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Jaines was a bravo hoy, who j>ossessed that true courage which enabled him to l>ear the sneers and ridicule of his companions rather than do wrong. He was affectionate and obliging, so that ho was beloved by his fellows, and always had their good will, except when his regard for truth brought them into difficulty. One afternoon, in school, lie obtained leave to speak about his lesson, and went to his friend Henry. As he seated himself at Ileury s desk, he was much amused, and almost laughed aloud, for he found him at work on a half of a cocoa nut shell, cutting out eyes, nose tuid mouth, and with ink representing hair, eyebrows, and huge wluskers, making on the whole a most ludicrous figure. After some conversation about that and his lesson, he returned to Ills seat. At night the boys were playing round their scliool liotise; and in the midst of their sj>ort Henry produced tlris image, which brought Ibrth a shout of laughter trom all, and much praise of his ingenuity aud skill. Within an hour the boys dispersed, and James, Henry, and two others walked together for some distance, till they came to ? I?^ T<iin?>< li ff \ ?C ho Jl litllt' win.iv vimuvu . .. ... turned round the corner, he heard one of them say,in a loud tone ; "Oh, Henry, I'll tell vou of what we will do with this,?\is . an excellent plan; to-morrow morning > * ? This was all that James heard, and as he walked on, lie wondered what the plan could be. The next morning, 0:1 his way to school, he was thinking of the same tiling; and as lie turned the corner of the lane, which brought the school house to view, he saw one of the boys put his head from the door and look towards him; he immediately went in again; but soon another came, and another, as though they were anxiously expecting some one. James suspected they were engaged in some frolic, and when within live rods of the house, a boy's head again appeared at the door, and was instantly withdrawn, with the exclamation, 44 He is coming! lie is coming!" which re. pcated by a dozen voices in the room, and immediately followed by a noisy scamj>oring, jumping from desks, overturning of henclies, and the rushing of twenty boys, from the door, who disappeared behind the school house. James looked round and saw the master coming. 1 Io then ran .hastily alter the boys, and as lie approach, ed them he heard one say, " Now, don't Jet any of us tell who did it: dont say a *vord about it." "Tell? no, indeed," said an older boy, " who do you tliink would be such a fool us to tell?"* "What is the fun now?" said James; but every one was so much engaged that he took no notice of him; and the only answer he could get was, " You will see soon." The boys went tardily into scliool; some in a grave and sober manner, others vainly frying to conceal their glee,while the more innocent wore an djien, laughing counte. nance. As James was looking round the room to learn the cause of this, his eyes fcll upon the stove pipe, where he saw JJenry's ludicrous image grinning at the whole school. The master noticed the dis* ? j _i i Sir.*' "Did you make it? " "No, Sir." "Do you kuow any tiling about it?" "No, Sir." lie questioned several in the same manner, who gave him him similar answers ; and soon he came to Joseph. " Joseph, did you make that ? " '* No, Sir." "Do you know who did?" "No, Sir," said lie, liesitatinly : " Do you know who hung it up?" "No, Sir," said he, coloring deeply. " Well, do you know anything about it whatever?" "No, Sir, I don't know that I do," said he, coloring s ill more deeply. " Oh, Joseph, I am sorry to see that: I do not believe you have told the truth, but I will not press you lurtl^r." J le than nuestioned several others, and came to James. " James, you may rise. Did you make that James?" "No, Sir." "Did you hang it uj? ? " "No Sir." "Do you know who did 7 " 41 No, Sir." "Do you know who made i: ?" " Yes, Sir." 44 Who ? " "Henry." "Doyou not know hung it up?" "No, Sir." "That is sufficient." " You made that, Ilcnrv, did you not?" "Yes, Sir." "Did you hang it up?" " No, Sir." 44 Who did ? " 44 Joseph." 44 You may rise, Joseph. Did you not tell me just now, Joseph, that you did not." "The hoys told me to hang it up." 44 Well, you told me just now that you did not do it, did you not ?" " Yes, Sir." 44 And you said that your did not do it when you did ?" 