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From Sears Magazine.
MEAYa

On the first day of this. month, the
Romans held a feast in honor of Maia,
the mother of Mercury; and by some
it is supposed that this was the origin
.ofthe name May. By the Saxons il
was called Hi-milki; the pasturages in
this month being SO abundant as to
enable them to milk their cows tr'i OF
three times in the day. -
May has ever been the favorite
month of the year in poetical descrlp-
ton; but the praises SO lavishly bes-
towed upon it, took their rise from
climates more southern than ours. In
such, it really unites all the soft beau
ties of spring with the radiance ofsum-
mer, and has warmth enough to cheer
and inyigorate, without overpowering.
With us, especially since we have
reckoned by the new style, great part
of the month is yet too chill for a per-
feet enjoyment of the charms of ma
ture; and frequent injury is done to the
flowers and young fruits during its
course, by blights and blasting winds.
May-day, though still observed as a
rural festival, has often little pleasure to
bestow but that arising from the name.
In very elegant poem, entitled ''The
Tears of Old May-day," this newer
rival is thus described
Nor wonder, man, that Natures bashful face
And opening charms her rude embraces fear;
Is she not sprung of April's hayward race,
The sckly daughter of the unripened year!
With showers and sunshine in her tickle eyes;
With hollow smiles, proclaiming treacher-
Gus peace;
With bIushes har ring in their thin disguise.
The blast that riots on the springs increase.
The month, however, on the whole, is
even in this country sufficiently profuse
of beauties. The earth is covered
with the freshest green ofthe grass and
young corn, and adorned with numer-
Gus flowers opening on every side.-
The trees put on all their verdure; the
laburnum, horse chesnut, and the alder,
blossom in this month. The hedges
are rich in fragrance from the snowy
flowers of the hawthorn; and the orch
ards display their highest beauty in the
delicate blush of the apple blossoms.
All this scene Of beauty and fertility is
however sometimes dreadlully ravaged
by the b|ights which peculiarly occur
in this month. The mischief seems
to be done chiefly by innumerable
swarms of very small insects, which
are brought by the northeast winds.
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guards, all the circumspectlon and VII
CLANCY we can use, are no defence or
Security at all in comparison TO this
disposal thereof; the poor mans stom-
ach is a granary for our corn, winch
never can be exhausted; the poor mans
back is wardrobe for our clothes,
which never can be pillated; the poor
mans pocket is bank for our money,
which never can disappoint or deceive
US; all the rich traders in the world may
decay and break; but the poor man car
never fail, except GoD himself turn
bankrupt; for. what we give to the poor,
we deliver, and intrust in his hands,
out of which no force can wiring it, no
craft can 6lch it; it is laid up in heav-
en-, whittier no thief can climb, where
no moth or rust doth abide. In des-
pite of all the fortune, of all the might,
of all the malice in the world, the lib
eral man will ever be rich; for COPS
providence is his estate; COPS wisdom
and power are his defence; COPS love
and favor are his reward; COPS
word is his assurance, who hath sa1d
it, that 'he who gives to the poor shall
not lack.' No vicissitude, therefore,
of things can surprise him, or find
him unfortunate; no disaster can I'M
poverish him; no adversely can over
whelm him.
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CURE OF DRUNKENNESS.

A man in Maryland, VIGOROUSLY adj
dictet. to this vice, hearing an uproar
in his kitchen one evening, had the
curiosity to step without noise to the
door, to know what was the matter,
when he bebeld his servants indulging
in the most unbounded roar of laughter
at a couple of his negro boys, who
were mimicking himself in his drunken
fits; showing how be reeled and stag
gered, how he looked and nodded,
and hiccupped ard tumbled. The
picture which these children of nature
drew of him, and which had filled
the rest with so much merriment, struck
him so forcibly, that he became a
perfectly sober man, TO the unspeaka-
Die Joy ofhis wife and children.
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TRUE ECONOMY.

