Indiana Palladium, Volume 11, Number 45, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 21 November 1835 — Page 1

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IMMENSE LOSS OF

LIFE,

By the wreck of the British Convict chip George th Third. The following is the Captain's testinfory leforc a Commission oflnquirvt " We made the land ahout 11 A. M. Sunday the 1 Lib; the ship was furnished with the charts publishrd by authority of the admiralty; I had not Bates's Pairing Directions: I was not aware that there was a book of sailing instructions f..r navigating the coan or the Australian Colonies. There are two reetsjaid down in the chart there is the Actajon, end there are two reefs inside; according to the directions, I considered the passage safe; HorshurgrTs Directory says there is no hidden danger after mas

sing the reefs; 1 adopted the usual nrecaution of

Meundirg with the deep sea lead; we proceeded between the two reefs laid down, the soundings giving half seven fathoms, right through; after we had parsed the breakers, I took the officers and passengers into the cabin and showed them the position of the chip, and vc were all satisfied that we were out cf danger, and that we might either proceed on or come to an anchor. We proceeded on, under easv f ail uoirgfictn a knot and half to two knots an hour; the vessel at that time was under doubled reefed topsails, and the foresail brailed up, all ready for coming to an anchor, if it got dark; after so proceeding for about a quarter of an hour, and whilst I was walking on the weather side of the poop, the man at the lead sang out, quarter less four; I immediately cried to the man at the helm to put the helm fiord n-porl; before the man sounding could get another cst of the lead, the ship struck; she did not strike violently at first; I directed the cutter to be lowered, and the third officer, Mr. Field, to go into the cutter and sound round the ship; he did so, and rounded abreast the starboard gangway first, and found two and a half fathoms; he then went ahead and found two fathoms, and on the larboard quarter lie found three and a half fathoms; from thence he went astern, about four boats length, and found four and a quarter; at this time we saw no breaker; a Fwell soon came on and commenced breaking; the ship then began to Etrike most violently, throwing

ing of the ship aaer striking, the prison gates fell i down, and those prisoners that were saved, escaped that way; long before we made the land, we had made up our minds to come up the Channel, if the wind suited; before we Etruck there was no swell the sea was as still as a mill-pond; the weather was not hazy; the moon shone brightly between drifting showers; I am not aware whether any of the crew had been up that passage; 1 could get no information from any of them; I depended solely on my charts and Ilorsburgh's Directions; Nelson, Shaw, and Jones, prisoners, particularly distinguished themselves by their praiseworthy conduct." From the Belfast, Me. Journal.

Dreadful Occurrence. Yesterday morning between twelve and one o'clock the dwelling house of .Mr. Joseph Ellis of Brooks, in this county, was consumed, and five of his bous and one hired man perished in the flames! Six persons who a few hours before had retired in health and peace to their beds of repose were all burnt to cinders in this terrible conflagration. I have just returned from the interment of their remains and will state the facts in the case, as 1 received them there from good authority. Mr. Ellis formerly resided in Prospect, and had removed to Brooks, to prosecute the lumbering business. He had on Thursday lst, the day before the conflagration, a family consisting of wife, thrpo

daughters and seven sons; beside his hired people.

i ue youngest cnua was but two davs old, and the mother cf course confined to her bed." On Thursdav

evening Mr. Ellis directed one of the young men to

put a log in me kitchen lire place, and so prepare the fire that it might be comfortable for the nurse in

case sne should have have occasion to rise. The one which he put on was rather large; and being hollow, probably burned more than had been anticipated. The family all retired to rest as usual.

The mother with her infant and nurse occupied the

oeu room near the kitchen: and all the rest of the

tamily, the chambers ot the house.

The eldest son

and daughter were from home on a visit, and another daughter, a little rrirl. was that niht at thn

ev ery cne eft their feet; after a very short time, ! house of a neighbor. About midnight Mrs. Ellis about the first shock, the mainmist went over on I was alarmed by an unusual lirrht shinninn- into imr

ino starboard suic, carrying the mizen topmast with it, and dragging down the weather bulwarks close to the covering boards; at this time, the boatswain and officers were trying to get the long boat out. The mainmast beinrr rrone. we were nhlitnxt tc

