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Volume Via, Nnmcer 9.
Whole Kmnber 373.
H. C. HICXOX, Editor.
0. N. WORDEN Printer.
LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1851.
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!. pAh1 in adranrf. i:noitintian optima! with the
VuMihr . except wh'-a the .ar ia aid up.
Advertisements hnd.om i iu-Tti-d at .V) rnt pr
cj for ii k mnihH.'cT for a v. ar. M.-rmntik adv.rti-
Issued on Wednaday mnniin ut Lewhburg,
Union county, Vcnmyhunia.
fiS&&SSZi
jr: ji:Kiifttt.a..i f..-UH- y.arcj..r.-.: n'
J-,.nt.n itii2one fourthofaoi.ii stone ouan v, in order to build some now
JOU WOKK and i-atiul advcrluk-iutfiiU to U I'aid fr . 1 . . . . , , , .
wi,,D han.i-.i inorjriivmi. palace or villa in the iioiLMiborhood : the
Commnnicationa w-lic-d on all nuhjivU of p neml . i r lirAUl.,l tvn c.,.,trt ri
inttnt ni within thr n.in:-nf prty or tahnn -nl-t. . OUIU 01 Sahara .1TC UcU IOrthCSaiUC plir
.U h th-ri. raut r-n .?t-.aid. ar-..iii aiii.l hy th n-nl pose - moimds of Al vdllS are ia:i-
l.tr.v3 of the wril-T, t't n-civi nttetilion. t.lhwe i 1 r 1 -n- ii n
r iAtin? .-xriufiv.-iv to tin K-iitnri:i n..r.irtm: i.t. t u-; sacked lor building materuils ; the ltm-
,linrt,Jt. H'KK. Ks., Hi&,r and lhoe on pc 0f i:rmeiit IS Colli'' for the SaillC Mir-
'offiWMiikettftrtk-t-K
ther,t-oft. o.N.0KiKN.i ur.
Sabbath Evening at Home.
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V,'hon F:iMrth U have fiun-rl their Bound,
A nii the hours o.' iny are i-nx-d,
Aii'l twilight draws its nirtaia 'ruutiJ,
And ialiw pithcr fnt
TlitTc is aw nfwjt. an J one alotif,
:Kounl wh:h our h-art most rlinj,
Anl fondest B-inork-. one by one,
Their choicest trt-a.urt-s htiti.
Tlint i-nt is 1IOMK: itn sacro! walls
Admit im diorl then;
fcnr crowiU-d inarU, imr IVrtivc haHa,
N e:iyt5t haunts of men.
Can kuoir a jy ro fwtvt anl pure
S"tiv mtt-li to Ukot ic piven ;
yizM joy likr tlitt- f aye eminre,
Thu enrth wvrc quite a huaveu.
Tv wanth red Cir mon ottrr lwira
Tlian tli." my rhiMh'l kn w.
M'ith hoye nf pnthrrinr fjiirfr fiuwers
Tlwn in tin frar"l n im-w;
Yet in tin ld Rorlil s ohriM-? tlironss
'Mid it dia and trmy utriiv
Aff"i lion turns to swih" nnJ hjh,
my youn, j.jous life.
llcine'd w1I-1ovi1 pronj ilF SaMath ac ng!
lie tt-nrs I Mt-m to i.cnr;
Thrush Iforrt a ttl(ftUF wny nlonvr,
lhty conj dit nrt and lfsr.
(. SaJ lth ni-ht! O, ?i'-urt! home!
Fund prMt of Mfninrj-'d tniin
Rrifiht th(.u. htn .r y V licn Vr I r am,
bali brinj; my youth aaln.
CDc finb on our Cable j
From John S. Taylor, ICO, Nassau St.,!
New York :
"LrttfrsfMOTtlu-ltv-liwnnil.cmdtli.' Alirnn.liu-,' iit-ir l
York. Uy JU.TJ-T.Uea. 1. ;
2o couta.
. - . V . ..rln... i.l Til. AtitJii..
Itattle tf the W: ld n s an! Lif" ' f IVul Jun(r."th
engravings. Ity the Dame author, ct5.
From the Am. l&pt. Iblication Socie
4 no At-,.1. Cf i,;i.,.rr.
-TherVrrntrnmn.Hi.orafuin.-n!rthPKiurof rn. I
TeraaliaiT. By Western l-aj man. Louta. j
21) 11 tils.
Kit. S. Ktmitgun'
diets.
- Lea in fur U-ing
H:,l
iiti.it
No. I. of -Pcriptnw Seller, lor tbc sa. b .Lli ScLo 1.
By !
a Ter. -?4ct.-. !