To dispense our wealth literally is
the best way to preserve 1t, and to con-
tinue masters thereof; what we give is
not thrown away, but save, from dan
ger: while we detain it at home (as IT
seems to us it really is abroad, and at
adventures; il is out at sea, sailingper-
iously in storms, rear rocks and
reeps, amongst pirates; nor can It ev-
er be safe, till it is brought INTO this
port, or insured this way; when we
have bestowed it on The poor, then we
have lodged it in unquestionable safety
lin place where no rapine, no de-
ceit, no mishap, no corruption, can ev-
er by any means come to it. All our
doors and bars, all our forces and
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A NEW FEMALE SECT.

A new female sect has just appear
ed in part of Ohio, called ''The Fe-
male Kings" who assert that the Or
der of nature has been reversed-that
the time has now arrived when "the
last shall be 6rst''- consequently that
woman is the lord Of creation, and
man her servant They sit in judg-
ment upon the saints; are endowed
with eternal life; are proof to injury;
and under the special care Of the Lord
fed, clothed, and preserved by his
power. They have succeeded in ma
king great many converts, and the
infatuated creatures have left their
families, and are wandering a5outwith-
out scrip, and without purse, taking
no thought of the morrow, led, as they
think, by the Spirit, "to follow the
Lamb whithersoever he goe'h. /"
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dred and twenty miles longer than the
Thames. Within Louisiana are bay
Gus and creeks, that are almost un-
known, that would shame by comparl-
son the I'iber or Seine. The state OF
Virginia alone is one third larger than
England. The state of Ohio contains
5000 square miles more than Scotland.
The harbor of New York receives the
vessels that navigate rivers, canals,
and lakes. to the extent of 3 1000 miles,
the distance from America to Europe.
From the capitalof Maine to the Sore
scent city, is 200 miles further than
from London to Constantinople, a
route that would cross England, Bel
GUM, part of Prussia, Germany Aus
tria, and Turkey. The increase of
population has been rapid beyond pre-
cedence, and in accordance with the
country itself. AT the close ofthe rev.
olution, the United States contained
population not twice as large as the
present city of London; in less than
fifty years, it has increased into seven
teen millions, and this population the
amalgamation Of the finest European
races, ssforming a national character
having for its basis the irresistible ener-
gy and steady courage Of the Anglo
Saxon, in which are mingled the re-
ligious tenacity of the thrifty Scot,
the generous bravery of the quick wit
ted Irishman, the sanguine and elastic
spirit of the mercurial Frenchman, and
the patient, persevering industry Of the
honest German"
Yet allthis has been accomplished
within the ordinary lifetime Of an indi-
yidual. There are those in our land
that were present at the birth of the
nation, and have witnessed its wonder
full growth. The pressed on
by the accumulated energies Of the last
fifty years-will develop results in
arithmetical progression, more wonder
full; and as the imagination attempts to
'draw a picture of the future, the mind
shrinks from the conception, and the
judgment and fancy are destroyed, In
the presentation Of the not half-con-
ceived reali,y.-Seors' Magazine.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
THE STEAM ENGINE.

