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PorULAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RoMAN
states that LOUISIANA is, of all the States Of
the Union, that which has spent the most mo-
ney for public instruction. The appropriations
for this object alone in 1910 amounted to
Sl4I,763. The state is entitled to 1884, 1870
acres of land under the law of Congress as
signing the sixteenth section of each town.
ship lor the use public schools, This quantity
will be considerably diminished, in conse-
quence of many of the townships being cover
ed by private claims; others are composed oil
marsby or valueless land. The value of the
residue is estimated at 81, lls,sS0. 1t ia recon-
mended that these lands be disposed OF; and a
fund created out of them for primary schools
BY the grant from Congress the proceeds o.
these lands are to be applied to schools. in
the district in which the lands are situated
The topography Of the State is hostile to such
disposition, and the general fund systeE
is therefore recommended.
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y-We are requested to say that there s an Intsil-
Eenea Office attached the Sunday School Of the First
Baptist Church, the object being 10 get suitable sua
items for Bembes Of tie School, and that there Is at
prcssAt enc lad of great merit who desires good suN
nsa aPp<enhce. Apply 10 q. W. NssEFs.
dE8m
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INSTRUMENTATION, NUMBER 5.-FrOm Messrs.
knight and Colburn we have received the fifth
number of INSTRUMENTATION. One number more
will complete the story.
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PESNsYLvANIA.-It is probable, if the press
Of Western Pennsylvania is just criterion,
that Gen. Marlle will be the Wing candidate
for governor IN opposition to the present inoum
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DIED,

On Tuesday evening, the 10Th inst. JAMES BAYS,
in the 3d year his age, VI the late Dr. Joseph
Alcnder.
On the 2st inst. ELIZABETH HIGH, aged 70 years.
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The Ohio Banks whose charters expire h
1s4s have ~ ssEegats capital Of eight nail
LEES.
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MASrrR HUMPHkEY's CLOCK, No. 1s.-We
have received from Mr.. Hickman, Ne. IS OF
Master Humphreys Clock.
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ROARD OF TRADE,

The following members constitute the Committee Of
Arbitration for the month Of January, lS4l:
George Brown, Robert A. Taylor,
G.. r, VIekeT, G. Is. Hoffman,
B. Harrison.
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EAST INDIA CoTToN.-We learn from the Lon
don Times, says the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser, that some experiments were nade on
the 18th of December to test the value of the
American cotton gin for cleansing Eastern cot
ton Two machines, one by Brookes, the other
by Jones, were used. The former worked well,
but the latter did not, it being out of srder.--
The Brookes gin had sixty-fve saws, and was
equal to the cleaning Of eight hundred pounds
of cotton per diem. The cost Of tins gin is E75.
Much information was given by several gentle
men present, all of whom agreed on the practi-
cabiIity of bringing East India cotton into the
market equal to she short stapled American, and
it was stated that the accounts from Bombay, Of
the first experiments of the Americans sent out
by the Hon. IAdia Company, in cleaning the
cotton with the American gin, were highly salts
factory. A large sample of cotton cleaned in
India by the East India Cotton Company was
also shown, and highly approved of as being Of
an excellent color, and free from the seed, sand,
and dirt which are usually found in East Indis
cotton.
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CoNGREssIoNAL.-The debate ON the Treasury
Note Bill still occupies the attention of the
House.
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LIST OF APPLICANTS

I1IoI OF NJ I I1IN+AIFHD
For the benefit ofhe Insoicet Lars Of Maryland for The
last trcek.
VIM Baker | Samuel c Owings,
SamT G. Baker, Ferdinand klumpeTr
John II Wilcox, VIM HesteT,
William Walter, Jno G Bawer,
Jno w Clark, Jno Berry, (col'd)
George w Rusk, Robert A ) Scroggs,
AIex Fails ARobeFt Smith,
Francis Hamelin John Y Hoffman,
Henry KHett. flames Mcfarland,
Henry Fredericksoh, Moses Harkm
@For debts less than $50
TIE appear baforc the Commissioners of IHsolvent
Debtors list March 1871, 10 O'Clock, to answer
Undergraduates
Day final hearing before the said Commissioners, LIST
May 1s4l, 10 O'Clock, M, and also before Ra-
more County Court, "a answer allegations, If any,
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SENATE.

