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OUR COCNTRY-OVR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS-AND OUR COUNTRY'S FRIENDS, BY C. F. CL.ARKSOX. BROOKVILLE, INDIANA. FRIDAY. MARCH 31. 1S48. VOL. XVI SO. 14.
RELIGIOUS.
deavor to show how yon may derive the most advantage to yourself, from the perusal of the Scriptures. It Is probable, when you receive these letters, you will not at first reading, entirely understand them, if that should be the case, ask your grand parents, or uncle, cr aunt, to explain them; if you still find them too hard, put them on file; and lay them by for two years after which read them again, and you will find them easy enough. It is essential, my son, in order that you may go through life with com
fort to yourself and usefulness to yonr fellow-
Til E FARMER.
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THE TIMES.
Thing a Farmer should not do. j A farmer should never undertake to cultivate :
From the New York Tribune. Letter front Hon. 3. Q. Adams to the Bible anil it Tenoning- o.l. St. Psrembcro, Sept leu. My Dear Son: In your letter of the 18th January, to your mother, you mentioned that you read to yoor aunt a chapter in the Bible, or section of Doddridge's Annotations every evening. This information gave me real pleasure, for o great is my veneration for the Bible, and o strong my belief that, when duly read and meditated on, it is of all books in the world, that which contributes most to make men good, wire and happy that the earlier my children begin to reaa it, the more steadily they pursue .1 .i r ;nn .ln-mirr limit tliMr lives.
the more lively and confident will be my hopes j gttide for y government but your pass.t. .1 !11 na.fnl tftiTPTI. tft their
mai mey " U.An.i.r. A .v. w i. . .
country, respectable members of society, and a " """' inattentive to them as to remain igno red blessing to their oarents. BatI hope yoajndw.lI be for some years under the authority rant flhosegreat questionsof national andstale have now arrived at an age to understand that nd control of your fnends and instructors; bu policy which will always agitate mere or less a reading, even in the Bible, Is a thing in ltSP,f n soon come to the age when you must free people. neither good nor bad.butthat all the good which : Prn yourself. Yon have already come to) A farmer should shun the door of a bank, as can be drawn from it is by the use and improve- i that af many respects; you know the differ-; he would the approach of the plague or cholera; ment of what you have read, with the help of. tween nght and wrong, and you know ; banks are for men of speculation, and that is a your own reflection. Young people sometimes 80me of y"dt. and the obligations you are. business with which farmers should have little i . . , Jj v k under to become acquainted with them all. It to do. boast of how many books and how much they , . . , , I J 14 111 thA HiMa vnn mnot laipn (horn nn,l IVvm f A i 1 i , ....
have read; when, instead of boasting they ought ; "" ' . "' """ , "rmer snoum never oe ashamed ornis call
to be ashamed of having wasted so much time to
Gen'l. Taylor and II. Clay. Washington City, March Cth. 1S43.
more land than he can do thoroughly half till- To the Editors of the Courier and Enquirer, edland is growing poorer well tilled laud is Gentlemen: In the New York Express of constantly improving. j the Gth inst., and in late Pittsburgh papers, and A tarmer should never keep more cattle, hor- . in other places, the attempt is made to do injusses, sheep, or hogs, than he can keep in good or- tied (once more) to Gen. Taylor, der; an animal in high order the first of Decern- I I was a member of the late Whiff Convention
ber.is already half wintered. jin Kentucky, and shall briefly state the facts of j emlaTdssment, by stopping to hear an apology, A farmer should never depend on his neighbor ' the whole case. Two conventions met iu Frank- aD( an 'lour afterwards he was harranguing the for what he can, bv care and good management. ' fort on the samedav.nne thn rriil:.r Wh; , incorruptible freemen of H.. and eiertimr h!1 th
creatures, that you should form and adopt cer- j produceonhis own farm jheshould never beg fruit ! ven'.ion, and the other exclusive.or if you please, ! mi?nt of hU 'Hnce for the fulfilment of his tain rules and principles for the government of; while he can plant trees, or borrow tools while ' the first friends of Tavlor. Th r ,i ' ! prophecy just before made to lav Wilson Shan-
placing it upon the sofa. He then introduced himself in these laconic words: "Madam, I am the wagon boy, to whom you so gracefully alluded this morning. My name is Tom Corwin, I have as you see laid your darling little one flat ou his back , you must not be surprised if I should serve his father the same way at the coming election."
