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No. S6 Nassau street, New York.
Nov 23-N
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ID ARTLETT'S AMERICAN EXPLOR-
I'D ing Expedition.-Persona narrative of ex-
poraiions and incidents in Texas, New Mexico,
California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, ly ]. r. Bart
lett, United States Commissioner during that Pc
riod, in two volumes, with maps and illustrations.
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Sketches, including peculiar American character,
scenery, and rural sports by T. B. Thorpe, author
of Tom Owen, the Bee Hunters, &C., illustrated
by sketches from nature.
Farmingdale, a novel, by Caroline Thomas.
Our Parish, or annals of Pastor and People.
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For the True American.
"THErLANDsOrsTHE- FREE"

Yes, my country / love. The land of the fr,e
Aud may heaven, preserve it, my prayer ere
shall be,
May freedoms brave sons, protect her flag ever.
From the place where it waves may none ere it
sever.
But may it still waVe'in its beauty and might
And may il be hailed 10y each true SON. with de-
light
May eachlove his country, and.guard her with
care
And from foreign invasion that foe still beware
Our country is free here the oppressed find a
home
When from their own nations in exile they roam
But still must they rulel where our sons have
right
Al! no, may We ever for our freedom still fight
Our Fathers lave fought, Our brothers have
died,
To secure to us freedoIil-and this is our pride,
TT en- may Angels watch over 1.-THE land Of
the free
And may Heaven preserve it, my prayer ere shall
be. LuskTTA
.Bloomfcld, July 8, 1855,
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About BuckWheat.

Few crops can be turned to better ac
count on poor, light grayelly soil, than
buckwheat. ItpossesSes chemical ac-
ton on the soil, by which the coarscr par
ticlos are disintogratod, or rendered finer
aud the soil is thereby improved. Pure
inorganic earth that is, Garth unmixed with
animal or vegetable pattcr-is produced
by the decomposition of fieldspar. Now
all the quarts and fellspar in the world,
while existing in the ftrm.cf rock, will
not produce a blade of grass; it is only when
lccomposod or pulverizcd, and the finer the
PARTICLES, the better the soil.
If a soil, then, is coarse, the subject Of
the farmer should be to pulverize it, which
can only be done by some chemical appli
cation, or the growing of some crop which
has that chemical power. Buc uckwheat, by
process yet undiscovered; has that power
and the longer it is cultivated, on given
piece Of ground, the finer will be the par
ticlcs of the soil. 1t Injuries land for corr
but leaves i. i'll finer order for potatoes, ant
is the best crop to kill out bushes, wilc
grass, and mellow grecnsward. To fl
the land for the next succeeding crop
in rotation, plow in crop buckwhcat bios
Snm
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Ancient Agriculture.

The Grecians plowcd the ground three
timcs-oncc in the fall, once in the spring,
and once immediately before seeding, when
they applied the manure.
Mayo, one Of the most celebrated Car
thagenian Generals, about the commence
ment of the Christian era, wrote twenty
eight works on Agriculture, which, by Or
der of tile Roman Senate were translated
into Latin.
Cato, one of the most celebrated Philos-
cphcrs, Statesman, and Generals Of Rome,
derived his greatest lasting, honors for
writing work on Agriculture.
Among the Romans, it was the highest
praise hat could be bestowed on a man, tc
say he was a judicious and industrious far.
mer.
Cincinnatus was taken from the plow, t,
command the Roman legions.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-07-11

TEARS OF To-DAY-There is tear of
joy and tear of grief The tear of to-
day may not be forced by the same cause
which overhowed the eye yesterday. A
tear may be sent up from the heart by
joy or sorrow. 1t is the same liquid dia-
mond in either case. A little tear drop on
the cheek has language of its own. 1t
speaks to persons Of all nations, 1t is in
tcrpreted readily by persons Of all couu-
tries. The tear of to-day means joy or
sorrow. The face adown which u tear
runs tells whether it springs from the foun-
tain Of joy or grief, A tear draws forth
sympathy because it the emblem of Love,
of Hope, Or of Grief, When it is our
grief our pulse beats faster, for our heart
is agitated and touched deeply. The true
feeling of the hearts seen in tear which
fingers in the eye, that little bright win
dow of the soul The tears of today, il
they spring from grief, may tomorrow
be wiped away by rainbow hues of peaae
happiness and prosperity. M desperd"
dum. Never despair.
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LIQUOR LAW.

