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AGRICULTURE.

The alternating system Of husbandry has
not obtained among us that consideration
which lis importance demands. II Is wen
known that the ordinary lands viii not bear
succession Of the same crops without sue
cessive diminution Of produce (; and that, II
grain, grass, and roofs, are aliernated, or sue
coed each other, the decrease Of fertility is
much less apparent This is ascribed to the
well-autheniicated fact that different plants
exhaust different fertilizing properties OF the
soil, or, in other words, that each species re-
quires specific food, which other species DO
not take up. Il is now generally conceded
that wheat will not do well in soil which
has no lime in its compostion-ihat clover
and iucernc require gypsum-that fax cannot
be raised on the same ground, that, on analyz-
ing wheat il is found to contain lime; clover,
on analysis, has yielded gypsum at the rate OF
four bushels the acre--and the supposltion IS,
that crop Of flax exhausts the soil Of some
property essential TO its perfection, which II
takes years TO restore. The crops can de-
rive these supplies from no other source than
the soil and, if the supplies are not there,
the crop will either be deficient or defective.
There is still another reason to offer for al
ternating crops The soil, il in grass, becomes
annually more hard and compact; the roots
are consequently restricted in their range Tor
food The heat and atmosphere become par
tally excluded and the decomposition Of We
getable food is arrested. The consequence is,
that the finer grasses gradually disappear, or
run OUT, as it is termed, and the grass crop
gradually diminshcs. fploughed and cropp-
ed occasionally with roots, these inconve-
niences are obviated the soil is broken and
pulverized, and rendered pervious TO solar and
atmospheric influence, and vegetable food
which it contains is thereby rendered soluble;
and If manure is given to the tillage crops,
and it should and can be once during course,
the soil will become renovated and fitted again
TO receive the grass seeds, with the prospect
Of greatly increased burthen Of hay.--Jesss
Buell.
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The CANADAs-The new Governor General seems
disposed 10 set himself at work in earnest In The
lower province meeting of the Special Councils is
ordered this day, by proclamation issued on the 9Th
Instant and the Parliament OF the upper province
is summoned for the despatch of business on the Sd
of December.
The Montreal Courier says that the Governor
General will not dissolve the present Assembly of
Upper Canada but will proceed TO Toronto on the
18Th instant, and open the session in person. leaving
General Jackson TO administer the government in
the lower province during his absence. The Cou-
rier also says that his Exceency is an advocate for
local responsibility, but not 10 The extent proposed by
Lord Durham.
The Toronto Examiner is Of opinion that on the
opening of the Session, the Governor General will
submit the measures on which the home government
has determined, and that in case of their rejection
dissolution will be resoried to.
The banks Of Toronto resumed specie payments
on the LIST instant. The call upon them for silver
was very limited
II is said that the present meeting of the Special
Council Of Lower Canada is only for the renewal
of some acts tina, about expiring; and that the
actual business OF the province will not be taken up
until the return Of The Governor General in January
~ " Conn Adr.
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From ! paper 100 yeays ola

The following Is a very droll specimen Of Yam
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paper, and If the groceries Of this Rhode Island
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daily crowd of customers.
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Al his Refractory, west end Of the Bridge
Providence.
Consisting OF bread, butter cheese, hams,
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AGIrATIoNs. 81
Cyder, vinegar, SALT pickles, sweet oil &c.
GRIEVANCES
Pepper-sauce, mustard black pepper, cayene, &c.
PuNsHMENTs.
Wine, brandy, GIN spirits, bitters, porter, &c.
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N. b. ANY of the above articles to be exchanged
NEcEssARIEs, viz:
French crowns, Spanish dollars, pisareens,
cents. mills, or bank bills
Credit giren for
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go 60, and 90 seconds or as long as man can hold
his breath
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Those indebted for Arguments,
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Nor think tia Grievance,
II they should meet Punishment
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An AcToR.-The life Of stage actor is patch
work Of perplexity bordered round with alternate
stitches OF hope and feaThe is at home everywhere
but in reality has home nowhere-he is praised and
condemned, almost with the same breath-applaud-
ed for acts Of villainy and Kissed for generous
the frown Of anger on his brow-and his spirits are
frequently the heaviest when he cracks his merriest
Joke In Short The life Of an actor is OF turning
about, wheeling about, scene-shftiDg and continual
annoyance, till Death lets fall the curtain and shuts
him out from uncharitable world, that praises
him while living but remembers not his virtues
when the drama Of life is ended.
Hard is his fate, whom evil stars have led
To seek, in scenic art precarious bread,
While still, through wild vicssitudes aaoat,
hero now and now a SANS cuLoTrE
That eleemosinary bread he gains.
MinglIng, with REAL DisTREssEs, mimic paine
~ Y Sunday Mercury.
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Horrid M,rder.-A letter from Monroe county,
(Aa the editor of the Mobile Advertiser states that
on the evening OF the 18th ut Mr.. John Bradford who
lives below Mount Pleasant and very Little river,
was shot dead while rising from the supper table !;
twelve buckshot entered bs head killing him instantly
A young man, carpenter who also at the table,
whose name is not remembered was also killed at the
time, one buckshot having entered his temple The
latter supposed TO have been accidentally killed 1t
not known who perpctrated the deed, although some
three persons have been taken up suspicion,
but discharged There has been for some time past
enmty between two families there this one and the
Lambert family One of the Bradfords murdered last
August one Of the Lamber,s. A reward is offered
for his apprehension. |, is probable they either did it
themselves or had il done.
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Modern Fertilization, by Lieut. Col. Humphrey Royal
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Welington's Dispatches, IL vols.
The Constitution and Practice Of Courts Martial, by
Capt. Simmons, Royal Artillery. e#.t
Glasscocks Naval Officers Manual, Q vol.
Engineers Pocket Book, for 1899.
Transactions Of the Corr Of Royal Engineers, vols.
quarto.
Lieut.. Col Hawker on Fire Arms.
The Kings Regulations and Orders for, the Army.
The Manufacture and Proof Of Gun Powder, by John
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Griffith, Captain Royal Navy on Steamships.
Tredgold on the Steam Engine and Steam Navigation
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Capt. Sir Iohn X os Steam Navigation, connect
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Belcher on Marine Surveying; Robson's Marine Sur
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British Nautical Almanac for 1922 s43 shortly expected
Bruh's Engineering Field Work.
Col. Paisley, Royal Engineer, on Geometry and Plan
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An Aaegory-we find the following in the Looi

