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shades, and everlasting sun.shine--~hat
kind of preparation wouli she BE- making
in such bowers of unmingled delights, tor
returning. at the end of five or ten yeas
TO spend her life in this cold region wh'ra
she was born, upon which the curse Of
God has so heavily fallen? But far worse
than. this must it be for her to dwell for The
same number of wears in the fairy lands OF
romance, and then Come down 10 the dull,
husky prose and discordaut elemen's-the
thousand Inconvenience and cares and
tolls and disappointments Of real life. When
the novelist can plan, and water and illu.
inmate some terrestrial paridlse and shut
ou, pain and sorrow and sin and give our
children life lease of it, it will be time
enough to introduce them to his acquain.
tance; but till then. the less they have
to do with this class of writer's the better"
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We had the pleasure yesterday evening
Of making a short visit to the Cocoonery of
Mr.. Hutchinson, at the Hampton Course,
at the lower end Of the city, and cannot
withhold the expression of our admiration
of the evidences which met our eyes, moi
only of the practicablny Of raising silk
here, but of doing it proftably. He has
now near 100000 worms either in the
act of spinning or almost ready to do so,
and they are the lurgest we have seen:
We Witnessed also The machinery OF MIR.
Gay, for reeling the silk from the cocooas,
and manufacturing it into sewing silk. 1t
is an ingenious invention, yet simple and
efficacious. Should The culture Of silk be
carried into successful operation, this Inven.
ton or something similar will be necessary
to the silk business, as the gin is to cotton.
II will be exhibited again this evening, and
is well worthy the attention of all who feel
an interest in the silk culture. or ingenious
inventions in machinery augusta SENT.
mel.
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NOVEL READING.

We request the particular attention Of
our readers to the following judicious and
important remarks of DR.. Humphrey, on
the subject of novel reading.
"But what do you think of novels and
other kindred works Of fiction, where the
language is chaste, the sentiments unexcep.
tionable. and the moral good? Shall
they be brought into the domestic circle. or
excluded from it?" A full answer to this
question would require much more time
than can at present devote to it. Abso.
Iutely to prescribe all fiction, would perhaps
be going too far. think could select a
dozen volcmes, besides Robinson Crusoe,
which | should be willing TO have my chill
dren read in their minority. But nothing
is to be more deprecated, in family, than
morbid appetite for novels: and all OK.
perience proves, how difficult it is, to keep
it from becoming absolutely rauenous, if it
is INDUCED a, all. Reading one work oi
fiction, IS almost certain to create in the
young and susceptible mind, more eager
demand for another; and the demand rises
at every step Of the progress till it is pre-.
pared to break over all b. unds, and to
devoar whatever comes in its way, how.
ever it may inAame the passions, pollute
the Imagination or corrupt the heart
There is a striking resemblance in this
respect, between the novel reader and the
dram drInker. Both begin moderately
Both are sure that little does them good
and that they can refrain whenever they
please. Tine appetite Of both is sharpened
by indulgence till they lose all SELF control
and are completely at The mercy Of its
insatiableness. AS the dunkard will
contrIve to get the means Of iutoxication
in spite of every friendly remons,rarce and
precauion, so the young and prurient novel
reader, will beg or borrow clandestinelv.
when the books cannot otherwise be ob.
tanned. The only perfectly safe course, in
either case, "touch not, taste not, handle
not" One grand objection against putting
popular works of fiction into the hands Of
our youth of both sexes is, that the world
of romance. differs so entirely from the
rough. S ormy, and mat'er.of: fact world, in
which they are TO live and be happy, iflhey
can; and certainly TO suffer, whatever pains
they may take to shun it. Suppose your
blooming daughter, Of fifteen could be
transported into some paradise of perpetual
spring and spicy breezes-of odoriserous
flowers, and feathered harmony, and
gushing marble fountains. and banyan
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A HUGE PIECE OF CHALK.

