Term* off Publication* TUE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR? is pub lished every Thursday Morning, and mailed lo sub scribers pi the very reasonable, price otOrpß Dqic La» inA&iMneK: -It ii Intend? ed to notify every subscriber when the term for which be has paid shall have expired, by the stamp —“Time Oat,” on the Bia£gin.of (he bM s9pec. The paper will then be slopped until a fii;thex re-- miUaace be received. By this.arrangement no maa can be brought in debt to the printer. The Awwo* is the Official Paper of lb* Conn ly, with a large and steadily increasing circulation reaching into nearly esccy m the County- Mia sent/r«- ofigetiager to ai\yFost-omce within the county limits, and to those living til© limits, but whose mostcoavenient postoffioe may be in an adjoining County. Basiuess Cards* npj- exceeding 5. in cluded, per year- THE SLEEPING DEAlsh. BV H.W. LONG FELLOW. When (he hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight. £re the evening lamps are lighted. And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall. Then ilte forms of the departed. Enter at the open door t The beloved, the tcue hearted, -Come to visit me oooe more. He, the young and strong who che&hed Noble Longings for the strife. By the roadside fell and perished. Weary with the march of life. They, Ihcnioly onea and weakly, Who tHg cross of suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly. Speak with us on earth no morel And with them, the being beauteous, -t . Who unto my youth was given," than all things else that loves me* , And is now a saiut in Heaven! ( \ With a slow and noiseless footstep, Comes fhst messenger divine — Takes the vacant chair beside me, Days'her gentle hand in mine, And she sits and gazes at me, . With those deepiaod tender eyes. Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies. Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirits voiceless prayer; sofl rebukes in blessings ended, Breathing from her lips of air. O! though oft depressed and lonely, All my fears are laid aside, ' If I but remember only Such as these have lived and died. \ Select JUteceuanj?. THE STOLEN NOTE. BY A RETIRED A,TjCOEKEY. Except that he indulged 100 freely in the intoxicating cup, John Wallace was an hon est, 'high minded, and exemplary mao. His one great fault hung like a dark cloud over his many virtues. He meant well, and when sober, he did well. He was a hatter by trade, and by Industry and thrift had acquired money sufficient to buy the house in which he-lived. He had purchased it three years before, for three thousand dollars, paying one thousand down, and securing the balance by a mortgage to (he seller. The mortgage-note was almost due at the time the circumstances made me acquainted with the affairs of the family. But Wallace was ready for the day ; he had saved up the money; there seemed no possibility of on accident. I was well acquainted wilh Wallace, hav ing done some Hide collection, and drawn up come legal documents for him. One day his daughter Anne came to my office in great distress, declaring that her fat ther was ruined, and that they should be turned out oC the house in which they lived. “Perhaps noli Miss Wallace,” I said, try ing to console her, and give the affair, what ever it was a brighter aspect. “What has happened ?” “My father,” she replied, “had the money to pay the mortgage on the house in which we live-f-but it is all gone now.” > “Has he lost it ?” “1 don't know ; I suppose so. Last week he drew out the two thousand dollars from the Bank, and lent it to Mr. Bryce for ten days.” “Who is Mr. Bryce I” ■ “He is a broker. My father got acquaint ed wilh him through George Chandler, who boarded with us, and who is Mr. Bryce’s clek.” (.‘Does Mr. Bryce refuse to pay it ?” “He says he has paid it.” “Well, what is the trouble then?” “father says he has not paid it.” “Indeed I But the note will prove that he has not paid if. Of course you have that Pflte ?” “No ; Mr. Bryce has it.” “Then of course he has paid it.” “I suppose he has, or he could not have had the note. ((What does your father say?” , “He is posilive that he has never received ihe money. The mortgage, he says, must be paid to-morrow.” ' “Very singular! Was your father ” I hesitated to use the unpleasant words, which must have grated harshly on the ear of the devoted girl. ; “Mr. Bryce says my father was not just W^en P a kim, though not very “I will see your lather.” “He is coming here in a few moments; I thought I would see you and tell yon the facta before he came.” 1 see bow Bi 7cb could have ob lamed the note, unless