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From the Smouthern .prrieud ur st. Th4e Onl.aira~~tin ol' itt ar-~sl leV. The presi et mfth. thouhuth. S thll, ben tepo rlni h pill ign hebaed we deem it wnCeissay. It give its ition (a0 t its cul ti 4iire midltl *-lioial uswsv h an5ter.). ItL has) I Long 1, een a ' a in t uiI Is. ta t I Ie th sm II grais f d be cuI It I I I:vd t t-h oth t avv thwoe whi-ch wONht fully inlattn-e and I e f .1 e:,)p from-n t lw w~iint.-r inoi.-ture idf the car(!h. The Cre unlit fillort. oIt Ar pt: [ a d thI, liter varih ties of v.':sat, :(d anisembh. BAr.ley, when it i propely ScohIt-d dow1n, wilt i tsll i grain ealy inl Alay. and tI:1.Ny be coun :l b a sa rlop. I t, i . oi ri4. ; I 4' t' 1 v :1 t I 11 I -1 t e lt A i) t .' L'I Z41 i1:1t ,1:11 a wtiarm inat as't th lihani: neesi ed it fr aoinll '.yt.- oth r parts of iri c tiand Spaing-It aotmledik ill Syria. .'id the w or i i t lations if the I-'.I-t 1in oy sa tly ie t d it a, t11O h;:i ir, of its origin. In Arabia antil I* l'-,:I. as well as 1pon h 11 illte Tarturitit 61-vpp.3-, it is now aglmuliae, .aod is the Chief, food)( for) o1-a1 :lnlt beast. 11. is eiv I tt e I t lt uish wheriever- the cereal cra s e hob grwfim frn itS pe4uli:tio , iatilty, w\hichtaats i as weis ;t behr ping)weat er-se Ot'enot bto toii its growth-in i the tem elottind justa-trs;owical re n t :dre . .(1 Ilie t f litti. (1, e il1 ll afl e . \\' IIV 1b1n iubir:tv I a-tu! w Itt, v fron t h T r. 11" ,o . lidn, 1hr the pt; it It o tod f tidithat t ai n-a iS/t /:. III is ,inn. P1 the esiliarte I t " i tt' 11il. i4 calh d 1/.S 11 ". :111 w - 41 ] hv M . .\. Ilu (II; .;,Enni b1o F1ia o, andl ill 1 I i yn wthib whitil'cl we hbn-e Iwr''t,-n- :-so n I~gt: lth, mp'tisocetio atWlI.4r )'t4t thi roa- ind Ihure abnee - w: etw It I a O. "Black Chlletba-i" hie i a.t11141 .also seen bevalliall sbtn ahe ard Iess barII e , fr'nlik Nepa l if5 of ill Giog ia 44, Sinid i lrin theset inst t .neesf'4:i should be at graini tit univervsad enit. tivaio t-is srictly cor-rect. Th.-six roIed Or witer vaiety, is t he properT hllY itd ot ilwl in cthber, N veiInbe, 4n ,111(1 Ce MA. Thli is at. kinl-i nit liable to be winter ki*I, and it till. rabI 'll 111ilg from F a Il ! .it mowhe ingof' icadtInllk itowel with goo vd comos o'i~ r cot e"' in t 4 inie of sowing IIl, afterIK November, make 1from even to tl d INy dilit.elclive inl tlhl inaturin'g (f he (cro .--\' -n ve b)- een acens, 4eined 1 i -!1m onr1 ilidlo.o4d to see bI'arI.v NOWn i' si ilinig horse's and cat le, ai1 thIinlk it uinquloiled Iy :tny (t ler grain it., s. , on. i 5 4 is h age ab1le to theL p1arte :nid hablit. of' thle hor1se, and14 ,ill start his c't. s er than.11 o h 44' thod4. u. hieb.4 (e1n be4 given4. in prng 'or milch cows it is tilri valled 1n1d |hr Shlver, swin(e and 1.n ry, it, is . i 1al 4he . As so16n tas it. is il iniik it is lit. Inr tile hei' s,: Itiil t4ltv 44iever 1l't* ll41 it. as' ltolig its a *l4:414 1;844 141 11 41. 1 t 34t( :1 ! ' I I t e IIt VCI* I *.i4 I I4I I Iii : t- c. I t'1ill t 1 Illl I II c .I I I a t'Iled 4rt .