If D3LUR PER ANNUM. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE, TOWANDA: flinrsS.in fltormnn, ngnst 13. 183?. OUR HAPPIEST DATS. ji,ev tell me, lore, that you mJ I Oar happiest days are seeing, While vet is shut from either's eye The change that waits on being ; Ah! life, they say's a weary way, With less of joy than sorrow, y„r where the sunlight falls to-day, There'll lie a shade to-morrow. If ours be love that will not bear The test of change and sorrow. And only deeper channels wear In passing to each morrow ; Then better were it that to-day We fervently were praying. Tlut what we have may pass away While we the words were saying. The heart hath depths of bitterness, As well as depths of pleasure. And those who lore, love not unless They toth of these can measure. There is a time, and it will come. When this they may discover, And woe if either then lie dumb To power that moved the lover! TV.e are some sporta where each will fall, Ami each will need sustaining ; And rfiU'-ring is the lot of all. And is cl God's ordaining ; Then wherefore do our he-arts unite In bonds lbs; roue can sever. If not to bh-s, Mcb -changing light, Vnd strengthen each endeavor ' " i whii these happy days we bless, ' ;s no dmilg be !wir.g ; i. ■mercy never will he less, Ti; ■ igh he should change tie showing ; > h is- our faith as on we tread. Each trtistiag Jtnd obeying. A ! two who by his hand are led. And hear what he is saying. ill i s 1111 unco us. THE WONDERS OF CALIFORNIA. THE BIG TREE GROVE. A correspondent of the San Francisco Bulle • the celebrated "Big Tree Grove,"iu Gal ave rs county. California : We arrived at the hotel about sunset, and i aud a large compauy already collected, ea g :to engage iu the dauce of the eveniug.— pery preparation had been made by the pro prietor. Mr. Hayncs, for a grand time. Be- I revu the hotel and the base of the Big Tree, . 'Vie spring tloorhud beeu laid to dauce UJK>Q ; vL.ch with the stump was covered with a large i: or of evergreens, beautifully illuminated .:h many caudles among the boughs. The seme wus romantic and beautiful beyond de scription. Here, fifteeu miles from any habi tation. where but a few years ago nothiag but v bowl of the wolf aud panther, or the still iu re fierce whoop of the ludiau ever disturb ed the long silence of nature, the wilderness BOW echoed with the sweet note of merry mu >o All seemed to enjoy the novelty of the ■ '.asion. free aud uurestrained from the cold i rmai.tiesuf fashionable life We were some '•-at wearied with the fatigues of our journey frt there was IX -i-yji till w.irn. when youth *neen given upou it by the spin an laruily iu May, ISoo : also by the tl Vasou family in the same year. It was " i .;-covered by some hunters iu ISSO, whose cuts were considered fabulous until ron :by actual measurement. This proud . monarch of the forest was destroyed bv Hautord, who lias since taken a section titty feet of the bark to New York and : r - Ac ha met a just reward for his van (■V.sm by losing a tortuue in the enterprise.— ' rojuired the lalor of five men for tweutv -7 days to cut the the tree down. This was v by boring it with augers, aud theu saw -1 - .e spaces between. It stood so perpeu -1 uar tl ~t it required a weon its trunk, alvout one hundred "rout its base, is situated a bar-room and ru-p u a]|eys. exteudiug along its upper sur guty cne feet affording ample room for r more ailey beds, side by side. A' tor a short rest, we hastened, the next - ng, with much anxiety, to visit all the .*'t> >? interest in the Grove. As nearlv 1 -be trees have already been described by I shall uot consume time iu noticing but only a few incidents connected with .!t createst vegetable productions of the At first sight the stranger can hardly t eir massive grandeur—with truuks " > x feet circumference, lifting their huge ' - ies three huudred feet towards the ' 5 It is only by comparing them with >arrc*undiug pines, which are ten feet in if 1r i a ~d then with those half that sixe. V ;Q the eastern forest, would be consid "• very large trees,) that, any just conoep- I V be formed of their real magnitude.