Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 October 1855 — Page 1

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A Curious Sermon.

The Brandon (Mississippi) Register reports the following curious sermon, pleached at the town of Waterpr oofs, not far from Branden: "I may say to you, my breethering, that I am not an edecated man, an' I'm not one o' them as 'bleeves edecation is necessary for a Gospel minister, for I beleve the Lord edecates his preachers jest as he wants 'em to be edecated, an' though 1 say it taat orn't to say it, yil in the State ofIndyany, whar I live, thar's no man as gitts a bigger congregation nor wot I gits. "Thar may be some here to day, my breetheiing, as don't know wot perswashun I'm uv. Well, I may say to you, my breethering, that I'm a Hardshell Baptist. Thar's some folks as don't like the Hardshell Baptists, but I'd rather hev a shell as no hardshell at all. You see me here today, my breethering, drest up in fine close you mout think I wus proud but I ain't proud, mv breetherins, and althow 1 hev Din a preecher of the Gospil for twenty years, and althow I'm Capting of the flatboat that lies at yure landing, I'm not proud, my breethering. "I'm not a guine to tell you edzactly whar mv tex may be found ,* suffice it to say, it's in'the leds of the Bible, and you'll find it sumwhar atwpen the first chapter of the hook of Generations, and the last chapter of the book of Revolutions, and ef you'll go and sarch the Scriptures as I have sarch ed the Scriptures, you'll not only find my tox thar, but a great many uther texes as will du yu good to read, an' my tex when you shall find it, shall reed thus "And he played on a harp uv a thousand ctrmtrs—uv just men made parfeck.' oil nigo

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unaalr

—leaus me

•iny ICA, Dof spirits. Now, there's a great many kind of spirits in the world—in the fust place, there is the spirits of tarpen tine, and then thar's the spirits as some folks calls licker, an I've got as good an article uv them are kind of spirrits as ever was fotched down the Mississippi river, but thar is a great menny uther kind of spirits, for the tex sez.

4,He

played on a harp uv a t-h-o-u-sand strings, spirits of just men made parfeck "But I'll tell you the kind of spirits as is ment in the tex, it's FIRE 1 That's the kind ov spirrits as is ment in my tex, my breethering. Now there's a great many kinds of fire in the world. In the fust place, thar the common sort of fire you lite your siggar or pype with then thar's cam fire, an iox fire, fire before yure ready, an' fire an fall back, and many uther kinds ov fire, fur the tex sez "He played on a harp ov a thousand strings—spirits ov just men. men made pirfccki" "But I'll tell you the kind ov fire as is ment in the tex-—it's HELL FIBE and that's jest the kind ov fire a grate menny of you 11 cum. to, ef you don't do better nor what yotl hev been a doin\ fur—-"He played on a harp ov a thousand strings —spirrits of just men made perfeck. "Now, different sorts ov fire in the unyvarse may be likened unto the different perewaaions of Christians in the world. In

the fust place we hev tho Piscopariaus, ari* they are a high sail in' and a hi falutin set, and they may be likened unto a turkey buzzard, that flize up into the air, and he goze up an' up till ho gits no bigger nor your finger nail, and the next thing you know he cums down and down, and, and down, and down, and is a fillin himself upon the rotten karkass ov a dead lioss by the side ov the road, and—"Iio played on a harp ov a thousand strings, Spin-its of just men made parfcck." "And then thar's tho Methedises, and they be likened unto tho squirl, runnin up a tree, fur the Methediscs bleeve in gwine on from one degree of grace to another, and finally on to perfecshun, and he goes up, and up, and he jumps,from limb to limb, and from branch to branch, and tho fust I thing you no he falls, and down lie cums ker ilummux, and that's jest like the Metliedises, for they are allers falling from grace ah and—"lie played on a harp of a thouI saiul strings—spirits of just men made parfjek." "And then, my breethering, thar's the

Baptists-ah! and they hev been likened unto a possum tip on a persimmon tree, and the thunder may roll, and the earth may quake, but that poysum clings there stili-ah And you may shake one foot off, and uther ones will be thai, and you may shake all loose, and lie laps his tail around the limb, and he clings, and he clings for-over-ah for—"He played on a harp of a l/ou-sand strings—spirrits of just men made parfeck

