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For Portraits of Adults by our process, and Im proved Instruments, a cloudy day is quito as fa vorablo as clear weather. For Children, a clear day (between 11 and 2) is preferable. C7"Iri Dress avoid white, blue or light pink. Our Gallery with its Six Prize Medals and Works of Art, is open at all hours, and Free. Whether visitors wish pictures tnken or not, we ahalt at all times be happy to nee them. June 22, 1850. NEW YORK & l'lll-i:LrBt.l JOURNEYMEN Hatter AMMoctntlon, Cor. of 6lk and Chestnut Sreet, Philadelphia. CONTINUE to make and sell a finer and more durable Hat for the money than any other establishment in the United states standard price of Hats $3 00. Gents and Boy' Cluth and Glazed Caps. Umbrellas, Carpet Bajs, Calafy Panama and Straw Hats at equally low prices. May 25, 1850 ly JOIIA . BW.lt; & lo. IMP OUTERS OF Watches, Jewelry, Plated Ware, AND FA.CV i.OMl.S, J 12 Chesnut St., between 3d If ith Streets. PHILADELPHIA. ALWAYS keep on hand an excellent assort ment of the above articles, which they will ell on terms as low as any in tho city. June 15, 1850. Gin W. F. PEDDRICK'S (LATE PARTNER Ol' C.SCHRACK) Yamluli Manufactory and faint Store, No 78 North Fourth Street, A FEW POORS ABOVE CliEKRV, WEST SIDE, PHILADELPHIA. Consfaniiy on hand and for salt, at reduced prices, and ofsupirior quality, the fol lowing articles, viz : Coach, fVnuet, Jupanners' and Oil Cloth Vurnis'iea ; Drying Japan; Boot and iluninss Varnish; Brown, While aud Red Spirit da; Tfaimer du; Artists', llnseand Cuach PainteM1 and Varnuhrm' Materials; PUTTY IX QUANTITIHH, I'AINTS, DRY, IX OIL. ANU PltK ?AR1) FOB IMMEDIATE USE i Milliners' Vnruuili, filue ami Aeida; Blaik Japan f r Inm ; Adhesive at. Mr Fancy Work; I'iclnre unrt Wind.iw Glims; Artists' Co. Inurs, Drv and in Tubes ; Neat's Foot Oil : 'iuM. Silver, aud Oerruau LeuV ; Gold. Silver, and Copper Br mm; Wa aler's Diaiu ud. Also, veiy aujierior Slue Blocking and Writing luk. 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Philadelphia, June IS, 1650. 6m IIIAJ.AU EL Pill A WISE fc LIQIOR STORE BITTING & WAT HUMAN, Importers and Sealers in Liquors, No. 220 Market street, Philadelpha, FFER for sale, the cheapest and best assort. " ment of Liquors in Philadelphia, such as Champagne, Sherries, Port, Steck, Claret, Bur. (undies, Sautum, Barsac, Maderia, Lisbon, TeneritVe and Sicily Wines. Brandies of the choicest brands, vin Maglina, Otard, Ponet, Hennesy, Ac, Ac. Fine Holland Gin, Monongahela, Scotch and frish Whiskey, Ac, 4c. Hotels and the country trade supplied at Phila delphia prices on the most liberal terms. July 13, 1850, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. CIIAS. DUIMIMIG, iVo. 207 Chesnut Street, front Arcade, Philadelphia. "IMPORTER and Manufacturer of all kinds of -- Musical Instruments, r ancy Articles and Toys. His wiee are lower than those of anv other store in Philadeluhia. All kinds of Mimical Instru ments repaired in the best workmanship, and also taken in trade. fbiladelphia, May 1850. ly. SELECT POETRY. TO DEATH. MOM THE GERMAN OF CLUCK. Methinks it were no pain to die, On such an eve, when such a sky O'er canopies Ihe wesl. To pnze my fill on yon calm deep And, like an infant, fall to sleep On earth, rny mother's breast. There's peace and welcome in yon sea Of endless blue tranquility, The clouds are living things; I Irace their veins of liquid gold, I see Ihem solemnly unfold- Their soft and Heecy wings. These bo the angles that convey Us weary children of a day Life's tedious nothing o'er Where neither passions come, nor woes, To vex Ihe trenius of repose On Death's majestic shore. Nor darkness there divides Ihe way Willi startling dawn and dazzling day, But gloriously serene Are the interminable plains; One fixed, eternal sunset reigns O'er the wide, silent scene. 