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TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM ] "the rnicia op i.iiihiitt la HTsnNAL vioii<anob.? [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE. S. C\, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21. 1858. VOL. XIV NO. 39. i-L i r. i I - e .i t ' - A FORENOON CALL IN ALGIERS. c, Yesterday, we all started tin our promise visits to the family of a cadi who lives in llic neighborhood of Algiers. A cadi, as a(" nil renders of the Arabian Xiglits must know full well, is a native justice of the peace, a Worship Shallow after the oriental CM ^ pattern. Law and religion arc here thejsame ^ ordinance, and the ancient caliphs were at a| once pontills, judgps; and doctor^of the lj] law, having under1 them three classes of p., vicars?the ima'mas of ministers of reli- -p| gion, the muftis or doctors of the law, and ex the cadis or judges. Who does not re- Wl member the summary punishments inflicted W( on evildoers in the golden pijnu; of good ' llaroun Alrasehid !?the fires and bastina- ;u does, the imprisonments and bowstrings fu which served as a gentle divertisemenl to oc the placid repose and sunny languor of lr\ Bagdad ; now the wandering prince in dis- jK guise, and the scolding wife Fatinn, dervi- jv , slree, Jews, one-eyed Calenders and water- us carries, and all the other dranutlis pcrxoutr t ol, of th$?fasciualiug eastern romances, were j (|, invariably summoned once in the course of j t], ther adveirjLures before the cadi, who usually ! ,u. ended Jj^inndiry by a decree equivalent to j cj; "your 'mvn^ ',or your life." Pear, old, ' so bca:ded dignitaries of our childish days! ,0, The cadis are still retained under the Jls French military government of Algiers, hut with a greatly modified jurisdiction. Un- pj-, . jj dor the decree of the 20th of September, bo V 1842. the whole colonv. inehidinrr nntivn V. ... ' . - ' O % or imported populations, of whom there thi ; aro in Algieria no lack, arc place<l under sal the Frencii law and tribunals. Uut there gii < still remain some special Museulmau ofTen- 0f > ces, which,are brought before the native rc,j cadis as of ^UL- The commonest cases of w; y. -a penal nature Veferried to their judgment j? are those of drunkenness?Ry far the most jje numerous?breaking of the fasts, blasphe- Cq ,fny, and improper behavior in religious edi- ^ej fices. The questions relative to native di- <$[, orce and heritage are also still under their w? C. . . N " SCI The cadis lo whose wife wc were about as \ > ay our respects, must have been a man eel jomc substance, as be dwelt in a huge oil jjfse about a mile out of to a m, and under be< 1 same roof with various other members | >iis family. In fact, the establishment \ somewhat patriarchal in size. The on ?irs have rarely more than ono wife apiece, hoi f; the fix ladies who received us were tlx H> married to a brother, aTn'-plunv, or a I);1 nil of the cadi. The introduction was po iled for us by some French Indie*; and tin r.nglish lady married in Algiers, who tal M... u - ?r ?; i > mu iuuui isii language penecuy, A ' - y accompanied lo serve as ;m intepre- als J Wo made altogether a parly of ten, al*i Aling lbr?^chikhen, two of whom were coi \boys, under the age that excluded wl: . 'yioiti attendance into llie sacred pre- by a harem. Leaving tlie main road, ilu d't'i* ^own a 8't'el> P!,th, whose con- po , . \ ^*rly impassable from mud?ibis of <l "'-j^iny season?plainly showed kn iat *',e '?"?'^e inhabitants of the domain sor Crc w',0"y unaccustomed to walk abroad. Iiri ';'dy in a provincial town would bei 'scolded gardener nn&er?7?'Q^lffid'dovrtfr a cart load of grovel tut fc?*ovjrt fair liands, ratber Uiib Lave an< bliged tirade throughJ|rtcli slusb no he slie foent to t!io church, of tbe sin J . . ,1 >r tb'Q "shop, or to see Mrs. J'Olin bni the High Street. With 6o?ne ah* Hid by dint of our golonhes, we tb( '0 road, earn ing the clyldren ere 1 passed tbrougli tjvo^lJ-kept Oil massive white house. ,*fhe. :sjji 'n<js liave much tljjellbbk of a crl 4fort; the room^o'iien into tlrt ^md present nothing to view ted %save tiny slits like Gothic for ^ total absence of chimneys ani r" Tftnore devoid of life; but vvh &"y picturesque anijdst | col ~y vine trellises, especially ev< (< ^ ' IIh, ?6 white w driven arc Yt- k^every color of sun- die } lio -*?ived on the" threshold hy a sto f/pjp^or, who* was saluted as 80 and whd Epost cour- ?" 