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.--'-MISCELLANY. It is a story s, a long lapdlong want m ore; I say mongst us, that before our father , 1 following days, and a day or two after assigned for the signing of it. The fs and priricipal men made their marks by just touching the pen, and did it^with a thoughtless lightness. Carree-nmun-nee was now called. His people had decided, and his him to his companion’s sight the~ handle of his knife, he made a chuckling laugh as he added,“ May we inoiston sotille day ev^ry spot o f the soil ^ve have'sold them with their milky blood.” The other resp’ond^ ,ed whilst he exhibited the small war-club concealed beneath his blanket,“ May the day come when this will be cut up with notches.” * t e r ; I would not have him another day Id your store for the world.” ■We make no comni Whether such a trad« 1 ( iments ou the above, as the merchant ade rehi would make, is hot rather taking advt tage o f the purchaser’s ignorance, than making the best use o f one’s kriowledge, we leave for our readers to decide.—A*. E .Ga imblirig noise precedes the eruption. It is called American Oil, and it ia in high repute in Kentucky and Ohio. Some say it is medicinal. ■ - couple o f stumpslor a trial iof what-I might advance them to, and divesting them o f all lade hills around experiment was, tbat-ttieso two stumps produced, early^ two very largp heads of cabbage. One o f these heads was used in summer, and th e other remained in the ghrden until fall. __When 1 look up the cabbagcrl found that the hill Bad-been raised a\ ' junction of tl but one~Rprout a piece, 1 them. T he result of tbi .......... ] i^ J e n little above the tbeolT sru m p a n d sp ro u f, and ih from the Jatter.” that roots pot forth I t separated easily from the old atunlj», and I intend to set it out this spring. 'I will add, that the stumps from which I plut the seed sprouts, aiid did nothini l ^ r luck- t ing more, liece, and some an INDIAN TREAT y 6CENE i'fomheAroorloan M .mtbly Magazine for May. e lapd to mongst us, our , time ago, gave your fathers a littl 1 put their feet on, they had to live, in big canoes, tossed about in the big waters hich roach to where the sun goei ) sleep. T he G reat Spirit gave you no md, so you‘'begged a U t i l e h e said this ith a sarcastic smile of indignation- from us— -a .venj little land from'us j as soon as you got it, you pushed us off, and off, and off, and soon youWould force us into the big waters, and so we would be worse off than, you at first, for the Great i^pirit might not give us any of those big inoesyon used to live in. N o, I say id I hope those around me will say the same ; we want our land, arid sell it not. You have enough ; what do you want of the graves of our fathers ? T hey’ll do y< no good. We wish to keep them. Th bosom has been torn lately—a little tree here has b« that was planted een torn up by the roots, and I have planted it on a mountain top. Do you wish me to sell that spot, to sell the bones o f iny child ! a brave boy—sixteen winters had jnst passed him, and already was he the owner of two scalps taken by his own hai ihoAving and onc'^of these,” he cried, si the skunk skin whose bushy tail from his ancles and trailed on the groi as he strode nearCr the Commissioneia, “ was around his knerf for my people had le him as a b m v e .Give up our dry {lie bones o f our fathers —where sleep the bodies o f those who led on our war parlies—where lie those who have shouted loudest in our scalp dances—who have washed their hands and faces in the blood of our enemies—- who have gone out empty and returned loaded with severed limbs of our foe s!— Give up these lands, so sacred to all owned it is medicinal. ■ - ^Remarks.—It is probably petroleum o r minei-al oil, one or those exudations from coal formations frequently found in our country and in others. The gas may probably be carbnretled hydrogen, often found in conjunction with it, and forming an inflammable gas, which is used at Fre- donia on Lake Erie in this state, as a naU i meti oral light house. T he terebinthii t smell comes from the debris of the I forests and tihiber, infused into and irporatcd with the coal formations.-:— JV*. ¥. Star. of Indians from every Great numbers section of the northwestern country were Bsiembled to hold a treaty with the U. Stales. On a large 0 | F ort, was construi temporary shelter, t trees, undi e open space just north of the lielte ,i der w.hich the savs I long and wide d whh boughs of cted a i covere vages ^ivere to •ssembic to hear the“ talk” of the Com- sioners of the United States. A long ta- ble was placed across the upper end of the bower, at which sat the three Com- missioners, the secretary and several a- gcnts and-interpretera; Other benches around th-j former, were occupied by offi- cers of the army, and other visitors. A sHver^pfr^was now produced, holding nearly half a gill of Kinnickinic, with a 'long stem ornamented with blue ribbon? lhe%mblem