1 cannot dofTall human fear, I know the greeting is severe To this poor shell of clay ; Yet come, O Death ! ihy freezing kiss Emancipates! thy rest is bliss! I would I were I away. 3. Select Sale. From Arthur's Home Gazette. M V STEP -MOT HER. "Why, Annie ! child, you have been a long time away who have you with you ? I was becoming alarmed at your Jong stay." "It is Jane Benson ! mother," was the reply, as Annie hurried across the room, still holding Jane's hand. "Oh, mother! Mr. Benson is going to be married and Jane's heart is almost broken. To have a hateful step-mother! Oh, mother, is it not a pity?" ' Mrs. Carleton raised herself from the sofa, and drawing Jane, who was sobbing, to her, she made her sit down beside her, and then said "Is this really true, Jane ? Perhaps you may be mistaken." "Noy ma'am! Father told us yesterday, himself. I do wish I was dead, I am sure I shall never like her," added she, sobbing bitterly. Mrs. Carleton soothed her, and then asked it she knew the name of the lady. Jane told it, but Mrs. Carle ton had never heard it before. "But, mother! don't you pity Jane? Ought not Mr. Benson to be ashamed to marry again ?" demanded Annie. "Why, no!" said Mrs. Carleton. "Mr. Benson has undoubtedly a right to marry again, and perhaps, Jane may, some of these days, be very thankful that he has done so. It all dept-nds on the person whom he mar ries. If she is kind and good, I shall con gratulate Jane with my whole heart, in stead of being giieved lor her." "Kind and good," echoed Annie; "why I thought all step-mothers were cross and hateful." 'Did you, Annie ! I suspect you did not think much about it; but I am sorry to hear my daughter speak so harshly ; espe cially as I owe to my step-mother what ever is amiable in my character." "Your's dear mother ? Had you a step mother. Is not grand-ma your own mo ther?" "I could not possibly have loved my owp mother more ; and, yet, she certainly js one of the race you choose to call cross and hateful. Could I have supposed, for an instant, that you indulged in such vio lent prejudices, I would have tried to re move them before, but I will now tell you how mine were overcome, for I must be gin by confessing that I had them to as great an extent as yourself. It may b of service to Jane, too." "Please stop, mother, until I bring(a cushion to sit on ;" which being done, An nie seated herself on the floor at her mo ther's feet, and Jane, sliding down beside her, they watched Mrs. Carleton's face with extreme interest. After a slight pause, as if to consider, she began "My mother died when my brother Frank was 13 years old. I was eleven; and then came the little Ellen, everybody's pet, who was about 3 years old. We were all that was left of a large family. My mother, some years before h death, se cured the services of a distant connexion, who acted as a sort of housekeeper, and who went by the name of 'Cousin Sally. As a housekeeper, she was invaluable ; nothing was wasted; the house was in per fect order ; our clothes were attended to, and my mother teemed to think she was highly favored in securing, at any price, such a pattern of housekeepers. "It was more than two years alter the death of my mother, that our household was thrown in a great consternation by tn arrival of two letters from my father to Cousin Sally and Frank, stating that he would be married in a week, and in a lew more bring home his bride. Frank's letter was kindness itself, and it begged him to reconcile me to what was now inevitable, and to endeavor to remove prejudices from ray mind, that could only last until we were mutually acquainted. The one to Cousin Sally, contained a wish that she should retain the same situation, but if it was disagreeable to her, an offer of a years salary in consideration of her kindness to us. To have heard Cousin bally, a stran ger would bave thought that she had in tended filling my mother's place herself, but such was not the case. Ia her opin ion we were eettine along ery quietly and now a stranger was coming to make us all uncomiortable. She would bresk out "'She (the bride) could not be any great things, to come in that way into a man's house and turn all things upside down, she only wondered where some people got their assurance ; she knew that she must be a bold and forward piece, for Mr. Ross would never have thought o( marrying, if some one had not put it in his head. Now, she would come and spoil all the comfort we had; but as Mr. Rosrhad said she (Cousin Sally,) should do as she pleas ed, ihe meant to stay and not let the chil dren be cowed down by any step-mother.' "It was in vain rrank urged that his la' ther had spoken of his future wile's good temper. Cousin Sally said a woman would be a fool to show temper before marriage; she only hoped she would not live to see rrank change