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RAISE SOMETHING. The substantial comforts arc drawn from our own soil, and, perhaps, there never was a time when more numerous incentives to its proper culture existed than at present.? For the last few years our granaries have been emptied at the return of every harvest. Short supplies, aided somewhat by a monopolizing spirit that is always aroused by a prospect of scarcity, have caused an ad- ! vance in the price of every article oI pro- j visions, which is prejudicial, to a certain ex- j tent, to all classes, and particularly oppres- j sive upon those who, either from improvidence or misfortune, are compelled to sup- j port by their daily toil. The farmer will be but a temporary gain- ; er by the existence of these high prices, for i a necessary consequence, to their continu* 1 ance, will be an advance of the price of the labor he hires, or manufactured articles he purchases. . But in addition to all these individual inoftnwnnmnpoo u.-h%t will hp fhfi situation of the ceuutry, if we continue content with these short supplies, should a general pestilence sweep over the land in time, or in harvest ? or, as was recently probable, the nation should be involved in a foreign war ? In most of the old countries of Europe there are national granaries to provide against such clamities ; in this we must, at present, depend chiefly upon those of the people to meet such emergencies. For. tunately the farmers in this country are now in a situation that they are not compelled to sell at prices too low'to reward them for their toil, and a superabundance will no: reduce prices below the intrinsic value of agricultural products when compared with other commodities. But increased attention should be given to agriculture?to the production of the arti r c_..? tv~ r i 11 vies u? in ucv,taoiijr. x tie luuuer suouiu j increase his energies. The high prices his products have for a few years commanded, enable him to employ more labor and make his acres more productive. Mechanics and professional men, if they have the land, or can produce it, should contribute to increase the amount of agricultural productions.? The waste spots, too often found about our villages, should be placed under cultivation. A good garden will go much further to. wards supporting a family than is generally apposed. A small spot of ground well cultivated will produce vegetables enough j for a family, and go far towards wintering a | cow and a few swine ; and, in short, every man who has a just regard for his own in. 1 dependence or the welfare of his coun ry, if his situation permits, should raise something ? , ?Seneca Falls Memorial. GRINDING COBS. A Correspondent of the Genesee Farmer says,?It has always been the practice in this part of the country, when the com has ( been threshed from the cobs to throw the cobs away ; but we have learned this win tor to do differently with our cobs. VVe c now get them ground. We find that m#?al I made of cobs, pig corn in the ear, and oats, is most excellent for horses, cattle, sheep s and hogs. Sometimes we get cobs and t oats ground together, always using half or one third cobs. We have fed this meal, 1 mixed with potatoes cut fine, to our calves j and sheep. For our hogs we boil potatoes and mix in this meal while the potatoes are yet wai m. This cooks the meal in some ( degree. This is a new way of wintering j bogs, at least to us; but I have never known our hogs to do better. Farmers who never get any cobs ground, ! I think would do well to try the experiment, when I think that they would agree with 1 me that cobs are of too much value to be thrown away. An improved Cob grinder was takon last autumn to Mississippi, by F. G. Skinner from R. Sinclair Jr. & Co., and there used on his plantation, where the force is fifty working hands: the economy and value were so obvious that a dozen of his neighbours on witnessing its operation determined tn iknm ^- ? ?v viuvi mih, J. UIIILC/ * Mr. Cooke ;?In looking over your De. | cember number of the Cheshire Farmer, an article headed, the "Soil a decomposer," led me to reflection, which induced me to give you some of my own experience; and if you see fit you may give it to the public in any shape you please. With regard to making manure, I think there is a wonderful negligence among our farmers. This is the all important article, and if I can give the least impulse towards arousing