he paid the money. Where did your father keep it ?” “He gave it to me, and I put it in the sec retary in the front room.” ’Who were in the room when you put it in the secretary 1” ' “ “Hr. Bryce, George Chandler, my father, ptyself.” ’ The conversation was here interrupted by the entrance of Wallace! He looked pale ana haggard, as much from the effects of anxiety as of the debauch from which he was just recovering. "She has told you about it, 1 suppose," said he in a very low tone “She has.” : I phied him, poor fellow, for two thousand dollars was a large sum for him to gccurau »’ u D hl » 8 “I 1 ® bus ‘“ esB - The loss of it wouM make the future look like a desert to m ‘ *, woa *d a misfortune which one »ust undergo to appreciate it. Tin; UiITAToK. ' ■ ‘ • ' —V •*> . BrbotrU to the isyteiwCO# of the mvw of JFree&om anU the Spreah of health® ftefontt COBB. STD®BOCK Se GC^ you, a. ‘•-What do you think about it,” asked he, verjr gloomily. “I know'he never paid me. I was not much in liquor at the lime. I re member very well of going home as regularly as ever did in my life. { could tell how I passed away the time. p “What passed between you on that day P’ Well I merely stepped into his office—-it was only day before yesterday—to tell him not to forget to have the money ready (or me to-morrow/' He took me into the bach office, and as | sat there he said be would get the money ready the next day.' He then left me and went inloithe front office, where (heard him send George out to the bapk to draw a chech for two thousand dollars; so I aup posed that he was going to pay me Ihen.” " What does the clerk say about it 1” "He sdya Mr. Bryce remarked, when he sent him, that he was going (o pay. me the money.” .‘■‘dual so.” ■ “And when Georgfe came in, he went to the front office again, and look the money. Then be oarpeto me again, but did not offer to pay me.” “Had you the note with you.” “No; now I remember, be said he sup posed 1 had not the nple with me, or he would pay it. He (old me to come in next day and he would have it ready—that was yesterday. When I came.lo look for the note it could not be found ; Annie and I have hunted the house all over.” “You told Bryce so 1” “I did ; he laughed, and showed me (be note with his signature crossed over wph ink, axid a hole punched through it.” “It is plain, Mr. Wallace (hat be paid you the money, as he alleges, or has obtained fraudulent possession of the note and intends to cheaf'you but of the amount. 1 ’ “He never paid me,” he replied firmly. “Then he has fraudulently obtained the note. What sort of a person is Chandler, who boards with you 1” “A fine young man. Bless you, he would not do anything of the kind.” “I am sure he would not,’’ repealed earnestly. “How else could Bryce obtain the note but through him 1 What time does he come in at night 1” (‘-Always at tea time. He never goes out in the evening,” answered Wallace. “But, father, he did not come home till ten o’clock the night before you went to Bryce’s. He had to stay at the office to post the books, or something of (hat kind-” “How did he get in ?” “He has a night key.” “I must see Chandler,” I said.” , “No harm in seeing him,’’ said Wallace. “I will go for him.” In a few moments he returned with Ihe young man. Chandler,.in the conversation I had with him, manifested a lively interest in the solution of the mystery, and proffered himself ready to do anything to forward rpy views. “When did you return to the house on Tuesday night!” I asked, with the intention of sounding him a Ijnle. “About twelve." “Twelve ?’’ said Annie; “it was not more than ten ; I heard you.” “The clock struck twelve as I turned (he corner of the street,” replied Chandler, posi tively, “I certainly heard some one in the front room at ten,” added Annie, looking with as tonishment at the group around her. “We are getting at something,” I re marked. “How did you get in, Mr. Chan dler 1” ' The young man smiled as he glanced at Annie. “On arriving at Ihe door,” he replied, “I found that I had lost my key. At that mo ment a watchman happening to come along, I told him my situation. He knew me, and taking a ladder from an unfinished house op posite, placed it against one of the second Story windows, and 1 entered in that way.” “Good I Now who was it that was beard in the parlor at ten, unless it was Bryce .or one of his accomplices? He must have ta ken the key from your pocket, Mr. Chandler, and siolen the note from the secretary. At any rate, I will charge him with the crime— let happen wljai may. ferfiaps ke will con fess when hard pushed.”; Acting upon this