‘4 v" ' iv,-iv - . ': _ .-.,,

,_ misttllancoite. GUi.«;.voN ox M[LClI cows? The following letter l-l'0li\-l:l~l:l-ll'm0l'lil1 the merits of this

singular _ we coiiiuiuiid to the attention of every person engaged or interested in rearing Cattle : , ‘

Cn.ui's Foiiii, Brsiidywine, Del. Co. Pa., . ' ‘Aug. 17, 21852. ,

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i Tb the after 9] the American Farmer.

It’ has been about six ears, I biilieve, since a book, cal- led“ A “teatise on Mile Cows," b . Gueiioii, was. from the French by N. .. 'Drist, ‘sq., and re- in this countr . It pur its to teach ii. method of ascertaining the milk ug qiiali es of cows, by the man- n|er pf growth of the hair on the hind part of the adder and t i' I. '

t am plitiiisiied ‘

0 author asserts, that not only can good inilkcrs be distiiiguislied by this rule, from the very'bad, but that; ‘ill the shades of difference can be thus ascertained with i-eat certainty. Ufcoiirse, allowances iire‘to be made for dllli‘i‘- ences in ii , size, food, . As there does not appear to be any natural _uiinbeeIitui n the milking’ qualities of the cows and the growth of iclfuir on their ‘udders, farm- ers and dairyiiien, in-this part of the country, were at first disposed to rate this as one of the huinbugs of which‘ this age is so reinarkably prolific ; which I may rcuiark, appear to bear, in iiuiiibcrsaiiil iuipudent pretensions, about the

uni proportion to the number and iiuportaiice of real sei- entillc discovi-rers that the liave done in an .

‘A brief cxainiiiiiiion an trial will" always separate the grain froin the rliojf. The false is rejected, andthe true is iicccptcd, to become, in its turn, a starting point for new discover s.

Years of trial have sanctioned and vindicated the claim of Mr. (iiienon to a-share of that adiuiration and titu which is accorded to those benefactors of their race who dis- cover important truth in science.

In the eastern )<)l'liI)n of (‘heater and Delaware Counties, are itidny extensi 1- imd fertile farms, inniiagcd by intelligent and skilful di\iryiiicn,'wlio supply the Pliiladelpliiii market with fresh butter, iui creiiiii. 0 course, the discove- g-qf .\lr. (iuenori would be of great value to them, iftruc.

e of them eoiuinoneed with great iloulils, and much se-

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cree , lest the should be liinglied at by their neigliliours ‘

fort icir credu ity, to compare the ‘ cscutclieons on‘ their cows with the drawings in the book. This wiis testin v the matter ‘speedily and fairly, for every dniryiiiiin knows w iieli are his best iiiilknrs. Soon their 8L‘l‘l't‘('_V had another Illu- tive. It wiis to conceal this important knowledge from those who iiiiglitliccoiiio their coinpetitors iit the sales of cows. For, in every case, the cscutclicoiis dcliiieiited in the book as good cows, were found to cori-i-spond with the na- tural marks on the best inilkers in the beard. l~‘iirtlici- iii- vestigatioiis have shown the ‘ (v‘uenon‘s method,’ as it is called here, is true in the rninutcst details. It has been tlio- roughly tested by many of our most intelligent dairynien and fiirnicrs, who, being actuated by no other motive than to advance tlici‘r’ovni interests, having given the subjei-t ii careful and ' iplid -xainiiiution.' Every person who inves- tlfiflfeiiitllfl siiiijeet, bceonies convinced of its’-truth and im- portance. Sonic of iuy nei<r.'ibours have rocured good neiidfi, fly btiylng"‘the‘bcst marl-'ked‘t1v'o‘ .1r 0 d hclfl-rs that are brought here in droves from New ork and Ohio. The very best iniirked cows are far from conimon: but III tllfi cscutcheon may be distinguislied on the calf, the applica- tfon of the rule to the selection of the licifcr calves for rais- in , will girl-, an abundance of good cows.

