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/" WHISPER Low"
Br SAMUEL LOVER, ESQ.

In days of old, when first told
A tale so bold, my love to thee,
In falt'ring voice sought thy choice,
And did rejoice thy blush to see;
With downcast eyes heard thy sighs,
And hope reveal'd her dawn to me,
AS soft and slow, with PASSIONS glow,
Whispered low, my love, to thee.
The cannon loud, in deadly breach.
May thunder on the shrinking foe
'Tis anger is but loud of speech,
The voice of love is soft and low
Tho tempest's shout, the battles rout,
Make havoc wild we weep to see,
But summer wind and friends when kind
All whisper low as ! to thee
Now gallants gay, in pride of youth,
Say, would you win the fair ones ear;
Your votve prayer be short and sooth,
And whisper low and she will hear
The matin bell may loudly toll
The bridal morn, when all may hear
Bnt at the time of vespcr chime,
Oh, whisper low in beauty's ear
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tuous, enlightened and patriotic chief magis-
trate, fit to administer the government of free
aud united people, Such a one it may be diff
cult, perhaps impossible TO find, though it is
presumed no one will deny that it is desirable
and even a duty to approach as near as poss-
bic to perfect government, and social happ.
ness under it. The only question is how near
il may be practicable for us to come; and all
must admit that we shall approach the nearer
as the efforts ofthe people and the government
shall concur for that object. Happily for our
country we have one illustrious example, who,
II would seem, had been given to us by Provi-
dcnce as an everything oracle from whom we
might, in all future times, refresh our minds
with lessons of real wisdom and patriotism.
Washington was the head of nation, and not
ofa party; and amid all the trials OF his situa-
,ion, critical and complex as it certainly was,
and amid the labors oforganizing and conduct.
ing new government, arduous as they were,
hcset also with the most dangerous OF all Jea'
lousies, he made and preserved a united people
and finally retired from their service with great
er character and more durable renown than he
carried into IT, The country has produced nc
second Washington; and it may be feared il
will be long before it will. Nevertheless, II
ought to be the iervent prayer OF every true pa
triot, that that event may yet happen, and thai
its advent may be fastened, and that until il
shall p,ease Providence to rase up such ano
ther, we may constantly mediate upon his pure
example, and that some one may yet be founC
patriot, as TO be able 10 preside over united
people.
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MARRIAGE AND EDvo o.TroN.-Ex4mne the
first choice OF a girl. Amongst all the quail.
ties which please her in lover, there Is, per.
haps, not one which would be suitable in q has
band and, in fact, che frequently sees little
more of mm she loves than the beauty at his
form, or, perhaps, the elegance Of his dress. Is
not tins, then, the most complete condemnation
Of our system Of education From an appTr'
hension OF too strongly affecting the heart, we
conceal from woman all that is worthy of love /;
we allow the sense Of the beautiful that exists
in them to be lost among lullliies- the onslde
plcases them-what is within is unknown.
When, therefore, after having been united SIX
months, they look tor the delighted young man
whose presence charmed them, they are often
very much surprised to find in his place only
an impertlnent fellow, an Ignoramus or SIM
pleton. Yet this is what is commonly termed,
! in the world, marriage OF inclination.
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sim more OF the Lucy Wniker.--RecO- o.
very OF the Dead.

