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Life and Death of Sexes.

The laws of life and mortality betwiXt
the sexes are very remarkable. They are
stated thus:
|. In the present condition of the white
population of the United States, the mum
Der of females born per annum is about
10000 less than the males. This deter
mines of itself that polygamy is not a
natural condition olman and that the laws
of our religion and nature are the same
that one man shall be the husband of one
woman.
2. At 20 years of age the females ex-
coed the males. This proves that between
the birth and 90 the mortality among the
boys has been much greater than that a
mong the girls.
3. From 20 to 40 the men again much
exceed the women, which shows that this
is the period of the greatest mortality
among women.
A. From 40 to &c the difference rapidly
diminishes, the females, as in the early
part of life, gaining on the males. This
shows that this is the period OF greatest
danger and exposure to men, the least TO
the women.
S. From 20 onward the women on,
number the men. This shows concu-
sively that, relatively speaking, in com
pariSon with men, the heallhiest period of
female life is at The close of it. Abs oIule-
", however. no period to either sex is so
healthy as that of youlh-lhe blooming
period Of boyhood and girlhood.
The above deductions of statiscal tables
correspond with every Cay observations
Of human life.
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REPUTATION.

The Po,rer of the Gorernn,ont &c,--Thc edi-
tor of the Upper Marlboro Gazette, himself a
collector, has the following remarks, appropriate
and worthy of attention.
ain our recent percgrnatons as Collector, it
has fallen to our let to learn the sentiments OF
many of the Taxpayers of this county on the
subject of the new-iangcd doctrine of Repuda-
ton, and it gives us pleasure to aver that we
have met with bit one open and avowed advo-
cate for the annulling of contracts entered into
in good faith by the representatives of the peo-
pie. This mans name am shame shall not be
trumpeteG to the world by us, for we would ra-
Their consgn them to the tomb of insignifcancc
and disgrace in which they are destined ulti-
mately to be buried, than give them notorety,
I'm cnviablc it is true, yet, it may be, sought for
from desire to obtain a celebrity even at the
cost of honesty.
"But while willingness is manifested by our
citizens TO bear their portion of the burden, 1t
cannot be denied that unless those who are
equally bound with us to uphold the integrity OF
the State, come forward at an early day with
their aid material change will take place in
the sentiments of the people. The potency of
the laws is already questioned, and the timid
mode of legislatng with reference to the repu-
dating counties, has had tendency to strength
en- the opinion entertained by some that it will
be impossible to compel the refusing counties to
pay their quota of the debt. This notion is at
war with every principle of our system. 1t would
be a worthless Government that could not en-
force its laws-and the sooner we test the ques-
ton, Gf it be seriously doubtcd) the better. If
three or four members of a community arc to
have their own way-'go thus far and no far
ther"-then is 1t high time to place ourselves
under the guidance Of Dictator, whose man
date shall be obeyed at the peril of our heads.
The people look to the legislature for solution
If these questions-not doubling that there is
wisdom enough to concoct some plan to COMPEL
the payment Of debts by those who will not rol-
unfairly do so. If it is not done, we shuddor for
the consequences, believing that nothing can
avert the disgrace which waits a failure on the
part of the Legislature to coerce the payment Of
every dollar due by the delinquent counties"
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democratic side Of the House. voted for it.
True it was Leading measure Of the
Wing administration, but a true patriot
need not oppose il simply because it was
a wing measure,
Much has been said in the party papers
about protecting the manufacturer; and
may be the first to perceive or to feel its
influence lie alone is not benefited by
such measure.
In 1924 Gen. Jackson advocated the
policy OF inviting good portion of our
population to engage in manufacturing by
holding out inducements fer them to en-
gage in that business. He did this for
The express purpose of creating market
for our farm produce and the same rea-
son still exists in favor of encouraging
home manufactures .--sIass Ploughman.
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:he rolume Of God, whose opening page
is written on the virgin snow of a howl
ing Winter where the first word is
CHARITY. Lead them on, step by step.
Show him where lie the thousand of
thousands of peril to life and fortune, hid
under the ambush Of a nights reveal
cold-consumption-DEATH '-Shew him
the perls of the oceans storms, that may
engulph his ''rich argoises;" and send him
bowling with the unexpected pangs of
want. Turn from page 10 page OF the
book of life, on whose top line there is
always written the sacred word "BRoTH-
ER.o Then lead him 10 the distant WOOD,
to mediate on the Autumn Leaf; and as
he ,reads the ruslling ground, point his
attention to the opening stars, whose
blazing fires tell Of Heavens joys, and ty-
pity Eternity. Surely, there is much to
muse on, when we behold the fall of the
AUTUMN LEAF. 1t is signal, sign from
God!
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GENIUS AND MISFORTUNE.

