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The following exquisite liule gem of poetry
was written for a recent -celebration in Boston,
by M. H. Wetherbee, a hard-working stone
cutter:
"God's spirit smiles in flow'rs,
And in soft summer show'rs,
He sends his love.
Each dew-drop speaks His praise,
And bubbling fount displays,
In all their lucid rays, "
Light from above. V "
The tiny vines that creep : ,
ii . l. ..:
-'uuug uic lctvuiua aiuvp t
Obey Ills nod. ,:.
The golden orb of day,
And ocean's created spray y
To Him due homage pay
Creation's God.
Thus Friendship wears its bloom, ;
And smiles beyond ihe lomb,
In its own light.
O may lhat Love be ours, ' -'
'Which gilds life's darkest hours
Cheering like smiling flow'rs,
Hope's deepest night.
Remarkable IIagi:elic Rocks.
The following fuels are detailed by the
"Vicksburg (Miss.) Whig :
Near the iron mountain in .Missouri, there is
a ledge of stone, extending for half a mile in
length, and several hundred yards in width.
This stone is very strongly impregnated with
magnetic properties ; so strongly, indeed, that
it is impossible to ride a well shod horse over
it. A gentleman having his horse newly shod,
unce attempted it, but before he had made two
revolutions,' his horso 1 was .brought up all
standing' perfectly still. In vain our travel
er urged his gallant steed forward; persuasion
and force proved equally futile, until his pa
uence became exhausted, and he sent for a
blacksmith. . The son of Vulcan soon arrived,
and found the horse standing stock still, and to
all appearance as immovable as the rock of
Gibralter. Various expedients were resorted
io, to relievo the horse, but they all failed.
There he stood, -and to all appearance there he
was likely to stand, with his feel literally glued
to the solid and impervious rock. At last the
"blacksmith's eyes glistened j he had it sure.
He sent off to his smithy for his shoeing tools,
which were soon forthcoming, when he pro
ceeded with all possible despatch io unclinch
the nails which bound the horse's shoes to his
hoofs 1 One by one the nails were unclinch
cd, ihe tvhip was applied to the horse, and as
the last nail gave way, he escaped with a
hound, but left his shoes wedded to ifc rock.
Tiie Horrors off War
A letter from Buenos Ayres slates that one
of the papers of -Montevideo, of the 4th' of
March, gives the depositions of a highly re
spectable man, who was a prisoner in Oribe's
camp. The assassinations and murders corn
mined by that inrading army, are most horrid.
Nearly every prisoner had his throat cut in
cold blood. Their march from this city is mark
ed in blood. In fact, the policy of this Gov
ernment, is to let no one live who may be on-
posed to them ; and with ihe knowledge, of
this, foreigners have been obliged to lake arms
in self defence."
Tobacco Crop in Virginia.
The Richmond Compiler says the opinion is
very general, that the Tobacco crop must be a
abort one in that State. The cool spring
brought down the insects upon the young
plants, and so destructive have they been, lhat
there is an almost unprecedented scarcity of
plants. Over this cause there is no triumph
now good weather can do nothing but make
'hat which is planted good ; but that which is
tioi', has been dipped in .the bud eaten up in
the plaivV--Rhd' there is no help for it.
Recipes.
For. Dyeing Green. Take 1-2 lb. of oil
vitriol, 2 ozs. indigo put in a bottle and fet it
stand three or four days; shake it well every
day; and then boil a strong" liquor of hickory
bark; dissolve 2 lbs. alum in water, put 6 lbs.
yarn in the alum water, pour all the mgredi
ents into ihe dye, put it all on the lire, and boil
it well. The same dve will then color 6 lbs
more of a paler green. After it is dyed, and
dried, it must be washed out with good soil soap
To Dye Red with Red Wood. 1 lb. of
red wood hacked 2 ozs. alum, powdered, tho
red wood musi stand twenty-four hours in river
or spring water; then boil ii well, and after
straining, mix your alum and aquafortis and
boil it well for several hours. Mix 1 oz. aqua
fortis, 1 oz. block tin, in a tumbler, and set it
in the sun about one hour. . The above will
color 2 lbs. of yarn. After being dried, wash
it out with soft soap.
