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LIFE OY NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, by
John B.C. Amott. Two Volumes, llsrjwr's,
. Kcw York. 1M6.
"., ll would eoem that it ia high time the
i American publio were presented with
life of Bonaparte worthy of ibo subject
1 and tbe time ; one that would diicarj the
mean envy and vindictive bato which bavt
. disfigured ibe pages of English historians,
with those distortions of truth and exam.
. plot of bald falsehood with which they
alwaya abound in reference to the Must n-
oua Napoleon ; oae that would tuka up the
matter witb that true Independence which
' American autbora can enjoy if they choose
. to emancipate themselve from the narrow
prejudicea of their literary biethren who
i flourish aorosa tbe Atlanlio, and give to
the American reader a jutt and true repre.
' nentai ion of the life and character of Na
poleon Bonaparte.
; English wrilera icetn never to grow
weary with denouncing him a a blood
- tfiirsty tyrnnt and unfeeling monster, who
would turn flourishing fields into howling
wastes, and drench the world in blood, if
. their prosperity but interfered with hit
- ambitious dream of universal dominion
' The historian who gravely hands down
' events to future generation, the aspiring
candidute fur fame in the flowery 6c) J of
i romance, nnd the poet seeking to sirike a
' chord in tbe heart of mankind which shall
vibrato in sympathy to the touch of liis
' Iiand, have alike distinguished themselves
by their contributions to that which they
vainly hoped would make Napoleon's infit
my immortal. From Alison and Scott in
history, down to tlio Peninsular tales of
. Charles Lever and the musical verses of
. Goldsmith, there (lows upon Bonaparte one
unceasing stream of bitterness and obloquy.
This has surely continuod lonjr, enough.
It is timo that Americans at least were
learning tho truth in the right way, leav
ing the English to learn it by such experi
ences as the lata Russian war, if they
etiflly rcfuso to be enlightened in a less
expensive way. And wo liavo at last a
work in llirse volumes which does justice
to the subject mid to the truth. It cannot
fail to diffuse, wherever read a jnster tin I
truer idea of lh purposes nnd olj-c's)
winch this greatest man in modern history
.. liad in view. The work is philosophical,
historical, and biographicul. The author
eets out by frankly stating that he is an
admirer of Napoleon, and while he evi
dently labors industriously to luy before
liis readora all the facts, historical and bi.
ui fifiuiiai, iiri-v-'ui J iv nil uin':iniaiittii(
and acquaintance with tbe character and
aims of Napoleon, ho makes all these sub.
serve another, and evidently the principal,
' design which he has in viow. - This socms
to be to show that Napoleon was tbe friend
to true liberty, nnd whatever else tended
to the welfare, bnppincss, and elevation of
the masses of mankind, and tho foe to all
aristocratic and hereditary privileges, nnd
' and all other kinds of distinction not found-
ed on merit that he strove at all times to
' preserve the peace of tho world, and that
his enemies were responsible for the wars
in which he was engaged that be was
" kind, benevolent, humano, and amiable;
' ...I ,t.. I, ,i. r. ,i i.:..
, iuu iiini iuuu uotiauuua iiuiii uieag uin
established traits of character, as bis his.
tory relates, were forced upon him by the
necessities of his nosition.
T
Thus we have a work written wiih
other than the simple design of presenting
the facts of bis history ; with that which in
duces a court of law to acquire a knowledge
of the facts in a given case, viz: that it
- may be enabled to give a just judgment,
using the facts as a means by which to ar
' rive at a .!ht decision. ' This course in a
"' work of this kind, if judiciously followed,
is undoubtedly unobjfcttonnble, nnd even
ipmieewortby. The mass of readers are
controlled in tbeir opinions of this or that
, dodividual mentioned in history, not as
much by the facta narrated respecting his
actions, as by the opinions expressed by
.the h'storian timself : and hence if those
opinions are well fortified by truth set
forth, their influence upon those who have
' no opinions is right, because they are cor
rect; while their influence upon those who
think (or themselves is not annoying, as
they in searching for the truth are com
pelled to adopt tbe same conclusions.
