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Grecian Farmers.

The following is from recent lee
turc by Prof. FELTON, of Harvard Col
lege upon Life in Greece.
The love of rural life was one of the
deepest passions of the Grecian heart,
beyond the realm of Arcadia, real OF
ideal.-What lovely touches of nature
adorn with their exquisite beauty the
dialogues of Plato and even the come.
dies of Aristophanes. Through the
whole compass of Greek literature, the
sights and sounds of the country, the
sweet calm sunshine, the heecy cloud
the song of the lark and nightingale
the rising sun. the rich meadow, the
cattle feeding in the pastures, furnish
ed thoughts which moved harmoniou:
numbers. When the Poloponesian wal
opened, the plains of Attica were cov-
cred with residences, elegantly furnish
ed, which the inhabitants with regret
and tears looked back upon from the
walls of the city, while the Spartan ar.
mics were laying waste with fire and
sword. The country was tastefully dec,
Grated with temples or chapcls, consc-
Grated with nymphs and rural deities
and the lands were made holy ground,
because in them were buried the ances.
tors of the families residing in the man
sions.
The Greek gardens were laid out
with lawns. thickets avenues white
fountains fed meandering rivulets.-
Beds of asphodel, hyacinth and violets,
roses myrtles ana pomegranates divers
flied the scene, Or waited perfume to
the senses. Here Athenian taste and
luxury displayed itself The Greek as
a farmer or a city gentleman, is not the
Greek of classical associations; and yet,
perhaps, just in these relations, ne was
most intensely Greek.
Homer gives lively sketch of the
primative country life. Hesiod was a
Beotian farmer, and gives precepts
which seem to have been drawn from
his own experience, concerning lucky
and unlucky days, weather, &c. The
early Greek philosophers carefully OBJ
served the phenomena of the heavens,
and were skilled in the arts of the sea-
sons. The habits of animals, the proper
ties Of the soils and their adoption to
the different kinds crops, were matters
of which they knew. Wagons, carts,
plows and harrows we're manufactured
on the farm Or in its vicinity, and wood
used was chosen with care. Corn was
ground in mortar with a pestle, and
in later times in a mill.
The list of other implements, such
as scythes, saws, spades, rakes, &C..
could hardly be extended now. The
use of guano, seaweed, and commoner
substances, was perfectly understood.
Land was allowed to recover its
strength by lying fallow. Scaro-crows
were set up in fields to scare away
birds /; though "spell" was also used,
viz Having caught toad they car
ried him around the field by night alive,
and then put him in a jar, and sealed
him up, and buried him in the middle
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NUMBER T.

tn whero sections numbered sixteen and
thirty-six, or either of them. directed to
be reserved for school purposes by tho
eighteenth section Of the act approved
third of March, one thousand eight hun.
drcd and forty-nine entitled "An act to
establish the Territorial Government of
Minnesota" shall be found fractional in
quantity, and in those or fractional
townships where no section sixteen or
thirty.six shall be found therein, there
shall be reserved and appropriated other
land for such school purposes, to make
up in the first case, the deficiency in the
quantity of said fractional sections six
teen and tlirtysix, or either of them,
and to give, in the second case, an equiv
Giant for the loss of either or both of
said sections Provided, That the mode
ana manner of selection and approval in
both cases, and the quantity selected in
the second case, shall be in acoordance
with the principles settled by the act
approved twentieth [ofl May, eighteen
hundred and twenty-six, entitled " An
act to appropriate land for the support
of schools in certain townships and
fractional townships not before provided
forn
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Approved, March 3, 1853.

