IIV EO. W. I!OWMA\. NEW SERIES. Select pollrti. Our Whole Country. The following is one of the standard gems of pa- ; triotic sentiment, and very appropriate in these times . 0I sectional and party strife : Who would sever Freedom's shrine ? Who would draw the invidous line? Though by birth one spot be mine, Dear is all the rest. Dear to me the Smith's fair land— Dear the central mountain band— Dear New England's rocky stiand, Dear the glorious West ! By our altars, pure and free ; By our taw's deep rooted tree; By the pact's dread memory ; By our Washington ! By our common parent tongue, By our hopes—bright, buoyant, young, By the tie of country strong— We will still be one ! Our Creed. We love religion, not the priest We love our country and our Goil ; We love the man who governs lea-I ; Not one who rules with iron rod. Earh family should he a State, Where all domestic virtues grow; The heart an empire—then let fate Attempt ill vain its overthrow. We love the farmer, and his toil. The talismans of life are there; We trea-ure God's great gilt of soil, And hi- creation fair, We love bright gold, that it may strew C'ctenntrnent in the [>aths of care; We hate the man who never knew That he could have too large a share. We love Iwith wit ami merit fine. Though poverty their grace unfold ; The diamonds in the dirty mine Shine just as bright as set in gold. We love the beautiful, the good— The fiuistipii work of nature's plan. For when they're fully understood, They constitute the perfect man. We lovp in woman, virtue, truih, And know such gems would he less rare If pity for her tender youth Exposed the tempter's ready snare. Her life is often overcast. And darkness clouds the future way ; But heed the le-sor. of the past, 'Tis darkness tells us what is day. Take off thy sandal, weary Time, Ar.d lay it at the gates—go in ; Search, for some IIPW and radiant clime, Entainted by the blight of sin ; We wish thy realm as free and wide As makes God's universe our home. That what we loved might there abide, And what is hateful never come. What Would B S?o i What would I he? Not rich in gold. And with a narrow heart, Or inisanthiopic, stern and robi, Dwell from my kind apart : 1 would not he a man of war, Who looks on ilealh unmoved ; (lire rue a title dearer far : '•The well-beloved!" I wnn'd not wear a laurel crown. Its leaves conceal the thorn; Too oft the children of renown Are friendless and forlorn. Oh' let me lead a blameless life, By young and old approved : Call-d. in a world of sin and strife, '•The well-beloved !" O'od giant me power to guide the weak, And sorrow's murmuring* hu-h, And never feel upon my cheek Daik shame's betraying blush ; And when,at my Creator's cail, From earth I am removed, Let Friendship broider on my pal!. The well-beloved !" IF*Eighleen things in which young; people •make themselves very impolite : 1. Loud laughter. 2. Reading when others are talking. ■l. Cutting fingernails in company. 4. I.eaving meeting before it is closet!. b. Whispering in company, b. Gazing at strangers. Leaving a stranger without a seat. 5. A want of leverence for superiors. IL Reading aloud in company without being •asked. 10. Receiving a present without some mani festation of gratitude. 11. Making vourseif the topic of conversa tion. 12. Laughing at the mistakes of others. 13. Joking on others in company. Ik. Correcting older persons than yourselves, parents. la. Tocommence talking before other per sons are through. IC. Answering questions when put to otlt ers. I'. Commencing to eat as soon as you get to the table. And 18. In not listening to what one is saying, in company—unless you desire to show open con tempt tor the Speaker. A well-bred person Xk 'll not make an observation whilst another ot 'he company is addressing himself to it. HIVTS TO LADIES. —Stair carpets should al ways have a slip of paper put under them, at ■and owr the edge of every stair, which is the part where they first wear out, in order to less en the friction of the carpets against the boards beneath. The strips should be within an inch or two as long as tiie carpet is wide, and about ! , uror five inches in breadth,so as to be a dis tance from each stair. This simple plan, so ea sy of execution, will, we know, preserve a stair 1 arpet half as long again as it would last with out the strips of paper. Tragical A Hail*. An affair of a tragical character ocrured at YVillards Hotel, in Washington, on Thursday lat. The Star of that city gives the following version of it, in its issue of Thursday evening :j_ I To-day, shortly after 11 A. M., P. T. Her- i bert, a California member of the House ot Rep resentatives of the Cnited States, went over to breakfast at Willard's Hotel, where he takes ; his meals, and sent a boy from tin- breakfast room for his breakfast. In four or five minutes i after a portion of his breakfast was set before him, and the boy then told