atz lbc7f 3Marn N cbil6za • v4AW Ab% N --a q-aj4 VOLUME X. FARMERS LOOK THIS WAY. THE opposition say that In a short titne the ground will be ready to sow Oats, Barley, &le. How they know this we are not able to say, but this much we will say, that whenever it gets ready, you bad bettor give us a call for ono of the best Grain. Drills, and warranted at that. (no large talk about refunding money,) but if the article is not as repreiented, it con he returned, and all matters satisfactorily arranged. Likewise, in due time the grass will be in order for hay making, and then we arc prepared to furnish you with Allen's Mower, a splendid machine for cutting grass of any kind. And in addition, when desired, we have also the combined Mower and Reaper, of Manny's Patent, which is manufactured upon a dif ferent principle from those made heretofore, and war ranted to cut grass and grain us fast as one team of horses can draw it. And further, we have the Pre mium Corn Sheller of Lehigh county, and as there Las been sold a very large number in a short time that have rendered universal satisfaction, we are con fident in saying, that it has no superior here or else where. We likewise have a mill for chopping feed, which has been tested thoroughly in different sections, and all who have witnessed its operations, testify to the good qualities of the mill, and, recommend it to farmers as an article to save time, and likewise grain in the amount which is yearly given to millers in the shape of " ht short we have illinust any article which farmers require for agricultural purposes, sitch its Ploughs of almost any pattern. Corn Cultivators, Revolving Hay Rakes, Hoy Forks, Corn Ploughs, Corn Planters, Limo Spreaders. Threshing Machines and Horse Powers of different kinds, and all warzant ed to give satisfaction. Repairing' done in all the different branches, on reasonable terms and'at short notice. Any person residing at a distance, in want of any of the above articles, can oldain them by ad dressing the subscribers at No. SO West Hamilton st., Allentown, Pa. SWEITZtiIt At SAEGER. =I Reuben Helfrich, North Whitehall; Charles Hen finger, do; David Beau, do; David Kuhns, Maeun gy ; George Helsel, Allentown. CORN SHELLER REFERENCES. David Reitz, Wesettesville ; John Derti. Cedar Creek; Jacob Wenner, Lower Mactingy ; C. & W. Edelman, Allentown; Reuben Gaekunbach, Nort'a _ _ _ FEED MILL REFERENCE Cluirlen Seagreaves, Allentown. .Alluntown, April 2. • INTARREN'S IMPROVED FIRE AND WATER PROOF COMPOSITION ROOFING. Joseph Clewoll, Allentown, Agent for Lehigh Co YOUR attention is respectfully solicited to the a b et c me thod or Roofing, now much used in Philadelphia and vicinity. null which bas been exten sively in use in many of the cities or the West, during more than eleven years phst, during which time it has been tested under every variety of ciremnstances, and we confidently offer it to the public as a 1111.1110 of Rooting unobjeetionable in every important particular, while it combines, in a greater degree than any other roof in use, the valuable requisites of cheapness, du rability, and security against both lire and water.— This is rapidly superseding the use of all ether himis of roofs, wherever it has be n introduced, , iving gen eral satisfaction, and is hi lily recommealcd by all who have tested its utilit Theie roofs require an inclination of net more than one inch to the Mot. which is of great oileomoye in VOW qf fire, and for drying purposes. They are offered at n price considl r•rably less than any other roof in Use, while the amount of material saved, Si Wild otherwise be used in extending tip' the and framing for steep roof, often makes a still farther important re duction in the cost of building. Gutters limy le formed of the same material as the roof, ut touch less expense than any other. In case of defect m• injury, from any cause, there is no roof so cosily repaired. The materials being mostly lion. conductors of bent, no roof is eo cool in summer, or so wenn in winter. Those wishing to use our roof, - should give the rafters a pitch of about one inch to the foot.. For further in formation apply to Joseph Clewell, at Allentown. our agent for Lehigh and Carbon counties, who is pre pared to