...i4;7•!.1.1; IS -V :a s \ • .A0S01",14.11 t•ll , t4e ? ~ .t'r 4v OM m o t " s it alli i i “..,r ;•.- :414 1 ,- ! ' . '.V ' El =ELME 1 I i r OW A 'IDA „ eatarbag ftbruirg 1852. ,ftltrtW MY OLD 'DEAR` KOMt. Between broad fields of wheat and nom Isthe lovely home where I was born; The peach treee lean against the wall, And the woodbine wanders over all; There is the shaded doorway still. Bat a stranger's , foot has crossed the sill. There is the barn—and as of yore I can smell the hay frorn4e open dimr, And see the busy swallo throng, . 3 • ,And hear the pee wit's mournful song ; tut the stranger comes—oh! painful proof— , His sheaves are piled to the heated roof. ." . There is the orchard—the very trees Where my childhood knee long hours of ease, And watched the shadowy moments run, Till my my life imbibed more shade than sun ; • The swing from the bough still sweeps the air, Bat the stranger's children are swinging.there. There blibbles the shady spring below, With its bulrushbrook where the hazel grow ; 'Twas there Ifoimd the calatnus root( And watched the minnows poise and shoot, And heard the robin lave his wing, But the stranger's bucket is at the spring.' Oh! ye that daily cross the sill, Step lightly., for I 'see it still, ' And when yon crowd the old barn eaves, Then think what countless' harvest sheaves Have parsed within that scented door;' To gladden the eyes that are no more. Deal kindly with those orchard trees, And when your childrerf crowd your knees, Their sweetest fruit they shall impart As if old memories stirred their heart— To youthful sport still leave the swing, And in sweet reverence hold the spring. The barn, the trees, the brook, the birds, The meadows with their lowing herds, The woodbine can the cottage wall. My heart still lingers with, diem all— strangers on my native,stll, Step lightly, for I love it still. rtfinistring Spirits. The re-union of parents arid children in heaven, . well as of earthly friends, is a cheering and a .60kt thought. And the idea that our departed 'lends may sometimes be near us, or wait tp wet• ome us on-the borders of the spirit-land, is well ited to impress the mind. A little girl, in a family of my aequaintance,. a rely and precious child, lost her mother at , an age 'nearly to fix the loved features in her remember . ce. She was as frail as beautiful; and as the bud f het heart unfolded, it seemed as if won by that 'other's prayers to turn instinctively heavenward. he sweet conscientious and prayer-loving child, e cherished on 3of the bereaved' family. But she ailed away early. She would lie not) the lap of Mend who took it mother's Mini care of tier, and 'tiding one wasted arm about her neck, would ay "Now tell me about my maxima!" And hen the oft-told tale had been repeated, she would et softly, "take me into the - parlor, I want to see 'y mamma." The request was never refused, a the affectionate child would lie for hours vitt austly gazing on her mother's portrait. But " Pale and when she grew, and weakly— T artng all pan so meekly, That to (hem she sun grew dearer, As the mat hour drew nearer." That hour came a t last, and the weeping neigh ri to spe the child die. The dew of each was already of the flower, es its life sun was down. The little :hest" heaved faintly—spas- 1 Ail) Do yo know mo, darling ' iptobed ; close to er, ear, the voice that was dearest; btit it awoke 1111=111 All at once a brightness, as if Irorti:the upper or/d, burst over the child's coloilessoouotenance. be eyelids flashed open,The lips parted, the watt, addling hands flex, lair, in the little one's last htt ullire eiTurt, as she looked piercingly into the far bave. , . Moth er !" she cried, with surprise acid transport her land — and, passed, with that breath it to her Ihefs bosom, Said a distinznished divine - who stood by that of joyous death : It I never believed in the ministration or do ,inedoses before ; I could not doubt it now." Larvae EDOCATION.—Books were the least part , f the education of the ancient Athenian aitiietis tus for a moment transport ourselves in thought o Ina! glorious city. Let us imagine That we: are wenn tts gates in the lime of its power and glory. crowd is ss , emblerl . round- a portico. ' 'are ring wnh delight at the entablattire, for Phidirtsla 'ring up the ttieze. We'turninto another , rhaps , )di-t is reeling there. Men, wOmen- and', Witten are thronging round , him ; = the' teats= are saning donrn their cheeks; for he Is:telytrig how voam fell at the feet of Achilles; and ltiee`ed those ants—the te.fribte;iTitsairSei=taWttild, -.1 , 3 Many of his 'BA's: We e:lter the public place.; tliere is a ring of 55 ;tis. all leaning it'irth with sparkling eyes, and -":utes of expectation, Socrates is pined against he famous atheist from lonia,and has just brought I " Hit° a CUnitadiCtiOLl terms. )3UI we are llt terrupted, The herald is crying " Ream for the ?Tugs!" The general assembly la- to meek.