of peace fi.ved inlo it, and each of the whiles took two or three whiffs and passed ijt to the Indians who all did the same. In companies of six or eight, the Oniawhaws, large muscular sav- age'', who inhabit the country on the Mis- souri, a thousand milps above St. Louis, were ranjied along the west of this bower. N ext to them sat the stern and repulsive looking warriors of the Yanctons, who in- )t of the Falls m e the Chip- the almost il- habit the regions north-west o f St. Anthony. Then cai 3, who roam through peways, iiraitabli north ar also the Winnebagoes, the Sacs, tne i s, Potawattamies, Menominies, and V others. They were dressed in I ble exteiU of country lying to the nd east of the Prairie du Chien, IS, h Fox- len i ma- their ^ ; aiH'their fiery eyes shooting thro’ their fantastically coloredeyes lids, people decided, against him, and his duty required him to abide by the decision of their council.— 1 giving ven, ma ov.u.,-auu sely believed bis tribe would Unflinch- ingly support him. Thedi the delusion paM! As hest< ful girl, to the i rer ! stole table, his form and face with Ireamwas over! le, like a bash- iped closely by his naiden timidity he stretched fo nd tremblingly touched the pen. The ouch was like an electric shock; he star- ted—the blanket fell from his head—a choking voice came from his throat—’twas over; he gathered his mantlp once more about him, and shri/nk back to his'place as ifit was.the‘first time he had knovvndishon- or. As he seated himself, he drew forth his knife, and cut a rude gnsh in the finger that bari dareri-sa-to—disgraeu him ^ Us touch to yield the buriabground of his an- cestors. A flash came over him—he sprang JLq ..the - ground, dashed aside the blanket and made one, stride to the table. “I take back thatm ark” he yelled in a lone that blanched the cheeks o f those who heard it—-he paused—“ but no! it is done my people have said it!” With meekness he recovered himself and stole back to his Every eye was suddenly turned to xt person called, and as they sought again for the last signer they found his place vacant. He had' left a scene so fraught with agony to his soul. The Fox chief, whose bold and warlike speech has been recorcled, was now call- — •Sonu-Iiiilmns are lntl(8 habit of keeping n meenoran- mil oi' tho live.a they haje taken, by cutting a notch,tor .—In the great British Metropolis every thing has its price, down to a paragraph in the newspaper! Some years ago Mr. R., an Atnericfl gentlemen, having discovered some ne' process by which he thought bank notes were to be gained, concluded to try his fortune in London. Very soon after his arrival, be presented himself at ra ll the office o f one the.leading journals, and reques- jted to see the editor. He was requested to give his name and business, which he did, and an answer speedily brought that the editor was. engaged. By dint of great urgency, he at last Succeeded in making his' way to the room of the sub editor, and having never found any difficulty in obt: ,ing a hearing from gentlemen of the press in his awn country, where the time o f an editor is considered almost as public prop-, erty, he proceeded at once to explain, his discovery, supporing that it would be re- ceived as a favor, and duly glorified in the next day’s impression.' Before he had fairly made a begining however, the sub editor cut hit* .short, politely but firmly, by saying he had no time to spare, and that he presumed his visitor’s object was to have hfe discovery noticed. ..... . “Why yes, sir, I should like—” “It can be done sir without any trouble; write whatever you like, and it shall go in ; o f course you will leave your address—- the clerks in the office will ai lU as to terms—good morning himself bowed out, M r. R. itange with ifnin sir.’”' he was w ith p e n Pu f f i n g i n Lo n d o n you Finding int back to the office, where in k , an d p a p er , sa f d ow n , le cour inutes, pro- 1editorial paragraph of about twice and in th duced an the number o f lines. This he handed to the clerk, merely asking whether it would appear the hext flay.” “Certainly, sir.” “Editorial?” so u r s e o f tw e n ty m il tk« V o ic e o f Sprii '8 a voice on the rive Awake at Its word, T h e Na v a l a n d Mi l it a r v F o r c e o f E g y p t .—The Pacha’s Navy is said to be on a cornplete war footing. , Ilis ammu- nition and stores are daily increasing, and his crews are also rapidly improving. H e has now six ships of 100 guns ; two o f 84 ; two of 80 ; fiye of 60; two of 52 ; four of 24 ; tw a o f 22 ; four of 20 three of 1 6 ; one of 1 4 ; and —-M one of 10 guns. liroLar^ M irimirainr-bas-uedei^ his command 0 officers all ranks, and wards of 600 saih 'he Admi I 44( besides auxilaries. 3 ntry are bping put into the most formidable state of de- fence; and, from the recruits enlisted in ) country, the army by the spring, will lount to 36,000 effective men, wilhotil including several garrisons. • prop-, r® ' fortresses of this coui “Awaken, awake! I shaken, gushing Ar Da n i e l Re e d .L e Roy, M arch 28? 