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/ m o h a w k : v a k I j e t e e g i s t e e , 4'jriiKr's Jtfsrtnmil »B Y c;pt.w « js. Nothing is njo?o important for a dwel- liag house than a 417 collar, W lien cel- tp, tho air in the upper part o f andna thehe , s are damp, tho air in th e the house cannot he pure, a t aroma of everything in the cellar must pervade ^ supernatant atmosphere. Provision^ ' will not keep well in damp fihllars, and in deed the whole .economy of housewifery is materially interfered with in such cases. ------ - -------------- 1.3 fippiiga as — y or wet so r cellar, the stop© or wmlls should he laid in a mixtuvo of hy draulic cement and sand, instead of com mon mortar, at least as high up as the sur- fixce o f the ground; above this, common limo and liami mortar will do equally well — ^the outfiide, and not the inside of the wall, should also receive a coating of the mortar* made of tho hydraulic cement and sand, Tho floor of the cellar should be made of small or broken stones, where tlag-stones cannot be obtained, and grout ed with a mixture of one part by measure of hydraulic cement, to two of sand, and BO fluid as to fill up all the spaces between the stones covering them a half-inch or more. The centre or middle of the floor may be a few inches lower than the sides, and lierc may be sunk, surrounded by the cement, a small cistern, to receive the drain age when w ashing the floor. This arch like shape t(* the cellar floor will give it great strength, and enable it to withstand pressure of water from below. W lien fli stones can lie procured, they should be li in ccmi'iit made ns above stated, and of two inches or more in depth.— Mural. SOAKKl> COlVi F o i l HOUSBE, One of the most successful and judicious fanners in the vicinity of Baltimore, efl’ects a sa\'ing of from one-third to one-half of his corn, by soaHng it thoroughly before feeding. Jlis method is this:— ^two empty vessels, hogshe.ads, or something similar, are placed in his cellar rvhcre there is no danger from frost, and filled to the chime with ears of corn. U e tlicn pours in wa ter, till the receptacles are filled. When well soaked, the corn is fed to the horses, and rvhen the contents of one cask is con- fiumed, it is again filled, and the animals fed from tire other. Even cobs, soaked in a similar manner, but in pickle instead of pure water, are eagerly devoured by cows, especially if the usual allowance of salt is withheld. The corn cob contains a large quantity of nutiimeut, and is by far too valuable to be throrvn array. R e m a e k s .— ^This has become a general practice among judicious fanners, who feed tbeir horses upon corn. Our e.stirna- ble friend, D.avid Landreth, Esq., rvbo keeps a number of fine horses upon his gre.at seed farm, near the torvn of Biistol on the Del aware, always feed them upon soaked corn, and has done for several years. He con siders it a decided advantage.— Ger. Tel, HQ-n BISHS. Tlic first general thaw should not be tak en advantage of, to get the manure into a niingsta he work piroe In addition to the items mentioned in ..................... it the niJ fermeming state, (if not already done,) and the work piroeeeded rvithoufc delaj^. fo r m e r a r ticles o f th i s s e n e s , a c o n s id e r a b l e quantity of fruit and flower seeds may be sown, to precede those sown in the open ground at a later period. One great aim of all flood gardening is, to procure crops of vegetables and fruits, as well-as flowers, as early as possible, so that the enjoyment of these delicacies may extend over a more lengthened period, More cucumbers shouhl be sown, to plant out, and succeed those coming along in the liot beds, and to precede those sown in the open air, A batch of wafer .and other melons, squash of sorts, tomatoes, egg-plant, okra, &c,, should be .sovm and forwarded, ready to plant out as soon as the weather permits. Any of the flowers usually teimed half- hardy, such as Balsom, Coxcomb, Amar- antus, Thunregias, P hlox Drummondii, and laurandias, Trop. rveh or the tst of April, The end.of ..... ___ _ „ is soon enough for sow! if sown sooner they will be likely come too mneh drawn before they can be transplanted to the open ground,— Cqmtrg Oenihmmi, theso seeds, for to b e - G n A m —-The price of« guano in New York is at present fifty dollars a tom The best way to apply this manure to any crop, is to sow it broad-cast, after breaking all the Impps, without any mixture, and plow it in, at the rate of 200 to 500 lbs, per acre, Each 100 lbs, will cost about |8 m the land, and add five to ten bushels of grain to the produftt. If you cannot plow it in, mix it well with the soil by harrowing, Jf you plow a deep furrow for your row of com and sow the gtrano in the bottom and cover it five or six inches by another furrow, it will do well. Take care that yorr never that imme good old Jady’n p inohof Scotch snuff, dissolved In a tumbler of water afad used on » potted-plant, will wnlw It start into life like a l i a r shower. Guano is sold In bags of 100 to iso lh a , each.