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[Published by request of KATE DASEIAWAY.]
WILLIE MY BRAVE.
On the lonely sea-beat shore,
A maiden fair was weeping,
Calling one who far away
Beneath the wave was sleeping;
Thus her sad unchanging strain,
Floated over o'er the main :
Come o'er the billow,
Ride on the wave,
Come while the wind bloweth,
Willie my brave.
lle said his bark would soon return,
And with a kiss they parted;
But when a year had passed away,
She then grew weary hearted.
Oh I 'twas sad, from day to day,
To hear the maiden's plaintive lay—
Come o'er the billow,
Ride on the wave,
Come while the - wind bloweth,
Willie my brave.
None who knew the maiden's grief,
And saw her heart's devotion,
Would tell her of the fragile bark
That sank beneath the ocean ;
But when all hope had passed away,
Iler life breathed forth its parting lay—
Come o'er the billow,
Ride on the wave,
Come while the wind bloweth,
Willie my brave.
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Homestead Exemption Law
There is a Homestead Exemption Law be
fore the Legislature, which is exciting some
interest. Similar laws have been passed in
twenty-four States of the Union, and in order
to see what their character is we give the fol
lowing summary of the law in each State:
California.—For debts contracted since
June 1, ISSI, or contracted at any time out
side of the State, the homestead, consisting
of land, with the dwelling house and its ap
purtenances, not exceeding five thousand dol
lars in value to he selected by the owner.—
Exemption not to extend to mechanics' or
venders' liens, liability fur taxes, or any le
gally obtained mortgages.
Texas.—The homestead of a family, not
exceeding two hundred acres of land, or any
town or city lots, or lots not exceeding two
thousand dollars in value. Exemption ex
tended to widows.
ilfichigaa.—A homestead of a householder
not exceeding Arty acres, and the dwelling
house thereon, with its appurtenances, to be
selected by the owner thereof, and not inclu
ded in any town plot, city or village ; or, if
therein, at the option of the owner, one lot,
with the dwelling house and appurtenances,
not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars in value
by the Constitution of 1851.
ilfississippi.—A homestead of the head of
a family, consisting of one hundred and sixty
acres of land with the dwelling house and
implements thereof, or if any city, town or
village the residence, not exceeding in value
fifteen hundred dollars.
New fork.—The lot and buildings thereon
occupied as a residence, and owned by the
debtor, being a householder, and having a
family, to the value of one thousand dollars.
Such exemption to continue after the death
of such householder, for the benefit of the
widow and family, and one or more of them
continuing to occupy such homestead until
the youngest chill shall become twenty-one
years of age, and until the death of the wid
ow; and no release or waiver is valid unless
executed as is required in deeds. The con
veyance of , the property must show that it is
designed to be held as a homestead, or a no
tice of such.design must be executed and ac
knowledged by the householder, and recorded
in the Homestead Exemption Book. No prop-'
erty is exempt from sale for the non-payment
of taxes or assessments, or for debts contrac
ted for its purchase, or prior to recording the
aforesaid deed or notice. If the homestead
exceed one thousand dollars in value, it may
be sold or divided, provided a greater sum
shall be bid therefor.
Illinois.—The homestead exemption to the
value of one thousand dollars, the same as in
New York, with like provisions for its con
tinuance after the death of the householder,
and carrying the law into effect.
New Jersey.—The same Homestead Exemp
tion to one thousand dollars in value, as in
New York, with similar provisions, except
that no release or waiver of such exemption
shall be valid, and the homestead must be
reserved as such, for the use of the family.
It cannot be leased or sold without the full
and free consent of the wife of the owner,
and at its full, fair value, and one thousand
dollars thereof be invested in another home
stead.
Louisiana.—The lot and building thereon,
to the value of one thousand dollars, and oc
cupied as a residence, and owned by a. debtor
having a family, except from sale for taxes or
from the purchase money, or for debt con
tracted prior to the recording of the exemp
tion.
