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observe the phenomena of nature, TO turn
his eye heavenward," and learn more in
timateIy the beauty, rs well as the pow>
err displayed in the handy-work of the
Almighty. The clouds, as every one
knows, are formed Of vapour floating
loosely in the atmosphere. The forms
they assume are always indications of the
state OF the weather, and persons accus-
toned to observing their changes can ca
silly determine whether sunshine or storms
Will consequently come. For instance.
clouds observed in thin, hazy strips, run
Ding through the atmosphere horizontal
~, or curied up, as il opposed by cur
rent OF air, are common indications Of
foul weather. They are called cirrus,
or curl cloud. and are of the same charac-
ter with the broad sheets of small, well
define d clouds, called cirrocumuluS, some
tines very APPLY named mackerel sky
from the resemblance they present TO the
back of tt mackefel. The loag. Leaders
colored clouds. which change their forms
but slowly or hang in heavy masses in
the atmosphere, are called SirroStrGius,
indicative Of rain. At night they ex-
tend out their sheets and obscure the
moon, causing the reiraction of its rays,
producing the circles which are frequent.
ly noticed, often the precursor of rain
Clouds which hang in clusters and groups
having flat base aloDg the horizon, such
as are OF very common. almost constant
occurrence in summer, are called cemu-
fostr0fuS, or twain cloud. But the most
beautiful clouds are the cwmuLus, or STAG
ken cloud. rolling onward in splendid |
voluminous masses, ever changing their |
form and brilliancy, and presenting the
appearance of vast stacks or piles of daz-
zhng snow. They often precede and |
follow a shower in summer, presenting |
dark, trowning masses, with golden rim !
and snowy breast" through which the
rays of the sun glance rich, Respondent
light. Such exhibitions are full of ever
varying richness aud grandeur and subli-
NIFTY, awakening in the breast of the
most sluggish, emotions of enthusiastic
wonder and Northampton
Courier.
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From the Ns,curh Daily Advertiser.
THE MECHANICS WIFE.

10 America every mechanic is snppos-
ed to have, or about TO have, a wife. The
many thousands efthese spouses are di-
vided into sorts. Thus we have good
and bad; very good and very bad I'M
sPeakably good, and insufferably bad !;
and as sort OF par expression, tolera-
BILE. 1t is not every good woman who
is good wife; nor isit every good wife
who is good wife 70, the mechanic
A working nea needs a working wife;
but as to qualities of mind, manners, and
morals, she canuot run too high ia the
scale. There is an error prevalent con.
corning this. GILES says, 81 do not
want vile with too much sense" WHY
not? Perhaps Giles will not answer,
but the shrug of his shoulders answers.
Because / am afraid she will be an o.
vermatch for me- Giles is wrong.
The unfortunate men who have their
tyrants at home are never married to a
woman OF sense.-Genuine elevation of
mind cannot prompt any male or female,
TO go out OF his or her proper sphere.
No man ever suffered from an overpius
of Intelligence, whether in his own head
or his wifc's.
HoDGE says, ~ will not marry a girl
who has too much manners" Very well
Hodge: you are right; too much of any
thing is bad. But consider what YOU
say. Perhaps you mean that fine lady
would not suit you. Very true, should
not desire to see you joined for life to
what is called a fine lady, to wit, wo.
man who treats you as beneath her level
sneers at your friends, and is above her
business. But this is not good maBners.
Real good manners, and true poiteness,
are equally at home in courts and farm
houses. This quality springs from ma
ture, and is the expression of unaffected
good will.-Even in high life, the high
er you 20, the simpler do manners be.
come. Parade and fuss Of manners are
the marks Of halt-bred people. True
simplicity and native good will and kind
regard for the convenience and feelings
of others viii ensure good manners, even
in a kitchen: and have seen many n
vulgar dame in an assembly, and many
gentle W oman IN an humble shed. Nav.
our wife must have good manners.
A proper self respect would teach ev-
cry noble hearted American. of whate-
yer class, that he cannot set too high a
value on the conjuga relation. We may
Judge of the welfare and honor Of com
,nuuily by its wives and mothers. Op-
Portuniiies for acquiring knowledge and
even accomplishments, are happily open
to every class above the lowest and the
wise mechanic will not fail to choose
such companion as may not shame his
sons and daughters in that coming age,
when an ignorant American shall be as
absolete as fossil fish.