"THERE is, to our thinking, some
thing awfully grand in the contempla,
ton of vast steam engine. STAND
amid lis ponderous beams and bars
wheels and cylinders, and watch their
unceasing play; how regular and how
powerful! The machinery of lady's
Geneva watch is not more nicely adj
iusted; the rush ofthe avalanche is not
more awful IN its strength. Old Goth
;c cathedrals are solemn place., preach-
ing solemn lessons, touching solemn
things; but, to him who THINKS, an en-
CINE room may preach amor solemn
lesson still. |, twill tell him d mind
mind welding matter at its will; mind
triumphing over physical difficulties;
man asserting his great supremacy;
intellect battling with the elements. -
And how exquisite,y compile is every
detail!--how subordinate every part
toward the one great end! -how every
little bar and screw fiji andsork togeth-
erl Vast as is the machne, let bolt
be but the tenth part of an inch too
long or too short, and tie whole fabric
IS disorganisd! 1t If one complete
niece ofharhony; an iron essay upon
unity Of design andexecution. There
IS deeppoetyin the steam engine
more of tie ;oetry of motion than in
nc bod of an antelope-more OF
H. no1y of power than in the dash
af Jaract. And ought it not to be
IN TO those who laugh at novel
Ind put no faith in inventions, TO
aader that this complete fabric
Triumph of art and science, was
le the laughing-stock of jeering
lysands, and once only the waking
N esy Of a boys mind, as he sat, and,
seeming idIeness, watchd little
umn of vapor rise from the spout Of
ea-kettle." y 81
81 ANGUS B. REACH.
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PROSPECTIVE GLORY OF THE
UNITED STATES. Gas<

The prospective glory of'he United
States is a subject which overwhelms
the Imagination. No citizens of an
Gent or modern times ever had such a
country to contemplate as those OF the
United States. SO vast, so fruitful,
possessing every climate, from the
cold of the north, to the balmy airs OF
the tropics; every plant, from the great
pine of the Aroostook, to the delicate
iessamine of the Rio del Norte. With
in our boundaries are the foundation
of untold wealth, our mountains are
filed with the riches of every mine, our
valleys invite the hand OF cultivation,
and smile, as none other, on the labors
of the husbandman. The troubled
waves of the Atlantic, and the stiller
waters OF the Pacific, lave our coasts;
our ships whiten the ocean, and the
loved flag that waves over them, is the
harbinger of liberty, and the protection
of the powerful and brave. In exam
lining our geographical limits, we find
within it, the extent of ancient and mo-
dern empires still left in wilderness, yet
by the enterprise of our citizens, the
prophesy of "a nation being born in a
day." The ultimate history of our
country seems too vast for human con-
ception. The experiment of millions
of men living under republican gov
eminent, and left to tie fruition of the
unfettered body and free mind, joined
together in advancing the interests OF
humanity, and accomplishing the; high
est perfection our nature is capable of,
who con conceive the RESULT 81
The United States have trontierAo1
over 10, 600 miles, "a seacost OF nearly
1000 mi les, and lake coast OF l ,2oe
miles. One of its rivers is twice as
long as the Danube, the largest river
in Europe. The Ohio river is COO
miles longer than the Rhine, and the
noble river the Hudson has navi-
cation in the empire state" one hun
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-. peeping.

C, peeplng.
"Me! to be sure it is! Who the
plague Shouldn't be- What are you
both laughing al? What were you all
SO frightened for? Did you take me
for the devii?'' 80
eve did, indeed, sir" said the but
Ter as soon as he could speak.
Sand no wonder!" cried Mrs.
c., laughing heartily. "What
in the world have you done to your
face, my dear'''
"Face? What's the matter with
my face?" inquired the Colonel, who
had forgotten all about the previous
nights theatricals.
1''Nay, you best know" rejoined his
better half. "John, bring the Colonel
that glass a95a
"Eh! Oh! l recolect now,'' said
the Colonel, looking at himself. ella!
ha! ha! Ho! no. no! Capital! glori-
Gus! No wonder you took me for the
devil! Ha! ha! ha! Ho! he! ho!-
How H. and the restof them will
laugh when they hear this! John you
may go!" And when the servant had
left the room, the Colonel explained
the mattter.-English Paper.
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GRATING GRAPE VINES.

The following is the mode Practised
BY the late Mr.. He:bemont, OF South
Carolina: Take away the earth around
the vine, to the depth Of four or FIVE
inches-saw it off about two or three
inches below the surface ofthe ground.
Split it with knife or chisel, and hay-
ing :apered the scion in the shape OF a
wedge, insert ii il. the cleft stock, so
as to make the bark of both coincide,
which, perhaps, is not necessary with
the vine; tie it with any kind Of string
merely to keep the scion ln.its place.
so as to leave only one bud of the
graft above the ground and the other
lust below The surface, and it is done.
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P o E T 1 C A L.
GRAMMAR IN RHYME.


