farmers' gcjmvtmcnt. Chickory for Coffee. This plant grows wild almost where, and ha-s for many years been an article of commerce, being largely used, ! in Europe, in the making of , coffee. We believe the seed can be had at oar agricultural stores. Just now, when coffee is enormously dear, debarring many J families from using it exclusively, it is an \ object of some importance to raise a crop of j arid to know how to prepare it 4hen raised. The following hi«ts on the ]aiter proposition is furnished by the Ohio JFarm<?r, and is no doubt correct: " Whert the roots become of a fair size, any time during the season, they may be token out a' needed for n«; but the bulk of the crop should be allowed to attain to j full maturity, when flic roots : liould be ; lifted during fair weather, dried upon the j ground until the dirt will fill "off. AN ken . desired to bo worked up for coffee,the root s. I Icing clear of Jut, cither by brushing or ' washing them,-f.ro sliced in quarters from | end to end, and then cut across in pi. ei : ; about an inch in length. In this shape they are to be dried much the same a.-: ap ples are dried, each piece of chic-lory be iiisMJ«Mittho sine of an apple qrriTtor.— They may be 'trdng*pon<strings, and huio. up to dry in the .sun or by the l.iiehcn fire, the same as farmer- dry apples; or tlicy May lie Ciponed to the sun on racks orwiek 'ers toTje taken in at ni 'its. Or, though not so good a way except in case of nocc-si tv, tiiey may.be cured in ovens or dry I. ill: as apples arc sometimes cured. " When this first process of curing is ac complished, and the root i-: wanted for final use, i; i- carefully roaste 1, the same a 3 cof fee, till it will break up in a morteror grind in a .mill, after, which pounding or grind jog, ikis steeped or drawn in the usual way. and poured out for a table beverage. " In this way all the work is done in the family, and the cost of the roots ready for the coffee pot is not more than three or four corns t> peoud. while you have a healthier beverage than if you went to the expense j of purchasing imported coffee, with the ad ditional satisfaction of feeling that you arc j partaking-of the fruits of your own home j labor." A correspondent in the Gcrmantoicn . Telegraph, suggests the following hints : j POND MUD.—This i.-r a valuable fertil iser. When you have leisure, cart out a ! quantity of k and mix it with your com- j ]>ost, or put it iu your cattle yards and hog I pens to be the solid cxcre- I incut, and absorb the urine. A few cords of this will be of great value to your fields. I with lime and ashes, it makes an ! excellent top-dressing for lands iu grass. I Potatoes manured with it in the hill, also do well; and BO also do most garden veg- : etables, particularly the artichoke, tomu- i to beet, carrot, etc. lor this purposc.how ever, it requires to be thoroughly decom posed, and its efficiency as a stimulant is increased by a slight admixture of gyp sum. SPROUTS AROUND TREES.—AIIow no suckers or sprouts to issue from the roots of your fruit trees; cut them all even with the surface, and arrest every now de velopment/as soon as it appears. Every particle of new wood from this poiut di minishes the vital force of the system,' without yielding anything valuable in re turn. Pear trees are more soriously in jured by a neglect of this duty than other trees, as they are more delicate and less hardy. OLD TREES.—OId apple troes that have ceased to bear, should have the tjoil re moved from the roots, the limbs taken off, and the tops thinned out. The soil about the roots should then bo replacod by an equal Irulk of compost formed of the fol lowing materials, and in the following iour ti >., cor( j finely pulverized clay, two cas *s uusltw lime, two ditto gypsuui, two ditto unlets i;] imJ Qnc ditto salt. After llu. cover the com post up to the collar oft. treu v ith straw and confine it by a few flat sw, ~ with an old lioe, scrape off the ran,. j from the truuks and larger limbs, ami .. ply, after washing them thoroughly with a solution of polish water, or ashes, soft soap aud water. BLACK-WARTS IN CHERRY AND PLUM TREES.—Cut out the excrescences with a sharp knife and burn them. Wash the trunks thoroughly, aud apply salt above the roots. If the bafk is rough, scour it thoroughly with a mixture of ashes and Sift soap, and apply the mixture recom mended above. To HOUSEWIVES.