^ ol. VIII.— No. •23. 



hese covisidertioiis speak a persuasive Ian 

 ;e to every reflecting and virtuous mind, and 

 Ibit the co'utinnaiico of tlic union as a primary 

 ct of jiatriotio desire." 



will not apologize for the length of tliis cx- 

 froni an address so pregnant with political 

 oni, and to which this great and good man ex- 

 sed a hope tliat his countrymen might "now 

 then recm- to moderate the fury of party spi- 

 o warn against the mischiefs of foreign in- 

 le, and to guard against the impostures of pre- 

 ed patriotism." 



gladly now (piit the political arena, and turn to 

 3ine iipon w Inch there ai'e no heart burnuigs 

 alousics, no local or sectional animosities, but 

 ousand considerations to unite all our hearts, 

 ther inhabiting the JVnrth or South, the East ov 

 «i !, in gratitude "to God for having given us a 

 II 'so enriched by the blessings of Agriculture. 

 3 also wc have the bright examples of our 

 ihinston, who, » first in war, first in peace, and 

 in tlie hearts of his countrymen," yet sighed 

 he pleasures of rural retirement, an<l the pur- 

 i of his beloved agriculture. There is some- 

 g in the comitry, in rural sounds, and rural 

 ts, peculiarly gratifying to the natural and un- 

 upted taste of man. 



will not say by way of parody on that seuti- 

 it of Shakspeare — 

 The man that has no music in himself, 

 or is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, 

 fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils;— 

 et no such man be trusted." 

 nil not, say — 



The man that has no" taste within himself 

 find delight in rural sights and sounds. 

 Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; — 

 et no such man be trusted." 

 I will say that the nmn who loves the country, 

 rmiet joys and peaceful pursuits, would com- 

 nd my trust and confidence more than if he 

 ■e the reverse of this. 



od made the country, and man made the town ; 

 It wonder, then, that heaUh and virtue, gifts 

 It can alone make sweet the bitter drauglit, 

 It life holds out to all, should most abound, 

 d least be threatened, in the fields and groves." 

 (Vnother, in his Minstrel, thus sweetly sung:— 

 i, how canst thou renounce the boundless store 

 charms, which Nature to her votary yields ! 

 e warbling woodland, the resounding shore, 

 e pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; 

 that the genial ray of morning gilds, 

 d all that echoes to the song of even, 

 that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, 

 d allthe dread magnificence of heaven, 

 how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! ' 

 (To he continued.) 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



181 



■nishcs ointments, infusions, and flecoclions | ^^.^^ '^^.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ .^^ ^^^^ ___^^^^_ 



for all the ailments, c-nts, or bruises, kvery Pn--t|.^ ._^ ^^ its infantile loveliness and vivacity, is 



of it serves some useful purpose; the wood,]Mlh, , .= , .:„i.. ..:.i .r. .._ .<-._. _.,.i f.. 



bark, leaves, bud, flowers, and fruit. Its narcotic ( " 



y not be so generally known, that the buds 

 make an excellent jiickle. A water distilled from 

 the flowers rivals buttermilk itself as a rural cos- 

 metic. In some remote connlry jdaccs it supplies 

 the place both of the surgeon and the druggist; 

 it furnishes ointments, infusions, and decoctions, 



I'Voin il,e Journal of Hcalili. 



WET FEET. 



What a crowd of painful recollections are con- 

 jured lip in the mind of a |)liysician, of any age 

 iiid experience, by the words wkt feet. The 



"o •'* " — _ . 



... - . , jiexed at night with croup from wet feet, and ii. 



hark leaves, bud. flowers, am fruit. Us narcotic °. ' _ii .. r i <• r 



uaiK, n,a»es, uuu, uu«i,i., a a day or two IS a corpse. The youthful form of 



scent makes it unwholesome to sleep under its " i ■ i r < i c i i 



biciii iiiaucs It uu.viiui^oui. V 1 fciiialo beauty, which a few months before sflad- 



shade. 



A;i\fidal Flowers in Jfax.—A French lady, Ma- 

 dame Louis, has succeeded in producing flowers 

 in wax, of such exquisite delicacy, as to be suited 

 for Botanical study. Some .specimens have been 

 presented to the Duchess of Berri, and others ex- 

 hibiting to the Paris public, possessing all the bril- 

 liancy of coloring, and elaborate minuteness of 

 structure, which are remarkable in the living 

 plants. 



The Enterprise steam packet has left Calcutta 

 for Bombay, with the ultimate intention of sur- 

 veying the Red Sea, preparatory to opening a 

 steam communication between Bombay and the 

 Mediterranean. 



It is said that Bolivar, President of Colombia, 

 intends to visit Europe. 



The alligators of the river Oronooko have be- 7-;- - " , r , I'l 1 



. , , 1111 , .. . the feet exert over the rest ol the body at large 



come incomparably more bold and ravenous, 1 ";- 1 . ■ .■ 1 .• .1 ... 



