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Year: 1859

LOVE OF CoUNTRY,-There is a love of coun-
try which comes uncalled for, one knows not
how. 1t comes in with the very air, the eye,
the ear; the instincts, the first taste of mothers
milk, the first beetings of the heart. The faces
of brothers and sisters, and the loved father
and mother,-the laugh of playmates, the old
willow-tree, and we and school-house, the bees
at work in the spring, the note of the robin at
evening, the lullaby, the cows coming home, the
singing book, the catechsm, the visits of neigh
bors. the general training,-all things which
make childhood happy, begin it; and then as
the age of passions and the age of the reason
draw on, and love and the sense of home and
security, and of property under law comes to
life;-and as the story goes round, and as the
book or newspaper relates the less favored lot
of other lands, and the public and private sense
OF man is forming and formed, there is type
of patriotism already Thus they had imbibed
it who stood that charge at Concord, and they
who hung deadly on the retreat, and they who
threw up hasty and imperfect redoubt on Bunker
Hill by night, set on it the blood-red provincial
flag, and passed so calmly with Prescott and
Putnam and Warren through the experiences of
the first fire.-Rnfus Choate.
Year: 1859

more money, in the improved pelt and carcass
of mutton, than though they had been sold off
directly for cash, and there is the manure left
to give back to the farm. Then again, sheep
manure is peculiarly active, and inclined to fer
mentation, and mixed with the other farm yard
manures it quickens the effects of the whole
upon the soil and crops. might say more
about this, but must pass on.


There is the feeding of cattle for beef, which
has always been successfully practised and ev-
cry farmer knows how much more powerful is
the effect upon the soil of the manure from fat
ting cattle, than that from cattle which only
have hay and other forage.


1t is generally quite profitable to rear young
cattle of good breed, for their growth and i'm
provement, feeding them little grain along
with the forage crops. Their growth and gen
era Improvement often pays large profit on
the cost Of making it.


There is the keeping of sheep, to a greater
or less extent, for their wool and increase /;
where things are right for keeping a flock of
sheep how they will make the farm shine


But have not space to extend these remarks
about feeding. In some of these, or other ways,
the principal part, at least, of the grain and
other crops of the farm may, generally speak
ing, be more advantageously fed out, and the
manure they will make given back to the land,
than to sell them off so largely as is often DONE
And think farmer had generally better have
his capital mostly invested and actively employ
ed in farming highly cultivated land, and in
good stock, feeding out his crops on the fa'm,
and deriving his income through the stock,
than to have it partly in poor, run down farm,
and partly perhaps, in money at interest, or in
stocks and other outside matters.


Bsattleboro July 20, 1859.
Year: 1859

ToMAToEs.--This delicious, wholesome veg
ctablc is spoiled by the manner it is served upon
the table. 1t is not one time in hundred more
than halt cooked. 1t is simply scalded, and
served as sour porridge. 1t should be cooked
three hours-it cannot be cooked in one. The
fruit should be cut in halves and the seeds
scraped out. The mucilage of the pulp may be
saved If desired by straining out the seeds, AID
adding it to the fruit, which should boil rapidly
for IN hour and simmer three hours more until
the water is dissolved, and the contents of the
saucepan pulp Of muclagnous matter, which
is much improved by putting in the pan, either
before putting in the fruit or while it is cooking
an ounce of butter and half Il pound of fat
bacon cut fine, to half peck of tomatoes and
pepper pod, with salt to suit the taste. The
fat adds pleasant flavor, and makes the dish
actual food, instead Of a mere relish The pan
must he carefully watched and but little fire used,
and the mass stirred often to prevent burning,
toward the last, when the water is nearly all
evaporated The dish may be rendered still
more attractive and rich as food by breaking in
two or three eggs and stirring vigorously just
time enough to allow the eggs to become well
cooked.


