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Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19
The Influence ofthe Mind.

The peculiar influence that the mind ex-
erts over the body is strikingly illustrated by
al incident which transpired few days ago
with DR. o. +. Newton, Of this city. 1t ap-
pears that young man was passing by a
printing office Of this city at tho moment
that person was carried out, supposed to
have the cholera. This incident 80 operated
upon his mind that he returned home, and
soon, by the exercise of imagination, began
to feel the effects of what he deemed cholera.
DIR. Newton was called, when he found the
patient cold, the pulse down to 40, and in
fact, every indication ofrapidly approaching
dissolution. Stimuants were administered,
and friction resortcd to; but what DIR. New
ton most relied on was the influence of
cheerful conversation. He soon convinced
his patient that he had no cholera-that this
disease did not exist in the city--and that
his affection was only that chill which pre-
cedes certain species of fever. This con-
vcrsation soon unaffected its influence upon
the patient, whose pulse soon raised to 9S, and
he was speedily out of his bed and as well as
ever. This illustrates the influence of the
mind upon the body, and perhaps accounts
for many cases of cholera and deaths which
happen in this city every season.-[Cin Com
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19
How to Draw the Sinners.

Several years ago we wore resident of
northwestern Louisiana, near the confines of
Texas. The people there, general thing.
were not much given to religion. An timer
dnhg dear Of regfohne f neS and
sat about repairing the walls of Zion in good
earnest. But his success was poor. Not
over half dozen could be got together at his
Sunday meetings. Determined, however to
create an interest before leaving the neigh
borhood he procured printed hand-bills and
had them posted up in every conspicuous
place in the district, which read to the follow
ing effect:
"Religious Notice-The Rev Mr.. Blaney
will preach next Sunday, in Dempsey s Grove
at ten o'clock, A. NJ. and at four O'Clock, p.
NJ, Providence permitting. Between the
services, the preacher will run his sorrel
mare, Julia. against any nag that can be trot-
ted out in this region for purse of five hun.
6red dolars!"
This had the desired effect. People flock
ed from all quarters, and the anxiety to see
the singular preacher was even greater :han
the excitement following the challenge. He
preached an elegant sermon in The morning,
and after dinner he brought out his mare for
the race. The purse vas made up by five or
six of the planters. and an opposition nag
produe ,d.-The preacher rode his little sor.
roll, and won the day, amid the deafenng
shouts, screams and yells of tho delighted
people. The congregation all remained to
the afternoon service. and at its close more
than two hundred joined the church; some
from motives of sincerity, some for the novel;
ty of the thing. some from excitement, and
some because the preacher was good feI.
low! The finale of the affair was as flourish
ing a society as can be found in the whole
region OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the Times.
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19
From the Michigan Farmors
On Feeding Animals.

Inc following isan extract of the address
OF WIN. Little, which we extract from tho
nth anual report Of the Ohio State Board Of
Agriculture:
Sand now, having. hope, engaged YOUR
attention 10 the necessity of providing suitable
food for dumb animals, let me ask you the
question, how do you feed your animais?-
1T matters not how perfect the form and how
pure the blood of your colt or your calf NAV
be, If they are not properly fed and sheltered
during the winter months. By this do not
mean that they should be pampered and
stuffed TO the run Of their constitutions, for
the sake OF having the fattost and largest
yearings in the neighborhod; but mean
that all animals of every age, on your farm,
onght to have shelter In which they NAV
abide during the severe storms of our north
ern winters; and | mean that all animals
ought to have sufficient quantity Of food to
keep them IN healthy. growing condition
all through the long season when winter
reigns supreme. 1t will not do to say that
you cannot afford il. As said before, on an
other subject. you cannot do otherwise; for
just SO certainly as your stock is neglected.
just so certainly do you loso money.
How many of you experienced tho fact
that you have been offered more money for
an animal in the fall than the same animal
would bring in the spring. As do not
wish to preach anything which do not prac-
tice, Will tell you my own course. My
calves are provided with large airy shed in
which they have plenty of room to exercise.
This shed is well bedded down with straw
and kept clean by the addition of fresh straw
every day. The best of hay is given them,
as much as they will eat, and. in addition.
about quart of meal or chopped feed is Civ
en- to each one every day. The result is that
can always realize in the spring. from SIS
to 800 per head for my yearling heifers and
steers. Now what is the difference between
the cost Of keeping calves in this way and
the more usual plant Each of my calves
will eat in the course of the winter perhaps
$3 worth of hay, and. in addition, the chop
ped feed will cost about one cent per day or
about 81 so for the winter-in all, 4,5O; in the
spring they are worth $2O each. In the
other place. the calf is fed on straw or refuse
hay. and at three years old will if steer,
bring perhaps $50; if a heifer. about Sl2 1t
requires no great skill in arithmetic to tell
which is the most profitable.
"Tho same observation will apply to all
other stock. My own practice is to have
stall or shed for every animal on the farm;
and my own opinion is that no farmer ought
to keep one single animal more than he can
accommodate"
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19
The Art of Flying.

