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'Men man is considered with reference to his intellectual part, it.is not with- reson that lie is tyled by ShaRespear, "beauty of the world the paragon of mals." A bennr that is able in snm 1 .. . . . r ree to scan the work ot creation, that measure the globe on which he lives, calculate the motions of the mighty s vhich roll in the immensity of space, lit Jhas silbjugated the elements to his , and made fire, air and water his vas i, may bo. said .to be in "apprehension la god." To bring down our admira of his "paragon" to a juster standard", ever, it is unnecessary to enter upon estimate of his moral imperfections specks which darken and extinguish brightness of his understandingit is cient to contemplate iiim in( his animal 3Ptr - -- ,1- - 1, . - . -a... his m.ellectual pretensions, he is allied ibit to the brutes, How mortifying is human vanity, to think that there is ;ely any species of matter, animal or stable in any stale of immaturity or uption, which is not eaten by the hu , animal, and capable of assimilating ( his substance and thus forming an in il part of the compound machine of i and matter called man I Mr. Dono in hts treatise on Domestic Economy, devoted a portion of the last volume to subject of human food, and has enumer the various substances animal and vege s, which' constituted it amongst different ons. A more disgusting catalogue it Is cely possible to read, i his "account of animalc used as food the rarious nations of the world," he s it convenient to arrange them in a ral order, beginning with man himself, isjongbeen doubted, he observes wheth uman beings codld. feed on their fellow tures for the mere sake pf the flesh, lout any other incentive, but it has been ntrovertibly established, that and often i a higher relish; that feasts of human ti are resorted to as sources of animnl ification: that the cannibal has not only favorite parts of the human body, but ers certain modes of cookery. Our ancestors were of the numbor of these iblo epicures. Diodotus Siculus char the Britons of Iris with being enthro- hagt; and St. Jerome (who lived so, late he fifth century of the Christian Era) ses a British trjbc from his own p'er- knowledge,, not pnly with a partiality human flesh, fastidious taste for certain cato parts of it. Not only in the I?o sia, but tn Africa, human flesh is .still sumed, as ordinary food; and Stedham es that, in the interior of the African tincnt, human, limbs aro hung upon mblcs for sale, llko butcher's meat in adenhall market. his is revolting enough, but it is littlq offensivo to consider the other animal d which serves to allay the umlistinguish voracity of man. Monkeys are esteem- delicate eating; the Chevalier do Mar- ais says that in South America, monkey ah is allowed to bo nourishing and very fli'cate. The heads arc made into soup' and are served with it; and although a per son at first experiences some difficulty in accustoming' himself tosec.Jicads which re semble (hose of little children; when this repugnance is once conquered, he finds that monkey soup is as good as any other, mongst other animals, the following are ea ten in different parts of the world: "bats and vampire, the sloath, the rhinoceros, th elephant, ihe seal tribe, t)ie dog, the wolf, the foul jackal, the voracious hyama, th rank fox, the fetid shunk, the eat, the rat the hedgehog, the camel, the h orsc. the ass the tiger, thp lion, the whale, the shatk, th crocodjlc, lizards, frogs, the boa constrictor, (whiph is prefered by the negroes ;to anv other food,) the rattlesnake, the viper, qr adder. Mr. Donovan might have added his list of nations who are serpent eaters tho Chinese, who' fatten snakes as we do oysters, for the table. Morp discrimination appears to ha used tn the insect tribe. A peculiarly, disgusting insect is eygeily devoured by the Chinese and Hottentots; caterpillars are cooked into a dish in soma parts of Australia, and tho people of Now Caldonia eat spiders. Ants and their eggs are eaten by several nations, and this kind of diet has been eulogized by Europeans who have nartalfpn nf if. n some pbrts of the east Indies, it is said that vast quantities of termites are collected and made with flour into n variety of Das- try; but that an inordinate use of this food occasion colic, dysentcty and death. Mr. Q. .1 .... ... uiiicduiiuun states inai tne Africans eat these ants roasted by handfuls, and several European have declared that they are most delicious, like sugared cream or paste of sweet almonds..., Locusts are eaten in nl- most all the countries where thsy appear, eitner ined, pounded with milk, groimd, in to flour, and baked