—One of the best bleaching and emollient agents that can be employed in washing either the person or clothing, is common refined borax. It should be dissolved in hot water at the rate of half-a pound to ten gallons; a great saving in soap is effected by its use. The borax should first be pulverized. It may be procured iu the form of crystals at any druggists, aud can be powdered with a rolling pin or hammer; it will not injure the most delicate fabric, aud laces or oth fine tissues, may be washed in a solution of borax, with mauifest advantage to their color and consistency. Bw* Among Hone's works there is this eapital rhymed advice to the agriculturists ofthedaie 1722: Mao, to the plow; .vt. J > "N jfr, to lUe cow; Uit i, to lh» *>vr; Boy. to the mow: youx renta be fitted. J\ i 4 I LEAD AND WATER.—By taking a strip of clean lead, and placing it in a tumbler of pure water (say rain or soft water), in ; less than an hour, by dropping in thetum ' bier a little sulphide of ammonium, a i black precipitate will be thrown down, con sisting of the sulphide of lead— e.g., lead 1 must have been dissolved and held in so -1 lution in the water, and as the salt of lead | happens to be classed amongst some of the ] most dangerous poisons, we are necessarily ! led to the conclusion that lead pij>es con veying water, if the latter is pure, mast be somewhat dangerous. Water standing in a lead pipe for some hours decomposes the metal, and when it is run off the pois on is carried with it. AVater drawn in the morning through a h ad pipe should never b» used for domestic poi poses, such as cook- j | ing or drinking,and.servants in cities should j I be instructed respecting this particular I subject, because they are usually ignorant | uf the nature of lead, and the effects of water upon it. Seveml metals taken in ! food or drink accumulate slowly in thehu { mati svstemand ultimately produce disea-e; but it approaches so stealthily that the danger is not usually apprehended. Some | of the salt; of lead ate poisonous, and the sulpiride is of this (-lass. The interior of load pi] i • m ly be c uwited into an in- )- I 1 üblt; ; ulphiile of l :ot by subjecting them for some time to the action of a hot sul phate of soda in solution, according to the recent discovery of Dr. Sehwarz, of llres ! lau. Tho-e who prepare lead ]>i j»e for con veying water lor domestic purposes, should test the alleged discovery. as it is of the ii.iji- i■ that all the safegnarJ.-J to health should be enforced andjptfMflTl cd, _ ■ .. iVEW Sl'M IE- OF POTATO.—It is rela ted in a Belfast paper that a new species of potato has been raised in Ireland from { American seed brought by one of the i blockade-runners, and named "Confcder- j ate?." Jii shape they greatly resemble the i almost unknown but once favorite 'ash j leaf kidneys." being a Jong oval with flat j - ides. The'size is immense, many weigli : ing a )iound each, and the quality, when j cooked is excellent.' < | • A jrovi NO | LORED lilVEß.—The; | Tenby (Wales) Observer mentions a cu ' rious phenomenon which was observed in j j Oarmathen Hay on the 6th inst., the day i on which the earthquake was felt in that ' country : —From a base extending some ; iliree or four miles in the direction of; j Amroth Clastic, an immense piece of wa- 1 j tor, of a dark brown color, as if holding j | earth in solution, seemed to be pushed ! i forward in the form of a cone, of course j j surrounded by water of a natural color.— j As they came in contact tho water was | i thrown up a height of several feet, the J | agitation extending round the whole edge I jof the phenomenon. It steadily advanc i cd in the same form towards Monkstoue, and thence some miles to sea. when we ceased to observe it. Some friends, in amusing themselves with fishing, were not a little startled by the strange sight.— When the colored water the boat they found that the point of division be tween the coloring was maintained thro'- out the depth of the water; tho boat was violently pitched about, and the water thrown completely over it. Either side of the line of contact was perfectly calm, j and the water kept up a slashing noise j something like what would be made by an j immense shoal of mackerel. It was ob served first at about eleven a. m.. TnE " SEWINO GIRLS" OF NEW YORK. —About four hundred sewing girls iu Xew York are on a strike for higher wa ges. Referring to a meeting of these fe male " strikers," the /W says:—State- ment of the amounts received for their la bor in various trades were made, by which it appeared that the prices ranged from one to three dollars per week. The ave rago price paid, taking all trades repre sented together, was about two dollars per week. There were cases mentioned ■ where the employers favored particular girls, giving them better wages, but re quiring them not to tell. The price paid for board was stated to be from 82 25 to iS&3, not including washing, in most cases every ecut that a girl could earn, and evor j cav i n g iny more than