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his rear, turned to see what was the ca 80 Of it,
aud beheld men falling, and dying, ap'1 weltering
in their blood, on tie pavement ~ Allstons cor
ner, and the deadly muskets of the next platoon
ready to fire. He tells us he ran down the line,
and most fortunately arrested that second fire,
and demanded from the second In command what
caused the firing, Gentlemen, you remember his
answer. One Of his men had bean shot in the
face, and thereupon the Marines fired He did
not say, according to my recollection, that Cap
tain Maddox ordered them to fire, but that was
the excuse for the firing The wounded marine,
from the affray about the swivel, had fallen back
on his line, his bloody face was exhibited to his
comrades, and instantly the cry of frs" is heard,
and these parties plunge their fire, not into the
offending, the armed party, but into citizens,
spectators, many of whom, according to the proof,
were drawn to the scene with the Marines them
selves. At that fire Alston fell in his own door
way. Why was that fire delivered? If it was
ordered, where is the officer that ordered itY
Had it been order by an officer, the men hav-
ing been proved to have stood under arms, sup
pose the order would have been, fright aim,
fire" in military style But there is no proof Of
that. 1t was rabble fire, the work Of mob,
military mob, without the sanction of official
authority.
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-09
Hints to Farmers.

loads are the best protection of cabbage
against lice.
Plants, when dropping, are revived by few
grains of camphor.
Pears are generally improved by grating on
the mountain ash.
Sulphur valuablein preserving grapes, etc.,
from insects.
Lard never spoils in warm weather, if it is
cooked enough in trying out.
In feeding corn, sixty pounds 60 as far as
one hundred pounds in the kernel.
Corn meal should never be ground very fine,
it Injuries the richness oft
Turnips of small size have double the nutri-
cious matter that large ones have.
Rats and other vermin are kept away from
grain by sprinkling Of garlic when packing the
sheaves.
Money expended in drying land, by draining
or otherwise, will be returned with ample in
tercst .
To cure scratches on horse, wash their legs
with warm soap suds, and then with beef brine.
Two applications will cure the worst cases.
Timber, when cut in the spring, and exposed
to the weather with the bark on, decays much
sooner than If cut in the fall.
Wild onions may be destroyed by cIltiyating
corn, blowing and leaving the ground in the
plowed state all winter.
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-09
From the Louisville Journal.
TO MY MOTHER.

RIoR TO VISITING HER ON MY FoRTIETH BIRTHDAY.
would that were kneeling with thee now,
Mother, dear mother at thy evening prayer
With loves most holy light upon thy browl q
would that were kneeling with thee there
As pure in heart as when left thy home,
With slnless Dreams in the great world to roam!
Long years have fled away since then-long yearsi
And much of toll and suffering has been mine;
Yet has fe's struggle wrung from me no tears,
Save when, dear mother, have thought of thine
Tears for the wanderer in distant land.
With few to cheer or take him by the hand
And thou since then art old vet is thy heart
All young and fresh as in the month of May
For with the worldly thou hast played no part
Content in lowly life to hold thy way,
Where joyless eyes eer turned to thee in gladness
And saddened hearts eer bless thee in their sadness
o, mother mine in the still evening hour,
When the bright stars their wonted places take
And pour mild radiance over field and flower
And sleeping stream, know that thou dost wake:
! hear thy voice thy messengers of prayer
In spirit-march float round me in the air
hear thy voice cen now its accents low
Come like murmur to my listening ears
see thee bending with an appraised brow,
l see thy clasp'd hands and thy trembling tearsl
Those trembling tears thine eyes soft light CLEANS
through
As CLEANS the starlight through the trembling devil
hear and see thee as ofttmes ere now
In my far childhood, in my distant youth
In the first days when manhood flushed nv brow,
Thou taughtst of Heaven, Of virtues ways, of
truth,
And prayed'st that blessings on my head might
rain
Mother, come kneel with thy child again
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-09
Value OF Fallen Leaves.