PUBLIC ACT-No. :.
AN ACT authorizing the Governor Of
the Territory of New Mexico to call
an extra Session Of the Legislative
Assembly of said Territory, should
the same be deemed necessary and ex-
pedicnt,
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representative Of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the Governor of the Territory Of
New Mexico, should he deem the same
necessary and expedicnt, be and he is
hereby authorized and empowered to call
one extra session of the Legislative As,
scmbly Of said Territory, not TO exceed
ninety days in duration, anything to the
contrary notwithstanding which may be
contained in the act approved Septem-
Der ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty,
entitled An act proposing to the State
of Texas the establishment of her north
crn and western boundaries, the relin-
qushmcnt by said State of all her terri
tory claimed by her exterior to said
boundaries. and of all her claims upon
the United States; and to establish a
Territorial Government for New Mexi-
CO." Provided, Said extra session shall
not be held during the sitting of any
regular session of said Legislative As
sembly: And provided further, That
said extra session shall be held and con-
cluded prior to the first of December
eighteen hundred und fifty-three.
Approved, March 8: 1853.
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The present convention shall be con-
sidorcd as additional to the abovc-mcn-
toned treaty of the 10th of Jauuary,
1889. and shall altogether, with the ur-
modified articles of that treaty, be in
force for the term of two years, com
mencing six weeks after the exchange of
the ratification and further until the
end of twelve months after either of the
contracting parties shall have given to
the other notice of its intention to ter
inmate the same each of the contrac-
ting parties yeservihg to itself tho right
of giving such notice to the other, after
the expiration Of the said term of two
years And it is hereby mutually a
Igreod that, in case of such notice, this
convention, and all the provisions there
of, as well as the said treaty of 10Th
January, 1889, and the provisions there
Of shall at the end of the said twelve
months altogether cease and determine.
ARTICLE VII
The present convention shall be rati-
fed, and the ratification shall be ex-
changed at Washington within six
months of its date or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof, the respective
Plenipotcntiarics have signed the same,
and have affixed thereto the seals Of
their arms.
Done, in duplicate, at the City of
Washington, this twenty sixth day of
August. in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty two
DANIEL WEBSTER.
SEAL.
rs. TESLA
[sEAG.l
And whereas the said convention has
been duly ratified on both parts. and the
respective ratfications of the same were
exchanged at Washington. on the TWEEN
ty fifth instant, by Edward Everett
Secretary of State of the United States
and j. & Zimmerman, Consul Genera
of his Majesty the King of the Neither
lands, in the United States, on the part
Of their respective Governments
Now, therefore, be it known, that |
Millard Fillmore, President of the Uni
ted States of America. have caused thu
said Convention to be made public, tC
the end that the same and every claus'
and article thereof may be obscrv
cd and fulfilled with good faith by the
United States and the citizens thereof
Tn witness whereof l have hereunt'
set my hand, and caused the seal Of til,
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington th
twenty sixth day of February
in the year of our Lord one thou
f.. ; sand eight hundred and fift.
three. and of the independence o
the United States the seventy
seventh.
MILLARD FILM ORE.
BY the President.
EDWARD EVERETT, Secretary of Stat
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THE WORD AH."-The transla-
tors of the Bible have left the Hebrew
word Selah, which occurs so often in
the Psalms, as they found it, and of
course the English reader often asks
his minister, or some learned friend,
what it means. And the minister or
friend has most often been obliged to
confess ignorance, because it is mat
ter in regard to which the most learned
have by no means been of one mind
The Targums and most of the Jewish
commentators give the word meaning
eternaly, forever. The authors of the
septuagint translation appear to have
regarded it as a musical sign, cquiva-
lent perhaps to the word repeat. Ac-
cording to Luther and others it means
silencei Gesenius explains it to mean,
let the instruments play and tie sing
ers stop. Wochem regards it as equiv
alent to sursam corda, up my soul =
Summer, after examining all the sew
enty-four passages in which the word
occurs, recognises in every case san
actual appeal or summons to Jehovah.
They are calls and prayers to be heard,
expressed either with entire directness,
or if not the imperative, "Hear Jeho-
yah !" or "Awake, Jehovah l'' and the
like still earnest addresses to God that
he would remember and hear &c. The
word itself he regards as indicating a
blast of trumpets by the priests. Selah
itself he thinks an abridged expression,
used for Haggaion indicating the sound
of the stringed instruments, and Selah
a vigorous blast of trumpets.-Biblio-
Meca ,Saera.
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TPuBLIc AcT-No.

