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From ihe Illinois Republican. Of ail the j-lajues that scourge mankind, There' none that eo impairs the mind, And render it to virtue blinJ, A whisker.

Vi 'hat is the Cie of eveiy ill AnJ does with atns the body fill; It i the -ft opened gill, Of whisber. What is it poisons many lives That lo.ahes men carse and boat their wives AnJ thousand to 2estruet'..r. chives, 'Tii whiskey. What is it sorr.e do love e well Fur which 'heir kJus they wev'.d se'.l, And sen J their cry s-rals to he.!, " 1 is w hiky . What in ekes c'..;t!-penury p-erail Makes widows mourn a:;o orphan was!; An J tills the poor house an. I the j al, 'Tts whi-kev. l) h.'.iev t.KHi 3rt :no create: cu's? To sic. I t!ie h.vly nnJ the purse; I'in bom's box hehl nothing w n-c Than whikev. 1 D. The Ba-.2or V.'hi 4 u re-pon.ible ijt the f.-h Jo-.vir.g ::itjtii.sj -'ana': TO '-Us-- . Meiho'h !i. hoart a rjatii: On c.jpiJ kiteh.'H fpit, Mctliulit he to!e thy heart a-.vcv , At, ! stuvk it licit to it. Mfth.ht thy li.art bejan to n.elt, A;..! i:.ino to jjravv run. Trl b ith a alow congeriial telt, AnJ iiultoj ir.to one. I As; Addrc ie:.l. ck.?:: ft::e: N iLV itiiroi-ii: in:: v:n(.CN.SEi W.Wt.Mil'ON iilMI'E :A:-ei: SOCIUTV, UY HMXRV FAbXTLl'R- V. Mr. Prcsi.l-.-ni:-..3 ts ....-itv. ii m: n obevitiLf the call o ;i tew renitrk t is '-rung, 1 a u : r. mp- i hy a ;on-e ot uu- ., ..nd en e?.r..e .-t .isu, :ht-.t wha: I sav. jay ; '.!-?-? of.-rs to inox ;i in this trreat ore. vvho-e a-T-1 and infuenc-..' wuuld a- : re ;h"::i greater succv s than c-.ti at ten 1 iv rts. 1 !i.s sense ry u unpresu;mvi me. by tue rctl.vti.--n. tfrit everv 1 - i -u::, mcitui'r ot s.t.uelv ss t 1 moral ?. t - -' t - "u ira-t ;-.-.-.ves hi: gi m i.-t iM he wh, :s-!f r:i un wer: y uo moer. ra t ;t :o.i..a 10Lseiav. C'.v ;os s'am:) 1 tVi. ' .... I ui enug wiiii !!t:;o or v.o ehec;;. must s-rik 1 1 Itirouiiti top ; j:ui, po.I Uui t: e moral atmosoiiare, ar.d brc: .1 at: the lards of s if.; p;ness. W e should a'i. then. dciM.lv fe, 1 the re sponsibility resting1 up. at us, and engage esro.e'u.y in ref. tiij, and ai correcting pubhe e--'U;H?ent, when it has boco::';c noisoneu my rre ,0 tie-: And is tho rn call f r otr nforts iw.' Is there not 1 c, lt '.' 11 )nost us, iufatijiitinr t'eoua!i Is, a;.d red 1 uiMTma:i o the lowest tij- ot misery ;.nj i! radati. !i ? e -e o: v.ur s'reets, a. aaoost any period t,,e day. v.oil give os s )me heart-siok--:..;.g spe -ta- lo in proof t hot there is. 1 05. .'i't'.operauee is ahooa i ihatscourje .i liii.'oan happiness working the ruin e.nd destrucuon of its thousands. Man baa lorgot his h r siy supremacy, and b-'iws in 3 in bestial servitude to th? power ct the cernji drink. II is reason, that .rml-o 1,; t,;f r .1,:, ; ..: ..'.ir3 imiu tiiicri 111 una i.ur tr'-ouun i;i cars, and gives him the mastery over a! . 1 . . . , . . -ae lostci anunaieu nature, is steepen in he funics of '.iqiuT, and all senc of his '.vorth and importance lo : in the t,rt?o sciousness ot besotteu drunkenness. I'is tune soie.ethiug were done. 'Tis tiir.f tome etiort were t.;a :c to extirpate this evil thai is fraught with so much human miser' and woe. The cry uf despair wrung from the heart of the desertpd wife, the pueoos moans of half famished chil dren, call loudly 11 poii ail who have escaped the 'on lamination, and ail w ho are vet alive to the dictates of humanity, to array thcmseives aiunst me evil, ami lend their influence to turn the face of society rcain it. Xeed I depict the demoralizing elfec ts ot intemperance? Xeed I expatiate oil the wretchedness and distress that mark its track? Alas, no ! Every day's experience witnesses enough of its ills to betray its origin, and stamp it with the eal of the arch fiend. The dark veil of nicht no longer conceals its work of depravity, b it staggering forth, the bright fare of day is put to the blush, and the common walks of life beset with its votaries, bloated wit!; excess, and reeling in the volui.tary delirium of intoxication. No man cf observation can be blind to the alarming grow th of this evil amongst us and the urgent necessity of erecting some safeguard for the welibeing of society. Wo sav, unfurl the banner of Temperance. Let the watch-word, total abtixexci, be sounded throughout the land. Let every well-wisher of his fellow man, inscribe his name upon it, in public conJerr.nr.tion of the u?e of strong drink.