Tomatoes, thoroughly cooked, may be put in
tight cans, and kept any length of time; or the
pulp may be spread upon plates and dried in
the sun, Or slow oven, and kept as well as
dried pumpkin, dried apples, peaches, or pears,
and will be found equally excellent in Winter.
For everyday use, quantity sufficient for the
use of family week may be cooked at once,
and aftcrward eaten cold, or warmed over We
beg of those who use this excellent fruit to try
what cooking will do for it. 1t has been eaten
half-cooked long enough. 1t never should be
dished until dry enough to be taken from the
dish to the plates, with fork instead of a
spoon.-N j. Tribune.
Year: 1859

The WITcHERY OF LovE.-A student turns
out from college with honors on his head, his
mind replete with learning, and not stir in
his affections excepting for his kindred. A dam
sci passes his track and takes his heart along
with her. How is this phenomenon to be ac-
counted for? Atranscendentalistw walks out from
his library, stock full of the deepest metaphys-
les. He finds on his way a little satin shoe of
the incest shape, and before he has time to count
ten. some bright-eyed creature whom he never
saw takes complete possession of his soul. To
what shall we attribute this witchery2 A miser
of sixty years, and several millions sterling who
never did generous act, sees blue ribbon
neatly fastened with common brass pin around
the waist of girl not worth sixpence, and
before three days he makes her mistress of all
his wealth, and turns out to be a happy jovial
person. Who can give logical history of this
proceeding? stern warrior, welded to moth
ing but strict dicipline for the glory of bis coun-
try, enteres ball room in foreign cline, where
he meets Spanish girl of sixteen, who takes
away his old, stout, honest heart, with a simple
twirl of her fan. Can we get the mathematical
demonstration of the maneuyring by which the
conquest was affected.
Year: 1859

GROWING IN GRAcE.-The bishop presiding
at the conference was the victim of heart dis
ease. Over his heart the sword of Damocles
hung ever suspended by hair, the deaths head
was never absent from his banquet and the
dread of sudden death had discolored all his
ideas of life. He was the morbid and sworn
foe to everything like gaiety, and while not sour
or sullen yet his piety was weighty and lugu-
brious. 1t may well be imagined that such
chairman had trouble to keep in order man
like Peter Cartwright with whom humor and
drollery are as natural as to breath. Brother
Cartwright had the floor one day, and by his
irresistible fun, set the conference in a roar.
Stop Brother Cartwright said the bishop. Il
cannot allow such sin to be committed among
Methodist preachers when ! have charge of
them. l read in the Bible, be angry and sin
not, but | nowhere see, laughter and sin not.
Let us bow down and confess our ofense.
Brother Cartwright, lead in prayer The back
woods preacher kneeled down and repeated the
Lords prayer, and then rising, said: Look
here, Mr. Bishop, when l dig potatoes, l dig
potatoes; when hoe corn, hoe corn, when l
pray, pray; and when | attend to business, l
want to attend to business-l wish you did too,
and don't want you to take such snap judg-
ment on me again Brother said the bishop,
in monitory tone, do you think you are grow
ing in grace" Yes, Bishop, think l AMIN
spots 1t is hardly necessary to add that the
bishop gave him up as incorrigible.-W. II.
MHGHIn.
Year: 1859

on their fathers estate. cannot ad'ise or
interfere


'Chiyalrous and honorable a. usual You
are too much so Thomas, Had you been
less So


What then rhs asked for she did not con
inue.


This conversation never would have had
place, and my child would be here, and l
should not be dying.


What she said WaA too true and he knew
Year: 1859

BY hoCtert q. Harper, Esq.


Published In pamphlet form, at Atlan.n, Georgia.


EXTRACT 80. 2,-eorToN.


Tho imported Atricans, too, would Hruuitpy
dnd repsiialn tlls South, and tue generations
born on our sol, and Under The genial INFLUENCE
of Southern inlti ulions, would ts well etluca.sd
by tue time they were old enough tu labur.
Would not that source Of the increase Of. sup,
ply affect the price f tho negroes already IN
tue cou1try7 Not only is it clear, therefore,
that the increased supply Of Slaves from this
traffic would reduce the price oil negroes gem
orally N the country by changing the relative
state d the supply and demand-but, as will
appear in the sequel of this Essay, the price of
negroes will be further affected and reduced by
o reduction of the price of Southern staples,
which are the products of slave labor For,
although we speak of the relative state of the
supply and demand influencing and governing
the price of an article, We do not mean that
these constitute the sole elements Of price. We
alluie to the effects Of that law upon an article
added to its intrinsic value, or its cost Of pro-
ducion, or its own productiveness, as the case
mar be. And Us matter of course, any cause
which goes beyond the fluctuations of the sup
DIV and demand, and affects the intrinsic value
of an article, or the cost of the production of
th,t article, or the productive value uf that ar
tide, will strike moro directly at its price than
any other cause This shall make appear
more clearly in the argument which propose
IL the next place to enter upon, in reference to
tie cotton interest of tie South, as it is CON-
pected with the African Slave Trade. When
we have ascertained what effect that traffic will
have upon cotton and the other great staples
which are dependent upon slave labor, we shall
then be better prepared to judge Of the effect
Of these causes upon the price Of negroes And
Year: 1859

