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agricultural.
From the Gencsce Farmor.l
Preserving Fruits Without Sugar.

| EDS. FARMER The present mode of pre.
serving fruit with very little or no sugar.
has become so prevalent as to be no 10 niger
new to your numerous readers but 70, the
benefit of young house keepers who wish to
know precisely how it is done, will give
you my method of putting up peaches, in
winch have been particularly successful
use Sprall's self-sealng glass cans. I
put several Of them at time in pans Of cold
| water, and place them on the stove to heat
gradually. Then GIL the preserving kettle
about one-third fullbf water, and perhaps
half pound of sugar Then pare and stone
the peaches, and put them-a few at time
into the syrup; and when they are up to
the boiling point, put them into the cans
with spoon, as rapidly as possible When
iull, apply the cover-thc wax having been
softened by the heat Of the peaches-the air
will be completely excluded. Then remove
from the water 20 a table as soon as each one
is filled, and weight as heavy as flat iron
on each cover, until the wax becomes cold.
Ii many are to be put up, it should employ
the hands Of three persons, that the peaches
may not lose their flavor or color by standing
They should be fully ripe. The yellow
peaches are decidedly the best.
This is much more expeditions way than
cooking in the bottles or cans, and the air is
just as effectually excluded. The peaches
can be put up whole, il desired, in the same
way. This preserves the flavor of the pit,
and makes them particularly good for pies.
When putting up cherries or other small
fruits, the bottles are filled with the fruit !;
then placed in a large hat-bottomed kettle or
boiler. Fill the kettle with cold water as
high as the necks of the bottles, and let the
water boil twenty minutes. Put in the corks
before they are removed from the kettle and
seal immediately. When fruit is to be used
for buildings or pies put it Ii without sugar;
but when designed for eating upon the table,
the easiest way is to cook them in presely.
ing kettle, with a small quantity Of sugar,
which seems to preserve the flavor of the
! fruit
This mode of preserving fruit is not only
one OF the Injuries of the age, but is great
saving Of labor and perplexty. when com
pared with the old method Of preserving
AN OLD IlOUSEKEEPER.
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The Milky Way.

The Milky Way forms the grandcst feature
Of the armament. ltcomplctely encircles the
whole fabric of the skies, and sends its light
down upon us, according to the best obserya-
tons, from no less than Is 600 900 of suns
These arc planted at various distances, too
remote to be more than fccbly understood !;
but their light, the medium of measurement,
requires for its transit to our earth periods
ranging from ten to thousand years. Such
is the sum of the great truths revealed to US
by the two Herschts. who, with zeal which
no obstacle could daunt, have explored every
pant Of the prodiglous circle. Sir William
llerschel, after accomplishing his famous
section. believed that he had gagged the Milky
Way to its lowest depth, affirming that he
could follow a cluster Of stars with his
telescope, constructed expressly for the in
ycstiga;on, as far back as would require
$50 900 years for the transmission Of its
| light But, presumptuous as it may seem,
we must be permitted to doubt this assertion,
as the same telescope, in the same master
hand was not sufficiently powerful to resolve
even the ncbum in Orion. Nor mast we
| forget that light, our only clue to those un-
searchable regions. expands and decomposcs
in its progress, and coming from point so
remote, its radiant waves would be dispersed
in space. Thus the reflection is forced upon
us, that new clusters and sy stems, whose
5eaming light will never reach our earth,
still throng beyond and that, though it is
permitted to man to behold the immensely, he
shall never see the bounds oc the creation.
.ldrreiS Of Science.
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CaratS Fine.

