Can't Do It During the past week we received two ad. vertisements— one from Warren, Ohio, and the other from New 'York, requesting us to publish and forward bill.. These shurpers doubtless see the " Degisler," and we would have them to understand that advertisements from a distance, and especially from New Yolk, must always-be accompanied by the money, before we can give them an insertion in our columns. llolbrouke, of the New_York Artists' Union diddled us out 'a2o in the same way, and taught us a les son. Since that time we have our " eye teeth cut." A much shorter way to transact such business is to send $l, or whatever amount of advertising is desired, at once with the adver tisement. ~,,,, Tito Crops. ~,,, It is charming indeed to hear from all sections of the country the good prospect of a rich harvest The warm weather has immense ly benefitted the crops, and will add to the treasuries of the farmers of Pennsylvania, thou sands of dollars, by its visitation. All over the country, the cry is, " crops of all descrip tions, never were better." Before the expira tion of July. it is not improbable that in the sin gle article of Flour, hi ennsequence of the heavy impending crop, prices will lan almost fifty per cent. A cheering fact for housekeepers. Miraculous Escape, On Saturday afternoon last, a man named HEtiar DORMS= came near losing his life at Buchetker. & Stier's Brick Yard. While 'en gaged in digging ground from a evity, the earth over head gave way and comtiletely em bedded fellow workmen hastily com menced removhq, the ground, and in a short time succeeded in, rescuing him. Although he was severely bruisea and had °nil of his ribs broken, his injuries art not considered danger ous. Ho truly made a fi , rtututte escape, as the bulk of ground that fell ou him consisted of twelve cart loads. FIRM. On Friday evening last a fire Lroke out in the Foundry attached to the Thtanal Iron Works, at llaquendaqua,above Catasimqua.— The entire building, together with all th4,pat terns used in the construction of Iron Works were destroyed. The loss is said to be about 85000. We were unable to learn how it originated. The European War. According to the latest news from 01c other side,of the. water, it would appear that the tide of fortune has changed and that suc cess after success is attending the arms of the Allies. By late mails, we had accounts of the capture of Kertch and Yenikale, of the entrance into the Sea of Azoff, and as a matter of course of the capture or destruction of every floating thing thereon ; following this, came news - of the capture of Genitchi, the northernmost point of the road across the Sirwash shallows and • the mouth by which the Putrid Sea and the Sea of Azoff communicate—a place, as can be seen by a glance at the map, of great milita ry importance, both as a. granary for the pro duce of the hanks of the Don, and as the key in some sort to Perekop ; and we now have the additional intelligence that the Mamelon and White Tower at Sebastopol, have been taken . by the Allied forces after a heavy slaughter.— Blow after blow seems -to fall with power and rapidity. Pelissier is showing his mettle, and is an obvious improvement on Canrobert,,-- Lord Raglan, to whom the Kutch expedition is attributed, is gaining vigor, and the armies and nations generally are in better temper. Even in England the cry for reform has groWn The object of the Allies seems to be to lock the Russians in the Crimea. The only door now left open, is Perokop. Perekop was to have been attacked and seized in a few days.— Whether it can be held or not in the months of June and July, appears doubtful. The Russi ans used to shrink, in their old wars, from leaving soldiers in the " vale of death," where a single night's dew often swept off whole regi ments ; Pelissier, who thought nothing of roasting Arabs, may not be so squeemish. the whole there is decided and solid progress on the part of the Allies. It is not probable that any General ever undertook so magnificent a military task as the one which Pelissier and Raglan are now attempting to perform. Their :dm is to cut otr from Russia. like a wart, the Crimean peninsula, with all its forts and gran aries and its capitals. Only about a thousand years ago that peninsula nourished a people %rho could call 200.000 lighting men into battle —who set up :itt Emperor in Byzantium in play, and kept the Czar el' Russia in a sort of semi servitude, he paying a tribute to the Khan of the Crimea. Now a couple of hundred thou sand, or perhaps a quarter of a million English. French