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Selected Poetry, THE LOVE or A MOTHER. ur con.Iiatr eIiro:. A briglit crystal foIinitai M1ore pure than iIll 4. 1her, I lowing free inel forever, b; IIho lovo of a Aother, Tihne cannot sully it, Nor unkiniti's4 congeal, .llt It inoves on its inissiou To soot lie 111111 it o h e l. A star in life's darkness lore bright. iltan ill other, Cc nstan'- anti ficless. The Love of a M-liher; And geuitfle and genial Its beaut ill sheen, Gilding life's pathway With halo serene. A rare, priceless jewel, More doar tIhan nill other, The world Iay not bimy it-. The JLove of a piother. Years din not its lustre, Nor lessen it worth, And iti valie in cni eit, All over lhe ear-lh. O,cling to it, Alerisl it, Lot nothing rover-. liil it aboiut ily henri, Wear it forever; For holier, r.Itl Iruer, A nd better thim other, Is the Goil given treasure The Love of a iother I The Hon, B, If. Hill, of Georgia. Tho Plowing sket.ch (if t.he afore named distingiisled e(.orgianl i3 drawn from thl life, by (x-GOverior d1. 11". Brown, of that State. 'We extract it from the A ngusta C/wonirc mot Si.i nel, in ich paper Mr. Brown antiwers M r. I [ll's "Notes on the Si1tuation." . 1 amtin correctly informed M r. H ill started his poliLical lift proessing to be it Democrat. In 14855 he Was the Know-Notlhing candilatc tor Congress ill his Diitrict, and was defeatel d. III 1855 ho was on Itho Electoral ticliet, stuipported )y the Know-Nol -g la-l of G "orgria iIil was dh aeed. a n 1857 ht(le was the Know Nothiii candi date for G overnior, anud was dele'anted. As I wai the Democratic eandidate, irobably th hatter defeat had not been' forgotten by himl) when lhe preparod his "Notes on the Sittuntion." in I R59 lie took position in Idvaince for war, with olit vatinig fora n overt anet. ofOppressiol by the F'odoral Uovornment, in cane 1 h"1 R,-puiblican pa rtLy shlonhil clect t heir candidte fo'r 'resident the next Vonr. in the fill or I1859 ie was elect ed St ate Senator from l'roup county for t wo yeers, the mo, disti n giished honor Over confered 11pon1 him by popular vote. After Mar. iiticolin wan Pro-a;i Ile backed donii frei his position for war, and Was a cnltdidato inl tho Winter of 1860 for the Convontion of the Union or Ce.oopration ticket. HITO was elected and took his sent, in the Secession Con veitliont. I He at first, opposed secession. Defobro 0h, Insagn of the Or'dinaneo of Hecession, afiler it was known that a niirity of the Convention favored it, it bo na to he discussed in privato cir le s who should be elected to the Pro visional Congres In caue the Stato seco dud. The Ordinance was put upon its final passage and Mr. Hill voted for it., und signed it. A teIv days afterrwiard h10 was elected to Congress by the Conl vention. Vlother by voting for tle Ordinnitce he btrayed tho people of .1 roup county, whose voice was aga5inst uecession for thle cauIses thlen existintg I doi not, pretenid to iniretit. A L aniy rat~e.ho waslh not, electedi as5 a s'cessionist, for the thtei exist ing causes ; hoe voted for' thle Ordiniance, an taili's elected to C:ongiress byv a maljority of secessionists. Whaot imnportantt measure of practical sta.tesmnanlsip lhe inautgurated or carried through Conmgriss by his abtility or m.l Ihnc dt) O(11 ig 1hiis whole term ol serice I hanve novor' been able to to Whenot the Scess;.ion Cotneto was ill Session aIt,8iI Iavannh, M. r. I lill, the a1 mlembter of bot ht the conlveintionI and the provisiiotnal Congress, matde, a speCih to the people, mn which he said : "The Northl would not light. There would ho no war. Rut if the North should he so foolish as to go into theo contest, there nlever wvas a 1p00pl1 on tho face of thle earth so w~ell prepared for it as we vore. It shouald be an aggressive wvar. .Ifho war shoutl- bo carried into Africa; and when the cities of the North w~ere 1la(1in ashes, and the country devasta tedl and laid waosto, then we "should findl the people of the North were tho ones to asks for terms and sue for peace.' He pictured the rising glory of1 the new Confederacy, and went on to say, that while this becamo more com~paet andl Sc. .cure, disinitegration would come as sure tis fate upon the Old Union, and they would seek alln nr neo inito this. And he very graciously adlded that-, "I they come hunibly enough as thoers of wood and drawYers of water,' they mf:ght comec." WVhen the next Legislature met, thereoiwore in it a majority of the Know. Nothimg paty and Mtr. lill was elet en to the Confederate Senate over Gen. To-ombs. While in the SenatOe voted under Oath, alginst the1 first Conlscript Bill. A s it is well kniown, I opposed the mnens uroe when made public as untconlstitu tional. Not long after thlis was hnlownl Mr. HTill made a speech iln Milledgevillo in which lhe inltended to be very severe on mu for any opposition to at meaCsuro -ngatanst wichtl he h'ad east his volt) un dor oath ; and saidl the country would have been ruined if it, had ntot passed. A fter thlattimte lhe becaame the aealous advocate