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All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recoimiending Candidates for public oflices or trust-or puffing Lxhibitions, will be charged as Advertisements. gr Rev. FneosmuRtc Rsn, is a travelling Agent for this p-iper, and is authorized to receive subscriptions and receipt for the sitame. Agricuitural Chemistry. Professor Johnston, in the course of lec tures delivered by him before the New York State Agricn itural Society, stated .the following things worth remembering: 1. In this climate the temperature rises to 10) Fahrenheit five feet below the sur face, and to 1-0 half an inch he'ow it; facts which, lie says, he learned himself with surprise. lie uses them to illustrate the economy of nature in promoting vegetation. 2. The sunbeam is composed of three <listinct and separat-i rays-one of heat, one of light, and one called the chemical ray. These three agencies exist in different pro. portions in the sunbeam in the spring. sum tmer, and autumn. The blue or chemical ray is greater in the spring; the light great. er in thle summer. The chemical ray is less in autumn, nnd then the heating ray :predominiates. The proportion of these rays vary in difyerent seasons of the year t order that the growing plant- may arrive At maturty.: It has also been ascertained ,y!! at tho-. r rtions of those a nta .vary in liar pma s and the dark more than the It; and hence it is infered that the color d/1a tlower is what determines the quanti ty of heat it requires and the .umount nt hitchi atatire supplies. 4. Drainige is as necessary in dry and sandy as in wet soils. ''It soil is merely burnt up by drought, and you suppose the roots to descend nily to the deptli of about three inches, it is obvious that the heat of the summer dries up the land to the roots. ]lut if by drainage you open up the soil three feet deep, so tint the rain, instead of flowing ofl the surface, descends through the soil thus made pervious to it, the roots will grow deeper, and while the upper sur face is dry, the drought does not reach the roots, which are thus enabled to live longer than they otherwise would." 5. Tobacco is a crop which contains amuch mineral matter. Suppose an acre to yield 8tO lbs , these 800t is. will con tain about 161) pounds of mineral matter, which is carried oifhy the crop, and in this way the land will soon be exhausted. Iti Jour years, (100 lbs. of mineral miatter would be carried ollf fron an acre of tobacco land. 1t is the duty of the farmer to supply the mineral matter, thus especially exhausted, if he wish -s to sustain tho soil. 6. There are certain parts of every por lion of every animal removed every day, and a quantity of new nat ial put in its place. Ience the animal should have a coinstantt suppily, in order that this dilyl waste mtay tbe made up. An anitmal re quires, to sustain its body ini good condit ion, oir to supply what is called the suistaiining food, about. one-sixtiethm part of its ownm wetighit daily. it you wish to increase its stize, or enable it to woirk, y ,u titlst give more. If you feed for milk, twice the quantity. 7. it will be found that the soil andl the plant contain necarlyv thle samte substances, the only oine not itt the' plan t being alum i. The muechuanicalI fu nctioin of ab ui na in the' soil is to anchor the plamnt. Its teniacity is its available property. Some plants grow in nere snd, but the grent majority of them require a certain &egree of tenacity in tite soil, which is obtamied by mixing silica with clay. Thtis aluiminta does not enter into the plant, but only gives to thei soil thte tentacity necessary to retauit thei phmit. To Prepare Asparagus Beds. Select a rich'spot exposed to the stun; trench it fintr or 0 ye feet deep1, and pit I veriso all the umnps of enarth. jf. thtu earth were sifted, it wouldl be all th<( better. Piut six itnches of good stron~ mantire at the bottom. andh on it a layca of thick gruss sod; then another layer o manure, and afrterwaurds, six inchtes o earth. Repeat these layers, and put ot top, twelve or eightteen inchtes of soi and fine manure, well tmixed together Make youtr beds abotut five feet widi and set the roots out in the commence ment of garden work ini the spring aouott fifteen itnchmes apairt, placing thei crown abiout an inch anid a hatl f hielov the su rfauce, with a stick to mark the Io cationi of eacht root. Thle plants should lie two yearsa olh whlen sit, an-i in placinig them, car Rhtould he obiservedl to spread out thm roots into a niatuni position. A fier tht bedh hits settled, give thme siurfacee a dreu h,,, of wte sau, andl d. ot fret put salt enough upon it every year to kill all the weeds. It will then yield an abundance for many years.