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MEErlNo Or GourHEaN Corror
PkAHTERs.--A polite invitation from

"hEiiN0 VI COV1hEhN COTTUk
PtANTERs.--A polite invitation from
"the committee Of arrangements " IL
before us, to- attend the meeting Of
Cotton Growers on The 4th July NEXT.
at "Cooper's Wells " in Kinds Ceun
ty, Mississippi The great aim Of the
movement, il 10 excite in the Planters
themselves, an interest in the matter
Of direct trade, TO accomplish which
SO many unsuccessful movements have
been made. The monopoly SO long
existing ID favor Of Liverpool specu-
lators, has controlled the pricc Of this
great staple, ard the continent of Eu-
rope, where the largest amount of
manufacturing Is done, has had to pay
for the raw material, At advanced rates
which has enriched England in this,
as in other things, at the expense Of
the balance of mankind.
The design Of the meeting at Coop
er's Well on the 4th, il to have d CON
cert Of action on The part Of growers.
go as to establish Depot for cotton,
some where on the continent Of Eu.
rope. SO as to excite rivalry and com.
petition which is the only recognized
regulator Of trade. II only one dollar
per bale, can be saved land the calcu.
la'ion is for three), it is an enormous
amount in the course ola few years.
This question appeals in the very
strongest language to the sympashies
Of all cotton growers, andsit is ex.
pected that full delegation will be
present at the Well on the time ap-
pointed.
ftepOTte6 improvement IN me Etee.
trio Telegraph. Late foreign papers
state that A Swedish sayons Prot. Ed
lund, Of the Royal Academy Of scicn-
ces, succeeded last year in making
an Improvement in the construction
Of the electric telegraph apparatus,
by which, IL becomes possible 10 send
messages by the same wire simulate
ously in two opposite directions. The
principle on which this discovered |.
based is very simlle and altogethe'
different from that applied by DR..
Ginti at Vienna, which was not sue.
cessful. As far back as tbs month
Of August, last year. Professor Edlund
made some experiments on the wires
Of the telegraph line between Stock.
holm and Upsala by permission Of the
directors. These succeeded 80 well
that he constructed the necessary sp.
paratus, which was put up in Decsm.
Der last, and has bceen IN daily opera
ton ever since. As soon ~ The ap-
paratus are constructed they arc to
be introduced at every telegraph sta.
ton in the kingdom and as the 81.
formation |. not expensive, the advan-
tages gained over the old system are
obvious, If one line Of wire will do
the work formerly done by two.
La. Institute FOR MUTEs AND THE
BL1sD.--The Borad Of Directors Of
this Institute met on Thursday last.
and open proposals TO finish the work
to be done on the building. There
were number Of proposals, out OF
which the following were selected a.
the lowest
r. H. BvRK, Garpsntsr's soork
ALEX. SHAW, Plastersr !; Jons TIT
Aso, Copper Smith !; JoHs LYAIt, Ct
the firm Of LYALL & DAVIDSON, New
Orleans, Sloeer.
The work on the building will now
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70 THE nut for biologists to
crack" will Be oferd them early next
weok.
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4T If our friend CLARK, Of the
Jefferson (Texas) Herald, has not
thrown down the pen, forever we
should like TO know why he selected
the first day Of April TO go into new
and untried state Of existence +? II
silent, let bin take an unspoken
blessing, for himself and lovely COM
panion, one that must be tame indeed,
in any form Of words. Though out Of
the printing business, we hope be will
not make his exit from 'the stage -
without leaving the impression Of ano-
Their clever fellow 10 the state of Tex
as.
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Two shocks Of an earthquake were
telt It Cairo illinois, on The Sd inst.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-13