44 W eil, all the boys agreed not to tell." " Oh, Joseph, why have you done so ? You have told a lie ; you have lied before God; and that, too, merely because you j were afraid of the boys. Alraid of the boys! Think of i4, Joseph; you liav<; dared to violate a command of (iod, and teH a lie, merely because you were afraid to be laughed at for telling the truth. Oh Joseph, I am sorrow to see this. 1 shall punish you for hanging up the mask, but as to the lie, you must settle that with j'CJod." He then, before them all, punished Josoph tor his act of disorder; afterwards, lie closed the school, as usual, by prayer, and dismissed it. Although the boys wore somewhat sobered by what had been done and said, yet the impression was but feeble; I tlS lllf;v 1'IVWUVU IlllU HIV VAUljfj i and issued from the door, they in various ! ways gave vent t<> their indignation at ! James for telling. As James stooped in the entry to pick up his hat, one boy kicked it, and another gave him a punch in the side ; and as they came upon the grasi plot before the school house, one said, in tone ! so low that this master could not hear, j 44 Before 1M he so mean as that! " i ' That's pretty well?pretty well, Jim t v ' said another. 44 A sneaking UT;.tak\v said a third. 41 (rood little* James?good little James! ?always tell the truth, and the master will love you ; and when the school is done you shall have the reward." 44 Little favorite! " said another. In a moment the master passed out and went home;?when the boys began to express their opinions more freely, and James also to defend himself. * Why arc you so angry with me ? '* said he,44 you arc tlaming mad ; and I want to t i * :a- T .I >> Know 11 i ury-rv; 11. "Deserve it? ves, vou ought to be fiog* 7 m C O H-" .. . | "Flogged for tei-ing the trudi?" "No : but for being a tell-tale/' # " I ouly told the truth when I was ashed." " I la ! " laughed a little wicked, ragged boy, "I'd os lief tell a lie us not, if I knew I sliuuld not Ik; flogged for it.'! "So had 1!"?"And I"?"And I;" said a dozen of them. " Well, 1 had not?I behove it is wrong to lie." " Why, what is the harm in it, if you are not found cut ? Nobody will know it." " Nobody know it! Where in the world have vou been living all Your davs, Dili ? y C ? Have you never been to the Sunday School I Will not God know it ? " The boys all s'ood still, and made no reply ; for tliey could could not answer that question without condemning themselves. At length that little wicked, ragged boy spoke again, saying," I would'nt be a telltale at any rate." " Now, Joseph," said James, " I appeal a ,'aii Vam u-.ir/i fiiimcluwi nnrt ? iric I will tell you what I intend to do: You know r already, from what I have just said, how I feel in regard to God, and my accountability to him ; and I intend always to speak the truth. I suppose that many of you will j bo .angry with me, and call me a tell tale, and all kinds of names; but that I shall not mind. I shall be sorry, indeed, fur I wish your friendship very much; but I cannot lie to obtain it. So long as you only call mc names, I shall bear it patiently; but I will not be thumped about by any of you. To-night one cf you kicked my hat, and another punched ine in my side ; that is all well, an<f is forgiven ; but I shall not suffer anything more of this kind. I shall certainly Jlug the first one who does it; I can do it, and I will.?And I believe it is right; I believe God will allow me to defend myself, if necessary, when I do my duty. This is what I shall do. I shall tell the truth and if you are angry with me I shall t _ 11 1 _ _ _ 1 oe sorry, ana near 11 paiicnuy, so long us you do not abuse me but t'uc moment you do any thing of that kind, I "will surely llog you." So saying, lie turned away from all and walked home.?London Family Mag. Tim SAILOR AND TlIE STUDENT. A few years since, I was travelling to the eastward, with my daughter, to sec my relatives, from whom I had for some years been absent; the stage stopped in Providence, Rhode Island, when an ndditional traveller took his passage with us. He was a sea-faring man, about tliirO ' ty years of age, and neatly dressed in the sailor's habit. In a short time we be- ! came social, and engaged in conversation with each other. He appeared intelligent, and his narratives of his voyages were interesting, as he had seen much of the world. lie had been on board the A A mil shin in the ereat naval battle - ~;"J - c with the French Fleet, and was near Lord Nelson when lie received his mortal wound, having been pressed into the service. It was not long before he began to use very profane language ; and, as a professor of religion, I thought it my duty to show him the wickedness, and impropriety of such language, and resolved, on the utterance of the next oath, to begin with him. Accordingly, as ho was using an improper expression, I looked