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of enterprise of the hushandman, crippcs
and diSpirlts hin-he asks no tariff of pro-
tecion, but i would say that his real es-
tate which is permanent, which is value
less without his toll, and entirely unpro-
ductive, should not be made TO pay tax,
but for the support + Government. l should
deem II not prudent or safe, 10 elect the
Judges of the Courts, the Clerks of the
counties and Registers of WiIs-as It too
Frequently happens in all popular cleo
tons that mere politicians, without the
requisite qualifications to perform the du-
ties of office efficiently and impartaIly,
are selected to fill the offices, frequently
disgracing that which they should adorn
-nor would ! be willing to invest our
populous cities with power in the Legls-
lature equal to that OF the counties, for
various and obvious reasons, reasons my
limits will not allow me at present to des-
cribe. will barely add as a trueisn that
as "power is always stealing from the
many to the few" so with equal truth ]
can say, tina! power is always stealing
from the country to the cities, from pop
ulation rural, industrious, quiet, settled,
to the pent up, restless, ambitious, mis-
chcvous and lluctuating people in large
towns. But these ale questions for argu-
mcnt or disagreement.
You have asked and Others have echoed
1t, who IS to perform the task OF settling
these things! Where are the men to do
the work! My reply is this. Herein
Mary land, at home, prosecuting their al
fairs, their studies cuitivating their
Iarms-a'tending TO their workshops.
But they are free as they should be from
party bias-unknown as politicians OF re-
Eown-they care but little for the mere
politician, but
~ long the cool sequcstered vale Of lfc,
They lead the noise!eSs tenor OF their way "
and we have only to cast about us. and for
once lay down upon the altar Of our COM
mon State, all party or political pretiiec-
tons, and make choice OF our wisest, best,
and most practical mcn-and then have
no doubt such a Constitution will be pro-
duced as the result Of their Iabors-as shall
satisfy the people-receive their approba-
ton and advance the interest. the honor,
the glory and happiness OF our good old
Commonwealth.
So may it be. SASSAFRAS-
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terblaste against it he ordered no planter
in Virginia to raise more than one hun
dled pounds King James was not alone
IN his anmosity: the Gar OF Russia pro-
hibited its use, and il any Russian syas
seen smoking or chewing tobacco, he was
punished by having his nose cut off The
Sultan OF Turkey ordered the pipe stem TO
be run through the nose OF any person
who was caught smoking in the streets Of
Constanilnople. In the early records Of
Harvard University, no student should
smoke or chew tobacco without the CON
sent Of the President OF the College, or by
the advice OF physian.
Sir Benjamin Erode found the empvr-
eumatic oil OF tobacco to be one Of the
most viruent poisons. Two drops placed
upon the tongue OF a cat, destroyed it in
few minutes, which proves that this plant
used in any form is injurious to the system
The American people smoke and chow
as much, probably as any other nation,
and when we see so many cadayrrous
faces, so many emaciatcd dyspeE tics, is it
not reasonable TO suppose they are partly
caused hy the use OF tobacco We are
constantly pointed to the Germans and
lIoilanders, it is SAID they laltcn on the
weed, but with them it IS different, the
tobacco they use is weaker than OURS
they are differently constituted people
Iethargic--o of sluggish lymphatic tenn
perament-not easily excited and Of SUI
ticient constitutional inertness 10 overcome
The effects OF tabacco. Whereas, we are
naturally excltabe-we live amid rXclte-
ments, our social and political ms itotlons
create and make excitement necessity
tobacco increases It-cat,scs Il morbid ac-
tivity, a sickly restleysness, until the frame
becomes emaCia'ad, the mind berlolded,
and ends in fixing upon us horrid dysrep-
>a. We cXPcCtorate more than foreign
ers. Prof. Rigrlow says when be was
abroad few years since, h" found travel
lng with him in the carSa number Of gem
tlemen, who kept up cons-'nt smoking,
he remarked that they spit very little, he
asked the reasOn--the answer given, was,
there was no need of splitting, it was all
habit. The fact OF it 18th" stimulus of
the tosaCCO d!d not excite thtm, the salt
vary glands were not acted upon. aud they
consequently wouIu not suffer so much as
those who eject large quantities OF saliva;
that which is necessary for the digestion
Of the food. Tobacco frequently causes
delirium trem"nS, me!anchola and de-
rangement of the digestive organs.
have witnessed amonr rural popll-
lation, where health certainly ought to he
good, where pure, lnvig"ratng almoS-
phere and a Wholesome diet, with plenty
OF exercise was calculated TO support the
be health, have seen disease of most
hopeless character, the farmers wife and
the farmer himself suffering from dSsprp-
STA, and why how IS this explained that
dirty, black, ancient pipe over the mantle
told the whole story.