— - *'.ber of the Forest;" who has long bowed his "head to the dust," is still V' T 3 ri " ns - His trunk is over thirty- i T V 4 * 1 ; n diameter, and can be traced near tandred feet here it was broken in by falling on mother tree. Ac : to the general tapper of other trees. ' - at progenitor must have been oTcr foor .feet in ienglb. At the distance of -aiidred aad fifty feet from the roots, we T through a knot hole in a car ,eas' eight fact in diameter. The view -•h seated upon the moss covered trunk of T vaerab,e lather, -urrounded by a group l * cut . T pi* 3 ! Joas sod daughters, THE BRADFORD REPORTER. form one of the moat impressive scenes in the forest. Near the "Father" is the famous "Horse Back Hide," an old fallen trunk, one hundred and fifty feet long, hollowed j out the fires which hate in days past, raged in the forest. The cavity is sufficiently large to al low a person to ride through on horseback.— Most of onr party, both ladies and gentlemen enjoyed the remauce of performing this great novel feat. These mammoth trees resemble the cedar very much, as is indicated by the bark and leaf, and according to many botanists belong to the family of Taxodiuius. They have justly been named the Washington Gigantm, but ac cording to two of the greatest English botan ists, they are classified as an entirely new spe cies, aud to gratify English pride and extend the name of Waterloo they named them Se uhin Wcllingtonia. There are niue-two large trees of this family still standing. They meas ure from fifteen to thirty feet in diameter, and are from two hundred and seveuty feet high. This pleasaut little valley in which the grove is located contains about three hundred acres of land, and in it—aside from the mam moth trees, which will ever make the place classical iu the future history of California— there is much to interest and amuse lovers of rural mountain scenery. The elevation being nearly 4,500 feet above the level of the sea, the air is always fresh, cool aud invigorating. Through the valley there is a never failing stream of water, gracefully meandering among the trees ; aud the earth unlike the parched plains below, is always moist and covered with green vegetation all the summer. There are luxuriant groves of young firs, cedars, dogwood, and hazel, with a few scattering yew trees (of which the Indians make bows,) forming to gether a cooling shade under which the travel er may sport and amuse, protected from the burning rays of the noon-dav sua. The state ly sugar pines, towering from two to thrie hundred feet towards the clouds, like the as pen, presents a gracefulness of form, and poe trv of motion, while rocking their boughs in the breeze, that none could look upon except with interest aud delight. Through all the Grove the proprietor, at great expense, has cut fine walks and drives, thus enabling those who do not wish to enjoy the manly sport of climbing logs aud leaping brooks and ditches, to enjoy the beautiful scenery upon horseback or quietly riding in their carriages. A short walk to a little eminence to the right of the hotel gives a view of which is grand beyond description. To the east are the peaks of the Sierras, glistening in the eternal snows of winter. Hundreds of feet below, the Stanislaus, swelled by the melting snows of the monntains, rolled rapidly through its wind ing chanuel to the great "Father of Waters." While to the south and west are parched and burning plains of the great Sacramento and Sau Joaquin vallays. THE Fop DAGUEREOTYPED. —The following portraiture is so true to life, that there is no mistaking the character drawn : " The fop is a complete specimen of an out side philosopher. He is one third collar, one sixth patent leather, one-fourth walking-stick, and the rest kid gloves aud hair. As to his remote ancestry there is some doubt : but is now pretty well settled that be is the son of a tailor's goose. He becomes exstatie at the smell of new cloth. He is somewhat nervous, and to dream of tailor bills gives him the nightmare. By his hair, one would judge be had been dipped like Achilles : but evident that the goddess must have held him by the head instead of the heels. Nevertheless, such men are useful. If there were no tadpoles there would be no frog-. They are not so en tireiv to blame for l>eing devoted to externals Paste diamonds mnst have a splendid setting to make them sell. Only it seems to be n waste of {materials to pnt five dollars worth of bea ver on five cents worth of brains." GROWTH OF MIND. —We wonder, indeed when we are told that one day wc shall l>e as the angels of God. I apprehend that as great a wonder has been realized already on the earth. I apprehend that the distance be the mind of Newton aud of a Hottentot may have been as great as between Newton and an angel. There is another view still more strik ing. Newton who lifted his calm, sublime eye to the heavens, and read among the pianets and stars the great law of material universe, was. fortv or fifty years before, au infant, with out cue clear perception, and unable to dist-.tt gush his nurse's arm from the pillow ou which he slept. Howard, too. who, under the strength of all sacrificing benevolence, explored the depths of human suffering, was, forty years before, an iufant, wholly absorbed iu himself, grasping at all he saw. and almost breaking bis little heart with fits of passion when the idlest toy was with held. Has Dot man already traversed as wide a space as seperates him from angels ?