Let all who enlist in this good cause, use every effort to swell the number of its pattizans. Lot everv man of respecta

bility give it his sanction, and hoi J it iotth hi i i Minn worth v ot everv true and patriotic heart Such example m. in ;iP!irp as I IIS. WOUIU Uf inraiMiuic. i ,i . i iii..: i. ? .i Temperance and REFORM would sweep the land like the spreading flame on our beautiful prairie?, felling the rank weeds of profligacy and ice, and inviting the growth of the verdant and new born public cniiment. Few men dare to oppose the popular current, and thus borne along bv this triumphant array, though reluctant at first, they would soon willingly lend a hand to so great an enterprize. Onward would flow the mighty tide, gathering tribute of every noble heart, and loud would resound the voice of jubilee, re-eehing the ralUing word, tf.mpkrancf. A NO Rr.lOI.'M, i.OO'.i WILL TO MAN. SOrSRIEl Y and nArr:N:sTO all. Doubt yon the eihcaev of this mod-? ? Sav v.);: that w? can accomplish no perv luaans ot e;-::-:-ment a:u tuet w . r u .-,: sh act c"'!!lv and wit: 1,1. ; .11 w-3 shn-jl.l ;ni.;!t tin r-: vu of ,.; :). end H'jt W; i their feelings end pa;-ion ' I I v-' v i e. v. in r . ,h ir- - n . VP i.-:l il l we wo il l ask, w.ba: we. could etuct cf Ml ippue 1 .i.'Jd ju senses na.to:! brain ' u tierc is tae of :!;at m ..'!, whuse r vt;!i e e 11 -i-i' 1 id '.i.u survey w:::i m-iitterence the tolera ble wreck of hi neglected farn';ly, whose dull ear could catch without emotion, the v.v..'is -A r nTerin, a.nd the sob5 of a broken he rut I Uiioe. when trui'tv of but ocoa!' - t'al indiscretion, the eionuent teeie-ue :f love w; s of:en successful in winning natn ot 1; n: : now rereas.iii in j t .-, i excess !(';( ;,:) of p?.$f is nlunsred his r on, an fond tongue since tius vi its v;::i) appe: cny of !., I j hraui 1 n w re: son t Mom Lie anrrv 1 :is witls coo: argument lo-ic! f n mighty dev anu las ;i trie raoutitr.ir.s into ubU.euo t Swell a!o:;d the clarion note of TtrtrtRLNc it let th; c on wirii ;p,;!ess ti!e of its frit-nds move .v.- !ann !'S K!l, nouts e't you can !raw him :ie liiultiw iiatevor so : hi of si:i. end lhM?; him to aroun.l i;.t vo u ia'o! secure Oils !os eh: :r ran lis names t n..stm tuo causo, ail' lis to ige. Let the solem w e t;lm into but mo ivo reason an .ppo r sway, an 1 let tin mty ot t.,a: p.e-o -e nientarv sohrietv tuii.tv to rcsuaio 1: or ight earn ot ispp.nes that his retormahat ! tioii sheds lipeil vous family, lop.'al. itii rational men. we uo em?nz u age w? now ,1 v reason, anu m her ask you, v. ho are m the habit of usinj; .-iron.: drink, but in mooerr o itiiro-' to sanet.1 -u a us.ag : 1 ! 1 "'ii, vnv you i .t musi in-1 e. kooiv nrmn ru n an m:s'r uo-'U th uW v eoisaa . your h 'ow hum co.ira'e a cost an w hose lures hundrou- r.f cr ir.t. its defidiy coil, and tills letive ehanii :V.r : : you'.li iv?r- narental heart v.ut.u !uc 1 painful iiotieitud; j 1 an a.uY;oty .' excites t 1 T w ay give license to a vice tnat viiost passions cf the human u :tirs up and maddens revenge, r crime, and drives man to the 0 r. r ; r over all ds of violence that breaks e barriers of religion o;..:i ; toe noon-day sun ot virtue, an shr U' s ' he wor d in ! m oa rk npj . a ot moral night ? Does not re!i",i on, p.hihant.iropy, patriotism. 1. .-man : ot you ri sot voor face anal us: t':::s practice, and f. irego the moinenrarv (odo mrut it rdiords for the genera good? Doe? no: everv prhicij !o of reeiproeiv tor the uenehis vou derive from social in - 1 o.-rcoiirsc demand some little sacrifice for th-? pubbc we' fare ? W hat! will you re- . : e o' 1 so 1 11 .:c s;ave to your al appetite, thst vo u will peril the prine9 c-f a whole community for its gratification ? If so, let us admonish you of your danger. Remember the frailty rf our natures, and trust not too contidently in vo ur firmness and resolution. An over-weening estimate of their power and strength to govern their appetites with moderation, has proven a rock upon which thousands have split. Vou can find many a. drunkard wno wid discourse at an hour's lenoth on his ow n moderation and the hanpy faculty he possesses, of indulging or controlnig ins desire fordnnk at discretion. H hon lirst he drank, it was of the cup of coin lviatitv. 