thought, I wrote a law yer’s letter—“demand against you,” &c. — which was immediately sent to Bryce. Cau tioning the parlies not to speak of the affair, f dismissed them- Bryce came. ’ ■ 5 “Well, sir, i»hat have you against me?” he asked, rather stiffly. “A claim, on the part of .fobn Wallace, for two thousand dollars,” I replied, poking oyer my papers, and appearing supremely in different. “Paid it,” said he, short as pie crust. “Have you 7” and I looked him in the eye sharply. The rascal quailed. I saw that he was a villain. “What do you mean, sir 1” “I mean whai I say. Pay, or take the consequences.” It was a bold charge, and if be had looked like an honest man, I should not haya dated to make it. “I have paid the note, I tell you,’ l said he, “I have the note in my possession.” “Where did you get ill” “I got it, of course, when I paid lbe ” When you feloniously entered the house of John Wallace, on the night of Tuesday, February 20th, at ten o’clock, and took the said note from the secretary.” “You have no proof,” he stammered, gras pipg a chair for support.,; “ WE 4G3S4TIOK OE WDDGfIS la. THE BEGINNING OF WlSppjl. ,? - NO. 41. Indian Corn.---Wo. 3. Mb. Editor; I come next.to the subject of selecting and,saving the seed and prepar ing it for planting. Seed should-be-Selected from the first ears that ripen. I think corn will ripen etfrlierfrom seed thus selected than from seed selected promiscuously at the time of husking. - Seed corn should be well dried and kept dry through the Winter. Soaking the seed in saltpetre or coating it with .tar, prevents insects, mice and crows from destroy ing it and supersedes the necessity of scare crows. , The top dressing of ashes and hen. manure I consider very essential. A little plaster (gypsum), added njakes it still better. Either two combined or either one alone will do.— All three together make the best dressing be cause they combine the greatest number of elementary manures. .manure contains a grea.l proportion of ammonia (hartshorn) which is one of the most valuable of all the elementary manures. Ashes.contain potash, soda, lime and magnesia. Plaster contains lime and sulphur. Thus you see the union of these three substances, or the first two, adds many valuable properties to the soil.— They would no doubt prove equally or more effective if applied in the hill.' In this case the compound should not come in contact with the seed, but be covered with an inch or more of dirt and the seed placed upon this. Applying it in this manner requires, more la bor and as I am naturally inclined to lazi ness 1 prefer to use it as a top dressing. ’ I have s.lilh another reason. Cora is apt to grow slowly for the first week or two after it comes up, and. if the yjeather is vyel it gels sickly and turns yellow. When it once gels sickly it is slow in recovering. The dressing keeps it growing and looking green and healthy. It serves as a topic stimulant—pre serving the health of the prop through the sicljtly season. I think it adds very much to the yield per acre. The only proper time for applying manure as a top dressing is just after the corn is up, or even b e f° re if the hills can be seen. If applied later —say at first hoejng —it keeps corn growing 100 long and prevents it from ripening sufficiently to escape frosts in the fall. Cutting up the corn as recommended (at the bottom ) saves the risk of frost, secures the stalks for fodder and ripens l.he corn with out lessening its sweetness or hindering its perfect maturity. Corn cap be left standing and busked on the hpi when tpe stalks are not needed for fodder. But j think it nriust be somewhat injured in all cases where frost kills the slocks or leaves before the ear is thoroughly ripened. Topping (cutting above the ear) should never fie allowed. The sap which nourishes the grain is drawn from the ground and passes through the stem to the leaves where a change takes place, similar to what takes place ip the blood in passing through the lungs of ani mals. This change prepares the sap for con densation and conversion into grain. If the stalk containing the leaves be cut above thp ear, the ascending sap cannot be properly prepared for nourishing the grain. The grain will dry up and become hard, but it will pot increase in quantity, (f cut up near the root it appropriates the sap already in the plant, and absorbs (through the leaves) additional matter from the atmosphere which contributes to its weight apd perfpetjon. ' Care should be taken riot to set up corn in too large shocks, or it will injure in the mid dle of the bunch. I need not say apytfiing in regard ip, husking qnd storing corn, as few mep ip this seclipn of country have any diffi culty in taking care ol all they can raise. 