1836, _ 3RN Cr o p ----Mr. Philip Ray- 1; Lion Hundred, has sent us Gr e a t Co r i bold, ol Red;» the followii l ing statement of the crop o f com produced last season, in three of his fields. —-M r. -Raybold is probably (he largest far- t mer in New C aslk county. D eb and-4he following results will show that he may fairly claim a rivalry with the best in the country:„ iare springing; -tears of'the night; There a glory on earth’s meanest thing, For nature blooms bright at the voice of the Spring. - ......... 6’s a charm and country:„ One field of22 acres, 2216 bushels, “' 30“ 2249 do. & 3 pecks, “27“ 1818 do. ., ,. theirtonia-b’Dking at it .as whisper-1 s'lmelhing to his recollectioi - 1®^®* ‘Bread.” SAVAGES AT FORT PH IL E IP, :d rrom the Van Dieman’sLand Ma, >a(man, and others referrei removed from [Abridge f gazina.} Mr. Batma , d to, bad 1 Van Dieman’s land, to Port e coast o f New South Wales, the intention o f establishing them- selves there as settlers and large shei farmers. Sot ep non after their arrival they ’*3 s l ^ l j ^ i t o r tH o T“ o f ^ n y , and the Eui s o f some individua __were struck by the lives, by the color pean countenance ls, and by the comparative civilization which prevailed. Rude embankments with tol- erable stone facings were found in parts constructed across creeks and,inlets, with for the purpose of catching fish at the fall of the tide. Sev- eral o f the bark-shelters, or wjgwams,' were formed in a superior and comforta- ble manner, tolerably well thatched, with a narrow opening for the doorway and fire- place in front. Pieces of wood were hol- lowed or scooped out to serve as calabash buckets to carry water, and the dresses of kangaroo skins were neatly Joined togeth- with regular stitches, and cut away so as lo'“fortn a convenient vesture.. The settlers,however, had not domiciled them- selves in their new position many days when these and various other indications of mgonuity were satisfactory explained by the appearance o f a white man clothed in n kangaroo-skin cloak. H e was at first rather timid in his approaches, but when spoken to kindly, .and of bread, he threw off hi: iffered a piece of >'''' is reserve, and after apparent relish, and ]l'>o ' if endeavoring to bring Gther English words so< n returned to his memory, and he was I at last-^enabled to communicate Ihat^hisl -----------—« ,ckley; th a t h e |a d 0 escaped from the name was William Bu( been one o f those who encampment of trie prisoners by the ship \t h e late Colonel Collins Ion, he exclaim- ims o f delight glowing in his Ocean, formed by in attempting, agreeably to instructions of the British Government, to form a settle- ment at Port Philip in 1803, that he lived ever since with the tribt rigii had le of the abo- ines whom he then met with in the ih, and over' whom he had Ion; cised the rule of a chief. He is a very tall man, having served as a grenadier in Holland under the late D uke of York ; is from 68 to 60 years of age, and in excel- lent health. Through the assistance o f the new settlers, he has forwarded a peti- tion to the LieutenanriGo' for a pardon, mainly with is, and to communicate the result of his --------------------------------------------h ivernor, prayi a view, we pre-| ne, to enable him to remain where he icy with that interes any valuable lliscoveries which he iS we are glacf to leai his Excellency has kindly been plei grant, impressing at the saroi him the expectation that he will cont to do all in his power lo maintain ah inter- course between the aborigines and the :sting country, and l di had made in it. This rn, la l ased to me time upon ion inue~pof. whites; for he had already been the 1 of preventing a sangCiinary attack tribe, through misappreheiiston, on the lit- Ue party already settled there. I q a phi- losophical point o f view, this discovery is truly interesting, and a narrative of his vi rious vicissitudes l means n during his long sojourn, well (oi'd, would rival (he classic work o f of h i s RESIDED FOR 3 3 TEARS AMONG THE 79 T r will (hui acres, 6284 do. & 3[pecjts. field of 30, Jh at. i 22 acres, the yield exceeded 100 bushels of corn per acre-T he whole crop on 79\ acres, averages nearly 80 bushels,—Dcf. The hunllful hllepulcd this my, ’l‘h:irl|z!1liann the luck: nu: 1a, m. r-umg fmm mgm, 1: g|vu no ghny mm. A moum renting here- o death my way in run offusrl The ‘man h-vn (I: ma henr. 'rh'.”m: my mama Cm; '' And the Jug echo oflheir fune—- Iln.-I-esn «amen. gun. ‘ mfrmet I lrcmblu u my hrmm, Thou m such plenslnl {and for denllll So m e t h i n g Cu r i o u s — T he following were the prices of wheat per bushel, in va- riotm ports, at the close of the year 1836. Fm*tw sta==O TnciT7TrTtersTO rgr78^ at Odessa 56 ; in Prussia and Northern Germany—-at Danlzic 67, Stettin 64, Bre- men 65, Weimar 53, Hamburgh 50, in It- a ly ~ a t Trieste 81, Venice 84, Civita Vec- chta 76, Milan 95, G e n o a'S !, N ice 99, Malta 9 0 ; in Spain— at Santander 130, Barcelona 183; Malaga 190, Bildona 143 Corunna 129 ; in Norway—at Christina 102 ; in England—at London 104 at Vir- ginia 125. Thus of twenty.three E uro- >rts, it was lower in eigeteen (ban ich it was Spain, the worst intry in Europe, the high IS owing to a desolating civil-war.