Corwin was too polite to occasion the lady
FUN AND FANCY.
yonr own conduct and 'temper. Unless you have such rules and principles, there will be numberless occasions on which you will have
hecau make or buy; a high authority has said, I Taylor Convention originated in the "secret ! non flat on his Dack
the borrower is a servant to the lender. j circular" and the belief among the neoDle that I IIow we" ne succeeded has become a matter
The farmer should never be so immersed in po- wire-workers of party were about once more to i o 'l's,orv wiln which all our readers are doubt-
litical matters, as to foget to sow hi3 wheat, dig call upon them to sacrifice success to personal
, his potatoes, and bank up his cellar; nor should ! partiality. That Mr. Clay's long and able ser
vices are appreciated now as ever iu Kentucky is certainly true. Kentucky cherishes his fame
less familiar. Burrit's ChrUtaiu Citizen.
iTcr.ity of Agriculture. In the United States, farmers generally p'ant more ground than thev can attend nrnnsrlv
as her own. But the truth compels the asser- The consequence of thi, is, that crops are lieht,
:the Bible how to practice them. Those duties jing; we know that no man can be entirely in-
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soli ttle profit I advise you, my son, in what-" ) weui, to aepenaeni; yet the larmer should remember that ever you read, and most of all in reading the yurself" "Thou shall love the Lord thy God, if any can be said to possess that enviable disBible.thatit Is for the purpose of making ,ou j with dl thy heart, .nd with all thy soul, and tinction, he is the man. wiser and more virtuous with all thy mind, and with all thy strength, No farmer should allow the reproach of neI have for myself for many years made it ft'andthy neighb- as thyself." On these two glecling education to lie against himself or famipracticeto read through the Bible once every ; commandments, Jesus Christ expressly says, j ly; if knowledge is power, the beginning of it
I have alwavs attempted to read it with f " ",c 1 !"". ' ""j "u ucrpiy mia in me aislnct
year.
the same spirit and temper of mind which I now
say, the whole purpose of Divine Revelation is to 'school.
- .,.,,tl;.hthint,tinnT,d culcate them efficaciously upon the minds of A farmer should never use ardent spirits as a
desire that it may contribute to my advancement men- You will perceive that I have spoken of dnnk; if, while undergoing severe fatigue, and in wisdom and virtue. My desire is indeed very , duUe" t0 youret,f. distin fm those to God .the hard labors of the summer, he would enjoy imperfectly successful; for, like the Apostle Bnd to your felIow matures; while Jesus Christ robust health, let him be temperate in all things. Paul, "I find a law la members, warring against SPeaks 0n,y of lwo commandment. The reason j A farmer never should refuse a fair price for the laws of my mind " But as I know that it ,s' C!i11se Christ and the commandment repea- j anything he wishes to sell. We have known a n.tur to b Imperfect, so I know that it is t?d bv h!ra. consid" !f-love as so implanted in man who had several hundred bushels of wheat
my duty to aim
.1 1. In.'n i. ntl 4Vl1fioa T Pill nTltv nrHV
r, ,r. .u. r L : ils over the heart; and so great do they gll to get 6s. 6d., for it.
Jm: . j ,W. n. ! know its Pwer t0 . that thy demand
s imperteci, so l Know inai n is - at perfection; and feeling and rt eVery man by the ,aw of his na,l1re ,0 dlsP0Se r rvtuse 8s. because he wanted Ss. wn frailties. I can only prayAl-ithat Ure1uires 110 commandment to establish l-. and after keeping his wheat six months, was
t; and so great do they gau t get os. Od., lor it. 1 they demand no other I A farmer should never allow his wood-house
. ... .. - n. i' measure for the love of our neighbor, than that to be emptied of wood duriiijy the summpr
t o tn r tnr t ft trnm tiim vprv irnon ano . -
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, , , wnicn iney Know we shall have tor ourselves. monins, u ne aoes. wh
other by special invitation.) was assembled everv
perfect gift deseend. My custom is, to read four , ,ur .ves - . comes, in aau- w here avowedly with a view of nominating a or five chapters every morning, immediately af. ; But from the love of God, and the love of our Uon to cold hngers, he must expect to encounter Governor and inferior officers; but by the tacit
ter rising from mv bed. It emplovs about an , '6 ou-.ves as wen as . .... ..u , er,., De consent of the friends of Taylor and Clay prohour of mv time; and seems tome ihe most sui-! "nd are 8,1 be learned in equal per- compelled, ,u a senes of lectures to learn, that ceeded to elect delegates to the National Con-
table manner of beginning the day. But, M ; .on ny our searcn.ngu.ehcnptures. - ..-u uur.ls green wooa nas not master- vention of Philadelphia, and State Electors-
other cares, dnties and occupations engage the ! , " npiures; ana ,a or- fledges had been made to present resolutions remainder of it. 1 have perhaps never a sufficient ; to pursue our inquiries with methodical or-. A farmer should never allow his windows to nominating Mr. Clay; and similar ones by the portion of mv time in meditation upon what r r, let us consider the various sources of infor- be fi.led w.th red c.oak., tattered coats, and old ; frtelld- of Tavlor, to nominate him-and the have read. Even meditation itself Is often fruit- I mat!on th ltwe "aydraw from in this study -, and the., ko. he wll most assuredly acquire j pro,iectl of bolh lnight ,lave w rnined. A
I wise compromise, therefore, was made by nom-
ne senatorial delegate for Taylor, and
way without being remembered or applied to - "iu, " anerwaru uie . ... , 0,16 IOr And tins was done by a unani-
; msiurj uiuue peculiar nauon, certainly memosti f-' " """"' mous vote, only one man voting against Mr.
