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T??t his de< ^HBKCSDjB^HPr*"" which ^^BMpHBrefrwWtrjfVffl>i?pjbve. absolutely ' 86 It' n with the United Hpl^BRf^ii'bttnttM lie destiny, the deelinv ^B33.k It. --ll~_ a < i.. _. iPpfWng, eggreasi ve nature of iU people hare made foi* *t. regardless of all obstacles, apparent or rent, whether growing oat of s>#mm or war r^T*ru!?M? of diseeneione in or between foreign nai.'on*, regardless of jealousies of each otber aroii.7??> by rival toteresU or natural vanity, end equally alllancee cemented by treaties of amity or by common in tercets. The United States pursues, unimpeded, ita destiny. Nor do ata own institutions stand in the way of ita onward inarch. If any domeetic form of government, and the distribution of power among the States, obstruct the march of ita Seatiny, a terrific civil war, surpassing in atrocity the Internecine war of 8cy]la and Marina, destroys the rights of the Sint-e and transfers all power to the central government This transfer of power to the central government, and the vest increase of it, does not enure to the executive de partthent, which consists of one individual, but to the legislative branch, to Congress, that it may possess the audacity, the irre aponslhillty of numbers. We speak of the United States as it or they indifferently?as it, as being one, the pluribut of the ancient motto Is gone, it la absorbed in the Mum. We speak of It in the singular in view of its eonoentrated, untrammelled energy, or as they, having in view its wide-spread, comprehensive, far reaching power. Tnat it is the manifest and sure destiny of the United States to absorb all the North American continent, the W?st indies, and to make the Gulf of Mexico an American msrrc ctaueum, la so obvious that to mention itiealmoat a matter of super'wogation. Yet -the eubjeof has a genersl Interest, perhaps a practical one, surely a great one for the philosophic student of history. Reverting to me pin, we neve Louisiana Teiritory, Florida, Texas, California, New Mexico and Arizona. The last telegram from Euntne boar* intelligence of the ratification of the treaty by Russia for the cession of Russian America. Ho pat is this policy willi American iostincts that Mr. Greeley's Tribune, which ridiculed unstintedly the treaty, already declares that the " seven million purchase from Russia wears a more attractive SM?W??..** This subject of the acquisition of foreign territory by the United States, whether of Oonterminoue countries, or of distant points and regions, is one of curious interest from the grasping magnitude and variety of its objects It Is calculated to excite some surprise where the facte have not been collected and considered In their segregate. This we prop oca to do now, briefly, not ecmpUtely; and if come at first appear chimerical, the purpose to achieve it ia none the lace entertained, and our reading of history and ths study of ths American people lead us to believe may all be accomplished. The gradual absorption of Mexico by the United States, is universally regarded as a foregone conclusion. The attempt of the European powers to prevent ths further ex tansies of the United States in this direo lion, and to curb its power by placing Max imlllian on the throne, has proved a signal failure. This was not merely a policy oi France, or of Louie Napoleon. Spain, Austria, Belgium, and even England were equally, though not ?o actively as Louis ntapoteon, committed to this policy. It dtUk bock twenty four years, at least, when it woo proposed to place the third son of Jxiuts Phillippe on the throne. But the failure of MaxilpUlian is the final failure of tlie whole policy. The MU introduced into the loot Congress to loon Mexico 15 millions, ; and take a lien on some of toe Northern States of Mexico, was a scarcely veiled of far of purchase, and no foreiun power will ba suffered to obstruct it. A Northern paper informs us that the next acquisition of _ Territory which Mr. 8eward has jn view is that of the peninsula of Lower California, . bud that the return of Mr. J Ross Brown, special commissioner to examine this territory, ia impatiently looked for at Washington. It is added that the " cession such ss has been determined on. will embrace both banks of the Colorado of the Went, In orBar to give Arlaona a port on the Gulf of California." On the 6tl> of las: month there held at Detroit, a convention of persons n America who speak the Frenoh language. It was composed chiefly of Canadians; the terms of the invitation seemed to exclude native Frenchmen. The appeal, as it is called, scarcely leaves a doubt of ita being intended to set on foot a movement for an nexlng Canada to the United Stales. The hill introduced into the last Congress to annex the eastern provinces of the Brit ish North American possessions, created no arpriac; it waa only thought that the honorable member from Massachusetts was in .'