. As a specimen of this kind of history,
Abbott's Napoleon must be considered em
iaentiy successful. There is no unwar
rantable straining of facts to meet a par
ticular phase of the argument ; so much
. mo indeed is this true, that while his argu-
, menu compose a larger share of the work,
the facta being related in their natural or
der, seem always sufficient to prove tbe po
sition which tbe author is trying to estab
lish. This we consider one of the great
merits of the work. It is so ingeniously
arranged that while it is a splendid vindi
cation of Bonaparte from those charges
with which the world has been flooded to
cover his name with infamy, tbe reader
fott on itb bi: ''niiu far !e die n te
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A "Weekly Newsj.nper, devoted to tho Principles of JelTcrsoniau Democracy, and advocating
Vol. II.
the opinions expressed by tbe author, than
lo the fuels by which he 10 triumphantly
ostablUhes those opinions so that the
reauer ieei turmoil tonning his own con
elusions when in truth he is but adopting
those of the author. As an instance of the
use ha makes of the "oloquent logic of
facts," we will refer to the divorco of the
Empress Josephine. We have always
considered that act a great blot on the
fame of Napoleon : the author himself.
goes so far as lo condemn il as "most un
fortunate"; and yet, after reading a plain
and simple statement of the reasons which
influenced the Emperor, we could not re
press a feeling of sympathy, or but admit
that it was a sacrifice which gave a striking
proof of Lis unselfishness and nobleness of
heart.
The style is one of graceful simplicity
and elegance, and some of the descriptive
passages are equal to the most splendid in
the English language. Tbe arrangement
and progress of the narrative are natural
and pleasing, nnd when tbe reader is once
interested he feels perfectly chained till h
has seen the end.
The life of Bonaparto is peihsps the
most striking, the most romantic, and sub
lime, and the most tragic in its termination,
of thst of any great man in modern history.
Born in obscurity, and reared in poverty
and adversity, yet strong in a fuith that he
was predestined for great ends, no sooner
did the theutcr of active life open before
him than, with a rapidity that left all oth.
era far behind, be sprang onward and up
ward to high renown. And in that prolific
period which enrolled on the calendar of
immortai fame the names of such illustri.
ous men ns Unche, Dumouriez, and Mo.
reau, Massena, Kluber, and Murat, Pesnix,
Duroc, nnd Mscdonald, Ney, Carnot, nnd
Talleyrand, Napoleon Bonaparla stood far
above them all, peerless and alone. They
were great each in his own particular
sphore; ho surpassed them nil. Whether
in the firld or in the cabinet, whether lead.
ing the charge through shots and shells at
tho bead of his thundering columns on
fj'.'lds of human carnage, or quietly con
versing upon science or government in the
c tbinets of philosophers and sages, whether
directing the fearful engines of war, or
promoting and diffusing the gentler and
sweeter blessings of pence; in every act,
word, nnd conception shone the snmo daz
ziing superiority. At a time when the
world wus filled with the fame of his co
temporaries and countrymen, ho eclipsed
them all ; at a timo when the government
of bis country seemed almost a wreck un
der the caro of the wined leaders of the
and, nnd when worn out and exhausted
with iucesi-ant labor for its organization
an I permanency, they wereubout yielding
it up again to disorder and revolution, when
patriots sat still in terror watching tbe
waves of popular phrensy thai, raaJdened
into fury, seemed yawning to engulf it,
by bis own hand be snatched it from anar
chy and ruin, and restored again the reign
of quiet, order, and justice; and while en
emies abroad nnd plotter at home were
compassing earth to accomplish his over
throw, w bilo " thunders were bursting
round his head and volcanoes were open
ing beneath his feet," he reared an imperial
throne and reigned upon it. Through
many long years, surrounded by n people
who cherished him with an affection no
other ruler ever before inspired, nnd who
to the last clung to him as children to a pa
rent, ha defied tbe attempts of combined
Europe to unseat him from his lofty emi
nence. At lost, after ellorts which rocked
to its center every kingdom in Europe, the
lion was overpowered, torn from his lair,
and, wearing tho cold, chafing chain of a
captive, was borne far from the people he
loved so well, the scene of his rise, his
greatness, and his fall, to die and roolder
upon the bleak and storm-swept crags of
St. Helena. From the humblest obscurity
he rose to the proudest hight of fame and
power, and was thrown again to an estate
nwer than the first. But bis deathless
fame yet lives, and the proudest page of
French history will contain the story of hi
deeds, and, while- Time with an impartial
pen shall record the fact that he nobly
earned his lofty eminence, it will also re
cord, in lines as dark as the deeds tbey
commemorate, the infumv of men who
pursued him as bloodhounds pursue their
prey, dragged him from the throne upon
hicb the free suffrages of the French na
tion bad placed him, and, lacking the
courage to meet thcii noble enemy's eagle
eye and boldly murder him in the face of
the world, burled him into a dungeon ia
tbe middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and left
him thete in loneliness to die. The eaged
eagle soon took his upward frght, and, af
ter twenty years had passed, at the unani
mous call of the French people, Lie ashes
were returped lo France among the people
who served him as long as he would accept
it, and whose servant alone ha ever was.