the attention of farmers more gen* erally to it, my object will be attained. I have attached to rny hog-houses, yards, say 25 feet square, with a door to each, that the hogs may pass in and out as they will. In commencing, after cleaning out the last year's manure, I throw pl-ntifully of straw at the bottom and cover it over deep with soil. I then let on the hogs, when commences the chemical operation of making manure. I calculate to add as much as one load of soil, and of horse or yard manure or corn cob, once a week through the season, or anv vegetable substance ic ?r --n # 'w good for this purpose I will here remark that I never made manure of this kind too weak ; it is stronger, and will show its effect more than long yard manure ; 1 believe almost any quantity might be made in this way. 1 am almost confident that hogs supplied in this way might make manure which would be of more value than the hogs would sell for when wHl fattened. The hogs aro more industrious thun 1 am, and will work out a great profit if kept in employ i in this way. 1 cannot tell how much ma- i nure they might ba made to make in a sea, i son, but I think 25 cart loads to a hog would be a low estimate. Now if I am right in my estimate a far. mer may make more manure in the sum. merthnn in the win'er, whereas by the old way he does not make half as much. The matter in the hog yard will decompose muoh faster in warm weather than in cold, and it is necessjrv to add soil, &c., the fas- i ter; and to assist the hogs in dry weathe I turn a spout from the pump and satura the whole bed with water, which is of grc service in warm dry weather. Shelled coi occasionally thrown in with the soil w encourage the hoss and prevent their dij ging too much in one place. Now if these are realities, it is in tl power of almost every farmer to add hu dreds of loads of manure to his farm, and have not the least doubt but a mine of weal is thus within his reach. If farmers wou attend to this matter, what an impulse wou it give to the agriculture in this section 7We should hear no more of the importutic offoreign grain, to the shame and disgrai of our country.?Cheshire Farmer. We had the pleasure yesterday evenit of making a short visit to the Cocoonery r-r . i * . I _ TT n i>Jr. tlutcnmson, ai me iiumpiuu v^uurs at the lower end of the city, and cann withhold the expression of our adiniratic of the evidences which met our eyes, n only of the practicability of raising si here, but of doing it profitably. He hi now near 100,000 worms either in t! act of spinning or almost ready to do s and tbcy aro the largest we have seen. We witnessed also the machinery of M Gay, for reeling the silk from the cocooc and manufacturing it into sewing silk, is an ingenious invention, yet simple ar efficacious. Should the culture of silk I carried into successful operation, this invei tion cr something similar will be necessai to the silk business, as the gin is to cotto It will be exhibited again this evening, ar is well worthy the attention of all who fe an interest in the silk culture, or in^enioi inventions in machinery.?Augusta Senl neL RECIPES, ETC. According to a New York paper, a Mail farmer states that he preserves green peas f winter use, 6imply by ahelling ihein and puttir them into Lotties, and corking them vei tightly. They should be used as soon as tl bottles is open. In this way you may hai green peas all winter, if you like. Tnose who make candles will find it great improvement to steep the wicks lime water and saltpetre, and dry them.The fl.ime is clearer, and the tallow will n "run." Brittannia ware should be first rubbe :?k - -.it? ~i?.i 1 ^.1 ^ciinjr wuti a wuuiicu bium auu swcvi un then washed in warm 6uds and rubbed wii soft leather and whiting. Thus treated, will retain its beauty to the last. New iron should be very gradually heatc it first, after it has become inured ta tl teat, it is not as likely to crack. Clean a brass kettle, before using it f( :ookmg, with salt and vinegar. The oftener carpets arc shaken the long ir they wear; the dirt that collects undi hem grinds out the threads. If you wish to preserve fine teeth, alway dean them thoroughly after you haveeate t'our lait meal ill night. Wollens should bo washed in very he tuds, and rinsed. Lukewarm water shrink hem. Do not wrap knives and forks in wollens Wrap them in good s rong paper. Steel i njured by lying in wollens. Suet keeps good all the year