From llaymond M. Well ,tnens, l'a.
u Annual Catalogue, eontaininf Enrravinz. IVwrif
tVns. and Price of Arirultural Ma hinery. Karminy Icn
tlrm ntK, matiuiiM'tond at the Aik-my A-r.cuitural
W ork," and for dale at AThini. Uralfurd Cu l'a.
fZnoh nn rstahlishment is desirable in
Tennsylvania, with a depository in each j
county.
Minutnfm5ffi-l('"llfi-r,'lVfl'ril"'f""
l.rld at Murron, N. V,'' Oct. If Ju. J. U. I.e. u- Bouk Agt,
f4, N. 3d SL, I'biKl.
We learn from this publication that that
denomination have resolved to found " An
tioch College," when 550,000 are obtain
ed, but to raise one 8100,000 for it in all.
Wc arc told it will probably be locatod in ;
the State of Ohio.
V "cutleman in town has favored us
with a copy of the celebrated " London J
runch " but we Cud little in it which will !
amuse readers born and bred this side of I
tl,.. "salt nond "
Mcasrs. Tallis & Co.'s agent for "Jose
phus," the :llistory of England," &c, is
prompt in the delivery of that work.
The "FuIIivan County Democrat," by
3Ieylert & Forster,has made its appearance,
"""f ;u a jied this legr.imate' purpose it is idle-1
execution and editorial ab.lity would do, Wo M M the
honor to some larger counties. I rom the ; Fint.;plc of Anmill, bishop of Angers,
same quarter, wc have a quanurj oi Amer-
that plank road, an able article respecting j
which we placed on our urst rage, (last
week.)
Wc are honored with a Mammoth Hum-!
lm? Pictorial Brother Jonathan for 1S51,
with a very laudatory puff, printed, at
tached to it, and which we find some of
our T3 P0 friends have copied. It is a long
time since wc have considered these enor
mous wood-cuts worth recommendation,
especially as their letter press, and the ad
vertisements which they are intended to ,
publish in this way at the cost of purchas- j
crs, are of very questionable tendency.
"Mother Goose," or the "House that Jack
lu'.U," arc much better presents for chil
dren ; and for grown people, some of the
Magazines are far preferable.
u The National Monument," is a new
quarto, issued by J. C. Pickc, Washing-,
ton City, at ?2 per year. The profits of
the work are all to go towards the comple
tion of the National Monument at Wash-
ington, and every suusenocr s name 10 ue
recorded in connection with it
It is a .
good National journal.
The Magazines for this month al
though all professing vast superiority to
all prior and all cotemporary issues are
really less interesting than common. Gen
tlemen and lady contributors ! are you dull,
or arc your readers all dull, that they think
you need a wakening ?
aaTThe first paper printed west of the
Allcghenies, still exists the rittdurg
Gazette established in 17&G, by Edward
Scull. The widow of Mr. Scull still lives,
and reads the paper her husband started
sixty-five years ago ; and her grandson,
Edward Scull with James Ogle has recently
ttartcd thc SoincU-t l'a Whig." "
ican fugar, as good as any imported. ; pleasure, at a time when he stood in no !ucartoj yktinis of affliction brought forth
With her lumber, coal, iron, &c, Sullivan j need of recreation, sa.d I will willingly ,rcs.scJ M pageants, and harassed
t,.,j i,.i nrAvSilii.! kI.o trrti 1 do lt, if you can find a day iu which I aui ; ul-u'l-v-u to t
is bound to go ahead, provided tlie gets, ',.. J -itl. ;..,nV. .-il.nnt mourn ms eowns and
"Oar. dwwl. anil turn! to day.
M;.y ttop a hole and kwji Ui Hind sway I"
t!i W rrt rnm in.-l ,1 t.f f1.n tlmvA nun.
I . , t 1 , . V T 1
, lallou ly a correspondent 01 tile liOluion
j Atbcnajum, w!io, writing from EuVpt,
! staUs tLc "" the ancieufand
i airaroutl v iinjre"nablc Temples aud Pyr-
amids is rapidly going on. lie sajs :
" The Northern Pyranii J of Dashour is
nOW in progress of leillg converted into U
and two temples have, within the
, j. yeaM )i.en knocked down, and the
; materials removed Irom nearneikh Jtadl,
; entirely without the knowledgeof travelers,
i to whom, indeed, they Lave remained ut-
1 terly unknown until mnv that they no Ion -
I per exist. I went to Skhiuim to look at
: son. and supposed to be restored to Letron -
I ne. 1 found that the first line was entire -
i ly gone. They are breaking up the block
to make lime. i c . .
:T lii i ,1 'mourned as havmc no hope. Uut Chris-.
In one huudred years, perhaps, these I . , , . , , w ,. .
I . .. i -i, i , , tains are forbidden to mourn as they did.'
! gigantic niciuoriais will bo known only as : , , , . . .