— leat is twenty-five cents p er t of bringing it from any European port could not exceed five cenla bushel, and probably w price is The duly on wh« bushel, andthi irec cents. brougl ould not amount Therefore wheat could he lorts inta Balti- man ports the igh, and from the tyould be nearly fifty per ci carried to Richmond. The old world, overstocked wiih inhabitants, can furnish bread to (ho new, with a virgin sparse population. From all (he Baltic and Germ profit would be hi Black Sea it w ent, i f ir n soil and a fiery shooting their fantastically colored • lids, gave an appearance to them 'well calculated to startle one so unused to such sights as ' body, and exposed his form naked, ex- cept the breech cloth, and a huge turtle which hung by a cord round his neck and ick.“ Look here up hold dear—do you ask it, and do we lis- ten tamely? The Cvil Spirit has taken away our tongues when the white man comes among us, and our tomahawks are too heavy to be lifted when the long knife tells us what he pleases. Sell !-give up- forsake! remove from the lands where we first breathed, wljere we have hunted. 1 ed and been happy! This is,impossible and his voice sunk to a tone of deep and impassioned feeling, but regaining his lof- ty spirit, he dashed the blanket from his i impletly covered his ba( i cried, pointing to the limbs;“ these are the marks of wounds gained in defending these lands, and I would rather that each should open agi and bleed afresh, than that we should Ic the soil in whose defence they were re- ceived. 1 was shot down and stabbed—- ,but I was hap p y ; the land for which I fought was still our ovvn; and when borne from my wigwam to view the dance round the scalps of our enemies, the Great Spirit gave me strength, and I, who a moment before could not stir a limb, Iqaped from the ground, and whilst wounds shed (ears o f blood, I danced spit upon th e trephies-of nur foes. Yield very wounds a pleasure ! You would ask me if you knew h< md, the thoughts of which made my ivo not ow often in very delight I have thrust my fingers into these sores, and, tearing them open, exulted, thinking myself, m my bodily pain, once more facing those who would disposses 1,0 .'''f qiiz ialK« r’s to m h a klay n n i —you'irOve enough ; we beg a /illle of you. I f you were not so much stron- ger than we, we would be willing to meet you to fight for them ; but we arc weak, and would be at pea ce; leave us whet we have and we will forget that a// was once i,” H e sealed himself on the ground and drawing his blanket over his he smoked his pipe in silence. One pf the Foxes then rose, and in a flood of eloquence pourod forth, in his liquid language, sentiments of the same cast, and. ended by a flourish of high, haughty independence, that, say whal :y will, only the unrestricted rover of me forest can boast.“ We are weak, to be sure,” said he,“ but the dying wolf can snarl if he cannot bite; come then, and take our lands—we’ve got but one life, and when that has gone, there will be no 3 one to prevent you from going where you like, / a m only one o f my people. I speak only for myself, and though your ■ 'ierp, who hire themselves to our Great sold rs Father to be shot, and shoot whoever he tells them to, surround us, let me tell—I hate the while man, and hope to see the day when we will once more smoke' our pipes where now stand their big villages, whilst their wigwams are burning atound 3 ;” he showed his snow-white teeth hilst be laughed, and bending bis body, Iruck his brawny hand thrice on the round, atvd cried,“ once more will a l l lis be ours. Then if the Great Spirit let* any more white men come in their big canoes to ask us for our land, the scalp- ing knife shall be the answer. We’li fill thq cracks of our wigwams with their hair, and the wind shall t b not make us cold! You. talk of people ove^j^ffie water I Go, tell such stories to our children who can- understand, or to our old women who cannot hear. This hand has taken many a-life, and is strong enough to take many more. T he Great Spirit in a dream has told me-that I should be buried under a mound of scalps.” As these words were epeated to the different tribes, he seated himself, and regarded with stern Silence the Commissioners, who were somewhat infused by this powerful outbreaking of the warrior chief. a mark on the heavens wherever it has been.” As he heard his name called, he was on his feet. N o depression gained the mastery of his proud unbending spirit. The fire that shot from bis eye on a pre- vious day was there still; the sarcastic curve o f his lips still smile'd' upon them ; the