>nsta to have the honor of the first call.? T !' New York Herald informs its readers that Mr. Seward km opened negotiation# with the Britieli Government tor the |>ur chsso of British Columbia, tliue making our Pacific eoeet territory continuous, and that Mr. Seward propoeea to relinquish American demands for depredations on their commerce * by Confederate cruisers built in Kngland, in part payment for the territory in question. ^ This Is cool; it ia, nevertheless, one of the shadows of coming events. We laarn from Washington that negotiations have been opened with bpain for the e sad on to the United States of one of the great Philipinc Islands. The eompany of Boston merchant a who cetabliahcd the mail roots from Ban Francisco to Japan and China, arnin aetu?l treaty, U not completed, ac says tha San Franciaeo Bolletin. with the .Malay Chief# for the rorthero half of Bor aeo, tha largest island in the world, Itn menaely rich in metal tie wealth, apices, pre eione woods, ete., eta., and abounding in good harbors The oeaaion also embraces three adjacent isles. The whole will he . pleeed under the jurisdiction of the Uuitcd mates. In regard to the West Indies, every one must be spare that their absorption into the American Commonwealth la simply s matter of time. It is l>ut a few mouth: ^^H^^M?ri?k B^wnrd was conveyed HnHPP>nal ship to the West ladles for HHJBquisfUon of the port of Ssmaos.? VRe fruit was, it appears, not ripe. The B?w York Hera'd, whore utter want of J principle innke? it nn invaluable guide nn a j. Weathercock ?>f coming puhlio opinion, rsays the United Sta'es will be criminal If j they do not take poeseesion of llayti. In I August. 1851, negotiations were set on foot I for the sale by Spain of Cuba, to the United I Slates, The proposition was presented by a Spanish Agent to Mr. Abbot Lawrence. then Minister at London, who was warmly in favor of the purchase. The sum asked was one hundred and fifty million dollars. The Lopez expedition broke off the negotiation, the papers were returned, and the whole matter was regarded in diplomatic phrase as non avenu. The futuro is, however, unmistakably shadowed forth. The Gulf of Mexico will become a mar#c/ausurn, an American sea. Wc have thus adverted to some of the projects?not all of them?for the acquiei iion ot territory ; some in the progress of completion, some as yet in anticipation.We have sdvorted to past enlargement of our borders as part and parcel of a policy of aggression and aggrandizement which there ia no reason to believe will be stayed. As to any obstacles to be interposed by foreign powers, the European intervention, by placing Maximilian on the throne of Mexico, and its failure, answers nil such doubts. Nor enn there be any doubt, about the American people and Ameiicau Government possessing the audacity of conquest. The snubbing, defying insolence to (>rent Britain by the American Cabinet while the country was iu the very midst of agignntic civil war, and the haughty, peremptory tone of demand to Prance to withdraw French troops from Mexico, were worthy of Rome, when in the hour of overwhelm ing disaster after Canna, iho senate se.it the llclor, not a herald, to Carthalo, the Carthngenian ambassador, ordering him to losve the Roman territory before the sun should go down. The admitted general corruption, pecuniary aud political, of the American people, the overgrown wealth of some, the comparative poverty of many, the inflamed desires of all, present the circumstances and at ate of morals favor ahle to aggression and conquest? that con <1 it ion which led the Roman Empire to make " iirbi el orbi " synonymous?the power of the Eternal City commenauratq,with the inhabited earth. If to some persons we shall seem to have outstripped the fa ture, we can only say, such aie the teachings of the past. A power may he an empire whose titular government is not an emperor. | J Joust on Telegraph Intolerance. A correspondent, of lite New York Evan gelist, a New School Fresbyterlun paper, wilting fiom Cincinnati where the Old School General Assembly was in session at the time, sajs : " Dr. It. J. Breckinridge is here with his Roman features; his tall form still erect, and his long hair and beard but slightly grizzled. He in as fond of speechmaking as ever, and is heard with respect on account of hia age, and with interest on account of his Kentucky provincialisms, and his rich vocabulary of invective; but his power and prestige have departed. He is s leader without any followers, and can no mere arrest the tide of re-union than King Canute'* sceptre could stop the tide." We do not pretend to nnderstnr d the controversy here referred to, but believe it relates to the expulsion last year ot aewral Presbyteries in Kentucky mid Missouri on account of " dbloynlly;" and, if we are not mistaken, the breach has been healed, or at least been put in a fair way of cure, by the recent action of the Assembly at Cincinnati. Dr. Breckinridge tor many years, indeed, until the commencement, of the war, was deemed one of the strongest men in the Presbyterian Church iu Amer ten?iiu niui i?r. 1 horn wi ll 8 tiring