cut away the Ice bulwarks to launch her, at the same time the- were lowering the gig; the man in the sttrn of the gig was lowering the stern tackle, when the idling of the ship caused him to lose his hold cf the fall, the gig stove in her quarter by striking violently against the vessel, and was swamped; I did riot know who were in the gig, with the exception cf the steward, and one woman and child; I saw the woman go in; I desired her to come out, but she Mould not; she persisted, and stowed herself under the stern-sheets:; when the gig swamped, I immedi

ately ordered the cutter to come round and pick up

inn-

room, and spoke to the nurse to arise and see what

was the cause. She opened the door, but was met

with such a rush of dense smoke and heat that she

screamed, and shut it instantly. She tore out the

windows ot her room, ana sprung out herself to alarm

inj lamuv aim cmi ior neip. jit. iins having

nearu uer nrsicry haa run down stairs, rushed thro

the burning room and opened the outside door, lie

could not return. His first object was to save his

wile; tor lie knew tnat in regard to her there would

not be a moment to lose. He ran round to her win

dow, tore away the high headboard which stood

next to it, and took his wife and infant out also the

tipper bed on which he placed them on the ground. The next object was to save the children. One of the hired men had sprung from his bed at the first

call and attempted to follow Mr. Ellis down, but the

ON THE KEEPING OF APPLES-

By Mr. Oliver t Gardener of the Earl ofRossyU.

1 he fruit room ought to be placed in adrv cold

shady situation, free from wet, and sunk three or four feet in lha ground. The shelves should be

of beech or sycamore, about three feet wide and

en inches asunder. Fir shelving tastes the fruii.

There is no fire needed in fruit rooms, for a little C J .

mist uoes not injure apples. 1 here ought to be venlilaters, as a good deal of air is necesaarv

after the fruit is first gathered and stored. When the apples begin to drop, the ripest are gathered and taken to the fruit room in shallow

baskets. I hese arc taken singly out of the baskets, and placed upon the shelves.

After the apples have been ten or twelve tiv

on the shelves the process of sweating' is considered

as accomplished. I hey are then wiped one by one with clean soft cloths; by this means a kind of coat or shell is formed, which proves a safe-nuard

y me nun. j mi endives are wiped at the sjtnc timo on both sides until quite dry. During the

wuuie nine me appies are 111 a sweat, plenty of air

is anmuicd, 11 the weather is clear and dry but.

........ 1, ,v. iwuiti la cuiiii'iy stilll 11 IJ. 1 IHinlC It lu

when the apples are sweating, that ihev imbibe the

mvoroi whatever materials they are laid upon; and, ifdne attention is given to them at that time, there

13 nine chance ot their afterwards acquiring any bad taste.1 The fruit is turned over about the end of January, and, with the shelves, wiped, if any moisture appears. After this tim the room is closely shut up; for the admission of much air, after he rnd of January, is found to occasion shrivelling. All the time the fruit is in the room it is carefully looked over every four or five days; and in the month of August it is handled uith gloves, the hands of gardeners being generally uioist at that season. When the apples are frozen, no artificial means must bo used to thaw them. If, when in sweating they are affected by the frost or damp, they will be materially injured. l hive gathered apples, and laid them upon one another in Urge baskets in a vinery, kept up to about 60 degrees Fahrenheit, for 10 days or a fortnight; they were then covered with sweat. I

had them wi(d, conveyed to the fruit room, and l iid on the shelves, as already described. I have

never lound the flivor ofapples treated in to be in the least impaired.

The four and other little things. The Rv. Mr Holmes, of New Bedford, at the Home Missionary meeting in New York, related the following: Being appointed an agent of this society, I visited one of the towns in Massachusetts, and was accompanied by the minister to a wretched hovel at some distance from the village, It appeared scarcely habitable. We entered, and ray name and message were announced to an old and very feeble man, who was lying on a bed of sickness, and as it proved, of death. His aged wife was also bowing down over the grave. "Before you speak of the agency ,M said the old man,I wish you to pray with me, for I am feeble and full of pain1' His request was granted, and the agency aftervards introduced. "My wife," said the eged christian," "I think we cannot do much, but we must do something for

tins object. How much shall we give?" The feeble woman replied, ! shall like whatever you think proper." "Then go," said the dyin saint, "and bring ten dollars:' She went, returned and stooping over the wrvtched hard bed, said, Mr. Well, (fur, continued Mr. Holmes, I will not withhold his name, for I believe the seed coutilehavo

gone to heaven,) Mr. WH, Pvo brought fifteen dollars and there is enough left to buy the flour and those ether little things." O, sir, said Mr. II. would

to uod tint l could bring the hovel, and the bed, and the man and hts wife, and pi ice ihem here before the eyes of this vast assembly, and wo should

never uiiiT resolutions lor more money. No. sir. -.1 -.1.1 . i v. . "

wct ,uul" "ever laciv money lor tho missionaries, would we but let ihe luxuries go, and keep back enough to pay for "the flour and those other lilllc

hpUcopal Recorder.

