ER ,1•11•:, -7.f.;: - 7 , ;: I:, 0 r.f: 111 11 - -nr1;". . _ EMiM .i. Tg.F4 lIIINTIZTPDON, GJGOBE, - 7 'er tifill rc ad ce, $1 50 - 4 .. 4 f. , .;;. not :paid in advance; 2 00 :No-paper' discontinued until all , arrearages . tt re. pail:lL,: : A:failure„to-noticy ddj§continuanep .14.1.1w,ex -I)lWipn of,..thq term subscribed con. sidei:edlt ne,v_engagetnent. TERMS OF A OVER.TISIN• ' „... I,lnsertion. 2 ins.. 8 ins. his sines in-Tess; . : 25' :371 00 square ; -16:1016, - bre ''''''' 50' -,- 75 100 Yl''' - ` - ` 6 " .: "1 00 15R 200 3 ;«, 1 50 - 2 - 25 '3'oo -3tn'. •-' 6m. 12m'; ''s3 00 55 . 00 08' 5 f 00:.. -8 OG' 12 00 .7.50 10 00 .I`s 'OO 9 .00 - 14 00 .23 :00 'l5 00 - .2500 38 00 10 '`‘. " _25'00. 40 00 .60 00 O ?Professional. and Business Cards'-not ex ceeding 6 lines, one. year, , $4 00 ,F;xecutors'.4,n,cl Administrators' Notices, I , 75 Auditors' . Notices, , F-TZ=ZILM,SAWX/E.7....ifiVAM=2/Z:=2:MCDEIVIZtersaX=CI=FIESZCOW.......! breviei, 2 ' it t• 3 « ; 4 I c , ;" 41. . ONE BY ONE One-by one the• Sands are flowing; One by one the moments fall ; Sonia arc coining, some are going, • Do riot strive to grasp them One by one thy chilies wait thee; • • Let thy whole strewth go to each, Let• no future dreams elate thee ; • ' Learn thou first What. these can teach. One, by, one (bright gift. from Ileaven,) 44s are sent thee here below; Take them reaaily . when given, iZ.e'aciy, too, tf.• Let them go. One by one thy griefs.shalt meet thee, . Do not fear an armed band ; One will fade as others groat. thee, Shadows passing through the - Lind.; Do-not•look at lire's long sorrow, Seellow small each inotnent's pain ; God will help thee,for to-morrow, Every day begin again. Every hour thafficets So slowly, Has its task to do or bciar ; Luminous the crown, and holy • ' If thoh set caidfgern with care Do, not lin - g . cr withjogrotting, Or, for passiiig hours deapoad, Nor'the daily toil_forgetting, • „ Look too eac - erly . beyend. • Hours are golden-links, God's tolsen,; • Reaching heaven ; buCone by-one Take -them lest thq etniiii be broken. , Ere be pilgrimage . be none.. . • .. Virginia Democratic State" Convention. In thb : Virginia`"DemOcratic State' .Conven tlon, on Saturday, Gov. Floyd mporteethe ftilloivindresbltitibuS froth the Committee on Resolutions : • 'rlie Dernocra . tic Itephbl leans of Virginia; in Co6iention assembled ; following the time honored . usages in declaring the principes which bind them together u.s`a do .re solve—• • first: That the true relations bet ts'eeti the States and the Federal Governitient, Mid the true rules for the constructi6ri '6f tut*, are correctly set forth in'the' tioni and report of 1798 anal - 799 of Oren eral".A.ssilernbly of Viiginia a.nd the dbciriaes ther'eirr'e3iptiuraleil are 'hereby 'adopt'cd acid re -. afift:irred: • -* • • 'Setond : That'eatigreSs has no -potVer to apL pr - dpriateYdirectlY or indirectly; ttte - 'proceeds of the sales of public lands, or tO"krant, r861.1y - ojc indireetly,'the'Public; 'lands to ,the purposes,of internal irnprovernent. 2'hird; That specific du tife's;:taxing, a - g they do the low-priced necessaries'df - the:peor' s 'as heavily,as the costly luxuries' of the l'iCN aye unequal; unjust and odious ; thaf,duties i ,' ;de sigrced for protection,:foster one' branch of:ln dustry and cherish one section 'ol . t - he country at the expense, of, others ; and are litierly i l t n. consistent with justice? - sound - poliCy : and Detriciatidprinciples";-and that - we are Op posed to any increase tin the duties, on imposts —''especiall on y general aria fredes sary: consumption—such as iron, Coal, sugar, • salt and' oarse cotton. _Fourth.: That the Federal Government ou; , ,,ht et?' adhere, in itiforein,EOlicy, to the rnax' imj - inculpated by_the Father of his Conn try; and' by the'Fathet of - Derriciefacy'.:r Fifth Thai:we' reaffirm - the resolutions' of the lialti.tiforl Convention -: of - 185,2 as far as applicable fo the tire - seni conditen of coun try... , , Sath.: That the vote of - the Stale ia the Cincinnati Convention ought ... to he'giVeri'for such candidates as will comizinnd'ihe great est strenathirvtheDeincicratic•party through out the Union, -a'nd 'whose!,iprindiplek` are known.to . conformirnest strictly to the :cardi-`, nal tenets of the Demodatic - 'Republican -1 ,^413:10!;! t: • • Seventh : That this Convention feel 'that r they.leouthinoti. , Mnr«:i em phatically. • • 'express theit)voideranatio' nf-the uA.• 'tenets: and practices of the Know-Nothing part . y.l than'vVas:done byitherDernoerdeST of 'Virginia at , the jolts:on the '24th day-of Man'. F 855. - 1 - Eighth. :.That weiapprcive of - the adrknowil'l as' the;Kansas-Nebraska' tci;. repealing; 'as it thd-Missourirestrittion, w_hicirwas."uh‘-- jusi.