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or all kinds Of exercise walking is that
which is the most uni Versally attainable,
and at the same time the bcst.--- Calling Sd
many muscles into action, and especially
those Of the lower extremiiies, Of which the
ejaculation is apt to be more languidly and
imperfectly performed, from the degree oil
resistance presented by the force Of gravity
to the return OF the blood to the heart
calling, moreover, so much Of the moving
apparatus of the body into reciprocal and
balanced action, fexor and extension mus
cles being conespondingly exercised -
walking is undoubtedly the best Of all ex-
ercises for the purposes OF health; indepen-
IDENTIFY Of its secondary. and by no means
little useful effect, OF carrying the resplra-
tory organs into the irecr and parer arr,
and exposing the system to the extraordlna-
ry, and lat least, in the colder and temper
ate countries Of the earth) the healthful in
auence OF the direct rays OF the sun. The
degree OF the exercise must, Of course, vary
with the age. condition, and habits OF the
individual but the degree OF exercise that
Is III lnOol CdstS stINlCtdDic u SOicioiiy
much moderated Two miles day is the
the minimum distance which person Of
moderate health and strength ought to
walk. If the powers Of the system increase,
or are stronger TO begin with, the minimum
ought to be four miles. The object should
be, in most cases, to walk the four miles in
an hour; and the invalid, beginning perhaps
by walking mile, or a mile and half, in
an hour, might gradually increase his rate
of walking, until he had accomplished thl'
end. Quick walking calls more muscles
into action than slow walking does, and il
therefore hetter The muscles Of the bach
and trunk, neck and arms, are compare
lively very little used in walking. A per
son can hardly walk quickly without usint
them to a very considerable degree. IL il
a maxim so sound and important as to de
serve frequent repetition, that the create
the number Of muscles used, the more ad
vantageous will be the exercise. The ma
jonty Of people are wont to think too muci
OF the other kinds Of locomotive exercise
as carriage exercise, riding on horseback
and sailing-too little Of walking.-Rob
inson on Diet and Regimen.
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Curfeu. Famyuses

Some, like AG. MAMMosUs, have teal;
Others, like the AG. CLyPEoLARIUs, are um-
donated at their centre; these are stilted upon
a high leg; and those have not leg to stand
on; some are shell-shaped; many bell-shaped;
and some hang upon their stalks like law
yer's wig some assume the form oil the
horses hoof others Of a. goats beard; the
PEALLus mPUDIcus is the very thing he
calls HIMSELF in the CLArHRUs cASCELLA.
rus you look into the fungus through thick
red trellis which surrounds it. Some ex.
hibit nest in which they rear their young,
and, not TO speak Of those vague shapes,
"If shapes they can be called, that shape have
none
Discriminate
Of such tree parasites as are fain 10 moulc
themselves at the will of their entertainer
(the fate OF parasites, whether under oak OF
mahogany mention may be made OF two
Of which the forms are at once singular am
constant one exactly like an ear. and giver
for some good reason to Judas, (AuRIcULl
JUDAE,) clings to several trees, and tremblel
when you touch il; the other, which loll
out from the bark of chestnut trees, LIN
Qua DE CAsTAGSA,) is so like tongue il
shape and general appearance that, in tn
days Of enchanted trees, you would not hav,
cut it off TO pickle or to eat or any account
lest the knight to whom il belonged, sboul
afterwards come to claim it Of you. Tn
above are amongst the most remarkable O
the many Protean forms assumed by fun
guses; as to their colors, We find in one &c
nus only, species which correspond to ever
hue The AG. CoEsAREUs; the Ao. MUS
cARIUs, the AG. sANGUISEus assume tn
Imperial purple; the Ae. vIoLAcEUs beau
tiful violet the AG. sULPHUREUs a bngh
yellow; the Ae. ADUsrUs dingy black; III
AG. ExeUIsTUs, and many Others a mill
white; whilst the Ae. vREscESs take
that which. in this class Of plants, is tn
rarest Of all to meet with, pale green col
or; the upper surface of some is zoned wit
concentric circles OF different hues; some
times it is spotted, at other times Of an un
form tint, the bonnets Of some shine as
they were spnDkled with MICA; these hav
a rich velvety, those a smooth and kid-iik
covering stretched over them; some Pie
are intoxicated with brown scales; som
focked with white shreds OF membrane; an
some are stained with various colored milk
secreted from within.-Dr. Badham's E;
culent Funguses.
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Tne Ch1asse COars.