The Destitute Orphans of Norfolk and Portsmouth. The children gathered from the desolate houses of Norfolk and Portsmouth, by the Howard Association of those cities, are now said to number not less than two hundred and fifty. Their parents having been swept oil' by the fever, the little ones were left bereft and holpless amid the dead and the dying. Their condition has called fortfj a universal feeling of

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sympathy

the first to ocLo and

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throughout

the country but Bait'move has the honor of offering them substantial sympathy, aid and succor them—and in

emsuDstanuat sjmpatn^ au

probability, be in a beautiful asylum, located on tho heights of winn's Falls, one

of the most delightful and healthy locations in the State of Maryland, two miles from our city. They will be under the care and guardianship of our human# and philanthropic ladies and that they will cherish aud comfort the little sufferers, until the authorities of the two stricken cities are prepared to reclaim and provide lor them, it is needless for us to say. Already larga quantities of (/I othing urn ioi waruacl, Hiul not less than two thousand ladies in different sections of the city, were yesterday laboring with their needles, to make up garments in which to clothe them on leaving for Baltimore, in order that no infection may bo brought with thern.

The Howard Association of Norfolk and Portsmouth are doing for these helpless creatures all in their power but those noble associations have the sick, the dying and the dead to care for, and we regret to notice that their own ranks are being daily thinned by the epidemic. Their hearts and hands are full, and it is the duty, as it will doubtless be the pleasure of our own citizens, to relieve them of the charge of theso little sufferers, until the absence ot the malaria shall admit of the return of the refugeeu to their homes, and enable them to reorganize their city governments.—Baltimore American.

From the Lafayette Courier, 14th ult. A Brave Boy—Thrilling Incident. Mr. Patterson of thaBattle Ground, gave us the particulars of the drowning at Americus, which we mentioned on Tuesday.— The name of the man drowned was Clawson P. Birch. He, in company with Sam. Bachelor and son—a lad about 12 years of age, had been from home nearly a week, buying stock hogs, fc were returning home on Saturday evening each of them on horseback. They undertook to ford the river, which had rapidly swollen by the heavy rains, causing the horses to swim Bnch and Bacheler were both thrown from their horses, in the middle of the river—the iormer, not being able to swim, was drowned. Bacheler, though stunned by a blow from his horses head, succeeded in reaching the shore, and on looking back for his companions, discovered his son clinging to his saddle, his horse being drowned, and floating down with the current. The father followed on down the beach of the river, encouraging his boy to stick to the saddle, in hopes that he would soon float to shoal water.

noble little hero did stick to his sad

dle, sounding vllZ

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whip every now and then, for three miles, to find whether the water was sufficiently shallow to justify him in dismounting his dead horse, and wading for shore. Findiug the water too deep for him to fathom with his little riding whip, he would announce the fact to the father, by saying, "I can't touch the bottom yet, Pa." Thus he navigated tho "water-logged" craft for three miles, arid at last lodged against a tree, and sprang ashore. On taking the bridle from the horse, it was found that it had the lock-jaw, and its mouth had to bo pried open to get out the bit. As soon as the mouth of the horse was opened, the carcass sunk to the bottom. But for the lock-jaw, the body of the horse would not have floated, and to this circumstance, in additon to the little hero's bravery, he is indebted for his life.

GOOD PLUCK.—Mr. John F. Gillespie, of Natchez, Miss., had his left leg amputated and right foot taken off by tho recent railroad accident. His position is regarded as very critical. It is stated that be made his will, wherein he disposes of property to the amount of $600,000, and directs that in case of bis death, or that of his wife the Railroad Company-be prosecutcd to the last cent of his fortune.

Indiana Conference.