No manure is so well worth the saving in
October and November as the falling leaves of
the season. According TO Payen, they contain
nearly three times as much nitrogen as ordina-
ry barn yard manure; and every farmer who
has strewn and covered them in his trenches
late in the fall, or in December, must have
noticed the next season how black and moist
the soil Is that adheres to the thrifty young
beets he pulls. No vegetable substance yields
its woody fibre and becomes soluble, quicker
than leaves, and from this very cause they are
soon dried up, scattered to the winds and vast
ed, If not gathered and trenched in, or com
posted before the advent Of severe winter.
As leaves are poor in carbon and rich in aka
line salts, as well as nitrogen, they arc ESPECIAL
ly valuable in compost with manhaden fish
manure and dead animals, poor in potash, but
Astounding in carbon and lime phosphate But
the great value of leaves is in the extra nitro
gen they contain Prof jackson truly says
that the compounds of nitrogen not only de-
compose readily themselves, but they also in
duce the elements Of other organic matter with
which they are in contact, to assume new forms,
or to enter into new chemical combinations;
and according to the long continued and varied
Rothbamsted experiments OF the indefatigable
Lawes and DR.. Gilbert, nitrogen, in its COM
pound form, (ammonia,) also exerts the same
potent influences on the inorganic or mineral
elements Of the soil, rendering even sand
into the soluble food of plants. Yet every far
mer OF gardener ought also to know that his
own mechanical aid in trenching or blowing, in
order to keep his soil permeable and absotptive,
is indispensable to aid nature in developing
her chemical proccss.-RuraL Nen Yorker.
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T III E + A r M e r.
Fences.

"a gentleman of Spartanburg, s. G., urges
the planting of the black locust (Peseudacacia)
or common locust of the mountains-in rows,
to serve instead of fences. The cost of the
fences in the United States is estimated at the
enormous SUM of 81 ,57I ,209, 900, and the cost
Of the annual repairs at $23S, 080,0O0 The
consumption of timber is therefore very great,
as is the labor bestowed upon the making and
repair of fences
The writer says that the locust is tree of
rapid growth, large size, great durability,
adapted to all climates and localities, requiring
no labor Of trimming, casting but little shade,
and which 10 beast will bark or destroy. 1t
may be propagated with ease, either from seed
or sprouts; when young, is defended by
short stiff thorn. After clearing and blowing
the ground deeply for five or six feet on each
side of the proposed fence, the writer proposes
to plant the seed in row, about five inches
apart, at any time when the ground is not fro
zen from October to March.
"At the end of three years (says the writer
they should be from five to eight feet high, and
from an inch to an inch and half in diameter at
the root. Even at this age, armed as they are with
sharp thorn, they will constitute a formida-
BILE hedge. But they will grow on and on,
until, in few years, they will come solidly to-
Setner! Onapie 10 extend lengtnWlSe OF the
line, they must spread out laterally. Thus, in
the course of time, they will form solid wood
en- wall around the whole enclosure, from one
to two feet thick-too formidable to be bro
ken down, too high to be overleaped, too thick
and hard to be even chopped through without
immense labor! But thus surrounded, what
better protection need the planter or the or
chardist desire for his crops, his fruits, or his
various kind of stock?
"How long hedge or wall of this kind
would continue to live and grow, has never
been fully tested. 1t might be for a century,
for aught any man can foresee Considering the
durability Of the timber-such that no man
expects to live to see Black Locust stump
decay-it may be well supposed that, after the
death of all the trees, their trunks may remain
"a wall of defence" for at least half a centu-
ry longer? From one to two hundred
years may, then, be sat down as probable
term during which those fearless and moveless
guards will maintain their position. 1t is
proper, also, to add that the Locust is an orna
mental tree-excelling at once in the symme-
try of its structure, the delicacy of its leaves,
and the beauty of its flowers"
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-09