tion, that the great Whig party also believes that
Mr. Clay cannot be elected. They see no new elements of stretigth that Mr. Clay has acquired suice the last canvass, whilst the coming of new Democratic Slates into the Union and the couquest of new territory, greatly diminish Mr. Clay's Advocates, who are driven off by his narrow basis of a treaty and his auti war tone. I speak not in approbation or denunciation just now of these things, but merely of their existence. The two conventions then assembled: a previous caucus of "the Whig friends of General Taylor" was called at the State House, and many hundreds were present from this and other States, of course including the Whig Taylor men of both conventions. There, letters were read from the friends of General Taylor in Congress, assuring us that Mr. Clay would withdraw, on his return home, from the contest, and deprecating any action on the part of the friends of Taylor which would serve in Mr. Clay's own state to push him from the track. In consequence, the Taylor convention adjourned ttithoat a nomination of him, but merely recommending him to the National Convention. The special Whig convention, of which only I was a member, (having taken a seat in the
i ne rsioie contains me Kevelation ol the H ill of c "F""""" imau uo tames long ai me
i the world, and nf mankind- n-nA nfWnr.-,! or starve at home
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jess, unless it nas some special oujecis m view; i . l l i i - r i i -i i , i seful thou,hts often arise in the mind, and pass i G 11 contains the history f the 'f' 1a.V,nB h'S a"J ClMrca l freeZe ""S
t 1-1.1 1 !
bov vooa purpose naemeseea scauerpa upon - i . ,, , . , ... i j ....... nS..,v ' ' 1 1 : .. . i. . i . mmn Rfl IIiprli:ir:irTr nrn i.rncnorntia r ........ ,.,.11 I . . r, . .
cAnauiuiuaiy iianuii uiai nag ever appeareu on " - - f.v wu., ,a,,c, . iiicuiung, tlie lavlor delegate. The other d .1 .... . . .. . . l. -.11.. .:!! .J l! J p
meearm. it contains a system ot Ueligion and ,,c,c' "c "'"3 mauure, image aim eea: j ir,ct delegates were selected by districts: and no
the surface of the ground, which the birds devour, or the winds blow away, or which rot without taking root, however good the soil may be upon which they are cast. We are all, my dear Gorge, unwilling to con" fess our own faults, even to ourselves; and when cur own consciences ere too honest to conceal
them from us, our self-love is always busy, either in attempting to disguise them to us under false and delusive colors, or in seeking out excuses and apologies to reconcile them to our minds. Thus, although I am sensible that I have not derived from my assiduoua perusal of the Bible, (and I might apply the same remark to almost every thing else that I do,) all the benefit that I might and ought, I am as constantly endeavoring to persuade myself that it is. not my own fault. Sometimes I say to myself, I do not noderstand what I have read; I cannot help It; I did not make my own understanding; there are nvmy things in the BiVe "hard to understand," as St. Peter expressly snys of Paul's Epistles;
some are hard in the Hebrew, and some in the Greek the original languages in which the Scriptures were written; some are harder still in the translations. I have been obliged to lead a wandering life about the world, and scarcely wer have at hand the book wich might help me to surmount these difficulties. Conscience sometimes puts the question whether my not understanding many passages is not owing to my want of attention iu reading them. I must admit that it is; a full proof of which is, that every time I read the Book through I understand some passages which I never understood before, and which I should have done at a former reading, had it been effected with a sufficient degree of attention. Then, in answer to myself, I say it is true; but I cannot always command my own attention, and never can to the degree that I wish. My mind is oft-times so full of other things, absorbed in bodily pain, or engrossed by passion, or distracted by pleasure, or exhausted by dissipation, that I cannot give to proper daily employment the attention which I gladly would,
and which is absolutely necessary to make it
Ifroitfullof geod works." This acknowledgement of my weakness is just; but for how much of it I am still accountable to God, I hardly dare acknowledge to myself. Is it bodily pain? How often was that brought upon me by my own Imprudence or folly? Was it passion? Heaven has given to every human being the power
Morality, which we may examine upon its own andthereare three things of which he never rower assunlpd over lhem by the conveu)ion.
merits, independent of the sanction it receives
from being the Word God; and it contains a numerous collection of books, written at different ages of the world, by different authors, which we may survey as curious monuments of antiquity and as literary compositions. In what light soever we regard it, whether with reference to Revelation, to Literature, to His'.ory, or to Mo.rality it is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue. I shall number separately those letters that I mean to write you upon the subject of the Bible,
u. oe .ooimerai, promises, time ana credit. - So I understand the delegation stands for Taylor,
Ancient (-uiiW- hi Agriculture.
