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VOL. XIX.
LANCASTER,  PA,  WEDJN^ESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1845.
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FOR TUK  EXAMINER  &,  IIERILI).
Vhe Child and the Old Ulan.
Old man. F giizeupon your Iinary liair.
A ctiilil. CO youiiR aud c«y; Ani* Ihink tny lucki. by the MaBi of care,
Will hliiacti as wliiie as ihey.
You haii ft moiher nnce. 1 know.
Whn o'er your pillow hung. Kisi'd from ynur cheek the hrtny Apw,
And taught yu-ir fallering tongue.
And when the nightly couch wai spread,
Wuuld bow yiur frehl*- knna, FlacB hpr hiitdfi upnn ynur ht^ad.
And knealing, pray fur (hee.
But venrs fled. an<l lea your childhnod's joy, tiay tporitf and pai'imes very dear.
Then up you rose, a wayward hiiy. And ecorucd the curb of (ear.
Youth cam«_lhe props cf virtua (led.
And ofl at fair day's dcclinr. Your nyeB wcr« ."wfll'd and reit. '       With iniox ical ion'iJ liBminj: wine.
In foreign lantl^you 'vc iri^-elleil wide, Your pulse then bonndin;; hiCj-li.
ViCK fprcad her ttiPBhea nt your side. And pli'aiuru lured your lyc.
And now, as I am growing up.
ricasB tell me. if you can. How I may drink from a hnppy cup.
Bhuuld I livu tu bu an ulil man 1
Tho olA mnn Uicn iHil thus reply.
With pleasure. I will now inform My young, my darling hoy.
How 10 eM;iipe the tlneaicncd storm.
Sou. Helen to your mother's voice.
And heed your mother's prayer; Twill hring yomnnny laBiiiiK joys,
And keep you frum temptation's snare.
And when lo man you have grown up, And childhoods* joy'i have fiud.
Shun Oh. libuM ihh .-parkling cupl
Which nninbtTs rcaion with the dead !
And as througu life*f paths you rove.
Thouph calm as n uiiil*:inirner d»ty, Kemember that tarihly joys and love.
Muit quickly, rtuickiy pass nway.
Then, eon, cling not to things of earth, Which so tfoon fade and die awny ;
For in ths land thni givis us hirlli, We mupi ruLuni again lo clay.
But place your hopes in God alone.
Go to ilim by failli aail cons aul prayer;
Remember your Saviour'a dying groan, Wlto all youc sinsUid buar 1
This ihrouch life will bwnr ynu up.
E/en in the rao»l foritlgn land ; Thus may you drink from a hnppy cup.
Should you live to be an old man.
And when you como to yield your breath. Holy fa'iih, true charity and love.
Will smooth the bed of death.
And bear you triumphantly above.
There with the holy, happy throng
Arounil the Heavenly throne. You shall fomvcr sing the new song,
rraising the Spirit. Father and Son.
Txi.kCK or DESPAIR, Salisbury, Sapl. 6. 1815,
J. B. L.
THE HOCUS-POCUS.
BY MESKILL C.  YOUKC.
Partly concealed within the borders of a wood which skirts a scene where a prairie
" Stretched in boundless beauty lies," is situated a charming little cottage, nestled in shade and the seclusion baneatti the fo¬ liage uf overshadowing boughs.     On the piazza in front of this dwelling, a venera¬ ble sucker, (named Gordon,) was seated, one summer aftornoon, building dreams of thrift as he surveyed his plantation, en- ammelcd with heavy crops ripening into plenty.   Now, as oursweetest dreams are fleetest and quickest to close, il is nol strange, that his, although pleasant,  were soon terminated hy some one shouting: 'Hailo old dad."' ' Hallo   yourself and  tliskivcr  how it feels,'he retorted, and turning simulta-l neously with his reply, his eye foil upnn a young man, a stranger to him, leaning on the yard fence.
'Xcuse me,'said the stranger; 'may be you mought be so clever as to  tell a chap   who   owns thal're   wheat (icld up a-side the timber, wont vou 1' 'Wall, I will: 1 own itV 'Dew say!' said the stranger.    'But aint it mighty cute that you allow four-legged animals and sicli critters to be in ill' 'But I dont,' said Gorden. 'I seen a hoss in it though an I kum along.' remarked the stranger dryly.
'A hoss in my wheail' e.\claimed the Sucker. 'Zangs and lightning! HereBlu- cher! Santa Anne, h-e-r-e, h-e-r-e.'
His call had the effect to bring forth two d»gs, one a hound, with legs half as long asan Eastern schoolmaster's, the other a bull, the peculiar quirk of whose under jaw might lead you to mistrust that he was over fond of what the knowing ones call the 'grab game.' Attended with these, he trotted off in 'hot haste,' the dogs wagging their tails as their old master wagged his tongue urging Ihem to pursue.
The young stranger after wagging his chin a little awry, and indulging in a light laugh  that made him look suspiciously ¦waggish, walked to the cottage door—and, then, without ceremony—into the parlor. Here, finding himself alone, he commenc¬ ed a lui vey of the apartment.   Before he had much leisure, however, either to ob¬ serve or admire the taste and elegance combined in every thing around him, he ¦was entranced by a gush of rich, wild mel¬ ody, succeeded by the sound of light foot¬ steps, and instantly flitted a creature of beauty and comeliness into his presence. Oh! that  fair  rosy-cheeked damsel, the ; vjery personification of blitheness.    She ,  was startled though, when her fino blue eyes encountered the stranger; and was hastily withdrawing, in  doing which, sho chanced to cast another glance—her coun¬ tenance changed to gladness—she uttered the name, "Henry Leslie"—and then ran —oot out of the door, but smack into the young stranger's arms.   What an extraor¬ dinary act—in-fat-u-a-tion.   She let him— let him—kiss her too; and listened to his impassioned language—why what did thc girl mean?    Their conversation perhaps ¦will suffice to explain.
'Clarisse,' said the stranger, 'Clarisse, my beautiful idol, I havc como to claim you for my own.'
'0 Henry, I fear that our hopes will nev¬ er change to realities, I love you, very much ; but my father dislikes you merely because you are a yankee lawyer. He is obstinate and will not consent,' and the ro¬ sy flush fied the lady's cheek.
'Do not fear Clarisse,' said Henry Les¬ lie, 'I can and will remove his prejudice. I know how to work oa a farm; and as he does not know me I will hire to him under an assumed name, and by the merit of hon¬ est worth and virtue win a place in his af¬ fections.'
Their hopes pxcited, and consequently their anxieties lulled by the reasonable¬ ness of this plan, the two seated themselves on the sofa and enjoyed those bright, angel- plumed delights with which a reciprocity of love inspires young hearls. When Gorden returned,' however, he found the young stranger alone. Clarisse having deemed it prudent to relire at the sound of her father's footsteps. Gorden was glad the straeger had tarried; he wished to give him a 'pealing,' for lie had searched the field over ani found no horse.
