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BY WILLIAM LEOUETT. This little book I'd rather own, , , . Than all the fiold and pt'tnn Thnt e'r in munurch' coder shown Than all their diadems. v, wore the sims one chrysolite,i Tht earth a golden ball, And dinmonds ull the slars of night, This book were worth them all. How 'baleful to ambition's eye His blcod-wronp; spoils must glenni, Wlniti dt alh's npliflcd hand is nigh, His lift a vanished dream ! Then he;ir him Willi his pnsping breath Knr one poor moment crave ! Fool ! votildt rton stay the arm of death ? Ask of the gold to fave I No, no ! this son! ne'er found relief In glittering hoards oX weallh ; Gems dazzle not the eye of prie f, Gold cannot purchase health: But here a blessed balm appears, To heal the deepest woe ; And he that seeks this book m tears; His tears shall ceane to How. Here he who died on Calvary's tree, Halh made that promise blest : "Ye heavy laden, come to me, And I w ill give you rest. A bruised reed I will not break, A contrite heart despise; My burden's liuht, and all who take My yoke, shall win the skies!" Yes, yes, this little book is worth All else to mortals given ; For what are all the joys of earth. Compared to joys in f leaven 1 This is the guide our Father gave To lead to realms of day A star whose lustte gilds the grave ,;The light the life the way." SLAMJER. BY FRANCIS 8. OSOOttD. A whisper woke the air A soft, light tone, and low, Yet barbed wilh shame and wo; Now, miaht it only perish tliete, Nor farther go ! Ah me.' a quick and eager ear Canyjit up the litlle-tiieaniiig sound! Another voice has breathed it clear, And so it wanders round, From ear to lip from lip to ear Until it reached a genlle heart, And that it broke. It was the only heart it found Tin only In-ait "twii.t meant to find, When iirst its accents woke; It reached thai tender heart at Invt, And that it broke. Low as it seemed to other's ears, It came a thunder crush to hers That fragile girl, so fair and gay That guileless girl, to pure and true. 'Tin said a little humming bird, That in a fragrant lily jay, And dreamed the summer morn away, Was killed but by the gun's report Some idle boy had fired in sport ! The very sound a death blow came. And thus her happy heart, that beat Wilh love and hope, so fast and sweet, (Shrined in its Lily, too for wl i ho the maid I li.it knew But owned the delicate, (lower-like grace Of her young form and face?) When first that word, Her light heart heard, . It fluttered like a frightened bird. Then shot its wings and sighed, And wilh a silent tdiuddar died a umorot!0 SUrtttt. THE FAT GIRL'S JUMP J OK, HOW TO DO VP KOM.t'AMBlLI.SM. I was just twelve years of age, and the most unequalled rogue for mischief that old Kentucky" could produce. It was at this time that I was sent to a country board- , tng school, some thirty miles Irom my birth place, Louisville ami an agreeable school C.'.l ,1 .. 1 . il was, ior u nau am two departments, ana they simply consisted of male and female. Our tutor and tutoress were the kindest souls (n Christendom, and never Indicated heavier punishment than that of sending the guilty one to bed supperless, or depri- ving him or her ot the privilege ot the recess. Then there could be no Won der in our Imposing upon such good nature but for my adventure : , 1 here was only a door (that bf course locked) that seperated the dormitory of the boys and girls ; but the kind builder hid not omitted to place a ventilator over the door and, as luck would have it, the good mistress had covered it with i small baize green curtain upon our side. After enjoy ing a fine dance upon the green, and that, too, under the prettiest moonlight that ever shone, we were assembled in the cha pel to prayer, and sent to our separate dor mitories the girls, some fifteen in number, taking one flight of stairs, while we, eigh teen or twerity of the greatest scamps alive, look the opposite flight our master and mistress returning 19 their own room. A few moments found all in bed, and strange to say, perfectly quiet. Ve had lain so but a short time, When we heard a sudden creak, like a bedstead, put in violent agita tion, and this Was followed by a suppressed, dui general tttten uHy golly, boys, there' fun among the gals," I exclaimed, "and here's w hat's go ing to have a peep at 'em; ' In a moment every bed showed a sitting figured I bounded out, and running softly to the keyhole but the fallen ingelt had stuffed it with rag, and that was no go; "Never mind, boys; easy now, and I'll give you all might." I softly drew a tabln and placed it