m, d 'and lei% , PACTS RESPECTING I|)GJ|LOATINfi; ■ ■ , v - " in CLEABF4BLD COUNTY. - i j LumberjogMhe i]nain business oh which; ,the/neopte'of,Clearfield depend;— : '.fifi/t (ho fiomovmayi be said' of soma adja.j cent districts«ih.t Cambria, 1 Indiana and/, ' Qeatre counties; ' The lumber is panda in ! I ’tbaformt ofsquato timber, boards, shingles, ! \ &c., wliich are put in,rafts and arks ond| _ sont'to-.market nlo’ngtho Susquehanna from; • the Chesapeake Bay.' " j ' i\ Clearfield copnly has her li.itMtSj^ from 400 to 500 saw'mills pnd . arinnally j - nenda to macket;from 2,000 to 3;000 rafts,, worth in the aggregate'from one ; , UtiUioM;or dollars; ' Thisldmbor is flont-; edjOUllofitheiWest Branch o the Susque .hnnria and its tributaries,the Big MUs-l nhqt)holt;!!,Crrcek k ; :Clearfield Creek,- and ,GheH-f?reck» 'J I ‘ ' ' ' i .The: risk, fuididfinger is great, even un der the most favorable circumstances, hfftastV ittis: necessary tq have freshets fqcontiriue lohgcnough td enable the lum. bermen to reach market. .For this reason the summer fifeahets are; seldom of much servico;;; They rise onh day with sudden' .qbpwers nnd fall thn next; The .lumber mahthoß scarcely! time to start bofore ho 'ia compelled, to stop and leave his craft in eottie unfavorable - spot whore* it is almost lost. The only freshets that prove of iriuch service are those which oc cur-in tho spring'after the ice is gone.— ; Nearly all the lumber sent to market is : oarriadi there; by the spring floods. Butj oven then it is .necessary to start early.— Theiidelay of a eiuglo day ig-frequenlly fatal; ; ■ J '' '• ■- -■ \ Second, it is necessary, to havo expo- j rienced pilots andlsufijciont force! . The| channel is dangerous to the very mouth df the Susquehanna ;; hut especially is it so jn Clcar.iie.ldr county.* whereitho river and its nrosmall.;: With ill; Iflie prudence that c&n be used many rafts-are annuhlly. slaved and .much, lumber lost. : It is imposslhlo .tDr run' lumber except by flay Fghb No pilot however skilful will rmk-hisrlife and .property .by running at ,light, and whilst the, fuft stops tho water fulls., , I ,/ ; :.f - . Yet, in spite of these things, the lumber businoss. carried on by tiiosp ;ylio under* stand it, is.highly, profitable end. success* ftih' The interests and prosperity , of . the whole population of Clearfield county rest upon it., ~ :s. .. : f/• .. , 1 V -Lumber is the great product winch goes put of the county for which .money is ro. Cqived.ip return, and on the sale of which they depend,for a!| their supplies. :il ' ‘ Yct.’this'imporlant branch'is threatened 'with'total" destruction by a praetjeo lately introduced of floating loose saw-logs in vast quantities . to. supply mills more than a hundretl niilcs below. ' ■ ' These logs are generally nut pod hauled to tho..*lrP ai n in winlerdn: quantities varying: from. JO,QOO .t 0.50,00.0 logs. They arc thrown in.tho.watecto float down the ..stream at.r.qpdoip, during ( fhe spring freshets, :. Gaming by/hundreds andthou, j they-literally fill.the channels,Pfliic i Greeks*.for several day?.■ Wjm? l •! y°Y’ nr P ruphihg arid filling, up ,the channel no raft lan venture With safety, they get,under the raft, around, it, under the pars, ana fender! ft' entirely ..pnnjapageah p., rtere/are. other ditßc U liics,,;r;he logs dnv* en ’hy i'thb."forco : oif the.yi’ind and current niiainst (lie rafts'.lied to shqre,. by night as weilos by dav, hatter lb,cm loose, • Again, a raftman coming, to. start,,hts raft m the morning, .finds tfiat .during, the night the ivaWr has fallen,.and his raft having fall en with it rests on a saw log. It > 8 f ,en impossible to m°Yo without cutting ft 19 pieces. .Such things are common. 