1 fiaye dwell thps at length upon this sub ject because I consider (pdipn corn the most important crop of this cquntry ; and one that, pays belter for the aipount of labor and ma nure bestowed upon it than any other crop we can raise. Wheal and bbekwheat are un certain and potatoes rot. Copn must supply the place ofijhese in parr. Again, farmers need a little jog lest in their rage after the new molasses corn, (sorghum,) which is now in vogue, they forget the good old fashioned and nr,ore substantial jndiari corn. Farmers, you wilUneed Johnny cakes to put your mo lasses op. You cannot live on molasses alone. Somehow this sorghum has to me a shanghai'smell about it. lam afraid it will supply jl? worshippers with more legs anfj offal than solid meat. Brother farmers, give me your views and a Review if you choose upon Indian corn ; and when you have done we will sfiow corn. I think I have some as gpofi as was raised on any upland farm in Tioga county during the year 1856. Perhaps some one has raised better. If so I should like to see it and learn the process by which it was raised. An ex change of views will be beneficial. It is so upon all subjects when given in a proper spirit. FARMER. Chief Justice Marshall used to narrate with greaj glee a correspondence qn a point of honor between Gov. Giles, of Virginia, and Patrick Henry, ft is as follows. Sir—l understand that you have called rpe a bobtai| pqlitjcian. I wish to know if it be true, and if true, your meaning. W». B. Giles, To which Mr. Henry replied as follows : Sir—l do not recollect having called you a bobtail polilicjap at any time, but think it probable I have. Not recollecting the time or the occasion; I can’t say what I did mean ; but ifyou will tell me what you think I meant, I will say whether yoq are correct or not’.— Very respectfully, Patrick Henry. 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The Population of China.---How the Inhabitants Live. ; A letter fjcom Sir John Bpwring in reply to the. inquiries made by the English Register General relative to the population of China, has recently been published. It contains many interesting facts with regard to the Chinese, which are condensed by the Buffalo Courier, . The document begins by stating that there is po offfcial census of China taken since that of 1812 in the lime Eia King, 45 years ago, which gave the total number of the popula tion at 303,447,183, a number of which has .been generally regarded as greatly esaggera. led. Sir John Bowring is of opinion that the. greater knowledge of the country, obtained since the date of that census, increased the evidence in favor of its approximate correct ness, and we may wfih tolerable safety esti mate the present population "of the Chinese Empire at 350,000,000 to 400,000,000 of human beings.’ This is ten or twelve limes (he estimated number of the inhabitants of the United States and its Territories. Further on he speaks.of the mode of living of the inhabitants', vast numbers of whom live upon and derive their subsistence from the water. Of the fisheries, which appear to be chiefly inland, he gives the following ac count : It has been supposed (hat nearly a tenth of the population derive their means of support from fisheries. .Hundreds and thousands of ! boats crowd the wßolo coast of China—some times acting in communities, sometimes inde pendent and isolated. There is no piece of cralt by which a fish can be inveigled which is not practiced with success in China ; every variety of net, from* vast seines, embracing (piles, to the smallest handfilet to the care of a child. Fishing by night and fishing by day—fishing in moonlight, by torch light, and in utter darkness; fishing in boats of all shjss; fishing by those who are stationary bn the rock, by the sea side; and by those who are ahscnt for weeks on the wildest of seas; fishing by cormorants ; fisbingjty di vers. ; fishing with lines, with baskets; by every imaginable decoy and device. There is no river which is not slaked to assist the fisherman ip hi's craft. . There is no lake, no pond, which is; not crowded with fish. A piece of water is nearly ns valuable as a field of fertile land. At daybreak, eyery city is crowded wilh sellers of live fish, who carryV their commodity in buckets of water, saving! all they d,° pot sell to be reiurned lo the pond or be pi ibr another day’s service. To this he adds the following account o£ the residences of the amphibious classjjf population. 