Tho conference numbers something near a hundred members, and embraces the whole of the South-Western part of the State. They area highly respectable body of men—most of them bear the stamp of hard-working, hard-thinking MEN, upon their countenances. They don't make political speeches for Buncomb but corning right to the point, they deal with the question before them in good hard earnest, without waiting time and breath. They seem to be earnestly and faithfully devoted to the cause in which they are engaged— the promotion of the interests of the church, and the cause of religion and morality.— To do this seems to be their great object. They devote their time, the best years of their lives, and their fortunes to this end and purpose. These are the men who "go about doing good," in obedienca to the divine command, "Go yo into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature." If any one is puzzled to know why Methodism has grown so rapidly and spread over the whole country, and almost over the whole world, he may find an explanation by witnessing for a half hour the deliberations of these men. The united zeal, their self sacrificing devotion to their cause, the firm conviction of the truth, and their reliance upon their maker, is the only explanation that can be offered for the wonderful growth of Methodism.

It will have been noticed in our reports of the proceedings of this body, that in giving in the history of their past year's labors, almost all the speakers have complained of persecutions, of enmity and opposition to the church. Why is this Why is it that these men have been hunted down as dogs, by such vile abominations in the shape of men, as John L. Robinson, Willatxl and others of that kidney? Why have they been hunted down and traduced from one end of the State to the other, not only in their characters as men and as citizens, hut their characters as "holy men set apart for God's service? Our heart sank within us as we watched their

(jl eamegt and remember

men

Wesley ChapeP—J. Y. Mckee. -^antnnarv—B. F. Rawlins. Roberts J. J. Sjallard.

that

j„ the State of Indiana, who

would so far forget the debt of gratitude

we owe to Providence for our civil and religious liberties, asto heap their puny anathemas and execrations upon the servants of the most high God Our heart sickened within us, to remember that this body of holy men should beunblushingly pronounced before an audience of Indianians, "Itinerant Vagabonds," "Knaves," fcc.—not ia some obscurc part of tho State, but time and ogain repeated in the capital, reiterated in our cities, proclaimed from every stump and reprinted in every Old Line sheet in her borders. Our heart sickened within us and trembled in the fear that Heaven we ald vist our land with just judgment in p-'iiisliment for insults and persecutions heaped upon His servants, by "those in high places." Let the people rise in their majesty and overwhelmingly rebuke the spirit of persecution that is abroad in our land 1

APPOINTMENT OF THE PREACFTERS. INDIANAPOLIS DISTRICT.—B. F. Crary, P. E.

Indianapolis,' Wesley Chapel—J. H. Noble. West Indianapolis—Levi Johnson, G. W. Ames.

Moresville—Charles Tinsley. White Lick—Henry S. Dane. Quinsey Miss.—J. W. Chord. Martinsville—Joseph Wharton.

Shiloh—Morris Morris W. Benton. Bloomington—W. V. Daniel. Miss.—A. W. Shivtey. Elletevfllo—Wm. H. Jackson. Morgatnown—J. J. Hight. Nashville M. M. Rice. Williamsburg—W. W. Puett*

Jonesville—W. S. Carter. BrownstownME. R. Lathrop. BEDFORD DISTRICT—Heyden Hays, P. E. Bedford'—J.M.Green. Orleans—John Talbott. Springville—J. F. McCann. Harrodsburgh—Silas Lawson. Heltonsville—Abram Wright. Leesville—Asa Beck. Houston to be supplied. Livonia—Alex. Knox. Lawrenceport—Charles Cross. Hardinsburgh—Geo. F. Culmer. Paoli—L. M. Handcock. Orangeville—E. P. F. Wells. Pleasant Valley Miss.-r—Jesse D. Walker.

Salisbury—To bo supplied. NEW ALUASV DISTSICT—W. C. Smith, P. E.

Ebenezer ana John Strove- W. t. Mason. West Union Miss.—E. L. Kemp.''

N. A. Circuit—Thos. J. Byan. Lanesville—Calvin Lec. Elizabeth—Jas. D. Admire. Corydon—J. H. Leard. *Frederickburg—Peter F. Thornburgh.

Greenville—Julius C. King. Salem—W.M.Hester. New Philadelphia—Aaron Long, Hiram Lipe.

Plattsburg—W\ L. Shrodes. CANNBLTON DISTRICT—H. S. Talbott, E Cannelton—-John Lavcrty. Grandview—A. P. Forsyth. UjJ.Rockport Circuit-r-T. S. Brooks. j'r'iBooneville—Isaac N. Thompson.

