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    Oct. 27, 1860] ¦ - The Satxtrday Analyst...

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    AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OP THE COLOXY OF...

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    American mob , at any rate , the P-uisce ' s visit ha > no significance whatever . ; ' It is simply regarded us an ' occasion fbr ^ inobbint * the streets- shouting-, pushing , and ' indulging , in every kind of-vulgar disorder . There , i . i no spark of chivalry in the loner classes of the Americans . They have no resjicct for the name of " « trsvnger : " no . ' . regard for refilled feelings ; no sense of the commonest duties of hospitality . There i * far more chivalry , far . more dignity , far more of gentlemanly ' . feeling among the wild Xorth American Indians , than among the Yankee mob . The latter are eaten tip -with the grossest -egotism , and with the most- '¦ vulgar / and . offensive soli-importance . The better classes of . the people have exhibited the same vulgarity in the rude way in which they have thrust themselves under the notice of the Pki-xce . At the public receptions , both men and women have presented themselves in every-variety of outre and unbecoming costume , and ¦ ' cute Yankees" have introduced themselves with their shop cards printed over with puffing advertisements of their wares . And these , according to their own estimate of-themselves , are the greatest people on the face of the earth . The greatness of the American people , we should hope , is unique and entirely sui generis . The Prince ' s visit to Washing-ton has been the occasion of what is no doubt designed to a grand historical -incident-. ' The Prixce has been taken by the President to meditate at the tomb of Wash . isgtox . Lor is Napoleon took advantage of a ' similar ¦ occasion to get the Queen- and the Prince Consoet to join in forming a tableau round the g-rave of his uncle . We cannot think that the design in either case was in very good taste . We should never think , of inviting Mr . Br ' cit : a . xax to visit the tomb of George the Tiiikd , and our sense of delicacy would shrink from dragging Napoleon the Third down into the crypt of St . Paul ' s , to contemplate the cenotaph of the great Duke of Wellington , the conqueror of his uncle . But Avere such a ceremony to be enacted , we / j dp not think there is a rough in all Wlutechapel or the jfs ' ewcut , who would have the vulgar audacity to shout out— " Guess he woppedyoii at Waterloo . " The state in which the Prince foiind the house and tomb of the Eatliev of the American people , does not say much for the respect in which his mempr'y is held—Mount Vernpri is a scene of ruin and desolation . The graphic correspondent of the Times exhausts every epithet applying to deeav , in describing- its ruinous and neglected condition . at tne

    You step ashore upon Virginian territory , and iind yovu'seit foot of Mount Vernon . "A winding , irregular footway leads up here , bi-pken away in gaps ; , over which a few clumsy planks stipply the place . of crumbling earth . Bits of brick and stone , with now and then dead . 'boughs , lie in the . way , always narrow and difficult , mid crowded in upon by branches , while around , as far as one . could see , the neglected shrubbery is rank and uncultivated , with an ianlnistakeable aspect of desertion , of slow and loner decay , in every wild , straggling , deep-tangled thicket . Throug h this scene of desolation you clamber iu > to the house , the home and the tomb of Washington . The house , a long , straggling-, old-fashioned structure , in a state of decay through neglect . You enter , and iind , * down in a cellar , ' a negro woman and her family—herself a slave , though the only cicerone to the deserted mansion of ' the man who- gavo freedom and independence- to the American _ people . ' This negro slave points out ' to you the old arm-chair in whk-h WAsruvoiTON sat ; the marble mtmtel-piece which Lafayette presented to his 'devoted friend ; " the piano on which the- Liberator plnved—an- old harpsichord , bearing the names of ' JLoxuman and J 3 hodf . hu ' , Cheapside , London ; ' a clirtv heap of leather and old rags , which represents the general ' s saddle-bags aivd bolsters ; ^ and all the other rotting tuid mildewed souvenirs of the place . From , this wretched lump of decay the Pjunce and bis su , ite passed down a wastg and ncglectotl road , like an abandoned cattle track , to the ruins of a cemetery , where , under an ill-kept mo ss-grown sarcophagus , Iio the bones of the great patriot . Around there is nothing but rankness and desolation . Over the crumbling brick walls which enclose the tomb creep wild and tangled shrubs ; weeds , rubbish , aud mortar , ai-o littered in front , whilo all around it is a dirty , thriftless waste , like the remains of a shrubbery in whioh a buUHing once stood . No pioxxs care , " says the correspondent of the Times , " seems to have ovov tended this neglected gravo ; none bv to shield it from the dosoorations of idle profanity . It in lioro jilono ' in its glory , uncarcd for , \ mvisitod , unwatched , with the night wind for itw only mourner , sighing throug-h the waste ol' trees , and strewing the dead brown loaves like , ashes before the tomb . " To this tomb tho Prince avus broiig-lit , and , liko a true gentleman , ho did what was oxpooted of him—ho took oil' his hat , and gazed upon tho tomb in sifont rospeot . Thoro was no reason why ho should not do this . WAsnixe'roN claims thu respect aud admiration of nil mankind , bo they prinoos or peasant *; but wo cannot think it should havo boom mado a stnto ceremony . Tho , Piuxou , il' so inolinod , should havo boon allowed to visit Mount | Vornon 'privately , with his own , suite Tho fact of tho PimsiDEXT rtuggosting tho visit , and oonduoting tho 1 ' itr . vcK , looks ayood dval like cliotation . Tho proeoqding ha- > something of the npivit of iho Viraanian rough , who oriod out "{ rues * ho thrushoctyou I . h'itishori * . ' ' - ,, ' . Wo wonder if the Pmnch vomomborod , wliuo oontcmilaung that tomb , that tho ' man , whom banos lay Ijouoath , oucu laid a plot to Idanap lu « grtind-imolo , Puixru Wir . i-J . vM Hen ' iiy , aftorwardtt Wiui . ui tiik Fouuxii . Iho fact ib hihtovioal , tliough it soomB tQ bo forgotten . Pkikcw Wii . ' r . iAM , vrhon ft nuclsliipman in tho JJi'ltuh wnvy , passed tho wiutor of 17 S 2 in tho oity of Now York , Thu revolutionary avmy was thon apin'oaohing tlio oity , and CoUmi'l Omwm . v , guo ul Wasiii » oxqn ' s otllooi's , woto to tuo Ucixoral ,.