him in the face, and kindly chided him for his language. lie immediately replied, Oh, we sailors aro accustomed to if, and don't mind swearing." I replied, it increased their criminality, by proceeding in tint course until it became a habit. He then appeared very angry at the reproof, which was as tenderly given as I could possibly make it. I then told him I saw he was displeased, and he and I would cease conversing with each other, unless be promised mo be would keep his temper, and be friendly. He immediately consented : and 1 then took an opportunity of introducing the subject of religion. I heard not a word of profane language from him alter this, be was very friendly,and I took the liberty to recommend him to several religous authors, which I wished him to read, and as one of the best, next to the Uiblc, Doddridge's Rise and Progress ofReligion in the soul; a work which had been of great advan- j lage to myseif when under serious impressions before I yielded myself up to God, and became a member of the Church. Hy tbis time \vn wore on the most friendly terms. When we arrived at the | place for dining, at the table, I showed | him every mark of attention, and treated him as if a guest at my own table, lie appeared much affected with the attention paid him by myself and daughter. As soon ns we roso from the table he immediately disappeared, and in a short time \vc saw him at some distance rnn ning, to meet the stage, before it started, with a quantity of cakes, oranges, Arc. in his neat and clean bandanna handkerchief, which he immediately lavished on my daughter and myself, and would take no apology for our non-reception of them. We reached Boston, where I was to leave him to proceed on his journey to his father's in Maine, and as we parted he put his hand on mv knee, and with' tears, said he was sorry 1 was not going father with him. He had five hundred dollars with him, which lie received as prize money, and said he would be able to give some assistance to bis father, and family, and get into some business that he need not leave him again, by going to sea. The witcr, from the evident good i -- .1 :-.i .i.? came seriously impressed on the subject of religion, he replied that it was in the stage during, my conversation with the sailor. He Ind reached home on Saturday evening, and the next day being Sabbath, he thought he would not go out to church, as he was fatigued, or for some other excuse. During his stay at home lie saw on the shelf a book; which on taking down proved to he Doddridge's Rise and Progress, the book he had heard nie recommend to the sailor?he read it, and was deeply impressed and benefitted by it. Doubtless God made this work, in the hands of the Spirit, a great help to this young gentleman in his inquiry after Divine truth. The evening of the day, I had the pleasure of seeing him, I invited him to one of our prayer meetings, which gave an opportunity of requesting him to take a part-in conducting the exercise?he read a Psalm, and made some pleasing reductions 011 the subject, to the edification of those present.?AY hen I last heard from him be teas preaching the Gospel somewhere in Massachusetts; and f trust lie is an able teacher of the doctrines of Christ, among his Baptist brethren, as he was of that denomination. It would afford the writer great pleasure if I could again bear from him or bis other fellow traveller. Thus the Lord blessed a casual conversation in a stage coacli loan ihdivinual to whom it was not directed, and an encouragement is thus held out to Christians to he alwavs rcarlv to speak a word fur God.? * W. TIIF. I.ATK PitJ:\CF.SSeiIARLOTTE. Ileb. xi. Ill, "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar oil*were persuftde I of th"in, and embraced them, and confessed that they were pilgrims and strangers on the earth." A clergyman having occasion to wait on i the late Princess Chnrlotc. was thus addressed by her:?"Sir, I understand you are a clergyman." "Yes." "Permit me to nsk your opinion, sir, what is it that makes a death bed easy ?" Mr. \Y. was storiled at so serious a question from a young & blooming female of so high a rank, and modestly expressed bis surprise that she should consult him, when she bad access to many much more capable of answering the inquiry. She replied that she had proposed it to many, and wished to collect various opinions on this important subject. Mr. W. then i <:.! >f V>to /-In",* trw r>vnlif?h_ nnd .iff P.tion. I ICll It Alio V4i?. * IV - atelv recommended to her the study of the Scrip;urcs, which, as he sta'cd, uniformly represent faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as