What tragedies can he read, in the his
tory of literature, deeper than Macbeth,
more moving than Lear! Milton, old,
poor and blind, selling Paradise Lost for
five pounds; Dryden beaten by rullians
at the prompting of a Worthless peer, who
in Plato's commonwealth, would have
been changing the poets plate Tasso, a
creature as deIicaleIv moulded as if, like
the Peris, he had fed upon nothing gross
er than breath of flowers, wearing out the
best years of his life in the gloom of IA
dungeon Racine hurried to his grave by
the rebuke of heartless king; Chatterton
at midnight, homeless and hungry, bath
ing The Implying stones Of London with
the hot tears of anguish and despair !;
Johnson, at The age of ,hirty~siX, dining
behind screen at the house of Cave,
because he was too shabbily dressed to
appear at the table Burns took from the
plough, which he had "folowed in glory
and in Joy upon the mountain side" TO
guage ale frkins and watch for contra
band tobacco.
The false position in which men of
genius so often find themselves placed, in
relation to their age, and the painful and
protracled efforts they must make in order
to gain true one, have given to modern
literature some of its prominent charac-
lerislics. Hence that balf-,nconscious
sympathy which poets feel with charac-
lers like Robin Hood, Rob Roy and Char
les de Moor, who eInbody a protest a
gainst their times; who mean, like Jack
Cade, "tO dress the commonwealth and
turn it and set new nap upon it," who
presume, ito borrow daring expression OF
Schi!ler's, TO grind down the gaps in the
sword of Almighty justice. Hence much
of that dreary melancholy, which over
sliadowed the mind of the out-hearted
and pious Johnson, whose sombre hue
darkens the pages of his Rambler and
Rasselas, is concentrated in that celebrat-
ed couplet, in which the words seem to
fall like drops of blood from laceraled
heart:
But all what ills the scholars life assail
| Toll, envy, want the patron and the Jail.
To this source we may trace, in part
that personal element which CLOVIS so i'll
lensely in the lyric poetry ofSchiller, and
even sicklies DER his olherwis admirable
dramas. This, too, gave something o.
their depth and sternness to the powerful
pictures of Crabbe. Hence that numer'
Gus tribe OF poets and poelgsters, who, o
late years, have SO filled the groves o
Parnassus with their melancholy notes
as sad, if moi as sweet, as those Of TIT
nightingale, whose young affections arr
lever running TO waste, upon whose with
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A CRUSTY ONE.

The editor of the IIagerstown News,
himself an old bachelor, says:-"No lhing
can prevent an increase of bachelorism
save an amendment in the mode of 'edu-
eating women. When they learn COM
mon sense, instead of broken French
when they learn some useful employ
ment, instead of beating the piano-when
they learn to prefer honest industry to
silly coxcombry, and when men find that
woman is helpmale instead of bur-
then then We may expect TO find fewer
helors-not till then"
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HUMAN LEARNING.
IT'S USE AND ms EFFICIENCY,

