sC^cmi r**Pn£Hcatlbn. THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is pub. Itshcd every Thursday Morning,, and mailed to sub scribers at the very reasonable price of One Dol ui ;'|tWnlcnd ed to 'notify every subscriber when ' the term, foe which he has paidaball baw&apifddvby the stamp —“Time Oat,” on the margin, of the lass-paper. The, paper will then be stopped until a /briber re jnittance be By thi&arraogemjech bo man. Can bchronght in debt to the printer, 1 ' : Tl*i;A<bri.Toa U the Official Paper of' the Coun large-aqd steadily iaemsing. circulation reaching.into nearly every neighborhood in-tb® County, Itissent free of posioge to any Pos- oraco ■within the county fen Us, and to those living within the limits,but whose- mostconvenieot postoffice day be iaau adjoiningCfcunty, • w >t• *: Business Cir<te, not exceeding Ahne?, paper.iAt eluded, s4per year, - »; .l : GENEVIEVE. Dost thou remember* Genevieve, The happy, happy past’ Those hours s<s bright arid beautiful — Too beaoliruV-lb last? : 1 When we wert wandering day by day Beneath a.sonnaersky. And felt all Eden's blessedness, . Yet scarcely questioned why ? Ab! coward heart, why silent then ; Why trembling stand aside ( . And -see a bolder lover -come - ; ’ And claim Ihcc for his bride?-. . Thy marriage bells,smote heavily t , Upon my listening car; Thy marriage vows \ scarce could bear From thy dear voice to hear. 1 know that thou art hts alone, Nor would I turn away, To ease ray heart, one thought of thine, From virtue's narrow way j But, when I meet thee, Genevieve, Still dear to me as ever, . I whisper to my heart “ forget !'* It answers, u never, never." Alone \ alone!—a dreary word, And His a dreary lot; Still, still to live in solitudei By all I loved forgyt. But thus the years are gliding on, And I am growing old ; Alone 1 alone I—*iny heart must be. Till Ui* still and cold. , - - Virginia Select iHla tenant*. From Graham's Magazine. MINNIE’S PRESENT, BY ELLA HODMAN Everybody declared that Uncle Rollings, ford would be ruined by his generosity. But this declaration had now been made for a number of years, and still he continues pros perous. His substance was. like ihe widow’s cruse of oil—giving only qeeraed to increase it. Every stray beggar who approached the farm was' invited in, and fed, and warmed, and sent on his way rejoicing; all the poor relations, to the fortieth degree, cultivated a warm friendship for “Cousin John,” and paid him frequent visits in proof of their esteem; and at Christmas and Thanksgiving times the family 'circle collected around him was perfectly patriarchal. This propensity was a subject of never ceasing uneasiness to Aunt Ruth. She prophesied again and again that they, would all come to the poorhouse; bat her husband only laughed, and, said Inal “he must give his cups of cold water;” and, as the children grew up, and the daughters married, and sons went “out west,” and all prospered and nourished, and the farm remained unsold, Auni Jlulh wondered more and more-how it happened that they had bread enough, and began to think that there.must be some witch craft in it. But Uncle Hollingsford had just perpetrated an act, the enormity of which disturbed his domestic peace for a long while; and some times, it seemed doubtful if the sky ever would be cleared. He suddenly took it into his bead to look, up the widow of a brother who had been dead several years; and know ing that poor Job never had possessed a knack for acquiring worldly goods, he resolved to examine into the condition of his family.— Without telling Aunt Ruth of bis plans, be went off very quietly by himself—but he re turned not as he came. Aunt Ruth had prophesied that no good would come of, this journey ; but, when the wagon stopped, and she saw her husband lift out a little girl, she could scarcely believe her owp eyes, “To think that, after raising a family of eight children, and getting them well of her hands, John should go and bring home such a pest as that i It was 100 much far flesh and blood to stand ! So she looked coldly upon poor -Minnie, who shrank back into herself;and eyed her husband severely. But Uncle Hollingsford could sometimes assert himself, and he did qpon this occasion* He had found-his brother's widow in delicate health, with several children ; and, in order to lighten her burden, he invited Minnie, a