him that at tFiat hour it would necessary lor him (the boy) to get an ' order from the office to have a breakfast sent up ; from the kitchen. Herbert told tile toy 4o 1 "clear out, you Irish —of a." He turn ■ ed around to another waiter, Thomas Keating, i ; who was standing near bv, and exclaimed, "and | yon, you Irish of a , clear out, ; too." The answer of Thou. Keating was not comprehended by our informant —an eye-wit- i n ess. Herbert, on being answered by Thomas, rose and struck him on the neck behind with Ins fist. Thos. Keating seized a plate and threw it at Herbert. Herbert seized a chair and threw it across the round table at Thomas Keating, stii- j king him with it. They then clinched and fought. Another Californian, whose name we i have not heard, came in at the door and ran to I Herbert's assistance, and also struck Thomas Keating with a chair. Patrick Keating, the brother of Thomas, (and . the steward of the house,) at that time coming j in the room ran to his brother's assistance, and i seized Herbert, who immediately drew a revol ver. The other Califbrnian, at that time, was I striking both the Keatings with a chair. As Herbert drew bis revolver Patrick Keating sei- ; i zed it by the barrel and they struggled over it tor some moments, until the French cook of the , iKuise came in and separated Herbert and P. | Keating, who let go his hold of the pistol ) barrel. Thomas Keating and the other Californian , were mingled in that particular part of the af fray between Herbert and Patrick. After Pat i rick let go the bairel of the revolver Herbert i seized Thomas (who had clinched him and was j struggling fur tFie pistol) by the collar, and, put— I ting the pistol to his breast, shot hint through ttie lungs, killing him in five minutes. After the shot one of the other servants threw a piece of Chinaware at Herbert, hut \ : none of the others interfered. Herbert and his j ] California companion left the room and house i immediately by the Fourteenth street door, j where Herbert took a hack and drove away, j Subsequently he delivered himself up at the ; : office of Justice Daniel Smith on Eighth street, j !llis examination for killing Thomas Keat ig, aged about .'l+ or 35 vents, (wh#4eeves a i j wife and two children.) will take place at the ' Guard House at 4- o'clock this afternoon. — ! M HSSTS. Bradley and Carlisle are counsel tor : Herbert. The two Keatings were civil men, and were favorites with the boarders in the house.— This account of the affiay we take from the i ! lips of one of the servants, an aged man, who ! saw all ot it. —The testimony on the examination was contradictoiy. That of the servant was main ly to the effect that Mr. Herbert came into the dining room at ball past 1 1 o'clock, accompa nied bv a friend, and called for breakfast, but I being past the usual hour lie was informed by I the servant that he could not have his meal i without an order from the office. Herbert di lected several servants who spoke to him on | the subject to retire, calling them harsh names, i j The deceased made a reply, when Herheit j struck him with his fist or napkin. The decea sed flicked tip a plate or tray, making a move- ; j ment as if to throw it, when Herbert threw his j J chair at the deceased, the latter returning lite . assault with the plate. During the mejee, Patrick, a brother of the | deceased, entered, having heard of the proceed i ings, when Herbert seized him, and the two I brothers closed on Herbert. The struggle now became intensely exciting, and as it pioceeded 1 crockerv and chairs were broken profusely by ; j the parties to the contest. The shooting then took place. Col. McKay testified that he saw. w hen he entered the dining room, six or seven persons in a scuffle, and thought it was a general fight among the stewards of the hotel, hut lie beheld one of the servants knock down Mr. Gardiner | with a chair. He saw three servants striking: Mi. Herbert and holding him by the wrists. One of them struck him with a chair, when witness seized a chair to defend Herbert, who ; ! was sinking under the weight of those upon ' him. Gardiner was beating them promiscu i onslv. After Herbert fired his pistol the other | two servants still clinched him. Mr. Smith ! rushed forward with a cane, saying, "If you don't release him I'll kill you !" Mr. Heihert was injured, and the witness placed a patch on his nose. Herbert's pistol was a single barrel. Dec OUT ALIVE.