The history of such a man most ever be
interesting.
7hT are ie;eral bundid tr.grangs
OREGON CITY, OREGON, APRIL 4, 1 857.
in the best style of the art. Let all who
wish to read the life of Napoleon gel it
the best library would be incomplelu with
out it. M.M,
March 35, 18i7.
Far tin At gut.
At a meeting of tho citizens of Clutsop
county held in the Court bouse at Astoria
on Monday evening, March !23d, 1857, iu
pursuance of adjournment of a meeting
previously called, Thos. Scott, E-q., being
chairman, and the secretary, A. A. Skinner,
being absent, James Wayxs was appointed
seorotary pro tern.
Tbe committee appointed previously re.
ported a preamble and resolutions, which
were adopted as the sense of the meeting,
and of which lha following ia portion di
reeled by aote to be sont to tbe Oregon
press for publication :
Whereas, tbe pot-o(Tice originally lo
cated within what is now the corporate
town or Astoria lias been removed by ibe
present posimaster, Truman P. I'owcrs, to
a claim beyond the corporate limits of said
town, to the great inconvenience nnd detri
ment of aU the publio and commercial
interests ef said town and almost the en
tire population of the county, and kept in
violation of the objects of the postal laws
of the American Government, to gratify
the porsoual spleen and private interests of
1. r. Cowers, tho present incumbent, who
by false returns to the Department has
succeeded in deceivirg it and inducing it to
give a branch otlice uudor Hie numo of
Lower Astonn ; tbcrcforo,
Resolved, That any postmaster or per
son who will lend his influence or name to
practice such a deception and open false
hood upon (he Tost Office Department, is
unworthy of any public trust.
ii n is. scorr, urn.
J. Wavne, S"c'y pro tern.
For tht Argua.
Uaantacterles to. Oreion.
The importance of building up manufao
turing establishments in our midat can only
be fully understood by taking a view of
some parts of our own and other couutrics,
which have long since obtained a world-
wido fame for the progress they have made
in the arts and sciencos. What is it that
has given to New England hor wealth, ber
institutions of learuing, and the influence
hn exerts over tho commerce of the
world, and made hor cities, towns, and vil
lages the busy marts of commerce, and to
throng with happy thousands, each one
acting his part in life's continuous drama)
Look at hor manufactories, and there find
your answer. They have given lo her her
commerce, and lo them she should ascribe
all h?r refinements, morality, and civiliza
tion. An industrious people cannot lone
remain immoral, for industry and morality
go hand in hand, while crimo is but the off
spring of idleness. Manufacturing people
must necessarily become educated. Thus
we find in manufacturing communities
nearly all are educatod, and the means of
instruction placed within the reach of all ;
not only do they stimulate the cause of ed
ucation, but they give an impetus lo com
merce, build railroads, improve our rivers
and hnrbors, and open every avenue of
wealth and trade. They impart to all a
portion of their enterprising spirit, and the
sturdy old farmer, who for years has clung
to the old way in which his forefathers
went, is at length forced iuto the conclu
sion that the improvement in agricultural
implements was not made in vain. Would
il not then be prudent on the part of the
people of Oregon to lay the foundation of
hor future prosperity by building up in
our midst manufacturing establishments,
which will at no distant day repay all their
efforts I Rut some contend they fill our
country with a servile class of cheap la
borers but little above the toiling slave.
