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An Iym:rExnENT Family am. News Jhuh.val.
YEAR XIII.... WHOLE NUMBKB, C11.
At $1,-00 Per Year, alivats is Advaxce.
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IJreitKC, L. C., July '21, lvoG.
One of the first tmvclties that attract
the eye of a stranger, here, is the general
use of the rn' a high two-wheeled one
horse chicle. si:n:l .r to uur old fisi.i jucd
"gig," but Leavit-r, I think, and with a
seat on the edg-: of the dash board ia fn-ut
for the driver. And it is astonishing how
these tough little Noruian horses "Lana-
,- nit.- ..mii..
ilian ponies, i Dciieveiuej aicca.ic-uonu
your way will trot up and down these
steep streets from morning til! night, with
a load of from one to three persuLs, with-
out any manifest signs ef giving out. We
aet them to-day, in te country, wording
tueir way op uui ana uowu, as cooi as a
till
a.x u a carriage, or two iu a calahe, and
most of them, ourselves among them, di-
rectmg our way to the l aus of Montmor-
enc, nine miles down tho fct. Lawrence,
near iu left Lank. 1 asing out at ue
HW v u J " ft
ia th viciuity of tbo tUip uad lumber
yards, the utraggling cavalcade eiitored !
upon a fine macadamized road ; that, after
crossing a wile of flats, gradually auccuda :
with the rising character of the ground,
until, in the neighborhood of the Falls,the J
uniform ilope of the bauk up from tho St. j
Lawrence, attains, in about a mile back, J
an altitude of aome three hundrod feet; ;
which ia the general Lvd of tho back
country.
The road was lined with farm houses,so
much so that from the Heights it presents '
omcwhat tho appearance of a continuous
village. About half way, they do cluster
into a town, with a large stone Cathedral.
The farm houses are of one or two low
l-MIi-a,-..-.!.!. M-itl. flO l.l-tliV -L tl.TVl' tO.-IV .V.. 1. . '. .1 1 f....l .1 I
..,,.,,,,- ' north channel of tho fct. Lawrence, with
tour.su piled in, b:.ds U onver ; fa! of hia stauJing grouuJ) or tLo awured
and perhaps ,t wou.ua t have made much tcLacit witU wUich tLo surportiug bushes wcst . b -m fu vic t an ftir Ung
difference if they had taken on a load of Btrika tbeir huia int0 tUo rockjr crevioas. I
V w . rgU'"' ' ' Montmorenci river is of about twice tho ! d wa and CM ,omeration of luiid.
Breakfast over, some three score pecp.e . ?0umc of 5uffaloe creek at Wolfe 'a mill, . . ,. ' , - , , , ? - , . ,
...... ..1 ..ff. i:, ..;.. ,.f four to : , , u ' i P5 th0 brleLt tiD r0t'f3 bIal"nS 10 ,llC
Btoreys, with very stetp roofs to resist the Within tue Jcar a w;ro suspension
weight of the snow iu winter ; generally 1 Jgc ta(j crBCleJ aDOut fifty yards
Vcpt quite neat and tidy, though with a above tho fans . bnt a fow woeks siDCe ;t
half worn.dilapidatel appearance.too. The gave waJj w:ln a horse aU(l tLree or four
walls are very thick, and all the windows pi.rsons"on it, who were killed, and no
are provided with a double set of sah tl)iDg rema;DS but the double towers on
one at the oubide of the window frame, eitlll.r si(lo. 'Whea it is to bo re-built, is
and the other at the inner edg j, after the uncertain.
llussian fashion, as a double protection i Ketracing our steps to tho old bridge, to
against the excessive rigor of their extreme cross to the other side, after paying toll, I
northern winters. They had all an aspect asked the stout, good humored young wo
of home eomfurt, that was attractive, and men in charge with the coquettish white
jet with a broad, but scarcely definable '' ppencer, and the inevitable straw hat,with
difference between them, aud anything to its amplitude of brim for a glass of water
be found in your part of the w jrld umro for the ladies. But she didn't understand,
of a European aspect us delineated by tra- I then resorted to tho Pennsylvania Dutch,
dera- j but that, too, proved to be all Greek to her.
The farms are long and narrow,after tha . Recollecting what had been forgotten for
Canadian fashion, with a fiont of from a a moment, that we were in French corn
half acre to three or four acres, sometimes ' munity, I fell back upon a little, very little
more, and running lack in regular paral-! and most carefully hoarded knowledge of
Wograms to the St. Lawrence on one side, j that language acquired, per force, in
ni into the interior on the other. Some-1 school boy days, when I had much rather
times the farms will bo only one aero wide, j
ana tWO Kl.es dee r tlm linnets in nil
tt close cu tie road, and rarely enclosed.