AN ACT authorizing the Sale of cer-
tain Reserved Lands in Alabama.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representative of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the lands laying in Clarke county
in the State of Alabama, which have
been reserved from sale as cedar lands,
under and by virtue of An act making
reservation Of certain public lands, to
supply timber for naval purposes" ap.
proved March first, eighteen hundred
and seventeen, shall hereafter be liable
to be sold in the same manner and IN
der the same provisions and restrictions
us other public lands of the United
States.
Approved, March 8, 1853
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I'M PROV E nj E N T
IN TAKING
DAGUER RE0TYPES

l would respectfully announce to the
people of Middlebury and vicinity, that
have new mode of preparing the Da-
|guerreotype Plate, which surpasses all Others
now in use. can make double the mum
Der of pictures in the same length of time
that could by the old way, and with bril-
liancy of tone and finish unsurpassed by any
other process. shall have it ready for oper
alton by Monday next, March 7th. Call and
see, and know the wonders Of science and art
even in your own town, at Nos. and Mich
ols' Building.
W. II. GILLMORE.
March !, 1853. As;
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TPUELlo AcT-No.


AN ACT to receive and continne i'll
force for limited time the Provisions
of an Act relative to suspended En-
tries of Public Land
BE it enacted by the Senate and HOUSE
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That the several provisions of the act
approved third August, eighteen hun
dred and forty-six, entitled & An act
providing for the adjustment Of all sus-
pended pre-cmption land claims in tho
several States and Territories be and
the same are hereby revived and contin-
ucd in force for the term of ten years
from the date hereof; and those provi-
sions are hereby declared applicable as
well to cases which were inadvertently
omitted to be acted on under SAID act, as
to those of like cha racter and descrip-
ton which have arisen between the date
of said act and the present time, and
shall be regarded as applying to locations
by bounty land warrants, as well as to
ordinary entries or sales.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That in all cases where patents have
been issued on entries which were cnti-
tied to be confirmed under said ct,such
patents may be surrendered, and the of.
ficers at the time of such surrender,
who by said act are constituted the
board adjudication, are hereby author
lied and empowered to confirm such en-
tries and upon the cancelling of the
outstanding patent, the Commissioner of
the General Land Office is hereby au-
thorized to issue new patent, OH such
confirmation. to the persons who made
such entries, to their heirs or to their
assigns.
Anproyel. March 8. 1858.
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A Petition to Time.


Touch us gently, Time
Let us glide adown thy stream
Gcntly-as we sometimes glide
Through a quiet dream
Humble voyagers are we,
Husband, wife, and children three
Gone is lost-an angel, fled
To the azure overhead y
Touch us gently, Time
We've not proud nor soaring wings
OUR ambition, ouR content,
Lies in simple things.
Humble voyagers are we,
Der Lifc's dim unsoundcd sea,
Seeking only some calm Cline
Touch us GENTLY, gentle Time
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B Y 4 u II II o r I T Y
LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES
PaSScd turing tie Second Session o
tie IHirtySecond Congress.

PuBLIc Acr-No.
AN ACT authorizing Changes in the
Location of Land Offices.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Unit
cd States of America in Congress as
semblcd, That the President be and he
is hereby authorized to change the loca
ton of land Offices in the several land
districts established by law, and to es
tablish the same from time to time al
such point in the district as he may
deem expedient.
Approved, March 3, 1853.
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BD~ A clergyman of bad character

EsD~ A clergyman of bad character
going to say prayers at a remote village
in the west of England, had great diff
iiculty in putting on his surplice, which
was an old-iashioned one.
" think" said he to the clerk,
the devil is in this surplice."
The astonishcd clerk stared till he
got it on, and the nsarcastically ex-
claimed,
" | think he is, SIR"
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Fun FOR TYPo's-"of my exist
ence, give me an )" said a printer to
his sweetheart. She Immediately made
a-at him, and planted hersay~bc-
tween his i is nearly putting a to his
existence. "Such an outrage" was
the of Faust, looking I I at her. SIS
probably without in this ) of the coun-
try, and is a good subject for fT."-
Huntington Sentinel.
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A MopE1 SpEEcu.-uere Is n mod