EE On the night Of the It'll inst,
it will be seen that some one entered
the house of the Rev. Mr.. Guion corn
er of America and St. Phillip streets,
and feloniously carried away severa
articles of jewelry, with small
amount Of money. A reward is offer
ed for the detection Of the thief and
recover, Of the articles.
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and it we remember Alright, published
| in full, q letter addressed to Messrs
LARaufHR & LANouE, from some
northern house, giving the amount Of
cost in round figures to lay the tubes,
light the streets, and make the town
look like city, in the respect Of gas.
| IF <be matter ever came before the
City Council, it has been very sum
marily despatched under the table.
for no mention Is made of it in the
minutes. Indeed it has been said, that
what little lamp light we have hereto
fore bad, was put out, in the fear that
this ever dissatisfied people, would
ask to have, all the money " not other
wise appropriated in the public Treas
ury expended for light; and thus, bank
rupt the corporation so as to render il
impossible, to make the usual appro.
priation for the support Of Legitimate
toqfers. - Be this as it may What
the corporation has been unable to do,
with all its immence resources; private
enterprise has affected. Gus has been
introduced. r. Musselman. Third
Street, has just put up very perfect
patent apparatus to generate, any
quantity Of the purest carbonie acid,
gas, that can be desired by the town.
SoIa--a harmless drink if not indul-
ged in to excess, may hereafter be
bad. fresh from the fountain bead
Lord Byron has recommended it for
the head ache, and as the drink has
not yet been interdcted by due pro-
cess of law; we may be allowed to
indulge the hope that Masselmau, will
reap the reward, his enterprise deser-
yes.
~ From the Tbibodeaux Miner
"a, We see that the Hon. Louis He
bert, State Engineer, is on visit TO
Lafourehe, with a view Of carrying in
to effect some Of the resolutions passed
at different times by The Legislature
to improve the navigation Of Bayous
in that Parish. The Statute books
are overburdened with bunkum reso-
lutions Of this kind, which have never
been carried into effect. Most Of
them are impracticable. Resolutions
introduced BY country gentlemen to
show their constituents the willingness
on their part to do something for
them. If the State were put up, and
sold out under the hammer Of the
Auctiopeer, il would not bring half
enough money to carry into effect the
dead letters y of the law on this sub
ject.
EF If our friend CLARK, Of the
Jefferson (Texas) Herald, has not
thrown down the pen, forever; we
should like TO know why he selected
the first day of April TO go into new
and untried state Of existence =? If
..ta.A IL IT, IL. =. ..A1l-
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~ The Kansas Tribune says :
Perhaps Lawrence is the only city in
America where majority Of the peo-
pie wear Boomers. During a pleas
ant all day, they may be seen in all
parts of our place-not walking out
for the novelty Of the thing, but max
ing calls and persuing their ordinary
avocations. without even suspecting
that their costume is attracting un-
usal attention and, indeed it does not.
The ladies' consider them far more con-
venient than the street sweeper and
they ought to BE- the best judges
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Gbe dQsIehIg Galllst
Sunday msrninG,. May ts,tss5.

MErHopisr 3. CHuaeH.--Rev.
Thos. Fl. Foster, Pastor. Preaching
II 104 A. NJ. and at u P. NJ. subject
Of the morning sermon, Religious Ed
ucation.
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10 A special meeting Of Wash
ington Il. A. Chapter is called, for to.
morrow night, At the Masonic Hall,
foot Of Church Street. Companions
are earnestly requested to attend, as
business Of Importance will be trans.
acted.
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A NEw FEAruRg.-Since the ponds
have gone dry, new trade has open.
ed. Ancient frogs who stand out on
dry land to join in silent prayer for
rain are knocked over, aud exposed
in the public markets for sale, TO sat.
isfy the rapacious appetite Of flesh eat
srs. We look to see on the bills Of
faro Of our Hotels. the next thing,
Crapeaur a IA mode. -
Bishop Hughes has closed his con-
troversy with Senator Brooks in the
following abruft and certainly not very
clerical manner
Mr.. Erastus Brooks has exhibited
himself in the light Of a man who has
no regard for veracity, and who is
therefore utterly unworthy Of notice.
l take him, consequently, with cover.
ed hands, to the nearest open sash Of
window, and send him, forth with
the single mental observation. Go
hence wretched, and vile insect, the
world has space for you as we'll as for
me."-fJoHS ARCHBISHOP Of New
York. New York May I. 1855.
We are not aware that Mr.. Brooks
will be satisfied with this curt mode
Of dspriving him Of bis two and half
million Brooks public Library"
Delta.
n The nut for peolopists 10
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n.y. The Rev. Mr.. Walworth's
opinion Of tho heat and location OF the
/" Internal regions which is to be the
portion Of the damned; has gone the
rounds Of all the newspapers. We
cannot see, why the Rev. Gen'leman's
opinion has been 50 wide spread, M
less the press is impressed with the
idea, that many offs patrons. have
pre-emption claims 70 unlocated lands.
in that dominica.
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~ There was rumor at Vienna
at last accounts, that the French En-.
peror was to visit that city after his
visit to London also, that the Empc.
ror Francis Joseph and Queen Victor,
ia will at the sama time visit his Ma.
jesty at Paris during the Exhibition.
A young, man named Kossutb, said
to be q nephew Of Louis Kessuth the
Hungarian exile was crushed to death
in coal pitt pear Pittsburg, on Mon
day. the Goth ult.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19
Astronomy.

