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where We mad been taught 10 expect per-
lacslen ID husbandIy and where indus
ny auo skill have really done much sIaE
HID wotshF Of imitation. And we have.
moreover, been induced 10 appropriatesc
flqFge aspace 10 this article. because, What
vie have said of the mode Of extifpaling
tile ox-eyed daisy applies to the ST. Johns
wort, aud hundred other weeds, which
! defeat the lsbors Of the husbandman, III
gEeatly cnfiail the rewards Of his indus.
| tfy.- Ctslstian sfdvoeate 4 .I0araal..
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4 Horrible Degradation qf Womsn and
4 Cfildrea The attention. of the humane
/ lnl England has reeenNybeen called 10 the
| practice Of employing women, and ehil4
ldren Of both sexes, ia4he coal mines; and,
incredible a. il must appear TO those y ht5
| have unbounded faith in English philan-
| thFepy, il seeuls vel .ascertained that one
third Of The tens OF thousands employed
inthe coal mihes are under eigafsta, aud :.
ane-thifd Of these less than tantesn years
Of age 4
Iiaizo ap2ears that al FIVE years Of aga
very mahy Of these children are buried iii
theseEminesi and that cases have occurred
where children Of only Three years of age
haYe been daily Nkel 10 the mines, and
kept there during tile entire working hours
u hold a candle for the parents. Al this
Indmeni iherefare probably fifty thousand
women, girls, and children under thirteen,
working ten. twelve, and even sixteen
hours d day in coal mines, Up to their an-
Giles in mud and water and in very ma
ny instances toilfng all sday long, and
drawing immense weights on their halds
and feet, without even getting an oppor-
ltunity 10 stand erectt Girls Of eleven
years Of age are mades 10 carry from Ito
TO 100 lbs, and women frequently 900
weight. Husbands have even been known
10 severely ipinre themselves In lifting
the weigh. Of Goals 70 be nlaced on .lhs..
10 the London Quarterly for June, aud
the Westminster Review for July. from
The report ofthe COMMISSIONERS, appoint-
ed ia relation 10 this subject, TO Parlia-
ment. exhibit state Of things in Golfers
les as much worse than Slavery has ever
been depicted in The West Indies. as il il
possible for the, mind 10 conceive. We
are pleasedsto learn, however, BY the last
arrival from Europe that Lo66 Ashley's
bsn. 10 amelioraie the conditioned the col
lisrs, has passed the Lords, and will doubts
less becometa law. :
Ia some paris Of the mines, where The /
seams Of coal are thick. The miners lileio
comparatively an essy one, as horses and
asses are us0d 10 draw the coal out OF thef
seams. But in most of The mines lhg
seams vary from two tofour feet in height.
and pf courae all the labor Of men. wo-f
mem. and children. j. dOns n sitting
poa:hTer-frequently IN an almost horizon
| taI lposi.ion.-3 Baltimore .9msrican.
DtsrEEsNvG OecURREEcE.-We have
rarely been more deeply panied than We
we're at ihsTelation Of The casualty we ard
about ID record. On. Wednesday ofslsst
week. The lady Of MI William George.
rasidingon Liberty Road. eight miles from
Baltimore, placed hsr infans daughter.
aged about three months, upon q bed
Spreading some light covering ever il,
where she left il il gentle repose. A
short time after a servant Of the family
entered The apartment with . bundle eE
clolAes, and without perceivinglhe child
threw them upon the bed. where they rel
nailedE until tho anxiety Of the moihef'
was excited s. the proiIaeled slumbef
/ other infant When, unconscious Of esertH
WANTS having entered The apartment, sh9s
fhnStenea 10 the bsd.side. but who can desH
4 eti5e her agony at finding her little one
cold ia death, sulfocaied byl tho weight
Illus heedlegsly placed uponla SoseFer6
| j pahg, paralyzedl her every faculty Z and
i Tendsreh her indeed being to be pisiedF
and even at ihe present mpmentI We
are informed. she can scarcely be madsI
Ito acknowledge the reality of her meEans u
fcaely pfiuation. - Bah. Clipper.
A SGlcIpE. DIR Robert Fl. Beatty, ,nast
Nave. of Winchester Va. But more recent-
.Ely 81 resident Of Tennessee, committed
suicide III Zanesviiie, Ghio; on Saturday
eveningr goth ult By shooting himseEf
through the head viii pistol. in The Bar
room OF bis boarding house. He left =
, note addressed To- The landlord, stating
4 hal his pecuaisEy circamstances had. be-:
come embarrassed. and that he had de-
iernlined I'd erd hislife by bis own hands
lthat might: be kept bis resolution wllhsia
! tai puncluaaiiy. The deceased kept :
: drug store 10 gainesville q few years
! since. and vas well known there. His
habits during the two or three weeks tbal
I preceded his death we're iniensperate
y and had doubtless been So before De re.
Y turned - ZanespiHs Gazetts. W
-
y. The Evansville lOhioJ Republican d
Y liz Goth ust.. elsles thai Governor CoRWfE
ri las applied 10 The General Government
fofIlilal States portion Of The proceeds o
s. :. f 81 sales Of the public lands.
o A FouRrH HusBAND.--A woman agee
q i08l residing near Berlin, and Who has
Ia soa 30 years of age, recently married |
2 fourth husband, aged 60.