'Now dont blame me, old man,' said the yankee,'fur surer than my name is Dick Quirk I seen a hoss, a dead one, in thal're very wheat as I kum along."
Oh! bul old Gorden waxed wroth at thus learning Ihat he hail been sent to drive a mere skeleton from his field; yet the yan¬ kee contrived to calm his ruffled feelings, and hire himself out to the sucker to 'dew things,' closingthebargain wiih the impar¬ lial agreement that they might 'hocus-po¬ cus' one another as much as they pleased; twhereupon Gorden tickled his inner self,
with the conceit that he would make our hero suffer for all tho wrongs he had en¬ dured fror.1 yankee trickery, even from tho timo of his buyingaclocklrom a Con¬ necticut pedlar, which hs said kept lime backward, down to thc period when Ihe New York pettifogger wijlied lo marry Clarisse.
Respecting Henry Le.slie; he had been in early manhood an enterpvisiiig yount; farmer endowed wiih a broad and beauii¬ ful domain. But boing moieover gified with an excellent snjack of inteUccli,i;il powers, he had been induced to for.sako the natural avocation for one, perhnps bol- befitting his ambilion, taste and ability- law. In tho village where ho studied and practiced, he became acqimiiilou with Cla¬ risse Gorden, who had accompiuiied an aunl from the West, with the design of completing her education al une of those meritorious institutions lor female instruc¬ tion with which tho eastern states abound. They loved. Tho aunt wrote to herbroih- cr, old Gorden, soliciling his consent for Clarisse to marry, explaining all'airs, ^,:c. Gorden answered, stating that hc shauld ever negative his daughter's v/ish to marry any Yankee who it appeared was too lazy to work and hence he resoitcd to pettifog¬ ging. He also instructed Clarisse to coma homo immediately, under the proteclion of an elderly lady and gentleman, friends ofhis, then about lo retnrn from the oast. Clarisse was obedient—wept—obeyed her father.
Lovo, wc all know, is like wine, a mock¬ er, and sometimes prostrates its viclims, by mysterious intoxication. Somethingoi this kind befel Leslie. His noble uphoav- ings of desire, his earnesi of ambition, were staid. The excitement ofbusiness— of practical life became charmless. And within the lapse ofa tvielve-nioiith, we lind him as lir.st presented tn iho reader, dis¬ guised nnder au assumed name, language and demeanor, eniering upon, a plan to win his 'lady love' by the sweat of his brow. Herein was centered the ordeal testing the purity df his afleclion and prov¬ ing it as clear and untainted as thn waters of a mounlain spring. He was willing to la¬ bor for her like the. patriarch on record; tn toil, to endure the wring and rack of bono and sinew. Gradually did he win his waj' into the old man's esteem. On good deeds he laid the base and building up of a good character. By his steady application and his practical skill and ability to labor, he substantiated a reputation forindustry ; and from experience, combined with book knowledge, superiority in the pursuits of agriculture. In the latter, Gorden was par¬ ticularly indebted to him ; ho acknowledg¬ ed his worlh ; the plantation loe, express¬ ed It legibly. Nevertheless, 1 do not know what would have beon the result had nol a circumstance occurred propitious to the lover.   It was this :
Gorden was very unjustly prosecuted by a neighbor, Arriving atlhe court atthe time summoned, (it was a Ju.stice's trial,) hu found (ivery budy there whom he wish¬ ed to see but his own lawyer. Tho justice allowed him to dolay the suit lo thc farthest limits that the law admits of.—still no law¬ yer. Ho would not be beat for a hundred dollars; yet ho knew he couid not con¬ duct the suit successfully himself. To a man like him, independent lo obstinacy, such a situaiion, wiihout allernativo, was mortifying in lhe extreme. As the Justice was declaring that the caso must proceed forthwith, Dick Quirk, alias Leslie, whis¬ pered to Gorden :
'May be, seoin as how your lawver ainl cum, you'll let me try your side—I've did sich things afore'
Gorden opened his eyes wido, and star¬ ed at him.
' I don't think you need hang oif, for I'll
pay costs and damages and givu you a
[year's work ifl dou't beat.'
I    Gorden complied, parlly from despair,
partly because ho never knew Dick to fail
in anything he undertook.
Five minutes elapsad, and Leslie was in his element. He had rich sport that -afler¬ noon. The cornering up of some half dozen suspicions wiinesses; the pulling to flight of half as many half fledged lawyers, the as¬ tonishment which the audience evinced, as, throwing ofl his assumed style of speak¬ ing, he merged into a chaste, clear and rapid stream of eloquence. The plain ex¬ position of facts and the law woven into one glorious irresistible aigument, finally resulting in a verdict favorable to hiscli- ent, were both amuseinent and pi-ufit to Leslie.
Gorden, wh^'during the wliole affair had ."iat with his mouth so wide open tiiat yuu could have tos.sed a potatoe sufiicienily large for a breakfast down his throat wilh¬ out his.knowing it—said when they ware riding home,
'Dick if you arc a Yankee, I don'l caro: you are an all-jo-fired good feller.'
'So I am ' said Leslie laughing; 'indeed wheiher you lake me in the field of labor, the court-room or in any other place of business you please, do you know any man superior to mo hcrerabouts 1' ' No I don't.'
' Now what do you think of my povert}-! asked Leslie.
'I think you will exchange it for a some¬ lhing belter as you did your blamsd Taun¬ ton tone to-day,' answered Gorden.
'Do you consider poverty a disgrace]' coniinued Leslie.
' Well now, J shoulden't think I did.' ' Well sir' said Leslie stammering a lit¬ tle, inasmuch as yeu seem lo harbor no sentiment concerning me bul what favors me, I will be so bold as to inform you thai thera is a mutual attachment "existing between your daughler and myself, and wa solicit your consent lo our marriage.' Gorden openedhis eyes and mouth again wider than ever.
' She is yours, by jisgo,' said tho father after a short paune. 'All I c.irw about il is that she will have to lake such a consarned uglynBme,Quiik—Quirk—Quirk; it sounds so like a sick gobler's soliloqu)'. but I s'pose wo can pciition to the Legislatuie and havo it altered.'