— CkanniHg. A KRXTCCKT GIRL. —When the Steamer Alida was sinking from her collision with the Fashion on Tuesday night and the passengers iu coi.fusiou. some preparing to secure a safe retreat from the sinking craft, and some in the water making their way to laud, a young girl of about seventeen summers was standing on the guard intently contemplating the scene and looking anxiously to the shore. A young man. in the ntsh of gallantry, stepped up to her, ami remarked, " Miss, if you will pot yourself under my protectiou I will convey you safely to shore." " Thank you," replied the rating heroine. " but you need not trouble Vourself lam ooly waiting for the crowd to get out of the way. when I take care of myself and reach the bank." Soon the crowd cleared the space, and she swam to the oppo site bank with apparent ease and without the least perceptible fear. AVTJQCTKT. —Too often a collector of val uables thai are worth nothing, and a re coHector of all that Time has been glad to forget. PUBLISHED EVE " REARDLE3S OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER." Y THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. The Quaker's Corn-Crib. A man had been in the habit of stealing corn from bis neighbor, who was a Quaker. — Every night he Would go softly to the crib, and and fill his bag with the ears which the good old Quaker's toil had placed there. Every morniug the old gentleman observed a diminu tion of his corn pile. This was very aunoying and must be stopped—but how ? Many an one would have said, "Take gun, conceal your self, wait till he comes, and fire." Others would have said, "Catch the villain, and have him sent to jail." But the Quaker was not preparad to enter iuto any sucli measures, lie wanted to pun ish the offender and at the same time bring about his reformation, if possible. So he fixed a sort of a trap close to the hole through which the man would thrust his arm in getting the corn. The wicked neighbor proceeded on his un holy errand at the hour of miduight, with bag in hand. Unsuspectingly be thrust his hand into tiie crib to seize atl ear, when, lo ! he found himself unable to withdraw it ! Iu vain he tugged and pulled, aud sweated, and alter nately cried aud cursed. His hand was fast, and every effort to release it only made it the more secure. Atter a time the tumult in his breast measurably subsided. Ite gave over his useless struggles, and began to look around kim. All was silence and repose. Good men were sleeping comfortably iu their beds, while he was compelled to keep a dreary, disgraceful watch through the remainder of that long and tedious night, his baud in constant paiu from the pressure of the cramp which held it. His tired limbs, compelled to sustain his weary body, would fain have sunk beneath him, and his heavy eyes would have closed in slum ber, but 110 ! there was no rest, no sleep for him. There he must stand and watch the progress of the uight. and at once desire aud dread the return of morning. Morning came at last, and the Quaker look out of his window and found that he had "caught a man." What was to be done ? Some one would say, "Go out and give him a good cowhiding just as he stands, and then release hiru ; that'll cure him." But not so said the Quaker. — Such a course would have sent the man away embittered, and muttering curses of revenge. The old inau hurried on his clothes, aud start ed at once to the relief and punishmeut of his prisoner. " Good morning, friend," said he, as he came in speaking distance. "How docs thee do ?" The poor culprit made no answer, but burst iuto tears. " O fie !" said the Quaker, as he proceeded to release him. "I am sorry that thee has got thy hand fast. Thee put it in the wrong place, or it would uot have been so." The man looked crest-fallen, and begging forgiveness hastily turned to make his