his mind which wish did seem to be exactly sincere. "I listened to all that was said, as though it had been uttered by an oracle, though 1 did not know much about oracles in those days, and made up my mind never to like my step-mother. "VVhen we were alone, and Frank be sought me to wait and see, 1 was only the more determined to dislike her, and we were a wretched set during the week that passed ere their arrival. "How distinctly," continued Mrs. Carle ton, "I remember the whole scene. It seems but the other day that we were seat ed in the parlor, awaiting their arrival. Ihs lamps were lighted, and rrank sat reading or pretending to read. Nelly sat on the floor with her doll, and seemed afraid of coming in the door by the glan ces she gave. I, (with a face swelled from continual crying,) having tried each seat in the room, had worked myself in a passion at Frank's hardness of heart. He had done all he could to soothe me, and had left me from sheer inability to propose any other plan. "At last the door opened and my father entered, leading in a lady. She was about middle size, plainly, but richly dressed. Frank went forward, but, though I rose, I remained standing in the same place. The lady held out her hand, and said "I have the advantage, Frank! I have heard so much about you ; I feel as if I had known you a long time." It was not the words she spoke, but the manner, that won Frank's heart. It said 'I have heard nothing but what does you credit.' She appeared to be quite content with the ex pression of his crimsoned face, as he kissed the hand be held. "Annie!" said my father, but I did not move. "Annie's head has been so bad all day," said Frank, kindly. "My poor child," said she ; "and you have been sitting up so late for us," and she bent down and kissed my forehead. "You seem quite feverish," but, turning away, I threw myself into my father's arms and cried bitterly. Again and again he pressed me to him, and expressed his sorrow for my headache, while Frank was assisting his new mother to make friends with Nelly, who, after one of those scrutinizing looks that children can give, allowed herself to be taken on her lap, and smilingly answered all questions. Cousin Sally was asked for, and present ed ; but, although she could find no fault with her reception, yet she declared it was all make believe, as she undressed me on going to bed. "The next day my step-molher made many attempts to conciliate me, and at last proposed my showing her the house. I obeyed, of course, and when we were in my room, she seated herself, and putting her arm around me, said " 'I am sorry, dear Annie, that you seem so unfriendly towards me. I do not won der at your reluctance to see any one fill your mother's place, nor do I expect you to love mS at once. Try, dear Annie, to look on me as a friend, who will do all in her power to make you happy. Do not give way to dislike without cause. If not for my sake, try and love me for your fa ther's ; will you not?" "I have often wondered since, how I could have resisted her pleadings. My feelings were rapidly thawing, when Cou sin Sally's speeches about .the deceitlulness of step-mothers, Hashed across my Drain, and to her evident sorrow and surprise, I turned coldly away. "How often, since, I have wondered at her patience, and thought how much she must have loved my father to have endured all that I made her sufler, and yet never to complain to him. Was it to be wondered at that her heart turned to Frank and Nel ly, who almost adored her. Sometimes, when obliged by a strong sense of duty to curb and restrain me, I always had ample revenge in her look of regret, as I turned away, saying 'If you were my own mo ther you would not do so.' "Do not imagine, my dear children," said Mrs. Carleton, "that I really thought so for, in general, children have a keen sense of justice; but, Cousin Sally always took my part, and inwardly made use ol the words 'It is easy to see you are not one of her children.' As to Frank and Nelly's going over to the enemy, as she termed it, she regarded it as a personal in sult. "Time passed on spring had come, when Frank returned home one day, com plaining of sickness and pain in his head : he threw himselt on the sola, refusing to go to bed, as he said he would be sure to imagine himselt very in. JViy step-mother brought pillows, and gave order that no visitors should be admitted, frank was restless, and complained he could not find an easy position. 