'wVip. lie was in full cos- J1-'1 '*yjwfe-liead anc^a red fei.? on ania" half nVftie f<x>t lll< to 'niee^afi/i^ijd. Tb ^^^^BVVely-looTting, worako $ |pmm^Vda,k hiiir:>i,a <<< ' of light eHk ^P,r* ,w s"*71 l0, k f" dtwliMKed ^MJ52S!E!2 V ' |>S *?;4 in,^(iti. ?WH^M r, .^:ir" vi*, vf ?vU'vi<^''|^ j? ri i.;$jjfcJrJ'O r^u^if??'iC i um iiouseiioni, an auireM in gay paiiydored garments and woolen stockings, i.h dark hair cut short, and hanging dowty y the side of their roughed cheeks quite raight; smart handkerchiefs twisted round ieir heads, and earrings. One or two had leir eyebrows painted to meet between the , ,'es, and their nails tipped with henna.? j liey had rather handsome faces, good eyes , id hair; but there was only one of them , lat could be sailed beautiful, and even her | .i,...~:.i ..e ~n ~ i t: luivm \ji <*ii ciiiiuumig expression* , iey looked good naturcd and live]}', and , tremely glad to see ns, though lie feared ^ a liad taken tlicin l>y surprise, as they ire not arrayed in regular Moorish granite i rlure, though their dresses wer-.* very fine , id gay. Olio of them brought a bcauti- e 1 buhy with curling hair of a deep gold ( iloi ; and presented to us a merry little j rl about fivo years old, bagged up like t ;r seniors in full trousers, with her hair ^ cd of a peculiar auburn. They pressed t to be seated, some on the divan, some r i the carpeted floor; and then tucking eir trousered and stockinged legs under > i?m in fi nincf ?wl oinl ?.. * iiivh, ntu viv aim v>*/i I ? v ii IVJ 11 \/ j i 11 miner, they formed, with us, a large so- I il circle, across which they chattered like (] many magpies, the English interpretress ^ ideringthe questions and answers as fast she could. We had brought for them some little ; cscnts, consisting of artificial flowers, bou- j ^ lis, and a pair of English scissors. Those i . io received the flowers stuolc them into " fir head-dresses, and seemed to be greatly " isfied with them. The scissors were a-n to an old woman, the mother of one the husbands, for all relationships seemed >rcsennted in this family group. T. c fe of the cadi was a tall woman, dressed mourning on account of the death of r mother. She was not so handsome in loring, as the others, but bad a more iuligent expression than any one of them, e ordered coflee to be brought, which l( us served up on a tray, each cup being . ill ;i sort of filsirrrnn #! ?# ? ! " ?,v v- " """ .1 saucer. The beverage was most ex. ii lent. Our party of thirteen, seated in a cle on tlie floor drinking it, would have cn a tuflioier.lly ludicrous spectacle to .j ooker-on. j. They were liighly delighted wit1- our laments, and (ell the silk of my dress ^ Lween their fingers. One lady showed . n in a lJoinan brooch with a head of * mte cut in lava ; they asked if it was the j rlrait of her husband ! probably taking j fillet and bay-leaves for some ornaim'n " Q variety of an Englishman's costume.? ^ little magnify-glass hanging at a girdle 0 delighted them extr- inely. We asked j uut their education, and were told they 11 Id none of them read or write; so that a icn members of a family are separated marriage, and live in different towns, ' ;y are wholly dependent on chance op1 tunities of communication throurrh word . || mouth of friends. Neither do they , . ? i. n ow their own ages, usually referring to ne public date in order to indicato the ... . ol tits ot their recollection, as " we rememr the coming of the French." <fcc. C( The life led bv these unfortunate crcatc es is forlorn in its utter absence of moral 1 intellectual action. They have not only j, education, in which they arc not wholly gular, but 110 religion on which to fall t;k; they never enter a mosque except ' out three times a year, in the graves of > dead th*y pay occasional visits of rev- ^ :nce; but from all the duties enjoined on ^ tistian women of all ranks, in all perish ju^they are cut oft*. Tiiey can neith1m lli( ir children religious truth, for in ^ !4jj$ney are themselves but half instrucn^^^in tliey take part in charities^ ^ thatTOtie religion which visits the widow ^ ir, thoifalberlass can be but ill followed ^ ifcre e\?ery moment is fettered by a cruel f^cntj^n&llfe;. The Moorish women. h6w :r, who nr$.?een iu the streets of Algiers, " s not of a respectable class, Moorish his live in a profound retirement. The ^ uses of the town being built up a very j ep ascent, the flat terraces seemed like many steps ; and we read that, until the ivnl of tho French, it was strictly forbid- J i any man, under pain of death, to go j to those terraces, lest he should see from # # u snce the women of neighboring families, e muezzins who ascended the minar> ts ? 