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Thou art beautiful, 0 sea! . In thy tranquillity. V ' ~ At the hash of noon, when the sun’s glorious fucc‘ Is glaaa’d o’er all thy blue and_bouridlesl space; Or when the myriad. stars ofmidnight throw r ,, Their small‘hrigltt kisses o'et thy placid brow. V You, thou. art beautiful, When waking. from the lull 0f the deed'ealm, thou ruelieat into play. ed with ' breeleaon their jo one way .ihspkoztea P, till'thy hnge ' ea , with the sughter-ot'ttte leaping tides. , . new apostleer you ship ’ DaneeakaIbngrthe deep! I» The wingec’homeof hearts that dream no more stormy seas, or the rock-girder] shore, Than the pl'nm’d voyagers that float or fly, Alike rejoicing in the sea and sky. . , .Hnd' beautiful a thou, When in the du k, as now Ofanvataer eve, thy darken'd surface seems The shadowy home of memory's penal"! drew".

And thy low mutinan on the quiet shore, As voices of‘the dead that wake no more: No. more on earth that welt , . Yet 'shall tbnir light outbrea , 'l'eeae- on beacon ,breabetb o’er the ses,~ rite-i at is this mood of thonght,to me, brl t hope'thsrraMa o'er the loom. love is. 'ag on its lost one's tom . Nor ieth beast lets. What tige‘In qzietneas, Thebtidtl moon bends from her azure bed, And love‘ her own son image on thee shed. Oh! when her mild beams ream along the dceph Who oould‘e'er picture aught to break that tranquil sleep ?

Yet in this hour oflove, . nd, beneath, above, M thoughts of tempest o'er my spirit rise, mewdden thunder-cloud in summer skies. M ! ev’n this hour, full man a heart can tell _ Iowtreaehcmus thy calm,t y wrstli how terrible!

How terrible thy wrath,

When o'er thy reelin path, . frail-hips an hurried, freight with despair, Anddipv evewhile that cursed, now move in prayer, Yhile tempests shriek through all the cleaving sky,

‘nd the-mad billowa writlie in their huge agony.

Thou art terrible, oh sea ! When on the sudden lee, Oraanlen reek, the uivering bark is driven, And plbnk from plan her solid fabric riven ;— Her brave crew tossed upon the taunting surge,—— _ _ ’ark waters their quick tomb, and howling winds their dirge.

When Arctic 'atorms'awake, ' And from its fnstncsa break The continent of ice that guards the Pole, Rendin the Alpine masses as they roll, 7 And 0 er the deep in headlong tumult clash ; Otrl'bow shall that doom’d ship sustain the mighty crash?

My brother! where art thou?

And where that noble prow That breasted billows in its panting glea ;— Man's great Leviathan amidst the sea? No whisper-breathes responsive to the rayer, Kudosin snacking echo answers—V here?

But if, as most we fear, That proud sliip were thy bier; This it the lolecc to our sorrow given, That thnn'waat borne on tempest’s wing to Heaven, And art re'oicing, midst the pure and free, In the big home ofGod, where there is “ No IORI Sea 2"

Iridlintton Quay, 5th July, 18“. m ON AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT.

Among the many objects upon which great improve- manta are made at the present day, it is cheering to considbr tha't agiculture is also receiving much attention. True it is, that this is a subject which has been too roach neglected. We have followed our predecessors. As our fathers and grandfathers did, so have we done. We have long followed them in their steps, without ever supposing that their ways could be altered for the better. And it is astonishing to consider that while enterprise is the great characteristic of the Yankees, they have re- mained so long satisfied with travelling in the steps of their forefathers. But so it is, at least so it has been in this part of the country. But while some yet continue in the practice of their forefathers, others have left their tracks, and are now beginning to make experiments for themselves, The method of cultivating the soil that has been practised in this vicinity, that was handed down to pa by generations that have gone before us, and which some of our farmers yet continue to practice, is the fol- lowing: In the first place, a man to be called a farmer, must have a large farm. This is divided into lots for mowing and pasturing. The pastures are left to take care of themselves, and since they were cleared, have seldom or never been disturbed b the plough. Of course they now produce but very li tle, and that not of the best quality. ’

But this is good husbandry, ties of many of our farmers with their mowing lots. With one qclass of our farmers, it has been the practice to till far too much land, and that quantity of manure that ought to be put on one acre is put on three. After planting several seasons, it is sown with some kind of grain without manure, till the soil becomes exhausted to such' a degree, that it hardly'compensates the laborer for his toil. It’is then thought to be in a good condition to he’put to grass. ' his is one instance of the mismanagement of farmers in this regmn. and the natural consequence is, that land

