Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1860-03-20

              ;-. 1 .1.. . .. 1 - T . MOUNT VERNON, ; OHIO TUESDAY, MARCH 20; I860. NUMBER 48. VOLUME ":s C ' '- t T?N "T W-, . . ,x i c. " i , I l . if . I I I I . IS FCSilSBEO EVBBT TliESDAV MoaHlse, Df L. UABPEB. y Oflce in WoyadY Mock, Third Story TERMS T dollars ptr nnnm, payable In d-Tne; $2,40 witftin tix montbj f 3,00 after the ex- pirfttioa of the year. Clubi of twenty, $1,50 eeh. . JLGTTICE. BT til ACT80BKSS OF ,'JOH RAUFAX. I mid to LotUco, oar .'ter Lettiee, WlUe drooped and gl'utened her eyeluh brown, "Yoar an'i poor mn, cold tad doar man, Tbore'mny a better about oar towo." 6b iiailed curely "He loTe mt purely; A true heart 'a aafe, both in mUe or frown; ' And nothing harm me wbilehUlove warnu inc Whether the worU f o up or down." 'H eotae to tranrrf, and they are rangers, And ill to truft, girl, when oat of light;-Fremed folk may blame ye, and e'en defame ye A gown oft handled ia aeldom white." 4Sbe raised aerenely ierelidf queenly 'My innocence ia my whitest gown; " , No harsh tongue grleree me while he belieTet me, Whether the world go up or down." "Yonr man 'a a frail man,. was ne era hail man, "And sickness knocketh at every door, ; And death cornea, making bold hearts cower, break-- ing" Our Lettice trembled but once, no more. "If deati) should enter, smile to the centre - Our poor home palaoe, all crumbliag down, fie cannot fright us, nor disunite oa; . . IJie bears Love's eross,death brings Lore's crown. OF THE BEAUTIFUL. . Scatter the germs of the beautiful - By the wayside let them fall, That the rose may spring by the cottage gate, . And the Tine on the garden wall; Corer the rough and the rude of earth With a Tell of leaves and flowers. And mark with the opening bud and eup The march of summer hours. . Scatter the gennsf the beautiful In the holy shrine of home; Let the pure, and the fair, add the graceful there In the lorliest lustre come; .Leave not a trace of deformity In the temple of the heart, But gather about its hearth the gems Of nature and of ark - Scatter the germs ot the beautiful In the temples of ear God The God who starred the uplifted sky. And flowered the trampled sod; When be bwilt a temple lor him.'elf, Aad a home for bU priestly race. Be reared each arch in symmetry, - And covered each line in graoe. - Soater tbe germs of the beautiful In the depths of the human soul;-They shall bud, and blossom, and bear tbe fruit, While the endless ages roll; Plant with the flowers of charity Tbe portals of the tomb, And the fair and tbe pure abont thy path In Paradise shall bloom. Juire lot tuiu'ijiaf, Le not idl Look about thee for employ! Sit not down to utlee dreaming Labor is the sweetest joy. Folded hands are ever wenry, Selfish hearts are never gay,' Life for thee hsth raaoy dutioe Active be, then, while you may. Soatter blessings in tbe pathway! Gentle words and cheering smiles, Better are than gold and stiver, With their grief dispelling wiles. ' As the pleasant sunshine falleth, Ever oa the grateful earthy So let sympathy and kindness . Gladden well the darkened hearth. Beert there are oppressed and weary; Drop the tear of sympathy, -Whisper words of hope and comfort, Give, and thy reward shall be Joy unto thy sonl returning. From this perfect fountain bead, Treely as thou freely givest, Shall tbe grateful light be shed. ; Counsel to the Young:. Never be cast down at trifles. If a spider breaks his web twenty times, twenty times will be mend it. Make op your minds to do a thing, acd you will do it. Fear not if trouble comes upon you; keep op your spirits, though the day may be a dark one. "Troubles never last forever, The darkest day will pass away. ' If the sun is going down, look up to the stars; if the earth is dark, keep your eyes on heaven. with God's presence and God's promise, a man , or child may be cheerful. ' - "Serer despair when frog's in tbe air, - A sunshiny morning v ill come without warning. Ifind what yon run after. Never be content ' with a bub We that will burst; or a fire wood that will end in smoke and darkness; but that which yon can keep, and which is wnrth keeping. . Something startling that will stay, v When gold and siti-er fly away. - - Fight hard against a hasty temper. Anger will p come, bat resist it strongly. A spark may set a , boose on fire. A fit of passion may give you cause to mourn all the days of your life. Never , revenge aninjury. He that reveagetb. knows ne rest; Th meek posseil a peaceful breast. If yoa have an enemy, act kindly to him. and Make him your friend. Ton may not win bim over at once, bnt try again. Let one kindness "l followei by another till yoa have compassed " roar end. Bv litiu n4 v. i;,t .v: i ' - rf ihuvkh uunge arc completed.-" . . ,. .- " ":. . '' ."Water falUng day by dav, : - ' f - -: . , ,Wears the hardest rock awayl ' J U:J .. . Asu wirfww suuuwh wui sorisn a heart K of stone. -! ; .' -- .