Weekly Messenger, Volume 5, Number 241, Vevay, Switzerland County, 13 August 1836 — Page 2

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was.hjrn, T. rerscnJ mambcri wr totally

Thi!nonplu-icJ, bat at length an idea was started

I . '. 1 .....

tvt c.'-iahra'.f Jat the set uf ti . eminent.

l td U j ji;e;i re to the iolloa log j lA ivlicc- j ni adapted as explanatory -It was this

t,t.;:s in in

"iShanie s": brothers were aiKi j;ii. w e Mat the feehn:

V a, nation

1 legrapn:

mi-' while ail arou;id us, our H u v ing in the deeds of ihcir were Mijjine. Suanie indeed, I should not exist at the seatol

that bv the old bull they must understand the

devil, whom th'eV were to secure till mr. N.

jcould come and take care ol him.

litt. Tha iriudw happening to ke opea atjgled-in tha branches oftha tree, by which hsr the moment, R. fired from it with unerring life was preserved, though at the expense of aim, and shot W. through the heart. Both some severe fractures, that for many months

the government, which would prompt u to gtiii .-r bev.e i'ii the b inner, attJ rejoice i 1 the t-i ilti iiu v ol it? ?tar5. What will the people think : it? They w ill be surprised that under n administration which essentially hasrlaiir.ed to be the administration of republican prin-ci-d-j-. the Fourth of Julv should pass over

w ithout the sparkle of a toast, or the flash of

h cannon. Yes, thev will be surprised; but

the r -irh nf the cn-i !iould be told in order

that the f set niay go forth in connection with the Viianii-.

his cit V is tilled with ollioe-nouers men

it.. h.-.-n forced to bend to but one

i 1

ho

t-h i'ie

hev

are onu;en in bpiui iuu nmv;-

iieiideneo: dar.-: not lift her s ntr ol liberty a

in: 1 oar streets a cloud of utter darkness lays like a cotft i p ill over the patriotism of other

.! ,.! an 1 political Urgreuauon siauj

i -I.". .. ': rurnor of our avenue, and

Am K'lidail stalks from Ins Home io ms oitkc. a blister and a blight to every emotion that w nilJ enkindle a desire to Hand beneath i pavers and thank our Creator that we are

T; Inn- strimr encircles

iereu J Hits, and a

Clown v. Clown. The trial of Debureau,

the far-famed clown at the Fuuambules, w ho unfortunately killed a young man named Vie-

lui, by striking him with a stick, came on before the court of Assizes on Saturday, and, as may be supposed, attracted a very numerous

auditory, lhe prisoner stated, that having

'one on April ISth, with his wife and family,

to take a long country walk, he met the de-

eased at liomainville, who, recognizing him,

cried after him in the mast insulting language,

and utter outrageous expressions aguust his

wife.- lie kept following them about, and two hours and a half afterwards, having reached Liagnolet, Vielin, who was still at tneir heels, came forward and spat in his wife' face, lie

ecmed to have been instigated by his master,

y whom he was accompanied. Alter t .is

the Watts' were placed on the same bed; the

dead and dying a sight well calculated to

check the uncontrolled and hery passions ol

those around. Randolph afier the perpetration of the above, walked deliberately from the room into

the sireet, ar.tiingt a crowd of spectators.

with cocked pistols in each hand. No at

tempt was made to impede his progress, and

confined to a bed of sickness and danger.

MARCH OF INTELLECT. The Mormons. A gentleman living in Lo

raine county Ohio, writes that a more extraordinary sect has never f prung up since the

days of Mahomet. In the tow n ol lvirlland they have erected a stone temple at an expense of 10,000. It is sixty by eighty feet

he quietly procceeded to the ferry, which helbroad, and fifty feet high. It has two rows of crossed, seemingly under no apprehension of gethie windows. The floor is hc place of

arrest. A. O.

paper.