In the early c'avs of agriculture, the farmers
nine for Clay, two. It is with regret that I
J am compelled by a high sense of duty to slate
IlfiPn in tint iht nnnrnnn i nil ha cau.-nur ,i J
nMnc r ,. ,i.., '...:r .ri frns-both old men both have rendered service
11 uiiiuiu p, anu iiic u I Li iij; i ui ill ui
leaves and flowers; and these were the guides ft r ploughing and sowing. Perhaps these were cfteutimes, and now, as good indicators of the advance of the soasonsas any. According to Stil- ' lingfleet, it wasa rule with the husbandmen of . Norfolk, that when the oat catkins began to
or immortal memory to their country. It is trusted that the truth will injure no one, and that the friend of Mr. Cl.iy those who cherish his fame without a desire to us? it for selfish ends will be relieved from thfir embarrassment' by
his decisive withdrawal from a position
not only jeopardises hiown fame, but ttie Whig
and as, after they are finished, I shall perhP,a.-h "". "m -" " " 7" ! cause, and the highest cod of the RennMic-
i irMuu riii m iiiiiL lit u iiif vitiiT'i in i tp r r j r id -
you to read them all together, or to look over them again myself, you must keep them on file. I wish that hereafter they may be useful to
your brothers and sisters, as well as to you. As
heard over head, then is the time for ploughing; that if it should rain f.,r three days trgether
j The attempts to disparage G-n. Taylor's pit riot
I ic and honest principles, in Kentucky at 1-ast,
when the cuckoo sings, late sowing will then be j
meets with nothing but burning indignation and contempt. The Whigs of Kentucky see in him
r J - - , . . .1.1 , . w.i.v ...i.v- a lit lil.-. VI uriuutn V PT-C 111 llllll .... .:n ...;.. .i.. .i r m r &s good ds earl y sowi ng ; that when snails begin , ... . . " j ou wiil receive them as a token of affection for , , .. . i i i u , the principles of the part v, whii.-t the Democrats ,. j, . T .i . to creep out of their holes and climb up the ' , . VOU curincr mr jihsppnpp. I mai ili tlion mt. . ' 1 1.1. ...:ii. .1. r. 1 .. ..1
you during my abscence, I pray that they may be worthy to be read by them all with benefit to
themselves, if it please God that they bhould live to be able to understand them. From your affectionate father, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Submitnion tolbe Ixxw of Children.
regaru nun wun me confidence ot a Washing.
ton's magnanimity and true Republican impartiality. I have the honor to be, your ob't serv't, C. M. CLAY.
compared with what they might have been, bad the ground been well prepared, and the crop
well attended while growing. The average crops iu England are larger than in the United States, although the soil of tins country is naturally much more productive than the soil of England. Were our farmers to plant less ground, and cultivate the ground planted in the most approved manner, they would find their profits larger than they realize under the system of agriculture now generally pursued. Our climate and soil are suited to a great vanty of products that are not cultivated at all, or if cultivated the attention paid is not such as to give them a fair trial. The valley of the Mississippi is eminently suited to the production of the cereal grains, but these grains are heavy, and the transportation costs a large portion of their value to the market where consumed. In the New England States, where corn is worth about one dollar per bushel, silk is produced to advantage; yet in Kentucky where com is worth only 2i1 or 35 cents per bushel, silk is imported from New York and Boston to supply the frctories in Kentucky. The climate and soil of Kentucky is belter suited to the production f silk than the soil of New Englind. Iu Vermont, where land and living are high, sheep constitutes one ef the principal elemeutsof wealth, yet this branch of husbandry is but little attended to in the west, where land living are cheap. The same may be
said of many other branches of industry, but we
will content ourselves with remarking that the
agriculture of the west should be more diversified
than it is. The central basin pours into the markets of the world such vast quantities of breadstuff and pro
visions, that prices are reduced to a point that
leaves but little for the producer after the expen
..coui uan-puniug 10 mantel is paid. Were a
portion of the labor now expended on the prod tic
lion ol the cereal grains devoted to silk, wool, castor-beans, grapes, and many other articles,
tor which there is alwavs
A CImMs Evening Prayer. How sweet to lay my weary head Upon my quiet little bed, And feel assured, that all day long, I have not knowingly done wrong. How sweet to hear my mothr say, "You hsve been very good to-day"' How sweet to see my father's joy. When he can say, "My dear good boy T' How sweet it is my thoughts to send To many a dear loved, distant friend, And think if they my heart could see. How very happy they would bs. How sweet to think that he whose love. Made all the shining worlds above. My pure and happy heart can see. And loves a little child like me. The Doom of Oar World. What this change is to be, we do not even conjecture; but we see'in theheavens themselves some traces of destructive elements, and some indications of their power. The fragnenta of broken planets the descent of meteoric stones upon our globe the wheeling comets wielding their lose materials at the solar surface the volcanic eruptions on our own satelite the appearance of new stars, and the disappearance of others are all foreshadows of that impending
convulsoin to which the system of the world is doomed. Thus placed on a planet which is
to be burnt up, and under heavens which are to
pass away; thus treading, as it were, on the cemeteries, and dwelling on the mausoleum! of former worlds, let us learn the lesson of humil
ity and wisdom, if we have not already been taught in the school of revelation. IVomrn and Religion. The following true and graceful sentiment is from the pen of N. P. Willis: , Oh, what is woman what her smile Her lips of love her eye of light What is she, if her lips revile The lowly Jesus! Love may write His name upon her marble brow, And linger in her curls of jet The light spring flower may scarcely bow Beneath her step, and yet and yet Without that meekest grace ahe'll be A lighter thing than vanity. Receipt Tor tanking Tlilk. A correspondent ha sent us the following: "Take two pounds oj lime, two and a quarter pounds of chalk, one and three-quarter pounds starch, twenty quarts rain water, and to every quart of the solution add two spnonsfull of the dropings from a cow, so as ti give it the right color. Shake it ten minutes, then settle it with
a soft brickbat then strain it through a pair of window-shutters and you will have pure
milk."