A French Journal has letter from Mad
rid giving an account Of successful exper-
iment with a new apparatus Tor flying. The
flyer was Miss Juanita Perez. who though
rather fat and Corpulent, moved through the
air, by the help Of wings, with great ease aud
rspidity. She was advertised to fly dis
lance of above 200 feet. rising in the aIr
about 600, but exceeded The programme
both in hight and distance. No description
Of the structure Of the wings is GWEN
They have a spread Of some fifteen ieer, are
fastened by ligamenis Of great 0exibility, and
arranged so as To move with great rapidly;
they make a noise like a Windmill The as
tonishment OF Madrid az so novel phenom.
enon is desc ribed as immense.
A Mr.. Thomas Darville. NJ Paris. also
announces that he has invented complete
apparatus for 6ying.an that he proposes to
exhibit IL ~ The Champ de Mats in the
course Of the present month, when he will
fly from tho Military School to ChalIiot.--
He will be accompanied by his two sons one
twenty two and the other OF seventeen years.
The preparation of 3 sets Of wings has delay
ed the exhibition until now. The inventor
has tried his apparatus privately, with CON-
plete success, having flown across, the Sc
inc with IL at o'clock in the morning.
His wings have a spread Of Is feet and by
their help the flyer can move up apd down
10 the air with all the facility of a swallow.
skimmiog along near the ground or noun.
,iug UPRIGHT 20 tho sky at his pleasure. In
Y. Tribune
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19
The Waste of War.

Give me the gold that war has cost,
Before this pence expanding day;
The wasted skill, the labor lost
The mental treasure thrown array;
And will buy each rood of soil
In every yet discovered land;
Where hunters roam, where peasants toll,
Where many peopled cities stand'
Ill clothe each shivering wretch on earth.
In needful, nay in brave attire;
vesture BETTING banquet mirth.
Which kings might envy and admire.
In every vale, on every plain,
A school shall glad the gazers sight.
Where every poor mans child may gain
Pure knowledge, free as air and light.
I'll build asyiums for the poor,
By age or ailment made forlorn;
And none shall thrust them from the door,
Or sting with looks or words or scorn.
I'll link each alien hemisphere;
Help honest men to conquer wrong;
Art, Science, Labor nerve and cheer;
Reward the Poet for his song.
IN every free and peopled cline,
A vast Walhalla hall stand;
A marble ediiice sublime,
For the ilustrions Of the land;
A Pantheon for the truly great,
The wise bene6cent and just,
A place Of wide and lofty state
To honor or TO hold their dust.
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19
Summer Pruning Of Grapes.