— .. the People are swarming in on every side, him.' Istsation is made : tt.Who wishes to speak T here is a shout and clapping of hands; Pericles is siotaiung the stand. 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'''' - ''' ~: r ;07 *Tut; F : .IjitAtit bAgAtei ••:,. :To the Canal Conumissiimers:T t GziTttliteris.--I'bitaif the honor to'• submit The followihg repilki upon the North Branch Pei . folli;ill . inti . e.inal, Which has _been in..my chaige, ai r ent peer, since the resumpilokoloperationsthereon.:ur the.latter part of the•year 1849. •: Awn° formal re port has beettfettiOted ln:tegatd.te this work Vine(' 'that of 1841, it thriy,n6l be inalipriipriatel6 recapitu late, on:this °ceasing, something) of Psi istory and progress since-its commencement: :The canal; for. , rnerly designated - at the' a North Branch Exton -thou," 64664 frpih the termination of theliiished ,North Branch canal, at the head.ol; Wyoming irtil ley, in Luzerne county, along the Valley of theSus ,quehanna, a ilistance of 9711.100 . W-files, to the line dividing the Atntes Of I l i entirtiliatfia and NeW York, ordyreguiriiii about pfiventeen miles.of canal - to be made to connect with the whole - .eltain of .internal navigation of that State. • , In theyeai 036 thirty-fiveand"three-fourths miles ,n 1 this work, commencing:at the village of Athens, in Bradford county :.(about four milers below the State line,) and ending at Wyalusing creek, were placed nnder cent*, and in' 1838 al( of the peaty . bluff =firms between the latter point and the mouth of, Lackawanna -were also contract ed fur, the portion between the State line and, the village of Athonii(fbar miles) net haiing been located until tje present year. The entire length Of this improvement, as before stated, .. is ninely-teur and twenty-one hundredths miles, ; and the lockage, from a level assumed at the State linb to thb level of the Wyoming division, two hurtled and eleven,and a half feet. Some idea may be form ed of the magnitude of the work, and the dal-tout ties encountered in iteconstruction, when it is stated that for on id of its length it is located along the foot of etee roc bluffs and p<4rtially in the river, 11 .1 requiring fo -, his d' ialice of over thirty-one miles, a slope wall f r the- protection of the -bank. This walling was/nosily done before the suspension of the work in 1841, and has served to protect the work in an admirable manner against be encroach meats of the river during the highest and most vio (entice floads.? Upon the work placed under con tract in 1836 and 1838 such force was employed as the annual appropriations justified, until the year 1841, and the sum of two millions four hundred and eighty-four thousand nine hundred and thirty nine dollars and sixty cents were expended at the time of suspension. The-whole length of finished canal at that time was thirty-two.and a half miles. The finished sections and incidental work was not, however, connected so that any portion of the line could be available ,for navigable purposes. The details of the location are in the reports of 1836, /37, and '3B, and can readily be referred to The progress and condition of the diflerent descriptions of work prior, to rUtpelition are Set forth to detail in a report I had the honor to submit to the Canal Com missioners ar the close of the year 1841, and to which reference may be had. In the year 1846 I made. an examination and an estimate of the cost of completing the North Branch canal, for a compa ny which had been organized under an act of as sembly, and-at that time I was of opinion that the work could be brought into - use for a sum tat little exceeding eleven hundred thousand dollars. I ad l_vert to this estimate and report for the reason thait - has net unfrequently been quoted in the discussion of the , propriely of . resuming and completing the work. I am still of the , opinion that if the wcrk had been resumed at that time, and promptly prosecuted un der the auspices of a judicious company, that it could have been brought into'use for the sum then estimated. A large amount of perishable work, whip, at that period (1846) would have been available for a few years after completion, is now so far decayed as to render' its entire renewal at -solutely necessary. It wilt alio be borne in mind that at the period , in question, the amount of public t i, work in progress throughout t e Union was small compared with that now in th market, and that it maybe safely stated, regarding gtipply and demand, that work can not be done for less than an advance .of fifteen to twenty per cent , ugon prices which would have been remunerating in the year 1846. 