'Let me sit in the corner, Frank,1 said she. Putting a pillow on her lap, she gently laid his head on it, and commenced smoothing his curls with her comb. ' 'Thank you! how cool your hands feel ; please comb on, it feels so soothing,' said be, as he at last lav quiet and finally dropped to sleep. Nelly and I went out of the room, and about an hour after, Father came home. He seemed much surprised, and sent for the Doctor, who said it might be the measles, and that a few hours would decide. My lather asked if he would re commend Nelly and I to leave the house. The doctor would not hear of it. The best thing for us was to have them now, as the season was favorable, and he approved of children's having them, if possible, when young. Frank was delirious all night. The Doctor came early, and seemed very anxious. "But, it is useless to dwell on the details. He was dangerously ill, and my step-mother nursed him night and day. At length the Doctor pronounced him out of danger, and said he only required her care. After he had gone, Frank complained that his pillows were not comfortable; my step mother raised his head, but, not pleasing him, said '"Support yourself, by clasping your arms round my neck. I can then have both hands free, dear Frank." "lie did so, and after making the de sired change, instead of loosening his hold, tie drew her lace to his, saying " 'You could not do more for me if I was your own son.' '"I certainly think I could not love you more, Frank !' "Frank was too weak to do more than kiss the cheek he still held pressed against his own, and murmured softly " ':My dear mother !' "Her eyes filled with tears as she turn ed away ; but, catching a glimpse of me, as I sat crouching in the easy chair, she said : '"Frank! here is Annie come to con gratulate you.' "r rank looked at me, and my step-mo ther, reaching her hand out to mine, drew me towards them. Frank kissed me, and holding a hand of each, he fell asleep. Softly disengaging my hand, she said gently to me "'Run awav, dear Annie! it is too close in this room for you.' "I suppose I must have looked more gen tle than usual, for she kissed me, saying " 'do ! my dear child.' "For the first time, in my life, I return ed the kiss; and then ashamed of having done so, looked more repelling than ever, and left the room. "Nelly next took the measles, but she had them very lightly ; my turn came next, and I was sick indeed. "Cousin Sally would have constituted lersell my sole nurse; but, my step-mo ther would not allow it, nursing me with the same unwearying kindness she pad nursed Frank. "One evening I had been asleep, and, on opening tny eyes, found my father in the room, and in deep conversation with my step-mother. He was urging her to take exercise in the open air; he could see that she was suffering for the want of it, and that Cousin Sally would take all proper care of me. It was her answer that made the great impression on me that I have never forgotten, as I watched her lace by the changeful light of the firp. "My dear husband! when I married you, I made a vow, so far as it was in my power, to endeavor to be a mother to your children. Now, do yon think if they were mine in reality, I would entrust them, when ill, to any one, if I were able to nurse them, myself? More than that, I think Annie is begirfning to love me. Do you not think that is worth something more than an inconvenience? She would feel hurt if 1 left her now to the care of any one. ve will soon nave ner loving us as we love her." "Not till you have sent Cousin Sally away,' said Frank, starting from my old hiding-place, the easy chair, 'rather! come down in the study with me, I want to talk with you,' so saying, he drew his astonished auditor out of the room, whilst my step-mother followed them with looks of great amazement, then advancing to the bed, she bent down to see it 1 were awake. As I made no movement and re mained silent, she concluded I was sleep ing, and resumed her seat beside the fire. "It seemed as if a veil had been removed from my mind. For the first time, I thought of her, free from prejudice, and I prayed that God would spare me, that 1 might love her as she deserved. Mill, 1 " a gave no token ol wnat was