1 10 saw his associates en1 "' lag their gla5 ?s witsiout a iv perceptiblo h am or appearance of danger, and wiiv soeoiid he (ienrivp hmispif ot iotq. tires common to ad? Was In? nature weaker than theirs that he was to be deferred by a fear of excess ? Shame to his manliness and courage, he steps forward to the social board, and extends the hand of fellowship over the bowl cf death, and passes its poison to his lips. At first, his palate rejects this new and unnat tural drink anu lie is torceu to touch but II-." 1 it ightlv. L'ongt adulating himself 011 his peculiar nitv ot taste, ana his easy moderation, he continues to 10m the tesuvities ot Ins assoiates. Wooed by the pleasurable exhiirration r.hords, ne soon resorts to u as r 11.1 1 1 1 1 1. an elixir lor ad the u.sot lite. l. are. disappointment, the blues, all adord hnn pretexts, and lie soon becomes miserable un a ; less in a state of false excitement. Yet ho insists that he drinks in moderation, that he seeks but to produce a certain de gree of animation, and desires not a drop more. Soon his constitution begins to fail, ho now drinks deep to stimulate his encr-

vated faculties, and to rouse his. enfeebled energies from the depression that weighs han down. His thirst becomes insatiable. All bounds of prudence nro soon passed over. Urged on by a maddening craving for stimulents, he plunges into the wildest excesses, and stops net in his reckless career until his drenched nature sinks into a state of death-like insensibility. Yet so imperceptahly has this habit grown upon him, and so little does he dream of having broken over all the rules that once limited his indulgence, that he still strenuou-dy nvaintains that he is moderate and discreet, and resents in high dudgeon, the expostu lation of his friends. Thus would we warn you of your danger. Delude not yourselves with the thought, that von can resist the evil at pleasure. Did you ever test this elf command that you rely on so conlidcntlv I Now is the time. We urge you by all yo'J hold dear, to postpone the trial no longer. Summon resolution enough to sign the Temperence Pledge, place yourselves beyond the influence of temptation, and we will then agree with you that you are safe. Not only your own satVtv requires this of vou, but all your so -ial obligations imperiously demand your e dorrs to promote a work that is evidently calculated for the host good of mankind. Tim vicious habits of mankind cannot be corrected but bv the coneurp-nt ehbrts of

umbers. A low persons cannot erect a strong and elfecrual harrier to a vice so universal and popular as this. We must ha e concerted action, and no man who properly regards the moral duties of life can refuse his co-operation in this creat cause. A re vou morality I Docs lnend to religion and de not in; emporance stroy r 11 that purity and loftiness 01 thought that lifts the soul in devout and holy worin ol dod 1 j I) oes it not destroy those nice perceptions of the mind that enable us justly toappreciate his mercv and benilicence I Does it not pervert all that is noble in (.air natures, corrupt the hear', and turn Us love and gratitude to impious blasphemy and rebellion? Does it not embitter our teuderest associations, break asunder all social ties, and derange all law and order of sucietv ? Are you a patriot? Does it not tarnish our national glory enfeeble the energb-sof our Government, and tend to a state of licentiousness that has proven the downfall of more than one republic ? Then, what more powerful inducements could vou have, io arouse from