The term carat, or karut, originally lcslg-
mated an Abysinian bean. Being very uni
form in size, and undergoing scarcely any loss
by drying. they came to be used as the stand-
ard of weight, in Africa for gold, and in
India for diamonds. Each carat was divided
into grains. OF which "A are nearly equal to
- grains troy. This system Of carats and
grains is still used in the valuation of dia-
lnondS. But in the case of gold. the term
carat implies not so much any actual weight,
| as fractional division, of winch n 90 to
make unit Twcniy-forr cd0tS fine EXPIRES.
Scs the unity OF pure gold and signifies, not
the specific weight of any given mass, but
only that, in the "a imaginary parts into
which it may be supposed to be divided, there
is no alloy.
The gold assayer takes his unit or inteoe,
or II grains troy. This small lquantity is
most convenient for purposes of assay, and
these particular numbers arc used for cOnve-
nicnce of calculation. This or IL grains is
called, by the English assayer; an assa,y
pound, and is, by him, divided into "a carats,
and each carat again into quarters and SIX
tccnthS. The assaycr of silver takes Is to
50 grains troy for his assay pound, and
divides it into II ounces, each ounce into 20
pennyweishts, and these again into hall
pennywcights- making. for the silver assay
pound, $50 divisions or reports, and for the
gold assay pound 3S4 reports. On the cont.
nent of Europe the division of the assay pound
for gold is different from the English.
In the English mint, the term carat express
SEES no given weight, but merely degrees Of
fucness, of which n indicates pur ity. The
carat is subdivided INTO quarters. and these
again into eigh!s, making to each carat 80
parts, 16S Of which represents pure gold.
These varying, complicated and arbitrary
systems are the relict Of an age which delgh.
ted in intricate and perpexing mysteries
They are gradually yielding before the scien-
tilic demand for uniform and universal for
mul;r. Instead Of each trade having its OWL
peculiar weights and measures. there must
cone to he one standard for all business. ant
ultimately one Cor all the leading nations O
earth. Instead OF one measure for cloth
another for length, and third for land on,
measure for wine, another for beer, ant
another for grain one weight for the apoth
ecary, and another for the grocer !: one stand
ard for France, second for England, and Q
lhiid for America, there will be one uniform
standard for all, based upon the decimal sys
TEN.
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There 5 beautiful song on the slumbrouS air
That drifts through the valley OF Dreams,
IT comes from Il cline where the roses were,
And = tHneiul harp. and bright brown hair,
That waved in the morning beams.
Soft eyes of azure. and eyes of brown,
And snow-Whtc iorrhcads are there
a glimm"ring cross, and glitiering crown,
A thorny bed, and couch of down,
Lost hopes and leaflets Of prayer.
a breath of Spring. in the breezy woods,
Sweet watts from the quivcring pines,
Blue violet eyes beneath green hoods,
\ bubble of hrouklcts, il scent of buds,
BIZ les and clambrring vines.
A rosy wreath in an infant hand,
4 ring and a sighted vow.
Three golden links of a broken band,
A tiny track on the snow-whitc sand,
\ tear and snlcss brow.
Theresa tncturc ofgricr in the beautiful song
That Sols on the slumbrous air,
And loneliness felt in II festive throng,
Sinks down in the soul, as it trcmblrS along
From cline where the roses were.
We head il first ut the dawn of day,
And it mingled with matin chimes:
But years have dStancrd the beautiful lay,
And its melody uatcth from far away,
And We call it now OLD TINES.
.Wrr90dyi0, tn.
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THE STEAMSHIP GREAT EAsrERN.-Th
vessel, says London paper, has been getting
on wonderfully during the last few weeks.
and it is expected that within month her
steam will be up, and she will be on her way
across the Atlantic. The three iron masts
rise 122 feet above the upper deck, and have
a diameter Of three feet six inches for height
Of seventy feet, when they decrease gradually
to two feet six inches at the cap. The three
wooden masts, which are also in their places,
arc not built masts, but are single 'sticks. =
The fore and mizen masts are l40 feet in
height, and they are 81 inches in diameter
at the deck. The jgger mast is l22 feet in
height and of the same diameter. The trees
which form these masts were New Zealand
pines. The sums which had been expended
on the ship up to the time Of its memorable
launch amounted to fGl0,000. The whole
expenditure ON the ship up to the time Of its
going to sea, will be f970 900, and probably
some incidental charges and contingencies
will bring the whole up to the round sum o
fl 900 900.
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hravado is considered bravery, and evidences
OF cruelty substantial testimony in favor OF
"a game man"
To get along i'll Missouri a man needs Il
heart made of HonUm riie, thews of wire and
cast iron body to endure the climate, which
often affords you three seasons in one day.
In addition to the essential organic ,tion to
suit the latitude he requires brace Of Colt's
pistols and a pair Of four pound bowie knives.
with a will to Kill and be killed for the mos.
trivial causes.
The soil Of the country through which
have been travelling is highly fertile
Lafayette, jackson, Clay, Andrew, Platte,
fertility. The prices of land range from SO
staples of the state. The cror tins year is
rather short. Corn has suffered from druuth I:
and will not DC Il very good crc;. should the
season from this out favor, il. Although
there is such ground to TIL, sti.l they do not
average fine crops; the seasons are prccarous:
too wet, or too dry seldom ever what they
ought to be. Not unrrcquentlv. for several
years together, they have short crops.
These counties enumerated with some five
or six Others in reality from the state, SO far
as extra fertility is concerned
The interior Of Northern Missouri is scarce
OF timber and without living wells, unless
you dig 100 TO POO feet. Cistern water is
used almost altogether. The land too is only
ordinary III such parts. Southern and South
Western Missouri is less rich in soil but of
abundant mineral wealth: The graduation
law should have made Missouri lands sought
after by persons in quest of homes, who
would have been wiling TO undergo the ills
Of which yon have read, for the sake of a
homestead. But by p'jury, and proxy, they
have all been entered: and are now held in
The main, BY speculatus who have entered
them by pretenIious oath, or have hired it
done
Viewed in an individual light the profits
many accrue to the holders but when we
regard it in the definite light in which
Political Economy would place 1t we must
Know the state has suffered by such greedy
knaycry. Lands will now remain vacant for
years which, under the legitimate operations
OF the graduation act, would have become
the adorned homes of c0ltrntcd families.
The steamer jars, II is difficult to write
close promising to write you fom the . Old
Dominion" HAROLD.
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Motifs.
NOTICE;
Warner NJ. Paxson
and Susanna Paxson
his wife.