You will fee ,j locking at a largo map of
Lower Canada, that tha counties and town
ships prefent the same peculiarity, very
narrow one way, on the St. Lawrease,an"d
vry :,Be7, lbs other
j The people, old aud young, La i a stout
j healthy look, half German, and jet not
j Germau either, a:iJ wore an air of content-
meut, an . g.md nature, that argued a dis
I position tii cnjny life as it posted, and let
tho world at ia.-gc wag on to suit itself,
' without any uueasy concernment on their
part. The women at their wash tubs on
the shady .-Mr of the, huuscs,or other work,
j wore thick woolen stockings, heavy coarse
j moiiroe shoes ; dark woolen t-lc irt 1 with a
. pecctr of calico or white uiusliu ; and on
their heads a co-.rse straw hat, tied under
! the chin, hut with au immense Lrim, broad
enough for an umbrella, as a protection
! from the fervid heat of their northern suni
! nicrs.
j An occasional country peat was passed,
set back a quarter of a mile from the road, j
. not highly oniamented, hut sulid, aud cvi-
j dently comfortable within.
' The direct rays of the sun were very
hot, tut tempered by the cool, delicious
breeze, more j.-rateful to the feeble invalid
! than spicy pales from Araby the blest.
As we rattled leisurely along, littlo bare-
; footed, sunburnt urchins, of both sexes,
would start out uh ngMde at a dog trot,
hoi .iinj; uj bunches cf .- rin,; fljwers for
a!e, as fre.-h and fraprant as if cur own
sj rinj; ha 1 suddenly come back a recoud
time ill the same year. .Securing in ex-
chan
a "penny" (- cts ) or a "'
oppcr" ;
(1 cent.; they wotl I fill back for the next
cu.-touier. Although our par'y had our (
hands full i f bonnets, one littlo chnp fol- I
fowed us an eighth of a mile, holding up '1,r haly in the cradle, and was informed ! trait of an ol i gcii:!eno;u in a brown study, LlFii ss I'ALlliiitMA. An article in the
his stock in trade, before he could be con- 'at ifcwas. I tlu u ventured to cmpli- ! who looketh v ry much like the " man .S in Francisco 6V., Ura makes the fol
I viuced that tho "specie" was exhausted, ! mcnf '-t as a jret'y baby. 15 jt it was by j who won the elephant at a rilile," as much lowing estimate, and classification of men
I and the "bank" suspended. Lj means received as graciously as I ex- j as to say, " Well, now I'm President, how ! who obtain a livelihood by illegal means
! As they raise no wheat or corn, they J'octcd ; anil turning the thing over again ' iu creation can I keep my promises and ' in California : j
' have not much use for large barns, and "'J' "'nd,I jrescntly discovered that in- j manage these Kansas, Cu'oa, and Nicara- , Profession;.! gambler?, 10,000
tiiey are generally smm
1 and inferior but
at one point passed a medium sized plank
c meeru, that was so closo an imitation of
u !Vnn-y!v:inia bank bam that I felt as if
I could take oil mv rusty ,-Iiir. hat in rale-
ful recognition of an old acquaintance- that
I hadut met for a long tiaie.
Fulling up iu a wayside grovo of pine
trees, we proceeded ou foot, a quarter of a
, ' ' ,
mile, through the woods and rocks, to the
F;
getting the first view from the west
Clambering down the faco of th.
s;je
bluff, some sixty feet, by stairs and paths,
e came to the edge of the gulf, with the
St. Lawrence and the lale d' Orleans close
in front, and holding by the bushes, with
rather uncertain footing, leaned over to
f,jllJW wi ill the eye, tho narrow pau of,,
.... - ... ley
lo lining waters,taii:ng tloivn tae t-co ot the
feot, to tho shallow bottom of
broad pmooth rock, below. There is no- 1
thing of the awful plunge of Niagara, but
.j ailVery sheet is "beautiful exeoed-
ingly," as it falls like a cataract of spark- j
hug jewels down into those dizzy depths,
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rockj M untll witbm about five hundred ;
of tbo St. Lawrcnce)it do8cend8 over
a preci)ice of dark 8laU) rockj t0 the levcl ;
of tho illttcr BtrL.anl in a chasm, shaped j
somctLing like a cow track, with the point j
k vcrv
Ui iUV liilii HU'i BUUiC kUIVC UUUU1VU J ttiUO
acr0Ba where it moeta the St. Lawrence,
jhe west bank, above and below the falls,
;fl r0cky,and covered with pines,scrub-oak,
aUj bushes ; but the opposite aido preacata
cu;tivated fields, up to the edge of the
CL1aam, and that slope with their verdure
jown t0 the St. Lawrenco.