Portland Transcript.
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Curious History of Tobacco.
BY CHARLES n GERMAINE. NJ. D.
B U R X E.

Tobacco is the product of the nica'lana
Tohacum ard the nicatiana Fruc:,cosa :;
the one plant is indigenous to America,
the other is found in China, where it has
been known from time immemorial. To-
bacco is extensively cultivated IN Virginia
and other Southern States, The taste of
this plant IN its green state is exceedingly
nauseons, and a small quantity taken into
the stomach produces vomiting. Tobacco
acts as sedatlve and as sooher OF care
its use has spread into all parts of the globe,
it has made its way against religion and
rulers; ii Is alike INDUCED by the rich and
the poor the former find in its intoXica-
ton momentary release from the Incu-
bus Of idleness, and the latter find it potent
in bunting the sensibllty and creating a
stupidity that makes the world and its
woes forgotten Tobacco was in u.s..
among the aborigines Of America at the
time OF its discovery. 1t was burnt as in
incense to the Gods, and the priests swaI-
lowed the smoke to cause state oil stupor
and demonacsm The medicine men
took it TO cause trance in which they
pretended TO have interviews witt! the
Great SPIRIT, who made known to them
his wishes. The Indians OF this country
We're in the habit OF assigning certain mys-
FERROUS origins to every article OF luxury.
The six nations have tradition, that the
Great Spirit once came down among his
children, and sat under large oak tree.
Where his right hand lay there sprang up
grain and INDIAN corn-Where his left
hand lay potatoes sprang up, and where
he sat there came UP tobacco. This plant
was first brought to England by Sir Wal
Ter Raleigh; it was tio!enilv assa,led by
King james, who wrote a celebrated coun-
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Woman-Eer Position and Sphere.

Since the convention OF women in Ohio
it has been asked by thousands of people,
what are wonan's rights, and where is
woman's sphere? Those who think
she now occupies her proper sphere, and
are opposed to her elevation in the scale
of being, have been croaking in dolorous
tones of diveslng the sex OF all that rem
ders them pure, lovely and gentle and
painting ruetul pictures of harangung
the populare-wrangIing at The ballot
box-and butchering on the battle field
But what is the amount of such argu-
ments ? We are sick of the everlasting
cant OF woman'S true theater being the
sick chamber-of her making home hap
I Ply with her snIes-of occupying her
attention with domestic duties &C., and
look forward with pleasure to the better
time when she will be no longer fet-
ted by customs, oppressed by laws, and
trampled upon by assumed authorities,
but stand forth the compeer aud equal Of
the sell-styled chords OF creation"
We have it from high authority that
woman was made a helpmeet for man;
and we contend that just IN proportion
as she rises IN the scale of beng man is
elevated, and the world advances.
The only difference Of capacity-if
any, between men and women is that
woman's understanding is keenrr and
more refined than mans. And on
account OF this delicacy of understand
ing which, is in a great measure tie Ell
feet of circumstances she is to be kept
in ignora nee for mans qualification ard
pleasure. Truly those women who con,
tend, as many do, that her true duty is
to make home happy by nursing the chill
dren, smiling and appearing lively when
a sulen husband appears, and so on,
must have no very hugh opinion ofther
sex. And here let us ask, what are
those to do, who have no husbands for
whose especial benefit they are to be so
amiable ? They no doubt can spend
their time drumming on piano, cult
vating their musical faculties and draw
ing pictures: all of which accomplish
ment they can cast off, like an old gar
ment, as soon as they get husband and
turn their attention exclusively to graft
flying him.