The New Orleans Advertiser of the 19th states, that 2100 of the emigrating Creek Indians arrived in that city on the preceding day from Mobile, on their way to the place of their destination. Lou. Jour. Frauds. The following is an extract of a letter in a late number, of the Frankfort Commonwealth. We do not wonder at the oppo-

will silence every

charm of despotism. W

rcles the necks of his

in warning

word that wouid breac the

!l write frets."

tinker raise l

With regard to the independence of Texas however willing we may be lo see it established, we. foresee questions to arie out of it, which will b sufficiently perplexing. And, wii'u remrd to the annexation of Texas to the

United SJlKttv, which is per naps ai some nine

vgard it, come evil. We have ?fied that, if this

all

r-.r ni'ier inevitable, we

h mi it in IV. a an mevuaui

n.i desire to precipitate it, sat

Union is to be dissolved, it will be by yielding o the promptings of ambition by acquiring territory aUei territory, whether by purchase u- b coaqaost, in addition to the vast region which it aheady occipies. After we shall

L'-d Texas to the United atatcs snail

have annex'.

we stop iheie

Or, shall w e not also seek to

.1. .. f'...!.l;-iTKiiiafin:i

one auor anouiei ,ia:in, ...-,

md saon, untill no t )ie;gn terri-

Keauiri

: iiV .ii thU rtntinent for U5 to lonZ for?

W!

pu'ohc, l!

io 4 aall sci a umu iu n1"""""' v ... . -ii i

fit he bat once mmiisreu.

.Xal imal Intelligencer.

The Hon.Chas. A. WickhtT-vn his speech ftt Covin-ton, took occasion to notice theepi-th.-'l of ''tlrarinv" sometimes applied to Gen.

Harrison bv l.is enemies, and those who were

the enerrie r-1 the late war wiin uruain. -Thc old Hero" said Mr. Wicklilfe, 4'is a most cSicient Granny indeed I consider him the bet mi'iicife I ever knew, for 1 saw him deliver Gen. IVoctor of the British Army of six hundred children in forty minutes. Louisville Journal.

took his stick bv the middle, and whirled it

ibout, with intent to frisihten him, but, his

ivife inf rferiii;r lhf slirL- slrmlc the deceased I measure, he

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n the head. Legcr, the master of Vielin, and his wife, deposed that the blow given was

not hard, and expressed their belief that it was

ccasioned by the interference of the prisoners wife. The surgeons who exam'ned the

body, declared that, inconsequence of scrofula, the skull of the deceased was remarkably

thin. Several persons bore testimony to the mildness of Debureau's disposition, who afier a short consultation called forth loud plaudits frc:n the auditory.

long continued provocation, he (the prisoner) ition imde by mr. Van Buren and others to

uie uisiriuunon ol tne surplus revenue, uoi uu we wonder, that, after the passage of the

, T - a w measure, he thought himself "in a bad box.

Mr. V. U. and cJ. Johnson, to say nothing of

scores of iheir associates, have been using the

public monev foi speculation in the public

lands, amassing kingly fortunes out of capita! not their own, and it is not surprising, that they start, tremble, and turn palv,when they

'find thai the atrociousnes9 of ihcir conduct is

about to b6 exposed, and the national revenue to be wrenched from their grasp: Lou. Jour. Mount VERNON,wJuue 21, IS36. uMr. Editor: I saw a respectable gentleman one whose word cannot be doubted, who

said that he visited Arkansas last fall, and he told me that he had seen a constitution which was called "The Constitution of the American company," and that Martin Van Buren was a member, with a capital $1,000,000; the ob ject of which was, to speculate in the public lands. That there is such a company there, there is no doubt, and that Van Buren is a member is also true. If it is denied that there is

such a company, and that Van Buren is a mem

ber, 1 am prepared with proot to prove it."

The Couutess of Harrington, as every body knows,or should know, w as formerly miss Foot,

the actress, celebrated in her day as the cheie

amie ci colonel Berkeley, now Lord eagrae, and renowned for the LVa-green llayne affair. She has furnished paragraphs enough in her day for the english newspapers; but not long since oneofouj New York cotemporarie took hoJJ of her, and told a melancholy story of two

or three of her children, by Lord Seagrave,

being in New lork in a state of deplorable

destitution, supported by a poor female, who

earned a precarious subsistence as a washer

woman. The story was good enough in its way; but, it had the misfortune not to be tiue. A friend incidentally mentions in a letter from London that the children aforesaid are in Cheltenham, living with a mrs. Mason. They are under the protection of their father, at whose expense they are handsomely supported, and liberally educated. The New York

publication reached all the parties concerned, and caused no little annoyance, they having

transgressions enough on their shoulders, with out adding invention.