Away with Haunting, giggling. dane
ing, squandering, peevish, fashion-hnut-
ing wives The woman Of this stamp
as poor comforter, when the poor hus-
band is sick or bankrupt. Give me the
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LOOK AT YOUR EENCEs

Say. in his Economy relates the fois
lowing anecdoie, illustrative of the e.
vents that spring from trihng causes.
One day, fine young pig got out and
reached the eighbouring wood, all were
immediately in chase of;he animal. The
gardener was the first who got sight Of
1t; and he jumping over ditch, to stop
his further passage. received dangerous
wound, which confined him to his bed
for fortnight. The cook found on her
return from the pursuit. that the linen
whish she had left a. the fire to dry, was
burnt; 81 tire dairy maid having left in
a hurry the cow stable without fastening
the animals in it, a COW in her absence
broke the leg OF n colt which they were
raising in the place. The days lost by
the gardener were worth $50; the lin-
en- and colt were as valuable. Here then
III few minutes, for want of fastening
which would have cost few cents, q
loss OF one hundred dollars was encouna
tered.
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supposed to have retired TO bed. His
physicians suggested that this was yery
ikeiy to aggravate his nervous head
aches, the only malady he was subject to
IN the prime OF his manhood and, con-
temPiatiDg with steady eye a course not
only of unremittins but of increasing in
dustry; he resolved to reverse his plan,
and carried his purpose into execution
with unflinching energy. In short he
hau now adopted the habits in which.
WIN very slender variation, he ever af-
ter Persevered when in the country: He
rose by five o'clock, lit his own fire when
the season required one, and shaved and
dressed with great deliberstion-for he
was very Martinez as TO all but the
coxcombrIes of the toilet not abhorrina
eheminaie dandyism itself so cordially as
the slightest approach TO personal sloven-
iiness, or even those "bed-g gown and slip
perry tricks as he called them, in which |
literary men are so apt TO indulge. AR
rayed In his shooting jacket, or w batever
lress he meant to use till dinner time. he
was seated at his desk by six O'Clock. all
lis papers arranged before him in the .
most accute order, and his books Of ref
renee marshalled around him ON the
loor, while at least one iavorite dog Law .
Watching his eye just beyond the line of
Thus, by the time the
amiiy assembled for breakfast between
line and ten, he had done enough (in his
'wn language,) 'to break the neck OF the
lays work. After break fast couple
u hours more were given TO his solitary
ask. and by noon he was, as he used to
ay, his own man.
[Lockhart's Life Of Sir Walter Scott. $
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e." BY careful analysis of some ofihis earth.
find lis com pnsiiinn 10 be as tnllnws.
20 90

"In numerous places 10 Goochland, Cum
berland, Bucking ham, and other counties ST.
miisrly situated. the porcelain earth occurs
in extensive beds, and in many cases in n a.
valuable q condition as above described. This
fact, taken in cUnneXion with The known ex-
isience Of feldspar in the same region, points
10 the probable Introduction, al no distant
day, OF an important branch Of manufacture
in the State--f allude TO the fabrication Of the
finer descriptions of china or porcelain, in
which such excellence has already been at
tanned 10y the employment 81 similar Daieri-
ais in Pennsylvania.
The region on the western borders oftbat
which we have been describing, is marked
by the occurrence of stalcose aud argillsceous
states, micaceous aud garnet sIales, cblorite
states, steascbSt, various modified rocks and
numerous veins of aur,feTous quartz. The
precise nature of many Of the rocks occur
ring in this, which for the SAX C OF distinction,
may I've called the gold region, cannot be de-
iermined without close and perseyering al
tention."
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The CLOUDS in summers sky are
objects ofgreat interest and beauty. Mo-
thing can be more delicately graceful
than the long, threadlike lines which
sometimes extend across the horizon.
Nothing more beautifully grand, and ex-
quisitely moulded, than the splendid
stacks Of white and darkly frowning
clouds, piled up in yolumiueus masses
preparatory to summers shower, aptly
termed the "draPery ofHeaveu." Like
every thing else, philosophy and science
have explored the atmosphere which
surrounds the earth. and given form and
Classification to the masses Of vapour
which float on its bosom. It is interest
ing to every one, who is accustomed to
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-07-27
Scraps from the German of Jean Paul.