'By a reference to - the report of 1811, to Which I have lietetofore alluded, it - will 'be seen that the .amount of work remaining to be done, 'computed' at the then existing contract prices, was one million foufliOndred and fourteen thousand one hundred I and sixteen dollars and ibree'cents. We now come ' to the period of resuming the work .under the au spices ot the Commonwealth. • As soon as, the CanalCommissloners were notifi. ed of the firosppropriation towards completing , the North Branch, Pehttllvatiii.afied - ciii 1849.) and the wort placed finder my.eharge,as chief ; engi ,neer, I proceedsd, to organize a corps,,and re-locate and prepare for contract twentyorisseetions,•arnonnt ingin the eggregate, to a length of eight and one foirth';trrileir;' aiitl . 806011'101y on the ,i9tli.irf No v,anriber4B49, this amount of ,work was allotted to contractors. The work firm selected -to be placed in progress, embraced the heavier Nuficsedithis, and did not include`apy mechanical stiticium liable to decay or injury: From the paucity of the appropria tion, and consequently limited amount of Work thus.' under way, it was with difficulty. that any coriiiiil- etableforee of laborers could tau ihduced , to, the line, IMO but a Small, amount of .work wa s: done,' until the spring of the folloWing• year • ' - By the act of the 10th May, 1850, en' rulditiorial appropriation of ,two hundred' find fifty, thousand ' dollios - was made towards!completihg this work, and on the thirdof June of that year,-Usvairrlireet- ed bylhe Canal COrnniissionets to'preliare tt*lit- i I iiiiOuriiiir? k;ooni , 03: 14 . 0' w o rk: on the Islli arid ,' 19th of July, 1850, proposals wetsreceived• tor seventy-three sections (aggregate length thirty-ser-. en add a at in:il6.b Iwo, danie across.; the ,Sas- queliansta river—thei,masonry xg : ten, Aqueditot twentponel ' ocks.and: nine ettivettc" -- .11 ii thu6 ten ; ~, . 7. , .. ..,, •_•-• ~ •4, ,, . _ -- a= '.. i ME ,t'a..l:,:•') YY::.::,: ME MEE OM "' '3' ':x9l Itt 11+141%1' - : • s'.r 3 ~:~ two ~a':•r~~ ~_ 01, Ni! tcr. , =EMS .4naeg : , #tii i ! FA ci porluatlce DE4tie pia J VisetiltilY ib 1849, and of May to, 1850; is torty.ftve andlhreet fourth nines: The working Sees,ti of theyear 1850 haneia4 helbi s e iddir alletied to, was-placed under contract, and at the, , ,elnse 01 that:Bscat year, the total value of work donee was one hundred and forty-three thousand two hundred and,sixty-four,'dollars and eirieteencentis. , By The aeterAsSeinbly ",the."l:s4 - 11 prj'„ll.4l, U,.ferther appropriation of one hundred and seventy-fiverhou eand dollars wee specifically Made; aunt a contini gent appnrriation of one•balf The' surplus revenues; glcr pOipi othr apprupcialwns, to be , applied to the completion of the North Branch canal., fdview of the limited:amount of work we had. been =able to aeconfpliali;np te'theelese of the year' 1850, it wasdeemed advisable t early in ,1851" to receive proposals for all of the sections (except the repairs to those formerly finishea) remaining to be placed under contract; and accordingly, aßer due notice, bide ware received on the'234 day of June - last, which were canvassed by the Canal Commission• era in the latter part of July following. By the time that'the board had examined the pro it became mattirestthat 'all of The eiisting appropriations would be,eihausted by the close of the fiscal year, and hence the prudential course of declining to incur Rinker liabilities on the part of the State,. until the means were appropriated to meet them. By the tabular statement, which accompanies this report, it will be seen that the whole amount of .work done from the lime of resuming opeiations on , this canal in 1849, up to the 20th October, 1851, is six hundred and six thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollars and eleven cents. This state ment, however, only embraces the work done en der contract for sections and mechanical work, and does not include the disbursement., for cement for the masonry, iron and spikes for locks, fencing, re