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The Bank of England,

The Bank Of England must be seen on the
inside as well as out. and to get into the in
terror of this remarkable building, to observe
the operations of an institution that exerts
more moral and political power than any soy
creign in Europe, you must have an order
from the Governor of the Bank. The build
ing occupies an irregular area of eight acres
of ground an edihce of no architectural
beauty, with not one window towards the
streets, being lighted altogether from the roof
or the enclosed areas. The ordinary business
apartments differ from those in our banks only
in their extent, a thousand clerks being con
stantly on duty and driven with business at
that. But TO form any adequate idea of what
the Bank is, we must penetrate its recesses,
its vaults. and Offices, where we shall see such
operations as are not known in Wall street
| was led, on presenting my card OF adIns-
sion, into a private room, where after the de-
lay Of few moments, messenger came and
conducted me through the mighty and myste-
rious building. Down we went into a room
where the notes of the Bank received yester-
day were now examined and compared with
the entries in books, and stored away. The
Bank of England nerer ISSUES the same note
a second time 1t receives in the ordinary
course of business about $500 900, or S4.-
600 900 daily notes these are put u % in par
up with the date of their reception, and are
kept ten years at the expiration of which
period they are taken out, and ground up in
the mill which | saw running, and made
again into paper. If in the course of those
ten years any dispute in business, or lawsuit
should arise concerning the payment of any
note, the bank can produce the identical bill,
70 meet the demand for notes SO constantly
used up, the Bank has its own paper makers,
its own printers, its own engravers, all ut
work under the same roof and it even makes
the machinery by which most of its own work
is done. 4 complicated but beautiful opera
ton is a register extending from the print
ing office to the banking offices, which marks
every sheet of paper that is struck off from
the press, SO that the printers cannot manu-
iacture a single sheet of blank notes that is
not recorded in the Bank. On the same prin-
ciple of cxactness, a shaft is made TO pass
from one apartment to another, connecting
clock in sixteen business wings of the estab-
llshment, and regulating them with such pre-
csiOn that the whole of them are always
pointing To the same second of time
In another room was q machine, exceed
ingly simple, for detecting light gold coins.
row of them dropped one by one upon
spring scale if the piece of gold was of the
standard weight, the scale rose to a certain
height, and the coin slid OF upon one side
into box if less than the standard, it rose
little higher and the coin slid of upon the
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ESCAPE FROM lIouSEs on FIRE-Mr Braid
wood superintendent of the London fire bri-
gadc, has published the following judicious
directions to guide persons in escaping from
houses ON fire
|. BE careful to acquaint yourself with the
best means of exit from the house both at the
top and bottom
.. On the first alarm, reflect before YOU
act. II in bed at the time. wrap yourself in
a blanket or bedside carpet; open no more
doors than is absolutely necessary, and shut
every door after you.
3. There is always from eight To- twelve
inches Of pure air close to the ground if you
cannot, therefore, walk upright through the
smoke drop on your hands and knees, and
thus progress. \ wetted silk handkerchief
piece of flannel, or u worstrd stocking
drawn over the face, permits breathing, and.
to Il great extent, excludes the smoke.
4. II you can neither make your way uI-
wards or dOwnwards, get INTO a front room
fifth re is family, see that they all collected
there. and keep the door closed as much as
possible, for remember that smoke always fol-
lows "A draft, and fire always rushcs after
smoke.
). On no account throw yourself OF allow
others to throw themselves from a window.
II no assistance is at hand and YOU are in
extremity, tie the sheets together, and having
fastened one end to some heavy piece OF fur
niture, let down the women and children one
by one, tying the end Of the line Of sheets
around the waist, and lowering them through
the window that is over the area You can
easily let yourself down after the helpless are
saved
Il. If a woman's clothes should catch fire
let her instantly roll herself over and over on
the ground if man be present, let him
throw her down and do the like, and then
wrap her in rug, coat, or the first wooden
thing that is at hand
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Kansas Affairs.
DR.. Robinson an intelligent correspondent
Of the Boston Alta, writes as follows.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS. July 0, 1855.