Is such thecaso? Lock at the slate of
society in New England, and you will
there find the operatives educated, refined,
and there in those factories they are laying
the foundation of future wealth and dis
tinction, and they go forth from them to
assume other relations in life, prepared to
surmount its difficulties and spend their
days in honor and usefulness. Go ask the
mere than twelve thousand operatives in
Lowell, and they will tell you that they
would rather have tho honest heart, the
peace of mind, tbe hope of heaven of one
humble factory girl, than all the wealth
that unpaid labor ever earned.
How very many of our distinguished
men were taught their first lessons of wis-
dom in the workshops of our country, and j
we now see the once poor apprentice boy
presiding over the council chamber of our
l . -v !.
nation. Ana wny may not uregon rivai at
one day the most favored portion of our j turning of ban.rl.organa which are allowed
country in manufacturing! She is esparto b played in the streets, and to take
ble of sustaining a large population, h.er , care they do not offend by unplessing dis
rivers and streams affording an unfailing cords, te prevent which they are subjected
supply of water power, and she is capable! to a monthly inspection and trial by au-
of producing an abundant supply of the
rsw material. Why need she fail ) Or
egon will no doubt soon become an inde
pendent State, and may at do distant day
shins sstar r,f the first maznituds ia
our glorious constellation. What a fair ( dogs, ia tha thirty-seven thousand town
future lies open to our far-off Pacific home! ships, yielded an aggregate of fiv millions
Tbe f er 'e of Oregon have erenr mduc-
meut for making hor tho Empire State ofl
the Far West. 'I he future growth of Or.
eeon can alone be marred by planting in
our midst that peculiar institution which
degrades lubor, poisons enterprise, con
laminates the morals, and brings tho pri
meval curse upon the soil. Let us hope
that the time is not far distant when tbe
hum of tho spindle, the ringing of the an
vil, may be heard and seen throughout
our land, nnd Oregon become a great man
ufacturing community, her waters be made
subservieut to men, and her rivort the
channels of commerce, and on every side
our enra be greelod by the merry voice of
labor earning its owu bread. u. n
Educated Womta.
There are many prejudices against girls
being educated as boys are if girls can
read and write, and are acquainted with
the various kinds of domestic employments,
they aro considered accomplished; while
with others il is the expense they look at,
and not tho need they havo of being edu
cated, or perhaps they make an excuse and
say they do not believe in highly educa
ting girls, thinking if they can read and
write, that is sufficient ; or they may profer
giving them an equivalent in property after
they are settled for life. Others seem
more interested to marry their daughters,
lest they become a burden; but unless
public sentiment changes, how can wo have
educated women, when they do not wait
for maturity of iniud enough to be able lo
receive an education beforo they get mar
ried, and thus deprive themselves of the
means they otherwise might havo had i
Sucb parents have not a proper regard for
their children, for if they would have them
the most useful members of society they
would give them an education. Parents
that placo a proper estimnto upon intelli
gence will spend their means in the acqui
sitinn of that knowledge that will accom
pany their children through every scene of
life, nnd make smooth every rugged path
theytnoy have lo trend, and enable thorn
to surmount obstacles they meet daily and
hourly in the avocations of life. Education
not only forms but strengthens the mind.
And if a woman has not that mental vigor
that she should havo, education makes up
iu a great measure the deficiency. How
many have made brilliant scholars, nnd ex
erted an influence in society, that but for
education would have died in obscurity!
As examples, let us look at the writings of
Lady Jane Grey, Mrs. Sigourney, Mrs.