against the door, and with the greatest difficulty stood a chair upon it tof the table being small, tbe chair made almost too great a stride of it. However, I mounted, and raising one corner of the curtain, the whole scene was visible to me. The girls had placed two beds Some sit or eight feet apart, aud laid a leather bed on the floor between them, and they were then exercising themselves by jumping from one bed to the other. There was one fat girl, about as broad as she was long, and in ho way calculated, for physical exer tions; but she had got upon the bed, and stood swinging her arms to and fro, making every indication for a desperate jump. By this time I was out on the floor, and my place at the curtain supplied by another sprig of mischief. He leaned down and whispered the fat girl was going to jump. "Oh, golly!" said he, "if Fan only falls, won't she roll over nice!" I was determined to see this, and climb ing up again, we both occupied the "tot tering pile." With one hand over our mouths, and pinching our noses, to pre vent a burst of laughter, we stood breath less awaiting the awful calamity. "There she goes, by jingo!" I exclaim ed. She didn't do it, though for her feet just resting on the round of the bed, she balanced but for a moment, and fell back wards, head down and feet in the air, roll ing and pulling like a porpoise, but display ing no mean agility for so embarrassing a situation. 1 We could hold in no longer, but shook with laughter. The chair tilled, and down all came together, with a crash like a young fteal of thunder. j , "To bed to bed, boys," said I, "and leave 'the rest to me." ! In nn instant all was quiet; everybody ( where it eists without the act of loving, in bed and sound asleep, with the excep- I illu' where it demands so costly a thing as a tion of myself. Oh! such attempts to human heart, wilh nil ils warm and gener snore, as might have been then heard but ! ,s allections, to satisfy the hunger of a sel we.were used to playing the "possum," i vanity. and i now concluJed to give the approach- J' 0,1 these- grounds that the young so ing tutor and wife a sample of somnambu lism. "ow don't laugh for the world, boys, anil see me do the thing I raised the table on its legs, and gettintr on it, was concluding my speech that I had written and committed to memory for the day and here the trainers of young ideas entered, but still I continued "Friends and fellow students: Over whelmed, as I am, with your kind atten tions, I cannot refrain from expr-ssing thanks, yes, warm and heartfelt thf.iiks; and to you, dear sir, (this of course meant the tutor, and at this point my vacant sta ring eyes were upon him,) will my heart ever yearn. I look upon this moment of my life with pride that swells my young bosom almost to bursting ; and when man hood shall close my youthful career, and my country shall call inc to her hails of Legislation, there will I exercise every truth and virtue instilled into my In :irt dy vour kind and fatherly tutoring. These bovish tears of joy will yet swell to a gush ing stream of ambitious glory and then ! will 1 look back to these days, and with you uppermost in my thoughts, exclaim, 'Twas you, yes you, sir that made me what I am ! "Bravo! bravo! my boy," they both ex claimed. I got oft the table now, seeing I had the game in my own hands, and walked slowly up to the window, gave myself up to deep sobbings, and really appeared much af fected. The tutor approached me and called me softly by name, but I answered him not ; arid turning slowly from him, I walked to the other side of the room, avoiding the rays of the lamp, which the mistress was directing upon me. 'He is asleep, my dear," exclaimed the tutor; and it niut have been the dragging of the table over the floor that made such a rumbling noise. fJive me the lamp, and go bring me a basin of water I will eflect a lasting cure upon our young somnambu list." I heard - many suppressed titters, and I could see sundry corners of sheets roini into sundry mouths. This nearly destroy ed my equilibrium ; but I mastered myself, and again went to the window, though the mention of the basin of water caused a im mentary shudder to shoot through my wlirtle frame. The good dame returned with what I magnified into an uncommonly large ves sel of water. Hut it was no delusion for in her haste she brought the "filterer," and ; I knew certainly it was a cold duckin? 1 1 was to have Could I escape it? 1 would .. 