There is no excuse for profane language;
many use it out Of bravado, desiring to appear
manly, but no excuse can be offered for such
outrages upon decency, and any rebuke is
justly merited:
1t is related by DR.. Scudder, that on his re-
turn from his mission in India, after long
absence, he was standing on the deck of a
steamer, with his son, youth, when he heard
gentleman using loud and profane language
See, friend" said the doctor, accosting the
swearer, "this boy, my son, was born and
brought up in heather country, and land
of pagan idolatry; but in all his life he never
heard man blaspheme his Maker, until now"
The man colored, blurted out an apology, and
looked not a little ashamed of himself"
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-09

The GAINESVILLE (Wisconsin) Independent
announces the arrival in that place Of Mr..
Tracy and his party Of young women, and
their disposal. A charge Of ten dollars was
made for each person, the money to be paid
by the employer and to be deducted from the
future earnings Of the young women The
Free Church was thrown open; the young
women occupying the seats in rows, some of
them crying. Customers then walked along
the range with perfect GOODNESS, examining
their condition one by one, and as they found
ono suitable, they planked the cash and car
ried off the p,ize
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From the Boston Journal. ,
THE MIDNIGHT sTOk

Grim and gaunt-alone, alone
The Midnight sat on his ebon throne y
His throne of clouds that ever and aye Alcr.Hy
Sweeps slowly adown the western sky.
Grand and gloomy, around his form }
He wrapped the folds of the wasting storm; 7
The storm, whose fringes thro' the air,
Were heavily trailing everywhere;
Trailing on earth and over the main,
With sound that seemed like the rush of rain. 4
Back with a mighty grasp he flung
His gusty locks, where darkness hung
In silence and mist Ger spirits dread,
Who chill the living and wake the dead ri
And they rose from their dreams of rest to fright
The holy stars, and the solemn night;
To curse with a revelry loud as hell's,
With horrible laughter, shouts and yells,
To rend the ear Of the sleeping world;
While over its bosom they madly whirled.
In dances rapid in circles vast
In mazes giddy, with feet of the blast;
Ever and ever more swift their speed,
Round and round, DER valley and mead,
Up through the gloomy, heavy air, @
Shrieks resounding everywhere, tg
Till they swung on the floor Of the hurricane
Swaying DER earth and over the main,
With sound that seemed like the roar Of rain.
But hush bark
The giant has smote in his sudden wrath
The spirits Of wind, and their furious path
Is the path Of scattered and flying hosts q
Armies of dim, impalpable ghosts, st
Whose wailings Of woe, and cries of despair,
Ring fearfully out on the stormy air;
Thy YEARLY moan, they sigh and they groan,
But the midnight still alone, alone,
Sweeps slowly adown the dusky sky,
Where the silent realms on its borders lie
The realms where the day and the sunlight die;
And the dark, like some bird with mighty wing,
Broods solemn and still DER everything.
Twill soon be DER; for the spectre form,
Grand and gloomy, gathers the storm &
Cloer and closer to his breast, VA
As he nears the gates of the waiting West,
And feels the breath of eternal rest.
1t steals DER the midnighfs brow of gloom,
And into his heart, with a sense of doom;
And he sinks in shadow and mist away,
To brood with the Dark DER the sleeping Day.
While the spirits rise in circles vast,
In dances giddy, upon the blast,
And shrek and shout to chase afar
The clouds, before the morning star
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fellov was invited 10 . nartv one eve,

A fellow was invited to a party one evening
where there was music, both vocal and instru-
mental. On the following morning he met one
Of the guests, who said, "Well, how did you
enjoy yourself last night9 Were not the quar-
tettes' exceentS" "Well really, can't say,
said he, "for didn't taste them but the pork
chops were the finest ! ever ate"
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-09

"Sir," said pompous parsonage, who once
undertook TO bully an editor do you know
that take your paperH" al have no doubt
that you do take it." replied the man Of the
quill, for several Of my honest subscribers
have been complaining lately about their papers
being stolen in the morning"
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-09