' Clarisse,' said Gordon in thc evening: ' Clarisse, Quirk  has  tuld me you loved one 'nolher, so I have civun yuu lo him entirely.   J am glad, girl, that you  havo this lime made choice of a man who knows how to pettifog, jam up, withuut being too lazy to work on a farm.' Cliirissc laughed in her sleeve. Henry Leslie   and   Gliirisio   Gordon   were married.   After tho deiiarlure uf the wedding guests on that sweot occasion, even oflcr the ceremony wliich launched lliein  inlo the inu.-^- lricable,ycicped inatrimoiiy, even iifier the cake, music, tea, ki-ssing, wine, dmiciiiqr and cuHec, after all were finished, a.id aflur -all tlieir friend.s were gone, Clarisse found herself sillini]f be¬ tween her husband and herfather.    Slio turned her eyes lo the latter and said beseech :ngly. 'Father, will you forgive usT ' I'orgive you! tor what, child !' 'Why yoii know I_I_|oved and wi.?hod In wed Henry Ixslie, my  first llaiiio, but  you would not consent lo our alliance.
' And recollect too, perhaps,' said the youiig husband,' tlmt when I firsl cnme here, llic niu- lual agreement was that we were to hocus-iio- cus each olhor as much as wc pleased.
' Well whati Was abnut tDs,-iv,' continued the bride,' is llmtDIck Quirk and I'lenry Leslie arc the same person.'
'Zags and lightning!' exclaimed Gordon sprinffing tu his feet; but he paused and survey¬ ed both the culprits allentively aud then coiilin ued without passion—' What "an old fojl I have been lo fancy that my girl didn't know enoiiffli to choose a fit and proper hiisliand. Forgive you! yesl will, and bless yon into Uie bargain. Come to think of it, 1 am 'glad it has happened .>«, for we slia'ut have lo petition the General .Assembly in order to get rid of that blamed sick-gobbler soliloquising Quirk-Quirk-Quirk.
HELMSMAN Of   L,A1CE  EUlE.
ll was a pleasant May moming that a -^team vessel was riding at anchor opposiie lhe town of BiilTiilo on Lake Erie- Yuu know, 1 dare say, that Erie is ono of those sua lakes for which America is so famous ; and as ymi slnnd on its shore, and soo giccn waves dashing in, ono alter an¬ other, you might well think you wero look- iiigat the green ocean itself. The Jersey —for thul was the name of thc steamer— was dressed out wilh many bright flags; the Bluo rotor, ilio signal for immedi¬ ate sailing, was at hur main-mast head; porters were hurrying along Ihu narrow quay that juts out inlu the lako ; boalmeu (juarreling wilh oach other for pa.sengers, traveller.-! hurrying backwards and for¬ wards lo louk for thoir luggage ; frionds shaking hands and bidding each olher faro wolf; idlers lounging about with their haHds ill their pockets ; cab drivers jangling fur a larger faro ; and all the various kindsof bustle and confusion that attend the dep-ar- ture ofa parly from a watering place.
But presently the anchor was hove, the paddles began to turn, the sails were sat, and, leaving a broad track of foam behind her, the Jersey slood westward, nnd held on her course fur the town of Erie. It wus a bright-blue (Uiy; and, as hour afier hour went hy, soini; mingled in Iho busy cun- vor.sation on politics ; some sat apart, and calculated on thu gains of the shop or the counting houec; some were wrapped up in the buok with which they were engaged; and ono or two wilh whom limo seemed to hang heavily composed ihemselves to sleep. In short, one and all were like men who Ihought that, let danger comolo thom when itmight, at Icasl it would not bo that day.
It drew towards four in tho afiernoon, and the steamer which had hitherto been keeping the middle of the lake, stood southward ; Erie, tho place lo which it wa-i bound, lying on tho southern side.— Old John Waynard was at the wheel; a bluff, weathcr-boatep sailor, tanned by many a burning summer day, and by many n winter tempest. He had truly learned to be content with his situation: nonu could ever say that they had heard him repine at his hard labor and scanty pay. He had, in thc worst time, a cheer¬ ful word and a kind look fur those ivith v.'hom he was ihrown ; ca.st ofen enough inlo baicompany, he tried, at least, and geneimllj' succeeded, in .saying or doing somelhing for its good. Hc was known from onc end of Lake Erie to the other, by the name of honest John Mayn-ard, and the secret ofhis honesly to his neighbors was his love of Gud.
The land was about ton inilcs off, when the caplain coming up from his cabin, cried to a Sailor, 'Dick Fletcher, what's all that smoke I see coming out from the hole 1 '
' Il's from the engmc-room sir, I guess,' said the man.
' Down wilh you, then, and let mo know.'
The sailor began descending the l-adder
by which you gu to ihc hold ; but scarcely
liad hc disappeared beneath the deck, when
lie came up wiih much graalcr spuod.
'The hold's on fire, sir,'ho said to lhe caplain, whu was by this timo standing close to him.
Tho captain rushed down and found tho account loo true. Sume sparks had fallen on a bundle of tow ; no one had seen the accident; and now notonly much of the luggage, but lhe sides of the vessel were in a smouldering fiamo.
-'\11 hands, passengers as well as .sailors, were called together, and two lines boing made, one on each side of the hold, buck¬ ets were passed and repa.-<sed; Ihey were filled from llic lake, and Ilew along a line ofready hands, were dashed hissin.gon the liurning nias.s, and Ihun passed oii to Ihe olher side to lio refilled. For some few moments it seemed as if the flames wero subdued.
Ill tho meantime tho women on board were clustering round John iWaynard the only man unemployed who was capable of answering their questions. 'How far isit to land 1' ' IIow Inng shall we be getting in V 'Is it very deep 1' ' Is there no"boat!' 'Can they see us from the shore!' The helm.'maii answered as well as he could. There was no boat; it had been Icfial Buf¬ falo to be mended; they might be seven miles from thc shore ; they would proba¬ bly be in'lO minules ; he could not tell how far tho firo had reached. ' But. to speak the tnilh,' ho added, 'we are all in great danger; and I think if there were less lalk- ing and a liitle more -pmying^ it would be the bettor for us, and none the worse for the boat!' 'How's her head 1' shouted the captain. ' West sou'west,' answered Maynard. 'Keep her sou' and by west,' cried the tnptain. ' We must go ashore any where.' It happened that a draft of wind drove back tho flames, which soon began to blaze up moro furiously against thc sa¬ loon; and the pavtiliou betwixt it and the hold was soon on fire. Thon long wreaths of smoke began lo fiud their way through the sky-light; and the Caplain seeing this, ordered all the vvomon forward. The en¬ gineer put on his utmost steam: the Amer¬ ican flag was run up, and reversed in to¬ ken of distre.'ss; water v/as flung over the sails, to make them hold the wind. And still John Maynard stood by the wheel. Ihough now he' was cul ofi" by a sheet of smoke and flame, from the ship's crow.