1t seems to us that in this science we are
fast approaching point where we need
the guidance rather of new Plato than Of
new Bacon or Newton. The telescope
Of Lord Rosse has sounded our present as
tronomy to its real depths. Few more
great prizes are reserved, We suspect, in
that starry sea. We have attained the
knowledge that the stars are old, that they
are of one stuff, and that there is no visible
end TO their numbers. What more of any
moment, in this direction, by our present
methods, is ever likely to be reached by
US? 1t is like walking through pine for
est of vast extent and uniform aspect, few
miles tire and satisfy US. So now, the
news Of ''stars, stars, stars" pouring on
us in everlasting succession-all like each
other, all distant all inscrutable, and ever
silent, the moral history of all unknown
produces very little effect, and the mid
might heavens of modern astronomy be-
come again, as to the eye of childhood, a
mighty and terrible pageant or procession,
the meaning and the purpose, the whittier
and the whence, ofwhch we do not under
stand. And we are tempted, to say to as
tronomers, as the pirate oflheir new firma-
ments, and planets, and comets eve
knew something like this long ago;can you
not give us some light on the meaning Of
these distant orbs? or read us off some
worthy lessons of moralinterest from that
ever widening but neverclearing page?"
And to cry out to the stars, Speak as well
as shine, We glorious mutes in the halls of
heaven! Shed down on some selected and
favored ear the true meaning of your mys-
tic harmonies? Hieroglyphics, traced by
the finger of God on the walls Of night,
when shall the Daniel arrive to interpret
you, and to tell us whether We contain III
dings of hope orof despair? Stargazers
have looked at you long enough, and msth-
ematicians weighed and measured you;
when shall the eye-the Rossian eye of a
true seer--lift itself up to your contem-
plation, and extract the heart of your mys-
terry? If not, men soon turn away from
you in disappointment, and look with as
much hope on the bright foam-bells of an
autumn ocean as on you, the froth of i'm
mensity. p GiLfiidn.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19

The basin Of the Atlantic Ocean is a
long trough. separating the Old World
from the New, and extending probably
from pole TO pole. This ocean furrow was
probably scored into the solid crust ofour
planet by the Almighty hand, that the wa
ters which he called seas might be gather
ed together so as to let the dry land ap-
pear and fit the earth for the habitaiion Of
man. From the top Of Chimborazo 10 the
bottom Of the Atlantic, at the deepest
place yet reached by tie plummet in the
Northern Atlantic, the distance in yerti-
cal line is nine miles. Could the waters
Of the Atlantic be drawn 50 as to expose
to view this great seagash, which separates
continents and extends from the Arctic
and Antartic il would present scene the
most rugged, grand and imposing.
The very ribs of the solid earth, with
the foundations of the sea, would be bro't
to light, and we should have presented TO
us, at one view, in the empty cradle of the
ocean, ga thousand fearful wrecks" with
that dreadful array of dead mems skulls,
great anchors, heaps of pearls, and inesti-
mable stones, which in the poets eye, lie
scattered in the bottom Of the sea, making
1t hideous with sights of ugly death. The
deepest part of the North Atlantic is prob
ably somewhere between the Bermudas
and the Grand Banks The waters of the
gulf of Mexico are held in basin about a
mile deep in the deepest part There is at
the bottom Of the sea, between Cape Race
in Newfoundland and Cape Clear in Ire
land, remarkable steppe, which isalready
known as the telegraphic plateau. A com
pany is now engaged with the project of a
submarine telegraph across the Atlantic
II is proposed to carry the wires along this
plateau from the Eastern shores of New
foundland to the Western shores of Ire
land. The great circle distance between
these two shore lines is 900 miles, and
the sea along this route is probably no.
where more than 10000 feet deep.-Pro-
JeSsOr Maury.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19
Why does Land Produce weeds.