A SENATORIAL DEAD-HEAD.-SenatorG win,
having been accused Of accepting favors from
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the San
Francisco Globe comes TO the rescue and ad-
mits that b travels free Of charge in the
Company's steamers, as all other members of
Congress do; and the Globe adds, "as they
have right to do If the Company chooses to
accord the privilege TO them" All very true.
But as Senator Gwin receives some five thou
sand dollars for travelling expenses, IL would
Look quite as well if he paid his way on board
Of steamers that are dependent upon his vote
for the amount Of compensation they receive
for carrying the United States mails Mem
bers of Congress ought not to put themselves
in suspicious position when there is so very
little to be gained by it.--N y. Times.
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twill be borne in mind that the Legislature
of Missouri is Democratic. This is another
specimen Of the way the Democratic party is
paying off the Catholic Church fer the influence
it welded in compelling every Catholic voter
10 vote with that party. The refusal to char
ter Protestant College, and at the same time
charter Convent, and exempt 1T from taxation,
is about as infamous as the course pursued by
the Democratic Council Of New York City,
when it refused to give four lots to a Protest
ant Orphans Asylum, and then turned around
and donatedthirty.six lots to Catholic Insti-
tuition Clereldnd Leader.
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-09

A western New York farmer writes as fol
lows to distinguished scientific agriculturist
to whom he felt under obligations for intro
ducing variety Of swine:
RESPECTED Sin: went yesterday, to the
fair at t.; found several pigs of your spe-
ces. There was great variety of beasts, and
was surprised at not seeing you therel"
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aPray Miss c." said gentleman, the othe
evening, why are the ladies so fond Of Off
GERS ?" Elbow stupid" replied Miss c.; "is
il not perfectly proper and natural that young
lady should like good offer, sir ?"
Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-01-09

The Texas Legislature has passed bill
which allows free colored persons who may de-
sire il to select masters and become slaves
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ELECTION RIOTERS.
IFRoM sUTToN's REPORT

CRIMINAL COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF
WASHINGTON
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WEEKLY AMERICAN.
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ELECTION RIOTERS.
[FRoM sUTToN's REPoRT.l
CRIMINAL COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF
WASHINGTON
JUDGE CRAWFORD,
Presiding.
PHILIP BARTON KEY, ESQ, U, s. D. A.
COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE.
JosEPH II. BRADLEy, SR., ESQ.
RoBERr h. Scorr, ESQ
VEsPAsIAS ELLIS, ESQ.
john A. LISroS, ESQ
WILLIAM j. MARTIN, ESQ.
JOSEPH ii. BRADLEY, JR, ESQ.
DANIEL RATcLIFRE, ESQ. ...
EDWARD @. CARRIEGToN, ESQ. ..a.
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JUDGE FORD,

PHILIP BARTON KEY, ESQ, U. S. D. A,
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-06-24

BEsToS's FERocIous SARcAsM.--Some
years ago, while speaking in Scott county.
Missouri, Mr. Darnes, the representative
of that county, sat directly in front Of him
for the purpose of putting questions to him,
and, if need be to insult him. Benton
was reading the names of those who voted
for the jackson resolutions" and com.
ing TO the name of Darnes, he stopped,
aud in his own peculiar way said, ~
smell a nui2ifr i" This man Darnes was
promising child, bu, this is not the child
that was born. When he was three years
old his mother took him 10 a corn-husking.
The boy Darnes was stolen this brat was
substituted" lie then came to o O'Banyon,
who was hiling himself behind tree.
This OBuny)n was contemplate PUP.
] made him hat he is gave him office.
At--he had the impudence 10 rise
and present me several questions to an.
swer told him to stand and hold them.
he did, three hours and twenty minutes by
my watch, for which service, owe him
one dollar, Here is one dollar note.
signed by John Van Dyke, Democratic
sausage maker; take it, sir, TO Mr.. Darn.
es, and pay hun, sir !"
Darn"s tells the story, and says he was
never so used up in his life.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-06-24

THE ErrEcTs OF ToBAcco.-Hallis
Journal of Health, mentions what il calls
an " instructive and alarming fact" in 70.
ference TO the Wall Street forger Hunt.
ington) recently sent to the penitentiary.
1t was proven that he was never seen
down town without having cigar in his
mouth; that he never was well. On en-
tering the prison, smoking was absolutely
and at once prohibited, by an infexibls
rule. In three months he gained fifteen
pounds in flesh, and hi. general health
was improved in proportion. + $50
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-06-24
MISCEL NE0US.
I" Awful Gardner"