your lethargy and inditiercnce. and, :o jom vior odor's with ours. Sav no; that we are carried away by an excitement fermented by a few reformed fanatics. It is not true. Society has been undergoing a gradual change far years, and it only required a little energy and i'ea.i to rouse the public mind to united action. Some years back, when the tide of prosperity tolled idg.;, of'gi we were so eatier in to.e j UI'SU it in. 1 hat we marked net tnc urowt.io this evil amongst Our thoughts hno time were so occupied in securing our own interests, and reaping the abundant harvest that presented itself, that we were insensible to the magnitude and extent of intemperance, until the revulsion that lias followed in our affairs, brought with it the hour of sober reflection, when we lin l to our amazement, that disease and moral blight are upon us, in addition to our embarrassments ef a pecuniary nature. We wake from our golden dreams, to find that our animal spirits have become distempered by the poisonous breath of intemperance. Meek moderation, with soft and gentle w hisperings, has poured her venom in our ear. and liiied our fancy with vain and ruinous illusions but Total Abstinence, with an Ithuriel spear, touches her lightly, when, Io, and behold, the bla;k demon himself starts up revealed. Dismayed we stand, surveying the grim monster, and uncertain what means to adopt to rid ourselves of his pestilential presence, when the messengers of leinperance spread the glad tidings through the land, that a general and mighty movo is making against his power, and exhorting us all to prepare for action. Hundreds and thousands, inspired with hope, and animated by the call, are rallying to their posts, and many of the boasted intellects of our country are shining forth, as beacon-lights to our cause. Then stand not aloof. .Vow that success dawns upon our enterprise, we implore you to give us aid. Let us sweep our own stumbling-blocks from the paths of those who follow us on the stage of life. Let us secure to the world, in the rising generation, sobriety and happiness, and win for ourselves the glorv of so noble a work, and the smiles and favor of Heaven. Of the manufacturer anil retailer of intoxicating liquors, we forbear saying one word in condemnation, but will say this much in defence, that we cannot, in justice make them the scape-goats of our own folly. While society is corrupt, and public sanction given to the use of spirits, we cannot shift the responsibility upon those who are the mere panderors, to our own vitiated appetites. Cease the practice among ourselves, stop the demand for it. and these men are forced from sheer ne cessity, to abandon a business condemned by all, and affording no gain. But should they, or any others for the sake of countenance, oppose our work, and hold out any inducement or temptation to thoso enga ged in it, to sway them from their purpose they deserve the bitterest execrations ot community. 1 hey deserve to be branded with shame and ignominy, and spurned

from the haunts of man as his deadliest foe, and as fiends and vampyres that would suck his last vital drop, and riot on the ruin they had effected. We would invoke the aid of our fair friends, the ladies those bright beings w hose presence amongst us sheds around a halo of moral light that purifies and enobles all who come within its influence those gladdening images of love, w hose mission on earth is to watch over the destinies of man, with the gentle swav of purer natures, to curb his wayward passions, and like guardian spirits, to point out to him the way of virtue and the road to happiness. To you wo appeal for aid, who are the greatest sufferers from intemperance whose generous and all-confiding atfection is so often betrayed, and rewarded with shame and wretchedness. Let each one of you in the circle of her friends and associates.be heard in eloquent advocacy" of our