into Cils nr. rtr mirl ! J UIUUW Of fishes and birds, there appears tattc scarcely any species excluded ; and Mr. Donovan observes that "although particu lar animals have been reported by travel lers to constitute the food of nations whoso history, they write, we might perhaps ex tend the catalogue to all living creatures, with the exception of a few that are actual ly poisonous." The object of Mr. Donovan was merely to detail those articles which, were tno or dinary food, of largo classes of men. But there are many, of a disgusting kind, which he has not thought it necessary to notice which are the ordinary aliment, or delica- cies, amongst nations. . ihe L-ocnin-iwn-nese are fond of hatched eggs, the Chinese and other Eastern people of putrid eggs. There aro .nations of dirt, eaters, the Ottomans, for.instance, who diet upon clay. Worms, grubs, and maggots , are the food of others. The Dyaks and Baltaks, ot Sumatra and Borneo drink human blood. Raw blubber, is prized by the Esquimaux, and game in a state of putrefaction gratifies tho palate of the polished European gour mand . When V,o. select instances of peculiar .and depraved appetite, they are disgusting iu- deed. We have seen individuals m Eurppe who can devour vast quantities of law liver, tallow candles and tobacco pipes, but what are they to the eaters of carrion, putrid offal, Uriil ericrementitlous'substances amougstthe religious aseptics in India 1 Perhaps the most repulsive, as well as prodigious instances of outrageous voracity is the sheep-eater of Oude, described by General Hardwickc, in the transactions of tho Roval Asiatic Society. This man, or rather monster, in the presence of several gentlemen and ladies ate, at one meal, two sheep, weighing from twelve to thirteen pounds per quarter. Ins mode of devour in;j the animal was this. He seized the liveheep by the flceco with his teeth, and lifted it from the ground; then, by a swing of his head flung it on its back upon the cround. In this position be held the animal down, pulling the leggs apart with each hand. Ho then toro the abdomen with his teeth, by stripping off the skin from the flank to the breast, removed the intestines, and buried bis head in the body to drink it . .... Roman kitchen arc detailed in Mr. Dono vans book. Viteilius and Helioeacalu regaled on a dish composed of the tongues and .braids, of peacocks, the bodies beiiio- thrown to the hogs. , The combs torn from live. cocks, were dish of excellent relish to the, latter, becau se seasoned with cruelty. The heads of par rots were. served up.at his feasts. .Viteilius I 1 1 .. . i ' ' nan a iagre sliver dish, the filling of which, for one of his entertainments, occasioned wholesale slaughter, being composed of in- oigiiiucaui pans ot various small and rare : ir. . . . .! birds and fishes. Vedius Pollid, a centle man of Rome; and a favorite of Augustus oicsar, contrived a method of trivimra favor to lampreys, which all his friends and Au gustus himself relished, whilst a secret; it .was by feeding them on human flesh! One Uaudius iEsopus, a tragedian, was renown. ed for serving up, on a large platter, worth 4,8007, all kinds of singing and speaking oirus. At a least given to Vitellins. bv his i , . oiomer Lucius, there were 2.000 difieient kinds of fish, and 7,000 of birds. The celebrated Apicus expended nearly a mil- ion sterling on his kitchen, and finding his property reduced to only 8,000 fearful that he should starve, he took poison. A small isu of his, called Minutal Micianum. or.'Alpicus Mince,' .is.iriade up bf the ex- ccrpis ojuiirce or four dozcii animals.- Rtien Apiouo oilfflifiiiriercir to.hirmscrr xvs salutary draught. His successors have caught his spirit. , . Dr. Kitchen, quotes from , Wccker's Se- creti of Nature, "How to roast and eat a goose alive." The goose after being pluck- d, is to be surronded by burning fuel, and cups of, water are to be placed within the circle : "She is to be larded and basted, but she is to be roasted slowly. By walking about, and flying here and'there, being coop- d in by the fire that stops her way out, she will fall to drink the water, and cool her heart; and when she roastoth and consumes inwardly, always wet her head and heart with a wet sponge; and when you see her running, and Beginning to tumble, she is roasted enough. Take her up, set her be fore her guesls, and she will cry as you cu off any part from her, and be almost eaten p befpro she is dead; it is mIohtv pleas ant TO lIEHOl.D ! After reading this, what a satirist does Shakspeare seem, in tlie passage which we quote at the beginning 1 HINTS TO YOUNG FARMERS. We are in the daily habit of hearing the casualitics and misfortunes