`lte.the , Southy-Itnd . ino conflict - I Gonititutiotratid'therequalitY of the States. • - : , ),-That this "approveg fully' and endbreestricordially :the 'principle coniiined=in - the :aforesaid‘ acti/whii:h 'sectiresv totheoitizoris of-a - ITerritory, in applying fel', admission into the! Union 'as a , State, , the to-establishi their ;own 'form of , governtnent;`. poWers, litnitations . and reetric• xis.tlieylrnay• - • think proper; Stibject lir4o.the;Conititution 'of the: Utrited , .Statee,' • whiciu- - reciutrei. the: -form• of . o:Wein/tient to be republican. , • TentiviThat 'while 'this Convention claims`any ;kntowlede -or preference of the Democracy of. this -State .among the• distin-' guished gentlemen who may b r e , preseated for Inc:Cincinnati nomination, they have no hesT. itation in declaring they- cordially apprOve of :the cardinal measures and the.bold and able State papers of President Pierce; by' which the, fundamental principles of the Democratic faith have been illustrated. t , •....:: •r• J ",..,;;!' '-., '''.;.:',-"'• f. .Ft•,. ' ' :L: '' ' l tfliP ~• , i?,,,, : ' ...,;' f • ::?;:'..• I X_ , . 1 ' . 4c,, - .....,. , ..1';'• ' • ' . .-..';‘.!• r . - ', ,:•,, •! ;- f ;.f.,, BIM ,- • . • . 1 - . 4l= . Time .of Peace, Prepare:for yVae [FrOrn-the , l3oston Post.] : . E - - Thepeople'of the* United States are 'erni; nently cornmerc..dafalf theii interests - lie in, the , path olpeae s e. "War,- except in 'self de-' fence; viTers'te the'rry'no InducementS,-, but, orr the Contrary„ . points with terrible signific wide to the misery and ruin which always follow in' the train. The government - in our Country - is in the hands of the:people, and it is their will alone' that directs its policy.— The history of the nation 'since its emancipa tioafrom the 'British yoke plainly shows that this policy has - Uniformly been most friendly and pacific towards•all foreign powers. Our government has alWay carefdlly 'avoided "entangling alliances," and has never med dled with the internal affairs of other -States. She has always respected the rights of other nations while rnaititaining her own, and has never endeavored toeriliance the interests of her people ,by unjustly injtiring those of oth ers. • • ' By steadily pursuing this policy_ has rapid ly advanced in population,' in intelligence, and general piosperity—and, from one of the smallest and -least important -nations' of the earth,' has attained the rank and considera tion of a "first rate power." With these facts before us, may we not safely say that wars of, aggression on our part are not to be.' ap prehended? that we. will only resort to the "ultirna ration in' the defence of our undoubt ed rights,"or in the maintenance of our na tional dignity and honer. It may not, there fore, be'athiss fir us at this time to pay a little attention to the wise maxim—„ln time Of peace prepare, for war.” , - • - But little obserVation seems necessary to convince any one that a nation which is pre pared to-resist attack will not be Wantonly'as sailed: Neither ate arguments required to prove that nations Whose' defences are neg lected, and• whose Means of resistance have to be created for the occasion, are moreliable to menaces and insults than those whose con-' ditions enable there to retort at 'once. These observations lead us to ask what are our own Means of defence•at the present moment t The answer is mortifying hi.• the ekretne—' but since the ,peOplia are the ones incresterr; and the enly.enes able 'to apply a remedy, it should not be' •Irept secrey- but- be brought hornet° everyman, that he may see and act for hirriSelf. - Our whole' seacoast, on the Atlantic, thd Gulf-and the Pacific, Is, with very few ex ceritionS, entirely • defericeleas'. and at the' mercy of. :an . enterprising maritime foe.-- 'Tis true, we ,have Mimerims fortifications erected; 'ariecotiese of erection, at the prin cipal.pointsaiong this extended but what do they , really' amounvtorWhen required for immediate use? Only 'those near our largest cities, suelf - as -- Bestoti,New York, Philadel phia, &e., liave any 'giniS . hi position, and even those are entirely- inadequate to resist attacks s anything'iikelhose on Bemarsund or Sweabor while almost snialle(cities, likeoPiirtlarid; Porttimauth,' Balern, New Bed ford, and a thousin'cl others, could be blown to pieces bY a'sindle steamer like the 'Nei rimac! •' '" Some of these smaller cities have fortifica; 11 - :ey are with6ut , . arinaments' and' Could not be - putin - gocd - de= fensive positionS in less' than : . 