8C the mosques several times a day to an?i.? l, . ~e ~ l?i -i?- - st >UV UVIMO VI UUU ttlUHU llltl j yOego of overlooking tlio roofs and courts . j&jgiferB; and we are furtlier informed, 'J it pretty good care was taken that these lez^ins should be chosen from among the W nd! From the terrace of the Casbah, . ancient palace of the deys, wo ourselves ^ vaMpsquo come unto her roof, " hang- . oiClothes" and then a second 11 ?jEjr- . . . e. jgfianother house, and clamber |Hop of aggljoining one, from ?7vpaw^w vjr f* iuyt %yui|f. HXHl ^ rcnsc, |,c>rC8P^t8^ q nily, bo ifclit in sncreli: * )us in a potion of Algerine '?' V? |Mgn perpetrated, though the jd*sBflj^? tb? point of" the whale town, artraH |j^,^,o?<from f6of ta roof, tHI the ofb ? Prests on the br&8d 4*osora of .tjj ijjbrranefui. S neafiogf our particular frtends, ,U ?*.. '" ( _JL *JL who r?-joic?'il in the sonorous names Ayesha, (Juria, Tonia, Molina, (Jossa, ai llanitla. After an liourof vehement co versation, neither party understanding word of what the other said, except I help of the good-natured interpreter, ai: gestures extremely a pr<nm\ we rosj t go, shook hands with each of our entertai ers in succession, making altogether a -su :>f sixty shakes of the hand got through i live minutes, exchanged sixty ejaculatioi if "Slama," and were ushered down stair ir.d through the court to the outer hal passing, as we went, the open door of saloon, where sat a handsome moustache Moor on his divan, cross legged, and la/.il eading a book, llo looked up as we pa led, and .slightly bowed with a whimsic: jxpression ol' indolent wonder atthc sudde rruptioii of :i bevy of foreign ladies upo Ije wotnenhind of his establishment. Sue t picture he made in liis fez, seen throng lie arch of the open door, that I could nt esist scanning him iu what he probahl onsidered an audacious English inauiie Vud .io we were bowed and shaken out i he establishment, heartily thankful that w fere not born Mussulwoinm, nor under I li nartial or summary penal jurisdiction of 1I001 ish cadi. ALL ABOUT MARRYING. The world is just now in the midst of it redding season, and it is a favorable tim - . 1 ! i . * * D wuisper a woru in tlic oars ol the Mattel ng expectants. It is really not so much a bject for justing as for serious thought.? Vo look upon it in that light, and h:iv lived some capital reflections from the San usky Keg is tor, and for which we give crcdi a the graceful and practised pen of Mi 'ictor: It is a mournful fact that this world is ful f young men that want to marry and dar ot. Deny this, as some will, it is iicvci lieless true, as we can easily show. In tin jwii, for instance, there are some thirty o jrtv young men, well to do in the way c ularies and business vet who refuse to tak i.~ i.: ? .1 n iv: ?iiicn iiiry an watii 10 lake, butd ot; an J why ? Now the first question to bo asked by an uie man is, can I properly support a wil ' I take one ? Then lie counts the cost c ving as the woman of his preference wouli rU.li, ami lo ! he finds to his nmnzemcn lint his income is vastly too small to suji ort even a modest modern establishment ml somewhat saddened by the reflection e plunges into labor ami courts busincs itli ail assiduity that takes away his healtl ventually, in hope of attaining income tlia liall enable him to marry and have a bom f his own. And this is the secret of all lb ai d unending toil of young men of to-da; 'ho are fast approaching thirty years o iro tlii? lli?