retreat. "Stay," said his persecutor, for he was now be coming such to the offender, who could have received a blow with a much better grace than the kind words that were falling from the tQuaker's lips. "Stay friend, thy bag is not filled. Thee needs corn or thee would not have taken so much pains to get it. Come, let us fill it," and the poor fellow was obliged to stand and hold the basr while the old man filled it, interspersing the exercises with the pleas antest conversation imaginable, all of which were like daggers in the heart of his chagrined and mortified victim. The bag was filled and the string tied, and sufferer hoped soon to be out of the presence of his tormentor, but again his purpose was thwarted. " Slav," said the Quaker. a the man was about to hurry off, having uttered once more his apologies and thanks. "Stay. Ruth ha 3 breakfast ere this : thee must not think of go ing without breakfast : Ruth is calling " This was almost unendnrable. This was "heaping coals" with vengeance. In vaiu the mortified neighbor begged to be exensed. In vain he pleaded to be released from what would be to him a punishment ten times more severe than stripes and imprisonment. The Quaker wa- inexorable, and he was obliged to yield.— Breakfast over. "Now," said the old farmer, as he helped the victim shoulder the bag, "If thee needs any more corn, come in the day time. aud thee shall have it." With what shame and remorse did that gnil tv man turn from the dwelling of the pious Quaker ! Every-body is ready to say that he never agaiu troubled the Quaker's corn-crib. I have still better than that to teil voa. He at once repented and reformed, and my informant tells me that he afterwards heard him relate in an experience-meeting, the sub stance of the story i have related, and he at tributed bis conversion, under God's blessing, to the course the Quaker had pursued, to arrest him in his dowuward course. MODEL ConrrsHiP.—Robert Hall, the most eloquent of Baptist clergymen "proposed" to and married a servant girl, because he was captivated by the manner in which she put the coals on in replenishing the fire. Abbor ing the nsnal long and tedious process of wooing —that is burning for mouths with alternations of love aud jealousy, if not, Roger De Covcr lylike, sighing a life-time for some unrelenting fair one—he brought thiDgs instantly to a cri sis. "Betty do you love the lord Jesus Christ?" "I hope I do." "Then Betty you must love me," and falling on his knees, he begged her to marry him. And married tbej were, and lived most happily. What an enormous con sumption of "the stuff life is made of," especial ly of the precious * wee small hours ayant the twal," might be avoided by the general imita tion of this example, we leave statistician* and political economists to calculate. j®- There are some people, according to Hazlitt. who are governed almost entirely by an instinct of ac-sanfity. From irritability of nerve, the idea that a thing is improper acts as a provocation to it. The dread of some thing wrong haunts and rivets their attention to it : they lose their self-possession, and are hurned into the very mistakes they are anxious to avoid A Lesson to a Scolding 1 Mother, A little girl who had witnessed the perplex ity of her mother on a certain occasion when her fortitude gave way under severe trial, said : " Mother does God ever fret or scold ?" The query was so abrupt and startling it ar rested the mother's attentiou almost with a shock. " Why, Lizzie, what makes you ask that ques tion ?" " Why God is good—you know yon used to call him the Good Man when I was little —and I should like to know if he ever scol ded." " No, child, no." " Well I'm glad he don't ; for scolding al ways makes me feel so bad, even if it- is not me in fault. I don't think I could love God much if he scolded." The mother felt rebuked before her simple child. Never had she heard as forcible a lee lure on the evils of scoldiug. The words of Lizzie sank deep in her heart, and she turned away from the innocent face of her little oue to hide the tears that gathered in her eyes.