pretty child of fourteen, to aocbmpany him home on a visit of indefinite length. But per ceiving that the child’s sojourn with them was not likely to prove a very pleasant one, ns matters now stood, he approached his wife with a resolute air, and whispered something that had the effect of procuring Minnie a sort of welcome that struck her us pot over cordial.. But Uncle Hollingsford bad gained: his point; IVlinnie was regularly established at the farm, and if not much noticed by her aunt, she soon became a great favorite with her uncle. And not only with him, but with nil who came to the house ; for she was a sunny-lempercd little thing, making life and gladness wherever she went. The huge kitchen-fire burned all the more brightly fop the snapping cold that reigned without: and the kitchen itself sent forth a gteam of savory viands infinitely refreshing to'a hungry palatei It was almost breakfast lime; and punctual as the dock, the gaunt figure of Ichabod foole strode into the kitch en, arid sank into the accustomed seat by the chimney-corner. Of all Hollingsford’s •proteges , this was the one with whom Aunt Both least pa. ijejtcp. Fqr ten years he had not missed a morning, upless detained by illness; ans yet he always caqte in with the same observe lion that “ as he happened to be passing by, he thought he would just drop in.” Jchaliod had keen a respectable farmer ; hut being what the country-people called “ thriftless,” he had suffered things to go to wreck and ruin, until there remained to him self and wife only the dih) R ida(ed : looking red cottage, and the small strip if land around it. People say that breakfasts and dinners were doubtful a 't the red cottage, and suppers almost unheard of;ari'd it was maliciously whispered that lchabo4 was much inclined to be neighborly at mealtimes;- ' StURRQCK & C<C. JWt- For-The* Agitator ■• He alwSys went- to Uncle 'Hollingsfbrd’s for break fast J ; but upon feeing invited info the dining.roornp invariably observed that “there was na'bccasifrnrwife would he 1 expecting Himnthomet’’ etc. This, was a j regular part or the performance, and it repaired con siderable exertion to dislodge him front the chrtnriey-coroer'; Aunt Ruth scarcely at tempted to smother her indignation.when, afterdeclaring that “he didn’t want any thing,he wasn’t-hungry,” etc., he would sit down to the plentiful table nud sweep off all before him. ’■ ■ iiu. i ■Thd family was broken dp and scattered, and sons and daughters would return to visit the home of their childhood, so changed, that they could not be recognized; hut there was fehabod in just the' same seal, and just the same words in his mouth, as when they left him three years'before. Everybody said it was a perfect farce i bat Uncle Hollingsford «[as immovable, and insisted upon treating Ichabod with politeness. It 1 was the morning after Minnie's arrival, and her Uhele desired'her to inform Mr. Poole that breakfast was ready. This she did very sweetly; and (Ichabod, making a feint of rising, replied— ' ■ “ ! was just going, my dear—lime that 1 was going off long ago. Stop to breakfast ! Oh, no, thank you—my wile will be tfaitihg for me.” Minnie returned to the dining-room, and Innocently repeated what she supposed (6 be Mr. Poole’s refusal. To her great surprise, her uncle laughed out, and her aunt had a very queer expression about the mouth. “Waiting *tp hat t” she exclaimed, in a tone of cutting sarcasm. “Maybe they’re going tef have' fritters for breakfast, and they’ll be spoiled—he’d belter go.” “Come, come, wife,” replied Uncle Hoi fingsford, when he had stopped laughing, “this is too had-*-they can’t help being poor.” “Yes they' can help if,” said Aunt Ruth, tartly, “Just as well as yon, or I, or anybody else can help it. They needn’t quarter them selves on their neighbors, at any rate—l should think he’d he ashamed of himself!” Minnie was again dispatched to the kitchen with an imperative summons to Mr. Poole. She soon returned with his answer— “He said there was no occasion.’’ • Laughing more heartily than ever at Min nie’s innocence and perplexed look, Uucle Hollingsford went to the Iritchen, ns he had done for ten years, and marched Ichabod Poole into breakfast. Minnie was astonished at the rapid disappearance of the viands ; but Ichabod had taken quite a fancy to the child, and regarded her very benignly. As he went home that morning, he began revolving in hia own mind, a .. fL. benefit. ‘ John Hollingsford was a good sort of a fellow, and as he had now taken break fast th’dre several times, (!) bo believed that he would make the child a present, by way of testifying his gratitude. ' Christmas wds rap idly approaching, and it would be an agreea ble surprise. Bright and early Christmas morning, Ichabod made his appearance with a covered basket, and in the baskefthere was a Maltese kitleji. Minnie was enraptured; her hd&rt fairly overflowed with love to all sorts of pets, and the kitten was a perfect little beauty.— Just the right size to be graceful;—it was plump and sleek, and the very color to wear a blue ribbon around its neck, After gratefully thanking Mr. Poole, Min nie displayed her treasure in triumph ; but at sight of the kitten, Aunt Ruth’s cup of wrath was overflowing. She couldn’t bear the sight of a cat-—she detested cats-—-it would always be putting its little, dirty nose into the milk and cream—and it was just exactly like Ichabod to give a present that would soon eat its own head off!. Minnie looked as frightened as though she had actually expected to see the kitten per form this feat and cast an imploring look at her uncle, when Aunt Bulb muttered some thing about sending it back where it came from. “Oh, no,” replied her husband, “I have 100 much respect for Ichabod’s feelings to do that, and the little animal will be a great comfort to Minnie. You remember Whit tington and his cat V’ he continued, “perhaps this one will bring us good luck." Aunt Ruth looked very disdainful, and scarcely spoke to Minnie all day. But Min nie was used to these fits, and became 100 much absorbed in her kitten to feel troubled about anything. “Well!” exclaimed Aunt Ruth, “I hope you are satisfied, now! I told you that it Would come to this ; and I’m only surprised that it didn’t come long ago I” This was but poor consolation for a man wj)o-had jnst been confiding to his wife the story of his misfortunes,and Uncle Hollings ford looked into the fire and sighed. But all attempts at consolation, unless they* came ip the shape of bank-bills, would have proved unavailing; for Uncle Hollingsford, led away by his generous heart had indorsed largely for a neighbor ip distress, and the neighbor had gone down dragging his benefactor with him ; and now (Ipe friend of so many unfor tunates, saw himself threatened with a sher iff’s sale, and he and his wile driven forth in theirold age, from the home which had shel tered them for so many years. Where were all those whomhe had helped out of similar difficulties 1 fhqse who had eaten at his table, and slept beneath his roof in the days of prosperity 1 His ' wife asked this.ip q po|d, putting, tone, that made biro wince, for man’s ingratitude is Hard to bear, “It is strange,” said Uncle Hollingsford, musing, “that father left no rnore money. There was little beside the' slock, and every* body was surprised at it—he was always sd saving. 1 ' _ " . THE AGITATOR. Befcoteu to m of mxt ttyt H maims mcf COUNTYv IfA.j, APRIL 30. 1851. og vfwejgi is. q£| 'wisno^ “If joa had copied him, in that respect, it would.he better- for Us, now” replied,- Aunt Rum.". v;' ■; . fJode ffollingaford shook Bis head.. He did-not dwell upon his father’s weainpsa, but everybody,knew, his jnis'erly disposition,; and even in bis last moments he groaned at the idea of patting with.his cherished.posspssiona. When ,he died, people said that there would be, gold and bank hills found jq broken-tea pots and the toes of old, stockings; but, as very-dew -such -discoveries - were -rqade, rt hey pu3ded oynr.it in much perplexity. '-.Perhaps it was his example hefore bis eyes (hat led ,his sdh to the opposite extreme; for certain it was that no two could be more unlike. - Tt was a mild day, and Mionici accompa nied by her kitten, had gone (o the old garret, whose myslerioushooks she loved to explore; and there she could'have'a‘romp with ’kilty, in the full enjoyment of being beyond the reach of Aunt .Ruth’s reprimand. Uncle Hollingsford had. been very grave of late; and half-anticipated something dread ful, she scarcely knew what. Mindie leaned listlessly against the rough beatps, and watched the gambols of the kitten, who seemedchallengingher to participate in the fun. But Minnie was thinking