We do not mean to speak sighlinsly OF
the social nature Of the fine al's--on the
contrary we are an advoo ate OF them,
and advise all who have taste therefor
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OF all the fruits in Peru, the most os-
teemed is the chlrimoyS II grows rather
larger than ON p'ppin, has rough rH'"-
terror, hut is filled with soft pulp, which
resembles in taste ou strawberries and
cream, 1t is scoopcd out with teaspoon,
mrlS in the mouth, and gushes over the
palate in luscious tide. The tree which
bears this fruit requires seventeen years
before its seminal buds ripen into THEN
precious burden
Next comes the granadila, the fruit Of
the passion flower 1t resembles, in shape
size and snoothncss OF texture. the egg Of
our domestic fowls. You break the shells
and swallow the rich muciIaginous pulp
with its delicate seeds. The taste has no
anaIog'es in any other fruit. At first IT
seems to want character or palatablp en-
phasis, but it wins upon YOU, till that
which appeared defect becomes an ex-
cclIence. 1t is Just such a fruit as the
seeming sacle dness of IFS origin would lead
you TO expect. 1t brings you back in
your sensations TO that fount which nussed
your infant life.
Close on thus follows the palta-pear,
with its large central stone, resembling
that OF the peach. This lrut, which is
protected by hard thin rind, has the
consistence OF thick cream, and with salt
sprInkied on it, is used upon bread as an
excellent substitute for butter. do not
wonder that the epicurean monk, in his
desire TO lift the Tagging ioaginatlons OF
his hearers to the irulions OF the better
land, represents the chirlmoya, The grana
dllla and palta, as noddlng over Its chrys-
tai streams. They have that which never
entered even the Imagination Of Mahomet
when he spread The vcrC)ant lawns and
wove the ambrosal bowers Of his pictured
heaven.
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ROMANO Z IN REAL LIFE.

The Lew isburgh, ;pa.} Chroni <s#ssr
noulres the rlarliage, on the ttu IN.
of John job ns.on and Mrs Maril Ac.Iler
OF ChilIesquequc lownsEip, aed tells III,
the following romantic s,or, rssY,gtipo
tn happy pair.
The groom. who now works n the
DO It yard here. was formerly sra-fr.nq
man. The bride is from S5uth C.ro,ir..
and her father. end her iorn.rr hnyhaet
both OF whom have been dead ,,3rz.
years. We're wealthy planters. Some fy,.
years ago the Young widow made. . y;yi,
10 En.Iaud in cOu,Dany with her Lr,i,i-
or. a Southern gentleman of f,rtunn and
on the return yoy.o. they embarked in .
vessel ia which til. groom WAS grr,i inv
as a c0,rmon sailor. b. same acc,d
she was knocked overheard in the L3-p,.,
Of Liverpool. sank 10 the h .,lom. and
vas gwen Up for lost. Our hero. h9Wcy
cr, did not abandon the 5, ar,h. 4
slight change in the position OF the VS.
sci, discovered her, the water being re-
matkabIy clear, lying on the ground,
twenty feet below ;h, s,,riac. onn,r.nt
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From, the Dollar Newspaper.
TIE POTATO

watt, "
''"'.'' ""' "''' written "''h'h me last
~" y'"'S OH '"T cu'I"!' q 'he potato
'"" '''""N ''fh,"'''eS hhN' b'eh gwen
~ ,'F P,''''' '!' ,,"' mysterious 1lSeaS.
e''''' ,'''' '''' 'h'S P''o ar hi!%h' FIRST
maze 'I'' ~ ''!""'""'" ~ cur country some
80 >'"' a." '',' '''I II an F'E't- ana
nave ",S'i W" '''"' '"P h'''''i'S WHlch
S",.'''" MS WIRE we '''' ~ = partially
I'.i'S' q. '''', ''%' some IIF t.i's VIII n
'',,'u ''''oN' "''''l' "h''' farmers gene
'1,'9 cease" !" '''"' ''rh'. no" appear
-. o'e'''o' ~ recovering "'''F former qnat
,'''S' nave 'l'" "''ry remedy that l.
nave '' '.u WIZ" ana Dr'i''' ina! non" OF
II W." t"''c ,"!''''''e III al Gases
'''o - d many u '''"''' are S""d. tioWev
81 "a" '''''"''''''' WIN confluence p"s
<" w. 'Ni' ,I'''I' '"e ,"l'oM''S course.