1t is stated that on the Southeastern and
Dover railway, in England, an enormous
mass ofchalk, of several thousand tons, sud.
denly fell from the facing ola rock forming
the entrance of the tunnel through Shake.
spears Cliff No less than seventy Eight
men would have been crushed by the fall.
had they not been warned of their danger
IN time to make their escape, by the previ.
Gus falling of some particles. This acci.
cent has afforded rare treat 10 the geolo
glsts, as 1t has laid bare the ver,ebra of an
immense animal. and it is hoped that, on
the removal of the fallen rubbish, the re-
mainder Of the skeleton will he found.
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Mr.. Cooke I'm looking over your De.
Iember number Of the Cheshire Farmer, an
article headed, the "Soil decomposer," led
me to reflection, which induced me to give
you some of my Jwn experience; and if
You see fit you may give i, to the public in
any shape you please.
With regard to making manure, | think
there is wonderful negligence among our
farmers. This is the all important article,
and if ] can give the least impulse towards
arousing the attention of farmers more gen.
orally TO it, my object will be attained.
have attached 10 my hog-houses, yards,
say 25 feet square. with door 10 each,
that the hogs may pass in and out as they
will. In commencing, after cleaning out
the last years manure, l throw plentilully
of straw at the bottom and cover it over
deep with soil. | then let on the hogs, when
commences the chemical operation OF max
ing manure. calculate to add as much
as one load of soil, and of horse or yard
manure or corn cob, once week through
the season, or any vegetable substance is
good for this purpose | will here remark
that never made manure of this kind too
weak ; it is stronger, and will show its effect
more than long yard manure !; | believe al
most any quality might be made in this
way. 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 we'll fattened. The
hogs are more industrious than am, and
will work out great profit ifkept in employ
in this way. cannot tell how much ma.
nure they might b. made to make in sea.
son, but think 25 cart loads to hog
would be low estimate.
Now If am right in my estimate a far.
mer may make more manure in the sum.
mer than In,he winter, whereas by the old
way ne does not make half as much. The
matter In the hog yard will decompose
much faster IN warm weather than in cold,
and it is necessary 10 add soil, &C., the fas.
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Hatching Eggs.--A London paper states
that q curious exhibition, under the name Of
the "Eccaleobsen," is about 10 be open in
Pail. mall. 1t is machine heated by steam
and divided into various compartments for
the ha,ching of birds by artificial heat.
There is another machine, in which eggs Of
every date fromthe time Of their being laid
until2 days old, are SO placed, that by
means of a stron- artificial light they are
rendered transparent, so that the spectator
can. observe the progress of Matching, from
the origin of life in the chicken until its com.
plete formation. One side of the large
room in which the exhibition is placed, is
apart for the chickens when hatched, and
bears the appearance of miniature poul.
try yard. The contrivance is an improve.
ment on the Egyptian modo Of artificial
Matching IN ovens, and is said to be we'll
worthy the visits of the naturalist and the
curious.
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GRINDING coRs.

A Correspondent the Genesee Farmer
says,-It has always been the practice in
this part of the country, when the corn has
been threshed from the cobs to throw the
cobs away; but We have learned This win.
ter to do differently with our cobs. We
now get them ground. We find that meal
made Of cobs, pig corn in the ear, and oats,
is most excellent for horses. cattle, sheep
and hogs. Sometimes we get cobs and
oats ground together, always using half or
one third cobs. We have fed this meal,
mixed with potatoes Gu: fine, to our calves
and sheep. For our hogs we boil potatoes
and mix in this meal while the potatoes are
yet VAIN. This cooks the meal in some
degree. This is new way of wintering
hogs, at least to US but | have never known
our hogs to do better.
Farmers who never get any cobs ground,
1 think would do we'll to try the experiment,
! when | think that they would agree with
me that cobs are of too much value to be
thrown away.
An improved Cob grinder was taken las
autumn to Mississippi, by F. G. Skinner
from K. Sinclair Jr. & Co., and there usec
on his plantation, where the force is fit,
working hands: the economy and value
we're so obvious that dozen of his neigh
bours on Witnessing its operation determines
to order them.-Am. Farmer.
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IMPORTANT DEcls1oN-APPEAL COURT.

IMPORTANT DEclsIoN-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
aside the objection on the ground that a
Moior could not be minor.
0E Appeal on the ground that the height
of the defendant, was only four feet, MOTH
ing. :,
Decree of the Court below confirmed,
on the ground that Napoleon, though "the
little CORPORAL" was very great man, and
tha. the Court was no respector OF persons.
The clerk of the Court himself was big
baby-and the Sheriff was muavm in parvo.
Double costs Of suit accordingly awarded,
deducting the false whiskers.
This decision is important as it involved
claim for a military charger-and one
for rocking horse bought for the menage,
at home-besides pap and candle for the
military chest-and new bib and tucker
Vide Not page 900.
Charleston Mercury.
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RAISE SOMETHING.