Oakland—J. W. Julian. Taylorsville—JonWalls. .• Friendship—W. K. Richards.. Wickliffe Mission—Ira Broashears. *. Leavenworth—Levi Gifford. v" Rome—Edwin Y. Gaines. Alton—To be supplied. EVANSVILLB DISTRICT—James Hili, P. E.

Locust StreeWE. H. Sabin.

"THE UNION, THE UNION IN ANY EVENT."

Ingle Street and Upper Evansyille—J. H. Ivetcham. Bayou Mission—R. L. Cushman.,

Mount Vernon—James Preston. Mount Vernon Circuit—T. W. Jones. New Harmony—W. J. Spaulding.. Owensville—Draper Chipman. Princeton—G. W.. Walker, W. H. Grim.

Blue Grass—W. F. Ilarned. Newberry—J. Hamilton. Centre Circuit—John Shrader. Francisco Mission-^-Thos. Alexander. VINCEXES DISTRICT—D. Mclntiro, P. E.

Vincennes Station—M. McKendree Tooke. Delectable Hill^-Thos. Long.

Washington—T. A- Whitted. Mount Pleasant—R. B. Spencer. Roglesville—-Peter- St. Clair. Bloomfield—W. H. Cornelius. Linton—A. W. Striker. New Lebanon—H. .0. Chapman. Sulivan—Jess# Williams. Carlisle Thos. Bratten. BrucevilIe Elias Gaskins. Pctersburgh: Samuel Reed. White River W. W. Bridwell. GREEXCASTLE DISTRICT John Kiger, P. E.

Greencastlo Station C. B. Davidson. Bellville J. II. Bellamy. Monrovia J. K. Williams. Gosport Leaders Forbes. Spencor S. B. Sutton. Point Commerco, Henry H. Keith. Bowling Green W. M. Zaring. Putnamville W. McGinniss, and David Ransom.

Brazil W. N. Damall. Lockport David Swartz. Prairieton E. E. Rose. Tract Agen^j&elotgS'-S. Clifford. Indiana A^tmry University Dr. Curry. Indiana UuTversity W. M. Daily. Bloomington Female College T. H. Sinex.

L. W. Berry transferred to Iowa Conference, and appointed to the Presidency of the Iowa Weslyan University.

C. Adams transferred toCincinhati Conference. E. Whilten was transferred to the Southeast Indiana Conferance.

DOCTRINES OP CATHOLICISM.—"Neither is the Church of God (i. e. of Rome) now. Christian friends, blamed by iox putting heretics to death.—

LUKEGod,55.

IX.:

The above is a note in the "Rhomish Testament," or Dr. Troy's Bible, which was affixed by the head, and sanctioned by the Church entire. It is now looked upon aud used as 'Bible,' and nothing else.— Suppose a minister should choose it as a text from which to preach a sermon.— Would he not Ghow that God had created one part of mankind for the express purpose of putting the other part to death? Most certainly foi were it otherwise. He would not be made to authorize His medium to say, "I do not blame you for putting Protestants to death!"

If tho Bible of the Roman Catholics teach them that it is the will of God that they should put protectants to death of course we may expeet them to obey as soon as they have sufficient strength to defy what thty call the wicked laws of earth. If, today, they had one million majority in the United States, every river and brook would flow with Protestant's blood. We do not make this a6 a wild conjecture, but we feel to know it would be so and if you would know the same thing, read the past history of tho Church. Read the History of poor priest-ridden Ireland, and see if any Protestants ever suffered martyrdom there!— Read of Italy of Germany of France of tho Republics of South America, or even of Mexico, if you please, and see who has been put to death by the Catholic Church! Is it reasonable to suppose that the U. States would be more favored than these? Surely not. Then we must either check the onward progress of Papacy, or prepare ourselves or our children for an awful fate.

The above extract is not the only one of the kind we have seen—wo can give, probably, a hundred from the same work. The note at HEBREWS XIII.: 17, reads thus: "When Rome puts heretics to death— their blood is not of saints, nor is it more to bo accounted of than that of thieves, mankillers, or other malefactors.'