'six Months, while 'thii greater number have do defences at all.. excepting' 24 - eiti York and Charles'- . ton, none of ottrfirSt cities.are pin'tented• from' suddeti attacks. • Take, lei instance; our own harbor of . boston, and we can see'dt once how 5c e,')oged Mir . whole -- coast' redly is. There are Yci Boston' fiarbOr.tWo' fortsin course of Constructie W . n4Forts rreti - and -. Winthrop the:latter Merely oomnienced„ . but with no ntiriainent arid no accomModations'for agar. ' • The vFliore defenCeof the harbor, therefore; cleVii . lves at present on ,Fort ilndependenee—a 'fine Wer'k, to - be 'sure,. and garrisoned by 'a small force, but entirely destitute of the means for a vigorous defence, having-nothing that could be,called an ,armament—the I few guns now there being unfit for service, either from smallness of calibre or long use—and eveti'l.Vere the neeessarfcpm plerrietil of grins, gun carriages, shot, shell;'&c. or the ; tight kind already there, the post could not be put in a good defensive condition in less than three months; for, in order to mount guns. of the 'Calibre now required for - such Woks, all the traverse circles and pintle klocks in the barbette and water batteries•would have to be taken up and replaCed by different'ones. Should therefore; war. sitildenly break out witlva great naval power like:Englandi- (and. who can:say there ism danger of such a con- , tingency.,) what is to.prevent a powerful fleet of steamers , from-enterina.the harbor and lay ingf.l3oston is ashes or: under contribution 1--z- Though this case is not probable, it is, ":at least, .possible , arid ,that is,.,s,uffwitpit, reason; why it shonkt,be : gpardethagainst e 7 : , What we have just .said. in retation,to.Bes toa_app Les wttit,.sttll greater force•,to delphia, - for - the.defenceSOf . thacCity are ; tier:, feotly insignificant. Fort ~IVliffhn could, .bp ble't:Vit to atoms ' • l!WelVe,inch,gun. vrelr handled , eh stacle, at, all' 4t, present, h6c:ieverz,fortiiidable t. may tri ' tim e I The' 'same may, 'be said of . Paltiriie're,,netWit.hStandinilhe.heroic, and"sticeeseutdefet4,m6.o,a,t:Fortit/IcHenry during the`l4l.. Wdr:,,with ',England Wash i ton,toO, may be aS:easity . .approachedY to;day as When „it, N . y.a..bbilif by the. British. And . ,so we niiglit go onto the,end of .the chapter ? , • There is _still 'another feature to-be ;men-. k tionedapd,:if possible, : ef worse rumple ion. than. those_ already_ alluded .1 0.-. We possess , ruiinyitnportarjt, fortifications .along our boArd,',Put we,thave .seen that `then' are all (Ids titoe ,of 'proper. armaments. Now-if' we ,had. thgrnaleriatin store for, supplying theSe'Works, in time,of : A.langer,.4 hey could- of •course be. 4 speedily,,,tarrned÷ t 4ll thingsibeing , in :! readiness 7 -,but- unfoi innately •we have net k.ept,pace with- the improvements of - the age in heavy artillery, nn d - coosequently_ have not on hind guns of' sufficient calibre-to"contend ; with those now in common use in the navies of the great European powers.. These guns have yet to be cast, and with- i out future results prove more satisfactory than those obtained last year, it will be a • • , ••• ...; •.• .. •4 ~* . „ , . ..,... ~ .... • • • _ . -,- A ..„., ..;,t -9 , ,,,,- ..„-_•::::: t ..„.. ~ : ::.:p .,.. -44 , ;,•.., • • ::::•-.4,..:• • „:„" ~," -...., : t ... : , :,: 2.,,,:, ::!:: . _ ~.: 4 2,, ..- !:,...,..i;.. , - -.:::::, --- .. :4z ..ti ..,... ~-.., •,,,,,,,..: ,• . ..1.,,,,- ', ' . ~:-.: .. , ,' : li.''' Kt:, ;:i.:. , &•,.. • k•::::',..... - ...,',-.;,...,. / 0. ,:k4 i , , •.. , .it.l.r., . - -%;1.•,,, , .. `",.;:i.... '' '' . .., . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . RIM .11 - U : Nrf : ING-DQ.N. MARCH ..12:.1856. long time before, the. ,requisite number ate manufactured,- Now, . from even this hasty and. imperfect - glance, .at the, subject, , we think.-it. will at once-be perceived that our sea:.coast defences ate in a lamentable con dition—that we, are . ,net preparod to render them -formidable in' ease of sudden emergen cies.arid that:a.great.n.aval ; power like Eng land could,rayage our whole ; coast with im punity—destroying- millions upon millions of property before anything like an adequate de fence could be made., And who is prepared to say that the Knowledge of these., facts,, at at.the,moment when :he English -nation'is smarting underler recent humiliations, and burning for an opportunity to, carpe: out ,:the stain:upon her arms, and regain her lost prps 7 . tige, does - not stimulate the arrogance of the British press towards this country, and prompt in some degree,-the unjust pretensions which the-British Ministry now - advance.