The Emperor, in his declining years. is more
and more engaged in some religious ceremony
or other. When he cannot be present in per-
son at the sacrifices, he dispatches mandarin
Of high rank to act as his proxy. These par
ticulars are infinitely detailed in the Gazette, TO
show the high sense which the sovereign enter
tains about temples and images. Taoukwang
has addressed very sensible mandate 10 the
Board Of Punishments. exhorting the members
TO execute strict justice, TO be severe against
real offenders, and never TO compromise the law
by Partially, or hardness in executing its be-
hests- The Emperor, to show his sense Of the
merit OF the most deserving courtiers, has pub
lished long list of his favorites. Amongst
these are only four Chinese, the remainder to
Judge by the names. are Mantchoos, and three
or four Mongols. Pieehang, the former gcver-
nor Of keang- nan and Ksang-se, a general who
nobly distinguished himself in the defence Of
Yarkand, against fearful odds Of usbecks, dur
ing the war in Turkistan, has at present great
influence at Court, and is frequently called to
the Cabinet Council. He is considered TO be a
straight forward, sincere man, truly attached to
Taoukwang. The Monarch recently gave him
permission to ride on horseback in the imperial
city, an honor granted only to very few indi.
viduas.-CAina MaiL
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On the morning Of Thursday, the 9th
February, band Of insurgenn, in search
Of arms, visited the residence Of the Duke
d Elchingen. The duke was absent, and
the duchess was alone. "We come for
arms" cried the group. "Take them" said
her grace, pointing to some swords and fire.
arms. "And that one'" said citizen point.
ing to sword left suspended on the wall.
"rhat sword" she replied. belonged to
my father-in-law. It's the sword Of Mar
shall Ney. Do not, pray, deprive me Of
that. The people always respected it,"
The men were moved, and taking down
the weapon. they all kissed it with emo.
ton, and placing It in the hands Of Madame
dElchingen, they bowed and withdrew.
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the bone with one hand, and makes ready
the other Cor an attack ON the gould. With
dexterity which ought to put civilization,
with all its clumsy equipage Of knives and
spoons, to the blush, our enviable friend
bites of the. smallest possible flavor Of the
pork, and then plunging two fingers into the
poi juggles, as it were, into his mouth, by
means Of a knowing jerk Of the wrist, as
much sour paste as would make three OF
four spoonfulls. even for the hungrest En-
ropean. Another bite and. another grlph;
and 'again, again, again, and the havoc
does not slack" till the performer Is con-
strained by dire necessity TO desist forwan'
Of room, and to resign himself, like the boa
constructor, after dining ON bullosk, int'
the arms Of Morpheus. Orsr
land Journey Round the World
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a Piece Of Family HIsssry wishess a
Parallel

On the 9th day Of January, ls4s, and in this
our goedly, thriving city of Norwich, is living
an aged gentleman, the Progenitor Of five gener-
atoms, all now living. Hewas born on Sunday,
his wife was born on Sunday, and his eldest
child on Sunday; and he had child born every
day of the week, commencing with Sunday
morning and ending on Saturday night. All
the FIRST born Of the five successive generations
were born on Sunday; all are males, and all bear
the same name, and are now living OF these the
iast-born is the of the fourth or fifth 1--WE do
not know which, child Of her parents The OIL
dest Of the five generations is ninety six years
Of age; the youngest is between two and three
months old, so that the distance which separates
the two extremes is but little less than centu.
ry.-EIeAaRge paper.
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M ushroOsms


There is scarcely any one in England who
does not feel himself competent to decide
on the genuineness of mushroom; its pink
gilis are carefully separated from those Of
kindred fungus A. Georgia, which are of
fesh-colored gray, and out Of the pickings
of ten thousand hands, mistake il of rare
occurrence; and yet no fungus presents it
self under such variety OF forms, OF such
singular dfyersities Of aspect The infer.
ence is plain: less discrimination than that
employed to distinguish this would enable
any who should take the trouble to recog-
nize at glance many of those esculent
species which every spring and autumn fill
our plantations and pastures with plente
BUSINESS. Neither is this left TO be mere
matter Of inference: it is coToborated in q
singular manner by wha. takes place al
Rome. Here, whilst many hundred bas-
kets of what we call toad.stools are carried
home for the table, almost the only one
condemned to be thrown into the Tiber, by
the inspector Of the fungus market, is oul
own mushroom; indeed, in such dread il
this held in the Papal States, that no one
knowingly would touch it. at is reckon
ed one Of their fercest imprecations. write.
Professor Sanguinetti. 'amongst our lowel
orders, infamous for the horrible nature o
their oaths. to pray that any one may die o
a Prataoli;" and although it has been som,
years registered among the esculent fun
guses of Milan and Pavia, ION the author
~ OF Vittadini,) it has not yet found ii
way into those markets.-Dr. Badham'
| Esculent Fnaguses.
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In aGhaee.