1 *lt also frequently happens tliuUhe fogs gorge in the narrow places.,. Rafte--do. feendirig the .stream and .then .•P ‘ seeing’tho danger till U .is.J.oo late tomcr 11 successively, run, upon the gqrge aqq * re b'rbkqq fo' pieces'.. ; Thu? not long ago ffeo few, were Broken,, up, apd finally lost iit Client Falls on,Chest ; Cieek,.-. : |!|ie fesspcc'nsib'ned'at tha|:onc spot vm PPt 8 logs: will .get’ un^i ll,e rafter oars-nt short turns. on 4 . d . a P^". s f Saces where thbfoss 6f a iJf^aYWs, the effoct of.Thnning it pn tlm (ilct if }s impo?sihla td nientipii qll iho, fefn wliifclilbg,floating j tioh'nhd injures those engaged in iafmig. hah for/the;; jears WWdiinfcd to^'-mariy/^lihptisnnds 1 bf 3 ■year Ty. ‘‘ThM lbSfeb9-ocb’nsibn^-‘in;ttr jdast half the fnft^ilbn:Mi , ;,ofoP.;wV. .JP Josing (c/se j to; /Jt'is ; tbb, 7 iTe(f- ! is'’tifo , ‘OPP? -‘M*® sbbjebt that it l : % Inldtv asserted that-log'floaters nro auth- 1 Jfizbi'ottdffaiioi for the damage ’ 5 his’an esWhlißhqd .pntfcipie'cfjcj as 1 «i)U,as dfijusticepttaf every one. must so. ; . •I|. M J Eli. S - ‘ t Platrr fit k' T I ® l^2l*>° t l i u , ;^E i so' r f 6 *HJ? rts-' the ; faei lCTtMSfea^.^Mhga^.4g^tol^6*>^^ t i * t- I-'ll 15 l; - , ,_ JV WEEKLY' PAPER-: EEVOTED TO LmUIATI'EE. A»UICU«,TEUE. MOU.VUTY, .XTEEUGENCn. Volume 5, jcontinuanoc of the business,- Supply, ( However, a few strangers enter the pounfy,,i and, in effect, demand, thaLall this busi ness shall the lumber ready-to ho rafted, shall.refnnm piled up'oh the shore, and .'the public high-, way be closed in ordeViliat they,may send 1100,000 saw' logs to ’somd. mammoth saw i mill 180 .miles, djsta'uthhdmake a profit of fifty thousand dollars. ■■ , .... -.. ; . Tlioso who I 'have-been injured liavo bbrne their injuries patiently till thoy cap, bear' therp holpngcr. VI t has been demons 1 strated beyond a controversy that if log-. |floating is : 16 prevail; rafting .must cense.— i It cannot .bo carried on withput driving ! every thittg ; es° out. and depriving: all oth ! ers of thO. right of using' thp publid high- I ways. " ■ c.':, They therefore. respectfully' apit tho Legislature 1 Of Pennsylvania to pass a lajy. with suitablo penalties to protect them .in the enjoyment of then - rights of property, and rights Of navigation, and to prevent the floating of loose saw-logsin ilicstreums above ertumeratCd.” . ...Tug RjutKOAD Diff.cui/ties'at Eiwtt.' From the Pittsburg Dispatch of Monday,' we clip the following account of the la tost troubles hi Frio, i i If contains nomo facts not previously published here: By advices received froth Erie on Sat urday night, we learn that ilic U. S. Mar. shall, Mr. Frost, his deputy, Mr. Sproul, and fifty ,’railraiid. laborers;, wero arrested ,| oh Friday afternoon,' ut four o’clock, and j placed in tho county jail for safe keeping. The . Marshall and the remaining prisoners were engaged ip re-laying the irucl* .^ rQ the city, whenMa'ydr '‘assisted A»y : the citizens, tdok thetn'irito custody. .Mr. Frost and his deputy were subsequently re leased, oh giving §2ooo'each bail to ap pear before the criminal court and answer the charge of endeavoring to obstrucUhe streets of Erie by ; laying an, illegal track I through that city. Tho. pn?