and Italians seek to overrun it, and wrest it out of the hand of the Czar, who has a million of men to defend it. And we are bound to admit that they are prosecuting their task and advancing step by step, with a regu larity, an energy and perseverance which we recognize at once as Anglo Saxon. l-'or their: sakes ? were a pity if at-the most critical too anentr..rous move of Austria. should set free the Rua:m.l army on the Galician frontier to move down like a cloud or locusts on the ill defended frontier posts On the Crimea. The Steamship Baltic, with Eurorean dates to the 16th ult. arrived at New York on Thursday morning. Th e papers furnish the details of the French cap Cure of the Matnelon and White Works, after a sanguinary ...ontlict, in which 5000 men were killed and wounded, The French took sixty-two guns and 500 prisoners, ' add their new position enables them to shell the shipping in the harbor of Sebastopol. ! Simultaneously with this gallant action by the French, the English stormed and took the (title men's work in the quarries, but lost five hun dred iii killed and wounded. Since then the firing, has been slack, The Allied fleets have achieved fresh successes in the Sea of Azolf, and have burned the stores at Tatanrog, Mario pol and Genitsck, and a boat expedition is fitting out against Perekop. Theßussian army is suffring dreadfully from dis 4s e, as well as despondency. Breadstuff haveclined. Caution to Poßiot:tilers. The Washington Union publilles the follow ing gentle hints to postmasters 4-- D el, very of Letters,‘fc.—Wefriderstand fre quent complaints against the dipartment grow out of the fact that postmters too often, trusting only to their memo es. tell persons there is no mail matter for the o 0 \limn a subse quent examination proves ths there was. posttnasters would adhere strigtlyito the rule o making a personal search every time letters and 'papers are inquired for, there would be more despatch in their delivery. Posintasters' Assimmis to be wor».—Post zmistei.s at small offices, we learn, ar, too much in the habit of permitting hicompetert, members of their families, and other persons is their em ploy, (none of them being sworn, no required by law,) to change the !nails, and io perform all the other duties pertaining to tit+ offices. None but sworn assistants should be allowed to have accesito the mails. Dentistry. Dr. J. P. ,witivzs, whose card is found in our coluinns, is well worthy the attention of all who require de tal services. His professional skill cannot . h surpassed. He can be found at his old placek a few doors east of Pretz, Guth & Co's. Stoll!, up stairs. • FEMALIL-A lady of Plaii)fleld Mass., aged 59 years, has the past winter made with her own hands 17 quilts, consisting of 4200 pieces cut by pattern, worked 976 scot- lops, cut and made 3 (tresses, knit 3 pairs of striped mittens, made butter from two cows, besides doing the general housework for a Nini- ly. She has also written over nearly a quire of ME LABOR SAVING SOAP.—Tho wife of an. Amer ican Agriculturist has been experimenting on soaps, and finds that the addition of three-quay. tors of an ounce of borax to a pound of soap, melted in without boning, makes a saving of one-half the labor in washing, and improves. the whiteness of the fabrics be ides, the usual C. -tic effect is remoVed and the hands are left seculiarly soft and silky feeling, - betbiog desired by the most ambitious wauh- Letter from: Chicago. untomm, Jun 618,185,16 • My companion being too unwell to continuo our homeward journey ,from Davenport we were compelled to remain thefelonger than we expected. The delay, hci*mier, gave us an op-. portuuity to examine the city and surrounding country. New York once had her Astor, Phila delphia her Girard, and Davenport now has her Leclair. Little did ho think, however, a few years ago, when government gave him a sectiqn of land here, that to day he would be worth his million. His name will ever be associated with the history of this place. He is a half breed,' and in early life spent much of his time with the red men, the natives of this place. lie is large in stature, (weighing some 300 lbs.,) and has a heart equally large in proportion. In the accumulation of wealth his organ of benevo lence kept pace with his growing fortune, and the largest portion of the city speaks of his helping hand, while many who are sailing smoothly down the stream of life, owe their first start to' Mr. Leclair. His mansion sur passes in magnificence all Others,andlle loca tion is one of the best, situateitao an