"Laugh and grow fat" is an old adage; and
Sterne tells US that every time man laughs he
adds something to his life. An eccentric phi
losopher of the last century used to say that he
liked not only to laugh himself, but to zee
laughter and hear laughter. Laughter Is good
for health; it provocative to the appetite, and
a friend TO digestion. DR.. Sydenham said the
arrival Of a merry andrew ia a town was more
beneficial TO the health Of the Inhabitants, than
twenty asses loaded with medicine. Mr.. Pott,
a celebrated surgeon. used to say that he never
saw the "Tailor riding to Brentford" withou,
feeling better for a week afterwards.
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Passnse. In she itfs q a.rSlyarA shs
Traveller.

Mr.. Beaufoy had an interview with Lsdyard,
just as he was setting off on his last expedition,
and repeats the following passage from his con-
versation: "l am accustomed" said Ledyard.
"to hardship. have known both hunger and
nakedness 10 the utmost extremity Of human
suffering. l have known what it is to have
food given me as charity to a mailman; and
have at times been obliged to shelter myself IN
der the mseries Of that character, to avoid q
heavier calamity. My distresses have been
greater than have ever owned, OF ever will
own, TO any man. Such evils are terrible 10
bear; but they never yet had power to turn me
from my purpose. II live, / will faithfully
perform, in its utmost extent, nay engagement
TO the Society; and If perish In the attempt
my honor will still be safe, for death cancels all
bonds. "-Lsdyards Life.
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In referring to one crime Of Hastings he.
made an alIusion to the great historian Of
the age. Gibbon was present, and in his
Memoirs has recorded the pleasure he ex.
perienced in receiving such compliment
before all that was great and noble in the
nation. "Not in the annals Of Tacitus, :"
said Sheridan, ''not on the luminous page
of Gibbon, could be found described such
monstrous act OF cruelty and treachery."
At the conclusion of the speech he sunk
bnck in the arms of Burke, as if overcome
with fatigue and emotion. One of his pro-
sale Wing friends came up to him and said,
"why, Sherry, did you compliment that
Tory, Gibbon, with the epithet lumino,ds9"
81 said Uo-lnminous," answered Sheridan,
in hoarse whisper.
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BY THE HON. MAS. MORTON.
CONF, Patrick, clear up the storms your
brow;
You were kind to me once; will you frown on
on me now7
Shall the storm settle here when from Heaven
itdepsrts,
And the cold frora without find its way to our
hearts7
No, Patrick, no. surely the wintriest weather
Is easily borne while we bear it together.
Though the rains dropping through, frona the
roof 10 the floor,
was a door,
Can the rain, or the snow, or the storm wash
away
All the warm vows we made in loves early day 2
No. Patrick, mo- surely the dark stormy wealth
Is easily borne, Il we bear it together.
When you stole out to WOO me, when labor was
done, ii Ell
And the day that was closing to us sesrn'd
Did we care if the sunset was bright on the
Or II we crept cut amid darkness and showers7
No, Patrick. we talked, while we bmved the
wild weather,
OF all we could bear, il we bore it together.
Soon, soon, viii these dark dreary days be gone
by. af5t
And our heart, l,e liz up with beam from the
sky; ne eag ~
OH let not our spirits, eulbittered with pain,
Be dead to the sunshine that came to mn then
Heart in heart, hand in band. let us welcome
the weather, - -
And, sunshine OF storm, we will bear Il togethsr.
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= PeaeefaI Depssssiss iron Frasee d
EagDauA.

GoXUo00
The deputation OF the residents was pre-
,eded by one from England. There was
Joseph Surge, with several other Friends,
active, untiring ever in their zeal for wide
humanity. 1t was curious, delightful, to
zee the Quaker quietude, that unresisting
Christianity that. in its untired meekness.
has outworn oppression, contrasted with
French earnestness, French vivacity, French
military. This deputaiion carried the res
olutions Of London meeting; resolutions
sympathetic, peaceful, and Christian; and
Lamartine answered their solemn purpose in
a high ard fitting strain. Surely both Ia
tions have made some advance since the
first revolution, when the thinking men OF
England make voyage to France to speak
the blessings Of peace, and French Min
lister in the midst Of sworded population
tlenounces war as folly and curse. Did
not the lip Of the coffined Napoleon curl
ia scorn al thiss--Douglas Jerrold,
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We find the following pretty verses in a late
number of the "Dublin Nation"