round, i chopped and packed down in a stone jai :overed with molasses. Barley straw is the best for beds; dr :orn husks slit into shreds are better tha straw. Brass and irons should be cleaned, don up in papers, and put in a dry place durin the summer season. When molassess is used in cooking, it u pivAJigiUUS lllipiWVCHIClll IU own dliu 5>MI it before you use it; it takes out the unpleai ant raw taste, and makes it almost as goc as sugar. Where molasses is used muc for cooking, it is well to prepare one or tn gallons in this way at a time. Never allow ashes to be taken up in wooi or put into wood. Always have your tii der box and lamp ready for use in case < sudden alarm. Have impoitant papers ? together, where you can lay your han 1 c them at once in case of fire. Use hard soap to wash your clothes, ar soft to wash your floors. Soft soap is s slippery that it wastes a good deal in was ing clothc3. It is easy to have a supply of horse rai ish all winter. Have a quantity of it gr ted while the root is in nprf#?pti,.n n..? ; r-?a?vig/M| f vai II bottles, fill it with vinegar, and keep corked tight. It is said that a solution of sal niti commonly called saltpetre, used in the pr paration of seed com, is an excellent pr servative against the ravages of worn and will necessarily secure greater crops those who will try the experiment. If your cow is troubled with the garg< give her a table spoonful of powdered sa pctre, in a potato, and if the disease is n too far advanced it will effect a speedy cur We have tried the above remedy and kno it to be good.?Skoivhegan Sentinel. To take Grease oat of Silk.?If a litt powdered magnesia be applied on the wror side of silk, as soon as the spot isdisooverei it is a never failing rem- dy?the dark spo disappear as if by magic. A HUGE PIECE OF CHALK. It is stated that on the Southeastern an Dover railway, in England, an enormoi mass ofchalk, of several thousand tons,su< denly fell from the facing of a rock formin the entrance of the tunnel through Shak< spear s Cliff.' 'No less than seventy.eigl men would have been crjshed by the fal had I hey not been warned of their dangc m time to make their escape, by tne pr*v ous lalling of some particles. This acci dent has afforded a rare treat to thegeolc gists, us it has laid bare the veriebiae of a immense animal, and it is hoped that, o the removal of the fallen rubbish, the re mainder of the skeleton will bp found. >r, The effect of bathing is greatly overrated te in the following article ; yet so far as it Bt urges tiiis means of preserving and pro. jj moling health we tntirely concur, and rr. therefore copy the article and recommend it to the attention of our readers. ie; THE BATH. n* j The use of the bath is becoming more ' ^ general in the United State3 than formerly, l" but still it is not fully appreciated in tho ^ South, particularly, it is too much neglect^ | ed. Tne reason, perhaps, of our negii. j gence in using the bath, is the great incon)n venience attendant upon its use. There 3C ! are no public baths to which persons of both 1 sexes might resort, and find ail the comforts : of a private chamber. In the Southern ig I countries of Europe, where the heat .'s inof! tense, the human form exists in i:s finest e, I proportions, ana in all its vigor and beau^ * . lit n f urUl/?la on/\tirc ll n n'j urn n t ui | lyf n iuvi vyijivii aiiur?o nv?? wi\/4i^i^ uv ai* i )n tribute our imperfections to climate nnd | ot weather. In the hottest weather, under a Ik proper discipline, there will be finer health fis ! and greater muscular strength than in the le I coldest season. The debility wh eh is pain, o,' fully fell by many during the summer, and i which prepares the way for bilfious and r. I other complaints, has no necessary connex. is, ion with warm weather. A person who It! undergoes the training process, and not only id ; rids himself of all superfluous flesh, and of je i every billious tendency, and attains the n- greatest strength, and. what is technically ry termed, the piich of condition, but will also n. acquire a pliance of the muscles which rare, id ly cannot bo felt in winter, el It may be asked, wfcy is the general imus pression so adverse to the doctrino we have \i. advanced? \V? answer, the main reason why wrong notions prevail upon this subject, is precisely that which accounts for our bad practice in other matters touching ie our health ; a thorough disregard and ig. or