moving buildings, instruments, stationery, printing, superintendence, engineering, and sundry inciden tal, expenses. These latter expenditures ale not subject of estimate, but are paid on billscertified by the Engineer to the Superintendent, and appear of record on the books of the latter. The value of work done from the Ist December, 1850, to the 20th October, 1851, is four hundred and sixty-three thousand two hundred and eighty. three dollars and Ginety-twoVents. I have, in the tubular statement referred to, only brought up the estimate of work done to the 20th October, instead of adopting the usual custom of ex tending it to the end of the fiscal year; for therea son that at the former period (20th October)( the whole amount of appropriations was expended.— Since that date a considerable amount of work has been done; and several-of the contractors Contin ue to prosecute their jobs, and intend doing so dur ing the winter. It is much to be regretted that means could not be obtained for pushing on the work without inter ruption, as every' stoppage not only goes to increase the ultimate cost, but seriously affects the business operations of the contractors, as well as those of all connected with or dependent upon its progress. During the remarkably favorable season just clos ed, the greatest poseible amount of work was done that our limited means justified, and the tine is now in such state of torstardness that in all of the year 1852 it may be finished, and brought into use early in the season of 1853. The following recapitula tion of the tabular statement is here inserted to avoid 014 necessity of retetence : The toialestimateteost of this canal, dating from the time of its resumption in 1849, is one' Million three hundred and ninety-eight thousand nine hun dred and fifty-seven dollars and eighty-seven cents. he amount appropriated by the several acts of 1849, 1850, and 1851, is five hundred and seventy. fve thodsand dollars; to which, it we add the con tingent appropi Wien of 1851, assumed at filly thou sand dollars, which rum, deducted from the total estimated cost, leaves seven hundred and seventy three thousand nine bundren and fifty-seven dollars and eighty-seven cents as - the amount yet to be ap propriated fur completion. I had hoped, until re cently, that this canal might be finished for a sum considerably less than my estimate of 1841; but the amount of perishable material used in the datis, locks, ,bridges, and waste, weirs, and, has, alter the lapse of twelve years, become so far de cayed'aelo require renewal, forbids the idea that 'it can be completed much below that estimate. A heavy item of expenditure occurs 'in the re newal of nearly the cntire body of dam No. 2. It was not until the present season that this work was opened up so as to ascertain with certainty wheal it it might be , relied upon, without placing new and sound tiMbers,instead of thoseepartially decay ed ; and it hasbeen deemed prudent (to make it sate beyond Contingency) tebuild anew nearly the whole of this Structure. To guard against injury lo "10 ctinif from the lateral, streams, which might le sultfrom afreshet timilar to-that al July,: 1850, it became necessary to materially increase the water 'stay cora !To efrect ililinbject six small aqueducts and six culverts lave been added to the bomber that had always been -deemed adequate, and three ague. ducts substituted for culverts; also, the capacity of other culverts materially enlarged. One instance occurred (that at Gardner's.creek, on section 177) where the flood in the creek made an additional channel and out let rendering tun aqueducts neces• easy, when but oneirad beep contemplated. SoMe difficulty, has been experience.l, and additionalcost incurred,- from the presence. of luirkisand at. two points on the line._ This otters on section No. 80, vherethe hacation of the lack was Changed . end the level raised, passing . the . rpticiisand' points, and: cribbing resented t¢ jot' tilitpurpsp at, retaining the, ' towing path. On section No. 191 it mitt forma necessity:to re sort to piling :or the topoclation fit the . agifsdnit over the Lackawanna, Mutts materi ally-ro- dm ex pense Of construction: 1 Arlwo points on the line the land - Aides fromithe alliantainiiide have rend • )-1-roz.if I , IZ oi 1-;,:sr,- - - --41 r,7 41r , t•'?•Ct'Jitri, 3 {.:ll `,T97.f P.• s •• / • tel../ ../-1 421,, DEMUNCINTION , `..rIt.OII'IANIVQIIAILTEIt,4 I PiI'z ,, --: Z , = 4 " , `-''; , 74 7! allot e_ g ol,4ss vl ` !" . '3•!til =41.3 Nt' ,'_' , l3-t".tt- 1,3 ; — tt‘tl2;s P. 1•1-: . 