The substantial comforts are 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 granarles have
been empticd at the return OF every harvest.
Short supplies, aided somewhat by mo-
nopolizing spirit that is always aroused by a
prospect of scarcity, have caused an ao'
vance in the price of every article OF pro-
visions, which is prejudicial, TO certain eS'
tent, to all classes, and particularly oPPres'
siye UPON those who, either from improV'-
dence or misfortune, are compelled TO sup.
port by their daily toll.
The farmer will be but temporary gain.
ar bv The existence of these high prices, for
= necessary consequence, to their contInu.
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 in.
conveniences, what will be the situation Of
the csuu,ry, if we continue content with
these short supplies, should general pestI.
lence sweep over the land in time, or in
harvest? or, as was recently probable, the
nation should be involved in 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 situation that they are not compelled
to sell at prices too low'to reward them for
their toll, and a superabundance will no,
reduce prices below the intrinsic value of
agricultural products when compared
with other commodities. But increas.
ed attention should be given to agri.
culture-to the production of the arti-
cles Of frs, necessity. The farmer should
increase his energies. The high prices his
products have for 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 60 much further to.
wards supporting family than is generally
supposed. A small spot Of ground well
cultivated will produce vegetables enough
for family, and 60 far towards win,ering a
COW and few swine and, in short, every
man who has just regard for his own in.
dependence or the welfare of his coun ry, if
his situation permits, should raise something?
Seneca Fails Memorial.
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RIiSINEsS Is LIFE.

Nothing will make a man happier in this
life, than some kind of employment, zealously
pursued. Without employment, the mind
and the body become "stale, fiat and unpro-
ftable." A very striking instance of the
banefuI effects ofinac,ivity, IS furnished in the
suicide of Mr.. Leggett, in London, late solcl'
tor to the commissioners Of the Kings taxes
He was sixty years of age, of temperate rablts
and man of wealth, having been pensioned
in 1888. on an allowance OF $3.50 pounds per
annum. The only reason which he assigned
for shutting off this mortal coil" was want
of active employment. lSat. News.
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Milk WHITE DEER.-Two of the mo

Milk WHITE DEER.-Two Of the most
strange and beautiful creatures that have
hitherto come to the knowledge of naturalisrs
were on Wednesday landed in the East In.
dia Docks from on board the SerngaPatam,
Captain Denny. They are male and fe.
male deer, of tn purest milk white colour,
without single blemish or spot of any other
shade, and with large full eyes of an exquis'
ite pink hue. Their proportions are per-
fec,ly symmetrical, and they are about the
size of the fallow deer. They are taken
among the Businesses Of the mountains IN
northern India, and are the only pair yet
obtained in that country. They were dis
embarked by the keepers of the Surrey
Biological Gardens.-Enghsh Paper.
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ter: and to assist the hogs in dry weather,
| turn spout from the pump and saturate
the whole bed with water, when IS OF great
service in warm dry weather. ShelIed corn
occasionally thrown in with the soil will
encourage the hogs and prevent their dig.
eing too much in one place.
Now if these are realities, it is in the
power Of almost every farmer to add hun.
dreds OF loads Of manure to his farm, and
have not the least doubt but mine of wealth
is thus within bis reach. If farmers would
attend to this matter, what an impulse would
it give TO the agriculture in this section p
We should hear no more ofthe importation
offoreign grain, to the shame and disgrace
ofour country.--Cheshire Farmer.
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''''' ca ''e "'iile ana SO long as II Is, ne
will b. on the scent for vic,ims.-
Seriously, if ther" be any subsistence of
the lynching code or spirit, under that spe.
cial name. II is ramIfyng itself into other
forms, which cannot but appal and strike
with serious r'fections every friend Of hu-
mani,y and the laws. 1t no longer contents
lself with the cord and the scourge; it
enters the very hottest in the temple Of jus.
tee, and seIzing the fasces and the axe,
madly usurps a supreme dominion,-pol.
lung and overawirg on every hand. This
is not precisely wha may be called the
|, nch action; it is the lynch influence, no
less baieful because more secret, or becouse
it sIlen,y rxerts itself on jurors.
Two cases, illustrating this dreadful
s,ae of things, are now freshly on record.
On- is tha, of Judge Wilkinson and others
in m atfrav al LOUSY lie. at the Gait house,
where two persons were bru'ally murder.
ed in broad daylight. in presence OF many
Witnesses. We have heard a gentleman
who was present, and saw the murdered
men lyi g on the floor, that it was one Of
the most sorry sights Of the kind ever pre-.
sented 20 the eye.
The men killed were simply seeking a
lawful end--,hey were Destroyed outright
and yet the murderers were acquitted
We should like to ask-on what principles
oflaw? Wha; of equity! What of i'm.
perfect evidence? What Of fact or what
Of reason?
The last is that of DR.. Vaughan, for the
murder of young Pleasants just decided in
Virginia, result-acquittal. Our
readers must remember the incidents of this
atrocious homicide. Pleasants was the
accepted lover of an acco" plished young
lady, of whom Vaughan was also enamoI.
ed. He preferred his suit and was rejected.
In a fit of blind Indignation, he thought to
succeed in winning her affections by de.
sroying the man to whom she was betro'h.
ed. Accordingly he sought every mode to
provoke him to duel but apology after
apology on his part, was the result Of this
brave sratagem. At last he walked
into the room of Pleasants, at his hotel,
only a few days before his intended mar
riage, and placing pistol at his breast at
once shot him down. The scene was
horrible one; the young mans SHIRT bosom
on fire from the powder, himself stagger.
ing across the room, his hearts blood gush.
ing out upon the floor, and his malignant
assassin looking fendishly on!
One would suppose that such man. for
such an act, so clearly proved, should be
hanged as soon as tried hut no-he is
acquitted, and at large.
Is II not clear from cases like these, that
the laws are rapidly losing their power of
punishment or Of protection, and that Judge
Lynch is taking his seat TOO frequently In
the courts of the land.
Philadelphia Gazette.
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Over. Feeding.--Dr. Abbernethy agreed