- . IrI.v v 1 e4 14'(1 by 4' i nll ilig, lite \44 ter or 5 it is tile l t, ''41d bw 1rill l \\ \ lt. av eVer f* d. as it imi :its g- reat .vgr 1A lili i. o 114 lit' l 4 1 ) ;til t at. p4: r 1.th IIill 1 d I n I . 1r 1, 010 . i t'' 4 1 t incti lis w" li I I. lli llinl i'. 44 in : 1 s 4 t. 1 .\m ;Iv i I the 4.r-11 wa, b :6d I hy. In, I s1iii (4 1:1 : 1 the v I 1 \4 ;- \ 41 II |Ill ' '14 i1i4 'ra. : hi'v rt 1il \4it4l Ib I i v d. I i f* t h. hI e j' t I ' I l 411: J I l:4 i it i ':il \ v jilI It Il t i ' Pij' 1 . \will :1 \41 vs nI; Thi'1)vl er bet v prI Ic d I un ', it til 1 '171 ;11 1 it :-r r I ll h r v i he ll. This. 41\1.' 1 ' w I vn i I Iv t 4', I 1 " %l 14 11 114. r- vI :l44t. iti lim I'.Io. \4 ; I .; W .t' i hc !Thal it' it wee pa ts lto :Il ex. itlit S' 41 i til !-- I 1 "! ;'c :It 444 t I. der t i d 14i t | d h4 4wns. Inl T ''rk v. iw re 1. I i 41411 44 '4il il 44y art. ; '4 144 1 a I st'rt I4f I4 '4'. The ''!4 iet' :lCs llealI\- i r: v ill .Xt .-llt. n 1r 1 th y di'.e I I n in y r ~ e tl_ 1,1 pile t:Mip i t 1 hv. h i t u t chI :m i : ' 1.1 4 '*- 1 ;%\ 0 (2t:'~ 44: 1- v I) eri t 4. Ili nle t y -l is thn11! lk, winnowad will ill, i sitin !l\ I lit h , 1;1!1. I v. :' I 44I4 WO 4 . C . :.I ) . ..I\ I '- -- c ' v'. . - - * - n '' 1.. . li i - j.7 t I r ti;4 ,i3 , 1 4 4n 1!1i . V ar :.[ 2 . ~ \ . Il 1 e v ri lt 1 h 11 w : ii t' \ 'v Iw t ;I l i li pli 1t1 o 1';4 4t p hm : N. - 11 : , . "*- I . " As ltll itt wv w aI ll! tine de i l I n . ' ll h k 1 t. Ist l Ia~t. n ! \ I I : I I Il a tl ' I l I ti ' - '4h4ell 4 li-. r m 'l. if', t -4. 44is 11111 13 toIr rv 44I'' 44114':114344 '' ill 4444' 411,4' i3 113. ill' l t t (i 4I ' 1 i 4ity, (42'le 2444ve' :uio! the'4' 1!' , r % a4e i e i th, ( . .n i . 1; i i. 1pe4 a i 1.11 (v. tilr4 in4 l l 42:'.:' 444''..' ('r4. '44, ti' ii v lin el4444len:' (4 443411r 41h. L. All highl onenrae anim' n'u)'lunr-es 144 are increased, in4 vaue a1' n.1 t'ei 14 it prtlonged , 41bnis art ri t f ol, hat is not w it'l it 8. Sub- II iling' s'am4't1l hl,:.3 that is4 hind 41tha s not1 e~t 1s minently414' co14 1. A~3'4ll rain erop gshonht l be har14'' i'11. hiver~, a1: s well4 as the gra 1e41, intende ishr11 444 hay shoui1ld b 1move43 12 . Sandy' 41 huu tl I~ be metlit.g tnall improve(Itd by 144 ela,~~ When2 sue)4 ht ls rinire p lim1ing .'~, marling,24 th( pilied, when424 44nade1 into4 compos44t wit el(ay4). Ini slacki ig lim41e, salt b Irini 1 :. The1' ('hopp)1ing andl( gind41ing< graini, to be fed to stoc(1k. (pra1tt 14. Drainlinhig of weot lan:ds an ma41rshes!! adds- to) 4140 va~in4e., 1by I makini them114 prodn4 iee 1ruore andc htt.er crlo~ 1)y pro'dn4cing them14 earl'ier', and1( I 1 himnoving the4. health uo"oiborhu'd 15. Io ililillire or- lil' Wet, 1;[111k is tol thirow inai f 41re 4 inig(44It t 1.4mraw\a . 1i . ShaillowV plo Ing sto impilrove the soil, while it decreaises 17. Biy staling and shiedding stoc(-k duringlo the winiterl, at sayving of, (tne. 61hurth1 of1 thle 1bd many be effeccted - taiit, is, (ie-fo1rth less thn i wIl a1swer thai when suh stock may Ib expo.d to toenec *if the 4cwaI. 18. A iIhel (of' pin-ter per nere. sown broadcast over cloVer, will 100 Per cent,1 to its prodnele. 