eminence that overlooks the city, commanding a fine view of the river far up and down. While here amid shady groves and green fields, he and his noble hearted companion (a counterpart of himself live in sumptuous affluence, with neither cluck nor child to share with them the abundance with which they have been blessed. The growth of this place has not been so rapid the past year as in the one preceding. There are thousands and thousands coming here with a view to settle, but go away again to look dat where, for the speculators contract considerable land, and no reasonable amount will induce them to part with it. About two thirds of the population here are Germans, and it is to be re gretted that they are seeming seine of the line.st locations in the city. What the result of the railroad when com pleted, will be on the city, is beyond the ken of my comprehension. It is to be feared that it will prove injurious in many respects. 1 here are many here who are anticipating re sults, and acting under that impulse, have fixed on prices that do not come within die reach et' ordinary men's purses. A small house and lot in the upper Mont of the city WaS sold for 0 1100, and as the parties dilliTed ;flaw the rate of interest, the trade fell through. In a It w days he was offered and ;um - d m , not set a price int. fear it will not lie enough. ThiS ilbOtli It specimen of m os t of the river towns ; awl should they till grmv to be as large as N e x York or Cincinnati, (and they will tell von that they will.) their prices may not lw out of the way. After leaving the city and going west, we enter on an immense* prairie, extend ing as far as the eye can reach on either hand. Here and there scattered at intervals over the whole may lie seen small houses, evidences that the richness of the soil is appreciated, and that thom•:11 somewhat loin ly in its aspect, a bounti• MI harvest will repay them Mr all their priva tions. These lan Is, unfold, en or wild, are worth .525 an twit!: improved flout salt) to ;:i . 77). lowa last year rec. ived act addition of about 100.000 to its population. and from present ap pearances will receive twice -that nutilbey this year. The interior of the State is rapidly fill liug up, tiw the lands may he had Mr a fair Price. Rock Island is directly opposite this city, and nearly the same size. There is a strong feeling of rivalry existing between the LWO places, and the present indications are that the Huck Islanders are rather getting ahead.— Had they had one such 1117111 Oti TO!ley Leelitir, it would have gone far ahead. They have one who is nearly as rich, but quite the reverse iu regard to impi-oving the place. Ile is as miser ly as he is rich, and iflic gets a foot of land will neither implove it or sell that others may. Ile lives upon the Island—is too penurious to get a wire ; he'cats, drinks and sleeps—seld om go. ing out except for 911 airing, then returns to a life of idleness, wasting away the best part of life that might be put to a better use. About two years ago he purchased a large tract of land on the outskirts of the city thr Xl7 per acre : now it will sell for $l Ott to z's , fitin the acre, but no money will buy it ; it lies there unimproved, and the people are fort•ed to im prove all around it, thus continuing to en hance its value, and make the rich richer at _their expense. Mercantile business at this place is like many others, rather overdone : rents arc high, and unless the merchant owns' his store he will do little but work for his landlord. This is the county seat. They have a court house and jail, though I suppose there are more rogues outside than in, and jus tice is seldom meted out to those who really de serve it. There - are several banking houses here. That is, their signs indicate that, but with us they would be classed under a more ap propriate head,--" shaving shops," for woe bp to the unfortunate victim who fats within their clutches. After a lapse of four days, my friend had so far recovered that we were able to continue our our journey up the river. Being disappointed in the receipt of letters, we resolved to return to Chicago by the evening train, end, then re sume our way up the Mississippi, but alas ! how little control a man has over his own ac tions or destiny. A kind but mysteriottsProv dennce seems to watch over him, and an unseen hand guides his ways. Instead of resuming our journey as we had anticipated, we soon Mond ourselves on our way east to join our friends. Leaving by the 7 o'elodk train, a ride of 200 miles would occupy the most of the night. °ul