norance of the laws of the animal economy, ig There is not c nation under Heaven, so ry negligent of their health, as the people of *e iho United S ates. The bad teeth, the ,e early broken constitutions, the slouching gait, the ben: shoulder, the contracted chest .a the young eye with its spectacles, and the in wan check, tell the sad tale too plainly.? That there is nothing in our climate to 01 cause a premature decay of the teeth, is evident from the fact that the negro has fine id teeth; and it has been remarked that the I; town negro of two or three generations, th who gradually acquire the tastes and gratit ifications of the whites: suffers a decay of j the teeth, and is deciHy inferior in this jd respect to the negro f-om the country, who )e has been more exposed to the heat, but less daintily fed. i )r We have said that the people of the Uni- i ted States are inattentive to their health, , and the result is every where evident. And ?" among other causes of their bad condition, 1 'r is the almost total neglect of the bath. * In. stead of a bathing room being found in , s every family, it is hardly known at all. In n fact, ihe use of the bath, which ought to be as intuitive as the gratification of the appe. (t lite, is hardly understood except as a holi. ' s day affair. Hence, to a certain extent, may . be attributed the fatal catalogue of deaths by consumption, pleurisy, colds, rheuma. tism. and in some degree, gout itself. There s is a vigor imparted to the system by this cold bath, which repel the progress of inflamma. 'f tion, and it is well known, that, by ttie use J r* of the bath, persons have escaped the slightest colds or coughs for many successive y years. We say then of the bath, ihat it is n proper in cold clima.es, needful in temper- . ate, and indispensable in hot.?Arena* o i 4 I g j NOVEL READING. We request the particular attention or j3 our readers to the following judicious and ( ^ important remarks of Dr. Humphrey, on 3. the subject of novel reading. )(j "But what do you think of novels and other kindred works of fiction, where the >0 language is chaste, the sentiments unexceptionable, and the moral good ? Shall they be brought into the domestic circle, or excluded from it ?" A full answer to this 3j. question would require much more time (jj than I can at present devote to it. Absolutely to proscribe all fiction, would perhaps 1 be going too far. 1 think 1 could select a dozen volcmes, besides Robinson Crusoe, J" which I should be willing to have my chiL s0 dren read in their minority. But nothing is to be more deprecated, in a family, than a morbid appetite for novels : and all ex. d- perience proves, how difficult it is, to keep p- it from becoming absolutely ravenous, if it 'n is indulged at all. Reading one work of fiction, is almost certain to create in the jvuijg auu suscep mie minu, ? more ^-a^v? e, demand for another; and the demand rises e. at every step of the progress till it is pree? pared to break over all bi unds, and to is, devour whatever comes in its way, howto ever it may inflame the passions, pollute the imagination or corrupt the heart.? There is a striking resemblance in this jt' respect, between the novel reader and the Qt dram drinker. Both begin moderately.? Both are sure that a little does them good, ^ and that they can refrain whenever they please. Tiie appetite of both is sharpened by indulgence till they lose all self-control. e and are completely at the mercy of its insatiableness. As the diunkard will * contrive to get the moans of intoxication :s in spite of every friendly remonstrance and precaution, so the young and prurient novel reader, will beg or borrow clandestinely, when tiie books .cannot otherwise be o'b. id tained. The only perfectly safe course, in is either case, "touch not, taste not, handle i. not." One grand objection against putting g popular works of fiction into the hands of ?. our youth of both sexes is, that the world it of romance, difT rs so entirely from the II, rough, s ormy, and matter-of fact world, in ?r which they a e to live and be happy, if they j. can; and certainly to suffer, whatever pains i. they may take to shun it. Suppose your L. blooming daughter, of fifteen could be n transported into some paradise of perpetual < n spring and spicy breezes?of odoriferous l flowers, and feathered harmomy, and/1 gushing marble fountain?, and Hnmyin 11 shades, and everlasting sun-shine?what