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 learn.
ed surgeon, in ore of his lectures in 1927
thus addressed his hearers: II tell you
honestly what | think is the cause Of the
complicated maladies of the human race {:
it is their gormand'sing and studing, and
stimulating their digestive organs excess,
thereby producing nervous disorders and
irritation"
The above applies not to the daily labo.
rer, but to The idle an luxurious, and par.
ticularly to all who excite the stomach by
stimulating drinks, and tempt it by rich
cookery and succession of dishes.
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"IN SPITE OF YOUR TEETH.

Judge Breckenridge, who has lately maoe
some stir in the political world and who IS {:
a comical son ola comical tather' ses'aed
some years in Florida, it is SAID alter ne
was engaged 10 be married to a lady in one
If the middle States. During this time her
beautv was somewhat impaired by the loss
Of one or two other teeth. This circum.
stance gave her some uneasiness; and when
che aopeared in the presence Of her lover
aGer his return from Florida, she asked him
# he thought her much altered. He replied
tha. he saw no alteration, except in her FORE
teeth bat, said he, do not regard that.
I1l marry van in spite ofyour teeth
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LYNCH LAW AT DErRoIT.-There are

LYNCH Law AT DErRoIT.-There are
few, II any, who look upon scene like that
a, the foot of Griswold street yesterday,
withouta a thrill of horror. Yet. we must
confess, there are crimes committed BY those
wearing the form of man for which there is
no legal remedy. Paul Naples, butcher
here, and disgrace 10 The family and his
trade, Tor our butchers, generally. are a
worthy class of men.) received in his en-
ployment some months since deserter
from the British army, and, after becoming
indebted to him some SO or 70 dollars cum
celIed his obligation by getting the poor fel.
low intoxicated, conveying him across the
river and surreldering him 10 British 9th.
GERS. for the ordinary reward on such oc~
casions But to their honor and manllness,
let it b. said, they allowed him to be whip
ped and cropped for his pains. Yet laws
must be executed and rules enforced, and
it being understood that yesterday was the
day appointed for the execution Of the des-
erter, certain individuals took the wretch
who could sell the life of a brother man for
a few paltry dollars, rode him on a rail,
shaved his head, tarred and sanded it, and
he was finally lodged in Jail to protect him
from annihilation. We do net, we cannot
commend such acts on the part Of any por.
ton ofour citizens, but we repeat our words,
that there are vIllanes committed for which
the law makes no provision. Let this fel.
low be discharged from Jail and permitted
to leave the scene ofhis dgrace. He can.
rot live here.-Detroit Post.
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JUDGE LYNCH.

This important parsonage, after having
lain quiescent for some weeks )uoe'ng
from the newspapers, has l0tely come out !n
again in the south and west, with his swift
wrists of procedendo adjudicium,-oeing
as sound hater of "the laws
delay" as was the melancholy prince Of
Denmark himself. 1t was TO be hoped that
he had his glut Of retribution for season,
hu, the Rcuirs feeling is in 4 manner on