'J’he enormous rivet population of China, who liye only in boats, are born and tducai ed, who marry, rear their families apd die—wbh, in a word, begin and end their ex istence on l,he water, a,nd never have (Jr dream of apy other shelter than the roof, and who seldorp tread except on t(ie deck or boards of their sampans, show to what an extent land is crowded, and how inadequate it is to tpaiptain the cumberers of the soil. In the cily of Canton alone it is estimated that 300,000 persons dwell upon the surface of ihp-river; the boats, sometimes 20 or 80 depp, cover somenpiles, apd have their wants supplied by ambulatory salesmen, who wend their way throughout every accessible pas •sage. Of this vast population some dwell in decorated boats, used for every purpose of t lipense apd festivity—for theatres—for cop certs—for gambling—for lust—for solitary and social recreation; some crafts are em ployed in l conveying goods and passepgerf, and are in a slate of constant activity ; others are moored, and their owners are engaged as seryants or laborers on shore—indeed, their pursuijs are probably nearly as various as those of the land population. Some of those boats are called centipedes, from being supposed to be rowed fay one hun dred oars, They carry passengers and iigh.t cargoes with extraordinary rapidity from in land warehouses to shipping ports. There are .also artificial islands; with gardens and houses, so constructed as to float on the lakes, on which‘vegetables lor food and prnamept are cultivated, and poultry is raised. The writer stales that every available rod of land ihroughoql tho» empire is cultivated, and everything capable of being used as a manure is carefully preserved fof that purpose. The cultivation is ratjier that of gardeners, than of husbandmen. The Chinese are not a dys peptic people. Dogs, rats, mice, monkeys and snakes are esteemed articles of diet; and un|)nlcf|ed\ ducks and chickens, in the early stages of phi refaction, are luxuries upon which an epicure feasts. They drink little or no fermented liquors, tea being their staple bev erage. They are not a voracious people, and iheTopd which ap Englishman would dispose of in a single day would satisfy a Chinaman for a week. But notwithstanding the simpli city of their style of living, so dense is, the population of tho counify that the pfouucis of the soil are inadequate to their support, and thousands perish of want. Not unfre quently, whole towns and villages are swept away by inundations, civil war leads to the loss of tjiousands qpon thousands of lives, the sacrafice of )ife by execution is frightful, infanticide is very generally practiced, the emigration is very large, and yet the popula. lion is, according to Sir John' Bowring, con stantly increasing. —‘Utica Observer, President Buchanan has been presented with a pair of mittens by Mrs.-Webber, of Wayne county, Indiana. He has sent the lady a letter acknowledging the reception, en closing a likeness of himself and 825. Mrs. Webber is a “widc[er.” A man displays bis weakness when be al* lows h m-elf to gm into a passion. TOLLSBOROU6H, TIOGA COUNTY, ?A “Thai’s my look out. I have no time to waste. Will you pay or go to jail 1” He saw that the evidence 1' bad was too strong for his denial, and he immediately drew his check on the spot fbr.twenty-one hundred dollars ; and' after begging me. not to mention the affair, he sneaked off . I cashed the check) and hastened to Wal lace’s house. The reader may judge with what satisfaction he received it, how rejoiced was Anne and her lover. WaJiacp insisted that | should keep the one hundred dollars for my trouble ;, but I was magnanimous enough to lake only twenty. Wallace kept his prom ise, and ever after was a temperance man.— Re died a few years ago leaving a handsome property tp Chandler and his wife, the mar riage between him and Anne having taken place shortly after the above narrated circum stance occurred.- Wonderful. An. Englishman who was traveling on the Mississippi river, told rather tough stories, of the London thieves. A Cincinnati chap, named Case, heard these narratives wjth a silent but expressive (tumpb, and then re marked that the Western thieves beat the London operators all hollow. “How so 7” inquired the. Englishman with great surprise. “Pray, my dear sir, have you lived much in the West?” \ a great deal. I undertook to set up business at Des iVJoines Rapids, a whj!,e ago, but the rascally people stole everything I had, and finally a Welsh miner fan off with my wife.”