of other things ; and she fixed her large melancholy eyes on the blue sky, that seemed so'riear the garret window, and wondered if Uncle John was in warn of money. She had overheard some words, that led her to suspect this; and she. began to think that she might go and leach school, or do something to help him. Kilty, was. making a terrible scratching against the boards, and Minnie endeavored (o’ oall her off, She really believed she bad dis covered a mouse-s.il would he horrible to see her kill and eat it, like other cats—she would not love her a bit after that—and Minnie tried -to pull her away. Bui kitty was very busy scratching something out from under a board; and, having put in one velvet paw, she succeeded in dislodginga dark-colored roll, that was certainly not a mouse, nor anything else alive. ■ Minnie examined it with trembling fingers, and found bank-bills to the amount oI 850001 With glowing cheeks, and eyes sparkling with excitement, she rushed into the room where her buried in his gloomy thoughts; and .paying no attention to her aunt’s exclamation's of “Maridn Holtingsford ! go back this instant, and shut the door!" She placed the soiled and crumbled notes in bis own hands. “Where did you get these ?”•said foe.-so calmly that Minnie feared he cared very little about them. But when (be story was told, Minnie and her net were lifted in Uncle Hollingsfnrd’s arms, and his Ipars raintrcr'acrwn - upon me bright curls, ns he'whispered : “Minnie, do you know that you and kilty have saved your old nude from being turned upon the. world? Ruth,” said he, looking reproachfully at hist wife. It was foreign to Aunt Ruth's nature, hm She gave way, for qnce, and folded Minnie in tbe first warm embrace that she had ever bestowed upon her. “I .wish that Ichabod Poole was here,” said Uncle Hqllingsford. “Had it not been for his somewhat unwelcome present, this money would still have been lying idle. 1 should really like to see him.” “Can’t you wait until to-morrow morning ?” said Aunt Ruth, so drily that it extorted from her husband the first hearty lapgh he had in-' dulged in for a long wlple. The farm, of course, was npl so!d; and the very singular manner in which he had been preserved traveled about like wild-fire, and Minnie and her kitten became objects of the greatest curiosity. Ichabod now began coming to dinner, on the strength of his gift; and if he had taken up his residence there altogether, Uncle Hollingsford would, doubt less, have made him welcome. Time passed on; the kitten had grown into a cat, and Minnie had becorne a young lady. Her cousins laughingly declared that she had entirely superseded them jn the qtfec tions of their parents ; and a stranger would certainly have supposed that she was the pel of the house. One day, an advertisement, to the follow ing effect, appeared in ‘-‘The Village Organ,” published in the small town near which the Hollingsfords lived. “Lost, on Thursday last, a Maltese cal, with a blue ribbon around’its neck. On re turning the same at. this office of “The Organ,” or Westlake Farid, the finder will be suitably rewarded.’’ The next week “The Organ” contained the following answer: “The finder of the Maltese cat, advertised, in last Saturday’s organ, is extremely anxious to retain it— what would the 1 owner consider a sufficient inducement for parting with the animal I" Minnie was perfectly indignant, both at the insult, and at being separated so long, from her pet"; so she sat down and wrote ; if the finder of the Maltese cal does not immedi ately restore her to the rightful owner, he or she will be searched out and exposed before the community.” . When tbe paper containing this threat ap peared, jt brought a reply from tlje culprit in persop. Aunt Ruth was looking forth from the sTuiqg-room window when she suddenly exclaimed;— “What on earth is that handsome stranger coming here for ? I declare,” she continued, “if he hasn’t got Fortune in his arms This was the name the kitten had received on that memorable day' when it saved the Westlake ftrm. ’ ’ ~ ' “Run, Minnie,” continued her aunt, “and takehim into the oarlor.” Minnie opened the door vyilha heightened color, and a somewhat elevated head, for the offer of buying licr favorite ty*s flill in her njind. - fhe visitor, a-handsome roan of thirty-five-, With an-air of foreign travef, doffed his Jlal with a lowly, obeisance to \he beautiful apparition before him: and; perhaps,' he too felt conscious of hi,S misdemeanor, for ho was decidedly embarrassed.ashe folloWed M.ihnie into the room.’ • .‘-‘I hope,” said he with a smile that dis armed all Minhie’s indignation, in spite of herself, "that ’you' Will pardon my uninten tional 'rudeness? I expected to fi,od in the .owner of the qal, some indignant'old lady’, or thoughtless boy, to Whom a few’ dollars would prove an irresistible allurementand, as t had taken a great fancy to ilie animal, J concluded to try the experiment.”- “And 1,” replied Minnie, ‘texpeqt-. ed to see, in the’finder of Eorlune, “a disa greeable, purse T proud individual—whether lady or gentleman 1-could not decide.' 1 I The half compliment conveyed in this an swer, brought a look of gratitude from the visitor that made Minnie wish she had not said it; but Jbst hs'an awkward crisis was approaching, Uncle Holljngsford entered the room, and politely saluted the stranger, whom he recognized as he new proprietor of a handsome country-seat on the other side of the village. , - The visitor introduced himself as Mr. Emlay, and at once entered into an easy and agreeable conversation 'with the master of the house. The story of kitten was told and Commented upon ; and the stranger (earned, by adroit questions, that Uncle Hollingsford’s circumstances were by no means flourishing. He immediately expressed his want of an agent to oversee bis place,, which he pro-, pounced to be sadly neglected, and acknow|. edged himself totally unqualified for ofljce. He did not lose -sight, of Minnie's speaking eyes, which rested upon her uncle almost be seechingly—ibis was, just the thing for hi% it Would require so little lahnc-nbol Uncle Hollingsford was not the one to recommend him.self, and Mr. Emlay was obliged tq qs|t him point blank. Afier a while it was all arranged ; and the stranger departed with a warm invitation-to renew his visit. “Fortune again t u exclaimed Uncle Hoi llngsford, as lie related to his wife the fresh piece of luck. But Aunt Ruth glanced at Minnie in a very significant manner, and looked little disposed to give the cat touch predil this lime. - • j “If Ichabbd was here now, I could almost 1 give him a hug,” continued the old man. ‘.‘He' will be here to-morrow morning-," re plied Aunt Ruth, as'drily as ever. Uncle Hollingsford entered at ogee apon his “agency” Which turned out to be very little beyond a name and a salary : and Mr. ETmlay availed nimselfio ilm fullest extent of his invitation lo renew his visit. “Miss Minnie,” said he, quite suddenly, one evening, “do you remember that when advertising your cqt, you promised that the finder would be suitably rewarded ?” Minnie looked surprised at this address, and endeavored to escape from the window. “I left it altogether lo your generosity,” continued Mr. Emlay, gravely “but I have as yet received nothing.” Minnie stammered out something about pot wishing to insult him; but he replied very cooly that it was not too late to make repara tion. . The next moment Minnie’s hand.was im prisoned in both of .his ; and, as she did not withdraw it, be acknowledged himself “suit ably rewarded.” Very Bad. —“Whatmay be the cause,” said an Irish curate to his parish clerk, “which keeps Rory O’Kegan fro’confession an’ fro’ the church service, Peter Murphy?” “A sad matter it is, your tionqr—it’s him self that's got into a very " had way, ony how.” “Oeh, Peter,” said the curate, “is it De ism ?” "‘Worse, ye may depend,” replied the wor : thy ejerk. “Sowl o’ me, I trust it’s not Atheism or the like o' that Peter,” exclaimed his pastor. ", Worse,” “And what in the name q' nature can it bo?” cried the minister. “Re the powers, an’ it? rheumatism,” re plied Peter Murphy, “aqd so it is.” Nature's Fasiiios, —There is one fash, iqn that never changes. The sparkling eye, the coral lip, the rose leaf blushing on the cheek, the elastic step are always in fashion. Health—rosy, bouncing, gladsome health— is never put of fashion ; what pilgrimages are made, what prayers are uttered for its posses sion I Failing in the pursuit, what treasures are lavished in concealing its loss or counter feiting its charms! Sir VValter Scott, mentioned a characleris tfc instance of an old Highland warrior’s mode;pf pardon.