To Dye Pink 2 ozs. cochineal, 1-2 lb. of
cream tartar, 1 lb. alum, the whole put in a
kettle of soft water; then put in 6 lbs. clean
yarn and boil it well ; not to be washed after
being dried. I saw several very beautiful car
pets lhat were dyed with the above recipies,
and for brilliancy of color, they would com
pare with the finest Turkey. I was particular
ly struck wilh tho substantial appearance of
one carpet, and on inquiry, was informed thai
the filling was entirely cow's hair, carded and
spun by hand ; ihe cost was but a trifle, and
more durable looking carpet I never saw. 1
ihink ihe filling of cows hair, all white, did
ntil exceed two dollars for a whole carpet.
Persons near a city would do well io turn their
attention to the manufacturing this article, as it
has generally been deemed useless. A small
quantity of cow's hair, with the inferior and
coarse wool, would make a carpet lhat would
outlast any carpet that may be bought: and in
these hard times, every thing that lends to e
conomy should receive attention. Politicians
may rant as much as they please as to the why
and wherefore, and settle the cause of hard
times among themselves but when they come
to the remedy, ihey will find lhat nothing but
industry and economy will afford relief.
Rome.
The past-year is staled to be the first, sinco
1820, in which the population of this city, in
stead of increasing, has diminished. Owing to
Ihe prevalence of an epidemic, the number of
inhabitants fell off from 150,000 io 148,000.
This is made up of 34,450 families, 31 Bish
ops, 143!) Priests, 2012 Monks, 1466 Nuns,
and 221 Heretics, Turks and Infidejs, inde
pendently of Jews.
Com. Perry.
" In stature," says J. Fennimoro Cooper,
" Commodore Perry was slightly above the
middle height. His frame was compact, mus
cular, and well formed, and his activity in due
proportion. His voice was peculiarly clear
and agreeable, and, aided by iis power, he was
a brilliant deck officer."
A Hani.
Tho police of Washington, on Monday eve
ning, made a descent upon, and captured -a
company of seventeen negroes, who were en
gaged in ihe fashionable amusement of cock-
Msnting.
XiiSiiiniu? Conductors.
It is a matter of much regret, that regardless
of physical laws and established principles in
electrical science, buildings arc daily being .i
supplied with lightning conductors, which, so
far from affording a protective influence, have
a direct tendency to produce the very danger
that is their professed object to avert. In the
majority of cases, the rod does not project the
requisite distance above ihe top of the building,
antf in too many instances it has .a direct me
tallic communication with ihe walls. Some
times it terminates abruptly -at the bottom of
the building and not uufrequently it is ineffi
ciently pointed at its tipper extremity. We
mention these as general defects ; they are ob
servable in some form in ai least one half ihe
conductors now in use. The consequences
are too often fatal: buildings thus supplied are
subject to imminent danger, from which, inde
pendent or any conductor, they would be com
paratively free.
IBeatss for Sheep.
If you have beans unfit for culinary purposes
in consequence of their being mouldy or rancid,
wash them carefully t and g'ne ihem to the
sheep. There is nothing, perhaps, sheep more
admire at this season, and a gill a-day will be
of more benefit to them than a pint of corn. It
is frequently the case that beans aie injurned
by wet before harvest; or, by being stowed
away' damp, becoming mouldy and unfit for
use. In this condition they are often sold for
one-half their value, which, we consider equal
to the best of corn in any stale. The vines and
pods of beans are also an pxceliprit food for the
sheep, and, should bti as" carefully husbanded
by the fanner as-Mli'sccrn and hay.
Ambition.
BY JOHN NEAL.
I loved to hear the war-horn cry,
And panted at the drum's deep roll;
And held my breath, when flaming high
1 saw our starry banners fly,
As challenging the haughty sky,
They went like battle o'er my soul:
For I was so ambitious then;
I burned lo be the Slave of men.
I stood and saw the morning light,
A standard saying far and free;
And loved it like the conqu'ring flight
Of angels floating wide and'bright
Above the stars, above the fight
Where nations warred for liberty;
And thought I heard ihe battle-cry
Of trumpets in tho hollow sky.
I sailed upon the datk-blue deep:
And shouted to the eaglet soaring;
And hung me from a rocky steep,
When all but spirits were asleep;
And oh, my very soul would leap,
To hear ihe gallani waters roaring;
xFor every sound and shape of strife
To me was but the breath of life.