A MODEL SPEEcH.-Here is mod.
el speech, made by the President Of
the Northamptonshire { England } Far
ming and Grazing Society, onpresent-
ing a fine cup to fine young
man: snow young man, take that
cup,and remember also, to plough deep
and drink shallow"
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bS5~Lord Ellenborough once said to
barrister,upon his asking,in the midst
of a boring harangue, SIS it the
pleasure Of the court that | should
proceed with my statement ?"
Pleasure, Mr., has been out
Of the question for long time, but you
may proceed,
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" How ARE you, Smith ?" says
Jones. Smith pretends not to know
him, replies hesitatingly-
4" Sir, you have the advantage of
me-"
yes retorts Jones, Il suppose cv-
erybody has that's got common sense.
Smith looks unhappy.
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TX Marvel and Old aCotinth.u D

The editor of the hnichcrDOchcr lIng-
deiHc attributes the following to Tx
MARVEL, and is certainly worthy of him:
Last evening, as we were walking
leisurcl ly along, the music of the chtirs
in three churches came floating out into
darkness around us, and they were all
new and strange but one And that one
it was not sung as We have heard it,
but awkward train of long buried mem
ories that rose to us oven as they were
before the ccmctry of the soul had tomb
in it.
1T was sweet old 'Co:inth they were
snging-stralns we have seldom heard
since the rose-color of life was blanchcd;
and We were in moment back again to
the old village church, and it was sum
mer afternoon, and the yellow sunbcams
were streaming through the west win
dows, and the silver hair of the old dea.
con who sat in the pulpit was turned to
gold in its light and the minister, who
we used to think could never die, so good
was he, had concluded application and
cxhortation,' and the village choir were
singing the last hymn, and the tune was
-Corinth.
''lt is years-wo dare not think how
many, since then, and the prayers of Da-
vid the son of Jesse are ended, and the
choir arc scattered and gone I he girl
with blue eyes that sang alto and the
girl with black eyes that sang air-the
eyes of the one were like clear June
heaven at night, and those of the other
like the same heaven at noon. They both
became wives, and both mothers, and
they both died. Who shall say they arc
not singing 'Corinth' still, where Sab
baths never wanc, and congregations nev
er break up2 There they sat, Sabbath
after Sabbath, by the square column at
the right of the 'lcadcr,' and to our young
eyes, they were passing beautiful
and to our young ears their tone!
were the very soul of music. That col
umn bears still their pcncilled names as
they wrote them in those days in life'
June, lS3-, before dreams of change haC
overcome their spirit like summer
cloud.
ALAS that with tho old singers mos
of the sweet old tunes have died upon tn
air but they linger in memory, an'
, they shall yet be sung again in the swcc
, reunion of song that shall take place b.
, and by in hall whose ceiling is pur
pearl, whose floors arc all gold, and whcr
, they never grow old. Then she tina
: sang alto and she that sang air will b
, in their place once more"
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a NOBLE NATURE.-There were many
little occurrences which suggested to
me with great consolation, how natural
it is to gentle hearts to be consideratc
and delicate towards any inferiority.
One of these particularly touched me.
l happened to stroll into the little
church when a marriage was just conclu-
ded, and the young couple had to sigu
the register. The bridegroom, to whom
the pen was handed first, made rude
cross for his mark the bride. who came
next, did the same. Now, l had known
the bride when | was last there, not on.
ly as the prctticst girl in the place, but
as having quite distinguished herself in
the school and could not help looking
at her with some surprise. She came
aside ana wispered to me, while tears
of honest love and admiration stood in
her bright eyes,, He's dear good fel.
low, Miss, but he can't write, yet he's
going to learn of me-and | wouldn't
shame him for the world ?" Why, what
had / to fear. | thought, when there was
this nobility in the soul of a laboring
mans daughter BLEAK House.
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B@- When does young lady wish
to win moro than seven beaus at once ?
When she tries to .fascinate (fasten-
eight
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PUBLIC REsoLuTIoN-No. 8 !
A RESOLUTION explanatory Of tho
Act appropriating Mchey for the Re-
motal 6f the Raft of Red River.
Resolved hy the Senate and House Of
the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That so much of the
act entitled An act making appropria-
tions for the improvement of certain bar-
bors and rives,9 approyod August thir-
tietli, eighteen hundred and iifty-two, as
relates to Red RIVER, he so eoUstrued as
to authorize the Secretary of War to
award the contract for the reihovdl Of
distractions to the payigation Of said
river oecasioned by the Raft, to the per.
son or persons who, for the amount of
the appropriation, will agree to remove
said distinctions, and keop saia paviga-
tion free from the same for the longest
period Of time said contract to be a.
Waraed after reasonable public notice
Approved, January 7, 1858.
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[PUBLIc REsoLvrIoN-No. A.. I
A RESOLUTION in in relation to tho
Census returns from the State of Cah
fornia
Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-03-15
VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.



