Vincennes Gazette, Volume 11, Number 51, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 May 1842 — Page 1

"truth without fear.' VOLUME XI. VINCEiNWES, INDIANA. SATURDAY MORNING, 31 AY 28. 1812. NO. 51

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For the Yincennes Gazette. MAY-DAY SONG. Air Filbtrt Street. For the Vincenne Practical Institute. S. L. C. Mav ISi-i. I. On May-Jay morn ti h;ippy meeting To spend a little while Where Teacher and their Fupiis greeting All feel an J fhow a smiie. If. F tveet May! when birds fc gay are singing On ev'ry leafy tree. Ami countless lovely fiow'rets springing Around the field we see. III. f'hildhood and youth, as May -Jay halting. So soon will pass away. But our Toun; hours to sire from wasting Should be our care each day. IV. A'd GOD who is so fair displaying In bird and fLxver His love. Will puide us while His Word obeying We Feek. iwect fields above. V. We shou'd not then with corn repaying The nfTiT of his grace, Tli'o'ich fl!v lose bv vain delaying A HOME in hear'ns vvcrt place. From the .Nashville Whig. STRAY LEAVES From the anto-biograj'Jvj of an er-editor To a political adventurer like myself th? city rf presented f!atteri!,i: prospects, so at lat-t, I was induced to believe from the lepresen-tatu-ir.s rf others, and thtthcr I removed. Although t!iere were two ably conducted papers n'readv established, one attached to each of th great political parties, there appeared to be mi pie room and verge enough for another. Thi paper attached to the party to whi'-h I belonged n i ijueaiinc i'iu.h wuii gri-ai aiiiiv, ana a.. though a 'prentice had wielded the pen, its op poner.ts q'.ianed under its power, and by its vit. frous art'1, fiea iy course u maoe numerous converts to the causa it espoused. Thi paper is fti'l in existence and has justly acquired the rep uta'.ion of !cin on" of trie most aule and efn. eient " big papers in the Wtst. The political cini.ms of the majority in th city oi were in accordance wita nv own. By my political frien 's I was received with kindrie's and promises of support, and with courtev bv those to whom I was politically op-pnsi-0, !'. i nee more ircenmner ei viav and ,1 .11 i- r . , d the Conitutioii waved from the mast hrad of mv political barque. Surrounded by a majority of the ssnie political sentiments, 1 seemed to brr sthe the pure atmosphere of freedom, and 1 resumed my editorial labors with alacritv every thins wore the ee-leur at rose. As 'a new broom weep1 ciean, ine r.rsx numocr or nv i ..I " - 1 rpaper mada a favorable impression, although I had ta ken no particular pains to make the dish pa'ata hie, and subscribers fiiowed in upace. Borne onward on 'Hope's exulting win?,' I fancied I should go on swimmingly. An ardent temp anient, w :ncn a.wiys maue me loot on trie lair ide of this: in a swiny. made me believe I h vJ the world and tliat I should triumr h over every difficuitv. Hut it was not lone before circum stances occurred which convinced mc that -all is not gold that elittere,' and that appearances are decephve. Had I borne in mind the maxim of r-ihakpare, that "When fortune means to man most Rord, She looks upon him with a threatnins pyr," I would not have been deluded by her smiles, and I misht have avoided msny of the ditnculties which subsequently beset me. For pomer.me mv subscription list rapidly increased, both at home and abroad, and I saw nothing before me but success. Hut a!a! how short-sighted i man, ven the w'Het! a f-torm came and my barpue perished, and I was once aain tossed upon the waves of advemty but I am auticipating evants. A newspaper editor has many embarrassments to s armount, and many dinVulties to encounter; hii course is far from being as smooth as those h) have no experience in 'editor craft may imagine. If his paper be miscellaneous in its character, he has many tastes to gratify in mor. ads, religion, and literature, a well as politics; hi situation is not unlike that of the man, the boy and the as in the fable; in trying to please ail, it is ten to one if he pleases any. This difficulty is the more apparent in politics. An editor ha his own party to please, Much is almost as JttYicult to Jo, as to please his opporente. Every member of the party is a politician and thinks he knows as much, if not more than the editor, and every patron thinks himself quaiifietl t advise, and assumes that he has a perfect right to do so, from th fact that he pays, or promises to pay the amount of hia supscriptioa. (Here let me say by way of parenthesis, that in the course of my editorial life I have met with many such, who have uttered their opinions with all the authotity of an oracle.) HeiJes, there are in every party certain would-be leaden, who think their opinions should have a controlling iniluence; by them an editor is consideteJ a a mere instrument for party purposes, and if he