cause. Give to it that influence that enables you to bend man's stern natures in tame subjection to your will. Let those who are mothers, be w etchful of the habits of their children. To vou is committed the destiny of the rising generation. At your knee, their first impressions arc formed, and those earlv sentiments of virtue and honor instilled, that give character to them in manhood. Neglect not to teach them w holose.me lesions in temperance. Inculcate an early disgust and abhorrence of the use of strong drink, and let your sons grow up in the vigor of primitive nature, m the possession of health and happiness, and in the attainment of that wisdom and virtue that will give new strength and en

ergy to our national character. In conclusion, we would say, let all who desire a melioration in the present condition of the human race, all who regard the prosperity and honor of their ceamtrt', aid in the extension of our society. Let the pulpit and the press be powerful auxiliaries in our cause, and let the name of Washington go forth as a word of exorcism that will drive this dark spirit forever from our land, and leave the . . merican people to the enjoyment of their liberty with the innumerable blessings of sonniETY. The following are the Ohio banks that have resumed or are on the point of resuming. The banks not enumerated are at heavy rates of discount: Lou. Jour. Panks of Mcssillon, Xenia, Sandusky, Marietta, Mount Pleasant, Norvvaik, Geauga. Zariesviiie, Circleviile, (II. Law rence, cashier, Pelmont Bank of St. Clairsville, Clinton Hank at Columbus, Columbiana Hank of New Lisbon, I 'ommercial hank of Scioto, Farmers and Me chanies' Hank of Steubenville, .Musking urn Hank, Western Reserve D3i;k of War ren, 1 )ay ton Hank. Hanks at Cincinnati: Commercial Hank, Frank!!') Hank, La Fayette Hank, Ohio Life and Trust Company. The Mechanics and Traders' Bank oft Cincinnati is '-2 discount. Money mailers in Cincinnati. The -dessage of the lllh save; Since our city banks began to reject, the paper of the following institutions has been thrown out. viz: Hanks of Hamilton, Urbana, Chillicothe, Lancaster, Granville. Wooster. Cleaveland, Commercial bank of Lake Erie and the Merchants' and Mechanics' bank of Wheeling. Of these, the Wheel ing, Wooster and Cleaveland paper, was yesterdav reinstated in city bank favor the small notes as fives and upwards being received. This determination however, it is supposed is but temporary, and may be chnaged to-day or to-morrow. Lou, City Gaz. Feb. 14, The Hank of Hamilton Ohio, has made an assignment. Those who have paper of that bank should not sacrifice it howev er. It is about as good as any of the floating currency. lb Irish Cunning. We learn from the Detroit Post that a volunteer in Victoria's service, finding a canoe upon the beach, near Maiden, got into it, and started on a voyage of discovery. When he had got some distance from shore, he was discovered byr the officer of the day, who ordered six men in a boat and gave . chase. He pursued his voyage to the American shore, and in his ardor he forgot that he was out of the British territory. A citi zen told the man he was free, and need not go back unless he wished; one of the officer's men, an Irishman, hearing this, exclaimed: 'If this spalpeen be free, so is every mother's son of us! So you may jist go home, my jewel, (addressing the officer,) and tell the Kurnel that you lett us to take care of the prisoner!' The officer had to hire men to row him back, and report seven men deserted. The whole number of blind persons in the United States, according to the last census, is 6.9 1 G; of whom 5,024 are white and 1,592 colored. Horse radish cut into small pieces and chewed, is an excellent remedy for hoarseness, coughs, colds, and cases of incipient consumption. Seveial cases of its successful application have come within our knowledge. Sandstone is current at Dodson's.