Massachusetts—The lot and buildings there
on, owned and occupied as a residence by the
debtor; or, the buildings so occupied and
owned situated on land in the rightful pos
session of the debtor and his family, by lease
or otherwise, to the value of eight hundred
.Arkansas.—For all debts contracted since
December sth, 1852, one hundred and sixty
acres, or one city or town lot, with all the im
provements, without reference to value.
Minnesota.—The homestead not exceeding
eighty acres, and the dwelling house thereon,
and appurtenances, to be selected' by the
owner thereof, and not included in any incor
porated town, city or village; or if therein,
at the option of the owner, one lot, with the
dwelling house thereon, and its appurtenan
ces, owned and occupied by any resident of
this State. Such exemption to extend to the
widow or minor child or children of any de-
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VOL. XV,
ceased, and not to any mortgage thereon law
fully obtained—but no mortgage being valid
without the signature of the wife.
Maine.—The property of a householder, or
head of a family, consisting of a lot of land,
dwelling house and outbuildings thereon, as
shall not exceed five hundred dollars in value,
which continue to the widow and minor chil
dren of any deceased person during such mi
nority, or while the widow remains single.
New Hampshire.—The homestead of a
householder to the value of five hundred dol
lars, which exemption extends to any inter
est the debtor may have in a building occu
pied by him as a homestead, though standing
on land owned by another. It also descends
to the widows and minor children, of which
exemption there could be no waiver, except
by deed.
Vermont.—The homestead of every house
holder residing within the State consisting of
a dwelling house, outbuildings, and the lands
appurtenant thereto, occupied as such, and
the yearly products thereof, to the value of
five hundred dollars.
Ohio. —The family homestead of each head
of a family not exceeding five hundred dollars
in value, while the debtor, the widow or any
unmarried minor child resides thereon,
though the homestead may be built on land
owned by another.
Tennessee.—The homestead of every house
keeper, to the value of five hundred dollars,
consisting of a dwelling house and out build
ings and the land appurtenant thereto, pro
vided a declaration and notice of intention of
claiming a homestead is duly registered in
the Register's Office. Such exemption' con
tinues to the widow and minor children.
Wisconsin.—Homestead not exceedingfor
fy acres, used for agricultural purposes, and
the dwelling house thereon and its appurte
nances, to be selected by the owner thereof,
and not included in any town plot, city or
village ; or, instead thereof, at the option of
the owner, not exceeding one fourth of an
acre, being within a recorded town plot or city
or village, and the dwelling house thereof
and its appurtenances owned and occupied
by any resident of the State. A dwelling
house owned by any person and situated on
land not his own, but rightly in his posses
sion, by lease or otherwise, is also exempt, if
the occupant claims such house as his home
stead. The homestead descends to the wid
ow and minor children.
lowa.—The same homestead exemption as
in Wisconsin, with similar provisions, ex
cept not to exceed foe hundred dollars in
value.
South Carolina.—The dwelling house and
houses appurtenant thereto, of each family,
together with fifty acres of land, not included
within any city or corporate town, to the
value of five hundred dollars.
.21/iv7j/and.—The Constitution directs the
Legislature to pass exempting property to the
value of five hundred dollars.
Alabama.—Forty acres of land, not exceed
ing four hundred dollars in value, provided
they are not in the corporate limits of any
town or city. _
Florida.—Every farmer forty acres of land,
of which he cultivates ten, not to exceed four
hundred dollars in value. Every owner of,
and actual resident in any &welling house in
a city, town or village, not exceeding three
hundred dollars in value.
Georgia.—Fifty acres of land to every
white citizen, male or female, who is the head
of a family, which, including the dwelling
house and improvement, not to exceed two
hundred dollars in value ; also, five addition
al acres fur every child under fifteen years of
age.
Utah Territory.—The homestead occupied
by the wife, or any portion of the family of a
deceased person, at the time of his death,
shall be free to the wife and family of the
deceased, and shall not be liable for any
claims against such estate.