, , , , . J ! Amon us, the ird us'.d by the Chinese,
I we Know the niastailons whose bones are'. , . . , . , ...
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history, or by nonie fragmentary relics,
! Ir , . r, , , . .
I low ninth more JioniTaLle and lasting ;
,,, , , ,
. would have been those powerful characters
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who executed these works, (as is supposed, i
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to perpetuate their fame but whose very
, , , ,
I iiauics are now unknown:) if they had1
i i t . , . ,
, useU their strenrth and means in construe-,'
I , . . . , , ,
Haiti iiwi&r, luau.-,
and canals
works calculated to benefit
the human race through all times !
fc-Tlic number of packages received
, ('lii-vl-.l P-.l.,... If.X. I ..!-
' J v t I , mill LI I'
the 12th ult., was as folluws: l'roiu
France
1'russia
Kelfrium
207S
104J
J23
United States
Austria
India
SC3
50 1
4 1"
vaiwtla o44, I russia C biifa and Spam
OUCH Z-l. J lOllaiia 'JL-D . J UU1S .U, Wlt-
1 . i i i
M i i t., i , , . 7
iianiourg no, J'ortuir:il iuo and other
countries rnkc ur a tirt-il of 0.r!:i.
our nation is behind several others in the
display thus tar. should the close of the
Fair make our inferiority a ' fixed fact," it
will have two cood effects first, to render
a merited rebuke to that sanctimonious and
disgusting national braggadocia, which to
well-bred foreigners is so universally appa-
rent ; and, srconJ, to stimulate all our ad -
mitted skill and energy, to surpass the Old
World, at the succeeding World's Fair, to
he held on our own shores. If wc are not
the greatest, richest, most skilful and most
polished per.ple under the sun, a knowledge
of the fact may barm nothing except our
national vanity and puffed-up ignorance,
it-u ut i ;iii in ai-u i i i iii ruin jjii.i iin i
mi i i . i
x c i
important truth.
" c give it as we una it,
witnout any knowledge oi the author :
England, France, Prussia and Belgium .however, it becomes less irequent ana less ; La. ineuu mis seni, us aiaie Aaurcsa 01
. , ., T- .. , ... , . . Un.ru,. " t' it rlh-4 awav entire v ; uov. Unggs, delivered at Providence,from
outrauk.tho L nited .States in the numhir uu.Lile, l.ll ll oils away euurci,) . , oo ...... , ' .
of articles then prepared for exhibition, and ! But th. principal objections against the LlnlTe'. Tt iri
Americans writinjr subseouentlv ajrrec that custom of wearing mourning apjiarcl incident, and nlcasantlv told.1
'Intermission from labor and duty is j rcliL.f There is a shocking unsccmli
only allowed as a relaxation, a preparation I Ti i i . -l
jr renewed exertion. H hen extended .
wn0 bolDg liportuued to lose a day for
tSThe late session of our Legislature !
not a L'i. iii'ii. " i o o
i . - signs ana icats, paiiry ami aiu umuss
j closed the terms of service of eleven State !- ...... .1 i-.. , . -r
Senators, as follows :
lis. 1. William A. Crabb, Whig.
2. Peleg B. Saverv, Whig.
4. II. Jones Brooke, Whig.
7. Joseph Konigmnrher, Whig.
" Daniel Stine, Whig.
14. Robert M. Frick, Whig.
10. J. J. Cunningham, Whig.
21. Isaac Hugus, Dem.
22. Maxwell M'Caslin, Dem.
2S. George V. Lawrence, Whig.
28. Timothy Ives, Dem.
Regulation at Tkkvouton". Wc
learn that the company atTrcvorton, Nor-
thumberland Co, allow no liquor to bei
sold at the stores about their works and I
discharge any man m their employ who ,s ;
louna urask. me note s sen liquor, uu ,
close their bars on the Sabbath. Thc con- i
sequence is, good order prevails, and thc
effects arc beneficial in more than a pecu-
niary sense, 10 uoui employers auu ia-
borers. Efforts of this character have done 1
and arc doing much to advance the cause i
. C fP 1 TT TT 1
of Temperance and Human Happiness
Byno.v on Editors. "With all my
follies, I never was guilty of stopping his
paper, or preventing the payment of an
editor's bill, because tho editor happened
to displease me." Byron was n't quite
bad enough for that.
tS-The "Western Star" of 3Iilwaukce,
(Oregon,) has begun to shine forth with
thc motto ;
Far aj lb hrow cm boar b MHmr.' fhtm,
curT. jr our i minre and tA,,i our bom..''
Gold is an idol worshiped everywhere
without a temple, and by all classes with
out one bypoailc.
.
Concerning Kourning Apparel.