- Whateveryoiido, dottwiUiDgly. A boy that ... is wbipped at school never learns bis lesson well. - - A saaa that ie eompellad to .work cares cot bow 4 Dadly it is performed. ' He who poll off his cost atnpa ap bis vuHotn m .Carney ana X-i: ; : Aehewful spirit geU oa qaickj lata tioc-iu are worse .enemies tUn lions Jtd Users, r ire cas get out of thV way of wild Lesjsjtsttsl llrr;lU wto thtir day every wkera. He? jozt Lei's acJ hearts foil tf good a-oe-ts, tLii til tLisLu raaj sot al room - - -err anlstrivsaalpray, f t . t A ob;!4 away. goutljs' gepartm'tnti . Coaatry Boy. Country bojs often feel that their lot i a hard one. They tee city-bred yonntteri oD; their travels and sprees, and iba age of fourteen! ver itable young gentlemen, with a imbed exterior, a cigar and a cane. The young lamer ai tn same ae finds himself with a hoe in haod, and a cheap straw bat o his bead, sweating among the bills of corn. lie if frequently enrions of bis city brother wbiaking past him in the cars, with kid gloves, delicate ringlets, and plenty of of money in bis pocket. - - Mind your corn, boy; boa it oat clean, keep steadily to tbe labor yon have in band, do it well, I and in good time yonr good days wiu come, too. If yon find farming is not salted to yoar taste, or yonr strength, or your circumstances; if yoa like mechanism better, or hare a capacity for business, whatever yoa eventually engage in, it is all the same you have begun right. Their fathers and mothers wilt, in the end, see it, too. Do not feel envious of the pleasures a hot boose man enjoys, but remember, not in a malicious, but sober spirit, that such plants wither early. By the time yon have acquired a corresponding perfection of mind and " body, -your delicately reared coteraporary of the (own begins to feel the debilitating effects of idleness and dissipation. He is not alone to blame for a weak body and a profitless mind; it is the result of a system, and he can not escape from its effects; these be must end ore for himself, in Lis own person. His fat h er mar be a professional man, or a merchant, or may be merely rich; the chances are fifty against one that the son will not replace the father. Such ;s the result of well-settled experience, business falls into tbe hands of those most competent; it does not descend the heirs. It is the country bors, after all, who do the city business. Ob serving mn hare oftn stated this fact. : Calcs anb STRANGE LOVE STORY. To 1847, there live! in the town of Lmdahut, Bavaria, a young mechanic named Louis S , who ha just arrived at the ige of twenty-one years. He became acquainted with a young woman, the daughter of a wealthy citizen, noted for her beauty and many accomplishments. The two were soon deeply in love with each otb er. and were li'vaig :n the blissful a iticipation of soon enjoying a world of happiness ia wedded bliss. The matter was mentioned to the girl's father, whe became very indignant at the pre sumption of the yoang nan, who was poor, in asking the hand of the daughter of one so wealthy as he. . The young man was driven from bis house, aod threatened with personal violence e?d beturnfcWith a sorrowful heart and or that waTtne young girl's name, and set sail for America on the 13th of April, 1848, in the ship Calois. . - The ship was out two weeks, wildly tossed on many a rolMng billow, when one stormy, dark night, the 27th of April, 1848, she was struck by an Eogliah vessel, and in less than twenty minutes sunk to the fathomless depths of the ocean, carryiug several of the passengers, and crew to "that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns.'' ; Just as the vessel was going down, Louis S and Jobs Hershberger, who in tbe voyage had become intimate personal friends, plunged into the briny deep, and fortunately almost immediately got npon a large plank, and were quickly carried far from the scene of disaster. The English ahjp bovered around fur several hours, and gathered up a number of the passengers of the Calois, but Loo is and Hershberger had, in their frail bark, got beyond bailing distance, and the vessel weut on her way without tuem. For thirty-six boors tbey were On this plank in tbe middle of the ocean, enduring all the horrors of anxiety, hunger and thirst, when they were picked . up by the since ill-fated ship City of Glasgow, boand. for Philadelphia, where they arrived on the 6th of May, 1848. Hershberger hired with a barber in Philadelphia, and Louis S- came on foot to our neighboring couuty of Stark, where be worked two months, and then came to this county and commenced work at his trade, as a partner in an established shop. He was a very fioe workman, sober aod indu8trioos, and soon gained the confidence of his customers and neighbors. . Tbe result was that he soon had all the money be needed, and some to loan, which he was al ways careful to ful in safe .bands. ?JIn the year 1850, be made tbe acqaaintance of a farmers daughter, of this county, and on the 29th of November of that year he was married to ber. He continued to prosper, aod in 1852, parshased a fioe farm, and went to analog. In Jane last his wife died, leaving four children two boys and two girls to .battle the storms of life with out a mother. News bad been takea back to Germany of tbe loss of the Calois and most of tba passengers, and among them Louis and youog Hershberger The girl, Louis's first lore, was sorrow-stricken with the sad news of Louis's, supposed death, for she still hoped that fortune would favor them, so tbst