of the conseription pl~eicy and AdOnounced all wvho opposed ai. fluring tile wvar, when a call wvas nado .npon the people not sublject to c:onscriptionl, to voltannteor and organ ize for home defence, when it wvas doubtful whet her they would be called out for active service, Mr. Hill mtade a s peech ml Laf Granigo and oeouraged all to voltanteor, and as a means of giving force to his appeals, and of shtowmng lie own patriotic~ devotion to the. eauue, lie enrolled. or autlhorized his own inamue to be enirol led, as a private in one of the ein panis being formed, anlld pledged linniself to go if they were called out. Soon afteroward, uponi Ih111 'advanlce of Ilt lederal amiy, Ih le compariv vIs ordered to I Iie lid for activo service and Mr. Ilil f not. being on1 of the wdupes who showed a will to lost blond" backed ont and refused to go. The ren SIM Ipolrt1ed at the ine, as giveil by iim for his ref'usal, was that h1e Va.s : Confdtlrat ISenator draill wing a salary, and that while in this condition it voiuld be ncoii stittional for him to draw the pay of a private soldier. o it appears the lreseit ik not the only occasion w hein M r. Il ill's motto h as beoi to imulai by the Cornstitiiion as his oily s:IFt.y. As he oild certainly have bee-i enititled to.tha pay of a private soltier if ho had shotilderel ii is gun and goine with tie coipilalniy, ai 1i1l as 'it was wrolig for it 8ellator to violate the Col. sAiition, lie was not, arrested and comi. pulled to serve. Toutchim and Beautiful, Last, week we pulblished the aidlii. rable poemi) of' Rtev. T. HIempstead, ol cttyslmrg." h'lough soiewhat lengthOy wve trulst thle readers of the ///adpertusel it caOreilly. It is a goein throughoit. The following allu st1o to a( Confederate Soldier, found lead upon the battle field, caliot, we tlilk , rail to bring tears to the eyes of at least every patriot in the South: When the r11r or hatce on the ear fell faint, nui skies And tl rins ami fighting men grew shailowy Thrliouigh leIth (i' 1ull j1ilm, titd not. ia vijui OrdkiaIt. hills, smoi-,lth fiells aMd slud walks, or 'inging wat ers nl a itel home W it Iir-broweuls hiilren iding ol the porchl Sitil in a mother'os smile ? Then wiouild lie not. liave Itnnett from all Ii, gauds of vilory, Anl aill ie sl:aves th:tt .\at niu.n's gol't 'r 11'hik y bng 1al'o iiht lby i's silken1 Aga'n Is t his owli ail give iin o no in1r1e hiss ? 83a rcely any other man living, (coIIhI in our11 estimatioIl, ex\press a thought 'ora fact so leatiiully and tuUChingly. Read it over and over agail, aid 11app1ly it to yourself. II 'llps(tad's heart is its feelilg and sympathM(te, as his genins is deep, searching and iiever-erriig.-H[otier, (L2a.) INhtt. Prutssia is at. last coinig to her sensOs in regard to North ehleswig. She has done her utmost to avoid tle fulfillment of the obligati'>ns imposed i rn er by the tretty of 'i rague 'Ph11 iebasnice u, r-'htar vote then prOn1si eCd 111s nueveI' )Oon ga'itcd Knowing well the D,aun ish syipatlihy of file Northern Schleswigers, and nn. wilingi to hear ti odi'm of an ad! Verse vote, Puin has Imiade a propo sal to 'lie Danish (Governm1ien1,t to ti effoct that sih will hand over to them0i the provinme oil recept, of a guarantee that thei rights of th (A er1-11man popul a tion timrein resitling will lie properly resiected. The Danes and all other seisible people have I.eec at ia loss to know why such a guarantee siould be necessary. Deniairk is -too weak na al1 the world kiows, to pr'ovoko ulinn eossarily the cniity and interference of Prussia by doing injustice to tcir mans residing wititin lher borders. The contdnet of' Prtussia is, after all, inot 'illicult to explain, It is neenu)ssa. ry for her to Iiind a reason for giving til what she unijustly holds, anid it i~s dlesirabtle to obtaini, if p)osible, a lpre text, for ftutre iiieddiling. Thei reas. on and thle prettext are o 0th invyolves in thie gutaraiit ee. Denmari k, we lea ri fro one of our lat est ecabde aniinoee mnisntmwilling to giv~e asita i bl garnte.butt demanids inf'ormait t ioni as to) the inaltire of' the guazranite< 20 ii. A lenNiAN INvAION.-Il April lasi i party of Fenianis illed up a vesso and sailed from Now Y'ork fur Ireo land. There wore thlrco hiundred antd fift't of these hold Penian adventutrers, al puicked iimn, toroughly armed, amu well supplied with warlike stores They wore all hal icvers iln the oft-re peated statteinent that the people 0 Ire'land were ripe for rev'olutioni, and that it'an organ ized bod(y -of troops capalie of' forming the nucleus of at army, were to land on any part of thie Irish soil antd raise the green flag, liii oun~ine country would runli to thlik support. Well, our' atdventurious Fe. nians got to the Irish coast ini safety touched att dlifforont poinits, ianud bind. ad anu armed force at the mnost prom is. .mg locality. But alas I nobody gth~ eredl rouind thenm, or knowv anythiing 01 them or their project, or eared any thing at all about them. And sozda ter aser~ies of miishaps, misfortunet amnd daring attempts, itn whioh a um lier of them ware captured, the barld l'lato has retuirned to Now York bear. ing a body of mon01 who have suifforos huardshiips that they aro not willing t< reploat, oeven for the~ onuse of Irish in depenudonce. It is wvell that this at toeipt has been maide ; for nothing elsc wouuld have convinced the F~enians in this country of the hopelessness of ar Ilih revolutiont. Mun~n---Wo learni that a Mr Powler, livinug in the uppcr part of ti d istrict, wuas nmrdered somtimonu lasi week. Ihis bod y was found in a thidk. et not far from his horso, with gun. shot and pistol wounds in several parts of thie same. Strong suspicior irests upon certain parties, but until suflicient proof is established, we ro fratin fromt further particulars.