--Amer. Agriculturist. Why is the Garden More Fertile than the Field? 're universal answer to this ques tion, is, hecause it is more highly man tred, anid therefore has a richer soil. This is not always the case. But it is owing to the finely-pulverised condition of the beds, that gives it a highly ab sorbent power to attract moisture from the atmosphere-a source of fertility that many farmers scarcely seem aware that they possess. If the soil of the field were as carefully worked, and fresh earth constantly exposed to the at mosphere, as in the well-tended garden, the land would increase. rather thant, de. teriorate in fertility. Let the rule be, "plow deep, cultivate well, pulverise lnuips and soils, atnd retuirn the straw to the soil," and you may carry off an immense quantity of human food, and still have a fertile soil renaining. Plants, in their nature, are organised beings. By means of their roots they take up food from the sil-and often, the very food which the soil has taken up by its powor of absorption from the atmosphere, and which power is increas. ed to an alost indefinite extent, by dis. integrating the particles of which it is composed. The very act of plowing and harrowing, is an act of manuring. The act of stirring the earth, in times of drouth, 'reves as.n watering of the plants. The moisture this absorbed is loaded with a fertilising power that is lost upon a hard surface, for it lacks the power of absorption. If, then, you would have your fiehs as fertile as a garden, you must not se. pend alone upon manunire, but pulverise freely, not upon the surface alone, but dleep below it.-A ner. Agriculurist. Remarks on Breeding. As an illust ration of the effects of In. and-mn breeding, the following instance is related to us us having nceurred in a 'pvetictular. neig siborIood in this-cointy. ho as mt as e avoided all in tercourse with the rest of the wor d, and shunned asking the slightest favor of a neighbor, lest he might at some time be desired to reciprocate the kindness shown him, for a long series of years, bred his cattle entirelv from his own stock. In conseqiuonce of this such a herd of mis.hapen, uii n.: . hig.headed quadrupeds were pr - that they coul scarcely be recugiised as beloniging to the cattle kind; an. "' 's wolverinss" were for a long time the butt of ridicule in the whole vicinity. The careful breeder, ipon either sys tem, will avoid using, even for a single season, any aninal possessing obvious defects; for such defects, one intro dticed in but the slit. htest degree, are liable to be transmitted and reappear even after several generations have passed. To the many curious and val uable facts already on record relatirg to this subject, the fbllowing may he added:-A portion of the fowls posses sed by Constant Clapp, Esq., were for. mterly of the 'downy" breed. But this variety, so strongly markld, had run out and eitirely disappeared from his premises for eight years, when three of tese downy inrd iviulIs, pe'rfect in e'very par ticulart, rea ppeaured amntg h:k flock -showinrg thaut thle hhlods, though apparently obl1iterated, had yet beetn hnarking there, generation)1 a fter geniera. tioni. [This is what is technically called in breeding, "'crying back. It wvas a fauvorite theory with the laute dlistinguiished Genecral SelIiyler, a ran of extentsive observatti on, of deep~ peneC. trtiont, and soitud judgmnt, that the . rue chiaracte r, eithle r of a man itor beast, could be ascert ained by looking at the parentaige fromi whlicht hte hadl descen. , led; ands as arn illulst ration of thtis, hei used htioorouisly to relate the inicidenrt that in the early years of the Dutchl trade with the lEast Intd ies, one of hti ancestors, beinlg a sea Capt ain, hadit gon< thit her, antd retusrnted withI a w ifl-s ini his rsbsentce. A til lhe blood of thlai cross conutintued still to cling to) the dei scendants t We centurierus ale r wa rds, de spite of all theoir eflboits to eradlicate it so that downt to thte present slity, in oti tese con fsos uded IEast Indli anis wouhal occasuinally lie makinig htis appeiaranlce Trans. N. Y. Ag. Soc. Utrao STA-rK.