Marvin Warren of Bcllefontaine, 0,
has prepared a pamphlet, Forms and d.
rections designed to be complete guide
to Justices and others, under the Liquor
Law of 1884. lie has his second edi-
ton now on hand, which contains all the
late decisions of the Supreme Court upon
the subject, together with copy Of the
act.
The work is indorscd for correctness by
some twenty-five able Lawyers residing in
every part of the State. The followins.
resolution was adopted by the State lem
perance Convention, held at Columbu
n the 22d ofFebruary 1855: Resolved
that the illegal Forms" prepared by NJ.
Warren, Esq, of Bcllcfontaine for proceed
ing under the Ohio Liquor Law, be rec
commended to the temperance men through
out the State.
PRICE OF TIE WoRK.-.Single copy
33ets; Four copies 81 90 or rs cts. per
copy; Forty copies $500 or 20 cents per
copy; Sixty copies $500 or Is cts per
copy.-Sent to any part of the state at my
expense and risk, as soon as ordered with
the money enclosed. Coin, bills, or pest
age stamps, will be sent at my risk by mail
if properly enclosed All orders directed
soon to NJ. Warren, Attorney at law, Bel
lefontainc, Logan Co., 0. with money en-
closed, will receive prompt attention, small
orders as well as large ones.
INpril 5th, 1855. NJ. WARREN.
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Home and Woman.

Our homes-whatare theirc corner stones
but the virtue of woman, and on what
does social well being rest, but OH our
homes, Must We not trace alb other blcs
sings Of civilized life to the doors Of cur
private dwellings, Are nOA our hearth
stones guarded by holy forms, conjugal fill
ial and parental love, the corner stone Of
Church and State, more sacred than either,
more necessary than both? Let our tenn
pies crmnble, let our public edifces, our
halls Of justice crumble, and capitals of
state be leveled with the dust; but spare
our homes! Let no socialist invade them
with his wild plans of community. Man
did not invent, and he cannot improve or
abrogase them. A private shelter to- COW
or in two hearts dcarcr to each other than
all in the world; high walls to exclude the
profarc eyes of every human being scclu-
sion enough for children to feel that moth
er is holy and peculiar namG-this is
home; and here is the birth place of every
secret thought. Here the Church and
State must come for their origin and sup
port. Oh! h!spare our homes! The love We
experience there gives us our faith in an
infinite goodness; the purity and disintcr-
cstednoss of home is our foretaste, our
earnest of better world. In relations
there established and fostclcd, do we find
through life the chief solacc and JOY ofcx-
istence. What friends deserve the name
compared with those whom a birth-risht
gives us? Ore mother is worth thou
sand friends; one sister trucr than twenty
intimate companions. We who have play
cd on the same hearth, under the light of
the same smile, who date back to the
same scene and season of innocence and
hope, through whose veins runs The same
blood, do We not find that years only make
more sacred and more important the tie
that binds? Goodness may spring up;
distance may separate; different spheres
may divide, but those who can love any
thing, who continue to love at all, must
find that the friends whom God himself
gave, are wholly unlike any We can'chocsc
for ourselves, and that the ycnrningfor these
is the strong spark in our expiring affec-
tion.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-07-11

GLUE FOR PLANTs.-It is reported that,
in France, for thesgenerality Ofaowers, and
more especially for the most delicate speci-
mems Of the lily tribe, common glue, dilu-
ted with sufficient portion of water, forms
a richer manure than guano, or any other
yet discovered; plants placed in sand, Or
the worst soils, display more beauty and
vigor, when watered with this composition,
than those grownin richest mold, and spIin-
kled with water.
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An Incentive.