Much the larger portion of the water ia
now directed from tho falls, by a aluice
wav ai0I1g tuo west bank, and usod to
drive the saw mills of a vast lumberyard,
jown at tue junctiou of the two rivers
anj COrtaiuly a more copious water power,
with a heavier fall, is not readily found.
The macadamized road crosses, near a
third of a mile above the falls, by a circu
itous, iucouvenient bend in its course.
been off fishing I aked if she could speak
French, and received a prompt affirmative
answer. I then managed to make our wants
known, and were waited on with polite
alacrity. l!y this timo, I felt inclined to
carry the conversation further ; and after
a dubious effort to pry open memory's long
closed, rusty binges, coquirud if thut was
J. J. ItOSS' Improved Blower ami
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Sir
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The above cut is a pid view of this ma-
chine, neenrding to its latest improvements,
' particularly adapting it as a blower in
1 Hast furnace. It is calb d 100 horse
power. In this engine, the fiy-wheol,
crank, and their apjM'tida.-s, are entirely
dipened with the moiioti of the engine
being governed cx-jiu-dvely by thearrauge-
mcnt fur moving the valve, operated direct
from the eross hci I or pisiun-md, which is
very simple and effective, durable, and not
a,c,aJ ot calling it a beauty ol a tiaby, as iu-
enUod, I had uutortuuately called it a
""" " y . aud no wouder the ,
J-""'g JJ't flattered by such J
comj liment from an "outside barbarian." j
With '"' Uaui ou c,y eait, by way of
1 "I'oiogy, I hurried off to fiuish
up I tie fails.
('r.nri flu p-.f -in us nt j nnf
, . . r i t- . i
front view of the Fails is obtained: and
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light, presents nothing of tho terrible, yet
lis gr.seful b.utjr win. jrrtly upon tho"t
spectator, and will linger long in memory.
At numerous points along the face of the j
dark cliff, little streamlets trickle down,
like waving threads of silver; and over at
tho saw mills the water from tho bead race
aps and plunges iu frantic tumult from
its imprisoned height.
Tho general prospect from this point is
bold and beautiful. Across tho channel
is the lofty Islo d' Orleans, with its crest
of forest trees, and its extended slope, cov-
ere(J .- (,
pieasant farms and picturesquo
houses. Away to the cast stretches tho
.:.u t.t:...i: 1
uuuu-uuy ouu, wuu uiiuuiuir. uuiuiut
' fc ' u . jQ tLb
& gt
fc
?ive of Datur:J and intcr.
1 amply repays the journey to reach
it, and makes one wish for a longer sojourn
or an annual pilgrimage. n.
A Salt Rivar "Symo."
Since the 14 th Oct. last past, we have
received enough certificates inviting us to
take a gratuitous trip along with Fierce,
Douglass,Fillmore,Cass,tho " Dog Noble,"
llichardson & Co., up " Salt Uiver" to
last us our natural life-time, at least, (we
don't intend to accept any such inducements
however ; our nuxt move must be down
stream.) One of theso " invites" is from
a neighboring county, and pokes fun at us
in such good humor that we are inclined
to be liberal with our readers, and let them
have equal shares in it. It is in Uiawath
ian metre, aud ornamented with pen-and-ink
cul, which we can copy only in part.
ELECTIOXAT1IA.
To d?r BriuuVr ot tie Tairtttumi Ghmnigla:
TuDr-Tettr! vol's de matter!
Vot'n il Di:tt-r Titl di-t' lVuliiun F
Vid dm iruli nut d-nn Scntrhnifn f
A nt dew: puii-b't r"Ul oil hngiantF
Yt lia trrawlfl deir wnHw olcrr
Wit linn lurmd dm upiU- tuwnvarUF
Vt bat nit Jeir pvllitt irijEke ho,
Mit t- r lu)iUr nut t r nilol
Vy ' ya taru pig turn Teurh Tol joa,
i h-t Ton jrubbiire uiatfol
Autt'iK jirvM-junket Mily ;
Vol tuu t knew yitur tuout Trora pang hole,
Ant your iif Trni vinliiy pottle;
JIaiu tyou iifart df clioyou m-is iif
H' lirt dr u-wi vr- m all n-atioo.