the great intellects that mouldi-d much of it? pol ley. Until the war. Dr. B. had always been known as a strong Southern man. liut he Wii, at the eame time, nbo. an ultra Whig, and when secession came he could only see in it a Democratic snare, anil, being ijatur. ally impulsive and violent in his like? and dislikes, he at once boenme a moat violent Republican partisan, and baa been audi ever aince. Ilia career, in many respects, is parallel to that of Brownlow. But there is not the same excuse for Breckinridge as may be urged for the demagogue of Tennessee. Brownlow is of obscurest origin, Breckinridge wan born a gmtleman, of an old, reputable, and talented family Brownlow worked for humble wages at his trade of carpenter, at the house of Qenernl Preston, in Abingdon, Vs., when Uev. Dr. Breckinridge married Miss Preston, daughter of the General, and sister of the laie Hon. Wm. C. Preston, of this Si ate. Nor was it in birth, station and wealth oniy that Dr. B. ranked with the first in the land. He enjoyed the best opportunities for education the country then afforded, and witli his quick perception and powerful intellect, added to great energy, and constant and unwearied application to studies of a widely varying character, he soon, like Saul, ranked head and shoulders over the rest of the people. He has done much for Kentucky in the organisation and superintendence of her common school system, and has done signal service to his church in the establishment and nurture of the Theological Seminary at Danville. What a pity that so great, and in many regards, so good a man aliould throw the weight ot liia character and influence into the scale of in tolerance anil vindictive persecution ! We < 11 vi not l?,.l r? t li ill lrincr wtisi a mil*-lul id G rat id Inquisitor he would have.made. How he would have glo ?t?*d over the auto-da-fe!? Taut ene animia ccrleaiibii* inr I So said I ho heathen poet. A Christian might express still greater surprise. The late Vice President and Confederate Secretary of War is a uejihew of this clergyman ; so, also, is Dr. B., one of the surgeons late on General I.es's staff. In fact, nearly ev ry member of the Rev. Doctor's family adhered South in toe laic struggle between the two sections. f Chartfttou JVetM. A Onxts, of Belleville, Illinois, named Bertchlnger, who has been in destitute circumstances, has just received the new* from " Fatherland " that he has fallen heir to the snug sum of $8,6t>0,000. i Hon. Joseph Henry Lnmpfcin, of the Sui parlor Com t of Georgia, died at Athens, en i^tlie ilh, \ H^^VK *!>( GREENVILLE. SOUTH Admiral SensM on Hooonstrootion, But, aside from this evidenee, that the Northern people Intend to heep faith with us, what other eourse is opeo to s.l Since the Bulletin first took ground upon this question, which was when the Supplement ry BUI was passed, which left the Southern people no option, almost ell our prominent men hare spoken. We hers oarefully read their letters and speeches and we find in no one of them any plan proposed by which wo can better ourselves. Some of the'm denounce the reconstruction Acts as unconstitutional, and Irom the Northern stand point they are so. But we, ss hightoned Southern men, mindful of our honor and our past history, must occupy our own stand poiut, and not that of our Ute enemy, if wo would not stultify ourselvea To repeat former arguments used in these columns, we claimed the right to secede ; we did secede ; we established what we claimed to be, a foreign Government, and we waged a four years' war in support of that Government. We were beaten in tbnt war, and are to day n conquered people?conquered in a foreign war, proclaimed by ourselves, and not merely subdued in a domestic insurrection. Shall we turn round now tn<l proclaim ourselves liars? Shall we say that none of these things occurred ? Shall we not only admit ourselves to be liars, but shall we, in addition, proelnitn ourselves to be swindlers! Shall we ad mit that we induced our people to withdraw from the Union under false pretences, and that we invited the officers of the old army and navy to become rebels and traitors, instead of rallying to tiie defence of a legally constituted Governmentf Is it the code of honor the pnssivists now prt posn for our acceptance? Yes, it is; and, strange to say, sensible men, honorable men, oommend this code to us. To such an extent do men's wishes, and interests, and politics blind them. But, to lay this ques tion of honor aside, and look at expediency, llow are we to help ourselves? ilas not Gen Pope told Gov. Jenkins that the r? construction law must be executed like any other law f and do we not know thai it will ll?S ftV.iAllliwl SrkUa af a??ffki?w. ? ? ? ? ? ? - ^VW.W rj.no VI VUlllg WC t'UII do? If the peoplo of Mississippi, or nny other of the ten conquered Slates, should register themselves, nod vite agninst call ing a convention, the convention would be called, nevertheless. The negro vote, and the vole of the radical whites, would outnumber the passivists ; or, if it did not, the reconstruction Act would be so amended at the next session of Congio*s as to nccom plish the ohjeot, with, doubtleja, further and more stringent discriminations agninst those who have participated in the war.? Oov. Terry, of South Carolina, in particular, must be mud, when he recommends the people of thai Slate to vote agaiost a convention, for He knows that the blacks alone in that Stole are more numerous llisa* the whites. Oov. Perry talks of honor una the constitution, ami at the sains time recom mends hia people to put their necks quietiy under the fool of the black man. It there were any free choice left us, we might or might not accept the terms ; if we might or might not. take our respective Slates back into the Union on the eondiiious named, the case would be different. Gut if we do not re organise the ten States out selves, they will as certainly be re organized by the negroee and radicals, as that tha aim shines, and that is the choice, and the only choice, left us. Choose for yourselves, brethren of the ten States? Mrrnph it Bulletin. Speech of Gov- Orr. At I he earnest solicitation of manv friends his Excellency Oov. Jainca L. Orr consented to address the people of the District on last Monday, in the Court House, upon the political condition of the country. After reviewing the various plans presented sinoe the war, for the reconstruction of the Government, lis earnestly insisted upou the acceptanee, by the people of South Carolina, of the plan of reconstruction now proposed, as the only means of preventing the administration of the affairs of this country from passing into the hands exclusively of the ignorant, aud consequently the barhurtnn and the tyrant, and as the only hope of making this country even tolerable lie showed, from the census of 1860, the great preponderance of colored over white voters in the State, and our utter inability to defeat a Convention, or to protect our selves whenever wo make an issue directly with the colored people. According to the census of I860, It appears that there are sixty thousaud colored voters in the State, while there nre only forty thousand white voters, leaving a majority of twenty thousand colored voters. It is true, perhaps, that there are not as many colored men in South Carolina now, as in I860, but it is almost sure that the proportionate decrease has been much greater with the white than with the colored men in the 8tate, siucc the commencement of the late war. Gov. Orr insisted upon the cultivation of tho most cordial and kind relations between the two rno.'s in the South, and the foiinatiou of no alliance with the two great political parties of the nation. The speech was altogether timely, considerate and forcible, and we feel s< re that our excellent Governor was actuated aloue by motives of love for his native land, in thus earnestly invoking his fellow citizens to grasp the only means of preventing anarchy and ruin to our already down trodden aud desola'ed land. [Anderton Intelligencer, June 5. Tub Athens Banner, of the 28th, an nonnees the death of Trof. Waddel). He tlied at his residence this morning st four o'clock, of paralysis. The deeeared was a son ol Moses Waddel), one of the early Presidents of Franklin College, and was himself a member of the Faoulty for many years.? Hundred* of graduates of the University will read with sorrow that their old pre ceptor ha* gone. lie had been in feeble health for more than a^rear, and hi* death, though sudden, was not unexpected. The WaddelUare a family well known in South Carolina, where they formerly raaided.? Every reader of the " Georgia Scene* " cannot hut have an affection for that famous school, where Calhoun and MoDufAe, Path gi u and Hamilton, and many more of Caro litis'* most distinguished sons were first initiated into the Republic of letters, f Charleston yarn Lost to Sioht, Ao.?A man in New York has got so deep in debt that no one of hit creditors has been able to see liiro foi months. \ I ?f m <???i i 3PTI LAR CAROLINA. JUNE 13. 18 Management of Manure. The suce-ss of the farmer certainly depend* very much upon management of manure. The remark ha* often been made that muoh of the moat valuable part uf animal excrement* ie often lost, through negligence or mismanagement. The practice of exposing manure to the action of the eup, wind and rain, ha* been severely centered, and the digging of barn cellars, the building ot sheds, covering* for barn-yards, Ac., have been highly recommended. No good farmer would suffer any of his crops to lie in the field till one half of their value le lost by exposure to weather; but how is the ease with b*rn-yerd and the manure heape? Here ie a treasure indeed ; but it is wasting its value continually ; are not lie virtues every hour escaping into the air ? But many farmers will oonfess that their management is not such as it should be, but, through lank of capital, cannot make the changes which they desire, in n single year or two. But we contend that a farmer of