execute all orders at short notice. H. M. WARREN & No. 4 Farquhar Buildings, Walnut St., Philadelphia EMI= • Tho follnwing named gentlemen in Allentown hay() their houses roofed with the shoved named composi tion;and are able to testify to its superiority over any other kind of roof: , : B.F. TunxtAm Union st.:between Ninth and Tenth.. STETTLIIII, at., between Eighth tool Ninth. P. BOIILES, Seventh it.. between Hamilton Linden, ROTII k ROOK. Linden st., between Fourth Fifth. It. Wou,n, Sixth st., between nonillion & Linden. Sete & KNAuss,Nintli et., between Linden Turner. A. Klotz, cornor of Union and Seventh street. R. E. Wittour, Fourth et., between Linden O.; Turner. Foh. 13, 1856. ' —ly DR. H. h. GRIM , A . M . OFFICE AT THE 3111.agi.G-1.1 XX 400 IT 30 M., NO. 3 WEST HAMILTON STREET, ALLENTOWN, PA Allentown, Feb. 6 utuailutama PREMIUM INSTANTANEOUS LIQUID HAIR DYE, just received and for sale, wholesale and retail, at Roiniar's Shaving Saloon,No. 10 East Handl ton Street. ' colored at ull times, and satisfaction warranted. Allentown, March 5. ly Cb WCI OUVIILI 3u3113.21‘10 - TasT, HAS removed his office to No. 79 West Hamilton street, between Eighth and Ninth sts., over G. Rober's Clothing Store, next door to. George's Hotel, where ho can bo found at all times by those wIM need hie professional services. Artificial teeth mounted on gold, Silver and platina, in the highest perfection of art, and on the most scientific principles. All opera tions belonging to the Dental profession performed in the most skillful and satisfactory manner. S. W. SINE. —ly Allentown, April 9 • Job Printing', Of all kinds neatly executed at this Office PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HAINES & DIEFENDERFER AT ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM. YOUNG & LEH, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS SHOES HATS, S Caps, Lamp, Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, &e., No. 45 East Hamilton street, Allentown, PO, AGAIN take pleasure in calling tho nttontion of the citizens of the town, and the public generally, to. the largest and freshest stock of the above gOods ever exhibited in this place, consisting of spring and summer Boars and SHOES purchased direct from the manufacturers in New England, at the low est CASE PRICES, which enables us to offer rare in ducements to our customers, either wholesale or retail. Great care Into been observed as to style, quality and sizes,—such sizes ns two beet suited fur this section of country. In this particular we are prepared to give better satislact iow to country merchants than, they will receive in either Philadelphia or New York. In connection with the above we desiremuticulnr ly to call attention to goods of our own manufacture, o Rt i suitable for all classes, consisting of itaiti. Men's, Boys', Youths' and Children's Coarse, Nip, Calf. Morocco, Pat ent Leather and Buckskin Sewed end Pegged Boots end Brogans, Congress end Button Gaiters, Mont:r ep, Oxford Ties, .5.:..., Women's, Missra' end Child -I'ol'3 Calf, Kip and Morocco Lace Boots, Buskin and Jenny Linds. also, Patent Leather, line Lat4ting and Italian Cloth Gaiters, of various colors. Scl lune paid particular attention to . tlic. Eckel:ion rp or OUT' Stook or .12L -C a _ / Mk-. tegith' e for spring and summer wear. \Ye have as very hiool sonic and complete assortment of Soft I for Cod , . Boys mid Youths. Our Gents' Silk or Moleskin lints are not equalled by any establishment in town. ns they are nil manufactured to order by the most farh ionahle Hatters in Philudelphin. STRAW GOODS.—Lt the line we are not our pasnd by !my ot,ito,iditnent out or the large cities. Our sleek is very large, cons:min' of Mens, llcly`e and Youths' Pstnama, Maricaih, Legh . orn, Peddle. Sennette: Point Leaf. Canada, Michigan, f'e.. Children's Fancy Hats and Leghorn Calls, Mis.ses' Plats, Ladies' Riding Hats, Ice. Our assortment of Lamps, Trunlis and Carpet Dag: is to, usual. full and complete. I'. S. All the above goods will he furnished to Merchants in the country et the very lowest city Joh hiug prices. Orders are respectfully solicited, and will receive prompt attention. April 9. li e,* CI FAXxlm ce S tor e l . t., C. H. RE ER, li ' NO. 1 ., : u t w , ,..,. , , , .1 , 1 , :1 , 11,1 . i1 . 