°- j ners are, we believe, still In bustody. The I Mayor of Erie, Mr. King, and Messrs, Lowrie, Lynch, Beatty dnd'A'rbucklo, or fived'ih this.cityi pbr thii Western cats, qn Saturday night; and put up at tho Monon calieia' House. They came here, in com plience with a notice soryod omlhem irqm the p. S. Circuit Churl, ; : tvhich mseU on Monday.'' f ‘ Soi.au Phenomena of the 2fltli of May next, there will bo an oclipso of (be sufti which will bo less visible in all parts of lM ;U. States and-Canada, and in a portion of bo b will''be tinnulur. Its cbrrttaeucemont Ip the city of Washington wtll be at 4h. 20m. in greatest obscural,on at : sh.- 18m., upd its end sh. 27m. As the apparent diameter of the moon will bo a little less than 4he sutl* the echpso earn not be total any vvliare. The Cktislian-Al‘ tiianac says,-“tljle ring Mill bo only about one-thirfl ofadigit wide, and wi J be visible only in the vicinity where the line of cen* ?ral eelipse passes. The eclipse is central n longitude 72. 53. west ofGrecnwich, latitude 44.14. north; and m longitude 04 L r > west, latitude 4 1 - 1® north. By find irimheso positions upon a imp, and draw. 5g u line from one to the other, (fie town a'nd countries through the central eclipse passes- will be readily discovered. Th? path of tho annular echpso wd bo about P on'e hundred miles wide, and extend about fifty miles each side of the lines w e have described. The annular eclipse w,H move about one hundred miles per tpinutp. The 1 first time ; this eclipse e^ r ,? c J was in 1813, July : 2d; since hen re turned'thirty-onS times’ including »**> turn .next year. n oOpurred m April, in,May lB|B, ( nnd-.i.i May, 1 838. It wili return hgain in; June, l«T-«r t Sst rlturn will be *m the ydar Ah* „ust 18th. Tho next solar echpso that will ntiact much atienlion in. this country wiirbe in 1858, March, loth- • fcCrMr. Prenlice of thdouisviHo Jour hahlhus touchingly alludes to .the death 'rtfhis'tissociatei Mr. : Shrcve: ‘ . Li ‘We, theßtil-viv(ngeditor onhp fcol that the printd ol life is scarcely y gone'M’etas we look back upon our long in this city. we sedm _to behold, near and far, onlV the graves of the prized Snd the lost. AU Uie numerous journey nVdtt attd apprentices, that were in our ern 6aTlrS ma P y have a chastening put.fy memories may unon;' : 'kSt I, and ever yet done, our *. 1 swciiS : • i. UV' , 7-~b Mifl '-7 WD't ' l ~ <1 '■ »*• on “ CiPTAIN TOBIN’S LETTER than a hundred miles frt?rn Syracuse lives A friend lias bonded us, tbo, nn old ; iahner : wh6so nlvcn namo IsZury correspondence, which actually occu^ed, in.1846.b< ! .lwc«nll»o.S ? cwd ownin" a "ood form of dvbFiV ‘Hundred j captain ‘Tobin. The gallantjoaptnin ns ra .i ? . w i.^r w^c.i r,to o ii»vc IFP/Snl, in Ita world, nna oithi, account' the boys toolc no liltlo delight in Something “Rich and Rake. -—A. IIO nuttins his lordship on his taps once in a , N OV v. Orleans Delta publishes the following while bv wav of amusoment. For a long j correspondence, naan illustration oitno limo the old’man had noticed that when philosophy of. letterrwriling. ; Mr, McOal. Billy came home at night he was complete- la> j t :W iH be seep, (says, that paper,) is I v covered with mud and water, and old pos jti V e, pointed, nnd sententious, Mpt. •Zurv could not imagine: how he should Tobin is candid,, discursive, and didactic. 