tbey might snarry a jmef time. ' "Hope spriogs eternal io tbe human breast," and it was . this that strengthened the yoncg girl to" bid farewell 'to be'r. lover, and pray'toTleaven that he might safely ba carried over . tba pathless ocean; bat wben the sad news bf bit death reached ber ear, aha was for many months almost frantic, ber tocy cheeks rave way for a deaib-lika paHor, and her friendx feared that tbayT would "soon tave to follow her to tbe grave, ' Tima, bawaVer, bad its Sect, and aba fioally- appareifly forgot the casta of ber,troabla. lUny were tia anitrt that a plied foij let hanoytuv refai tbemaH.: In the jear: I85V Hershberger, who was a acbolaz and sv fina write vwrota a letter "la friend in Germany, givmr atr accoual af tLa aoTara.Ioks DfibeVeastL'aBi'escaa'tf bisUe! enlLouij ' TLUletUr wax ptkHiladta a ps;er la Ger - ... ... .... . :;. ...... many, wUcb J liio tba IzzlU cf tie fiUiiil littcbfs. girl, by which she learned thai Louis bad beea saved; but whether be was yet liriag. and, if eo stilt true to her. out her in great suspense. Her father died In' 1858, leaving ber si large fortune In July, 1859, she was io , a store in the townof I Landsh at, and while waiting on the merchant who was engaged, to sett her some goods, she,. picked op s copy ; of Dcr peuttche. ' i " Ohio, paper published by brother . llaby of Canton, formerly of this county, and it noticed the death of tbe wife of Louis S. She concluded- this) Louis was ber old lover, aad immediately she began to make preparations Co sail for America and seek him but. She arrived in this country, at the house of Louis, on the 2 1st of December and oa the 10th of January tbey were made happy by being united in marriage at tbe house of the bridegroom. Bulnus Counijf.Ftiriner, -: A Visit to Robinson Crnsoe't Island-While on board tba ship Golden Rocket, lying at Green wick, Dock, we were permitted by Capt C N. Pendleton to examine hia log book, in which he gives an account of his visit to the Is land of Juan Fernandez (Robinson Crusoe's Is land.) The ship was on ber paasage to this port from Boston, and bad on board fifty-five pasaen gers (twenty-five of whom were ladies) who intend to make California their future place of resi dence. Getting short of water. Capt. Penning ton decided to stop at Juan Fernandez, for a further supply, and therefore shaped hia course tbiiber -the Island being. Dearly on his track. At six P. M. on the evening of March 24 they doubled the eastern end of the Island, and at seven they rounded to, off tbe bay of St. Joseph, at the head of which the few inhabitants now remaining on tbe Island are Iocatsd. The facilities for loading water at the Island Capt. Pendleton represents to be not very good. : Tbe casks roast be taken on shore and filled, rolled back into the water and parbuckled into the boat. W bile the crew were at this work, tbe passengers rambled off in different directions to make discoveries. The Island is twenty-five miles long by about four in breadth. The land is very high, rising iumgged precipitous peaks one of them, Tunkcue 8,590 feet above the sea. The peaks are generally overhung with clouds. The valleys are exceedingly fertile, the grass growing to the height of six or eight feet. V Figs, s'r twbarries,' peaches and cherries abound in 1 heir season. Tbe Golden Rocket was there In the season of peaches, and the valleys and hill-aides were full of trees and loaded down with delicious froir, Capt. Pendleton bought four barrels of tbe inhabitants and the passengers as many more. Strawberries flourish best in. December and January. There are three remarkable caves in the sides of the bill facing the harbor, about thirty feet in length twenty-five in width, and about the same in height, Tbe in flow tin in ber bni Anrteen, of whom Messrs. Day and Kirkadle from Valparaizo are the ; chief persona, tbey have, been appointed overseers of tbe Island by the Chilian Government. Formerly a penal colony, numbering five hundred, was located here, and the caves above mentioned were nsed by them, but the project was found to be impracticable, and the convicts were taken back to the main land. The Gulden Rocket anchored on the opposite side from that npon which Selkirk lived, and there being a mountain to cross to reach the Robinson Crosoe abode, no one ventured to make tbe journey.- The best landing is on the eastern side, but the water is twenty fathoms deep at the bead of tbe bay, and in some places so bold is the shore tba a boat tied to ber painter, and drifted to the limits, would be -in seventy-five fathoms. An immense number of goats are running wild over the islaad, and an abundance of fish are taken from the coast. The water is obtained from a number of never-failing rivulets trickling dawn over tbe rocks from the eload-capped mountains. San Franeitco Time. '- ' y- - -;. . Rnfne : Choate. : W - The followirrg short dicta are from the memo rials of Rufos Choate, just published in Boston; He said " be always 4went in' for the verdict." "I care not how hard the case is it may bristle with difSculties if I fee! l am oa the right aide, that cause I win" '; It is rich and rare English that ooe ought to command who is aiming to control a jury's ear.? ; . Never cross-examine any more than is absolutely accessary. If yoa don't break your witness, be breaks joa ; for he only repeats over in stronger language to the jury his story. Thus yoa only give hint a second chance to tell his story to them, and besides by some random question yoa may draw out something damaging to jour caase.' 