Some years ago farmer in Frederick
county, Maryland, owed a neighbor $50;
and as he could realize the SUM he prom pt.
y paid it over. The morning he called to
pay it, his friend PTearcd TO lie thankful.
remarking that he was also in debt to
another person who needed the money, and
he would take it to him. This remark
started a train of thought in the mind Of
the first person, who said. to himself why
here is 500 paid with So, will at once
follow up this matter and sec where it will
end. lie then followed up payments OF
debts by this one note of $50, until he tra-
ced it to the large amonnt of $3.50! when
it got out of his reach
Now here is the moral; a owes B bill
which, if he pays promptly, will be paid
by Bio c, and 50 on through the whole
alphabet, aud it will be surprising to every
one what a. small amount is necessary tc
pay off hundreds of thousands by keeping
the 'caglc on the wing Now when the
money market is so tight, and the banks
are unable to discount all the paper offered
let persons begin to pay their bills, and by
doing this they themselves will be pait
back in turn. 1t is machine which feed
itself, and propels, by offal, the execution
of great exploit. AS word to the wise i
ever sufficient, we think it only neceSsSar,
to give this to our business men who vii
be able at once 10 see the vast amount @
good the payment Of even small bill
will accomplish in the commnnity.
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AaTi(Mtnral.
scRTTRR YE SEEDS.

aa:,er ye seeds, and fbwers will spring,
Stfew them at broadcast Ger hill and
glen;
~ in your garden, and time will bring
BrigS.il Iwer', with seeds to scatter again.
scatter yc scods lion think them lost,
Though they fall amid leaves and are
buried in earth;
srring Will awake them, ihoughhecdle sJy
tossed
Aud 10 beautiful flowers those seeds will
give Lirth.
7cattcy &c seeds, tire nnt, but toll,
'Tis the word uf lie, lis the Labor of man,
In the head in the heart, and on-the earth'S
own sui',
Sow. gather anl scw; through hfes own
sp1iH
Soatt,r ye scels in the field of mind
Seeds of aowcrs, with seeds of grain;
n this spring and summer sweet garlands
yell find,
Aud in autumn ye'll reap rich fruits for
your pain,
Scatter ye seeds in the garden of heart,
Seeds of affection. of trsth, and of love,
.ultivatc carefully each hidden part,
And thy flowers will be seen by angels
above.
Scatter ye seeds the stc,s of Hope;
Plant in your bosom the Tree of Life
..Aon tie flowers here budding in Heaven
shall Ope,
And in Heaven will ripen the fruits Of
strife.
Then ssatter yc seeds e.ch passing year,
Sow amid winds and storms of rain;-
Hope give the courage, Faith cast out fear,
God will rcquite thee with infinite gain.
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Low PRICES.
G. & ]. SCOTT.
ADVERTISEMENTS FOR S. RING
OF 1255

GO cases of new goods now received and
the richest and most fashionable selection Of
Dress Goods, millinery, straw goods and Trim
mings of the present season. Having been pur-
chased at the present greatly depressed rices
i'll New York and Philadelphia we. are enabled
10 offer ur customers greater inducements than
ever. SILKS. Goud black silks from 621S to
LIS. Plain colored black silks from Is to I,25
Striped and bard do. Satin de.cheue. pure
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Challis, Persians, the richest and most beauti-
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striped, do gingham's. prints DC. Good prints
selling at 6 TO 8 cents per yard. fine from 10 70
1917 MUSLlNS and SHEETINGS Good yard
wide muslins at 616 cents, heavy sheetirgs at
8 cents por yard. Bleached muslins, good ar.
ticle at 61b fine do s to 10. Extra 1915 to l5c,
Pillow case muslin aud linnen sheeting. Checks
lickings and fannePs at very low prices. Mil
innery goods, so cartons Of NEW BONNET
ribbons in every variety. 40 ps Bonnet Silks
of the most desirable colors. Grapes Paltons
and Florences. $50 cartons French and Amer
ican Flowers Bonnet Frames neatest shapes
Illusion Bonds; silk trimming laces crown IL
nings. Merchants and Millincrs supplied at
Eastern prices. SILK and STRAW BON
NETS. 2O cases of the newest shapes and
styles of spring bonnets, good bonnets from 25
cents to one dollar. fine do from one dollar to
sc. 90 comprising English straws, swiss braids
Napoletan laces DC. Silk Bonn cts of the latest
French styles and of the richest qualities from
the lowest, to the finest French bonDcts ever
opened in this city. TRiMMrSss, The finest
stock Of Dress Trimmings Of every thing new
and desirable. Embroderies Of the finest quail.
tiles Frence collars as low as SIC and up as
hig Il SIS, so chemists under sleeves, jacinet and
swiss insertings &c. Lisle Thread, silk aad best
quality Of kid gloves HOSIERY of all prices,
some as low as 81 per pr. REMOVAL, on the
| st day of april We will remove into our new
building, one door west of our present store
room, which We Are having fitted up in the
most modern style. The second and third
floors we nre having fitted up for our millinery
department, and having secured the services Of
an experienced milner from one of the most
fashionable millinery establishments in the city
of New York to superintend that depart meni,
when We will be enabled 10 supply our custom
ers with every thing new and desirable in that
department. G. d ]. SCTT.
| March, 90 1855.
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ATTEN TIoN!