--New (oneiral Sickles hias ordered thec Post CJommiander at ltaleigh,to notify Governor WVorth~ that the adjournied A minlttt sessioni of tue I.] satrr is po.etroned until further orders. Sileut Politicians. The contribitorial editor of the Yorkville 'wmi/rer, in his (ullaint style, thus nloticsO the silent politi eians at the present juncture. The noticee is well worth reading : 8omiie of our coltemporaries express surpriso at the fact that many of our hitherto voluminous advise-rs and cointry-savers aire yow sileit-now Vhen, if ever, we Ieed lie advice and wisdom of experience to guide us. It 10es Jot.irprise us. The ease is a very clear one. If you have ever seen av coonll up a free while the hlinter was Chopping at the tree, and watched his :noie, volt can readily understand the point' of our illustration. The coon gets high ip in I hi e, among the topmost boughs, ail selects a fork. ie keeps in this fork, keuily Cychig both thu do-gs taal the a:xeinin, especially the latter. A fter tho tree begins to totter and fairly toat sart, over to onie itle --and there is io longer a doubt Wiieli way the tre will fall-he juIIIps. Our silent politicians are like the COOnI. Whenever it becomes perfectly ap parenit which way political affairs are goiniig to turi, then these Solis will speak out-will speak ,out vocifernms ly, as soon as it is safe for them to do so. M1arkI these mlenl-these silenlt So lons. h'ley are cowards, and we want brave men1 inl timen like these. Gov. Perry 1s a bravo man. le im:y3' be wrlong--wo believo :-o tne of his Conlvusioiis are---but we a thoii and timiiies pl-ef'er suchi iiieln to thiose. cowartly coon -politic:iain Who a 0re waiting untit wo are rulinel, inl order that they m1ay see what ativice will bm most prolitabile to themt to give uts. Away with such patriot ism. To the dog-i with snieh volitie.4. If ilactioln is the true piobey, let theml vay so. If they believe inl ra16icali Sml, letI theml If ov, Perry is right, let, themil sa'ry so. Here ihalf a dozen men hiave spoken, after month:: of agony and tyranimy. -- Are thse 111111 a doz11 all our poltit:ica leaders? Indeed, seven years ago. (aftr so. cession Was an iiivevitalde fact,) we L.ed Clo1eat speakerp, 1111 adviser., iid country-saver, -' Ibat many w ith a doztni each night, it took a1 monthi to hear their speeches and all their ad. vice. Where are all I hee men ? A low of them slop o tie hatt.lo fichds; but the great boly of those el. qutent mien1 never got sleepy ill that, wvy. Eteinal silence, it is trne, wonid lie. conio them vell ; but knowing that thlev aU rtod (a' Sooln as tle tree begins to il) to jiuimp to the frtit. and tell us iall about it, we deem) it, proper to call their attiiitioi to the suljict now. Coi. \ . C. PrAstoi (peace to his honiored imeimiory) oie described eiitain of our politiciatns as rosemnbliing tie sca gull--thiat, the sea glill, buffeted, drivtn and dashed onward by the violence of the storm at t'a, sieeks a foothold at las l upon0 Smile * liting Crag, and looking 'T back plionl the teipest.--th troliled waters benea thm and tle tiliderinug clouds above--aid fancies, poor ting, that it, e leaing that stormii Did any of our reamders ever see oiie of thloso political gulls ? Thle other tiay, we actcidentally caime aerion~ a plassage in it speech of the i- Ilon. Geoirgo ~ Mc ulilie, which possese a1 cuirioins imtrest, at this time T.he elioqueiit word'is ini whih htlile idenounces the crimie of assassinatjonu will liini a itsons ini thle heart of every hioinrablc mian, while hiis remiarkable) predictioni ini refereince to thle assainiationi ot a Presmlenit of the United States dleserv-es to be brought to the attenition of the whole c-ounitry. ini his own words, "Clod forbid that it should bo propihiet "Theli idea of assassinationl is so abso5 Iittely abhorrent, to all thle feelings, the Cjhristian feeliings of moltdrn timhes, and of' snmch pernmicious tentdeney, that 1 feelJ it, tobe iiy duty thns unenniivocalhy to express miy uitter abhiorrence oif' every Proceedimg that may have the remiotest tendency to suggest the idea of assassi natmgmin the Chief Magistrate. Suchi a coutrso is not onily obnoxious5 to the~ ab1 liorrence of every honiorablo 1mn, from its moral atrocity, but fromi its piolitical tendenciy. Every