MATT, XII.: 29. "The good must tolerate the evil when it is so strong that it cannot be redressed without danger or disturbance of the Church, otherwise, when evil men, be punished or supposed without hazard of the good, they may and ought, by public authority, either spiritual or temporal, be chastised or executed

This last verse shows very plainly why the Catholics are so docile in this country. They fear to hazard the good. They fear the disturbance of tht whole Church. Thov know that such an effort at this time would only awaken the whole country to a sense of its danger, and hence, they wisely keep dark. ,,

A dispute might possibly arise on definition,' of the word heretic, or the meaning which Catholicism desires it to imply. If so, the following note from ACTSEXVIII. 22, will make all plain. "The Church of God, calling the Protestant doctrine heresy in the whorst sense that ever was, doeth right and justly.''— Wash. Telegraph.

Tire NEW FASHION.—In Boston, the Post says, the aisles in the public buildings and the side \£ays,.are to be widened to admit the passage of ladies with their new fashioned skirts. Several gentlemen have moved out of the city to allow their wives and daughters room to turn round. ..

ggr "Look out for Watson's Checks, and other notes of a similar character.— Judge Bryant of the Fountain Circuit Ct. has decided them null and void, hence entirely valueless.—Dartvilh Advertiser.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, OCTOBER 4, 1855. SWHOLE NO. 371.

FROM UTAH.—We have received files of the <Desert [sic] News> to July 25. The News hoists the [word missing] of Hon. J. M. Bernnisel [sic] for reelection as delegate to Congress. The general election would he held on the first Monday of August. The emigration to California had commenced to pass through Salt Lake City, but the <News> thinks it will be very light this year. The weather since the latter part of May had been very warm, making the ground dry and hot, and the streams very low, thus causing the loss of much of the small portion of grain and vegetables left by the grass hoppers. The caping-stone is laid upon three-eights of the wall around Temple Block, and a large dwelling house for President Brigham Young was progressing rapidly. Brigham seems to be looking after his own interests and comfort.

The fourth of July was celebrated in Great Salt Lake City with great parade, fireing of cannon and making of speeches. From some "unforeseen circumstances" the News has published only a part of the proceedings. Perhaps some of the speeches were not "fit for publication." A prayer was offered by the Chaplain of Mormon Legion, in which we find the following petition, in which may interest President Peirce [sic], who is supposed to have the appointment of Territorial Governor.

We ask thee to bless thy servant Brig-

ham whom <thou> hast appointed to be the

President of the Church & <the Governor of the Territory>. The following are some of the sentiments proposed:

Pesident [sic] Franklin Pierce—May he live till his popularity is equal to his virtues; and may no future President of the United States do any more harm or less good.

The Govenor [sic]of Utah—He is as he was, and as he is so may ever be. The Territory of Utah—The hub of the great wheel of creation "spin away galls," and clothe the heralds of holiness in home spun. Does that allude to poligomy [sic].

Desert [sic] for ever—Her own Governor, her own religion, her own legion, and her own 'peculiar institutions,' instead of office-

What a day this is for a unit! Liberty of conscience. The bulwark of every government. Woe to the nation that muzzles it.

Notwithstanding the unprosperous state of affairs, the "Twelve Apostles" and stirring up the saints to pay their tithings, and the work of building "the Temple of the Lord" may not bo hindered. The "Saints," evidently, are rather backward, and wish to put off the "Apostles".with promises of what they will do when times improve but they arc told that their excuses will not be taken.

In an address delivered in the Tabernacle. Brigham Youngtook occasion to pitch into the United States officers and soldiers composing Col. Steptoe's coinmaud. Brigham grows pot-valiant after the military force has departed, and vows that, though he may not be Governor by executive appointment he will be Governor in fact: 'No man they can send hero will have much iniluence with this community unless he is tho man of their choice. Let them send whom they will, and it does not diminish my influence one particle. As I said tho first time I spoke on this stand, my Govenorship, and every other ship under my control, are aided and derive advantages from my position in this priesthood.'