Dj" An old lady down towards Seekong,
Long Island, once said her idea of a good man was "A man what is keerful of his clothes,
dont drink no spirits, kin read the bible with-
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aiiinmei.uie prices 01 :. -uii:. ,j ,i l: . i. j-
, . r " . CIIVIIIU .. V I .1 ) Hill. mi. ' . . i.uiu uiu-
urea.isuius ana provisions wou d advance, be- 11 . .1 . v im.o vuiu uivaiiie, oe ner on wash dav, to save the wunmin folks from cause prices are governed by Bupply and de- ' COokin"
Ilia 11(1 . I or I he nnrrhuu f ..... ... I. ' 1. 1
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tin west is capable of producing in the great
est perfection, thousands of dollars are aunaally sent off. To supply ourselves with everything our soil and climate are c.ipable of producing, should be our policy; because in the consequence of the cheapness of land and living almost every necessary of life can be produced as cheap in the west as iu any other part of the world; and all that is wanting in enterprise, to prosecute new Miurces of wealth, which could readily bo opened up. Were our farmers to cultivate lessland In grain and cultivate tluit well, as much grain could be raied as now is, and a larg portion of ground left for the cultivation of other products, wlrch
A Lover reply to n Challenge. 'Tin not the fear of death or smart, Makes me refuse to fight. But to preserve a tender heart, Not mine by Mary's right. Then let yonr fury be supprrat, Not me, but Mary spare; Your sword is welcome to my breast When Mary is not there. Ronton Ariatorrnrr-
A work has just been published, enitlled the "Aristocracy of Boston," which states that it
takes a hundred thousand dollars to make an aristocrat in Boston. 0"Why do yon set your cup of coffee upon
, the chair, Mr. Jones?" caid a worthy landlady
Tom Corn-in. At the time when Corwin and Shannon were first arrayed as rival candidates for the guberna-
d the ane- torial chair of the State, it happened that the for- I
In this country it mer gentleman took passage in a st.ig- coach
plants it is time to leave off digging about vines and take to pruning. This is a wonderful coincidence, observes the same author, which probably takes place iu all countries, between vegetation and the arrivals of the birds of passage. Linnaeus says, that in Sweden the wood anemone blooms from the arrival cf the swallow;
land Jstillinoflepl fiillnd llvif til .ii-fnllr fliovnl.
3 low arrived on the sixth of April, a
IU .110 Midi . ! . , . .(II nione bloomed on the 10th
anl et a ient u ' ' ' d ' ' K"18 1 hlooin from the 1st to the 10th of M iy, from some one of the river towns, for the interiaiu e pauen uu.erit;itis a ro , a smarting and u,e swallows arrive about that time. In our or. The only companions of his journey were rod; Oou calls mv sins to remembrance, the , ... i . . i r.i j r .1 ... . - ' latitude, the surest index or the advance of the a smart genteellv dressed woman, accompanied coldness of my lov , to God, abuse of Ti"aI ,eMonto the point when it is reasonable to snp- by a young child, to which sh, seemed devoutly comforts; it ,s a rod the hand of my Father, pose that the warnl wealher is ,,,,1 established, attached, but which nevertheless gave her torn I desire in it to see a father s authority, who and froslts COIplettlv adjourned, is the appear- trouble. Tom, ever ready in the hour of trial, m v ri n- hot will o n.4 n f Ihuv'j ni u h-Ka j
will do what is best. We resigned the soul of il L:1J tV. . 1 e.l
" , , . " of the march of old Sol northward, and is not in keeping the youngster quiet; and parties soon ones have their angels doubted not of their mm- ; tQ oaUuip him iu ,lis nilgra,ion fronl the sunny became socilVl,e. It wa9 nol Iong thererorei U. istration m death. W e have hopes, through gouth He come when he sure that warm forfl hdy feeling tJje d and grace, that it is well with the child. Little cl.,1-! weather wi continue, and he is off before the Etalion, determined to make herself known to dren in heaven, we look upon as the m.lky-way, frosts haye a chance t0 nip his toes. When he lhe 8tranger, by informing him that she was no the Individuals scarce discernible, but all togeth- giast0 couquedlee to you in the meadows, ,ess a personage tl.an the Governor's wife er beautifying the heavens. We spent the day f . . iQ YOurcorn and garden sauoe. 1 r.nrwin nnf lit.U snmrid . tbi. ,,nm,n-
woiim rem.er us muepenu-eiit and happy. Ihis, this morning at breakfast. "It is so very weak
wenavenodouoi wi,l 1 llimately be the case, ' ma'am," replied Mr. J. demurely, "I thought 1
an 1 me sooner the better. In the meantime, it ; would let it rest."
requires eni rprlse to lead olt to diverge from j Horn's Very !. th beaten track. This done, the example w ill be 1 A few days since Horn had an order from followed, and our population increased so much Long Island for a Counterfeit Detector He by the hands that would be required to prosecute immediately sent the party a likeness of old conother pursuits that the home market would re- stable Hays.