Greater and greater grew the heat! the engineers fled from the engine room ; the p3s.-iengor3 were clustering round the ves¬ sel's bow, the sailors were sawing plank on which to lash the women; the boldest were throwing ofl" their coats and waist¬ coats, and proparingfor one long struggle for life. And slill the coasts grew plainer and plainer; the paddles, as yet, worked woll, they could nol be more than a mile from the shore; and the boats were even now starling tu their assistoiice. 'John Maynard 1' cried the Captain. '.A.ye, aye. Sir!' .oaid John. ' Could you hold out five minutes long¬ er !'
' I'll try, sir.'
-'ind he did try; the flames came nearer anil nearer; a slieei of smuke would some¬ limes almost siilfocato him; his hair was singed; his blood seemed on fire wilh tho great heat. Crouching as far back as he could, hc hold the wheel firmly with his lefthand, lill the flesh shrivelled, and the muscle creaked in the flame; andthen he .stretched forlh his right, and bore the ago¬ ny withuui a scream ur a groan. It was enough for him that he heard the cheer of tho sailors to the approaching boats; the cry oftho captain, " the women,first, then every iiinii fur himself, and God for us all." And they were the lasl sounds that he heard. How he perished was not known, wheiher dizzied by the smoke, hc lost his fooling iu endeavoring to come forward, and fell overboard, or whether he was suliocalcd by tho dense smoke, his comrades could not loll. Atthe momenl the vessel siruck, the boats were at Jier side; the passengers, sailors, and caplain leaped into them, or swam for their lives: all, save he lo whom they owed every thing, escaped.
He had died the death ofa Christian hnro —I hadalmost."iaiil, of a martyr; his spiril was commended inlo his Father's hands.
NEVEIi SAY FAIL. The great secret of success in life is never to give up. If we were to leave a legacy to our children, and had nolhing belter, we should bcquoalh to them as their motto, ' persevere.' Moro is lost Ihan people suppose by want of well di¬ rected energy—we du nol mean that ener¬ gy whicli comes by fits and starts, but a cea,soless, untiring tenacity of purpose, as¬ sisted by sound commun sense, in lhe af¬ fairs of life. Your weak-minded men, who give up atlhe first rcbua", are good fur rintliirig. Great souls only achieve iminor lality by dint of unfiring perseveraBce.— Look at Columbus; he wns seventeen years in procuring the fleet which discov erod a world. Seo how Washington toil¬ ed, yoar after j'oar, amidst constantly re¬ curring disappointment, laboring too, un¬ der tho wanl of money and the su.spicions ofCongrcss; buthe persevered, and our independence was achieved. John J. As¬ tor says it was more dilficult t J cam his first ijlhousand dollars, than to amass all the rust of his twenty-four millions. He means, really, that the habits of enterprise, activity and persevurance, which he found necessary lo earn his first thousand dol¬ lars, remained afterwards with him as a habit; and assisted hy capital, easily achieved his enormous furtune. Mosl of our rich men have once beeu poor like him. Do not despair, therefore. Lotyour watchword be, ' never fail!' Rise superi¬ or lo your fortunes, and you will yet be great and ricli.
This advice is good—excellent. Ilow many instances have we known where men havo successfully strngglud against adverse fate, and have ultim-ilely triumph¬ ed over what seemed to bo unconquerable difRcullv, when if they had succumbed, they would have been at the foot of the hill a whole life fimo. How happily Has onc ofour excellent contributors illustra¬ ted the subject in the lines we insert be¬ low :—
FAITH.
IIV  R. 6. s. Aximns.
A swallnw in t!:e apring C-une Ul our granary, and 'iiealh lUo caves KssayeJ tu make her nt-.-il, and Ihcrc did bring Wel (-arlh and stritw ami leaves.
Day after diiyshe toilctl, Willi patient art, but ere her work wa.' crown'd. Some sar] mishap the tiny fuliric .ipoiled,
And dashed it to the ground.
She fdund the ruin wronght: Vet none east down, forth  from her place she (low, .¦\iid with her male, frosh canh ami -iraes-js b-.oasbt,
.-\iid built ber nest anew.
liut scarcely bad she placed The lasl suft feather on ils ample tlo'tr. When wicked band, or cliaiieo agaiii luid waste.
Ami wrought tho ruin o'er.
Bul still ber hearl she kept. And toiled agaiii: and last night hearing calls, I luoketl, am! lo ! ihrec litlle sparroivs .-ilept
Withiii die earth ici-aJe walls !
What truth is here, O m.v.v ! flulb iioi'E been sniitien in ils early ilaivii 1 Hath clouds ii'ercast lliy purpose, irusl or pl-aii!
Uave F.iri-ii, aiui slru;4gle on!
por acre, and of such o.vceeiling richness in soil as lo require no manure; where, in many places, as I am informed, they husband no manure, but burn oven 1 hoir slraw; I am not surprised that Ihoy can grow wheat at fifty cents por bushel—but whore land cosls  from fifty lo ono huudred dollars per acro,nnd of a qu-ality that requires much care and manure, il is my opinion thai wheat at one dollar per bushel will not pay lhe husbandman a fair compensation for his capital and labor, jn view of   lhe coiiliiigeuoies of failure in  tKe crnp from rnsl, fly, &c.   While I make this remark. I must not bu understood as forbidding entire¬ ly the culture  of wheat among such farmers asl have pointed at: I intend no more than lo suggest, lliat wheat being made so generally asl-aplo of their  farms,  is an oversight, and must prove  unprofilable in the main, slioul the articio be iiomiimlly about ono dollar per bushel.    Some  farms are betier adapted  to grain than others—those, so good for grain should, lo some extent, be sown with wheat; olhers not so good, may at limes, under cer¬ tain oircmnstauces. be made to yield Avhoat. I woulil oven have lhe colton-pl.anter of Jlis- sissippi lo glow wheal—lo raise at least as much as they can consume; and so of com, caltle and hogs.     To .say that they can get their wheat,   corn, beef, and pork cheaper from Ohio,  than Ihey can raise them, is an admission not very creditable to their man- ago'ment.    It is one thing to think of rivalling Ohio in the production of these commodities, for export, and another thing to be indepen¬ dent of hor for a homo supply.   Henco Ihero is no particular practice I could recommend, tha,Ljvould provo advaulagenus or applicable loall: I can only suggest more alienlion tn raising and lending caltle.     Some, according to the condition nud siluation of their  farms, as breeders, both for the dairy and llio  stall; olhers, wlule keeping dairy, may breed, occa¬ sionally from, fine stock; the choice animal; raised; paying them  ivell  for their lime and trouble.      Those  branches   of  husbandrj-, iidoplod exclusively,  oc  in part, as  cirq^i- slanoea may iustify, and   carried  out with skill and spirit, would sonn cluuige lhe char¬ acler of our farming from the monotony of the dull aud stupid prad^^if merely ."owing ^^raried i
they .should not separate these tivo branciies. It is but too common fortho grazier to dtJp'c:id upon the drover for his supply of cattle; in that way lie can never be assured of the good feeding properties of the young callle he purchases; better by far to select a good bull, the character of whose breedhe can de¬ pend upon for ea.=;y feeding and eariy matur¬ ing, and progress sleadily and patiently fora fow years, and in that time-'hc^will have pos¬ sessed himself of a breejl that will show skill.   I am
good proof of his atten tio^Snd persuaded that the improKil ".Durham sieers, uuder proper management; can- be Inrned ofl regularly al four years old to weigh from 9 to 10 cwl.    If this bo so, and I have nol a doubt of it, what a saving in linie and feed is here —9 to  id cwl. of  fine beet   in four years, against 5 or 6 cwt. of the  hard feeding tribe in 6 to 7 years.   It appeared strange to mo, ae passing through several farming distriot.s, lo see much devotedncss to raising grain, to tlie almosi utter neglect of caltle.   As far as the eye could reach from the road,  nol'iting could be seen but grain, with here and there a corn¬ field ; while a few stunted caltle and -sheep might be seen running along the road-sides, excluded  from the fields, lill they and the swine shonld have a harvest feast  in the slubble-field.   (I speak now of some parts of iVIaryland  and  Pennaylvania.)     How  short¬ sighted lo neglect the oatlie, or lo keep such a breed ! nol one in a hundred of them could, by force of feeding, be mado to weigh G cwl. or eould be put in a condilion, from the  time il was laken np, at an  expense short of the whole value of thn animal when he came to bo alaughtcrcd.    When I have spoken of this ill-judged policy, I  have as often boen mel wilh the asserlion,  llial tho.se farmers knew whal they wore about, and made moro mon¬ ey at farming than I did:   but this making meant no mnre than that they saved more mnney, by expending less upon ihemselves and families thau I did; for / deny thai they can malce more money by farming than I can^
hams and lard arc all of healthy, well fed an imala, and of his.own raising. .