--Untder thtis heain~t the Natcez F-ree Triader, of the 10Oti instant, has the following pa ragra ph: Mr. WVilliam Casey, cornier of Uni arid .Stato streets, in the city of Natchez cant bonst of a grupe vine which is, uan doubltedly. the monarcht v inc of th United States. It airises fromt th groiundr in a single trunk of sonic thire u- incehes in diameter, nearly st raight, ans a wvellI proport ioned, to thte hteight of a bot -nine feet, wvheni it spareads into briace a ai coversa ndeunmbmon... the tr.. work of quite a large garden, besides climbing a tall tree. The weight of the immense clusters of grapes hanging upon it, now about half grown, is esti. t mated at a ton. To stretch out any one , of the branches in a direct line, they t would measure from 300 to 400 feet. The grape is not natural to the country. but was brought to Nutche. in tho old Spanish times. It is called the "Jack Grape," from Spanish Jack, the nick. name of the Spaniard who planted it. Some years ago, Madame Binginan, now dead, olrered Mr. Casey $5000 if lie would remove the vine safelv tolher garden, in the environs of the city; but no sum of money whatever, would in duce the owner to part with it. It pro. duces a wine which has the taste of Jlock.-Amer. Agriculturist. To Renovate Pear Trees. Where pears are stunted in their growth, the bark thick and partial dead, I would recommend the foUllnwint methodh:-Scrape the outer bark well; take ol all the moss and dead bark into I the green or living bark, and wash the I trunk with potash, dissolved in water, united with soft soap in equal qnnntities. Then dig the earth away from the roots, say three or four inches, and scat. ter aroned the space thus (lug one or two shovelfuls of manure from the hen house, according to the size of the tree. Throw back the earth, mixing it at the same time with the manure; repent the operation every spring, and if anything will cause them to grow, this will. I have foun~d it f1or superior to any other. mnnure that I haue tried. A few bar rowfuls of fresh stable manure, thrown into the lien roost, nccording to the qunntity of fowls, will make an excel. lent manure, when rotted, for thisorany other purpoe. I. Westbury, L. I. Sept. 1850. The Hen Fever. It is surprising to witness the work ing of this fashionable, we had nearly writtenfoolish fever.- The yellow fever - and cholera may be mre fatal; the : tit heh 'teo ve" ' v t "rraing the most fools, and engulfing the nsit money, particularly in N.:. England; and we judge from numerous letters lately received from our frignds at the south, that they are getting a touch of it even there. Our orders for Shangliae f 1'hn ngs, Cochin-Chins, P !vmnll I: x c,, nodt hailf :rJ .1.. ou r p) 1. 1i. t j i :lili"_uhot s c '. t r-ilo ; 1" :111S o f lc'".I r,'i1" t i ..' t <-- :d -i ' solely of long It -s and necks, big heads, i bodies meagerly covered with course flesh, and destitute of beauty are nu merotis, but these will remain unan swered; for we have no idea of being mixe'd up with the miserable humbug in the lien trade, which is kept alive by a cluss of papers that might be better employed. The public look to the agri cultural press for truth, instead of de. ception and twaddle. A tor.A MiNon.--Fm;. 86. B rceders who live upon the gulli bility of tie public keep this fever alive, by means of publications, in such papers as will lend themselves to the henhuxsss, and by poultry boaks, got up on piirpose to assist thetm to selI their great, over grown, long-legged, cri ne.necked. big. headed abortions, not one of whieb is worth half so mtuch to the farter is the ohi stock of .lavas, al alays, or their crosses, the Hucks-counity anid .Jrsev Ilues, whlich canl be bought at a modher. aite price.* We untde rstanid, that I romn $W20 to $100it a pa ir is thle aisk ing prce of' these ''great poultry breeders,"' who kno1w31 nmre of thle true mertits of a bhwtha they dlo about thle hein roost of the etmpjeror ofI China, or the duck point of te Great Mloguli. Wie aret sorry to see' respeetale agri 'cultural palpetrs, like someir we iuiiht mirnei itt lostoni, entgagtid itt siuh swma/ butsintessi as pulling these iserIab tle bi ped s, (fleilthetred or. fealtheriless, ( intto no4 I ice'. We can assure them'a that thiir cotliioos could be imtuch betiter occup jiedl thanii iln such hiuttbuagginig ianiu/ fool. ery. 