kind of preparation vvoul 1 she be making in such bowers of unmingled delights, foi returning, at the end of five or ten yea's to spend her life in this cold region wh< r stie was born, upon which the curse o God has so heavily fallen? But far worse than this must it be for hpr to dwell for die same number of \ears in the fairy lands ol romance, and then come down to the dull, husky prose and discordunt elements?tn?thousand inconveniences and cares and toils and disappointments of real life. Wher the novelist can plant and wat? r and illuminate some terrestrial paridise ; andshul out pain and sorrow and sin ; and give out children a life lease of it, it will be time enough to introduce them to his acquaintance; but till tlvn, the less they have tintK fh.o s%1<f*0 ii^euoea tlio hpf.'pr." IW UW rvibll lliij LKOO \JI niliwiij wuv YANKEE PERSEVERANCE. An intinerent map seller w^nt into a me1*, chant's counting room near our office th?' other day and asked the occupant if hf wished to purchase a map. "No," was 'he tart reply. "Will you look at one ?" "No, I have more of my own now than I have time to examine.'* "Will you allow me tc look at yours then?" "Yes, there they hang." "Well, while I am looking at your's I'll just unroll mine?that you know wont hurt anybody." So the map vender displayed several of his best at full length upon the counrer and then quietly commenced looking at the merchant's which hung against the wall. After making a few observations about some curious water falls, caves, &c., at places which he traced out upon the map before him, he managed to engage the merchant's attention, and at last referred to his own map, lying on the counter, for a more perfect illustration of his descr Dtions. and finally so much inter ested the auditor that he bought three dif. ferent maps, at six dollars each, of the ped. lar, and very politely asked him to call again when he got out a new edition! Boston Post. Over-Feeding.?Dr. Abbernethy agreed with the opinion entertained by Franklin, who said that nine-tenths of the diseases were caused by over-feeding. The learned surgeon, in ore of his lectures in 1827, thus addressed his hearers: "I tell you honestly what I think is the cause of the complicated maladies of the human race : it is their gormandising and stuffing, and stimulating'heir digostive organs o excess, thereby producing nervous disorders and irritation." The above applies not to the daily laborer, but to the idle an 3 luxurious, and par. ticularly to all who excite the stomach by stimulating drinks, and tempt it by rich cookery and a succession of dishes. Hatching Eggs.?A London paper states that a curious exhibition, und?*r the name of the **Eccaleobioo," ie about to bo open in Pull-mall. It is a machine heaf'd by steam and divided into various compartments for the hatching of birds by artificial heat. There is another machine, in which eggs of svery date from4ho time of their being laid ? - ? * i J .1 . until 551 days old, are so piacea, ti.at oy means of a stron. artificial light they are rendered transparent, so that the spectator can observe the progress of hatching, from he origin of life in the chicken until its complete formation. One side of the large room in which the exhibition is placed, is ipart for the chickens when hatched, and [pears the appearance of a miniature poultry yard. The contrivance is an improvement on the Egyptian raodo of artificial hatching in ovens, and is said to be well worthy the visits of the naturalist and the curious. IMPORTANT DECISION?APPEAL COURT. One of the aids of Gen. B. disputed his tailor's bill for regimentals, on the plea of Minority. The Court, Judge Not presiding, set asidn the objection on the ground that a Mojor could not be a minor. OCT Appeal on the ground that the height of the defendant, was only four feet, nothing. Decree of the Court below confirmed, on the ground that Napoleon, though "the little corporalwas a very great man, and that the Court was no inspector of persons. The clerk of the Court himself was a big baby-and the Sheriff was multum inparvo. Double, costs oj suit accordingly awarded, deducting the false whiskers. This decision is important as it involved a claim for a military charger?and one for a rocking horse bought for the menage, at home?besides pap and candle for the military chest?and anew bib and tucker: ?Vide Not page 900. Charleston Mercury. Milk White Deer.?Two of the most