1 17 n i s l tre i , i l, , r i . , e , ~ x door t t , ,ti, t o r„ i from Philadelphia - with ti large and elegant s t o ck of goods, :owl' no. French. IMglich told Ger- HUM Cloubs. 01es:oilers's, Vestings, Cassinels. and Tweeds, which he will be pleased to mute up Id order, hi the tooet approved ytylc, which he is miti,lic , l he VIM do. from the fact that he has employed thet popu lar cutter, Albert J. Newhard. who is always up with the titans in fashions, and ruts and tits to suit the tastes of patroips, after tiny fashion they may chouse READYMADE CLOTHING. Of readymnde Clothing he has a complete nesort meat, comprising all styles, qualities and price,, and in thin department claims precedence from the fact that the Clothing is all manufactured at home. of good materials. and the superior style in which it is made, will always secure for them a ready and satisfactory ;ale. Iffill FURNISHING GOODS, 4T n large nssiirtinezti Shirty, cafirs, Skirls., Tics, liintic and raticy Sill: 61t-pen.lerg. Marl: awl (Hove-. (Hoveg. Gent's white luta liincy Handl:ere'tiers. Umbrellas, and 10i5 ..'',other nrticicii ton numerous to nictilion. tientiemett Curnishitig their Cloth NM blue their t4aritiollil hind., in g,..).1,ty1e witrraittol give Cutting Qmw nt. sh.rt itytiee. Mai 11 19 Great Robbery IN ALLENTOWN. LAST weelc one ph:lit ono of our eiti:ens man rnLLril of *Liana i.t:suo, but It is Junky that nil the rest 01 mankind did not share ilie sante fate, as "31C -4 MOD .liFa ) .17E= yesterday morning opened his new VIIEAP CASH STOHE, at his new building, No. West Ihonilton street; Allentown, and would advhe one and all not to let their money hiy idlo and in danger et being stolen, but go at once to •_ _ _ _ _ JOS. STOPP'S CHEAP CASH STORE, as lie has opened one of the finest assortments of SILKS of all colors and prices, and Ladies' Dress Gnarls, lho finest, that ever has been seen in the place, tool about 500 Shawls of all colors and prices, Calicoes by the Cart load. cheaper than ever, Para sols, Embroideries and llosiery, a very large assort meat of Ladies' Collars at 5 cents and upwards, La dies' Stockings at 111 cents and upwards, Ladies' Glove:, at 2 cents per pair and upwards, Linen and Union Ilandlterehiefs at at cents a piece. •Also, splendid assortment of bleached and imblettehed outs hine, bed ticking: table diapers, toweling, floor and table oil cloths, gl u es and .ineeneware, looking.glass ' es, ,t: e. Also, a splendid assortment of IIEA DI% MADE CLOTIIINti, vary cheap for cash. So I would nay to one and all to be thankful that you have not been robbed, to that you may have the pleasure going with your money without.delav to JOS. STOPP'S CHEAP CASH STORE, and do as about half the good people of Allentown done yesterday. Almost every house tuts been tilled with new goods front Slopp's Cheap Cash Store, which consequently hut' been the town-talk ever since. forget that Joseph Stopp has moved four doors below. April 5. —tf WM Richard R. Levers' CARTHAGE WORKB3 No. 51) South' Seventh Street, Allentown. • THE.undersigned announces to his friends and the Public in general, that he has now on hand it su perior stock of .-yam; BUGGIES , viamtv Carriages, York Wagons, Sulkeys, to which he invites attention. lle is confident they cannot be surpassed in beauty and durability by any establishment in . town. 'Tortes very reasonable.— He uses none but the best materials, and employs none but superior workmen—consequently be war rants till vehicles made at his establistrmont. Call and examine before you purchase elsewhere. • All kinds of Carriages nod Buggies matto order at, short tallies. Also, repairing done prom W ix. RICHARD 8.1.' ERS. April 16. . --:3t TRUNKS.