Iumber Of the "Dublin Nation"
81 have no joy butin thy smile,
Save in thy frown, no pain.
Come to my side little while
I'll never ask again,
To see thee, and thy looks TO bless
To hear thee, and thy words adore,
never dreamed Of more than this
III dream of this no more.
"lf could bid my heart oe still,
OF what avail were this
Twill never cost thine own a thrill
OF anguish or Of bliss;
Twill follow thee through life and death,
True guardian by thy side,
Yet never ask single breath
OF fondness for its guide.
''Come to my side a little while
I'll never ask again;
MY heart is sick for one sweet smile
Hearts should not plead in vain.
An, but thine eyes are filed with tears
They do not turn away;
Thy hand-thy hand--the love Of years
Has not been all sstray." L.
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LITERARY EXAMINER.
From the London Daily News.
Tia Three Preacher.

There are three preachers ever preaching,
Each with eloquence and power;
One is old, with locks Of whit<.
Skinny as an anchorite;
And he preacheth every hour,
With a shrill, fanatic voice,
Aud bigot's fiery scorn;
Backward, ye presumptuous nations
Man to misery is born.
Born to drudge, and sweat, aud suffer,
Born to labor and to pray;
Priests and Kings are Gods vicegerents,
Man must worship and obey;
Backward, ye presumptuoas nations
Back, be humble, and obey"
The second is milder preacher,
Soft he talks, as il he sung;
Sleek and slothfal is his look,
And his words, as from book,
Issue giibly from his tongue.
With an air Of self-cOntent,
High he lifts his fair white hand
"Stand ye still, We restless nations,
And be happy all ye lands.
Earth was made by one Almighty.
And 10 NEEDLE is TO mar;
Change Is rash, and ever was so
We are happy as we are:
Stand We still, We restless nations,
And be happy as ye are"
Mightier is the younger preacher
Genius flashes from his eyes.
And the crowds who hear his voice,
Give him, while their souls rejoice,
ThrObbing bOsOms Tor replies.
Awed they listen, yet elsted,
While his stirring accents fall.
Forward, ye deluded nations.
Progress is the rule Of ALL
Man was made for heslthfal effort;
Tyranny has crushed him long
He shall march from good TO better,
Nor be patient under Wrong;
Forward, We awakened nations,
And do battle with the Wrong.
STANDING still is childish folly,
Going backward is a crime;
None should patiently endure
ANY III that he can cure
Onward keep the march Of Time
Onward, while Wrong remains
To be conquered by the Right;
While Oppression lifts a finger
To sffront US by his might;
While an error clouds the reason,
While a sorrow gnaws the heart,
While a slave awaits his Freedom,
Action Is the wise mans part.
Forward, We awakened nationsl
Action Is the peoples part.
Coward; there are ills TO conquer,
His that on yourselves you've brought;
There is wisdom TO discern,
There is temperance 10 learn,
And enfranchisement for thought;
Hopeless Poverty and Toll
May be conquered, il yon try;
Wee, and Wretchedness and Famine,
Give Bene6cence the lie.
Oaward. onward. and subdae them.
Root them out, their day has passed;
Goodness is alone immortal
Evil was not made 10 last.
Forward, ye awakened people,
And your sorroxs shall not last"
And the preaching Of this preacher
Stirs the pulses Of the world
Tyranny has curbed its pride,
Errors that were defed,
Into darkness have been hurled.
Slavery and Liberty
And the Wrong and Right have met,
To decide their ancient quarrel.
Onward, prescher-onward yet!
There are pens TO tell your progress,
There are eyes that pine TO read;
There are hearts that pine TO aid you,
There are arms in hour Of need.
Onward, preacher! onward, nations.
WILL must riPen into DEED.
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A bricklayer, who was employed by the pa
rochial authorities ola village in the Western
district, to erect, OF, IL Ii technically termed
hang two coppers to supply the poor with soup
during the severe season, sent In his bill in this
form:
"The genteelmen of-dr. TO John Jackson,
To hanging eocpers to make soup for the
pore."-Liperpool Albion.
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An eminent republican editor, Armand Car
rel, was killed in France, some years ago in a
duel. On the I'd ultimo, an assemblsge OF
friends gathered around his tomb to do honor to
his memory: and the funeral eulogy was pro-
nounced by Emile de Girardin, editor Of ia
Presse,"-ths pery maa pAe killed kim, When
he had concluded, M. de Girardin was "affsc-
tionately embraced" by the company.
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Stays were quite unknown in Russia
when Peter the Great DANCED with some OF
the Hanovenan ladies, on his Journey to
Pomersnia. Quite sastounded, the monarch
exclaimed to his suite, after the ball, "what
confoundedly hard bones these German
women have"
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The following is the solitary BON mot Of
the late French Revolution, and we give it.
though we doubt its justice:-M. Hyde de
Melville being asked what he thought o.
Lamartine, replied, "Qu'il await Fair dun
incendiaire qui s'est fait pompier." The re
sembles an incendiary turned fireman. y
Alias.
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There Is perhaps no consideration which more
beautifully illustrates the benevolent character
Of the angels of God, than thsir rejoicing over
the repentance Of one sinner, or which more
powerfully sets forth the incalculabls value of a
human soul, except, indeed, the amazing con-
descentiou Of the Lord Of Glory, in descending
from the throne Of his sanctuary, sste seek and
to save that which was lost" s =
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With the birds Of his native country he had
established strict intimacy, watching, smiling
and thus moralizing over their habits: "Thai
little fellow" he said of 4 bird going TO roost
sshas chosen his shelter, and Ia quietly rocking
himself to sleep without care for 20 -snorrow's
lodging, calmly holding BY his little twig. and
iesuing God to think for him." az
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Prom How;tt., yo,,yr.I
sss.ess- sly ANNE c. lvSoH.