'liThey mat~y be.praiise or b'e-fouil such as th~ey~ leaste; hut uafter alil i saidt andi done, the hest and most ptrofit ibh-t for thle fi amer to keep, is thle D ork inrg, or ni goodt c~ionnno k indt, of miedhii u sc, like the bl-faishiioned speck ldI )otini. que thel Ilatter of which caln bei buogt hitr 50t c:ents to S I per' pair. Sueh fowls cain ptitk til their own't tivtig Iin the farmt yaird; the iy want neithei~r cos. Isetting nor stu ling. t hey can ta ke ce~i of iteimsel ves.-,l meri-an A'lgri'cu/tur 'i. lPt'ttoss:s.-1Tis nigie is a baeautifuli piieceu of timelhianism of hail f lhorseu powr, work in" to a cha rm. It was operated in the haull, ntnd att ra-ted great atttention. It piropetlled a g rindiistone, lathte, straw - ecutter, &c., workting with case tit f'roti, SW)0 to 800 revoltiionls per'li mitt. 3 With it, a larmer might saw hjs wood, ri cut his straw arid tiay, grind bilatools, I steam his potatoes and other feed \vith tI IChei srpalus steam, aindl whlile thu is oper i, at intg, sav e t ho lo nr and hoti ut of two s or threo tacn. It is wecll -worthy of ;areful attention, and I ble, ofgen. ral encouragement. ' uires from I to 1 1 .2 cents' worth el per hour, o propel it, and costs of '.-. Trans. V. Y. Ag. Soc. BV KFQU [From the Illipi gan.] Brother S. About one.of the j t things that :amoe oir in. Versailles t y is, that of mn anti-temperance aab which I send rou. I think it bu it and right hat the public should both aides of his great ' question, n which Mr. Jont and his opponent ofuirly at is. ;ue, in this "moral parf( God's vine. rard." I wish 3ou t itld, therefore, save the goodness to in.ert the follow rig, which was deliveredilmfore a "ptb. :' diseiblage," by a fItizen of Brown unty, a fet'w wceks slticent this place wi.' tiis favor not oniy for the pur >ose of'having hitl s-, f the picture >resented, but also, for the - purpose of lirocting the attention ,f the people of iur country to the growing intelligence if the age. , A few more years of such advance. nent in the science ofihetoric and log. c, (as is imdicated by the following) vill make it apparent to all that the ervices of the school.Inaster canl easily ac dispensed with. And on the score f economy, the dimos can he put to a nuch better use: "M1r. .PrrsidenL.- ,haint in the hab. t of sav redressing tlic disemblages ike thi., ere one. . is, gentlemen, is iea second time I ver -ditenptcd to take a public redre' beforo a prsicty f my fellow-citizetn4 First, I will ax rhmar did tha git that; oritv. ,Ded tha ,it it from George ; Washington, or led tia not; most res edly tia ded'not. )ed tha git from th aws *of God, ur ed tha not; most reg lcdly tha ded not. Gentlemen and. : hforo I per. ed -a f l' tiecessary ruaiauf eir i ta nr e jr. ~ ct end to rebuse-it is no ; itica nomi ation, but it is at paaaisty iv men call rig themselves Sons of Temperance. )oes the Sons of 'T'emperance remit I. ies into thar pasiety, or do tha not; nost resuredlv than do tot. Does tha emit the old cripples or revolutiorerc. r do tha -; -redly tha- irl no: a s:t um : .r - eret pas t,. r ta': . a l. i dly tha d a : . , Io. President, ,.ante ila. ,i tha Iisehle ait the lead hours f midnight or do tha not; most resur. ally than do. El* it wsar not a secret pa. iety, why not meet at a proper htour, uid in public, without a guard on the nside and outside door, with a club in is hand. W lien a mettimbcr comes for issint, lie goes and whaispers in the entinel's (ar the pass.word, like a thief neeting a complice on the highway. )oeas the chiilren hve the irivilego of neeting with Char taogenitoars, or do tia lot; mtost restrelly that have not. W iat itne does the Voutng mant furm his h1a b. Is in life? Is it notut the age of twe!ve, ar is it not. Most rcsurcdly it is froam waelve iap." Hiere the honrule speaker came to I course of biro a study fr several ninutes, hol~ling IaWn his hair with his ef t hand, and widthe lar'id of is tight am nd molthtail, he wast table to ext ract 'romt a Iarge rrl.i{ i a(w of the "'weedh,"' vhtiebhe la iledl in ' onae cornler of his tnauth., and l proc' lad, as fol lows, '"Gentlateen, I inak it looks ve ry dlis. >iciouis to see ai pietya of mtent adIisemi. litng thnemaselves taethaer for the pur.1 >os.' of rebusingi, heLi4)ts naominiationas; loe's it or dones it int? Aost dhoutedltay it l ys:. IIlave tha a right to callIa ay Igligos noiaation a musiihroomlt chuarch, wt havei tha nto? Iost impaoasitively' that have~ noat. Illave -ha a right to taike uip with every, whiia-.iddalld whaimama''lu that cotmaes alont g lare, or hauve t ha not ? Monst und~oubted'ivihaa heave nout. MI r. Precsident: I)e ! G;eneral Georgea ;. Wa'.singtona f-d hai-s maan lil spit~ inou~s liaekerxs? di le 1or alid lae nt! est esely hi' dedl, as a bieverage. lI)ed t )hl Ihtughiandi Radyal give isc mnlit tt r i tat heelmhlingo th top at hnyV itym i~d nt ?