An exchange in noticing the universal
prostration of business, says there is a cause
for it, and until that cause is obviated, it will
not only remain so, but grow worse and
worse : " The hard times have been caused
by extravagance in all shapes, idleness in all
its varieties, wild speculations, and keeping
up false appearances. The country is deser
ted, cities are crowded, many of our finest
farms have been cut up into town lots, and
planted with curbstones instead of potatoes.
Thousands of acres around our large cities
and towns throughout the country, are lying
waste, whilst more has been uselessly expen
ded upon them than would have been suffi
cient to put them under the best cultivation.
We have run into all kinds of extravagance
in building, living, dress, &c., from the old
est to the youngest—male and female—depen
ding on onr wits rather'than labor. All kinds
of devices have been used to make money
out of each other, by trading and speculating,
instead of applying our energies to the true
source which God gave us—the earth. All
kinds of contrivances in the shape of land and
building associations, banks and insurance
companies, saving institutions and money
making projects, have been resorted to to
make us rich without labor. The end of all
this nonsense must come—it is in fact, now
staring us in the face—and when the last dol
lar is gone, and the last article pawned, we
too must go to the country, or somewhere
else, and pick peas. In short, we must get
our living from the earth, 'by the sweat of
the brow.'
This is the remedy for the hard times—a
sure one—and there is none other—and until
we get about it in good earnest, there can be
no relief from the daily increasing pressure."
ftEir. Dr. Cahill, in a letter to the Dublin
Telegraph, speaks of the generosity of Irish
servant girls here in sending money to their
relatives in the old country. He has visited
the different offices in New York for the
transmission of money to Ireland, and from
the statistics thus obtained estimates that du
ring the year 1859 the Irish servant maids
now working in that city and Brooklyn have
sent home to their parents, brothers and sis
ters, the enormous sum of one million three
hudred and fifty thousand dollars,
The Hard Times.
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A Hebrew Prayer in the House of Rep-
The following prayer was delivered by
Rabbi Raphall, in the House of Representa
tives, Feb. Ist, a few hours previous to the
election of the Speaker:—
The Rabbi M. J. Raphall, of New York,
opened the proceedings with the following
prayer:
Almighty and most merciful God, we ap
proach thy presence this day, to thank thee
for thy past mercies, and humbly to beseech
thee to continue and extend the same to thy
servants, the Representatives of these United
States, in Congress assembled.
Lord, great and manifold have been thy
bounties to this highly favored land. Heart
felt and sincere are our thanks. While the
vast despotisms of Asia are crumbling into
dust, and the effete monarchies of the Old
World can only sustain themselves by yield
ing to the pressure of the spirit of the age,
it has been thy gracious will that in this
Western hemisphere there should be estab
lished a Commonwealth after the model of
that which Thou, Thyself, didst bestow on
the tribes of Israel, in their best and purest
days. The Constitution and the institutions
of this Republic prove to the world that men
created in thy image and obedient to thy be
hests, are not only capable, fully eap.able, of
self-government, but that they know best
how to combine civil liberty with ready obe
dience to the laws, religious liberty with
warm zeal for religion, absolute general equal
ity with sincere respect for individual rights.
In acquiring and carrying out these most
wise institutions, thy protection, Lord, has
been signally manifest. It was thy right
hand that defended the founders of this Com
monwealth during the long and perilous
struggle of right against might. It was thy
wisdom that inspired them when they estab
lished this Congress, to be what thy taberna
cle, with the urim and thummim—yight and
equity—were intended to have been for the
tribes of Israel—the heart of the entire na
tion, where the wants, the feelings, and
wishes of all might become known, to be re
spected by all, so that union might create
strength, and concord keep pace with pros
perity.
Lord, the ordinary life-time of a man has
barely elapsed since this Constitution came
into force, and under its auspices our coun
try, from being feeble and poor, has become
wealthy and powerful, already takes rank
with the mightiest, and thou, 0 Lord, wilt
realize unto it thy gracious promise unto thy
chosen people: Vehosircha arlonai letobelt—
die Lord will distinguish thee for that which
is good.