LOVE.
Go forth in life. oh friend. not seeking love,
A mendcant that with imploring eve
Aud outstretehsd hand asks Of the passsr.-by
The aims his strong necessities may move,
For such poor love to pity near allied
Thy generous spirit may not stoop aud wait
A supplicant whose prayer may be denied
Like spurued beggar's al a palace eaie:-
bat thy hearts sfiiasnce lavish uncontrolled.
The largess Of thy love, give full and free,
As monarchs in their progress scatter gold :
And be thy heart like the exhaustless sea
That must lis wealth Of cloud and dew bsstox
Though tributary streams or ebb flow.
eH--rHE LAKE AND STAR
The mountain lake, o'ershadowed BY the bill.
May still gaze Heavenward On The Evening
Star
Whose distant light its dark recsssss fills,
Though boundless distance must divide them
far
SIN may the lake the stars bright image h..,
Still may the star from its blue ether-dome,
Shower down lis silver beams across tbs
And light the wave that wanders darklv Their.
Star Of my life. thus do turn to thee
Amid the shadows that above me roll
Thus from thy distant sphere thou shinsst on
Thus does thine image float upon my soul
iufouSu INC Wtoc space that must our lives dis
sever
Far as the lake and star, an me. forever
m.-A REMExsRAxcE.
Night closes round me, ana wild threais,.n.
forms
Clasp me with icy arms and chain me dow.
And bind upon my brow a cypress crown
Dewy with tears, and Heaven frOwns darE NTH
storms;
But the one glorious memory Of thee
Rises upon my path to guide and bless.
The bright SHEKISAH of the wilderness
The Polar Star upon a traekless sea
The beaming Phsros Of the unreaehed skors-
Ii spans the clouds that gather Der nv way.
The rainbow of my LIES temPsstaOus day
Oh blessed thought stay with me evermare.
And shed thy lus'rous beams whsre midnight
AS fragrant lamps burned in the ancient tOmbs.
T--rHE Sun AND STREAM.
As some dark stream within a cayern's breast
Flows murmuring, moaning, for the dis,ah.
| sun,
So ere met thee, murmuring its unrest,
| Did my LIES current eOldly, darkIy run
| And as that stream beneath the suns full gazy
Its separate course and life no more maialaias,
But now absorbed, transfused far Ger the
plains,
Ii floats elheralszed IN those warm rays,
So in the sunlight of thy feryid love.
My heart so long TO Earth's dark channels gis-
1 en-,
Now scars all pain. all III. all doubt above.
And breathes the ether Of the upper Heaven.
So thy high spirit holds and governs mine,
So is my iife, my being lost in thine
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REAsoS requires culture to expand II. II re-
iembies the FIRE concealed in the flint, which
only shows itself when struck with the steel
We are all apt to undervalne common truths
40 II they were commonplace truisms, not
thankfully acknowledging the blessing, that the
raost precious truth is common, interviewer in
TO the texture of thought, and involved 10 the
very logic Of speech. But these truths were
not always commonplace; time has been when
the best Of them were regarded a. romance. OF
paradox, or heresy, or jsrgon-when the wise
siook their heads Ut them, because they felt
I'D feared them TO be true. ss -