~ Mosaat re'. smtedlhe Iadeld. Ied Ihe give themtt thaar grog~ tat the bantkl if I'nlly OlI-Thow, or dldlhe n i't. Mei i :alutedly lie dIl. Ildl tnot Generd-ta Scott give Inhisetn licher't at that .storingi of! Mountero~mv, or deda lhe not? Mos imaposlitivehv lhe'ded. I )cd-not ( ;eniaalliarraisona feed hais mteti onir ha rdla eidelr tat t het bal tof al Tii ppara toe, or ded tnot. MIost dloubtedlly lie Gent''tleen, tnt urgumtstta in favao (if freedom tti, calt'the conltraid ited ; amosi aesuiredly thta ci't, no how ?' Ilee t he speaer took his scat amaidst shouts5of' apph Iiose. T~ he adishmnta oif G randa .iu. acies is beIng abtatead ini thle Intd ianta Conastitutional ~otnvetiota. It is ro posed~ tesuabstit Iten publie exatmatior therefore. The proposition was so mod ified that after five years, the Legis. lature should have power to re-es:ahlish grand juries, if it did not work Well. Dodsifg the Balls We make the following amusing Extract from "Recollections of a Campaign, by one who saw the Elephant)" which we find in the Illihois SeIe RIe gsr. It has refer ence to the seige of Vera Cruz I The morning after theflag had been so triumphantly raised upon the hill overlook ing the city, was a busy one to those who had kept watch and guard over that estinta ble treasure during the night.-Scarce was it light enough to ncogrmse your fel low sentinel front a pile o? sand, ore the "villainous saltpetre" was again put in re quisition fron every fort in the city, from the castle out in the sea, and the escopetes and muskets of the lancers and infantry, who occupied the hills. It fairly ianed iron The nendiug trenches in the light sand with their hands as a sort of protec tion from the balls of the foe. "Dodging the balls" was also much in Lue, and many were the twists and ns, the fallinr down and the rising up, the jumps, the laps, and the jokes that were practised by "the boys" It was the most serious game of "corner ball" I ev er saw played. Thisthing of dudging can non halls innay sound strange to the reader, but it is no less straage than true. Now, to attempt to dodge or get out of the way of a musket ball, or even a six pound shot, I admit would be no easy task, but to move backward or forward, to the right or left, and thus escape one of those tremend ous 65 pounders, that we were favored with from tihe castle, was as easy as "fall ing ofT a log." The distance tired was sonewhat over two miles, and the course of those 'monstrous shapes of death,' could readily be distinguished frn its peculiar hummning sound, and its it neared the hill its black ungainly visage was distinctly visible. It was amusing to sec the gyration, and the ground and lofty tumbling of our black hero, San, on this occasion. P'oor Sam's heroism at length could stind it no longer. As the sharp, quick, cutting-tit-tait tit-of the musket halls would fly over his heand, he would throw up the whites of Iis eye like a duck in a thunder-storm, and cry out: 'Lord'a massy, bress dis.nigger.' 'G4 cIo d, far w a ,close,'.' ;in as: a ., e ' hill miol and Iay still for two or three m nu tear, as he said, "do black rascal might burst." At last Sant was missed from the hill, and after the troops that had remained there all night were relieved and were fil in iotf'to the rear of tihe hill, the . mkei :sc. zslctly caugi' sight ",f a pair of shoes .