F rom the Cleveland Herald. Tom vro Mode of preparing the Tomato for the tuble. 1st The raw Tomato. In tins slate fhe Tip? truit should be plucked from the vino, and sliced up in vinegar, like cucumbers, with' a litilo pepper and salt; cr it may be eaten liko any other rips fruit, without seasoning

this

way

the men that were in the water; when this was enicke and heat which rushed up the stairs when the done, 1 ordered the third mate to bring the cutter j lower door was opened were insufferable; and the alongside; tho mate said he eculd not; he said he i man turned round and leaped from the chamber

cci'ld not take in anv mon1; the boat was as full as

the could hold. I then desired Mr. Field, the officer in the cutter, to look out for the first landing place, ind return immediately with any assistance he nnht le able to get; 1 then left the poop; the foreinnfet had just pone over; in consequence cf the wreck of the mast on the lee side, the crew w ere enp?rvl in trying to Hunch the lovg-boat on the weatht ticc, bat a heavy sei struck the thip, and the lon-boat tloatcd on the decU; at this time oil the

main deck was completely under water; this was net a quarter of an hour after the first striking of the chip. The vessel struck at about ten minutes after ten; when the long-boat floated, she was full of people, and washed from one side of the deck to the othvrt I expected cverv minute to see her etove; after

rcat exertion, the people succeeded in tloating her outside, to the leeward of the ship, and amongst the spart-. I was at the time sitting on the gallows bits, jut abaft tho main hatchway, and was encouraging the men in tho boat to shove clear of the wreck as fast as possible; the boat laid there a long time the f c trying to get her clear of the spars; lindirg they could not succeed, 1 made towards the L't, rs.denvcrirg to nssUt thsin, and, in trying to fchove the boat clear of the foreyard, I got jammed btlwron the foreyard and the keel of the boat, and .-xpec?ed to bo cut to pieces every moment; I was, however dragged into the boat by some of the crew; r-ftrr n loi.g struggle, we got clear olf, the people rcmaiuiiig on tho wreck and Fpars, gave us three cheers; tl.c longboat bad forty men in her at that time; we proceeded to land, and could not find any Hrdirg place all along shore, it was so very rough ami lai turf so groat; at last we found the entrance if a Inv, several miles ctl and proceeded to the bottom lot iro wo ccuM find a landing place; we then landed the prisoners, and tho guard that was in the b.. it, w ith one woman ond child; the Hurgeon u-

pcrintcndar.t wns in the first boat; as. also, my chief

aa rcrr.J r.tr.ccr; 1 lc:t ..u in number, rn shore, u.d proceed to the wreck with four men; there vcr ilcut nn com I mimtity of prisoners and guard

landed from the boat; it was about two o'clock

window. The daughter, a voung lady of about nix

teen years, followed him. The doors and windows being thus opened gave free circulation to the air.

and the house being unplastered, and extremely drv, the llames spread with astonishing rapidity and were almost instantaneously rolling through the upper part of it, and bursting out at the roof. By this time some of the neighbors had arrived, and a man ascended to the chamber window, but could not enter. He called, but nothing could be heard but the roaringotthe llames The ycung man, from whose side the other had escaped, and the five little boys were all suvTbcatcd, and silent in death, were all consuming in the fire which enveloped their beds. I asked the daughter whether she heaid anv crv

from the others as she was fleeing from the chamber! he replied with unutterable emotion, I did hear my youngest brother cry lal Pa!! but I could not

help him. This, was the Youngest excepting the

infant, and had been sleeping in the same bed with his father. Those who were saved escaped as the v sprang from their beds, saving nothing from the llames. Nothing worthy to be named. The name of the hired man who perished was Samuel J.C Uyan. He was 20 years old. and the