twcnty-fivC ffty cent*. a week for all extra expenses. There were cases meu ; i ioned of girls who s\-j,, 10Y ted mothers or : lii-others. The hours of ran jr C from j eleven to fifteen hours each ita_, ( i lO eral hours at the shops being fn>m ,o Ven in the morning to six or seven at niglK, wilh half an hour orthtee quarters of an hour for dinner." It appeared to he ihe ease generally thafpriees were much low er than a year ago. UtrtjT In animals there it. more variety of motion, but, in plants there is more real powor. A horse is certainly far stronger than a man, yet a small vine cannot only support, but can raise a column of fluid five times higher than a horse can. In deed, the powor which a plant exercises of holding a leaf ereet during an entire day without pause and without fatigue, is an ef fort of astonishing vigor, and i» one of many proofs that a principle of compensa tion is at work, so that the same energy which in the animal world is weakened Hy being directed to many objects, in tl)»yeg etftble world strengthened by being con centrated on a few.—[ Bu&le. Bo?"To him who nas tears in his eyes, the earth and the heavens tremble. f6T"One of our peculiar, slabsided, gaunt Yankees lately emigrated and set tled down in the West. He was the very picture of a mean man, but as he put him self to work in good earnest to get his house to rights, the neighbors willingly lent him a hand. After ho had gotcvcry thing fixed to his notion, a thought struck him that lie had no chickens, and he was piwerful ftnd of sucking raw eggs. lie was too houest to steal them, and too mean to buy them. At last a thought struck him—he could borrow. He went to a neighbor and thus accosted bin: "Wal, I reckon jou hain't got an old ben nor notliin' you'd lend me a few weeks, have you, neighbor?" "I will lend you one with pleasure,"re | plied the gentleman, picking out the very j finest in the coop, one that happened to desire to set. Tho Yankee took the hen home, and then went to another neighbor and bor rowed a dozen eggs, lie then set the hen, and in the course of time -lie hatched out a dozen chickens. The Yankee was again puzzled; lie i could return the hen, but how was he to ; return the eggs? Another idea—and who I OTcrsaw a live Yankee without one?—he I would keep tho hen until she had laid a dozen. This be did, and then returned the hen | and i _'js to their respective owners, re marking, as he did so; "Well, I reckon I've got as fine a dozen I ofchi.-k. i.-» y»u laid eve n, an ! '1 J ;.xi ,: . I/, nut THE Tncomk TAX.— I The question of j the income tax comes up in a now phase. CommissioncrJiEWts decides that section I ninety-two of the tax law provides that ! no means for tho collection of tho tax in eases whore income is derived "from pro j fessional j-ervices, from speculations, or j in any other manner than from fixed in | vestments." Section nineteen, however, I contains a general provision, which is held | applicable to the income tax, with the ex j ception that but five per cent, penalty shall be imposed for non-payment, instead of the ten ]ier cent, demanded by some of the collectors under tho terms of section ninety-two. Persons who have deferred the payment on their income tax beyond ! the ten day's grace allowed due noti- I fication arc therefore liable to an addition ! al payment of five per cent., and under ! this ruling of tho commissioner may rc | fuse to pay any larger sum. j EXTRAVAGANCE OF FRENCH LADIES. —A Paris letter gives the following news of French extravagance: " The Cue la dies here spend endless sums of money mi I their wardrolies during tho Carnival; but i at the seaside they are still more extrava gant. Some disdain to wear a gown twice iu public. One fair dame of my acquain tance, not many days ago. left Paris with nine large trunks iu her luggage, all filled with finery. The rage for novelty among this class is very absurd. They hardly ever give a thought to what is beautiful; provided it be new and eecentrio they are satisfied. Some ware leathern cross belta j studded with little silver nobs in iinita- I tion of nails. Others vie with the flamin ! go in the flaming color of their petticoats, | A lady who bears the title of princess and. I embassadress, has, at Trouville, made it j the fashion to dress n la brigand. I)ag ; gers arc therefore, making for ladies' gir j dies, and it is expected that next winter all the belles will consider a poignard a I necessary ornament for a ball. But there was never sfcen such a joke in brass and leather as these affairs. They arc all sheath, having no blade attached to the handles." THE* EMPRESS EDGESIE ON A TROOP SHIP.