Br HENRY J. STAULE 37 TH YEAR. TERMS . OF THE CONeILtR. efirThe Repub 'coy I wapiler is:pntilished every Monday morning: hy lIENur )- a t $1,75 per'ammin if paid in arlbance---: 2,1)1) r-anntutt-if—not--pa scriptiou discontinued, unless at the 'option-of the ptrbli~6t,. ntil - rdl a rrearttges are pant. AnvEttztir..AtExTs inserted at the-usual rates. JOB WoitK. done, neatly, cheaply, and with dispatch. P . ollice on South Baltimore street, direct ly opposite Wampler's Tinning Establishment, one and a half squares front the Court House. epice patrn. AWAKE. Anise! for the day is pasiling While you lie dreaming on; Your brothers are case I in armor s And forth to the fight are gone: Your place in the ranks - awaits you; Each man his a p.irt to play ; The - past and the futu •e are nothing In the face of the stern to-day. Arise from your dreams of the future— Of gaining a hard-fought field, Of storming the airy fortress, Of bidding the giant' yield; _ Your future has deeds of glory, Of honor ; (Got grant it may But your arm will never be stronger Or needed as now—to-day. ' Arise ! .11 the past dettin soil, tier sun,hine aril storms fo-get T. MT= As tli. )e of a vain regret ; Sad or bright, she is lifeless ever; Cast her rhantoth arms away. Nor look back. save to !elm the lesson Of a nobler atri:e to-day. Arke ! for the !roar is passing; The sound that y. , u is you: enelny •tortrdling to battle Rise ! rime ! for the foe Li here ! §t.ty" not to brighten your weapon,, • Qr tl.e hour wit st.ike at last. An I Jou n dre Luis of a corning battle "AZ% will %%...ken an I lin 1 it past. Eidrft illisrelain. ONE !MEAD! BETTER THAN A DOZEN DOCTORS A PECULIAR INCID'INT it VIE LIFE OF A PE CULIAR MAN. BY T. MAYNI REID T am an artist, hut the profe4sion by which I "live, move. and have my being,7'_is_one of 8 0 rare and rather peculiar kind. It is not painting, nor poetry;,. nor sculpture,'nor_music•. nor magazine . writing. though T make little d'oubt. that had I turned my attention to any one o f th e at ove, I would have readied a de glee of 'eminence in it ; but I followed the prompting of Nature, and embraced a calling which. though not of the first rank among the Arts, requires, nevertheless, mental develop ment of a peculiar character. else it is complete ly unattainable either by study or labor. In the year 1830, 1 practised toy art in the city off: linburgh. Scotland. Public attention was at this time directed tO s the striking de velopments that were al out being nia&. in the new science of Phrenology. and I had the plea.sure of being personally and intimately ac tpiaihted with its most prominent professor. the celebrated Ur. Combe. I -was a fieque•nt visitor at his house, where i hail the honor of assn iating with some of the most noted sgrons of the day—gentlemen of literary and scientific em!nence. who resided in the S•otch Athens. - Reader, mine is, perhaps, the strangest shaped head you ever saw. It is oblong like a water-tnelon, of a good size ; and on the :super- cranium more square than rt ui;d. possessing angular lumps not to he ronnd in the Phrenolo gical chart. To this queer physiological de ‘oloPment, I attlitinte the talents and taste possess for my peculiar profession. and so did . Combe. It is• not to he wondered at then. that my ''cocon" inspired the Docior with interest and admiration. and that itt many of our ra pidity cmversations. it hell a prominent rank. Inched the learned doctor had frequently. though very delicately. offered hints that he should like to have a ca,/, which hint r fre quently, and with equal delicacy, had refused to take. The truth is, I could not bear the idca of haying my head, odd as it was, bolstered up in a mess of gypsum : mnakin one feel as, could easily imagine, half stilothei ed and suf- foca ted. I had imhibed a decided aversion to plaster of Paris. I could fancy the limy stud' oozing into my eyes and causing- pungent- pain. like the sensaiions produced by soap—l could - fetl it in my nostrils and tumuli. irelf cln rue. and on the back of my neck cold and clammy- iike—pale.' I came at once to the determination, in spite of the Dobtor's insinuations about the benetit of science. that plaster of Paris should tiever enease my ;icing skull. Pursuant to dd.; _ rts a j_ was ej, one moining in my-studio in the Canonga Le, %Olen a servant rang the bell. and. entering. ban led me a note'. I found it to he an invitation to dinner, at—the house of Dr. Cotnike—time llv o'clock. I re- turned an afth mance answer. and at the ap- pointed hour, . pr.