'become so, so he determined, if possible Th o whole, if not. trenching on .Jhe sub, ithnt he would find out the enuso of poor umc, belongs ul lepst to the beautiful : Billy’s misfortune. .1 Tukasukv Depahtmunt, . ; . One day he left the boys—to pick up Se COn d Aud'r's Office, July 31,1840.; the rakes, &c., after a hard day’s work g, n . Younro charged on the. books ol at hhy.making —nnd walked to the ridge, lhis o g- lcoi Ay iii, $1,525, the vuiue oT thO where. Hilly generally keplhimsclf. It was c i ol hi n g and blankets furnished for the about time for the goat to go to the house, USQ o fy our company, nnd. for which you but there ho lay, quiet and dry ;so old yv iu bo held accountable, |n order to re* Zury'seatod himself behind a stump j dc- |j eyo y oU , sc lffrcni this accountability, yfld termined to watch his movements, for that w j|j e „ ler on your muster-roll all articles n ;,rht nt any rate. He had not been there 0 p clothing und blankets issued to the men more than fifteen minutes, when who unc j cr y our command, and . request the should he see coming along the ridge but p a y mus tcr to deduct the several amounts the two boys. His first impulse was/-to’ f rom 'their first payment, tell them to keep back, but upon second y oU nre i, e i d responsible for the camp thought, lie said noihing. '. . . . ' and garrison equippage ryc-civcd for your “Take my load, Hank,” said Dick, “ita company until turned .over to a United my turn to take tho follow to night.” -• Smics.quartermaster, , -i '. > ' •’ : llank took Dick’s load from his back j p nrn> s ir, your pbediqnt servant, ; and Dick going down the hill a little ways • ■ ' t jjSO. M. M’CALLAj soon showed himself within a few yards : . , , SecohdAudimr..- of where the goat was lying. V Captnin G. H. Tobin, Washington Regi- Billy had already caught a glimpSo or , pcn [ Louisiana Volunteers, tho boys nnd was soon on his feet. Hank 'Treasury Department laid flat on tho ground, nnd Dick, on the g econ( i jludYs Office Aug, 8, 1846. odgeof tho ridge, ; now presented ajuli Sir, By n decision of the honorable the front, which did not seem exactly to pleaso g ecrctary 0 f War, cath soldier under your his goatship ; for lie only pointed to him comman(l j s entitled to six, months’ cloth nnd down went Dick to aggravate Billy to . )be amounl 0 f $21.; nil over that a still more desperato lunge ; again the .j iay . nro l 0 be charged with.-. There will signal rose, and billy jumped out f just ns be otljC r charges, of which you will bo in he got within a Tew feet, Dick lowered p ormpd by this office. You will please himself ahout two pegs, and Mr. Goat this letter your guide, in nddt loivcrcd himself about fifteen feet into a , p , bc onD you received from me ol ditch of marsh nnd water. Hank had 3isl ult. Very respectfully, caught sight of a small corner of the old - JNQ. M. M’CALLA; man’s hat above the'stump, ntid sloped Second Auditor, fqr the bars, whilo Dick wap jetot a Utile (j apt q. h. Tobin, Louisiana Volunteers. surprised at the sudden transformation oj |^ EW Obekanb, Sejrtcmbcr 17, 1846. the old stump into a human being, nnd Sin . i | )avo the honor to acknowledge that, too, tho old man, at fifteen paces Who, receipt of two fa.vors from you, one | by the way was not ope of the most lor- datet j 31st July, the other Bth August. 1 bearing .persons in the world t arid as lie can onlj , ans>vol . by u yarn< I looked around on the ground, Dick, think.