44 At tba outset then, joa want to strike into their minds (the jury) what they want a good solid general view of yoar ease ; and, let them think over that for a good while." - "If." aid he, emphatically, "yo bavn't got hold of them, get their convictions at least open, in yoar first ball boar or hoar, yoa will never et them at alL" . . ' As he bad stu died His i urv says the author. " till he fcae w Yjm 9Tery one, so ba would aay aometbioi.to bit every one. ; To his sharpened,- vision, tbeir faces ware as glass. Ho? read -their souls tbro1. 1 the glass.. "He would never allow the jary to perceive bim at issue with -tba beach. '"The material oftbif great ndrocate' argameBi was a aysterlbas eonaolidation of tba most dogmatic and positive' assertion, the el osess logic, Ibe dry- est law, the most glittering poetrj,xbe most coo-J vuisive Bumur, . creu uy an, euyausiaan) . uninter rupted and conUgious." ! Ia coostant! parbimself into tbejury box, as it were that Is, h'econstantly made.a's'ort of confident of aacb juVymasu ' TIe oever had. like soma weak-minded advocates, several toeones, eaca o pe.usea ia case pi ceeo, in any new ptneb in the esse; ba" badjiinii, theory fon central commanding ' tbeory and all tb; evidence squared ai 'dofd UlliJ 'i-la ani 'tipon. tils oca nUzj ce&lra, wllvb - J.l Li a ataUaal a very portion cf tio Ia Tiii;"- tod ' personal kctcs. field." v His analysis and subtle refine j ment ia ducnmiaation was aiarvelously acute. Hia, discussion of the witnesses themselves, per sooally was striking eonmug aod eon vi Being. If he wished to break witness in the confidence of the J dry he made no direct assault npon bim; that would bava been a bnngling and often an iaeffVictual proceeding. Nor he described Ibe witness generally,; remarking,, perhaps,, that it was of very little, consequence whether , he was believed or not, but then .he would go oa to ia sinuate rather, than express a thousand diepar age men ts," Hts whole theory of argumentation was the exhaustive)- one: to exhaust every possible line of thought directly bearing npon bis theory." "He said to me oftea ' stand- ng op and addressing a erowd, vaguely, an na- defined mass, nobody in particular, and wheel ing on the heel, looking about from side to side, cannot be the thing; it is no better tba stand ing up and fiddling. Talk to losaebody.' H - j,, - - - - ' Louis Napoleon . f A Paris letter- writer thos describing Louis Napoleon on one of the spacious aveunes of that imperial city: " Driving a pair of uplendid bay s attached to a box w gon. with the reins io in- his own hands, and handling them as though h were accustomed to it, without any outsiders, queries or guards, the Emperor Napoleon came along the avenue. He was dressed with a black overcoat, and a hat which was of a fashion of its own. The points of hie moustache looked particularly sharp, and bis 'itaperial' as though it had just come from the barber's, It requires a steady hand and a quick eye to guide those dashing horses through .the immense throng of vehicles of every description 'which filled the avenue, particularly as the . driver, while keeping One eye upon the eteedd, was obliged with the other to acknowledge the Salutations which he received on every side, and be kept up a contin ual bowing. I consider myself a tolerable good Democrat, but I took my hot entirely from my bead as be paed. A great man is he he has been successful, and eantas pseudo pbiloicphery may about it, success is the Iroe measure af greaH The Emperor gives as yet no signs of age, (he "will be fifty-two on the 20th of April next,) but looks as Sreah and and young, I think, as when I saw bias five years go, be fore he had tbe whole of Europe on his shoul ders, and tbe Pope 'down'ou bim.' " - : ttmmmit How Marcy Composed ids State Paper. The editor of ibe NeWYork Evening Post, speaking as if from -persnnal knowledge, savs : Mr. Marcy, in Wasningion, commonly com posed bis important despatches, not iu his office, but in bis library at-home. When thus engaged, he would at Once, after break Aist, begin his work, and write till nearly noon, n be- would go to tbe Department, receive i' and attend to the regular routine Culles o bis 'position. ' During the hours of com position he was so completely engrossed with his, Tuject- tlat persons might enter and go out, or taia hi the same room, without tbe least obtaining-: bis notice. He wore spectacles usually satin ai dressing gown, with ani old red handkerchief on the table before him. and one. could: judge of .tbe relative activity ol nis mina oy the frequency ot bu application to the snuff-box. Iu truth, be. was an iuvctar&te snuff-taker, aud his consumption of that article appeared to have injuriously effected his voice. lie wrote deliberately, with - few erasures or changes, and his thoughts geuerallv in the first draft assnmed the form of expression