( s.en'ed -- myself at the piofvs- For's house. I found assembled a select com pany of gentlemen—ail men of science, and se trial of them, like Combe himself. pr , - , lessor s in the University. They were all more or less believers and advocates of tire science : and af-. ter the cloth wai; removed. the couversAtion tuructl ;hie topt S'iie Of 3grttisßttprr----Ilruutrit to rolitirs, ITrinthar, litrraturr, 3rts nub J:ljt 31 1 -arkrts, &rural Efiturstir plat forrign 3utilligrurr, (3llrrtißing, Inatirmrut, F=Mn Ella IE3 the s pary draitk wine. others did not. They' were all. however. in execnent humor. par taking freely of that hila di,:position. for winch the li:lrialettrN of the Scoteh.A diens have laconic so justly celehrate . Ccirrg ncqu:tint• test-ttt-t-Ito-pa-r-ty-r-1-en te-n.41-ft 4/ y-iiuo the of their mirth. "Mr. E.." said the Doctor. addressing me. after the conversation had continued about an hour. "you are aware that the physi , al develop ment of y our : ;hea4l-k somewhat different from the ordinary formation. and that your intel lectual faculties, seemitnily in consequence: have taken a somewlnit remaikable direction —you will not then . be o&nded, when I lam mu yo u that my scientific brethren here. and toy i elf. have &included to ask you ford certain favor ?" ••1 shall not be offended. Doctor. at any re m st that could come from such a sottree,—but fear me that you must he sati,tied with a - re as'l already guess the favor you would ask.". • "What is it ?" inquired they. 4• You want Inv In ad ?'' "A file simile of it. my dear } : you shall ha - ve your headd—w•e only want a •ca,l of it ."' "You cannot have it. gen:lemen —I object.' "But, my dear E.. for the benefit of 'science —con.:loer" have considered. I regret I cannot corn ply with your wishes." "But what reason, E. ?"-asked the Doctor. .•Why, the truth:is, Doctor, I have a horror. of tho operation —but hear toe, gentlemen : though I cannot consent to let you_ make a raDuld of my living head, am not particular ly anxious that the worms should make mould of it K hen dead. and whensoever that melan choly event comes about )ou skirt 1 ha - ve - head, hotly. null all. to make casts. hosts, and even hill length Statues on. ifNyOur plea:one : and you may enthalin my holy or dissect it, and wire it. which ever torq please you. and you tintv clean my skull. and line and lignre it. or make a rthn hall out , of it! Now. g: mimeo. what more can you want ?" "But. my dear sir!" cried oat several of them in the midst of a roar-of latybter, —we will all be in oor coMfoitable graves before such an event could happen." ••No likelihood of that. I atu older than most ofyou, and exp,ise.l to More Viej , Sittliles . "But youri profession will carry yo , i over the world, and death may meet you a thousand miles from Edinburgh !" "All the same, gentlemen ! all the same'. I here promise you that, no matter in what part of the world death may reach me, my las: request shall be that my renorins be transmit• ted -to Dr. ('ombe and his brother professors of the University of Edinburgh. Now, gentle men. you have heard my resolve !" A loud peal of laughter, loud as intellectual lungs are capable of giving, was the only an swer, and the remainder of the evening was spent with the utmost hilarity and pleasure. A few wet ks afterwards, I shook hands with my Edinburgh friends. and departed for the town of Glasgow. One evening. in the month of November, I was walking_ leiNurely along the Clyde, look ing at the busy and ever varying scenes that e , :en •ed themselves on the bosom of the beau tiful river. My attention was attracted by a crowd who had gatheted taround mune objeot on the bank. I sauntertd on towards them. and when I ap proached. found the coroner and his jury hold . ng inquest upon a human body that hail ,;ust hien take n out of the water dead. It was the corp‘e of a criminal that had been dis coveted in trying to make his escape. —Wheie will they bury hint r asked ore. "Bury him ! Bury a mut derer ? No —no . Chistian burial is not fur such as him!" , - 11 - hat then. neighbor ?" •• VII t, to the ducton. and be dissected!