mice the surplus to be sent abroad and the for- i 0"Tiie Philadelphia Inquirer says, a lady eign market in consequence of the diminished residing in New England, who h.vl a number supply, would rise. We have no doubt hut ev-. of female servants in her family, and to whom ery farm iu the we.t is capable with good hns- she, on one occasion, gve to each a ptir of her bandry to produce as much grain as is now rais- cast-off, half-worn shoes, found tha following ed on it, although a considerable portion of it impromptu ou her chamber mantle, the succeed-
was devoted to the vine, mulberrv, &c.. &c.. inz mornine
ance of that curious. iollv. narti-colored fellow, ,vlui.0r i n matt i rirr finoarliac nrar lr i 11 nr inkua st
e resigned the soul of Rnh-o-T.inco1ii. He is a urettv strict observer ,;,, k..i.:. l;...ii o.i i.:
ft mi iiiiiuiui: I'uuiii'i nnioi 1 v viu 11 n. ricu 11 a or 1 1 11 ra
in sorrow for our affliction, our friends sympa-j thizing with us; one day committing the immor-1 tal soul to God, this day the body to the dust of
the earth, as it was.
cement, but expressed his gratification in terms
Maine Farmer
torn 01 neni on u ....-... , of Jue deft,rence at h.iving ?0diatinguished a perA r.orresnondent of the Buffalo Commercial ... . ,
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leacn me now iu u.e um,,. a rU,un,, teo. wm.aays: i nave .aeu u...e lu a- . conlest Bti!1 preserviiig his own incognito, the child was put into the grave, to act faith up- ( certain the amount of Wheat in store at the dif-j io),,' said lhe ladv, he'll never be elected on the doctrine of the resurrection, believing in ferent points on Lake Michigan, and they will va- Yh ', . 0,hinw ' l.ut a w!on bov You
ofcontro'ling his passions, and if he neglects or in him who quicRenetn tne fleaa. ramuy ry but little Irom me lonowing: ' don't suppose that the people of this great State
loses it, the fault is his own, and he must be an- Scrap Book.
werable for it- Was it pleasure? Why did Ij Bible Thumpers. Indulge in it! Was it dissipation? This is the Tlie Rev. Daniel Isaac, a well-known WesmoBt inexcusable of all; for it must have been j jeyan preacher, wrote on a blank page in his Bioccasionedby my own thoughtlessness and ir- ble.the following: resolution. It is of no use to discover our own To all Bible Thumpers: Gentlemen, You
faults and infirmities, unless the discover j are certainly required 'rightly to divide the word j
r o uuuuniriiu i nave niougui 11 nf truth, 'but 1 must oeg leave 10 remiuu you in addition to the hour which I daily give to the j lnat l0 thump me to piece is not to divide me reading of the Bible, I should also from time to rjghtly. How can yon persuade others to retime (and especially on the Sabbath) apply an- me w jth reverence, when they see you treat other hour occasionally to communicate to you me wiln gUCa shocking abase?" the reflections that arise in my mind npon its pe- I Te ta. rusal, it might not only tend to fix and promote ChlaTcf of my own attention to the excellent instructions ReT" . xrr A,m' funeral ef that sacredBook.btperhap8a!,o assist your ReprntaUves, preached Mr Adam s funeral tl.,om, ,. . , , . , 1 ' sermon from tlie following text, advancement its knowledge and wisdom. 17 "And thine age shall At your age, it is probable that you have still ! Jb cnaf J TeFS! . greater difficulties to understand all that you read j be clearer ir. ,. t:m. .u. t . forth: thou shalt be as the morning.
... jjiu.c imu i uave ai mine; ana u you , , . .. : r. hT.n tt., . ir v . 1.4 Some three or four of our clergymen in Boshave so much self-observation aa your letters' , , , r ,. nnrnnriau lnnin vn m k ui r u . r ton, preached from the following appropriate Son Zl Ti , T A " it . reference to thedeath .f Mr. Adams:ant.on.botbolUntaryand,nvoluntary. M I behold, the Lord of boat, doth take the h,re acknowledge in myself. I intend, there- the Lort
lore, for the purpose of contributing to tout lm- " . .
At Milwaujaje,
At Racine, At Soulhport, At Little Fort not to exceed.
At Chicago,
160,000
C?,000 120,000 15,000 306,000
whilst, as we have before said, the large number
of banc's required to carry on these now neglected Agricultural pursuits would tend to enhance the
grain and provision markets by increasing the consumers.
Important fwi from China. By the arrival of the ship Panama, direct from China, the N. York papers furnished eleven dayslates from the "Celestial Empire." It appears, tint on the 8th of December, six British subjects engaged in the factories, cros. sed over the river to a village, for recreation , and were there surrounded by the Chinese, and deliberately murdered. Four of the dead bodies have been found, horribly mutilated and cut to pieces. Various rumors were afloat as to the origin Of the affray, but none are given as being reliable
will ever condescend to vote for such a man as
him. A wagouer for Governor! Oh, it is so fun
ny'." and the lady leaned back and laughed till
the baby who had just got quiet, wokeigaiu and cfrMiiipil liliA nind.