> "I"""! ? ,r .V..1UI. yj| w lllilll) Clisajl ointed men and waiting woman, den; r hide it as you may. Hill, says some g?md women, you do u ijusiice, for any woman who truly loves )an will adapt herself to his circumstance ith the greatest pleasure. Hut what tnai f any sensitiveness, or high sense of honoi ould take a woman from easy circumstan is and a pleasant and well-furnished hom > adorn his housework, as the first princi les of economy would demnnd of him ew will do it; for though the woman sig ifies her willingness to take up with such ex ericnce, we are all such creatures of cir Limstanccs that there would be complain igs on her part, eventually, and sicklies om overexertion, and unhappiness fron lar.y cares?all of which would remlnr muf age anything else bill pleasant. And so the young men wisely think, pre xring a few years more of single loneliness i order to obtain money enough to suppor modest house of between twelve and fifteei undrcd dollnts a year, where she must d( er own work. Now, what is the remedy 1 Plainly tha oman must fit themselves to be such wive 5 the young men must have. Else tin oting men must fit themselves to bo sucl ives as the young men must have. El-' le young men must fit themselves to bt jch husbands as the women want, am tend tlie very fchoioest years of their life ii le ceaseless toil, breaking down hcaltli appiness, energy, only togivo themselve p to marriage when the best of manhood i one. Tlio woman must choose for them :lves, which it shall be, for tlio matter ii >luly in their hands. Let mothers say t< icir daughters, put on that calico gown, g< ilo your hausehold and fit yourselves t< ecoino a wife and a mother; let the youn{ romen cheerfully consent to such service nd, instead of lavishing all thought, nn( me and money upon tho adornment of th< ody, seek to accustom tho hands to prope idustfy,1 and to school the mind to prope isto?then.tlicro will bo no longer coin foints thafc^ouing men "cannot afford t< ?a>)rjV and shall have beautiful,modes ives'nnd laving husbands, and life shal tfel'mor? jtjwe^pm e th ingvof the truthful e? and virtue, yrj^icb it had in the <Iav? o t,f THE JERKS. ?1 A HEMINISCKNCE OP TIIK OLDEN TIMES, n- In ISO I I first witnessed that strange a ercise, the "Jerks," although 1 had lie: ?y much altont it before. It took subjects fn id all denominations and all classes of sock to even the wicked, but it prevailed chit 11- among Presbyterians. 1 will give so tn instances: in A Mr. Duke, a Presbyterian clorgym is of high standing, having charge of a ct s? gregation at .Ituiesboro', was the first m || of einiiience in this region that came un* a its iullueticc. Often it would seize him the pulpit with so much severity that y spectator might fear it would dislocato s_ neck and joints, lie would laugh, hall .1 to the toll of 111?i vnii-n .nwl 15....II.. I. %t , J ? - ...v .wivuj (tiau IIIKIIIJ IV. ii I from tlio pulpit, anil run to tlic woo 11 screaming like a madman. When tho < ], ereise was over, ho would return to t |, church, calm and rational as ever. Son ,t times, at hotels, this alllietio" would vi v persons, causing them, for example, in t r. very net of raising tho glass to their li >f j to jerk and throw tho lienor to the ceilii < ; much to the merriment of some, and I c ; alarm of others. I have often seen lad a take it at the breakfast table, as they wc pouring out tea or collec, and they wot throw the contents towards tho ceiling, a s sometimes break tlio cup or saucer. Th c hastening from the table, their long su of braided hair, hanging down their bac n would crack like a whip. For a time, t ierks worn ihn. _ - r,w v-"" ^ ?public and private?both in the chur ^ and out. Various opinions were express . concernim; it?some ascribing it to t it . ? , devil, others to an opposite sourcc ; soi striving against it. others counting it as I II power of (iod unto salvation. In mji e cases its consequences were disastroussome, fatal. A preacher, who in early life, was a dsi ^ cing master, joined the conference, a when the jerks were at their height, u stationed on this circuit. He declared tl e it was tlio devil, and tliat lie would jtrea it out of the Methodist Church, lie coi 1 lie need (he work with great zeal and hii > expectations ; hut helore he had got roil j. j he took the jerks himself?or rather th j took liiin. When the lit began, lie wot ^ 8;?y, "Ah, yes! O, no !'' At every jerk, used his hand and arms, as if he was phi , ing the violin. One morning, being seiz ' as he was going to liis appointment, lie , go the bridle, and the liorse ran ofl' till I was stopped by a gate. The rider h.avi t dismounted in order Lo steady himself, h u hold of the pailings of the fence, whit unfortunately gave way ; but the lady ? ! the house, comiii" to the door to see wli M j-! was the matter, heightened his mortific tion. Attempting to hide himself by runni into the orchard, his strange movement, s lie rati fiddling, and the tail of his lo irnu'n ! ? J'? 