Because there is more wiid. or fbrous
matter in the soil, accumulated by ages of
the growth and decomposition OF vegeta-
ton, than there is of that property requir-
ed for the crops we wish to raise.
AS we have often said, burn plant, and
the ashes will show what the soil is com
posed of" The ashes are what is drawn
from the earth. By the decomposition,
what was drawn from the atmosphere, has
been liberated, and escaped in the form of
gas, Tho ashes are mineral, and never
exist, naturally, in the atmosphere.
The ashes OF all plants, consist of the
same substances, only in different proper
tons. Like soap, which is grease, and
alkali, but when properly combined, are
neither, but new compound. So with
soils. If the compounds is largely wild, or
vegetable, it will produce weeds, make an
excess of phosphate of lime, and it will as
naturally produce wheat; give it an excess
of alkali, and twill produce potatoes. A
farmer should fit his crop to the soil, or
his soil for his crop Ohio Farmer.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19

l looked around for place of egress,
but could see none. AT last came in con-
tact with something-it was bed. Per-
haps it might placed neara window. AS
1 was grouping around, my feet hit against
something under the bed, 1t seemed Ike
human body. / stopped down and felt
oft. 1t was human body warm, in its
last sleep-the sleep of DEATH My hair
stood on its ends and my teeth chattered
with inward terror. l could hear po-
llceposse clattering on the payements.
They were on the stairs. Ny fate was
sealed. Tho gallows would be satisfied
with the blood Of the innocent; there would
be no hope for me; ! was a foreigner in.
foreign land; no counsel could save me
from my inevitable doom. Luckily. the
moon just then peeped through the long
looked-for window, and / jumped on a shed
near by, from thence some fifteed feet to
the ground. My hotel soon reached, and
sought my bedroom, to dream of my re-
esrape. In the morning, as l
took up newspaper, Tread the following:
MURDER Lastnight,about 19 o'clock,
the cry ofmurder rose from the second
story ofa house ofill-fame in the street
-.On entering the building,th MUIR
derer, as is supposed, escaped through the
window, leaving his victim under the bed,
with his throat cut from ear, 10 ear The
police are on his track, and illarrest him
by noon if he is in the city"
After reading this, ! quickly settled my
bill, and left the city, resolved that never
would so home with another strange wo-
man.
Morning me-the bright sun bespoke
a pleasant day, and after breakfast noun
ted my horse to proceed on my journey,
10 follow the old man S advice.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19
Plant Early.

If the spring is cold, and backward, we
often hear the farmers say, "corn is better
out of the ground, than in it,
Well, now, friends, you were never
more mistaken in your lives. If the frost
is out ofthe ground, and the weather warm
enough to sprodt it, corn had better be in
the ground. 1t may be kept back, like a
talented step-son but its energies arc ac-
cumulating, and as soon as favorable OPP
portunity offers, its latent powers will
show themselves.
While the topis kept down by the chill
air its roots, protected by the earth, are
spreading, and striking deep, which will
enable it to stand the heat and drought of
midsummer.
Corn tops will not grow much while the
thermometer is below seventy degrees, but
the roofs will, so that they become dispro-
porlioned to the top. Corn planted later,
will often overtake it in growth, but the
early planted willrpen at least two weeks
earlier than the late planted, and having SO
much root, is not SO much injured by the
drought.
For good, full crop, corn should be
planted so as to glaze before the middle of
September. You may as well undertake
to ripen watermelons oy mooshine, as corn
by the bleak winds of October.
Plant EARLY Ohio Farmer.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19
MUSIC the Family.

A clergyman, possessing much knowl'
edge ofhuman nature, instructed his large
family of daughters in the ordinary practice
of music. They were all observed to be
amiable and happy. A friend inquired if
there was any secret in his mode of edu-
cation. He replied, 'when anything dis
turbs their tempers, say to them, sing;
and if l hear them speaking against any
person, l call them to sing to me; and
they sing away all causes of discomfort,
and every disposition to scandal" Such a
use of this accomplishment might seem to
fit family for the company of angels
Young voices around the domestic tltar,
breathing sacred music at the hour of the
morning and evening devotions are sweet
and touching accompaniment.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19

| think it must somewhere be writ.
ten, that the virtue Of mothers shall, occa-
sionally, be visited ON their children, as
well as the sins Of fathers Dickens.
A mother who has brought up large
family of children with eminent success.
was once asked by younger one. what
she would recommend in the case of her
children who were too carefully educated.
"I think, my dear, a little wholesome neg
lect," she replied.
The glorious spirit of an infant, is the
star to guide the mother to its own blissfal
home.-Sigoaraey.
The future destiny Of the child is al
ways the work of the mother Bona
parts.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19