small means can do much to preserve the virtues of his manure, lie can house a part of it, at least, in somo way ; and he cau put a cover of muck or loam upon hi* ma nut e heaps, and also in his barn yard, and theroby prevent most of its virtues es caping. If he hauls manure into the field, if it i* not immediately plowed in, it should he put in rsther large heap*, and be well covered with earth. A difference in opinion has existed among distinguished writers and farmers, in reference to the degrue of fermentation whioh manure ought to undergo before applying it to the soil. Some nre advocates for long or fermented manure, and ollieis think that it should not l>e Applied to soil till it is partially or completely decomposed. The former contend that much fluid and gaseous matter of the manure is lost, unless it be applied immediately to the soil in its green state and plowed in. The latter contend that long or green manure cannot be reg tunny spreao, unci mat the nntmnl mnttsr doe* nut mix intimately with the atriw, but is in masses by itself. Tlicy slso complain that the straw will sometimes dry rot, and becomes dead, useless matter. It is probable, however, that by proper care, manure in its green state, may he pretty evenly spread, and the straw will not often dry rot. It is said that Stable manure, when lying in heaps, is liable to be spoiled by being overheated. To prevent this, it would be well to either apply it to the soil and plow it under as soon as may be, or mix it with charcoal and other substances. Smaihieai of Cob very Desirable in Seed Corn ' Tho selection of seed corn is one of the moat important things which a farmer does. Coarse cobs accompany Into maturity, as a rule; fine cobs, well tipped out, indicate perfect maturity, adnptniion to the season and soil, snd a fixedness of character which it is important to maintain. The curing of corn take* place to a great extent after husking, and the presence of a great, soft, moist cob in each ear, gives a tendency to mould, which should be sedulously avoided. The old experiment of fitting a paper cone to an car of corn, then withdrawing the ear, shelling it, and returning the kernels to the cone, is interesting and instructive. If the kernels will all go ea-ily into the enne, the cob is too large, and we should say, the corn unfit for seed. The cone should be made of brown paper, dampened, bound lightly around the ear, coming no higher than the kernels, but covering all; the ends are trimmed off, and it is allowed to dry before the ear is drawn out One may easily judge by the eye which cars have the smallest cobs?those which are best tipped out, which have the kernels rn the closest rows, and all the rows running un broken from end to end. These ears will not he found among the biggest round, nor among lire longest, usually, but among those of medium size. A friend used to snv. as lie showed off hit teed corn, " every ear as regular and solid as a while oak pin." And so they were, aa nearly a* corn ears could be?firm, close, hard and solid. [America-1 Agricultural. That Liverpool Is a great commercial centre, a cosmopolitan port, the greatest cotton market in the world, our readers oil know ; but they may not know the extent and magnificence of her facilities a? a roadstead for the largest vessels that sail or sleam up the Mersey, to seek anchorage in that world renowned haven. A recent vis itor says: "To attract and accommodate the commerce of the world these splendid works were conceived. Thsv are built in the water, and the walls, taking up a large part of the front of the Mer?ey. upon whicli Liverpool stands, enclose the river at high tide. When their gates are shut down they hold tho vessels that have got inside al high-water mark, even when the tide hai fallen to its lowest ebb. Upon the ground thus recovered from the water for the walli of those tremendous docks stand rows and rows of immense warehouses. As we steaim ed along the Meney, Liverpool looked a good deal like Philadelphia, on the Del iware ; but the shipping in the docks seemed to lie anchored almost in the heart of the city. There are ten miles of these docks? seven miles on the Liverpool, and thios on the Birkenboad side of tne Mersey. They cost more than one hundred millions of dol lars. From this statement you can form some idea of the magnitude of the commerct of thi* great port. They lire built as if the} were intended to endure as long as the py rani ids." Sirrmxo is Mailtos.?The Marion Stai says; "The destitution in our section at the time is aomewhst alarming. The term doe not refer to the poorest of our citizen merely, bnt to many who have never knowi what want was, who, with the blessings o a smiling Providence, will have anipli means when their crop is harvested. Ilu at present they have not the money to pur chase provisions and their plantation neces saviee to enable them to carry on thai farms, and, anless aid can be obtained fron some quarter, the prohebility is that a por tion of the crop already pieutod, am