1 -** * ;i [ a -j > .? in mo tvinu, attracted t s attention of the hounds, the whole pa of which pursued him with hideo yells. Doing, afraid of dogs, he turiu and, running up stairs, he jumped into e bed, where he lay till the fit was over. 1 j. proud heart would not submit, and the d ? ease?as he termed it?growing worse, gave up the eireuit and withdrew into i tirement, where his sun went down und a cloud. Poor man! I loved him. Usually the subjects of this strange affi s lion were happy when they had it, and ha j py when it passed off, and it did them i harm. The wise ones of the day, such William McKendrce and Thomas Wilki son, said little about it, but preached, e , norieu anu prayed, as it it werg. not in tl t country. j At the closo of tlio year I attended > camp meeting at Carter's station, wlie about ten thousand people assembled.t Here a controversy liad been going on I s tween Pro-sbyteriJins and Methodists?tl a former saying, among other bitter tliinj i | the latter were hypocrites and could refra , from shouting if they would. They we > the aristocracy?the pdTor. -^On Mond: ] morning I preached; preco-led by the ve i erable. Venpelt, who''left the congregate t calmly and silently weepfngT I arose?lil s most men who know nothing ? fearii s nothing, and undertook to account for tl . Jerks. The preachers looked frigktene 3 and the audience astonished. I viewed j as a judgment of God. Taking a compe 5 dous view of the nations, I showed tii ) God was just, as well as merciful, and li r judgments, though long delayed, sure come. I adverted to the wickedness of tl j peopio, enlarging on their intolerance ar j bigotry, charging that Middle Tenuessi r had gone as far as any part of the UniU r States in tliose. particulars. I glanced ; . the rise of Methodism, and at thcp^rsec 5 tions it had endured, and quoted the taun t ing language of its enemies':?V Ye a I hypocrites, and; can cease shouting if y$ . will.'^ After h* pail?e, I exclaimed, at il (, tpp^of my voice, "do you loavp off jerkii ) ly . bforethan five hundred pe?^-- cor THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF MR. JE] PERSON. We tako from Mr. Randall's forthcon cx* ' j ing life of Thomas Jefferson, tlic followin description of Mr. Jefferson's personal aj pearance: l-v' " Mr. Jefferson was generally, howevei "y rather a favorite with the other sex, and n't me without reason. His appearance was ei Raging. I lis face, though angular, and f;i !UI' from beautiful, beamed with intelligent with benevolence, ami with the cheerful v; Ian vaeily of a happy, hopeful spirit. I lis mm 'ur plexiun was ruddy and delicately fair ; Iii 1,1 reddish, chesnut hair, luxitriaiil and si!k?*i a His full, do p set eyes, the prevailing coin '' s of winch was a light hazel (<>r llocks c ',>0 hazel on a groundwork of grey) were ]>< :,P culiarly expressive, and mirrored, as th 's? clear lako mirrors the cloud, every emotioi ^x' | of which was passing throught his mind.? ',u J He stood six feet two and a half inches ii >?- height, and though very slim at this period lslt his form was erect and sinewy, and hi h? movements displayed elahticity and vigm P"S JI<; was an expert musician, u tine dancer,. >g; dashing rider, and there was no manly ex lie ercisc in which ho could not play well hi ies part. His manners were unusually gracc - re ttiI, but simple and cordial. His converse ild already possessed r.o inconsiderabl ml sh: re of that charm which, in alter year en was so much extolled by friends, ami t> its which enemies attributed so seductive m ks? inllueiice in moulding the young and th lie wavering to his political views. Thcic wa on a frankness, earnestness and cordiality ii oh bis tones?a deep sympathy with humaiii ty?a conlidenue in man, and a sanirnin 1,0 hopefulness in his destiny, which irn-sisti 1,c lily won upon the feelings, not only of ill 1|U ordinary hearer, but of those grave niei "V whose commerce with the world had per 111 haps led them to form glowing estimates o it?of such men as the scholar like Small in* the sagacious Wythe, the courtly and gift ,u' ed Kampuer. 