in whicb be was wilting la publish them. He almost al ways bsed a pencil, and left tbe secbud draft to be penned by a cl-rk. This, however, he rarelr altered. ' His hand-WFitSng was legible and handsome, without being clerkly.1 : XU The Japanese authorities have proclaim ed that the exportation of coin is prohibited bere after, giving the somewhat singular reason, that the Emperor's palace having burned down, they want all their money to build bim a new one. THE 21 ASSESS OF TKIFLINO WITH ;-:;7 , f - . DI8EASE. - " TB.UTH POB TfiOSB WHO R3ASON. . There are thousands of lunatics at large. Is tba mas sane who shows more solicitude to keep bis: bouse in good repair than to preserve bis heallb or prop bis failing constitution ? Such a man is, as Shakespeare has it, essentially mad, without seeming ao. Besides, there is no excuse for remaining sick, when the mans of re covery nave been placed within the reach of every valetndinarioo. . The great and good HoL-Lowaf, volunteering the resources of a well- stored and, powerful intellect in the service of humanity, bas sought, found, combined, and applied the antidote to every disorder which assails the system, either .from within or without. His two. world-celebrated - remedies are achiev ing, in all regions and climates,- and over the most frightful forms of disease, the most signal triumphs. Bulletins of Holloway victories appear in every public j ornal that issues from the press, aod mora than tea thousand certificates of eerea accomplished by his Pills and Ointment, are pubiisnea annually in &arope and this couo try. No longer are mineral poisons aod paralyzing narcotics considered neceesarr in tha nracS tice of physic. . The two medicinal wotiders cf the nineteenth century bare superseded them, Tbe dyspeptic, the scrofula-stricken, the vie. tims of liver complaint,' of eruptive disease, or. worse man an, or wtmtrai medicines, rejoice in tbe salutary revolution." ; - ; Above all, tha feebler sex in everr ednUIon of Hfo, aod in all -coan tries, bve reason to con-graialaU tbemaelves , that Pre fessor .Holloway's remedies have been given to tb? world. - It would seem that tbeir mild, conservative action baa i pecatiar ana most oeoencial e Leet bpon the female system and constitution at tha critical periods .of life. 'Ia girlhood, n&tnrity, and old are: as maiden and as wife ar. j mother. -fraril and sensUive women finds ia iLese preparations j Mjcuua di Doieiicr every paio regn- lating every disordered function, and ' replacing torporand debilitf with activity aad strength'. ' 'The value of aacb a; medic", aa as Bolloway's PiUs as aboasehold remedv C-anot be over ar preeiaiad, v Husband and at". ers know little of tut many actoS ana paios to -rhich the feebler fnemberi of theic amiUea arc subjected, ia. con-tequeaea of tbelr aedentary 1 bita, and tba sus eptibiUty of! JLliiiervoa3 tyf 3s; Tbey surer nncompiaiDingiy. .:UiLZ5'"'f-th em fro a applying, to a f b do tetk medical aid, it is to t noHowsy'a tetnedies, tier La relief, a&i'intla accocjini aJtice, a cLart;tlaVif if I F-ida ilizi li 're&evel L;. Home Journal - perhaps, prevents iiciauj or if tbey i purpose.' Uut in a a sera ceacs of directions and i'y f-!!awei, wiU : gricnlhtnil; " Tha Hooey Ee Mr. Q iimby,-Prof, of Agricultaial Chesaistry at Vale Vllege, jn a recent lecture said that" beekeeping was more profitable with, tbe same cap ilal, than most other kinds of business. In 18oC. be said that eight bandred hives, on an area of of ten vqnarv mites,' collected 42,000 pounds of honey, and increased to 1,200; and-yet it is probable that not a ti'be of the honey was collected.' Mr. Qaimby estimated the average yield of 100 stocks", at over 3,000' ponnds, and this4 would gi ve a proljt. Ovey all expense of tea cents ta each pound.': These coald be kept on an area of four square-miles, and on man ooU take the entire charge of them. ,.. . . .. Tbe best time to remove bees from one locality to another t between the, fi rat of October aad the first of March.' If it is 4oa in very warm weather, the combs are soft, and easily bteoosa crushed. Thrymay be carried n. sleighs, or on a carriage with springs. Too hive should be io verted ( to preveat the comb falling, , Thirty pounds is sufScient to winter a large swarm. Uuless you understand managing bees, avoid patent hives, a tbey are generally complicated expensive arid incon venient. ' The moveable comb framo is perhaps an wxception to this, and it has valuable points. The apiary should be so situated that it will be protected from north and northwest winds. . Bee houses are not so good as iudependent stands. Honey for family use bad better be made ia anplained boxes, communicating with the hive by eight inch holes to tbe square foot but if it ia intended for market, it is policy to use glass boxes instead of wooden ones. Theao should be encased ic wooden boxes to ex elude the light. Place - them oo tbe . hives as soon no sooner as tbey are full of bees, and remove them as soon as they are filled wit i honey, otherwise tbe honey may be soiled by the constant creeping'of the bees over it. After it has been removed keep cool and dry; if kept too warm, worms will work in it if too damp, the honey in Open