4 7 0 j. ttl :4111•Iti" . ! • .IP3.l:_tt •i it! 10.) frz•s,:— 143c131:,.:1; Ca* Itra ,q W+11? 3.f0 lo+4.`e) fil.ict,&:; t4tvi.::-. + 1 ; . ;;IP:ItAt 4 t.:4 151 • ?5 1 .0 01 01r!e Pf 3abl e 6 9 ' —l / 1 1{ . i t l l lhi l A rn—.Bll 2 e7ll Vi thr t 60.4 .00 1 ?9,9402 (iiii4' 1 411. 11 1: 0 . 13 0 1 4e1 1 4 644,4 1 0 1 ,J heavy. stone, pogo; the clod ifterliki l hall hate been brottp,ht intolokti • •• ' Orikeerinnn finietibd Eiitee tike l rearn7 eighteen Inilesy which-, Added to the finished work prior to suspettilion- (thirty.t*G ‘erni: &half antes) given fihy- an 4 re hill tailed stir the 'pertitm emir. "[deed.' - I have trequeutly beert.sslcefigte quessisiis wily the monies appropriated to . the:Notth Branchcanal have not been, aPplied istvards bringing into, use PA'e, j . l.'ll l 9,'Sef;lY`tiil l 4" Tlty. 0010 question, its, that this, canal-. foams:the connecting link in thevresit chain of internalnavigation of the Statek of Neu yorkknAPenitssltaniii and Is main Ifs/Jib - aye es a w/v4e. It is tine, Ilia( a loChl eas iness in lumber, coal, aterchatulize,' &a., might be done upon a portion cstit, but judgment sufficient to make it ayaxingwork, '•,' The,gretit and iegreassititMarket for our Coal and iron to.be fanny in the State of New Ycirk, Skittle yond there in the- reg,ion - of the great lakett;•is what is to nuke the North Biancheanal (as a whole) equal in point of productiveness, not. superior, to the bete paying canal Owned by'Penniyhrania: Is it not therefore, the dictate Of wisc:ent ansl,sound pet. icy to raise the peans at once for a vigorossaprose cution, and early completionM this valuable and• important wcrk'l We how havelan investment in it of over three Millione, one hunched thonssnerdol. lam The interest on this inyestment, at, six per cent. per annum, would c in four years, nearly equal thesum now required•to eon:Vete it. Bat I beg to remark in this - connection that the slim 'eitima . ted for completion is upon the , assumption that means wilt be provided for progressing without delay. If ibe money ig only to be obtained. in such sums as to consume four or five years in 'aecirtriplishieg that which may be done in fifteen or, eighteen months, no human foresight, nor professional skill and experience can determine, with any degreekot accuracy, the utmost cost. It will be readily be perceived that every feat's delay is productive ol loss, in_the decay ol the me chanical structures--the hilMg in the canal from the mountain slopes and ..various contingencies, in addition to the increased cost of superintendence and engineering, to say nothing of the interest on the investment. No portion of the public works of Pennsylvania has superior, if equal rescources, from which to draw a tonnage to make it highly remunerative, as the North ifranch canal. Anthracite coal, of superior quality, and in quan tity sufficient to produce a million of toris - for one hundred generations, is at the Southern end of the work we-are considering, and as I have before eta. ted, an ample field for an immense consumption is beyond its northern terminus. The rapid increase in the consumption of this article, fully justifies me in the opinioh that .before five years shall have elapsed, after the completion of this canal,' at =least half a million of tons will pass northward opOrt it annually, to say nothing of the lion, lumber, salt, plaster, merchandise, Bw., which most be carried both ways. Now in thisone item of anthracite coal we have a sore and refiable"teinnage, more than sufficient to pay the interest upon the whole cost of this canal. Assuming five hundred thousand tons ofcoal as the basis of our valculations, an 1-this one item would yield at the rate of toll fixed by act of Assenibly (one cent 'per ton per mile ), for ninety kiur miles, the sum of foar hundred s and arairiiity thousand dollars. The interest upon the whole cost of this work, if we assume tour millions as the maximum (and it cannot reach that sum), at six per cent. per annum, would be two, hundred and forty thousand dollars, to which add lofty-seven thousand dollars, being nt the rate of live hundred dollars per mile per annum for skierintendence and repairs and we have two hundred and eighty. 