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very OF the Dead.
The Pennsylvania of the lst inst. says: -
We learn from the Louisville Journal of Satur-
day, that the bodies of Nicholas Ford, Philip
Wallis, S NJ Brown, and little girl, killed by
the explosion ofthe Lucy Walker, were taken
from the river on Friday, near the scene OF ac-
cident. The repor, that Colonel Shredder and
Mr.. James Locke were on board at the time
of the explosion, turned out 10 be incorrect.
Nineteen bodies have been recovered SO far.
There are II or 20, who were wounded re-
naming al Albany. The Journals relate the
following incidents connected with the disas-
ter:
"The Rev Mr.. Todd, OF the Third PrcSby
but saved himself by swimming. Mr. Wren,
of Yazoo, Miss, was thrown from the boiler
deck and fell near the bow Of the boat in a state
of insensibillty. When he recovered his sen.
scs, he saw his little son, six or seven years
old, in the rear Of the boat, the flames raging
around the boy. The father, unable to rise,
watched the movements of the son with the
greatest anxiety. Soon he saw the boy leap
overheard. The river was full ot pIanks and
mattresses, and the boz went from fragment tc
fragment until he succeeded IN getting upon .
mattress He noatcd upon the mattress unit
/ saved by rope from the Gopher. The ia,hel
saw his rescue with feelings we need not at
/ tempt to describe. A man, his wife, and toul
daughters were saved without injury, though
, in different ways and places.-Thelr meeting
must have been most Joyous.
A little girl was found clngng to the wrecl
when In" flames were so near that she had Il
dash water aganst one side of her face to pro
tcct il from the intense heat. A man was OF
the hurricane deck with his wife and itti
daughter, at the time of the explosion; he drop
ped the former into the yaw, and she wa. save'
but With sprancd ankle lac threw the latte
into the stream and then plunged in and saVc'
II by swimming.
Pieces of the boilers were thrown upon tn
Kentucky shore, and, it is sad, some portion
are not thicker than a h0U doRar ; When an
where and by whom could they have been III
spected! We heard a gentleman state las
evening, that he had two sets Of boilers lnspcc
ted here, Whem steam ,cGS up. What salet
can there be on our waters II such crlmIna
carelessness and recklessncSs are tolerated y
The Louisville Courier gives the names
forty.on persons, whose lives were lost by tn
explosion of the boilers Of the Lucy Wake
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GAN1s.-Nathon Iampman, Of Coxsacki",
n. Y. who is now sixteen years of age, and
seven feet one inch in height, bids fair to be-
come man Of higher standng in the world
than any man now living, having grown nine
inches during the past year and on the usual
rules of growth, will problbly reach at least one
foot more He weighs l9s pounds. Judging
from analogy, in such unnatural cases, by the
time he gets his full growth upwards, he will
begin to become corpulent, and may attain the
monster bulk OF Daniel Lambert, if 10, surpass
It.
Lambert was native of England, and was
buried at Stamford, were two suits ofhis clothos :
are preserved for the inspection of the curious.
Mr.. lambert's baIk did not increase above the
ordinary size until he had reached the age OF y.
PAR OF stockings made for and worn by
him, measured in circumference, at the arcle,
twenty four inches, and at the calf nearly forty
inches The weight Of this mass Of mortality
was 672 lbs.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-11-16

A GREAT TARIFF SpEECH.-We have lis
tened to- and read great many Tariff Speech.
es, pro and con, during the campaign just co-
sed, but in none of them, according to our judy
ment, has the subject been handled in the mas
terly manner which distinguishes the following
effort ofa prominent Hoosier orator, specially
reported for the Concordia Intellgencer. For
logical arrangement, perspicuity Of style, and
comprehensive diction, it is absolutely unpars-
,eled
"Feer citizens, thar ar five kinds Of Tariffs
| I-(coun.ing his ingcrs) yes, feller citizens, FIVE
! kinds, and you must decide which kind you are
in favor of at once. Clay and Poke have made
up their minds on that subject. and so must we.
say thar ar five kinds of tariffs first the incl.
dental Tariff, which confines itself altogether
to hardware and nutmegs; then thar is the Pro-
tective Tariff, which is intended to exclude
from our country holowware and wine then
thar is the Tariff for Retrnue, which goes in
for cheap jewsharps and cight-day clocks /; but'
teller citizens, I'm in favor Of the Ad-ve.lorum
Tariff, that's the Tariff that meets my views,
and comes in play as beautiful as getting up
stairs It's Tariff that's understood and eas,-
| ~ explained; dd meaning when we want mo-
ney in the treasury to add to it, and iorurn when
it i. too full to take money out; that's what
ad ve.lorum means, and its the only tariff that
, makes both ends meet and carries on the govern
ment as slick as new tar'd wheel in January.
Great cheering, amid which the speaker
5 seats hmself)
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FATE OF THE APOSTLES The following
brief history of the fate OF the Apostles may be
new to those whose reading has not been evan
gclcal, 10 know that
st. Matthew is supposed TO have suffered
martyrdom, or was slain with sword at the
city of Ethiopia.
St Mark was dragged through the streets OF
Alexandria, in Egypt till he expired
ST. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree in
Greece.
/ st. John was put into cauldron of boiling
! oil at Rome, aud escaped death He aher-
wards died natural death at Ephesus, in Asia.
/ St. james the Great was beheaded at Jerusa-
! lem.
St. James the Less was thrown from pn-
nac!c, or wing OF the temple, and then beaten
to death with a fuler's club
St Philip was hanged up ogans, pillar, a,
Hierapolis,a city of Phrygia.
ST. Bartholomew was fayed alive by the
command of barbarous king.
St Andrew was bound to cross, whence
he preached unto the people till he expired.
St Thomas was run through The body with
lance, at Coromandel, in the East Indies
St. Jude was shot to death with arrows
ST. Smon-Zealot was crucifed in Persia.
St. Matthias was first stoned and then be-
headed.
St. Barnabas was stoned to death by the Jews
at Salania.
St. Paul was behcaded at Rome, by the ty
, rant Nero.
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Nike WALsH's BEILEF-Mike says he don't
believe in anything beyond what he can com
prehend, aud in no more orlha, than Just what
SUITE him.
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Jack Downing says-"There is nothing that
greases the wheels of business like newspaper
advertising Besrb lie .lut toudh 10 it,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-11-16
FORESTVILLE
BRAS EIGHT DAY CLOCKS