I certainly have no scruples of con
science almut it; audi hoi J myself at lib
erty t' ci n ml t the wishes of friend, or
other cireumstauces, though I should not
consult my own feelings or wishes, in the
occasional adoptiou of the custom. The
frnf 11 is tliocn trnnri!nT3 nf rriff cnrm in
. ,.r . i i -IV i i ii
mn miliffi-rniif find flitlilis.li iviwrr Thorn
e, ' T- , c
a mockery. If the mourning garb were oi
, . t .i , f
cfoth, there might Le something perhaps to
plead for its intrinsic fitness; but, us itL,
! it differs from another g;irb only in the
! color, and gratifies the garb of appearance,
;the L,ve of dre., scarcely less than any
if coJor wm
, , , , , i, , ,
1 to lo tc lh" '"1J scem to le lic
m0!it t,f a11 u"fit fur a Chnstain people.
1 fit nlAnU nn.t hmm fo lm ennnpr t.
' .;,!, .i.i, , w wl, Kf in
L- ., nf ,,,., ... u
-'one to a purer world, would seem to be a
p 1 , ' , , , !
fitter emblem ; or the Hue of the Turks, I
. , , ... , i
as representing the fkj'. whither they hone
.. ,
their friends have ''one ; or even tuc Oroicit
, '. , e., I
of the LtLiojiian-sdcuotnig the colorof the
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earth to which we return : or the uvlow of
, . ... . , , , ,., . '
the h""Vitian, likening the decav-of hie to i
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the seared leaf of autumn.
T . t i 1
I .. . A ' J . . ;
any nicrii or proprieiy among tunsians,
jv. c must fall very far behind the Orientals, ,
. generally. Indeed, I can conceive of not h-;
1112 lllOl'e trill V"
mouriilul than tfteir cus- '
-
i turns
As soon as a person dies," says ;
John, ' the lemales in mc laiuny wiui a ,
ud voice set up a sorrowful cry. They ,
continue it as long as they can, without )
w 1 , , . 1 I 1 -1 ".I
taking breath, and themvt shriek of wail-;
:, 1" . : 1 , Af.-.o
lii u Vi9 Ultai in u .vu. t mtyjt. u
sn:!!-.- of tiuifi thrv n-ooat the same crv.and ,
1 ; . " . , ,
continue it lor eigat uas. livery nay, i
, " 11 w ueclcss inconvenient, ana cspen-
j rr ,iat usc docs scrve mc ? To rc"
m"'a n,c tl,at 1 alu ,u nion ' a 00
, t need any such memento. To pointme
out 10 otcrs as a ? I do not
; wL!l bs T(tci mL SLa11 tlie sMc
' Sarl adopted, then, because it is grate -
; lul nlJ ecl;ugs, uceause it is a Kiua oi
smc to me " 1 cau am no consolation
frm
if the custom is useless, its incon-;
vetnciiec forms a still greater objection.
j 11 incsmcnieni, because u rui i"-,
j care prciiasing auu 1u.11.111g hoiuls up-.
" . i
on a iiimiiv m mc very moiueni wueu. uu
e ! 1 .1 . A 1. .
:cverv aecounr. it most uccua sceiusiua auu
. .i -. i i . i ;
lf.uiotuCtiSwlcn. worn 0ut with care, and
watel,inff. and sorrow, it needs retirement
ig the house of death into a shop for a
'dress - maker ! Who that has ever wit-
'nessed what is passing on one of these oc-
' .... ,
casiongwho that has seen the broken
lmnnnts nr lipnrd in term in fried with their
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'caps and ribands who, I say, has not
1 felt that all this is inconvenient, ill-timed, I
j and unbecoming, beyond what any forcoof
language can express ?
But the greatest objection, after all, to
the use of mourning apparel,is the expense.
That the expense presses heavily upon the
'poor is a matter very well known, and, I
j believe, very generally regretted. But
I this is not all : it presses heavily upon the
! body of tho community. None but the
' opulent, in fact, can easily afford it. There
irA vnrir f..iir f:imi1is in thi ronntrv with
thff c rf mournins apparcl
docs fom burJl;ngomc addition to
Ao rf Ao racrcllaut Bcsijcs this is
thc mogt si.e tind of apparcl . and
there is always on these occasions from
j, anJ natural ilnprov;dcnce of an
;amktcJ nlinJ al)0ut worldly things there
. . f cxtraTaffancc and waste.
.nd, more than all, thi3 expense comes at
c
. . of ,, t- it can u lcast
' '
easily borne. It comes in addition to all
the expenses of sickness, the paying of at
tendants, and the charges of the physician.
It comes, perhaps, at the very moment
when thc main support and reliance of a
family is taken away j when the husband,
the father, thc provider, is cut off; when
he has. gone from thc world with no feeling
of distress so deep as that he was to leave
destitute those who were dearer to him
than life ; then it is that the desolate are
deprived, under "a false notion of thowing
respect to him, are obliged, by the cus
tom of society, to abridge the already tar
row means on which they have to rely.