looking so promising, will have to bs abac doned. A man by the name of Jennings, who hi ( be?n committing various depredations upo the Inhabitants of the interior of the Stat ' has been arrested by the military author ties and stnl to Cattle Pinckney. ifctp ;'EYENT^ 67. A Swarm of Bees on a Han's Face A correspondent of the London Field gives the following interesting narra , tive: lu June 1854, Mr. Siromonds, a farmer residing at Brookland Fartn, i Wey bridge, was dressing in order to at' tend the rent audit at Woburn House. ?. ? ' wiviv |/uihuk vjii u is cusi, u? perceived from liis window an unusually large swarm of bees, filling the air will) their cloud and noiso. It was, in fact, as he afterwards ascertained, two swarms that had come out of two distinct hives, and had united in the air. lie ran out in his shirt sleeves, and without his hat, to see where they would alight. The bees, after making some circles in the air, led him off to the bank of the river Wey. Thinking that tho bees might cross the river, and perhaps escape, he adopted n plan not uncommon with bee masters, viz : that of throwing dust into the air among the bees. This often makes them settle quickly. They did settle quickly, and this more so than he expected, for in a short lime the whole ol one of the laigest swarms that he had ever seen, settled upon his bead, face and breast. They hung down in front like a great beard to the bottom of his waistcoat. Had he not been well accustomed to bees and perfectly collected, his situation would have been a very dangerous one; for, had he at all irritated this mass of armed insects, he would no doubt have received a sufficient number of stings to have placed hto life in peril, lie was obliged to close his eyes slowly, and to keep his mouth shut. Then, in order to prevent their entering his nostrils, which they endeavored to do, he slowly thrust one hand through the tnass, and with his two fore-fingers managed to keep drawing and pushing them away from bis nostrils as they tried to enter. This was necessary, as bees are ii_. _ i i ? ? geuernny nrnaieu uy living Dreamed upon. Ho then begged to consider what course be should take. He was some distance from his house, and no one near him, or within call, ilia first thought was to walk tlowly into the river Wey, and gently sink his head under the water and thus throw otf the swarm. But a moment's consideration di.-suad<-d him from that attempted remedy. lie could not have disengaged them all, for many were betweeu his neck cloth and the skin, and still more were crawling down his hack. He found that if he walked he could not help disturbing the hanging mass, and that every agitation, however slight, caused a hum and hiss from some thousands. lie then remembered the account given in Thorley's work on bees of a swarm settling on the face and neck of a servant maid, who escaped unhurt by tho care and advice of her master ; he, without irritating the swarm, having hived it off from her with a hive well smeared with honey. To avoid agitating the swarm, Mr. Simtnonds slowly knelt down-on tho grass and remained perfectly still. He then found a number of bees were gathering in a mass under the waistband of his trows sers, in the hollow of his back, to which spot the others were drawing, indicating that the queen was there. Fearing therefore, that the tightness of the waistband ? rendered tighter whenever be breathed?might crush, or at any rate irritate this part of tho swarm, he bloxvly uubutloned tho front of his trowsers. It is not easy to conceive a more helpless condition than that to which Mr. Simmouds was now reduced. lie that was the master of forty hives, from which he could usually levy what spoils he pleased, killing his thousands at his pleasure with a brimstone match, was uow completely in the power of one de tacbinent of his own army, and was reduced to the most suppliant position. Even to call for help would have been dangerous, as the bees near his mouth would have been undoubtedly irritated, and would have probably entered his mouth. At this momeut he hoard a train on the Chertsey Branch Railway, from which he was distant about filly yards. It fortunately happened that the engine driver was known to him, and had a little commission from him to sound the rail-way whistle if he should see anything wrong among his cows and sheep. This engine driver seeing Mr. Simmouds on his knees, with one arm extended as if for help and something odd r hanging from his face sounded his whis tie. This was heard by Mr. Simmouds' * wife, who, supposing that some cow was * kick, seat tier son and a farming man ? out into the fields. They soon fi^ind f Mr. Simmonds in the predicament above a described, in addition to the hanging 1 uiass, there was a cloud of bees still tly> * ing around him, so that to approach r him was not the most agreeable office a However, they cstne uuar enough tc - hear him speak, which he did verj gently?merely saying : " Bring a bush el hive, well rubbed with honey, ant aomo bricks." * While they were gone at the top o n their speed for those, he remained per j' fectly still. The tickling of the beet ; feet on bis face was almost unbearabh i rise.