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GRAPHIC SKETCH.

There has been several sketches of the
American House Of Representatives, but none
more truly graphic than the following from
the New York Knickerbocker Magazine. The
reflections to which it gives rise, are enough
to make an American prouder of his glorious
country:
What mass of representatives there are
here +! What singular samples of our vast
country? Here sits Tennessean, and there
a Missourian, educated among bufTaloes. and
nurtured in the forest-as intimate with the
passes of the Rocky Mountains, as the cit
with Broadway-who lives where the hunt
ers and trappers have vexed every hill, and
who cares no more for Pawnee than pro-
fessed beau for bright plumed belle. Here
Is man from the prairies--and there another
from the swamps and morasses, whose blood
the musketoes have utterly stolen away
There Is sallow face from the rice grounds,
and here the flushed cheek from the noun
talns--and by his side man from the pine
groumds--land of tar and turpcntine. What
people are we? What a country il this Of
ours How wide in extent-how rich in
Professionalism various in beauty have
asked in my travels for the West. in the
streets OF the Queen ofthe West--a fairy CITY,
which but as yesterday was wilderness.
They smiled at my inquiry, and said it was
among the "hoosiers" of Indiana, OF the
suckers" of Illinois. Then journeyed along.
| crossed great rivers and broad prairies. and
again asked for the West. They said it was
In Missouri. arrived at the capitol They
complained that they Were too far down
east But CO. they said, il you would see
the West, days and days, and hundreds and
hundreds of miles up the Missouri-far,her
than from us to New England, and beyond
the Rocky Mountains, among the Snake In
dams OF the Oregon, and you may find it, 1t
was the work of dozen wears to find the
West, and turned about in despair. Indeed
have found no bounds to my country. have
searched for them for months, in almos, every
clime-under the torrid sun of Louisiana, the
land OF the orange and the olive, and beneath
the cold sky of Maine. | have seen the rice
planter gathering rich treasures from bcauti.
tiful soil, and the fisherman anchoring his lit
tie bark on the rock island, dropping his hook
as carefully as ifthe ocean were full of pearls.
and not Of 49, mackerel; | have seen the
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From the Cincinnati DAILY Gaze tts
SUGAR BEET.

Mr.. HAMMoND-,rhe following facts, col
lected by obversation, short time since, in
relation to the cultivation of the Beet in the
vicinity of our city, may be interesting to
portion of the readers of the Gazette.
When on visit to the farm of our enter
prising citizen, Lot Pugh, 80 miles north of
our city, saw white Sugar Beets, raised from
seed imported from France, which measured
thirty inches in circumfere renee, and weighed,
after being removed from the ground and d.
vested of foreign substances, twenty-five
pounds. Although the specimen which was
measured and weighed, was taken from a
field Of several acres, still it probably was not
the largest, for the greater part Of the crop APP
peared to be Of equal magnitude. A Mangel
Wurtzel from the same grounds, and raised
from imported seed also, measured twenty
five inches in circumference, and weighed
Is l-2 pounds 1t must be observed that as
these Beets were removed from the earth on
the 23d of August, they had not attained their
full growth. Indeed, it is probable that many
of the former may measure three feet in cir
conference, and the latter two and half,
when they are fully grown. T.
The manager of the farm, informed me that
iiV iuiSOu toHc3 uStudi VI LOCUS W
the acre, last year, and that his crop is much
better the present season. He also said that
it required but hHle more labor to raise ffiy
tons Of Beets than ffty bushels Of corn, while
the former was quite as good for horses, much
better for cattle, and rather better for stock
hogs. He also asserted that sucking calves
preferred Beets, when properly prepared, to
milk. Indeed, could almost select from
among Sc head of fine Durham cattle, those
that had been fed,' during the last season on
Beets. They were not only fatter but smoother
and better grown than those that had been
kept on other food.
Although cattle and hogs will eat Beets in
a raw state, still they are much better when
boiled. The apparatus and fixtures used by
Mr.. Pugh for boiling, or rather steaming, food
for 300 hogs and 40 or so cows with other
stock, cost about $50 dollars, and consumes
quarter of a cord of wood per day
Among the Durham cattle on the farm of
Mr.. Pugh, | observed some very fine young
males, and among them Lebanon, an animal
of superior growth and figure.
Mr.. P. has not attempted to make sugar from
his Beets, but if its manufacture is profitable
anywhere from this article, it would certainly
be so here, for no soil can produce better
growth. Two hands can prepare the ground,
plant, and cultivate five acres Of Beets in sea-
son, and the product would doubtless yield
many tons of Saccharine matter w.
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mill-ma saving wood in all variety of forms,
on the fartherest soil of New England; and
beheld the same wood floating down the Sa-
vannah, or the beautiful Alabama; in the
strangest metamorphosis it may be in a
clock, regularly ticking off the time, or in
pail, perchance, in a button; and for aught
know, in tasteless ham, or an uniragrant nut
meg! have never been off the soil of my
own country, and yet have seen the sun go
down, a ball Of fire, without moments no.
tice-twilight, finging over rich, alluvial lands
blooming with magnolias and orange trees
a robe Of gold and again have stood upon
the bare rocks ofcolder chimes, and when the
tree was pinched by the early frost, have
marked the same vanishing rays reflected
from the leaves, as if a thousand birds OF par
adise were resting in the branches; and when
the clouds, streaming with red, and purple,
and blue-tinged and tipped by the pencil OF
Beauty--were floating afar, like rainbows In
motion, as if broken from their confinement
now minging and interlacing their dyes and
gliltering arches, and anon sprinkled over,
and mellowng the whole heaven-then |
have fancied that was indeed in fairy
land, where the very forests danced in golden
robes--responding to the setting sun, as the
statue Of tabled Memnon gave forth its well
coming notes as the rays Of the morning play
ed upon its summit. have been where the
dog-star RACES, scattering pestilence in It's
train; where the long moss hangs from the
trees where the pale faces and sad coun-
tenances give admonition, that this is a re
gion Of death have stood by the wide
prairie and beheld green pillows rise and fall,
and the undulations, checkered with sunlight
and with shadow, chasing one after the other,
afar over the wide expanse. And have gone
amid the storms of winter, over the high hill,
upon the undertaking crust, amid the music
OF the merry sleigh bells. And here are the
representatives from all these regions-here
in one grand councilall speaking one Ian
guage-all impelled by one law Oh, my
country, my country! II our destiny be
always linked as one--if the same flag, with
its stars and stripes, is always the flag Of our
Union-never unfurled or defended but by
freemen-then Poetry and Prophesy, stretch
ing to their utmost, cannot pre-announce that
destinyw
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THE DEAD MARINER.
BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE, /

BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE, ESQ.
Sleep on-sleep on-above thy corpse
The winds their sabbath keep ..
The wave is round thee--and thy breast
Heayes with the heaving deep.
Ger thee, mild eve her beauty filings,
And there the white gull lifts her wings;
And the blue halcyon loves to lave
Her plumage in the holy wave
Sleep on--no willow Ger thee bends
With melancholy air, ..@
No violet springs, nor dewy rose
Its soul Of love lays bare;
But there the sea-fower bright and young
Is sweetly DER thy slumbers flung;
And, like weeping mourner fair,
The pale flag hangs its tresses there.
Sleep on-sleep on-the glittering depths
Of oceans coral waves 49,,
Are thy bright um-thy requiem,
The music Of its waves =
The purple gems for ever burn,
In fadeless beauty round thy urn;
And, pure and deep as infant love,
The blue sea rolls its waves above.
Sleep on--sleep on--the fearful wrath
Of mingling cloud and deep, .-..
May leave its wild and stormy track
Above thy place of sleep. 49,.
But when the wave has sunk to rest,
As now twill murmur DER thy breast;
And the bright victims of the sea
Perchance will make their home with thee
Sleep on--thy corpse is far away, ... ,
But love bewails thee yeti ..#
For thee the heart-rung sigh is breathed,
And lovely eyes are wet -
And she, thy young and beauteous bride,
Her thoughts are towering by thy side;
As oft she turns to view with tears
The Eden Of departed years.
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TO MY BROTHER
BY CHARLES sPRAGu

BY CHARLES SPRAGUE.
We ARE BUT Two-the others sleep
Through deaths untroubled night
We are but two-O let us keep
The link that binks us, bright.
Heart leaps to heart-the sacred food
That warns us, is the same;
That good old man--his honest blood
Alike we fondly claim.
We in one mothers arms were locked
Long be her love repaid:
In the same cradle we were rocked,
Round the same hearth we played.
Our boyish sports were all the same,
Each little joy and wo:
Let manhood keep alive the flame,
Lit up SO long ago,
We ARE BUT oNE--be that the bond
To hold us till we die;
Shoulder to shoulder let us stand,
Till side by side we lie.
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From ,hs Louisville Journal.