Two or three sow.s, aiid oflfvjjoice boar, of] a distinct family, should be^ constanily kept, and well laken care of. It is a great wasltfof lime, and often ve.xalious to lhe farmer, lo be compelled every spring or fall to look out for pigs to stock his pens, running the risk of gel¬ ling animals ihat will empty lhe corn cnb wilhoul filling themselves. Far bctier to raise pigs frora a boar ahd sow knowii as easy feed¬ ers ; and should 'there be ton many to keep over, ihero is no neighborhood in which those llral canbe spared will nof lind a ready sale, if the breed be an acknowledged one ; to say nolhing of the ealiafaclion of having it in one's power to promote tlie iuterests of his neighbor by supplying him with a boar or sow pigs lo improve his stock.
The bcsl breed of swine that has come un¬ der my notice is the English Hampshire, es¬ pecially the sows for breeding. A real Hamp¬ shire SOW; after producing three or fonr litters, may ba made, wilh all ease to weigh 5 cwl. when slaughtered. The Cliester county hog, so called, seems an iudiffereiit specimen of the true Hampshire. The next best for boars is the Linconshire; for compactness they are almosi cc|ual tn the pure Berkshires, whilst they excel them in size: but of the Hamp- shircs and Lincolns there are few to be found of the genuine breed. The improved Beik- shire is. for easy feeding and compactness, equal to any specimen of the swine kind ever produced; but theyare sadly injured by the
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CLOTHING STOim •
IN    PETER.SlJURfi.
THK sub'scrUjcr makes to order cvit\' amd of clMlJinj, in the ncali^st and m-st telltonstilo, ion,i^r,_and on liic mosl rea-.oii:il'!e Icrni*.    He likcwi^lieopa for sale
READX^ JflADE CCOTHILra
iinJ Irimniings nl every variciy : nhu l.¦I.OTH^^ "! all kinils. in rolcrshurg, nearly opp'Jlile t'cler Swar's tavern.
TOUIAS M. .MU.I.i.lt. Polersbnrff, Ocl. 1, 1815. ''"i '1'
THE   FARME Jl,
injudicious  breeding and  tho  imposition of  by ilie Undertaker,
II. & .r.  MVEP.S-S
CABINET-WARE ROONIS,
Opposite the junction nf the If-irrisburgnnd
Mariella 'Turnpike, in llie villnge nj
MOV NT JOY.
WIIERE they constantly  \ifr\t  on hand a variciy ol alt kinds of
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and HOUSE-HOLD FlJliMTtlUI-:, warranlcl lo be mniioof good materials and in wori>nMn liUo manner, and sold al pr.ccs to =uil the times, mii li as Side boatdy, Secreiarics, Borcaus, Di-sks, Mm.li- cases. Iviteben Drcs.-ors, itlaliogany Diiiin(;. Cen¬ lre, Pier and Card Tables, Sofi.'!, Cabinel, R"i:kioi; and cominon Chairs, of %aiioi.-s paiterns, .M'lsic- slools, Clicsls, &.C. &.e.    Also,
AV I A- DO W   BLINDS, Manufuetured al the above (-Hlahlislniiciit after the laiesl and most approved   pallern-^, also   Looking GIaB!cs handsomely Iramed  and lor s-Ae al redu¬ ced prices,
Boingf provided witb a Hearse, ihey will ennliiiuo M render their services at funeralB ivilb prurnpi- nesa and perform the  duties usually   ailcnileU lu
and his body sleeps in peace by the green side of Lake Erie.
Mor.E Disci.osuar.3.—More astonishing disclo¬ sures are about to he made in Kcw York, in a puh licalion to he entitled '• Echoes of Illd Washing¬ ton Holel," giving thc particulars of some curious scenes s-aid lo have been cnactcil withia its walls — Look out. Uicol place lllat flew York for disclc- sures.
Mr. Gowcir.s B-ctJci'?o C;cucr»l Klcltiti-fiiion.