LAWRENCE, KANSAS, July 0, 1865.
The miscalled Kansas Legislature met on
the 2d inst, at Pawnee, repudiated the
second election ordered by the Governor, and
ousted from their seats all who received their
certificates by virtue of that election. They
have also adjourned to the Shawnee Mission,
about two miles from Westport, Mo Before
adjourning, | am told tho Lower House (if
there can be said to be degrees in that lower
deep) passed IL bill or resolve cnacting the
Missouri code of laws entire, which if en-
dorsed by the Upper House will be q coup
etdt second only to the modern Napoleon.
The organic act of the Territory says the
persons having the highest number of 1cgal
votes in each district for members g shall be
declared By the Governor to be duly elected -
but this Legisla ture supersedes the Governor,
and rejects the persons " duly elected and
supplies their places with men Of their own
choosing. Take it for granted that the per-
sons receiving certificates at the first election
were not residents of Missouri, and that they
were not elected by armed bands from that
State ; also grant that they were competent
to make laws, instead of being Obliged to i'm
port them; even then, | ask, would not the
eIectment of the men with certificates ofclec-
ton from the Governor, and the admitting to
their seats of other men, nullify the whole
thing Can such body be legally the Le-
gisature of Kansas, And if not the Legis-
lAture, how can they make or import laws tor
the Territory Can an illegal body pass i'sal
cnactments
The citizens of Kansas generally have re-
garded the whole thing farce, and ne
more the Legislature of Kansas than was the
| body that held its sittings at Jefferson City
last winter but now they look upon it, il
! if possible, in a worse light still. Will Con.
gress ask US to respect the doings Of such a
set of men, Rather will it not make it Il
capital offence to give them the least cOun
! tenance Whether Congress, or the Presi-
| dent, or an angel from the White House
| asks US to respect their foolery called laws,
we are resolved to do no such thing, and We
/ give due notice to all concerned in advance.
In taking this position we ask no iuyors from
| the White House, for the occupant Of that
| establishment has not sufficient force at com
! mand to render us any assistance, when We
are invaded and subjugated hy foreign peo
pie, and We cannot reasonably expect any in
reference from that quarter when we throw
off the yoke of bondage. If the Executive
will leave us alone in future, as he has done
/ in the past, we will take care of ourselves
/ We have right to ask this much. If hC
/ has no aid or sympathy for us, when the
enemy comes in like food we expect he
will have no aid or sympathy for the enemy
/ when he goes out in like manner.
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Slavery Extension Southward

The Alexandria, (Virgnia) Gazette, makes
the following statement -" Late adyices
from Mexico represent the progress of the
rcvolutonists in that country, from Mata-
moras to Acapulco, as almost certain to re-
suit either in the overthrow of Santa Ana and
a complete reconstruction Of the Central gov
ernment or in the secession of three or four
northern and western states,and their organ
ization into an independent republic. n Ia
Texas, with precisely the same ultimate oh
jcct in vcw."
This come, from source friendly to the
90 ultimate object in view''-the extension Of
slavery, and the strengthening Of the Slave
power in the nation, and is probably an
honest exhibition of one of the plans of the
slavery Of the United States
The New York Erening Pos', in comment
ing on this report, says -
- 1t may be remembered that more than a
year ago we stated that the real purpose of
the issue made upon the Kansas and Nebraska
territorial bills was not so much to secure
those territories for the uses Of slavery a. to
establish principle which would apply to
the future territorial acquisitions we may
make in Mexico, Central America and the
West indies. 1t being once recognised as
the settled policy Of our government that
Congress can pass no laws restricting the
limits OF slavery, the additions to our terri
tory southward would soon repair all the
losses which the slave states have sustained
by all the Jefersonan ordinances, Wilmot
proyisos and emancipation laws since the
formation Of the government
There are several ifs to be disposed of be-
fore any immediate danger to the rights Of
the Free States can be apprehended from this
source. But events move rapidly now-a-days,
and this project which is at present but the
small cloud on the horizon, ' like man s
hand may soon gather size and add not a
little Of darkness and gloom to the storm
which is coming in the not far distant future.
The possibility Of its realization, shows the
Importance Of an early settlement of the great
question - Shall Freedom or Slavery be
National
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MnC hine for Shenring Sheen.