One of the causes which has dentoralized the
Austrian soldier is the new weapon-the sword
bayonet-with which he is attacked by the French
soldier, and against which neither his own old
bayonet nor his superior physical strength are OF
any avail. Not only can the sword bayonet give
thrust for thrust with the older weapon, but while
it thrusts, or withdraws after delivering it, il
sewers the tendons of the arm or leg of the oppo


nent, thus completely disabling him prior to the
last death blow Moreover, the French soldier
is taught to WELD his weapon by posing it like a
quarter staff, and by light movement in the
segment of circle the sharp blade is swept
across the neck, chest, of three men opposed to
him in line, This novel mode of attack cannot be
met by the old musket and bayonet hence the
Austrian soldier has in despair resorted to the
butt Of his musket in endeavoring to crush his
enemy who, agile, skillful of fence, and rendered
confident by the superiority of his new arm, can
deliver three wounds with his sword bayonet while
his antagonist is swinging his club @
Year: 1859

The cotton buyers of New Orleans are circu-
lating petition to the Chamber of Commerce of
that city, to establish regular tare of twelve
pounds per bale on all cotton fastened with Iron
Hoops, which, MS we are informed, will almost
certainly be established. At present, we are iu-
formed, the tare is only two pounds, intended to
cover the dirt which collects in the bagging and
rope 1t would be well for our planters to inves-
tgate the matter before using the Iron Hoops
The petition is as follows:


To the Chamber Of Commerce Of Nep Orleans:


The Petition OF the UndersIRned, Cotton
Buyers and Brokers of this City, Respects
fully ShOWetht


That Planters are putting Iron Hoops OH their
Cotton Bales to such an extent of late, as to call
for some action from us And we do therefore beg
leave to bring this matter before you, trusting
that you viii give il the consideration it merits


We are told that the Planters are using the
Iron Hoops from motives of economy-so be it
certainly no better reason could be given for
their use.


But for the self same reason, we object to Iron
Hoops, knowing full well that they fIron Hoops,
old or new, singly or in bulk) are of no earthly
use or value to US OF our constituents whereas,
the reverse is the case with Bale Rope.


In view of these facts, we are quite willing to
receive all Cottons, put up with Bale Rope, as
heretofore. But we are unwilling to take Iron
bound Cotton any longer, unless regular and
uniform tare be allowed US on the same. And
your Petitioners do therefore respectfully pray the
Chamber Of Commerce to establish at once au
uniform rate of tare of not less than twelve
pounds per Bale upon all Iron Hoped Cotton re-
ceived at this Port, after this date. Aud we will
ever pray


New Orleans, July 5th, 1861
Year: 1859

M WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
The ninth of the following exquisite verses
which may fairly claim place by the side Of
Gray's "Elegy Written in Country Church
Yard" is better known, from the frequency with
which it is quoted, than the others. The whole
is certainly ''a gem of the purest ray serene ~
Once this soft turf, this rivuets sands,


We're trampled by hurrying crowd,
And fiery hearts and armed hands


Encountered in the battle-cloud.
All never shall the land forget,


How gushed the life-blood of her brave
Gushed, warm with hope and courage yet
Upon the soil they fought to save.
Now all is calm, and fresh, and still


Alone the chirp oc fitting bird,
And talk of children on the hill,


And bell of wandering kline are heard.
No solemn host goes trailing by


The black-mOuthed gun and staggering vain
Men start not at the battle-cry-


Oh, be it never heard again
Soon rested those who fought; but thou


Who mingled in the harder strife
For truths which men receive not now,


Thy warfare only ends with life.
A friendless warfare lingering long


Through weary day and weary year;
wild and many weaponed throng


Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear.
Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof,


