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The Advent Of May.
ny Sidney DYER.

BYsIDNEI DYER.
She corAes like dream, or the bow on the shower,
With steps falling lightly as dew on the flower,
While voice gushes forth from thousand glad rills
As her spirit. like beauty, o'ershadows the hills
The song of the birds,
The hum of the bee,
The low Of the herds
Are welcome for thee,
Sweet May,
Kind welcome for thee
When voices OF gladnsss float upon the air,
Like Hopes silver chimes to the ear of Despair,
Each heart drops its burden and dries up its tears
To greet with affection the gem ofthe year
Sweet echoes ringing
With anthems Of glee,
And every sote bringing
welcome for thee
Sweet May,
Loves welcome for thee
With hearts full of gladness to groves now repair,
The merry young maidens with lower-wreathd d hair
And heaven looks down with smile on the scene,
As their songs fill the air. and their steps print the
green.
AS oyous they sing,
And tip DER the lea
The welkin doth ring,
With welcome for thee
Sweet May,
Kind welcome for thee.
II comes like an angel of light from above,
Bringing beauty, and fragrance and whispers oflove
And nature, entranced by the hesven-born Icy,
Falls asleep bright dreams in the bosom of May.
Tho soft bushing flower
The bud on the tree,
The dew and the shower,
Breathe welcome for thee'
Sweet May,
Loves welcome for thee
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-05-27
A Grave Joke.

Some wags took drunken fellow. laid
him in coffin with the I'D left so that he
could easily raise il, placed him in a grave.
yard waited to see the effect. After a short
time the fumes Of the liquor left him and
his position being rather con6Ded. he burst
of the lid, sat hol, upright, aud after looking
round, exclaimed, We'll I'm the FIRST that's
rig or else I'm confoupded belsted,"
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-05-27

WHEAT CRoP IN ILLiSois.-The Chicago
Journal continues to have dis couraging ae-
counts of the growing crop Of wheat 10 llli-
nois. In very many localities in the interior
of the State fields Of winter wheat have
been plowed up, and sowed with spring
wheat, which cold weather has prevented
from vegetating
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-05-27

NABBEp HIM.-We understand that an
individual by the name of Ransom Howe has
been arrested, charged with burning the
"Black Mill and that he has confessed that
he did il. He was arrested by our efficient
Under Sheriff, b. F. Orcutt. We shall do .
lay any comments on this affair until We hear
something moro reiable.-[ Kalamazoo Tel
cgraph.
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-05-27

UNITED STATES NAvY.-The Navy Of
tho United States at present consists Of rs
vessels. carrying two thousand and eleven
guns. These comprise twelve ships Of the
line. fourteen frigates, twentyo one sloops of
war four briggs five steam frigates, and ton
steamships, OF which three are first class.
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-05-27