Supreme Ruler of the universe, many days
and many weeks have gone by since thy ser
vants, our representatives, first met in this
Congress, but not yet have they been able to
organize their House. Thou who makest
peace in thy heavens, direct their mipds this
day that with one consent they may agree to
choose that man who, without fear and with
out favor, is to preside over this assembly.—
To this intent, Father most gracious, do thou
endow them with thy spirit ; the spirit of
wisdom and of understanding ; the spirit of
counsel and of amity; the spirit of knowl
edge and of fear of the Lord. Grant, Father,
that amidst the din of conflicting interests
and opinions, thy grace may direct _them so
that each one of them and all of them may
hold the even tenor of their way—the way
of moderation and of equity ; that they may
speak and act and legislate for thy glory and
the happiness of our country; so that, from
the North and from the South, from the East
and from the West, one feeling of satisfac
tion may attend their labors ; while the whole
people of the land joyfully repeat the words
of thy Psalmist: "How good and how pleas
ant it is when brethren dwell together in
unity."
Lord God of Abraham, of Isaac and Ja
cob, I, thy servant, beseech thee bless these
Representatives, even as thou host directed
thy priests to bless thy people.
May the Lord bless ye and preserve ye.
May the Lord cause his countenance to
shine upon ye and be gracious unto ye.
May the Lord raise his countenance unto
ye and grant ye peace.
May this blessing of the One who liveth
and who reigneth forever rest upon your
counsels and yourselves this day and ever
more. Amen.
Adventures of a Party of Canadians---
The Brechin Advertiser publishes a letter
from a townsman who arrived in Victoria in
October last, " after thirteen months on the
plains among the Indians." The writer says:
"Fifteen of us left St. Paul's, Minnesota,
on the 16th of August, 1858, for Fraser Riv
er, with a horse each. The first twenty days
we got along pretty good, but after that our
trouble commenced. The South Indians
came on us in the night, and took our horses
and provisions, tied us hand and foot, and
commenced dancing around us with their
knives. One of our party could understand
a little of their language ; he got them to un
derstand we did not want to harm them—
that we only wanted to travel through their
country, and that we were going to pay them
for it, but they would not listen to him.—
They said that some white men had killed
some of their tribe, and their friends were to
be revenged on the white men. By the time
daylight began to appear, they got up and
loosened our feet and made us walk to where
their camp was, and they put us in a wig
wam, and left two Indians to guard us.
" The second night came, but it brought
an awful sight. They came and took us out
to the woods, and tied each of us to a tree,
and stripped our clothes off. They told us
that that the chief was going to burn us.—
After the chief came he ordered them to build
a fire around the tree that John Flotch was
tied to, (this is the man that could speak to
them.) They burned him to death and killed
two more, and the rest of us got away with
our lives, after they had kept us about three
weeks. We travelled on for about forty days,
and a party of Blackfoot Indians came on us,
and wanted to take our horses, but we could
not give them, so they went off in a rage.—
HUNTINGDON, PA.
resentatives
Thirteen Killed.
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We did not see any thing of them for three
days, but on the fourth about forty of them
come down on us, and fired at us, killing two
and wounding three. We fired at them and
killed four, and then threw part of our pro
visions away to lighten our horses, as we
could travel faster, and trusted to our guns
for meat.
" There is no danger of a man starving on
the plains if he has a good gun and can use
it. We travelled for fifteen days, at about
fifty miles a day, and thought we had got
clear of the Blackfoot Indians ; but they fol
lowed us till we came to a large river, and
when we were crossing it they fired at us from
behind the trees. They did not hurt any of
us then, but the next day they attacked us
in a thicket, and. killed four of our party, and
wounded one—that was myself. I got a ball
through my thigh. There were now only six
of us left, who got off from them once more,
and we had no trouble of them till we got to
the Rocky mountains. Having got every
thing ready for crossing the mountains, we
saw some Indians come down, and we made
into the woods. It was too late, however ;
they bad seen us, but they happened to be
Coutine Indians coming to kill their winter
provisions. They were friendly to us, and
gave us several small things. They gave us
some stuff for my thigh, and it got better.