worship, with four rows of pulpits at each end,

having three pulpits in a row. 1 hese twelve

pulpits rise behind and above one another, and are assigned, the upper most row for the bishop and his counsellois, the third for the teachers, and the fourth or lowest for the deacons. Over the division between each of the rows

of pulpits, is a painted canvas?, rolled up to the ceiling, and to be let down at pleasure, so as to conceal the dignataries from the audience. The area can be divided into four apartments so as to carry on the objects of imposture. The second and attic stories are for a theological and literary seminary, which is expected to have the manuel system attached to it. The M rmons ate very eager to acquire an education. Men women, and chil

dren arc studying Hebrew. Some of the men, in the middle age, pursue their Hebrew till 12 o'clock at night, and attend to nothing else. They pretend to have remarkable revelations, work miracles, heal the sick, &c. &c.

The office of Mr. M.O. Davi, money bro-

Ur. n ei.trred on Monday night, and hi

! ,..f rWU.,1 nearlv SOOOO. The thief

catered the fi outdoor by means of a key, and opened a small money drawer, in which he

f v.irvl the kev of the iron chest. 1 hree persons

have been apprehended on suspicion of havinT committed burglary. One of them leaped

into the canal, either to evade his pursuers or

dc-noiitc the stolen money in the mud. 1 Lou. Jaur.

A civil felloxc. The jail in Nantucket is

in suc h a deplorable state of dilapidation that the only person confined in it recently senl

his compliments to the civic authorities, and

informed them that, if the establishment was

not effectually repaired, he should not be a-

ble to stay there in bad weather, much as he

wished to oblige them. 1 his fellow is prob

bly akin to the jailor, who occasionally allow j inga prisoner to go out lor a walk in the eve

ning, threatened to lock him out altogether it

he d dn't keep better hours, and come home

sooner.

saac Ross of Mississippi, died last

V mil we understand, was killed in the lower part cflhe city jesterday. Another -was shot dead on the north side oi Bear Grass Creek on Monday, and the shyer taken into

custod v

.lb.

Th dinger of a war with Mexico, which has we confess, been to us, ever s nee the first outbreak of the revolt of Texas, and the strenuous and loo often interested cavorts made ;n ih United States to enlist the sympathy

:md co-operation of our citizens in its behall; source of unfeigned apprehenun, see.s

more imminent, We f ar war at any time, and with any people but especi il'.y do wC fear it when on our part causelessly, rashly,and w ickedly pro voved. We bar it from its tendency to de

moralize and corrupt our citizens turning

Um from the ouict pursuits and paths

teace, to the blood-stained and vain-glorious

dm. -lioin of martial renow n and deeds.

1 u i,ua previous reflection, that w hena'd

t tendencies of European politics and the

hiimaiiizins influence of mutual intercourse,

mutual wants.aiid mutual interests, arc opera

tincr to keen down and subdue the war spirit,

thU chosen land of freedom, of equality, ol the nr.,(t rmnd of the ercatcst number to all

which war is adverse should seem emulous to court i!- horrors and rush into its desolating rorlex. .V. Y. Aimrifon.

Mr. I

January, leaving one hundred and seventy-

slaves upon a large plantation. By his wil

the plantation will be managed as hitherto

during the life ol his daughter Mrs. Heed.

At her death, it is to be decided by vole ol

all the slaves over twenty-one. whither thev

w ill remove to Liberia or remain in slavery.

If the former is chosen, the plantation is to be

applied to cover the outward expenses, setile

them handsomely, and endow an institution of

learning in some part of the colony. If the

remain, the estate, slaves, kc. are to be sold

and the avails to be invested in funds unde

trustees for the said institution in Liberia.

Cincinnati Journal.