19. Prodical appliention 4-, I'lh e-; tend4is to) keep lip te litie'grity ' Soil. byN. sulppl ing 4iiu st, iW uot a111, oft tit(e fil'g:Ilil lb tilet 20. Theirm44,1i, 1 1)r p- :: r-:,. t i or! 41, 1ii1 is a l l 4 1 i 4l ~ 4 . 4 4n t , 4 44w~ l t if e .l ' cs . ', l A2,I. k A ladi t crss callilst, be '.44 1r ' i ait. iLIe'es\i4 ill 44? ( 'ars 1 ll4S e ~I M :t41444 (I 44' (':14444 1 )4c c.nO' I"! tal1li1 to pn0a\Ivil anid ;t p y ;all 4'lj'i'V:11lellt 4ir I Iii 4Ill4-,t:4nle''s e4Il'4iedt .:I the band in the 1 prodnets girown4 2-2. T. r, e ille:llows in li,'i pro4n. liveiess it is 4lnev -1ry ti4 hI: l' I h eii el 'Vr sect.44la4 :ltitilll, a 141IV :- etl - 1:iv. 1O44Illd kl4dI. 2 -.A II 1ifi claIy : me benefit ted bWy Ii a .41 i inte ' i %lin n ; but sh il I414 . Ite jr h we \\ !' I ti h y11, "!' (w4et. I I' . st;Ilt .l ,L,( .wilig ,4 l i \ 1 44lwbe Illit ll d1 e pen!, t l. , 1 i ; , lr.l 1r 21. Vonoltg ,tok .ihonl be nander I L I' i4 w ith g " ' il . iln i te' %% 4 i4 1 er. ::II4i ai -r. I n-i44ng i'. nithil tat p thel ill ' 44 111 44.14444410 IIil. 1144'o lot4, 1 1411 1i i:1 lA V i ar. 25v\i - e w-, in winter. -h.,nbl Iw \Ihe 1 i "i ry, > - l w: i Il, but well ventilitld <inarters, he regular I t : will waItI e red, t r e : t irnes a I:y Iabed t wic.e mr three till s weeok, hI- w ha L.' vbelk~ curid .5 y.:nol in inlition to lteir king Pre 4.h- , th4r h4 l ll receivte sneen5lnt 44 14. i1 1 44i il1.i 44Ill . (* Ind ';. ''ull c444in4!bn1nt s of tonis ain 14 n 44l1 bt 14 I~i st 4)li l \ art ; ti441 \- e l~e t il h si zlece i ol, fill, )".:I ca l lot 'I1 -4144 \44141 4.44 s . 11 Ill \. b 44 . \- 1 4 i4 -~ g 'il lts i .t4 I II 1a,':l li4:44 t '-t44441t lo iti \Ion l4llit] 1:4111 Si tllo i ~ ~ ~ I l l ..-t !!t t ;. it %. rncph- anvid -nilova 4 4 e b'I 1 bj Ve 44 4 l' ii-;il V i * * e he:l-I 4. 4('.4 rye 1:a4-. 444144 harl :V - i n V T 41 li l ei \V V t-' l, 4 ' 11 11t 0 it, :I 44 401 ', Ow'e alww Ny, !w :.I i l'Vr -i11"lig I l tti) bet\v( li1 -e a s -miI n ve r h't poor * I 1.'u 1.i , S if e4 It 41'4.\Vil 14a't.' . 4 i I 1:4I11Irt 4 140 . S,... I ,i ;I L1 .111.44 1 1 . i't 4 (el is , Ilne(1 i I - : j tii h Il 4l e t.- 4IlaI 1:41141 1(te'4 i:till, bi- 4l b4 phnted in' cn. al tha1 lot-14 :0 4 111:1 '.r444 4 l' 1 ro4 44t in th hoe1141 rang~..e 44 .1 14 4 i 11144 144' he '444asin tiv,'4 hal bei 444e:1tor 44444l. 4 Th 4e so i h 'nhl b4' 444114uen4ces' ofI the sun4, thle (dews. -14 4444 44441 and 4th air -and4 the~ bar ofi~' 4144' 4trees' shi4 il1) l he k41t in4 a 14ea41 lifn| 4 condition b44 V 5cring414, when''i nece.'4 - .ar,'i1 :niv y1alkaliu1 wa-lhing. , img Cabhs::.mi a the Win. A IrienId 44n41(' 44orresp1ien ('4444 14:11. ph 4in to 4u, thati his cabbaI41g4' 414'n44 1(4( a dc44nip414t hiead41; a441l 'ilnp~iie wha ,141 istat4~ u' he 4:4 ualtiine, and44 if' they' a44 not4. snillei'nt ly) Ithr44ned then, .t4 gi v hi ter, by, a4dopfting the4 follo4wing pI44: 4.4i a tren'4ch on4 .4 the 1 s idof a hill 4- say4, a1 44(4t wide and4 two deep)f. I et,1i bi 544 slp dhownV hill1 soll11iien4t ly to4 drain4 (of 5 any4) water(1I 114441 may bace444C. to fin4d it Cf Put a4 layer' of' -traw'4 on4 the b44t 5 toiin.-Poll 14 the cabba4ges up1 by) th4 e roo4ts, (close the1 laves' togther1)4, a444 lace'4 1444 4 ther ihe trench(1I, headl~ down,4, d and4( roo4ts upj.