—Just received and for sale a choice lot of Leather and Oil Cloth Trunks at the Shoe Store Farm Lands f©r Sale. Thelllinois Central Railroad Company IS NOW PREPARED TO SELL OVER TWO MILLION OF ACRES OF • FARMING LANDS, In Tracts of 40 aurae Mo/ upward'', on luny Curdito; . and at low rut,., (ti intercut. THESE lands were granted by the Govcrnimmt, to aid in the construction of tl,is Railroad, and in elude some of the richest end most fertile Prairies in the State, interspersed here and there with magnifi cent groves of ink and other thither. The 11..11(1 ex tends from Chicago, on the North.Enst, to Cairo nt the South, end from thence to Oldenn mid Dunleith, in the North-west extreme' is nll the lands lie within fifteen miles on each side of this Road, rosily and cheap means arc afforded hr it for trans porting the products of the lands to sty of Ilium points and from thence to I;astorn and Southern markets. Moreover, the repid growth of flourishing towns and villages along the line, and the grunt in crease in population by immigration, etc., afford n substantial and growing bane-den and fur farm pro- duce. The soil is a dark, rich mould, front one to five feet in depth, is gently rolling and peculiarly fitted tot graiing cattle and cheep, or the cultivation of wheat, Indian corn, etc„ Economy in cultivating and great produu tivenCSS are the well known characteristics of Illinoislands. Treesmre not required to be cut down, stumps grub bed, or stone picked off, as is generally the case in I cultivating new land in the older States. The first crop of Indian corn, planted on the newly broken sod, usually repays the cost of plowing and fencing. Wheat sown 011 the newly-to' tied soul is :are to yield very large invite. A man with a plow told two yoke of oxen %rill break nue and 0 liall'to per day. Contracts call be made for breaking, ready for corn or wheat, at from to 2,:d1 per FTO. lay I judicious management, the lend may be plowed and fenced the first, and under a high owe eidavoi., the second year. Corn, grain, cattle, etc.. will I.e forwarded at rea sonable rates to Chicago, for the East era inutil,ct, to Cairo for the Southern. The lar.er yield oui them slung land's of Illinois over the high-priced lands in the Eastern and Middle State , , is known ludic much more than sufficient to pay the difference of tratispor tation to the Eastern market. Bituminous coal is mined et several points the Road, and is a cheap t.tel desirable fuel. It (.1111 I,e delivered at several poirrt, iflong ti:e Road at f: 1,51 i to fi.." ',Oa per ton Wood can be haul it the some rates per cord. Those who think of sell , iag lint or l'ulinne-ota. should bear in mind tint lands thete or any value, along the water - courses and jro moray miles inland, have been disposed 4—that for those locatmdin the interior. there are no convenienees 1,,r transporting to market the produce, Railroads nut having 'wen intro duced there. That to semi tlw produce of these land one or two hundred miles by wagon to it urkel, WORM cost touch more open-' Rt . eultiratilig. them, raid hence, floverinnetti land; thus situated, at '44 1,2.5 per acre, are not so gaud—invr:dments as tic land or this company at the prives fixed. The same remarks hold good in relation to the lands in ]Teems and Nebraska. for eltlionoll .vacant lands nmy I found nearer tile water cour,cs. the distance to market is far greater, and 'very hundred miles the F.:mince of those boas are carried either in wagons. or interrupted water cenoutunioations, Mere:lse:4 tla. cxpenses troo,port4; ,, o. wt,ieh nest I. e Lorne the settlers, in the reduved price of their pi...lm Is. and to that extent precisely are the involutes front their farms, sad or course on their inve-tinents, annu ally and every year reduced. The great fertility of the lends now olTere.l for sale by this company, and their con.:euinent yield lit ;those of the Eastern and :%1141.1 1 , States. i much nowt than sufficient to pay the difference in the cost of trausportation. especially in \lO IN 4.c ia• furnished by this Road, and others with which it con nects, the operations of which are not i n t e rrupt e d by the low water of summer. or tios fro. t ul winter. . PRICE AND . TERMS'. PAYAIENT. Tice price will vary from 3 to':/. location, quality, etc. Contrau.fs b•r_rbsoli li my h e made during the year ltc.ll, stipulati.,:. the parcluim. I money to lie paid ill live animal installment , . Tla. lint to become due in two years from the date or eon. trod. a n d the others :milli:illy theteafter. 