man who will atten tively read the history of revolution. ary lFrance umill be satisflod that., lie projectors of the infernal machine, moro thain all his partisans, civil and military, conltribuited to elevato Napoleon loina parte from the chair of the consulate to to thirono of the Emipiro. I will mako one concluding romarnk on tho subject ---od forbid that it. shoultd be rmophhetic --and it is, that if, in thoe iiidst of a violet political exciteent, it ever shouild occui- that a President of thie Uni ted States shioultd be assassinated, lie wd';l the last conustitutional Pres oient, andi his blood will cement the despotici thirono of his successor." Ge ornge Fraticis Tria in occasionally says a gootd sensible thing. In the egmriSe of' a recent speech oni the Na tional detbt, lhe obser-ved thtat we have had a graind exhibhition of tir works, and mortgaged our farm tto pahy for it. Thait thme so-called wealth of the farmer consistedl in having his boy in the graveyard, and a seven-thirt'y in his pookot in exchange. lie said that to pay off the debt in thirty yeai-s oe ,muct raise ton thousand dol lari in taxes, making the rich richer, and the pboor poorer." The police foroce of Paris consists of 5700 meon anid the~ cost of maintaining the deopartment is thirteen nuillions of franics, o1r oino-twelfth of the revenmue' of the capital. Agricultural, [ From the Southern Cultiiolor.] arTn Work for August, Tho wet seasoni has prOvented the con. plete destruction of grass in !'.e cotton fields in many places, 'his maust be done with swceps and loes4, cultivating as shll low as possile, so as not to injure t1ho roots of the plants. Mako prepartation for gal herilig (he cotton as it ripens. Iandle it neatly, keeping it free frot stains anl trash. sort it well, as it-is put in the gin house. A few stained locks well injure I he isaleot ot in of' cotton, causing it to be OIIssed nS liuixel, Whenk it is ieily at gOod lil iI e. As the dews are nIow leavy, thit, gaithI-ed in the lornlling will b.e daip. This should be dried before putting inl bilk, or it may imuild, givinlg the fliber a l tic nge. Fodlder, niay be pulled Ithis mn'oli, wilen Ito c11rn is silliientl 1y ripo; bul this i I a doubtfCul expedient. whln :0 .Il li y canl he saed, a1H t 10InjUry It I he i'n i rIat er thInil the value oh, ttle. Ifve- 1.y front crab and other bate gvalranes. .X,. itillate %weedos now griowaing to Seiel. TlIe unekite burr---tliat pet oin the farm- mut be looked after and destiyed, or lhere will he a bountit'ul crop next season. .le carelfuil to sini the new whecal well, so s (o destroy file black weevil. WIile it is hot freo Ill mil, pnt. i ill i o b rl:4, an. place it in a cool :ollei r ThI.is will preieni t. tlie hiatehilg of anly cggs that nifty have escaped the hieia. Examine the on(-n and cosdaily. L'es troy the licks, whith annoy iu thet greatly, by wai hing file pars iist eoivered by them, wil it nng lec1lotion of China r oot. It is sai t I hey Will IIn 111t ik iold again for som1e days. Notw is tie inie to cnf. imber: for wlhen Clit now, belore. file sinly is coniverl-.-i into starch and dep->sited, it will ]IQot be at:tacked by worms. Pork-rtising and What Kind of Ulog wo Should Raise. Railors Routhern C1'uficaler :----:\smn ftlilies havo not nceess t) a daily larkel, to procuro fresh ineat, liacon is the mis Colivellient stubstitite, ind for persnlis w ho are exposed to Ohe col, or tiltlor.g, hard labor, julst as healthy as bec' or'mu111 t'Oll, and miay bo gr'oin icarly as cheap. 'ThIel Idan11 oh' raisiii h 111! f'ol Iorn e'r eritb exclusively, 1 wUas the Woele in INri " i tider the U1 hv lull, lusit Ir eWaY, -ilth nIny otheen on ofI thw m d oitie gq)no never k., return-1. %%hat mewthod1 ofl raising, nod hiti varietly of bos is best adapted now Wo eorria, is dhe imipttit.a inquiry ? 1t. Is (un o gro~w C()nqon :11 the rato of 310 10 1.011 lbs. IV tle actv, an then pu rchase iacon from lithe West.. LaIely, a-riendl mis showing mile his llogs, aId ex pun ilil their vaNbllItlo qualli io. j dlilfoeed Withi lim and0 callel1 bis IalteniTi ('., the hogs of a leighbor. J1is alswer ,V:. mlly hogs aire ,I inthIstrims -tel.- they will travel miles ti hlint. nvit and,( provide for thelilselve.3; while tho' youl like Itay around the huse, I'y in the run, gt I. try, anod SInwu. This wul ilutstrate w (variieti., andI (w. distinict mnethl -I' rnisingb . (tie was a long-legggi, large-honed hol, iotlreal Withli a heavont tt lair, and ivould 'orave flr miles on m e nei:.thor's cre', and w hin I lie dogs off en tt I 114ed. 