But 1 am strangely altered now-
I love no more the bugle's voice
Tho rushing wave the plunging prow
The mountain with his clouded brow
The thunder when his blue skies bow,
And all the sons of God rejoice '
I love to dream of tears and sigh3 .
And shadowy hair and half-shut eyes.
Worms in a Boy's Eye.
The Med. Zeit. Von. Preuss relates
the case of a boy, three rears of age,.
brought to Dr. Jiiitner, in the montli'
of July, 1S42, affected with violent
inflammation of the left eye especi
ally, the child declaring1 that he telt
something "creeping in his eye."
The left upper eyelid was enormous
ly swollen, and nearly covered the
under eyelid completely. On raising
the upper eyelid, the posterior extre
mities or a mass or maggots were im
mediately brought into view. Proper
assistance having been procured,
twenty larva or the common blue bot
tle were extracted, one after the oth
er; they were half an inch in length
each, and required a tug to loosen
them from their position. From the
inner canthus of the right eye, a sin
gle larva was perceived and extracted.
The child recovered under ordinary
treatment ; the sight of the left eye
was very long of being recovered,
but the eordea regained its transparen
cy by degrees ; and, at the time of the
report being made, there was only a
nebulous spot, about the sifce of a
lentil, which also seemed to be disap
pearing. The eccentric Lorenzo Dow, in. the
j-ear 1830, propliecied that in the
year 1843 there would be no King in
England, no President in theUnited
States, and that there would be snow
in June. His prediction has been
fulfilled to the very letter.
An article in the "Literature of the
Negro," in the Magnolia for Novem
ber, states it as a significant fact,
which has been strangely overlooked,
that, the words Ham, Shem, and JapJi
et, mean in the original Hebrew,
black, red, a'nd white.
" x ' Insanity.
There are 17,181 insane persons in
the United States; and the estimated
number of those who become so an
nually, is 5,719. There are sixteen
insane asylums in the country, con
taining something less than 2000 pa
tients, and receiving almost 1200 an
nually. " I understand," said a deacon to his neigh
bor, " that you aro becoming a hard drinher."
" That is a .-lander, replied the neighbor, ' for
no man can-drink easier,1
A Monster
The Portland Tribune says:
Some time since we gave an account
of a man who had been confined in
our workhouse for nearly forty years.
He died a short time since at the age
of about seventy. He. was deaf,
dumb, and blind, and for more than
thirty-nine years had been confined in
the cells of the house, and during this
time no communication with a single
individual, and lived more like a beast
than a human being. He slept on
nothing but hard boards, and wore
only a shirt and pantaloons. His food
was daily handed him, when he
wrould rise, take it and eat, and then
return to his board, where he lay
curled up tft another meal was
brought m. His name was Mayo.
In this manner he lived, occupying
but two cells, one in the cellar in
winter, arid another in an outhouse in
summer, for this long period. Pre
viously to his confinement in the
poorhouse, he was for five years a
tenant of the county jail. It is said
that he was bright and active when a
child, but severe sickness destroyed
his speech and -hearing. Possessing
a violent temper, and depraved with
al, ' he committed various crimes,
which induced his friends to confine
him. He once set fire to his father's
house. When taken to jail, his anger
was so intense, that he tore out his
eyes- with his own hands, and thus
for forty years was deaf, dumb and
blind.
The Fisheries on Albermarle Sound,
have all stopped operations, or ."hung
up," as it is generally termed by the
fishermen, after a very successful
season. At one of the fisheries, we
understand 1,000,000 of herring and
100,000 shad have been taken. There
are seven or eight others on the
Sound that do equally as good busi
ness, besides some half dozen or more
River fisheries. The whole amount
of herring taken, probably will not be
short of ten millions. Edenton Sen.
An Old .Hci&bcr.
Col. Joseph Wyatt, of Charlotte,
Va., aged 93 years, died a few days
ago. Col. W. was for 44 years suc
cessively, a member of the House of
Delegates from Charlotte, or a Sena
tor from the district to which that
county is attached.
-r-
Feathers are not an infallible pro-1
tection against lightning. A hen was
killed in Lyons, N. the other
night.
A Great Secret.