Jo not follow their dictation, he is regarded as utterly inefficient in the cause. I've, ry editor of a political pspei knows this, and very reader will recognise many such in the circle of his acquaintance. If an editor had only to conu!t the tastes of the liberal and en. lightened, and listen to their suggestions, it would be a different matter; but he is often compelled to lend an ear w ith all due complacency I will not tay with how much patience to the opinions of ignorance, tho flippant impertinence of half-rlejed politician?, &nd the remonstrances of popularity -hunting demagogues. I'ndcr such circumstances the conductor of a party newspaper is ofun obliged tr succomb, in "me tlegree to inferior minds, Ivcause they are e ;pposeJ to have .-me political influence Inthecoure of mv eJitorial career, I have TwUr.J fiovr i.lt.icuU It is Un r'.-rr r,fc.-.. fco-w i.n.i. -c it is, to kep Win, violeM n -id heated parti?i': aln al':;a;ui j-s-t ..'. wi'hoi.t .';r -j

ing to vulgarity. My own opinions in relation

to the respective canJiJates then before the neo pie and the grtat political questions which agitatea tne public mind, were decided. They had not been formed by chance, but were the result ef ooservation and honest conviction. In press ing the claims of my favorite candidate for the presidency, I did not deem it necessary to assail the private character of his opponent. Such a course has been invariably more injurious than beneficial to the party which adopts it such at least has been mv conviction fiom the observation of nuny years. Men's opinions may be changed by argument, by address to their reason, but never by abuse. It is to be regretted, that polit ical editors when engaged in controversies, indulge so much in personalities; they I-ssen their personal dignity, and the dignity of their calling. Many seem to think nor is the opinion confined to editors that abusive epithets are the chief constituents of a strong and vigorous style, but in my view they are sadly mistaken. The most vigorous of political writers was Junius, but he never indulged in the low abuse and vile scurihty which distinguish many of the political papers on both sides, which asj ire to lead public opinion. Although in one sense of the word a partv man, I feit mvself at perfect liberty to approve or disapprove the acts of the aJministration a my judgement dictated. I did not, therefore, indiscriminately condemn the acts of th President, or the measures of his administration, nor did I approve of every act of the great leader cf the party to which I W39 attached; and for this I was more than once called to account bv those who called themselves my friends, and was most Kiianj aumontsneu. i uu not aiwavs wait lor the cue, and hence, I sometimes expressed or in ions which were construed into an inclination to 'jump the fence,' when some fivorable opportu nity prs.sented itself. Had I made the leap, would not have been Mthout precedent; I might hava readily sheltered myself under some verv conspicuous examples political consistency is not a virtue of politicians they are too fre quently governed by expediency. It sometimes happened, that I found some thing to approve in the measures of the Prcsi. dent; far example, his celebrated proclamation was a paper worthy of the better days of the Republic. It took a bold and and decided stand to preserve the integrity of the Union, and put down the dangerous doctrine of IS ullificution and. therefore I gave it mv heartv approval. It sometimes happened, too, that I did not entirely assent bnme of the 'sayings and doings' of Mr. Clay, but never for a moment did I doubt the puritv ef his patriotism, or the honesty of his principles; nor did I even impugn hia molives. It was perhaps presumptuous in an hum ble individual like myself to chsagiee with such a man on great State matters, and experi ence aas shown tnar r.e was ritit and l was wrong the very act which I then thought would prove injurious to the public interests, ha been productive of trood. On this and other matters, I wa considered a? deviating from the strict par. ty line, and I came in contact with a contempo rary of mv own i.artv. A short encounter cf our wits enued, but as he was better skilled in editorial warfare than myself, after a few passes we determined to suspend hostilities and 'burv the hatchet.' I will not acknowledge that I was vanquished that will never do but to use a chool-boy phrase, I believe he had the 'lat tag,' which may by some be considered a victory. Well, be it so; Tapoleon, after winning a hun dred battles, was conquered at la&t. I still went forward in my own way, and agfeeably to my own convictions of what lowed to myself, the country, and the cause in which I was engaged, and in which I was deeply inter ested. Hut a man is seldom a good judee in his cause, and what he deems right, particularly