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the exhilaration and refreshment of body and mind. A
third consists in the expulsion of pernicious humours,
whence people who are accustomed to much exercise
are little troubled with severe diseases, with stone, gout,
ague, cachexy, dropsy, or hypochondriacism. For, to
say the truth, an idle way of life, particularly where
but a small portion of fluid is taken into the stomach,
is the true parent of all diseases that arise from an im-
purity and thickness of the blood, and have obstruction
of the internal parts for their basis. On the other hand,
nothing in the world is a more cettain and efficacious
preservative, than a snciency of brdily motion. It
excels every medicine that can be recommended for the
preservation of health, and prevention of diseases; and
in this view may justly be called a panacea, as it not
only removes the cause of disorders, but is an effectual
means of strengthening the body and keeping it in a
proper tone." (Huguenin.)
" Corporeal exercise, to he health-promotive in the
largest degree," remarks Davis, " must not only be
cheerful, and partaken of under exhilarating circum-
stances,—not like that taken in the most solemn of all
processions,' as Dr. Combe happily designates the pub-
lic promenade of a ladies' boarding-school, —but should
be allowed to combine the various faculties in an unla-
borious, easy, and somewhat playflil display of agility.
• • The mind should be unbent and occupied with no
pressing care or intense thought during the hours of
exercise, which, in this way, should truly be hours of
relaxation. Health has much more to do with unre-
strained freedom, and a cheerfulness approaching to
gaiety,—with

Sport that wrinkled Care derides,
And Laughter, holding both his sides,'
(L'Allegrod
than is generally conceived.
" But, to render bodily exercise productive of the
greatest benefit, another element is necessary, there
must be a sufficient motive for it. A walk without an
object seldom tends to the refreshment of either mind
or body. It is true, in some cases, the benefit expected
to be derived from the walk may itself be a sufficient
stimulus to sustain the continuance of the effort without
flagging ; still the agreeable conversation of a friend is
enough to double Op benefits derived from the exercise,
by maintaining a pleasing excitation in the mind, and
thus administering to the instinctive desire for activity
before alluded to. Those pent up in close cities, and
engaged in sedentary pursuits, have a hidden treasure
in the kingdoms of nature of inestimable value to them,
that, like the treasure concealed in the vineyard left by
the old man in the fable to his sons, only requires to be
sought for in order to be enjoyed. A taste for natural
beauties is within the attainment of all ; and the more
systematic study of natural objects will be found of the
easiest acquirement where the desire for it is once lighted
up in the mind. That such is the case is proved by the
fact, that many of the most extensive collections of na-
tural productions, such as birds, insects, plants, and
minerals, have been made by working men during their
hours of relaxation : and it is well, known that it is
amongst this class that gardening is, in one sense, car-
ried to its highest perfection. There is a charm in the
contemplation of Nature of exquisite sweetness. The
skill, beauties, and adaptation everywhere displayed in
her productions, excite the keenest admiration ; and the
habitual study of them imparts to the mind such sooth-
ing sensations, such a peacefulness of thought and feel-
ing, such a harmony of soul, as is derived from no other
source. Indeed, viewing nature in this light, its capa-
bilities, and the boundless extent and variety of its
objects, which no mind even confined to a narrow sphere
of earth can ever exhaust in its own field alone, seem to
point it out as designed to be the grand corrective of the
errors and excesses of civilized lif, as a shoreless sea of
delight, ever at hand, and ever suited for civilized man
to lave his weary powers in, and thus to be continually
refreshed and reinvigorated. • •
" It is one of M. Fellenberg's admirable principles,
that there is no health, no vigour of mind, no virtue,
without bodily exertion' ; and his plans of instruction
are founded upon this just axiom."
(To BE CONTINUED.)

DOWNFAL OF THE REPEAL SYMPATHY IN
AMERICA.

(From "Martin Chuzzlewit," by Boz.)

The General rose to read a letter to the Public Man,
which with his own hands he had written.

" Thus," said the General, " thus, my friends and
'ellow-citizens, it runs:

4 4_l SIR,

" ' I address you on behalf of the Watertoast Associa-
tion of United Sympathisers. It is founded, sir, in the
great republic of America! and now holds its breath,
and swells the blue veins in its forehead nigh to bursting,
as it watches, sir, with feverish intensity and sympathetic
ardour, your noble efforts in the cause of Freedom.' "
At the name of Freedom, and at every repetition of that
name, all the Sympathisers roared aloud ; cheering with
nine times nine, and nine times over.