But what "riles" Brigham more) than all else is tho ungrateful conduct of the soldiery in playing the duce with the hearts of the Mormon women and girls. The order to march caused a regular stampede among the hansomest girls, and tho Mormon priesthood are truly disconsolate. Brigam is very particular in describing tho galantry and seductive arts of soldiery, but his language is too indecent to be copied.— The morals of Utah were particularly good before tho soldiery arrived, but Brigham declares that they made matters infinitely worse. In his wrath he thus threatens:

Between the grass-hoppers, the hot weather and the U. S. Soldiery, Utah i$ left in a rather unpromising condition. The revolt and desertion of the woman of the Gentile ranks is, however, the severest blow that Mormonism has yet received.—Exchange,

A TROUBLESOMR CHDRCH MEMBER.— Spending a night in a certain neighborhood of A we inquired of host, a fair Christian man, how the Church got. on, for we passed a neglected frame chapel at the cross-roads. 'Oh, poorly,' said, 'poorly enough!' 'WThy, what's to pay? You are in a thicd settlement of intelligent people able to keep a congregation and support tho gospel.'

Just so,' said he, 'but one troable-some man has boken up the society, and keeps it broken up. It was an unlucky day for the church when he moved here. Yet he is a person of good parts, and has an interesting family. Before he came here he had trouble in the same way. rK

We suggested that perhaps the troubletome man's neculiarties were not consulted indulge him a little. May be he wants to lead. .•« -~'i: .* 'Oh, as to that, we'ev tried him in every way. He's got satisfied leading, but turns round fe butts the wheel horses.'

We gave it up. Our host was a farmer, and the illustration cut like argument.—• David had a few of his sort in his mind when he. wrote the I3th Psalm.—A7". O. Ok, Ad,

hoppers, clod-hoppers, or grass-hoppers.—

of the land at the southern extremity, and

fertility overa now arid country, aud op'sn,-j

on a par with tho ox. Pork they

'I do not know what I shall say next found cowering under the water, chilled winter if such men make their appearance

only for artisa^ and athletes. It would be difficult, sa" the Leader, to persuade John Bull to dine off a sirloin of donkey, or to ask the waiter to bring him "r.bs of dog with fried toadstools," so strong is prejudice we eat oysters and a few other

moiluses, and shudder at the mention

There was no help at hand, and there was nothing for them to do but for one of them to run for the horse. This tho lay brother did with a will and after a long

beach again, to relievo tha poor divine from his watery imprisonment. lie was

with

here as were some last winter. I know delightful uncertainty how he should ever what I think I shall say if they play the get into hi.s clerical clothes again. Tl« same game again. Let the women be ever so bad, so help me God, we will slay them.'

clothe him was most joyfully hailed and we have

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Should

Conversion of Desert into a Lake. flu derivation is not improbable. Its apCaptain William Allen, of the British plication, howovr, is not evident, unless in navy, has published a book advocating the countries where the potato forma the chief conversion of the Arabian Desert into an

ing up the fertile regions of Palestine to A]ex

settlement and cultivation.

Ihe conception is a magnificent one, but

no sufficient survey has been made to de-

rlhe

con'ain* a curious passage on the food of

the ancients.

rlhe

touching, except in the last extremity.

Saint Ililaire has recently declared to

sfap'e

ocean. The author believes that the great! ^ve South America, and^ was cultivalley extending from the southern depress- vated in Spain early in the IGth centurv, ion of the Lebanon range to the head of i*

c'anici

ocean. It is in many places 1,300 fe- be- generally cultivated in Holland, 1' iance, low the levil of the Mediteranean, and in it! Germany, Russia, and even China, are situated the Dead Sea and the Sea of -^'IC practice of growing potatoes by Tiberias. He believes that this ocean, be- jcaithing.theru up has been proved unprofit-, ing cut off from the Red Sea by the rise

a'-,'e-

acre

being only fed by small streams, gradually planted six to eight inches deep, and tha became dried bv solar evaporation. Hc'K10"11'' l{,'pt light anil loose, but level, proposes to cut a canal of a adequate size Plucking the seed pods, or balls as noon as from the head of the Gulf of Akaba to the 1 formed, has also b?en found by experiment, Dead Sea, and another from Mc near Mount Carmel,across the elon, the fissure in the mountain range of Lebanon. By this means the Mediterranean would rush in, with a fall of 1,300 feet, fill up the valley, substitute an ocean of 2,000 square miles in extent, for barren, useless desert thus making the navigation to India as short as the overland route, spreading!