1 ' 1.1 T -!.4 1. "l,; try, I walked first to one bed, then to an other the tutor follow ing with the filterer, his wife playing "torch-bearer," while the heavy breathing of the possuming sleepers added to the solemnity of the scene. I still walked on, turning away every time he proposed to douse mej They had com pletely cut off the retreat to my own bed, and I saw at once I should have to take it. I walked boldly out, arid placing myself before him, he upset the1 contents of the jug tipod me. :: I gasped, caught my breath, tottered, and played the frightened boy so well, that the deception was complete. I heard a merry laugh in the next room my schoolmates on their beds rubbing their eyes and inquir ing the matter. The next morning the boys found that tht rag had been taken from that keyhdle. BOILING, br. Webster, in his Encyclopedia of Do mestic. Economy, direots that meats for boil: ing should be put into cold water, and hea. ted together wilh the water. Lie big gives a different model, viz: that they should be put into boiling water, in the manner us di rected for vegetables; '. The reason given is, thai if put into cold water, the juices of the meat, on which the flavor depends,' wilt bo gradually dissolved, and go to enrich the soap instead of being- retained on the meut. All authoritiot recommend the use of hard instead of soft water for meat, unless soup is to be made. A CHOICE EXTRACT. Will the young reader endure for a mo ment a few grave hints 6n a subject which is too frequently placed beyond the pale of reasoning; by some parties thought too sa cred, by others too trifling, by all unsuita ble for the exercise of the reasoning pow ers And consequently that which forms atone time or another' in the experience of every human being a large fortiori of the business of human lile that which above every other tendency, impulse, or passion, decides their destiny fur this World, and often for the next that which attaches them by indissoluble tivs to relationship, home, and society that which constitutes their bane or their blessing, their happiness or their misery, which enters alike into their successor their failure, and is equally capable of accelerating both that is not to be looked into with serious eyes, but is reft lor the gossip of the young, the jest of the vulgar, and the scorn of the would-be wise. One word, therefore, of serious earnest ness on this forbidden subject one word of quiet reasoning, and of simple truth, may surely be borne with, for the sake of the variety which it presents in the accustomed mode of treating a somewhat popular theme. One word and it is this. There are two distinct ways of becoming entan gled in what is called a love-afTair : there is the love ilsclf a holy, and a precious thing : and there is the love of being loved a mean a greedy a devouring passion oilen mix in society, and that such learlul and fatal mistakes are consequently made. The false passion exhibits all the outward symptoms of the real one, and what renders discrimination between the two more diffi cult, is that it often, if not always is, in some measure mixed with it ; for to love, and not to desire to bn loved in return, would he as little in accordance with rea son, as with nature. It is on these unequal, and false grounds, that women sometimes dare to marry ; and oh ! what an awakenins; to the truth comes then! The devoted affection which had supplied abundant food for vanity in those circles o( society where it could be exhibi ted as a trophy of conquest, or while the freshness of the victory enhanced its value, how docs 't jvil! and weary in the privacy of (loiiitsllc life: or perhaps if Mill valued for the 't "1 imis incei.M- it ol'ers, how is it drawn i,p ,n. mill lirainetl of its sweetness, by thut iv tji.iring and insatiable love of be ing loved, which !i.i:M lie fed by constant demonstrations of 'litaclitiient, at once de grading to the digliitv of man, and Wearv- i ing to the patience of the most devoted. It is this vanity of being loved, when mistaken for the act of" loving, which makes so many fretful, teasing,, und requiring w ives. The character of the flirt is pecu liarly marked by this propensity, and might be a warning, instead of an attraction, as it too often is, to those who compete for her favors or her smiles. The position of a Hirst is that of a person demanding of others a costly and valuable treasure, for which it is impossible that any equivalent should be returned. It is more odious even than this, for it implies the use of deep artifice to obtain by secret means, what right rea son and honorable feeling would alike blush to demand openly. It implies deception too, for it makes a show of being able to return in kind, sonje