/. Three little words we often see. frag
Are articles, q, an, and the.
2. A nouns the name ofany thing.
As school, garden, hoop, or swing.
3. Adiectives tell the kind of noun,
AS great, small, pretty, white, or brown.
a. Instead of nouns the pronouns stand,
Her head, his face, my arm, your hand.
S. Verbs tell of something being done,
To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run
6. How things are done, the adverbs tell,
As strongly, quickly, i'll, or well.
7. Conjunctions join the words together,
As men and women, wind and weather.
s. The propositions stand before
A noun, as in or through door.
9. The intersection shows surprise,
As Oh! how pretty, Oh! how wise.
The whole are called. nine parts of speech
Which reading, writing, spelling, teach.
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LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.

Love is the shadow of the morning,
which decreases as the day advances.
,Frienshlpis the shadow ofthe evening"
which strengthens with the setting sun
of life.' sWhat shadows we are, and
what shadows we pursue.
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ANGUS B. REACH.
HUMAN GLORY.

There arrived at Hull, England,
not long since, Dutch vessel, naviga-
tied by man, his wife and four daugh-
tiers, laden with bones raked from the
battle field Of Napoleon, to be sold by
the bushel for manure to grow tur-
nips. M
The Presbyterian churchat Charles
ton, Virginia, was entirely destroyed
by fire last week.
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! ARTICHOKES.

A Western paper suggests the pro-
prIety of growing ar;ichokes as a
substitute in some degree for potatoes
land on the authority of Ellsworth's
report, states that they are better
spring feed for hogs, cattle and sheep,
than the potato, at diminution ofcost
in production.
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DANGER OF SLEEPING IN CHURCH.
OR THE ADVANTAGES OF LARGE WIGS.
The Rev. Noemi kept goat, which
followed him everywhere, even TO
church; and when he preached, it was
accustomed to lie under the pulpit
1t may be we'll to remark here, that,
in France, the interior of the churches,
is not supplied with pews, as in this
country; that, if there are any IN some
of,he churches, they are few in num-
Der, and OCCUPIED only by privileged
persons, such as the Mayor and Assis-
tant, or some other municipal officers;
and that, to supply the place of pews,
the French employ chairs, fer which
each one chooses the place which he
prefers, if not previously occupied.
One sultry Sabbath, an individual
who had stronger desire than the
rest of The audience to hear the preach.
~er, placed his chair in the front row,
opposite the pulpit and quite near to
it. Soon the heat, perhaps also the
sermon, produced upon his senses such
an effect that his eyes, which at first
were brilliant, began to grow dim, and
to close from time to time, and finally
opened only at long intervals. AT
last they remained closed for good and
all.
The eyes having played their part,
the head began its. II swung from one
shoulder to the other, and sometimes
fell upon the breast: but it had no soon
'er fallen than it rose again, as If by
spring. These movements attracted
no ones attention; they were too com
mon for that 1t was only when they
lessened in their direction up and down,
that they attracted :he attention, not
of man or woman, for no human being
had taken notice of them, but of the
goat OF the preacher, which, at that
moment, rose upon its feet and, follow
ing wirh its head. the movements OF
that of the sleeper, seemed 20 be ma
king preparation 10 repelb an attack or
make an onset.
This stratagem continued until the
person not raising his head quick
enough, the goat held his own down,
recoiIed few steps, and leaped upon
him with such violence as to knock
him from his chair, and would doubt
less have broken his skull, had it not
been protected by an enormous wig.
is not to be presumed that the goat
had thought ofawaking the s]eepeI;but
it is probable that, having taken the
movements of his head for a proyoca-
ton TO fight, he had accepted the
challenge like goat of courage and
honor Tapeller.
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ADVICE TO MEN IN DEBT.

