Ql\)c jTavmcr's iilciutl]Ii) bisitor. 



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"Have yon seen any tiling of lier?" 



"No sir!" 



" When <lifl yon leave the sqiii\dron?" 



"Yeslenhiy nioiiiiii'.', sir." 



" Have yon hail so particnlar a description of 

 the President as to enable yon to recognize her 

 if yon slionid (^liaiice to fall in with her ?" eon- 

 tinned the C'onniiodore. 



"Certaiidy, sir! 1 shall he able to know her 

 iinniediately !" 



" Welt, sir!" said Commodore Rogers, will) a 

 stniie loukinj; the British officer (nil in the eye, 

 "I will kee|i yon no Ioniser in snsjiense, and will 

 take this o|i|iornniity to intijrni yon, that yon 

 are on hoaril the United Slates shi[) President, 

 and that the (if rson whom yon now address is 

 Cortnnodore Rofrers!" 



The astonishment of tlie poor Lientenant may 

 he imajiined. He had heeii ef>regionsly doped 

 and conid never hold up his head again. The 

 labors of his lili? v>ere destroyed in a moment. 



While this little scene had been enacting in 

 the cabin, the crew were piped to dinner, ami 

 the officer of the deck ordereil one of the boat- 

 swain's males to ask the boat's crew to come on 

 board and get something to eat. 



This fiHiclionary accordingly looked over the 

 side, and addressing the hoal's crew, said — "I 

 Bay, shipinates, step aboard will yon, and get 

 something to eat.'" 



" Shipmates, is it .' Ha!" replied a suspicions, 



dry looking chap, acting as coxswain, who was 



in the act of thrnsiing an eiiormnns qnid of lo- 



'liacco between his jaws. "Pretty shipmates von 



are !" 



The men went on deck, and took a look at the 

 sails and aronnd them. '• I say, Ned," said the 

 coxswain, "jnst twig that split caitvass jib ! — 

 Brother Jonathan has fairly got to windward of 

 us this time!" 



The next morning the frigate President and 

 schooner HighHyer were snugly at anchor in the 

 harbor of Newport. — Boston Muxanlik Journal. 



CcRE FOR Foot Kot in Sheep. — 1 take the 

 liberty of sending yon the t(>llowing very simple 

 remedy for foot rot in sheep. 



1 had occasion to procure a Spanish Merino 

 Buck, a few months ago, from a distant part of 

 the country, and on going into my sheep yard 

 soon afterwards, 1 found him very lame in two 

 of his feet, so much so as scarcely to be able to 

 walk, I inimediaiely removed him to the barn 

 floor, and on examiiKition liinnd that his lameness 

 was occasioned iiy that scourge of the Ovine 

 race — the foot rot. 1 cleansed the hoofs thor- 

 oughly with warm soap snds, ami fled to my 

 bocjks for a remedy. 1 soon found in ll.'e '■ Com- 

 plete Grazier,'' p. 16.5, several remedies for this 

 disease, hut as I had not at hand the ingredients 

 of which they were composed, I laid aside my 

 books, and took down that '•erne all," among 

 farmers, my liotlle of spirits of tiu-peutine, and 

 with a fe.-itlier applied it to the parts affi'Cted, 

 quite plentiliilly, twice or three times, in the 

 space of three days, (keeping him upon the dry 

 floor,) when I found that a perfect cure had been 

 efiecleil, and pin him with the flock again, and 

 have .seen notiiing of the lameness since. 



Now, Messrs. Editors, this is a simple remedy, 

 and t'oumf in every tarmer's medicine chesl, and 

 1 can salKl^' vouch for its efficacy. — Albany Cul- 

 livator. ". J. R. Speed. 



Important to Farmers. — -Hart Massey, fjsq., 

 of this village, took a small portion of the seed 

 corn with which he planted a field, and soaked 

 it in a solution of salt nitre, cotnmoidy called 

 saltpetre, and planted five rows with the seed 

 thus prepared. Now for ihe result ; the five rovps 

 planted with corn prepared with saltpetre yield- 

 ed more than twenty-five rows planted without 

 ;my preparation ; the five rows were untoucli<!d 

 by the worm, while the remainder of the field 

 suft'ered severely from their depredation. 



We should judge that not one kernel saturat- 

 ed with saltpetie was touched by the worm, 

 while almost every hill in the adjoining field 

 suft'ered severely. No one who will examine 

 the field can doubt the efficacy of the pre|:ara- 

 lion. He will be astonished at the striking dif- 

 ference between the five rows and the remainder 

 of the fiehl. 