— -The four men whom we | noticed a couple of weeks since as being im ' prisoned in a coai bank near Zainsville, by its t caving in, we are glad to announce wereres ' cued on Friday night last, after being shut up for ! almost fifteen days. The follow ing is the des . cription given of the circumstances : "The meeting of the entombed men and the J excavators is described as a scene of silent joy I —all so nearly overcome on once more seeing each other, as to be able to speak only in the el- I oquence of tile eyes and features. Such a re | markable preservation of life, when we consider ; I all the circumstances, has scarcely a parallel on record. There, nearly three hundred and sixty hours, almost without food, drink or light, cotn -1 pel led to breathe impure air, and use the hard damp ground for their bed, they have lived snre ; ]y with but faint hope of ever breathing again the pure air of eaith or seeing the bright light j ofhiaven! FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, PA. MAY 23, 1856. All of thern, are, of course, about like men re- I covering from a bed of sickness, and will find it! i necessary to be careful in eating and exercising < ; for some time. At the time of the cave in, the four men had abo of enough provisions with theiri to make q : moderate meal for one person. This is all thevfo i j have had in the way of food—none of them i | drinking any oil except one, whose throat had I j became sore in drinking sulphur wat'-r. After | they found themselves closed ill from the world, J : they deliberately went to work and shoveled up i a fied of dry dirt, and when they felt like sleep- 11 ing, prepared'the three lamps with oil and laid I themselves on their hard earthen bed. When they next awoke the lights had burned out, and < they had none afterward. Tin y say that they ] heard the diggers outside the whole time, and i for some days at first called and pounded to i make them In ar. The men when brought out were entirely, j concious of all around ; and when asked it they i : were hungry, replied that tln-y were not much, ! but two of them called for tobacco. Two or | three of them thought themselves able t<> walk j home, but this they were not perniitten to do.*' in ( ape Ycrfle l*!aifedw. Of all the distressing accounts of human suf fering which occasionally reach our happy , shores from oilier parts of the world, we lia\e not for a long time read one so afflicting as that given below of the furnished and perishing {condition of the inhabitants ot the Cape Verde Islands. The account we insert is contained in ,'a letter from a highly respectable officer ot the American navy to his friend in VVashingtoti, and, therefore, may he fully credited: UNITED STATES SHIP JAMESTOWN, j Port I'raya, Cape Verde, March S, 1856. ) I have spoken in former letters of the star ving condition of these islanders. The scarci ty of rain and consequent shortness of the crops for the last three years, have produced a famine, •if which five to six thousand out of the popu lation of one hundred and twenty thousand ! have already died. Of the twelve or thirteen islands the famine has thus far been confined 1 chief]v to San Antonio, St. Nicholas, St. \ in j cent, and Sal. Three thousand persons have come from the neighboring islands to this (St. Jugo,) which is the most productive. ThcGow i ernor, a most excellent and energetic man, is I doing everything in his power foi the misers- j bie people, lie sends small vessels, as he carl l raise the means to do so, to the coast of Africi for grain, which he distributes with the strictest i economy to the destitute. He has visited oui ship several times, and as tie speaks French ex | tremely well, it has fallen to my lot fob*' inter-- j preter. He came to-day, in company with the ; Bishop, to thank the Commodojv lor his kind i ness in having gone, ten davs ago, to the island lof Brava to bring the Bishop, whose | reseiice here as President of the Council he strongly i desired, in order to allay discontent, and to sal : isfy the people with the measures that he has been obliged to pursue in the present emergency. • He tells me that whatever money he can collect ■ he sends to the coast of Afiica and elsewhere j for grain, which he distributes in such away as :to avoid monopoly. JK lias nearly exhausted his resources. He thinks he will he able to | keep starvation in check until July, after which, j unless provisions are sent from Europe and A- I merica, twenty thousand poisons, at the least calculation, w ill starve to death between then I and December : and the crop in December w ill j depend upon the rain in the meantime. The i islanders, he savs, who have been looking to him for bread, do not know, as lie does, the ter j rible calamity that awaits them. In 1832, : thirty or forty vessels came from the Lnited j Slates with provisions. With half that amount j now the Governor could, he says, prevent all i starvation. He has made a full statement of fhe subject to his own government, and will draw up an other which the Commodore will forward to the : government at Washington. Moreover, on our suggestion, the Bishop will address a fommnni i cation to Archbishop Hughes, as also to the Archbishops in London and Paris, j So distressing is the condition ot these poor people, as pictured to rue to-day by the Gover i nor, that under the