—-“ You must forgive even your bitterest enemy, Kenmuir, now," said the confessor to him, as ho lay gasping on his dealhrbed. “Well, if I must, I must,” replied the chieftain; “bql my curse be on you, Donald,” turning towards bis son, “if you forgive him.” A railroad cooductor.-baving-insuited a My passenger, shesaid indignantly, that the com pany that owned the road should nol.see an other cent of her money. - “How so 1” said the conductor; hoys can you-manage it.” - - “Hereafter,” replied the lady, instead, of buying my ticket' at the Office, I shall pay-, my fare to you !" ■ ■ -‘Prosperity acts on peraons’much the same wpy thpt lhe on different-object*. Some it hardens like-' mud while'- others it softeps iikp wax. ■ • PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS £::ssy ... ... r ©pniraunicatioiia, For the Agitator. Ijidlan oont---Ha. 2, Mr. Editob : I‘propose in this article to continue ; subject of Indian giving the ol the course of prqceedure reeommendedin rpy ■ Ibr-rnef aft icle. - Indies Corn i%,a gcnql feeder. Its growth is luxuriant arid rapid; hence .the soil must lie rich in order In' afford sufficient nourish ment, ngd well pulverized that the toots may extend 'readily ip search of it. The land musrbe heavily tpanured ip it'he'not already very rich; ■' Corn will not and cannot tftrive' well-upon poor ground. I recommend manuring in the Pol! for (his reason :' Yardmanure as .generally latid by farmers is too coarse and tnn much in lumps. By appfying it in the Pal! and plowing it in, it rots and becomes mixed with and soaked up by (be soil during the Winter.' Again, by this process we can avail ourselves of the advantages of deep" plowing both Fall and Spring; and mix ihe manure mope thorJ oughly with the soil by plowing twice after it is applied. We also leave the manure-near the surface where it is needed. For instances We manure the ground in the Fall and plow deep; this covers the manure well under ground..' We plow again in Ihe Spring; (same depth,)' and of course bring the ma nure up again hearer the suuface. Corn roots do not : extend very deeply into the ground, and their food must be placed nearer surface than it would be when first plowed' in, pfoyided \ye plow sufficiently deep for the good of the soil and (he crop. Fine manure or well rotted compost cun be applied, in the Spring by plowing the ground twice. Reyp plowing, 'is yery necessary. It al lows the corn roots to extend as deeply as they please without restriction, allows the water after heavy rains to settle below, the roots so, that they are never in standing water, and secures more moisture to the s.qil ip a dry lime. The water from rains settling deeper is not so soon evaporated by the heal of the sun. When ground is plowed shallow 1 , the corn roots stand half the lime in water and half the time in a dry pnrebed soil. In limp of even moderate showers they get too much moisture, and in lime of sunshine evaporation takes place rapidly and they soon suffer for want of moisture. ■ The ground must be thoroughly pulverized in Order to mix the manure well with the soil and allow the fools to extend with freedom in all directions. To- effect this, two deep and thctiough plowings and the thorough use of the harrow pr large cultivator are gene rally sufficient before planting. Suppose we put a coating o.f course jumpy manure on a ■jiiff clay soil, plqw once quite shallow and plant without harrowing, (as many farmers do,) use a large sized plow at hoeing time in order lo turn up good big lumps lo the hiljs, how many bushels of corn ought we 10. ex pect per acre? In this case the roqlg have lumps of dirt and lumps of manure to pass through. Hence they are starved at one stage of their progress and over fed at an other, No one vvnnld reporqmepd feeding fattening cattle or swine in this manner. Frequent siirring of the soil is all import ant, especially if it he clay. It prevents the ground from bakipg and keeps it porous and mellow. For this purpose qfter plaptirtg, use the cultivator oply, with the exception of hand hoes. It does the work npqre effecluqlly than any other implement which I haye eyef. usqd. ..J.use hand hoes twice—cultivator fqnr limes. ~ No one can prescribe itqe ejfact num ber of times that corn should ha h°ed qr tivated; so much depends qpott the nature pf the soil and the kipd qpd amount of grass and weeds which Infest it. G|ay