portion at least of the treasure demanded. It promises nothing it cannot promise; because there would be living witnesses to prove that others had shared in the same, and all would know that the heart in question, however large and bountiful, could not be bestowed upon an. .o; me nut is acquainted with a sa fer course than this. It is the great busi ness of her life to find out and practice such methods of acting, speaking, and even look ing, as shall convey the idea that she her self has a heart to be won, when in reality the ruling passion of her life is to win the hearts of others. If the professed flirt were the only one addicted to this practice, or liable in this way to be deceived herself while deceiving others, there would be comparatively little : I. ! . .1 . . - -. . .. mischief done to society; nor would the individual injury be such as to claim any large amount of sympathy or consideration. But the evil to be deplored is one which tries the foundation of human happiness in a widely different manner. It arises in fact out of that ignorance of themselves which is supposed necessarily to belong to the young, and which education makes no pretence to remedy; It, conseqtieully ex ists among the learned and the highly taught according to the accustomed fashion of instruction, and influences their actions; to as great an extent as amongst the more Ignorant and unenlightened. By which of the common systems Of in; struction, for instance, is a vain young gir! to be made aware of the factj that while be lieving herself captivated by her first love, and fancying him an object of affection, she Is only captivated by his flattering atten tions, and charmed with the idea of being an object of affection herself! that she is in reality only charmed with the idea of being preferred before others ; and thus the deeper the impression she has the power to make, the more ardent and devoted the attachment displayed by her lover, the greater is the gratification to her own vanity and self-love 1 It is precisely this mistake, so frequently the result of pure ignorance as regards the motives, powers, and passions which hab itually influence our common nature, that makes shipwreck of so large an amount of human happiness in the married state. It is the fact of entering upon that state pre pared, and expecting to receive, rather than to gire to be the pampered, cherished, flattered one, rather than to cherish, bear with, and, if profoundly admiring be flat tering, then to flatter another. , If in the outset there should be so great a sim-larily n the symptoms of tfiese two motions, or tendencies, as to excite the in quiry where lies the . difference ? their results are so stronjlv marked by contra dictory elements of character, as to draw out, through the whole experience of Jife, a set of feelings and habits entirely opposed to each other. In one case, these are gree dily bent upon receiving in the other, be nevolently disposed to give out perpetually from fountain inexhaustible as life itself. In one case there is a constant dem'and in the other, & no less constant sup'rily. In one case there is self for the centre of all good n tha other, self is forgotten in min istering to the good of 4 being who is more than self. In one case-, kindness, attention, Solicitude, are watched for, demanded as a right, and only borne without, by sorrow, reproaches, and tears; in the other they are dispensed like the sunshine and the due equally natural, generous, and spon taneous, but not the less essential to the verdure and the beauty of life. In one case, the insatiable receiver sits like a bloat ed ido! on a mystic shrine, gloating over rich offerings presented there in the other, the heart itself pours forth its secret wealth, and asks for no return beyond those of wel come and acceptance. Just in proportion then as it is more blessed to give than to receive ; and just in the same manner, is the act of loving, gen erously and devotedly, superior in all the elements of true nobility and true happiness-, to that common, mean, and despica ble passion, which deserves no better name than a greediness for being loved ; and just in proportion too, as these distinct elements of character differ from each other, is it im portant to learn in early life how to distin guish them each from the other, both in their outward manifestations, and in their secret influence upon the happiness or mis ery of life. When education shall have mastered a few dfficulties of this description, it will indeed have become worthy of its name. When educators shall have turned their