-ur a ' at fromt s'neath a lnnnuge pile do!.. mcle wr Unegation. a pair sf legs to :no, then a body, and presently Sami' wooly head was disinter ed. "You black villain, chat are you doing here," said the colonel. "Why look heah, colonel, I don't care for the escopot and muskets-much, or she reg'lar l'ennsylbany Dutch ovens, by gol ly, I tink its time for all nigger servants to hide 'ct dininished heads.'' There was more truth than poetry in SHin's idea of the size of a sixty-eight pounder. The London Exhibition of 1851. The arrangements for this nagnificent Exiubition are progressing witlidue rapiditv. It is likely to prove a gigantic atTair in al inost every point of view. The idea of chenp excursinus from the UnitedStates, appears to mec-t with very general favor. Some pract'ic:ul plan for carrying it out, wilt, no doubt, soion ho announced. There are hun dreds, nav thousands of our cointryminen, whoi, would avail theimselves uof tine oppor tuit to visit thea Olsd Worlsd sduring tine progress of tine Fair, couald I In trip be madsse fonr any thinig likea reasonable sum. Theyv wonhis wnlingiv devo ste a mnonthn or six weeks to tine ebject, ait a cost of $200t or $:l00. Sinrelhy somtie of or efnterriingr Steamnslupi (.nmplamaes and owners illh give tine subijec't sdue connsidleration, ands dcter nine snpon uno or two exceursionn trips onf thse kiind referredl to.. We see it statedI withn rseference t o then. Exhibit ion, thmat to fewer than n (U28 exhlib iters ha~ve bneen aninounceds in tine .\tropoht tni IDistricts, whoIn are to scu py -11,70 elset ssf tine floor, and 29,:110) fet oft io1 wall wS it their articls' . Edlin hnurghl has thnirty-two exhnibiters, occupyitng 5,712 feet o~f surfacse, andns Belfast. tinirty three exiimters, occupjyinig 19,8%:I fee. Abouit tour hndsred snd fifty men are now seimplosyed uposnn tnnhe bildling inl thne mark, whlichn is asdvasncinig very railhy. Thein greater pairt sf the mnaterials arc alreasdy iiiinsin the encoisuitre. Auistria has takeni a mtepn ini adance oft all 'thner nationus in this bsin ess, by tine estabnb shiment of a I loose osf Agency in Londleon, to act ais tine mneui im sinsf comunici ation bet ween tine lirstishn anid Au nistriani Coinmiissionters, amnd to efl'ect in Londosssn thne uinlonadotg, traspojrt, sin pacrkiing, ands si iplatying thne AuIst riain arti ele's sent fon exibtitioin, to afinrs iinformnat ion reshpectitng~ them, to carry son tine necessa ry c'orrspoinndcence, annd to ho ini at tendannce, dinning tine exibitio~n, amnd unitil tine whole is settled.- usshni Iwnjiircr. hlnt i Mi mste F.xrn USus'.i.--Parodii, the celmebratedi siniger, arrived at New Yo~rk, from Euni~nrope, oen Sounsday even ing, andii a sdcene sCmnethmitng like Jeinny i tndl'~s recep. sion in thnat excitablie city mnensue. 'The lI erald says time Iuitmn lace Ilcntci wvas snssurouned by thosusands~ of persocans... Sinutis rent the air, anid tinnally, witit nuch sunrprise at tine enthismta, larodi, accompu iniedi by her bnrothner, andi a lady compamnion, ajppearedl at tine wmidsow. After mnany wvel. comiies frsom tine crowdl, sine retired, taut wass calledi outt sevent or eight timies bcforeo tine enthnusiastn couhsl Ine resduceds tso n hing like proper botunds. 'Thie I lerald jestic young lady, with beautiful blue eyes and black hair. The musical fever is now at its height. It will be Iind and 'arodi for the rest of the season. You all know the divine cornmand.. IIonor thy father and thy mother" An undutiful child is an odious character, yet but few .young people show the respect and obedience totheit parents that is becoming and beautiful, Did you ever sit and re count tie days and nights of care, toil, and anxiety you cost yotr mothers Did you ever try to neasure the love that sustained your infancy, and guided your youth. Did you ever think about how much more you owolyour mother than you will be able to repayt If so, (lid you vex or disobey here if you did, It Is a sIn Of ho eommon magni tude, and a shame which should make yo:u burn every timno you think of it. It is a sin that is sure to bring its reward in this world. I never knew an undutiful daugh ter make a happy wife or mother. The feeling that prompts any one to be unkind to a mother, will make her who indu'ges it, wretched for life. If you should lose your mother, you little dream how the memory of every unkind look, or undutiful word, every neglect of her wishes, will haunt you. I could never tell you how I somnetimes feel in remiembering instances of neglect to my mother, and vet, thanks to her care, I had theinarno of"teing a good child. She told me, shortly before she di ed, that! 1 had never vexed her by nny act of disobedience, and I would not. resign the memory of her approbation fur the plaudits of a world, even though I knew it was her love that hid the faults, and magnified all that was goexl. I know how many things I might have done to add to her happiness and repay her