li‘he mark is equally plain, too, on the lulll : and l’|'-‘!'|l- era are thus enabled to [tl'Ucd0tl uiidcrstaiidiii,-_vl_v, in their selection ofuiiiiiials to breed from. in short, it well-niiirkcd

cow in our section of the country will coinniand from 30 to

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50 Pl?!‘ cent. over one not well-niarked, yet in other respect» '

value. Guided by the light of this v!\- liiab e discoicry, have selected from the herds of t‘. P. llulconi, ofllelawiire, L. 1‘. Morris, .\'i-iv 'ork, aiiil else- wlicr.-, ii few sup:-rior inark--d Dcvonsliires, .\_vrsliires and Durliaius, for breeding piirpose.s. li1‘l_\'lll_I_' on the well- known iliysiological law, that progeny rcsirnililcs the pii- rent, 0 both sexes, who correspond in this one respect, however mncli tln-y.iiiii_v diffir in others, I confidently ex- icet to raise some ehice inilkers. in due time you shall iear the result of the experiment.

of It patently equal

It is iuy iiitoiitioii to exhibit iit the next agricultural cxhi- ,

bition, some wi-ll-ni.i'rked heifers and a bull. lU;:=‘llll!l' with It crib or bin for hay, &e., such as is used in ever well nui- riaged bnrnyiii-d in our County, but which, 1 be iove. is not in general we clscwlicrc. Respectfully youi-s, ' _ (.‘n.is. ll.invsv.

' Froni (‘hanilxrsk Edinburgh Journal.

.\DMlR.\l'. llL.\KE.

Bloke was now the observed of all observers : but, unlike most of his i-oiiipcei-.~i. he abstained from using his iidviiii- tag.-s for iir uses of selfish or crsonal aggrnndisi-nient. lie ke t ll oof froin the ‘ centre o iiitri ucs, iind reniain- ed at iis post, ‘ doing his duty huinhly and faithfully iit a distance from \\'ciitiiiiniitcr; while otli_er inch, with less tlii half his cluinis, were iiskiiig iind obtaining the highest lio- noiirs and rewards from a gratefu ' '

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and luvisli countr '. Nor, indeed, did lie at any time side with tho ultras of his arty, but loiidlydisprovod of the policy of e rcgicides. ’l‘his, coupled with influence, so greatly deserved iind so tie. servedly rent, made him ii object of jealousy with (‘rom- w,.|| nndlliisvpsrtvz and it wiis owing, pcrluips, to their anxiety to keep hiin r.-iiioved from the home sphere o ac- tion, that the hero of 'l‘iiunton was now appoiiitcd to the chief naval comma _ Hitherto, and for years afterwards, no state ancient or modern, as Mscau ints out, liiid made a separation be- tween tlie iiiilitiir ' an naval service. Ciinon and Lysiinder, Pom . and Agri pa, had fought by sea as well as iy land : at F don, the pi ht wing of the lnglish was led by her adiniral,’and the rench admiral led the llii uenots at Jar- niic, &e.. Accordin ly Blake was suiiimoiie roiu iis pa- cific govcrnnicnt at’ aunton, to assume the st of ‘ lione- ral avid .'\lllIlil'Itl at Sea,’ a title afterwards c iiingcd to ‘ (le- neral of the fleet.‘ we 0 er were associated with him ‘in the coiiiiiiaiid; but lllako seems at least to have been re- on isod as priniiis inlrr parcs. The nav system was in de- lorablc need of rcforiii ; and a reformer it found in Robert iliike, from the vcrv day he became an adinirnl. II is care for the well-bcin ol'liis inen, iiiiide him_ an object of their ,,|.,.ggt lM¥f)X'il|$f| tachiiient. From first to last, he stood alone as .ng'laiiil‘s mode soainan. ‘ Envy, hatred. and jea- ( the stops o 'cvery,0tli('I' oflieer in the fleet: but ieth theft and alfterwiiriis, every man spoke we . Th. g-gmcniloiis powers ntrusta-d to him by the Council of State,-be exercised with ol-handed iind iniisterly suct-ess—- startlina politieiaiis_ and ofleials of the cum-ii regime by his boldan ‘ppen tiiotios, oiid.iiis contempt for tortuous by- pgmg iliv ploaiacy. llie vv us up oits were performed with eiitrenio povergoof iaeanii. lie was the firat_ to_repii. .11.?“ 5nd diupniiie supposed Aiiiidiiinonial maxim in ms-