cells becomes fermented. Some have thought that poor honey or sugar and water could be transformed into a superior article, but this is not true. The best honey is collected from fl jwera growing in northern latitudes. After much interesting and valuable information of tbe insects wbieh prey upon the honey, and the disease to which the bees are liable. Mr. Q liraby closed by remarking that "though tbe acquisition of ibe much van o ted Italian bee might prove to be valuable, yet we should not neglect those which nature bas placed within our reach. Abont Grapes. '.. At the Conversational Lecture, of Dr. Grant" it was at,ked, "What Constttotes a good grape? It was said in reply, there m fist be tartaric acid, sugar and arpma all present, in the proper quantities.,: A grape deficient in sugar, and to which yoa have to add sugar to make wine, is not the thing we want. Sugar added produces alcohol, which will make drunk come, when sugar which the grapes eugbt to contain will not, let the chemists say what they please. I would as soon poor alcohol into wine as add sngar. Such wines are not wines: they are cordials. The Isabella has not sugar enough; the Catawba has, about Cin cinnati, but not here. . Tbe Diana is better, and the Delaware best of all. The Delaware is short jointed and, therefore, compact. In answer to a question: The wire trellis is a good arrangement; a wall is tha best; the color of a. wall should be white, in a coo! climate. '' Does a plant grow in the night time? It does not. ' ::""V" - , Mr. Weld of tbe Homestead, says that accor ding to the principles elacidaied by Prof. John son and Mr.' Eaton, the plant conld oot grow wlthont light.' There may be a mechanical stretch ing, but no actual increase of weight.' Question Is tbe Delegare preferable to tbe IaabeQai for New Havenl cc,; -c i z -: -.-: :V-n Answer- Yes; it is hardier, ripens earlier, and stands tbe bot son better, on account of its thick et .foliage. . There is a great deal of humbug in getting new varieties of grapes. We are in dan" ger of being overran with worthless kinds; the Horticultural Societies should take op the mat-ley . , ' . ' .' ' Would yoa cover a vine in winter, here? Yes always; yoa get a larger crop and better flavored. - Dr. Ide, of Springfield, remarked that be always covered bis, to great Mad vantage, and that Mr. LoBgworth ssid it-would pay in CincinnatL Mr. Barry of Rochester recommended the prac tice for Western New York. Mr. Goodrich of Utica, used cabbage leaves first, then earth on top, and spoke of tha plan as simple and convenient. Mr! Fuller thought cabbage leaves in jurious; cabbages, reddiahes and turnips, grow ing near a vice were injurious. How would yoa run a trellis? North aod Soath. A wall? East and west. Soma of the members of the Convention preferred a soutbeastent and soma a southwestern: exposore for a wall. . The Irish Totato. ' ? 5 For, the informafioni'o'f the bumerous gardners in tbe suburbs of tbis city, we:cbp theifonowiof paragrspba from tba Mobile Adcertisern " lit is still in many places a mooted point wheth er the largest ersmaUest potatoes "sBobld, be rf served for planting, "In regard io oar bwo rard' eners, as a general thing, they, yupplj poVmarket witttanpenor potatoes of fine? Savor and .large growth, bat we have never thought of making in quiry, as to the.sTze"csed for seed," I England; some eajtivaiors fiwsys p.'ant tbe Iarjeet.. ,Qne Keatlemaa, whoa experience extands thronrh a ertes of teanexys "IjsJ ways jblant tba tobert wb'otej'.seleciiisg 4 ljj;est 1 tin raise, and from eary ewFa-: A general rule, tiiaX potaioes a 1 - - - -a ; " r oagbs to be planted, ia rows,- dieUat? froo each otber ia prdpct'Jcn to'tba LILt of tli Kteni. Tbe bigJbiogf-IJ tlreajettba rowa'cciLt to be 6nr feel t part, andT'tie tatert cf tb9Try US gen'tsrie? rev ?r ? ,: I sr-.rrircizt from ce&Ut t cscter ilia tlx Ucies.- Ty t-cb mode cf j !it.Ur tie cri-ii '-aaii:--c," l:zl (the organ in which alone the vital "nutritious fluid is made) fa exposed to tbe iigtt-lbe tows always pointiag from North to Soutb." -..Tbe.re, salt of this svstem of tillage was most saliafac' tory opi to the fatal attack of the potato rot, in Augut,l87i when m of the most promising crops waa destroyed..- : t . ti- Tboee amor g as who make U a rale to select tbe small tubers for seed, would find ' it to their advantage to adopt tbe above system througboo. , . , - ; ; Influence of the Sarfac'e Soil. There is something remarkable in the influ-ence on vegetable growth, of the upper stratum ot tbe soil. Take, for example, its effect on the growth of yoang trees. If a yoang peach tree, for instance, is allowed to stand in good soil, whicb from neglect becomes baHeued and crusts ed on the surface, it will make but a few inches growth in a single season. But if, instead of becoming crusted, the surface of the soil for Only ao inch or two downwards,' ia kept mellow, and daily stirred, the growth of thelree.4riil. be more than doable, and sometimes mora than quad, rupled, although the roots may all bo below the stirred portion. A more striking difference occurs wben the surface is allowed in one instance to become coaled with grass, and in the olbrr is kept mellow. Although the roots of tha grass extend downwards but a few inches,, yet we have known this mere surface coating so to retard the growth of large peach trees, that they wonld not make more iLan three or four inches growth, while similar trees standing in mellow cultivated ground, grew from two. to tbree-feet in a season. The roots of these trees were mostly a foot below the surface. Country Gentleman. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVEN-TION FOE A SEiilES OF TEEMS. The two-thirds rule was adopted in 1844, by the following Tote, (by States.) COKTKXTIOS OF 1844. .J'eas. " -Naym. Yen. 2Tay. Maine.... ........ 0 9 Georgia...... 10 ; 0 Massachusetts.... 5 . 7 Alabama..... 9 0 N. Hampsbire... 0 6, Mississippi. 6 0 Vrermont....... 3 3 Louisiana.... 6 0 Rhode Islaud.... 2 2 Tennessee... 12 0 New York. ....... 0 35 Kentucky... 12 0 New Jersey ..... 7 0 Ohio......... 0 , 23 Pennsylvania,., .12 13 Michigan.... 5 0 Delaware ...... .i- 3 0 Indiana ......12 : 0 Maryland'. 6 1 Illinois ' 9 t 0 Virginia..... ...17 5 0 Missouri 0 - 7 Noilb Caroliua 5 5 Arkansas. .. 3 . 0 ;' " ' 148 116 ' - 116 ' Msjori(y.M..M 82 The baliotings for President in the Democrat ic Convention in 1844, were as follows : , . f 1st. 3d. 5th. 7th. 8th. Buchanan... 4 11 26 22 2 Van Buren.149 221 ' 103 - 99 104 Johnson.... 24 38"" IT- "21 1 " 0 Cass .. 83 92 106 128 114 Stewart .w... 1 0 0 ,0. 0 Woodbury. 2 0 0 0 0 Calhoun..:,. 6 '2 1 1 0 Polk.......... 0 " 0 ' 0 ' 0 44 266 2G6 - 266 266 264 Tbe ninth ballot was unanimous for James K. Polk, of Tennessee, a ne w caodidate, taken up at tbe eleventh bonr. ' """ ' COJVEKTIOX OF 1848. Io this Convention,- the two-thirds rule was adopted by the following vote : .' Ytas.' Maine............ 9 JJ. Hampshire.. 8 M assach usetts..l 0 Vermont 7..?.... 1 Rhode Island... 3 Any.'; " - -. '3ia. .Nay 0 Alabama. 9 0 0 . . Mississippi. 6 0 2 Louieiana... 6 0 5 ' " Texas 6 0 . 1 Arkansas... 3 0 : 0. . Tennessee18 0 0 Kentucky ...12 0 26 Ohio,;..... 0 26 : l ' Indiana.. .M 0 ' 9 - 0 ' Illinois...... 3 7 0 Michigan.. 5 0 0 Iowa w 4 0 0 Missouri.... 1 5 ' 0 Wisconsin.. 0 4 -175 ' 78 . ....... 78 Connecticat 6 New Jersey.... ,7 Pennsylvania..-. 0 Delaware......!. 2 Virginia ........ 17 N. Carolina. .....11 S. Carolina.,.. 9 Georgia. f! 10 Florida.........; MarylanJ. ...... Majority 97 The Convention then, proceeded to ballot for President with the following results : 1st ballot 2d. 3d. 4th. Woodbury.... 58 7 54 ; 58 35 Cass....... 125 133 156 179 Buebanao...... 55 ;-; 55 44 33 Calhoun... 9 ... Dallas... .. 3 6 ... ... Worth........... 6 5 - ...5 1 Butler. ...... ... - ... - - -' ... . - 3 , . . .. 256 253 263 251 . It will ba seen thai Mr. CaM bad a majority on the fourth ballot, and be .was accordingly nominated by acclamation . ..".. ; ; coxTgxTiox or 1852- - ; There were forty-nine baliotings in this Convention, all of which it ia unnecessary to give. A few will be sufficient to indicate tba leanings of tha Convention towards particular candidates. Mr. Douglas first appears as a Presidential can didate in this Oonveotion. IsC- 116 ; 93, 20 2 sS 11th. 191 87 . 50 '! 27 " 1 i -8 , 3 1st. ; , 64 : s 79 y: 25 ' - 16 ' . 10: 48tb - .- 2 49th. : 2 CaxsM Buchanan Dooglaan. -"..; 24 "Marcy .i:' VI Bstler.. Houston.. "'1 - Pierce. Mr.looglas received bis highest number of votes on this baHot,and fell off gradually to tbe last, J- - 3 - sj?j r : eo -r Ia -tkia Coaveatioa fthe - fa lei of Xhe foraerj were. aopteduBawsBousJy. uo .fp.ecifif . vqte.pp, anv one oeing laaen. Mr. Fie eree was declared, nnanimously nomj tbe'iSib-baHot. - ? f . si . aaled on -r. Io; tbia .lh rules of tba ;iprmeri Conventions weroadepsd wkhoui.a rote oo any particular-one. ' v. ;.-'V.-w -'V ! I-"Toe foITowV aH'eome of ibebiKotf of tbli Cbnvenlioni ?---HtT "- - '" FirstU..U 1S5. -v.-?-.2j 3J "f 6 CaventbJ.1 143 '' -9 - f 3-T 5 Tenib-.:'147 ": 3'- WJ1 C roartcsaibv-152 -r A 73 -Ti I Sixteeotb. 163 ... - , 122i-i I 6 Ca tla seveatceatb ballet Hr. UocLaia"wa aBaoioasilf aoaaaUJ. Ci 271' a- REPtlfillCAij iiETBET cnilEirr. I f HEAPS OF MOSEY SAVXDHI ? r ; , 8,000 for Whisxey .. , ' . $3,000 llore Thrown Awayl! ' . -I . -.I . ,.-T I, - - 3 . - - ". . . . . W take the following frosri the Ohio Slatcj" Min. - It shows another instenfioof booby Re - publican retrenchment and bow (bey dispose of-tbe people's money.' - - .- - If.,... . TVm.., : Amaii - f?Ant- ar.f i . iuhi a. A U . III.. - . -yr w v. . , .. v v. - Nelson Franklin, the UorBroisstoneN appointed to-select the site for a aew Penitentiary, present bill for 336 days service at $4 per day, and in-addition for expenses tbe sum of f965, making - in all $2,309 for the job, wbicb they have coow pleted by making a 'majority and a miaortty report! ' It is difScult to' imagine bow these gen tlemen conld waste three bandred aod ib;rty-ia days ia the business; or bow they eoold speed $965.' Tbey ougbt" to have performed tba du-ties assigned them in' one third o the times- ; But tbey are retrenching- Republicans of "good .