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have, one or more choice varieties of the vine. The grape being one of the most dcliciousand wholesome fruits which inc earth produces, its general cultivation cannot h::. { ss tic es,joy il,cs,is oi our already much favored countrymen. The recent and increasing objections raised

 rggalnst the use of foreign medicated

 wines, afford grounds 10 believe that the

 wine grape will be more assiduously cul- tivated. But we must confess. that. ut,- der existing circumstances, the culti,a- ton of the grape appears most desirable as a fruit its frcsk and dried state.

 One of the greatest blessings which a benign Providence has bestowed on our country during the past year is the pro motionof temperance in the use of dis titled liquors. The excessive consump- ten of Intoxicating drinks was, twelve months ago, an evil moro threatening, more demoralizing, more to be deplored, and stain of far deeper dye on our na- tlonal character, than even the holding in slavery millions of the sons of Africa. If the misery caused by the use of al coholic drinks for the last ten years, could be summed up and estimated, it would. we are we'll persuaded, greatly exceed that produced by slavery in the same number of years the mos. fruitful in dis tress. Scarcely family ythroughontour country stood unaffected by this calami- ty-eitber son an object oi disgrace, q daughter brought to want and misery by a drunken husband, or even the parent monster of terror and horror, bringing distress and death around him. Tosuch a degree had the evil increased, that a collection of men of almost any class and on almost any occasion, was place of temptation. The industrious yeo- marry inno section of our country, could assemble forthe discharge either of pub lie business, or to assist a neighbor, with out having exhibited among them, scenes of drunkenness, quarrelling, and not un- frequently of violent death. So gener- al was the use of these potions, that q sc,the could not be swung, nor an axe or fail lifted without dram before breakfast, and more or less throughout the day. In addition to the high price of labor, a farmer was at the expense ol liquor 10 every person efnrloyed--and proportion to the importance and LIT,

 geney of his work, he was compelled tt deal out the inebriating draft, which in

 stead of expediting, often delayed his business and frustrated his plans.