous madness,
Our bosoms peace may fall to wreck;
Tho undonbting heart that breaks with sadness
Is but more slowly doom'd to break.
.Absencei is not the soul torn by it
From more than light or life, or breatha
Tis Lcthc's gloom, but not its quiet
The pain without the peace of death.
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Dtath Of 4Grs. Ds dUht Clinton.


Mrs. Ca,hrinc j. Clinton, widow of De
Witt Clinton, died yesterday morning at
Poughkeepsie, at the residence Of her dauch-
ter, Mrs. David S. Jones. She was in the
73d year Of her age. 1t win be remember
ell that Mrs. Clinton received severe inu-
ries some months ago, viii c in New York,
by the running away of the horses attached
to her carriage. a writer in the Express
says of her:
This lady was ones one Of the most dis
tinguished of the New York bellies, and fig
ured largely in the days of the Whites and
the Bayards and lie Roys, She had com.
manding appearance, and was almost hand
some. AS thcwifH of De Witt Clinton, one
of the greatest of our public men, and GER
tainly the most distinguished Of our our gov
emors, she was conciiatory, attractive and
influential. Her repartces and her bon mots
were much admired, and she was q terror to
all who facticiously opposed the policy or
disputed the ability Of her husband. She
made friends for him every where, and gave
to his frank and, often brusqre manner such
turn as to make it harmless. Governor
Clinton had that fault but it was his only
one. In the administration of her domes-
tic affairs, Mrs. Clinton was admirable. and
exercised grace not beyond but within the
reach of refined arts, and for long time
the executive mansion was the scat of elc-
giant hospitality and the most refined obscr-
vanccs. On the memorable occasion of the
Governors sudden death, Mrs Clinton was
at an evening party at Mr. Wm. Duer's,
and the shock Of its announcement almost
destroyed her, The writer happened to be
in Albany at the time, and WAS on his way
to the Governors mansion, byspecial invita-
ton, when the catastrophe took place. Mrs.
Clinton was brought home in a condition
bordering on in insanity. II is due to
her memory to say that she never in after
life forgot what belonged to his great and
exalted worth, nor to herself, as his trus ted
and most valued friend. Her maiden name
was Jones, and as Miss Kitty Jones she was
celebrated and admired
THE following good story is told of a
member of Congress from Ohio. We recon-
mend it to the especial attention of econom-
ical boarding house keepers
The venerable General H----was for sever
al consecutive years returned to Congress ;
and as the hotels and boarding-honses in
Washington City in those days, were all on
a par, or rather below par, the members
were in the habit Of occupying, year after
year, the same rooms. The table of Gener-
al HIS boarding-house (Which was kept by a
widow lady and her two daughters) was
regularly furnished with sterotypcd dinners,
and at one end Of the table always appear
cd broiled mackere. Gen. IL, whose
=. q. y. i n
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A YOUNG lady at an examination in
grammar, was asked why the noun
bachelor" was singulars She replied
immediately, and with much nusvets,
"Because 1t Is very singular they don't
get married2"
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Chloriform in Surgery.

Ihe Importance of this agent in surgical
practice is daily becoming more apparent
in our city, as elsewhere -experience Iay-
ing demonstrated tue fact, that surgical one
ratlons can be more successfully perfoim med
under It's operation, than before its introduc-
tion. We are informed that Prof. r. S.
Newton was the first surgeon who tested it's
merits in practice, in this city, over six wears
ago. He is now using it almost daily, an,,
considers it perfectly safe when in iudicioust
hands.
ON Friday last, ho was enabled, under its
influence, to perform avery deliacte and pain
tul operation on child only fourteen months
old, a son of Mr.. Henry lIaggeman, of
Waynesvile, Ohio, viz This removal of a
malignant tnmor which extended from the
eye to the lower part Of the mouth, on the
right side of the face, involving the nose in
lis whole length, and which completely dis
figured the child.
After the Child was placed under the in
iuence Of chloroform, the tumor was entire
ly removed in the short space of seventeen
minutes, without any suffering on the part
Of the little patient.
lhls was one of those operations which
the Doctor is of the opinion cannot be per-
o''hSt ""SSeSSiuily WITHOUT It's use, IL being
requisite that the most perfect quietude
shoald obtain.
The medical profession should no longer
hesitate about the use Of this agent, in con.
eqnence OF its supposed dangerous effects.
- s<<<sS. -
REMARKABLE OPHTHALMIo OpERATroN.-
Mr.. Andrew Haymaker, of Charleston, who
has been blind in one eye for fifty -four years,
in consequence off film growing over it, was
suddenly restored to sight short time
since. in the following manner: He was
standing on the steps Of the court house in
that village while number of men and bows,
were playing ball. The ball projected with
great force struck him in the blind eye, COM,
pletely removing the film and restoring
sight. Considerable inflammation followed.
but it is now getting better, and the sight is
good G:ccgc Jovr7acI.
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Ihe Kitc ben

we give to intellect, to Immortality, to
religion, and to all the virtues, the honor
that belongs to them. And still il may be
boldly affirmed, that economy, taste, skill,
and neatness, in the kitchen, have great
deal to do in making life happy and pros
porous.
Nor is it indispcnsably necessary that a
house should be filed with Inquiries. All
the qualifications for good house keeping
can be displayed as well on small! scale as
on large one.
!. A small house can be moro easily kept
clean than palace Economy is most need
ell IN the absence of abundance.
Taste is well sdisplayed in placing the
dishes on pine table, as in arranging the
folds of a damask curtain.
And skillful cooking is as readily discoy-
cred in a nice baked p)tatce, or in a respect
able johnycake as in a nutbrown sirloin, or
a brace of canvass decks
The charm of good housekeeping is in
the order, economy, and taste displayed in
attention 20 little things. And these little
things have wonderful influence.
a dirty kitchen and bad cooking have
driven many a one from home, TO seek for
comfort and happiness somewhere else.
Domestic economy is Science theo-
ry Of life, which all sensible women ought
70 study, and practice. None of our excel
lent girls are fit to be married, until they
are thoroughly educated in the deep and
profound mysteries of the kitchen.
See 70 il, all ye who are mothers, that
your daughtels areall accomplished by an
experimental knowledge of good house keep
ing Ohio Farmer.
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at1 snaiall 5turu.
h IFom the Knickerbocker for Julyl
Capt Samuel Brady anS eotnpianfet.

& LEoESp OF THE ALLEeHAsY RIVER.
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The AMERICAN PARTY IN CoSSEcTlcUr.
The State Convention, on Thursday, en-
dorsed the action OF the delegates to the
Philadelphia Convention, nassed mild resolu-
tions on the subject Of foreigners priyiIe-
ges and others aginst slavery, adopted the
name OF Americans,absolved all its members
from thepledge of secrecy, ard Invited all
who agreed With it to act with it,
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IHE CoSvERTs.--The Roman Catholic
paupers publish list of prominent 'con.
vertstto Romanism in England during the
last six years. The catalogue contains the
names Of one duchess, one Inarcbioness, two
countcsses twelve right honorable ladies,
ten right honorable. gentlemen, and large
numbef of the gentry, those titles are simp-
lyt jioporshle,' SIR or lady! The clerical
list hiss the names Of two archdcacons and
eighty sclergymen Of the Church Of England.
The Rev. Edward Beard is the only dis
sen.ing n.inister'in the long array.