W dTlleT NJ Ia&SOn L
and Susanna Paxson
his wife.
Vs.
Allen Pierson and
wife, James Arm In the Circuit Court
strong and Sarah Ann for Cecil county. III
Armstrong, his wife; Chancery, July 22nd,
Julia Ann Pierson, 1859.
James Pierson and
Sarah Ann Pierson.
his wife; lillian
l.athers and Orpha
Lathers, his wife, and
others.
The object Of this suit is to procure d
Decree for the sale of certain Zeal Estate n
Cecil county, Maryland.
The Bill states that the Complainants and
Defendants named in said Bill are seized as
joint-owners, in fee of three Lots or parcels
of land at the Brick Meeting House. Cecil
county aforesaid, with the Buildings and
improvements on said Lots. That one undi-
yided ninth part of said Real Estate belongs
to the Compla inants: one ninth to Allen
Picrson, and Phebe Pierson, his wife: one
ninth to Sarah Ann Armstrong, and James
Armstrong, her husband; one ninth to
Julia Ann Person one ninth to Cloud
Pierson, and his wife Rebecca Person one
ninth to James Pierson, and his wife Sarah
Ann Pierson: one ninth to Orpha Lathers,
and her husband William Lathers; ono ninth
to Mary j. Buckley, and her husband Edwin
}. Buckley; and one ninth to Isabella w.
kimble, and her husband, James kimble.
The Bill further states that it will be to
the interest and advantage of all tho aforesaid
joint owners of said Real Estate, to have the
same sold. and the proceeds thereof divided
between the parties in the nroporiops ahoye
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PHlLoLOGlCAL NUT.-Thc Chinook Tndi-
ans, who tlatten their heads for unknown
chronological reasons, so that fat. head chief
somewhat resembles George the Third in Cock
spur street, speak barbarous pH0iS, under
stood only by the trappers. The following
as nut philologists may crack. 1t may
suggest other curious dcriyallons Their
common salutation is Clak hoh -ah- yah, orig
mating, as believe, i'll their having heard in
the carly days Of the fur trade gentleman
named Clark frequently addressed by his
friends, Clark, how are you!' This saluta-
tion is now applied to every white man. their
own language ailording no appropriate express
sion. Their language is also peculiar in con-
tanning no oatls, or any words conveying
gratitude or thanks"
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description can give an adequate idea of the
intense rlgor 0! the six months winter in
that part Of the world. Stones crack with
the noise Of thunder. In a crowded hut. the
breath Of! the occupants will fall in flakes of
snow; wine and spirits turn to ice; the snow
burns like caustic if iron touches flesh it
brings tho flesh away with it; the soles of
your stockings may be burnt of your feet
before you feel the slightest warmth from the
fire: linen taken out Of boiling water, in
SANITY stilens to the consistency Of a wooden
board, and heated stones will not prevent the
sheets OF the bed from freezing. If these arc
the effects of the climate within all alright,
iire-waimed, crowded hut, what must they
be among the dark, storn-lashcd mountain
peaks outside.
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STUD AND VEST Burton. The common
hutton winch Is iir'n'y secured to The garment
is rapidly going ont Of fashion for shirts and
vests, and one that is movable is RAPIDLY
taking its place. Indeed, the latter, is so
convenint Especially to bachelors, who have
10 trust their buttons to b careless laundrcss)
that they ought to be more generally adopted
than they are. One objection to them is
their insecurity but this is overcome by the
invention of Henry Simon. of Providence. r.
l., which consists in certain construction of
and mode Of applying spring to the inner
portion OF fastening of the stud or button
whereby it is enabled to be very easily inserted
in and removed from the holes in the shirt or
vest, and is made very secure when in place
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N0TT(,E