in politics, others may deem wrong. A politic al editor, if he wishes to maintain hold upon his party, must think with his party, and ac with his party its discipline knows no other rule. An editor is usually regarded as a convenient instrument to reflect other men's thoughts not his own. He is scarcely admitted to have the right to think for himself, or act for himself, and the adoption of this principle by too many of the 'corps editorial,' has degraded the press, and made it the instrument of faction, rather than the vehicle of useful information, and sound political truths. BABES IN THE WOODS. The following i a realization of the pathetic ballad of the 'Babes in the Woods:" Children List in the Woods. The newspa pers of Halifax, Nova 8cotia, tells us a sad tale, to which one can hardly listen without a tear. Two chilJren went astray in the wooJs on Monday, the llth of April, about four miles from Halifax. Some hundreds cf people, comprising soma military and Indians, went in search of them for some successive days. On Friday a snow storm occurred, which added painfully to the difficulties and depression on the subject. On Sunday the remains of the ehildren were found about twenty miles from the house of their parents. The elder" of the sulTeiers was a little girl between seven and eight yers old the other, a little girl about two years younger. They were found locked in each other's arms the younger with its face on the cheek of the elder. The elder girl, it is said, had taken ofT her apron and rolled it about the helpless and delicate babe. She had the looks of care and sorrow in death, as if, which is not uncommon in such cases, premature responsibility was felt, and that to secure and shield the little innocent by her fide, was felt a duty. The younger seemed a3 if it met death in sleep. Their tenJer feet were injured by travelling in vain endeavors to reach home. What pangs must have introduced despair to the children's mind amid their loneliness and hunger, day after day, and night after night in the wilderness; and yet theirs was a melancholy sublimely connected with their death the ripening of the spirit under keen distress, and the mutual sympathy and love which is too often wanted 3t the death bed of an unfortunate adult. The parents of the chilJren have heen subjects of deep commisseration. Distressing as the calamity is. almost beyond precedent, it is a consolation to the atTlicteJ parents, that their fate has leen ascertained and their bodies found; nnj the 3ortowing mother expressed a melancholy satisfaction that she had them once more with her bcfor th'v were laid in the grave. These sisters were placed n Un ore coffin, con. -trucEcd. -.j ll0, a share a fa adm't their lying together In the position in which they were found 'h ir f.tces touchiiii; the left arm of the elder reaching ovr little Ms-v. a if to protect b.."r noti) the pitiless storm. snifn'dft moroj-

ment is to be erected over their grave, to mark the spot in after years where the little innocents are laid. Boston Mer. Juur. )- From the New World. The Rhode Island Controversy. We would think from the various articles which we have noticed in our exchanges relative to this matter that it ia not

understood. Rhode Island, unlike other fa . .i . rial states, nas no written constitution, l ne charted granted by Charles the second to Koger Williams and his associates, of the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, has since the time when it wa3 granted, been claimed as the fundamental law of the land. The charter declared that the col ony might pass any laws not incompatible with the realm cf England; and under it a law was passed declaring that tin person should be permitted to vote in the affairs of the colony unless he possessed a freehold estate worth $13 4. Eldest sons are allowed to vote underthe English sys tem of pnmogrniture. Such is the Jaw in force at tho present day. Whatever personal proper tva man mav possess if lie is a non-freeholdet he it not entitled to vote for President, Representative to Congress town, nor Slate officers. Anv non-lree-holder may, on complaint of two freehold t5rs, be compelled to leave tne State a: dav's notice, and if ho refuse, he mav be punished at the whipping post and then forcibly removed. The non-freehold jr is not ahowed to u as a iu:or he cannot become bail he cannot have access to the courts of justice without the endorse ment of a freeholder; but he is taxed for his personal estate, made to perform military duty, A;c. From the odious and repressive restrictions of such a law. it is not wonderful that the non-freeholders should wish to be emancipated ; on the contrary, it seems incredible that they should have quietly submitted to the evils so long. About ten years since a petition was presented to the legislature praying to extend the right of suffrage, under