1 seven thousand dollars as the sum necessary to be received to pay interest on cost and maintain the navigation, annually ft is thus shown that the coal tonnage alone - will yield one hundred and eighty-three thoutand dollars, annually, aver the amount required for maintaining the work and paying the interest oh its entire cost. , ' ft may be said that this is an exagge'ratedstate ment of tho coal business, bur my deliberate judg ment is, that I have assumed a entailer amount than the result will shoW to'be true.., • • In this view of the question, I 'am strengthened by an examination of .the statistics of this product of Pennsylvania. By reference to these ta bles, it will be Peen that die product'of the year 18- 49 t only_ five years past). was a little over tvrtamil. lions,• three hundred thousand tons,mrhile the pm. 'duct of 1851 veal reach nearly, if not quiteitorir millions five hundred the:lspm! tons, and it is be ,lieved that.the market has been.as active dining the year 1851, as at any former period since its in. troduction intelkenerat Use. ' • ' likonPideririgihia probablO reyenue to be defil ed fromahe North Branch canal, T hive. omitted l uny estimate of tonnage, other than anthracite coal because thave an abiding cor.fidence, that merely as an avenue for this article alorie, it Would be a highly productive work , but it would be by no means deficient in ether art lees of tonnage, which would go lo swell the receipts larg,ily beyond what has been ,atated Let us corn Pare its adiantages in thje respect, with ,the, Dela:save ,division al the .Pennsylvania canal, which.has become a product ive work, -at very low rites of 101 l upon coul. Upon this aivisico of ih State works Wife its Com: patctively, a small amount Ql retuta.freight, ,while ft:waits locality and conneetkins,ifie North Branch I canal must carry southward plaster, salt, lime, •ce- Pentr. illinttetb And. mi#celkFteßul4fiejOir•ti4 ox. _change lor..the coat arid iron senilnorthstard.l • In, fact, my deliberate .opinion. is, that kr afew learn . after' thie•Wrirk mists be brought into Use, Afs tubb tiers and Only' bit lirgited .,; b the amount .ot tonnage that can be, pseseciverkit4,lThe condition 61 title "work,•aml the prospectiit'oftemot . 1 teeming a highly, teduirterativa iitie'ltiitffidit the p , e" ity" forefkAndiyidual n°,;(4PVsßc!cAlioßM ii;0 1 40. P; r 11 ; 14 0 citild"bd completed in the shortesCpeseible. ,firae r even,il theylnidfo'ruallelaerifieesno raisefhe money for its accomp,liplarnem„ not " Y 44 l1 1 . 11 ;:e4 0 1A a'fiou"Oc,iali t elicY ihat..wo'uldgovern iodisiduals similarly Circumstanced,. especially when the sum verprimd, could readily , be robtained by ottaiaa . qpar; if not' ff . sin tilt in.eincum• Th,i'aigns'Of teenaifien iat.i4sted isroxentent, thiniohey. have a right te'surk_e prompt completion of it. For more titan ten years, lose 'residing along the line, hale weantint 'awe havenandinconveniericep red and divided by an- unsightly, partially finished work, andfloring‘all that timeyin tto portion:of the Commonwealtftl»ive'lire taxes , necessary folnis2 taih die eielit of the Sta e , :been More cheerlolly and prodiptly paid. , At the.time of the greatest commercial and State embartilismeitt;when the-idea of repudiition was not only entertained but expressed, and that too, in p,ottinns . e) the State having-cosily improvements made at the expense of -the Commonwealth, that doctrine, found lito -ndsocates'eniong. the people of the North Branch. They met all the require ments of the - State authorities,. patiently await ing., the lime when deferred justice would be Met ed out to' them" itt the-completion of their long cher ished but neglected improvement. They do not Legislature go to theo ask an expen Imre upcin markof rhm btful, characters. The, tonnage, to make • it profitable to the State, is at its sontherivend,ami an ample Market beyund its northern term inns—a markdt n ciept,not,only to .'make Produce the intereiti upon its whole ,cost, but to yield largely beyond that limit, in aid of the. liquidation of our State debt. In conclusion I cannot , too strongly urge the policy of an immediate appropriation of one handred•thonsarrit dollies, to meet the 'pleas ing demandi of those'esnitisictora who are urging 'forwardthe'ii work, and before: the close of the ap. preaching session of the I t egislature, an , additional sum, sisfficient to complete 'the canal early in . the season' of 1851 - All which is respectfullj submitted. • WAII. 8.. FOSTER,', Ja., I C. E. N. B. Pa. CanciL Tommos, Dec. 30, .1851 Philosophy of Eating. Use but two or three kinds of food, beside bread and bitter, at a single meal, and never eat anything between meals: You should eat at regular bons, and trt three times a day, with Iwo intervals . of not Icris than five hours each, nor more than six. Cold water retards digestion,. and