at tention to subjects of this nature when they shall even have dreamed that it is de sirable to do so when they shall have en tertained, though but a faint idea of the fact, that the springs of human conduct arise more out of this class of feelings, than out of problems in algebra, or Latin roots, or even living language iu any of its varied forms, they will have advanced one step towards that blessed era when moral culti vation shall assert its claim to be regarded in connection with intellectual. i.ven then, the long years in which intellect alone has been the direct object of the edu cator in systematic training will have to be recovered by that neglected , portion of our nature, out of which spring the motives of all human conduct out of which spring happiness and misery good and evil. AH the long year3 in which this has been ne glected will then have to be made up for by tenfold earnestness and effort, before that equal balance of mind, that harmony of character, and that consistency ol action can bo looked for, which constitute man a fitting recipient for the higher influences of religion, and which, instead of frustra ting the great work still remaining to be done, is like the preparation of the soil be fore the scattering in of precious seed. Hearts and Homes. ACoolOpf.ration. 'itallo, there capting!' said a 'brother Jonathan' to a captain of a canal packet on the Eric Canal, 'what do yon charge for passage?' 'Three cents per mile, and boarded,' said the captain. 'Wul, 1 guess I'll take passage, capting, seeing as how 1 am kinder gin out walking so far.' Accordingly, he got on board just as the steward was ringing the bell for dinner. Jo nathan sat down and began to demolish the "fixins," to the utter consternation of the cap tain, until he had cleared the labia of all that was ealeble, when he got up and went on deck; picking bis teelh very comfortably. 'How far is it, capting, from here to where I came aboard V 'Neatly one and a half miles,' said the captain. 'Let's see,1 said Jonathan, 'that would be just four and a half cents ; but never mind, capting I won't be small : here's five cents, which pays my fare to here j I guess I'll go ashore now; I'm kinder rested out.' The captain vamosed for the cabin, and iunathan went ashore. The captain did not take any more "way passenger" the re mainder of the summer; Oodb NONSENSE. tt is now found out, that in Russia, sledges are used, because wheels have a revolution ary tendency. This was not noticed in the "Will of Peter the Great." The Pope, after being a (?at) Gaeta, has concluded lo try the "dogs" at Bologna. This Is a queer age, as well as a sausage. An American editor has arrived at Paris, with au object of putting down the masses. 7'ir m asses is an old joke ; but the older a joke is the newer it is to him. Mr. Walsh, consul, was called homej but he is so deaf that he can't possibly hear the summons. Poussin, the old Frenoh painter, wai fa mous for bis introduction of uhtti horses to landscapes. But we (earn from Washington that oh old "whiley" kicked up, and spoiled hit canvass, whereupon be. went off with hit colors, and tmall pallef he slept on. The brush will come after him. It it understood that cigars are terribly dear in Franoe and England, at Spain hat po Cuba to back her. John BtinYAH'4 silveW Mlltfe. in these days of rushing after gold, as a seasonable warning we copy for a perusal the following passage from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress: At the farthest side of the plain called Ease', was a little hill called Lucre, and in that hill a silver mine, which some of them that had formerly gone that way, because of its rarity had turned aside to see ; but going too near the brim of the pit, t.e ground be ing deceitful under them, broke and they were slain. Some also had been maimed there, and could not, to their dying day, be their own men again. Then 1 saw in my drenm, that a little off of the road oyer against the silver mine, stood Pern as, to call passengers to and see; who said to Christian and his fellows "Ho! turn asido hitherto, and I will show you a thing." "What thing so deserving as to turn us from the way V asked Christian. r "Here is a silver mine and some dicjzina in it for treasure. If you will come, with a lit tle pains you may richly provide for your selves." Then said Hopeful, "let us go and see." "Not I," said Christinn, "I have before heard of this place, and how many here have been slain; and besides, that treasure is a snare to those that seek it, for it hindreth them in their pilgrimage," The Christian called