VINHE subscriber has just received ior sale, a few
Il Of the above celebrated Fight Day Clocks,
which will he sold at very reduced prices, for cash.
Also, superior 80 hour Clocks, of the hest make
and quality, which will be sold for cash. at "a so.
Also, superior Brass 80 hour Clocks, at So 90.
Dec. 2, ls43. II. b. MASSER.
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Dangers Of Steamboat Travelling In the
West.

An apparently candid English writer, and
late traveller in this country, named DR.. SEQ.
resby, has delivered pleasant lecture in Lon.
don on the United States. He spoke very plea
sanity of us as people, and with admiration of
our magnificent country. If his account of the
recklcssness of the conductors et our Western
steamboats, be correct, though, it is no wonder
we hear of so many explosions. lie says:
"But the American steamers in many cases
were worked even at higher pressure than 50
or 90 lbs. The smaller boats, being calculated
for the higher parts of the rivers, which are
subjected to be very shallow in the dry season,
are designed in every part for lightness 50 rs not
to have draught of more than from l. 10 Is
inches.
Their engines were therefore made as com
pact and slrall as possible. and were therefore
worked not only upon a high pressure prnci-
pie, but upon a nIGu high pressure. 1t is usual
in these boats to have 100 lbs. pressure on the
square inch and he had himself encountered
a risk still greater than this The boats being
calculated to carry cargoes as well as passcn
gers, the anxiety to get freight induced them
/ to take in all the goods presented them, and in
the case referred To, the vessel when he got into
, her was loaded to the depth of the gunwale of
! the vessel. The Mississippi was also at the
/ time in a state of food, the water at rate OF
about six miles ana in some cases eight miles.
( at height of twenty five feet above lie usua'
! al ~, I,l (, In pI nrli
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CTONE WARE for sale.
~ 22b Stone Jugs. from quart TO 3 gallons,
% Stone Jars, from 2 TO 6 eaions For sale,
cheap. by Oct. Ia b. b. hAssER
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There is cobbler in London, over whose door
is the following notice
"She,os Maid, and Men.dead Here"
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Mr.. EDITOR The following article, by L..
NJ Lane. selected from the "Amercan Orators
Own Book" will be found highly interesting
10 many Of your readers -
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eze'see5se Gold silver, &C., &C., made
Of Boil Iron, (snd not over Plank as nnry>ive
out of every one hundred uow in use and for ssle
madc.) with first rate Locks aud David Evans
Patent Keyhole Covers similar To the one exhibit
ed At the Philadelphia Exchange, tr three months
IN the summer Of ts42 when all the Keys were At
liberty to he used, AID the Chest not OPENED, al
though the experiment tried ly at least 800
persons. One of the same Locks was nicd 10y
Robbers, at the Delaware Coal Office, in Walnut
street, above Third. hut dl not succe,d.
CT Hoising Machines, Iron Doors, superior
Locks, and all kinds Of lion RaIlnas, Seal and Co.
pylng Presses, and SmIlhwoIk generally, on hand
or manufactured at the shortest notice.
or CAUTION i do hereby caution all per-
SONS against making using selling, OF causing 10
lie sold, any keyhoe Covers for Fire Proof Chests,
or Doors, Of any kind similar ia principle 10 my
Patent, of 10Th July, Isil, and also against Lining
Refrieera,ors with Slate, Tor which my Patent Is
dated 26th March, ls44, any Infringement will
bs dealt with according To law.
DAVID EVANS.
Philalelphio, April l3, ls44.-ly
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,, n W. , w L-
"N D''''
citement, SO good as the following:
"A Milleri,e down East, concluding that tho
end of all things had arrived. resolved to work
no more, and no more to gather the fruits of the
earth After looc mornjrr's walk. 10 medi.
tate, he returned home and asked his wife il
breakfast was ready. NO. said she, Il have
prep,red none You say il is not vour duty ,o
work. ifsn !, i M, mine if the Cruits of the
oar,h NAV not he g,therei, il may not be cook
ed. lam resolved to abide the consequpnc
with you' The man walked out to mediate,
and returned shortly, said, If YOU will get sono
brea kfast will 90 to work.
Jean lau' Eas many nae 'houSh's' ueFe Is
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lively sUOstqueht IhserIIGH, "
Yearly Advertisements: one column, S26 half
column, Sls, three squares, Sl2; two squares, ~ !;
one square, s5. Haf-yearly: one column, SIS |;
half column Sl2 three squares, So; two squares,
S5 one square, 50 SO.
Advertisements left without directions TO ths
length Of time they are TO be published. will he
continued until ordered out and charged accotd-
ingly.
c~1-Si,teep lines mako n eevare
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PRICES OF ADVERTISING.