Pott office revenue. lhe nett amount

postage which .accrued in the year 1835, in

the United States was I,yUl,2l 88. The nett amount received in Indiana $21,300 30.

of

The rer. mr. N ,ofXew Haven was appointed to preach before the association. some circumstance prevented his attendance. He therefore thought it expedient to w rite an apology. While he was thus engaged, a messenger infoimed him that his bull had grown very surly. Mr. N , immediately wrote a .few lines to the man who had his bull in pasturing, andy accident directed this letter to the association. It was o pened by a moderator, when to his utter astonishment, he read as foil ms: "You may tie th rdd hn'I f r :he present, and when 1

- u : k r. I to it I will com2 and taks c re of

Terrible njfray. The steamer Carrolton, ar

rived on Sunday last from Vicksburg, bring;

intelligence of a deadly affray which took

place there previous to leaving, between

planter of the name of Randolph and a Dr

Watts; both citizens of the place. It oriirin

ated from an old grudge, said to have existed

between the parlu s lor some time. It apnea

Dr. W. met Mr. II. on the morning of the 14U

i nst. when he drew trom his breast a pisto

which he tired at Randolph; but missing him

and perceiving that he was unarmed he ran up

to him and inflicted several severe blows on his head with the butt end of the pistol. Some time after when Randolph had recovered from

the blivws inflicted on hirr., he armed himself

with a brace of pistols, and meeting Walts at

the Mansion house, where they both boarded

followed him and fired as he entered his ow

room, when in the act of seating himself along

side his lady, lhe ball passed through hi

right arm; wilh the other he made an effort

to seize Randolph, but failing, K. tired a sc

cond pistol at him, the ball from which lodge

in his Stde. lhe Doctors biotaer on D;ing

informed of the rencontre, seized a r.ue and

made towards Randolph's apaitment, threat

ening to break open the door aad take fei

There is a story recorded of an Indian who being tied to the stake was strongly pursuaded by a Francisian friar to turn Christian, under an absolute promise of going to heaven.

1 he unhappy wretch demanded of the father whether heshould be likely to meet with Spaniards there? and being answered that it was

full of them instantly refused the friar's coun-

iVc tU Dlaart Dilki, ,Y. K OvxriU. We publish by request the followine ex

tracts from a letter from a gentleman former

ly resident in Meredith, in this county to u friend in that place, dated at Allenville, Switzerland county, Indiana May, 15, 183G. I)r..n Sir, -I will endeavor to give you i description of this region of country and tlm

innnbitnnts as far as mv observation and information extends. In "doing which 1 "shall

neither extenuate nor set down aught in malice,'J as said Othello, (a) but speak of it as it is. You would not be much interested wiiU the particulars of our journey e ven if I could give a faithful narrative, bow 70 of us w ent cramed into a little canal boat and how 50O of us were seasick on Lake Eric for twodays together. Suflke it to say. we arrived stfe at a little village called the Rising Sun,

on the north bank of the Ohio rivnr .l u

bout 30 miles below Cincinnati on the 17ih. day after we left Meredith, (b) Here we re

mained aoouta week when we moved nbout nine miles in the county of Switzerland. Indian!, and took up our residence in a comfortable log house "sui. Tended by a very fine country, nil settled, by; thriving farmers" so we are told, (c) Our first enquiry was for something to cat, not doubling we should find, if not milk and

honey a plenty of good wheat and something in the likeness of meat. Wc called on tlm nearest farmer, a man w ho has a large farm, a very friendly man and one that I should think as w ell as off as any of his neighbors. Can you let us have some Flour? w e asked. No. Can you let us have some pork? No. Can you let us have some corn! No. And thus went through wilh the whole list of eatables and drinkables and the answer was uniformly no, I have nol enough for my own family. He finally concluded to spare us a peck or half bushel potatoes and three pints milk. It so happened we brought with us a cheese, part of a ham and two or three loaves of

ril. declaring- he had seen too much of them

in this world, to wish to asBociilc with them bread, (d) and with these and the half bushel

in the next.

Further Indian Massacres. ThcChar-

ston papers gives further intelligence of In

dian depredations in tlic South. In Florida,

the Seminoles have committed several murders and created considerable consternation

imontr the people, not. it would seem, with

any expectation of conquering the whites, but

solely from feelings oi desperation ana revenge.

l he UeorgiaStandaidoitne t'won oi me zuin

It. contains a lelter from Uen. W ilcox to the

governor of the State, giving an account of an engagement between a corps of Georgia volunteers and a party of about CO Indians at the

lead waters of the Suwannee in which all

the Indians were either killed or taken prisoners. Lou. Jour.

An earthquake was recently rclt in Virginia

and another in North Carolina. 1 hey were

no doubt, shocking affairs.