care, that. I did not do; but the grave has cut oft' all opportunity to rec. tify mistakes or atone for neglects. Never, never lay up for yourself the memory of an unkindness to your mother. If she is afflict ed how can you possibly get tired of waiting up her How can you trust an- one else to take your place about her! No one could have'filled her place to your peevish infan cy and troublesome childhood. When she is in her usual health, remember she is not so young and active as she once was. Wait upon her! If she wants any thing, bring it to hitr, not because she could not get it herself, but to show that you are thinking about her, & love to wait on her. No matter how active and healthy she may be, or ,how much she may love to .work, she will b4etbvo udo any i to.thing that paren is rude arid undutil' . o . something sacred. something recliari4 the word that designates parn:.ts. The to:m of vo:ce in wh.a'h they are add '-ered, should be at1e',tioitte anI respot eil. A ho'rt sury anser fron a child to a parent. t.s very lr..bly on the ear of any person :, ho has any id;a of filial duty. lBe sure, girls, that you each win tier yourselves the name of a dutiful daughter. It is touch easier to be a good daughter than a good wife or mother, but she who fails in this first most simiple relation, need never hope to fill another well. Make her your conti dant: the secret you dare not tell her isi a dangerous secret, and one that will be like. ly to bring you sorrow. The hours you spend with her will not bring you regret, and you should love her so well that it would not bo felt a punishment to give up the happiest party to remain with her. But unloved and unloving you will live and die, if you do not love and honor your father and mo:her.-London C: hildren.'s .lfag:ra: in e. A Capital Anecdote. Professor Itisley, who is now in Italy, says that recently, when he was in Ve nice. an A merican captain and English. man met at dinner. "You are an American, sir?" said the En~glishmima. "I reckon I am," returned the Cal). ta in. "You have the name of being great warriors?" "Yes," .eaid the Yankee, wve shoot pretty wiell." "lint how is it you are so anfxious~ to matke peace with Mlexico?--this does not alppear much like spunk."' You are~ an l'nglishman?'' interrupt. ed the Yanikee. "YXes."' repl ied thle E~nglishman."' " Well"' said thne Yankee, ''I dlon't know wvhat our folks have ofTered to do wvith Mexico; hbut stranger, I'll jest tell you one thing. I'll bo d--d if wo ever otlihred to make peace with von." This home thrust at the linglishman set the whole tablein an uproar of laughlter. KAerrer.mcosi is thne namie of a new sublstancee composed of a muix ire of 5Iaw dust and India llubber. It has been inovetnted by a ietutenant ini thle Ilritishi Navy, to line the interior sur. face of iron steamtshiips-of-war, to avert the efli-cts of' splinters from cannuon balls, wihe, it was supposed, would be a strong objection to thne use or iron in bunilding war vessels. It is said that it will "'immecdiatelIy col lapse after the pnssage of a shot, so as to plrevent the entraince of water, thus obviating the tnecessity for' pluigi;" and that it will "deaden the concussion caused by thne striking of shot, or in firing a vessel's own guns, thtus protecting thin rivet headls; that from its huoy'aney it wIll keep the vessel ufloat, if'riddie.d with shot, or after striking tupon rocks, and will enable lier to carry a largo supply of coals with a smaller dIraught of' wuas ter; and that it will provent the loss of litoen used by spIlintgra, by their reten tion ini the Kamfucon."-P'hi/. Stun. * ~ isit td oasutIL A eori pondent of the Newoe rk Tri" bune thus relates h visit he !nade to the exled patriot? Retubing from Coutit flatthyt iyis tr1 the barracks we paid ntur visit to Kossuth. The apartments assigned to him tend his fa y are over the main entrance to the b mgs and consist of parlor and )seeping cainber with two adjoining rooms, one of which he uses for the purposes of writing and studys When we t'ntered he Was sitting at a table reading the letters he hadhroughlt him; he rose and shook us byMi hand in6 a friendly manner, exp-essing eis thanks to us for bringing the letters and despatched for him at Constnntinople. lie wasdresed in a plain frock coat, and wore upon his head the Turkish cap or fez lie looked to be about 45 years of age. of mediutm sii~e, with a