passing in my mind, and a lalse shame prevented me trom saying 'mother I love you.' "What passed between my father and Frank, of course, at the time, I did not know. All that was told me was, the Doctor had ordered change of air, and, as my step-mother came from a Southern city, it was proposed to pay her relatious a visit. We were all to go. My father would es cort us there and bring us back. It seemed to surprise them that I consented so wil lingly to go, as no one had any idea ot the change in my feelings, and 1 could not ven ture to make any demonstration. "My step-mother seemed radiant with happiness. She was going to her mother, and she could show her the new objects of her love, frank and JMelly she was so fond and so proud of. My faults would be hidden with the plea of illness. Her mo ther, who had objected to the match on ac count of the children, would now see what taeasures they were. "I bore the journey very well, and be haved so well to the strangers, that when Nelly and I went to bed, my step-mother praised and thanked me. As she sat talk ing to us, before we all knelt down in prayer, with her arm around me, I took courage and said "'Mother, you pray to-night, and pray that I may be a comfort to you, as well as Frank and Nelly.' And she did pray aloud for me, and thanked her Heavenly Father that at last Ha had touched my heart, and that I would always continue, in all times, in joy and in trouble, to seek for such blessings as He alone could give. It was a very simple prayer, adapted to the I wants of those for whom she prayed t but, I can safely say, that never since, has any prayer I ever heard, made a greater inrv pression on me. From that time. I felt free to love, her, and when we returned home and found that Cousin Saily had gone to see her son in another State, and that my father had, during our absence, remo ved all the old servants, so that there was no one to utter the remarks again, I do not think there was a more united family in the city. After the death of my father, the greatest trial 1 ever had, was when my once hated step-mother decided on living with fvelly, who was a widow, and to w'hom the board of our mother was an ob ject "And now, Annie ! do you pity Jane qs much as you did 7 I advise you to wait und see the future Mrs. Benson; and you, my dear Jane, I earnestly entreat, when angry thoughts rise, and they do in every bosom, think how much pain 1 might have spared my mother and myself, by not giv ing way to prejudice." Painful Rumors Respecting the Sir John Franklin Exvedition. Despatches have been received from Sir John Ross, stating that on the 13th of August, three Exquimaux were found on the ice, off Cape York, and on being questioned stated that in 1816 two ships were broken by the ice in the direction of Cape Dudley and Dig gle, and afterwards burned by a fierce tribe of natives that the ships in question were not whalers, and that epaulettes were worn by some of the white men. Part of the crews were drowned, and the remainder were for some time in houses or tents apart from the natives. The white men had guns, but no balls, and being in a weak and exhausted condition, they were subsequent ly killed by the natives, with darts or ar rows. Ihe paper from which the above is copied, savs that there is good reasons to believe that the whole story is a gross mis conception but what those reasons are, is not stated. The American Expedition. The Amer ican ships "Advance" and "Rescue,'had penetrated as far a? any squadron. At the departure. of the last advices, the Advance had got aground ; no serious injury was ap prehended. Remains of General Taylor. Our neighbors of the Pennsvlvaniim understand that the remains of Gen. Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States, will leave Washington city, in a car furnished by the Susquehanna Railroad Company, on the morning of the 25th of October, and will reach Baltimore at 8 o'clock, where Col. Taylor and Col. W. S. Bliss will fake possession of the corpse. They will then proceed over the York and Cumberland, or Susquehanna Road, cross the Columbia bridge, and proceed thence to Harrisburg, and so over the Central Railroad to Pitts burg, where they will take the steamer to Louisville. The Portsmouth and Central Railroad Companies have behaved with liberality and promtitude, passing tne re mains and the escort tree of expence. HOW ARE FORTUNES MADE. No person who has not investigated the mutter, can be aware or the effect of small saving and spending, when long continued) upon men's fortunes. What laborer is there who, with good health, may not save fifty dollius per year? And yet this tiivail sum, compound with only six per cent, interest, amounts lo S6S0 in ten years , S2,800 in twenty; $3,950 in thirty, and $7,700 in for ty yeais. This fortune a comfortable pro vision, to say the least, for the fortune, to a man of sixty years of age may be accumu lated by saving thirteen and three-fcurths cents per day! It is not uncommon to see families side by side, equal in numbers, and possessing, so for as the public can judge, the Bailie sources of prosperity, whereof the one grows wealthy, and the other labors under the continued pressure of debts and pecuniary embarrassments. The old proveib, that some men are born with silver spoons in their mouths, and others with wooden ones, is of ten resorted lo as the explanation of such mysteries. The truth is that what appears a mystery, when examined a little more close, ly, is no mystery at all. Thirteen or fourteen cents may slip through any man's fingers im perceptibly, not only to others but himself. ild may keep an invisible bad habit, which will cost him that sum daily, aud which he will never think of as a considerable source of expense. A very temperate and worthy man, after each meal, calls regularity at the next hotel for a few moments, anil" smokes a cigar, which co.-t him three cents From twenty, until he is seventy years of age, he continues this practice. This expenditure, with the accumulated interest upon it, will, at the time, amount to more than four thou sand dollars! And if, after an enterprising and industrious life, he has accumulated that sum, he will in utmost any country town, be reputed wealthy. A fortune of g MS, 0(10 may ba acquired in fifty years by earning, and keeping safely invested, eight shillings and three pence, New England currency, per day. Philosoi-ht, like medicine, has abun dance of drugs, few good remedies and scarcely any specifics. In proportion as the thinking faculty in man is elevated above sensual things, so far he is a man, No one is capable of such ele vation of the thought above sensual things, 'and of seeing the truths of the church, un less be acknowledges a God, and live accord ing to bis commandments, for it is God that elevates and enlightens. I akoliier triumph. Soon after the arrival of Jenny Lind at Boston, a very painful event occurred there, which we learn has very seriously affected her. It appears that in the house where ap partments were provided for her, there was a very superior mocking-bird, whose powers of mimiciy and sons were such that he had silenced both the feathered and feline circles there canary birds and cats giving up a Bttempls to outmatch him in their respective notes. He was removed into the same room with Jenny who was charmed with him After finishing one of her simple songs, "Bob" tuned his pipes and gave out a very fair imitation, the admiration of Jenny was unbounded, she tried bim in a snatch from the celebrated, "cavalina" in "1 1 Puritsni;" "Bub," fier one or two leaps from percti to perch, spread his tail in extacy, filled his chest again, and run over all those beautiful notes as accurately as if they were the mere eoho of the thrilling notes of Jenny. Mr Barnum, who stood by, became alarm ed ; he kna.w the owner of the bird had too long a pocket lo admit of a possible hope of his willingness to part with him, or even en ter into "an engagement" on any teims and here was a bird equal to Jenny thus far. Jenny, however, seeing the consternation of her friend, sprang lo the piano, and struck off in her best style, her celebrated "Swedish Echo Song" Schiclmeet ru under heil visiting Weigtieugh ? ha T wcigheugh " "Bob" listened sprang lo his water jar and took a sip listened again shook his feathers, and began. For a note or two, he succeeded admirab'y, but when he came to that point where the voice of Jenny leaves the earth and turns a summerset in the clouds) poor "Bob" faltered; he was seen to struggle hard, reeled, and fell dead from his perch in a lock-jaw. N. Y. Mirror. THE BIRD'S BONO. COMPOSED BY TACBERT. The following are