Against MU.UUU last year al uus ume. , Th conver?ation and the day At Michigan City, 10,000 d off . asan and Bfrreellbie. At the tavAgaiust 200,000 at this time last year. . .,ae.nnn , j:na.rrm., ,
At St. Joseph, and other places above on the ..... , ... . , , . m 1 '""I"'1 t all Hltenlion and Doliteness: assistinir the ladv to
alight, helping her at the table to the choicest cuts, from the various dishes, chucked the 'young governor' under the chin, &c. After dinner
"How careful should our mistreat be, The narrow path to choose, When all the maids within the house Are walking in her shoes." ICTWe are exceedingly sorry to mv any thing against the ladies, bat it is currently re
ported and generally believed, of the whole sex,
that they do not scruple to hook each other's dresses: .tTelhodiat Fpiw-opnl Chnrrh at Norfolk. Destroyed. The MefhodUt Episcopal church
at Norfolk Va., was destroyed by fire on Friday
last. It was erected in the year 1S33, at a cost of between $ 18,000 and $22,000, and U insured it the Mutual Insurance Company at Richmond for the nett amount of 913,760. Flirting. Some writer truly says: "It is too frequently
the practice of young ladies, by way of teasing
river, the quantity of Wheat and Flour in store was much less than at the same time last year, and hardly Wheat enough coming in to supply the mills. rnii TrrM.
All fruit trees are much benefitted by the phos- P"' P' P. phate of lime, (i. e. bone dust,)but the pear es- Corwin intending to pass by private conveyance pecially. Where bone dust cannot be had, to the next town, while his la.ly companion wa, bones themselves may be dug in about the roots, expecting to tarry at the hotel. . .. , . . . ,wUr. F.i, As the stage drove np to the door, it occurred and al owed to decompose gradually, tour- J" r.i. ,K- l,o.,M from the kitchen are to the waggish cainiulate that it was not right to
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thrown awav in the country. If these weresa
Sir John Davis, lhe Governor of Hong Kong, ! i-r, i fun. to neirlect them while in
demanded of the Chinese government the ful- j company, Bd to laugh and flirt with other men. lest redress, and as none has been given, a , jjow many have parted from circumstances blockadeof Cauton was about resolved npon, lnisi JIany who were attached to each
and two British Steamers ordered up the Uiver otner wi,0 could, and in all probability would,
to be in realiness. The military force was weak, otherwise the offending village woull have been destroyed together with the inhabitants.
have made each other happy; and for the gratification of an idle add reprehensible whim, ma
ny a female has lost her position in the heart of
him she reallv loved. Does she think that a
mau having once suffered from her fun, could ever place dependence on her afterwards? Did
find a man who loved heren-
Ionely Hour. T CHARLES SWAIX. The gate is swinging from the hasp, The garden plat shrinks, lesa and lesn, Mid weed and seed, and things thai clasp. All beauty in their hideousnesa; The wilderness seems to grow and grow. However late or long I strive; There's nothing blooms! It was nol so When Ellen was alive. The neighbors for a time were kind. And rarely passed witbont a word, But they who grieve have friends to find And sorrow tires when often heard '. So by another path they go Acrosa the brook, beyond the hiv. And few came near! It was not ao When Ellen was alive ! A Fight. Two members of Congres, Mewrs. Haralson, of Georgia, and Jones, of Tennessee, had a fiat fight on the floor of the House, on the 10th. After several blows passed between the gentlemen they were parted. They afterwards aool-
ogised to the House, shook hands and the matter ended.
A Story of f-ap Year. J01 wnj.ru jr. Sam. Smith eat at home, on New Year', day n dishabille. His beard was unshaved, his bair
waa uocomed,hi. boots unblacked, &.waa leaning back in a picturesque attitude, with hia heels a-
gainat the mantlepiece, smoking a cigar. Sam
wougnt to himaelf that it waa leap year and bow glorious it would be if the ladiea could only ba
induced to pop the question, in accordance with their ancient privileges. Aa he eat watchin
the smoke which ao gracefully cnrled, his fancy glowed with the idea. How delightful it would be to have the dear creatures fondling on him , and with tender glances endeavoring to do the agreeable! Aa he meditated hia heart softened and he began to feel a squeamish womanish aen-
mbility diffuse itself over his feelings, and he thought he would faint with propriety the first
lime a young lady should squeese hia hand.
Rap, rap, rap, sou nded at the door. Sam pee
ped through the Venetian blinds. "Mercy," exclaimed he, if there isn't Miss Jones, and 1
in dishabille, and looking like a fright goodncaa
gracious I must go right away and fix myself."
As be left the room Miss Jones entered, and
with a composed air intimated that she would wait. MissSusau Jones was a firm believer la woman privileges, which had been usurped by the tyrant, man, and she waa determined to assert theae right in spite of the hollow formalili.a of a false system of society.