'as Mr. Jell'erson's temper was gentle,kiudli iat and forgiving. If it naturally had any eh thing of that warmth which is the usua in- concomitant of affections and sympathies irh so ardent, and it no doubt had, it had bcei ik! subjugated by habibual cotitrol. Vet. uu oy dor its even placidity, there were not want ild ing those indications of calm self rcliano he and courage which all instinctively recognizi iy- and respect. There is not an instance ui ud record of his having been engaged in i let personal rencontre, or his having siiU'eret he a personal indignity. Possessing the ac ng eoinplishmentf, he avoided the vices of tin lid young Virginia gentry of the day, and i ;h, class of habits which, if not vices them of s?lves, wero too often made the preludes t< uit them. He never gambled. To avoid im :;i- porlunities to games which were general!; accompanied with betting, he never distill ng guished one card from another; he wa as moderate in the enjoyment of the table, t< ng strong drinks ho had an aversion whicl lie rarely yielded to any circumstances; hi ck mouth was unpolluted by oaths or tobacco ills Though he speaks of enjoying 'the vieton itl, of a favorite horse,' and jlie 'death cf tin a fox,' he never put but one horse in training lis to run?never run but a single race, am is- he very rarely joined in the pleasant excite lie inent?lie knew it to be too pleasant f<> re- tlie aspiring student?of the chase. Will ler such qualities of mind and character, will (he favor of powerful friends and relative;; ,c. and even of viceroyalty to urge him on war<), Mr. Jefferson was not a young mat I'* to be lightly regarded by the young or ol< n0 of either sex. lie ! ?? ?mo of age in 1704 as , *' ftxipstonr. (/as JJumers.?Gas bur tr' ners, usually made of iron or brass, arc x' subjected to some difficulties. Tlu ',e heat of the flame expands the metal and enlarges the opening, causing ft some waste of gas; and, besides, the re metal is liable to corrode by the action of the gas upon it. To obviate these evils, M. Sell war z, of Nureinburg. e' Germany, has lately manufactured gtu ',e burners from soapstone, steatite, whieb ;s? is prepared for this purpose in ;i peeuin liar manner. This stone is cut up intc ro small four-sided slabs, put into her jy mctically sealed cases, and exposed tc j a slow fire until it becomes red hot.? Great care is exercised in thus roasting the stone, beeause ifquiekly heated, it will rupture by the sudden expansion '8 ofsmall particles of moisture in it. The e steatite slabs are exposed to this heat d, for about two hours, slowly cooled, it and are then easily turned to the pro n. per shape in a lathe. After this they at arc boiled in oil until they acquire a deep brown color, when thnv nro tnlrn.i I,s out, dried,-and made to assume a beauto tiful polish simply rubbing them with ie a woolen rag. The boring of gas id burners is an art requiring great carc ae and skill, as the o.pening of each burner ;<1 is formed to consume f\ certin rjuanity of gas. j- i Gasjjnrners made as described from soapstOTR^are stated to be perfectly fire-piK)ti iable to any change ;^r\alter^p^3^he. size. of the bore % longest hetitrproduced by -tie com THE SKY. It is a strange tiling how little, in general, '* people know about tlie sky. It is llio |>nrt of creation in wliirh nature lias done more '* for the sake of pleasing man, more for the sole and evident purpose of talk ins* to li'in. ' and teaching |,jm, than to any other of her works; and it is just the part in which wc least attend to her. The noble scenes of earth can he seen and known hut l>y few. ; ll is not. i-l '.I j live in tliu midst of them; he conjuies i them I?v liis presence;?lit! ceases to t?*<*1 j them if he is always witli them. Tli? skv is for all; lirii/lit as it is,*it is not "too r 7 . .! Illicit nor good for lininan nature's daily ' food." It is fitted in all its functions for ' perpetual comfort and exalting tlie heart, I southing, inirifvinir it from dross and dust. 11 i . , Sometimes gentle, sometime* i..pncinus. i sometimes awful?never tin: same for two || I j moments together?almost human in its ' I passions, almost spiiitnrd in its tenderness, almost divine in its infinity; its appeal to what is immortal in us is as distinct as its ministry of chastisement or of Messing to what is moral and essential. And yet we s I . , . never attend to it, we never make it a subI ject of thought, lmt as it has to do with our ' animal sensation. We look upon all by which it sneaks to us more clearly that to ! brutes, iinon all which bears witness to the i) j _ I intention of the Supreme that we are to re* o-'ivtj inure from tlie coverim' vault, than the o a li?'lit ami tilts (lew that wo share, with the s i ... ! wont), only as a succession <>l meaningless 11 ! , : an I monotonous I<-nt, too common ami | too rain to he worthy of a moment of watcliU ; fulness or a glance of admiration. i If, in our m<>i*i' ii'-- o' : !! ami insii; t ( I | i?1 itv, we turn t'? l:.t -!? i- a I-.