--ac so14 ine(44( stra by44, 4 g I weent themi an4d thle sides. oft h le I renell '4, Then11 aike a1 coule (of board4s an44 y set the 1 over 144 the~ trench0 soQ as- Lio forl . j . roof' n41o4 cu-m. te Wholo o.., w~ithi ealrtIi. III tis waV weVt ltinve evlt. bagie.i LoI I'twil gtt I] i'fti' (i g tI Iv '4'4ti.. and take' I iwill1 out fill 11-;e~ Ill I ltv4 sJ il ig. By pVttin tii l t l.-iitI downi "s tII, you jIr.'vc.at y dit Al ro go.'iuig ill am in th le'ave.s. If ulit' waorges ill 11 I aldig.,;tel .4lv ll I' i n an-r f cr.iig - Th I )I"wl i lt'4 1-esdilltt er ''. all. iii-i V 'i ithoi A ilat Ilic uj'ti ii1 Co mecal I-ve ti : We'iiV IL knt i II' Mar gh *;:III C4: 1 . a s i' adbl 1 Jia (11v'ii I. 11 ' by Iv e tpl!i :Iit , pct'vtiptilah. lite4 I I li' t L~tc ir iti tu il witilt. 1110. :1 i1 tt4 t it *~~ lo'fo'*m" ld h i l t IL U: I it' tli I 111t' -11'ktu . Iitu.tA p rubly it- il wdoi iiItk~ i ittlli, li \% : II I II k vd I whicht.'i aI t ' I~t 111 :1 1 hc: 0 .11 4 IrI ; v I I vllli 4 I~~~~~~~l Flora'ilI i 1 t (411 ida is wa44 'l 1;; I lieto I nagI t 1:1 j~~lt 11444Ove til 110' 1 tii t1i liks :1:1 a li I l (, 1 I* fllt- I I 11 's creV' 1 an L% 'I k 51. -,1 l~'~'vsitll u. 110ig N.t ihi I woavinga.. n l III' v I il ll th ('l rS L i , ( (Illit Whi n r lho I.-;u aiudw- iui thewt'i~lt. Froml~ thle I ltmn- Ji rr. A B9AD oi P'ARDION. lProlcesslir Lieber, of'Soutth (.,rolimp i-,hi chiatt Ireat ise on1 -,civil Imp. r'ety .11141 Se l( Gvern n icii t,' (just pubii. 4'I "t-iilriniig the Jlartlininig 1t))v Iw elijI - ix th rii m iit. tile. U ~i t ilI Stalo,. re ceive's a paId4 ill befttire his 'eilll i, tll' iIlll ti)llis IS ll 44 2 ill six; f ~iipi i n ( e ill five; ill' (:'lillectiet "h i niII . eticul In iri ia, 1) lle ''ini litlYA"; il Nu'ix44liC IMP cin ct: li 1)%(nv; Awbole mle 4illvigh; ini Ms sia' IIte. IMP int rOet4 i 1011 tia. cmvi i I I'1 Cig se _SOV II; ( . ) . 011V cft 1, ete., Cet et. This Sityllli'lir I hlut. great is 'ilt ice is i] 111t. i tile' AINt'lest: il" til 1 -14.2 ;'i i ntig i(J\V r. iiiliit apals i~i. ~al'! I f)s: Iw csaltigir a ,I lh ic -'tie bi it ii' tile 4411' Ct-illtiQ . cll has "'Illy oute chancule ill tliity-six: aliui i l ie c i's his- i'4.dii~l 1 -1 i' ! ca HOW Mt llr nn te j 14 it SVuiu, he 6,;O~i b ta lle ,, *,f 4a ini~it "Thist (1ti ' n derl jCi Il~ nuul~i system 1(11 I.'I i 3 *iAt :w ics o til. i t bo4Atli' ct. dircly o th'Ie townv or tll iw whic te sit jtiti w -I1 I l fill- ( Itis eas tog gelt l1101. 111 sl ie 4)1 le tliiilg wh ll tir V ' a ta df.- oflei~ 'p.lligp Jord '.I'tI. They4 g11 1) poii 'l !', till I ll t.'. t S -pl i :lti':1s c2llth ilspetible itizes, orf'i il Vi a Sttcon'slii . lIt Iisfic 1'-:t giti has the iis tS imseti i i'i thei veriy 1060 WL tinc~ li lieu t'i' sci icSto it11 i ilt" t . p~ c to'h- i d i'i Ow1tiiid t The' illktl il ic twas arq'. i a m tirtIds .tilm, i m id ckv! liet \v aii th li it i th ili'c . ..'.t i.0)ip t 11lIt itS. iug i lt arel ItiC ( 1)ill tthicev'st ii~ II~ t1. p i )le will I..-it(. I lil 01 sV~l.~O till ortri 1111 ll ti TilttO lilt' l.'l1tltilid hvs auvll t t-il'l e 1si'eili. vl (( ill t '' titli. lll tatc ie cas, wasvitl \\sith prd t ueilluliia llaior' l:.;llI~ thit I 0 41c.3111 fit I lie idthl it Stla.' t' i a!)"