Many farms have been

compared with the prac-

Ilaa lately decreased in value. worn out to such a degree, that the owners have been under the necessity of removing to the more fortile lands “ratio: Hut though most of the farmers have for a long This practised this method of their forefathers, though their minds for a‘ long time have been prejudiced against every thing contrary to what their predecessors taught them, yet it is pleasing and cheering to witness, notwith- standing m‘any continue to practice the old methods, that comp are laying them aside, and beginning to act with cubicast and unprejudiced minds. It is truly gratifying to witness the improvements that are made at the pre- sent day in agriculture, and though we do not expect to plant and hoe, or raise our crops by steam or water wer, yet we behave improvements in agriculture have just commenced. It is gratifying also to consider how much is written at this day on this subject; how many periodicals are‘ published and distributed in our land, when but a few years agosucfi a publication could scarcely be found. And it is cheering to see. that such publications are now read by many with unprejudiced minds. time has been, when if a person read a periodical on this subject, and was influenced by it to deflate in the least from the customs and practices of his forefathers, he would be despised and. ridiculed. I e seen the man, who, when told by his more enlight- r farmer his method of raising corn, would

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papers.

? but how Istrangeui‘t is, that the farmer has remained. F0 .longjdoluded;~ how strange that they ' have remained 60.

. amined the subject,

long-blind’and deaf loathe writings of those who’bflve‘e‘x‘ and whose object in Writing has been to benefit thein l _ . t..- The divine must spend years in studying the bibl?» and inexaniining commentaries upon imbefom he '5' qualified for the duties of his office; The lawyer must spend years in study, before he is capable ot-gleadlns M the bar. The. physician must spend years in bludY'Fg and examining the Writings of others, on the‘treatment of diseases, before he is qualified for attending the sick. But many a farmer supposes he can be It I ht‘ nothing with respect to cultivating the soil. He Ias’ he"?! the art to perfection; and he would almost as soon “Wk 9 putting a rattle snake into his bosom, as a nation “"5 subject. But the times are fast changing; hooks and P6‘ riodicals on this subject are now read by many wrthput prejudice. Those that cultivate the soil are now “5ng from the degradation in which they have so long remain- ed. Formerly it was thought that farmers were wholly unfit for'any thing except to till the soil, andllley “fem considered the ofi'scouring and the dregs mankind- But at the present day, the farmer is fast rising to res- pectability, and he now fills places in society for Finch, he was formerly thought wholly unfit. Formerly 'It was thought, if he could read, write, and say the multiplica- tion table, it was all that was necessary for him to know. Not a year ago, a young man applied to his father for per. mission to attend a select school, then kept in the town in which they resided. " Ah.” said his father, “ I would not have you attend that school for a thousand dollars." The reason was because he thought learning worsc't‘ian use- less for the farmer. ;

But these dark ages with respect to agrigulture are rapidly flitting by us; and the sun that has been so_lorig hid in clouds and darkness is now breaking forth in its meridian splendour, dispelling the fogs and meta in which our land has so long been enveloped—Cultivator.

PREVENTION OF RUST BY SAIgT.

The following account ofa successful experiment in destroying mildew in wheat is from the Rats-Mr. Cart- wright, and is copied from the Edinburgh Quarterly, and from a paper on the diseases of plants, by G- Johuson, Esq. :—“I and a neighbour of mine have ap- plied it as a remedy for the mildew in wheat, _with the most unequivocal success. Ifirst made the discovery about two years ago. My experiments at that time were upon a very limited scale. The have this year only extended over an acre and a he] , but under cir- cumstances that leave not a shadow of a doubt of salt being an absolute specific for Mildew in the most ag- gravated stages of the disorder. I found a few ears of wheat which I conceived to be a new and improved variety ; from these cars I raised as much wheat as last year planted a piece of land four feet wide and a bun- dred yards in length. The produce I had promised Mr. Coke, and to augment it, the ground was highly ma- nured, and as soon as the wheat came up, it had a goml dressing with soot, which was once or twice repeated. In consequence ofthis superabundant dressing, the wheat, as might indeed have been expected, was as rank as wheat growing accidentally upon a dunghill, which never fails to rot upon the ground without ripen- ing a single grain; the Mildew made its appearance on this part ofthe field while the straw was quite green and the grain in a milky state. I ventured to give it a dressing with salt and water. As a heavy shower of rain fell a few hours afterwards, the dressing was re- peated the next morning. The result waythc Mildew was completely subdued, and the wheat went forward to maturity, and although the sample was not so bold as it might have been, it was sound and marketable. In other parts ofthe field, where the Mildew shewed itself not under the aggravated circumstances described above, but as it commonly appears, the wheat was not in the least injured by it after the salt and water were applied; it was indeed as fine a sample as could be grown.