, ^ ' r- , o.,i. ...;,u ,.,i.;..i. ,i,„„ The rea martyrdom produced by tickling them 



.. — J — ,.._ — ___.j — _ — ^_ __ 



female beauty, which a few months before glad- 

 dened the eyes of every beholder, is now wasting 

 in slow, remediless decay. What was the origin 

 of her malady? Wet feet. Let us hope that the 

 exposure was incurred in a visit of mercy to a 

 helpless widow or distressed orjihan. Whence 

 come the lingering disease, the ])ain and sufTering 

 of that fond mother .' Still the same response : 

 getting her feet wet, while providing suitable win- 

 ter's clothing for her children ; as if tenderness 

 for her ofTspriiig justified her dispensing with all 

 the rules of prudence for herself. Thus we might 

 continue the melancholy list of diseases, at best 

 harassing and alarming, often I'atal, to which the 

 heedlessness of youth, the pride of manhood, or the 

 avarice of old age, are voluntarily and causelessly 

 exposed by a neglect of one lesson of every day 

 experience. 



It needs no medical lore or labored reasoning 

 to show the gre;it influence which impressions on 



since the feast of human flesh, with which they 

 were provided by the late wars in that quarter. 

 Formerly, they would rarely attack a man ; now 

 it is extremely dangerous for any person to come 

 within their reach. Thus does human ferocity 

 gravate that of the brute creation. 



Horse Poiver. — The power of a horse is consid- 

 ered 10 be that which will clcvato a woiglit of 31, 

 000 pounds, [another estiinate reduces this to only 

 22,000 pounds raised one foot high in a minute, 

 equivalent to 1000 pounds IJ miles per hour,] the 

 height of one foot in a minute of time, equal to 

 aboiit 90 pounds, at the rate of four miles per 

 hour. This is a force greater than that exerted by 



The real martyrdom jiroduced by tickling thei , 

 and the cruel punishment of the bastinado, are 

 sensible evidences of their exquisite delicacy of 

 feeling. Of this fact we have more pleasurable 

 experience in the glow diffused through the whole 

 system, when, chilled, and shivering, we hold 

 them for a while to the fire ; oj- when, during the 

 prevalence of the dog star, we immerse them in 

 oolJ vi-nt«-x(. nH"y ti"> l^^'t wlili'h is then coursiug 

 through our veins. Are the internal organs of 

 the body a jirey to wasting inflammation, as in the 

 hectic fever of consumption. There is a sensa- 

 tion of burning heat in the feet. Is the body 

 feeble, and the stomach unable to perform its di- 

 ;estive functions. These parts are habitually 



hour. rins IS a lorce greater mail tiiai CA011C14 .jj gciii>>- .....v.u,v..,.^. ......0.^ ^„...^ „.,, j 



a common cart horse, which is not estimated at | cold. In both health. and disease there is a con- 

 more than 70 pounds ; that is to say, that a horse slant sympathy between the feet and the different 



Manifold properties of the Elder Tree.— The El- 

 r tree, says Miss Kent, in a"ii article in the ' Ma- 

 zine of Natural History,' does as much good by 

 noxious, as by its agreeable qualities. If corn 

 other vegetables be smartly whipped with the 

 anches, they will communicate a suflicient por- 

 ,n of this scent to keep oflf the insects by which 

 many plants are frequently blighted. An infu- 

 )U of the leaves, poured over plants, will pre- 

 rre them from caterpillars also. The wine made 

 om the berries, is well known ; but, perhaps, it 



harnessed to a cart, weighing with its load 40 

 cwt. or two tons, and drawing on a level road at 

 the rate of four miles an hour, makes use of the 

 same force as if his traces, instead of being fas- 

 tened to a cart, were passed over a puUy and lifted 

 perpendicularly a weight of 70 pounds. 



Jl Further Improvement in Locomotive Engines. — 



The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company 



have received letters from England, stating, that 



great and very valuable improvements have been 



made by Mr VVinans, an American, in locomotive 



steam engines. Ho makes them of any weight, 



and of any power to suit any road. It is expected 



to supersede entirely the use of horses for trans- 



jiorting carriages. 



BeautifidFlowers.—Ou Friday last, Mr Parmen- 



tier step|)cd into our editorial apartment with a 

 large basket of flowers of exquisite beauty, and 

 yielding a delicious odor. These, with some ripe 

 red and white strawberries, were the produce of 

 his horticultural garden, and were destined to em- 

 bellish the wedding party of the Hon. Mr Web- -■.,=- - . , ■ c . 

 oeiiisn 111. o 1 J Mi., Tpiov of New ' su table protection for tlieir feet, a 

 stcr, of Massachusetts, and Mi=s l.elo^, ot iNtw 1 



organs of the body. Whatever be the weak part, 

 it sufi'ers with unfailing certainty from the im- 

 pi-essions of cold and rnoisture on the feet. No 

 matter whether the tendency bo to sick headach, 

 or sore throat, hoarseness, and cough ; jiain of 

 the stomach, or rheumatism, or gout ; severally 

 and all they will be brought on by getting the feet 

 wet, or at times even by these parts being long 

 chilled, from standing on cold ground or pave- 

 ilieiit. And who, it might be asked, are the chief 

 victims to such exposures? Not the traveller 

 caught in the storm, or the tnan of business, or 

 the day laborer, who cannot .always watoh the ap- 

 pearance of the clouds, and pick their steps with 

 an especial avoidance of a muddy soil, or wet 

 streets ; O no ! we must look for the largest num- 

 ber of sufft'iers among the rich, the fair, and the 

 lovely of the land ; those who need only walk 

 abroad when invited by the fair blue sky and shi- 

 ning sun ; or who, if pleasure calls at other sea- 

 sons, have all the means of protection against the 

 elemental changes, which wealth can command 

 of ingenuity and labor. They it is who neglect 



brave the 



York. — Long Island Star 



snow and rain with such a frail covering as would 