rs hereby given to the creditors, endorsers
l. and sureties Of Ann +. Hayes, that She
hath made application for the benefit Of the
lmsolvent Laws Of Maryland, and that the
First Wednesday after the second Monday
Of October, next, being the third day Of tho
next October Term Of the Circuit Court for
Cecil county, hath been set apart and fixed
upon for the final hearing in her case, at
which time and place, her creditors, en-
dorsers and sureties may attend and show
cause, If any they have, why final discharge
shall not be granted said debtor.
Test, WIN. II. RICKETTS,. Clerk
Circuit Court for Cecil county.
July 9. lS11-2m.
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NOTICE.

Theodore Taylor in the Circuit Court
vs.. for Cecil county.
wife.
ORDERED, this 2lst day of June. 1850, that
" the sale made and reported by Henry W.
Archer, Trustee in the above entitled cause,
be ratified and confirmed unless cause DO
shown TO the contrary, on or before the nine
tecnth day Of September, next; provided, a
copy of this order be published in some news
paper printed in Cecil county, once week
for one month, before the seventeenth day Of
August, next.
The Report states the amount of sales to-
be $1,000. W. II. RICKETTS,, Clerk.
True copy; test,
W. II. RICKETTS,.
July 1G. IS59-lm. Clerk.
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/ General Government, but as days passed
away and time brought on ccnsurcs till
it would be hard 10 find single person
who was not conforming the conduct of
the Buchanan Administration.
Mr.. John Holiday and Col. Martin
are the lucky contractors for furnishing
the army with breadstuifs the ensuing
year, for which they receive $751; per
hundred pounds. The daily average
consumption of flour by the camp is not
less than five thousand pounds, making
the annual consumption about 2,00U,0
pounds. This would amount to $572,-
Uou-a snug little item in the current
expenses. Now when VIC take into con-
sidcration the fact that Mr.. William
Martin and +. p. Stanton offered to
furnished the supply of Hour FOR SO
per 100 pounds, and Mr.. j. G. Little
agreed to take the same contract for
81 80 per zoe pounds, it seems strange
that Messrs. Holiday and Martin have
been awarded the contract at $500 per
700 pounds. Does it not look like collu-
sion OH the part of the Secretary of War?
The quality Of -four manufactured in
this Territory is of the poorest dcscrip-
tion and would pass for swccpings at
any market in the States. Yet this the
army will be compelled to use during
the coming year. If it was the intention
Of Secretary Floyd to have the flour
shipped from the States, then the price
is in the ncighhorhood of reason. But
if such was his design, why did he furnish
McsSrs. Holiday and Martin with orders
for government mules, from any post on
the route on their journey to this point.
Since their arrival they have COM
Mcnced buying and contracting for all
the flour in the Territory, for which they
are paying S. per 100 pounds, but III all
proba bility will have to pay as high as
SIS for portion. We will say that they
pay s. per 100 pounds for all of it, and
we say that they are at an outlay OF
Sl6O,Uuo in fulfilling the contract,
leaving them snug little balance OF
toHr hHhGIed and ipcire MoasaAd DOL
inrs! There is probably four partners
in this contract, Mr.. John Holiday, Maj.
Martin, WIN. Russell (lirm Of Russell,
Mayors y " addeII and Secretary Floyd
they VIII realize one hundred thou
sand dollars each, and at no trouble
or FISK. truly lnclc sam is blessed
with a noble set Of c-holdcrs-thcy
are so careful to look to their own inter-
eSts. lhcy are 50 economical as to
0'"tF me "tsch@rgr Of VII the fcamSitr&,
an" P"f So'd'crs 10 doiag The $"me, all
because the expenses are too great -
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LAND FOR SALE.