countenance some what grave, lke a nan who hadt sufferedt much--the melancholy of intense thought, as you see it expressed in the portrait of Dante that hangs in the Cathedral of Fle rence. I staled that one of my objee's in visiting Kutahya was, as an American to express to him personaly the sympathy which the American people felt for the Hungarians; & that his nutnemus friends on the. other side of the Atlantic hop. cd Son to have the privilege of giv. lig him and his fellow exiles a hearty and hospitable reception on the shoreb of Amnes rica. lie said he was alnnst surprsed to find a nation so far distant take such a deep interest in the cause of Ilunga ry as the Americans had done; and lie spoke in warm terms of Piesident Taylor for what he had said in behalf of the Hungarians. lie inq uired concerning the venerable Uhjazy, the Governor of Conirn, who, lie said, had remained one of his truest friends. and he was pleased to see that his countrva men, who had already found a home In in A merica, did not forget those who were. still in exile and bondage. Speaking of the Turks, he remarked that they had no energy; that they were in a transition state, having lost a part of their ancient character, without gaining any thing better from the Europeans, whom they ire striving to imitate. In regard to Hlungary, lie said, perhaps all is not lost-the efyorts which we made for our rights must yoeproduce good re suIts, although we are for thejtinie beatel; down by, despotism. He added that -a cblony of Umirm garana I r i*i di ctrl to-i stoei lie, smiling, 'my oniY jti ar ts tnt to. be ambitious.' I was p!eas-d tisrtidthat although his constitution was .,gq down by over exertion, there were no symptoms whatever ot pulnonary disease, as had been reported by some writers in tI.e newspa pers, I hope and believe that he will, with - care, vet live a long life, unless his ene. mice should flnd meanis to assassinate hit1, which God forbid. There is sotethtti ing'in his manner that wins your confidence, and you feel not only that you are in the lire sence of a great man, but also an honest one, with a true heart in him. Ile invited us cordially to dine with him to-morrosv, having accepted which we took our leave'. I shall remain here for soie time longer, to uiainm a little rest. after some monthas cos. tinued travel. Practical Jokers. We remember of hearing a story of a fellow who roused a veierabile doctor a. bout 12 o'clock one winter's night, and o coining to thee door, coony inurpireel, '-Ilave you lost a knife. Mr. Brow, "No,'" growled the victim. "Well, never mini," said the wg. thought I'd just call ar~d inqeuire. for I founde otne vesterday." We thot'ghit that rathier capl, but the following story of Neil Mc.Kjaaon. a New York wag, surp~lasseS in ihipudhence age timg ithin our recollect'on. Read :ie'd speak for yourself, gentle reader. When thme celebrated "Copenhagrti Ja~c k son was British Alinister in this country, lie resided in New York, and ageipied a house in Biroadlway. Neil, one night, at a late hour: in company with a bevy of rough riders. while passing the hotise, noticed it. was birillantly illtm~iinated, and heat several carriages were waiting at thie door, "liallo!" said our wag, "what's going an at Jackson's!" One of the codipany remiaaked that4 Jackson lhad a party tht.t avenineg. "What!" exclaimed Neil, "Jnteksun have a party, and i n rot invitedi! Pnmust see to So stepping tip to the~ door, lie gave a rap which soon broughet the servant to the door. I1 want to see the Britiesh 3Minister," said Neil. "Youa insut call some other time,'' said the servant, "for lhe is inow engaeged at a gamie of wvhist, andI mulst not he disturbed," "Don't talk to ine that wa y.'' sahl McTii noni. but go directly and tell lie British iMinister that I must see him immediately on special business." Trhe servant obeyed. anti deliveral his miessago in so impressive a style as to bring C Mr. Jackson to the door forthimthl. "Welhl," said Mr, Jackson." whnt can be y'our business with mne at th lme gt nigh t, whih is so ver - ur.r t. - "Are you Mr. Jack on. '-Yes, sir1 I am Mr. Jac "The British Min'!ster." "Yes, sir." "Yo hae patyhere t0 ntht Iper "Yes, sir, I have a atr "A large.party, I presume. ~ "Yes, sir, a large party. "Playing cards, I un derstand!" "Yes, sir, playing cared.'" "0, well,'' said Neill, "a I was psi I merely catlled to uiantir . W ....- (lmp