I-iow do you do,. Mrs. Tome, have
you heard that story about Mrs. Lu-
'Why no, really, Mrs. Gab, what is
it, dp tell V
' Oh, I promised not to tell for the
world! No I must never tell of it.
I am afraid it will get out.'
'Why, I'll never tell on it as long as
I live, just as true as the world, what
is it, come tell.'
' ' Now you won't say anything about
it, will you V , .
'No, I will . never open my head
about it, sacredly. Hope to die this
minute.'
.'Well; 'if you believe me, Mrs".
Fundy told me to-day, Mrs. Trot told
her that her sister's-husband was told
by'one who saw it that Mrs. Trouble's
oldest daughter told Mrs. Nichins,
that she heard Mrs. Putefog tell Na
omi Blute that a milliner told her,
last night, that bustles were going
out of fashion !'
'."Why ! you don't say so t' . .
JLiucs
Written hit Sir Walter Rakish the evening be-
Jare its uxeemton.
Evan such is Time, who takes on trust'
Our youth, our joys,, our all we have,, ' "
And pays us but with age and dus.ij
Who in the dark arid silent grave,.
When we have wandered all our ways,
Shuts up the story of our days
But from this earth, , litis grave; this du'st
My God will raise mo up, I, trust. -
1
An Ancient ISceipe for t$jeur.e oi Ihe
Goat.
The ingredients for this- remedie"
cannot be had withoute a littl&theftej
but. as no one's stock will bee eiidari:
gered, the sufferer will bee content
to run a little riske, in order to obtain
greate relief: 1st. Hee must piclr a
handkerchife. from the pocket $ a
maide of 50 years, who never liad a
wish to change her condition., 2nd.
Hee mustwashit in an honest miller's
pond. 3d. Hee must dry. it on a par
son's hedge that was never covetous.
4th Hee must scente it in a doctor's,
shop who never kill'd a patiente. 5th.
Hee mutmarkit witti a lawyer's inke
who never cheated'a cliente. Apply e
it to the part affected, and a cure will
speedilie follow,
Sugar in lew Orleans.
Extract of a letter dated New Or
leans, May 5th, 184 3., ."Sugars are
advancing rapidly : ordinary descrip
tions are soon expected to reach $6;
In consequence of the lateness of
the season and the long continued
droughts we have had, sufficient in
jury has been done to the growing
crop to cut it blf materially. Plants'
that have come up, are no higher now
than "the growth was last season, in
March, thus leaving it onlv five
months to mature, which under the
most favorable circumstances, will
not be long enough by about tw'p
months. Some of our largest deal
ers in Sugar, we understand, have
sent large orders to New York to
purchase up the article and hold it
until fail."
A Dr. Altott is lecturing against the
use of tobacco, at Bangor, Maine.
The lectures being free, all can go
who cliews.
It is said that the best radishes are
raised in pure sand. In fact, they
crrow better in sand than in common
earth, and free of worms.
The rebuilding of Point Petre, Gaudaloupe,
with iron houses, as affording the best securi
ty against earthquakes, is said to be seriou'sly
conlemplated by ihe French Government.
Never condemn your neighbor unheard,
however many the accusations which may
be preferred against him ; every btory has two
ways of being told.
Gapes in Chickens..
A writer in the Farmer's Cabinet, says pos
itively that the gapes in chickens, which cause
so many to die, are occasioned by wornfi in
the windpipe ; and lhat if ihe poulterer is
pleased to lake a feather, strip tho'sides all off
except a small tuft at the end, dip this in spir
its of turpentine, catch the chicken,' open its
mouth and just touch this turpentine to the
mouth of the windpipe, which may easily bu
seen at the top of the tongue and hear its roots,
the worms will almost instantly die, and tho
chickea as instantly recover. He says there is
no danger to the chicken from thid course.
There is a man now living in Portland
Maine, who during a moment of auger deflated
he would not speak lo his wife for a period of
eight years, and he kept his word. Although
he lived with her, and happily for aught wo
know, all tho lime, till eight years had passed
by, never a word passed between them, Thi
may be relied on as true.
A country sculptor wa3 ordered to engrave
on a tombstone the following words " A vir
tuous woman is a crown to her husbandl"
The stone, liowever, being small, he, engraved
on it A virtuous woman is 5s. to her husband."