AS very erroneous notions generally poo
vail as to the summer manag cement of grapes
frequently hints to cultvators are necessary
We have noticed that in many cases already
the main shoots have been cut back to tho
fruit, thus dcpriving the fruit of the nourish
ment and support which without this mhtila-
ton would be given BY a vigorous Shoot in
the foliage, of which the sap, with other mat
ter taken up from the atmos phero, would be
elaborated into suitable food for the growth
and maturing of the fruit. BY cutting off
these shoots the fruit is robbed fits support
which nature has provided.
We have noticed in garden kept by n
professional gardner. where there were a
large quantity of grapes, that all the new
shoots had been cut back to tho frnit, so IS to
leave it exposed TO the sun. excepting on one
treis. whero they, fortunately, had been
neglected. Tho grapes on that trelis were
well grown, and ripcning well, while all tho
others were impcrfccily grown, and rcmain-
cd green. st
When grapes are improperly pruned as we
have named iu July, they will often send out
new shoots and recover, in some measure.
from the evil. but when this pruning is done
rather latc, it oftcn destroys the crop.
There is generally great error in not
pruning garpes thoroughly in tho fall or in
the spring. so that there is q groat mass Of
times, which often leads to the erroneous
mode of pruning which we have named.-
When the vines become too thick from
very luxurcnt growth. and previous scanty
pruning, tho best remedy is to cut off lateral
branches. and all feeble shoots. and cut out
whole small vines on which there is little or
no fruit, and allow the main shoots 20 run
twenty or thirty feet if they wll.--(N. E.
Farmer. aaaaina ahi sl1 isra Hl la5r
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19
The MAN THAT WAS .BnoKr OF HIS Rrsr.

The MAN THAT WAS 'BRoKE OF HIS REST.
About the drollest man alive is chap now
in Chicago, well known in Northern Vermont
by the name of Tim Watt Say what you
might to Tim, he was always ready with a
rcPar'ee, and good one. On one occasion
no came into Hotel in Burlington, looking
rather Jaded and down in the mouth
whats the matter, Timr said one of the
company, you look rathor worse for wear
Why. you sec, said Tim, i havn't slept a
wink for three nights last night. to night,
and tomorrow night. Having set the bar
room in roar. Tim left to make up for his
loss by triple snooze.-t Pittsburgh Post.
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19

Ou, Of tho 29s furnaces in Pennsylvania,
149 jus, one half have gopped within
the last eighteen months, and the work'nen
thrown out of employment And yet every
vessel that arrives 10 this county from En-
gland is loaded with railroad iron. Somuch
Tor 80 much.
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19

GA guilty conscience paralyzos tho
energies of the boldest mind, and enfee bles
tho stoutcst heart.
Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-19

Qy- What is tho Bloomor costume. but the
application Of Tho "higherlaw 70 pcttccats'
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-06