—The Empress Eugenic has been signalizing licrselfby interfering in behalf of a body of soldiers wdiowere on board a i transport destined for Mexico. There ; were eleven hundred'onboard, and their • accommodations were so iuudequate that they had ahardtimeof it. Meeting with foul weather they had to putin at Cadiz, ; and llie Empress arriving there at the time determined togo on board. Her i majesty was perfectly horror struck at ; what she saw there. The men on the gun deck especially were packed so close, ap ] peared so thoroughly demoralized by the voyage —in fact, ihewliolo secile brought all the traditional horrors of the "middle passage" so vividly before herniajosty that she immediately gave orders to the cap j tain to have half the men landed. The j objected that he was unfortunate ly u>vor theorders-of the Ministry of Jla. ring, ilojS' ; hmg. The Empress thereupon u telegram to tho Empe ror, relating whaixhe had seen; the tele gram beginning, " Sir*, ( ,n traitc vos sol dattjnrc que des negret,'* (Sire, you treat your soldiers worse than negroes,) and asking another vessel to be sent to take one half of the men on board, as the Sa one was a great deal too small to cany so large a number. In pursuance of this kindly intervention, the Bryade was sent ,'o Cadiz, in order to take on board the men the Saone is unable to accommodate prop erly. In addition, tho Empress gave the officers in command of the troops K,000f., with orders that it should be expended in giving them at least. one good dinner be fore they sailed. « imagine with what cheers hey on leaving the ~Md her - AUTUMN. BY «. B. HBACBCBT (QUALION). Old Antii tun, 1 ik«> a ft orgeetw bride. Walks o'er the earth with ininglcd hues; The dead leaves cb the broe*w» ride, Th«- evening*swtK-n o'er radiant dews. A old blue tint ia in the sky. The evening air 1* cool n nd «w«»ct; 'Mong trembling trees the robbiw fly. The clouds like euu-fringed mountains meet. Low whinpers ia the wood* Rre beard— They fWint along the rircr't»«ide; The •cadet-tinted leave# ar«- stirred, Wh<jne emerald glow with summer died. The fields, uo longer stored with corn, Look barren when the sun is low; The leare%uf» withering on the thorn. Like aiglifl the wind through hedgea blow. With ruddy sides the fruit* are «een, 'lTie pi aj»«-n lu purple clusters ewing; Where vernal beauty long hit* been No more the speckled thrufrhes sing. Bed beiriaa in the hedgerow* luwig Like rubioe 'tween pen* flutb i inir leave?; Tlx- lanes are bare where bin kbinU sang, When eurth wa* flushed m ith golden eves. The tklefl, in m >rnini£*- early hours, Blush like a bj*Mt>: th»* wivwla m»etn lone; QVr baiilft anil v Vm ,>nce grnreri .with flowers The m nvh* 112 ommer h *e;?u are bl »w*. A HtiUn<-«- br l« «»r plain and hill, No l«ng«* H.»ve - U>*- rlpmiefl pnt.n; K-. whit* rloud- ri'imber uYr the till. And earth lie* nit!eh with the fiu'n. Tlie shriij n. te of fbe r -bin darts. And break-i tin - : -i ■■ -f tho m*>n; ALi-! like h..pe*,f hutnnn liesuta, Tho w . -llsn iWutiesdie'tiW. soon. 11,.- b v I - K 1 i a-- .-V.-'xili- .It--, The winds a it- infilling on the moor; Tit. mlct ii|. .nlhe \ He««, Like shr.'Uil, ww summers life is o'er. The Marriage Altar. Judge Carlton, in an excellent a<l<lrcss before the Young Men's Library Assosia tion. Nt Augusta, Me., thus .sketches the marriage scone: I have dram yon many pictures of death; let me sketch for yon a brief hut bright scene of beautiful life. It is the marriage altar. A lovely female, clothed in all the freshness of youth and surpassing beauty, leans upon the arm of liim to whom she lias just given herself up forever. Look in her eyes, ye gloomy philosophers, and tell m?, if you dare, that there is no happiness ' on earth. See the trusting, the heroic de votion which compels lier to luave country and parents, for a comparative stranger. — She Iris launched her frail bark upon a wide and stormy sea; she handed over her happiness and doom for.this world to an other's keeping; but 'he has done it fear lessly, for love whispers to her that her chosen guardian and protector bears a manly and noble heart. Oh, woo to him that forgets his oath and his manhood ! Hor ilnrk wlnjr. shnll'tlic raven O'er tlx* lii-ui-tcci, llis >■ .'