| and the danger of irritating thoee that "w were down hi* back and neek wit fa* ^ minent. The most difficult part be had to perform however, was that before men* tioned, of dissuading the bees, with the aid ot his two fore-fingers, from getting up bis nostrils. These bees were sot in a good humor, as tbey were breathed upon, and were also deterred from doing as they pleased, and one bee showed his displeasure by stinging Mr. Siminonds at tbe fork of but two fore-fingers. This was not pleasant of itself; but it was a serious occurrenoe, and it might bs the prelude to a more extensive attack. He avoided making any start when be was slung, and continued to push away as gently as possible those that were near hit nostrils. This was the only safe place to breathe from, as it was necessary to koep his mouth perfectly closed. Of course, the few minutes that elapsed before the return of his son and servant seemed a terribly loner nsriivl In Mr Bimmnn/1. --*1 u I D r- ? ?? wriuiu?VUUV| nuu VMf ing iho whole of it he remained as molionless as possible on bis knew. On their arrival, the bive was planed on three bricks, with its mouth downward, and Mr. Simraonds slowly laid himself on his breast on the grass, with his head close to the hive. The honey soon attracted the bees nearest to it, and. a slow movement of the bees took place, till at length the whole swarm gradually gathered itself uuder and v/ithln the bive, except a few patches of bees, which , in walking away, Mr. Simmonda easily disengaged from his dress with bis band, and made them join their companions. Mr. Siramonds thus escaped from not only a very disagreeable, but a perilous situation. It occupied two hours from the time the bees alighted on their master to the time of his release. Contradiction.?O ye married folks all over creation, how much of the nectar of domestic bliss becomes 44 vpilt milk " because of contradictions upon matters loo trivial for a second thought. If 1 make a statement at the dinner table that it rained yesterday at one o'clock, and my wife says,44 No, ray dear, you are mistaken, for the clock struck one just as we got inside the door, and it was at least a minute before the drops began to fall," now why should I reply to that f Suppose it began to rain a minute sooner or later, it is of no consequence as to the general I statement 44 that it rained vmterdav at one o'clock," nod yet, in this way, millions of domestic quarrels bare corns rnenced, ending in unhappy aalrangements for hours, months, and years.? Reader, never contradict, especially your wife, for she will always gel the advantage sooner or later. Let your replies be deprecatory. If she says " you are a fool," don't argue the case ; and if you say anything at all, let it be, 44 that's so P but don't add, u eUo I would never have mariied you." Boys Using Tobacco.?A strong sensible writer says a good sharp thing ?and a true one?for boys who use tobacco. It has utteily ruined thousands of boys. It tends to softening and weak, ening the booes and it greatly injures the brain, the spinal marrow and the whole nervous fluid. A boy who smokes early and frequently, or in any way uses large quantities of tobacco, is never known to make a man of much energy, and generally lacks muscular and physical as we'd as mental power. We would particularly warn boys who want to be something in the world, to 6hun tobacco as a most baner..i : t. :_s iui }Hjisuu. it injure* u.e teem. it produces an unlicaltby state of the | throat and lungs, hurts the stomach, and bltuts the brain and nerves. [Recorder and Democrat. Education of Southern Girls.?A society has been formed in Baltimore upon the following basis: 1. The society shall be called " The Society for the Liberal Education of Southern Female Children," and shall have for its members all ladies who will contribute $5 per annum towards its support. 2. The object of the society shall be the education and support of female children from the South, whom the calamities of wai have deprived of other means of education, and whose families and friends shall be willing to entrust them to the s?cietv to be cared for, and educated in the religions faith approved by their parent* or nearest friends. A clam merchant, meeting one of his own fraternity, the other day, whose pony might be considered a beautiful specimeu of a living skeleton, remonstrated with the owner, and arked him if he ever fed bitn. * Ever fed him ! .1 l I N .L . . 1 <. 1 1 ; mat 8 a goou un, was me reply ; " ne a f got a bushel and a half of oatt at home now, only he hain't got time to eat etn.'' ' Fall in Paicaa ?Flour and wheat, Id the North are coming down. Large shipments if bav? been received from Sad Frencisco. s both direct and by way of Liverpool, and , thia unexpected change in the ueuai eourea 1 of trade is bringing dealers to their lohef I teniae.