Alexander the Great had such extraordi-
nary value and esteem Of knowledge and
learning, that he used to say he was more
obliged to Assolle, his tutor, for his lear
ming, Than to Philip, his father, for his life;
seeing the one momen,ary, and the other
permanent, and nevQr to be blotted out bv
oblivion
knowledge and learning, riches and
honor, in their most resplendent gallantry,
are all but insignificant pageantry, without.
piety and virtue.
Learning is the only ornament ann lew
ell OF mans life, without which man
cannot attain to any preferment in the
commonw wealth. Learn, therefore, in
yoar minority all commendable quail
lies.
1t is silly conceit, that men without
languages are also without unders 'andinr;
1t is apparent in all ages, that some suct
have been ever prodigious for ability; for
il is not believed that Wisdom speaks to
her disciples only i'll Latin, Greek, and
Hebrew.
There is no necessity of being led
through the several fields of knowledge ;
1t will be sufficient to gather some of tho
iarest fruit from them all and to lay up Il
store of good sense, sound reason, and
solid virtue.
One philosopher is worth a thousand
grammarldns. Good sense and reason
ought to be the umpire of all rules, both
ancient and modern,
obscurity in writing is commanly an
argument Of darkness in the mind, the
greatest learning is to be seen in the great
es, plainess.
The most resplendsnt ornament of man
is judgment; here is the perfection of his
innate reason-here Is the Utmost power
OF reason joined with knowledge.
II study, says Montague, it is for no
other science than what treats of the
knowledge of myself and instructs me to
live and die well.
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ADVICE 10 A DUGlTER.
BY TIE REy. WA. Z. srRACuG.

Let me counsel you, lhCn, never To ut
Ter all expires rr do AN ACT, " hlch even
looks like >nii,..1 : any gcnlicmhll's al
tcullO' II mrnber do. ,HrV expression
OF ci},'n,. To- be of an" vu:nr. must be
perfectly voluntary and any wish on
YOU part, whether directly II indirectly
expressed, to make yoursCII a lavulile,
will be certain to awaken the disgust o!
all who know IT. | would not re-, IN
mend to you any thing like lrudIsh or
affected reserve; but even this is not So
unfortunate an tAtrtme, as All excessive
fcrwardness. While ynu so modeslly ac-
cepl any attentions which prop!le'y war
rants, let there be no attempt at arlIul III
situation on one hand, or al taking mans
heart by storm ON the other.
Be rot Ambitious TO be considered ii
belle. Indeed, | had rather you would be
almost any thing else, which does not III
volve gross moral obliquilv, than this.
IT is the fate of most bellies that they be-
come loollshly vain, think olnothng, and
care for nothing hey ond personal displa,' !;
and not unlrequenuy sacrifice themselves
in a mad bargain, which involves their
deslines for lille. The more of solid and
enduring esteem you enjoy, the better !;
and you ought 10 gain whatever of This
you can by honorable means, but to be
admired, caressed and hauered 70
mere accidental qualities, which in
volve nothing of intellectual or moral
worth, ought to render any girl, who is
the subject Of it, an objec, of pity. You
are at liberty to desire the good opinion
Of evelv gentleman of your acquaintance
but it would be worse than folly in you
to be ambitious of a blind admiration.
will only add, that you ought TO be
on your guard againat The influence Of
hatlerv. Rely on it, the man who flalters
you, whatever he may profess, is not your
friend
1t were a much kinder office, and rea!
mark of friendship, to admonish you ten
derby, yet honestly, of our faults. lfyou
yield little to Aat'ery, sou have placed
yourself on dangerous ground; if You
continue tic yield, you are not improbably
undone
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teresled in the great stalesman's life, were
accustomed 10 apply for information, and
to leave their horses and carriages. On
the morning of the 23d. January, 1906,
an individual having called at this inn,
and not being able TO obtain satisfactory
reply 10 his inquiries, proceeded to the
house oil Pitt. He knocked, but no ser
want appeared he opened The door and
entered he found no one in attendance.
He proceeded from room to room, and at
lenghth entered the sick chamber, where
ON bed, in silence and in perfect solitude
he found 10 his unspeakable surprise, the
dead body Of that great statesman who
had so lately welded the power of Eng
land, and influenced, if he did not control
the desiinics of the world. We doubt
whether any much more awful example
o! the lot of mortality ever been witnessed.
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Due care has been taken by the Exc
cuive to glori(y himself for the more
prosperous condition of our country,
compared with the period when he, 'un-
der dispensation of David Providence,'
succeeded to the office. This is at the
same time pardonable and amusing Eve
ny body knows how much John TYLER
had to do with the existing improvement
Of trade, its causes and consequence $50
remarks the N orth American.
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7 II E T A R NJ E R.