!.lth. wuir•halllift Rre life be t»i le.l. Blmnie ami (li-h'timr Hit On hit mure ever, Blw-iiiK -lir.ll It-ill. w It, -Neve. : Oh never. We have nil read the history of the hus band who, in a moment of hasty wrath, said to her who had but a few moments be fore united her fate with his— " if you are not satisfied with my con duct. go, return to your friends and to your happiness." •• And will you give me back that which I brought to you'!" asked the despairing wife. "Yes," he replied, "all your wealth shall go with jou; I covet it not." " Alas !" she answered, " 1 thought not of my -wealth —I spoke of my loves; can you give these back to me ?" " No !" said the man, as lie flung him self at her feet; "No, I cannot restore these, but I will do more—l will keep shorn unsullied and untainted ; I will cherish them through my life and in my death; and ' never again will I forget that I have sworn to protect and cherish her who gave up to ' me all she held most dear." Did I not toll you there was poetn- in a woman's look—a woman's w< L^U/Sk c it there! the mild, the gentle winning back from its 1 ness the stern and unyielding temper of an ' ugly man. Ah, if creation's fairer sex on ly knew their strongest weapons, how ma r ny of wedlock's fiercest battles would be ' unfought; how much unhappincss and : coldness would he avoided. 1«. , .» l The Dream of A Quaker, : There is a beautiful story of a pious old (Quaker lady who was addicted to the use of tobacco. She indulged m this habit until it increased so much upon lier that 1 she not only smoked a large portion of the ' day, but frequently sat up in bed for this 1 purpose in the night. After one of those nocturnal entertainments she fell asleep, r and dreained'that she died and approach- I cd heaven. Meeting an angel, she a-ked him if her name was written in the Book of Life. Ho disappeared, but replied, upon returning, that lie could not find it "Oh,", she said, in agony, "it must be there. I have tlie asiuraiiec that it is there 1 Do look n.-.-ain." The angel was moved to tears by liei entreaties, and again left, lier to renew hie search. After a long absence bo came back, with his face radient with joy and exclaimed: "AVe have found it. but it.was so cloud ed with t#baceo smoke that we could hard ly see it." The woman, upon walyi ; Immediately threw lier. pipe away, abd Dover iudul— i in smoakiojr attain. . - j&af Mr. James (Jolden, of Chili, Mon roe county, N. Y», according to the Gain ac<? Farmer, raised this year, on three-quar ters of an acre of land, nine hundred bush els of onions. The story is enough to bring tears into the eyes p{ less successful cultivators. Btaf" The editors of tlie ix irntijic Amer ican have received from California a pieet of the wood of a tree thirtj feet in diame ter, the annual rings upon which indicate tho age of the tree to lie six thousand and three hundred years. Ada ji, had he gone to California when a little boy, might have played marbles under that tree. 4. »--»«. UaT Artemus Ward says there is nc daily paper published in his town,but thcr< is a ladies' sewing circle, y lticli answers the same purpose. A North Devonshire Legend. A work entitled "The North-Devon Scenery Book," recently published ill England, furnishes a number of North Devonshire legends, one of which deserves a place in Howitt's History of the Super natural. We quote: I'Not many years ago an old man was living in the village who possessed a fid dle and was able to discourse merry music upon it. There was a large upstair-room in his house which was called the dan cing chamber, and here the boys and mai dens of Combmartin used to assemble once a month, and dance, and talk, and flirt in their honest country fashion, and other wise enjoy themselves after their day's work. "When the fiddler was dead, his daugli- i .or married, and her husband continued to live in the oleftnan's house. But as the husband could not play the fiddle the dancing-chamber was of no use, and it was consequently converted to ordinary domestic purposes. '•The alteration had scarcely been com pleted when the house became suddenly uninhabitable. Every night the most fearful noises rang from thj floor to the roof-—noises as though a score of horses were galloping up and down the old dan cing chamber, to the accompaniment of tho loud cracking of whips and other simi lar unnatural sounds. "So that, as you may suppose, the fami ly got but scanty rest at night; and were nearly driven to their wits' end by flight and perplexity. "At last the husband 1 ctook himself to tho parson of tho parish, and asked for advice and assistance in so disagreeable a state of affairs. "The parson suggested that such kinds of alarming noises were frequently caused by rats, and counseled him to procure the services of an expert in the killingof such unpleasant vermin. "In about a week (ho man again paid a visit to tho rectory, evedently wrought up t o a pitch of desperation by his broken sleep and troubled dreams. " 'lt was rats,' he said; they had limi ted in vain for such things; it was'a spir it'—whoso, he couldn't tell, but there was no doul;t that it was a real spirit; and the only tiling to be done was to have it laid by the parson. If. he