** "Ile 11 go to the doctors, an.l he dissected l" was my involuntary:4,l:llnm, as I turned on my heel and nalfund away front the &gusting spectacle. The worik made an imore,sion upon me. and I could nut help thinking•of the 'manlike 1 hinl made to my F. linintrgh friends- A, feeling of awe. crept over toe. and I could not repiess an involuntaty shudder at the idea of It ing classed with ida:l;acs and murderers. and ••talten to the doctors, to be dissected." walked off in t kind of reverie : full of inelan ly forebodings, from which r was at - vaken -ed by the noise of two 01 three drop, of tain f a lling heavily upon the crown of me lilt. On looking around and c.ilculining the d,..tatice had soli to walk, I perceived That 1 was fiur ly ••caught in a shower." It had become in tensely cold. too, an 1 as I had left, my cloak at my lodgings, I was Colnpleltly exposed to the bitter elements. All at once came on a heavy dash of lain and sleet, which flew directly in my face, pattering unmercifully ag,ainst my checks. As Iw as nearly wet through. at the —first onslaug ht"__of the—storw—Ldiel not valu the shelter of a house, knowi tig that there would be little chance of dry garments. so I kept on :towards _When I placed my hawk on the door tell, I was so numb with cold, and wet, and exhaustion, that my finger, would scarce discharge.thc office of pulling c it., and, to add to my misery, the fire that should have been burning in my studio, being neg lected in my .absence, had gone -out. I was not Inug, hovt'ever. iu dive , itins myself of thy GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1854. soaked habiliments, and crawled in*io hed . i•tt the severe exposure, to whieS I had been hitherto ontNed. WilS too touch for n►e,_and a chill. sneeredtd IT a high and nlalignant fever. eoustquen r. tutu etched u ton a lied LiliE Tire° months from the date or my dinner tvi 'h /hr thaltd.s. I lay Upon my couch in the - hist wage of an incurable tnahuly. The phy sicians_of whom there were several in :men-. dance. lend frilled to discover my disease. but the symptems.of detvh were evident. and they had just retired from the room. having execu ted their last solemn duty of informing me that tittle was no hope of my recovery. Of this I myself had been satisfied. -previous to their making this declaration:* and I was quietly awaiting my last. My breathing was momenta rify becon ling more di dicta t, and pain- and it seetni4 - as though the pai'sa,r,e. h-t ugh which I intuited, was.closing - up. A 'a . ngle iend—the only one in Glasgow with w hom I was sofli •ien ly acquainted to entrust my - fortune—sat IT my bedside. lie had been kind and attentive to me during my illness. and had diawn up toy last Will and testament, Inch had just heen signed, and in which, al% •er my own children, he had been remembered. They, Poor 'boys—wti're far, di tan: in other Binds. and little thought thavat that flint. their death I When I thought of them. of their at • fectionate grief. fur I knew that they loved me tenderly—when I thought of their dear moth who-had gone but a short time hefore the hot tear stole over my (yarning cheek., and thin only teas death armed with terrors. .fly ft (Rowsoa was his name) sat gaz ing at me with a sort of awkward earnestness. which I could not comprehen 1 lie evidently v.ished to •ay I4eYri . n . Gthing which he at the same time feared might give me pain.' I could per ceive this in spie. "of- my debilitated condition. -What is it. Rowson ?" said [. fee'llly, at the same time motioning him to proceed. is painful to iu rude the suilject own you." replied he. "hut your firmness has en couraged me—you have not as yet . given tyre au directions as to the name or place of your lturial—you may have sione desires ?" I rulli a : !led silent. Rowson Co it inurd= ••If you Lout state the pl:u•e. -and whether you cc•ish ally particoLir ceremony, it will be - lle cs:►s again silent. and waited my reply. '•I do not Wish to he lairied.Rowson !" "Dear E., what mean you ?" "Send me to the di)Clues. to be dissected !" R >wson stared from his seat as though a shot had passed through his brain. and I could bear him mutter, as he gazed pityingly g on me -Poor E. ! he has lost it—it has gone—gone !" "What is gone. Rosyson ?" enquired I. "Oh, nothing—nothing," said he, somewhat confusedly. "I understand you, my friend, you meant that my reason was gone." -I could not have meant that, E." "Yes, but yOu Rowson. Dill explain what seems stiange to you, but first prothise nie that when I convince you that I am in the perfect exerciseof my reason you will fulfil my dying request?" 