“ The effect of the salt upon the mildew, to those who do not consider the manner of its operation, is truly astonishing; I believe it to be instant death to the fun- gus; this however is certain, in less than forty-eight hours the straw nearly recovers its original colour and brightness.” V

Mr. Johnson adds, “I can afford decided testimony to the efiicacy of the cure recommended by Mr. Cart: wright; but I would add these precautions. The safest quantity of salt per gallon is eight ounces, and then the application may be rendered more effectual by frequent repetition, without any danger of injury to the plants. lfthe application is not made during a clouded day it is best to defer it till evening.”

This pickle is thrown on the grain by a man carrying a pail in one hand and a white-wash brush in the other, and making casts as when sowing grain, or else with a cammon watering pot, swung with great force. Two men will get over about four acres a-day, the one to spread and the other to supply the mixture—This should be applied at the first appearance of the rust.

There is no disease that does so much injury to our wheat as the rust. Smut is in a great measure pre- vented by steeping the seed in vitriolic solutions, or salt and lime, but they have no effect upon rust. Yet every grower of wheat must have observed that some varieties are more affected by this disease than others. This circumstance points out the way to avoid great injury from rust. I have seen a field of wheat which was generally very much injured by rust. There were in the field five or six different varieties; one of these, a bald wheat with downy husks, was so much injured that the grain was worthless. Another, with short beards, and rather short heads, with husks of a glassy smooth- ness, like the bark of a rattan, was perfectly free from rust, with very large plump grain. Were a person to select from a field of rusted wheat those heads which had resisted the disease, it is pmbable that a kind might be produced which could be sowed with less risk than our common wheat.— Tlie Colonial Farmer.

Houses, at this season, which run in pastures, are tormented with the Bot~flies, who are attempting to de~ posit their eggs or nits upon their legs, and other p ts of their bodies. Although they do not appear to the Horse, yet he has more dread of them than of

kinds that do bite him. As the horses, when fee upon the after-grass in the fall, ding the short hairs from their legs, they swallow a great number of the yellow nits which are attached to the hairs. These are quickly hatched, and imbed themse]. res at first completely in the coat of the stothach, but as they grow larger theirhinder part becomes visible and in the month of April they appear like very large ’mag. gets,- tvith about one-fourth of their length imbedded in the membrane of the stomach. As the eggs are swal. louved at different times, the Bots will be fomrd of diffe-

" d the'r fulfsizc'fj-quif , r _ ggdliave licen'p‘assed with the dung early July they may be foundin th . h scattered about the pastures covered Wit

carefullytakcu ofi',,it will be foundt

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are constantly shed-'1'

the foreigner, with incre

my settlement, one of the pertiest places ighbnurhood of —a perfect location and some defects until the river or

‘Shirt-tail-bend,’ ad“ “‘e‘ brought my cabin

s:- . s,‘ h , 1d ofthe stomach,

heir ho . in humans tn r'e-dung Whli‘} ,'_‘5-

e dry ho 5 thrown 8km, but if the skin 15 list it enclosed a

' ' This! insect

-fl , much resembling thehuuible Bee. _ _ , r1312; b’igrprevenbe‘d from depbmtmg its eggsvulngytthl ' her artso lS _ , by Olllng his legs and all ot_ 4 111 are already

" ' b ‘ d to do usrtits nits. ,Those t. a; ) ' Ettciiclieddsto the may be scraped off easily, by 'ii‘lllmifil

five or three days after“ tlieykhagefheen Oiled. 6-, ' atso- revent fiieso any in mm V Ii‘ii very Iitseful in the-months of September and October,

and apparently innapable of moving;

f when'th'c Indigozfiy keeps the horses. stamping so fre-

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' ' ' ' here it can- ' tl in town. Fish Oil is'the best, but w. Eastbcypeocured bogs-lard trill ~answer.-—1bzd.

A and“; STQR'Y‘ has an admirable- New York S irit-o t 9 "lies “gory called ‘ The Big Bear of Arkansnsi “refit”

'a fraament showing that small musqmtoes won .e.