An ANCIENT CHuRcH D1scoyERED.-A1
interesting discovery has been made and
communicated BY the Rev. N. N. Eddy,
missionary of the American Board in Alep-
po, Syria. On visit to Antioch, he found
the remains of an old church, which tfas
dition, whose authority in this case may
be unquestioned, ascribes to the early.
Christians. The ruins are in the face Of
the rocky side Of the mountain, and the
part that remains is the part which was
hewed out some thirty feet deep in the
rock, with two arches which support the
roof and the pavement Of the remainder Of
the church before it. Some Of the paint
yet remains upon its arched walls. There
are remains Of a burying ground before it,
and many tombs Of considerable size cut
out in The rock at its sides.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19

RULES FOR THE JOURNEY OF LIFE.-The
following rules from the papers of DR..
West, according to his memorandum, are
thrown together as general way-marks in
the journey oflife:
Never ridicule sacred things, or what
others may esteem as such, however abb
surd they may appear to you.
Never show leyity when people are en-.
gagged in worshiop.
Never to resent supposed injury till I
know the views and motives Of the author
of it. On no occasion to relate it.
Always to take the part Of an absent
person, who is censured in company, so
far as truth and propriety will allow.
Never to think worse of another OF
account Of his differing from me in politi-
cal and religious subjects.
Not to dispute with man who is more
than seventy years ofage, nor with a wo-
man, nor any enthusiast.
Not to affect to be witty, or to jest 50 as
to wound the feelings ofanother.
To say as little as possible ofmyself and
of those who are near to me.
To aim at cheerfulness without leyity.
Never TO court the favor of the rich by
Aattering either their vanity or their vices.
| To speak with calmness atd delibera-
tion on alloceasions, especially in circum-
stances which tend to irritate.
Frequently to review my conduct and
note my feelings.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-19
"OnIy some LabOrer,s CLild.,,


Anson G. Chester, tie poet editor of the
Buffalo Express, writes as follows touch
ing the aristocratic tendencies Of the pres
ent age;--
The individual distinctions, barriers.
demarcations, which so infest the present
time are among the greatest pests of society.
There would be no such thing as upper
and lower classes. if men and women were
not poisoned by the hurlful venom of Fash
ion and Aristocraey. We owe our pres
ent condition to ourselves, and stand alone
in our opinions of men.
'Only some laborer's child" A pretty
speech for the lips Of a woman to utter
She must forget the origin Of Jesus-she
cannot have read the story of Bethlehem.
Perhaps she has even forgotten her own
berth history. We wonder how her chill
dren are-whether they are more beautiful
promising and brilliant than the children
OF her poorer neighbors. Have known
many rich man to father deformity.-
Perhaps this lady is the mother of a Young
wretch who smokes cigars, wears stand
ing collars, and drinks Otard, in his four
teenth year.
"Only some laborers child" Oh, how
we hate such nonsense. And yet the term
contains compliment God knows we
would rather have that little girls mother
for ours than to be the son of the exquisite
feminine who uttered this sentence. La
boris honorable, glorious. We have vet
TO find that any such characteristics per-
tain to soft-headed aristocracy. We have
yet to learn that money and station enlarge
the heart, expand the soul and multiply
the moral principles of our being. If JUS
tice was done, the crown would be placed
upon the brow of the peasant, and kings
would do the grubbng.
We hope the "lady" who made the re-
malk which forms the subject Of this arti-
Gle, willponder over what we have written,
and see if the sneer looks well in print
We lay reasonable wager that she, her.
self, was nursed by poor mother, and
that her station is due to chance rather
than desert. This may be plain talk, but
it is honest.
"Only y laborer's child" A ruby to a
rose that this very child does more good,
gains more affection, and lies down in
more tranquil grave than the "lady" whose
sneer we have thus recorded.