Ascertain the whole state of you af-
fairs. Learn exactly how much you
owe. Be not guilty of deceiving your
self. You may thus awaken suspicious
of dishonesty, when your intentions
were otherwise.
Deliberately and fully make up your
mind, that come what will, you will
practice no concealment or trick
which might have the appearance
of fraud. Openness and candor
command the respect Of all good men.
Remember that no man is complete
ly ruined among men, until his eha1ac-
ter is gone.
Never consent to hold as your own
one fathlng which rightfully belongs to
others.
AS you are at present in circumstan-
ces of great trial, and as many eyes are
upon you, do nothing rashly. If
you need advice consult only a
few. Let them be distinguished
persons Of the most established repu-
tation. 80 At# +se
Beware of feelings of dependency.
Give not place for an hour to useless
and enervating melancholy. Be a
man. 8. 89e H4
Reduce your expenditures tothe low
est amount. 81 ,i5s49 81
Care not to figure as others around
you. .@sF
Industriously pursue such lawful
and honest arts of industry as are left
to you. An hours industry will do
more to beget cheerfulness, suppress
vilrumors, and retrieve your affairs,
thana months moaning.
If you must stop business, do it soon
enough to avoid the just charge of an
attempt to involve your unsuspecting
friends.
Learn from your present difficulties
the utter vanity of earthly things.
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There is a mountain at the head OF
the Gulf Of Bothhia, where, on the 2lst
of June, the sun does not 60 down at
all. Travellers go up there to see it.
A steamboat goes from Stockholm for
the purpose Of carrying those who are
curious to witness the phenomenon. -
II only occurs one night. The sun
goes down to the horizon, you can see
the whole face Of it, and in FIVE minutes
it begins to rise.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-10-22
EXCRAN gle HOTEL,
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

ENHHS extensive and pleasant establishment.
Il SO convenient to the river, is again com
mended to the notice OF the travelling public.
The large increase Of patronage, since it came
under the control OF the undersigned induces
the belief, that his efforts TO sustain FIRST
CLASS HorEL are appreciated, and devcting his
undivided aud personal attention to his BUSH
ness, bis guests may be. assured of every COM
tort and attention .st son n
The "Exchange" ad joins the great steam
Boat Landing, affordng travellers wishing to go
up or down the river great convenences, and a
a watch is kept day and night to secureto them
the earliest conveyance. .9 .4 .- ~
The excellent line Of Mail Couches TO the
North, intersecting at vincennes with all the
routs concentrated there depart from the 'sEx-
change" every Monday, Thursday and Satur-
day mornings, and the large livery stable at.
,tached " III furnish extras at any moment, TO
forward travellers onward
With these facilities, of SO much moment to
the business man. The undersigned once more
solicits patronage on the ground that he intends
to deserve il. fs-s. 80. * a..
april Ii, I846-1y. G. K :, DREW.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-10-22
EVANSVILLE INDIANA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER p, islo

SIT
01TWHIG aYICTORY The following
which we copy from the Baltimore Patriot,
announces the glorious victory achieved by
the Wings in Maryland;
5e MARYLAND ELECTION.-We learn
ed by the steamboat from the Eastern Shore
last sight, that the Whigshad carried Somer-
set and Dorchester entire and three of the
Delegates in Worcesler-2andtha that the Locos
carried the Senator and the three Delegates
in Caroline, and the Senator and one Dele
ga lie in Worcester. e
CHARLES has elected two Wings and one
Loco, and in St. Mary's there was no oppo-
siton to the Wings. a 1sa-sa
This gives US the returns from the whole
State, as follows: aio9 se Re aaa as
e=a5e .s..a SENATE. Ha1 @
The Senate consists OF 81 members, enc
third Of whom are elected every second year.
There were 9 Senators elected this year
seven for terms that had expired, aid Two for