- . countryman of mine was oncemdul-i ing that a club or a stone might possibly .' in , ho very intellectual operation oh be the: object of his search, started on a| u £- n eggB raw n nd reading a newspa keen run for tho barn. The old mao made p v mischanco: he contrived up*his mind that the mystery was; solved. u bo , t ' j ivo chicken. The poor bird' That night Dick and Hank didnt come cb j rrU pg d n 8 it went down his throat,- and j home to supper. ' ~, he vory politely observed: (‘Betitepow-^ | i thought not bo able to hold erg my iviend, you spolm too into I | nivself together, as Hank related thesur- ■ ’[ can only say , 6 i r , that your favors' !prise 0f.,01d Zury and his son, as thov hayo reachc d mo too late. They have! stood face to fuce. ' : . . been chasing., me through the Mexican “But hold on,” said lie ,4 J havn A told 'o St offices'; that is to express myself YOU tho.beat of Jt yet. About two. weeks c , orly| w i ien I received them, they j from that-lime;: one day I and Dick bad letters) were down in Mexico ana 1: been, working all day, and we'mode up V yM up hero . and yv hen I didn’t receive! our minds thutwe should find- t hcm, thev were up liere nnd I was down, bucked, for he hadn’t been m the:Held at lherc> / : . | nil that ofterfloon, and he always kept a Thc facl lbat most 0 f my men have ( irood barrel of ole in 'ho ccller; but when paid o( p, nm i are scattered to tlie four i we Itad started who should wo see but the art ‘ rg of t| ie globe. -, They were mostly ! old map cflging around the ridge, so D^tek s9 ;io rS) 0 s I,\yas ipy?el.f; .From them (ifi and I went over that way. There was t j jore bp charges) nothing, can bo expect-1 old dad, and thoro wds llie goat, ed> The camp and garrison, cqutppage. ■ We laid flat opitho .ground, anxious to has been turned over to the proper ofttccfe know what the old man was going to do. , h e.exception of sundry axes smash:, .What wps our surprised seo him takb.tbe cc j antd placed hors dc combat in shopping position Dick had taken a couple ol weeks j Qwn t i, o se amiable chppparals wni the | before/-, „ banks of the'Wo Grupde,. ; I also, We said nothing for wo hadn t seep t j ie oai np.kenles und- puns, rq n ny Pi w.dcti any of that kind qf sport for a long, lttpm up in roastjng. boilipg, slewing I The old man presented rather a formidable frying our pork and beans, bacon, and j appearance, but .Billy*.-nothing daunted, be pot ta speak of the slow vbnt nointed, for tho mark. The old man low- w j,j c jj some were ilUnntpred. enough cred, h.ut o little too late, for took . - coll Mcx^an bco g •; '• ;•* him“ Plump.” Wo heard somothiogstiiko p or my Q wp responsibility ,in the mat in the rnud, nnd it wasn’t Hilly, for he j rogVe/roorp on Uncle Sam's account stood looking down over the ridge, l and t h an on m y own, that jam not worllva Dick pulled for the barn, ofld afewamn. damn. 1 havm been PPkPnly utes after we saw the old maPTaddltog paid> hut i believe overpaid^ya^ut,B4.o. for the lipuse,covered.withariud from head -My'poßsbience ,'coippel.lcfl iPft Jo- remops to foot. ' :, j ' , trate ; wiih,ihop a y mo . s iiof 3 t^ t they: assured . That night the'olfh tmn idressed up »n hiViftittilbey made np niisiu^es.,..bank tel his best clpths. J: ventured to askdnm-if say the, same., Xqotisidpred he was going over to seo the doaeon., r t b e ir feeliiigs. nnd indulged, thorn,.. Uow ‘•SeoAbe Deacon,. nol. Cun;t;amanT ut ever, I'mhde gpo.d, use of thp; monpy. on E ood clothes without igotbg to :seo;the •• |t td the sick and unpaid spiders. neaconr ' ' - : - . ' Most of the other captains are m ‘ho ..