the only means to make a death bed easy. ".Ah!" said she, bursting into tears, "that is what my grandfather often told me; but then he used to add, that beside reading the Bible, I must pray fur the Jloly Spiritto understand the meaning." Charlotte was daughter of Geoi-gc IV., ii* . and heiress to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland, was born in 1795, and died Xov. 0, IS 17, aged 22. She was married to Leopold, prince ofSaxe Coburg; and her untimely death, in connection witli that of her infant child, clothed the nation in mourning, changed the succession of the throne, and drew lorth among other able funeral discourses, one by the Rev. Robert Ilall, which is a master piece of eloquence, probably never equaled on any similar occasion. When informed of the death of her child a little before her o wn, s!io said, "I feel it as a mother naturally should;" adding, "It is the will of God! praise to him in all things.". Mr. Hall mentions as traits of her charac. ter, "that she visited the abodes of the poor, and learned to weep with those who weep ; that surrounded with the fascinations of pleasure, she was not inebriated by its charms, but she resisted the strongest temptations to pride, preserved her ears open to truth, was impatient of the voice of flattery; in a word, that slie sought and cherished the inspirations ofpiety, and walked humbly with (Jod." This is the fruit which survives when the flower withers?the only ornaments and treasures we can carry into eternity. "Groat God, thy sovereign grace hnpirt, With cleansing, healing power; This only can prepare the heart For death's surprising hour." THE LAST PARTI.\U. At the fiint low call, the sister clasps the hand of a brother, and stands listening to : caress me once again as you were wont to | do; now wipe away this cold sweat upon my brow, and let me die; farewell, sweet sister ?a long farewell. Wesleyan S-miaary. WiV/raham, Mass. ?New York Weekly Messenger. From the Lutheran Obnervor. TIIE COU.NTUV 1*AKSO.\'s WIFE.Mr. S. practised the virtue of hospitality J to a great extent and seldom a week passed without one or more s'rangers in the house. I lis sociable chancer and high standing in i the church have rendered his house a common stopping nlace for all ministers who travel our road. Students and all, usually resort to the parsonage, so that my acquaintance with ministers is pretty extensive. They present a wonderful variety ofpersonj al habits, some of which are to be admired ! and others to be severely censured. I usui nllf A!' o I ; tut \ in in?> * nuiuvu i i/i 14 iiiiu.aivi c | | wile from his habils, and I think it is a pood criterion. If ho is neat in his dress, polite in iiis i manners, s udious to please, anxious to save J j trouble to his host, and contented with his j fare,I conclude that he has an excellent housewife at home; but if he is coarse and rude, and unshaven for several days, & full of dolorous complaints; if lie splashes water on the wall | and lloor about the wash stand in his cham- J l>or, and seems dissatisfied because there is K no fresh meat on the table, I infer that he 1 has as a slattern for a wife, and that he has * lieen raised on dried apples and Dutch 1 chcczc! Many characters of both dcscrip tions have sojourned at our house. There . 1 was formerly one frequent visitor, who, un! til I cured him, had the disgusting habit of s ; disgorging the tobacco colored contents of c | his capacious mouth on my carpet;?it was v i wrought with my own hands and particular- j ly dear. At first I gave the spit-box a gentle touch, but he would not take the hint. It v became intolerable; and when I observed s that his jaws were distending with the sali- J vary secretion, and that a copious shower ; was near at hand, I hastily seized the box 1 ; and held it close up to his mouth just in time s j to receive the enormous discharge. It did r i not offend him. for he was a eoo i-natured c * w ; man; but lie had the impudence to tell me, I that the juice of tobacco brough; out the j colors of my carpet more brilliautlv ! He I never did it again. Amongst the young 1 men who visited us there was one who ofj ten spoken of the qualifications of a minisi tor's wife, and who was racing up and down j the country in search of a living reprcsonj tation of his runaway fancy. He one day J said that there were but three minister's I wives who were what tliov ought to bo ! I , instantly rejoined, " I presume, then, that I you are acquainted with all the minister's I wives in the country, or how could you : have the boldness to make such an assertion?" j The youth was mute, for his acquaintance | was extremely limited. He afterwards qualified his speeches, and my reproof will, J r.o doubt, be of advantage to liirn all his I Kfb. I will never forget a circums'ance that ; occurred ?at our house, which effectually J J cured a young person of the impolite habit, ! ; so common, of tilting the chair back against j the wall, and putting his feet on the cross | sticks. It is an awkward, slovenly, and in; decent posture. One day our visitor was 'I l -l l . 