Here is a simple fact which, if seasonably 

 known, would have saved thousands of dollars 



to the farmers of this county alone in the arti- 

 cle of corn. At all events, the experiment shoulil 

 be extensively tested as the results are deemed 

 certain, while the expense is comparatively notli- 

 i ng. — U 'ash inslon Slundnrd. 



Agricdltcral Interests of the Nation. — 

 This country contains about fifteen millions of 

 while popniaticm. Peihaps a majority of our 

 readei-s, consisiing of the meicantile and mann- 

 facHiring classe.*, suppose that a large poilion of 

 these ai-e merchants and mechanics. If so, they 

 may be surprised in learning that lliese two 

 classes do not constitute an eighth part of the 

 whole. According to the census, the whole 

 innnber of persons employed in maunfactnres 

 and the mechanic arts, is less than 4(10,000. The 

 number employed in commerce is liir less. The 

 census exiiihits 1,108 houses engaged in foreign 

 commerce, 2,881 commission houses, no small 

 portion of which are confiueil to American inan- 

 uliictm-es, ,57,.')(i.'i retail stores, 35,963 men em- 

 ployed in the bnnher trade, 17,.'>93 men employed 

 in the internal transportation trade, 4.808 men 

 employed as butchers and packers, 3G,>584 men 

 employed in the fisheries. If we estimate four 

 men to each connnercial house, and two to each 

 retail store, we here find an aggregate of 164,470. 

 If we suppose one liulf of these to have linnilies 

 of three persons, which is above the average, the 

 whole number will be (573,860 persons. If we as- 

 sign the same average to the manufactiu'crs and 

 mechanics, we shall find an aggi-egate of 9()0,000 

 men, women and children. Thus the aggregate 

 of all persons connected with these two branches 

 of business is only 1,533,860, a little more than 

 ii million and a half, or about one eleventh part 

 of sixteen millions. This leaves Ouirteen mil- 

 lions and a half emp|i>yed in agricnltm-e. But 

 we will make a liberal allowance, and allow to 

 all occiipalions, excepting agriculture, two mil- 

 lions, or one-eighth of the whole. — Philadelphia 

 Leds:ei: 



Qcantity of Breath in Man ano Woman. — 

 The French are a most experimental race, and 

 their discoveries in arts and sciences proverbial- 

 ly in advance of other nations. By experimcnis 

 made at the Paris Academy of Sciences, and 

 arrived at by an ingenious species of mask being 

 placed over the fiice of a person whose breath 

 was to be examined, it was ascertained that man 

 gives out a larger qu.antity than woman, and this 

 diflereuce is most striking between .the ages of 

 sixteen and fiirty, at which latter period the 

 quantity of earlKuiic acid given out by the luale 

 is double that of the female. In the m:ni the 

 quantity goes on increasing from the age of 

 eight years to thirty, after which it begins to 

 diminish; and as a man becomes older and older, 

 the diniinnlion goes on in an increased degree. 

 In (dil age, the quantity is not gre.-iter tlian it was 

 at the age of ten. — Phila. .V. jliner. 



Botany. 



" l''rxther, IcI us rnnse the (lelds 



"Try wliat the upland, what the covert yields." 



Botany is a useful jnid elegant science. — a 

 science that, of all that refine Ihe mind, has a 

 most pleasing tenfleiicy to inspire its votaries 

 with ihe admiration of the works of that benefi- 

 c%i»t Briug, who adorns Ibis universe as an ex- 

 tensive garden. We read that one of the early 

 works of creation, was the decoration of the 

 earth with the riches of vegetation — and that, 

 when creation was finished, the SufU'eme caused 

 a garden to be planted, in which grew every tree 

 that was pleasant to the sight, and good for lijod, 

 anil put a man into the garden, to keep it and 

 lo ihess it. 



Tills is high authority for devotion to the stiuly 

 of Botany, and a proof of ii^; being connected 

 with the serene tempe^^f Innocence; and as a 

 further incilement tliaiP mere pleasiue in the 

 sigh: — the blessing of heallh is given, as the com- 

 p;mion that allends the votary's steps in search 

 of specimens, whether ihrough green hawthorn 

 lanes, the cowslip scented meads, by the prim 

 rose loving stream, or along the heath-covered 

 mountain — doubtless, such rambles b,-ive called 

 forlh many of Ihose heanliful effusions, lloiu po- 

 ets of all ages, in praise of "nature's fairest chil- 

 dren," flowers that speak to the afteclions of all, 

 ill dreinning youth, or relrospeelive age. 



'■Buds are the joy of trees, .-md flowers are the 



feast of the eye;" thus while we "tri:ada path 

 bestrewed wilii flowers," or examine the most 

 delicate and minute .•irrangemeuis of tiji; various 

 specimens, our pleasure is enhanced by the grate- 

 ful fl'elings that rise up like incense, and lead ns 

 to "look Ihrough Nature, up lo Nature's Cod."— 

 Montreal (larland. 