Ant liarlu pmnty tu bardic'Lir
lluti't you b urt de clorioua dhwi, girf
HrtdnewiTroui M uwisHiubi
Ant d iiws fri'iu Alabama.
Mit de new i vrvta fut Gar' Una,
Ant p-iUft Trout LouiMna
llain't you hnrt Trrtn Nort flarnion,
Wr d dar aitt bitch dH-s oooui Troia,
Ant rmm Ount-WH ant Ueaal,
Iliiuoin ant olt oduckj,
lutianaant N w Oiarry,
AriniMW ant tr Ii.-ouri f
Hain't you bi-art Trora l MarknoH
SlitaUf, vicb Vloiida dr natn ia,
A nt Trim tuddT ptte von uutuTO,
irb in cllt-d (laliTorniK,
Vmn Pin-buna ant Trora TpI'thi?
Hain't you timirt dm cl-jriotu ditiuf
Vot ban room on alt do P---'
Varu-d ttoui t-T bill! and tatlrya
Vrom de mouuJiutiK ant de lririe
Vnm de tvt-bions of de Nort, sir.
Ant de rtfhlmn of de .Snot, sir
Ant dt? rvclii'u of MiMMiurt,
Vt-rw d iromirotniiedtTid-dF
Tut, de i-i(?--rt Tii'b you f b-art Trom
In de Dfwi from IWnnftj'lTftnial
Cloriou", pool olt l nu-yUania,
Vich in alTayn TemrunMUc,
Ven de bm plwA fte dat dicket 1
Vy, I'U dull you t d-M new Is,
t di-ew nfWd vrcm all pivation.
Ant It Ark eaunty iu bonii.-'tar,
Ctutmci iuthanant ke't krUtrd! ! t
Hero followctb in tLo or-giual a por-
- v. it ,
M Tr-i!
liable to got out of order. The advanta
ges arc a great saving in first cost, in
power, friction, wear and tear, ha.
This improved machine was on exhibi
tion, last ()c., at the Crystal 1'alacc iu
New York, and last month at the Franklin
Institute in l'hila I., and on both occasions
was much commended by tho HiftiVjl
Awrtam. Jlo-i-rs. MctRifK .t Son, one of the
most extensive and celebrated firms in
gua tcrapes 1 icrce lias got mu into: J
Vy l'u. l.iiinm ii k- ii' ctoj
Httltr "f !! iti jli'ly !-; -!. ?
1 .-it'.Ult Ell-WeT. 1 l.uulc d 1 TOO,
k'-T '1 i'U''i nut ln.-li.
Vii'h Uu. e-H iii vnrn Kur if f,
Avt df".'tT Vfel.Tl liAt'Jli'X,
it-It Wit iii-ir i.rvtii if. un.Iry,
Ant li.if r-t-,ui in tent.' .lis tiwi.i.-s
ir tn -h: iv:it !. ir iUffr.iam.tjiiji,
Luf tn T-m-vri"li- L.-trrv
l.ut tu I. :l a .iiL tit (jt.nkr.
Ant tujL l- t-u-.tcLiT riiii'r .i
Luf tu j fhu-t.tv I'.lD. yt
Ant il'-y lu! t : miu't r
'MoiiU tit! 1T trv ;i rK-t-j
A. '-r iuln- tail li-r .u!t
Vr b 'itt ru ttiui.11 r-!i j .ni;.-U
ul JWm tiy MH ftMM - .
Slit lT- nit cvTf: 'ntii'.- I u- !.:vnrit
1 lk'tin ;i.ii,:a'it vit-.rt.- L uiutc?uianr
Vuli nt trvt-ii: Wry uit i.-,
I"ut ifii't nny; (.;y'i .Jjtty.)
I'-Ue- l y Ittf tn Ii t! .1- ui'-n.-y
iiii-le tn iltir aiiklflj b'"-ftif
I ich ti.4 country tit- n l-lun ly
To it. C"Tt!ruui.i.i-i! run-rn;
Aiittl'T lul U ilaAfli- unniyf
Ln9r It d' nt rniii.liiit! tUj l.-w,
ut it vur tie viin. uut vink. y,
or tl tyHliri Dt (I tr.tity ;
l.uf tu Liny a cam or )-ilii.irUj
mi ru .i:it u-lmr-.