-^-JSr, Grte^ leg, ' * * .. •— - ^ u s s m v m m As every Bring connected wiBi poultry now a days has a peculiar interest, we give, tiro following sensible remarks, from an English paper. First, of the roost and nest-house, The floor should h e sprinkled witha^ies, loam, pulverized peat or fine charcoal, and the floor should bo cleaned off' every week. The yard should contain a grass plat, some fine gravel, slaked lime, dry ashes, and pure water. The nests should bo lined with moss heath and straw, Evidently the Dorkings are the best breed } they will lay an average o f I 80 eggs each per annum. Fowls with black legs are best fbr roasting, while those with, white legs are best for boiling. If you want them to sit early leave eggs under them. Fowls inthei\* native habits never lay more eggs Bmn they can hatch. Eomembor that no suc cess can be expected from poultry-keeping if their houses be damp, cold, uneleau, or badly ventilated; i f their food does not approximate to that which they g o t in a state of nature, roz; a mixture of auipral and vegetable ‘% o d ; if the water they drink be st; nnre hei somest nant, the drainage o f tho ma ce,, or if the strongest, and Inmd- ot bred from. C heap P aint ,— F or the outside of dwel lings, fences and outhouses, where economy and durability are considerations, Take a barrel, and put in it a bushel o f quick lim e ; slack the latter by pouring over it boiling water, covering the lime four inches deep, stiring it till slaked; dissolve two pounds of sulphate of zinz (white vitriol) in water, which must bo added to tlio whitewash,— This will harden the lime when it is applied to the wood leaving a firm white ciystaliz- ed surface, not easily removed by the weather or friction. To make the wash a cream color -add 4 Ihs. of yellow ochre, for a fawn, 4 lbs. of umber, and 1 lb. lamy)- blaek ; stone color, 1 lb. umber and 2 lbs, lanipblaclc. VrUiiat i s tUu Hixvdcut SloUc t u Xii„ i To be shot dead is one of the easiest modes of termhiatiiig life ; yet, rapid as it is, the body has leisure to tcel and reflect. On tho first attempt, by one of the fra n t i c adherents o f Spain, to assassinate William, Prince of Orungiqwho took tlie load in the revolt of tho Nethevlancls, the ball passed through the bones of hia face ayjjd brought him to tho ground. In the instant preced ing stupefaction, ho was able to frame the notion that the coiling of the room had fallen and crushed him. The cannon shot which plunged into the brain of Charles XII, did not prevent him fiom seizing his sword by the hilt. The idea of an attack, and the necessity of defence, was pressed on him by a blow which we should have supposed too tremendous to leave an inter val of thought. But it by no means fol lows that the inflicting of fatal violence is accompanied by a pang. From what is known of the first effect of gun-shot wormds, it is probable that the impression is rather stunning than acute. Unless death be im mediate, the pain is as varied as the nature of the injuries, aud these are past counting up. But there is nothing singular in the dying sensation, though Lord Byi*on re marked the physiological pecnliarity that the expression is invariably that of languor, while in death from astab,tlie conntenanco reflects the traits of natural character, of gentleness or ferocity, to the last breath.— Soine of these cases aie of jnterest, to show with what slight disturbance life may go on under a mortal wound, till it finally comes to a sudden stop, A fopt-soldier at Waterloo, pierced by a musket ball in the hip, begged water of a trooper, who chanc ed to possess a eanteer of beer, Thowound- ed mnn drank, returned his heartiest thanks, mentioned that his regiment was nearly ex terminated, and, having proceeded a dozen yards on his V a y to the , rear, fall to the earth, and with one convulsive movement of his hmbs, concluded his career, “ Yet his voice,” says ^,the trooper, who himself tells the story, “ gave scarcely the smallest sign of weakness,” Oapt,BasilHall, who, in early youth, was present at the battle of Corunna,, has singled out from tho confii- sion which consigns to oblmon the woes and gallantry of war another Instance, ex- tj'emely similar, which occurred on that occasion. An old officer, who was shot in the head, arrived pale and faint at the tem porary hospital, and begged the surgeon tc look at his wound, tvhi^.was pronounced mortal, Indeed, I feared so,” h e jrpspond- ed,with impatient utteranQU, and yet I should like very much to live a little long er, i f it were possible.” Ffe laid his swprd upon a stone, at his side, ** as gently,” says H a i l ‘d as i f its steel had habit turned to glass,” and almost immediately sunk dead on the (lawgft pi* c’wimiiiiption, A s the lungs are the seat o f the disease, it is natural Ihat we should find