needs more fre quent slirring.than sand or gravel. My soil is a mixture of clay and gravel—about two thirds clay. The rule should be in nil cases —keep down weeds and keep tho ground mellow. FARMER. (To be continued.) For Xlie Agitator. Is He Rich? Eyepything animate afnd inanimate appear? to be undergoing a marked change. There is nothing of a permanent nature, that is of earth, earthy. All - terrestrial objects*arp of a decidedly transient qrder. All of our great moral re forms, have their ups and downs. Yesterday the nation was divided upon the tariff question, to-day upon the slavery, and to-morrow they may be discussing the practicability of colo nizing the moon, or forming a commercial treaty with the. inhabitants of some of our sister planets for aught we know. Everything appears at the same tiriip, to be in a progressive stale, and in the words of Galileo, “the. world does move!” We are certainly advancing at rtrilroad - speed to hu man perfection. ' Man is fast relinquishing his former silly superstitions, and gladly ac-- ceptjng ihp popular-dogmas of this qga of herculean improvement.' Hundreds of amples might be cited, to prove Beyond' a doubt that we are fast outstripping our.sister nations, in all that is great, noble, and eleva ting. We will present only one, which will clearly show to any unp'redjudiced mind that our ancestors were nreciqps old loojes, and that their ideas ,qf life vyere very narrow and bigoted, when compared without enlightened and intelligent views of men and things. The time has been when a ‘ person was in-! traduced into society, tfie first questions that would be asked concerning him would be something.like the followings- .Is ho indus trious ? Is ' he hoqest 1- Roes he sustaiq a good, moral character ? Is be endeavoring to advance the cause of human- progress, there by raising his fellow man in the scale of so cial-being-? If these and afew other-simple qucoliotre could-truthful l }' be answered affirm-; Rate* of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged 81 per square of fourteen lines, for one, or three insertions, ant) 2a cents for ever/ subsequent insertion. Alladverlise ments of lcss than lonrleeii lines" considered "as a aqnaie. The. following rates will be- charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertising: 3 months. 6 months.. 12 uMi'a I.Square, (14 lines,) - 82 50 8150 SB 00 2 Squares,- . . . -4 00 600 800 } column, .... ]ooo‘ 1500 2000 I column,- ■- . . -18 00 30 00 40 00 , All advertisements not having the number of in sertions marked upon them, will be kept in until or dered obt, and charged accordingly. Posters', Handbills, Sill,and Letter Heads, and all kinds of 'Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and" promptly. Justices', Consta bles’and other BLANZCS, constantly on hand and printed to order. NO. 40. atively, lie could immediately beadmilled into (lie best society. No matter if his falhefavas a day laborer or his mither a washer woman, no mailer if his hands) were calloused over with hard manual tabor, if he was only stupid enough (o be honest and lo speak kindly of his parents he was considered as good as any body- But lhank fortune times have might ily changed in these latter days f No longer js man’s position in the world grounded upon such doubly distilled nonsense! All of the above musty old fogyisms have vanished be fore the dispelling sUn of civilization and re'- finemenl. To day of a ’new comer would be asked something like the' following sensible interrogations: Is he rich? Is he manor born lo a princely estate he a fast young man? Does he speak jeslingly of his pa rents? Is his person properly decorated with Jewels? Is his raiment of the latest Paris stripes? Is he fully versed in nil our fish-- ionable small lalk 1J ’ Cap be bow andscrape in accordance with the latest work on eti quette?. If these questions'are answered in the afh.rmalive, managing mammas set all their wits lo work lo captivate our promising Young America for l|er adorable Adilia Jane. matter if he is deeply steeped in dissipa tion. No matter if hft character'Ts blacker than the hat he wears. No matter is his eve nings are spent in nocturnal debaucheries, if he is the possessor of these essential qnalifl j cations Tor a nlce'young man, he soon becomes | the observed of all obseivers—the adored of ; all adorers. ' Here is a modern improvement for yon, — what think ye of it T "FRANK. Land Speculations in the West. ; The extent to which speculations in land 'have beeq carried in ihe West, cannot but ex ercise an injurious influence, sooner or later, even here.'