-, n -.iuree, j which of i:-. |ihi'>io!lie|ia ?io we S|?-ak ol ? j. | One says it iuc? we ami another it has ] been wim'v, ami nr.ollicr it has heen warm. ' i 1CI " no, among uie whole chartering clowd, j can tell me of the forms ami precipices of j tr tlie chain of tall white mountains on the horizon at noon yesterday ? Who saw the | narrow sunbeam that came out of the. >??nth s and. smote upon the summits until they , melted and mouldered away in a dust of . blue rain ? Who saw the dance of the dead _ clouds when the sunlight left them last night, r. and t! e west wind blew tliein before it like , withered leaves? All has past uugiccted , or unseen, or if the apathy he ever shaken t oil, even for an instant, it is only l>y what 1 is extraordinary. And yd it is not in the . broad and fierce demonstrations of the cleu mental energies, not in the clash of hail, nor x the draft of whirlwind, that the higest ehar. acters of the sublime aie developed. (Jod ) is not always so eloquent in the earthquake, . tior in the lire, as in the 'still, small v ' *e.'? They arc but the blunt and the low faculties . of our nature, which cannot only be ad" B dressed through lamp black and lightning. } It is in quiet and subdued passages of uuob, tnisivc majesty, tlio deep, ilie calm, and the s perpetual?that which must be sought ero J it is seen, and loved ere iL is understood? r things which the angels work out for us . daily, and yet vary eternally, which are r never wanting, never repeated, which are to J bcf. >und always, yet each found but once. . It is through the-e that the lesson of devor tion is chiefly taught, and the blcssincr of , beauty is given.?John Raskin. i y How January 1 camc lo be jVeto J 'earn Dit'j.?A writer in llio National Intelligeu1 ccr reminds us that wo do not now celebrate New Year's on the day our fathers did ; on the contrary, that little more than a century ago that festival fell on the 25th ' of March, throughout the British doinin j ions : r The alteration was made in the 21th ; year of the reign of George the Second. i which will appear by the following extracts s of the act of parliament, entitled "An act > regulating the commencement of the year, and for correcting the calendar now in use." i 89 Preamble.?Whereas the legal supputa, tion of the year of our Lord*?according to which the year beginneth on the 25th ? day of .tiarcli?hath been found by expo" riencc to he attended with divers incouve> niences, ?&c. ' Enactments.?That throughout his M;ij j esty's dominions in Europe, Asia, Africa , and America, the said supputalion, acoor ding to which the year of our L<?rd hi-srin netli on the 25th day of March, shall not he made use of from and after the last dav of December, 1751 ; and that the first da\ of January im'XI f??!l?>wirt^ tin* said last da\ of D'-ci'inher shal! !.< I:<.| f l accounted to l>?? thvj fii :l.-?v ( in L-ird. 1752, and so on Iimii time lim.- Th" first day of January in every year wl.icii shall happert in time to come shall he' dcciii ed and reckoned the first day .of the year; &c. The act also fur^jer corrects the calendar. thus: ' < And. that the natural day next immediately following the 2d day of September shjdbbe called and accounted.'to he Hhfef 14til day of S< ]'t'-rnb'!r, omitting for lint ON THE EXCLU8IVE USE OF OUANO. From the very favorablo results obtained from the use of guano ami other portable manures, and the high price of grain at present, some gentlemen have adopted n | system of farming which, however profi* i | hie it may he in the menu time, i- -n . | he attended ultimately with th- ! i tion of their ?oil. There are : . in particular di-triets pn>|?Mct<-i? > nor.-int of the details of fartiiiiii.', at- ' i , wiomtg in tiiat att<*iitiVR ovi-isii;!'.' 4 j iieei-.