4.1 f in my power, I will fulfil it—l promise.". —lt will be, pertecdy in your power—hear it. As soon as I have ceased to exist, order a lame ,case six ft et by four—have it properly and wrongly Ott together—place my Lolly in this en-e in such a manner that it. wall not be ed by carriage—screw down the lid. and in o a plain and legible letter, direct to—. Or. rumbe and Mt Poftzlsors , :1 Edinburgh Unicer ,,ity. with !hp pqrring• resprels if Mr. E.' " -After giving these direciions, I looked mwards. Rowsou. There was a kind of a • h,,,fy humor" dipic:ed in his countenance, and he evidently still doubled my sanity. ...But. my deal E." said he, at It ngth, • , what MI you mean by, this I then related the scene at the dinner t!f . lln inciurl. retli ilideti RI IN SOn of prontiNe "But it is a fouliNlt whim—reject it, E - one will blame you for breaking such a prom* ME will keep it." "Mit your children, E.; think of it. they yet visit the University—they will look upon your binds exposed. wind —horrid ! do noi will me the perfounant.e of such a duty !" ..Rout son. I have kept ,qt y promise—remelt) ber yours !" "Iltitttigh—it shall be (lune." "Who are the..iv that are gathering around . w},o are they. Rows• u r ?" 11y• sight was fast rtil.ng, but I could sec several items, stealthily approach my bed ' side. '•They are buly your physicianct, E.; they wish a.. a last resource to try leeches." '_ll'cil—Lut it is needless ; cannot save And with theexhalt , :tion of so'rnitch conver a-tio+l44:ll-itite--a--half-wali-ing , hit fain lug sleep .Stretcheton my hack ußf_t a table near the cenlre of a large hall. I Lky to all apvearanee dead—hut I wa; not : I was full of /ife an , l sense, though I could neither speak. nor inove, nor breathe, to signify this to those around we! The 'l - 1 was lit lip with iatnueruu, large - can- , breathe frvely. restoring me almost ins Lan dies. There were many gentlemen iireritra (ail taneously to health. apparently procw4sional won) who crowded ; liad it riot beeu for the dream this Dever corn "TRUTH IS MIGHTY, AND MILL PIMVAIL." MILD row 1:1:1 amino' tne. un l g tzeil niem ►chat they sop pnA.d wa-; nw corpse_! Among theta were I.lr Cum he, and mylniner it • 'mantes aL i University. -'l•hey one by •one examinell the eon ormatton o lea( . pre:sing t cranium wilh a tape. My hc•nd seemed to be the prin , ipal.object of their-attention. •'They are going." !tonight T. make n east of it it is wrong—it i; rascally! I promise:l them a east. but not till after my death. lam not dead—l am tied down—motionless : it is villainous, gentlemen. villainous and unfair. But they did not hetl'd me. I could neither 'peals. nor move, - nor breathe —I could only. think! I Was now interrupted.. A man with his coat offand sleeves rolled llun - -6 his elbows, approached the table. lie carried a vessel, which I could perceive , contained gypsum or plaster of Paris. I was horrified when I saw this. They Will Mimi Me—they ,will choke tue with the na,ty stufl"--bot I chnnot pre vent then► : they have tic I ov: --every limb, every n►usele—all, but my ,on!! I felt the coil clammy-paste over my bend, and on niy face anti neck, and for some .min- Hies I could hear and see no•more !• At length it %rte.; rerhoyed. The sane man. with the rol- Ilid up sit-eves, washal away tbe . partides that adhered to my cia:iks. and I was once more sentient. con r see I,le cast t icy t.a to - en. It was in the hands oror. Combe, and he was explaining something, to his fellows. 'He then laid it upon the table.' and once more turned toward me. So did the others. Ile took no on instrument and approached. HIP • . GOd the instrutnert was a rel pel ! ` Can it he that they are goitig" - - I was interrupted by the voice of Combe, out in a jovial man ner.— ~ .Vutv.Eremfirm9s. Id us cut him up." - '-liorror!—llorror ."' hut, in vain did I cry horror ! They neither heard nor heeded. They erowded-around me. Colube still bran . dkhing the-scalpel. !