'hII ee '1' ., when penine, for Iwo IoIths rind well ledI ani fully -own, wvili weigh 175 iii. These hogs i ro well adapted to Iho earlier civilization o the country, whno -open la1 was plenty, fnd the range good. and lit the IWO Was tIue oonoimy : butl, at a Into date. was I proliliC cause 01' itrole aml cnmity bet.eeln neoighborS. A armitr mtoved fro (leorgia to Arkans.,--ho..he built. et orgia fenices. The first year hin orn fielths were diepredate1 il in spii- ()'fiall lt could d%- by file hlog. of a neighbor. living fonti itles (O. As at last. resource1-c, to rid him1elt If like iest, ie ctighl. lo of the hogtp, a!.t:, a lorng chase, andi penned hIM up for future nptralions. lie killed a bear inu celer ti.n h l e inht the hotg. iole days anter seeinig ill the hogs in his field ii a:ini, ho sewed the hog in tlie pn tup in iho bear skill, antd itied h im in tho Ifidh. The hog, ill grelt dlsgus~ lt. at his new clothnin, nat ed lo jin his coinp~aniilns, wh Io, seeilg thleu'ir otatl eemy cominig aftler themC,9'aI t CId off at Ithe rate ol' hear Catch the h.itid1ino3t. 'The biet. heard of thlenm wits lix m iilet offY atlI moeving hor' life, and thie bear si ill aifter' them and apparently~ the mlostt frighte(nedl. They never' onme back to visit him or ecui their owner. Pork raised in tid way is now at costly diet. Soime seatsoni-, thle cornt consinned is hog is, ofl ill ianiuisl, thle least. daint v in) hiis ftood--ho isl631 omniverolts tbit Ithe foud1 is It3 1no meansl ai lmatter of' intdiiferenlCe, w heni to ho conaidlored., linsbantdry. i regardI to the hog, comprises two distinct periods the growlth of l.heo aimal and its fal einlg. We cannot, advantageously raise a hog Ihat is too quiet, (or as my friend would say lazy.) $o we mtust. ndopt a medimn course, and glt sutch a stock of hotgs as can ho raisetd on pasture, and thtus save ithe corn cr-ib. In theo West., ver'y littl corn is cotn sod by the growing hogs. Ilogs that are to be r'aised in tho jpen, iandi fed on grain, shoutld b)0 of tho smiall qulieit kinld, comiiing r'apidlly to matturity, su1ch as the Cobit ior aGuinoa. Tihe Irish Orazier and( thle W~oburn woitid be well aantedC~ to 011'oltrurose. Tfhey cani 1ho ndi to weighl at 15 mont1his old1 20)0 to I0t) lbs. Sulpposing n1 good'. variety of hogs to have bteen selected, and only3 t hios'o having good finits chosen n1s stock hog.; let Iho~ pigs como: ini Augttet, when') it- is intendted to k~eep Ithem 1 11monthis old; for theO rnson that ai pig can be kept, itich chieapeir through t he winter, than a lairgo hog, rand by winter tho pigs are strong enough to stiand Ithe coh11. Whuen It i7 initendtedh to fetroo thle aniils~i in teni mlonthls, as can bo done, the pigi shouild come in F'ebruary. All soon as w~iete, the pigs sthould ho pitt oa clover or gootd grass pas. hurcs, nnd kept in good ordaer -n-ot. fut ; for it. has bteen found by exper'lieo that very faii pigs do not gronw as har'g, 01' havo as muih real lesh as tIhoso kept in gootd ordler. Wh'Ien it is desitred In push t hemi, feed on field polls, groiundi to course5 loalil, (or oh her iflrogenlous food,) as they prodluco mnol.'o or red tlesh, whIlo corn pr'odtucos fat. Ilogu, can bo fed on genes, onts and( ry~o, unltil readly for fattening ; 11h0n they tmay to put on1 chutfne, or groitnd peas, whlich conltain large t p.roducinlg elements in vy great. lilroportioni, aind a cheaply grown -and hiuntlly, the fat hardened oni Corn iaeal, f'or wiihih there can lbe nio subsititute6. Wo maiy auta up in a few sonat enees. We wanit puatstures, anda a grazing, quiet hog 0110 thIat comes ra pidhy Inoma1trity, tand will lake on fat when required, ( whiich till vaitisol will not do() ; otto Ithat will tmatureV in 12 1mon1ths; not a corn oribt hog, or a w ildl Arab, f o forage ott the commhiunuity-.one t hat slays at homuo. .A favorite ltnmusemient, of oortainl new oitisens of the United Xtates int I-his part of the* country, Is Pitssumu 'minlg which oft 'in .termiun es in a hog found I With plenty of good food, (ho diseases of hogs are few but simple, except choler'a, of whlteht I am not. preOpare~d to treat. Tiheo samno landi anid labor can 1h0 made to pr'o duc ini a given limo as great a wseighit of pork as tany other meat, andh at nearly tlte same cost ; but for porsons who livo noe a (aily mlarket, and light work, it can novtr comlpete with the lIghter meals. As thie country becometis thieltly settled1, Jig i or mteats, as fowls, domuestle gatoc, lhh, o:c, mtuuut Hutpplnt hacn.n Useful Reoipes. We pick up, for the benefit of houise. keepers, thIo following iseful hints. Roaches aro disposed of as follows "Take ten cenits worth of pul verized Prussiain hie, inix it with a little Hlour and sugar, put the mixturo on a picco of paper, and then lay tho paper onl tho floor where the roachos generally run. Try it for a week, ' and they will all disappear. Prussian bhino containsi tho poisoni I hat en(hd their depredations." 'To keep meat almost as good as fresh for a lng Litme, the following is recom tuendt'(kd : "TIako eottgli vat(vr to cover the nwvat, mal:tki' it. iioderately salt, and to each lit ck-t fill of' water-tho CoIni)o wIoAdn hucke-i.