Scraps from the German of Jean Paul.
The sweet accords OF Melancholy mu-
sic seem formed of departed hopes, and
melt into each other, and into nothing,
like the days Of the life Of man; and the
waves OF that great sea of charity wash
against our hearts, on the borders of which
we stand, and into which we strive to
plunge our vision.
A gentle heart is like ripe fruit, which
bends so low that it is at the mercy OF
every one who chooses to pluck il. while
the harder fruit keeps out of reach.
The gratis that circumstances make
In our characters, we are apt to regard
as its native fruits.
Men are vicious, first, because they
think virtue two hard, and afterwards.
because they think it too easy. Reason
cannot make us good ; IL is merely the
outstretched finger. post on the road to
virtue, which points the way, but canao.
force or assist us to follogs K: it has the
legislative, but nnt the executive authori-
~. The power to love these commands,
the still greater power to follow them, is
another faculty and as even Kant can
not specify what makes men vicious, nei-
ther can he describe what it is that ele-
Yates them above pollution, or snatches
them from it.
The shrOud is to man like the cover
ing used by gardeners to protect their
plants from sun and rain--it shuts him
out from the storms of adversely and the
fierce glow of passion.
Birds of Paradise always fly against
the wind, and heavenly minded souls
move against the current.
All we can say Of the best young men
is. that they make good resolutions which
they never keep, and are full of faults
which they are always regretting. IN.
L. Mirror.
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PLEASURES OF A TRoPIcAL CLIMATE.
insects are the curse of tropical eli
mates. The very rouge lays the founda-
ton OF tremendous ulcer. In moment
you are covered with ticks: chieoes bu-
~ themselves in your flesh, and hatch a
large colony Of young chigoes in few
hours. They will not live together, but
every CHICO sets up a separate ulcer. and
has his own private portion of pus. Flies
get entry into your mouth, eyes and
nose. You eat flies, drink flies, breathe
dies. Lizards, cockatrices and snakes
get into your bed ants eat up the books.
scorpions sting you on the foot, and eve
ry thing bites, s;ings or bruises; every
second OF your existence you are woun-
ded by some piece OF animal life that no.
body has ever seen before, exccp. Swan
meridian, and Merrom. An insect with
eleven legs is swimming in our tea cup,
nondescriPt with nine legs is strug-
CLING in the small beer or a caterpillar
with several dozen eyes in his belly is
fastening over the bread and butter, all
nature is alive. and seems TO be gathering
all her chronological hosts to eat you up,
as you are standing, out of Your coat,
waistcoat and breeches. Such are the
tropics. All these reconcile us to our
dews, fogs, vapor and drizzle-to our
apothecaries rushing about with gargles
aud tinctures-to oar British constitu-
tional coughs, sore threats and swelled
faces.
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POET,As ".
THE SCATTEREp HOUSEHOLD

TIE SCATTERED HOUSEHOLD.
|"HoD the ,oorid's aspect changes"
The family group is gathered,
And all are happy there,
The cheerful glance and word pass round
For lRe with them is fair.
\ iull unbroken household
IL is pleasant sight
he mothers smile is brighter then
The fathers glance more bright.
There is another gathering,
But one is wanting there;
The youth who sat beside his sire.
Comes not 10 fill his chair.
The graveyard bears annker stone,
The miss'd ore sleeps beneath:
Tho cheerful smile dcth ret pass round
But thou art .Jeif, o, Death,
Again there isa Gathering
But where is she whose smile
Was wont I" make your yourg hearts glad ;
Our Fathers care hegnle
I'm vain we list a WofGcr's voice
lis stilled in the totnb
] he happy smile is saen no more;
Where mirih was, now is gloom.
Once more there is n gathering;
Once more an empty space
Prociaims that Death has teen al work,
To fiji a Brothers place.
HIS grave is in n distant isle
Made by strangers hand
On, hard II is 10 die away
From ones own native land
hat group will never gather more,
Around that kindred hearth
lis broken up-what death has left
Are scattered Ger the earth;
a nd where that humble mansion stood.