—w retell! --homicide —murderer! was this i - uiur contract ? 'You answer for it. Conthe !" -It was .nll in vain—he not pny the slight est attention to what I was Qaying. but pro eeedvd to open boson► with the horrid in strtuncnt. I could feel his flngt•ri groping for .ht• place, Of incision. I felt the cold steel resting ow toy skin. an I then came a Stinging sensation of pain, and with dreadful feelingl awoke ! I awoke—but to find my dream a horrid re ality ! It was no s dreani ! There was the man w ith his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and %i its hands red :mil bloody—there stood the ominous group —and there were the lights Writing a round me. , r God !it was no di cam:- they think tne dead. and are dissecting me !" This terrible truth now rushed with fearful ;Hs tinctnesS upon my awakened senses, and col lecting all my strength in one wild. superhu man effort, I raised myself up and thing the operator sprawling upon the door. at the same time shouting in a voice, of thunder and ter ror-- ••Slop! Slop! I'm wit dead yet !" I saw no more, havi'ig fallen back perfectly insensi h! e. Wht-n I avYoke. it was like to a new life ! 1 ftlt erty—iii fact well : all pain was gone and I breathed without di licnl y ! So great was my pleasure aml physical enjoyment, th I was for some time don hl r,o whether f wni still upon the earth or tran-formed to a happirr stt:te of being,. I was soon relieved of thi.4 un pertn:nty %,y bearing a voice which I knew to he Rowson 's exclaiming— - —A4onishing. gentlemeal he respires freely :nrl easily !" —lt is very strange'." said one, could not have been the leeches." ••Nn. no. iml ossilt!..e'—stich an effect could r. ver take place !" observed a third. I opened my eytta. and instead of finding tin the dissecting room of the Ellinhorgh University. I was lying on my couch in Gla, gow. Several faces and fOrms vvere around me whom I recognized Rti tny a! ten ling physicians. Rowscnt was standing by the bed. and the mai: with the rolled up sleeves was picking up scat teretl leeehe. and the fragments of a la ()ken and bloody basin ! I at on.:e comprehended the whole :iffair The scene of the dissotting room x as a dteam. tunic) and Llended with w birli ton account of.my half waking sta:e) vva; the man with the tolled up sleeve:;. al plying the lecolie, : ; hut I had yet to learn % hat had happened to restore the tot: t;utidtnly to almost pettect. health. I found this nut after Wards. It was wit the leeches, nor the doctors either—it was the dream the *vita i _ Reader, if you recollect, I have stated that iny in., front the first. were unacquaint ed with_the toala. eolistthiy, their eigirse of treatment had been win se than useless. It was occasioned by an abscess in the throat, Which nearly mopped respiration. and woohl consequemly, by its ilwre ns e , have caused tlyai h. Now, thtl'almo,t sope:hontan effort ptoduced !by the horror of try (he:4111. I.o .. irNt the ahscesN, ennUng rue to MEE * * * could have neen'Ted and death wind(' speedily have en,,tiol ;so that in this instance, one i_tomcbeller Man a dozen doctors, and forty leechu , to 1),;(0 ! •• atm mil nor "a weary o on the sultiect of disstetion. I think it will be some time before Doctor Comte and the pro fessor may expect me: %Then you do re reire tne.‘.rieked and directed," I beg of you. gentlemen. not to he 11, irrl r im% ru . ti hrad ! A Slight Error. Some time ago one of the crowded boats on the Hod-on liver contained a number of per sons from various parts of the country. going to 1%1. York to attend conferences' among the ec elesiasi kids. A well fed and pleasing.looking man accosted another of the'saine cull b re. upon nue t ok:ervation, as travellers will, a wl, being. good talkers; they soon got upon very wt•cti a l tea•tns. Finally they parted, and said (me i& the two to an acquaintance of his— . ••Mr. Moore, who is that gentlelnan you saw me talking to, just now, on deck ?" that's a Mr.