strange and beautiful creatures that have hitherto come to the knowledgeof naturalise were on Wednesday landed in the East India Docks from on board tho Seringapatam, Captain Denny. They area male and female deer, of th purest milk white colour, without a single blemish or spot of any other shade, and with large full eyes of an exquisite pink hue. Their proportions are per. fectly symmetrical, and they are about the size of the fallow deer. They are taken among the fastnesses of tho mountains in northern India? and are the only pair yet obtained in that country. They wero disembarked by the keepers of the Surrey Zoloogical Gardens.?English Paper. JUDGE LYNCH. This important personage, after having lain quiescent for some weeks, judging from the newspapers, has lately come out again in the south and west, with his swift wrists of procedendo adjudicium,?being apparently as sound a hater of "the law's delay" as was the melancholy prince of Denmark himself. Jt was to be hoped that he hod his glut of retribution for a ssoson, hj't tho Rrutns feeling :<* in a manner on him ?sii the while ; and so long as it is, I will b< on the scent for victims. Seriously, if ther?' be any subsidence the lynching code or spirit, under that sf i cial name, it is ramifying itself into oil f forms, which cannot but appal and stri i with serious r< flections every friend of \ s maniry and the laws. It no longer contei f i self with the cord and the scourge ; , enters the very holiest in the temple of ji t tice, and seizing the fusees and the a: I madly usurps a supreme dominion,?p i lu'ing Mid overs wit g on every hand. T is not precisely what may be culled i t Ivnch aciion J it is the lynch influence, * less baleful because more secret, or becat i it silently exerts itself on jurors. Two cases, illustrating this dread t stae of things, are now freshly on reco 1 One is that of judge Wilkinson and oth in ^n atfrav ai Louisv lie, at the Gait hou wjiere two persons were brutally murd in hrn.irfdnvl irht. in nrcsence of mtl WW * D ' f . witnesses. We have heard a gentlerr . who was present, and saw the tnurdei > men lyi .g on the floor, that it was one the most sorry sights of the kind ever p ? sented o the eye, > Tne in^n killed were s mply seeking r lawful end?they were destroyed outri i ?and yet tne murderers were acquitte : We should like to ask?on what princip , oflaw? What of equity? What of i perfect evidence ? VVhat of fact or wl of reason f The las? is that of Dr. Vaughan, for 1 murder of young Pleasants just decided Virginia, the result?acquittal. C readers must remember the incidents of tl atrocious homicide. Pleasants was t accepted lover of an acco" plished you lady, of whom Vaughan was also ei.amc ed. He preferred his suit and was reject* In a fit of blind indignation, ho thought succeed in winning her affections by d siroying the man to whom she was betro: ed. Accordingly he sought every mode provoke him to duel; but apology aft apology on his part, was the result of tl brave stratagem. At last ho walk< into the room of Pleasants, at his hot* only a few days before his intended ma riage, and placing a pistol at his breast, once shot him down. The scene was horrible one ; the young man's shirt boso on fire from the powder, himselfstagge ing across the room, his heart's blood gus ing out upon the floor, and his maligna assassin looking fiendishly on ! One would suppose that such a man, f such an act, so clearly proved, should I hanged as soon as tried; hut no?he acquitted, and at large. Is it not clear from cases like these,th the laws are rapidly losing their power punishment or of protection, and thatjudj Lynch is taking his seat too frequently the courts of the land. Philadelphia Gazette. case for phrenologists. There is residing in the City of v\ ashingto says the Alexandria Gazette, a hi: hly respe table and intelligent lady, raiher advanced ' - ' - J - .! -.La -1_ _ life* who, in experienced a sugm esuu of apoplexy. Up to that time she possess rather uncommon powors of conversation; w fluent, and had a ready command o. fine la guage. She had prominent eyes, and her co versation indicated that the org-?n oflanguag as the phrenologists would say* was well d veloped. The attack of apoplexy destroyi all power of recalling proper names, with single exception, and whicn she has never r covered. Sh" still converses fluently, 60 f as proper names are not concerned; bi whenever a