the words of the Birds Song which Jenny Lind sings: Birdliug! why sir.g in the forest widel Say why 1 say why ! Call'sl thou the Bridegroom or the Bride 1 And why 1 Biid why 1 "I call no bridegroom call no Bride, Although I sing in forest wide. Nor know 1 why I'm singing." Birdling 1 Why is thy heart so blest t Oh say r oh say ! Music o'erllowiug from this breast t Oh say ! oh say ! "My heart is full, and yet is light, My heart is clad in day or night, Nor know I why I'm singing." Birdling! Why sing you all the day 1 Oh tell! oh toll ! Do any listen to thy lay 1 Oh tell ! oh tell ! "I care not what my song may be, Now this, now that, I warble free, Nor kuow; yet must be singing." Machine roa praying. Some tribe of Tarters use a machine called a Mani for ma king their prayers. It is a neat little ma chine made of wood, or iron, or copper cylin ders filled with a long, but narrow roll of paper oi cloth, on which their idols and sym. bols are painted, and, below, prayers, either printed or written in the Thibetian character about two inches in diameter and three in ches long. It move on points like a horizon- al wheel, and in a small string is a kind ol iron or brass frame attached to the wheel to make it swing nicely. Not only the Budd hist clergy, but also any of the laity who feel inclined to do so. use this wheel. Those who are too poor, buy al least the prayer without Ihe wheel, and carry the roll of pa per on which they are written, or painted from a wood block, on their chest, sewn in a rag. Part of ihe Lames procure their sub- sistance from written or printing there pra yers or sacred sentences. In Upper Kanawa ihey have very big Manis in their temples, wbich one man turns round by a handle. The people have such Manis or prayer wheels built even in small streams close to their house, so lhat the water, by turning Ihe wheel, performs the necessary prayeis for Ihem. BEAITIFLL EXTRACT. Do trees talk 1 Have they not leafy lungs do they not at sunrise, when the wind is low, and the bird are carolling their songs, play a sweet musio! Who has ever heard the soft whisper of the green leaves in spring lime on a sunny morning, who did not feel as tnough rainbow gleams of gladness were running through his heart 1 And then, when the peach-blossoms hang like rubies from the stem of Ihe parent tree when Ihe morning glory, like a nun before the shrine of God, unfolds her beautiful face, and the moss-rose open their crimson lips, spaikling with the nectar that falls from heaven, who does not bless his Maker 1 VVhen Autumn comes the season of the 'sere and yellow leaf when Ihe wheat is in it golden prime, and corn waves its silken tassels in the air, how those who ihink, bow and remember the reaper Death! And then again in winter, when the bosom of Old Mother Earth is cold, and Ihe white snow, like a shroud, is on her breast, and the naked trees, with leave all fallen, stand qmvering in the wind ! Tuc Alsamy Dutchman says he knows a youth who every lime ba wishes to get a glimpse of his sweetheart, has lo holler "fire" right under her window. In the alarm of the moment she plunges ber head oot of the win. dow, and exclaims "Where 1" Wbao ha poetically slaps himself on lh bosom, add iclaims, "Hert my Angelica !" WILD UtasAR Or HUNGARY. ' France, Russia, Prussia, and other countries have intioduced the Hussar into their armies, but these soldiers are merely Russian, French, and Prussian cavalry, dressed in the Hunga rian laced jacket J they want the spirit, Ihe horse, and-the 'Magyar Isten.' For this reason, the Hungaria hussar willnol acknow ledge them as brethren J and whenever ha comes in contact with foreign hussar, he lets them feel in battle the full force of his con tempt. A story is told, lhat during a cam paign against the French in the war with Napoleon, the bivouacs of the Prussian and Ihe Hungarian hussars were near lo one ano ther. A Prussian came ovor lo his neighbors in a familiar way, with a glass of wine, and drank it lo the health of his brother hussar But ihe Hungarian gently pushed the glass back and stroked his beard, saying, 'What brother no brother 1 hussar you jack-pudding.' This expression is not to be mistaken for a brag. The Hungarian hussar is no fanfaron like the French chasieur, but he is conscious of his own powers, like a grenadier of the old Imperial