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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,
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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[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
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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.
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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 ? , •
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_still 'another feature to-be ;men-.
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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
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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.' =,:••
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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
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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,
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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.
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- 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;
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