" In Freedom's name, sir—holy Freedom—l address
you. In Freedom's name, I send herewith a contribution
to the funds of your Society. In Freedom's name, sir, I
advert with indignation and disgust to that accursed ani-
mal, with gore-stained whiskers, whose rampant cruelty
and fiery lust have ever been a scourge, a torment, to the
world. The naked visitors to Crusoe's Island, sir; the
flying wives of Piter Wilkins ; the fruit-smeared children
of the tangled bush ; nay, even the men of large stature,
anciently bred in the mining districts of Cornwall; alike
bear witness to its savage nature. Where, sir, are the
Cormorans, the Blunderbores, the Great Feefofums,
named in History? All, all, exterminated by its destroy-
ing hand.
" ' I allude, sir, to the British Lion.
" Devoted, mind and body, heart and soul, to Free-
dom, sir—to Freedom, blessed solace to the snail upon
the cellar-door, the oyster in his pearly bed, the still
mite in his home of cheese, the very winkle of your coun-
try in his Shelly lair—in her unsullied name, we offer you
our sympathy. Oh, sir, in this our cherished and our
happy land, her fires burn bright and clear and smoke-
less : once lighted up in yours, the lion shall be roasted
whole. _

---
" ' I am, sir; in Freedom's name,
" ' Your affectionate friend and faithful Sympathiser,
" ' CYRUS CHOKE,
`'' General, U.S.M.' "

It happened that just as the General began to read this
letter, the railroad train arrived, bringing a new mail from
England ; and a packet had been handed in to the Secre-
tary, which, during its perusal and the frequent cheerings
in homage to freedom, he had opened. Now, its contents
disturbed him very much, and the moment the General
sat down, he hurried to his side, and placed in his hand a
letter and several printed extracts from English news-
papers • to which, in a state of infinite excitement, he
called his immediate attention.

The General, being greatly heated by his own composi-
tion, was in a fit state to receive any inflammable influ-
ence ; but he had no sooner possessed himself of the
contents of these documents, than a change came over
his face, involving such a huge amount of choler and
passion, that the noisy concourse were silent in a mo-
ment, in very wonder at the sight of him.
" My friends ! " cried the General, rising ; " my friends
and fellow-citizens, we have been mistaken in this man."
" In what man?" was the cry.
" In this," panted the General, holding up the letter
he had read aloud a few minutes before. " I find that he
has been, and is, the advocate—consistent in it always too
—of Nigger emancipation ! "
If anything beneath the sky be real, those Sons of
Freedom would have pistolled, stabbed—in some way
slain—that man by coward hands and murderous violence,
if he had stood among them at that time. The most con-
fiding of their own countrymen would not have wagered
then—no, nor would they ever peril—one dunghill straw,
upon the life of any man in such a strait. They tore the
letter, cast the fragments in the air, trod down the pieces
as they fell ; and yelled, and groaned, and hissed, till they
could cry no longer.
" I shall move," said the General, when he could make
himself heard, " that the Watertoast Association of Uni-
ted Sympathisers be immediately dissolved ! "
Down with it ! Away with it ! Don't hear of it ! Burn
its records ! Ptill the room down ! Blot it out of human
memory !
" But, my fellow-countrymen !" said the General,
the contributions. We have funds. What is to be done
with the funds ? "

It was hastily resolved that a piece of plate should be \
presented to a certain constitutional Judge, who had laid
down from the Bench the noble principle, that it was
lawful for any white mob to murder any black man; and
that another piece of plate, of similar value, should be
presented to a certain Patriot, who had declared from his
high place in the Legislature, that he and his friends
would hang, without trial, any Abolitionist who might
pay them a visit. For the surplus, it was agreed that it
should be devoted to aiding the enforcement of those free
and equal laws, which render it incalculably more crimi-
nal and dangerous to teach a negro to read and write than
to roast him alive in a public city. These points adjusted,
the meeting broke up in great disorder : and there was an
end of the Watertoast Sympathy.

HERRING FISHERY. —On Friday last intelligence
reached the Anstruther fishermen that the herrings had
set in at the " Auld Haiks." They accordingly pro-
ceeded thither, and next day returned, all having as many
as they could swim with, some with as many as 90 crans.
A few of the boats were up on Friday night, but as the
price was too high for the curers, their herrings were sold
to the Frenchmen and cadgers, who gave as high as
Ils. 6d. per cran for them. On Saturday, however, the
price fell to Bs., and latterly to 55., at which price they
were purchased by the curers. On Monday the take was
not so heavy, the highest being about 40 crans, and on
Tuesday the greater part of the boats returned clean, the
herrings having left the Haiks.—Fife Journal.
CAUTION TO TRADESMEN.—Under the operation of
the new Insolvent Act all insolvents are required to spe-
cify, in their schedules, the name of every creditor. Should
it appear that the name of any creditor is omitted, the
district court have determined to dismiss the insolvent's
petition for relief. It is also worthy of notice, that the
certificate, being granted by the court to the insolvent, is
a complete bar to any debt previously contracted, although
such debt may not have been included in the schedule. It
is, therefore, most important for, all traders to watch nar-
rowly every advertised insolvent, and search through his
schedule, to see if the debt in which the trader may be
interested is included. If omitted, the punishment, on
application to the court, is as above stated. The act re-
quires each advertisement to appear twice in the London
Gazette, and twice in some one local newspaper.