certain restrictions, to non-freeholders. The 6e!ect committee to whom the petition was referred, report ed that there was no necessity lor the change petitioned for; that in their opinion none but freeholders should be allow ed the privilege of voting, in short, that the Legislature had notthe power to grant the praver of the petitionei s. Incensed at the report of the committee, a growing fftling of discontent manifested itsell amonjr the non-freeholders, which co:i;i:3uetl to increase, and witti u a hatred towards freeholders, or, aristocrats, as thev are termed, including, of course each suc cessive legislature, until the spring of lat year. Now we come to the true issue between the two present parties, which is not, as seems to be generally supposed, whether the non-freeholders shall or shall not bf entitled to the elective franchise. About a year since a convention was duly called underthe sanction of the legal authorities of the State, a Constitution was draf:ed conceding all, and even more than all the advocates of an extended suffrage had ev er demanded extending the right of suf frage to every native bora ci'izen of the United States, who had resided in the State two ye?rs, being twenty-one yrars of age and upward. Immediately after the call for this convention was issued, another was called by the non-freeholders, entitled the "People's Convention," the delegates to which were chosen before the delegates to the other. A "People's Con vention" wa? hurriedly published, and in a manner adopted, before the legal con vention was brought to a close, and before it could it could be known what might be the result thereof. This w as done to embarrass the legal conventio, and render it possible, its doings nugatory. The true and onlv reason why the late proposed legal constitution was not adopted by a majority of voters, lies in this fact; the instrument was not the offspring of the party who voted against it; for, as we have said before, it conceded all, and more than all, that party ever asked in regard to the elective franchise. We have herb endeavored to lay the pith of the subject before our readers in a few words; the non-freeholders, or illegals as they are designated, have assumed revolutionary ground, and boldly avowed revolutionary principles ; they will listen to no compromise, and threaten, to destroy the present government by force of arms. Hut taking history for our premises, and deducing inferences therefrom, we are led to the conclusion that those who en'ertain treasonable designs, which they openly and boldly avow, have not the intention, nor the resolution to execute them. Notwithstanding the bluster and show of military preparation lately made, we venture to predict that but little blood will be shed; that the most heated ant! headstrong will bring to their aid a little of Falstalf 's philosophy, and determine, uh that renowned knight, that "the better part of valor is discretion." A young physician of Rom?, . a letter from that city, has succeeded in discovering the mear.s of petrifying all substaucesof organic formation, without their being changeu materially in color. A few dsy af transf irmation. sutTieienl lie ha' to rpfrate th's n'resdy exhihited fiovrr?, birds, Rshff, beautifully petrfied, hotr.r a hede,

STANLEY AND WISE. In the following, from the Correspon

dence of the Courier, is an account o the race affray, which looks as if it might ue auuientic: The affray which occurred on Saturday between Messrs. Wise and Stanley has nas oeen trie subject of much conversa tion. As is usual in mieli pipq eovoro versions of the matter, differing consider I t i s . O , . v u vwj - H. I U ably lrom each other, are afloat. I will give the account which I have reason to believe perfectly correct in every essential particular Hoth gentlemen attended the races on Saturday on horseback. Mr. Stanley was mounted on a horse hired from a liv ery stable in the city, which he had never before rode. When the races were over Mr. Stanley mounted his horse and rode towards the Course. He had not proceeded far before he encountered Mr. Wise, who was tiding in the same direction. I he two lode on side bv side, exehaniring no words, but Wise directing angrv glances at Stanley. Two gentlemen who w-re riding some distance in the rear, one of them a Mr. Starke, and the oilier a Lieutenant in thf anny whose name has escaped me, ohsprved the position of affairs, and one observing to the other that "those o-entlemen were riding too close together, and an encounter might ensue," Mr. Starke pressed his horse forward and ruling between .Mr. Wise nnd Mr. Stanley, accosted the former and requested l-im to ride on wiih him. Mr. Wise did so, and Mr. Stanley was left alone. After a little while Mr. Stanley pressed his horse on with a view of parsing Mr. Wi-e and his companion. Ue came up to them at a muddy place