s'" ',oa'S''H "'iP'' mat III pursuing
NV -" " ~ ~ III " great measure II
NV P'e''"t'o AMI Sood
"pF '"S''''0'-
oJl''' goo" p'''r o. ground sWard If
vi nave III SHOULD ,'' rI'h ana loose
"'' " Is no'' e"F''h II with manure
""" make II n i'"" "nh the plough
ana narrow 100 m'ich na"urc may
"NPoSe 'ne potatoes 70 rot. Potatoes to
E''" wen met" considerable decree Of
moisture MT the ground NUT hy no
means DE- Wet He'ect the lar. EST and
most "Pa''hy potatoes Tor seed and plant
t"T'' N"h'' p'htihS on" IN a hiil. II
you cut mem 90 not cut '"e'0 ia small
pi.rrS ana 90 ho' P"' 100 many IN a hill
! i''u 81 l "N"h 'iah' small potatoes
OF S'''''' CIV P'"'fS' the plants are weak
ana o"i'o'ihS "hen 'h"y come Though
Tue S'oo''" - '"'y grow up pale and
SP'h"''n- ana beneath such stalks Ind
S'''al' Po'a'"'" al 'S5'nS Tune But II
P'"'i' '1'Ee' n'd'ufeu o'a'oeS Inc stalks
are ''rGe ana orahchy, WITH hroa", dark
raves ana the Po'a'"'S large under them
ne nam NM Is to &c! strong thrifty
PAM "h" II ''''s o. 'ct can be OBTAINED
by any pushing process from small or
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The Beautiful.
ny L d. STUART.

Thou canst no: clasp tho beautiful
And call it a thine own,
The beautiful is given for all
Al nd not for one alone;
1t is Gods love made visible
In Earth, aud sea, and sky,
A blessing vide as time anG space
For every human eye.
The foam that rTcSts the Ocean-wavc
And sparklcs 10 the light,
The star that gems the brow OF morn
And glnrliies the night,
The brook, the flower, the leaf, the bird,
Whatever gIads the sight
Is Gods own loving gift 10 all,
The beautiful and bright.
And blessed 't,s and beautiful
That this one git at least;
Drirs tile cruel tvrant's power
And ban of wicked priest,
For spite Of chains, the slave can SEQ
Gods love is with him here,
In hcautv's light, in bcautv's joy,
And beauty's blessed cheer.
And God be praised forrvermorc,
For tins, His blessed boon,
The BEAuTIrul-which all may share,
And none can share too soon;
The beautiful, which rurlies
And leads us up TO Him,
Who is its source, its life and light,
From 0owcr 10 seraphim.
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to cultivate IT. But we appeal 10 any
man il he don't prefer a sensible, spicy
conl ersatlon to a song, a tune on the Pr
ano or pic'ure--if he doesn't think a
cultivated lad much more social than all
these accomplishments.
The fine ats We say should be cult
waited; but not to the exclusion Of every
thing else. A woman Of accomplish
ment can entertain her visitors for an
hour or so with great bslIiancy. But
what pleasure can she afford husband
day after day and month after month I
And why shouldn't men turn their at
tention in the same direction Are
| they TO be occnpitd with the business Of
the world till they become care worn
and sullen. and then turn aside to be
cheered and soothed and caressrd by wo-
man Is she mere thing to amuse and
crafty hun in health and tend and watch
over HIM in sickness Is she to be al.
ways the active and he the passive be-
ing! We love and respect the sex too
much to admit such pa pable abSurdileS.
She is his equal. His interests are her
interests; and in no respect is she a whit
inferior TO him.
A majority of the unhappy alliances
We see and hear Of spring from this
very cause Those who hold such low
opinion OF woman fritter away their
hours Of courrship in hattery and insipia
nonsense, and when they are married
and the stem and sober realities OF life
before them, they find they have been
Woiul!y mistaken in their estimate OF
each other. The wife finds husband,
who has grown weary her accom-
plishments becoming daily more and
more estranged; and he. instead Of wife
and equal with whom he can converse
and counsel, finds he has taken to his
heart and home mere painted toy.
We should like to hear one sensible
argument why woman's studies and
pursuits should be so different from a
mans. Does it follow because her stud
les are the same her Iabors should be al
SO. Because she has studied war, poll
tics, agriculture, does It follow she mus!
fight, vote and plough! If it does, no
one should read the Bible for fear OF be-
coming preacher, or Hymn book lest
he mi4ht turn poet. Because man is
destined to grab he shouldn't learn any
thing else except how to dig, for fear of
getting out Of his proper sphere. This
is the logic OF those timid respectable
persons who are continually trembling,
so fearful are they women will over step the
barriers which hedge her round, and edge
her way to the bar room, and other pa
crs Of public resort made filthy by her
"hetter half" with the fumes of whiskev
and tobacco.
We have no fears OF any such results.