Ellis, and Jane Taylor, w ho are examples
of educated women whose influence ia as
wido and spreads ns far as civilization. An
educated woman has a more elevated mind
than the one that knows nothing but that
which sho learns from surrounding circum
stances. The mind unimproved is vicious
and wild; it cannot grasp the moaning of
the sciences with which it might be ac
quainted. It is both necessary thai girls
should be acquainted with the different sci
ences and the different kinds of domestic
employments, The mother that does not
teach her girls how lo poiform the various
household duties, is as negligent of Ler
duty a the fathor is in not sending them to
school. A woman should possess that
knowledge which enriches the mind,
brightens tbe understanding, teaches her
how to promote the happiness of others,
and elevates her mind in adversity the
same as in prosperity, a boon of more price
less value than riches, for they may beta
ken tway, but an education is permanent.
VV'hen once obtaiued, it ia in solitude a
a friend and companion, and in society an
ornament. A woman with these accom
plishments may go through life smoothly,
and be employed in mnny waya usefully
and pleasantly, be an ornament to ber sex,
and a blessing to the community in which
she may live. CM.
A British Review ox Mr, Been a nan.
Tbe new Quarterly Review, in a review
of Mr. Buchanan's personnel, says :
" lie has the habit (that historians at
tribute lo Alexander tbe Great) of holding
bis head somewhat inclined to oneside, and
sometimes partially clo'ing one eye, as if
to prove, what was undoubtedly the case
during his misson In this country, that be
could sea a vast deal more with half an
eye, than all our Ministers when tbey open
both theirs to the fullest extent, as they bad
to do more than once, if all tales be true,
durinir tbe course of their " transaction of
business with Mr. Uuehanan.
(r The police of the eity of Bre-.lu, in
; Silesia have been instruct 3 to see to the
thorized officers or the municipality,
OiT Tha Moniteur furnishes fram of
ficial sources the grand total of the popola-
, Hon of France. 3n.039.S64. The tax en
o' francs per annum.
tho side of Truth iu every issue.
No.
51.
Tfc t'.blness (saiar f.sae.
As lha attention of (he Agriculturists of
tha United States has been generally and
earnestly attracted to that novel and seem
ingly important plant, tha Sorthum Sucre,
or Chinese sugar cano, and especially since
erroneous impressions oppenr lo havo been
disseminated throughout tho country with
respect to its introduction, mode of culture,
uses, cVc, we with pleasure embrace tha
earliest practicable moment to place before
ourrendora tha subjoined highly satisfac
tory circular in regard to il. Thut the
honor of introducing this plant, as is here
in shown, belongs to lha Patent Office and
its able and intelligent co-operator in the
Agricultural Division, is an nssuranco
which will be received with gratification
by tha many thousands may wo not say
millions ! of citizens of the Union who
reasonably look forward lo tho opornttons
ol this oflics for the most beneficent re
sults, exulting in nil its successful achieve
ments, aad who will unquestionably sanc
tion the most liberal appropriation for its
support, aud for the enlargement of its
capabilities for promoting the progress of
agriculturo in its every department.
U. S. Patent Office, )
Deo. 10, 1656.
Sir : This new plant seoms to be des
tined to take nn important position among
our economical products. Its seeds were
sent, some six years ii"o, from tho north
of China, by M da Montigny, to tbe Geo
graphical Society of Paris. From the
cursory examination of n small field of it
growing at Venieres, in France, in the au
tumn ol 1854, Mr. I). J. Ilrownn, then on
a mission from this office for collecting ag
ricultural luformatioa and products, was
led to infer that, from tho peculiarity of
the climate in which it was grown, and its
resemblance in appearance and habit to
Indian corn, it would flourish in any re
gion whorever that plant would thrive
From this source haobtained somo 200
pounda of the seed! which distributed in
small packages by this office, among the
memheis of Congress, with a view of ex
perimenting with it in all parts of the
Union and thereby ascertaining its adap
tation to our roil and climate. In mi mo
rons instances the results proved highly
satisfactory, ns it attained the height of
eight or ten feet as far north as St. Paul,
in Minnesota, and matured its seeds at
various points in Massachusetts, Now
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and otbor
places further South. The following year,
whilo in France, on a similar mission us
above, Mr. Browne obtained several bush
els of the seed of this plant grown from
that reputed to have been brought from
South Africa by Mr. Leonard VViay, of
London, and which has since proved lo bo
identical with that obtaiued by this c.ffico
in 1$D4.