--take one large-0 table -poonful of stiphite oh liine and one ten:apioonful af saltpetre. It -in all-in iione. to keep every particle of meat, .111der wate-r by a lore.n;. Yoak the muent in frCh water over nigh, before using it, and it will bo olmnost as good as f7resh. j hund real kept. in this war, at. the end of sx w'el, as good as when first b itchered. and Ii-ef, at the cnd of ten weels, fresdh enouh'lu to make excellent Soup and roasts. As the season ad vances and the heat m ireases, uie Iore of te siiphit.e." A hly conumiedeclcs t1,e followving, recipe to make good vino;ar: "Ial nrly full any ves-1, crock, jng. pin. I id) or barrel. vit h an%, lini of in' :sser, (the 41ptant ity la nt iiat ial.) set it in a o-lerately warm pace, or i, ih Enn?, cover it withl a sieve, g11ns" or pet, to keep out 1li% an gnats. In due procel of timit- it will I.1 v inlegar, wIe.n1 it mund be pt. ino a s]alei vessel andil tppbeid close. \' gar barils s110111l ho wel-alinited, as they ar liable to it' nter. by Ilt, wvonos. "It will be proper to stao e that it s in i'actin of thie( atmo)sphtro, wh'i h im I le c(voiver I lie SweetncIedi water into v it-!:11r, h, l ' ie ,iro'eater Ilh e r. ti le of .:-r tx p -1 't1 l ., its i.'l une, 'h1w Foonetr :t will b. :nmr. There1 1.s P thic um ii A onl rho top of' 1w Vilw. gar when nlinlg, i.; he 'mother and sh1ould not, be thrown a-way."i The 1-111owing vuro forI necurldaW iW; higlidy reconiiuiended by a iarri sburg paper: Alko two large f tle-spoonfuil of "").ntwo, two tab!-pool of Eitu .Salt n-l lix linl) togiet. hor ill a stoall bot. !!' every liume you have aniy ascute atl : ln of Ilt nerves L or' neurahl'i1, sim. Ily breAthe the tl mes Inl onl nos from the botlo, and von will be im) meJiatly relieved." CIn: r 1 x, 'rm-:AN) 11 NA-rIOni. U is.-The followitg, list, tilebracos 3ome of I be suensions adit fizuires (f National lank. since Janniarv 1867 Maumi 2.--The Nation:iI Bank.of Newton, flassachuset, fail(,d, wit h liabiit'e.iamoming to $110,000. Thell National Iiank of Ii':'zon, eiv Al discovered an embezIeniCot by tle cashir to the aiotunt of $5010.: Tho concri revive afer. s'eal weeks usponens.ion, and resu b1sines'. MAt:nI .!.--iti. National Bai of Media, fliled, with liabilitie. of '>2, o! f. The Mechml.:'es' National Baink of B altimote, broko down from t( teltati of a Seri of deflaleations, carried an for a long time by two oflicers of the inst~ituun. Jry25.-Thue W'eedsport (Carntga County~) Nationa! Batik e!osed doot st its liabilitii, be'ing 1 2.5,000. .Jcu~ 20.-The National Batik of Unadilla, Otsego County, failed, its liabihities beingi '$200,000, J.1 t 2 7.--Th e Petaionock Nation al Banik (of Urid'prtt. Cotnnectit, ttspendled biinest ra :l o Tre~d a riewar.i of $500 for the fugir iv yecashijer, \\'. Ifaui t nI Ca rnnn, wvho absconded wiithi $~50.00i0. Fotncun 1lbtcoN$s-rc-rioN. -Iloconi. ntruct ion under miilitary dutress will uiot be biniding, and will not tend to harmonize, but rather to agitate, the country. In earlier debates the pal pablo and frequenmt objection to the measure, on the part of' seinsibilo Rie publicanus, was, that anty St ate conist i tutin present ad hero without t~te sane tion of a majority of the people would be0 inval1id, tnd that to ailtiimt aStt iuider it woul lie anti-Republican. Thec schemti for forced recoinstructioin, by itegr'o votes, will b)0 prothuetive of much dIiflicuilty boereafter it' it be ear rie thrug, its perhiaps it mayl3 be0. The oiinst ruetioun acts aire so exe outed iuder the orders oifthe Mlilitary CJomnmander's, that the control of the State governmnnts andf of all elections itn tho~se States is apparently in the in terest oif tho negroes. TIho white poo plo0, evcn if not disfrianchtised, are (0-. torred by threats of' prorceution for fraud or perjury fromt appearing at tho polls. Tlhie State governments which are to be fortmed by milnorities will not lie Tm POrnY or bLynu.-.The prog cnt life is not wholly prtosaic, pr'eciie to, andf filie. '.To the gif ted eye it abiountds in thte pioctie. TIhe alfoottions sItretch far in to fut urity---.th work ings of imighty pasisionis, whichl seeum to armi thle soits with an abntiost sutper' hiumtan entergy--tho innocent and ir' r'epressibile jo'y of infanocy-theo bloom and iboyancy and dlazzling htopes of' youtht--thso thirobbings of the lben 't when it. first wakes t~o love and( drteamts of hiappiness too vast for earth--wo man with her beanty and grace and( gomntlenecss and fnuess of' feoling and~ depth of affeotion and blushes of puri ty, and the tones and looks wichol only a mothier's heart can inspire--thotse are all poetical. It is not true that the poot paintIs a life wvhich does not exis. lo olyextracts and concen trates, as it wvoro, life's ethereal os conse, brings together its shtatter'ed bieaut les, and prolongs its more rof'in (id 40t C eont. joys The Reioval of Geni Sheridan. Tho Washington correspondent of the New York l/erabl writes as follows nin ler date of the 3d instant : It is rumored to-day that the order removing Genetal Sheridan had been issued by Presidb-t Johnson. I havo it on the best authority that such is not tho fact.; but I have good reason to be. lieve that the order is all ready, and would have bleen issued some tiie ago but for somo little hi:clh that has iot yet been removed. After all, I believe that there is; a lack of backbone iml tjiar t<-rs where great stillness was expected. CJonibinations have been fsorised that em barrass thl Presiden'. in hii policy and endLr himi uncertnin how to act., whether to push forward boldly or to recede. ft is rmuiored now that there is a defection inl tle (abilnet, and that an other ieiber' besides Stanton has kick. ed aa inst. he ant i -Sherda it policy. 