added, it should be too strong for one parson, ho hoped the rector would bo good enough to get two other clergymen to join him, for he had been assured there was no spirit so power ful as to be able to stand out against the united powers of three parsons. "The rector, however, declined to re vive the old custom of exorcism; and consequently his parishoner went home with a troubled and an angry heart. "A few days afterwards ho .came back onco more, with a gleeful countenance, and said that the spirit was laid, and that he himself had been ablo to affect the de sired result. Partly swayed by tlio absolute necessi ty of doing something to penetrate the mystery, partly persuaded by the sensible cxhonorations of the rector, he and his wife had instituted another thorough search in the haunted rooms, and, after much ripping up of roof and floor and waistcoat thay discovered an old silk waistcoat be longing to tho deceased fiddler, snugly concealed in the thatch inimediatclyabovo tho dancing chamber. In one of the pockets of this garment were two half crowns. "It became, therefore, immediately plain to them that the old mon had been troub led at the loss which his family had sus tained through the concealment of his board; and that the above mentioned noises were the unnecessarily strong means which he had taken to draw his daughter's attention to the hidden trea sure. "In proof of this opinion it happened that henceforward the disturbance totally ceased; and to this day, happily for the inhabitants of the cottage, the spirit has remained at rest." Penitent Ga Min,iNG.w-For several years, a Countess K carried on very high play at, Hamburg. She remained at the roulette-table the whole day through, covered nearly all the numbers with louis d'or, and e nstantly lost. It is said that , she annually sacrificed to the bank the i sum of $40,000. (hi one occasion she was left so high and dry that she was compell ed to sell her carriage anil horses. After losing three years, her religious feelings were enkindled, and she hastened to Home to obtain forgiveness of her sins. She re ceived absolution, but on condition that she would give np play. To promise is easy but the difficulty Iks in the keeping ' the promise. The gambling mania gatue.l (lu; vietorjr qvn' the piety of the countess. SI. returned to Hamburg, and seated her self once more at the roulette-table. "I will no longer play for myself," washer mental apology, '• but for the poor." JG@r" A Bin ok. —The Rockingham Ya. pi/Utcr, publishes the marriage of Miss l<ucy I'. liLller, the daughter of a wealthy farmer in (hat county, and adds : She was what we would call "an inde pendent girl," sure enough. Her bridal . outfit was all madf. with lier own hands, ; from her beautiful and elegant straw hat . down to the handsome gaiters u)ion her feeti : Her own delicate hands spun and wove the material of which her weding-drcss and : traveling cloak were made, so that she had i nothing upon her person when she was married which was-not made by herself! Nor was she compelled by necessity of pov i crty to make this exhibition of her inde i peudence. . Slio did it for the purpose of i showing to the world how indap*— Southern girls are, How a Bachelor Lived and Died. From an inquiry which recently took : place iu London, jespceting the death of ( Mr. George Beamite, who died under very , extraordinary circumstances, we glean the , following interesting facts: This gentleman was seventy five years of age, possessed considerable property, and was formerly a barrister-at-law, and . was a man of considerable ability, and al though eccentric, of perfectly sound mind and capable of managing his property. — For the past twenty years he has liv?d in almost total seclusion, no person, under any pretence whatever, being allowed to enter the three rooms in his occupation. ITis meals were prepared by his house -1 keeper, and were left on a tray at the door | of the anti-room and then taken in by the deceased; and although many titnes in a state of ill-health he refused to have medi cal aid. but used to have sent iu from a chemist a quantity fff different medicines. All communications to him were received in the same way ;LS his meals, and 112 r nunc j than twelve months he never left the house 1 It is believed that his time was chiefly |"spent iu reading and writing, the society of his fellow mAn being entirely dispen- I scd with. On Wednesday, before the examination the housekeeper wont up as usual, with his dinner, but received 110 reply at the I door, although she frequently called him | she did not again see him alive. On Sat urday morning, becoming alarmed, she ! made a communication to the police, and I