The signature Of the following beautiful lines appear
10 be that of lady We beseech her to entrust 10
the secret OF her name She has true geniushe genu
inc gin Of fire." The spirit Of inspiration has breathe
upon her. and blessed her.
ON CROSSING THE ALLEGHANIES.
The broad, the bright. the glorious ives,
Is spread before me now
Where the grey mists of morning rest
Beneath yon mountains brow
The bound is past-the goal is won
The region OF the setting sun
Is open 10 my view
Land Of the valiant and the free,
Mine own Green Mountain land-to thee
And thne-a long adieu!
hail thee--valley Of the west,
For what thou yet shalt be
/ hail thee, for the hopes that rest
Upon thy destiny!
Here-from this mountain height, see
Thy bright waves floating 10 the sea,
Thine emerald fields outspread,
And feel, that, in the book Of fame
Proudly shall thy recorded name
In later days be read.
Yet while gaze upon thee now,
All glorious as thou art, ....
A cloud is resting on my brow rM
A weight upon my heart,
To me-in all thy youthful pride,
Thou art land Of cares untried,
or untold hopes and fears:
Thou art--yet not for thee grcve,
But for the far of land | leave
/ look on thee with tears.
a..-.s "#.
o brightly, brightly, glow thy skies
In summers sunny hours
Thy green earth seems Paradise
Arrayed in summer flowers
But o! there is a land afar, "@
Whose skies 10 me are brighter far,
Along the Atlantic shore, .'
For eyes, beneath their radiant shine,
In kinder gances answered mine ....
Can these their light restorel $3.50.
Upon the lofty bound stand,
That parts the east and west;
Before me--lies n fairy land
Behind home ofrsst. .s..s
Here hope her wild enchantment filings,
Portrays all bright and lovely things,
My footsteps to allure .......
But there, in memrys light, see
All that was once most dear to me
My young hearts Cynosure
r.. VIOLA.
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The signature Of the following beautiful lines appears
to be that Of lady. We beseech her enrust 10 us
the secret Of her She has geniusthe genu-
inc gin Of fire. The spirit Of inspiration has breaihed
,,,.o, he, md hleSsed her
Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-04-18
sro~ ne Louisville (Ky } Journal

Look out iodirs. we were infinitely amused
with story that was told Ms the other dsy-a s,o-
" uuquestionably true. Al our readers know
With what extreme readiness and with how little
examination the Legislature granted divorces dur
ing its late cession. Certain wsgs nt Frankfort
IL sppesrs, took advsnfsge of this easy disposition
Of the General Assembly. and played off practical
Joke upon that honorable body. They handed in
an application for the divorce Of certain compile,
and the bill. Is usual. was passed without paricu.
lar inquiry. Some days afterwards, a genLlemaa
in Q distant part Of tho Sinie, having read the col
ums Of the Frankfort Commonwealth, closed the
paper in surprise aud hurried of TO his negbbor a
venerable old citizen, and exclsimed-"Why, neigh
Dor. an sstopished; | never heard ofsny quarrel
between you and your wife ! am Loot IN amaze
meut J" "a quarrel between me and my wife -
CALCULATED the ole msn--"whst do you mean ~
IL mean no offence SIR" replied the first, 'bui
read your divorce in my paper and was puzzled to
sccoont for il. suppose Of course that you and
Aun, Betsy had qaarrelled." "iisrk We. Sir, res
ponded the old man. Il am seventy years old and
my vile 10 sixty-eghi--we have hged together
forty nine years and raised thirteen children-snd
there has been the first III nsturcd word be-
tween US in all our lives. Divorce dirorcey
divorced from my old scomsn Why, what the
devil has zen, you here with such story :" The
ne'ghbor made no reply but eoolly took the paper
from bis hat and handed il TO the old man, who,
With the aid Of bic sPecseles. then and there read
TO his utter dismsy, an oiei. statement OF the &C.
teal dissolution Of the matrimonial bonds of him
self and HE VIII. by the sovereign authority of the
Stale The sgonies Of the poor couple, at finding
themselves two, can readily be Una gined. That
night they ~ep, on separate pillows. but. early on
the following day. the good old souls trudged of
fcs marriage license, paid the lee. went before
the sssrsss msgsirste. and were duly joined sec.
ond ''ns together. each iervenly praying that the
Legislature would never sgsia interfere with ,ei,
connubisl ties.
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Correspondence ofhs ~ Y. Daily Ezpres,
WAsnINeroN. Annl z Is;

letter received by the Postmaster here from
Richmond. Va. per Express mail, last evening,
Gays there s a great panic in that cy--that ner-
chants are falling every day, aud Inst never before
was such distress Witnessed. Confidence is en-
trely destroyed. The late law of Virginia, in
cTessing the banking capital Gfthe state some 3.
900 600 of dollars. and requiring A 5tbs of that
amount 10 be actually paid in. ia specie, has a.
harmed all The banks. They anticipate crash a..
mong US themselves. and are preparing for The is.
soe-they have enrtsIed their discounts, or rather
refuse 10 discount at oil and have called on all
their debtors TO pay up one third OF their notes.
This call las come Ike thunder storm on the
RiosHIeHd Jorla 1.-THE Richie family who ioopd
their way shoulder deep into the watts Of the Ptis
and Texas Land scrp-Southern and Western
lands sse now going begging for purchasers 10 the
streets Of Richmond, al fret cost or lsss.