Wo fulfil the proniisi; mado iu onr l;i.st. ill publishing the aiine.ved letter from James Gowen, K.=q. of I'liiladulplii.-i, lo Con. VV. H. Ivichaidrion, of Kichmond; Va. We have al¬ ready iiolod llio caii.ses whicii liavo produced liii.s lolIci-; and have publi-shod ihc '¦ Reports" alluded 1(1 in it, in our rortner iiuinbers—aud will conteii! ourself at present with the fol¬ lowing remarks, whirh we liud aceompaiiyiug thu leller as originally publi-slied in llio llich- nmnd Compiler:
"Mr. G. is an intoUigonl and generous Iri.r^hiiiau. Ile has done much service iu tho connlry, not only by lhe flue examples lie has aH'orded lo the farmers, but by helping lo im¬ prove iho breed of c:uile ami hogs. His pub¬ lic sides of blooded stock altracl nllenlion at a great ilislance, for his animals aro of the finesl kinds and purest blonds. In a leller relalivo lo llio publication of his paper, ho .says: "Il was written willt singleness of pur¬ pose,—that of bcin-j: useful. I have ever clieiislied a regard bordoriiig on devolion fo Viro-inia: and as I journeyed through a part ol it oil going to the spruigs, I could not but feol a deep sympathy for her condition. Il is truo Isaw pcrhiips the worst fe.aluro. Iin- prcssod wilh the feeling I wrote lhe article, andhad I not been writhing in pain, I should have mado il more indicative and strikiiig: as il iS; I trusl it may be of service in helping lo e.xcite the energies of so honest, noble and patrioiic a r.ice as real Virginians. V/ere 1 twenty years younger, I ivould cast my lot among them, and contribute my raite to their public treasury." Tlie following is Mr. Oowon's letter:
ON FARMING. De.-ir Sir: The many and vario'iismatters Ibat have pressed upon mc since you visiied Mounl -iiry, crowded out to this momenl the possibility of attending to your enquiries.— The lime may appear long since the subject was left with me, bat you will recollect, how¬ ever, that 1 was to answer at my leisure. I advert lo ibis merely lo show that I cannol be accused of either forgeltingornoglocling you, and may add, that ill turning to you even now, I may be accused by others, having pre¬ vious claiiu.s, as having overlooked them.— Bu this as it may, or however silualed, I foei a strong desire to oblige you by taking up youriutcrrogaloriesat once, aud having on¬ ly to regie I that I have neiiher lhe time uor ability to respond to llicra as I could wish.— As lo lhe quality of land I fiirm—the crops I culiivule—lhe average crnp per acre, tho stock 1 keep and h.avo fed—I mifst refer you to my Report to the Committee on Farms, as published iu llie June No. of "the Farmer's Cabinet" of the present year; likewise to mv Reports lo the Cornniitteo ou crops for 1842 '4:i, '4-1; also published in the Cabinel; ivhicli afford you a tolerable idoauf my practice and success.
I l.-.ke up then, your list of enquiries, where you remark that I have .said "a farmer can¬ not grow wheat at onc dollar per bushel, and that he would fiud il more profilablo lo graze nnd breed callle," and where you add. "how would I carry out this system !'' Beforo re¬ plying, I must premise that my remark did not embrace all farmcis; it was only applica¬ ble to fan-ners situated pretiy much as I am as to cliraale, soil and market. Whore land nnd wages are high, much should be taken from the land to cover expenses—Ihat i.s, by an improved culture, the land should be made to yield double or treble the product it does under the careless or common .system. The noiv Stales, wilh their chcnp lands and rich soils, can grow grain much cheaper than we can, and every year iheir facilities to market willbe increasing, and their compelilion there¬ by the more formid-able. Where wheat lands afe worlh no more than from 5 lo 10 dollars
and reaping grain, lo ^^^ried and interesting pursuit; as animated, as it would be cnlight- eiiod and profilable.
Suppose a mail in the possession of some too lo lilt) acres of tolerably good land in the neighborhood   of Richmond, how   shall he make Ihat land support his family comfoita- bly!   Not f am sure, by sowing some 20 or 30 acres of wheat to reap about 15 bushels to the acre—30 or 40 aores of corn al 40  bush- ols lo lUc acre—rye  aud oats iu proportion, and the keeping of 10 or 12 head of ill-favor¬ ed   cattle—had ho lo pay rent of bul S200 a year,  he could  not pay it, under such a praclice.   Well llien, suppose the same farm as fit Ui-raiso; wlieiit,  &c., as above,  should bo put undor a difforent pmctice—say begin lith   12 or 20 head of grade  or improved cattle, and a thorough bred young bull—if the capital bo sinall, the callio can be select¬ ed of llic finest uf tho nalive breeds—choos¬ ing them Ibr thoir fino forms, thc pioperty of milk; and easy feeding—the ynung thorough bred Durham bull is hold lo bo indispens.ible: his calves will bc al least half-blooded.     Ev¬ erj' fine heifer calf should be raised; lhe bulls sold.    If grazing   ivere   inlonilod,   the bull calves of oven half blood should be kept  for sieers; bnl  I  coiilemplalo Ibis fami as con¬ siderably dairy, a lilllc truck or horlicuUural, kc.    Iu two or three years the bull shnuld be  changed for another young full-blooded Durham : this now bull and lhe heifers of lhe former bull will produce an improved stock : and in two or three years raore another change of bull, will bring a stock of cattle, if care shall have been taken,  that will be worth a considoi-able sum of money.   In all this time lliey ivill have cosl nolhing raore than thc s:ime  number of inferior cattle would havc cost; while the sales made of those that can lie spared, and the intrinsic value of those on hand, would, under a fair valuation, amount lo a sura that ivould surprise many: and Ihis result is produced at the trifling snm founil betwixt the prico of a yearling Durham bull calf and a  common  one.    So much for the cattle oil this farra.   But it may be objected; there are too many caltle on so small a farm: bnt that this is not tho casO; I sluall attempt to show, and ofi'er my practice as  reported; in proof.   Tho increase in manure from such a 3tock;if properly husbanded and applied, ivill increase the crop of grass, corn; &c., thiee- fold.   It ivoukl occupy too much lime lo give even a sketch of what lhe Root crops have dnne for England, Ireland and Scotland.— Why, then, cannot we attempt this culture on a sraall scale in this country—in Virginia if you please ?    Turnips there ivUl grow well as a fall crop, and it strikes me that the sugar beet could bo raised also, as a spring crop, to advantage.   Tho cooling manure of the cow slable, mi.xed with muck, .scrapings of the yard; wilh  sprinklings of gypsum, and lighl dressings of lime, would produce good  crops of these rools and ruta baga.   If this be so, who then cau fear to bo oveislocked ivhh 20 lo 30 head of cattle,  on  a farm of 100 aores arable land ?    Four or five acres devoted to this culture would produce as much winter provender for  callio as some 20 could do in thc oidinary way.   Then for summer, red clover and orchard grass, lucerne and corn, sown broad cast, cul green, and fed to the cattle, will be found to be equally profitable, and save rauch land for hay, grain, corn and oats.   Under good management, with such a slock, iu such a climate as Virginia, the land should be raade to j-ield 80 bushels of corn to the acre; 30 lo 40 of wheat, in the absence of fly and rust; and of rye and oals and hay in proporlion—by good maiiageraent, I mean in the main, deep ploughing, judicious manu¬ ring, and carefully seeding.    The hay and corn  fodder should be carefully secured for wiutur; and if Ihcro could be kepi a simple steaming apparatus, to steam the com stalks with Ihe roots, it ivould be a great saving.— The milk and butter that in afew years might be sold, together with the cattle that  could be spared, ought lo produce a prelly  round sum.   If to these be added the produce of a ivell-cultivated vegetable patch, and the market wagon kept regularly, going wilh the milk and butter, fruits and vegetables, to the citj"; thete would be no doubl of success.— Bnt who among you will put to his hand first, and demonstrate this practicallj'?