the door broken open, when a scene was presented which almost baffles description. ! On entering the anti-room, the floor was found to bestrewn with hundreds of news papers, writing <fco., chairs, tables, and other articles of furniture. In another room, the furniture, of very handsome description, was covered with dust nearly an inch thick, and tin- floor was strewn with trunks, papers, and books of science , and law of much value. There were also three largo bags filled with new boots; and several now spoons lay upon the side boards. and packages of candles, clothing. &c., were heaped up in all parts, iu the , utmost confusion. In this fooiu. thickly . covered with dust, was a large and costly [ painting of the crucifixion. When the shutters were opened in the . room a dreadful sight was presented. The , deceased was found lying back in an nnn- I chair, quite dead, and in a rapid state of decomposition, having no doubt been dead , for several days, lie was dres-cd. but iu a very bad state, and by his side lay the remains of some food. There was not the [ slightest vestige of bed or bedding, and , the deceased must, for twenty years, have slept in tho sauio chair. Iu uflu>r parts of the room were scraps of bread, bottles of wine and medicine; this, as well as the 1 other rooms, beihg almost impassable, while the light of day had evidently been shut out for years. Lqlon 0 further ecrrch made by the police, £8 175., in a bag, a gold and silver watch, twenty-six silver articles, and other valuables, were found; while ujion the floor were scattered thirty i keys. A post mortem examination was | held, from which it was shown that death t had resulted by exhaustion from low fever accelerated by neglect. CIVILIZATION OF THE NINETEENTH CBNTCKY. —TaIk about the Salem witch craft! It id not u month since a poor old man in Essex, Engliypd. upwards of eighty years of age—a Frenchman, deaf and dumb, and who lived by Jliinselfin a smu!! wretched hut, was killed by his neighbors in the village, because they believed he was possessed of some supernatural pow er, anil could make thuni ill or festwre them to health by his incantations! The poor creature was beaten with a stick, thrown into a poril, and whtfu lie got out covered with slime and dirt, and thorough ly saturated with water, was seined again, and again 'brown into the pond, so that after li» escaped from his tormentors he was taken with a fever and died. One of his chief persecutors was a female, one Kmnia Smith, a married woman, aged thirty-six, who believed that, she had been bewitched by the aged necromancer. CiOljiU IT WHILE YOU NO. —The mar riage of a Hindoo widow was celebrated on the 30th of July in the village of Cliund -1 rukona, in the district of llnoghly, India, j The bride, whose name is Nilamani Dasi ' I the daughter of Baboo (iopi Nath i Mitt.— ' j Iter first marriage took place when she | was only seven years of age; at eight she ' j became a widow, and now she is only |tw elve years old. The fortunate man who i has obtained the hand of the young willow, : I is I'arvati divan Sarkar. The nuptials j wore witnessed by n large nuirtber uf llin j duo getttlujueu. LA HATAILJ.E DES DAMES. —Two .Par isian actresses had a quarrel the other day. They fought, and one was wounded. The I guardians of the Hois de Vinccuncs found these dames satisfying their honor in the approved style with cold steel, and did not secure the weapons before blood was actu ally drawn. The surprising part of the affair is that the quarrel did not arise from love, jealously, or even professional eti quette ; the two " princesses 8f the foot lights" had got to words, atjd from words to sharper weapons even, on the subject uf Russia and Poland. Tho only harm that came of this sanguinary affair, was that Mile. II had tojilay tho same evening . at the theatre with/hit of black sticking ptofcty, too large for a pat<b : on her pretty right cheek. I LI" I JOHN STtf ATtT MILL. ~ Since the death Do Tocqnevillo there is no author, who 4*i\ combat Mr. Mill's claim to fb§ fitst p4ce among living wri ters on political an k soeial philosophy. In the "cience of political economy,with which his two volnme**(just issued by tho Ap plctons) arc occupied, is without a peer iu the whole range cnextant authorship, or present, with die single exception of Adam Smith, the f, .under q£ Me science; and as an author ti}bosti<fiedbythe present generation Mr. M altogeth er superior eveuito man who made tho fir-: sy*i ...tic this de partment of huxnj affairs. Hee*fwuuds the science in its present advancedsttlc, with tho aid of a| the lights thrown upon it bv writers sul uc „t to Smith, and by tho enlarged commercial and monetary ex