" We started into the mountains and trav
elled four days, and then about twenty Blood
Indians came on us and killed three of our
number and wounded the rest, so that we
were not able to walk. They took us to their
camp and dressed our wounds. We there
learned that they took us for Indians, as we
were dressed something like them, for all our
clothing had been worn out. They took care
of us, and doctored us up as well as they could,
and we got better again. When they saw
we wanted to go on they sent for our horses,
and guided us through the mountains, and
then returned back. As we came on one man
died, and that reduced our number to two,
out of fifteen. We got on slowly, for we
were poorly of our wounds ; and we have now
got into a civilized country once more, thank
God I I have commenced to work a little, as
much as keeps me in life until I get well, and
then I am thinking of going to the gold mines
on Fraser river.
A Protest Against Early Rising
Dr. Hall, in the February number of his
Journal of Health, says :
One of the very worst economies of time is
that filched. from necessary sleep. The whole
ale, but blind commendation of early rising
is as mischievous in practice as it was errant
in theory. Early rising is a crime against
the noblest part of our physical nature, un
less preceded by an early retiring. Multi
tudes of busines men in large cities count it a
saving of time, if they can make a journey of
a hundred or- two miles at night, by steam
boat or railway. It is a ruinous mistake. It
never fails to be followed by a want of gen
eral well-feeling for several days after, if, in
deed, the man does not return home actually
sick, or so near to it as to be unfit for full at
tention to his business for a week afterwards.
When a man leaves home on business, it is
always important that he should have his
wits about him; that the mind should be
fresh and vigorous, the spirits lively, buoy
ant and cheerful. No man can say that it is
thus with him after a night on a railroad or
on a shelf of a steamboat.
The first great receipt for sound, connected
and refreshing sleep is physical exercise.—
Toil is the price of sleep.
We caution parents, particularly, not to al
low their children to be waked up of morn
ings ; let nature wake them up, she will not
do it prematurely ; but have a care that they
go to bed at an early hour ; let it be earlier
and earlier, until it is found that they wake
up themselves in full time to dress for break
fast. Being waked up early, and allowed to
engage in difficult or any studies late and just
before retiring, has given many a beautiful
and promising child brain fever, or deter
mined ordinary ailments to the production of
water on the brain.
1. Fix the thoughts, on getting into the
bed, on some one thing, vast and simple, such
as a cloudless sky, or the boundless ocean, or
the ceaseless goodness of the great Father of
all.
2. It has been said that sleep is promoted
by lying with the head towards the north, and
not by any means to the west, because of cer
tain electric currents.
3. A writer recommends to commence rol
ling the eye-ball round the circuit of the eye
in the same direction, until sleep comes.
4. Another avers that a better plan is to
place the head in a comfortable position, shut
the mouth, and breathe through the nostrils
only, making an effort to imagine that you
see the breath going out all the time.
5, We have known, on the failure of all
forms of anodynes, the gentle continuous fric
tion of the soles of the feet with a soft warm
hand, to be admirably successful.
6. When persons are prevented from sleep
ing by a slight hacking cough, sleep is some
times induced by having two pieces of mus
lin, say six inches by four, and three or four
folds thick, to be used alternately thus: have
a saucer at hand, half filled with alcohol, dip
one of the cloths into it, then press it out, so
as not to dribble, and lay it across the chest,
the upper edge of the cloth ranging with the
collar-bones, let it remain five minutes, then
put on the other, alternating thus (by the
nurse) with as little motion or noise as possi
ble, the patient being on his back in the bed
composed for sleep.
7. A French medical journal advises, on
retiring to put five or six bits of sugar candy,
as large as a hazlenut, in the mouth, averring
that before they are melted the desired effect
will have been produced. This may avail in
a case of simple sleeplessness, not as the re
sult of any special disease. We would not
advise such an expedient, for persons have
been known to lose life by going to sleep
with something in the mouth. If it is attemp
ted at all, the candy should be placed between
the cheeks and the gums, and the mouth kept
resolutely closed.