"Respect thyself,'' is the first step to
wards commanding the respect of others.
This maxim does not receive the respect
winch it is entitled to among the northern
farmers, either individually or collectively.
There is no class in society who have in
command more Of the elements of public
usefulness, or unshacked independence,
and of tue greatness, than the tlllers of the
soil; and yet they succumb, without a
murmur, in public matters, to the control
Of others, and by their own acts belltle
the noblest employment of life. In the
south, the proprietor, or planter takes,and
Others concede to him the first rank in
society, because the soil, the fixed and a .
biding wealth of the country. is his, and
because he applies himself by education,
to assume and maintain his just rights
With us the case is different Education
is too much ccntemned or neglected. We
mean that sort Of education which en-
larges the human faculties, and teaches
man his rights anG his dutes-and which
enables him to bring the powerful ener-
physical powers of his body. We see
many of our farmers seeking to "elevate
their condition." by becoming inn keep
ers, merchants, or public officers; and
others, as if ashamed Of their calling, or
not knowing how TO estimate its advan-
tages, sending their sons to learn the CHI
canery of the law, or initiating them into
the mysteries Of mercantile duplicity, in
order to make them gentlemen! Mistak-
en- men There are none in society more
tru y gentlemen, than well educated, eXem-
pary iaimers-none so independent
none more useful-none so honorable
none who so largely realize and acknowl-
edge the bounties of Providence, or who
so efficiently contribute 10 the happiness
of the human family. And it costs no
more to make gentleman practical far
mer, than it does to make gentleman
merchant, or an idle good-for-nothlng
gentleman. The human mind expands
more on NATURES broad domain, than it
can IN the pent-up town; it sends abroad
further the dinusive lights of its knowl-
edge-it is less mercenary and selfiish,and
CLOVIS with holier iervor Of love to God
and good will to man. "God made the
country-man the city"
If the farmer would initiate what is tru-
ly, commendable in those he considers
the higher classes, rejecting their exlrava-
gancies and follies-if he would improve
his own mind, and educate his children in
what is useful and accomplished. and in
the habits of industry and frugality-ii he
would exhibit pattern Of neat and prof
table farming, multiply the comforts OF
his house and his garden, embelllsh
his grounds, and exercise affection and
kindness to all around hm-hs children
would not wish to leave him, nor would
he wish to send them TO other employ
ments, to exalt them in rank, or to i'm
prove otherwise their condition in life
George Washington, coniessedly the great
est man of our age or country, was prac-
lcally farmer. and the son Of farmer
BUEL.
95-The ice was running strong IN the
Ohio river on Thursday-stages could
no. cross the river The mail was taken
over at great-hazard in small! boats,
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THE TARIFF.
CORRECT VIEWS OF THE TART

CORRECT VIEWS OF THE TARIFF.
We copy the following from that ably
conducted paper, the "Nlass. Ploughman.
It's views are sound and comprehensive,
and entitled to the more consideration. as
they are result of the reflection and OBJ.
servation OF a gentleman whose province
it is to husband the interests of Agricul-
ture, and whose capacity, to fulfil his
trust, is only equalled by the zeal with
which he meets the obligations Of his
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THE, GIRLS.

They think of IIymen and they can't
help signing. When their lovers forsakc
them, they can't help crying. They sit
a, the window and can't help spying. TO
get each beau, they can't help trying.
At the mirror they cam, help twisting and
turning, and lacirg and tying. They
screw up their corsets, bring on the con-
sumption and can't help dying.
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Death Of William Pitt.