Kb i itiu Jt-ut aiuucr:;i tit,
Zince (ic jp-uifiry Ltijn ! iuhtji-t.
th ult j"u u-k. inc .t mriliti furder
Vy iirhniittD i" K.-ll-rt.-iJ
llri ftU Iit t' Jl iTt rtl U? 1 1--",
1 tlu'ult mu.-ht, 1 .-l.-'tt.'. .Mlyru,
i-tsau our outr-n tiivtrt-a
Luf Ut nal 'if ni'-k.-r (init'-o
.ill Ull't) ilflll Itt 1 viitl'i',
lUw J -I.-h com art a- tuili-ra;
Ant p-tiu b !i'M- d- r y fk.T
it'll iu ilcit-mit to .If tin.! is
Ut vif ni'iki-p Ut- mi tit mu'h hrty,
Ait tivr I'rii-ktT xl-h dr T.-ui'i.:nnn
SI IL.Ji' 1 ti)i nini l:jii''k- p it,
( icu w m clonnuM inhaiiiuU"D,)
Ant pfii to mi-e i- ir r-ttn
Vor to mukf lir rliirin ani prvrrbr;
Ant ts C'p mi'miiw er-v.
Vii-b du vork in norJ.-rn tmuuJriefi
Like it i.K-ktTH ot do iu!rnt
York in mit d-ir dirty tiuker,
Mi'-in um-iiti. T'T li' ltfj ic ;
Ant df-y luf ti ffc-p tl.-ir nirkvri
-Mttkin Huknr nut ratTliiz7..8
Vrom de pane j-raK-P o dat onntlry;
Ant di'y luf dt ui-kcr mpies
Luf dffie na-ty nirkt'r paj i.
Ov ioh d7 d.-mrrlf' ar- dnttii-n;
Ify luf dtfrv pnpiff in Firi-liinirt,
Lnf dm v'n di-y r dwo hiiJ dwon lf,
Vt-n d-y 'r Inrche ant fhtrfnfr aut hcalty ;
iVn dy m-l tlm to de Soutrciw,
Todf Mizzi7.i''M Manders,
Ant to do- ot LouViana,
Ant (vmlimiD to Alafmrart,
Vrr d-y co to bi"k df gotUm,
Ant to In ai:iatid' tranf-T.nikef',
Ar.t to mutt di Mfacnnt niar,
(Vicli in Brbnitppn co fery ?tMt ia,)
Jjt-n dry luf dew mrkr paput.
t)r Ti-h dY d-m-lfa are d;ittu-;
Ant dfy vilt to dike I-m nirkvrs
To d TfstiTn dorndorif .
lSre to nhprfttt de itibliJtit:na
Ot Tirh Noab thj de Toumlt-r,
0rHn to deir uhmnol"teby ;
Ant kurbannn lit df m hruiubM
V-D ho ct de ltrfiitn5ty
!! voult h ip to hlrfit de nirkfrt
In df Tfti-rn di-rrtdnriffi.
Ant Toult ait ttfin t dake On ha.
Aut to make nuird r frlilare bblata
Out av dnt brttu(1if If tant;
All de raiMiie dat I know of
Vy furhanan is kfllfrted.
In ponirlu-ion, I Till sbow yoo
An ett'n"irf lutnorania
hrd' I'niiin fXpfiition,
Vicb has Terr lately rhtarti'd
'p de phdreiiin known ax lalt Rifrr.
It Till pTon mlchdy bardy
Vtfh Til! cn d-t ril'-r nprnrts.
In sbtfmnifr known a t'u-ion,
Ownfl py Bfiineylf:tuia nifrjantu;
Vin Till -ede trhf-ntioD
Vicb baa left rroin Union fnundy ;
May De you Till see yourzulf den ?
We confess that without tha aid of a
mioroscop'e wo perceive that the artist
writer displays on board said ship (in the
original) the flags ef the Lewisburg Vhron
iele, Mifflinburg Star, Philad'a Timrs, and
others of the true Republican stripe, with
"banners torn but flying," and a jolly
crew buzzainj! for " Freedom and Free-wont."
Pumping Engine.