which has been at the WEST Point Foundry
and she expected to b. leady her first voyage
the first Of June
1his steamshir-tfe hrst American propeller between
america and LAYER pool-will be commanded by Captain
Asa hidriige, than whom more popular captain and
abe seaman ccOd not be selected lie has been, for
years Known ~ uder in the Liverpool trade and
1ut lately Of the packet chip koscius.
TfhRInIE SICKNESS SttpRoARp.-The British ship
Blanche, Capt Duckctt, from Liverpool arrived below
Wis city two days since She has been visited by Dr.
" Hart the Health OHic,r. who reports her in most
nlthy condition She left Liverpool the I'D January
with AIS adults, 800 in ali On the 2ls February
owing 10 the crowded aud miserable state of the vessel
the ship fever made hs appearance, and twenty-six
deaths occurred subsequently, all the ships crew was
attacked aud neither the logbook written up nor
any of the regulations for the Of the vessel
attended To. The captain Is down with fever. both
mates cootned to thcr berths and the steward alone
able to do duty On the arrival Of the ship there
said to ts seventy eighty persons sick board The
Custom u sending SO many persons to sea IN vessel
badly ventilated and unprovded with good provisions,
very rcprchcnsible We trust that city authorities
will look into this matter and strictly enforce the
quarantine regulations The Charity Hospital has al
ready within its walls enough of sickness without this
heavy addton.--N o. Pic, March IS.
&LAuNcH-A little schooner, called the Alexna. was
launched on Tuesday morning. from the yard Of Mr. n
Nash Norfolk She is ~ feet deck IL feet inches
beam, and 51z feet hold and about Is tons.
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MORE HrMBrGs OF THE DAY.-Artists of the most
peculiar stamp, from foreign countries, encouraged
by the success Of the Rochester knockings, and the
curiosity excited by the revelations Of Andrew Jack
son Davis, sending over profcients in the new
schools Of philosophical humbug, the preliminary
pufs of whose performances, perceive, are to be
found in most of the public journals. We have
thought that there plenty of such adopts at this
singular trade between adroitness and credulity,
who are of native growth, and are surprised that
any respectable editors should give encouragement
to new importatons, which may compete with our
own Mrs. Fox, who has only done a tolerably fair
business in disointng her knees, and in confoundng
the simple. it is all very kind and benevolent to
help Mrs. Fox with her exhibitions, because the
income she derives susta her and her family in
comparatively good style; but we have no idea or
intention Of paying very high prices for the encour-
agement of foreign impositions and humbugs-
particularly when told that they are spiritual
manifestations These modern conjurers and mes
merisers profess too much.
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ntfsRItRg % rsm srEsHsIuP fR.xrrrs This noble
steamship under the command q Capt wotton sailed on
her third voyage to avre at II O'Clock yesterday She
carried with her hundred passengers whose names
viii he found under the proper head
Tnr STEAMSHIP ALABAMA. Capt Ludlow, sailed yester-
dus for Savannah with full freight and Is passengers
for sbose names sec Maritime intelligence
Larsen or rms STEAMSHIP "PioSsrR "--Yestcrday
morning a very large assemblage eongrcgated at Mr.
Jacob Bes ship yard Of Stanton street to witness
the launch q the steamship Pioneer The day was
most beautiful aud wen fitted for such an anirnatng
light IT, brightness induced the presence u quite
large number Of fashonably dressed ladies' anxious TO
witness the advent Of the second largest propeller in the
world
The hour announced for launching twelve o'clock
ana az the Time approached the quick and steady blows
q the shipwrights hammers the blocks below her
reel gave assurance that her stay dry land would be
q very short duration. just about the expected time
slight cracking noise announced that the noble mae
wes IN motion and the next instant with colors autts
ing in the breeze and with the loud cheers
a the assembling the queenly Pioneeru was trnudv
floating on the breast ~ our noble river
The Pioneer " one q the nohest looking vessels
ever built She s owned by messrs spoford n rilcstou
and will trade between this city and Ifyerpol che h.g
been constructed In Mr. Bell beet style and Is s
wood and iron make her She has straight stem
and although very sharp rees IL intereres but little
With her nowage capacity she having wide floor
With very Handsomely carved representation of the
gtet Daniel Boon the pioneer and 6r white settler n
kentucky In the act q loading his rife Her stern
round and look slight and elegant and With
ssme neat gilt carving in the centre q which are the
arms q the Tileston family.
After short time she was toved 10 the fost NJ
broome street, where she WI receive her machinery
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The Canal Fraud Reporf !.