And blench not at thy chosen lot;
The timid good may stand aloof,


The savage may frown-yet faint thou not
Nor heed the shaft too surely cast,


The foul and Kissing bolt of scorn,
For with thy side shall dwell, at last,


The victory of endurance born
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writes in pain,


And dies among his worshippers.
Yea, though thou lie upon the dust;


When they who helped thee fee in fear,
Die full of hope, and many trust


Like those who fell in battle here!
Another hand thy sword shall WELD,


Another hand the standard wave,
Till from the trumpet's mouth is pealcd
The blast of triumph Ger thy grave
Year: 1859

give S5 for pair of American shoes which
will last him only six months or year at
the farthest The difference is as $50 to
S55 or S1l0. We hear a great deal about
the delicate constitution of the American
people, and much is said about bad diet and
want of exercise. Has bad leather nothing
to do with it j. The evil is a crying one,
and well worthy of legislation.
Year: 1859

SOMETIMES TOO FAsTIDIOUS.-A very worthy
gentleman at Rouen is at present receiving a
fortune which came to him with the drawing
of cork, in the following curious manner.
Obliged by the state Of his health, last summer,
to change the air, he went to the sea shore at
Villers-sur .mer, near Trouville. and walking on
the beach, he noticed that lad who who was
also promenading there with his father, had
found sealed bottle among the sea-weed The
father bade his child to 'sthrow down the dirty
thing, and not be soiling his fngers;', upon
which the invalid picked up the castaway bot
tie and took il with him to his lodgings


The cork drawn, the bottle was found to con-
tain a written document, properly signed and
dated on board a vessel which had sprung aleak
and was about to sink. 1t ran thus:


About to perish, / commend my soul to God
I hereby constitute the finder of this will, en-
closed in a bottle, my sole heir. Ny fortune,
Iaboriously acquired, amounts to near three
hundred and fifty thousand francs and the
SMALL house in which have resided nj Eaiparai-
so. This tenement / wish converted into a
chapel, and that mass may be there said for
the repose of my SOUL The fortune will be
found deposited with NJ. notary, OF Paris,
to whom from time to time, il has been trans
mitted. Pray for me, Signed -"


lSoiled fingers should not always be avoided
Year: 1859

SIX OF them gotinto the car, but, when within
about thirty yards of the shore, the line attach
ell to the shore end Of the ear gave way Then
there was universal shout of agony, the men
on the beach running to and fro; there was
quite a number of ladies present, who. as they
looked upon the scene, turned from il with q
shudder. Thus the car was at one moment upon
the top of large wave, and at another in the
trough OF the sea. The daring and impulsiye
boat screw could not stand by and see a car
load of human beings in this doubtful condition,
but rushed in up to their srm-pits. seized the
car, and brought it ashore. The name of Joseph
West and his crew should be written i'm letters
OF gold upon the record of the Life-Saying as
sociation. Upon examination, it was found
that the ring bolt on the end of the life-car, to
which the shore end of the line was attached,
was imperfect. and thus the breakage was east
iy accounted for. The damage was repaired
and again the car was dispatched, and the re-
manning seven were soon upon the beach.
Year: 1859

From The Bangor Me Daily Times.
sory 10 well written and 10 full of interest," And VIII
be read with great essenes while to be hoped that may
draw tear pity for unfortunate class
involved in degradation and misery from
starting point sinful than that Of the heroine OF o
story"
Year: 1859

The OPINION OF SOUTHERN MAN On TIL
FREEDOM OF THE SOUTH, The Rev. Charles H


A. Bulkley, pastor of the Congregations


Church in Patterson, is Southern man BY
birth. In his sermon on Thanksgiving Day
he took occasion 10 contrast the effects Of free
dom in the North with those ofslavery in the
South, terminating with an allusion to Old John
Brown. In speaking of what had fallen un-
der his own observation at the South, be said
that so despotc was the institution Of slavery,
he could not 60 to the spot where his venerable
fathers bones reposed, in South Carolina, and
over his grave offer up prayer that the mis-
sion of Christ might be accomplished, without
being treated to a coat of tar and feathers, il
not stretched his full length with no platform
beneath him While praying to God that the
system might be brought to peaceful termi-
nation, the speaker declared his conviction
that the free Northern men should "keep their
powder dry" Is well as "put their trust in
God" and that, for his part, he was "resdy to
do his whole duty in destroying the accursed
system, when the day Of trial should come
". Y. Tribune, %. n85i
Year: 1859

Bloody and Brutal PlOt-John Brown


to be Rescued-The Secret of Prof.