'life last I payment will become due if t die coil of do: sixth year from the date of the contract. ' (afro a trill be chargrd ut uilly art, per rcul. per CE011(1E 11. itimEit. --te As a security to the performance of the contract, , the first two years' interest must be paid in advance. and it must be understood that at least one tenth of the land purchased shall yearly be brought under cultivation. Twenty per cent. from the credit price will be del dueled for ea=t. The Company's construction bonds will be ruceivA as eash. lie nb panted /in hoi/./iityp,. which con he NCI Ify 11jCir days, 10111 01/1111111,1 . 11,1.1 rupoosihlc r -80118. They will be 12 feet by 211 feet. divided into one living and three bed-rooms, and will void complete set up on ground chosen anywhere along the Road, $l5ll in cash, exclusive of transportation. 'Larger building:4 may be contracted for at proportiomtee rang. Tho Company Will forward all the materials over their road promptly. Special arrangements with dealers can be made to supply those purchasing the Company's lands with lowing materials, agrieultural.tools, and an outfit of provi-ions in any quantity, at the t e ams( irholemalc t is believed that the price, long credit, and low rate f 1 11 1100-i, eharged for these tails, will enable a man with a few hundred dollars in cash and ordinary in dustry. to MOM himself independent before till the windiest, money becomes due. In flit' mean time, the rapid settlement-of the country will probably have increased their Value four or live fold. When rcquir cil, an experienced person will accompany applicants, to give information and nil in selecting lands. - Circulars, containing numerous instances of sue- Tessittl farming, signed by re, peetable and well-known farmers living in the neighborhood of the Railroad lands, throughout the State—'ll:4o the cost of fencing, price of cattle, expense of harvesting, etc.. by con tract—or any other information—will be cheerfully given, on application, either.personally or by letter, im English, French, or German. addressed to JOHN WILSON, Land Commies/011er (1/' the Mt )10iAl Centred Ellie °Mee up to thb lot of 'May-52Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ills:, after that date in the new Stone Passenger Depot, foot of South Water Street, April 1(1 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that letters of Adminis tration have been granted by the Register of Lehigh County, to the undersigned. upon the Estate of John KeMince, deceased, Into of the Borough of Allentown. All persons indebted to said estate are I requested to malto payment within three months, and all persons having (deltas against the same, to pre sent theist Dir settlement. BENJAMIN IITETTLER. April• MEfM3 Alinittown, Pa., Nay 7, 1856. CRPET BAGS.—Brussels - Fell, Venetian and Oil Cloth Carpet Bags, tut received and for sale by ELIAS MERTZ, 71 15'obt Raralßoil St. April 23. —tf [From the San Franviscu Herald.] Recovery of a youagi White .910,;from the Aiiihave LndfallA. We have received the following interesting account of the rescue of a beautiful young American girl, named Miss Olive Oatman, from a slavish captivity by: the Yuma. Indians. The whole narrative is of painful interest : STEAMED. SEA BIRD, AT SEA, /. March 9, 1856. By the last arrival from Tort Yuma, I AM enabled to give you the details of the rescue from the Mohave Indians of a young and beau tiful Americtun girl, who has been a prisoner for five years. Having made considerable. in - quirin Los Angeles and vicinity, I have suc ceeded in collecting all the facts attending her caplury, the murder of her parents, &c., which are willingly placed at your disposal. On the 10th of March, 1851, a family of emi grants, named Oatman, from lowa, en route for California, composed of Lorenzo Oatman, wife and seven children, (3 boys and 4 girls) Ahilo encamped about 125 miles from the mouth of the Gila river, were, attacked by the Mohave Indians, and all but one boy and two girls massacred in cold blood. The boy, in the dark succeeded in escaping, and was picked up on the fulloWing day by a company of emigrants, about 40 miles from the'scene of the.murder. The little fellow was perfectly exhausted when found, withoutliat or shoes, and covered with blood. After recovering sufficiently to tell the tale, some of the men started on to ascertain if anything could be done, and on arriving at the fatal place fOund the boy's version was, alas ! too true, the bodies being then half eaten by cayotes. Enough, however, was ascertained to show I hat the two youngest girls were missing. The boy is now living at the " Monte," near Los Angelos, and distinctly remembers that horrible night. Four years nothing had been heard of these two young girls, and their fate appearsd to be wrapped in mystery. About five months since an article or letter was published in the Los Angeles Star, stating that the Yumao Indians had offered to exchange two female prisoners with the officers atFort Yuma fur beads, blank ets, &c., and that the latter had refused to trade with or purchase the unfortunate suilbrers from the Indians. Col. Taman, U. S. A., who ' was at that time en route for Fort Yuma, Mime • diately t inquired into the subject. but found the charges against the officers wholly without foundation ; and fearful that by some possibil ity there might be some poisoners never before heard of, sent out runners to the difnrent tribes, offering heavy ransom for their recovery, in an swer to which a Yuma Indian, named Francis co, came in saying, " Ile could find a young girl ten days travel from the fort." Beads, blankets, &c., were immediately giVen him, and in twenty days he returned with Miss Oat I3EM When brought in she was dressed as all the' females of the Yuma Mohave Indians, and on a white man approaching, threw herself prostrate on the sand, and would not rise until suitable female garments were brought her. She had almost entirely forgotten her native tongue, being only able to speak two or three words. Being asked, in the IndiaU language, her name, she replied " Olive Oat man :" is taloned on the chin, and berirs the marks of hard slavery. Her arms, wrists and hands are largely developed. Was a slave for two years with the Mohaves, who sold her to the Yumas. Ilier youngest sister died about six months before the rescue of Miss Olive. The hair of the young lady be ing of a light golden color, the Indians colored it black—Using a dye made from the bark of the meskcet tree. She was.then eleven years old when taken prisoner, which will make her 16 now, though she is snore fully developed than many girls of twenty. The officers at the Fort have clubbed togeth er making up a purse for her, and furnishing such clolhThg as is necessary . ; also, have plac ed her in charge of a female residing there, and where every care and attention will be paid to all her wants, and until any relations, or friends may come forward to relieve the poor girl from her present dependent position, and endeavor to wean her from all savage tastes or desire to return to Indian life. I hope that some of our philanthropic San Francisco ladies ' will offer their services to either provide a name for her, or use their influence in procuring her admission to the Orphan Asylum. Pacific Ex. Co's Messenger, Southern Coast. The Sisters of Mercy, of San Erna:misc.), have notified the friends of Miss Oatfnan, the young lady recently rescued from the Indians, that they will receive her into their-care. EMI a" . " You area little bear, madam." " Sir !" " About the shoulders, I mean." woman's tongue has been found capa ble, on actual experiment, to move 1,620 times a minute. Think of that and weep. D• 11 Yankee doctor has recently got up a remedy for hard times. It consists of ten hours' labor well worked (For the "Lehigh Itegioter.") CIRCASSIAN WAR SONG. But floo to the mountains ere breaking of day; There is blood on the p 1 ln,— Henr the Kroans of the slain ! The boom of the cannon, -resounding again. The Russltin is nigh; I hear the loud cry Of vultures, which scream as above hint they fly ; Ilia flesh is not good For vultures fuul food, The wolves of Caucasus lop not his blooJ. Then, Shawl, awake! And over the lake, Far up the broad mountain, ere inoruing (loth break, Then, mounting the steed, - Give Commits their mood, And, on Georgian plains, make Tyranny blood. Then free, from all care, Cireassians fair, With roseate fingerm, part gore matted hair; Our head wo will rust On woman's soft breast, And swear, by dark Mills. our life is tho best ,Feeling, in common with every true lover of his country and of mankind, the unspeakable importance of diffusing the blessing