A Short Sermon on Long- ones. Text: 'Be Short.' My friends, 1 have forty reasons against long sermons but, for brevity, I shall omit all but two. 1st. Long sermons seldom effect the object of preaching. The design of the preacher is to convince, instruct, and persuade. Now to convince it is not necessary to dig a channel to the understanding as long as the Erie canal and, generally, two good reasons, clearly presented, and powerfully urged, will produce more convictions than twenty. To instruct neither a whole system of theology, nor a world of illustration, nor a vocabulary of words are necessary. Such surfeiting, the mind rejects. To impress, it is not necessary to thunder long and loud the oak is riven by a single etroke of lightning; and to persuade the man who cannot be moved in half an hour, will not be teased into submission in an hour and a half. So that all beyond a sermon is lost, and worse than lost; the lover of truth leaves the house of (rod with a weary body, a jaded mind, and a heavy heart, not because the preaching was not evangelical, or was inappropriate, hut because of its unreasonable length. g-d. Long sermons drive not a few from the house of God. How often is the excuse made; T would attend church but but who can endure an endless sermon?' Such an apology may indeed arise from an aversion to truth; but let the cause be removed, and this excuse at least will die.' two remarks. 1. We tee one reason why some ministers are so unsuccesf jhl in their preaching. Were they to con

dense their thoughts, and urge them home briefly, vividly, and fervantly, with the blessing of God, glorious results would, follow. 2d. Let not ministers comphain that hearers sleep, nor of inattention, when they take ihe very way to produce it. Lut't. Observer. Wettcm "Eloquence. The following appeared in a Western Taper. Read it: Gt.s Tti.Mcx of ths Jrnr Can you for an instant suppose, that my client here, a man what Las allers sustained a high depredation in society a man you all on you suspect and esteem ibr his many cood (jiiiiiuities, yes, gentlemen, a man what never drinks more nor a quart of Jicker a day; can you, I f-av, for yn instant, dispose that this ere man would be guilty of hoiking a box of perenshum capt! ltattlesnakes and coon skins lorbid! Ticter to your, selves, gentlemen, a feller fist asleep in his Log Cabi,n with his innocent wife and orphan children by his side, all nature hushed i:i deep repose, and nought to be heard but the muttering of the silent thunder, and the holleimg uf bull frogs; then imagine to yourselves a feller sneaking tin to the door, like a despicable hyena, softly entering th 1 dwtlhng uf the peaceful and happy family, and in the most mendacious and dastardly manner, hooking a whole Lux of percushum! Gentlemen, I will not, I cannot, dwell upon the moral ferocity of such a fcenc' My feelings turn from such a picter of moral turpentine, like a big woodchuck would turn from my do 5 Itosc! I cannot for an instant barber the idea that any man in these diggins, much less this ere man, could be guilty of tuch a rantankerous and unextrampled discretion. And now, gentlemen, after this brief view of the case, let me retreat of you to make up your minds candidly and impartially, and give us such a verdict as we might unreasonably eupect from a delighted and intolerant body of our feller citizens, remembering, that in the language of imrod, who fell in the battle of Bunker Hill, it is better that ten men should escape, rather tlun that guilty one should sutfer. Judge give a chaw of tobacker. -9 9 Music. The science of harmonical sounds, has been studied by thousands, and improved by wonderful professors, in the ancient, as well as modern time?; the various ways that music is produced, shows that the human mind is deeply interested in it, and consequently every improvement will meet with a sure recompense. It is not the sweet strains of an instrument, however, that brings to the mind the greatest pleasure, but the weli educated voice. Talk of instrumental music, its precision, its beauty, all good, to be sure, but it cannot compare with the enchanting sounds of the human voice. When the intonation is perfect, and the soul seemingly brought into the 6train, as the notes rise or fall in the beauty of perfect harmony, how exquisite the sensation, how pleasantly it falls upon the ear, awakening the tender feelings of the soul, causing a thrill of delight, equal ed only by the reality of heaven! Truly, music hath charms. Cin. Post. -9 9 9" The Union. A correspondent of the New York American has written an ex cellent article on the Union, from which we copy this passage: "Dissolve this Union! what arrant nonsense. You might as well attempt to dissolve the Christian Keligion change the love of a mother for her child call virtue, vice truth, falsehood and ay, that happinrss is misery, and potatoes are paving atone. Dissolve the Union!!! Anil why, and for what object? Can vou form ui more more perlect Union?" ran you frame a better Constitutional Charter than the one we have? Read it and understand if. snd see how in every line it tells of perfect security to the humblest citizen, and guarantees his rights as with the proudest and greatest."