LOwe's Delay-The Charlestown Of


fcers and Jail to be Carried of.


The following fair burlesque we find in one
of our exchanges. By mere accident,we have
obtained possession of the following bloody
and brutal plot, conceived by bloody and
brutal Black Republican of this State:


Professor Lowe, who is now engaged in inhat-
ing his monster balloon, with which he intends
shortly to sail for Europe, has been employed
to remain in New York with his balloon until
some lark night, when there shall be strong
north wind, when he is to ascend in his bal
loon with dozen packs of fire crackers, and
steer his aerial ship directly for Charlestown,
Va. When near that city he is to set fire to q
pack of crackers and throw it overheard, leav-
ing them to explode on their descent to the
ground, and then to proceed in the same man
ner with the remaining eleven packs, by which
time, it is presumed, the people at Harper's
Ferry will all be frightened to death. The
balloonist is then to descend directly over the
Jail, make fast to it, and, ascending again,
take up the jail, with Old Brown in it, and steer
directly for England, where he will deliver
Old Brown to tho bloody and brutal abolition
lists in that country, who, it is expected, will
Ionic the old sinner by exhibiting him at
Exeter Hall, thus robbing Virginia gallows of
its victim, and Jefferson County of its Jail.


N. Bit is expected that the audacity
of the bloody and brutal rebels will not stop
even here. Some of the ungodly gang sug-
gest the expediency of taking up Governor
Wise, the militia, the judge, jury, and wit
nesses on Old Browns trial, to be used, as oc-
casion may require, for gas or ballast.
Year: 1859

QUEER TRAvELER.---A naturalist, who is
poking about the wild mountains of Western
Virginia, is exciting dangerous curiosity.
One night he left q railroad train at an obscure
station and plunged into the woods. The next
day he came back, carrying in addition to his
mysterious carpet bag roughly constructed
box, into which he kept continually peeping
through gimlet hole. The last seen of him
he had taken to the woods with his box, in
good spirits, asking no questions nor answer
ing none. f
Year: 1859

BG5~ There are in the United States nearly
eight hundred paper mills, which produce two
hundred millions o. dollars worth of paper To
produce tlis large amount Of paper, about six
teen million dallars worth of rags are required
and this large quantity must be saved from the
scraps Of the domestic circle. Is it not appa-
rent to all that economy should be practiced by
families in this particular, even if they do not
desire to profit by the saving themselves
Year: 1859

A LARGE AND EXTENSIVE ASSORT-
"A ment of very fine white and blue
BILL HEAD AND WAY-BILL PAPER.


We are now prepared to do this style of print
ing in neat and expeditions manner, and
San Francisco Prices!
Year: 1859

MORMON ExeDUs.-From the best information
we can gather, there will be between four and
five thousand persons leave this Territory for the
States and California, apostates from the Church
-TaLley Tan
Year: 1859

FROM PARAGUAY.-The dates from the Para
quay Expedition are TO the 4th January. Com-
missioner Bowlin and the commander of the
squadron had gone to have an interview with
Lopez. The general opinion was that the o. S.
squadron is inadequate, because only few of
the vessels could ascend the river.


Paraguayan steamer had gone up the river
with chain to place across it, and impede the
progress of the United States vessels. a French
and an English steamer had also gone up the
river. 1t was supposed the mission of the latter
was to demand indemnity in the case of the
British schooner recently seized by Lopez. 1t
was said that Lopez had ten thousand men un-
der arms The preparations for war were pro-
ceeding at rapid pace: and the official organ
of the Dictator, whose leaders are said to be
written by Lopez himself is uusparng in its
denuncations of the American Government