We know the influence woman eXrr's
over man from his youth up-we know
those who associate with virluous women
make the best and wiSest citiznns-wr
know early impressions generally come
from the mother; and if the studies, pur-
suits, and spheres Of the two sexes were
more a|>imIiatpd, our morals would be-
improved, our intercourse more delight
ful, our marriages happier, our citizens
wiser; and our government better. For
the youthful mind would then receive
proper bent--a bent to virtues side, hv
an intelligent mother and the rising gen
GRAFTON be trained up in the way they
should go.
BURKE.
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Cumberland, 0 1850

MALARIA, on FEVER AND AGrE. "A
corr espoudent Of the American Farmer
has furnished The editor with a raper on
The snhjnct, in which he details various
facts, and gives The experience OF the
m st eminent writer on Malaria, 10 prove
that the effects Of these noxious vapors
may b" prevented BY ho planting Of
trees OF thick foliage around thc dwsi-
ling, in the direction from whence they
proceed. Mr.. Jas. Grernric, a p'an,er
Of npw2rds Of seventy years, is he aus
'hor OF this paper
There can be no doubt of IT,. nn,b -
This sta'emcn! IL The main ,nints liz
we'll known that the Jutrh 10 maka
clalamon high il rnce, cut down q
graf nnMber OF tees IN Ceyloo, which
resulted in bringing about a great deal
Of malaria sickness, which never le;t the
Island N the places where the huge
trees had bean cur ,wn until npw shade
trees haI grown ny IN their rllccL.)
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Coon ADVICE. We have almost daily
applications Tor papers containing articles
OF importance 10 the applicants, and in a
majority of cases the edition being ex-
haus'rd we aHnunablr 10 furnish them.
Now the test way is for every man to
"take the paper" fills it when it contains
any law or other important matter and
don't |eHd it to any one. This advise is
given gratis. Marlboro Gazette.
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OUT OF DEBT,

O"t OF dF0t, and what tOolhSNmcEcSs
IN dry crust; what anbroslal EourSl-
ment IN hard egg. Be sure Of l., that
ne VINO Dimes out OF debt, though his
m al be biscuit and an onion. Dimes in
9Th" Apollo" And the r"inent what
warmth IN 'hr"adbarr coat, il tailor
receipt be IN the pocket; what 1'yriaa
Purple III the faded waiStcoat, the vest
not owed tor; how glossy the welworn
hat, It 1t covers not the aching head to a
DEBTOR Next, the homrsweets. the out
door recrea.ions Of the tree man. The
Street-door knocker falls not knell on
his heart, the foot on the staircase
though he live on the third pair, send,
no Snasm through his anatomy; at the
rap a his door he ca crow forth .come
IN" and his pulse still beat heaIthiulIy.
his heart sink not IN his bowels.
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pledzins the Soil of Town.

We see the notion of hypothecating the Des
Moines Valley lands and issuing bonds for the pur-
pose of prosecuting the Valley Improvement, and
which was SO unpopular two years ago that the
Legislature discarded the proposition, is now ia.
vored BY men of responsibility as well as others.
We have always advocated the Improvement. The
people of the Des Moines Valley ought to have IA
cities granted them so that they &c: their pro-
duce to market. We saw, from the start, that the
men selected and the salaries paid them, would eat
up much Of the means appropriated for prosecuting
the Improvement. This is now seen and acknowl-
edged BY locofocos themselves, and propositions
have already been made to reduce the number and
expenses Of the Board Of Officers. We believe the
captains in the affair have been as intent IT, secure
their salaries as to push forward the work. If the
economy and diligence now commended had char
acterised those Observation-Disclosures and all--
from the commencement, slack water navigation
might have been obtained as far up as Eddyville,
by this time. But the past cannot be remedied.
Land, while so many land warrants are in the mar
ket, will be very poor capital towards completing
such work as this. However desirable the work,
the state should not be called upon directly or
a'rectly, to pledge itself for the redemption of
oonos IN any sum beyond its constitutional limits.
lhe state il already pledged, we believes the
demp''on Of bonds to more than half that amount.
aoequate funds can be raised by the hypothecation
OF the lands granted for the improvement, without
committing the state to pledge its faith 10 redeem
the bonds that may be issued-if any body can cy-
pher out how this can be done--we promise our
cooperation. s@.2S+ @*4'&
Whatever is done, we hope no Wing in the legis-
lature will vote for the creation of STATE DEBIT In
any shape Of form. 2g So ar.5s.e~g Is z.