hope of his aged parents, who are in very humble circumstances. The Eons of Mr. Ellis, who shared the same fate, were from about two years of age up to thirteen; and their names, beginning with the youngest, were these, Hiram, John G., Nahum, Alfred, and Joseph, Jr.; five active hoys, but two days ago the delight of their parentis eyes, and the joy of their hearts. To-day the remains of the boys, consisting of ti few cinders, were gathered into one coffin, and those of the young man into another. The two mourning families assembled at the house of a neighbor. A great concourse of people came together to witness the awful spectacle, and to bhare in their grief. Several ministers of the gospel were present, w ho spoke appropriately and feelinglv to the neorde. and

led them to the throne of divine Justice and mercy in

cvivui I'tuijvrt m. iiv u v&i luuiaiiio j v viiv: vitruu were borne to the grave, to rest until the voice of Him who in the resurrection and the life shall reorganize and reanimate them, to live forever. Then will

this deep mystery be revealed; and we shall see,

From the Northern Telegraph.

Business havlnir called us to Natchez on Saturdav

last, and being under the necessity of remaining

there lor a lew days, we had a fair opportunity cf

witnessing me elects ot the late energetic move ments of the citizens of that place, against the late residents of that hole of iniquity known as "under the hill." From all that wc could see, a complete and effectual revolution had taken place; quiet was

restored mismcss urisK lor Hie season ol the year many of the old haunts of debauchery, drunkenness, rioting and rascality, had been converted into shops for the retail of clothing, etc., and every thing bore a different and better aspect. Indeed we heard it remarked by many residing in the city,

mai ii any uuiercncc between tlie two places existed, "undor the hill" was tho most peaceable and nrdetly. We were pleased to see, also, that the community, generally, had not slacked the least in their determination to carry out the measure they had adopted. Should such a state of things be kept up for the ensuing twelve months, we would venture to say that "Natchez under the hill" will never bo known

as a place otherwise than that of busiticss,eiitt-rprise and decorum.

things.

... ..v,,.. ua m nn; ur me iiiicriuon to seizo

upon every passing paragraph which may bo turned to the diaadvantago of our sectarian opponents. Such a course neither accords with our feelinns. nor

can it be dignified in itself or honorable towards others, liut transactions like that related above,1

aiequue 100 common amongst the agents of Mis-

sionary oocieucs, and wc oticn see them common- j ded by religious papers devoted to tho interests of such Societies. They strike us they do really as highly censurable: and we wonder how a man of common sensibility can go to the chamber of an alllicled family, and by operating upon tho fears of the dying lather, extort from his needy family the little he may have laid aside for their necessities afier he has gone down to the tomb. If this is not literally "devouring widow's houses," wc confess wo know not what it is. And how an editor can cooly repair to his table, and describe such conduct ns an act of peculiar virtue, as entitled to Li'd,

praise, and as an example fur imitation, we aieat I a loss to conjecture. For ourselves, wo iv

whenever Universalis! clergymen shall haunt the

beds of the dying and worst of all, the dying pUOr

tor mo puipobu oi procur.ug mone y, under the

solemn, nut mucli abused profession that the Lord

liath neett ot it so far kom tpeakiri" in their

pratsc, our voice idiall bo raised long and loud against such miserable, unworthy and censurable

conduct. Gosplc Banner.

toes until tho skin will slip peal and tnish them and addto every pound of the Tomtaocs one ounce of butter, season with pepper and Silt, and simmer over a slow fire unsil perfectly cooked. If, however, toast should bo added to the sauce, tho proportion of butter should be increased. 3d. Fried Tomatoes. Ripo Tomatoes sliced up, and fried in butter, is, to many, quite delicious. 4i h. Tomato Pickles. Pickles are made of the green fruit, by the same process that you would observe in the pickling of cucumbers, or othvr ar tides. The ripe fruit may likewise bo pickled and, in fact, it is tho preferable article; as it is m that case highly medicinal, and has a much better flavor. 5ib Tomato Catchup (Katchup.) Take a peck of ripo Tomatoes, (or any other quantity, only ob serve proportions,) mash them well top-ether, and

simmer over a slow fire until they aro dissolved, strain through a fine sieve; after straining (which requires some pains by mashing and forcing tho pulp through the sieve with the baud,) zdd to thii liquid, or pulpy mass, half an ounce of cloves, and the same quantity of black pepper grains, one root of garlic, throe ounces of horse-radish, and a spfiicient quantity of salt to make It palatable ; boil all these ingredients together over a gradual lire until you reduce the bulk to one hr-lf; then to escb quart add two table spoonsfull of vinegar. When it ia