| square l insertion. 20 90
| do do 90
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20 Country Merchants.


Boots, Shoes. BonnetS, legnorn anu
Palm Leaf Hats.
G. W. s. l.. B. TAYLOR,
al the $. T.. corner Of Market and FIN SIS,
PHILADELPHIA,
OFFER for sa a'e an ,xteu.Ne hs,oIinrnt ni the
oahove aricl $, all Of whch they sell at unusual
ly low p,ices and particularly invite the attention
Of buyers visiting the civ, to an examination OF
their stock G.. w. & l.. B. TAYLOR.
Philadelphia, May %, ISA4.-ly
EN.9R.H FOR S.fLE.- The small iorm,
m containing ehOu' 100 acres, about m''cs
above Nonhum e,l,nd ,djnininc lands Of Jesse G.
Horton, John Leghou and oheis. will he sold
cheap, if appca inr made s"on to the subscriber,
Suulury Aug 81 II B. MASSER
MILAN SEED.-The hIghes, price will be
II given for Flax Seed. hy
Aug 81 1874. n. B. MASSER.
COTTAGE BlBLEN.-Fre copies Of Cot
" ags B,hl,, lhr cheap,s, took ev'r ruhl'shed
containing A.. cunuurn'ar, ou the Old aud NeN
Testament iu,t received and fr sale. for six doh
by June Is II. b. NASSER.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-02-22
Ref. MILK. BnIifr and EhrsS.