I'M h4tgUTy w HFIu VIC I01'0'b ~ W E7o''''
vile Journal What may DO its purpor
A few days ago some Of the citizens Of Louisiana
caught an aboltionist near New Orleans, bound him.
and threw him into bayou which they knew to be full
Of allipators In few minutes huge alligator seized
him by the leg and severed il instantly The effect is
thus described 1.-THE huge animal was seen imme-
diately change his whole appearance. His eyes lost
their lustre and general tremor seized his ponderous
frame. Shrinking back with horror aud disgust from
his nauseang victim, the alligator heard to
claim, am poisoued-dying Oh, you have given mo
an abolitionistr"
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POETRY.
Sis TIE vIAToR.
BY DIR. BowRINo.


Look around tbee-see Decay
On her wings of darkness, sweeping
Earth's proud monument away;
Bee the Muse OF History weeping
Ger the ruins Time hath made
Strength In dust and ashes laid,
Virtue In oblivion sleeping.
Look around thee wisdom there
Careless Death compounds with FOLLY
In common sepuchre
See the unrighteous and the holy
Blended in the general wreck,
Well those tears may wet thy cheek
Tears Of doubt and melancholy.
Look around thee-Beauly's light
sextinguished, Death assemblies
Youths gay morn and ages night
And the seadfast mountain trembles
Al his glance like autumns leaf.-
All, he cries, is vain, Is brief;
And the tyrant ne'er dissembles.
Look behind ,hee--cities hid
In the night oil treacherous story;
Many crumbling pyramid,
Many pile Of senseless glory,
Temples into ruin hurpd,
fragments Of an earliest world,)
broken lanes, and affairs hoary.
Look behind thee-bards sublime,
Smiling nymphs, and solemn sages,
Go! inquire their names of time;
Bid il read its earliest pages,
Foolish questioner! II fame
Guard through years cherished name,
Fame itself decays in ages.
Look before thee-all the glare,
All the pomp around thee glowing
All that charms the eye or ear,
Strains of softest music flowing,
Grace and beauly--all are sped
Towards the ruins Of the dead;
Thither thou and thine are going.
Look before thee-at yon vault,
Where Times ravage is recorded,
Thou will be compelled 10 halt;
Thou wilt be no more regarded
Than the meekest, meanest slave,
Sleeping in common grave,
Specled-unrewarded.
Look before thee-at thy feet
MoDarchs sleep like meanest creatures:
Where the voices, now so Sweeti
Where the fair ones smiling features3
Hopest thou to escape the lombl
That which was thy fathers doom
Will be thine, thy sons, and natures.
Look above thee-there indeed
May thy thoughts repose delighted;
filthy wounded bosom bleed
II thy fondest hopes are blighted,
There stream of comfort flows,
There sun Of splendor glows,
Wander, then, no more benighted.
Look above thee-never eye
Saw such pleasures as await thee
Thought ne'er reached such scenes ofjoy
As are prepared to meet thee;
Light undying-seraph;s Tyres
Angel welcomes--cherub choirs--
Smiling through Heavens door to greet the
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SWAN QUlLLS.--A small lot, very superior, are Just
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Also English Letter and Note Papers, Stevens Blue
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All kinds, royal scarlet Sealing Wax, in boxes
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CAPTAIN KIDD, Romance by ngraham, author OF
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Dog CAedp.--Tweve and halt cents bushel Is
said be the standing price Of corn In the rich
districts Of Missouri state in which this grain is
produced in great abundance and good quality.
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