1lowever this may be, I believo tile President wVill not vivld in his determii natuin to removo "sithle h"il." The order will assign as a a cause for the step that Sheridan hiniselfs n inpedi ient in the way of rationil anm consti itionial reconistu'sctioii, and that, there fore, ho .bosnld he reioved ii the saie way that Shesrithm himsulf removed Governor Wel. of' laloisiana. IL will direiL (Genial I Iancock to assimne com ir the laws of Congress as to conflict as little as may bo with the letter and spir. it of the constiilion. The President blieves that, t.hough ti recent, hets of Congres clothe military cosnnanders witih absolteI power,still these cossmnand. em.; Shouild use tlie ntmost disCretion and exrci.:;e .1heir power so a; to bear' as lightly azi pos;ible upon the people, and so as to give .satisfaction il tlheir dis tricts. Ie cons'ders that Sheridant has not thus acted; that he has beenunwise, arbitrary without nanuus' anid in mnany mnst:tices dspotiO in the creise of p owv.etr. Soami ter' person. h there ore costsi ler, eily patriotie andil far ilnre ellicient andI dlscreeAt, should be .tsubsti: uted fhr him as cosiniandeI of tle lifth Mlitary Disttiiel.. In General Ifan vock he believes such a 1imin will be found ~. A foroignm paperi says, that, the in crensmg d seares -f cross-ties has given ris to a plan, now liing tried by the lInilroad colmpI'ansy of the Rhine, hv, which se necessity of their use is avoid. ed. The rails employed are nine inches high (instead of' ive), a lit tle narrow on tle top, and about three fourths of' ani inch broader at t lie bottom than tho or. iy rail, t weitty-fou feet losn and nine hundred z oll pown.ds each m weight. They are buried five inches in gravel, which is covered with tire inches of earth, no that the top of thg rails are above griound. The rails are uonicuted with chairs, in he usual way, and the two Sida of t ie iacl-: are fastened to gether at iterials A three feet with roni iron bracrs. It is claimsued that. this constrition is as safe as tihe use of cross-ties. Vlethler it is as economical, time alosie N. i show." A Cox-rts-r.-A-Whilst the trial of Surratt has occupied forty-five days, aid 54 neot yet- concluded. tle trial of the Pole, iheezowsk i, who attempted to assassinate the Czar', in P'ar'i, was ov'er mn two hsours after' it hind begun.. Our elharac(te r of' beinag a fast people is certainly not juistified bythe tiie consumed ism crliminal trials. A P aris ce'sp)ondenlt'of' the Newv Yor'k Jimr-. nal of' CJommece says that thero wa's vt e geerl satisfation1 at the v'erd(ict, ofthuiry, whiich faimnd "extenuatina eli euimst ances" in the ease of lBerezow sbi atid the scintence of thse courtL to m tpi tisnenit for' life and hsard labor', inst eadl, of deaf hi. The appare'nt ab sencee of' all mtah igit ity of character, the ims'antile look of the pr'ittoner andu his exemplary chsaracter', moved all pre. sent to compassion. H~e was Ovidlent.. ly a mnonomnaniac upon the wrongs of IPoland .--allanore &~un. PRaCTienL Rr consyn'ucTIon. -We trunst the means may be or'ganized or' cr'eatedl wherchby Nor'therni capital may bie largely dvtdto thte extension oaf Souithernaiclue One hiusndred mulhions msighst be so invested in the South as to incrteafe by at least that sum thesa amnmal pr'oduction of the soil. Th'le South will, this year growv more gr'ain thsan she cycr 'did befor'e, and will make, it is estimairted, 50omo 2, 500,00 luhles of cotton. Yet thoro are plsanters whoe, with a well scure'd loan of $ 1(00, could have incr'eased thecir crop hay at least $2000, giving imcecd employment to laibor and mado to suplly all who need loans, sand give ample secturity, before the open(ing ot' snother season.--r Y 'hibunc. A young widow of Quincy, TI.,met a str'anger on thoa street anid asked hsim the way ; lie asked Iher' if shse was not a widow ; so said se was ; lhe said hse was a widower*, a doctor firom Pal smra, Mo., snid piroposed mar'riage on thle spot ; she blushed and~ heositated ---woutldn 't hso comc hisoesand see his fr'emids abmout it ; the inter'view wats satisfacetoiry, thse marraigo was arrang.. cel for next miorniing, the wvi'dow's cash ($140) got into the doctor's p)ock ef., lie went to get shaved andhmas neov er' returnedh. Hie oven left lier', cr'uel man, standalig in the public squmaro whsile hie "just run over to the bar' be'. There's no sneh dloctor ini Palsumra, and the curt ain drops up)on a woman mi toar.. If you love otherms, they will lovo you. If' you speak hindly to thsem, they will speak kinidly. Love is re paid with love, and hatred with ha trod-, WVould y'ou hoar a sweat and Idensinig (coho, speak sweet and pleas ansthy Vuaoclfr PoruiAn Einnon.s---\Wo- have