Those who live al a distance from a mar¬ kel, and have large farms, should^ turn their attention principally to breeding and grazing
upon a like quanlity of laud, so jar as the pro. duds or yield in crops and callle arc concerned. If somo of the farmers alluded to were to be charged with their own labor, and that if their sons and daughters, at such rates as they should be eniitled lo in another's emplo)-, I would not lieshate lo enler the lists with the best of thom. But, if tliey and their children do all or most of the work, and, by denying lhem.selves many of tlte comforts of lifo, lay up sorae raonej', does it prove that their sj-s- tem of farming is the beslT Ceriainly not.— If Ihey could be prevailed upon lo improve their praclice, it would tend to lighten llieir load of toil—^afibrd without impairing their in- comejSome relaxation of the drutlgerj' to ivhich Ihey and llioir children are doomed—and en¬ able thera lo avail themselves of the education; furnished by their own iuvoluulary csnlribu- lions, uuder the school law:—it would re¬ dound imineasurably lo thoir prospe'rity, and elevate their ehildren lo that rank in society; which of right is.llicir legilimate prerogative. It is lamentable to think of the ascendancy lawyers, doctors, meichanls, and manufactu¬ rers have acquired over tho more numerous and wcallliier class—lhe farmers ; ivho socm content to drudge on, unmindful of their po.si- tion, and the burdens imposed upon them by the nobles (par c.xcellcnco,) aud that distin¬ guished class, the professional politicians!— Such is the false position of classes; and so will it be, until the farmers lid themselves of the trammels in which faction haa so artfully involved them, in the name of the party, an;l qualifj' tiieir sous to participate in the Govern¬ ment; proportionallj' lo their means and num¬ bers. Let me not however, be understood as comlemning industry and economy: I mean nothing more than that the hardest loil and the mosl rigid economy should nol be receiv¬ ed as evidence ofgood farming. I am an ad¬ vocate for industry. No business can ever prosper unless il be carried on wilh spirit and constancy; nor can the most profitable relurns make tich or independent, wilhoul the ration¬ al anil commendable prudence which teaches us to limit our e.vpenses within the line ofour income. The extremes, extravagance and penuviousness, sbould be avoided by all; and by none moro than the farmer. His prudence and sense of propriety can in no waj- be more fully tested than in that of bringing up his children. To reduce his offspring to the con¬ dition of slaves, or lo bring them up in idle- ucs.s, is alike censurable—.so much so, that it were diflicult to draw the line, and show which had lhe advantage; whon, as let it be .supposed, tliat the comraon drudge and the genteel idler inherit each a valuable estale.— The youlh trained up in idleness and folly and the uneducated who, frora childhood, has been bound to drudgery and ince.ssant toil, (being no possession)—ivhich has the advan¬ lage 1 Why the idle and fashionable sprig of mock-nobility will have the shortest race; his lands ivill soon pass to other.s, while his stu pid contemporary will hold not live, upon his all "the days of his life; bul then to think of such an existence, without one ray of intellectual enjoj-ment to brighten or change its gloomy and stagnant monotony!
To the c|uestion ivbeiher I think it profita¬ ble to raise hogs, either for market or domes¬ tic consumption, and what breed do I consid er best ¦? I answer, that on suoh a farm as is under view, it ivould uot bo profitable to raise hogs for market, that is, for fatting to sell on foot or be slaughtered; wliile with a good breed of hogs, and under circumslances ol superabundance of food, such as clover, rools, wasto vegetables, large crop of com, a few mighl occasionally be fed over and above the necessary supply for family use; in like man ner, sometimes it might be propor to fallen one or more steers; while iu the main, il would be more profitable to buy of the gra zier or lay in a supply of beef from the butch¬ er. These are matters that will depend sole¬ ly upon ciicurastaiiccs, and^musl be governed by them; but as a general rule, the farmer should endeavor to produce whatever ho may require for the comfort and support of his fam¬ ily, and avoid tho laying out of money for things whioh it were in his power lo have produced himself The raising of hogs for family oonsumplion is indispensable; upon such a farm there will, of course, be conside¬ rable waste or refuse victuals, which would be lost were it not for the hogs; then so far as this quantity of feed is concerned, there is a clear gain, and he must be a poor farmer indeed who cannol make his hogs pay for the extraneous supply they will require over and above the portion ivhich has cosl nothing; tnen the satisfaction lo know that his bacon,
dealers, who somelimcs have sold any thing that was black or spotted, in the  shape of a hog, as Berkshire.    The objections some bring against the Berkshire, especially the sow, for breeding, is their want of size.' The sow for breeding should, it is true, have great length and depth of carcass; but for falling, this ob¬ jeclion is of lilile conspquence, for the want ol' size can easily be provided for by increas¬ ing the number.   If twelve Berkshires, in twelve monlhs; wilh the ssirne amount of feed, ivill weigh as much as ten of other breeds, which coi sume as rauch as the twelve, the difference in handling twelve instead of ten is hardly  worlh noticing.    There aie olher breeds, but from careless breeding, there can hardly be a distmclion or difference pointed out among them; so will it soon be, I fear, wilh those distinct breeds already referred to, frora the general carelessness that pervades American husbandry.    Al first a high price is given for a pair of pigs, from sorae crack bree¬ der: these, very injudiciously, are from thu same boar and sow: and thus, at the very start, a fatal error ia cominitted; in the afiinity of lhe young pair ivhich have been purchased to breed from: and Ihis system is possibly continued for years, with tlieir produce, until the heads of iKS. aHirnals become as large as their bodies.   There Ls iio animal on the farm that will so soon degenerate frombroeding " in and in," as it is called, as the hog.
Thero is another grand mislake in the man¬ agement of hogs, ivhich I ara bound to notice —that of turning ihcm out to graze, as if they were sheep or goats.   I do not class as far¬ mers coming under censure those who provide no stables or sheds for cattle, nor barns for hay or graui.   To such adraonition or advice ivould be uselcs.i; as to the necessity of pens for swine.   The ass, lhe goal, the buffalo and wild boar, have the characteristics of the stock adapted to thoir practice.   But to those who have large barns, corafortable stables, sheds and pens, I ivould take leave to poinj out the folly of turning out llieir hogs to graze with the caltle duringthe fall. The hog loves case, and he should be indulged; keep Itim clean, give hira suitable food, ivithout putting liira to the trouble lo range for it, and he will doze and grow fat, and be tender; turn him out in the field lo seek his food, and j'ou make him wild, sinewy and lough, and hard to fat¬ ten alter he is taken up.    It is lo this cause lliat the Bacon, in many instances, is so coarse and  disagreeable.    When  I  have witnessed tlie hogs feeding wilh the cows, and the eighl rail fences, ivilh  the-massive  posts, lo  keep hogs m and out, I havebeen a.stonished; for il strnck me that the e.xpense in maintaining the   four e.xtra rails, willi  the extra size and and boring the posts, would make a consider¬ able ilem in lhe expense lowards fatting the hogs in pens, to say nolhing of the injury done lo the pasture.