-in rela tion to Central America 1- . The remedies required to correct the evils we have pointed out are simply these : Arm those works that areccompleted, with the heaviest artillery in the possession of • the country, put them in a state :of defence at once, and keep them so. -As fast as the lar ger guns are cast, take them to these works to replace the smaller ones, Which slibuld be broken up and - cast over. Prosecute the oth= - er works that are commenced or needed, and when completed, arm them also. Let the.en gineers leave their fortifications all :ready for actian—have the guns mounted—the mag,a zines filled—build cheap wooden . barracks, if necessary, for the garrisons to live in time of peace, and whieh can be torn down in time of war, if in the Way—have everything, in fact, in readiness to open fire on the shortest notice This plan would be much . • the -most economical in the-end, and, for thilfitason, if for..no other, should besdbpted.- . The guns, _carriages, shot, shells,. &c., can as wellbe.stored and preseried at the forts where they are to be used as at the foundries, gun-yards or arsenals where they are usually kept ; then when they are needed they will be. on the spot and if -there- are no garri sons in.tpe forts at the time, the_militia of the States can be called out, and at once thrown into them, and will undoubtedly well defend them. _ By this method ourcoast could, at all times, be defended, and The:knowledge of this fact' would most assuredly be its strongest safe guard—for it• would not. be .attacked. And to carryout this plan would entail, no:heavy expense upon the nation—nothie.g at all in comparison to ,what might be inflicted: in a few months of war if the present state of things be allowed to continue. ft is, therefore, hoped-:that considerations like these will prompt the country to reflect upon its present condition, and by its timely action preserve through coming ages the peace which we all-so much desire. - Speak• Kindly Ay lof the, absent-enes ; 'those whdhaie wandered far from' the hearth-stone of home; who dwell beneath the-stranger's roof, or-in a stranger land ; speak kindly. " You are sitting by your own fireside; brightly s.hines'thd fire light ; kind anircheerful are the faces gather ed about yati--old, familiar fades 'they'are— the wind moaning - among:the * trees, - shaking the casernent,- or rumbl in g dokva theehimn ;" brings to Your heart no lonely hciniesick feel in • Ton haveheard- it inlhose 'very places since you . were t child,:and the sound, lonely though it be;- has 'something- lileasant about it and. you heed it - not: -•But as you recall the faces and •fornis • of- these:far. away, ,speak kindly-." - •:' •-• -They ,may swe'lte'ring beneath the burn= in . rays of a troiOal gbh Swarthy'faces'are peroliancelflie day dries they rook on, not one they 'have evel• knolivn 'or- loved; and- their hearts-May be' turning:tefar distant ones, and. fainting unddr their weary load. .Then; :oh; speak kindly:. ' • ,Speaky'kindly,' 'for' another wanderer-may be-in the fa?' away north, where the . :bitter Winds are howling-and 'shrieking eVer"the' wide and 'desolate , waste ; .stio*,'elad 'and Cold'. Goci , grant-lhat"the streartis•of kindfieSS: and affection in the heart be not chilled, or frolen. by contact with 6.'selfigh, uncaring World: Speak kindly. of my sailor friend on the tempest • ocean; - tossed hither and thither by the 'restless WaVe".' And 'even if he did deSert his father's fireside - for-the -rough -deck- and rude' hammock;'the - green fieldS.of -his native land for , the'hlue2opean,:vbitpereliarieci db . not know. of all that-passed in 'that: home: ere lie :Oft-it ; you do:not know:of alf the 7 irenbled thoughts that-went stirginz, threngh:that rest less, unsatisfied heart: Judge not, - 1 pray 'yen: Percharicein' some rude-home' on' the' fOir off praitiea 'ref the -WeSt, -,3 Sits by:the 'hearth stone one yen loved long' , ago.' Co:P . ...Words may I'ave been spoken ere she left-yrni; ereit:at thepartir-4-theie'may,•-have•:been=no clai3p of -hands; ridfarewell 'k iss . or kind' word, butd:well not On that, think•and speak 'alone of the hours when you hived' each otber. 7 - Breathe her name kindly n0w.. , ". - -Speak' kindly 'OF:tb - e - They,--haVe been sorely ,- tempted-,' else neyer • had 'they viatidered 'so •far from the - Patti'ofreCtitude,-- Think you not that conseicncefs • erfoligh to Punish their). •for'Alielr misdeeds •:•withOnt -ad ding bitter - Unfeeling 'Oh ! IsenieM bef these -few - as would be forgiven." Try to forget' all that is not" pleasant ° of ethers. ~frirget for yen-are not'witherifyOur share.' =,:•• _ Speak: kindly of the absent, ,they, rna.y7 l ,be toi'singbda" - sick bed, 'hinging for some kind hand to smooth their pillow or - hold the -,Cop to their fevered lips. - , . - • DeatiPi'aii,„ciel may have - sumnione, them, and straPett hands laid • their , col& Sfeiins in the grayeloimeatha'for.eigh - Sky:" It Mailers little 's here.our bones are laid; 'for, death slumber lir be ii;dreanile'ss But - W,hen we are gone:l would have yiiii,speak And nal alone kindly of .. .all,. but kindly to all. To the