in the road outside of tne gate of the race coHre. His horse fhieJ at the pond or mud pud uie in tne centre oi trie road, ami in so doing brought him in contact with Mr Wise in such a manner that his own foot was disengaged from the stirrup and Mr Wise was discomposed in his seat. Mr. Stanley was in the act of wheeling his horse with a view of saying to Mr. V ise that the circumstance was acciden tal, when the latter struck him heavily on the head with what appeared to be a rat tan loaded at the end with lead. J he blow was po forcible as to break his hat and if it had faden on the temple, must lavo takn Stanley s life. For a moment Mr. Stanley was stunned by the blow, but recovering himself, he turned to W ise and said, "You cowardly scoundrel, you struck me from behind." Wise replied making reference to Stanley's riding against him. Stanley replied that he did so "because he could not hf Ip it." Wise then snid he (Wise) had already called him (Stanley) a coward, and might put that and the blow together and make the most of it. The matter would have gone further, and both were preparing to dismount, when Mr. Starke observed, "gentlemen this is no place to settle an affair of this kind,', (or words to that effect.) To this Mr. Stanley assented, and rode on. It is proper to remark, that Mr. Stanley was entirely unarmed, and had not even a stick or rattan. It is hardly to be presumed that an offence of this nature can rest where it is time will show the result. X. Y. Express. Bailie betxeeen a dog and a monkey. In 1790, a curious battle took placo at Worcester between a dog and a monkey, on a wager of three guineas to one that the dog killed the monkey in three minutes, the owner of the dog agieeing to permit the monkey to use a stick about a foot long. Hundreds of spectators weic assembled to witness the fight; bets ran right, nine and ten to one in favor of the dog:, which could hardly be held in. The owner of the monkey took from his side pocket a thick round ruler, about a foot long, threw it into the paw of the monkey, sayinir.'N'ow Jack, look sharp; mind that dog!, Then here goes for your monkey! cried the butcher, letting the don loose, which flew with tisrer-likc fierceness. The monkey with astonishing agility, Fprang at least a yard high, and falling upon the dog, laid fast hold of the back of the neck with his teeth, and seizing one ear with his left paw to prevent his turning to bite. In this unexpected situation. Jack fell to work with his ruler upon the head of the dog, which he beat so forcibly and rapidly that the creature cried out most eloquently. In shoit tha scull was soon fractured, and the Jo? carried o(T in nearly a lifeless state. The monkey was of the middle 6ize. Ihrrilde cjfair. A frightful crime was perpetrated a few days ago. at Gretna, opposite Lafayette. An individual named Belthar.ar Arcngo Y". Borton, presented a family named Jecks, with bottle of anisette, impregnated with poigon. All the family were taken ill from flrinkin? of it. and one of them, a young lady, Miss Melvina Jecks, died, after excrutiating suffering. The cordial has been sent to several chemists, who are now engaged in its analysis. Arengo was nrrested, and is now undergoing examination. JV O. Bee, !ay 6. 9 A V.'effcrnifin. One of our backwoods exchanges tells a hunting incident which was as rich in the peculiar grotesque wit of the West as any thing we ever met. A m-:!i in hunting bears, discovered a nest of cnbs in a hollow tree. He descended with the idea of capturing or killing them, but, found them too mrch for him, and fearinc the return of the dam. backed out but not till the gentle infints had nicked all the buttons off the breast of his coat! If we ronld recollect where we saw this, the writer should have rrdit f.-r it. ,tfe Made ft if A lady feinted iway n a ha. roani rerrr.tly, upon r. entVmin nr;ng brr hi hand, wiih an unr'r-"rd kid g!ov vpcr. ''

What we like to toe . We like to see young men pretend to do bUsi

ncss wnen they are only Joanhg about town. It shows there is ease and comfort in the wotld We like to see a crowd of young men on the street making remarks about every lady that pas ses, ii snows a due regard tor the sex. We like to see four schools in town and no body inquiring after the progress ot the scholars. It shows the deep interest felt by the citizens for education. We like to see temperance meetines rostnon. ed from week to week, till every body forgets there will be one at all. It shows how little use there is in such a thinz in our rminlrv. a like to see men catchin? items at a win. dow or peeping in at a key -hole. It shows a disposition to accumulate knowledge. Ve like to see a younc man at Church nod his head across the Consregation at a lady. It shows the interest he feels on such occasions. We like to see grown men pitchinz dollars in the stre;t for want of