-.i . ' r 4 x" 11 ii e
How many are the cases in which a con
siderable portion, and even the whole, of
what remains for the widow and the fatli-
' crless, is expended, not in providing for
their wants, but iu nunty an-aginy them
for their desolate condition.
I If, then, there is a custom in the com
munity which is no real benefit, and is a
, real burden, it would seems a clear infer
' '
cuce that it ought to be discouraged. If
there Le any who fear that they shall be
r i
IUU PUUU K'luHUU UHlUli" UllU HUIU lUfY
are gone, let them be reminded that it de
pends upon themselves, not upon the
habiliments of their friends ; upon their
eliaratter,not Upon their obscquieSjTvhether
they shall be remembered. " The memo
rial of virtue' snith the wisdom of Solo
mon, " is immortal. AVhen it is present,
men take example of it ; and when it is
gone, they desire it ; it wearcth a crown,
i ana tr'nniplmtu lor ever.
Tract on the
' Z'''rt ' (-'onwlation, &-c,
t3Is not a simple badge of mourning
on the head-dress, and some other on the
, ' .
arm or breast, sufficient for all useful pur-
.... . . - . 1 ,
poses ? And is not the habit of feasting the
J. . . . .
living, an erroneous impulse of affection ?
The Return of Spring.
Dfar at the dove who wafting wing
T! pitt-n leaf raimnined from the main,
Thy g uhtl jrlow. ri-turuinfr fpriog !
4'oineH to oifr nhuivs aain :
For thou hu.-t Imio a wuridcnTlonp,
On many a tair and lon-in ftraud,
In hnlm and Usautr. un and ioiur
frvm luud. to land.
TIion hrrnst th hIo-f..m to th beo,
To earth a rol of emerald tlyey
The hatriet to tlie imkcl tree,
Aii' I rainbow in the aky.
I Ux-l thy blest, U niii nmtrol.
The puIkca of my youth tvatore ;
Oj'uiuff the Fprioit of jeuse ami soul
To hvu axd joy once wore.
I will not people thy jrn-en bowen,
V ith Hirrow'a puir and Kp'vtre hand,
Or blend with time the fad-d flowera
Of memory a distant land ;
For thou Wert ur-ly never tcivon
To brinp Pjrret fio:a phnaurea on,
But like an au;el acnt from hcaTen
To soothe creatiou'j ruan.
Thn, whil the jrrtiT thy par! and n twine,
Thy spirit bnntha in tlowrr and tree,
My heart ahall kindle at thy abrine,
And wotvhip iud in thee;
And in Home calm, aequeftered ipot.
While listening to thy choral at rain,
Tast trri fi nhall be a. while frgot,
And lileaaure bloui ajrain.
Ex-Gov. Briggs John Q. Adams.
j lt h delightful to mc always to meet,
on such occasions as this, so inauy females.
j AVhcrcver women go, you may lock for
something irood : to whatever thiv t!v
. lheir countcnance and support, you may
!dcpei..i cpon it that success is to be looked
' for. Whenever they give their support
: to jnstitutions of this kind, by coming out
;anJ iisten;n- t0 lectures, by civing their
j aiJ tLcir snppor tht.ir esa,npiej and their
, presence, it augurs favorably for the cause,
Vow lot me k.n yoU) my female tAiU3a,
' that you hayc a greater part to perforn)j 5n
this business of educating children, than
an..bojv clse j rcuc.ije,. twelve or lif-
t ia it .1
ceu jcara airi a ion. usumiuu inree or
four weeks, during the Spring ; while at
home, I, for the first time, possessed my
self of thc letters of Mr. Adams' mother,
and read them with exceeding interest I
remember an expression in one of the let
ters, addressed to tier son, while yet a
boy of twelve years old, in Europe ; says
she "I would rather see you laid in your
grave, than that you should grow up a
profane and graceless boy." After I re
turned to Washington I went oyer to Mr.
Adams' scat, one day, and said I "Mr.
Adams, I have found out who made you."
"What do you mean !" said he. I said,
"I have been reading thc letters of your
mother?" lfl had named that dear name
to some little boy, who had been for many
weeks away from his dear mother, his
eye would not have flashed more brightly,
or his face glowed more quickly, than thc
eye and face of that venerable old man
when I pronounced the name of his moth
er. He started up, in his peculiar manner,
and emphatically said "Yes ! Mr. Briggs,
all that is good in mc I owe to my mother."
O, what a testimony was that, from this
venerable man, to his mother, who had in
his remembrance all thc scenes of his
manhood ! "AU that is good in me I owe
to my mother !" Mother ! think of this
when your bright eyed little boy is about
you ! Mothers make the first impression
upon thc minds of their children, and those
impressions will be tho last to be effaced."