The bill to authorize the Banks to receive
and pay out the orders drawn by the Baltimore
and Ohio Rail Road, was reported favorably
upon, and made the order of the day for Mon
daV next.
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of New York is bound to respect, and to which
no is required to give 'tfull faith and credit"
and It is : melancholy truth. that whatever may
be the considerations that have induced the
WING to give such extraordinary counsel, such
is the degsneracy Of the times, and such the IN
ucnce of party spirit, that it will be put to the
account Of party. 1t will be impossible to per
suade an intel igent public, who know that the
Wing is the leading organ of the whig party oil
Virginia, to interpret the extraordinary propo-
sition which we have quoted to any other than
party considerations.
In this aspect Of the case, we consider the 70
marks of the Wing dOubly rePrehensible' II
compromits the wing party ofthe slave holding
States, and confirms the worst apprehensions, Of
their political opponents. Whs can believe thar
any Marty can sustain itself in the Southern
States, who wish an adjustment Of this con
troversy, recognizing the right OF residents OF
nou-slave holding States to steal our slavss!-
We hope shat the whig party of Virginia VIII
find themselves constrained to take the strongest
measures to vindicate tie constitutional rights
Of the State. But the Wing says there Is an at
tempt to make capital cut of this question for
Mr.. Calhoun There ieeHOs to Be strange
iufatuatioa about the YShig. Does the Wing
suppose that Mr.. Calhaaa is 50 unpopular that
Virginia will Saerihos her own homer, and re-
hpouiSh her constitutional rights because he
thinks she osght to assert then' Is there no
cause to fear that, BY thus identifying Mr.. Cal
houn,s name with a question on which all Vir-
GINA must stand BY his side, that much will be
done to render him POPULAR The Wing, by
such course can do Dir. Calhoun ne injury. 1t
does more to serve him BY identifying his name
with Gauss, which is destined to unite the whsle
South, if there be any thing in the south worth
uniting.
We repeat that this is question upon which
there ought to be but enc sentiment-ons COM
mon impulse in the south, and that the whig par
ty of the south owe it to themselves to take
prompt and most decisive measures to discoun-
tenancs every suggestion that they, as party,
will tolerate the slightest infraction of the
rights guaranteed to them by the constitution.
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usAwvT.Awn nEersLAruRR.

In the House. the bill which was under con-
sideration on Thursday, to authorize the Banks
to resume and pay out the orders drawn by the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, on
stock of the city of Baltimore, passed on the
same day.
Yesterday, MIR. JONES, of Somerset, offered
a resolution, that the Treasurer of the Western
Shore proceed forthwith to call general meet
ing of the Stockholders of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company at Frederick, upon the
earliest convenient day, in pursuance of the
resolution unanimously adopted for the regula-
ton and government of said company, by the
Stockholders thereOf--on the 10th day of July,
1928, TO investigate the affairs and past man
agement of the Company, and to take such
further order in the premises as the interests
of the Stockholders may require; which was
asseated to.
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RUSSIA SHEETIEGS, DIAPERS, &c.
KUST RECEIvED-superh heavy Russia 5heetings
Cd and Diapers; 6ne and common Russia CRASH,
B. II. RICHARDSON,
, n ~ snd l7a sslHnore IT. HssS ossrtss,
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The Reform in the Post Office Department
suggested in the report of MIR. Pitt, the special
agent who recently returned from visit of OBJ
servation in Europe, embraces the abolition of
the ranking privilege; two rates of postage on
ly for the whole Union, To be charged exclusive
ly by weight-letters under half an ounce cts.
for 500 miles, and 10 cts. for any distance be-
yond that, with cts. for every additional half
ONO package weighing over pound to be
cases.
Newspapers and all printed matter to be charg'
ed by weigh, and paid in advance. Much com
plant is made of the buraeA of printed matter
that is never called for. The average num'
Der of papers remaining weekly in the Offices o
| four citias alone is thus stated:
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NO QT pdpcTs
In New York, $50
Philadelphia, 400
Boston, 500
Baltimore, 400
A proportionate quantity Of dad papers remains
in all the Offices. A special agent is recommend
ed for each State. These reforms, it is said,
will warrant the proposed reduction in post
age
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IMPROVED PRODU CTIONS.