It's the received opinion with many
farmers, that il requires as murh food
from either pasture or stall feeding, 10
produce one hundred and fifty pounds of
beef, rs il does for fifteen hundred quarts
of milk, one hundred and fifty pounds
Of batter, or three hundred pounds Of
cheese.
II such are the facts, is it not impor-
tant for farmers TO examine the subject
atenti' ely, in all its bearings, in order 10
direct their course Of feeding, in that way
which will give them the creates. profit
for their capital inyected!
Taking the prices, from fair average
for few years past, and they would
show a great difference; first, in favor OF
selling milk; next, the making of butter
and cheese, (which differ bu. little from
each other; yet both greatly exceed the
profit on feeding beef.
The average price Of beef, may be put
at three dollars per hundred pounds; but
ter al ten cents; cheese at five cents per
pound; and milk, at wholesale, at the barn,
at three cents per qua,t. The produce
would then stand--beef. three dollars;
butter, fifteen dollars; cheese fifteen dol
lars; and milk, forty-fve dollars; making
the produce, in butter and cheese, five
times as much as the beef; and The milk,
three times as much as the butter and
cheese, or fifteen times as much as the
beef.
This calcution shows such difference
in the produce of food, when feed to diff
fc?ent stock, that many farmers will ex-
claim, "This paper cannot DO depended
upon" We are we'll aware that there
cannot be any general system laid down,
but wha, must be governed by circum-
stances; but where any such calculation
is made which leads practical farmers to
investigation. much good is accomplished
as when they are convinced that keep
ing cows, is more profitable Than other
stock, they will be sure TO give such di-
rections as will lead to that result. 1t is
one of those variations which can he
made in the keeping Of stock, without
any risk; for should any change take place
in the copara i've value Of beef, milk, but
ter or cheese, the change from dairy 10
beef would not be attended with loss. as
dry and farrow cows would make excel
lent beef, and are good stock to latten
from pasture or stall-feetling.
We should be glad 10 hear from pracii-
IL farmers On this subject, and ascertain
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i intended. ,. The nature or ne eropI
70 be benrhited By IL. 4. The zine Of
The year whsn he manrre Is 10 be car
Sed ous.
!. II NE rsnuFr 70 be applisd has
been eOmpceted. or if the process Of fer
mfntsllssn has already spent lie force mp
on Z. there can be no serious obiertioa
% iis being spread upon The surface;
since, the gaseous exlEaialioas having IL
ready escaped. i Is chiefly securrd y
gainst The images Of me atmosphere;
and from in6llrslion there il nothing 10
fear, as that i lie VERY process hesl
adapted 10 bring the decomp0sed parsi-
cles IN contact with he mouths or lhe
plants which are TO feed upon II.
?. lfthe soil Tor which The manure i
intended, be very porous 70 eonside-
rable depih. the nearer the sarfare The
manure c.n be deposited, wiihBut too
much exposure 10 The atmosphere, me
better; il being evident that The nuiriliye
juices will soon descend beyond the reach
OF the plans, il il be 10 The first place bu-
ried, TOO decp.
3.h the crop 10 be benefited CONSIST
Of the tiEer grains or grasses, the appIi.
cation 81 the manure 10 The surface thar
rowed IN, IN The case Of grsin,) will have
a greater present effect Than any oiher
mode u application, es the roots, thar
is The mouths Of he plants lying close
70 The surfacc, viii have the readie access
10 their food. That the natural meadow
land can llIcs be made 10 yield greater
burden Of grass than ty any other means,
scarcely admits Of doubt.
4. 1.-THE manure to be sppliedis sum-
mer-made manure, which must be carted
out in The fall, this mode Of application
will have another argument in lis favor.
By being spread Al this season Of The
year, after The heats Of summer are past,
the fermentation and evaporation will be
hul slight, and the rains and SHOWS which
may be expected 10 fall upon il in sue
ceeding months. WI either wash il inta
The soil, or 50 imbed il among the roots
Of the growing crop, as quite eiieciualiy
to shield Il from Tire wasting action Of the
a,nssphere the succeeding season.
One thought more upon abe subjecl.
With relatiUns OF plants 10 The atmosphere
as source Of nnirimeni, we arc as yet
much less acquainted than with those
which they sustain 10 the soil; and agri-
cultural science, in iis onward progress,
my yssdevelope the fact, that manures ap-
piled 10 the surface, by exer.ing "a direct
and powerful agency upon the leaves Of
plants, and thus promoting an increased
absorption Of the nuiriliye particles Of the
atmosphere. may prove more bene6ciOl,
especially in The case OF grasses and The e.
ner grains, not outstanding the losses they
sustain from evaporation. than they would
il blurred beneath any portion OF the soil.
Foote'S Prize Essay.
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SirH. Dairy.

T Ths True Spirit.-Prof. Longfellow, in
one Of his beautiful compositions, in speak
ing Of the human heart, says: What /
have seen OF the world, and known Of the
history of mankind, teaches me to look
upon the errors Of others in sorrow, not in
anger. When take the history of one
poor heart that has sinned and suffered,
and represent to myself the struggles and
temptations it has passed through; the
ieverish inquietude of hopes and fears; the
pressure Of want; the dcseriion of friends;
the scom of the world that has little cha
rity; the desolation of the souls sancma-
ry, and threatening vices within; health
gone; even hope that remains longest,
gonc-l would fain leave the erring soul
of man with him from whose hassls ii
samcs