feelings that his narrative has aw akened I devote my letter to this subject. It is not probable that the communications of the Governoi and Bishop w ill be ready for tiie Zeno on Mod ay morning. They may not, therefore, reach the l ulled States unfit weeks after tiiis does; otherwise 1 should not care to anticipate them. These islands can heot iitfle if any advantage to Portugal. I here are moie people here than ran live, or than do live on 1 the produce ol the soil. They had, therefore, better abandon some, if not all, shipping the inhabitants to Brazil. Even in this island, the I largest and best, the water has almost given out; so that, should the drought continue, our squadron will not be able to water here. Where j provisions and money were sent years ago from tfie Cnited States to Madeira the donors com j plained, and justly, ot the disposition made of them by the authorities. A similar misappro priation of charity would be avoided in the present instance bv making Mr. Morse, oui Council here, the consignee to receive the pr<- | visions, which would thus he sure to reach the r proper destination, as they would then fie turned ; over to the Governor, who would direct and su pervise the distribution, as he now does that of till the provisions that he imports. Ihe reven ues of the islands he devotes to the purchase of provisions, instead of sending them to the hone government. His own salary (■}><3,ooo) he has not touched during the two and a half years of his governorship, though he is, as - Mr. Morse tells us, very poor, dressing very plainly aid living with great frugality. The crumbs that ; fall from the wealthy tables of Philadelphia and 1 New York would more than fatten these 120,- j 000 islanders. Freedom of ThongEt and Cpinion. A LESSON FOB. MOTIIEIJS. —The Birmingham (England) Journal prints the follow ing account of a flogging the Prince of Wales received from a poor boy : "During her Majesty's residence, some years ago, at Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, her chil dren were accustomed to ramble along the sea shore. Now, it so happened on one occasion that the young Prince of Wales met a boy who had been gathering s-a shells. The boy had got a basket full. The voting Prince, presu ming upon bis high jxisition, thought himself pri'iiegtd to do what lie pleased with impunitv. So without any notice he upset the basket and shells. 'l'be pixir lad was very indignant, and observed: "You do that again, and I'll lick you." "Put the shells into the basket," said the Prince, "and see if I don't." The shells were gathered up and'put in the basket. "Now, said the lad, "touch 'em again, old fellow, if you flare," whereupon the prince again pitched over the shells. And the lad "pitched into him," and gave him such a licking as few Prin ces ever had. His lip was cut open, his nose knocked considerably out of its perpendicular, and his eyes of a color which might have well become the champion of a prize ring. His dis figured face could not long he concealed from his royal mother. She inquired the cause of his disfigurement. The Prince was silent, hut at last confessed the truth. The poor boy was or dered before the.Queen. He was asked to tell his story. He did so in a straight-forward man ner. At the conclusion, turning to her child, the Queen said : "Y'ou have been rightly ser ved, Sir. Had you not been punished suffi ciently already, I should have punished you severely. When you commit a like offence, I trust you will always receive a similar punish ment." Turning to the other boy, she com manded his parents to her presence the follow ing morning. They came; and the result of her interview was that her Majesty fold them she had made arrangements for educating and providing for their son, and she hoped he would make good use of the advantages which should be placed within his reach." Fall of the Suspension bridge over the .Mont morenci Foils — Four lives tost. Yesterday morning the sad intelligence reach ed town that the Suspension Bridge over tiie Montmorenci had given way, and (bat several lives had been lost. Little credence was at first given to the rumor. There had been state ments made tie fore to the effect that the bridge was nm to he trusted. People crossed it with terror, it was so shadowy, so light and so high. Like a mere cobweb, it hung across tFie chasm over the very brink of the Falls. The superin tending engineer had asserted that the structure was safe, and the Road Trust had taken posses sion of it. Nevertheless, on the northern bank "of tile Montmorenci, five of the seven strands of one of the wire cables had previously given way, and the cable had been repaired. There was something wrong. Yesterday morning, while a man and a wo man were crossing in a cart, about Hor fSi in the morning, and a lad If) years of age, was crossiiigon foot, the chain plates attached to fhe anchors on the