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rine warfare, that no ship could attack strong fortifieatiun,' with any hope of su _ rt othis mval career-was ooeupie ' opposing and do-_ eating the piratical rperforinances of Prince Rupert, which then constituted the support of the exiled Stuarts, and which Mr. Dixon refuses to interpret in such mild colours as ivor- bartoh and others. Blake's utmost vi lance and activit were required to put down this extraordinary system of free- booting ; and by the time that he had successively overcome Rupert, and the iuinor butstubborn adventurers, Grenville an Carfaret, be was in request to conduct the fornvidable

a castle, or other cocoa.‘ The early

war with Holland, and to cope with suchyeterans as Troiap, -

De Witt, De lluytei', the io various encounters in

which be thus si uiilised himself, his biograpliér gives most . be

spirited descriptions, suehua their length_alono deters us =

from uotia . one occasion on y, did lake suffer a defeat:and this one is easily explained by—first 'l‘ron'ip‘s overwheliiiia superiority of force; secondly, the extreme deficiency 0 iaen in_ the English fleet; and thirdly, the

cowi_i'r_diee or disafl‘e¢-tion of several of Blake's captains at .

a critical inoiiieiit in the battle. Notwithstanding this dis- aster, not ‘a whis r was heard against the admiral, either in the Council 0 tsltate or in the city; his ofiiir to resign, was flatteringly re'eetod, and he soon found, that the ‘ mis- fortune whieh inig it have ruined another man, had given him streng'th~aiid influence in the country.’ This disaster, in fact, gave him power to effect reforms in the service, and to root out abuses which had defied all his efiiirts in the da of his success. He liillowe_d it up by the great battle of Port- liind, and other triumphant eiigitgcincnts.

3' ‘ who piofess godliness,’ though

Then came his sweeping loan de force in the Mediterrji- .

noun; insixiiioiitlis be established. hiuiself, as says, as a power in that great midlaud sea, froiu which his eouiitr iieii had been politically excluded since the age 0 (lrusa es—«uiac ' nations, to which England‘s very name was a. strange sound, to respect its honours and its rights ; chastisin,_ the irates of Barbary with uii irceedented seve- rity ; making‘ taly’s petty princes feel t e power of the northern Protcstaiifs; cousin the Pope himself to tremble on his seven hills ; and stiirtfing the council of cliainbers of Venice and Foiistnntinople with the distant echoes of our guns. And be it renicinbcred, that En landhad then no Malta, Corfu, and Uiliraltar, as the bases o naval operations in the Mcditi-rraiiciiii: oii‘t e contrary, Blake found that in al_- most every vulf and ' lieiioii, I12 iorn,' Algiers, Tunis, and .\Iarscillcs—tlicre ex- isted ii rim and iin enemy; nor were there more than three or four haxliours in which he could obtain. even bread for luve or iiioiic_v.