TIME undersigned will sell, at Private
l. Sale, Ga Acres Of Land, adjoining the
farms Of Miss Henrietta Duke, Capt. Smith,
and others. About 20 acres cleared, the
residue in timber. There is q small two
story FRAME TENEMENT on the property,
good Stable and Carriage House, and about
40 acres enclosed. Persons wishing to pur-
chase can view the premises, and learn the
terms of EUW ARD COLLINGS.
lime H. 1S59-2ms
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Notice to Contractors 4 Builders.

CEALED PROPOSALS for the erection
- of New Methodist f.. Church in Elkton,
Cecil county, Md, to be addressed to tho
Building Committee, will be received up to
Monday, the 18th inst. at 9 O'Clock Pm.
Plans, Details and Specifications can be
seen at the Office Of Jas. S. Crawford, Ia
Elk ton, and also at the Office of w! Angelo
Powell, the Architect, No. 90 Second street,
Baltimore.
Contractors required to give two approved
securities for the performance of the work.
The Committee reserve the right 20 reject
any bid not in compliance with their views.
Aug. u, 1S59-2w
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ScandalOus D0ings OF the Government.

The facts stated in the Subjoined let.
ter, which we copy from the st. Louis
Democrat, should attract the attention
OF the people and excite their indigna-
tion, and We hope will. Unqucstionably
the expenditures incurred and authorised
by the present Administration, not only
in the management or mSmanugcmcnt of
the Mormon war but i'll all other things
involving the use of money, are unpara!-
lclcd for extravaganza, wastcfulness,
corruption and downright iufamy by
anything in American, European, or
Asiatic history.
This disgraccful -four contract, mem
toned by the correspondent Of the st.
Louis paper, is Of piece with the shame
full contracts brought to light last spring
by the Committee OF Investigation in the
House of Representatives, but it goes
beyond, far beyond even them in the bold
recklessness with which the Government
is swindlcd for the Administration favor
ties. And one of the worst and most
dcplorable features Of the times is, that
no matter how numerous or how mon
strous may be the deeds Of swindling or
corruption proved upon the Admiuistra-
ton, the whole Democratic party of the
country, far from condemning these deeds
or even suggesting doubt Of an inquiry
in regard to them, shamelcssly endorses
them, either by remaining utterly silent
or by proclaiming through the conven-
lions and public meetings and candidates
and newspapers, their unwaycrng conf
dcnce in the President and his Cabinet.
Are not such things enough to make
every honest man in the nation forswcar
the Democratic party forcver-or ut
least till its whole character and nature
shall have been created anew:
"GREAT FLOUR CONTRACT by WHICH
ABOUT 100000 IS TO BE MADE
OUT OF TIE COVER NMENT--S ECRE-
TARY FLOYD INTERESTED TO TIE
AMOUNT OF 100000, &C., &c.
CAMP FLOYD, June ., 80.
a few days ago a couple of gentlemen
arrived from Lcavcnworth, Is. H., by
express, and with an air of mystery
stated that they had come from WASH
ington on important business, but were
10th to divulgc the purport OF their
mission. The camp was on q"i rice,
believing that they were the bcarcrs CT
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NOTICE.

In the Circuit Court for In Chancery.
Cecil county. jJnly 9tl, 1852
ORDERED, That the sale made and re =
~ ported by William j. Gillespie, trustee
for the sale of the Real Estate of George
Gillespie, deceased, be ratified and com
tirmcd, unless cause to the contrary thereof
by shown on or before the nineteenth day Of
September, eighteen hundred and fifty mine /;
provided a copy of this order be inserted in
some paper printed in Cecil county, once a
week for one month, before the seventeenth
day of August. next.
The report states the amount Of sales to-
be 81 ,606.50. VIM. ii. RICKETTS,,
True copy ; test, Clerk.
WIN. II. RICKETTS,.
July 16, lS50--lm. Clerk.
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POWER OF THE Jnws.-The Jews, although
scattered over the face of the earth, yet main
tain q secret and indissouble bond of union
and common interest. In every country they
are, as if were, the servants: but the time
may come when they will virtually be the
masters in their turn. Even at the present
time alc they not, to great extent, the al bi-
tcrs Of the fate of Europe? Maintaining, on
the one hand, the bond between the different
states by the mysterious power Of wealth
which they possess and, on the other, loos-
cning the ties Of social life, aud introducing
or fostering ideas of change and revolution
among variols people? In the Jewish
nation stirs the Nemesis of the destiny oil
Europe. - Baron ron HdtthauSen.