RULES FOR GOING TO SLEEP.
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[From the Louisville Journal of Feb. Stb.:,l
The steamer Grey Eagle arrived from Hen
derson yesterday, and from her officers and
passengers we obtain the particulars of an
other tragical affair at Hawesville, which oc
curred on Monday morning.
Our readers doubtless recollect the Lowe
affair. Dr. li. A. Davidson and a man named
Witherow were charged with murdering Lowe
in his cell in the jail. This atrocious act had
been denounced by Mr. William Sterritt, a
lawyer and farmer, who resides about four
miles above Hawesville, and engendered an
ill feeling between him and Davidson. The
latter, to avenge,himself on Sterritt, resorted
to an infernal machine. We now give the
account furnished by the officers of the Grey
Eagle. The persons in the store when it was
blown up were C. B. Duncan, J. G. Duncan,
Wm. Sterritt, James Redding, Bennett and
Davidson.
On Monday last Dr. Davidson entered the
store of Mr. Dungan, in which Mr. Sterritt,
with three or four other persons was seated.
He had under his cloak a willow market bas
ket, in which, covered over with some eggs,
was an infernal machine of his own inven
tion. A description of this instrument of
death may be interesting.
It was a tin tube, large enough to contain
five or six pounds of powder, with which it
was filled. This magazine was contained
within another tin canister of double the size.
The space between the two was filled with
bullets or large sized shot, a sufficient num
ber to weigh ten or twelve pounds. This in
fernal machine was constructed under the
Doctor's especial direction by a tinner in
Cannelton, Indiana, which town is immedi
ately opposite Hawesville. Dr. Davidson ap
proached Mr. Sterritt, and when within a
few feet of him, he set fire to his infernal
machine, with the expectation of blowing
himself, Mr. Sterritt, and everybody else in
the room, into eternity.
The shock was terrible. The room was
built of stone and brick. One whole side of
the house was blown out, the roof was lifted
from the rafters, and six large sills above
were broken.
Mr. Duncan, the merchant, was very dan
gerously wounded—it is feared fatally. Mr.
Sterritt was seriously hurt and badly burnt.
Three of the bullets entered his face, and it
is feared he may loose an eye. Dr. Davidson
had his left fore arm broken in two places,
his collar bone broken, his right shoulder
dislocated, the flesh torn off the shoulder to
the bone, his clothes torn from his body, and
he was badly burned in the face, breast and
arms. lie was a horrible sight, and rushed
from the house after the explosion, crying—
" Kill me for God's sake; I do not want to
live any longer." Two other persons were
in the room, but were not seriously hurt.
The citizens of the town, hearing the noise
and feeling the shock, rushed to and fro in
the wildest confusion. They thought that a
keg of powder had exploded in the store
room. When they were informed of the true
cause of the explosion, many persons were in
favor of killing Davidson, and strong efforts
were made to do so. The news spread
through the county, and the country people
were rushing to town with their guns for the
purpose of taking part in the mob. The
whole town was arming. The greatest and
wildest excitement prevailed throughout the
town.
When the Grey Eagle left Hawesville, at
nine o'clock on Monday night, the excitement
was intense, and it was thought that David
son would be taken out by the infuriated citi
zens and killed. A strong guard was sta
tioned around the house to prevent it. This
is one of the most appalling atrocities that
ever was perpetrated in a Christian country.
It is ten times more frightful in its concep
tion than the Lowe tragedy, but, fortunately,
less destructive in its results.
If to pilot a ship across the ocean be a
work of great responsibility, requiring pru
dence and judgment, as well as knowledge
and experience, much more is it such a work
to guide an immortal spirit through the tu
multuous sea of youthful passion and child
ish impetuosity, and to secure fur it a safe pas
sage through the dangers and perils of man
hood and old age. A ship on the ocean may
founder and go to the bottom, and no one,
perhaps, suffer a single pain, or breathe a sin
gle sigh ; but an immortal soul, wrecked upon
the shores of time, may spend an eternity in
sighs and groans, but they cannot undo the
past, or rectify a single mistake.