1 . ! ! i not so near the wall as lie tnougnr, ana in-1 | ting back, down he went, smashing a po* j of milk I had set near the stove to thicken, | j nearly annihilating one cat tliat was lying j j there, and so frightening another as to cause ! ! her to rush out of the room through a broken pane of glass that I had mended with pai p?*r. The squealing cat, the brokcu jar, i with its contents bespattered all over the! ! clothes and face of the "fallen hero," his j convulsive struggles to rise, and the noise ! of his scrambling, besides his indescribable | appearance, presented a most ludicrous scene. And yet he bore all with much patience, lie at length rose, and very gravely began to scrape off the white material from his coat that had been black, and be-' in<* somewhat of a wit, drvl" remarked that O # 7 * he was studying the natu e of-the "milky i whey" but tliat he would lather have this'; ! lialf elaborated Schmcar Kehs on his bread, j | than on his back. lie at length grew im-1 I patient of our unceasing jokes, and half an-! gry, half jesting, ho retorted, that lie never . ; saw such a house, " if had'nt a room that ] ; would hold a cat, or a chair that would hold i 1 , ' a man!" lie was cured, however, of his I , evil habit of tilting his chair, lor this adven- I j turc always occurred to his mind. < . i I dislike to see clergymen guilty of these , i indecorous practices. I know several who i are always scraping their nails, or picking < the skin otr their hands, or an important or- ' : j gan of their face, or snuffing it up with a < , noise very much resembling that occasioned i by turning the spigot of a s:cam engine. A 1 few yawn dreadfully and clear their throats, !! as if it were full of bran, and put their feet on a neighboring chair as if tue carpet were i 1 ?...?u I*.? , : too gOO(I or 1101 gOOU euuugu. jjui UIUV , ,1 arc others, and many too, who are over-; punctilious ;?they are extra-j?olite, but they I i; are s'iil the most agreeable visitors*. When j , j they leave the house, you have no chairs to J , j wash, and no tobacco spots to wipe up,?no , ; carpets to sweep, and no wishes lor a long I absence to express. ; j Marriage Festivities in China.?Marriage is one of the few occasions when the Clii nose, departing from their usual quiet habits, , exert every effort to make a dazzling dis*. i : play. In aid of this object, presents are ! ; poured in by the neighbours. To the bride- , : groom's father are sent tables, geese, wine, ! and other materials of good cheer. The i ; bride receives pins, bracelets, rouge and cos! metics. When the important hour arrives, i the lady enters a splendid sedan-chair, or rather pavillion, while numerous attendants, some bearing her clothes and ornaments, others displaying flags and costly lanterns [ while a third party are per brining on mu- < sica! instruments, fill the s'rects and attract his dying words. Sweet sister! the hour has come ! I must leave you now, an orphan, without a siser's smiles, soon to be brothcrless and alone. I would that I could stay, even in this vain world, and cheer that heart of thine, and ease thee down to death. O, that I could stay, and sail with thee o'er life's rough sen; partake in all thy sorrows, griefs, and joys, Alas! heaven decrees, and I must quit this njortal fur immortality. But why do I murmur, why regret to leave thee ? is there no support in a Saviours arm ? and will He who has been your consolation in six troubles, forsake thee now, in this, the seventh 1 Why do I regret to leave thee ? though young, I know that all earth's joys are like the glitter of the morning dew." Why do I regret to leave thee ? Ah! full well I know, that they who are your friends to-day, to-morrow may be worse than ene. inios?and you forsaken and alone, may wonder without a friend, forced to exclaim, "Alas J how oft does goodness wound itself, And sweet affection provo the spring of wo!'' This is why I would not leave thee; I would tarrv a dyv or two, until that sweet spirit of thine has pissed from worldly cares; for who will caress thee when this heart is cold ? I would linger yet a little season, and join in holy song around our alter of devotion, until pure 1 leaven should catch thT? simple strain, and, having pity on an orphan child, take thee to a Ix-tfor home. But I must leave you sister, I feel it lien' upon my heart: . # ? - oltecr prouuceu on mu nnuu ui mu snuui would say to his christain brothren 4 be kind and tender-hearted,* and God may bless your design, in bringing others to 4 taste and see that the Lord is good.' During the conversation with the sailor, a young gentleman, a student at one of the Colleges, on a visit to Boston to bis father's, sat before mo with bis bead in a position that I did not see bis face, who appeared totally indifferent to the sub jeet of our conversation. 