Vo encourage the literary talent Of the
= country, as we'll as to secure the best a-vai
able matter for their columns. the PrcprletOrs
of the New York Saturday Courier have deter
mined to award prize Of One Hundrd Dol
lars for the best, aud Fifty Dollars for the sec
Ond best tale that is forwarded (pOSt. paid) 20
their Office on or before the lat Of May next.
Said stories may be in any style, may be loca
ted in any country, or relate to any period
they must make not less than TEN columns of
the COURIER Each must be accompanied by
the name of its author in a sealed envelope
All tales handed in are to become the property
ofthe paper, and will be used in its columns Il
deemedworthy republication. The award will
be made without reservation, by committee
of gentlemen, whose high literary standing will
be guarantee Of the sincerity and faiDess Of
this proposal Their names are g. Payn Quack
cnbOs, formerly Editor Of the N. Y. Literary
American. Chauncey G. Burr. Editor of the
N. Y. National Democrat, and the Editor of the
n. Y. Saturday Courier Knowing that tale
writers who complete for newspaper prizes are
often disappointed by the chicanery or dishon-
esty of the parties concerned, the undersigned
would add their personal assurance that the
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velopes containing the authors names will not
be opened till after the judges have decided;
Bnd the award will be fair one if it is in the
power of human effort to make it so.
Send in your manuscript on or before the lst
May.
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this clause %
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B1~ ~Clandestine courtships are not only
dishonorable and uncertain as to their res
ults, but base fraud upon the confidence
of parents. They are in all respects dis
creditable, because however pure and sim
cere, the concealmcut implies a doubt of
the integrity of one ofthe parties. Either
the man is ashamed of the woman or the
woman ashamed of the man, or somebody
interested is ashamed of one of the other
of them, or they design to deceive a con-
fiding parent or guardian but look at it in
any light, the proceeding is the reputable.
The young woman compromises her rcputa-
tion-for "people will talk" scandal will
originate and society, detesting secresy in,
the affairs of the heart, is prone to be cen
serious, and the man, if not restrained by
some purity of principle, is ever ready to
regard the woman with suspicion at least.
They think with Brabantio, that if girl
dcccivcs her parents, sue will deceive 9TH
crs. So, girls, have care that in attcmp-
ting to deceive others, you are not yourself
deceived.
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H@-An Irishman in Rhode Island was
about marrying girl who had pretty sum
Of money. Now the priest, hearing ofthis,
desired to get piece of the money, and
told the bridegroom he would charge S25
for performing the marriage ceremony
dts rather high, your reverence" said
the latter.
Then III not marry you,' replied the
priest.
Very well, your reverence, I'll goto some
other priest
Pll excOmmunicatc you
q can 60 to another church
There's plenty Of others, your reverence;
andIv been thinking, your reverence
that the churches and girls arc very mucl
aliks-if one won't have yc another will
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The Green Mountain Rotary.

A COOKING STOVE designed for far
"A mers and hotel keepers, burning wood and
coal, and guaranteed to give satisfaction to pur-
chasers. Also ErSA AIR TIGHTS large OVEN and
the Star Of the West. The stoves are far ahead
of any yet introduced for baking and roasting,
in respect to saving fuel and for durability are
unequalled. Manufactured by A. Bradley,
Pittsburgh. The subscriber keeps constantly
on hand a large assortment of all kinds Of tin
Sheet.Iron and Brass Ware Persons in want
Of anything in his line will save money by CIV
ing him call. Spouting roofing and all kinds
of Job work done to order and at the lowest pFi.
ces. The highest prices paid for old copper q
pewter. Store South 4th street nearly opposite
the Morton House. ... j. H. LINDSAY.
april Oath 1855. ..,