    pi'Oi ) osing to carry the PiMxc ; : oil " . The following is a copj ' . of . -: the letter which . ' Ck-iiur ' al \\ . \^! i ixgton wrote : . to Culoiitl C > gjdj : x -V on the occasion , the original oi' which is still Oxtant : — u To Col . OciM-. N , of the 1 st Jersey Regiment . : ¦ et 'Sir , —The ' . spirit so conspicuous in your plan for surprising , in their . quarters , and . . bringing off the PiuNcrc Wiliita ^ i IIen r-v . and Admiral Prom" , merits applause , and you have my authority to make the attempt in any manner ,-and . -at-, such time as your judgment shall direct . I am fulh- i ) ersuadcd that it is '" unnecessary to caution y . ou against ottering insult or indig-nity to . the persons of the PltiNCB or the Admiral , should you be " so . fortunate . . as to capture them ; . lj « t it _ may not be amiss to press the propriety of ' ,. a proper- line of conduct upon the party you command . In ease of success , 3 * 0 x 1 will , as soon as you get theiu to a-place of safety , treat them ¦ with all . possible respect ; but you are to-dolay no time in conveying them'to Congress ,-and report I vour proceedings , with a cop } -of these orders . ¦ " Given at Morris Town , this 2 Mth , day of March , 1782 . " G . WAsirixoTON . " ¦ " Xote . —Take care . not to touch ii }) on the ground which is . agreed to be neutral , viz ., from llaw-av to Xevvark and four miles . . ' .. buck . " . ' . ' ... ;• . ¦ -.,. ' - Upon the receipt of this letter . Colonel Ooden drew out an elaborate plan- ' of "' operations . Four men , armed with naked bayonets , and in the disguise of sailors , wore appointed -to seize , the sentinels at the Piiince ' s quarters . Eight men , iiicluding' guides , preceded by-two . men , with e : ich a crow-bar , n-ere commissioned to force open the doors , and ¦ s . eize the Princk , tlie Admiral , and . the young noblemen . Among the necessaries set down in the programme are , ' •' . Two crow-bars , two axes , four dark lanterns ,. and four large oil-cloths' ;'—the oil-cloths , it may be presumed , to smother the cries of the PeincEj the Admiral , and the young , noblemen . . Happily , however , just as the plan was about to be put into / operation , Sir Henry Clinton , then in New York , got wind of what was on foot , and Colonel UaoEN ' s fl-at boats , with the kidnapping party on board , were discovered , just as they were entering the river . This effectually disconcerted :-the project , and the PisiNCE remained unmolested until the sailing of the squadron . 13 ut after the visit of Peince Wiltji . vm ' s grand-nephew to the tomb of . ¦ ¦ Washington , we presume all these , things will be forgotten and forgiven , and henceforth . England and America are to live in im- ' . interupted harnioriy and love for evermore . That , of course , will also be the result of the visit of Queen Yictouta to the tomb of Xapolkox . AYlien will Oahibaldi go and weep over the tomb Of B 6 . MBA ? - ¦ ' " ' ' .