narents'whowatehed-and guard ed. your helpless infaney.w ith tender care; in whose dark locks Time has wreathed the snow flakes,, and whose smooth brows are furrowed by care and sorrow ;• pain not their loving hearts by one unkind word i for it will sink deeply and rankle long. , Speak kindly to the brothers 'and sisters about you; they will not-be - with you always, but-when they go out "in the wide' world let them carry with them. the memory of gentle, loving - words from your liPs.r, To the . one you. •have•chosen to bear you Company to the end of your life journey, speak ever kindly. Let not frowns come to darken the sanctuary of your home; no un kind words with their endless echo . bespoken.' there. Speak kindly to the stranger, far from home and kindred. A kindly word falls on-his ear as sweetly as the music heard in dreams.- 13,ut,unlike the dream sounds, it will live .On icl years.tp come, .and sound as plainly'in that. heart as when. it - first fell from your lips. , And the old beggar, that crosses your thresh old,'and with quivering voice asks for a - crust of bread, or a shelter from -the storm, Oh! I beseech you, speak - kindly to him. "Weary, friendless, and forsaken," he wanders on; but likeyou he was once young, and perchance happy. • The old man has ; snowy hair - like. your own father, and you would weep at the thought of his being thus desolate and alone. You speak g ently to him, so speak to the old. beggar. It isbut.a, little time, the brief years N.ve are to remain. here, and life has enough to teach us,that is sad and, sorrowful, without harsh words from those around us. :A few more years, and the sods we now walk, so self confidently over will ; be piled above, our puiseless hearts. - I ask no other memorial when am gone than. to have- those who knew me .when liv ing say that I ever used kindly words.— They are easily spoken, and the heart soon grows to feel what the lips let fall. .. Speak, kindly ever; and the echo of these words will come to your own soul, waking into life a beautiful melody there. „.,.. • PpugMeqpsie - , Eagle. INTELLIGENCE or A ,DEAF MTJTE.-A pd.; pil of the Abbe Ticard gave the following -ex traordinary answers :,," What is gratitude 1" " Gratitude is the memory of the heart. " " What is . hope 2 7 " Hope is the .blossom Of happiness. " What is the difference be tween hope and desire'?" "Desire is a tree in leaf; hope is a tree in flower ; and enjoy . - mem, is a tree in fruil:?' "What is eterni ty?" ? " "A day, without yesterday or to morrow; a line, that -has no ,ends. " " What is time? " "'A line that has Iwo ends; a path. which begins, in the cradle and ends in the tomb." ; " - What' is _God?" "The ne cessary being, the sun of- etornity,:the chartist. of nature, the eye of justice,. the waithmaker of- the universe; the soul -of the world." -"Thies God reason 3" "Man rea sons because he doubts : he deliberates; he decides,; God is ,omniscient ;.he knows all things ; -he never doubts; he therefore never reasons."_ WEARING. Y.I;ANN.EL.-Ptit it on at once; winter pr surnmei, nothing better can be worn next the skin than a lOose, red woolen flannel shirt--"loose," for it has room , to, move on the skin,. thus causing a_ titilation, which draws the 61134 to the surface and "keeps it there ; and when that is thu case, no one can takea. cold , "red?' for whiteflannel fulls up, mats together,. an 4 . beCome tight stiff, heavy and . iinpervious.., Cotton wool,. merely ab sorbs the moisture from . the surfac e,: woolen flannel conveys it ,from the skirt, and deposits it' in. drops on the . outside- of ,theshirt, shirt, from which, the- ordinary cotton Shirt absorbs it, and.by . its nearer ,exposure to the exterior air, it is soon dried* iri'itlia - ut injury to the body. , Having-these properties, red wool en flannel, is ,Worn by Sailors even in the mid summer of the ,hotteSt : countries. Wear thinner Material in summer.--L.Ha/P Journal , A• Word *tti 'tlie 'Ladies. . • Theo Id '_aciage' aptly, OA- oinice.,Of pie'vention is -. worth pen rid of co re." When we Consider,,hoWlafal adise,aSe'eonsumPtiOri* is; and',hoyv.COrriparativelY easy itia:te avoid it, 'We are more thakever:.impressed 'With the' truth of'thiS oltr.:pi•Vtierh. During - the.lagf feW days,',N:ye 'hair,e - been - amazed; indeed, at,. the folly ~Of , women, .'ivharri . we haVe seen promenading the streets, with the snow a foot deep 'at' thetcroasings,, in low, paper thick shoes,;thinner than the thinnest worn by rrerr, in shrnther time. Will: the sex ever exhiblki comnion sense .ia,regard to this matter ? There is but one proper covering for the foot of a women, in either.cold or sloppy weather; and that is a Wellington boot,'sueti.as every gentleman uses. In fact; the,protection which it affords, to the leg, "especially against wet, is more necessary in . the case, of Women than sof men, because, in iuplia Case, the damp skirt flaps - against calf Skin or, thoro.cc - O,:instea,d of against' the We are ,glad to "see See :that, within'a 'few' 'years theSe high ; b'oots', are ginning to be %vein 'hir:ladies . 