Intelligence from Bombay, by private
leuer. states that the cholera was making
fearful raysgos there.
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much to sustain me i'll trying situa,
tons. My conviction was, that
South Carolina occupied Il position
from which she could look down with
tho luxury Of scorn upon trucking
partizans and trading politicians. who
found it convenient to assail her to
subscrvc their selfish ends. She has
been 4 stumbling block to many, who.
if they had dared, would have placed
their trcachcrous foot upon her. |
say here, that | had rather encounter
all the hazard Of debate with fifty
Senator'S, or any hazards that might
present themselves outside Of her
limits, than differ with n single sin.
core friend i'll this assembly as to any
measure calculated 70 affect the dig
uity, honor, and rights Of our cherish
cd Commonwealth.
| am persuaded that our difference
Of opinion will, in the end, be more
apparent than real. | may well
question ;hc policy Of a celebrity that
may be too much actuated by gallant
zeal and ulicalcnlatiny chiva!rY. If,
with the more prudent resolution Of
Ulysses, perhaps without lis wisdom,
! may Lc disposed to restrain the i'm.
pc:uous COURAGE Of n;omclc, | Shall
have none Of the rcscnttul tc,m, cr Of
Achilles, nor the @runting ccmso!;
1
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I question. Whist mcasurcs were
under consideration, in which the
slavcholding and non slavclolLing
States were at issue. | expressed
myself freely, but with the circ,un-
spcction of one who was willing to lc,
his remarks be carried out 10 their
consequences. The representatives
Of The planting States spoke ont with
signal unaninity the resolutions
Of three different Legislatures.
I am proud to say, that the
resolutions OF South Carolina,
compared with some others, were in
tcrms moderate, in tone firm, and in
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duty OF thirty or forty per cent p
Certainly not. l will not dwell, Oh
this view Of the subject any longer;
as | do my friends the justice to
say that thcy have a much higher
iA'n-cnc whose dignity Of purpose
may give their movements a differ.
cnt character. 10 move with the
first view alone, would be to make
the State submit to something more
thal n vain sacrifice. She would
not have the consolation Of blind Me
tcllus, who lost his eyes in going
through the flames of the Temple to
save The Palladium. Her fate would
not only DC scli:dcstruction, but it
would be a sacrifice to build up tho
interests Of new rivals.
Those who really look to the end
Of this beginning, take the step with
this yicw-to induce other States, bv
:bc rrospcrors and successful exam:
pie Of South Carolina, to come into
conjunction with her. Or to place
them III such circumstances, that,
having conmol. destiny, they would
DC compelled to be involved in max
insa common sacrifce. I will not
notice the first part Of the PROPOSE
ton. The latter presents the sub:
Jet IN lls great magnitude. not un-
connected with considerations of The
deepest dc!icacy. 10 force Sovcr-
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l would not allow the Palmetto rag
to float by sufIcrancc only. Whilst
it would represent as proud, as spiri
ted 4 people as ever lived, it would
be regarded as the cluJlem Of a
Slavcholdiny Commonwealth. Macy
would be tempted to insult it from
wantonncss. How would the proud
spirited people Of the State feel. to
hear that their flag had been pulled
down and torn to pieces by Boston
whaling narty, or BY vessel from
Liberia. or in any other way? How
could they avcnyc :hc insult II
the State assumes national rcspon-
sibi!lty, it must provide also TIC atlri.
hutcs and means Of national power
1t must have navy and ali tho 9TH
or appliances Of national dignity. 1t
cannot rely with safety on the co.nty
Of nations, or on a code founded III a
sublime Anthropopathy. 1t seems to
be thought by some with great conf
dcncc, that by opening her lorts with
low duties on imports, South Carolina
could, under the temptations Of free
i'uu' '",''c inc c"''.',!eTce '' '"c
if all would bc good, and do as South
Carolina might think they should do,
something Of this might come to PASS.
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OF this body to vote upon them. All
who arc members Of the Constitutions
al Convention Of the people, cannot
rive Il vote to control their future
Judgment. They ought not to be re-
pnrcd to do 50. | have convcrscd
with several OF them, and they have
come to a common conclusion to give
40 vote upon any matter upon which
they will have to deliberate, when
there shall be a real occasion for their
officially responsible jul -mcnt. l find
myself III that class. What may be
the situation Of things when the Con
Ycution Shall be called on to decide /
know not. There may be many IN
7Irlctive dcyclorcmcnts and rcvcla,
;ions before that time. Madness and
iUiatuation take their course with a
blind confidence, and at the next scs-
sion Of Congress | shall look for some
Vi their usual exhibitions.
Hcforc speak Of the probable and
conjcctural action Of the Federal Gov.
crnncnt in reference to South Caro-
lima, should she determine to sccedc,
| viii notice some views, and submit
some considerations connected with
Secession as remedy for our wrongs.
Tic right Of Secession in the alb.
stIact. all ;hc right Of rcscrting to
Il 10 elect wise and beneficial end i,
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Eecls,;.ri1S af .7dr. EssIt,cr.
Before the Convention Of Southern
RichtS Association