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America in tho manufacture of engV.os
and machinery in general, have rugaged
to introduce aud furnish the above engine
for all the different purposes to which they
uro adapted, in this and eeveral of tho :
Atlantic States, and are now erijpged in !
their manuf.ieture, at the Southwark ,
Foundry. The ciigino is warranted to
work as recommended, and Svcms destined
to be a great improvement. Mr. lloss j
i hirers is Lislur;r, Union Co., j
1 o.iueiuiis,
l'elitie-al ".-uekers" and "stufifers," 2,600
'Lunehors" and "sucktr?,"
5,000
",500
1,000
20,000
1,000
1,500
2.00K
2,o00
2,500
500
.Surplus lawyers,
Surplus docter-,
At leant half the Chinese,
Highwaymen,
ir.re and cattle thieves,
liurghirs aud pickpockets,
I'ri'tVssiiiunl loafers,
(ientleinen miners,
l'ubiic amusers,
I Total. - oo,oox
j This is nearly one half the matured pop- .
j u'jfion ef the State, who "toil not, neither
do th. y i-pin," but live upen tho hard ear- i
i nins of the other half.determiued to make
i e i
money anynow, cr, uueriy ueari oroten, i
reckless of character, "without God and
without hope in the world." California is '
a startling illustration of the text, that
"the lute of money is the root of all evil" ,
and in that rieh soil the root thrives prodi-
g'-J-
AiiKi) Voters. John Bently, of Oswe
go Co., N. Y., a soldier of the lluvolution, 1
: aged one hundred and seven years, said ,
j be mu.t go to the Election this year. He '
I was taken iu a carriage, aud gave (as he j
' said) his last vote, for Freedom and 1're-
mont.
John I'cvis, a Hcvolutionary soldier,104
years old, walked on Tuesday seven miles,
without a cane, to the polls in l'leasaut
township, Ohio, and voted for liuchanan
aud Breckinridge.
Win. B. lcher, of Oakland, Su?q. Co.,
l'a , now iu his one hundred and first
year, was ou hand at both elections, this
Fall, and voted the Republican ticket. lie
voted for Gen. Washington, and at every
Presidential election since. His recollec
tion of Revolutionary times is good, and
he is now ablo to do considerable light j
work. j
George Angstadt, the oldest resident of j
Rockland township, Berks Co., went to j
the polls on Tuesday tho 4th and cast his
vote for Buck and Brcck. Mr.A. is in his ;
102d year, and voted for all the Democra- j
tio President!), from Washington down to '
Buchanan. It happens, however, that
Washington was an open Federalist, never
a Democrat, and Buchanan was also a Fed
eralist, as long as that party existed, and
never denied it.
TrtB Pbopositiox to Re establish
tub Slave Tuade, made in the South
Carolina Legislature, was referred to a se
lect committee. Considerable discussion
arose upon the motion, some of tho mem
hers thinking that it was useless and im
practicable to entertain such a project, as
the moral sentiment of the world was
agaiust it, and it would never be favorably
entertained in Congress, who alone had
power to make laws upon the subject.
One member said that such a question
would not ouly separate South Carolina
from the North, but from the South also.
This is likely to prove true, for the Rich
mond (Va.) journals aro out in opposition
to the proposition, and condemn it morally
and politically, and especially would many
of them, who get their living by breeding
slaves, oppose a plan which would reduce
their market value
The Slave Tbade. Tho Journal of
Commerce states, on the authority of the
United States Deputy Marshals, that the
fitting out of vessels for the slave trade,
from New York city, was never prosecuted
with greater energy than at present. Tho
occasional interposition of the legal author
ities exercises no apparent influence for its
suppression.
mAmm Hilt;, TM.?X ' -- 'AUjiA
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Our i:rmfn;i.
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reauur. ii propcriy aiiircrea, auJ aetc.l
upon, ii wut pr.'Lt liiui mucii. Jiow can
wo save an hour or two, from the twtnty
four, l,i our mental improvement t
The season of long cightu is here; the
election is over; political cx.-iiitueut is
subsided; the "country" is "sfe;" all
parties will peaceably bctakj themselves to
the usual paths of life; and with thu re
turn of quiet, and with a clearer view of
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our duties, we should be prepared to at-
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tend more closely to thmi's which wi.l ad-
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vance rur tiulicidul improvement as!
increase our happiness.
It is not sufficient that the day only be
. . t . , .1 ' provercent of those many hours which
for there is ao much to bo done in the i r , J ,
. - , , , , - . ... . : every wiriter places at v -ur hatds.
brief penoJ cf a lifetime, that an evening t ., . ..
... , -,, . , , , 1 hen road, diiT'St, an 1 prvtiee. Firsf,
put iu here and thcro will be found of ,
, ..... , , , ., i those book and papers which treat of Tour
r-reat service iu helping on the work which , , ...
, , ii .. t . t business, for your main object is to be
nch one of n is allotted to perform. I ' , J , , J
, .,.1 - ! come good farmers : and then, evenr two
And of all things we have to do, there is . , . . . . ' 1
... . ,. ' , , , ful book and interesting rirter that may
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for it is that alone which tuakes the man.