the first 'enjent lymp- FmsfMtiii ny ww Ma lays aw wiy jfond of muiitio, and itw pretty gca4 portbrwars, iThey oTeii hav# wiwsie at thw fimoraK and a large hand aocqmr paaies the procesaion thronglt the streets, Dnring my stay at Maniha, thare waa a great wtatality among Qie children,, and some y im hurled every day. One day I. met four little hoys rynmui^aloBgl laugh- to my s u ^ i ^ discovered that the bas ket contained a dead child, strewn over with flowers, I saw another deadehildin- sort o f platforai, ornamented with rih- ids and flowers, earned on, the shonlders of several men, and surmounted by a can opy, beneath which the dead child was seated on a wooden hor'se, its back support ed by a piece of wood, while its bead swung about on each side, 'flho spectacle, which struck me with horror, seemed very attractive to the crowded population in the streets .—A BkeicheAs Tow, atvangc t( 1 ca pi a (Jraxy |la n . In ja work called “ Anecdotes of Mono mania,” we find the following account o f a Pennsylvania cooper -who abstained from food for fifty-two days; This man resided in one of those picturesque and l^eantiful villages with which' the icOmmonwealth is retiec- mnd at during’ his slumbers with a kind of tumor, indicating an unhealthy action of the mind, B y day, however, he was apparently w e ll; conversed rationally, and attended to his employments with the usual promptitude. By degrees, ho began to evince, on one subject, a trifling alinea- tion of intellect. H e contended seriouBy, and with' the greatest earnestness, that a man could bring himself by solemn medi tation, and communion with his Maker, to ~ \mditiouin which, even on earth, his sical wants might he foregone, and the iiiary nourishment o f mortal life he clis- nnd over w F w th»w Beemji ever jto brood a dlwpel n w unbroken olou^,, The’ why or wherefore, defies compfbhopwonr---- The pblloic^y o f Sbylock on thi* subject, is as good as that o f all the doctoff ever extant, flpm Gplen and the 4 »<depid*e, flown to the best of modern times. Ht ia God'l ordinance,— a» doubtJesa, w iris in- aprntahle, Three days now remained for the com- nletioii o f our subject’s fasting ordeal, when he became so infim as to lose his power o f utterance, ^ Dreaflftilly' alarmed, his fidends deterthihed to avert his seemingly impending, death, by .stratagem, Gentle narcofics were, mingled with the water he mnwifestatipn o f i t in some of tbeir function, ^ One ofthe oarlfi toms noticed i« ‘^^ugh.” It is dry, and Is first discovered OR the patient’s getting out xA- intervAl, ^ ^ of bed in themorirjng. After an intervAl, let it come in contact with seed or plant or is also experienced during the day, espeeW- it will destroy them. W h en com is grow- ly after exertion; and again at night, after ing, you may plow in guano by the side of retiring, For some time thi? cough is w the rows. You may sow it upon growing slight as to be entirely 01 wheat, and harrow it in too goodood advantage,dvantage. patient, and m»y scarce] j t g a Yoir may sow it upon gw;ss, and g ain two dofito’s worth of hay for every, one spent, Both on wheat apd gJ»ss, and in all cases when used as a top > dressing, m ix half a bushel o f plaster with each hundred weight, ormake a compost with swamp mwah, char coal; fine clay or loam, tJs© 200 pounds of Peruvian Guano to the acre? and you will find it equivalent to a. &ir dressing of Stable manure, Never mix lime or a ^ e s with guano-—never w et before using-—keep its dry, and it never loses strength, It prm duces the best effect upon poor i^ndy laud, but it is good for any diy soil in' ipad ©f manuring. It is vsty valuable ftw garden vegetables, giving them great and good flavor and producing no weeds, It is ex-, cellent for any lady’s flower butiAa must use it as sparingly ns our old aunt uiad to be o f ber tea, when shainada itfer hirad roan, and us boys; and if thay am aataftil navar to roaka itan y a i r r o ^ l t will patient, and m»y seaveely be regarded by his friends, being in reality, little more than one or two imperfect attempts to cough,— After the lapse of some weeks or monihs, the rooming eough is observed to be 'M f tepded by ma expectoration of a clear, ropy finid, like wdiva, which is stipposed by the patient to coroe from the tordat, .By de^ grees this coroes to he oonttnued with the cough flirowghout the day, though rohch less than in the morning, liow, whensneh a cough Steals upon a person without any ai^srent cause, ifcMwuld excite suspimon, i^laad to the most searching examination. It may pcaaibly prove uniiapQftont, for ooiigh does not always end in consumption bu^noveitoelesi, it U hlaly to indicate the appeaiMdi #seriouf miachiad Gough is fiot Mwiyi present, even in oonflimed aon^ mf ooeestonally g ease mne tbrpugliall tta idaM vri&Hil hav^ a condition m winch, even on earth, his physical wants might he foregone, and the ordinary nourishment o f mortal life be cli,s- pensed rvith