daily employment. It shows some improvementin society. e lie to see a merchant try ng to force customer to purchase an article for which he ha no use. It shows he appreciates the people' wants. We like to see candidates polite to the wo men. it indicates a love for the best interests of the country. W e hue to see old women deeply interested in every body s business but t h -i r own. It indi cates a philanthropic disposition. W L-a., : i: i. i . uium nuniuuau Claim lor iiilui.,cii3 uu njr vtikuum in iown. n indicates an emulous ambition. e like to see voung mn vision places where pen, ink and paper is kept, and scribbling their names over all the paper they can lav their nanc.s on. It snows a desire to let other L-nnru hat they are about. Tobacco packing. In preparini? tobacco for packing, after it is thoroughly cure !, it should be neatly tied in bundles of about twglve leaves in the hand, well assorted, and should be bulked in double rows, without kneeing down, and verv osm wt-i-ttiKs pui on me rui. it snouu lie in these bulks sin or eight weeks at least, then hung up until perfectly dried when it may bo taken down in proper case, bulked in large bulks, kneed do wn and weighted. After twelve to fifteen days it may te packed, in ail cases tobacco should be kept away from the dampness of the earth, and whenever it is found to ba hot in bulk, it should be hung up. All the fine tobacco f Ohio and Maryland is prepared in this manner, The yew York race. The race between Fashion and Boston, at 20 000 a side, was won by Fashion the Northern horse. The first heat was won by Fashion in 7 minute 32 1-2 seconds, and the second in ? minutes 45 seconds. This is better time than was made by F.ciipse, in the great race with Henry, being in the average seventeen seconds less. Cist. Gaz. e TIic Florida War. We learn from the Savannah Kcpub'ican of the 2d inst. that IUlleck Tustenuggce, has once more come in and had an interview with Col. Worth. This took place a few hours after tho late battle in the neighbor hood of the Ocklawaha, in which tho Indians were severely worsted. Halieck had gone out again promising to bring in some sixty or seven, ty of his people, including at least twenty warriors. Col. Worth hus given him the assuranco that he phall be made a chief, and held out other inducements, which it is considered n o doubt will sscurc his integrity Cin. (la. . "I must have it." How strong is t'ie drunk ard's appetite. A gentleman travelling a fewyears since, came to a river which he wished to cro.-s. While waiting for the ferry boat to return from the opposite side, he stepped into the ferry house; he found in the room into which he went a good fire to warm himself. 3iiJ a good bench to sit down upon. The only article in the rcom was a barrel of whiskey, which stood in one corner ready tapped. He heard laughing in the other part of the building, but still retained his seat. Poon a man came in, whose clothes were ragged, and whose whole appearance indi cated the drunkard. He held in his hand a tin cup, and with it ho went to the whiskey barrel, drew out some and drank it run: The gentle man began to tell him the evils of drinking, and recommended that he should take the barrel out of doors, and pour the whiskey on the ground. I know all that you can tell me about the evils,' laid the man, 'two men (and he spoke the truth) have died here since that barrel was brought into the house, and I expect to die before it is gone. but I mutt have it.' Canada Term. Adv. A considerable number of ancient coin? were dug up on the bank of the Thames, in London, recently. They were of vaI " 1 - r I 1 nous reiirns, inciuum?- some ot toiwaru IV and Edward VI, but principally of Ilenrv VIII. The i teres were ol vari ous valueincluding sovereigns, half sovereigns, shillings, groats, half groats, pence, and half pence, of the I'ritish coinage of those times. There were also in the collection various r3re and curious old, silver and coppr r coins, of other nations, including France, Sp..in, Portugal, and Germany among them a gold piece of larcje size and beautiful die evidently of the time of the Crusiders having the Grecian cross, surrounded with the motto. "In hoc signo vinces. It is supposed that these coins were deposited for safety and secresy in the bed of the river, by some ecclesiastic rvho was apprehensive of the conflict' tinn of ii's property fjr his opin ion; and this opinion strengthen d by so many of the coins being of the reign of Henry VIII, and the rmi'igui'y of the deposit to the Episcopal Church. lioit. Transcript. Accident to the Diana. We learn from the John Perru. thai i! p sit-.un hoit Diana from l,nuisvi!!e to New Oihans. burs! her steam pipe nrar IV nceton by which sevna' perons v.-rre Itiiled an.l scalded The nnuies of t! c person- ucre noi known. A number of cattle werr n'c A hi cxp'ortr'n V- I i'is y rn.