eminently nutricious nay, what is more, to claim liitn as hi.s vietim. To show thev considered dog flesh to be equal in nu- y0l,

[PUBLISHER.

food. It is supposed to be a na-

,id

the Gulf of Akaba, the eastern branch of|'a to England about 1585 or &. How it the head of the Red Sea, has been once an

to. have been taken from irgin-

i'i "Virginia we know not. It is now

More than one fourth moic to the-

being^the produce when the tubers are

Akana to lie aiso *en imum ~j m,. VIediteranean, jto increase the product about one ton weight plain E.sdra- tuber to the acre.-- Ohio Farmer.

Correspondence New Orleans Delta. Execution of a Boy. ALEXANDRIA, LA., Aug. 27.

The execution of the boy Frank, for the murder of Rev. J. J. W eems, touk places on Friday last, the 24th im»t. It is strange-

t0 sav tfiat t|ie

tetj. anrj on

last of the Revue des Meux Movdes, f.,| ,i,.arn)4) but he was executed and buried

common notion is, that jie

the ancients were much simpler in tlieir

dislies than wc are—perhaps so, at least in I

cjay

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etj

earlier days—but, as we learn here th^'iand could be no other than childish. He viands were more various for, beside the

domestic animals and the game eaten by gen(.lemen told him the Sheriff was to hang us, they ate many animals wo never think ot jin

majority of the citizens of

niiri«,

a]j ronnd(

and, 'in fact the inhabitants

were anxious to see him execu-

^]ie fatai day when it came to

pas.*, there was not a dozen paople there!— me rode forty miles to witness this pain-

nie

they come to Alexandria. On

before he was called to face death,

g-entlemrn visite*.! Him aticl propoi^n^l-

questions to him but his answers were,

waS)

w]la»

They did not disdain the hedgehog, the }„•«,

donkey, the cat, the dog, and the horse-1

nu£

flesh which, as our school geography used bung many a time He was, at the time, to tell us, "is publicly sold in the markets amusing himself with some marbles he had of Norway," and which Isidore Gsoffrov jn jjjg

believe, only ten years old. The

next "morning—and asked him

thought of it, and whether he had

peace wjtb

snails. We eat with great gusto, and believe al! other fungi to be poisonous. Korean famine itheli displace our fears. Had the Greeks better digestions, or were their dogs and donkeys more succylent than ours?

r'rom the Boston Traveler, Sept. 5. Bathing at Swamscott—A Horse runningoff with a Minister's Clothes.

A reverend divine of this vicinity found himself in rather an awkward fix the other da}r. He and a lay friend were riding along one of the fine beaches near Swamscott, when, tempted by the retirement of the place and tho excellent chance for bathing, having their bathing clothes with them, they stopped and prepared themsolves for the water. Trusting to tho quiet habits of their horse, they placed their clothing in the carriage, anil leaving all on the beach, made their way into tho surf.— They had hardly time to congratulate themselves on their fine improvised bath, when to their utter consternation, their quiet horse was seen making off with their clothing and what was worst of all, going directly towards the village!

chase of about a mile, just before the village 1 cannot refrain from giving you a fewwas readied overtook the runaway horse, !ltems relating to Junge Blackford, one of and joyfully turned his hea-i towards the

his prolonged bath, and in a state of

return' "of his "friend" with" the wherewithal

doubt our clarical friend adop-

ed on the spot the army maxiin, never again to be seperated from his baggage.