cool, cork it up in bottles, and in a littls time it will

be m tor use. It should be placed In a cool ctllar, and suffered to remain for some lime, s it improves by oge. Tho addition of some English Walnut

iquor, to Catchup, will greatly improve its flivor. tith. Few persons relish the Tomato, at first, in

any form, but when ihcy learn to like it. thev yen

e rally become extravagantly fond of it in all itsrc-

Pennons. i am sausiied tliat no person will bo without the article, aficr ho becomes acquainted

wiwi us virtues, and rccustomed to its use. 7th. The ublo editor of the Cinrinnt&t! Farmer

and Mechanic, in his paper of July 30, 1834 S3 VS '

a :i we loft the shore; in consequence of the weath-

vr, we did not re irh the wreck till six o'clock next inornihj; on arriving at the ship, the first people

we t"ok on board were the women and children, and j according to the minister's text at the funeral, that

Curing Hams. The best way of curing hams that we know of. is, as they are separated from the body of the animal, they are to be closely packed

iua clean, common sized barrel; and to a full

u:nrti, aou u picivio oy uissoiving eigiit quaits ot Liverpool salt and four ounces of saltpetre, in a suflicent quantity of rain or brook water to cover the whole. In this situation they are to remain until removed to the smoke-house, which should

bo hoin eight to twelve weeks. The smoking process is to bo conducted altogether, with the wood nf the sugar maple, or hickory, the former preferred. When sufficiently smoked, those that are intended for immediate use, may be hung up in a daik garret, or if the weather is cool, in the cellar; as freezing, particularly, if ofien rcapeated, is very injurious. Those that are intended for summer use are to be well whitewashed with lime,

and when dry, wrapped in paper and packed away in

new dry house ushes, and then set in a cool place in the cellar. Particular care is requisite to proven, its becoming heated loo much while in the smoke

house, as this ts very destructive to its fine flivor

The origin of the wordfooVs-cap paper. It is well known that Chailcs .1. of Mimland. cranlcd

numerous monopolies for the support of his govern

ment. Among utliers was the privilege of maim C. . MM... i .

i.iuiuim jiiwi. i in: water muiK on tlie tiuer sort

ol paper was the royal arms ol England. The

consumption of this articlo was great, ut this time

and large fortunes were made by those who had purchased the exclusive right to make and vend it. This, among other monopolies, was set aside by the parliament that brought Charles to the sea fluid, and by way of showing their contempt for the king they ordered the royal arms to bo taken from paper, and a fool, with nis cap and bells, to be substituted. This was done in 1641). And 1 have seen old manuscripts, written between that period

aim iuuu, uearnig a uisunci water tnaik a fool

invalid?, and then as many ct the prisoners and ruard the boat would carry; I then considered I Ind abcut half of the number that were on the wreck, v.r-vocdod ashore; I landed them at S o'clock, r; t,.j r.m? place as the others. 1 considered there v ?re abcut forty or V.y; this trip M?jvr Uyan, Captnin Minion, and tho Doctor of the 50th Regiment, ner lar.od. I then directly proceeded to the vreok; before I reached it, I saw a schooner tnak itv tow.uds the vesel, and she reached the wreck bcicrc v. o I went and took ulT all alive from the t tul took theuion hoard the sthoouer, and then prccecdod ti ro-ctabiik the others from the place where wo b?.d landed; there we took all on board thv ic'ar., with the exception of tho surgeon of tlie

("K l!.-trJ -.. w h, Ivnil .f rn ri! 1 lolt Iiipi-d n

hoatV cr?w, cf eight men, with provisions, to wait his return. There; wore Tt including prisoners, crew, and militr.ry, embarked at first; there were two born doir? the voyage, sixteen died, leaving two hundred r.nd ninctv-fi or souls on board at the time of tho wreck, in counting the yesterday , there were i pt'fr ner?. cf the guard," 3 cfTiccrw, 0 women, 11 chi'.drtm, n:d 0 of the crew 100 in all, saved.