•‘Yes,” .saitj Dick, iileaningoutiof the same fix with myself (barring the over door,, i'‘cap’t 0 tiian-.go.fladl-ado :tho goat about.responsibility., 'withouttPtpbted inloAbei.mwA.L'. M-,. > e pislle’qs an appwe.ri , . V rtick,waß gone,and theaol'J dad IpOked "w you j,ave any further copimumca,ions [Stpnfiithßn' very : significently alatea- for direct Ahem toAbocaro.ol bPOtlPOl 5 .: i Stepped opt Of the M a j o r Genorpl John L v Lewis,: I|e,w Qr bSoWoo"-,:.- 'v r:;:..- V iy : leaps, J seldom go jo the PPSV^.hc- bpcrTtnUen v 1 K^“W> f Ji,e?n6r mother, but was, "won jn ft qrleans, pal ed, by ‘Ymy Rhspecthilly,; , ‘fepfejioW fkr it jyns jq ‘ T H.'TOBIN, ;v ; •hSli'.miles, I’' 1 ’' wns;tl\e, i rpply. -v%n.* 0 ‘ Captain'Company D. >. .yolunteew. ••«,! .r,oci-3 Mt«t> .[■«» t** , '“f' r _ - r- ■ -j- ‘*wnimrwr—-~^ Oj 1 f ' vA ?V"- 15l ;i. ■■'•.u; sjtl |J;-U) « m i •» l- > IWice AND Priist'Efp]f‘‘ti. ? Vjlnc’ n thou'hast' to do, 1 do'it with' nil thy m'shh ( said 'a tdergyinnki to hisiotf-hne TfhpttJjng. »«So I'd id ■ this > mornirtgi”'icplicd JWI with hn enthusiastic:'gleam in his eVe. ii “Alt, what was if, : rrty drirlingi ’, nna the'fotlicr’s hand ran through his pflsp.ring ft wholloprted •.Took Edwards till hh-yollnd like tlwhUer; you shouldvhav.c heard'him holler, dad." 1 V'. “Dad" looked unhappy; 1 while ho cx : tllniiied lluit the precept did not ' imply,n ' cdso jiko that, and coheluded'rnildly With, ! . ;“You should not have ddnh thaf, my I. “Then he’d wliollopcd md;’’ retorjed Bill. , " , ' . ■ L ,■ “Bettor,” ins sire, “Tor to flic from the wrath to como.V ,i ! “Ycsbut”— by way of u .final' ehneher —“Jriclt can run Iwico ns fast ns i.cqn. The good man sighed, went to his stu-| dy, took up 0 pen, ond endeavored to compose himself and n/sermon reconciling practice with precept. - o^7”Yes, yes, nature balances all things ndniirbly, hpd put the sexes mid every .individual of each on n par. Them that have morn than their slinre of one thing I commoplv linve less of nnother. Where there is great'strength there aim apt to be much gumption. A handsome man in a gCnornl wav nint rnucli of a man. A beautiful bird seldom sings. Them that have genius |,avo no commom sense. A fellow with,one idea grows iiclv'vbtlc ho | who call him n, fool dies poor. : The world is like a (baked meat pie:; .the upper crust is rich, dry, and putfy ; the lower crust is iienvv, doughy and is undone; the mid dle is" not bad generally, but the smal ; lest part of- nil is tlmt which /luvors the whole.— Sam Slick-’e Wiso Saws and Modern .Instances, . .■ • OCrThere is n spice of quiet, but telling sarcasm in the following:-“Got a paper to spare ?” “Yes, sir, here is one of our last. Would you like to subscribe, sir, and take it regularly?” “I would—but I am to poor.” He had just returned from tho circus, which cost fifty cents ; lost time from his farm, fifty cents; whiskey,! l judging from the smell, at least fifty cents —making a dollar and a half actually thrown away, ond then begging lor n newspaper, tilleging that lie was too poor to pay for it ! That is what we cal “sn ving ul the spile and wasting at the bung hole,” Be Gentlb—Violonce ever defeats 1 its own ends. When you pannot dnve, vou can always persuade. .Few people will submit to coercion. A gently word, a'kind, look, n good natured smile, pan work wonders und ; pccomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny., You may I order and .im k individual, but m I cannot niajje him resnect you. In thp do ! mestic circle .especially, kinds words_ uuc. i looks are most essential to domestic fehci ; tv. Children sKould never be spoken harshly/to. It does them no s good. II they commit n 'fault'they-.should,be corrpq- I iej} for it in ; n wild, hut firm manner, and | the iinprcssjpj); it makes upon jhem*'* BUte ito prove' salutary. . Editorial Cn4*n,” — The btn itor.protean, of lho Herald, in the interior of California, retires from hid' post in a suitable valediotpry, ih the course ol Which lie.says, —-*?I shall abdiceto with dignity the arm chair, in .favorof' its 'legitimate, proprietor. . Isy iho-.wn.yv this arm chains i bUt n pleascht. liction--tho billy seat-; in Uhu -.Hdrald 'office being' the'empty nail keg, which I nave occupied while writing | my lenders upbn ihtf ii)verted ‘4ugnr ! boii, ilhat'.aijswers the.purpose of h table. ' But [such js life.” '■ '| I OCrPicUles was decidedly opposed to j i tba lirinns-; until tho late demonstration inadoi by the women of that city; -Ills; views havo sinco. undergone-a- radical change. :So long as the contest lay be tween tho men of Erie and the rai road company,; his sympathies were with the lotter*—but the Radios haying entered the arena, lie now considers it tho-duty oPall good citizens .to uphold the petticoats,— GaUanl fellow,, that Pickled; . " Sunr.iMnr.Y Uimeonous.—A man in Wisconsin, .who recently Inserted'a long advertisement in the papers, offering his furm for sale, closing it in the lollowing sublimely ridiculous style ; “1 he sur rounding, country is the most hcautilul the Gbd of nature ever made. ' The sccnqry is celestial—divine—also, dwo wogors toj sell and a yoke ot steers. Advantage or Laziness. A wn S was one day speaking of u couple of, !■>* ««•; quaintances -who had gone We ? t, tvhere new cemors wero usually attacked season with the ague, npd smd he— Nei ther qftheso two men will be afflicted. “Why not ?’* inquired a bystander “Be cause,” was the reply, “ono of them is too Iny.y to shake, and the other won’t shako unless he gets paid for it!” (kJ"Tho inducements held out' to far mers to plant a large spring crap were never more flattering than iit the present time. Wheat is highqr this day than o v * pr krpnvn belpf l! I l ind so °f a ** Ql * ,e *’ Bra,n p. jiiwJii IN'umbei* 4U , Thora \va§iij.d»y .wliem.Toncyronid.arv rived inlinvro, hot footfrom^ 1 was the Rov- „ oluiion. iPursucdjby, the&l.bftdbTJ ™ the Rcißa ofyT^rprr wreck of property or power, /rwyftyjww, •-■ 6ecqrod, r» pa?sogo -to itio.WP; aboqt.tpsgil..:. Ho. wnsjo heggor andi^v;;,- wanderer to u iftrnngclnndftocarn PIP doily ibrend by daily In.bar, . - i ,“is {bore an American,staying «t. your house 1 ” be asked tbo landlord of the‘ho- ■ • tel, “Inm bound to, cross and woitli) Itbb u leltbr todjerspn of inflpenpo Worid:”;;- Tbc lnndlord bbsitalod ti moment, then- i ] ••'• ’ j /'* J ' • ■' } I *■ rC fyThcre, is a gentleman,np c ?)ptrs»^ ll b« from* America or Britain, i American or Englishman,.l “tyWMS I tfo'^intedWdwny.lA^.Wy^d- Kvboi’in bis life,’was Bishop ,' Prihc6 Prime Minister—ascended the stmra.