'but ,they .are,' by, Meads ritliversal, - caS, - they,ought to be, ! and'it is"a pity that The leaders of fashion would not set the 'example, both of walking and Wearityi,weter proof :bbots: — '.oor daily walk in. - is' aS requisite - Co health, as the . wearing _of impervions 'shoes. The wives and:datighters of our rich men,, who . , never tal(e.exercise except in a Carriage, are underrnining their calistitutioniqUite as effec tually as -those of ,their -sex' - who, unable' to keep,'cOaches,yet' imitate; them in wearing their - driwing.room'Shoes s . , , The one,is injured by. wet feet,'.the other by:wain:AA exercise.— MS a commonihina.,,at this inclement sea- , sod "of the year,- to b h,ear ladies congratulate,. themselves on their Nardi rooms, yet often these furnace healed aPartments_areunly,less deleterious than the unpiotecteirlibyel.of.the beggar. We often, enter parlors,,k*e the thermometer is eighty, Where the airis fairly scorched, and 'where, to cap the climax, every ,door is,shut.so as 1.6 exclude the. possibility of veutiratiaci.,:xet - man/ 's,rhaie§..remain in such - robins, at'this season of - the year, week, after,week,., w ithoutonce going out, especially ,if the}' are in circtiniseances too good to conl pel their w,orki p g,for T a livelihood,,, yet not good enOUgh,to enable -them to, keep a car riage: The corisecinences are impaired diges tion., 01 , hysterical affections, :or incessant headaohes, excessive liability : to, catch cold,_ and what . some, perhaps, will think- more than all, loss of Color and beauty. FlBil Little girls are especial sufferers in all that pertains to health. * They must be housed most of the lime in heated and impure air, and' then when allowed - to - go r a'broad they must -Wear thin slippers, and - must-hot run and romp like the boys: , And then,' •:.=_s•they come toile most trying - and- critical- period of life, - the stimulation of braid increases; the exercise diminishes and-the , rnenstrous -fash ions that bring distortion-end disease-ace as - • -En England the higher'classes rarely •send a daughter to 'a boarding school, ;but parents secure teachers to educate them-at home, and take the greatest pains-t 6 - secure a healthy arid-perfect 'physical development - But in thiS country,' the greatest portion cif the weal:- thy claeses send their daughters, at the• most critical age,. to be - packed in chainbers and school-rooms,"by night and by day, while all physical training is 'neglected, and the brain and nerVe - s - • are , stimulated " by' exclusive intellectual • activity. Twenty years ago, a distinguished medical man gave it, as his opinion, that' a majority of school' girls had more or less of the curvative of the spine: 'A - still• more terrific deformity - than this is now added as the result of onr 'miser.: able neglect and abuse of the young. - The AgtietUtural Interest of the United States The saying, isas old' as history, as-old even as -human. society itself, that the extent of the agricultural interest is the -measure , of.a tion's strength. While Rome boaSted- her small proprietors, her free yeomanry, her flourishing Italian farms, she was able to de fy the world i but, wlien,Rome : became divi ded between a pampered aristocracy and a beggared people, and when, her supplies of, corn came principally from ,abroad,. ,_teen Rome began .to decline. , Of all free, civilized. countries on the globe,. the United States, has the -largest agricultural interest., The totalamount of capital inves ted in farms,live stock and implements, was four thousand millions, even• so far back as 1850,; and since then the amount has greatly increased. This Was seven times as much as the capital invested in manufactpres, the mechanic arts and the fisheries. It was also nearly three times as much as the capital in vested in commerce and trade. At - the pres ent time, it is probable that the capital . em ployed in agriculture is not less than -five thousand millions, or about five sixths of all the capital representing.allthelvarious bran ches of industry in the republic. The pOpulation - engaged in agriculture ex hibits a similarpreponderanae. - hi 1850; the number of males; over fifteen years of age, employed in agricultural labor, was about two millions and a half, or almost as many as those in - all•ot her avocations. This 'Was ex clusive of the three milliOns of - slave - 8, most of whom, of both sexes and of all ages, are employed in Caren or plantation work. The greatest proportion of improved to nnirriprov ed land is to be found in the 'Middle States, and 'this notwithstanding the Apalachian mountains.render so large a 'portion -of their surface unproductive.: Altogether, there were about a million five hundred thousand farms and plantations under . cultivation-in' 1850; and-- there is nOw probably a Million seven hundred thousand. 