(11 li IC Io I tiv alitd Ow' th e ad ii t.I*ti ltIati, w..s; t a i v wliit. Ihe c i tlh is C 11111-11:- ? 1 0-11 litid i t I e s~~i t, c( iii i t I I hei tet\li i tI -()it is ci 1.1 'go lfos:)1 4~t l *1 it -CmCi t)t I gtathIlrI \ r it )Stll vo h i't I I3 sh tiutt, icilitte iiL tit ("Ilie fotit is 1)1 I'.'.; hitl. iei hei the k t'iSti why That it contain a s1iifielnt ailien:DI (if klinowleIdge of tle law, its bearil andtl ebject. That it enjoy the full confidence e.t liese grelat lijects, it is believedl. can be bltained blly a h)0ardl of pirdnu.11. colisisting f a pro per num,er of inem her's--say Iiine (inl the reptiplic ( Gel i Va it conlsists-4 of this miulniber,) Witlh one mf two indges a1,7--n1 tilem, to be" appolitehl by lit legislature, with a1 pe. riodical partial renoivation (n-at hid liaviing every three ye s,) alid with these farther provi.-ions: That the board sit it certaii por tin (if tihe year-ia' twice. 'That certain' and distiet groundls IDum1st be stlt( to every ietition f1r parlhm; and tiat. witihout them, all pse. Otitons, ever st) respectably and numer Ony sige , he no reeived* . 'That parde n can be grainted by tilie gov%*U1ien'r 41n ily len du1ly recorimemit-li(l ed by the lIarl; and Imiust le graitel it the board recoinmend it a secondl time, aiter the goVerir has returned the recinmeiidation, with his reasctus a it. l it That pardoll be rcr ended without adveising in the counlty wiere the Cllinviet has lived previ'us to his imprisinent. ainI where lie has ctoolliitted his crime, that the hoard have inl view to reeDiimenid hit to panhI.ni, and wilit'lith giving proper Lirne to act upon the tivrtisemn.. That io pardon lie gnlintcd withllt i:forining, likewise, the w:iden of the prisi, 0r prisoNS, inl which the subject of the iteiled pi(ii is, o'r hits been. ilarceralcd, of the inteitioi of the I (nd. That no pardon be granted witlhout pr1enons ulnl piry of [ie court which ha.1i set-1ectd tihe Convict. And that the reasins of the pardon, when granted, be julished." the decision were left at once to the whOe! assembly, it would 1)e ini pSible 0to .give 'that dogrbeeof. at tentie eaminutiot to thdetailsof Relh' iak ihki T7itiiature reqmhres. and a party f'eelfing wbold frenctent ly warp i decisioni which could be just illed only on ii the ground of the higlist and of essential justice. It the cage Were first given to a ciml mittee (as we may imagine a standing collitiiittee of pardon). and the legis. lature regulni ly to ifidlow the decision of the1C cotlinittev. tle latter step is use less.; if the legislature, however, were iot t pll - w ip.llicitly this decision, we have the incng'ruities just indi eIt ed. As- to tle Iorming a board of' pardoun ofjndges alone, we think the 1Se W4104.D!d be egnajilly inicolgrninis. The busir ess of he judge, his duty, 11n1d his li abit, ef thinkiig, ire strictly to apply tle law. lie is a valuable ingistlrate only So lIng as lie is Litlifil organ of the established law; butii, inl the cae oW pardon, the object. is neithler to lake n1or to apply a law, !ut te (efeiat its