cer was not over crowded, so we feltytidesire to take a hasty look at the fitces that surrounded us. Now to us, a .strange lime is like a new book, a subject fdr thought and study. The face of a ummis like, the face of a clock, It in dicates with accurate precision the result of the little workings within, as clearly as the pass ing hours. We fell to moralizing on the Proba ble destiny, occupations, and thoughts of those around us. Some were apparently happy, the smile of satisfaction scented setting on their brow ; others appeared rather indillt-rent, sort of dtin't-care sort of away about them, manifesting a careless indillimence to those about thou; others settled down in their seats• and after a few nods of the IMad were fast asleep thr the night. We had a line moon, good company, and a daredevil of an engineer, who whirled ins along over the prairies at a fearful! speed, hail we known what we learned afterwards, we might have Mit a little nervous. But ." Where igno rance is blest, 'twere folly to be wise." h tells t/te en.gtneer 010 ran the train auto 71 !Tr at Norzyulk. The lands along the line (tithe road RrelllPStly prairie, of the richest kind, but a small portion is yet under - cultivation, except near. the vil lages that are springing up every - ten or fifteen miles. Trade of almost all hinds arc well attended too in the West, and about as many engage in merchandizing as can make it profitable ; but farming is as sure a business as one can en gage in. There is plenty of room, as licit fields as ever received the plough are here wooingly waiting to repay the laborer for his toil.-- What wonderful provisions have her been made for the coming millions.' Soil that has been 111. Hotted by the decay of vegetation for ages—in ,txhaustible in its resources for all time to come, almollbring to man the surest guarantee fur his ioluen perseverance. The statistics of home of of this State go to prove s this. A Mr. Funk commenced life here with $1400: he first bought a quarter section fo,rt $200; $4OO he invested in cattle ; ho now owns 7000 acres ; has 2700 under cultivation, and his last year's sale of, hogs and cattle amounted to $44.000. -His brother, ten miles from him, owns 27,000 acres ; has 4.000 under cultiva tion ; his sales last year of cattle was $65,000. Corn averages on these lands 50 bushels to the acre ; wheat twenty to thirty ; oats from 60 to 100. Lands may be had of the Illinois Cen tral R. It. Co., from $5 to $25 per acre, accord ing to location ; all that is required down -is the first two years'interest nt 2 per cent; pay ments made first of one fifth in two years, the balance in four equal annual payments. All kinds of produce may be sold for cash along the lines of the railroads at a slight discount from Chicago prices, less the amount of freight. A longer credit will be granted at 6 per cent. interest if required, or the company will take their construction. bonds at par for lands ; these bonds maybe pArchased in New York nt 25 per cent. discount. Such inducements as these will serve to draw off the surplus population from the East ; and one is perfectly astonished to svAt - Chicago the immense tide of emigra tion setting West. It is not only the men, but the women and children. On one train a short lime since, there were five hundred babies.— This is the kind of population that will fill up the West. Love and Death. lililldli G . l [SLR DOLOILeI SUICIDR IN BROOKLYN, N. Y.—A discovery of a melancholy nature was made on IVednesday morning, at the house of Mr. T. P. Gustin, in Clermont avenue, near Myrtle, Brooklyn. A young man named Hor atio N. Gustin, son of the occupant, and a fe male of respectable appearance, but whom no one seemed. to know, were found dead upon a sofa in the hack porch. The young man was cleaning upon the breast of the woman, who was sitting nearly upright. At what time they came there is not known. They had not been in the house the previous night. The man is about 22 years of age, and was a lOW er by occupation. lie moved to Muscatine, lowa. about two years ago, where he became a member of the Baptist Church, and has since deported hithself in an exemplary and Chris tian-like manner. Ile has been hack a few weeks. Nothing strange was observablecln his conduct, and he was not. known to he acquaint ed with any young female in the city. or the woman nothin g definite is known.