—a— a-1 forget his name ; but he's a Bishop up here in Yoik State some- Where, I'm told," replied the friend “ The deuce he is ; well, he's a smart spry sort of a man:” • Now the, bishop risked the same question of nn ac tiaintance Of his. and learned to his own surprise, dint l►e w•as It Bishop front the wes tein spirt of New• York: When thw bout . cane to the pier, our first Bishop approached the second Bishop and a— —Brother. you have probably come - down to the Convention I" •Yes. I have." said No. 2, reft•rring to a po litical all'air then in session in the city. wt.ll, where do you stop l If you have no choice. Ml(4 the to introduce you to a frieud's. house, up town he'll be glad to re ve you. I'm sure. Ile's n good christinn. temperance advocate, and a good tun. Will you go 'dung 3" "Well, I don't care,'.! said No. 2. "I'll go." The two started 011.-arts in arm, up Broad way. talking socially as you please; When they came to a well 'known oyster saloon and drink lug place. -Look here, my good sir," said No. , -your friend. you say. is a teetotaller "L" ••Vs- hiother, he is."' = _ _ _ “Well. as lie won't be npt to offer-us any thing to take, and this is a'drizzly, devilish, ugly morning, suppose we pap down here and take a liuris exclaimed No. 1, “1 understand that you are a bishop ?" am, sir•, son °fold JUdge Bishop of ; so. come down and take a drink !", The Itust seen of No. 1, Ilk black dress. coat was sticking out behind as lie rounded the first corner and disnppeared. Irj - Stane two miles dip the riveikrour John-,bury, Vermont, is a primitive sort of a little village called - . The Ceutre.": Here, not long since. the rustic youth of the vicinity eon gregated for a dance, "anti dunce they did," said our informant, "with on unction unknown to your city belles anti beaux." One interest ing` young man having -imbibed" rather too freely. became .•fatigued"-in the course of the evening, and wisely concluded to retire for a short rest. A door ajar near the dallCiag hall revcaled.,invitingly. a glimpse or a comforta ble bed. of which he took po-o:ession, w i t h n of an •iindisturbol -snooze." It no ha platted. howbeit, that this was the -ladies' Wi;htlrawing room," and no sooner had he clo ..eel his eyes, than a pair of blooming damsels came in from the hall, and began adjw4ing their disordt red rinlets, the dim light of the tallow candle not disclosing the tenant of the heel. The Oils had tongues. (like most of the -seek which ran on in this wise: “It hat, a nice dance e't e having! have you heard anyhody say anything about inc ?" "About eon! t hy, sartin; I heard Abe Flint tell Saln Jones. that you v5-as the prettiest-dressed girl in the room." Wheteupon the dear things 0- l uchled, fixed up" a little more, and made off towalds the ball-room.. They had hatilly reached the -door, when our half-conscious f t lend raised himself upon his elbow, and quite intelligibly, though slowly, inquired, "Have von heard any borry say anything about me, girls ?" .-Phansy their pheelinks" at that juncture! They fled with an ex plosive scream. Knicbcdp,rber. '0" 'Father. I see a man laying drunk down at the market house." "You slinuld nut say laying, my son—hens lay." ••But I've seen men lay, too." • no. my son." —Yes, but, I have seen 'em lay bricks." The boy _might -have athled_that_lic'd ,seen bricks lay men also. rr_.:'A pompous glergyin4:n once said to a chubby f - aced . lad, who was passing um Wit 0111, raising hk hat --Do you know who t atn, sir, that yon pass n e in this unmannetly way? Yon ate „better fld than taught. I think." • WM. may be it :s so, rnistur," said the boy, • l'or von teat-hes me, and I fueds to!rself." I)l,erty Soci e ty Is now . 'in full Nast. A GOOD REASON.--1' he milk dealers az ?..I,ays• QUl'StriVl fcir; (1) - ,cusgi - cm - : --- If -buird;-1,--triileTNT:Jat-ely-raised the - price of-tern-to-25- corn viii,, dn's that give Win a right to cri b cents a gallon, in cori.stiineum of the =blicity of water. - " • TWO noLLAns A-YEAR. Frost as a`kaotre We linow..of no treatment sn s diteetly tenefi dal for almost every claSs of soils as of throiv. ing up laud in narrow ridges in the fall ear y are few sods worth-ctit ivating—at—all—r-that—do---not—con-tairtilinyc less materials which can be matte available t plants by the combined action of air and frost Take two plots of heavy sod. side by side. and let one-be unmoved till spring. while the other is dregs, plowed, in autumn, and the re sult will he very . visible in the spring crop. But the manner_ of plowing is important. To secure the greatest