iieration inl a given andl peenlliar. ca. Irom the National Intelligencer. COMETS. A mcmet ippeared in lie year 1770, uhich was car-efily %. observed fir feur liue elths. Pinigre. ill caleilalting the le ients (i its oirbit, "s'spected" that its Iildt might be elliptical. ir. I .eXed'(DIli DIun by' his cotii1lations that ilts period was abouit five years and1 at hlf~l .)Dr. liiIk1hardoht r(ep'elt ed till of' Lex l's ca:leniaLtjtin;, and ceonfDimedI his colul'IIsicon . It has ne(ver' bleen augaii .e'tn; and4. it is callIed "Lexe/'s loist com. et." iDr. flrewterD, as~ appearsi by: the ari title coetiats, (Fde in, Enicycel.) enideaiv IIIs teo accoIut tfer thll dii-a~ pearanllce thle I wVo new p lanets, Ceres andl Pa'llahs. lIe funn id liat the node oIf Letxl's, coemet waS exactly b ~etween the niodes eel Ceres andu~ Pallas; and Ceires and Pllas have itnnuenilse atmoi~sphelires. Thles e is, how~ever', at mrett p rev'alent theelry. I )r. BDhakhardt hjounid ini taae in~g the orbit ofethlis ce-t that it luist have' hpassedl very innar tee Jnpijiter ini 1 '779. l Ie t herefte coneljectu red lint the action ofi Ju 1 Dpiter riay have ialtered the form i of lie com'net's oibit so as te mailke it~ iinvisiblet. lIn the woerds o: "A pathlessR enmet and ia enrFC, Thec troutble of ihe universe." "Theeigh Encke's, Biela's, and liial Icy's do I rvolve," say'~s Pr-oof, N ichol "in fixed periods, this ci rcumrstancc must he regardied in the light ofanti ac eidenit, thiir orb i ts having little assur21 anlte of' stiablility'; for as they eross t h plantetariy lpathis ever-ly one0 ofl themi mia' unditergo e ie tl of' Lexel's which, b' the unioen of Jupijitert wa.s first twistee fi-om its dIiverginig orblit, into a shor eclipse; and t lben aifter- making two cori secutivec revolutionis round the sun, a that it might begin to deem itself s denizen, was, hy the samte plIanet, twis ed back agatin, and sent off, never it revisit us, on thie cill abysses.9 ' There is ,a nlotioa ni oi, soidd 4 trapiarr~'thn~t' i. tatilnta tI ets aid forced to i evolve airilmr'd tief: instead o(i tile sil. Prof. Le.-lie, i ;I Edinburgh jomizanl, speaks of our 1011 as having oce been at camiet, -'the ajpproxirait iuun of , hich Ito ,our eIatrLh by raising stil 1peno0s tid-eA would have occasiole(d one of those INverwhelmed .Cnsf ubhirns m bich this he appenrs to have repeaitedl stffer ed." We eontimme to quote: ",But the nlew satellite would 'ooii luse its fkiery co insistence nnd congliimerate in a'.sol. id iinss. and in its subsuitent prog: ss t wohuld assiime its pI esent nit tyii appearanc2 ;'.' the process of cons.olidat. :ol go on, "amnd la when it shall have atv I ained the ultimate ter i of iniliornAl, Ie moon will no longer cheerour inights by her s'oft and ilvery bei By Pro'. Leslie's aoutint the 'oniet which "made,14u mll"aue .at-. first a swiupendius tide. So the del uge hast, been accounted fmr, by a blow fromn a coiiet. "Sippose tie" (we quote fronl Silimanr's Journ-lal) "-suddenlly stayed ior clieked in her dimlnal mo tiI, ilte Pacifieocetil wol1 d a'4.it W16 ruelitd over tie Andes and Ailegha. nies into ti( Atlaitic, and the Atlan tie a tthe same time