Choice of a Business.
One of the greatest difficulties a young
man encounters in hi3 "teens," (and some
times thc matter is postponed to a later
period,) is thc selection of a business for
himself. Few persons but have a natural
bias for some particular kind of occupation,
and tho' we would be far from counseling
that a young man or boy should, in all
cases, bo allowed to pursue tho bent of
his own inclinations, or suDcrcd to please
himself only in the choice of his occupa
tion, still there is often much wisdom in
parents stndying thc deposition of their
children, and thereby teing able, if expe
dient, to second rather than oppose the
"turn of their minrtsr , , ;
The chief difficult with parent, of-,
- ! tentimcs is pride. They forget to measure ;
their importance in the community by the
humble beginnings, and the years of labor
and economy, by which it has been secur
ed. They desire still higher advancement
for their children, but unfortunately ne
gleet to school them in th& principle
industry and application, the only, sure
means to attain that object The son, per-
haps, inherits all the business qualities of
his father, and would make an excellent
salesman or first rate mechanic, but a
very poor doctor or an ordinary lawyer.
Ilcnee, ly his education for the latter, he
loses the chances of both, and becomes
good for nothing in cither situation. We
are glad, however, to perceive that a grad
ual though decided change is working in
this false pride of American parents. And
it is to be hoped that in a few years our
country will be highly distinguished for
the superior excellence of its mechanics,
and the enterprising character of its bu -
smcss men, as it is now rcmaruaoie lor tnc
great number of professional young men
with which it is over-flooded.
Another difficulty lies with the young
men themselves. Among the many mis
taken notions they entertain, none is more
common than an exaggerated estimate of
their own abilities. A young man ima
gines himself au orator, and straightway
betakes himself to the ministry or law.
He is ashamed of an humble though hon
est occupation he aims at something more
honorable. Alas ! how many a valuable
life has cither been entirely lost or shame
fully perverted by that same word lurnor !
This self-esteem is laudable enough in its
place, but when it leads its possessors intoj
extravagant notions of themselves and an
inferior opiuion of others, it becomes in
tolerable. Young men are apt to view their
elders and themselves with just such a
distortion trades and business for their
fathers professions for themselves. We
would by no means be understood as un-
derrating the learned professions. Far
from it ; no one holds them in higher esti
mation. But we would have every vounz
man choose an occupation suited to his na-!
tural taste and abilities, and not according I
to the foolish notion that a trade is disre-i
putablc, or that the mere distinction of a!
professional title makes the man better or
more worthy of respect The mechanic
and the lawyer or the doctor stand on theJenote3 a condition of the atmosphere
same iroau piatiorm m tins country, and 1 whicu w,n escrt a malign influence equal
the one may render himself as worthy of lv upon animals, especially on that most
respect and eminence as thc othar. Our
government is no respecter of persons.
Miner Jour.
A Belle of olden Times.
The following picture of a belle in New
York, in 1C30, is copied from a new novel
entitled :The Young Patroon ;"
"Look now through the door-way which
partly reveals the mysteries of a half acre (
kitchen, and tell mc what you see. I do
not want to know about the mountain of!
freshly fried cookies on thc hearth, or the !
long row of pale and unbaked mince pics :
on thc dresser, or the depth of that Shad-rach-Iooking
oven, glowing with uncom
mon heat for reception, but rather ah,
yes, see lier now crimping witn white
fingers the edge of the 42d pie, and turn
ing around with a face bewitching in
unconscious beauty, to give
word to a little brother on the floor.
round snowy arm, upraised in playful me-
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nace, those soft blue ej-cs, those glittering !
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leeiu reveaieu vv -cuirruns, ami mat
brown glossy hair, scarcely kept by force
from curling, arc part and parcel of sweet j where drainage has been effected by the
little Jessia Van Corlear. The golden i Health Commissioners, appointed to at
bcams of thc wintry sun, streaming thro' j tend to this public duty, it will be found
thc window, arc bathing her beautiful that where the Commissioners of Sewers
form in light and casting her moving
shadows on the floor, thrice strange 'and
wondrous to the little learned there. But
Jessie -has another sunlight emanating
from within, the perpetual product of a
joyous and innocent heart, gilding and
permeating all things with his beams :
She vu Difele for happy thrmgkts,
for playful wit uid laughter,
Sinin! on the hill slone.
Ami ei-hu ringing aftvr.
A Race to the Grave.