After this nicinnrable cruise, he had to conduct the

Spanish war——a liusincss quite to his mind ; for though his highest renown had been, inod,_»ki his conflibts with the Dutch, he had secretly di’ d such encounters between

two Protestiiiit states; wlie

devil's stronghold in Europe. At this per‘ Blake was siifleriiig froui illness, and was. - _ n_ his naval equipments, ving to coinpluilt sonata ' of the neglect at ioaie to remedy the exigencies of: the-service. ‘ Our ships,’- he writes, ‘ extremely fouh winter drawing on, our men falling sick through the“ ting thcirvictuiils boiled in salt water for two months’ space,

llle')5,.)l For nearly ii year, remarks his biographer, ‘ he li1td'ncvcrqiiltt«-vi the fbul and detective flag-ship. \\"ant of exercise aml sweet food, beer, wine, water, bread, and vegetables, had helped to develop scurvy and dropsy: and his sufferin from these diseases were now acute i i tinuous. is services were iudis -nsahlc, and Blake was not the man to shrink from dying in harness. llis sun set loriously at Santa (‘ru7.—that miraculous and unparal- lrlec action, as (‘lai-ciidon calls it, whiclicxcitedsiicli grate- ful entliiisiiisin at home ! words of fascination to the ni:iiiii- ed and cnfeebled veteran, who now turned his thoughts so an.v.ioiisly towards the green hills of his native land. (‘rom- well's letter of thanks, the laudits of parliaineiit, and the 'ewclle<l ring sent him by iis loving counti-ynien, reached tllll while lioincward bound. llut he was not again to tread the shores he had defended so well.

As the ship rolled through the Bay of lliscny, his sickness iiicn-ased, and is a cctionateiidhcrents saw with disniay, that he was drawing near to the gates of the ave. ‘ . ome gleaiiis of the old spirit broke forth as they approached the latitude of England. lie inquired often lllll anxious _, the wiiiw c i s were yet in sight. lie loii red to behold once, llllil‘-', the swelling downs, the free cities, the goodly churches of his native lain .

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At last, the l.i7.ard was announced. Shortly afterwards the bold clifiis mid bare hills of (‘oriiwalls looiiicd out grand- _v in the distiini-e. But it was too late for the dying hero. lie had sent for the captains and other great ofhcers of his lloet, to bid them farewell : and while they were yet in his cabin, the undulating hills of Devonsliire,.glowing with the tints of earl autumn, came full in view. tl eyes which had so yearned to behold this scene ‘once more, were at that very instant closing in death. .l‘lUl't_illl0.'IlC of the vii-torioiis squadron, tliest. (icorge rode with its precious burden into the Sound ; and just as it came into full view of the cover thousands crowding the beach, the pier-heads, the walls of the citadel, &c., ready to catch the first glimpse of the hero of Slnta (‘ruz, and salute l_iiiii with it true Eng- lish welcoiiic—lic, in his silent cabin, in the_ midst _of h lion-hearted coiiirudes, now sulibiiig like little children, yielded up his soul to God.’

Ai:iiici'i.rvu.ii..—'l‘lic following judicious remarks,‘ were cnuiiciated at ii rcceiit Meeting of this Farnicrs’ .-\‘ssot'IiIl|0n. at East Oxford, Caiiada, by the Prciiulent of the .\oi-in-tv, .\lr. (George Alcxaniler ; we copy them from that excellent Paper, the ' oronto Daily 0 oiiisl.

“ Ile (Mr. Alexander) would desire to comment upon ii ver previii in at erroneous impression, which exists wit regard to young stock, it I8 Silfllflmli if ill“? “in only he got through the winter in any way; bestowing the beat hay, grain and shelter upon the working and fattening aiiiiiials.—-’l‘hcse last are not gcnerallybctter cared for than they should be.wliile the young stock ll‘0.lli|lcil.l\0glt3Ct€'fl,tlIl1l great loss and injury are sustiiineil in this res t._ It is rea- somihle tn suppose, that while a ooltis growing. |lfi|““l*'l'~‘5 developing, an its bones forming, the frame and phy- sical constitution of_thc animal must dc iend upon the feed- ing and shelter during the stage of (‘V(‘l0pllI0nt.. llow manv horses do we see that have no bottom or constitution 1 How‘ iniinv degenerate and miserable looking stock of every kind are in he found in every country I _The _same remarks are s plicablc to man. l3rin_g u the child with proper care and ood, until the constitution is iroporly formed, and he will have health ; when lie has attained to iiianlipod, he will be better able to sustain hardship iind toil. This principle

rvados the whole of nature; an illustration may be given

in the to otahle kiagvlciii. Fruit trees grown and hiiited in well-cultivated soil acquire a more ealtby an growth, and iittaiii to ii much greater height than tlmllo whlcli iire ne lectcd ; this extraordinary dillerence of result has probably ieen cxpcriencod by all present In 910 Win‘ iigeiiieiit of their orchards/'>

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ll island -of that sea—in .\lalta, Venice, .