of life, and par ticularly tn tho management of the farm, ascribad to bad luck: and on the contrary, f hearing the blessings, comforts and en joyment of life, imputed to goqd luck, as though these llnnga were casual, and diq not depend upon the indiscreet conduct of those whom they befell. , If we, will but scan this rdatter probably we shall bo ijonvinccd that our good and bad luck mo3t generally comes through pur own agency, and that we, are in a gieat measure loft to choose our own fortunes as far as this matter is concerned. The faith ful practice of known duties; with due re straint upon our baser passions, seldom fails to. produce good will to our fellows, are almost the certain precursors of bad luck. And even though our crops may grow from the exuberantbounty of nature, and although our patrimonial wealth may extort for us the fickle applauso and sycophancy of tho multitude, the pleasures which they afford are unstable, and aro not to be compared with those that result from prudent indus try and rectitude of conduct from consci mo warm blood, which clotted round his hair and beard. Ho next stripped off the rest of the hide, separated tho joints, and rubbing them in the dust, tore the meat from tho bones, swallowing one mouthful after another with all the dust. and dirt adhering to it, laying aside the ill-picked bones for his supper ! , The cruelty which this indiscriminate voracity of (man inflicts upon the inferior animals, is frightful. Tho horrors of the ousness pf having performed, and perform ing tlie high duties imposed upon us, to our families, to .society, and to our God. Let us (race sorne instances of good and bad fuck, in the business of the farm to their palpable causes. ., The diligent farmer, who personally su perintends his own businpS3 who rises be fore the sun, sees that his laborers are at their appointed business, that his farm stock are in good condition, his implements a.nd lenccs m order, and his work timely and properly done is pretty cerlain qf enjoying a good round of good luck in all his farming operations, lie will have good cattle and good crops, and good profits and if he takes care to bring up his sons in, tho wav of thoir father, he will have good luck with ins litmily. un me other hand look at that man who gossips away a portion of his time at public nouses, political clubs, and amone his neih. bora and who .trusts thq. management of his aliairs entirely to the discretion and fi delity of others, and ten to o,ne butyqu fin4 him an heir to ill .luck; that his land -is- ?n nuany becoming poorer, hiscroDs lioht.r. his cattle diminishing, h;s fences and.build- mgs dilapidating, and hi3 fortune going, to wreck. Who does not see in such a man a fountain of bad luck. Our young readers have most of them. perhaps, heard of tho bad luck that befel the man who neglected, in time, to got a nail in the horse shoe; the horse became lame, and ultimately died so that the own er lost his horse for want of a nail. The same bad luck attends him who neglecls his fences; a rail or a board is down the cat tle get in and destroy his crops, and he is obliged to buy bread for hi? family. The drone too is generally late with his work- lie plants and sows late and suffers the har. a?6 gameTea or ittluseu.;,,-""iV n3r-- The diligent farmer .destroys the weeds that rob his props, and the bushes that use lessly encumber his grounds. He carefully economises and applies his manures, des tined to feed his, crops, and keep up the fer tility of the soil; and he brings the best por tion of it, though naturally wet and unpro ductive, into a productive state bya system ofjndicious draining. All these are certain precursors of good luck. Now mark tho farmer of almost inevitable bad luck upon that farm down.yonder, who, although in the harvest time, is from home, gone to attend a petty lawsuit, in which he is a party. Look at tho fences,, the build ings, the bushes, the weeds, the Bvamps and the crops at.every- thing. Do they not all betoken bad luck? and, speak in lan guage not to be misunderstood, that the unf fortunate master is going down hill. We have one more suggestion, which may extend to tlie fair sex. , Idlcnes is tho pa rent of tattle of mischief. Now the man or woman who attend to their own business as they. ought to, have no time nor disposi tion officiously to interrheddle with the do mestic affaire of others they have no inter est in sinking the reputation of their neigh bors; but would rather raise them, to their own level, their habits,therefore tend to dif fuse good luck to all around them. . . Cultivator. From Mr. Stephens' new " incidents of Travels:' ,( . BATTLE OF GR0E0W. The battle of