There appears to be a doubt among a
great many in Europe as woll as in this
country, as to tho true botanical name of
this plant. M Louis Yilmorin, a scient:fic
cultivator of Paiis, provisionally gave it
tho name of Jloleus sacchamtus, which
had previously been applied to the common
broomcorn, if not to othor species, or at
least varieties, of some allied plant. lie
also conjectured that it might be the sor
ghum vulgare, (Andropcgon sorghum of
others) and thought that it might compre
hend a varioty of il, as well at andropovon
cafra, bicolor, etc., of Kenlh. Mr. Wrny,
who has dovoted much of his timo and at
tention to tho cultivation of this plant,
with the view of extracting sugar from its
juice at Cape Natal and othor places,
amies mui, iu ins souin easi pari oi vrai
fraria, there are at lual fifteen varieties of
it, some growing to a height of twi-lvo or
fifteen feet, with stems as thick ns those of
tho sugar canetsaccinruw effianarnm) M
Vilmorin also says that in a collection of
seeds sent to the Museum of Natural His
tory at Paris, in 1810, by M d'ApaJie,
there were thirty kinds of sorghum, among
the growth of which he particularly reo
ognized several plants having atoms of a
saccharine flavor. Others are of the ntin
ion that the common broomcorn (Hulcus
saccharalus) the Chocolate or Guinea
corn sorghum vulgare) and the Chinese
sugarcane, (sorghum saecharalum,) all of
which contain nmroor less sacchnrino mat
ter, belong to the same species, but aro
variations caused by differences of soil
and climato, or by a disposition to sprout,
after the manner of Indian corn and other
plants under cultivation. Tbe Chinese
sugar cane, however, outers trom tno
ethers ia containing a far larger proportion
of juice, and consequently is more valu
able for fodder and other economical uses.
In 1700 a plant analagous to the una in
question was experimented upon at Flor
ence, in Italy, by Pietro Arquino, for the
extraction of sugar ; yet it must have been
a different variety, as ha describes i'.s
seeds as of a alear brown color, whilo
those of tbe Chinese sugar cane are of a
shiuingjet black, and in appearance iden
tical with those of the Sorghum vulgare
of the old collections.
Description and Habit of Growth.
The Chinese sugar cane, when cultiva
ted on ordinary land, in the United States,
somewhat a fur the manner of the broom
corn, grows to a height of from eight to
sixteen feet, wbile in barope it does not
attain much more than half of this altitude.
Its stems aro straight and smooth, often
covered with a white bloom, or down, hav
ing leavea some wbst rlexulous falling over
and grea'ly resembling in appearance those
of Indian corn, but mere elegant in form.
When cultivated in hills containing eight
or ten stalks each, it pots forth at its top a
conical panicle of denso flowers green at
first, but changing into violet shades, and
finally into dark purplo at maturity. In
France and tbe central and northern sec
tlcni of tht United Sut:i it has tbnt far
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and ulker kinds, done to order, on hort notice.
proved an annua! ; but from observation
made by M Vilmorin, as well aa soma ex
periments in our Southern Stutes, it is con
jectured tluil, fioin Ihe ngor and fullness
of (lie lower parts of the stalks in autumn,
by protecting laetn during tho winter Ihey
would produce new plants the following
spring. Il stands drought fur belter than
Indian corn, and will resist the effects of
conidcruble frost without injury, after ihtt
panith a appear, but not la its younger and
more tender slate. If suffered to remain
in the field after the the seeds have ripen
ed and have been removed where the sen
son is siiflioiently warm and lung new pan
icles will shoot out at the topmost joints.
one or mire to each stalk, and mature a
second crop of seeds. Tho average yield
of seed lo ouch poniulo is at least a gill.
Cultivation.