On Saturday last, two funeral process
ions, of unusual length, on their way to
thc(Catholic Cemetery in Cambridgc,neared
each other above Porter's Hotel. A rival
ry immediately set up between the drivers
of thc hcarsesy to tee which ulimdd reach
the gate of the Cemetery first ! By great
application of the whip, a sample of fast
driving developed itself but the race was
of short duration. . Thc coffin in one of
the hearses was thrown out on the ground,
and before tho cortege following could
draw up, it was run over by three or four
hacks, and seriously mutilated. , This ac
cident suddenly put an end to the mad
career of the Jehus. The body was re
stored to its proper place, and the two fu
nerals proceeded in order. Fast driving
to the grave often occurs in Cambridge.
Jlfai?.
It is said there is not one resident white
man in the Republic of Liberia. They are
a well governed snd prosperous people ;
am) ysJ, some christian republicans say
M tm wv Z .
The Farmer.
Effects of Advertising.
One of the most successful and the
most numerously attended vendues ever
of, held in this county, was at the sale of the
j personal property of Conrad Kershner,
i dee'd, at this place on Saturday last. The
j Amiuistratur, J. II. Zimmerman, I's"., is
among the few who appreciate the power
of the Press. By means of hand bills.and
advertisements in both the papers in this
place, the sale was made known, and per
sons attracted from every part of the coun
ty. The sale amounted to Thirteen Hun
dred Dollars, and the administrator feels
satisfied that he has made for the estate,
from one to two hundred dollars, by ex
pending a few dollars for advertisiii"'.
j Sunlurif A mencau.
jmport-uice ofTentilatioa, Cleanliness,
' MAI3t0f F01t T1IE MESEaVATi
OF THE HEALTH OF UOMESTIC ANIMALS.
Crute animals, like the human race, are
subject to sickness, and this often to such
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dividual.- . This difference, however, ex
ists that human subjects generally recog
nize their ailments on the slightest premo
nitions, and are thus often led to a timely
withdrawal from the sources of mischief,
or the adoption of means for arresting its
further progress, whilst dumb animals,
when they once show their sickna-s, are
generally in very desperate conditions.
Hence the very large proportion- of those
attacked with sickness that die, and the
: great necessity of removing the causes and
preventing the occurrence of disease.
Districts of country which prove un
healthy to man,arc equally so to the inferior
animals, until these have become acclima-
j ted. The symptoms will of course be
j modified by the differences of organization,
and they will therefore vary greatly from
those developed in the human family from
j the action of similar agencies. Thus we
often hear of horses having the " Blind
Staggers" or the "Yellow Water," or the
prevalence of the " Hollow-Horn" among
neat cattle, the first named affection being
a ura;n fuvcr or malignant typhu3, whilst
the two last are fonnsof bilious fever.
Whenever we find epidemic diseases
prevailing amongst the human family, it
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delicate and valuable one, tho horse
Greater care than " usual should at such
times be taken, to avoid thc night air, and ',. 1 . . ...
.11 1 . 1 and whenever this is experienced, the fcir-
all exposure to cold and wet, just as we , , , . . ,
, , , .. . . , , 1 er should at once introduce some plaut
would act for the preservation of health . ,., ...
... , t, . . . - I which will most readily supply the place,
with our noble sclvc?. But in housing! ... ... .. y ..
animals for protection against thc inclem
encies of the weather, they arc often ex-;
posed to great dangers from the arrange-
ments of the stab les and other buildings,
Dr. T. Southwood Smith has devoted
great attention to the exploration of the
causes of sickness, and thc means of de-
terniimng these, m Lneland, from the! . , , ,
, , i ., " , : a cue winter feed for sheep, and are of
minute reports made through their com-i ,.-,.., 5, -.
. . "i-ii vaiue if fed off iu thc fad. Large crops of
plcte system of registration, which has en-j . . Jf
abled him to identify sickly and healthy j t!'eSC tU,rn'rS ra'sedcve?
looahtirs with rre.it nrncisinn. n hnni'mr. i
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accumulation of filth. If a map be drawn I
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or colored so as to designate the places!
r 1 1 .11. . i
n.v?rs prevail or nave Trevauei 10 a crcai;,
extent, and showing also tbc localities:.
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have not been, there fevers are still preva-
lent ; but wherever they have been, there
fevers arc comparatively absent.
' Filth and moisture, conjoined with heat,
are tbc greatest enemies of health. The
foul products resulting from the combina
tion of these elements and agents are de
trimental to the health of all that brcatho
thc air with which they become blended.
The addition of lime and plaster to com
post heaps, tends to arrest the too sudden
decomposition of vegetable and animal
matter, that would otherwise, by surchar
ging the air, operate injuriously upon the
health of animals confined in stables or
cattle yards. Hog pens axe perhaps the
most frequent generators of foul and pes
tilential air, since they'are the commou
receinai ios ui every auiu ui auim
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wun aouuuanecoi moiMure j cau--; men i
rapid decomposition. U e very often hear
of hogs dying suddenly, in apparently high
health, and whilst rolling in fatness. Their
loss is generally ascribed , to something
eaten, of a noxious quality. But thc nox
ious influence which operates in nine out
often such cases, is the foul air emanating
from the recking collections of filth which
arc but too often found in and about pig
styes. The losses from this source, if they
could be ascertained and estimated, would
make an aggregate that would much sur
prise many who have overlooked this mat
ter. Aud W ml MJ WW li .reard.