- ‘no Tise in Arkansaw,’ and seams forth the mill“?

ofa certain dog. ' ' 'E ' _ ‘ Where did all this happén 'l' asked typical lOkaS, hosier; -‘ ‘h d, A in" pan.” f" ' '3

1H: n,' a one In 1', r . .,. it haveiliofppcnegyb twin, tbe’cfemlismte‘thehfinEh}; ing up country fa tale Wl'eje “'96? mils .t .mpgh the ,anh’ and gy’emment gives you. a title to every incll of it? Then ’ts airs, just breathe them gbd ‘EEY w' make you Snort like a horse. It’s a striths Wllhoma ault, it is.’ i - .'

f .Excepting mosquitoes,’ cried the bearer-o." ; ‘ Well, stranger, except them. f0f_ 1‘ 3" ‘1 facisfiy “9 enormousfand do-push themSElves "1 SPmetht “5°.“b'e’ some. But, stranger, they never. stick ""63 m the same place, and give Ethem'a fair chance for "- flew months, and you will get as much abovc‘them as an a li- gator. They can’t hurt my feelings, for they lay llnder the skin, and I never knew but one case of injury re- sulting from them, and that was a Yankee; and they take worse to foreigners any how than they do to the But the 'way they used that fellow! first they punched him until he sweilfjgup and busted: the“ he supper-a-ted, as the doctor Md it, until he was 35 “W as beef; then he took the tiger, owmg to the warm Weather, and finally he took a steamboat and left the country. He was the only man that, ever. took mosqui- tees to heart that I know of. But mosquitoes ts natur, altid I never find fuult with her; if they ar large, Ar- kansaw is large, her varmints at large, and a small mus- quito would: be of no more use, in Arkansaw than preaching would be in a canebrake.’

This knock down argument in favor of musquitoes used the busier up, and the logiciau started on a new track, tnex'pla'i'n hdav numerous bears were in his ‘dig- gings,’ where he represented them to be ‘ about as plenty as blackberries, and a little plentifuller.’

Upon the utterance of this assertion, a timid little man near me inquired if the bears in Arkansas ever attacked the settlers in numbers.

' ‘No,’ said our hero, warming, ‘ no stranger, for you see it arn’t the ‘iiatur of bears to go in droves, but the way they squander about in pairs and single is edifying. And then the way I hunt them—the old black rascals know the crack of my gun as well as they know a pig’s squealing. They grow thin in our parts, it frightens them so—they dotake the noise dreadfully, poor things. That gun of mine is a perfect epidemic among bar —-ifnot watched closely, it will go off as quick on a Warm scent as my dog Bowieknife will, and then the dog, whew! why the fellow thinks the world is full of bar, he finds them so easy. It's lucky he don’t talk as well as’think, for with his natural modesty, if he should [earn him much he is acknowledged to be ahead of all other dogs in the universe, he would be astonished to death in two minets,’

We have only room for another'cxtract, which gives an account ofthe fatness ofbthe Arkansas bear, and the sod lofthe creation state, where ‘ planting is danger- ous.

. ‘ What season of the year do your hunts take place?” inquired a gentlemanly foreigner, who, from certain pe- culiarities of his baggage, I suspected to be an English- man, on some hunting expedition probably, at the foot of this-Rocky Mountains.

‘The season for bar hunting, stranger,’ said the man of Arkansas, ‘ is generally all the year round, and the hunts take place about as regular. I read in history that varmiuts have their fat season and their lean season. This is not the case in Arkansaw; feeding as they do or: the spontaneous productions oftlie sile, thev have one continued fat season the year routid—tlioughdin the winter things in this way is a little more greasy than in summer, I mus: admit. For that reason, bar runs with us in warm. weather, but in winter they only waddle. Fat! fat! it’s an enemy to speed—it tames every thing that has plenty of it.—I have seen wild turkies from its influences as gentle as chickens. Run a bar in this fat cpndition, and the way it improves the critter for eating isnmazni ; it sorter mixes the ile up with the meat um“ ybn can’t tell tothcr from which. I’ve done this often.

_ ‘ I recollect one perty mornin in arti . ting an old he fellow on the strgetch,paridcutiiiiiisfd‘ci‘ililit the weight he carried, he run well. But the dogs song “Hid h'm down. and when I came up with him was’nt be In a beautiful sweat—I might say feve,_a,’,d the" to 589 his tongue sticking out of his mouth a feet, and his sides sinking and opening like a bellows, and his c eeks so fat h_e could'nt look cross. In this fix I blazed at him, _ and pitch me naked into a briar path ifthe steam dldint come out of the bullet bole ten foot in a straight line. The fellow, Ireckon, was made on the hlgb pressure system—the lead sort of burst his biler ’ u"; abet columli: of steam was rather curious or élse

ar must ' ’ - wi‘hsa laugh. ave been warm. observed the foreigner,

‘ tranger, as on observe, th t the blowing off (if the steam shbwfduii":mlvaljm';nd h p the varmint had been run. I have’no doitlif‘fow h en kept on two miles further his inside: I lie are. been stewed ; and I expect to meet a varQinu d extra bottom, who will run himself into a skin 2,113,3- ‘ggd'gfease : n ‘5 Possuble; onlikelier things have hap.