Since the introduction into this country
the Chinese sugar-cane has proved itself
well adapted to our geographical range of
Indian torn. It is of easy cultivation, be
ing similar lo that of maize or broom corn,
but will prosper in a much poorer soil. It
docs not succeed so well, however, when
sown broadcast with the view of producing
fodder, as it will not grow to much more
than ono half of its usual bight. If lha
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seeds nro planted in may, in me middle
States, or still earlier at the South, two
crops of fodder can bo grown iu a season
from the same roots the first oua in Juno
or July, to be cut beforo ibe panicles ap
pear, which would be green and succulent,
ike young Indian corn ; nnd tho other a
month or two later at the time or before
the seed is fully matured. In the extreme
.Northern otates, where Ihe season is loo
short mid cool for it to ripen in lha open
ttir, the cultivator will naucsnrily have to
obtain his seed from regions further South.
If it wore important fr him to raise his
own seed, he could start the plants undor
uluss in tho spring, and removo them lo
the Mold or garden at about the period of
planting Indian corn, after which they
would fully mat tire. One quurt of seeds
are found lo be sufficient for an acre. If
the seil ba indifferent or poor, they may bo
so n in rows or drills about throe (eel apart
with tho plants from ten lo twelve inches
asunder; but if the soil he rich they mny
be planted in hills, five or more seeds to
each, four or five ftet apart in ono direct iou
nnd thrco or four in the other. The plants
may be worked or hoed twice in the course
of tho season, in a similar inannor to In
dinn corn. Any sucker or superfluous
shoots which may spring up may be re
moved. The seed should not be harvested
before it acquires a dark or black hue.
Should the plants lodge or fall to the ground
by the excessive weight of tho heads, du
ring aiorms of wind or rain, before the
seed matures, they may remain for weeks
without injury. In collecting the seed, a
convenient method is to cut off the stalks
about a foot bolow the panicles, tie them
up in bunches of twenty-five nnd suspend
them in any secure airy place, sheltered
from rain. If intended solely for fodder
the first crop should bo cul just beforo tho
panicles would appear, and the second as
soon as tho seed arrive at the milky atago.
Il may be tied up in bundles shocked and
cured, like Ibe lops or stulks of Indian
corn. If not intended to ha employed for
any other economical use, after the soed
bus been removed, and the weather be cool,
and the average tempernturo of tho day
doos not exceed 45 drg. or SO drg. F the
stnlks may be be cut up close to the ground
tied iu bundles, collected into shocks or
stowed in a mass in a succulent stale, for
foddor, in sheds or barns, whero they will
keep without injury, if desired, until spring.
In this condition, however, the loner part
of the stalks will be found to be qta
hard and woody and will require to bo
chopped into small pieces for feeding.
l'rrcaution. Purtiuulur earo should
bo observed not lo cultivate this plant in
tho vicinity of Dourah corn, Guinea com,
nor broom corn, os il hybridizes or mixes
freely with those plants, which wou'd ren
der the seeds of liiuir product unfit for
sowing.
Yours, vory respctfully,
Ciiables Mason, Com.
From China.
By the arrival of lha clipper ship Hur
ricano, snys the San Francisco Herald, wo
are iu possession of dates from Hongkong
to tho 17ih of January our lmt dates
were to the 3d of December. Immediate
ly after the capture of the Barrier Forts
by the American forces wss completed,
Commodore Armstrong returned with his
fleet lo the sncborage at Wluimpoa, and
the business of repairing the damages
caused by the attack was commenced. In
a letter addressed to Yeh, the Govornor
of Conton ho observed t
" Hera I prvsuma it will end, and so
long a he (the Imperial Commissioner)
dees not commit nny act of violence against
our flag or citizens, we shall rest on our
arms."
His excellency Yeh, in a despatch of the
5ih of January, writes Commodoro Arm
strong :
" From this I see your Excellency has a
clear knowledge of affairs. Ibere is no
matter of strife btwen our two nations.
Henceforth let the fashion of flag which
American ships employ be clearly defined,
and inform me what it ia beforehand.
This will be the verification of Ihe friend,
ly relations between our countries."
This would seem to settle the difficulty,
so far as tho Americans are concerned, un
less, indeed, some other outrage should
be committed by ihe Chinese. Correspon
dence had been resumed by Mr. Parker,
our Commissioner in China, with Yeh.
Tbe whole number of light-houses
belonging to the United State is about
firi b'iuJftd.