- sJaoding" in ti e party of false promises, and when this fact is known, no one will ba surprised at the enormous bill tbey have rendered. Uncloaking Itaelt Ibe iNew I orki "Iudependent is a paper which formerly professed to be a purely "religi ' oos" journal, but which, without lowering thai ; Hag, entered fiercely into the political campaign of 1856 on tie Bide of Fremont. Dr. Cbeevef and Henry Ward Beecber were, and we believe are still, its principal contributors, while even a more rabid abolitionist than either is its preset! editor. In - spite of its "religions" character however, it was as mean and reckless a paper a could be found in the whole list of the black-re publican campaign journals, and it uttered a many vile slanders of the democracy as any oth er one of them. It doubtless did some servica to its parly, and its party is doubtless gratefal; if it damaged its denomination, that is, pert apt none of our business. We allude to the subject only because we see that this so-called "religions journal is already advertising itself as a cam paign paper for tbe coming presidential canvass and we desire to help it to the extentof spread ing tbe knowledge of its character as far as our circulation will carry it. We quota a paragraph from its proapectas: "The present , will be a year of an paralleled agitation. Great questions are to be discossed, and; perhaps, settled forever We desire to do our part to insure a glorious triumph to the cause " . of liberty, justice, and humanity. We shall en ter the field with courage, . and with a firm faith in Him in whose, bands ia the destiny of n' lions." And" so on. Upon which the Albany "Atlas and Argus'' remark?: . "L his means tnat it is ready to advocate the republican candidate, no matter who be isj and to takapartin-a renewal of theiBfamoos sgita--tion of 1856, wben it urged its unhappy victims, (to whom it taught the "rife was better than (he Bible) to enter noon that Dath of crime wbicb has led to the gallows." ' - - -. . . Prepare for tile Campaign.. The Pittsburgh Post of theSth-Marob has ad . admirable article addressed to the Democracy of the old Keystone, nrging tba party one and all to go right in and participate in the tpontaoe' oos movement cow going on io that State, in the way of responding to the action of the .Reading Convention.; We extract a portion of tbe.arLi cle for the consideration of Democrats, in.-all parts of this State, and urge them to profit by it. The Post says : , ; . Let every livine Democrat in tha State take part in the preparation for the great contest which is approaching. Now is the time, when the campaign is just commencing to confirm tbe wavering, strengthen the weak, and rnspirii ihosa who. have been disheartened and. despond' ing. ,' Now is the time to, excite, in all m'nds, aa interest in the great work wbicb is to be done. At once let the Democracy :gd to work, and ifl every ward, aad township, and school dietrietj ia tbe State, make those prel. mioary movemeota, wbicb are ,moet important Jo success. Organize you-- Democratic clubs," secure yonr Democratic "per.kers, get up glee clubs, appoint yonr eeoi' mittees, raise funds to defray the ceeessarycx' penses of the campaign, and do every possible thing which can be doner to b ready for. the great struggle of the year. Get np clubs for the Democratic newspapers, circulate Democratic" documents, stir np the people and let them know that you are in earnest. Immediate steps should ba taken to let the people, the masses, know what Democratic doctrine is. and what Deroor cratic measures tend to seen re and confirm.- Our opponents, by misrepreveniations, through their political newspapers -by telling only bajf the troih, aid raixinsT it up with falsehood are - doing what tbey can to mialead ibe, masses. All (bat is needed is light, to induce correct no litieal action. The members f the Dartr owe) it to themselves, to their candidates, to fbeif neighbors and friends, and to their country, thai correct Democratic doctrines should ba tbor-ougbly disseminated. . Now is the time to do if Give every one access to such knowledge, in or der that Democrats, will, at all times, aiid oft all occasions, be prepared to defend their own pria" ciplea, and to attack those- of tbe adverse part V. , Tie Uatk Oft ; ".'' '', . Giddiogs bas written a letter apologizing for tbe desertion of-Sherman by his republican allici Tiouieaiing ice iransier ot loair votes .to l ea-nington, but acknowledging the buqaiiiation to wbicb .tbey, were . subjected in beier compelled to discard an enoraer of Heifer's book, and ds cJanatbai rt fiaqi a reeponse ia tba be arts ol allrua republicans. , , , . 4 iw9iddingff ondoubtedly. eipfesses tba feeling; ofbU, brothericonspiratorslnow that there is C9 motivq for professfpg ignorance ordissppraba. men bare all along understood these hypocritical rweAence.and tins, wbea tbe mssk Is tolosjer needed, it is thrown and Helper' book is proclaimed to be tbe true gospel of all faUbfal Tajh4'JCXl:oTtf-Vi9 JLstqbv.U SintU. ' Qnf friea.dsat bona; sboutl be s!ow ? r sa tare their repre'ieDtaiiTes'for derertlc' Hr.i ier manl "Tbey did so for t&e parpoe of t'ec.l; j a Spealer, and de'eatnj a party tlil i.z.3 long sie'iei tbe Fer! power to tba f nrrcr: cffcla-ter-f.-TJ"";? A't the bc!-i!:z'-"j rf die-nrrj a-c- Ji-?te beccssbe bad e 3 or-; J tbe doctrine cf KeL.r's bock,everf tet'.dca cf Licj Lzi ariiJtw i tL leaiu ef ill txud rtpalllc