Linzevilu of the Quakers. The following

is copied from the obituary of the society of

riends, for the year 1SJJ: "It is a remarka

ble feature in the present obituary, that, out of rather more than two hundred adults re corded in it, the ages of full one-third, or more

lhan eighty persons, are from seventy to ninety-seven years of age, present ing an average of eighty-five years; full one-filth of the two

hundred being from eighty-one to ninety-seven

years old.

A probable cast. Wc have heard the follow

ng story told of chancellor Kent, w hether it?

ocation is correct or nol, it if a very good sto

y. A lawyer once, in addressing the chancel-

or, found it necessary to illustrate his argu

ment by supposing a case. "Suppose, said the lawyer, -your honor should pick my pock

et. "Not a supposable case, replied tin chancellor, fid get ling on his scat," not a sup

posable case sir," "1 beg your pardon, returned the attorney. "We will alter the case:

suppose 1 pick your pocket sir." "Aye, aye,'

'replied his honor, "quite a probable case

quite probable proceed, sir. o. JW. ne-rs

Aversions to matrimony. Many of theyoung females in Greenland have such a deep rooted abhorrence fo matrimony, that when they

are much importuned by suitors, and are afraid of the compulsory interference of iheir parent?

ihey tlope into the woods .and t ut ofl their

lair. I he disgrace attendant on the loss ol

i his legant ornament of the head, is so threat

in that island, that it elTecluully secures them

irom luruicr importunity, oy scaring away their lovers.

A STARTLING INCIDENT. An enclish lady, accompanied by her bus

band and a party of friends, was riding on

day along a very ragged part of the coast.

s she was only a temporary resident, she war

j t

mouned on a hired horse, the ow ner of the

steed attending as usual, in the capacity t

irroom and guide. Near a veiy rugged pari

of the. cleft the horse took fright aad fell will

her over the precipice, where oolti were im-

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mediately l-si to sight amidst the trees and

" . . .

huh?s. I hi entire party dismounted, and in

dread dismav hurried after the Unfortunate suf

ferer. Thejlalian, from knowing the road;

was at the bottom, where the Lnghsh on nr riving, found him screaming and lamenting o

ver the dying sleed, abusing all the saints in the calender for having killed the horse of a

eood Catholic, instead of breaking the necks

of a party of arch heretics

To all inquiries about the lady he was as

deaf as a post, continuing only his Italian

-creams, prayers, and incantalkns; but no soon

erhad he been told that his horse should be

A Spanish merchant on the coast of Africa laving been plundered by one of the late

Muly Molach'i Alcaydes, threatened to de

mand justice, but was obliged to take refuge

among the woods. Some months sifter Muly

massed that way with his court, the merchant

went directly to the road, seized the bridle oi

Muly's horse, and demanded justice against the Alcayde that had wronged him. Molach,

astonished at his boldness, asked dim, lf heknew who he was!' 1 know,' said the Spaniard, 'that thou art emperor of Morocco, aad

I know therefore that it bccomelh thee to do . . mat n i . a t i

me right. iuuiy called lor the Alcayde, ami finding him guilty, commanded him instantly

lo be beheaded; ordering the merchant to re

ceive a triple recompense out of his i-llccts;

md as he was withdrawing, the 1 rtmc re

proached the meanness of bis Courtier's spirits,

by saying to them, 'behold a man:

SINGULARITY IN DRESS.

A judicious person affirms that a singular!.

ty, or oddncss of habit, generally discovers a

wrong tumofhead. He instances in one who

wore a double cravat, curiously plaited, and a perriwig of an uncommon size, who turned

trench prophet; another, who was fon.l cf

three buttons on his hat, at 70 manieu himaid of 18; a third, who wore a hanger by his

-ide, and u feather in his bar, who drowned nirnsclf for love of a widow. Believes tl e dis-

eomposures in Bedlam, may be traced in the

same manner.

At Chancey in Champagne was found on a tree a wild girl, about eighteen years old, that feeds upon leaves and raw flesh; is as swift as i hare, and climbs like a cat.

In September 1731 the magazine of gunpowder, on Brimstone Hill in the Island of St. Christophers, of 150 barrels, was fired by lightning and blew up. About twenty-seven ears before, the same accident happened there, by the same cause. From Bohemia they write, that two ladies had (ought a duel from an accomplished young Knight, in which one being dangerously n ouiw ded in the breast, resigned him to the sole possession of her victorious rival.