heavy tread of his foot was unaltered; indeed, he looked brighter and more cheer- ful, if any thing,'than before. His disap- pointment, instead o f quenching, had ad- ded fresh fuel to the flame; and as he tripped, self-possessed, to the table, with bis blanket trailing behind him, he looked more like a God than a mortal. The tip of his forefinger of his right hand was blackened; he had put it iir.mburning for the office it was to perform. He turned and thrusting his hand his back to the pen, behind him, touched it, whilst he cried “My hand, not my heart, signs it.” Our chiefs have got milk, instead of blood, in their and will H ear,” by sound, that, as sed on paper, was ep interjectional, well ns it can be ' One o f the Commissioners then arose and commenced an harangue.“ My children,” said he, “your great Father, the President, has sent us here to buy frpm you part o f your lands.” This the inter- preter for each tribe repeated in succes- sion, and as soon as each concluded, they whom he addressed, exclaimed, some- thing in the manner of the audiences of th e British House of Commons,“ H ear, a a de guttural I I ‘‘Howe, Hovowe.” The “ we are glad Spirit has allowed us a bright sky and a clear day to meet toge- ther.” This was explained and met with th e“ Howe,” that is uttered after every sentence. “The river runs bright, the birds sing in the air, and the face of na- ture loqks smiling^ these are good signs ; they show that our hearts are not foggy, And that our trade will be made in friend- ship. Your Great Father loves h 'ls red children, and wishes to be good to them. They must han d s; he and his grounds are wise chiefs- who never ingti they has a large quantity of land, i governed b y old and I —bis villages are full of braves fear the-tomahawk or the scalp- 3; some of them ev md before the big deserve good at his hen knife; ven lau g h ' guns of their and warriors use for your enemies. These braves i Great Father wishes to ist, smoke your pi] )ur corn in safety, icks of furs wilhoi iipes ID security, and make up ithout molestation. raise your your pa I f you know what is good for yourselves, you will open yotlr ears to the words of your Great F ather and do as he says— Be careful, then, :u and do not listen to bad birds which are flyitfg about and whieper- :k lies to you. Your Great Father knows there are many of these, and he wants us to put you on your guard. These birds will eat up your corn, and destroy ; they will make you look siSfed your families ; one way, while they fly the other with .wives, your children, your goods, what 1 say—I’ve got only talking—I don’f say yes with one my mouth and no with the other. My words come out of the middle, and I don’t talk crooked.” He then went on and finished the speech, by stating the object of purchasing land for which they were assembled. ly one way of r side of wVarzie y °bu^e“g:fdeK e r ‘' ’ Behold their bright and morning ^tar. Oh death thou art the gate of heaven, To those who fed their sins for^vea . “Yes^siri in the editorial columns—I presume you would not wish it in the lar- gest type used on the paper?!’ “Why,-yes, sir, I should prefer that.” “In that case, sir, the charge will be ten guiheas—if in the smaller type, five.” Mr. R .took his manuscript and with- 1 COMMON SCHOOLS. NATURAL HISTORV This useful and intensely interesting ;d in our I IN lef l i subject is almost entirely neglected common schools. N ot one pupil in a thousand ever learns a single lesson, in either the mineral, vegetable, or arnmal ki ms. The young farmer Teams g of the varieties of soil, its nature •sition, and its peculiar ngdora knowledge o f the ies and influence T he moslimpi 3school jrhis business, the t I does not give him. T he little knowledge that he acquires of business, he js obliged to get bv igno- rant experience and blind observation.— The mechanic does not study the nature, pliability, and uses of the minerals and metals; nor does he learn the beauty, strength ahd durability of the varioqs tim- bers. T he laborer, in his experiments, has no science to assist him ; he is pre- paring nature to administer to his necessi- ties without -.i knowing her rules of action Ho knows nothing, for his school has giv- en him no opportunity to know, of his own physical nature, nor of the properties of the natural world around him. AGRICULTURAL. got milk, blood, their veins—by and by, perhaps, they will get well; much they’] ! mind the White Man’s goose quill and his black paint there. - T hey’ll scratch out those marks with the knife, blot out the figures on with blood, and,” and gritting his teeth i if he already saw his forebodings fulfdie . . “tear the paper in pieces with theirtonia-b’Dking hawks.” As ho took bis seat he whisper-1 ed to a cunning chief who sat beside him, whose name denoted his character. T h e - that bites in the G rass:—‘ ‘The di d as i ui Kiiied, se Snake“ ay will come, the Great Spirit visited me last night, when our people, the Sacs and Fox- es at least, will make their niarho on the skins of the while men.”