altogether. This delusion in creased in his fancy, until he announced, one morning at breakfast, that he was then taking his last meal for the space of the following fifty-two days,— a number corres- .ponding with the amount of weeks in a year, At first, his family were utterly in credulous as to his intention; hnt they soon found to their sorrow, that his purpose wasi too deeply fixed to he shaken or frus- tratod. He declared with great soberness, that, God had appeared to him in a dream, commanding him to abstain from all earth ly tood, for tlie space above mentioned; promising to sustain him under his self de nial, witli heavenly manna; and declaring that when his probation expired, he should be translated to glory, like the prophet of old, without tho taste of death. This rev elation ho most potently believed, and act ed accordingly, For a tew days, he was enabled to attend to his mechanical avocations, but he grew teeible by fasting and having taken nothing save water, since entering upon tho fulfil ment of his resolution, ho was soon’eom- peJIed to take his bed. There, )ie would give directions to his workmen touching their employments, and conversed cbeer- nd rationally with all who appi The unusual circumstance of a fully and rai noach a man gradually wasting away his lite by volunta ry starvation, soon become extensively bruited through the borough, and the mon omaniac hacl, consequently, no lack of vis iters. Growing daily weakori ho yet kept “ open house” for his friends, and no one who called went away without the refresh ments aff’orded by “ creatures comforts,”— nor, strange to say, without a full belief of his sanity, On flxe twentietli day, the deluded mar tyr became so feeble as to bo scarcely ca -7 pable of speaking. Ho was implored to abandon his foolish resolve, and reference was made to his increasing weakness, as an argument showing the mental deception under which he suffered. But he persist ed against all entreaty, and would have per ished in a few days, had not a physician advised that the water which he drank should be filtered thinugh a vessel contain ing a little rice, and some grains of gum arabic. This partially sustained him, and the regimen, unknown to himselfi was c®u- tiinued. Fr( to inform, him , w ken, that ho had survived h is time, a ^ al to] o to place food by his hed-side. \i^reu old tliat ho had outsleptbis period, ho was so weakene^ were his digestive organs, that tho gastric juices refused their office, and before sunset, on the fifty-second day of his suicidal fast, he was a coipse ’.---the vic tim of a wild and fatal monomania. IJf ers to accompany us to tho territory itself, and see where and what it is, who inhabit it, or life in Nebraska. In visiting this unorganized territory, up on which there is now So much dispute, we must first go by any route wo chooso to the city of St, Louis. Hero we will take a Steamboat and float for hundreds of miles to the mouth of the Kansas liver. W e land hero, and are in tho region called N e braska, If we wei’o pleased to l,ake anoth er Steamboat, wo could go up the Kansas river, or nearly west, towards the interior. But lot ns prefer rather to continue our voyage up the Missouri, still b y steamboat, for some hundreds of miles. W e are now at the montli of the Platte river, or the Nebraska, which means Shallow Bottom.” It is rightly named, for though it is ft-om one to three miles wide; itis generally very shallow, and steamboats pass up its waters for only forty miles. By this river Co], Fremont passed much of the way, on his route to California and Oregon in 1842,— In his journals o f his two expeditions, there is, probably, more information on Nebraska than can be obtained from all other books. W e find Nebraska to be a vast region.— B y the late census it is estimated at 136,- •700 square miles, or a region as laige as Now England, New York, New Jersey, Del aware and Maryland, and even larger, If organized as proposed by the bill of Mr. Douglas, now pending in Congress, it will be larger still, as it will embrace much of what has been known as Indian Territory. W e find tho nortliem part of Nebraska as cold as New England; the interior as cold as tho Middle States, and the southern portion with something of the mildness of Virginia, There is, however, this difterence; Nebraska is more Asiatic in its climate and general features. There are vast praries, high table lands, thousands of miles above tho level of the sea, rivei-s of almost inter minable length. On the west it is bounded by the Rocky Mountains, whose highest tory; here many grant, bound for California, has lain doivn to die, worn out witb fatigue and hunger. The soil of Nebraska is mostly fertile, the of o w modem civili- «oir to put forth theft atoength in whM ft to be the great heart of Aroer- •iei,'.’ . ’ , * Other wiW ailroaft, bewdei B p ifloe, a- bpund in Nebriwlca, Tbqm pre tfle «wil| witoltfe, elk, deer, prairie :dog«, vrild hov« xea, and oncaiionally a glib ly * bear etofsees the path (4 the ftavelleiv The prairie dog is alliefl to flic marmot, They abound vtest of the Miseissippi, living hy the hundreds together, under ground, Ool. Fremont and party dug for one in tbeir jonmey, but did not succeed to find him. These dogs are about the size of a Their bark is sharp, rabit or woodebnek. like that o | a small flog. Jf the emigrant is hungry, h e mounts his horse, gives chase to a heard of Buffaloes, if so-be he can shoot one, for the dinner of him and Ms, He chooses to kill a cow, rather than a bull, if he can, as her meat is more tender. If there is not enough of the K it Carson about biro to follow and lay prostrate a Buffalo, he tries his hand at a doer, an antelope, or a good turkey. There is no want o f ,wild meat to the eroigrant, the mere ttaveller, or the resident, if he has the skill to take it. A ll accounts agree that the prairies of this region are covered with the most beau tiful flowers: on a clear day, the prospect is truly enchanting— paradisacal. The rose h his expeditions, anfl in his book are given the scientific, as well as the popular names of multitudes of Nebraska plants. most that abound with selves. The cotton-wood tree is abundant upon tho rivers. The climate is very dry, and y et wo read of no complaints o f drought. Fremont, in giving an account of the weather, has re corded sixteen clear days in the summer in succession, which is a record that could he hardly made of any New England weath er. But what is to be the friture of Nebras ka ? If it teems with life now, it is the life of wild vegetation of allkinds. There are reptiles in abundance, and musqiiitoes, that the traveller has a poAverful kuoAvIedge of. There are now magnificent rivers, oceans of imoccujned land, great deserts, a whole territoiy, a wide waste. Butall thissoonis to be changed, Steam ers are to fly over her waters, and the cars over her lands, Instead of the red men, shall he the white men, instead of wild, do mestic animals. The bum of the spindle shall be heard upon her Avaterfalls, From Nebraska shall spring Nebraska, and Kan sas, aud from these, other States as good, we trust, as Massachusetts, as Nmv York, and Ohio, and, avo hope, as iutoUigent and as prosperous. No Avondev that the organization and peopling of such a vast region makes some stir, both in aud out of Congress, for the fiiture inhabitants of this region may con trol tho destinies of this country at the la test time. The people, far separated from both oceans, and having but fcAv rivers that are at all navigable, will be mainly devoted to agriculture, and if they start right, may be as happy and independent as the far mers of N cay England and New York,— Olive Branch. tieo, H e shrank not a jot from hi§ pur pose, although his flesh had fallen awav, his hands became long apd bony, flecked witJr shriYolfed blue veinsi and ms cheeks hollow and hftggatd, H is eye still retain ed is cbeertnlnesa, and he would say in a faltering voice, as h e surveyed his attenua ted limba,— God hath qone this,” N o JSapvrffilm* in his eel], with, beads «nd cross, wearing his knees in genuflexions, and lacpfating fiis back with stripes, ever rooto demented thaii this simple fihanie in hft loftly determination, Eveiy word he uttered, when he could be prevail ed upon toluctantly to speak o f himself or his condition was full o f hope, determina tion, and confidepeo, He cared Very little, about conw r ing on the subject o f his ex- traordinaiy abstinence,—-did ftot suero to consider the presence of to many IrtCnds, great a elond i4 witneises,”-*f-as.ah isda<. ocewrence, andnaH wasw froquanfly m HnUSU i w ^ ^ ■nore fond o f speaking on any osliertthctoe Jf hftsiogufti flel m i bill theft planta, A p ioel iJw o f luifiwiiir, lan on that o f hft singular flelusiQp, jBevott daya at iaat only ireroiflned o f hft painful trial. H e became more buoyant in spirit, a» the time of hft appointroeRt drow near to r 4oae 1 y«t h e seamed ft? less anx- loiHi about h ft from tho world, thab with to the state in which he should leave hft W lr\ \— were left he wm refl»aed skeleton i bm hft mind remnuL^ . hft halhroinattoii wntoilMPORji within hiiro Ignorant o f the woeaft miaRi hy irhieh he had been kept alive, ha ' ittrjbiged eyeiy' thing to sujtornaturifl igaReleft A t this time, c o n tra lt o all expeMatton, h« befpm to be roelarorooly, There m ebb to the high* tida of hope with whfth h ft m igh ty eflbnhad hitherto been s u i t i M t N o one could r ight^ acoownt for jflft siagHlar depreasiofl o f hft spirits, when so n o if the goal of hft dsnms, wHh the bright of iti toeedy a t t a l ^ i i l ; and In tniA |ba rirqumsiaoee wiR WMixplaiaable I Ibr aaofrf « r i ^ have waver y e f agreed what toft the cause or w b itaiiw e f wwlewdiely of tiiop* hid MRidhiilty iR iSm hgiRM smih ilaii% Rw, m y tMiw aNi *hiiiMllvaiaRW4Mi h l m a a ft m rm M I r I of lime- md-stone, which