    Oct. 27, 1860] ¦ - The Satxtrday Analyst...

    Oct . 27 , 1860 ] ¦ - The Satxtrday Analyst and Leader . 895

    Agricultural Statistics Op The Coloxy Of...

    AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OP THE COLOXY OF VICTORIA . npi-IE Kegisti { ak- ( Jknf . kai ; of Victoria has publishedJiis annual . . JL report , from which we extract the . following very interesting summary , showing the extraordinary advance of one of England ' s finest colonies . . - •' . ' The return U made fur the vein- ending the 31 st of March , J . S 0 O , at which date the number of holders of purchsised land exceeding one acre were 1 : 3 , , the extent of their holdings being : J , 00 . 1415 acres ; of uncultivated land thyru were 2 , 7 ( W , () 8 i >;| acres ; unenclosed , ¦ l , 012 . nIS acres ; of enclosed huitl , 2 , 0 JS . S 27 acres j enclosed ltind . not cultivated , 1 , O J 1 , 11 U ^ acres ; leaving tho total extent cultivated , : ) 57 , 7 (> l \ : icres . Of this aereago . U ) 7 , o 7-8 h were in wheat , 90 , 1 ) 19 ^ in oats , : t , l' 2 i )] in barley , 750-f in innizo , l <&> ryo and bore , 3 S 5 ^ f i . ii peas * sorghum , beans , and millet ; 27 , 527 in XWtatoos , 210 } in turnips , 3 ^ , 51 in lnangol-wurt / . el , H in bcot-ropt , 108 in carrots and parsnips , 11 lh in cabbage , 11 , 177 j- in . stimmor fallow , inhny , Orf , ? 3 i ; 3 i ; t » , Ui ) 8 j in gveon forage , do * under tobneep ,, 773 ^ as vineyards ; in miscellaneous crops , -131 [ - j gardens , 5 , 053 ^; and oi'charding , l ^ lOj . Tho crops produced in bushels wore of wheal , 2 , 21 ) 0 , ! 05 ^ ; oats ; 2 , 5 X 3 , 201 ; barlov , 07 , 411 ; maize , 7 , 012 } , ; rye and beiv , 2 , 711 ; . poas , sorghum , beans , and millet , 5 , 197 % , In tons—potatoes , d . S , 73 Uj turnips , 013- * . ; inangel-wurUol , 4 , 5 UD \ beet , 21 J ; carrots iindparsnips , 700 l ; ciii . biige , 0 IS ; hay , 13 J ., 0 \ % \ onions , l . OK ) cwt . ; tobacco , : 3 M 7 cwt , ; number <> l vines , l , 78 : J , Oir >; fruit nold , 't , 53 Oi . cwt . 5 w . ino made , 13 , U 31 gallons ; and of Ijmiuly was uumutucturod 177 gulloiiH . ¦ . . These liyuves , as compared with tkoso of thu year ending March 31 st , LS 50 , hliowan inoroftMi ) in thu luimbur of lioldingfj to bo l , 30 S ; in the extent . of tho holdings , 5 J . * 2 , ! iHH + awus j in uncultivated . lancU , .. 1 S : ] ,-1 S 34 aoi'os ; of unonulosod laud , 217 , 837- ?' noruH ; of ouolouod Itiucl , 32 1 , 450 }; of oncloBotl laud not cultivated ,. 203 , 721 acres } being an hioroaau on tho total extent oultivutod oi OS , ( SO 1 ^ acres . TJiuro is an iuoronso of 28 , H . 1 , 1 J aoros under when I ; oi ofitw , 12 , 41 ) 31 ; oi' maixc , 270 ;} aoro » ; of ryo and boro , w ^ 'i uoiv »; oi potts , sorghum , beans , and millot , 12 U acvos ; of niMn ^ 'l-wur / oK tfoijnoi'os ; of beot-voot , 4 { acres j of cavn . tH nml purMiijis , / ij , of oabbngQ , 30 J ; of tlio hiimmor fallow , 3 . IW « l 01 \ * ,. ll ° 1 iwy * l'J , JiSO-h of ffruon ( oruffo , 2 , 37 D 1 huroHj nl vino-, - ^ 'Ij . aurus ; tiiurmitwollwxooiw crops , 103 noiva j ( . rfhiirdin ^ ni . » uf'iv . s . Thoro wa » a dooroabo in Iho I ' olluwiih . vi / .. ^ ^; / ] l ^» l , 2 OO | ' ] , ( ) tato 0 » , 2 ,-U ) Hl ; tuniipn , Jl-Jfi lablioco , - 'UJ ; gaulai gr Tho d i ; ' uow ' inff U the diflbronoo in tho J ^ uou of tju two ;

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 27, 1860, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27101860/page/7/