Guard. The dolmsny, the csako, and the csizma, have grown to his body ; they form his holy day dress even when off duty the national costume transferred into ibe army ; as he is aware that this is not the case in other countries, ihe foreign hussar's dress in his eyes a mere servants' livery ; and logically the man is not altogether wrong. The hussar, like the Magyars in general, is natuarlly good tempered. The finest man in Ihe service, he is at the same time the most jovial companion in the tavern, and will not sit by and empty his glass by himself when a Bohemian or German comrade at his side, has spent nil his money. There is only one biped under the sun who is in his eyes more coutemtible and hateful than any animal of marsh or forests. This is the Banderial bus. sar lhat half breed between Croat and Mag yar, that carioature of ihe true hussar, who serves in the cavalry, as the Croat in the in fantry, of Ihe military frontier. Never was a Hungarinn hnssar known to drink at the same table ; if he meets a snake he crushes it under foot a wolf he will hunt in the mountain with a buffalo he will fight on the open heath with a miserable horse stealer he will wrestle for a halter ; but as for the Bandarian hussar, he spits in his face whenever he meets him. It was at Hatvan, or at Tapjo Bicske, that Hungarian and Banderiel hussars were for the first time in this war the first time per haps in the recollection of man opposed to one another in battle. If looks could slay, there would bave been no need of a conflict, for the eyes of Ihe Magyars shot death and contempt at their unworthy adversaries. The signal for attack sounded, and at the same instant, as if seized by one common thought, the Hungarian hussars clattered their heavy sabres back into the scabbard, and with a fearful imprecation, such as none but a German tongue could echo, charged weaponless and at full speed their mimic caricatures whom fate had thrown in their way. The shock was so irrisMible, that tho poor Croat could make no use of their sabres ngainst the furious on sets of their unarmed foes ; they were beaten down from their saddles with a fist, and dragged off their horses by their dolmany those who could save themselves fled. The hussars disdained to pursue them ; but they complained lo their colonel at having been opposed lo 'such a rable.' SHEEP. These gentle creatures, who both feed and clothe us, require protection, under shelter, during the winter. The better they are kept, the gieatei and more beautiful will be their fleces the more money Ihey will bring into your pocket. Their shed, which should be tight, and face the south, and open upon a yard, must be bedded every few days with straw, so as to keep Ihem clean. They should each receive about three pounds of hay daily if given a gill of oats, bean, or pea meal, daily, two and a half pounds of hay . will answer, or the like quantity of well cured fodder or straw. Two pounds of roots, to be cut up, and two pounds of loug provender for a day' ration a head A trough, with $alt strewed over tar should, at all times, be ao cessible to them. If, however, ydu supply them with pine boughs lo brownse on, you may dispense with the tar. The yard, which the sheep have access lo, should fiist teoeive, a foot of earlh in depth, fashioned into a ditch shape, which should be kept covered with straw, from lime to time, for the double pur pose of adding to Ihe comfort of the sheep, and absorbing their rin. Sheep dung and sheep urine thus protected from deterioration, is among Ihe richest of manures, and we venture ihe assertion, lhat a flock of one bun dred sheep, furnished with the right kind of materia, would make manure enough from November till Msy, to fertilize fifteen acres of land. The Rings or the Human Vote. In an. wer lo a correspondent, the editor of the , Medical Timet say: There are about nin perfect tones, but 17,692,188,044, 4, differ ent sounds; thus, fourteen direct musales, . alone or together, produoe 16,883 J thirty direct mnscles, ditto, 173,741,823 ; and all in co-operaiion produce the number w fcavet named ; aud these independently of differ , degrees of intensity. An EoiYoa reoeived a letter in whicb weather was spelled "wethur." He said it was the worst ifttt of weather be bad oval seen.
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