-, At miserable supplient, be stood before .UW stranger’s door, knocked and entered, v 'lii the far corner of die,dimly .bgbtea room, sat n man of some fifty yedra, 1»» arms'folded - and his head bowed onto* breast. From a windewdircctly opposite n flood of light poured oyer his forphenp. His eyes looked from bcncMh.jhe down, cast, brows, and gazed on Talleyrand s face with n peculiar find Renrching expres* siori. : I-lis Inoe was Striking .in-oullirto.r the; mouth and,chin indicative ofrt " ,r ?“ will. His form, vigorous, even with the snows of ft fly, was clad in a dark but dts- costume. ,« : 'Talleyrand advanced—stated that ho was a fugitive—and under the impression iliat the gentleman hefaro him wasinn American; ho solicited his kind and feel- forth his history .in eloquent French and broken English; ' >‘l nmn wanderer—an cxdo. lam forced to fly to the New World, without? friend or home. ..You are an American . Give me, then, I beseech you, a ' ,BU ® yours, so that I may be able to earn my bread. lam willing to work in any man |ner-ihe scenes of Paris Imvc seized me I with such horror, that a Ufcofinbor would be a paradise to a career of luxury ~n France. You will give me n letter to one of vour friends ?• A gentleman like you .has .doubtless many friends 1 The strange gentleman rose, i >y up » look that Talleyrand never forget, he re treated towards the door of the next chaco- I bor, his eves lookingstill from bendath his darkened brow. He spoke ns te Totmt ed backward—his voice was full of mean- ‘"*“1 on) the only man born in the New World Who can raise his hand to God ona gay I' have not n friend— dot one m all never forgotthe overwhelm ing sadness of that look which accompa nied these words. “Who are you 1” he cried, as the strange man retreated to the next room; “your nar “°My name,” ho replied with. * f.wi |e that bad more mockery than joy an. cotivulsive expression—“my name is Bon• edict Arnold !” r Ho was gone. Talleyrand sank into a chair, gasping the Words— • •J Arnold, the traitor! ' . . Thus,- you seo, he wandered oyer the earth, another Cain, wiUv d mark upon bis brow. R-;on JU|hatsech)- ded roam nt,tbojt Inn at Hnvr oi h.s he ropts in earth until the weath er changes; or a trench may be madean the open ground, even if the tmrlaca must be broken with a pickaxe. the trees daid in until they can bo planted. Thojrma remain in this state quite sufe all .winter. Every season we receive packages Ol .trees from Europe in mid winter, and we find no difficulty in taking care of them in this \vq v,—• Horticulturist* Make youit owb Cande^s.—Toko. ounces of alum' folf every ten, pouqds ol t a 116 w;' dis sol vb 1 1 lie nltim in wator the tallow is put in, and then melt l.dtal low in alum wulor, with frequent stl *f in S< and it will Clarify and hardeu the tallow, so as to makou most beautiful foi ■either winter or summer usc ? almost as good ns sperm. : . . . p,,„, ,If the wick bo dipped in spirits of tur pentine, the candles will relied oi more brilliant Farnter-V'. - To Make A Bsutv Honsß Uraw.-tIo India when a horsp can and will npt4W v ’ instead of whipping, spurring ef mfW® him, ns is frequently thd practice W nw civilized eonntrics; they quietly gnto i rope and attaching if to one of the fure leet.on „r two men take M*M it, and.udvanc.og u few paces ahead ol the horse, pull MW best No matter how, stubborn the animat may, bo, a few dqses Of such treatment el fects a perfect cure. Usß OF COKN cops FOlt PATThP FFE fi* It is stated that if corn cobs be soaked jn salt water, that cattle wilt eatthem readily and thrive on them as pa%3§j2»^ r °°f Half a peck to an ox every fnornn«. w übovtt the quantity. 'feki/ ■ ■■ifni'nwv-*****