From the American Farmr.r.

To protect Trait from la to Spring- Prost. Sia. Many expedients have been-resorted to for the protection of fruit from the blighting influence of late frosts. Throwing a sheet over the tree, hanging iron upon it, kindling a fire under it, &c, have each been found to have a beneficial influence, but none have been more effi cient than the experiment which I am about to describe. My friend. Major Ruff, who is a vir tuoso, latelyjinformed me that many years flgo he saw it stated in a French paper, that by throwing n hempen rope over the top of a tree, when in bloom or near the time of blooming, and by letting its low er end touh the ground, the tree would thus be protected from the influence of the frost. '1 his I thought quite rational and philosophic; I accordingly made tha experiment. To prove more fully the modus operaiidi I look two dishes halffilled with water, and set them a few fret distant, under the tree on the night before an expected frost, the trees being nee.rly in full bloom. Throwing the rope over the top of the tree I let the other hang in tho water of one of the dishes the went proved the correctness of the theory. There wa" a iiard frost on the morning of the 27th inst. and the dish into whichlhe rope was deposited contained ico to the thickness of a dollar, while that in the other dish was scarcely of the thickness of paper. The philosophy of the above experiment is this; the rope, which was previ ously wetted, was a conductor of heat: the air, and cf course the limbs of the tree became colder, in the nicht than the eerth the rope conducted iho hpw frmn the earth to the tree. U,u keep'. per up an equilibrium and preserving the tre from frost. As f.u as my observation extend-, the critical time for fruit is long before it ix in" blossom; but it is nevertheltss trje, that severe and protracted cold rA the time or even later, will destroy the fmir. This was the case lat vear. The fruit wan killed by sever frost after it had bee-' formed. There is not in mv mind a doubt that by Httaohing a rope to each tree of choice fruit and thus letting it permanently remain through the winter and spring that the fruit would be secure .1 from the effects of frost. To the incredulous and the supercili ous, who balance their prist all their livwho, sufficiently wise, despise knowledge and instruction, the above ni3y appear un worthy their attention. j,et such be in formed that it b not les philosophic than ghtning roi.'s attached to buildings fo protect them front the iniluence of elec tricity let them be informed that There are more things in Heaven and I'arth Than their philosophy has ever dreamed of." W. h. HOKTO.W Woodlawn, Hartford Co., March tJOih, 842. e Trifles are not to be despised. Tl o nerve ol a tooth, not as lame as the lineal cambric needle, will sometimes drive ti man to distraction. A musquito can make an e'.pphgnt absolutely mad. The rock which causes a navy to founder is tho work of a worm. The warrior that withstood death in a thousand forms may be. killed by an insect. Small pleasures make the sum of human happiness. The deepest wretchedness often result from perpetual continuance of petty pain3. A single look from those we love often produces exquisite pain or unnlloyed pleasure. The firt glas of wine that wrs drunk led to all the horrors, miseries and crimes that have sprung drunkencss and darkened the earth for centuries. Suffocating Cough. A correspond.1! t of the London Medical Gazette has di -covered a remedy for this distressing af fection. My method of proceeding, says he i9. to close the patient's nostrils with my thumb and forefinger, during ex piration, and leave them free during inspiration, nnd, in a very short time, the patient will be relieved from his paroxysm. I have followed this plsn whenever I hate had orcaion to do so, and always with success. Kincr Charlc II. on n certain time pay ing a visit to Dr. Busby, the Dr. is paid to have strutted through the school with his hat on, while his majesty walked complacently behind, with his hat under hi arm; but when he was taking his leave ?t the door the doctor, with great humility, thus addressed the King: 'I hope your majesty vtill ecuse my want of respect hitherto; but if my boys were to imegine there wa a a greater man in the kingdom than my.'f, I should never he able to ml them. Rising among the Blac!:s in Cube. We learn from Manzanilla de Cuba, thst a report had be en obtained there of a conflict" between the soldiery and the black peasantry, in which fifty of the latter had been killed. It was stated, that a number of runaway negroes had established themselves among n range of hills about lf or 20 miles Irorn St. Jago d Cuba, where they formfd a -elllement somewhat similar to that established am oner the back woods of Trelawtiv, near Dromilly. fonic