* To.use an,old. simile, the finan- Icial world" is like a placid fake, which a stone [dropped into disturbs, more or less, over" all iits surface, however remote. Already, in fact, the debts due to eastern merchants from [many quarters of that vast and growing sec llion, have failed to be liquidated at maturity, .because the larmefs and other customers of l(ie weslerp storekeepers, being emhgrked be yond their means in land speculations, have pot been prompt in paying their semi-annual bills. The nearer regions of the West have been the first to exhibit'lhis deficiency, for it'-- has been; from them, principally, that the money for these speculations has been taken, jand the ablors in them have gone. As this stale of things is not new, as we are not with |oul a parallel to it in the past, we may alv most certainly predict what is to follow. 1 For prosperous as the West is, speculalion exaggerates that prosperity. Over large.por tions of that thriving legion prices range oc cpfdjng tq its present ones. In Chicago, lands will, to-day, bring more money than in cor responding situations in Philadelphia, or even in New York; yet scores of persons are anxious, to purchase, notwithstanding these enormtus prices; in the hope of a still fur ther advance. Thus speculation stimulates . itself. A fictitious value to properly is kept’ Hp, an 4 will bp till tfie bubble bursts. Hun dreds who’are shrewd enough to see the false character of prices, nevertheless are embark ed in speculations, believing that they will be able to sell before the revulsion commences, 1 say ing, “after tpc the deluge.” To carry on [these transactions, however, means must be had; and hence money;is at three, four andf six per cent To*" month. ■ Honest debts are jneglecletj' in order to gamble in lands. Ad- 1 venturous capitalists, who have gone from jibe East, qre doublipg their fortunes every years, mainly by lending at usurious [rates, with'roorigagps for collaterals, i It requires no long argument to demon strate that this slate of things cannot last_al- The'bursling fif the bubble is simply a question pf time. Anti when the convul-, sion comps, Ihe East will-be the sufferer, though ITl9 re innocent than the West—that ■is, it will be the victim, unless it takes heed jip time and curtails )lhe indebtedness of the iWesl. There was a period, which men of j [forty or upwards still remember, when whaf [is occurring in Minesota, lowa, and other [points of the-nowfar West, took place in In diana, Illinois and Missouri, a period during | which lands were run up to fictitious and jSpeculalive prices, and after which they fell, [for long yeark, by a natural reaction, to prices [below their actual worth. Thousands of per [sons, even in the East, were ruined by these [fearful times. There will be thousands ru !ined,naw; iftfiey dq not take heed in season. 'We are not alarmists. But we should be false Ito ot|r position as conscientious journalists, if Iwe did not warn the public, if we did not [speak boldly out. The contagion of spccuia_- jtion, which has thrown the West into a (man 5 - ;cia)Teyer, is extending even to our'Easterrw, icilies, and justly alarms all cautious and re jflecting men. — Phila. Ledger, j The hard shell baptists still hale arl educa ted ministry, and like Jack'Cade would have jlaws lo hang all clerks that read and write'."- jQne of them being called to preach in Carrol iCo, Misg., rose and thus began—“My broth-' |ren, I a<p gwine lo preach you a plain ;sarn)qn to aay~a garmon what dven women cap understand. You will find tpy tes in 5 verse of the two-eyed chapter of one-eyed John.” It was some tiuie before it was’per ceived that he meant 1 John, chapter 11. A celebrated dandy was one evening in company with a young lady, and observing her kissipjg her favorite poodle, he advanced ;tjnd begged the like favor, remarking that she ought to fiave as much charily (or him as she had shown lo the dog. “Sir,” said the belief “I never 1 kissed my dog he was a puppy.” j The fellow look'the hint, and was off lustauter. ""
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