. “Good Gracious I” exclaimed the English man, “and have you never found her 7” “Never to ibis day. Ifut th,a—was not the worst of it.” “ Worst / Why what could be worse than Stealing g ppan’s wife ?” ‘‘Steal ipg'his children, I should say,” said the implacable Case. ‘-‘Chil^ren!” “Yes, a nigger woman who hadn’t any of her own, abducted my daughter, and sloped and jined the-injuns.” “Pid you see her 7” ‘.‘See her ? Yes ; and she hadn’t ten rods the start oi* me; but plunged into the lake and swam off like a duck, and there wasn’t a canoe to follow her with.” The Englishman leaned back in his chair and called for another mug of ’alf-and-alf, while Case smoked- his cigar and credulous friend at the same time most remorselessly. ( “I shan’t'go any further West—l think” pt length observed the excited John Bull. “I would not advise any one to go,” said Case quietly. “My. brother otjce lived'mere, but he had to leave, although his business was the best in the country.” “What business was he in, pray 7” “Lumbering—had a saw mill.” “And they stole his lumber !”• “Yes, and saw-logs too.” “Saw-logs?” B “Yes, whole dozens of the black walnut logs were carried away in a night.” “Is it possible 7" “Pfue, upon my honor, sir. He tried every way to prevent it, had men hired to watch his logs, but it was all no use. They would whip them away as easily as if there had been nobody- there. They would steal them out of the river, but of the cove and even, qu| pf the railways.” “Good Graciops!” “Just to give you an idea how they can steal out there,” sending a sly wipk at the listening company, “just to give you an idea —did you ever work in a saw mill 7” “Never.” “Well, one day my brother bought an qll: fired fine black walnut log—four feet through at the butt, and not a in it. He was determined to keep that log anyhow, and hired two Scotchmen to watch it all night.— Well, they took a small demijohn of whiskey with them, snaked the log up the side of the hill above the mill, built a fire, and then sal down on the log to play Iteerds, just to keep awake you see. ’Twas a monstrous big log, bark two inches thick. Well, as I was say ing, they played keerds and drank whiskey all night, and as it began to grow light, went asleep astraddle of the log. About a minute after daylight, George went over to the mill to see how they were gelling op, and the log was gone /” “What were the Scotchmen doing 1” “Sitting on the bark. The thieves had drove an iron wedgo into the bull end, which pointed.down hill, and hitched a yoke of ox en on, qnd pqlled it right out, leaving the shell and the Scotchmen silting astraddle of it fast asleep!” The Englishman here arose, dropped his cigar stump.into the spittoon, and looking at his watch said he thought he would go on deck and see how far we’d be down the river before morning. Robert J. Walker as Governor of Kansas. —The following' anecdote seems to illustrate the position of Mr. Buchanan and his appointment of Robert 4- Walker: “Sedley,” said Charles 11., “look me out a man who can’t be corrupted. I have snot three treasurers to the North, and they have all turned out thieves.” pVjfell, your Majesty I recotptpepd MiVPr l -” “Miyerßiyou dog I” said Charles, “why Miverl is a thief already!” “Therefore bp caqnol be corrupted, your Majesty,” said Sedley. Buchanan hqs finally hit tfie nail oq the. bead. Walker cannot be corrupted; for there is not an uncorrupted spot about him. fhe woman who made a pound of butler from the cream of a joke, and a chpese from the milk of human kindness, has slops washed the close of a year and hqng ’em up to dry op a bee line. lj . 7*T PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS. THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 7 1857: Our Pulpit. This world is a. good, deal, of an affair lo gel up in six days.- The. ten r hour system, and five of the ten spent in “old sogering,” could not have been io operation at the time of tb,e oreaiigo, for (hece ats trillions of little filings, th.al rousi have required lime lo ad just. The world and all therein was pronounced good. Adam was a young man of most ex cellent morals at that time. But he was af terwards married to a beautiful young woman. Eve was as faultless as a new bonnet, but be lieved what the devil told her and fell lo eat ing apples. Adam tried one of the pippins, and the result was they both got into a pretty muss, and were driven off their “claim.” The children of Adam, we are sorry to say, have gone on from one degree of devil try to another, until the world is filled with wickedness. Man acts as though llj.e devil was in him; indeed, Cain, Brooks-like,' knocked Abel in the head. Other crimes followed cpiil th.e whole concern I was. black with crime, and ip,en beca.