C-HARLOTTi'E'l‘0WN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7,1853.

Tliltl RIGHTS OF \VOMAN. av uxs. uaouaiisr.

There is much eliimour in these days of progress respecting a ("ml 0' "OW fl ill!» or an extension of privileges ‘ for our sea. A powerful inoriilist has said, that ‘in competition for power, both the philosophy and poetry of life are dropped and Ir en down." Would not still greater on accrue to domestic happiness. and to the iiiteresis _of ivell-balanced society, should the innate delicacy and prerogative of woman. as woman, be forfeited or sacrificed I

‘ have given her as is hslpiniil,' said the voice that cannot on, when it_spnke unto Adam.-is the cool of the day. amid the trees of Piiradiso. Not iisii toy-ehig. ii wrestler, s pt'w.e- htsr. -Ne. ii helpniate, such as was fitting for man to desire, for a woman to

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co ne. _ slllcfi Ibo Creator has assigned different spheres of action to the different sexes, it is to e piesunied, froui uiierring wi out, that t are is work e o gli in each degiaitinsnt to employ them; and that the faithful pcrforniiiiice oftli:it work will be for the benefit of

_ _ if he has made one the priestess of the inner leiiiple, coin- mntiiig to her charge iis unrsvealed siineiities, why should she seek to iiimgle in the wiiifiire that may tluindeniit its tea or rock its turrets. Need she be again tempted by pride or curiosity, or glow- ing words. in barter her own llden. .

The true nobility of woiiiiivi iii to keep her own sphere, and to adorn it—noi like the the comet. daunting and perplcxin other sysieinii, but as the pure slur, which is the first to light I a day and the last to leave it. lfshe shiires not" the fame of the ruler and the blood-shediler. her good winks, such ‘us become those lave no ‘ fool prints on the laipnils of time,’ may be found recorded in the ‘ Lanib‘a book of I e. -

Mothers, are not our rights sufficiently cxtensive—the sanctity of love. the throne ofthe heart, the ‘moulding of the whole in.-iu of mind in its formation. ’

. 'lavo we not power enough in all the realms of sorrow and suffer- iiig-—over all forms of ignorance and waiit—al foruis of ministra- tions nflovc, from the ciiidle to the Iepulcbre ? '

. let us be content and diligent, all grateful and joyous, making this brief life a hymn of praise, until called to that choir which knows no discord, and when melody is eternal.

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Was-r or Couaaol.-—A gventilciil world for the wziiii ofa liule courage. . sends to their gr.-iv_cs it number of.obscuvs iueii who have only reniaiiied in ub- Icurily because Ihcir tiniidil hsaprcvcntcd Ihcin uuilting the first Qllllflt Ind who, ifiha-y ciiuld have been induced to begin, would in all prolsability, have gone great lerigllis in the career of fame. The fact is, _tlist in order to do any thing in thin world lliut is worth uiiig, we iinist not stand shiveiing on ilie bilflk and think ofilie cold and danger, but 'um in and scramble as we can. It will not do to be perpetually calculating risks. and aifusling nice chances: it did all very well before the flood. w consult his fiiends upon ii pulilieiiiion for a hundred and fifty years and then live to see its success for six or seven centuries afterwards: but at present, ii iiiun waits, and doubts, iind hesitates, and con- sults his brother, and his uncle, and his paiiiculiir friends, till one fine day he finds that he is sixty years ol'age—thiit he has lost so much time in consu ling first-cousins and particular friends, lliiit he has no time left to follow their advice. There is such little time for over-squcuiiiisliiirss at present, the opponunify so easily slip; away, the vuiy period of his life at which a man chooses to ven- ture, t_T¢_l'€l‘. is confined, lhiil it iaao bad rule to preach up the ne- ct-ilsity. in such insliuiees, lIl'wVll)lEllC0 done I0 feelings, and of ;ff‘oi_'tu made in defiance of lbd sober calculaiion.—Sydri'¢y