The improvements of the mind, to Lim
o during the day must be employed in
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tho work neces.ary for his surp'irt.dcpon Is !
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eatiruly upon tho u?e made of tho'e hours i
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during which labor is su-pcuded, and i
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there are hundreds of such moments that
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might be turned to (rood account every
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Ihe iiuuni m'diar.ic of the town has to 1
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Linise.f at least one evening every week. !
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How should thu be used f How should!
these hours bo invested so as to produce :
tho largest dividend ? How can they be:
applied in performing the duty of self iui-
provtmeu:
T I .'i r. i -1 d.ivtnAoA .tin. w i ,1 , . . " .i t rt 7o r.i rn
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tea yonne mechanic of the amusement ana
rjcreathin which tradit.onalty belong to
Saturday night. We do not wLU to dis-
turb, but to point out, what is the true
pleasure. Every young man has that i
natural tasto for amusement, which can
not be suppressed without a iulencj to j
nature. But when such urgent claimants !
as th
emands of nature and the prompt-
u,6-ui uui, ai oi.ufeu. , .
o j o
eompromise is tha only n.eans to settle ;
the diu-culty. And that compromise can i
be easily iffected by niakinj the duty of
nef ' imjtruvtment a Unsure.
Companionship is the source of amuse
ment to our young mechanics. For this
reason it is that we ee them, on those :
evenings when their work is done for the ;
week, collected in shops, in saloons, and
at the corners of tho stiects. They
are then doing nothing mora nor less
than following a strong principle of
their nature. But could not this princi
ple be satisfied by companionship with an '
iuterestina book, or newspaper, as well
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as an association of a less profitable kind : 1
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ul any young man pretend to say that .
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the words of a wise author, in the quiet i
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of his room, would afford him a less sub-
stantal pieas.re than the slang talk of,
his " butty on tho corners of the street,,
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or in the village grocery I :
b . : .
Ihe young nion of whom wc speak, mis-1
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take the true source of amusement. They
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co to the wrong fountain for a surrly of
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that which their nature so urgently da- ,
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mands. As they must have companion-1
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shin, let it be of an elevating character
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a good book, a newspaper a niga2.no
even a slato and pencil, .Ul not be found
so uninteresting a source of recreation as I
many who have not made the experiment :
may suppose ; and as to the profit of be- :
ing in such society, the nobla career '
many men who started as young mechan
ics, and who selected the company of books
and periodicals, testifies that such com
panionship is of inestimable value.
We do not suppose that our yonng me
chanics will deuy that their evenings are
generally very unprofitably employed.
We would encourago them to a better use
of those golden moments. If they have
but one evening in the week, let them
make tho most of it If they have more,
so much the better. At five hour a week
during the five months in which night
reading can U comfortably pursued, one
hundred precious hours could be devoted
to profitable use, and at sir pages an hour,
six hundred pages eould in this time be
intelligibly perused, enough to see a yonng
working man through two volumes of Ban-
eroi- ...sworj, i vm.-u -i-
tt ouia not ttiat De Detter tnan cracKing
pea-nuts behind a grocery stove, or loung
ing on the counter of a village store f
Then we say to our yonng mechanics,
choose that companionship which will not
only afford you a rational pleasure, but
also a substantial benefit.
Our remarks we now address to the
YOU.sa FABMHRS of the country. This
class have tho advantage of every evening
of the winter. Their business does not
extend into the night; the day ia sufficient
fur it ; when the candles are lit in tho
farmhouse, it ia a signal that tha labors
of the men and youths of the family are
done for the day, and that a season full
of the richest of opportunity is at hand.
That season can ba passed in idleness,
dozed
away in unprofitable indifference,
it a grain of ku.wlcJgo or tr - C.i -
without a grain of ku.wlcJg
al idea gained, from th.: fill of tha leaf
i the .:t'i:ii f. rth . f tb Vi Ij
j or it cau ! mda rich with a hurvent of
; us ful information an 1 Mti.
p.ea-"ire.
cau-ing tho dull nights of winter to teem
with th' ir production not less proCuble,
than the harvest. of suaira.T. O: theso
two mod i of u ing the winter evenings,
whic h will our farmer b ys adopt ? 1)
they wish to progress? P they tupira
to become intc'Iig"at f.irmerj, ar.I well
inf Tmed men ? Dj they wa-it to Le truo
memhers of that homwallu craft wbosa
i laboratory is the soil cf thii rreat cartb.