Ono of the greatest, and frequently the
cheapest means Of Improvement in aerlcul-
turc is obtaining superior productions, We
grtable, animal, and mechanical. As much
may be accomplished in this way, as by I'M
proved modes of guilty ton aud superior
articles can frequently be obtained as low as
those of an inferior quality. II a high price
be paid for excellence in vegetables, and ami
mails, there will generally be IA large amount
soon produced from small stock, which will
amply repay the enterprising who go for
ward in tins business; and in machines and
tools there is gencrally great economy in pro-
curing the best, by saving labor ; dcspatchng
business and the durability of the articles.
So, on the whole, no method Of improve
mcnt claims greater attention from the cul-
tivator than Improved proauctions.-farm-
er's Journal.
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est wants: Of pure and holy purposes, yet
ever driven from the straight path by the
pressure Of necessity, or the impulse of pas
sion horcri between the cmpyrean oi
his fancy and the squaIld desert of reality ;
crampcd and foiled in his most strenuous ex-
crilons ; dissatisfied with his best pcrioi-
mances, disguised with his fortune, the man
of letters too often spends his weary days in
conflicts with obscure misery harrasscd,
cfagrined, dcbased, or maddencd; the vic
tim at once of tragedy and farce; the last for
lorn outpost in the war of mind against mat
ter. Many are the noble souls that have
persisted bitterly, with their tasks unfinished
under these corroding woes; some in utter
famine, like Otwav; some in dark insanity
like Cowpcr aud Collins some like Chat
tcrton, have sought ont more stern quictus
and turning their indignant steps away from
"A world which refused them welcome, have
taken refuge in that strong fortress where
poverty and cold neglect, and the Thousand
natural shock which flesh is heir to, coult
not reach them any Carlyle.
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For the Free Press.
l. I II r.