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of talent is lost to the liver

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Ex-riixoaniivsnr Discovaiir.-—Pr:_iirI'.'rviu. Lianr.—A most curious and interesting discovery‘ has just been made at l.an- gre.-. Fraiice, which we have no doubt, will cause 1 searching sei- emifio enquiry as to the liiilerial and properties of the perpetually burning laiiipn, said to tune been in uaoby the ancients. k iiieii were recieiiily excavating for ii fouiidiiiiuii for ii new building III debris, evidently the reiiiains of u (tulle-Roaiiin erection, when the came lu the roof of an under-ground sort of cave, which time rendered slinosi of metallic liardneu. An opening was, ow- ever, effected, when one ofthe workinen instantly oxcluiined, that there was A light at the bottom oflhe cavern. The parties present entered, wliiin they found ii bionze se ulchral lamp of reiiiiirkable workmanship suspended from Ilic roelllby cliaiiis of the same metal. It was entirely fi d with ii coinbuslilyle substance which did not iippeiir to have diiiiinislicd, although the probability is, that combus- tion has been going on for s es. This discovery will, we trust. throw some light on ti question which has caused so many disputes among leiirnec iiniiquaries, although it is stated, that one was dis- covered at Vilerlio, in I850, from w iicli however, no fresh infor- iuaiioii was afforded on the subject. .

81-rum Coiiuiuivic/i1'ioi¢ w it Aus'rn.u.iA riri 1-H: lsriinus or l’ANAMii.—'l'he project which has been so long and aiixioualy desired, of traversiiig the vast l’acil'ic Ocean by means of steam. is on the eve of being .-iccoiiiplislietl. ‘he Ausiriiluizin l’iit'ilie .\lailCunipaI.y, which has con reccnlly iiicorpoisli-il Royal charter, has entered inio iirrangcnienls and ormed conlracta forihe iiiiinedi.ile construction of fivo first-class iron screw iiteani

ships, which are to ply across the Pacific from the Isthmus of l’ii- ‘

nniiia to Sidney in New Soulli \Viiles, calling at the islands of Tir- bill and New South Zn-sland as inli-rniediaita stations. The vessels are to be of Him) tons burden and 300-Iiorse power; and as they are to be constructed of iron, it was considered more conducive to hariiiony of action for the ship and engines to be included in one contract; according, the buildeis of the ship will iiiiiiiufacture the iiiacliiiiery. Mr. K. Napier, (iliisgmv, is building two of the ships; Mes.-rii. Cuinl 65 (Toiiipiiny, of Grcciiock, one; Messrs. Reid 81. Coiiipaiiy of Pol! Glasgow, one‘, and Messrs. Miller, llavenliill 8:, Cam in , of London, one. The liist vessel is to a ready in nine nioinlis froin the present date, and will be ienily in nine months fioiii the prsseiil dine, and will be at once despiiiclied to S’ ney in ll pioneer of the line, and thence to occupv the Pacific station to Puniiiiiii. The highest isle of speed possible has been the only comliliou imposed on the contractors, and ii is, therefiire. ex- pected that these vessels will provide for the uiost rapid iind regu- lar route to Australia. The O(lllIllfllCftll0'I each way is to be month- ly, and the Australasian Company Strain Ships will run in car- ri-spondeiice with the direct \\'est India mail sliiiimcra from Cha- gics lo Soulliziiiiploii. it is nuticipzilcil lliaf Siilney will thus be reached in from filly to fifiy-five days fioin Soulhairiplou.