Ov hur.urod and thirty-four souls were lost of

wlvtch or.f hundred and twenty-eight were prisoner?: tae remainder were - thrvo children, I woinsn, and M cf th? crew, tfoon after the ship struck, I ordered a jt to bd f.red as a signal of distress; before it ecu hi b dene, the mainumit fell nnd carried the

fun cverho-itd with it; I beard Major Uyan order to inV r ? m simil, and I saw tvo shots lired in the air; the r-ddiers were standing over the main hatch ay.v,.i.!i"i 'r;:ig t prevent tho prisoners making ati'M'othi! boats; for the safety cf all hitmit it v r.ecir.v try to kep ih men down; 1 did not see nny f.nug ',uvn tlie hatchway t I afWwarda heard a uiiin was fchot; the conduct of tho prisoners throughout the tint' v,a! remarkably good; from the work-

while 'Cloud4 and darkness are round about Him, righteousness and judgment are the support of his

limine. This distressing Providence eeems to say to every one who hears of it, be careful to guard against fire in your own habitation, lest it should in like manner he consumed. You cannot be too much on your guard take caret Next, do not set your affections supremely upon any thing on earth. Property, friends, children.

all of earth which the heart holds dear, are liable,

every moment to be swept forever from you. Consider them only as favors lent you for a precarious

season, ucmembcr whose they are.

Above all prepare without delay to meet your

God! for vou know not how suddenly you may be

called into his presence, lie wic to-dav to itefer

is madness. 3 M'K. Uelfast, Maine, Oct. 21, 1S33.

wearing the dress he is described as appearing in about the courts of British monarchs Cromwell.

when secure in his power, changed the water mark ' by substituting a dragon grasping in his hand arrows of fire, and afterwards by putting his own coat of arms in its place. When Charles 11. came to the throne be restored tho royal arms to paper and enlarged the s:zo of the sheet. It is now more than

an hundred and seventy-five years sinco the fool's cap and bells were taken from paper, but still, p iper of the size which the rump parliament ordered for their journals, bears the iiamo of tho watermark then ordered us au indignity to Charles. Jlistoricus.

1 new article Commerce. The Pennsylvani

an says the Government of Malta has contracted to be "furnished with American Ice, at a price equal to four cents for one pound and three quarters English. The Pasha of lgypt has also contracted with ; house in that city to be supplied with ice from lioston. Cancer. jeweller who had bad cancerous pimple on hi cheek, having occasion to dissolve otne gold in nitre muriatic acid, rubbed it several times unconsciously with hi impregnated lingers.

and was surprised to find it speedily change Us appearance and shortly disappear. M. Uccamier suspecting the cau.-e, made several uniformly successful experiments of the same nature; and thus has

accident discovered a new caustic for cancerous affection. Tho proportions be adopts are one ounce of tho acid to six grains ofchloruret of pure gold. Metropolitan.

Statistics op the Uxrrrn States.' The author of a work under this title. Mr. Edwin Will

iams uf New-Yoik, says thit the banking capital of the United States and tho Territories, has nearly doubled since 1S30; and that the expenditures of government in 1831, exceeded the rslimated receipts fiom the customs, the same year, $3,430,000. This deficiency in the revenue of that year was supplied by the sale of the public lands. The amount of imported articb s, free of duty, in 1S30, was $12,740,245; in 1S33, $32,147,050; and in 1S34, 08,393, ISO. For iho year ending on the 30ih September, 1831, tho exports from the

United States, to Great Britain and her colonics,

wore 50,00 1 ,770; and the imports to this country from the same places, during that period were

$52,G79,20S. During the same period, the total

amount of exports from tho United States, was

104,330.973; and the total amount of imports,

120.521,332. Of tho exports, $S1,024,IG2 were domestic produce and manufactures.

According to Mitchell's late map, there are 902 rivers in the United Slates. Their whole length

added together, ts bDjUaO miles. Cincinnati Mirror.

A Good Customer. What do you wish to get in your two bottles?" said a grocer to a little boy, as he entered the store. "Mother wants to get a cent's worth of your best yeast." Which bottle will you have it in? Pll have it in both; and you will please to put a coik in 'em. Can't you send it home? 'cause Pin going another way." Vell, whero'a your cent?1 "Mother Bays you must charge if"

Surplus revenue. The amount of surplus revenue now in the United States treasury is about

10,000,000. The receipts from tho sales of public lands have amounted to the unprecedented sum of 0,000,000, being nearly three millions beyond the treasury estimate, as presented to congress at the lust session. In addition to this

large suplus, the government stock in the bank of

the United btates, amounting to seven millions, will be repaid at the end of the present year into the treasury. What shall we do with the money?