south side of the Montmorenci snapped asunder, the bridge dropped down, throwing ail upon it over and down the Falls into the pool, 300 feet below , and which is 36 feet deep, swung itself round over the cataract, and there it hangs now like a ribbon from the towers on the south side. The roar, when the bridge gave w ay, was terrific. The clank ing of the iron reverberated like thunder. A Mr. Gironx, who lives a mile off, distinctly heard the noise. The bridge is a complete loss to the Turnpike Trust. Nothing stands except the towers, one only of which is injured., A Mr. Cloutier was actually upon the bridge with his horse and light cart a moment before the accident happened, and only for his horse would perhaps now have been in another world. The horse perceived something wrong in step ping upon the bridge, hurriedly hacked off a gain, and was scarcely off when the whole struc ture fell. The names of the sufferers are, Ignace Cote, farmer, of St. Ignace, and his wife, Angelique Drouin, and Louis Vezina. Cote and his wife were going to market. I lie hoy Yezina had been sent for bread, and was returning to Ange Gardien. The bridge cost L' 9,000. PKACTXCAL JOKING. —Most of our readers (savs the Banbury, England, "Advertiser") know that for some time past Dr. Mill has been lecturing in this town on medicine and the va rious sciences with which it is connected. Now, we ar<* innocent, in a great measure, of a knowl edge of the truth or falsehood of what he says about the various schools of medicine, and hope that we n.av never have to put any of them to the test, (his own included,) practically : hut all who have heard him must acknowledge that, as a popular, scientific lecturer, the Doctor has few equals. YVell, some of our medical men, offended bv what he has said, or by the popu larity of an orthodox practitioner, have shown symptoms of irritation, and a couple of embryo M. D.'s resolved upon testing his medical skill. They accordingly called upon him, and one of them, a tine, healthy young man, with a ro guish eve complained ot certain pains in the chest, a cough, night sweats, Kc. Jhe doctor heard his tale, and asked a number of questions, and, after a long diagnosis, declared him to he in a deep consumption. This was just what was wanted, aid the young gents could hardly control their moth while .Dr. Mill wrote his prescription, sealed it up in an envelope, and directed it to one of our first chemists, pocketed his fee, and bowed them out of the room. To the chemists they rushed to enjoy the pent-up laugh, arid (landing him the note he read : "I his young man is suffering front cerebri hernia in the region marked 'self-esteem' by phrenolo gists. Pray, therefore,give him common sense, ii grains; w it, i drachm ; horsewhip, ad libil ujn. J. M." VY'e hardly expect the Doctor will get another professional patient here. THE W ILD MAN AGAIN. A correspondent ol the Caddo Gazelle, ven ting under date of (lie 28th, ult., from Parailif- i ta, on Upper Red River, states th3t th-'cold du ring the past winter has been i*.: ihat region the j severest within the memory of man. The river was frozen solid, the plains presented an unbro ken sheet of snow. The following story ot an ! attempt to capture the famobs wild man, who has been so often encountered on the borders of • Arkansas and Northern Louisiana: "In my travels I met a party from your coun try in pursuilofa wild man. They struck his trail at a cane-brake bordering on Brant Lake and the Sun Flower prairie. I learn from one of the party that the dogs ran him to an arm of the lake which was frozen, but not sufficiently strong to bear his weight, which consequently gave way. He had, however, crossed, and the dogs were at fault. One of the party mounted on a fleet horse, coming up, encouraged the dogs to pursue; but found it impossible to cross with his hors-, and concluded to follow the lake around uhiil he could ascertain the direction tafo-n by the mon ster of tfie forest. On reaching the opposite : side of the fiend he was surprised to see Some thing in the lake like a man breaking the ice with his arms, and hastened, undei cover of the undergrow th, to the spot where he expected; him to come out. He concealed himself neai the place were lie had a full view of him until he reached the shore, where lie came out and shook himself. He represents him as a stool, athletic man, about six feet four inches in heighth, completely covered with hair of a brownish cast, about four to six inches long.