so does any quid,llf much it taken during or soon after a meal; balfaglass at a meal is Oucrog,h. Fro.'uil • an fridur and a half after a meal until within , half an hour of the neat orter,•you may drink as much.vrater as you desii 4 e ; it is best, however to drink but a swallow • t - or two at a lime, interval of half a minute or more ; otherwise you may : take mum than na ture requires before you-know it, just as in eating Last.! It too m itch linid is taken during meats it di lutes the gasiric juice,thns weakening the pow ers of digestion, and retaining the food longer in the stomach than is natural ; It also causes acid stra ach,theartburn, tallness, , behrbinpi,' and bad blood, prodneing, according - to circumstances, a "dryness, or ri masa, or scalding sensation in the throat as to • T do indigestion& from ether causes, whether. from quithir or quantity of Matt All .errors as to diet arises from quantity or quali ty, and I propose one safe rule to each, applicable to 41 persowand under all circumstances. . As to quality, the general rule into eat that wi ich you( like beet, and which you find by close obser , ~ potion and experience is followed by no uncomforta hie teeling about the head, hands,: feet or stomach. , ( .Aa to quantity, take asmuch at one meal as will rilleve you to become decidedly hitigry by the,next meal;this' consecutive observations; can only be ileterm:ne by consecutive observations; but remember, never swallow an auttn-of food unless you are hungry ; never li tome" a particle of food on yonrselt ' The brute creation cannot be induced to eat Or drink,!it slightly ill or expited, guided only by, their poor blind instinct, arid we who are as much higher than they, by the " reason" that is within Os, 'onglit'to feel ashamed to fact less Wisely ;' and yet nine-tenths of all our 'aiments,ittuite and chronic, enteß here ; and rune (The of them all might be cured , thus, if taken in reasonable time, and if properly ereevered in. ''' The finer all food is cut with a,knife, before put info the mouth, the sooner and easier it isdigesteil, ors the same principle that s lame piens, of ice plat ed in a vessel eerie . writer wilt 'require a longer time to melt, than it it were first dissolved into many small pieces .The 'grastrie juice d i ss olves sciffd lend from s , illiet)l I inwards, hence load, ea *lolly all kinds of meat, :Should be cut up into pieces-nbt larger than a item, before it iii plated in (el Meet, taking hi as many pieces at a time as is , 1 , c nvenieut. ,-This iireeaution .would' not be needed were persons to' at slowly, and masticate their food I properly ;' tint oar natiorial habitsore otherwise, nor ' i I there efitich hope of 4 speedy change in this re- ! ~, petit. • , Tlir. BEST is Lat--".l.am Ilan,!' said Jeremy May I nr, 44 into the hands of publicans and Bermes iters, and they luivirtaken . all , tram me. What tet me kink Asoiii me! They have lelt me ,son•and qicioripfire and,water, a loving wife, many friends to pity ine, antlsome ttheelieve me, : and .1 An Am iliteoarke';-endfuhlessif' list, they have of iaif'eit etvay rny . rainy' ceutiteninee and my e;heerlul spirits, and azooideoninienee ; they have eitill•left me the providrpoe of ‘ Gitt, rind ell the pro oiiiiss of theGospiii,andmy religion x and my hopes of heaven, and my charity to thelm too. • And still t sleep, and ftest, and eat, andldrink ; 1-read and can niiglibot's, pleasant seit:thei'viiiiiiies of 4mnd-beauties, and Oelightia all that in which-God 41iiiiihtio, that is, in ittoa tectyditloirtz-itf the' whole creation, and in r • • ! •rj.l , ; 6.; ,:‘, ..'.'47 ft.t14. 7 ,lerrt Zhcitigtl.l6' =MIOSAiI 'greif avocation of life, no matter what it tuy be; ties its eccentric features and 4 ! eluiratieni's are always finimi whose peizitiltrifiba Mark !bilis . Withiri especial slam/. Among odr river Mak:- Whose Jives are more variegated than any abet— this 'realities lel paitleolai . pin`rtliti s ehlor thitat to:all.sorilt of, Society, mingling, in friendly com munion with ell grades of people, from the pauper to.the prince,- the witless end the witty, the Wien and the wise, the rough and the refined, their op portunities to read nature moutitainixe above all that pbilarrophea ever written . Show us !be cap win. of a western steamer *fin cannot assert drepre• else location of a man's soul by his eye, an see as though hewers but a sheet of glue ; and this fee- Thy; which.he has acquired by practical experience and the instincts of association, enables him to make himself easy anywhere among men, and accom modate himself to the -tailed notions Ole varied people. In fact, he is and is not like the chamiart —he is no far as his individual intercourse with men goes, in assuming their colors, but is not,. eo far:as the fabled existence on air is concerned, u that_ don't pay the wood bills. There are some quaint characters on our waters, and their anecdotes of river life would make en amwinguolleo•ion.