There now is not slone,
10 mark the spot, and tell of those
W no TO their graves have gone.
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Anecdote Of Archbishop Usher. There
is story of Archbishop Usher, that he
went about and visited his clergy unex-
pectedly, and saw how they were en-
ployed. and how their flocks fared.-It
is said that on one occasion he went in
disguise, and begged aims at the cura:e's
mouse. The curate was out upon his du-
ty but his prudent wife soundly lectured
the old man, though she gave him relief.
For shame, old man, at these wears to
go brgging; these are not the usual fruits
OF an honest. industrious, and godiy life.
Tell me, old man, how many command
ments are there ?'' The cid man, with
seeming confusion, stammered out "Ele-
ven" 81 thought So" said she "go
thy way, old man; and here, take This
book with thee, and learn thy catechism :;
and when next time you are asked, say
ten"
The archbishop took his departure,
and had it formally announced, that he
should preach the next day in the parish
church. The morning came little
thought the COED woman that the arch
bishop was the old a!ms-beggar, till he
gave his text and comment, "A new
commandment l give unto you, that We
love one another. ut would seem"
begins the sermon. "5y this text, that
there are "eleven commandments The
old man was recognized, and the curate's
wife acknowledged, with some shame
to herself, that there was another. and
new commandment.
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We understand that the James River and
hanawha Improvement is making good
Roadway. The Directors, by greet energy
have overcome The pressure OF the times and
obtained sufficient funds 10 meet all iiabili-
lies and keep the work in active progress.
There are at present, upwards Of 900 labor
ers on The line between this and LynchburE.
The Engineers who were directed TO 62c-
anime the country from Covingfoa TO Tho
kanawhs, for the best location Tor The Rail.
road, have performed the task. They found
the country much better adapted TO Rail-
road than was generally snpposed- Wing.
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GOOD FARMING-Nr Reybold, an
enterPrising and highly intelligent farmer "
the State of Delaware, sowed on the 18th Of
March last some spring wheat iha, he OBJ.
tanned from Rome, n. Y, from which he
expects TO reap from twenty five 10 thirty
bushels to The acre. The Delaware State
Journal say that the same gentleman had in
1885 one hundred bushels Of corn 10 The acre,
and that he has at present fields which prom
Use even greater yield. With such lands
no man should even dare TO whisper worda-
bout hard times.
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For nothing lovelier can he found

For nothing lovelier can he found
In woman, than 10 study household good
ndgood words in her husband 1, promote.
L have such a mechanics wife i, my
Inihd S eye: gentle as the antelope, I'M
uring as the bee, joyous as the linnet /;
neat punctual, modest, confiding. She
IS patient, but resolute; aiding in coun-
sci, revNing in troubles, ever pointing
out the brightest side, and conceaing no
thing but her own sorrows. She loves
her hcme, believing, with Milton, that
ne wife, where danger and dishonor turks.
Safest and seemliest by her husband STAYS.
Who guards her, or with her the worst en-
dures.
The place Of woman is eminently, at
the iireside. 1t is at home that you must
see her, to know what she is. 1t is less
material what she is abroad; but what
she rs in the family circle is all impor
tant. 1t is bad merchandise, i'm any de-
Par'ment OF trade, to pay a premium for
otner mems opinions; in matrimony, he
who selects wife for the applause or
wonder of his neig hbors, is in fair way
towards domestic bankruptcy. Having
got wife. there is but one rule-HonoT |
ana lore her.-Seek TO improve her un-
Outstanding and her heart. Strive TO
make her, more and more, such one as
you can cordially respect. Shame on the
brute in mans shape, who can affront or
vex, not 10 say neglect, the woman who
has embarked with him for life, ''fer bet
ter, tor worse and whose happiness, if
severed from his smiles, must be uuna
tural ard monsuous. In fine, am proud [
OF nothing In America SO much as of our
4 merican WIVES
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Lord North frequently escaped the
sarcasms OF his opponents in long de-
bate. by going to sleep, leaving Sir
George Cooper to note down any thing
he might be required to answer. During
debate on ship building, some tedious
speaker entered on an historical detail,
in which commencing with Noah's ark,
he traced the progress OF the art regular
iy downwards. When he came TO build
the Spanish Armada. Sir Grey inadver-
tently awoke the slumbering premier
who enquired at what era the hon. gen.
tleman had arrived. Being answered,
we are now in the reign of Oueen f.
lizabeth Dear Sir Grey said he,
why not let me sleep century or two
more?'