— Children are quick observers ; and Lizzie see ing the effects of her words, hastened to in quire : " Why do you cry, mother ? Was it naugh ty for me ask so many questions ?" " No, love, it was all right. I was only thinking how bad I am to scold so much, when my girl could hear aud be troubled about it. "O, no mamma, you are not bad ; you are a good mamma ; only I wish there were not so many bad things to make you fret and talk like you did just now, It makes me feel away from you so far as if I could not come near you as I can when you smile and are kiud, and O, I fear I sometimes shall be put off so far I never can get back again." " O Lizzie do not say that," said the mother unable to suppress the tears that had been struggling in her eyes. The child wondered what could so affect its parent, but instinctive ly seeiug that it was a case requiring sympa thy, she put her little arms about her nei'k and whispered " Mamma dear, I do make you cry ? do you love me ?" "O, yes, I love you more thau I can tell." replied the parent clasping the child to her bosom. "And I will try never scold again before my little sensitive child." "O, lam so glad. I can got so near you when you dou't scold ; and do you know mother, I always want to love you so much." This was an effectual lesson, and the mother felt the force of that passage of scripture, "Out of the mouths of babes have I ordained strength." She never scolded again. CALIFORNIA POETRY.— When from my room I cLanced to stray to spend an Lour at close of day, I ever find the place most dear, where some friend treats to lager beer.— Sacramento Age. Ah ! yes, ray friend, of city life, sure such a treat cures such a strife ; but better than such a dose far, are pleasures of a fine cigar. Placer IP raid. Such pleasure may suit baser minds, bnt with the good no pleasure finds ; we think the purest joy of life, is making lore to one's own wife.— I Clcano Ledger. Most wise your choice, my worthy friend in Hymen's joys your cares to end ; but we, tho' tired of single life, can't boast of having our own wife, and so when 'neath our cares we faint, we fly to kiss some gal that ain't —yet.— X ifti Reporter. That *• lager beer " will bile provoke, while " fine Havanas" end in smoke. To court cue's wife is better far, than lager beer or vile cigar. Kisses, the dew of Love's young morn, break on the lips as soon as born. These all are nought to that greatest joy—the first proud glance at your first-born boy.— Evening Led gtr. Tis true a boy's a wished for blessing, but then suppose the first's a girl ! A dear sweet child with ways caressing, ami pouting lips and flaxen curl, with dimple cheeks and laugh ing eye. to come and bid " papa " good bye ! So whether boy or whether t'other, embrace the babe and then the mother ! Sun Iran cisco Glebe. ANECDOTE OF SHITFR.— As Sliuter, the cele brated comedian was once travelling to the north of England, the coach was stopped by a highwayman. 011 Finch ley Common. His on ly companiou in the journey was au old gen tleman. who, to save his money, pretended to be asleep. But Shuter resolved to be even with him. Accordingly, when the highway man presented his pistol, and demanded i?hu ter to deliver his money, or he was a dead man ; " Money 1" returned he, with an Idiotic shrug, *Dd a countenance inexpressibly vacaut, " Oh, Lod. sir. tbey neTer trust roe with any; fcr nuncle, here, always pays for roe. turnpikes and all, your honor !" V[• tbe brush into eternal rock MANUFACTURE OF THE CELEBRATED RUSSIAN LEATHER —In the production of the well-known Russian leather, the hides to be tanned— whether wet or dry—are first laid to soak for three days and nights, in a solution of potash, to which some quicklime is added. The pot ash used is made of the common elm, which is said to le preferable to any other, if not essen tial ; it is not purified, so that is of a brown color, and of earthy appearance. About four buudred and thirty-two pounds of this and seventy-two -pouods of lime, serve for one hun dred skins. As they have no other way of as certaining the degree of cauctity of the alkali but by its effect on the tongue, when they fiud it weak, they let the skins lie louger in the so lution. When the skins are taken out, they are carried to the river and left under water for a day and a night. Next, two and a half gallons of dog's ordure is boiled in as much water as is enough to soak fifty skins ; but iu the winter time, when the ordure is frozen, twice that quantity is found necessary. The skins are put into this solution when it is about as Lot as the baud can bear, and in this they remain on* day and one night. The skins are then sewed up so as to leave no hole; in short, so as to be water tight. About oue-third of what the skin will contain is theu filled up with the leaves aud small twigs chopped together ofthe plant called bearberry, which is brought from the environs of Soiikamskaga, aud the skin is then filled tip with water. Thus filled, they are laid oue on the other in a large trough, and heavy stones upou them to press the infusion through the pores of the skin about four hours—the filling up being re peated ten times successfully, with the same water. They are theu taken to the river and washed, and are ready for the dying—the whi test si ins beiDg laid aside for the red and yel low leather. The skius are softeued after dye ing, by being harrassed with a knife, the point of which curves upwards. SOME Pi.orciuNG.