Incredible the assertion may appear, il Is never
theless true that the report presented by majority
Of the committee appointed by the last House u A.
scmbly to investigate certain alleged canal frauds,
more thar Ave weeks since, has not, 70 this moment
been permitted be placed in the hands Of the public
printer. When IL was laid before the Assembly,
the two minority members of the committee, who
bad not signed, requested il might be placed in
their hands for examination, intimating desire to
present counter report. After remaining in that
position for ten or twelve days, without any move
mont IN the matter, a motion was made to print
the report which had been presented, and also that
a the minority when IL should be made. This
request was denied. Efforts hare since been
made to print, several occasions, and ne often dc.
fsated. And now, il being within ten or twelve
days Of the end Of the session. IL is too late to print
I, together with, probably, an immense mass Of
other matter which has been ordered, in season, 10
be LAID on the desks Of members
These facts we obtain in gancng over the proceed
inss Of the House Of Assembly Now, we inquire.
why did the majority in the House undertake TO
mpprcss that reportl Why refuse TO print and
shrow the facts therein contained before the people
Of this State The COMMITTEES was appointed
twelve months sinee, and the whole people we're
swsre that certain Of their State officers we're sum
noned 70 appear before that committee, TO answer
grave charges Of Official misconduct, which pet
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TONERS to the Legislature asking for an investiga-
ton, had preferred against them And now, since
the report Of that investigation has been sub
mtted to the Legislature, detailing the facts which
have been elected, does IL not show an acknow-
ledgment in effect, that the State officers who
implicated, are guilty Of the charges, or some, ut
least, preferred against theml If they are honest
and innocent men, the report cannot tarnish their
private official character; but to smother the
testimony, as has been attempted, and far sue
cseded creates a suspicion in the public mind that
guilt rests somewhere, and that the accused and
their FRIENDS desire to keep it hid under bushel
1t will be recollected that during the last session
of the Legislature, select committee Of the Senate
appointed to investigate canal Commissioner
Cooks conduct and operations on the Chemung
canal. The majority being his political friends,
made report sustaining him in all his transactions
and even euogized him in many Of his acts. That
report was printed, and circulated by thousands
throughout the State The report submitted
We take to be an adverse one, as the committee Of
the House have re-investigated the same subject.
And although the report has not been made public,
We are assured that its conclusions quite differ
ent from those arrived at by the Senate's committee
| Of the last session. 1t is said that Cook has
| structed canal forty feet wider and three feet
deeper than the enlarged Erie canal. 1t is also
seventy feet wider than the Chemung canal proper.
| This is near his own residence at Havana, Che
mung county, and upon which it is alleged an ex-
pense of 100000 has been uselessy lavished and
which was not warranted by any power possessed by
| him or the Canal Board. In lS4l he wrote letters
insisting upon enlarging the canal from the head Of
Seneca lake to Havana, wide and deep enough to
admit of steamboat navigation.
Among other accusations, it is alleged that a
political inqusition was held in lS49 which required
that employed as laborers on the canals should
be put under oath for the purpose of aseertaining
how and for whom they voted at the then preceding
election and if it ascertained that their votes
did not accord with the feelings of the nquisiors,
or if they refused TO be sworn, they were immedi-
ately discharged-and the magistrate who held the
collector of canal tolls
| The operations on the Black River canal, and on
portion of the Erie enlargement, also investi-
gated in the report, and the testimony presented to
the House of Assembly.
We doubt, however, whether that report can be
efectually suppressed. 1t is public document,
and the public have right to its contents 1t is
too important to be smothered, neither shall it be-;
for if other paper viii take sufficient courage to
demand the privilege of making a copy, the twenty
thousand daily readers of the Herald shall have the
satisfaction Of reading it, in order that they may
know something concerning the underground
transactions of high official dgnitaries. Stand
/ from under!
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BY MoRsEs MAGNETIC LINE-No. 10 WALL STREET.
BrypALo, "a. MA duh, cloudy morning; cold wind
from the northwest thermometer A. barometer - 500,
mercury co.
RooHrsrrR, "a. M.-Dark and harry, with indications
o. rain; wind northeast Thermometer ~
SYRACUSE, A. M.-Cloudy and cold morning; very
unpleasant; wind northwest; thermometer ~.
0swreo, pa n.-fine morning. but rather cloudy:
somewhat cold Thermometer a.; barometer 20 $50
Urea, "A. M.-Cloudy and rather unpleasant; wind
northwest Thermometer 45; barometer y 645 mercury
65L.
AIRaSY "a. M.-C1esr and pleasant; wind northeast;
Thermometer Al, barometer 3017O; mercury "a.
TRoy, A. M-sky hary, and weather colder than
yesterday but not unpleasant; Thermometer 49, wind
northeast
BvsLrscroS A. M-Cloudy, but plcaeant morning;
wind northwest; Thermometer 30
Whitehall. "a M-wind north; cloudy and rather
unpleasant morning; Thermometer ~.
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his highest aim to the good opinion OF his COM
rades lie begged again to return them his grateful &c
Embellishments not only fer their gift but for their
good opinion, which to him above all price
The following toasts were then drank with applause =;
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES stars which Paul Jones nisde to
glitter the ocennpsth to the dsnay and defeat OF
rant nonarchay they pale their trilliancy III
they stand the democratic repubeanism of the
world.
@ Our Countrywide hope Of the exile and the refuge OF
the oppressed
The Stars and strpes-May they be in fall and
interrupted Of the entire length and breadth Of
the land.
4. The American People united and free
May their power long triumph on land and by sea
the star-spGngcd banner float high without STAIN
Till all earhs proclaimed free in George Washington's
s. The City Bues-Tle pride Of city and the sdmra-
tion Of the ladies.
o. The Trimble Guard.
Several other toasts were drank, and some good
speeches made, which we cannot find room for.