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Lore.-The editor of the Methuen
Gazette makes the following sweeping
assertion: "W hat? man! and never
love Pshaw Such man must have
heart Of ice, soul as lifeless as a corn
cob the gizzard of goose, and bead
as saPPy as a cocoa nut"
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CHEERING PRosPEcTs.-The Albany
Argus bas published nearly TWO columns Of
extracts from different papers throughout the
Union, embracing some from almost every
Slate, all Of hiCh concur in anticipating
most abundant barvest-Nat. Int.
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SCOTS Employment Of Time Previous
~ it had been his custom, whenever pro
fessional business or social engagements
occupied the middle part of his days, to
seize some hour for study after he was
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ToRvADo.-Tbe sninge Of South Hanoi
yer, in Indiana, was almost entirely DESTROYS
ell by a tornado which passed over it on tho
evening of the 9Th instant. Its duration ,yss
about Eve minutes and although in that
short space Of time all the damage was done,
the persons oftbe viIlagera were providentir
ally preserved from harm.
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Liule Pcopie.-The litter folks be.
the bigger they talk. You never seed
small man that didn't wear high heeled
boets, and high-crowned hat, and that
warn't ready to fight almost any one, to
show he was man, every inch of him.
Sam Slick.
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No. 35.

titles OF OLD BooKs.-Tbc follow
ing are the titles of some Of The hooL.
which were in circulation in .be ,;nsa
Cromwell. The authors Of ,hns' 'I ~, %
must have thought there was Sometime
in name '"ipe
GopLY Books.-"A most dclec,sb,e
sweet perfumed Nose-gay. for Cod,s
saints TO smell at."-"A pair of Behave
10 oiowsoft The dust cast upon John Frv -
The Shutters of Divine Love
HOOKS and Eyes for Believers Breecb.
es. High -heelcd Shoes for Dwsrts
IN Holiness. ~"Crumbs of Comfort for
the Chickens of the Covenant y. ..n
sign OF sorrow for the Sinners of Sion.
oreathed out Of u hole in the wall Of nm
Larthen Vessel, known among men by
ihe name OF Samuel Fish. ''-s.The Sp;r.
ltuai Mustard Pot TO make the Soul
Sneeze with devotion .".-.'Salyotion'e
' aotage Ground or, Loupinp Stand
or heavy Believers. IA Shot aimed
It the DEVILS head quarters through the
uoe OF the Cannon of the Covenant."-
"A Reaping Hook well-tempered for the
,tuoborn Ears of the Coming Crop. or
BISCUITS baked in the oven of Charitv
aretuliy conserved for the Chickens Of
he Church, Sparrows Of the Spiri, and
he sweet swallows OF Salvation. "-"Se-
EN- Sobs OF Sorrowful Soul for Sin: or.
ne seven Penitentia Psalms of the
,rinceiy Prophet David, whereun,o are
$50 annexed VIM. Humnis' handful of
ioney Suckles, and divers Cody and
,thy Ditties now newly augmented"
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to her Adam:
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1837-11-10
FRANCE.
BY THE EXPRESS MAIL.
We have New Orleans dates to Nov. 3.

We have New Orleans dates to Nov. g.
The health of the city was improving and the bu-
siness reviving.
The steam boat Monmouth, with upwards of GOO
passengers, on board, chiefly emigrating Creek In
dams, afoul Of on the 18th ult Prophet
Island, on the Mississippi by the steamer Warren.
The Monmouth was in wretched condition, and
crowded with passengers. She was broken in two,
and sunk carrying down 300 INDIANS. The mis-
chief is attributable to the carelessness of the officers
Of the Monmouth, and the cupidity Of its charcrers
in employing for the sake of cheapness, an unsea-
worthy vessel
The Bee represents Mexico to be in a wretched
condition. The entire province of New Mexico, it
states has revoed, declared itself independent, and
solicits annexation to the American Union.
Schooner Sarah Ann, from Tampco, had arrived
bringing $SS, III in specie.