What the pilot is to the ship, the parent is
to the child. The one conducts the frail bark
far out to sea, beyond the reach of special
dangers, and then surrenders his charge into
other hands. The other guides a deathless
spirit through the perils and qucksands of
childhood and youth, and then leaves it to
the mercy of a treacherous world, to drift upon
the tide of circumstances, or to follow the
bent of its inclinations, given to it by paren
tal training and discipline. Though the pa
rent cannot insure a successful issue, yet he
is in a great degree responsible for the future
career and the fate of his child ; for it is ex
pressly commanded, " Train up a child in
the way he should go, and when he is old, be
will not depart from it." If, then, the words
of the wise man are true, and if the children
do depart from the way they should go ; or
rather, are never taught to walk in it, and go
down to destruction and to eternal death,
whose fault is it, if it is.not the parent's .. ?
Parents cannot be too deeply impressed
with the weight of responsibility which
presses upon them, or of the importance of
the early religious training of the immortal
spirit entrusted to their care. Next to their
own salvation, there is no subject of so great
importance, or that should command so much
of their attention, their time, and their labor,
as the spiritual and intellectual education of
their children. It is their duty to train them
up for heaven—to fit them for usefulness in
this world, and for the enjoyment of the rest
and felicity of the redeemed. This obliga
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Responsibility of Parents.
"Time was, when setting on thy leaf, a fly
Could shake thee to the root; and time has been
When tempests could not.'
tion is laid upon them ; and it is in their
power, in a measure, so to do, else the injunc
tion of the apostle had never been given them
to bring up their children in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord. Yet how many
there are in every community, children even
of professing Christians, who, through the
negligence of their parents, or the force of
their evil example, or the want of timely or
judicious instruction, have grown up in igno
rance ; to become vicious, profligate, and
wicked men ; a cause of grief to their pa
rents, and a source of moral contagion to the
wide circle of acquaintances in which they
move. Many parents there are who see these
evils, and charge them to their proper source,
who at the same time are little conscious that
the course which they are pursuing with their
own children is tending to the same result--
to profligacy and ruin.—Advocate and Guar
dian.
NO. 35.
Fowls—Their Importance, Manage
ment, &c.
" The noble and ancient Chanticleer, whose
clarion notes have been the farmer's time
piece ever since Peter denied his master, and
has never failed to sound the approach of
every rising sun ; the bird that saved old
Rome from conflagration by his warning
voice in the dead'of night—shall these lose
their old and established rank, and give place
in man's affections to herds of swine and stur
dy bulls of Bashan ? What are their uncouth
grunts, frightful bellowings around the far
mer's cottage compared with all the music of
the cheerful cackling, chattering, chirping,
and crowing, with which the poultry-yards
resound from day to day ? If there is not
music, there is life in it."
But to come more to sober matter-of-fact,
we think this branch of the farmer's concern
is deserving of more attention than it has gen
erally received. It has been well established
that the profit derived from a well-managed,
well-arranged poultry-yard, is greater in pro
portion to the investments, than that of any
other stock.
Fowls are most valuable to the farmer/ as
yielding eggs and chickens. The varieties of
the fowl are very numerous, and are distin
guished from each other by their size, color,
and fecundity. In order to be successful with
fowls, they should be kept very clean and dry
in the hen house, and particular care must be
taken to furnish them with clean, sweet water;
foul impure water, produces that most dread
ed and fatal disorder among chickens called
gapes, which is known by the chickens gaping
for breath, and often dying in a few hours.—
No certain or efficacious remedy, as yet, has
been discovered for this disorder ; therefore
we advise care and cleanliness to prevent it.