MR. PEEsIDENT AND GNNrLHMEN:
This is an occasion that has a>~ocla
ted with it i'll lis probable consc-
qucnccs grave responsibilities such
as have intensely engaged and
heavily oppressed my mind.
The highest cXcrtion Of human
wisdom is to make 4 good government
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" &c 'SV ''N'''-'
institutions. Ochcl Southern States
catIoc co,dcnu j, without, coniyln-
ming ,I!ciI o"n resolutions and solemn
pledges. I'Ac laNrr has impressed
upon i. uumiStal.allc marks Of siu.
crrity au1 deliberate purpose It.,
author, or authors, arr ready 70 stand
~ il, all make i, good III the true
import Of tic terms, "at cvc!y
hazard, aul 10 tltr last cxtrcn.it,.."
liy othe:s, it may lc differently re.
tuyIrd. some who vii, rive It tier
>Anruon. may even regard it as the
nucleus 81. a State party, 70 Hc used
illus H.. ana 10 farther. ] choysc 10
yesarl It rs solemn lr4il.,im-, ,!.;t
mH% "c:V'; ii III important end. that
wt!l ,lcrplr Affect tic Gcs;iuir5 and
Interests oI. this country. Ana a
NJ t'!irn, from >t. Jol,'a Las sand
or at"tArr occuSio., "wc shouil tukr
no hr-t.MMn- wi,Agnt lvvh.IS 10 its
rl'al.. c~I."
TIE HocceIings c2n,rtn, 'Atc1' Nil
= .,.ire ~nu;A Coyl.l% to tread lev
Way tlrou.s'' 4 narrow Hss as vet
umtyolitu md wmrI l3rvl. Sumc
alc pvr, arcd to tread il With con.
tilcncc and b,Ilnrss, aul to find lis
,crmmnliou hv c|nrgilrn,- 81
warrow was s.:I 70 haze found lis
enemy by the point oy ,ln hayourt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-05

Chewing the Cud.

Mr.. EDITOR In the last number of the
Post | saw an article in the Agricultural
department of the paper, headed "The Cud
of Animals" taken from the Boston Guilt
Gator. Now any person who has had any
experience among cattle, and has the least
degree of observation about him, would
perceive that the theory of the Boston CuG-
tauator is wong. The cud is drawn from
the stomach. then chewed, and afterwards
returned. This easily proved, for when an
OK is chewing the cud after he has swallow
ed, and is about to bring up another cud,
if you take a tight hold of the gullet, he
cannot raise tiff you then let go your
hold he will soon make another effort and
bring up the cud. 1t might be said that
this only prevents him from bringing the
cud from its secret place of deposit under
the lower end of the tongue. But if the
cud is held under the roof of the tongue,
stopping the communication between the
mouth and stomach would not prevent the
cud from coming into the mouth from under
the roof of the tongue.
The cud is the food which is thrown into
the stomach not sufficiently masticated, and
is again brought up to be chewed over
again. For if you put something nasty
into the mouth of an OK while he is chew.
ing his cud, he will spit out both it and the
cud. Then you will see that the cud is
nothing but his food which he had thrown
into his stomach not sufficiently chewed.-
The Stomachs of all cud chewing animals
are suited to this arrangement. They are
large that the food may be swallowed in a
coarse state. The OK will eat the same
quantity of food Of the same kind in much
less time than a horse will because the
horse chews his sufficiently before he swal-
lows it; but the OK swallows his down
rough, then afterwards brings it up as cud,
and chews it over again at his leisure -
Saturday EUening Post.
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stirred up and mixed with the sur
face soil; this practice continued for every
succeeding crop, will establish a healthy
iertllizing surface soil to any desired depth.
If repeated STRINGS OF the surface are
adopted, according to the nature of the soil
and weather, every growing crop will con-
tinue in healthy luxuriance, without ever
suffering by receiving injury from too much
moisture, drought, or frost. In addition,
by constantly scarifying, hoeing. and fork
ing the surface soil, not only obnoxious in
sects and their Larvae are expelled, but weeds
would never make their accustomed rob-
berry of the soil and crops. Besides, by
such repeated stirring, the soil is always
prepared, sweet and healthy, for succeed
ing crops-nO mean consideration, either
when we observe the loss Of time and pro-
dnce occurring to such a %ruinous extent in
some localities, by allowing weeds to rob
and choke the growing crops, and to shed
their seeds, productive of a progeny SINH.
larly injurious to the crops next in rotation.
The application of manure Is most es-
s%entiaI, and may be applied most bene6ci-
ally when the soil is established in a healthy
condition, and maintained thus by a con
slant attention to surface.stirring. Yet
the application of manure is a secondary
consideration for though it may be very
literally applied, and with considerable ex-
pense, yet. without first insuring the health
mess of the soil, much property and labor
will be saciiced.- Cottage Gardener.
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Stirring the Soil during Drought