— , He w as well mucled, and ran up the bank with the fleet ness of a deer. "He says he could have killed hitrt with hi; gun but the object of the party being to take him alive, ami hearing the horns of his com panions and the howling of the dogs on the op posite hank of the lake, he concluded to ride up 1 and head him, so as to bring him to bay and then secure their prize. So Soon, however, as the wildman saw the horse and rider, he rushed frantically toward them, and inar. instant drag ged the hunter to the ground and tore him in a dreadful manner, scratching out one of his eyes and injuring the other so much Ihat his com rades despair of the recovery of his sight, and biting large pieces out of his shoulders and vari ous parts offiis body. "The monster then tore off the bridle and saddle from the horse, and destroyed them, ami holding the horse by the n.ane, broke a short piece of sapling, and mounting the animal, started at full speed across the plains in the di rection of the mountains, guiding the horse with his club. The person left with the wound ed man informed me that the party was still in pursuit, having "been joined by a band of friendly Indians, and thought that il they could find a place in the mountains not covered with snow, or a canebrake in the vicinity to feed their horses, they might overtake him in a day or two." Dlffliug Yl itti a Wife. The follow ing interesting incident is taken from a California paper : The arrival of an ocean steamer is alw ays the scene of a large crowd of spectators at the wharf. One afternoon when the Panama came in, a tall individual from the mountains, who, unfortunately bad no ticket to secure him ad mittance on the deck, stood outside the gate, watching tluough its open panneb with great anxiety, as though lie expected the arrival of some dear friend. After a full hour thus occu pied, his heart was gladdened by the approach of a small furniture wagon, containing several women, among whom he recognized the fea tures of one that made him utter an involuntary ejaculation. The gate was swung back and the wagon passed out. He worked his way up to it amid the dense throng of people, and ex claiming 'Sarah ! attracted the attention of a young woman seated along side of the driver. As soon as she saw him, she answered 'John!" and losing control over herself, (ell forward on the haunches of the horse, from which she rolled sideways into the arms ot a fond hus band. Despite the general merriment of the crowd, Sarah and John field each other for a moment in a close locked embrace,after which their lips met, and they indulged in a perfect transport ot k i ssi'S. "YY'ho cares?" said the lionet spouse; as she resumed Iter seat in the wagon, "who cares if they do laugh. He is inv dear husband; and I'll kiss him if all the world stood by." J1 dypsy Thief —So (JO Jievard. —theft has been pepetrated in the neighboring county . of Monroe, Pa., under circumstances of a extra ordinary character. Mr. Henry Fenner a resi dent ol Fennersville, was called on a few weeks ago by a couple of gipsies, a man and a woman, the latter of whom conveyed to him the won derful information that an immense treasure had been buried somew here on his farm by the Indians, and that if he would comply with the terms, she would, by a little enchantment, find out all about it, and put him in possession of it. He believed tlie story, and with the hope of finding the treasure promised compliance. She told him it w as necessary to get together a large sunt of current money, as near SSOOO as possi ble. Mr. Fenner raised tfie sum of S4BOO, chiefly in SSO and SIOO hills on the Eastern Bank, which she tied up, along with some bread, in a white linen rag, and then gave it to him to put away. Every day he counted it in her presence, after which she would mumble j prayers over it, and go through on her knees, divers incantations with the design of breaking the spel 1 under which the buried treasure lay. On the last day her utterances were deeper,arid her bodily contortions more severe than usual, j but she rose at length, and reported her task ac complished, strictly enjoining upon Mr. Fenner TDRTCS, *2 PER YEAR. VOL XXIY, NO. 3*. not to open the bundle for a week, promising; that at that period he would find among the notes a written inscription, informing him where to dig. Excited with the prospect and ' with hopes raised high, he waited the required ; time, when to his amazement, or. opening the parcel, he found the money gone, and a piece of brown paper left in its st-ad. Mr. Kenner •now offers a reward of SSO0 —$'200 for the apprehension of the matt and woman, and S3OO for the recovery of the money. It is thought the thieves belonged to the gang of gypsies en camped during the week past in the neighbor hood offielvidere. The man and woman pass ed by the name of Jackson : the woman is small in size, with dark complexion, black hair, sharp j features, fluent in speech, and follows fortune telling. The n.an is about five feet eight inches | in height, well made, with dark complexion, i ami sharp features. They had With them five i bovs and a girl, and travelled in a spring truck wagon with iron axles and black cover, drawn by a bay horse large and spare. ASHES FOII 10K.N. From the Dollar Newspaper. I noticed an article m the ".Newspaper'" not long since, wherein vour correspondent recotr,- mendsa mixture ol a.ihes, shell, lime, bones j iX.c., which lie has f nurid valuable for corn, when I applied as a top dressing to the hill after plan ling. We have been in the habit of using asbe.s alone for some y-ars, and have invariably found it of much gieater val'.ie when put to the hill than on the surface. Some five years since, we had finished planting our corn, with the ex ception of about live acres leit for pasture, which we did not plough until the rest was planted.