bon greatly astonished to loarn from mci of intolligenco and position, tlht there are many persons nder the impression that it is necessary to take the oath known as the iron-clad in order to register and vote. I fence, there will be hundrels who will keep away from the registration boards, because of this impression. Wo haivo published tle oath which will bo required of voters, two or threo times, and doem it necessary again to state that thoir is nothing thoroin contained to prevent the most uncompromising Confederato soldier from assuming this obligation, provided he is not disfran. chised by reason of having held certain disqualifying ol11cs. We urge the peo. ple generally to oxamine this matter for themselves, and not be deprived of the privilege of registering simply becauso they are imformod unofficially that they are not entitled. The question has also been raised whether tho members of our State Coi velition will have to take the iron-clad oath, uniider the requirements of the new reconstruction act. Certainly not as tho law says "All iersons hereafter elected or ap pointed to offie in said military distriots under any so-called State or municipal alitiority or by detail or appointment of the district commanders, " shall tako said oath. Members of the Convention are not included in any of the classes described. Anderson lidelligencer. .?iMs. SumnA'rr.-J.Judge Picrrenoint in bis addre's to the jury yestorday, said : "When it Was suggested by some of the members of the military cominssio n that in consequence of the age and sex of Mrs. Surratt, it might posmbly e right to chango her sentence to imprisonent for life, th6 President signed tho warrant for her death with tlhe paper right before his eyes.' Jidge Pierrepoint must have been misinfor-iin'd, as the President was not aware iiitil two months ngo, through - a private source, that any of the men i of thie military commission joined in a r cone ronda t ion or suggostion hiat lie sentence of death passed upon Mrs, urrait be commuted to imprisonment. This iinformnation vas privately given to lim before ithe commenceient of the t'rial of Johni Jf. Surrat.. He then de nied, as he now denies, that the recom iniudat ion or suggestion was ever offi cially brouglt to his attentionk.-.Balli morC Sun. A iiew tannery has been limit in ope . ration at Rockford, Ill., at which it is stated, a recently patented process for oxausimg the air from the vat is cimploy ed. It takes by this process only twelve hours to complete the tannihg, and about fifteen minutes for sheepskin. It is claimed that bythis the weight of the Ivather Is ilcreased ten per cent. over the old process and the cost of tho work is but ten pe r cent. that of the old, and it is also claimed that, the leater is supe rior. 1forC. leaving for Canada, Jefferson Davis wrote as follows to a friond in Mississippi :"It was my wish, as s001 ns opportunity was at hand, to have hastened a re-union with my country. men in Mississippi ; but vielding to con trolling considerations, I Ihave cuirbod the desire. but onily, I trust, postponed for a brief time the pleasure." A fat querulous fellow was driven from a stage coach by passengers whom lie hmad annoyed with his grow hings and comnplaint. A cigar was lighted, when at a preconcertor muo mient one0 of the passengers exclaim ed: "For heaven's sake, sir, put out that fire ! I have four pounds of powder mi liy overcoat pocket !" "D)river ! Driver ! Step ! Stop I" dxchined the v'ictim of this gunpow der plot. 'Lot me out! Let me out!I There is a nman here with gun p)oder in his pocket-he'll blow us all to darnation I" The complainant "got out" in no0 smiall hurry, and the~ passengers thence forward pursued the even tenor of their way, undisturbed by his further annoyance. A hymn sung by an old woman runs thbus: I lhears a rumblin' ia do skies, ~Jows, sorews, do i duim I I hears a rumblini' in do skies, Jews, screws, de Ii dum An inglmry elicited the fact that the second and fourth lines, which form a. sort of chorus, originally read: Jews (cruoineod hIm 1 Pumi~..-Aroh b..;p Whateleyoc piuzzled a number of Clever men in whose company was, by askin a this question: "Hlow is it that white sheep eat more than blackc ?" Seine were not aware of the curious fact ; others sot to work and tfied to give learned and long answers ; but all were anxiouti to know the real cause. After keepinig thiem wonder lmg for some time, lie said: "The reason is because there are more of them." The "loyal" Stokes, (Browniow's "mian Fridlay") in a recont speech in Tennnessee, alpostrophmizod, apake thus ly : "Ahi, my colored hearers, did you never receive the lash ?" A misguided nogro who thought Stokes wanntod information, answered: ."Yes, by golly, you gib me lots of it when I worked on your plantation, near Liberty." Sudden subsidence of Stokes. "Hlavo your onbbagos tender boarts ?" asked a woman of a~ oabbagemonger. "They can'6 have anything else, nm'am," was the reply, "for they have been with me orgving about tho streets all the morning.