Since the introduction of the horse and
hand cultivators, our farmers and garden.
ers have discovered that stirring the ground
frequently during drought prevents plants
from being stinted and injured; while some
operators, from false reasoning, fear that
the d%lsintegration of the surface and conse-
quent exposure to the sun and air will dry
the soil still more.
The atmosphere during the hottest days
contains a large amount of moisture, but
from the dilation from heat we cannot OBJ
serve the fact unles we present a cold sur
face IA pitcher of ice water,) when we
readily observe the moisture of the atmos-
phere condensing on the outside and form
ing drops sufficiently large to run down the
sides of the vessel, and often to wet the
table on which it is placed. No one could
doubt that if each square foot of surface of
the soil could be made to receive daily as
much moisture as we see collecting in a
few hours on the surface of a cold pitcher,
that the plants contained in soil so wetted
would be sustained. The immediate sur
face of soil from the washing of rains and
other causes becomes compact and smooth,
and does not present as large an amount of
surface as when we'll stirred and roughen-
ed. After disintegration the atmosphere
can really enter the soil, and on meeting
with colder particles below, the surface is
robbed CT the moisture it contains, while
the increased absorbent quality of the soil,
by being rendered pulverulent, takes up
each dose Of moisture, as received, and
makes room for the reception of a new
quality. 1t is for this reason that frequent
hoeing is found to prove so beneficial to
plants, and it is also from similar causes
that under-drained and sub. soiIed land sui.
fers less from drought than land plowed
but ten or twelve inches deep. All garden
crops should have their roots frequently dis
turbed during dry weather, and in addition
to the displacement of weeds, which is
very desirable, the gardener will find that
his plants can then supply themselves with
moisture.
The permanent benefit so readily observ-
able in soils which have been long used for
gardening purposes, arises in part from the
free admission of carbonic acid and am
monia from the atmosphere into the soil,
and the retention of such portions of the
carbon as may not have been appropriated
to the use of the plants. We find our soil,
which has been MANFRED with compost con-
taing large mounts of carbonaceous matter,
arising from the liberal use of swamp muck
and charcoal dust, to be less annoyed by
drought than any others, and those parts OF
the soil which have received a liberal dose
of common salt are the last to part with
their moisture. Sailed land, when disin-
tegrated, receives moisture from dews and
retains it more tenaciouSIy than other soils,
and where the soil, IN addition to plenty of
carbonaceous matters and salt, has the adj
vantages of under.drains and thorough SUBJ
soil blowing, it nearly defes the effects of
drought.-ALbany Cult.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-05