— We had put ashes in the hills of all we had planted, and had some three or four bushels left. When we were about hail' done planting the rest, I recollected the ashes which were left, and immediately setit for and had them applied. The rest on both sides had no ashes in the hill, ! but when the corn w as some two or three inches high, we obtained enough unfoatbed ashes and applied them to the bill on the surface. The corn came up best where there was nb ashes, which J have often before and since observed to be the case, ashes oftentimes keeping tilt? corn back. But when the corn became a lew inches high, you could observe a change.— That on which the ashes were put in the hill, grew evenly and had a fine color, while on ei ther side vou would soon find hil's, of almost any required size, from the smallest to the greater, and of almost a!! varieties of color. The difference continued throughout the sea son, and it was 3n easv matter to tell at a glance where the ashes were in the hill from the very row. In litis case, the ashes on top did no ap parent good. lam unable to explain the rea son of this, or why a handful of ashes in each hill should make such a marked difference. I i noticed numbers of small insects on the hills, 1 and felt soim-what inclined at the time to think ' tlipy had something to do with it. Be this as it may, we believe so much in the beneficial effect of ashes in the hill for corn, that we do not if possible to get enough, put any more corn ou , without them. We use much leached ashes, which we generally mix with the uuleached, and find it to do as well. We generally add some piaster also. Some are opposed to the practice of ashing in the hill, ou account of the extra time consumed , while planting, and so prefer putting on top at a more leisure time. The proper way to deter mine where it would (re of most advantage, would he to tiv each way, side bv side. The experience of others may be different from mine. Or difference in soil may Cause different effects. ■ But my rnind is fully made up that the best i wav lor me, is to applv in the hill, all things considered, and that will in almost every case pay well. When the corn crop fails, th*re is generally enough difference in the Stalks to make it do so. THE CoMiMr SICKXESS. — The germs of pesti lence are hatching in the elements. Every thing points to the approach of a sickly summer and autumn. It should, therefore, be the case ofeverv person to preserve the'evt-ral Inactions of the body in their full tone, Disease falls first upon those whose organism is ajrendv disorder ed through their own neglect. Guard well against constipation and its opposite. Eat no thing indigestible. Avoid all green and hall matured vegetables and fruits, Pay strict ai ' tent ion to the cleanliness of the surface ol your bodies : and above all, begin tIN* work of purifi cation around your yards and in your houses early, and do it thoroughly. Cleanliness, sim ple diet and regular habits will form the strong est protection against the Coming epidemic. As no man can tell where the arrow of death may | fall first, he is the wisest who first put his house in order. Hunter's .1 ledical Specialist. THE Du TF.RExrr:. —The shooting of the wai ter at Willaid's Hotel by Philip T. Herbert, M. C. from California, tins produced considera ble sensation. On Satuaday it was the general topic of conversation. Some gentlemen ot rab id Free and Know Nothing principles found great difficulty in determining the degree of the homicide. Their embarrassment arose trom tire fact that the telegraphic ditpatch did not state • the color or nationality of the waiter who was killed. The fact that he was a waiter , however, afforded a presumption that he was black : and ' on this supposition the killing was pronounced murder, but on subsequently learning that the deceased was an Irishman, they pronounced it ■ justifiable homicide.— Pittsburg Union. {HP*A Know Nothing grand Jury in Vincen nes refused to find a bill of indictment against one of their oath-bound brotherhood who had murdered a lellcw* being in cold blood. Herein lies the dangerous tendencies of so prescriptive an order. Their obligations to society and the government are alike swallowed up in their i . • hideous oath of proscription. Beware ol them.
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