of instruc tion among all classes of people, we anxiously desire to-see the most efficient means employed in consummating this great objectoTo the ac • complishment of this end, various institutions and associations haim been formed, among which the common school stands pre-eminent. These noble institutions, scattered up and down our great State, and reared by the united intelli gence and wisdom of our whole people, should ever be such as to commend themselves to every parent and guardian desirous of securing a thor ough and practical education for his children— " good enough for the rich and cheap enough for the poor," diffusing their blessings, like the dews of heaven, equally upon all. But the:best systems and most accomplished instructors will achieve but comparatively lit tle without the sanction and co-operation of an intelligent and appreciating public. Though the appropriations, be the most munificent and princely, unless duly appreciated and properly employed, they will fail to accomplish the de desired object. Let •us then witness an in creased interest and public spirit manifesting itself in the construction, preservation and adornment of 12,000 " Temples of Honor" de voted to the great work of instructing a million of youths of our State. Let us witness an in creased elevation of moral, intellectual and scholastic character of 20,000 teachers into whose hands they are committed. Let it no longer be said that one-fourth of all the schools in the State tire in the hands of teachers (ex perimenters) engaged upon their first term. Let men of age, wisdom and experience be re ' tained in the profession—men of sound heads and pure hearts—whoM the responsibility of their calling, and exet•cise zeal and in , (crest in the discharge of their calling and exer cise a living zeal and interest in the discharge of their duties, so necessary to success. Let everything in connection with our schools be i made pleasant, cheerful and attractive. Let superintendents, teachers and parents vie with each other in rendering these institutions every wny worthy their utmost confidence and regard —institutions in which the moral, intellectual and physical training and well being of the ris ing generation can bo safely trusted.—C. B. HALsTED in N. Y. Teacher. Nor is the hailstone less soluble in earth than in air.' Placed under a bell glass with twice its weight of lime, it gradually melts and disap pears ; and there remain four parts instead of three, of perfectly dry earth under the glass. Of a plaster of Paris statue, weighing five pounds, more than ono good pound is solidified water. Even the precious opal is but a mass of flint and water: combined in the proportion of nine grains of earthly matter to ono of.fiuid. Of an acre of clay land a foot deep, weighing about ono thousand two hundred tons, at least four hundred tons are water ; and even of the great mountain chains with which the globe is ribbed, many millions of tons are solidified into earth. Water, indeed, exists around us to an extent and under conditions which escape the notice of cursory observers. When the dyer buys of the dry salter one hundred pounds each of alum, carbonate of soda and soap, he obtains in ex change for his money, no less than forty-flve pounds of water in the first lot, sixty-four pounds in the second,'and a variable quantity, sometimes amounting to seventy-three and a half pounds, in the third. <, Jos. A. FORT Even the transparent air we breathe contains, in ordinary weather, about five grains of water diffused through each-cubic foot of its bulk, and thus rarified water no more wets with the air than the solidified water wets the limo or opal in which it is absorbed. 