always indi cates a good soil. It must, in the future, become a fine tarming region. Already many yoting farmers of ouf country have their eyes upon it, and will be bending thither their steps as soon as Senator Doug las’ bid; or any other passes, organizing the territories. But who inhabit Nebraska? Indians, and hardly any but Indians. It is their grandest hunting-ground, and itis supposed that fr6m 7'5,0OO to 80,000, or about one- sixth part df all the Indians that yet re-; main in the United States, roam over its prairies, and table lands, pass their canoes over its waters, pursue game by rivers, and over mountains, and, wage Avar one upon anotherv , .Here are Christian Indians, so called, such a^ the,Delawares, Stockbridges, etc.; here are the wllflund wav-like Sioux, and Cheyeeno Indians that delight in scenes of blood; here roam the Mandaus, the Crows and Blackfoofe; the Assinibones, tfie Ar’icareSj' the Gres, Ventres, and the Man- dans^ Onr civilization has driven them be-^ s, expected that they Will be fitted to become apart of the body-politic, and to b e duly represented in Congtess, Huntingunting thehe buffalofalo iss thehe greatreat pursuitursnn ir H t buf i t g p of the wild indiauB of Nebra^a, and. tbeii greatoi^fc tonree of profit. Their sMna’they sell to the fur-traddrt \ but, a las! the buffa loes ^-e becoming soarce nnder the influ- ence ot ^ many jiflea thai'we aimed fit them* 'Whal will they do when they are do, and with.coiftidejfibJe snexsew, m will be seen from th« following statistieS L These in nmhber, that live nndirtoeForiiJftjiviinwortli agen cy north and Bouth «f ^ e .Kansas river, cultivfito more thsn^OQO aro’eft Fforo these aiwci they mitod,in a single year, 8 OQ bush- eft o f cTO’n, affffQ of'Wheat, Iff,000 of oata, ^ anfl 200,000 meloua ‘of all Idmft They k 'WhftiibttF dayp havei'argft numbers of hofses and oxen,^ iflwMifl ;to a mem aiidflyeTike happy and iudgpenflent fl«s mmaineflflniv atm rtftm, ‘ ; C f whitm p rotoliftifftyllripgto kA them « m M f e w , a»d t h & iid atthey* militaty wenatatioatoi fit some o f tho torts, or efte InlUaR ageqta; or, elm mftrioRaries; mat out by the various mligious iftimtoaaF ttoaa of m Statea* f t ft frto. them stwal- ways more pr lean white trivw tm 'passing toXftlitoraiiN^to to U fth, New • ftaxico, ormtorning from theooe, which gifpi a o jiwoasideraWe variety to the lifesj of thoee who am odRlbefl them. Ind!(ftd» ft ft ROW ststod that a aewspwer ft haroe- d ftla l/to b e piatefl at old 1 ^ KeerRey, jliid ^ a t s p o e M M ft to be estshWhed ’ - r i M a ftvm lUj^ m She Avas a poor old sick slave in one of the W est Indian islands ; her oAvner had given her a poor hovel to live in, and there she lay on her mean bed, unable to help hcrselt; subsisting on what her neighbor brought her, and dependent on her for at tendance. Poor Maimie! One Avoukl have thought she was a pitiable object; but Maimie did not think so. She Avas so hap py, that her Christain sister said it Avas a treat to visit her. She loved Jesus— she had obeyed him in health, and she noW trusted nnd praised in sickness; and his “ Father loved her and then came and made their abode Avith her.” Yes, that poor hut Avas a temple of the Kings of Irings. One Sabbath evening many hacl gone in to her as they passed fi'ora the chapel, to tell her sometlung good, and Maimie was more joyful than usual. She spoke of the love of Jesus te a poor “ nigger.” She said, “ Maimie soon see him— soon be Avith Him for eber and eber. 0 joy ! j o y ! no more pajn dare— ^no more long, long night— no more hunger. 0 what me do for praise him ? Gloiy ? glory ?” Early next morn ing she was seen outside her door. With a desperate effort she had crawled out, and raising herself by the door-post she Avaved her withered hand over her head and shout ed: ’ r- r I'se boon’ for tlie kingdom, Wilt you go to glory wid me,” ;$eforQ any one could g et to her, she was dead, She had prai^d her Maker while she had health, and no doubt ere her poor clay bad again been laid. upon, her com- fortless bed, her spirit had reshmed the blissful enjo}TOent and stood before the throne a'frophymf toe Sariour’s triumph over ignorance,, degradattoh and gin.--* Wei, Ofen^T . itlefrtan Ifl lown who sports ich, ^W6 are eredihly inform’ -ed, cost him a-thousand dollars, and the Tlieraisftg a breast-^jn, v ........ ................................ ■\ Hallorau. « B y accident,” conttnnefldhe postillion, a I was firing at a buto,. 