Twenty-three millions to be scrambled for! Some mode of distributing it ought to be adopted which will be just and impartial, and at the same time free from the objections to which appropriations to favourite objects of internal improvement, by congress, are liable. The best mode will be to give it to tho states, in proportion to their federal population, to be applied, under their direction, to the objects of internal improvement and education. There are no public objects, nt present, to which so large a sum can be applied, and will bo none unless to get into a war, or the old system, if that may be called system which was "cou fusion woise confounded," of dashing it away by millions, in

schemes for internal improvements, projected by congress, without information, and voted for at 12 o'clock at night, when half the members aro asleep, muzzy, or ignorant of what is going on.

Sunday Arctr. Close Quarters. I can tell a belter story than that,' added the Captain. 4I fell pretty considerable friskey one, day and upl went up tho lightning rod, hand over hand, as high as tho vane. I had a first rnte prospect up there but tbata'nt all. A thunder-cloud cam over, and I saw it was agoing to strike the steeple, and thinks 1 to myself, if it hits mo I'm done up. So I not ready, and when

the crack came, I gate a leap up. let the lightning

unu run uown ana tacm cavgn nv

"Tho Tomato is on annual introduced from

South Amer ica, and is one of tho many horticultural articles for which we aro indebted to that country

i.e mum, ii supponca, win rise to the height ol six or eight feet, the leaves aro pinnated, and have a disagreeable odor when handled. It flowers when

raised in the open air, ahout the last of May or first of June, producing fruit in July, which continues1 to ripen until frost. The fruit has an acid flavor, which by use, becomes agreeable to most persons, though not always relished when first tasted. While green it makes a good pickle, when ripu it is put into soup?, hashes and stews; it is also used in confrctionsriefl, and is an ingredient in catsup. In the United Slates, until within a few years, its use has been principally confined to the southern States where it has long been a favorite. Of late, however, it has acquired a fooling in the east and west, and now appears on our tables in n great variety of forms. In England it is used for soups.

and it is an ingredient in a distinguished sauce for mutton In Franco it is in high estimation, and q Italy scarce a dinner is served, in which it is net in some form or other a part. Culture. Sccd3 that have fallen on tho ground in autumn will vegetate in the spring, and tho plants thus produced, when they have attained a. size, may beset out, at proper distances, ins good, wet soil, previously prepared. It will not be safe to rely on this method of obtaining plants. It is better to sow the seed in seed beds, about the first of April. For early plants, sow in a hot bed

sheltered with glass covers, about the first of March; and when the plants are two inches high, set them out, taking caro to keep them covered when the weather is cncl, particularly during cold nights. Some fw plants might be left in tho hot bed, or potted and forced in a grccn-house. As the Tomato requires free access of air and sun to open the fruit, shade should be avoided, and tho plants tied up to stakes." I am induced to make these observations from a firm conviction founded on long experience and close observation, that many disc-Rses will bo cured, and others relieved, in proportion toils more extensive use ; and surely as a culinary preparation, it is one of tlie best of fashionable desserts.

J. C. BENNET, M. D. August 21, 1835.

ExtAitaEMzarr or the Erii: CanaL. Tbc Canal Board having caused surveys and estimates to be made for tho improvement of the Eric Canal, and the enginfors having submitted their reports, the board on Friday last proceeded to a final decision on the extent of the enlargement. Tho en larged canal is to be seven feet deep, and seventy feet wide at the surface, and that the locks are to bo 110 feet long between the quoin posts, and 16 feet wide in the clear. The present canal is four feet deep and forty fect wide at the surface, and the present locks are 90 feet long between the quoin posts, and 15 foet wide in the clear. Thus this great question Ins been definitely settied after mature deliberation and a full expression of the public sentiment in rehttcn to it. As tho work will bo prosecuted chiefly during the winter months and while the navigation is suspended, its completion cannot be expected in a less period

than ten or twelve years. Then, witn us increased width and depth, its walled sides, its extent, and vast commerce, it may rank among tho wonders of tho age. The improvement, wo understand, is estimated tocoit about twelve millions of dollars. Tho Canal Board will proceed with tho doubling of the locks with all practicable rapidity during the next winter. Alb. Argus.

Method of building chimneys that trill natsmofa. Contract the space immediately over tho fire so you may be sure of the air being well heatod therci this will ensure a current upwards. All chimneys should be carefully built, and every joint well filled with mortar, so as to prevent communication in case of fire. Dr. T. CooparS