proper name occurs, she is arret | ed in her conversation and cannot, procei 1 until the name is suggested, when she instar ly recognises the person or thing, and is en bled to go on. i rom this fact, would it n appear, that man is endowed with two ind pendent organs of language, one for comm< words, and another for proper names? BUSINESS IS LIFE. Nothing will make a man happier in tt life, than some kind of employment, zealous pursued. Without employment, the mil and the body become " stale, flat and unpr Stable." A very striking instance of tl baneful effects of inactivity, is furnished in tl suicide of Mr Leggett, in London, late soli< tor to the commissioners of the King's iax< He was sixty years of age, of temperate i abi and a man of wealth, having been pension! in 1833. on an allowance of 6350 pounds p annum. The only reason which he assign' for " shuffling off this mortal coil," was wa of active employment. [Sat. :\ews. Lynch Law at Detroit.?There a few, if any, who look upon a scene like tii at the foot of Griswold street jeslerda witliouta thrill of horror. Yet, we mi confess, there are crimes committed by tho rearing the form of man for which there no legal remedy. Paul Maples, a butch here, and a disgrace 10 the family and f trade, ( or our butchers, generally, ore worthy class of men,) received in his er ployment some months since a desert from the British army, and, after becomu indebted to him some 50 or 70 dollars cai celled Ins obligation by getiing the poor fi low intexicated, conveying him across tl river and surnodering him to British of cers, for the ordinary reward on such o casions But to their honor and manline; let it be said, they allowed him to be whi ped and cropped for his pains. Yet lai must be executed and rules enforced, ai it being understood that yesterday was tl day appointed for the execution of the de erter, certain individuals took the wret who could sell the life of a brother man f a few paltry dollars, rode him on a ra shaved his head, tarred and sanded it, ai he was finally lodged in jail to protect hi from annihilation. We do net, we canr commend such acts on the part of any pc tion ofour citizens, but we repeat our wort that there are vilianies committed for whi the law makes no provision. Let this f low be discharged from jail and permitt to leave the scene of his digrace. He ca I rot live here.?Detroit Post. We have recently heard that the farme 'ofMichigan and Wisconsin are large I cultivating wheat this year. The price transportation 'n M''" he 'gan, or Mdwaukio in Wisconsin, to Rochester, is but 10 cents a bushel ; and the of farming land in the neighborhood of either ?e. of those places, can be had at from 81 25 ier to S10 per acre; while tho lands near Roke Chester are valued at $100 perucre. From hi- these facts, it would appear to us, that farm., nts itig in Michigan, Wisconsin, and the new it States near the lake navigation, would be as is- productive a business as could be carried on *e, iu this country.?Philadelphia Herald. ?)* Innocence Made Manifest.?Those 18 who have always contended that duelling settled no point in which character was imnc) plicated said right, and that it could only lse be justified where great wrongs had been in* flicted; and even then it was doubtful wtipthor tho two- 1 5?>v nuj jjumsiuru, ana, conra sequenily as a test of innocence, duelling ers was doubirul and precarious. We have now lse' a case before us which forcibly illustrates er* this position. iny In the early struggle in Texas, a young ,an man of great promise?an assistant editor rec, of the Star?by the name of Laurens, was ' 0 determined to seek his fortune in that counre* try under 1 he most flattering auspieces^ He found on his arrival there a number of young a gentlemen, from various sections of the (Jnion, who were actuated by similar mo^ - lives, and with whom naturally an intimacy was formed. Ooe stormy night, when their m* cabins in the new town of Houston were lat overflowed by the rain, a Dr. Goodrich, of Mississippi, invited the party of five or six to repair to his quartet's for the bight, which m was accepted. Some slept on benches, >ar some on the floor; unforturia.ely poor Lauh,s rens?a great favoriie among them all?? he slept in tne bed with Dr. Goodrich. In the n? morning the Doctor missed his wallet with a large sum of money. All demanded to know of him whether he suspected any one 10 in the company wi h having robbed him, '?