“ Be quiet now,” said the Snake, “one of these days wp’ll prPBPnt the Great Spirit with a pack made of the skins of the pale faces.” The Snake who bites in (ho Grass was then called. He was dressed in only the customary costume of breeches and blank- et. Around his neck was the skin of a rattle-snake, half swallowed up by a full length skin of a moccasin Snake __The rattle-snake warns those who ap-, proach it o f its being there, the moccasin sites without such friendly caution. This arrangement of skins showed the reptile stealthy in conquering its more generous 3my. H e was a spare man, with c inkled face, decayed teeth, and insigni- cant appearance. He might have weath- ered some forty y • ‘■ars .There was noth- ing peculiar in his appearance, not ever eye, excepi you cai’ght it fixed on you. When this was the case, however, how dif- ferent your opinion of hia whole exterior. You thought him remarkable in figure and face, and wondered at the entire alteration. It was the indescribable something in the ie that met yours which produced this enect. H e seemed to search into yoni soul, and you imagined you felt the fangs of a reptile fastening on your vitals. Bu t he’scldom fixed bis gaze long; his eves danced About in his head with a restless- ness that showed, though he cruld study others he did not wish them to study him. As he reached the board; he addressed the assemblage in a few words, speaking frrff to the Commissioners:—“ Fathers,” said hc>“ my heart has been sick a long time t good many moons have died rince I 'e had a heart that was not too heavy arry. But since I now see that our Great Father (meaning the President) has t three of his wisest chiefs to give us 'ood talks, clothing for our people, food ir children, powder and lead to hunt and bring i g le for our ( game n.heaps offers—I b e^ n to feel as a new man. 1 see the dark 3 too g o tfd —he wai 0 teach us to be li clouds that made bio win; to make us happy, lo his white children and have plenty to eat and drink ; and all he asks is, a little land, the land to us ? Our fat! ds us keep in our wigwams g away and the sun shining again, Great Father is d nts Ihers sleep it dig them up, they are too good; and if they wanted too, our Great Father would not allow it'. We-have plenty of land left, and I, who am a great warrior, willingly sign this pa- per.” He was, indeed, a warrior o f nc medicine bag in his nation held as many scalps as hiS.He did not go forth with war-parties, but alone; and the scalps of many & man, woman, or child of some other tribe, whom their people thought had perished by cold, water, or beasts o f prey, bung in his wigwam. Without noise, without the warning yell, be bad taken more than a hundred lives, and so.stealth-1 ily that the bpreaved relatives never could' trace their loss to any particular tribe, let alone the individual. From the New England Farm England Pa s t u r i n g St o c k—Do n . ot turn your ittje to grass too early in the spring,—^ r. Deane was of opinion that the 20th of y, was in our climate, quite early enough to permit cattle to go to pasture; and some farmers think it best to keep working oxen and horses to hay, &c. at least till the fir^t of June. It is not right to turn all sorts of cattle into pastures to- gether. Milch cows, working-oxen,-and- fatting beasts, should have the first feed- ing of ah inclosure. Afterwai:ds sheep and horses. When the first lot has been fpH ofT, if oH nnld h o u p . th^o m n .nure which has been dropped should be beaten to pieces, and well scattered. Af- terwards the second pasture should be treated in the same manner, and the rest in course, feeding the wettest pasture'after the driest, that the soil may not be too much broken up by (he cattle’s feet. , D r. Dearie observed, th a t‘‘Something cpnsiderable is saved by letting all sorts o f grazing animals take their turns in a pas. ture. By means of this, nearly all the herbage produced will be eaten ; much of which would otherwise be Idsl. Horses will eat the leavings of horned ca ttle ; and sheep will eat some things that both the one and the other leave. Fwm Me Philadelphia amém, April so. ...:.L.J L.. .7 V-- c o p y irom Its original columns, possess arnyed off this port, bringing in the“ Creole,” a Porlogaese slaver wyh 307 Africans on children; they were captured off &t. Domingo, and had been out 25 days__ They had not suffered so much as those in the Vigilante, although dyseniary^had broken out ambng ibem. The (Creole is a fine vessel and said to sailfast._ The Afiicansare from Con- go and other district's in the vicinity of S ierra Leone ; one girt who speaks English is from' that place. A man and his son who speak English, say that they had resided in the cole- ny of the (jape of Good Hope, and had gone beyond the frontiers, were taken and sold.