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' ami wIohc imployment is tho foelini of
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itg many peoplo 7 TuU, wj know, u tha
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I ambition of every highspiriled farmer boy.
lint remember, ingenn ub youth, this high
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j add to your stock of eeneral inf.Ttnition.
When She lire burna brightly, and theean-
,iu. K. .. t :t a
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arouud tho tabl, ono can read for tb
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whole jrroup. The best reader can peN
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form the largest glare of tha task : tha
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others taking their turns, for the sake of
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improvement in the manner of reading,
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Ihe county papers supply the home newt.
Local incidents, the proceedings of the
, , c
courts, the meeting of thi county agn-
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cultural society, ii. will be of interest to
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me ramiiy circle. rvuGWieoge, use cuar-
ity, begin at home. Then the Agriculta-
I ral journal from a distance, may e'aim at
tention full of practical fcts and useful
' suggestions. These will lead to dicussions
m which the whole family can enaaire,
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bring oat their latent views, and exercise)
their reasoning faculties. Discussion
will lead to farther investigation, and this
to reflection, and from reflection, the high
est faculty of the huiuin mind, springs
every inprovemect.
Among the agricultural periodicals of
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' m"-AiT'u " i" vrL x"
K.nmmi'n(l thA r. nn mni i .arm -Innf-
nal, and th? Cultivator, and Country Gen
tleman, of New York. But it wonld bej
well for Pennsylvania farmers to give tha
journal of their own State tho preference.
Kncoumge home literature as well as homo
indutry.
When the agricultural journal has bea
road and discussed, any other paper which
the family havo been taking, will next
claim attention. If more journals than
the local one are desired, we wonld sug
gest tho expediency of selecting the best
and most substantial journals which can
nr.. -.ntr-i ft frinr'n firnilv witnnt liT.no.-
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ing with them wholesome and beneficial
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influences. A paper oompietcly given to
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fiction, or ono soiely devoted to politics,
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should be avoided ; the one is trifling,
hg . d tjTe
Afta ,b, M u ifted
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weekly paper, and every incident, every
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useful fact, every fruitful infrgestion, eT
u . i v
ery instructive sketch, and absorbing Bar-
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rative has paused from the lips of the reader
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to the mir. Js of the hearers, the Hi-tory
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may be taken up where it was left oil tha
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previous evening.- 1 be story of onr bs
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tional Dirth, tho struggles of our emigrant
fath9( fU hmlo q Ao
t; w ,u .f R
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but be themes of interest to the family
(rnnn lfiiitnrv w!M IlaiI in r.nrnf.
, aind wiU not la satisfied with tha
fact of occurrence ; it will also thirst for
facts of locality, aud the map must be ex
amined to discover where these things oc
curred. American History will draw tha
re.der to English history. The story of
tho Pilgrim Fathers, and the Quaker Em
igrants, will lead to the story of that op-
-: in Knland -hieh ...... n.
j fatLt.rs t0 fly tQ ,ha wi j. of Amerio, . fof
. tha minJ whon once t jQ moti(m ja
j progrtssiTe and wiU onlj 8top ,t otiutl
j caujes and , -riDcil,lci.
Thu gystcm of rc3(Jing wiI1 ;D(lae9
ot,ier exerciscs.pr. motive of improvement,
, Bookj of rcfc-eac9 wia b b k
I To re j nndtfRtandirgly,aDictionary
1 nseJt0 (lie dfC :.: o
mast
words,
j mJ , C0DSUite(j t0 Kttle p,nUc,io
j nC3tioas. Tlias ia tLc circle of a fumtt-t
fanjiiy Mn tbe germs of a wholesome ma
,,i niMMmant -,7a-.,t - .,im.
latcd to vigorous growth, ultimately bear'
ing fruit of surpassing value, all by a pro
per u.o of those hours which, iu too many
instances, are lounged away in unprofita
ble and inglorious idleness. "Onward,
onward," is the motto of the age. Faruiera'
boys, will you keep step with the march of
progress, whieh,with giant strides, is pnh.
ing ahead, and will not, can cot wail on
the shuffling steps of tho laggard 7 Sun,
bury Gamtte.
Gov. Causey haj appointed Jos. P.Come.
py, Esq. of Dover, a Senator lo fill tha
vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Clay,
ton. Mr. Cotnegys is a leading meml.r
cf tho Delaware bar, a near relative of tha
illu. trious man whoso place he tss beca
' .l..tJ to 11.
as
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