— ;qte is about live feet five inches in height rath er thick set, full face. fair skin, dark hair, wore a black silk dress with live flounces, black silk mantilla with lace trimmings, lack open rests, straw hat with lilac•eolored tritnining,, pro Cella gaiters. and salte-colored silk stock. lugs. Der age may he from 25 to :tO. Had a fumes ivory -handled fan, and necklace 'listened with a gold stud, with letters "S. Cl. K." A vial with sonie prussic acid was lying on the porch. The stopple was in her pooket. The fallowing letters were found on the youn3 man : " NEW ' 1 . 01(1:,Jlmc 1 2, 1 a 53. 44 //Pot. 1/rnr,::--I have 'wen Very Birk or 11011 1 A have writ pill immediately upon your iVa NrW Y4 , 11i. I WaS taken dotpi and hart taci t so unwell since dint I vas not alde to tin SO tin 111. W. Ml' dear frit WI , 110111.1 have conic out to you to see yon to lay, lint feel too weal:. so I 'mist wait with pa till you return, when I shall b' quite t'a'il. Hoping you are as well and happy as amid wish you. Yours. as ever, B,‘HAit.• •• I have inclosed a till bill on the Mechanics' laid: at Newark, New Jersey." The ft'llowin7: was found written on a slip o apex in lead pencil : " Ihi Mar .G n •n/t you farewell fin the last time. Remember you are my own dear Sarah until death. Perhaps you think me fool ish. but my love tin• you knew no bounds : and rather than be an eye witness to your life. I prefer death, hoping you .will live long and die happy. lam yours forever, HENRI? WILLIAMS." The young man had spent the few days past at a friend's near Elizabethtown, New Jersey. His mother, who had been sitting up all night with her sick daughter-in-law, on coining home at 5 o'clock in the morning, was the first to see him after his return and then he was a corpse. Upon the bosom of the female was found a daguerreotype of the deceased young man, and a pawnbroker's ticket from the pawnshop of A. T. Jackson, No. 58 Reade street, New York, for a diamond ring, culling for $4, dated June 30, No. 1184, in the name of Sarah Williams, was found in her pocket. On the young man was found a Master Mason's certificate as a member of Black Hawk Lodge, P. M., Musca tine, lowa, a pencil case, steel key, and a ten cent piece and seven pennies.. The body' of the female was taken to the Dead'House, where a post mortem examination was held by Dr. Boyd, under the direction of Coroner Hanford. A large number of persons called to view the , body, and the most lively in terest was manifested, especially by the ladies of the neighborhood. Several thought they had seen her before, but no one appeared to know exactly where to place her. A watchmaker re siding in Navy street identified her as Miss Sarah Ellen Watts, a resident of Seventh street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, New York, and 'said that about a year ago he ltad• repaired a ring fin• her. Taken in con. nection with other circumstances, there is a doubt as to the identification. An elderly lady said her name was Ellen Mott, and she re sided in Coliimbia street, New York, but upon further inquiry such was found not to be the case. Up to last evening it was not ascertain (d to a certainty who she was. She hail been seen, however about 1:2 o'clock the night pre viOus, in company with the young man, prome nading Myrtle avenue. Several persons state that they saw them in company at different times, A post-portent exathination was held at the house of the piii•ents, upon the body of the de ' ceased young wan, and•in both.cases the result was that death ensued from prussic acid. His face was somewhat contorted, hut her's was I:railing and her cheeks were almost as blooming as in life.. They lubked; as they lay in each other's arms, when discovered, more like sleep ing than dead. [D - Wreatlier pleasant but rather warm. TD The Bethlehem hotels are filling up rap-. idly. ryFluid Lamps will have a less disagreea- ble smell, if you dip your wick yarn in strong hot vinegar and dry it. Dalt appears from a census lately taken in Kansas that there are 192 slaves in that tern+ tory. Er:7•Tho Indianola (Texas) Bulletin is of opinion that there are now quite 50,000 German settlers in Texas. 0:17 . /1.11 the prisoners in the Easton (Pa.) jail, seven in number, broke out on Monday night and made good their escape. fa - The law requiring the registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths, was repealed . by the last legislature of Pennsylvania. O:7"An Ox's gall will set any color—silk cotton, or woollen. I have seen the colors of calico, which bare faded at ono washing, fixed by it. [O - Dresses are coining down. The sign be fore the door of a mantua-maker's shop in Troy, reads thus : "N. B.