—When we lived in Maine said Uncle Ezra, I helped to break up a new piece of ground ; we got the wood off in the winter, and early in the spring we began to ploughing on't. It was so eonsarr.ed rocky that we had to get forty yoke of oxeu to one plough, we did faith, and I held the plough roore'n a week—l thought I should die It e'euiuost killed me, I vow. Why one day I was lioldiu', and the plow hit a stump which measured just nine feet nud a half through— hard acd sound white oak. The plough hit it, aud I was going, straight through the stamp, wheu I happened to think it might snap to gether again, so I threw my feet out, and iiad no sooner done so than it suapped together ta king a smart hold of the eat of my pautaloons. Of course I was tight, but I held on the plow handles, and though the teamsters did all they could, that team of eighty oxen couldu't tear my pantaloons, nor cause me to let go my grip. At last, though after letting the cattle breathe, they gave another strong pull all to gether, and the old stump came out about the quickest. It had monstrous long roots too, let me tell you. My wife made the cloth for them pantaloons, aud I hain't worn any other kind since. The only reply made to this was, I " sho'd have thought it would have come hard on your suspenders." " Powerful bard !" A VERDANT GROOMSMAN.—OA no occasion do people seem more prone to commit blunders than at a wedding. The following incident actually happened in a neighboring town. In the midst of witnesses, the clergyman had just completed the ceremony which binds, in the silver bonds of wedlock, two willing hearts, and stretched forth his hands to implore the blessing of heaven on the union. At this |>oiiit, the groomsman seeing the hands, reached out, supposed it was the signal for him to surrender the marriage fee, which was burning in his pocket. Accordingly just a the clergyman closed his eyes ia prayer, he felt the pressure of two sweet half dollars upon his palm®. The good man hesitated, appalled by the hidier-ras ness of his situation, but cooly deposited the money in his pockets, and proceeded with his devotions. A SAFE MAN TO INSIKF..—L>y a steamboat explosion on a Western river, a passenger was thrown unhurt into the water, ami at once struck out lustily for the r-hore. blowing like a porpoise ail the w bile. lie reached the bank almost exhausted, and was caught by a by stander and drawn out {mating. "Weil, oid fellow," said his friend, "had a hard time, eh?" "Ye-yes, pre-prettT hard, cousideriu'. Wasn't doing it for myself, though ; was a workin" for one o' them iusnrance offices in New York. Got a policy on my life, and I wanted to save ikem. I didn't care." fcg"" A humorous old man fell in with an ignorant and rather impertinent yonng minis ter, who proceeded to inform the grmlcrnan. in very positive terms, that he would never reach heaven unless he was bora again, and added, "I hare experienced that change, and now feel no anxiety." '"And have TOO been born again ? r ' said his companion. "Yes, I trust I have."' , Well, r said the old gentle man. eyeing him very attentively. "I shouldn't think it would hurt you to be boru once more.'' BRooorw, OVTBTEOTBLES. —Man doubles al! the evils of his fate by pondering over them ; a scratch becomes a wound, a slight an injury, a jest an insnlt, a small pearl a great danger, and a slight sickness often ends in death-brood ing apprehensions. COETDX'T HOLD OCT.