would be sweep ing over Europe, Asia, and Africa. Such is the precise eflcet to be e~1e1. ed it' the earth caime in ontact with a coltiet." Dr. Hally attributes t he cause f this "floid"' to. a biiw f a comeot. .Ne suggtsted tha it a c'haget id been 'eflctA ed on the axis of th en1ith by a blow% Whis'ton altm st proved tihat this wa the case; and t hat befoie the 'fod- -e f4re the earti wis thus ruithty jostl'd -the earth's wvas exetly 360 days, having been pushed off from the sun so as to increase the year to 3h,17 days. The frat mentioned in a former -pa per, that Sir Isaac Newton belicved that comets were fbel bea s to sun, has been questioned. Ot;locidng baek-to theauthloraty in whigh f6 te etntd made d that"yoie is' r i h malfes the purest, and subtiivmi-fata. k best part 'of our air coies principal , from comets; that comets are the.ce c ,e servators of the moisture of the planet that the fixed stars wjhich hid 'beenI gradually wasted were resupplied with fuel by cornets, and acquired inew splendor, aind are taketi for new stars Dr. llersehel also considered comets as instruments for salutary purposes; "whether they restored to the sun what the stn loses in light and heat he would not affirm or den'. We will close our article with a quo tation from Seneca: "I am not ot the common opinion nor do I take a comet to b& at sudden fire, but esteem.. it' among the eternal works of nature." Hinuband And Wife. M; I-. Dennison, in one of her capitaLI editorials 6hr the Olive Branck, pres. ents the oillowing contrast between two loiles and two husbands: "I wish I could see a pleasant fice when I come home. Tired ! yes ! thatts always the cry. I never get -tird-: ohI no I Customers to please-C to overiaul-aounits to cast U Iluih ! I shall hate that child. walk the floor and spoil him; Bill." hunt up my slipp-ers. Alary, dra 'w tip the ritekin'ge'hlair. Other ien have these things ready for them. Th"e_- m ' Saundereus, het takes comforit. Ihis ivi'e~ is as handsome as the day she wai miarried. If' ther'e's any thing I ha it's a fadted woman. Light the latnj and( give mc miy niewlspa per. If. II Can t read here in peace I'll go over to Santi derst' ." 'Mary, dear, howt tired you look Give mie that great strapping bb5' No wonder your arims ache. Oh ! ne er' miiid me. I'mi always 0. K. at ho'me y'oui kntow. Talke the r'o'Kift.C-alr yourse~/f and just he comnforitabIe Ain't. I ti red ? Why'. yes,lar ama little, hilt theun I hatve fe'astedson fresh air and sunshine to dlay. which oti hatvn't. Betsides, I don't! have stichpa. Ihuiiip of' perpetual mlutoin as this te mianazge. .Bless myi) soul-how do you J ive these hot days ? Never mind the roomn everything ho' ks well enouz~ih-you in' n cludeti--except. that y'on are lnukihgf tr'ifie better thanu wetll. hov d6~y1~ mnaniage to look so wvell and prettf,ebt nie wif'eT' W ell might the shiling' a Iis "the e'freshness and fulbnesis qf~a - band's love keeps iny heart gree' Capt. West, iof the Atlai~ eha quite a chaiacter on bo I the pei'son of' Pat-.O01~'s~t, voyaige, the following soliloq~v - place:- - W hiehj~ way-does, sh .West isouth-westha t westerly." " 'yij 1 tha 'lld * ':~O