Meanwhile; with a palpitating heart, Sam. Smith went through a series of personal adornmenu The last twist was given to bia collar, lhe last curl to his whiskers, and with whiu cambric in hit hand, he descended to the parlor. Miss Jones rushed to recrive him, and graspiog his hand with fervor, said, "Dearest how beautiful yon look," accompanying her worda with a glance of undisguised admiration. "Spare the blushes ef a modest young man, said aam.appljiug his cambric to hi face to bid hia confusion. "Nay, my love, why ao coy," atd Susan; "turn not away those lovely ees, dark aa the jet, but sparkling aa the diamond. LUten to the vows of fond affection. Here let us ret," aald she, drawing him to aaofa; "here, with my ana around thee, will I proteat my true affection." "Leave me, oh leave me," murmured Sam; "think of my youth, my experience spare, oh spare my palpitating heart. "Leave th. e," taid Sawn, prenslng him cloaer to her, "never until the alory of restless nights, of unquiet days, of aspiration, fond emotion, and oudylng love is laid before thea. Know that for yeara I have nurad for thee a secret parnion. Need I tell how each manly beauty moved me; how I worshiped like a sun-flower in the lurid light of those scarlet tresses; bow my fond heart waaentrappedinthe meshes of thosw m ignifi-
cent whiskers; how I was willing to yield up to the governmentof that"imperial;" thy manner, so modest, so delicate, enchanted me joy to me for thy joy waa my joy. My heart U thine take it take it but first let me snatch one kit from those ruby lips." The over-wrought feeliage of the delieato youth were too strong and he filiated from excess of joy. Meanwhile the enamoured maid u hung fondly over him and Slowly the eyes of Samuel Smith opened bo gated wildly around him then meeting the ardent gaie of hi"lover;" he blushed deeply, and behind his handkerchief faintly faltered out "Aik my pa!" St. Louis Reveille. The Ilenr. Trifle not with the human heart, it contains a thousand delicate spring"; if you break one of which, it is not in the power of man to restore
again. Uyou are loved and cherished, be not
indifferent. If you cannot repay that love, treat it not with contempt. There are thou
sand repining in sorrow and solitude, that a
word or a look might have saved from sorrow, and made happy. The flower, when crnhed, will send perfume. Tlie riven tree may sprout agiiu. And Spring will raise to life and bloom Bleak Autumn' melancholy train; But human heart, when'erjthey feel The frost of unrequited love, No earthly power the wound can heal. Till death the malady remove. Cien-ral Worth and the Presidency By the followiog extract from the Washington correspondence of tha New York Herald, it appears that Gen. Worth has made bid for th presidency: "A letter was received laat night by a member of Congress, u.-portii:g to bo from Gen. Worth, stating that the General is Democratic in all the party issues bank, t.irifT, distribution of the pnblic lands, internal improvements, tha war, &.C, &c. On the Wihnot proviso, ho says his sentiments are the same aa General Taylor'a." Pretty Wenai. The Boston bee says: We hear of an awful mean man dwn east say in Portland who
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l-ids Off The name of the Hon. Wm. C. Rives, stands
. ih. hA nf the seventeen Presidential Elec- ever any woman
the journey was resumed, and at evening the ton nominated at the recent Whig Convention ! ough to be j-aloa. repose the same confidence 1 1 1 .1 - I . I.i LI -I. 1.. U .A nonsriniu In ha attnmnl f
of Virginia which declared for Gen. Taylor, j in ner wine. . -....4.. ;en. Taylor in onth Carolina. create doubts in lum? Let the woman nnder-
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coming out, one after another, in faver of Gn-' bfivclion, th-re is no fun on earth worth while Y" ' B , Rnf ,. 6 ... 1 , 1 , . 1 r.i.k i.ii.. cent to go to bed without supper. But the eral Tavlor for the next President, a the only 1 to shake h entire faith in her. ' ., . u -. era. 1 -j 10. iui . , .. ! aii meanest part of lhe transaction is, tht he sits up mau calculated to restore pace, omty and har- 1 Annexation. fc. ... ,1
goawav without making himself known iu the mouv ,0 ,ltS democracy of the whole Union, or The W. 1 lven.ng Mirror slates m.i eur., -.- " ' " F , rL T mou7w,ueue - nf Reid. whose death was reported some -lp. when he g.ei to their bed, steals the pen-
.... e . 1. 1.-1 ena 01 me louraev, i.iuro r!pc.anv oa ma wm- 10 irive Olnuv ana rut rjjv iu in- - . - , . . ved and nut in the bottom of the holes, when cuu J " . .. , 8 J 6- ... ,, .. ...- . .bout to bo married to Sinor a "'o "om them, and then buva tie n off rain veannupui.u f,n,.u . ,M, panion had done so at the outset; so taking the hereafter. Even the friends of Mr. Calhoun, time since, i aaout to Da marnea 10 oinona . ulantintr near trees, they would furnish a most I """ nermnei. l. ,.,..-. ii, ROM, . KAantifnl ladv a daughter with theasmecoii. It m also said that he has pwnung pear ire , , handing the lady to the are ra.,idly assuming ibis posiUon; while they Gaudaloupe Koias, a beautilul lady, a flaugmer enduring supply of phosphate to the root , ' 17 F of Senator Roxas. and said to ba th. wealthiest followed ,he practice .0 long and the pennies are
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Charles Nanler observed, when he the Pir- lne ? 10 Pr,or' -Jl. , tne ssy mat.., ter mix his rum with water- thre relieving h!.T.elf of b. tender charge by lor.
value.
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