'The average - size' of the , farms wastwohundrecl and threencres;Ooin % puled to 'be worth- about ten dollars "an acre 7 —an &timate which we think below 'the truth. The-average:. valire was- greatest In the. Middle States, _where it -was twenty-eight, dollars an, acre. In New England it, was twenty . - dollars. "'ln the sonthein 'States it was hut five dollars. - In' the -Northwestern - Statesit Was-eleven: In. Texas-it was ten dollars. vs six dolla: In !t r h s eother Southyvestern-,States it The number of horses, in _,185.0, was four ore° 'hun dred' thotisand of 9, - eat cat tle nearly-nineteen millions; .of sheep about twenty• two millions,;_, and of .swine. hirty millions., The, value of poultry was . compu ted at twenty r - nillioriS of dollars. The' ling : . an' Cern crop exceeds three lmnderd millions of thillarS annualipinvalue -- the hay crop one' hundred .and seventy millions; - the_ wheat, crop ,hundred and twent3 - -five millions; and the cotton crop from seventy-five to . a •"The greatest'wheat growing State is Pennsylvania:. No estimate• has ever been made , of .the, value of the manures . em ployed in . agriculture in the United States,— But a, capable 'writer has calculated that the animal, and other matter" suitable for miinure,. wasted by defective farming, Would.produce, if econotrri4o 2 , fifteen httndrcd, millions : of bushels of corn annually. Long may the_a,griculturai interest- of this republic eolith - Ate - to be gie - riredominant one. While , ,ve lii've so many free 'yeomen, we need fear:neither -foreign invasion, nor civil war, nor the triump4,of a military despot.— Public Lcclg . er. The Boy Who Caticitiered. . • Some few, years :go, a lad who was 'left without father, or inather,,of. goadl:natural abi lit i es,. went to New-York, alone - am d 'friend less, to beta sttuation in a store as-errand- 1 boy,.or otheiwise, till he could command al -••-12 * ' - ' higher..pbsitiorr ; but this .boy-had got in,;bad: i company ,-andlhad.got in , the habit. oicallin.Yj d a t i li }:; r:it AN iin T e.e"s 7 ;iiirl' s, r'r:, l 'b7l : n E :Ttb,e P . 1 !-11 ; t : t. fat.-.:his: 'fbittere? 7 occas i om il v, • becatisi i .11 "' e i day of _the__ week, very. late ia. _the - day, . and-Idavc crlivi293llgen:=.belandizanit.... I:belietker e th ia cT u g s h , t ai i s t o lolted , manly. - ~..,:. He srn ; aked!,cheap ., ; it wouw: hav,e, 4cetoifty . doliars.;in my=poek-,,. et if I 'hadn't Been 'horn ,at -. 'He had a'. prett yo Igeod • education, and on ! looking over . the,riaperF, he' noticed that a merchant in Pearl street wanted a lad of his age, and he called there, and made his :butii= Dess known. -"Walk into the office my lad,'? ;Said - the merchant ~ "Pll.attend to you.snon - ." • -When he.had waited on his • customer, her took. a seat near thilud,•and he espied a cigar. in , his hat.. , `_fhis - was enough:,: - boy." said he, "I want a smart, honest, faithful lad; but I see,that,yo,u s_moke cigars, and in, my expeiletrce of many' years I hkVe ever' - found cigar smokintr, lads to betonnected *With Va rious other , evil habits, and if' I Inn notrnista ken, your breath isan evidence_ that, you are not an exteption. Yon can leave ; you wil . ll not suit me." - John—J . 6r this was his came—held down his head and left the store; and as he walked along the street ; a stranger and friendlest the VOL, NO. 88, . counsel of his poor' mother:came . forcible to his mind, who upon her death-bed, called-hire to her side - ,and placing her emaciated hand upon his - head, said, "Joh - ny; my ..dearboyi Pm going, to leave you. You. well know what disgrace,ancl misery your father brought on us before hig death, and 'I want you td promise me before - "U die that — you will "never taste-,one drop of :the accursed poison that your.fat her.... Promise me this, and, be. a good - boy, Johnny, and I shall (Hein peace." The sbAhling tears trickleti 'down . Johnriv'a cheeks, and - he -proinised ever to remember the _dying words of his mother, and never: to , think any spirituous lignors,3 but he soon for got hiS promise, Mid . when he received. the rebuke'from - the• merchant, he "remembered what his mother said, and what he had pro• mised her, and,lie cried aloud, and people gazed at him as, he passed. along,, and. - boys railed - at - him. lie went to hiS longings, and throwing himself upon the bed; gave vent to hie feelings in sobs-that were heard all over the house. - , • But, Jahohad moral courage.., He had en-' ergy and determination, and ere an hour had passed he made up -his mind 'never to tast another drop of liquor,. or smoke another cigar • as long as he ; He went straight back;, to the merchant. Said you very properly sent me away this Marling for habits that I have been guilty of; brit, sir, T have neither. father nor•mother, and though I have occasionally-, -done what I ought not to do, and have . notfolinwedthe,gooil adVice of m'y poor mother bri her death=bed, nor' done a's I promised her 1.