— 1 he whole have been landed. T h e Africans from the Vigilante are recov- ering ; they are chiefly Eboes, and have suffer- ed severely Irom ophthalmia and eruptions.-:- The slave deck in the Creole (the Vigilante had none) did not exceed two feet in h eight; ■all manacled and crowded in the 80if they had experienced bad long detention on board, many more deaths must have occurred. These Af- rican races are cliiefly cultivators of rice and other provisions; they are intelligent and in- dustrious. T h a Gannet sailed for Bar'badoea onterlng the port, having corhmunica- his Excellency the Lieutenant-GoV- Leon ted with -.i H e cannot theretore, conform his life and t ons which? exist pre-| betwe physical nature, He reseeing the in- l ^ school,he has never learned the most common andaimple truths in physiology | or anatomy. The structure and uses, the ini iysi h j layers, the mucous coat, &c. of the skin, the common school student knows nothing inue~pof. > conduct to the relatii iteen matter and his has no means of for ' fringement of the organic laws. --------------------------------------------h o o l ■ • “L et the stock.of a firmer be greater or less, he should have at least four enclo- sures of pasture land. One enclosure may be fed two weeks, and then shut up to grow. Each one will recruit well in each will have this time to six weeks; and rtiit. But 1 cattle may range b t unless some may become too wet 1 Feeding pastures in rotation is of greater intage than some are apt to imagine. One acre, managed acf urding to the above directions, will turn to better account, some say who have practiced it, than three acres in the common way.” in the latter part of October through all the lots, and soft. inue~pof. H e is not told that the skin is the sent if perspiration—the regulator o f animal of i heat, and the seat o f absorption. H e doe: r not see the sympathy between the si and the other organs oflife; nor the cau- ses o f suppressed perspiration, (an action which brings on the most of pur disorders,) nor the connexion between the skin i the nervous system. Being ignorant of that vital organ, he abut s and neglects it. o attention to suitable clothing, ion, nor to washing and bathing; I no infoririation on these sub- The eyes of the savages were fixed on the speaker as he proceeded, 'out when, through their interpreters, they were made n>’-nuai.';fed with the offers made for<their ground. As the speaker “Canreemaunnee,” or“ ll walks,” started t eye glanced like of each of tha then, as if it had learned in that transient look, the minds of all, it rested with a His ng fjercet wild, jet, entangled hair i back, ^ i c b was c h aR o- left shoulder, and which being gathered round bis loins, was held by hia left hand, which grasped the folds with excited nervousness. His face was blackened with charcoal, for he was ~ in mourning,—bis breast was striped with while c la y - ^ n his blanket were the ver- tnillion prints of ten hands, which num -^ bered the scalps himself had taken; his foot seemed to spurn the ground on which he stood. T he expression of his coun- tenance was of a mixed nature ; it was hard to tell which predoraii tnalancboly o f a Bleeding heart, or the aavagp ferocity of aa excited soul. His manner, aa he apoke was full of energy; as he proceeded he beat his hand his breast. i which swelled and ebbed like the tumultuous ocean; and as (he w< g from his moutti with the camh (ragin • petuosily of the resistless surge, evei those who did not 'understand the deep guttural of hia Winnebago tongue. . felt toused by a feeling indescribable in its nature. H e was the orator of his tribp, way.” An English writer says,“ in turning out F n 0 horses lo grass in the spring, it is usual lose the forenoon of a fine dqy to d( in ; the natural consequence is, the hon fills bis belly during the sunshine and lit down to rest during the coId\of the nielght, thereby probably exposing himself to dis- orders. In some parts of Yurkshir better practice prevails; the horse is turn- ed out at bed-time; the consequence is, he eata all night, and sleeps in the sum shine of the next day.” It will not be proper, when you havi turned your cattle to grass, to overlooji o iglect them.,You should see every ISri - imal every day, if you rise an hour before the sun for. that purpos* T he bottom of an old hay stack is sa|c( be exceliant manure for' pasture land, contains a quantity of grass seeds, which fuFrilshes a net^-set of plants. It should never be suffered lo mix with manure for grain or corn lands, as it will cause (hem to be overrun with grass and other plants, igh useful in a pasture, are ^weeds in arable land. (oi'd, (he Robinson Crusoe. Two other pri from the Ocean absconded with hi he had never seen the end ol twelvemonth, when he joi —Athenaeum. irisoners lim, but the first the natives. -He has learned nothing of the structui and action of the muscles, nor of the di gree and kind of exercise which they n quire to give them strength, elasticity, and health. H e has i^'o acquaintance whatev- er