to Demas saying "Is not the place dangerous." "Not very dangerous, except to those that are careless." But withal he blushed as ho spoke. "Then," said Christian to Hopeful, "let us not stii a step, but still-keep on our way." "I will warrant you. when By-ends comes tip, if he has tho invitation as we, he will turn in hither to see." "No doubt therefore," said Christian, "for his principles lead him that w ay, and a hun dred toone ho dies there." What is there that any average number of of us have ever enjoyed, and still deem worth enjoying, which we have been rendered in capable of relishing through the maturity pf our growth, and tlie firmer set of our s!':cili deis i Are we less delighted than in child hood with the delicious creations of a soaring imagination, or the brilliant colourings of a warm fancy Has poetry or music failed to charinns? Have we ceased to dwell with pro found enjoyment on thu life-hallowing, soul elevating presentments of the painter, the sculptor, and tho dramatist? Do we turn with satiety from the singing of birds, or the bud ding of flowers, or the sparkling gems, which, at morn and eventide, bend the fresh green grass and deck the opening leaflets of the haw thorn? Do summers's genial showers and sun shine gladden less than of old? Is there no lon ger a grateful response in our hearts for the plcntitudo cf autumn's stores? Or has winter itself lost any of its household joys, its social charities, and fire-side endearments? Say, by the flight of years, arid the furrowing of our brows we acquired some sources of plea sure which are wholly new. ADVICE GRATIS. One of our exchanges says: Be content as long as your mouth is full und body co vered, remember the poor kiss the pretty girls don't rob your neighbor's hen rooet never pick an editor's pocket, nor entertain an idea that he is going to treat kick dull care to the deuce black your own boots ' sew on your own buttons, and be sure to to take a paper and pay for it. G'jod practi cal advice. From tha Knickerbocker. FORBEARANCE AN ILLl STK ATION. There are pleasant spots where no sunbeams 6low, ... There are fertile veils where ho rivers flow, There are flowers that bloom where 110 south winds come, And the air is stirred with the drowsy hum Of bees, where the place seem nut lo be A filling haunt for such melody: And we wonder much that things' should be sd, Till, searching above and searching below, We the hidden secret of Nature know. There kre cheerful homes where the light bf day Steal in w!th a faintly glimmering ray; Where the labor is hard, and coarse the bread, And but scanty rest for the weary head ; Where childhood is nursed by Hunger gaunt, And clasped in the cold embrace ot Want! And we wonder much until we find That a faith which never looks behind Gives feet to the lame ahd eyei to the blind. There are yearnig hearts that Wcnder on Through lite; us if seeking a Jjght that is gone J Though no outward cattse of grief appear; Yet 110 friendly hand may stay the leur, Which only in silent sadness reveals All that the desolate spirit feels: These love not darkness, they seek fur light ; But w hat other eves seems most briuht, To them brings naught but despair aud blight There are gentle natures that strangely turn rrum uie neuritis wnere Love uota warmly burn. Who hearken not to Flatlery't voice, Who care not for wealth, but make their choice To dwell alone, Ihul so they may bear The Muse's tweet voice forever near ; And amid the treasures of the mind A solace and support they find, Thau friendship far more true, more kind. This it Nature's grand primeval law, Tbut from many sources the soul shall draw Happiness, profit, tirength and content, At from every clmui-inii element. The leafy tree and the springing flower, iienve new Deauty and added power: Then blame not thy inatea that they do not see) Each feature of truth at it charmeth thee, But abide W thine own sincerity, Otlte OF THE PRINTER!. there is a good practical printer ,v the 1 name of James Evan', who live at Rtai Ohio, who educated himself at a distinguish, ed Literary Institution in New Hampshire', is a practical farmer, has taught school of vari ous grade's in New England, travelled through, most of the States of the Union, taught a "High School" in Ohio, a "Seminary" in Kentucky, an "Academy" in Illinois and one in Missouri ; been Superintendent of the Common Schools and School Examiner, & President of a College of Teachers and of a Literary Association, who once offered A prize of $50 for the best method of teaching the branches usually taught in a High School; who has acted in