Grokow, tho greatest in Europe since that of Waterloo, was fought on the 25th of February, .1831, and tho platq where I stood commanded a view of the whole ground! The Russiau army was. under tho command of Deibltsch, and con sisted of pne hundred and fortyitwq thou sand infantry, forty thousand cavalry and three hundred and twelve pieces of cannon. I'his enormous force was arranged in two lines of combateuts, and a third ol reserve. Its left wing, between Wavro and the ! ...i :.i-,l r r.. ,ti. marshes oi me vismia consign -visions of infantry of forty-seven thousand men, three of cavalry of ten thousand five hundred,' . and one hundred and eight pieces 55333 of cannon; the right consisted, of three and a half divisions of infantry and thirty-one thousand men, four divisions of cavalryi.qf fifteen thousand .seven hundred and. fifty men, and fifty two pieces of cannon. Upon borders of tho grqat forest opposite th8 Forest of Elders, conspicupua.from where I stood was plaqed, the reserve, pmraandV edbyfhe.GraudDuke Cpnstantine. Against this immense army the Poles opposed less than fifty thousand men, and a, hundred pieces of cannon .under tho comniand of General Skrizyneck. ' x At break of day the wholo foice of the Russian right wing-, with a terrible fire of fifty pieces of artillery and columns of infantr ry, charged the Polish lefi with the de termination of carrying it, by a . singlo and overpowering effort. The Poles with six-thousand five hundred men and twolvo pieces of artillery, not yielding a foot of ground, and knowing they could hope for no succor resisted this attack for several hours, until the Russians slackened their fire. About ten o'clock the plain was sud denly covered with the Russians forces, is suing.from th(e cover of the forest, seeming on,B undivided mass of troops. (,Two hunr drsd pieces of cannon, posted on a singlo line, commenced, s, firq ,w.hiqh mado the earth tremble and was more, terrible than the oldest officers), many of .whom had. fought at Marengo and Austerlitz, ,, had ever beheld. The Russians now made an attack upon the right wing, and failed' in theirs upon the left; Diebitsh directed 'tho strength of His army against the forest of el7 ders, hopiug to divide theJ?ples into two parts. One hundred and twenty pieces of cannon were brought ,to bear on this point and fifty baltallions, incessantly pushed to. the attack, kept up a scene of tn as'a aero. un heal d of in the annals of war. A .ppiiehibfr wero so chokecl witii.ihe. dead that ihajfaT'''' fantry marched directly over their bodiee. The heroic poles, with battalhons for four, hours defended the forest against the tre. mendous attack. N.ine timps they were driven out, and nine times, by a series of admirably executed manomcs, they re pulsed tho Russians with immense loss. Batteries now concentrated in one point, where in a moment hurried to another, and the artillery advanced to the. chargplike cavalry, sometimes within a hundred feet of the enemy's coluras, and there opened a murderous fire.of grape. At three o'clock, the Generals, many of whom were wounded, the most of whom had their horses shot under then .and fought on foot at the head of their divisions.resolv ed on a retrograde movement, so as to draw; the Russians on the open plape. ThclRus; sian troops then debauched from the forest a cloud of Russian cavalry, with severa. regiments of heavy cuirassiers at their head to"the attack. Colonel Pientka, who had kept up an unremitting fire from his battery; 5 hours, with a perfect sang froid, upon a disabled piece of cannon remained. to.. give another effective fire, and then loft at full gallop a poit which he had so long occupied, under the terrible fire of the c,ncmy's.frtil lery. This, rapid woveraent of his battery animated he Russian forces. , The cavalry advanced, on a trot upon the line of a batte-r ry of rockets. A terrible dischargq, wm poured into their ranks, and the .horses, gal-, led to madness by the flakes of fire, became wholly ungovernable, and broko. nway, spreading disorder in every direction; tho wholp. body swept helplessly along.qfuo, of the Polish infantry, and in a, few minutes were so completely annihilated that, pf t regimqnt of cuirassiers whp boro jnsqriqc on their helmets the tnvincibles.nota.maii escaped. The wreck of the routed fcavalr ry, pursued, by tho lancers, carried along. in its flight the columns of infantry. A -jener-, al relrcat commenced, and the cryof Poland, forevcrl'. reached tho walls of Warsw.o cheer the. hearts of its anxious inhabitants, So terrible was the fire of tho day that,, in, the Polish army there was not a eingle.geiijj eral or staff ofl;ccr who had not Ins horse