Thanklul for i!ic lihcrai patronage heretofore received from a grencrous puhlic, ihcy feel desir¬ ous lo merit a continuation of lhe same, and will, therefore, save no paios to ie»tler satisfaciion lo all ; it may be well lo call the allenlinn of lhe public to a new stylo of Furniture made out of ilo- ineslic wood, and, to their E.xtensive Iiorsc rower and Machinery, Ihus enabling Ihem lo v.ork ^a^,t and sell cheap.
Ocl. 1, 1845. ly-1-1
Congressional iKtcIligcRcer.
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For each som of Ten BoUars, above Ti-.ciily, eight copipB will bo forwarded; so that a rf-niil- Umce of Fifly Dollars will cominand tbiriy-scvi ii copies.
and lhe danger of slinking in the cows, and young heifers, with calf, from Ihe ofl'ensive elHuvia of the droppings of hogs.
I must come to a conclusion; limo will not permit me to go more into detail: the reports referred to in lhe " Farmer's Cabinet," will make up for many of the deficiencies in ihis paper; and above all, 1 rely on j'ourowu good sense iu adopting and carrying out the best practice under existing circumslances.
I rejoice lo find that you, and manj' olher intelligent men, are putting j-our hands to the plough—then b\- very proud and iiatriotic con¬ sideration, do not look back. Think of whal Virginia was. and what she now is, and what should be her purpo.=p. Is there a son of the Old Dorainion who can be so recreant as to abandon her soil—the land of his spirited and hospitable ancestors ? No !—perish the thought! Roll up your sleeves, then— devote yourselves lo the noble and ennobling pursuit of agriculture—resuscitate your lands! Be not ashamed lo dig. and you will nover have to beg or borrow. Let your lauds no longer reproach you for neglecting thera. Then will henlth, plenty and prosperity shine upon you. and old Virginia bo again, as she ever was, the boast of hospitality and the fiower of chi¬ valry.
JAJIES GOWEN.
Gen. Wm. H. Richardso.v-.
FARMER'S CREED.
We believo in small farms and thorough cullivation.
We belisve that the soil loves t»eat, as well as its owner, and ought therefore to be well manured.
We believe in going to the bottom of things, and therefore in deep ploughing and enough of it. All the bolter if it bc a subsoil plow.
We believe in large crops which leave the land better than when they found it— making both the farmer and the farm rich at once.
Wc believe thatevery farm should own a good farmor.
We belive that tho best ferfalizer ofany soil, is a spirit of industry, enterprise and intelligence—without this, lime, gypsum and green manure, marl and guano will be of little use.
We believe in good fences, good barns, good farm-houses, good slock, good or¬ chards, and children enough to gather the fruit.
We believe in a clean kitchen, a neal wife in it, a spinning piano, a clean cup¬ board, a clean dairy, and a  clean   con science.
We firmly disbelieve in farmers that will nol improve—in farms that grow poor¬ er every year—starving callle—farmer's boys lurning'into clerks and merchanls— farmer's daughters unwilling to work, and in all farmers who are ashamed of their vocation.
CURE FOR FEVER  AXD  .IGUE.
ROWAND'S Improved Tonic IMi.v- ture, an cfreeliial cure for Fever and Ague.— A furlliei supply ol Ibis highly popular medicinn jii.st received and for sale at
JOHN F. I.ONl/S Drug Se t^hemical Store, IVo. 8, N. Queen st. Ocll 1345 11-44
FAHNESTOCK'S VERMIFUGE.
JUST received a furtlier supply of Ibis bigbly eelebraled   incdicjiio, for sale by lhe groce, dozen or single boiile. at
JOHN F. LONG'.S Drug Se Chemical Store. No. 8, Norlh Queen St. Lancaster, Sept. 10 1845. 11-41
JV O T I C E .
T'^HE subscriber, intending to move
-*- lo Philadelphia, it-qucsis all who have any claims againsi bim to present tbem, and ail whu are indebled lu make paynient, wilhout delay.
He offers at private sale an e.xcellent family horse, a cow-, a superior rockaway <;arriago and harness, sulkey and harness, a very handsome sleigh, a bulk window, iwo scis of grocers' tlraw- ers, a mineral water apparatu.s, a colleclion ef min. crals and case, a small solar niicruscopc. a cylin¬ der elecirical machine, a large elecironiaj^iiet wilh double coils, a drojgisia' label printing press, Sec
Tbe Public Sale of furniiure Sec, will bc held at to o'clock ouS.VrURD.'VY MOUNIKG, OCTO¬ BER ISlll.
WASHINGTON L. ATl.KK.
Lancaster Sop. 3, 1815. ts 10
P. S. 'Vhe two rooms, now occupied as Otfice , will bc lor rem from lhe first nf November n-.:.vi.^
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DR. RUSH'S X.EGACV,
'The best and cheapest Alcdicinc ever knuicii!
TWELVE A.NO A lUI.F CK.NTS A   H'l.V)
R. BEN.IAMIN UIJSIIE'S Inral-
lible Health Fiils, are nnivi'r.^ally ncknowl* edged to bc not only tbc cheapest hui ihe b-.-s" medicine. They arc purely vc|;ctable, ;ind arc used hy ihousands. They are peculiarly useful at Ihis season of tbc year, jiiiriiyiiig the blood and preventing diseases. Try tbem oiuc and you will use no olln-r.
Remember, these Pills arc lUily I'J.t cts. a box, Agciiey for Lancaster county, al the Hook slore of J. UISH'.S.
Near tbc Post oliicc Lancaster. June II, 1815. Hm :2
VV. CARPENTER,
SURVEYOR & COKVIiya.KCLH,
©fRte liatit of thr ^iTafii
A fow doors rom tbc Iiilell
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STABTI.'ET'S POLISHirJC- PAS TXT.
STANLEY'S Superior Polisliiii- PoBle, the hcst arlxly ui u>o fer pnv.hu inj» w fine Polish and Luatre on briisg, copiKir, liii, pew¬ ter, white metfil ami muuiilingtj (ni curr'mgc liar- ness, &.C.       Fur sale at
JOHN F. LONG'S Drug (So Chemical Store, No 8 N. Quccn sl- ,     Sept 24 1845 tf-lS