WHAT ToNEY DoN'T BELIEvE.---He
don't believe that a man is any wiser for
having A. A. S., or any other letters tack.
ed to his name.
He don't believe a lawyer is any keener
because he wears a pair of spectacles.
He don't believe that Schoolmaste RS. Phv-
Sicians and Ministers like to be contradict
ed better than other folks.
He don't believe that all lawyers are
rogues, any more than he believes an eel is
a snake.
He don't believe that the most industri-
Gus man likes to work except when he can't
help il.
He don't believe that a young lady ought
to be married before she is 81 at the least.
He don't believe that two young lovers
like to be caught with their arms around
one another.
He don't believe in getting up early in
the morning without going to bed early at
night.
He don't believe a mans a fool because
he can't make a speech.
He don't b. lieve that because both wise
and 0indy begin with W, that they end in
the same thing.
He don't believe that a lady is much the
worse for wearing a hustle, though he deci-
dedly prefers cofFee-bags.
In fact, he don't believe a great many
things that others believe in.
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No More Corns.

There is no doubt, some quackery in the
corn doctors trade, but there is more ig.
norance. Fol- the benefit both of him and
his patients, we will now disclose a secret
that will relieve humanity from a load of
misery, not the less difficult to bear that it
is unpitied or ridiculous. The cause of
corns, and likewise of the torture they oc-
casion is simply friction; and to lessen
friction, you have only to use your toe as
you do, in like circumstances, a coach-wheel
--Iubricate it with some oily substance
The best and cleanliest thing to use is a
little sweet oil, rubbed upon the affected
part latter the corn is carefully pared) with
the tip of the finger, which should be done
on getting up in the morning, and just be-
fore stepping into bed at night, In a few
days the pain will diminish, and in a few
days more it will cease, when the nightly
applications may be discontinued. The
writer of this paragraph suffered from these
horrible excrescences for years. He tried
all sorts of infalIible things, and subm tilted
to the manipulation of the conductor /:
but all in vain the more he tried to BAN
ish them, the more they wouldn't go; or if
they did 60 (Which happened once or twice
under the strong prevailing caustic they
were always sure to return with tenfold
venom. Since he tried the oil some months
ago, he has had no pain, and is able to take
as much exercise as he chooses, Through
the influence of this mild persuasive, one
of the most iniquitous of his corns has al
ready taken itself off entirely the others
he still pares at rare intervals, but suffering
no inconvenience whatever from them he
has not tho't it necessary TO have rec curse
to caustic-which sometimes, if not very
carefully used, and vinegar and water APP
piled at once TO the toe, causes almost as
much smart as the actual cautery.- Cham
ber'S Journal.
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Maine Fdrme

PROFITS OF FowLs.-Bradford Packard,
OF West Bridgewater, Mass, states in the
Ptowmdn that he kept an ccurate account
with twenty fowls, eighteen hens and two
cocks, for one year, from January LIST. Is49.
He obtained two thousand, four hundred
and thirty-four eggs, the average price of
which was fourteen cents per Dozen, max
ing twenty-eight dollars and ninety cents
he raised twelve chickens, valued at twenty
FIVE cents each, giving an aggregate of
thirty.one dollars and eighty-nlne cents
The food the fowls ate during this time was
fifteen bushels of corn, which cost ten dol
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A FAST FUNERAL.-A RACE % THE
GRAvE.-On Saturday last, two funeral
professions of unusual length, on their way
to the Catholic cementry in Cambridge,
neared each other a little above Porter's
Hotel. A rivalry Immediately set up be-
tween the drivers of the hearses to see which
should reach the gate Of the cemetery first.
By a great application of the whip, a sample
of fast driving developed itself, but the race
was of short duration. The coffin in one
Of the hearses was thrown out on the ground,
and before the cortege following could draw
up, it was run over by three or four hacks,
and seriously mutilated. This accident
suddenly put a stop to the mad career Of
the Jehu's, The body was restored to its
proper place, and the two funerals proceed.
ed in order, Fast driving to the grave often
occurs in Cambridge.-BOstOn Paper.