-pe a most precipus set of rascals. The Lord tried to drown out their deviltry, bpt U proved amphibious and lived through t,he (bod, and to-day it blooms like quack grass, everywhere. Human, nature is not altogether bad ; but the good streaks are confounded scarce. It is as. natural for humans to err as it is for whiskey to run downwards. With all the brakes off and the steam on the great mass of them seem determined to go to eternal smash. Good men talk, write, preach and pray, but the masses will kick over the traces and back off the bridge. They won't behave themselves, They go to ruin on a canter, and cut up as extensive an amount of deviltry as possible while on the way. Like hogs, the devil has never been drowned out of theiff, and they go through life rooting up the door yards of human happiness, and tearing thro’ its flower gardens, and scattering around them all the thistles and tory burrs they can. There is much preaching in the world, good, bad and Indifferent. Some have brains without heart; some heart without brains ; and some neither heart nor brains. Some pat the devil whh kid gloves, and apologize for suspecting him of being anything but a gentleman ; some preach over his head, some all around, and some take him fight by the throat and give him the dingbats right in the countenance. Some preach to see how much of the filagree qpd gingerbread style of theo logical. highfalutin they pap- ornament ibo architecture of their sermons with ; some run to metaphysics, until they or their hearers cannot understand a word; some preaeba gospel proportioned (o tpe purses of the rich ones in (heir congregations and the yearly amount of fodder; while here and there are those who deal in plain, good, wholesome, honest, every day, matter of fact religion. We do not say we have had a call to preach—it might have been some other noise we heard. But certain we are (hat we have heard a noise, and woe is us if we don’t blaze away. There are lots of good texts, and o thousand evils and follies |o let drive at.— We havp fell like pitching in these ten years'. Like the poor squaw whose pnppoose bad been dead “these twenty years,’’ we can’t stand it any longer. The steam is up to a forty horse power, and we must blow off- or burs|. Ours is an independent pulpit—W e no favors of any one. We are not dependant on salaries or donations, apd are bent on giving our fpllpr criers fps,. generally and particularly. We |taye worried through the winter apd shqll pot starve in the spring.— Soon shall be heard the voice of the turtle doves in the groves, the chipmunks shall come opt, and redhorse and suppers shall run in the river. .The land will flow with gin and sugar, and opr people shall not forget our wants. We do not care whether pconle' come to hear US. With a portable pulpit we shall qapip down where they are.; As it is left handed, they must nut'be astonished if they get some left-handed licks, for they will get used to it after a time. Our first discourse will be after this, pi the usual place precisely, from the first chapter pf young America, the Revelatot: “Go IT, BOYS I AND THEY JT.” —Cayuga Chief. A Misapprehension. —We recollect once being very much amused at (he relation of the following anecdote, from the lips of a very amiable, and, withal, a very modest widow in New Jersey. £jooq after her husband paid the debt pf nature, leaving her bis legatee, a claim was brought against the estate by his brother, and a process was served upon him by thesherifjTof the county, who happened to he a widower of middlcage. Being qnused at that time to the forms of law —though in the protracted lawsuit which followed she bad ample opportunity of ac quiring experience—she was much alarmed, and, meeting, just after the departure of the sheriff, with a female friend, she exclaimed, with much agitation :—“What do you think ? sheriff Prince has been after me!”—“Well,” said the considerate lady' with perfect cool ness, “he j? a yery fiqe m an r” — “^ ut he says he has an attachment lor me,” replies the widow.—“ Well, I havp lopg suspected he was qttqchetj to you, my dear.”—“But you don’t understand—he says I must go to court.” —“Qh! tbal’s quite another affair, my child ; don’t you go so far as that; it is his place to come and court you I’t yoDKC W|fe.—“Oh, I am. so glad you like birds ; what kind do you most admire V’ ■ Young Husband. —“ Well, I think a good turkey, with plenty of dressing, is about ■as nice as any.’’
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