Pitt died at solitary house on VIM
bledon Common. Not far off by the
road side, stood and still stands, a small
country inn, where the various parties IN
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g5-Il has been ascerlained by official
counting of the votes, that at the last trial
Freeman Morse, wing, was elected to
Congress from Lincoln and Oxford dis
trct, Me, by majority OF thirteen votes
over all Others.
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Mr., Miller, the end-of-thoworld pro-
phet, has hired the theatre at Buffalo N.
Y. where he proposes to deliver series
of lectures, if the world lasts long enough,
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cred hearts The dew of hope can never fall,
and who are ever longing to be breeze,
cloud, a wave, or a SOUND something
that shall not have nerves to feel and a
heart TO ache.
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AGENTS FOR THE CEC,L WIG

AGENTS FOR THE CO C,n W TlI
JOHN b. fARNAII., Port Deposit.
j. w. ABRAHAMs, Port Deposit
ED"iN iIAINEs. 2. NJ. Rlsirg Sun.
JONAS PREsToN, Jr. P. NJ ConowingQ.
Joss 5. EVEREST, Rowlandsvillc.
Col, II. S. Sites, P. NJ. PnINcIrIo.
JOSEPH HAINEs, Brick Meeting House.
THOMAS BURNSIDE S Co, Charlestown.
JonNMcCRAcKEN, ?. NJ, North East.
NATHAN WiLklNsoH. Elk Iron Works.
WILLIAM II. PIERCE, ?. Nj. Cecilton.
JonN 3. MoRToN, 7. NJ. Warwick.
JONI MEAEs, P. NJ. St. Augustine.
john I'CLAYToN; ?. NJ. Chesapeake City
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In New Orleans, Of late, man was
fneL $40 for whistllns in church That
was paying too dear for his whistle
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The U. S. friga,e, Cap. Gregory, from
Philadelphia, anchored in the Eas! river,
New York, on Friday last,
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95-The ice was running strong in the
Ohio river on Thursday-stages could
not cross the river The mail was taken
over at great-hazard in small! boats.
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pardon him upon an application 50
imposing I" He replied nearly in
tie following words, viz II 'OOaid
havs done 50 bat my son sent for NE 70
he iaiI aud most sOlemRly asserting his
innocence, declared that he i0ouid not
accept pardon az NY haHds, that he
,Donid not Ice unless aeqaitted BY aJu-
", and that u Iseat him a pard0H,he
,ronld immediaiefy take his Qua lie"
A third unbiased jury could not be
bad 10 the county, aud young Deslia
remained 10 jail near two years with
out a further trial. OnIhe day of Beau
champs execution, he cut bis own
throat with a razor, severing the wind
pipe quite in two. In this condition,
when himself aud all those around him
thought he was on the verge Of eterni-
", he by signs begged for pen, ink.
and paper, and being raised On, at thar
awful moment, with the blood stream.
ing from bis throat, wrote an assever-
alton Of his innocence.
We afterwards saw this bloodstained
paper in the hands ofhs father.
By sewing the windpipe together,
and inserting silver tube to breathe
through the young mans life was al
most miraculously saved. Then il was
that his father sent him a pardon. Is
there father IL the ahiperse who, I'M
der such circumstances, can b!Rme
Governor Desha f,r believing his SOL
innocent, aud granting him a pardon I
II so, we are not that man.
Yet, that young Desha was gully,
we believe nobody but bis own family
doubted. His and that ofBeauchamp
occurring at The same time, destroyed
our faith in dying confessions, where
ever there are strong motives Of pride
or revenge to influence the convicts
mind Desba preferred death by bis
own hand, TO suffering the impuIaIion
Of murder to rest upon him, or its re-
aecied disgrace upon his family and
Beauchamp's malice towards Col.
Sharp and his friends was so overpow-
ering, that Il gave him delight to hurl it
back upon them from the gallows and
The grave.
10 bis public and private life, Gov
ernor Desha was an honest man. He
looked after his own interest with a
strictness that was sometimes extreme,
out never dishonest. History will do
him that justice, which his contempo-
ranes have refused and all the harm
that it will say Of him, will be, that be
was particularly unfortunate.
KeadaLis Er.