The readers of the Messenger will
have seen accounts of the conversion of
this notorious prize-fghter and trainer of
prize-hn hters. 1t is one of those instan-
ces of almost miraculous power which
shuts the mouth of the Caviler and skeptic.
And now what is Gardner going to do :
Mr.. Editor. | consider his experience
during the last ten or twenty years, one Of
priceless value, in certain point Of view I;
and | mu:h dislike TO see 1t thrown away.
{ He knows how TO train mems bodies,
and there are thousand plac where
just such men are wanled.) Sir, | pro-
test against our resignlng all these strong,
Samson men to the service of the devil.
dislike to see Satan's body-guard-
black- guards though they are-six feet
high, aud forly-fve inches about the chest ;
while the servants of God 60 creeping
about-lule shad-belied fellows scarce
able to walk under the Christian armor,
much less fight in it
IL hope that Awful Gardner, If he re-
main firm in the faith, may have pro-
fcssorsh'p :, some grea, theological school,
where he may bring forth fruit meet for
repentance in the shape of strong-lunged
aud strong-armed ministeres Of God
Thus only can he give indemnity for the
past and security for the future"
Mr.. Editor, we want more muscle as
well as more mind in our pulpits. When
Henry Ward Beecher went to be examin.
ed by the phrenologist, Fowler walked
around him, and eyed hun as ,ckey
would eye fine horse, and said, 4" You re
a splendid animal" That's just it," he
replied that's the secret Of my su cess -
Truth! When mans body is vigor-
Gus, his mind is vigorous. and his thoughts
are energetic, searching and clear. don,
know whether our Christian churches
have grown weak because our ministers
have grown lean, or whether the minis
ters have grown lean because the churches
have become weak but Of this am sure
that many Of our ministers to-day weigh
too little in the pulpit because they weigh
too little on the scales.
Mr.. Editor, have you noticed how much
smaller ueSts our ministers wear to-day
than they did twenty years agol Sir
Joseph Badgers jacket would button round
half dozen of them; yea, and you could
tuck in CaIvinist under every button.
can recall many of those old minister.
whose muscle and limb would take " Aw.
full Gardner's eye.-Christidn .Messen.
| ger
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-06-24

FRrE LADon IN TExAs.-The New
Orleans Bee Of late date thus speaks of
the rapidly growing strength Of free labor
III Texas:
ave have recently conversed with an
intelligent aud observant gentleman, who
has travelled all over the northern and
western portions of that State. He in
forms us that throughout tho,e sections of
country, the immigration is nearly en'ire-
ly derived from foreigners, of whom
seven.eighths are Germans. Excellent
agricullurists, hardy and putien, tillers of
the soil, sober, temperate, industrious,
peac ful, and obedient to law. this popula-
tion in many respects cannot be surpassed
but they are, from birth, breeding, and
habits of thought, invincibly hostile TO
slave labor. No, one in q thousand owns
a negro, and there are whole tiers Of
counties in certain parts Of Texas which
cast, in the aggregate, many thousand
votes, where one may travel many day
and scarcely see black skin, or hear the
accents of the English tongue.
"Our informan. states, as the result of
personal inquiry and observation, that if
no marked change occur, before ten years
elapse Texas will be divided into four
S,ates-one s!aveholding and the others
free"
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-06-24

The river reporter of the St. Louis
Democrat tells the following good one:
Mr.. A., storageman, called upon the
house of b., yesterday, in pursuit of busi-
ness, and was informed that on board the
Imperial were 200 post holes awaiung
storage. A.. in the usconsciousness Of
his heart, suspected no " SELL" and s,epp-
ed on board, quite ela,ed with the expects-
ton of getting a big lot Of freight.
and was not undeeeived until after having
made particular inquiries in regard to tho
nature aud dimensions of the post holes.