perience and u iful industrial develop ment of the Jas onty-fivo years—a peri od infinitely 11 , fruitful in great events and econotni' lopuient than any that preceded it. (• he subjects of currency and finance, in [, t.ieular, tho period since the American | Frcmh revolutions iu instruction it is a remarkable fact that almost ever, br* k-dnwn of the. finances of a nation hi immediately followed by apolitical r. 11)11. In our own coun try tho C<>llaj -! of the contiuental money and of the crujfct of the Confederation led to the format™. of our present Constitu tion ; in Fra|lo the first revolution was directly brim;* t about by the failure of tho finances which caused the convocation of the States (funeral; the explosion of the assignats led to the constitution of the year 111. and the establishment of tho-directo ry. The snlpenaion of the Hank of Eng land during/and for some time after, tho groat Nepofeonic struggle, and the collos sal debt tlifn accumulated, led to a State of things which threatened the overthrow of the UrilJsh government in the year of distress which followed (he pacification of Europe. Hut the Hritish"fln mice* r entirely Woke down, and the government weathered the storm. Had it not been, frTiowever/fur th partial revolution involv ed iu rifonns of Parliament the govern ment wmld undoubtedly have gone under. Thetreat financial discussions in.and out of Parliament, during those turbulent a»d djjtrustful years,threw important light 011 enjreucy and kindred topics, and, in conjunction with a most fruitful experi- some questions which had neverlicfore been so deeply probed. ()ur country is suddenly plunged into an experiment having strong points of re- Hemblancc to that through which Great Hritain ]iassed in the early part of the cen tury. A gigantic debt suddenly accumu lated ; burdensome taxation whose pres sure will be more and more felt; a violent change in the monetary system of the v-oun try threatening general convulsion and ru in at somqifutureand not distant period; the great branch of production which has heretofore furnished the main body of ow ex ibrts brought to a dead stand; the to ciat system of tho South falling into ruins, to ie either set up anew or replaced by a nev organization of industry; when we an confronted by facts and prospects like tlnse, it is obvious that our people and our piiHic men lieod to proceed on the sound cstprinciplea of economical science. Tho slcider instruction and crude notions wlioh have hitherto sufficed will no longer amwer tho purpose. 111 a period of gon erj health, when only slight ailments oc cir in his practice, a. physician may rub 011 after a fashion, without much scicnco. Hut when tho air is full of pestilence, and fomis of new disease new to his neighbor howl are breaking out, he can no longer excuse himself from mastering the most recent knowledge which JiMrtu ifp(V»rlr!?r nev duties. A similar obligation now lies on American statesmen and publicists; and assuredly there is no way in which they can so well qualify themselves for tho ccommieal part of the problem as by a thoriugh study of Mill. '•YII AT SII K i 1 ANII'T ' I)AU<IIITKR." The .'mirier Sieiliano, of Palermo relates the fallowing anecdote, which may-con tains 1 useful hint for our own provost mar-lids: "An officer in command of a dctatciment having received information • tluit a young conscript had concealed hiuiscl'in a villa, proceeded thither, and sttted he object of his visit to the lady ol tho house, who immediately affirmed ; I hit he was inistakeu, and produced her Ivx> d(lighters as the only inmates of tho I IMUSCI The officer, after a minute search , finding ijo one else, told the lady that ono 1 of her daughters must bo the delinquent, The. lily protested against this insinua tion, I>jt tho 1 fficer, recollecting tho judg t mcnt oil Solomon, intimated to the young ladies list must both tfo with hint to the Itarraeks. At this •unou&gK.ount, one of "Jie young ladies blushed and tho ether g*>\v palo, and thereby" discovered the trick. The officer at /ace requested tho pale liidy otj clothes of the oth er sex, and to followftim to his regiment."' - tire tree was lately discovered in the' Bal timore DiinOj at VViUtsbarrc, by the miners while blasting for coal. The piece of the trunk taken wit, weighs five thou sand po'.ads, and still there remain tho 1 roots and top of the tree embedded in tho / coal. There aro also to bo found in the! same mine petrifactions of the cactus, audi ! oih<r plants peculiar to ft tropical climate. 1 t if" A fifteen hmuted'foliar silver vase V has iust beannmde in .New York for the ' Hong Kong racing club ""A I
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