1 then had not the most distant idea that we should ever meet again?but God rn his providence brought him once more into my company, and afforded me much pleasure, in a religious intercourse with him, in the following manner. A few years after our journey to Huston, a gentleman came into my store and introduced himself to me; and as I had no recollection of him, he reminded me of ihe incident of the sailor, and stated that he was the young man who was our fellow passenger at the time, and that he had now come to Philadelphia to study Divinty with the Rev. D. S a. I asked him when he be iv jt "u a vu t?*.i v j'uui.' iv uuvt ?w n uo because I told the truth ; and I will let you judge whether I did right or wrong. The case was this?Some of us were guilty cf hanging up that mask this morning, and the master wished to learn who did it. He askt*l us all iu regard to it; he asked me, and said, " l)o you know who made it ? " I did know ; and could I say I did not ? I believe there is a God, and that he will one day call you and me and all of us to account for our conduct, mul that he has forbidden lying. Now how could I, under these circumtunces, tell a lie? say that I did not know when I did ? I appeal to your own conscience? ? i T . .11 .1 _ ..a. ) Uiu i ?ui uy rjri'u u> i'-" ii'" iruiu ? iuu told a lie?;i deliberate lie?and how do vou feel now? What does conscience say? Frank, too, told a lie,?a little follow hlusiiing up to his very ears ; I should?" ??I didn't blush; I didn't, I know I didn't," cried Frank, sinking behind the others. "Now, Joseph, ought I to liavo told a lie, or to have told the truth as I did ?M " I do not suppose you ought to tell a lie; but I dont't tlunk you ought to bring a flogging upon a school-fellow in this way. " I was sorry that you should be punish, cd; but I could not not lie to prevent it. I turbance, saw tne cause 01 11, anu piaceu h in his desk. lie appeared displeased, but said nothing about it till night, when he stopped the school. " Boys," said he 441 wish to know some, thing about this mask, which produced so much disturbance this morning. Whoever i hung it up did wrong, and he koew that it ^ was wrong. His object was to draw your 4 attention from your studies, and thus to promote disorder; and he deserves to be ^ punished. Now the course I shall pursue y is this: if I can leant who did it, I shall \>unish him severely, for he deserves it: he JYidoubtcdly did this for the sake of making disturbance, and interrupting the re?nih?: busimSJ3 tiie school. And this tiling ought nbtl to pass by unnoticed; some one is much nXjjkune?I like to see you happy, and enjoying\vour sports, but not when it is time for studo*. 1 wish the boy who ciu it would rise. He waited a moment, but no one rose. He then said, "I shadow question you all individually in regard to^ but fear that same of you will lie about i& I am afraid that some of you, (I do not think that qll will) but I am afraid that some of you will say that you know nothing about it, when you do; that you did not do it yourself, when you did. Now I wish you to consider beforehand, what it v? to lie; remember that God has forbidden it, and that he is present and will know all you say." He then l>egan at one of the desks with with a large boy: "John, you may rise." lie rose. " Did you hang that up, John ? " H No, Sir." "Do ycu know who did?" "No, i crowd of spectators. On their arnvai at the house, the bridegroom, who waits at the door jiclily attired opens the chair, and be. holds tor the first time her who is to be his zompanion for life. Not a few, it is said, misled by nattering reports, are struck with dismay at the sight, and the moment which s bailed with so much joy by all around is to them one of deep distress. Some, it is added, even shut the door, and insist upon the bride being carried back, willing to forx ii all the expenses of courtship. In ordiiary cases, the lady having been borne by