-.iaiy to it- .successful prosecution ha thought. il I letter to keep m> animals of anv kind on their farms. White crops only aru grown, the tillage of the land is done by contract, a liberal dose of guano is sown with the i.-ron ami ?!> ? * , , ~ " 'Jiv in roiipcil OH j standing. For the last two years this lias ] pai?! well. The practice lias been followed principally in dbtricLs where there is a demand for straw, from the number of dairies established unconnected with any farms; and wlierc the soil is unsuited for the growth of green crops, two white crops are raised with a liberal allowance of guano, and then the field is sown out with grass, which i* let to the dairy-keepers or graziers. Of course such a system could only be pursued where there is a demand for tho straw. As guano and other portable manures | have really some most extravagant admirers, whom no arguments will convince, wo | will not attempt the task of proving to ! them the injuriousncss of the practico referred to above, but will simply direct their attention to the effects of the exclusive use of guano when continued for a time. \Y? nie told b_v Mr. Villeroy, in the Journal d'Agriculture Pratique, that there are farms in Saxony on which there are no animal*, . ! :ti <! on which the labor is hired, and no I iii'imire but guano used. This has been coiitiii'.ied for more than ten years; but it I is found that they are now under the necessity of increasing the quantity of guano on tho>c farms where it has been used exclusively. Where, for instance, they employed about 4 cwt. per acre, they are now obliged to apply about 4 12 cwt. to produce the same results, lie also mentions that there is au impression among the far* mors in Saxony, that guauo is unsuitable I lor the growth of clover. j TIim above fact is deserving of nil ?????? e. - lion from farmers, particularly those who ^ may pursue tlic system to which wc have 1L alluded before. It is also found here that much larger doses of guano are now roquired to produce results equal to those obtained when guano was first introduced into this country. This may no doubt arise from the guano now being used of inferior quality ; but wc do not think that there is such a difTcrcncc in the quality as to cause such a disparity in the results. The true J place of guano is as an auxiliary, not as h substitute for the ordinary manure of the farm. And it would be a pity if this, one of the principal aids to fertility, were to suffer at all in the estimation of farmers by its injurious use.?Journal oj Agriculture. <^ An Eurhj Account of Tobacco.?Girolaino lieiiZ"iii, who travelled in Anv:'--.i fn?m 154 I to I ">50. gives in his i; :v recently translated from tinlowing account of toUieco which lusaw :t! IIi-|).-illi<>|;i ;? "In this Inland, as nl.io in oilier provinc- of these new countries, there are sum., hushes, not very larg^, like reeils, that produce a leaf in shape like thai of the walnut, though rather larger, which (whore it is used) is held in great esteem hy tha natives, and very much prized by the slaves, whom the Spaniards have brought from Ethiopia. When these leaves lire in senson ihoy pick them, tie them up in bundles, and suspend them near their fire-place till they are very dry; and when they wish to uao tlieni, tlioy take a leaf of llieir grain (maize) and putting ono of the other into it, tbey roll them round tight together; then they set fire to one end, and putting the other end into the moutli, they draw their breath up through it, wherefore the smoke goes into the mouth, the throat, the head, and they retain it as long as they can, for they find a pleasure in it, and bo much do they fill themselves with this cruel smoke, that they lose their reason. And there are some who take so much of it, that they fall down '..V. as if-they were dead, and remain the greater part of the day or night stupefied. Some "./> men are found, who are content with imbi- . Iting only enough of this smoke to make ' /> ilium giddy, and no more. See what a pes- V : v-' iiterous mid wicked poison from tlio devil i.liis must be. It hrii linppenod to ni? >*yur?! times that, going through the pro- v^r"v); v .litres of,Guateinala and Nifearaguivl have f rB entered the house of an Indian who bad taken this herb, wliieli in the Mcxican language is called tubacwv and immediately perceiving the ?hnrp fetid Juiiclloftlrii truly , fa