'and toe baste ran across my aim, all on Ms; own accord,” The game keeper tells a efifferent sto ry,” replied his lordslnp, “ Oeb, don’t-put faith to - what' that fel low says,” says Tim RyaU,. when he nev er cares about sp'eaking tod truth anyhow. He told me tha other day; yer loidsbip was not so fit to fill the ehair o f justice as a jackass!” . , • ' “ Ay, ay,” exclaimed Viscount Killski^ pery, “ indeed, and what did yon gay “ Please yer lordship, I saiflyer lordship was,” , , \ Sun WAS TOO. MUCH Eon HIM,— M l Run- favorite candidate, and by toe time he got: home, he felt the effects thereof. He, how ever, was determined that his good spouse should he none toe wiser for it, so he w i ^ l to bed and gave her the cold shoulder, that Avith th is remi “ Oh, Joe, you needn’t think to hide it by turning yom’ h a ck,/or yoM are drmjc all through'' Bungle smiled. Goon,— W e hoard, lately, a little story of one of our Lawyers. He was engaged in an important case and was cross-ques- rtioning aAvitness, whose character was im peachable, and whose testimony was rather bothersome. In vain did he criss-cross— the witness was firm. A t last he exclaim- “ W ell Mr. ------- ^isn’t there something else 1 Haven’t you forgot somethiug ?” The witness paused a moment as if deeply reflecting, aud ansAvered, “ W ell really, Mr. ----- Jcan't recollect anything I Jmveforgotten. M ake H a y wotle the S u n S h i n e s . “ Jack,” said a coal merchant,” Avhat kind of morning is it ?” “ Very cold, s ir!” “ Did it freeze?” “ Yes s ir; hard I” “ Raise the coals four fehilliugs a ton, God help the poor.” The surest Avay to prevail on a young couple to m a n y is to oppose them . Tell them yo u “ Avould rather see them in their graves,” and twelve m onths aftenvards their baby w ill pass you tAvice a day in a willow Avagon. B efoee wom a n ’s-rights had progressed as for as they now have, a little girl, one day at play, v/anted a younger sister to tEike the least responsible duty of the play house, and be m o th e r ; but the youngest, an em bryo Avornan’s-right woman,- perfer- red the part o f faiher; for, said she, “ M others have to cook aud Avash, and nurse tire baby, Avhile fathers only just put a cigar in their m o u th, and their hands in tbeir pockets, and Avalk up street.” This evinced considerable observation for a child o f three y e a r s ; and, in fact, older people have seen som e thing o f the sam e sort. “ A little girl here, after repeating her usual prayer which her sick mother had taught her, asked if she might say ‘ words of her own.’ Leave being given, sbe Avent “ 0 Lord ! don’t let my ma die, nor my pa, nor gran’-pa, nor gran’-ma, nor any of my uncles and aunts, or any of my cous ins ; and don’t let onr lured girl d ie; but, O Lord, you may let Avho else die you are a mind t o !” “ Our little ‘ Eddy’ sometimes says queer thiugs; most little boys of two years of age do. A few nights ago, having just finished a ’ famous’ jfiece of pie, of which he is very fond, he Avas summoned by his motoar to ‘ say his prayers’ and go to bed. Kneeling at her side, be repeated after her that heaven-taught petition, “ which art in Heaven,” etc., i , “ Onr Father , until she came M,-r. m v , J 0 $ m i ymoiFm. teolrthn, IS w«eR«^ i n Inci4ental]^eases, ..... »| 7 ^ j^ q w r a e E t o l B ^ c f e f s , for a<scoinplislie4 Instnio- famished ibow, feelahfl washftiJr nuiBisjaui guA'enieea rrojesf ling a Jfative I ’eacberof M minmt GetiUeman Pianitt, For Board, or for other ?4ncipal. Fort Plain, N .y„ Feb. 25,1854. Board, or for other infonnation, a t ld r ^ th« L , W E S L E W S ' T a i l o r i n g E x n p o r i i i m T Healer, Mving recently rethilied from New JU * York with a good assorted etoekof BroadClofhs Cassimeres, Testings, Spring Ties, Collars, ,&C., &a„ offers them for safe to his former enstomera and the pub lic geijeially, at prices that can pot help being satisfactory, The cloth- Wilf he sold by the yard to suit pnr- ^ ^^SfoR T S OFFASITtoNS. are ___________ - received Xfdhthiy, And hence he is epahied to ent and mahe np clothes, alwaj’s in the latest style, , _ (jl^Cntting dohe pt short notice, mia wmTanted fe)* fft,if properly made up, WEBSTER’S Building, foot of Canal S6. __ ^ ^ O B I E AND S E E ,—Tlie snbscriber, wishing to* leave this place, offCi-s for sale hisIloflBeand Lot, situated in the west end of Fort Plain :tbc' same heing a bargain to any one who deshes fo pnr-- ciiase, _ Fort Plain, March 2 1 ,185-i, Inqni're- DAVroRGASLER. ^ O N C f U l^ S S BBACKINC}.—'The grept thing discovered. E. Z. HAZARD- after five years ex perimenting, lifts at last discovered a composition which Avill beautifully polish and at tho same lim e oil and render the leather soft and pliable. <To be had iuFortPJftia only o f ray agent, J, B. .fOHNSON. ^ ^ h a z a r d , Proprietor, N o .