True Female Nobility. — The woman, poor 

 and ill clad as she may be, who balances her in- 

 come and expendiliire — who toils and sweats in 

 unrepming mood among her nell-lraiued child- 

 ren, and presents, them moruiiig and evening, as 

 oflerings of love lo her hnshand, in rosy health 

 and cheerful cleanliness, is the mosi exalted of 

 her se.x. Before her shall the piomh;st dame 

 bow her jeweled bead, and Ihe bli^s of a happy 

 heart dwell with her for ever. If there is one 

 prospect dearer than another lo the soul of man 

 — if there is one act moi-e likely to bend the" 

 proud and inspire the broken-hearted — it is for a 

 snfiling wilt! lo meet her husband at the door with 

 his host of happy children. How it stirs up the 

 tired blond of an exhausted man, when he bears a 

 rush of many feet upon tin; staircase — when the 

 crow and carol of ilieir young voices mix in 

 glad cnnfnsiim-— and the smallest inoimts or sinks 

 into his arms amidst a miiihfnl shout. It was 

 a hallow from every couulenauce that beam- 

 ed aronud the group! There was joy and a bles- 

 sing there. — London Journal. 



Mart Stcart. — Her fiice, her form, have been 

 so deeply impressed upon the iniiigination, that, 

 even at the distance of nearly thiee centuries, it 

 is unnecessary to remind the most ignorant and 

 uninformed reader of the striking traits which 

 characterize that remarkable countenance, which 

 seems at once to combine our ideas of the majes- 

 tic, the pleasing, and the brilliant,- le.-iviiig ns lo 

 doubt whether they express most happily the 

 queen, the be.iuly, or the accomplished woman. 

 Who is ihe.-e, that, at the very meutiou of Mary 

 Sluari's name has not her countenance before 

 him, familiar as that of the misiiess of his youlh, 

 or the favorite daughter of his advanced am; ? 

 Even those who feel themselves compi;lleil to be- 

 lieve all, or ninch of what her enemies laid lo her 

 charge, cannot tliiiik withoiil a sigh i;pon a coun- 

 tenance expressive of any thing rtuhcr than ihe 

 foul crimes with which she was charged «hen 

 living, and which still continue to shade, if not 

 to blacken her memory. That lirow, so truly 

 open and regal — lliosi; eyebrows, so regularly 

 giacefnl, which yet were saved li-oni the charge 

 of regular insipiiliiy by the beaiilifui efTecI of the 

 hazel eyes which seemed to nllrra lliousand his- 

 tories — the nose, with all ils Grecian precisii.u of 

 outline — the month, so well pro|H)riioned, so 

 sweetly formed, as if designed to speak nothing 

 hut what was ilelighllid lo hear — the dimpled 

 chin — the stately swanlike neck, foiin a counte- 

 nance, the like of which we know not to have 

 existed in any other character moving in that 

 high class of life, where ihe actress as well as 

 the actors command general and undivided al- 

 tention. It is vain to ,siy that'the porlr.iils which 

 exist of this remarkable wom.ui,are tioi likeeaidi 

 other; for, amidst their iliscrepaucy, e.ioh posses- 

 ses general features which the eye at (turn ;ic- 

 kiiowleilges as peculiar lo tlie\isirjn uhich onr 

 im;igiualion has raised while wi; read herhisiory 

 liir the first lime, and which has been impressed 

 upon it by the numerous prinlsand piclines which 

 we have seen. Indeed, we cannot look on the 

 worst of them, however deficient in point of e.\- 

 ecution, without saying that it is meant for Queen 

 Mary ; and no small instance it is of llie powiu- 

 of beauty, that her charms should have remained 

 the subject, not merely of adufiration, but of 

 warm and chiv.alrons interest, after the l;ipse of 

 such a length of time. We know ihat by i'r.r the 

 most acute of those who, in latter d,i\s, have 

 adopted the unl'avorable view of Al.-iry's ch;iracler, 

 longed, like the execniioner before his iheadful 

 task was perliirmed, lo kiss the fair hand of her 

 on whom he was about to perform so horrible a 

 duty.— .ScoM. 



Nitrate of Soda. — The Gardener and Prac- 

 tical Florist stales lhat iwo cwt. per acre is rec- 

 ommended (i)r liirm crops; 6 oz. in 4 gals, of 

 water (or celery ; 1 lb. in 12 gals, (or dahlias ; 1 

 oz. to 1 gal. for strau berries ; and I lb. to 8 gals. 

 for onions. 