—Dresses, made lower than ever." aTiqf your flat-irons are rough and smoky, lay a little fine salt on a flat surface and rub them well ; it will prevent them from sticking o anything starched, and make them smooth ri - Toads feed on all kinds of worms, and should never be killed in gardens. The cank er worm is a favorite food with them ; they are useful in destroying all kinds of garden grubs. 10 - The following subject is proposed for de bate. " Who have the most to fear, the unin sured from fire, or the insured from the burst ing of insurance companies ?•' Yours &0., Alum. ri - Forty-nine farmers, or dairymen, in the single town of Streetgboro,' Portage county, Ohio, have 1,306 cows, or an averago of about 70 each. p,j'A contemporary describing Eugenie's p pear:ince on a remit occasion, says-- " She wore a lace dress with three 'shirts.''' A very extravagant little lady, indeed, if typo has not sidigtituted an h for a k. r.7 - Ventts, one of the brightest of all the planets, is now visible with the naked eye in the day time, and for two or three months to vorne it will be increasing in brilliancy, alai may he seen every afternoon. rrjr 'New clothes are great prothoters of piety. A new bonnet or a new dress will induce a girl to go to clntrch at least three times on Sunday, where .she didn't use to go onco before she got it. That's so. ri — Asi , AaAm's.---This vegetable should not be cut from after the middle of June, and . if young and weakly plantations, better left ofF even befwe, ns the crowns then have time to prepaie for another year. Er 7 It is estimated that the whiskey diinkers Of the rnited States could build the Pacific lhilroad in a couple of years. Au exchange inlds: The money they spend for the whiskey :night pay for the grading, smokers and chew— ers could buy the lion, and the money whicfr the surplus two inches in the length of ladies dresses cost, would s :pply (ho locomotives. fry - Lotteries are not tolerated by law in any Northern cities, but it is well known that the business is carried on, nevertheless, illicitly to a great extent. In New York city alone there are said to be not less than two thousand policy offices, and as these prey chiefly upon the poor er classes, they are among the main causes of the increase of poverty. In Philadelphia also the business flourishes with impunity. BREAD Murrms.---Take four slices of stale light bread, and cut off all the crust. Lay them' in a pan, and pour boiling water over them; but barely enough to soak them well. Cover the bread, and after it has stood an hour, drain. ofF the water, and stir the soaked bread till it is a smooth mass ; then mix in two tablespoon— fuls of sifted flour, and a half pint of milk.— Having beaten two eggs very light, stir them,. gradually, into the mixture. Grease some. muffin rings, set them on a hot griddle, and pour into each a portion of the mixture. Bake them brown ; send them to table hot ; Pun them open with your fingers, and spread on butter. They will be found and excelleo sort of muffin ; very light and nice. SEASONABLE TEMPERANCE DRINES--The Boa (NasS) Cultivator gives the following recipes : First, white spruce beer, which is made as fol lows : Three pounds of loaf sugar, fourgallona of water, one ounce of ground ginger, a little lemon-peel, enough of spruce to give it a Paver. and a cup of good yeast, and, when fermeeted„ bottle it close : This is a delightful beverage. Second, imperial ginger beer, which is made as follows : Cream of tartar, one pound ; ginger. two ounces ; white isugar, seven• pounds ; es , sence of lemon, ono drachm ; water, six gall ions ; yeast, half a pint ; bottle and tie the, corks down. A FOOLISH Act —Last Friday, in Philadel phia, a young man by the name of John Mira:- gle, attempted to commit suicide, by swallow— ing molten lead. This horrid dose would not., go down, be therefore let it run out of his mouth. Ile is not expected to recover, as his: Hamill' is most shockingly burned., If be really does get over it, lie will be entirely speechless: lie was in love with a young girl, who marrio4.• another man last Thursday; whi - ch circum. stance so preyed upon his mind that he meditatz. ed self-destruction. EXORMUS YIELD or• POTATOES.-WO saw some potatoes on Thursday last from the ranch of Judge Ladd, which were the finest we have ever seen in California. They averaged ten pounds Co the hill, at which rate the acre which he has planted will yield 48,400 pounds. They are selling readily hero at six cents per pound. At this rate the acre of potatoes will amount to. the sum of $2,004 !—San Diego (Cal.) Herald. (Our qip 93aiket.