Propagation of the potatoe from Seed. We are daily enquired of, as to the mode of growing tho potatoe from seed. We answer: The potatoe balls, or seed pods, should be permitted to hang 011 the vine until fully ripe, then gather them with one foot or more of the vine attached, and hang them up in a dry, cool place until next spring. In May, or as soon as the earth becomes waiin and vegetation is in a rapid growing state, rub out the seed fr»m the balls, and sow it in light* loamy soil, covering it half an inch to an inch in depth.— As the plants grow, keep them free of weqj^, and frequently stir the ground around them.

any show signs of blossom

ing, pluck the bud or blossom without delay. As soon as will be, tubers from the size of a pea to that of a robin's egg.— These preserve carefully until another spring, and plant them three inches deem the produce will be potatoes about as large as hen's eggs. These again preserve carefully until spring, when plant, and the result will sli6w you whether you have gained anything valuable or not. To those who desire to hasten the matter, and Fiavq 'hot bed frames,' the seed may be sown the present year, and kept preserved in the frames under glass during the winter: |his course will save one year in time. .,v

In connection with this, it may not be amiss to give a brief history of the potato. Solanum tuberosum. The. ^oidhai by writers been derived from Jotert to comfort.

G0(i, and why he did

piay Hi* answer was—"I have been

cej}

He waa playing all the time in

jail, never once thinking that death wai

child's mind ranges when about

to t|ie wjH

ey consid-

KCnfTold,

mention that when upon the

lie begged to be permitted to pray

all, and fit —which was crantod—aud then he commenced to cry sight it wae

Oh what a horrible

OA right.

The Montgomery (Aia.) Journal of tho

8th mst says: ..

mushrooms and truffis evening of last, week some alarm was excited at the plan-

tationofMrs. MoCullough, in tho lower part of this county, by the onslought of a ferocious wild cat sprung suddenly on the back of a woman, tearing her neck and shoulders with its teeth. After much effort, it was beaten off by the negroes, and secreted itself. It was supposed by them,: in the gloom, to be a mad dog. The overseer, who had been ill, came out and sent* the negroes, with the dog's, to take its track, supposing it had gone to the woods. On raturning to the house, he was suddenly attacked by the animal in the sahie way/'..and after a long struglewas thrown down.* He continued to fight him until 1 the negroes and the dogs came up and despatched the beast, which was found to bo a wildcat of the short tail species, and of a largo size. The animal was a slut, it having^ undoubtedly whelped but a short time pre-: vious, and was much famished in appear-' ance, which may account for her unusual ferocity. The overseer was much hurt, be-, ing torn and bitten in about seventy places.

JUDC.K Bi.ACKFORD.-The Washington correspondent of the Putnam Banner furni.-di-es tho following illustration of the tenacity' with which Judge Blackford adheres to his old home-bred habits in spite of his new. dignify

the ot the o{

f»1!, a»fl,

Chums. It is

not uncommon to see liini in a common, omnibus with a parcel of Itish laborers, riding up and down Pennsylvania Avenue, our principal street. And it is equally an common to see him going from the Court room to his boarding house, with both arms

P«Per.s. In your State

such things would not be noticed, but hero every thing of the kind attracts attention— one of the Secretaries or the Head of a Bureau, would rather stick his hands in tha fire than be guilty of the like. I like to see the judge hold on to his primitive Hoosier notions. It shows an independent spirit which but few of our great men possess.

Astounding Fraud.

A most astounding fraud has been discovered, which has been perpetrated in the transmission of $50,000 from the Land Office at Dubuque to New York. The boxes containing, as was supposed, 850,000 in gold, when opened in New York were found to contain nothing but lead. They were sent by the American Express Company from Dubuque, and were two in number, and should have contained §25,000 each in American gold. One of them had some appearance of being broken on the way the other, to all, seeming untouched by violence, and both packed and fastened in the usual way. It is not known, or eveQ surmised yet, whether the robbery was committed on the way, or in the Land Office before the packages were committed to the charge of the express messenger. The upper layer of metal, inside, was of sheet lead, under which there waa nothing but bullets. The practice of the Express Company, is not to siiffer gold packages to bo out *bf sight of the messenger on the route, if possible. 1'he messenger who brought down the $5Q.Q00 in gold from Chicago was in the train, which met with the accident at,West Albany, and had hi« face and he 3d seriously injured by the falling of 'one of the gold boxes upon him at the moment* of the collision,

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