the capacity of Editor of three newspapers, and more or less in . the capacity of Constable, SheriiT, County Trea surer, Recorder, Auctioneer'., and Merchant, wholesale Pedler, arid Postmaster at three different places'; who is a practical Surveyor Engineer, Map maker, also , a regular mem ber of the bar, and Notary Public, &c, &e. and who works at the printing business more or less nearly every day. He is about thirty years of age, and in easy circumstances. His father died very poor, when he was very young, and his mother supported the family several years by hard labor. He has made himself what he is Cincinnati Commercial. l aiiok. The following is a beautiful tribute to labor : "Why, man of idleness, labor rocked you in the cradle, and has nourished your para--perqd life without it, the woven silks and wool upon your back would bo, in the silk worm's nest, aud the fleeces in the sheperd's fold. For the meanest thing that ministers to the human want, save tho air of heaven, maVt is to toil indebted ; and eveu the air, by God's wise ordination, is breathed with labor. It is only the drones who toil not, who in fest the hivo of the active like masses bf cor ruption and decay. The lords of the earth are working men, who can build, or cast down, at their will, and who letort the sneer of the 'soft ha-i Joi!,' by pointing to their thrr phies wherever art, science, civilization and humanity are known. Work o'rV, men of toil! thy royalty is yet to be acknowledged; and labor onward lo the highest throne of poWer." Labor is not only essential to irue dignity and independence, till happinecs'. It is lie-, cess.iry to ensure the strengili arid health' of the body without which the mind must suffer and become the prey of anxious and fearful thoughts. Without occupation df some sort; 1 here can be no conteiueJness of heart! It is ihc groat preservative froni both sorrow and sin. Tho hardest work in the world, and the inor.t demoralizing, is doing nothing.. No slate or individual can prosper where Labor in any of its forms is despised. A Noble Sentiment. "The more 1 arri acquainted with agricultural affairs, the bet ter I am pleased with them ; insomuch that I can nowhere find so great satisfaction as those innocent and nseful pursuits. In, in dulging those feelings lam led fo reflect how much more delightful to an utidebauched in 1 nd is the task of making improvements on the earth, than the vain glory which can be acquired from ravaging it by the most unin terrupted career of conquests.'' Waiting ton's letters to Arthur Youn'g. CULTIVATION OF WHEAT. A farmer of Stirling hi a communication in I lie Mark Lane Express, says he has in tl great measure succeeded in obviating the ev'l of having wheat freeze out, or as we term it, winter killed, by ploughing in his seed. He first prepares his fields by sum mer fallowing, limh.g, kc. and then piitt in his wheat in the follow mariner : "I sow my wheat by a plouch drawn by two horses, five or six inches deep, and cover it with the next furrow at tenor clven Inches in breadth. I never harrow it after sowing and there it no treading upon 1 lie land." The wheat thus covered grows in drills, being in the deepest part of the furrow, and the writer finds that it comes up better than wheu sown broadcast; while tho roots are longer, and consequently the plants escape freezing out In the sprilig. Sad ArrAta. Ait unforttinale occurrence look place in Wurren county, Pa., on Sunday week. Two old cititens, Walter Seman and Richard Powell, tho former an old hunter, and the latter a magistrate, spent the day together. Seman became so enthusiastic, rose and took down his old rifle, (which he always kept loaded) and sportively taid "Powell 1 have a great mind to shoot you." The muzzle of the ride being in a directioti towards Powell's breast the latter struck It with his hand, with the view of preventing an accident. The stroke twisting the rifle in Setnan't hand (who hunter like had hit finger on the trigger) it wat discharged, and the ball pis-rced Powell's thigh, from which he bled to death in a few hourt. They had! been drinking. Three Lines of Telegbafii are now in' operation between Boston and New York: Smith' line under Morse's patent, Houte'd line unoer nit own patent, and O'Keily'rf line under Cain's patent. jiUjoa J. P. Gaines, of Kentucky, hat been appointed Governor of Oregon, in place of Mr. Lincoln, who declines. A gentle reply to teurrillout language it ihe most teveie revenge. The French mean to keep three vettek of war In the Chinese teat:
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