—such an one as would be worth the attention of any enterprising tollater. Some of the "yams" of these quaint old captains out-hood Hood himself; and contain more of the material of humor than would furnish texts fore prolific author 4 life lime. There was once a steamboat coming op the Mis sissippi one dark night, and the captain according to " time•honored imager," was playing. cards in the social hall. The mate stepped in— " Captain out of wood—not enough left . to make the water hot enough to shave with." Ring the bell," replied the captain—" Plow a light, andiscare some op along the shore." The. mate went out, and the captain Went on with the game. lu a. few moments the mate returned. ti Found a boat int." - The Captain lett the table, arid Went out.. ".How do you sell-your vrood !" shouted the the captain to the people at the yard. " Two and a half." ".Too much," said the captain. " However, take a cord or Iwo, and look further." A couple of cords wore taken in, the game was resumed in the social hall, and the boat sweat on. A half hour elapsed, when the toata : again fp peated. , ", Out of wood, sir." , . Bell tutrklight—my deaf' • The orders were obeyed, anil.the mate again art. nounced a IFbottlard. _ The carain went on'. " How do yon sell your wood!" " Two and a half." "Too high. but will take a couple of coria 411 we cal do better." As before a couple of cords *tie taken In, not twenty minutes elapsed before the Mate seam appeared. • the belt," ' " Better take morti,,tbis time:" "Show a light." "It's done sir." ' In a few moments, a woof yeo Was aseht B " rung up," and the steamerWrent in, " What's the price of pour_sreed "Two arid a half." " Two and a halt be d— -d !" cried the esp. twin. " %yell, captain," answered the woodman, we, will put it to you at two and a quarter, alt this makes the third time I have wooded with us to-night I" The captain had nothing to say ; but took the wood, and- got quickly out of that still current, which the boat was unable to stem. The !t— -wee so solemnly slow that the captain himself use o say she must have been , intended for ; a hearse. She is the same boat which the newspapers once said made the trip from New Orleans to Louisville in six days and-Lfour weeks. o-Gocific said he married to obtain respectabil ity. Joh Wilkes declared he wedded to please his friends. Wyclierly, in his old age, took hie servant girl to wife .to spite hi 4 relations. The Rams ans, have a col of a widow who was in conso!able for the loss of her husband that she leek another to keep from fretting herself to death ;ala we read of a Catholic who deo:tired lie would never have taken a second wife,but having a chance to marry a l . protemant'gid, he took her to be the means ofsaving her soul. A young and rather "fast" gentleman of our acquaintance married a lady nearly old enough to be his grand mother because he owed a , bill of ally dollars for boanl The bargain, lie after wards feelingly described, aka hard, one, declaring that he went off cheap—chrt cheap., TN A DILEMMA.- We were nand' amused by an inetdel t which a friend or ours related to us the other ti y. A gentleman who had been absent foe a considerable time, and who, during his absence had raised a pretty luxuriant Crop of whiskers, mus taches, &e, v ailed a relative, whose ehild—tin art less little girt made no demon Ira ion towards saint. ing Urn with a kiss, as wilt seal. " IVliy said the mother, " don't you know your Uncle Hiram? Why don't you give him a kiss?" - '"Why, ma," returned the little girt, with the most perfect simplicity, " I dont see any place !" SLOW ASO SURE.-If men were 'content to grow rich more more plowly, they would grow rich more smelly. If they would use their capital within reaL4onable limits. end transact ith it only io mach business as it could fairly control, they woultrbe far less liable to liise it. Et:restive pro fits always involve the 'felinity of pest risks—as is a lottery, in which ti statue hig h Ivo, there in fiC , a vat proportion or • . 7,!s''''• .• '.5 4 ; - fp.: . - =iv", c . • I. =NM Iwo; tip-
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