Long Sketches. A long discourse i not only an abuse of a man's leisure, but in some degree, is an insult to his understanding. With the ignorant, there is need of detail; with men of sense, something ought to be left in mercy to their own intelligence and discernment. No people were more sensible to this necessary act of discretion than the ancient Greeks. Phocion, preparing to ascend the rostrum, and being asked by some one of those near him, the cause of his pensi veness, replied. T am reileetmg how I shall abridge what I am to say on this occasion." Of this, Phocion Demosthenes often said, this is the axe which prunes my speeches." In our country the merit of a speech is measured by its duration. In Greece, an orator was praised f.r speaking well; in America, far speaking a long time; and the good people are not only insensible of the insult offered to their judgment, and of the expense of time and money to the nation: hut are themselves Lecoinplices of the offence. The lovernor madn a speech two hours long. The Attorney General spoke two hours and a half. The longest of Demosthenes sneeihes

nav be read, in lii'i wiitu.U s. and the most diffuse of Cicero, in ;.n hour. Amongst the pleadings of the Frenoh bar, ihe follow in t bv the ..f 'cr-c 1 1 hfcn preserved furious j. he dc a nt was a dauber of -i. . was vvreti In. d.v tenor, pro ¬ verbially stupid, and hldeou-dv uglv, and moreover was acecsed of &t duatiuu. Tl e following is the pleading of his lawyer: Genth men: ?.'v 'gumt tits on this case shall be brief. a ihe s-duruion of a noman, one of three re,uisitts is indi sauiC. i i.e seuueer must possess .er.u ty, money or sns-. My cheat is Lg!v r. him. garlv, and foolish. f.'-; h.i.k at Pa;uar '; he is a painter of iigns.Pcolisfi: interrogate jam.' ..'. Trot. HVv 170. "Time used to WHr when it was universally considered that to attempt to manufVture a silk pe.rae out of the ear of a female swine, or to extra1?: blood from turnips, would be a most gloriously absurd undertaking. lint now, human ingenuity has accomplished so many extraordinary changes, and so far upset all old fashioned the. riis and piactices, that we should not be surprised to see paving stones used for conec, and French potatoes worked up into wear:ti:T apparrel. The latent invention we have heard of, is that of a .Mr. Marsh, of Alton, Ills., who has commenced manufacturing candies from castor nil. One of them was pjesented to tf e editor of the Telpgraph, who was indm-ed to test it qualities with a sperm caudle. He savs: "The experiment resulted in the demonstration that the castor oil las'-(i i,,!:trCt than the sperm randle. and the lioht ( f nt; longer was uerioe'uv more Lri.iia.nt and extensive than that of the latter. We could not discovrr the least tin accusant smell arising from the burning easier oil candle, and believe that they tire well calculated to super.-ode entirely the use of the sperm candle. Mr. Marsh inform us that they could he a'dhrded bv the quantity at 25 cents per pound, about c:i half the cost of sprrm candles." Candles from castor oil! Well, well, there are yet, we doubt not manv things in heaven and earth not dreamed of in the philosophy of common people. To live and learn is the extent of cur bunner h e r e b e 1 0 w . Picavrnr. -- A certain lecturer on intrmperroicr , wdio has attained to 'celebrity' in his v(i- . ; l.T 1 . ' . . 1. r ... . . i 1 tumuli, idieiv wh;i"u on a minister 01 a populous parish, and requested the use, of his church to deliver a lecture to the people. The minister stated his determination, and bis reasons for declining to grant this for any other purposes than purely religious but, to show the applicant that he had no persona! grudge towards him, he proposed to give bi n the 'fashion o the haose.' A case of bottles was produced, containing various liquors, and the lecturer was desired to choose and help himself, his host setting the examply. The fjrmer could not be prevailed upon to taste or handle, but he drank off no less than three full tumblers of water pure from the spring upon which thi Re ve re nd Se x age n a r i an s h re w d ly obse r v e d , 'My ccr'a'e, lad gin ye hadna been at something stronger than wader last night, its my opinion ye wadna line been fa.-! ed wi' sic a hr.via' drouth this mornun'.' 9 ! Female Farnrr. The Mains Cultivator states that at the last meeting of the Kennebec Agricultural Soeie tv. h'rs. Con tent W. Hains "claimed and reeeiv-d ti e premiums fur the best crops of Indian corn and wheat. The ybdd of corn wa 132 bushels of ears to the a-re, and of wheat. 2'J ba.-diels. There were a number of competitors, but they were all f.iirIv distanced by the lady agriculturist." What a glorious country is this free o-e-of ours, where the men beat all creation, and the wotmn heat the mn when they "take a notior," t try. B-j'i. Trans. Som Yankee "ditor -ays 'ho like to died a lanin' to sou a drunken chap trying to pecket the shadow- of twinginc sin which he mistook for a pocket l.rndkerchief.' It was enough to make a mm laujtb.