Oh bright are the visions of t's early years
When the sunshine othope plays warm on the heart
When the eye clear and full beams stranger to tears
And Hfondy h'pe that earth's Joys NJ er depart.
The morning ofliic opens fair and serene
With glorious and deep blue sky !;
And pure the fOunt with its silvery sheen,
The soul fresh and buoyant mounts upwards on high
No darkness nor gloom dim the prospect before,
For the future is full Of the joyous and brght
And soaring on pniOns Of strength and Of power,
The mind springs afar from the regions of night.
The spring.time Of life passes on in wild glcr,
But TOO soon, nh too soon The horizon is dark
With storms tha, roar loud DER the once calm $50,
Aud rude blow hewnd7 round the tcmpes, toss bark
Away from the greenwood-away from the sigh
Of breczcs that sweep DER the flower hngrnn. rain
On on, DER the pillows, with hurricane nigh
Dash the vessels of life with their foaning train
Though timhcrs may creak, though srls NAV be torn
Tho Oud shrIeks the win DER the tall rocking mast
1hro storm and through rout must the sailor he borne
Aye, mid the lightning flash and the whrlwuds bias,
hh what shall he do in this Tempest of strife,
With darkness above him and fury around
But put up prayer To the Givrr of life
Whose voice Is the thunder whose strength knows NJ
bound!
Then base thee, oh sailor, to send M thv cry,
Pray-pray Tor his bow on the darkuru clol;
That he star OF the saviour may sh me in the sliy
And lead the to rest-to the home OF thy God
Burlington, September, 1871. CLARE.
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of foul matter never become offensive to the
inmates of the house. though they are placed
yer, near il. Tue wash of the drain should
also be carefully buried with loan at this
eason both for the purpose Of increasing
the manure heap, and for keeping the air
pure about the dwelling house.
A few loads of loan should now be carted
into tie cowyard, and as soon as the cows
are turned away shovel full should be
thrown upn each heap of fresh manure which
is found there this will increase and pre-
serve tie virtue of the manure, while 1t will
render the cowyard a more suitable place
far tho milk mail
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diately securing these tight, as the iron cool
ed it collapsed and the walls we're drawn to-
gciher. Repeating this process sufficiently
the walls were returned to their places and
made firm as ever by the power that sustain
cd them. The work was thus accomplished
(Which had puzzled the first mcchanics) on
principles that every boy of six months life
in blacksmith shop understands perfectly
woll-but applied in an important emergcn-
cy.
Ifnot the application ola principle of me-
chanics, it was one of strong common sense,
which is related of two dogs quarreling.-
One of them had taken a firm grip o! his
antagonist, which he could not be induced
to quit. A dog fight will soon attract IA
crowd. Some proposed one thing and some
anothcr,s 40 induce the victor to nnlooscn his
jaws. tie was thumpcd, his tail pulled, his
ears pipclied, but nothing would avail a
man passed along at tho time, and stopped
TO look on with the rest. lie oo,lsaw what
the matter was-and told the bysanders he
would separate the dogs in a short timc.-
They hid little pride about il as people
generally do, when they don't succeed them
selves, they doubt if any body else can and
they rather snecred at his ability. He took
from his pocket "A snuff box, and having de-
liberatcly taken pinch Of snuff himself, he
clapped the snuff box under the dogs nose
that was holding the other in his grip. The
dog, although quarrclsome, had never debas-
ed himself by making tobacco box of his
nose, and he could not take so liberal pincl
us the gentleman had offered him without
sneezing. To sncczc he must unloosen his
aws-and behold the work was accomplish.
ed 1t was a ludicrous case, but it showed
IA ready application of common sense.
How useful may one be in cases of mimi.
nent danger, by laying up stock of every
day knowledge that may be picked up
little here and little there. Blu, mon,l
or two have elapsed since, in a village i,
Massachusetts a valuable woman and moth.
cr, lost her life thro' the want of knowledge
among the two or three who saw her die
BY some accident, avcn or artery was scv.
cicd, and the life blood was flowing rapid,
away. The bystandcrs could only run fo
the physician or stand by without means t,
aid ill he come When lie arrived his pa.
tent was dead With the simple applca
ton by those around her, of handkerchief
bound above or below the wound Gas the Ma
iure Of il was)-and increasing its tlghtnes
with prong of wood, the blood would hav,
kept in, the physician could have arrived
and valuable life been saved
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II II f VISIT.
CLARE

In one of the freezing days of our climate
young physician, recently married invited
his wife to accompany Inn on visit to one
of his patients.
"You are romancing, James wha, visit
a family without an introduction or an inv-
tation, or an exchange of cardsl 7"
"In this family, my dear Amanda, there
is no ceremony of cards." said James, "but
they will not be the less pleased to see you"
81 never used to 90 to see poor people, =
said Amanda, thoughtfuly, shut" continued
she, after short deiberation, 81 will 20
with you anywhere"
They passed from the handsome street Of
their residence, to small public square, and
crossing over entereda small alley, in which,
Amanda saw row of houses built in man
ncr that showed that they were for the labor
ing classes. Crossing the last range they
entered the last house, and at the first door
DR.. LedSon gave gentle rap. A plain
dressed woman opened it and welcomed
them.
Two chairs were Immediately set out, one
with the back broken off, the other rckety
and unstable.
Before the fire were two little children
seated on the hearth, making noise, which
the attendant female in vain endeavorcd
TO quell. little gir about ten wears ofaoc
came out of "a small bedroom and smiled as
she spoke.
In a large rude chair sat a thin female
She looked up when DR.. Ledson addressed
her, but she neither smiled nor spoke. TIC,
complexion was sallow by illness, her lowe,
jaw had fallen from its socket, an3 ner lectl
chartered with the vain endeavor to clos,
her mouth. After receiving some nourish
ment at the hands of her companion, sh,
seemed revived.
81 am glad to see you, Doctor, though
| had hoped to have been released from m,
wretchedness before now. | do not com
plain, but suhter"-she shvered & STONED
suddenly, but in an instant said, 81 though
it very hard when lost my child last sum
mer-I see it was kind what would become
of it now | must leave these, young as the,
are, to take care of themselves, and m,
husband i. none OF the steadiest.
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She died not weep; she was past that point