advantage, a single furrow , hould be thrown up, and another bach fm . roe• directly upon it., so as to produce a high ridge. then another ridge is to be made in the same manner, with a deep dead furrow between the two. The process is to be continued thus through the whole field, so that when finished it will present a surface of high ridges and deep dead furrows succeeding each ,other, about once in two or two-and a half feet. If prepared in this WaY, the frost will penetrate tar downward, loosening and disintegrating the Soil below the furrows, while the ridges, will crumble down, and as they -will not hold water, tile air will circulate freely through • them, decomposing the mineral portions, and . . - conveying - ammonia — find - 0 ther-gartm—Tiris operation will be,equel to ten or more loads 11,110 ur‘l !IMO Mbllii 11 liildalTriji 1!)1 tOlilliott r , the mronnut, prepared his bat loon for an ascension last Week at Richuiond, Va. When ready, he permitted a young mitt' to ascend a short distance, , to try his nerves . his tend, however, of being frightened, be de tehehried to make the trip himself, and cut the cords which held_the balloon. Up she rose at a tremendous rate—the crowd below in the meantime gazing. in mute wonderment; expect ing nothing else but that the young. fellow would have his neck broken. The • Wilburn roQe to **great height—several miles, and after a sail of an hour, landed safely. • GREAT SAL oP-CAT'rt.r•.. —The sale of cattle, &c.. recently imported by the "Kentucky porting Company," took Thine in Fayette co.. in that Slate, on the 26th ult. Fifteen cows and heifers sold at prßes ranging from 650 _to $215. including one at $6OO and 'five at over $5OO each. Six- balls were also sold—one at $3,000, and the next highest at $6OO. A horse, seven years old, brought $1,050. A number of sheep were disposed of, at from 50 to $287 for bucks, and from 20 tos6o for ewes; and ten pure Liverpool white and seven im proved Yorkshire hogs, nt from 20 to $lO each. Tilt:. DNA!) ALIVH.-7-.-It is Stated . that thafiCi• entitle men of France are at present speculat ing on a recent instance of a young mad being brought to life after being fiozen eleven inonth4 on the, Alps. The blood of a living man wan infused "into the veins of the frozen youth,. and he moved and spoke. The experiment was afterwards tried on a hare frozen for the _put.. pose, with complete success. A SNAKE Srouv.--"During the Florida war," said the speaker, "I was with the AmeriCan army. One day I shouldered my gun and went in pursuit of game. Itt passing through a swamp I saw something a few feet, ahead, of me, lying upon the ground, which had every appearanc . e ofa log, it being :some forty feet in lengthoind about one foot in diameter. So, pos itive was I that it was but. a log, that I paid no attention to it ; the fact is. I would have sworn before a court of justice that it was a log. nod nothing else. You see, I had never !ward of snakes growing to such ,huge dimert• slims, and the fact is, I never should have be lieved it if I had." ...Well," he continued. "between me nor? !'• - -1 log.(ns I took it to he,) was a miry place. '! it was necessary for me to.avoid it. ~ . ti placed the but of my gun on the grour,i of Inc. and springing upon it, lit on what do you suppose ? ' boa constrictor," said one, ..1 o." "An anaconda," said another. “No.” • '•What could it have been, then ?" UM Just what I supposed it to be—a ie,.; the w•ag. A FLYING GUESS. —.A i‘ I HAI brick one day brought ~ .te the Fdinburgh Its I ;:, severely injured 1)Y-it. - fall from a liolisewp._ The medical man in attendance asked the ferer at what time the accident occurrtii. "T wo. o'clock. yer honor," WAR the reply. On lielng asked how he came to fix the hour so 4ecull'e ly, he answered, "Because I saw the pliopie dinner, through a window, as I was con l io4-, down." -- 'Speaking of babies—did you ever think, when you saw a very little one dressed up in its very long Sunday clothes, that it was Eke a sixpence tied in one corner of apoeket Land . 0:7 - "If you can't keep awake." said a preacher to one of his heareis..•who yL u feel drowsy, illy dOn'tyou take a pinch of snuait'-' The shrewd reply wa,: • "The southould be put in the NO. 7.
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