ELLEN JEWETT'S MOURNEUS. The Boston papers say that tho notorious and extensive Chichester gang of bullies in the City of New Yoik now pass under the nbove new title, and are distinguished by white-

fur hats with black ribbons, and black hats wilh while ribbons. We believe the latter

distinction is the only one w hich the members

Oi this banditti openly, adopt, although we have heard it staled that they have lately as

sumed a new and highlv polished white s.vin

paid for, than, thanking St. Januaris for his hat, with a narrow piece of crnpe. At leat it

generosity, he very quietly tu.rried round and is the wearers of this last flash invention, that pointing to lhe right, said wilh a'l lhe coolness are hero known ng "Ellen Jowett's Muriiin the w orld, 'Oh if it is only the lady you arc ore." looking for, she it hanging in that tree; and so iadecd vhc was. licr drew bad g$rt tataa-1 Virtue ie Iremre I icsk lo oVUin it.

potatoes we got along for two or three days.

In the mean time we found another "larg farmer" who let us have a second half bushel potatoes, another whalet us have two chickens and an old rooster, and another who had killed a cow let us have a few pounds of beef. This is not fiction but facts. For four miles around among the inhabitants who had resided here from ten lo eighreen years and almost every section inhabited by farmers, wo found it impossible lo get the necessaries of life, (e) They had corn growing, but not ripe. They had pork growing, but not fit to kill, and their crop of wheat almost entirely

cut oft.

Our inferesfed friends and cousins here were very anxious to explain to us the cause

of the scarcity of provisions; and when they recommended the country very highly for w heat I just barely asked them where ihcy threshed their wheat? You may look for

miles together and noi find even an apology

lor a barn, (f) and our good friends would make us believe there was no rreat necessi-

yofa barn in this country. And the delu

sion was not dispelled until about the 10th

of November, when our winter set in and with

as much severity as you ever have a commencement in Mrrcdith. But 1 may us well tny

something in regard to the weather.

From the tune we arrived in this state till about the 20lh November, it was quite waim and pleasant and some part of the time extremely hot, with an occasional rainy dy, when our winter commenced in real earnest and continued for about a mouth, when the weather moderated dewn, the stKpw all went nil and the frost came out of the rcund.Fr.m about the middle of January till the close of winter, the weather was more vaiiahle but not as sudden changes as you ex

pcrience at the cast, lhe ccld has h Id on I iter this season than usual here so say the inhabitant. It was near the middle of April before we could plough, but at the date of thi t ie farmers have their si ri ig crops in and

grass looks very well. You must know we

are blessed wilh nil the advantages of a stiff

iv soil; and if vou ever lived on clay soil

you know by experience how comfortable il i

travelling in lay mud il not it is out of my power to describe the horrors of it. As far t I can learn the land produces 20 lo 25 bush

el of corn to the a re; sanre of oats. md 5 to.

13 wheat, (n) Apples flourish well here, ami without exception the best apnlc 1 ever ca

The same kind of apples here are alto';A--.

richer than at the rat. Tears will Puurisl

well if cultivated and also cherries, julnh for peaches, 1 find peach trtcs very, plentv

here but few peaches. Thev do not have

peaches oftcner, than once in fie. or six year.

lhe prospect's we shall .have some this yc;;

;f the frost d.ocs not kilj,tht'm,

The region of country around w here we-

are located is very, poorly watered: (i) no p r

manent streams. q, .water and very few spring-. This I find to. he arr;ou d.flinilly in all lb:.

part of the stale.. 1'have on my premises ; living spring aiuM have been told there ni. not another as. goqd, within fiyc mile of m All our permanent r.ii!Js are propelled I steam.. The principle liipK-r is cakof;K kMi& and, hickory, and. in addition we hatsome black walnu,tkwhite wood, whiteask, n-:; plie beach, locust, button-ball, Tcr. tec. 6lc. The inhabitants, appear to h.c? very friendly f f" you will p-vy them 6r .) and as much retired HS could be- expected. HeftjFe j m cha-ing 1 look tour on tow nr. U the interior of the slaftf and arrows info Obi' -and not finding much difference in the qnalii of the soil vxeept in the vicinty of rirvi.hcrc n. trtd a very rich aHuvI 'j i k.v-i