two of her maids over a dsh of firo placed it the door, she and the bridegroom proceed o an inner apartment, where they make four xnvs, and mutually pledge each other in bree cups. This is considered as consti-. ufffig the essential part of the marriage cerenony, and the couple ore now irrevocably mited. They tiien go out and join their riends, who spend the evening in celebrating he joyful occasion.?Edinburgh Cabinet Library. . llMt.VJL From the New York Farmer. GItEAT SALE OF DURHAM CATTLE. Mr. Minor?Sir?Being on admirer as veil as a breeder of the "Improved Durham ^hort Horned" Cattle, I attended the late s >ublic sale of J. Hare Powell's celebrated :tock, consisting of bulls, cows and heifers, n all twenty-five, from eight days to ten rears of age. The animals were turned on to his lawn? n front of his mansion, and seemed concious of their superiority, as they moved ibout with all the majesty imoginable?-They vere in fine condition; and showed off to tha >est advantage. "Whatever differences of opinion mayors an respecting trie comparative menus ui uur icveral breeds of cattle," says a writer on rattle, "i* must be admitted, that the short lorns present themselves, to notice under rircumstanccs of peculiar interest. Possessing in an eminent degree a combinaion of qualities, which have generally been : ronsidered incomparable, and n*ndered irreistably attractive to the eye,- by theirsplenlid frames and beautifully varied colors, it is iot surprising that tltey have realized Tor lieii breeders enormous sums of n?oney; . md that throughout our own island, and in ivery foreign country where agriculture is ittended to. they nrc in increasing request.,f The auctioneer's hammer has unequivo- . rally tested the estimation which this /: ery superior breed of cattle are held, and I egret to say that Ohio and Kentucky arc to eceive pretty much all the benefits from hem. Although the prices would seem high o some, still, they are much below what the ;amc strain of blood could be purchased Tot > ~A n England. I had an opportunity of exam-, ning those imported by the Ohio company ast August, and think they would suffer in omparison with Mr. Powolfs herd, although hcv were beef. 1% Below fs a catalogue of Mr. Powell's sale )f ^Improved Durham Short Horned" carle, at Powciton, April 25:b, 1836. Names. * Price. Vo 1. Mundane, $600 2. Mundane II., 2 years, * 510. 3. Ohio, 17 months, 700. 4. Belina, II., 5 years, 560. 5. Belina III, catf, 300. G. Bertram II, 2 y&frs, . , 500. 7. Desdamona II.. 2 years, 58Q. 8. Bertram IV.. 5 weeks, ^ 9. Virginia II., 2 years, 500. 10. Virginia III., 2 years, v 440. 1 i. Florioda II., 3years, 590. 12. Andonis, 1? years,- 260. 13. Bleckley, 10 months, 305. 14. Labia, 10 months. 205. -- i* ,i? ? Rin.. jo. iijniun, xi., iu ifUHiujui, v?vr 10. Burlefta, 3 years, 340. 17. Ruby II., 3 years, 290. 18. Defiance. 9 months, 290. 19. Frolic, 30 months, 320. 20. 1\ r elton, calf, 180. 21. Daphne, 100. 22. Daphne IF., 2 years, 180. 23. York Belle. 2 years, 155. 24. Mundane III., 8 weeks, 150. 25. Oseola V., 6 days, 120. $8850. Here is an average of three hundred and fifty-four dollars per head, and one-third of :hcm less than than one year old. This, I Relieve, was tlw greatest sale of Durban* 3atie ever made iu this country. .V**?-' ~ " - * V Preserving Hogs.?The present season of the year in which farmers and others should provide themselves w ith a stock of yggs for the season, as eggs are both cheaper and better in May and June than they are at any other season of the year. Good fresh cpzs properly prepared will keep at ~ Q'? ? - least a yeaf, and have been kept much longer. Eggs dipped i:i varnish have been sent from India to England, and were hatched after their arrival.N The greatobject seems to be the total exclusion of air and the consequent evaporation of the fluids of the egg. Packed fn salt, eggs sometimes keep well, the low temperature acting favorable, yet the air is not generally sufficiently excluded,? flic yolk is apt to settle to the sideof the shell, and the egg of course becomes worthless. Putting down in water thoroughly saturated with quick-lime is now generally adopted, and is found to be the cheapest as well as surest mode of keeping them uuinjured. ' We have sometimes seen so much lime used as to pack close around the lower courses of eggs; and from which they could with difficulty be extricated. This is not necessary; that tho water should be thoroughly impregnated with the lime is all that is required, and to secure this object, a thin layer of lime on tho bottom of the vessel may be admissible, nothing * more.?Gen. Fir.~ Wad