Foul water, and a scarcity of water, are also
causes of the roup in hens, and the origin of
most all, if not all, their diseases. Poultry
of all sorts should therefore be provided with
clean apartments, to retire into during the
night, and in seasons of wet and cold.—
Warmth is necessary for the comfort and.
well-being of poultry. If hens are kept with
care, well fed, and have clean, quiet places
to deposit themselves in, they will lay regu
larly, and repay all trouble. Early hatched
pullets will generally commence laying early
in the fall, and, if well fed, warm and com
fortably housed, will continue to lay through
the winter. The laying time for older hens
begins in March. A hen about to lay, gives
notice of her intention by being busy and
restless and peering into sly places, and
talking to kereelf for some time, and her
comb becomes very red. Her cackling gives
notives that the deed is done. Let her then
have a quiet, obscure place to lay in.
Fowls should not be allowed to wander
much in the laying season ; they lay better
and more regularly, and the eggs are more
easily secured, when confined to their own
yard; but, instead of a close, dark, diminu
tive house, and a contracted 7 by 9 yard, as
is often the case, they should have a spa
cious airy place, properly constructed, and if
possible, running water for them.
Tragical Love Affair in Michigan
A young man residing near Olivet, Eaton
county, Mich., by the name of Orville Wood,
had been paying his addresses to a Miss Mack,
whose family reside near the village of Mar
shall, and they were engaged—the marriage
to take place soon. The young man, with
his intended, went to a party, where he in
dulged so freely in liquor as to raise objec
tions on the part of the young lady's parents
to tho contemplated union. She informed
her affianced that she had rather die than dis
obey her parents, and preferred death to liv
ing without him; and on Friday, the 6th,
they mutually agreed that the next Saturday
evening they would meet at his brother-in
law's, and on Sunday evening terminate their
lives at one and the same time by fire-arms.
The same day he repaired to Marshall and
purchased two pistols, which he loaded, each
with a ball and seven buckshot. At the time
appointed for their meeting. Saturday eve
ning, he was at his brother-in-law's, and soon
after the young lady accompanied by her sis
ter, drove up. Wood saw his intended leap
from the cutter and approach the house, when
lie stepped into the parlar, placed the muzzle
to his head and fired, dropping lifeless at her
feet as she came in. Without a moment's
delay she stepped out of doors, passed round
the corner of the house, took a pistol from her
pocket, and was raising it to her head when
her sister, who had perceived that something
was wrong, rushed forward and caught the
weapon from her grasp. On examining it, it
was found loaded with ball and shot, as be
fore stated. It seems that a misapprehen
sion existed between the lovers as to the time
when the tragedy was to take place—she un
derstood him to name Sunday instead of Stit
dav evening ; but when she saw that he had.
anticipated her, she was, as action proved,
ready for the sacrifice. The funeral of the
suicide tpok place on Monday, the Oth.—Paza
Paw Free Press.
ItEir Gov. Packer, of Pennsylvania, lately
sent in one batch of seventeen veto messages.
They were all nearly unanimously sustained
by the legislature. They were mostly acts
giving special privileges, and were designed
to legislate money into speculator's pockets.
The speculators got their laws through the
legislature, but the Governor was too smart
for them. Gov. Packer is a thorough Doug
las democrat, and believes in the sovereignty
of the people, " equal rights to all, and spe
cial privileges to none."—Sentinel, (11Ietamo
ra, Illinois.)
OCCUPATION AND RELIGION OF OUR STATE
SENATORS.-17 lawyers, 4 farmers, 2 physi
cians, 2 merchants, 1 druggist, 1 iron master,
1 clerk, 1 dealer in real estate, 1 lumberman,
1 gentleman, 1 clergyman, and 1 surveyor.—
The lawyers, as usual, have the lion's share,
and the leaven of gentility is so small that
the wonder is we have such a dignified and
orderly Senate. The religious persuasions
are : Old School - Presbyterians, 10 ; New
School Presbyterians, 2 ; Methodist, 4 ; Lu
theran, 4; Baptist, 3; Unitarian, 2; Episco
pal, 4 ; Universalist, 1; United Presbyterian,
1; Quaker, 1.
C. N. BEItENT