-would do, .yet I have now inade.a solemn vow, never to drink another drop . of liquor, nor smoke another cigar,.; and if you, sir, will:only,try me, it'is all Task." 'The merchant was•struck - with the decision and energy .of the boy, and.at once erripleyed him. •At,the expiration of five years, this lad was a . partner • thelisiness ' and is now Werth ten thousand dollais. He has faithful ly :ledge his nleda t o which he owes' his-el -1 evatien.• ;:' • .„ Boys. think of this circumstance, ,as you enter upon the duties of life,. and remember upon what points of character your destiny for goad or evil depends.—Northern Farm' Grandeur,. of Goa lIT CRIAII H. JUDAH Go abroad . Upon the paths of nature, and when till Its voices whisper, and its silent things': `- Axe. breathing the - deep :beli uty of the-world,' Kneel at its sink* altar, and, the God Who bath the livino waters shall tie tlicrc. - - N. P. Willis -Oft when .ploughing the mighty deep, I've: beheld his grandeur, iu the placid..rufl.ling of the waves—in the gentle breeze of_ Heaven that - wafted .mein a far off clime—i» the fury of the tempest—in the lend sounding burstEr, of thunder,. amid flashes of lightning—at ! - at a time when fancy pictured to my irtrag,i- natiorCthejewelry•of the Ocean aS:rny•tornb,•: and my d;rge the eternal music . pf Then again I've view eel, in the. abatement . of the shirt - xi—in the - Teeasin of 'His 'ar;ger— in the renovated splendor cif the sky; in' the' returning,:brilliaticy of the stars—in the•un paralleled beamy of the luminary of Tight, and in the !ranquiliy of the winds.. Ife:a'cier Crest tiloll think "that mari can ade quately portray the grandeur of iris Make . 11' Dost thou,suppose that be can dilate on:II - rat, which issheyond theken of.rnortalityl , The, student in the 3olitpde of his litile may trial and replenish 'his midnight' latrip, out Watch the Slow-paced eye: the -poet' may call imrequiSition his breathingthoughts, and array them in all• the powerinl garh. of,. burning eloquence..; the oratar may 'summon to 'his' aid: kite force of , that, m ighty 'mind with which, He has endowed him; , the learned di- • vine, jn the iialloWed . temple; May-btiend his . " hairds;Wpfift his eyes, and bedil accents of thanksgiving and of ,raise.' 'tis all in vain to . directly discuss tile,rnP3•. which.is ad. infinituni, sublime and magpifi cen Grandeur of God I. You caa' witness it is • the glorious . gift of intellect to man—read it in - lhe purer language of his brow—in the splendor thoughtin the victory-of mind vvhich.carrses: the earth to recognize the mag lament bi ightness of his name, and the beau tiful to hail the brilliancy. of his talents as a talisman' Of love.-- - -`Contemplate it in the' mechanism: of the human Iteartin the con struct inn- of the casket ;by which-:it : is : end°. sed—in that immortality therein which .will - floUrish in eternal yoUth 3 lor,g,,long - after, the: encircling dust bath crumbled to" that "from which it , emanated. : •, Beheld in the•pleasingraelpdy of.the„birds„- as they tune to„ Heaven,,their songs-in the,. placid harmony of *the •air.L=in the lovely floWeita'as t hey - throW - 2 aroun:l. their richest perfume—in the rivulets as they leap :on:: their courses—in the glowing, loveliness and• natil'asked beauty of nature,' - -6 t'ln everystrdam hi§ beauty floOs, - :I)l#tising-joy , ":ind - wealth ".. bttczc his 01,13 lows : • .• •. - • • • - -breath of life ,Alid - heti Itl& : fr.77A, you ng, man, in Chicopee, hp a ktem test to.l;iss a .)-o,ung• lady,kvslipped_ and fell, lasing his_ kiss ,tend tivo, front-teet h. .Poor fel- . law.! . . And Nrhat - a :disappointment to .the:--- young)ody: . - 'A wag sarysthat;Dr. - Xane triedlo get ter. the POle to depo'git his vote, but the iceribqrg factiOn'pre:irented Wisdom is better witifout au: inheritance, ' than, au. inhabitants . without wisdom. • • Ari.•OGI bachelor says,that marriage •was instituted for no other purpose titan to Ttrp- , vent nten from sleeping diagonally in' bed.'; . • Laugh at no tnati ,for his :png , can't tell what may turn up. Cato said that "the best way to keep - good acts in memory is to refresh them with. rkevr; 03
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