(5 Erie Building, Dnane St., N . T . c h i n a , G I i ASS a n d e a r t h e n - W A H E , A t CJrfiia D a l i , E o r t D la iii. r i l i l E suhscrihei-s have recently estahlished a Croclt- I ery Store in Port P lain, Avhere can be foimd at a li tiipes an extensive and carefully selected stock of China, Glass and Earthen-ware, Avhicli they received from the mfaniifactures and from auctioji. at very low prices for cash. To those tvho buy to sell again, or fe> families purchasing for their own use, indheemeut* w llbeoflfcrednottohe found elsewhcve in the Coun try. The assortment embraces the various styles of Ware, commonly kept in a Crockery Store, with a good assortment of Brittania and Silyer-Pfiited ware, WaR Paper—both commdu and Satin—'Window P aper, Oil Shades, Trimmings, Looking Glaa-ics of all sizes, a , general assortment o f Stone ami Woodem'Ware.Gioljo and Hall Lamps, Giraiidoes, &e. In fact they have a ite house‘Tuniishhig esfiiblishment. Give them DPE& F L N E HOUT. coinjilete r p i i e O n ly P r i z e M e d a l f o r T r u s s e s nyvard- X ed to Marali & Co., hy the Industrial E.vhibitiou of nil Nations at the Crystal Palace, for their new for twenty live years, uud \vhi(^h liad already beeii a pated by many of the New York Surgeons. T)u» pectiliiir cliaracter of this Truss has been set forth in a complete aud comprehensive mauuel by S.N . Jfnrsb» 2 ^ Maiden, New York, at 2.5 centa. of mercantile ami may be seen at liurgicai and jvantile a other gentleman cui e seen at their office. _ gicai and AntomkalMechanicism, inventors and manufactures of the invisible support for latteral or incipient curvature of the spine, lor the cure of .\ clastic^stockfngs”m^^ ricoso veins. The PHcc Meda/ aM'arded for si... for Indies’ and gontiemen. Office open until y o’clock ip the evening. f t , «,!. by C. b f IVETJIOEE, Cunajoharie. n l y l Philudel- AFFLICTED READ! 1~)U lln < leIp h ln M<!«lienl H o iise J . years ago by Dr. KlNIvELlN, and Gniou sts., between Spruce phia, Pa. INffALIDS Are apprised that Dr. KINRELLN confines his prao tice to a particular braneii of jm-didne. Avhieh enga ges his undivided {•.tter.fioit. He cautinuH tiie unf'i'T- tiinate against tlie abase of mercury; thousands arts annually mercurialized out of life. Recent aff'ectiona arc proinptl 3 ' extinguished. TWENTY YEARS OP EXPERIENCE In the treatment of a class of diseases hitherto peg- louted and imperfectly understood, has enabled iff. KINKELIN, (rturtor ofawmkon SetfiPreservation,) to prove that nine tenths o f the causes o f jiervQus de bility, lociil and constitutional weelmess, mental and physical suffering, are traceable to certain habits, forming the most secret yet deadly and fatal springs of domestic misery and peraiature mortality. TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. lod, and which, if u( ly begets serious obstacles but g ives rise to a series devastating affections, 1 , . jforined in due tim e.n id to nratrimoniri hapf “ Oh, uo, Mothor I—pie/ — Bay b i e !” T h e l a s t D ph ■ S to r y ,— W e like good dog stories,. ;and make it a yule always to publish toerm The veiy last one is fiom Fayetteville, Ark,, where a farmer’s dog has been detected in going to toe hog pen ah night arid bitifig one of the h o ^ till he gets up, when Ajohy liesdoiyniu toe warm place aud goes |o sleep. “ I have, very, little respect for toe ■ies t o f toft world,” fis toe ohap said wken toe if he emancipate .himself before the practice has ■rops p « w» -ed f , s s i t t u r S a wt s a s a e s s v ^ s ^ a s f f ■ At Oork, a Mll-stieker, recently, iu post- ’ ■ gatoiy, stuck _ _ _ __ strange and unaccountable feelings, and vague feaw lug some ffilfe :^lat|pg to purgatoiy, one over a railway aun'ouueemeiit, which at little dfttawfe read—’^ Itedueod fare to Furgatoty. MARINAGE fnlfUinent of several conditions, in or der that it mV he really the cause of inntaal happl- ■nmk Oonldthaveil whlfth ooiims the origin of do mestic wretchedness he raised, and itstme sowce in (rigiual price of tolttiu waa fifteeh huu- fired dollars, There is quite a Uttle hftto- ty coDirocted with toft pw^ ft was ‘^got tip” in Madrid for » 3paw*h grandee • he w m ' to Mexico, gfiroWed, lost' hft money, then hia valnahle “ bauble,” toe diamond pin,I ffhe tofiiper” who mvested tbeGaiir ttfigp of his a g®*‘tlewiau from New Oriwroii, whOf haTiugmade his forttmCj ifttireft from toe Mexican capital, was roh-, hed and assassitiated near Giro* by tof» guerollnaif tongwrtlHaohftf wa« taken, ib« diatrmnd pin fotinfl npon h>ro ? ha was ihti^ and d»« pto *nid to a geniteiSfin floiog htiftimas in Vera Gru*, ’a»4 who iffterwwds m up toa i»n al a Maw Orftatii rafrft p it w ii wm Jty isteflimhroft nipi^n, who sold ft to our Chocinuatiafr for ona tk>u*a«d fldL fttft W« halteYfi toe histoty of to t pin to b« iMto#ntto, and too yin la a fesautitol and daugertm* pftb of jaw#y; thn pmn%' owner haviri|r ^ -tol^ twioe, Otitia fog R e h a r o b e r ^ t t in Maw ttid m m hy R friitiw wbti sniitobad..ft N w hftht- RDTO, aa ha itnod to ton dtoiiwty of »«roi- oprt to m to' tWa nlty. Slpt fto-ft-^attU there Pfit ?” s4d_ a frfiyeler ,to a son qi Frim out West, ^^Raw ones to hestite, yqu’m honor, ^ 6 Mled ones we sowed last year(woMdn’tjgtoWiaLall,’’ . . A inau t o tofl Sta% Rfftou receutly seut -for u ©ox of fttiiBia BalYe, Heffaid that he h ^ heard it “0 s p o d for a w breaMug Itoitaitea rr' 'itoaaifrto»M - T m fRANtSB irpm rtto^lftefortnWiwho S i; EEiis t ^ w iTRUiMt R'iR Maiaiiipai to' ■ m.: S S I fOiehed, bbmbmbfr , * .... • S i ^