and after the 5th December freight car arrang-
~ ed for the purpose will be with the mail train
daily, Sundays excepted) for the speedy transpor
tation OF milk, butter fresh meats, and other pershabe
articles, and OF packages of merchandise &c.
special agent will accompany the to attend to
the receipt and delivery of articles the several depots
All articles must be put up securely with their weight
and destination marked thereon and be ia place before
the arrival OF the train at the depots in the country
Articles to be transported from the Richmond Depot
must be sent there between A M and NJ, accompa.
MED by tickets stating what place they are to be
sent by whom and to whom 1.-THE articles received cor.
the depot and delivered to the person bringing the
ticles and the other retained by the agent
An agent will be in attendance at the Richmond de.
pot from M till NJ. for the delivery of articles
brought blythe Express cars
The freight on all articles must be paid in advance and
no article will be taken for any turn out.
Table Of Rates.
TRUNKS ROXES AND PACKAGES.
single packages not exceeding five pounds weight, for
n al Instances, 20 cts
raeaKages Weighing over live pounds and less than
MY pounds, al distances 80 cts
faehases weighing over fifty pounds and less than
Arlcles exceeding 100 pounds in weight between
Richmond and Louisa H. per 100 lbs so cts
Between Richmond and Gordonsve. per 100 lbs 60 cts
Do do do Mechums river, 100 lbs rs cts
BUTTER, LARD, DRESSED FOWLS AND FRESH
70 cents per 100 lbs for all disances-no charge to be
ess than l2t
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
OF t nusnei .2a cts
OYSTERs-By special agreement
de Z. H. GILL; Supt Transportation.
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SPRING TRADE.


TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS.
recent arrivals from Boston, New York and Phila
- delphia Iamin receipt of entirely fresh and
tenslve stock of articles in my line and beg to call your
attention to the fact that you select from large
an assortment and buy low you North and
both your time and expenses Among my assortment
have
100 boxes Oranges, in prime order
100 do Lemons do do
500 do Rasins, bunch nice fruit
100 do do layer, very nice
25 trails Ivica soft shell Almonds
bales Molier do do
10 do Sicily do do
do Bordeaux and Marseles Almonds
20 bags new crop Texas Pecan Mats
10 do do Palm do
10 do do Fiberts
10 do Grenoble Naples and Sicily Walnuts
80 cases preserved Canton Ginger
1000 boxes Sardines, whole, halt, one third and
quarter
$50 drums Smyrna Figs
10 cases Prunes in glass jars and boxes
20 half kegs Malaga Grapes, fresh
10 trails new crop Dates, yellow and bright
20 drums Sultan Raisins, also in trails
100 boxes brandy Peaches, Pickles, Preserves &c :
100000 Cigars, assorted imported and domestic from
SIS per M. to $50.
Also-Any quantity Of my superior Steam Candy, rea
dy packed for transportation and warranted nice-wil
stand in any climate.
Please give a CALL am anxious to sell and will
offer great inducements.
LOUIS J BOSSIEUX,
Steam Candy Manufacturer,
NH No 1O7 Main at.