* lie fixed his suspicions upon poor Laurens, and accused him of the theft. Horror 10 struck at the accusution, be protested his er innocence with tears in his eyes, and ap? l,a pealed to his well known character for hie , integrity. It was of no avail; lie mustie. 1 deem his honor by challenging his accuser, fit* rl\A cn thnt? nrvKt ti/ifh wifl/vw on/1 nnm* l11' U,U UU I l,,HJ IWUglll -IIU 'MV ) HUtt |IW1 u Laurens fell, it now turns out thut a young a man by the name of S an ley was the thief, m and as a commentary on dueling, or so ap* :.r" pea! to honor, this Stanley actually was see* ond to poor Laurens, and stood by to see nt him fairly shot down in defending his inoo? ceace. or !* t)0 Jewelry.? The Salem tiuzeite remarks is that sccrcely any branch of manufacture has advanced more rapdly and steadily in this ot country, during the last 20 years, than that of of articles of jewelry. In 1820, it might be je said with almost literal truth, nothing of tha in kind was manufactured in the (Jnited States. But now, much the larger part of ail the more rich a id solid articles are made in this country. There are very good and extensive assortments in the stores, where not a single specimen of foreign Jewelry is to be found. Ar.icles of English manufec. in ture are entirely superseded by the superior skill and taste of our workmen; but there ed are some sorts of work done by the French as jewelers, which cannot be squalled here. n* Those are all the mock and counterfeit sr? n* tides wh ch make the show of solid gold, '** with an incredibly small quantity o. the pre. cious substance. The English and Am^rL a can workmen excel in the more rich and e- solid fabrics, wiuie the French excel in the ar more specious and fragile commodities. Benefits oj L'fe Insurance.?The amount of losses p.ud during the lust year by the it- N. Y. Life and Trust, and the Farmers' a- Loan und Trust, the two Life Insurance ?t Companies in this city, was $24,000 ; res? e" cuing from actual poverty in almost eveiy }n instance, the families of t ? insured. Yet notwithstanding this great benefit, derived at a*ery trifling annual cost, the number of ,i8 policies issued by these two companies com. ly pared with the English officios* is very id small.?N. Y. Jour. Com. We copy the following from a Mississippi le paper, omitting names, merely as a speci* :i" men of the politeness of a certain class of lt^ violent partizan ed tors. We would quote ed specimens not much better from papers nearer home, and whose editors, too, mainnt tain, in private life, tin character of cour* teous and estimable citizens. BASE VILLA-NY ! re Wc have just learnt that that dirty imp of tat iniquity and doer of whig dirty work, the iy, degraded liar and contemptible blackguard ist of the -has put in circulation through se his vile smk of falsehood and detraction, a is report that this paper has ceased. We will er thank our Democratic cotemporaries to )is notice the fact of our being alive and able a to thrash any lying whig scribbler who n- disputes our existence or our veracity. cr A Reflection.?It should be remember.: ^ ed that every loathsome inmate of peniten? tiaries and State prisons was once a gentle, '' .noflensive, and prattling child, and that le every criminal who has expiated his ^crimes upon the gallows" once was pressed to a c~ mother's heart, and drew bis life giving >s' nourishment from her bosom t Bai moral P~ tra ning, wrong influences, and debasing ejL. . amples, do their work, and transform enJ dearing offsprings into ferocious men, who e shock humanity by the foulness of their guilt ' .* and monstrous audacity of their crimes.? ?] Lynn Freeman. or ??|| j " IN SPITE OF YOUE TESTH. J Judge Brackenridge, who has lately made : some stir in the political world, and who is . a comical son of a comical father, resided some years in Florida, it is said, after be - ? ? ?.'-./I ?a n 1 aA%r in nt\A j { was engaged lo oe muintu w ? .H vuv cJj | of the middle States. During this time her j j beauty was somewhat impaired by the Joss " j; of one or two of her teeth. This circura. e J stance gave her some uneasiness; and when n" l she appeared in the presence of her lover ; J after his return from Florida, she asked him rs j if he thought her much altered. He replied tlythat he saw no alteration, except in her fore~ of teeth ; but, said he, I do not regard that, h. HI mnrrc yon in <pi?o of your toPth !