with anatomy, and knows not that the bones are composed of animal and earthly matter, and that they are essential to mo- tion, and to the security of the vital organs; he does not study the growth and^ decay of the bones, nor perceive the ad of their vitality and insensibility, adaptation to contained parts. .A gentleman from the country placed his son with a dry gooilR merchant in ------sts For a lime all went on wcIL At length a lady came into the store to pur- chase a silk dress, and the young man waited upon her. T he price demanded was agreed to,'hnd ho proceeded lo fold the goods. He discover'ediiefere he hafl 'finished, a flaw in the silk, and phiirtirig it out to the lady said,“ Madapi, I deem it my duty to tell you that there is a fracture in thg silk.” Of course she did not take it. h e w ill never h a k e a merc h an t .A An Am e r i c a n Oi l We l l . — About ten years ago, on boring for salt water, 200 feet through solid rock, near Burksville, Kentucky, a fountain o f pure oil was ■uck which was thrown up in a stream of I feet above the surface of tl emitting for several days 75 gallons a minute. The well being on the margin o f a creek emptying into Cumberland ri' look that course. ze. 1 he flames^ hilts and scorched the highest T his oil is very inflammable and penetra- ting, and possesses so much gas that it breaks bottles i t which it is confined^— ■ ------in but becomes brown on It is extremely vola- he eatftij^ T h e coloris greet exposure to the iti time it continued, arable loi iir. tile and pungent, o f a.pitchy taste, There has been two flows .in 6 yeai {the last on July 4, 1835, from which 20 barrels o f oil<were obtained during the .The oil is readily sep- from.the salt water, with tyhich if t-'is pumped up, by its rising on the tpp o f it P a te n t P o rtable B ake Ovep. course not The merchant overheard the remark, and immediately wrote to the father ofth( young man to “ come and take him home;’ “for” said he,“ he will neper make a mer chant.” ‘4 _ ${‘l;,. Seeing that little was to be effected in this excited state of mind, the council ad- journed till next day, and in the interinp, by (he distribution of presents, such as blankets, calico, guns, powder,beads,pork, &c. prepared those, whose minds were not made 6 f the“sterner stuff,” to listen with patience, if not yield to a solicitation i barter away their lands. T he effecffwi apparent-at the next'meeting. One by one the chiqfs consented, but those who had spoken the day before maintained a gloomy silence; and as the sat on the rth, listlessly making marks in the sand grass, from their re o f what isly 6 or plucking the blades of roots, they seemed not to be awart was going-on. A stranger would have thought they took no concern in the trans- ariiion, but utider this unruffled surface boiled the molten rage of mortified but not crushed spirits^ . *r. The trealy^iraVvettied on that and the The father, who had ever reposed con- fidence in his son, was much grieved, and to the city, to be informed of his ----------jes.“ Why will be not make a merchant?” asked he. hastened I deficjencii ' • T h e following curious fact in relation to raising cabbages from stumps is taken le Genesee Farmer of April 9. lince I have^ opened lefore I close I will give “■•periment I have perhaps to some from th si Ca b b a g e s .—Sinci comipnnication, bi some account of an i experiment lade in raising cabbages, which well at may be useful of your reader :urious r them for sallad and greens occasion-j , ’|Bp^ofihc\si'ovens found a sprout...qbout to bldssom, I broke it off. After a while blossoms ceased'to and the shoots began ' ' U r\ merchant?” asked he. “Because he has no tact,” was the a n . swer. “Only a day or two ago, he told a lady voluntarily, who was buying silk of him, (hat the goods were damaged; ond I lost the bargain. Purchasers must loo themselves. I f they-carinot dii ' out for selv-c .i s .I cover flaws, it wifi be foolishness in me to '-tell them of their existence.” “And is that all his fa ^ very well in other respects.” *“ Then I love my son better than ever; a n ff i thank j -j pardnU ‘ Yes,” answered the merchant,“ he’s e r )^ e ll I n inkyou for telling me o f the m a t-'is I i ult ?” asked the nature. e was orator tribp, 'end thole who ba%e listened to him will itey er forget his Manner.. --*tbe Biad inan,’’ said he,“ is the friend o f d ie white, the red man listens to the. w < ^ s o f h|S Great Father. T he Great h|S % J^irit-iella-thy red man that it is right, and '. ymon our Father sends his long kniyes ' en o h g a t 'us, we treat them well. You 'K lave much land—heap o f land—but^ | As be. signed the paper and took scat, ho muttered in the bar o f “(he cic that leaves its mark in the heavens where-j ever it has-been.”“ I gave them lie for lie, did I hot?” and as he carefully exposedt o l k b is' id 8 ceased'to appear, and the shoots began to '\ ' b summer take the form o f heads.. I selected a ■f j . OT. T’ ‘