—A girl who had be come tire-d of single blessedness. wrote to her intended, thus : " Dear Jim. come rite eff if yoa'rc ramie'at all ; Ed. Keidermau i= insistin" that I sha! bare htm. and he hag* and k;ss rae so coo- I ticwTfy that I an": held oot muck Icapr ' VOL,, XVIII. —TSTO. 10. AMERICAS WINE?. —The American grapo crop is becoming something of an institntion in our country. In the Great West, especial ly in Ohio and Missouri, thonsnnds of acres are set apart for the cultivation of the Tine, and large quantities of -wino are now manufactur ed annually. It has been demonstrated by numerous experiments-, that our tintiTe grapes produce wines fully as good as the best impor ted from abroad, and so well aware are the people of Ohio and Missouri of this fact, that most of them prefer their own to the best im ported brands. Xo erop, we hare been in formed, yields a more profitable return for the care and labor expended upon it, than the jrrape. One acre produce? about four hundred gal lons of juice, and the wine sells at a higher price, the demand for it being greater than the snpply This very circumstance, however, has led to it adulteration in some cases, as liquids have been sold for the pure native juice of the grape which were but mixtures of logwood, caramel, and a little native wine, to impart its peculiar aroma to the whole. It is great ly to be regretted tbat any wine mannfactnrer should do such a thing ; but for all this theie are a number of Ohio brands much prized by those who have quaffed the juice of the grape in sunny France, on the banks of the Rhine ai d I>ouro. The brands of Mr. Veatman, of Cin einatti, and some others, have very high repu tation in the market. The soil and the climate of several of our States are very favorable for the cultivation of the grape, and we think that not mauy years hence, the importation of foreign wines will cease entirelv. In Missouri, a whole county is chiefly devot ed to the raising of grapes, with the sole view of manufacturing them into wine ; while a com pany has been formed there, with a large cap ital, to manufacture, bottle, store and sell it. The wine made in Missouri is quite equal to the best in Ohio. The vine-yards around Cin cinatti are extending rapidly every year. One horticulturist alone, as we learu from a cotcui porary, sold one million of cuttings the present season. Whenever a plentiful supply of good pure native wine is obtained, it will supersede dis tilled wine and nialteJ iiquors—beverages which are now too commonly used. LOST LUGGAGE —PeopIe in the United States arc rather careless of their lives when traveling, but they are a great deal more care less of their luggage. Every railroad compa ny has a depository, in which are placed all the trunks, boxes, carpet bags, and parcels that are not claimed by passengers, and these ac cumulate with snrpris ng raj idity. Under the law of New York, a!! such unclaimed articles may be sold when they have remained on hand more than a year, and the New York Central Railroad Company announces sach a sale to take place at Albany, on the 18th of Augost. They advertise a list of no less than two thou saud one hundred and six articles that had accumulated daring the years of 1852, 1853, 1854, cud 1855. Iu these are comprised trunks, boxes, chests, band boxes, hat boxes, bags, bundles, and packages of these every size and description. About one-half of these are not marked in any way, while others are only marked imperfect!; by initials or cij>hers The aggregate value of these articles and their contents must be many thousand of dollars. On all the railroads of the United States there must he auunaily some hjiudred- of thou sands of dollars worth of jtr.-onal property lost or abandoned in this way. XATCT.E TOE TEACHER. —Hugh Miller BAYS in his last great work. " The Testimony of the Rocks*' etc., that there is earoe!j an ar chitectural ornament of the Gothic or Grtc'an styles, which may not be found as fossils exist ing in the rocks. The Ilklendron, says Mr. Miller, was sculptured into graofnJly arrang ed rows of pointed and cicely imbricated leaves, similar to those into which Roman ar chitects frvtte oil, who su>-eeeJ>. of three meals a day, if it be necessary, cat bat one ; instead of a hundred dishes, five ; and reduce other things in proj>ort:on. Our life is like a German confederacy, made up of petty S*a:<;s. with its boundary for. ver flu'*- taating .-o that a German cannot tell how it is bounded at any moment. Oar nation it self. with all so-caned interna! improvements, which, by the way, are all external and su perficial,is hist suvb an unwieldy ami overgrow ing establishment cluttered with fumatorr, ard tripped np by its own traps —rmned by want of cnlcnlitiop and worthy aim, as the million house holds in the land ; and the only cure for it, as for them, is a rigid evon-Tiv a stern an mere ?fcan Spa-tar r'ntplof l::e. 3"d elfvatiou -f purj>ose Jt 'u;*o:* i—. Eg" ''