1 BY 46 rLormset: CATB.I.T." Up! lip'and away No longer wo May, Common Schools. Curiosities of Water. NUMBER 32. Mount Vernon. • Horace Greeley last week paid a visit to the resting place of the Father of our Country, and thus speaks of its present condition : It cannot be many years—say six or eight since my former visit ; yet the march of ruin in the interim has. been fearfully rapid. I doubt whether five hundred dollarS' worth of building, fencing, repairing, renovating, have been be stewed on the estate since General Washington died, more than. fifty-six years ago. All the fences iu sight from the mansion are in the last stage of decay ; the plants and shrubbery havo sadly fallen away ; the negro-huts and barn are very far gone ; and the whole place has an as pect of forlorn neediness which no description can adequately paint. Even the new and spa cious brick tomb —the contribution of a patri otic and opulent Philadelphian some twenty odd years ago—is beginning to crumble away, whether from faulty construction or mere sym pathy with all around, I will not say. The tasteful marble sarcophagi in which repose the mortal remains of George and Martha Washing ton, alone maintain their freshness ; but let the protecting structure crumble away, and they too must yield to the tooth of Time. 'rho woods which closely approached the tomb aro full of fallen, decaying trees, as well as tangled with briers; the soil of the garden and level, untimbcred grounds, was evidently once fertile and productive, but now is in the last stages of exhaustion and sterility. The mansion (which in good part was kindly thrown open to us) is in a little better preservation ; the car pets and floor-cloths aro evidently those on which the Father of his country trod ; some paintings and engravings which were familiar to him still line the walls of a room which was only opened to a few of us ; the key of the Bastilo still hangs in the hall, with an engrav ing of the storming of that dungeon by its side ; and some other mementoes of the heroic (lays of our Republic, precious mainly from our consciousness Unit the noblest American once regarded them as his own ; but the house itself is old and faded ; it sadly needs paint and vigo rous renovation, in default of which it must soon pass away. Jf left to take its chance, I doubt its .continuing habitable twenty-five years longer. There are some alleviations to the general wreck in this epitome of " Old Virginia." Of the noble trees that once shaded our National hero, some remain : a fine English Holly (ever green) particularly arrested my attention ; and I never saw more luxuriant specimens of Box (the border shrub) than line several garden walks, though the Gardens have well nigh dis appeared. This plant appears to thrive by neglect, so that it seems a pity that the grounds had not been covered with it. There is the smallest possible amount of live stock on the place, but a very fair allowance of the great Virginia staple—slave children—whose proba ble destination is the cane region of Louisiana and Texas. I speak of course from no know-. ledge with regard to these particular children, but only of the general tendency in this quar ter. Some fine trees recently cut down for tim ber evince an awkwardness in the use of the ax which must be seen to 'be realized. If the es tate is soon to - become public property, the fell ing of these trees is is a National misfortune. Nothing that still has life here should be cut down until the expected transfer shall have been made or the negotiation abandoned. A Protty Lovo Song. I love yon—'tis tho amplest way The thing I fool to toll; Yet, if I told it all the day, You'd never guess bow well: , You are my comfort and my light; My very life you Nom; I think of you all day ; all night 'Tin but of you I dream. There's plcasuro in the slighted word That you can speak to mo ; My soul is Mc° the chord, And vibratos etill to theo I never read the love song yet, So thrilling, fond, or true, Ilut in my own heart I havo met Some kinder thought of you. I bc . ces the shadow on, your face, The light upon your' hair, I like, for hours, to sit and trace The passing changes tilos); I love to hoar your voices tone, Although you should not say A single word, to drown upon Whou that had died away. 0: you aro kindly as the boom That warms whero'or it plays; And you aro gentle as a dream Of happy future clays; And you aro strong to clothe right, Aud swift tho wrong to flee; And, if you wore not half so bright, " You're all the world to mo. p 7 What kind of bands do the young ladies like best? Ans.—Husbands to be sure. o:77ying a mackeral to your coat tail and iniagipo yourself a whalo is ono of the first lee• spas in cod-fislvaristocracy.
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