.. P . - . ... jureu t'v tiit worm. xi auwcu iu flue ur
its ' says he, fever is frequent, there is uniform-; T , . , . . . ...
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a laughing ly a bad drainage, bad sewerage, a bad : ' J , , ' , 3 . .
.'ir i . rainui, auu as mcy erow laiciouj; alter
That supply of scavengers, and a consequent ri i. v
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to the pecuniary hissed to individuals, and
of course to the country at large, froradi.
eases and mortality among other domestio .
animals, attributable to causes generally
overlooked, and in most instances readily
removable, through the adoption of prop
er means to secure ventilation, drainago
aud cleanliness. - '
As one actual occurrence will go farther
than fifty unbacked assertions to establish
any important fact, we will refer to a case
which we find in the last edition (1851) of
the "Farmers' Planters' Encyclopaedia.'
It is there stated under the head of Venti.
Lit ion a long and deeply interesting
a licit; that a farmer had a large number
of sheep housed to feed on Mange! Wurt
zell, a great number of them sickened aul
died, killed as he supposed by the food
supplied to them. A veterinary surgeon
who was consulted, aud who happened to
be well informed upon the subjects of the
benefits of ventilation, pointed out the
remedy a better circulation of fresh air
among the over-crowded sheep fold, after
the adoption of which there were no more
deaths, and thc sheep throve well.
One of the greatest safeguards against
the generation of noxious airs from putre
fication, u dryness. For, without the
presence of a certain degree of moisture,
no decompositi-jn can take place. Sun.,
cieut dryness can generally be secured by
additions of straw and litter from time to
time. Dryness about the manure heap
may, by some, be thought to prevent that
proper stage of decomposition necessary to
bring it into the best state to exert its fer
tilizing action. This, is a topic which may
perhaps bo taken up separately on some
other occasion. Meanwhile, wc recommeud
a an essential point for the preserva
tion of health, especially in the latter p irt
of summer aud in autumn, the most per
fect removal of all stagnant ponds of water
from thc vicinity of places where horses or
any kind of farm stock are accustomed to
be kept. "
From th Oarmaatowa Tel frapa.
Replanting.
Mr. Fkeas : Permit me to urge upon
my brother farmers the propriety of filling
up or replanting those spaces in their
eornficld, and other plantations, which
have been left vacant by the destruction
of the orignal planting. . For this purpose
I often have recourse to potatoes, beets,
cabbages, and turnips ; all of which grow
well, and make a good crop, if put in pro
perly and in season, lt is often the case
that .r at injury is effected in tho
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I As the soil of cornfields is generally well
prepared and rich, there is no danger of
! most vegetables failing when introduced
into vacant spots. Potatoes are commonly
resorted to for this purpose, though I think
them less profitable than turnips. Beans
answer well, especially the later varieties,
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cd they generally have time enough, and
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thouch they may not be altogether so
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by themselves, they will nevertheless he
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sound, and of excellent quality and flavor.
A late writer asserts that he has known
one hundred and fifty bushels of sound
turnip, fit for marketing, raised from
one acre iu this manner, and where the
hills of corn were all occupied by corn
plants, and these of robust size. Eighty
bushels I think thc largest yield I ever
knew under such circumstances. Now
supposing this to be thc maximum prod
uction, aud allowing the turnips to be
worth one shilling a bushel for sheep
which I am confident is a moderate estim
ate wc have a crop, worth thirteen dol
lars aud a trifle over, almost grati. The
cost of the seed and tho sowing will not
exceed three shillings, if a proper time is
selected ; and as to harvesting the cost i
indeed a mere trifle. Thc tops, if fed to
thc milch cows, will more than pay this.
Equally, or nearly equally profitable re
sults attend thc the planting of rutabagas.
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cabbages, and Swedes. Every inch of pre-
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I parcu. con auuuiu prouuetj wiucuuug w
I value. A Practical Fabmm
Bald Eagle Farm, April 28, 1851. -
fCJ-The farmers say that they have de
monstrated beyond cavil, that a larger
quantity of white corn is grown to an
acre than yellow. The price of white corn
in foreign markets is higher than yellow at
the present time. , .
There is eahibiiinjtjo Bnatoo an elegaot
saddle, iho cloth pail of which was moat
superbly worked with beads by a young
Indian girl only fifteen years of age. It w
inteuded for the World's Fair.
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