She died not weep; shc was past that point
of human suffering. Amanda looked on in
silence. She had learned more Of liic's
state from this scene than she could have
acquired from volumes. She felt now a wiser
woman at eighteen, than she could have
been at thrty-five. II brings down all our
vantitles and little repinings-a spectacle OF
such wo. Even the insensIbii,y of the sick
was more touching than ordinary sorrow. 1t
gave feeling of so much that must have
been endured before.
SIS tins your sister :" asked the woman.
"No," said James, and Amanda smiled
as he replied, it is my wife,"
els it your wife 7" said she, showing
some vivacitv. "IIow sweet she looks |!
Can she sngl Oh can she sing,
II would not live alwaysl"
How often had Amanda suug that care
lessly before. She felt awed and humblcd
by every syllable that noatcd on her soft rich
tones around the narrow apartment.
The dying one raised her eyes so thank
fully that she even looked pretty. A hectic
light relieved her lvid countenancc. She
said inaudihIy 81 hear the angels singing
around me-" and then rclapsed into "A state
of insensibity.-The little girl shook hands
bcsccchngly as they left, and in a snbducd
voice Amanda whispered, 1--WE will take
care of YOU"
Who like the physician, save indeed the
minister, Is called upon to see human nature
in every shadow ola tint 4! The rich and the
poor, the delicate and the coarse, the lear.
ned and the igncrant, come before hin
without distinction.
Amanda thought before that she loved
her husband, but luxury is "A dead sea atmos.
phcrc, in which the noblcr passions scker
and lie motonless. She chung to James arm
as they returned home with feeling of de.
votion to him, that she had never lmagiuet
before, and in the pleasure she experience
in soilenlng the horrors of her fellow crca.
lures poverty, she found every day new
cause to rejoice IN having shared her forum,
with one who, if he brought her no addition
of earlh's wealth, had taught her that there
is way of employing it that will awaken
delight
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GATHER Up NATTER FOR MANuREs

Those who have low pasture lands may
often ma ruSh's, coarse grass, weeds and
Other matter which is worth gathering to be
put IN the manure heap, or in a track to
he used as litter for cattle and horses and
hogs. The roadside also furnishes an album
dance in many places, and now is the time
to gather the same. Soil from the roadside
may often be taken away without dotrimcnt
to the road; q quantities of this should now
be laid by the side of the hog pen and the
back house, to lac thrown n two or three
times aweck, to bury up all the matter which
would cause an unhealy efluvla about the
house. When this is prac,iccd, these sinks
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THE VERSATILITY OF FORTUNE.

The tendency of our republican institu-
tons to scatter accumulated wealth, and
prevent the pcrretuily of a great monied
power in the same family, has often been
remarked upon. The children of the man
who is now at the topmost round of fortunes
ladder, may be soon at the foot, and the
beggar of to-day may be the rich man of to-
morrow. We have in our mind two striking
examples of this versatility of fortune.--We
well rccollect the appearance oftwo youths
some 30 or 40 years ago, bol, of them about
the same age, but moving IN the two cx-
trcmcs of society. The one was poor rao-
gcd boy, the son Of humble parents his
father laborlng at precarious occupation,
and the son, to all appearance, destined
never to rise above the station of his father.
The other was dashng, gay Young fellow,
moving in the first circles, his father a veal
thy and extensive merchant and proof APP
parcn,ly, against the shafts of ADVERSELY.
The former has carved out for himself for
tune, by industry, economy and perseve-
rance and does business as a merchant on
his own capital, while the latter i, destitute
of every thing, and has become the inmate
of an aims house.
These are by no means solitary cases
Every man who has lived score or two of
years can call to mind similar instances.
Indeed we can scarcely name more than one
or two of our many opulcn, merchants who
have inherited any considerable portion of
their wealth; nearly all of them have risen
from humber life, and by persevering in
dns'rv, intelligence and indomtahlc energy,
have been the makers of their own fortunes.
And yet these are the men whom cnvious
demagogucs are perpctualy stigmatizing as
purse proud aristocras--as though the pos
session OF wealth, acquired by slow and la
borious processes, and which must inevitably
be parccIlcd ont into several portions, after
the dccease of its pnsscsSors, were fraupht
with all the evils of hereditary aristocraces
of the old world