\ neishbor of ours, Mr.. Palmer Lancaster,
(Burr Oak, Mich..) has invented machine
for shearing sheep,-one of the most inge-
NOUS contrivances ever wrought out, proba-
bly,-next to an electric telegraph machine
He has been engaged upon this for about
seven years, and now has got it, he thinks.
nearly perfected We yesterday saw it
operate upon an old, poorly-wooled sheep
1t works rapidly, cuts the fleece with perfect
eyenness, never cuts the wool twice in two
by its close, even cut. n great saving of wool
is made, which from large flock, amounts
to quite sum. No STOPPING, twisting,
kneeling and curbing to get the fleece off.
These are great advantages, which must
bring this machine into universal use at once
The cruelty so often inflicted upon the poor
sheep with the old shears, that Of cutting tho
skin will be wholly avoided with this machine
"a very humane advocate. The days of tho
old shears, it may be said, are we'll nigh
numbered Michigan Farmer.
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rnE rorN or A LITTLE LIFE THAT WAS Brr THREE
ArRus LoSG.
Have YOU not heard the poet tell
How came the dainty Babic Bell
Into this world Of ours
The gates Of heaven were left ajar
With folded hands and dreamy eyes
She wandered out Of Paradise
She saw this planet, like n star,
Hun, in the depths Of purple even
Its bridges, running t. and tro.
O'er which the whtc-wugcd seraph. GO
Bearing the holy dead to heaven
She touched bridge Of lowers--thUse feet
20 light they did not bend the bells
OF the celestial asphodcls
They fell like dew upon the flowers :
And all the air grew strangely sweet
And thus came dainty Babie Bell
lnto this world OF ours
She came and brought delicious May
The swallows built beneath the caves
Like sunbeams in and out the leaves,
The robbins went the live long day
The lily swung its noiselcss bell.
And over all the trembling vine
Seemed bursting with its veins of wine -
o, earth was full of pleasant SMELL
When came the dainty Babie Bell
Into this world of ours
o, BAbic, dainty Babic Bell
How fair she grew from day to day
What woman nature filled her eyes,
What poetry within them lay!
These deep and tender twill sht eyes,
,' i@'' u in,'u'ns' p",e 'Iu u. gut
oe .i - - srI ss'V' ,.s rn-I;s ~ a'ii ls'
~ '',,v 'ro ,r ,'J I,tin 'n.n nd ,-o
~ ,', H. e,'r L',a.,i Lnc,ra
ot ti 4, ~" i,. " ,,a. -
wv a. ri,,s .oas io,I E "us ih,, pTin
This real world and that unseen
The land of dcathless morn
And for the love of those dear eyes,
For love Of her whom God led forth
The mothers being ceased on earth.
When Babie came from Paradise -
For love Of him who smote our lives,
And woke the chords of joy and pain.
We said " sweet Christ our heart, bent dowI
Like yiolcts after rain :
IT,, -
'"' 'u" M I ,t''' we WI W. ~, o"e'
,..,,. az " "i'vo ~ "'T tos! III 'Nei' 'i0o'
i"''uS - w. ',0'' 70 - an
~" o,i!.'I i"i, " lo' IN s.''
~ r,'t ,''I@ ,"'sN @ WV" Sii"" @ J'i'y :, u.
~ ~ h' 7l' tt!i,, t'I,' -, su
The grapes were purpIin; III the grange;
And lime wrought just a, rich change
In little Babio Bell
And in her features we could trace,
In soitened curves, her mothers face
Her angel nature ripcned too
We thought her lovely when she came,
But she was holy, sanity now
Around her pale aud lofty brow
We thought We saw ring of flame
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MISCELLANY.
Love, Carriers and Sausarcs,

About hundred years ago, young lady
of Rotterdam, named Wilhelmina Tcrschei-
ing, was riding on horseback through the
village of BOxmecr, when her horse became
frightened and ran away with her. The
young man who accompanied her. and to
whom she was betrOthed, cried out he would
give hundred ducats to any one that would
stop the horse.
The young villagers, who were playing
ball upon the green near by, seeing woman
in danger, threw themselves before the furi-
Gus animal, One of them was thrown down
and wounded two others received contu-
sions and the horse fell and the beautiful
Wilhelmina rolled in the dust. 4 young
man who was passing threw Immediately
his cloak over the lady, before any one else
had time to perceive u finely turned leg and
a pretty garter.
Madamuisclo Terchcling on being carried
home. had time to reflect and the result Of
her reflections was that there must never be
two men in the world that had seen her gar
er--She sent for her hetrothed and said
"wiil You kill the man who threw his cloak
over me ~
WHO, | What m cnormity"
IL thought you would refuse. Then
shall marry him. When my life was in dan
ger, you oif'rered one hundred ducats tC
save me. Ihis is the price you set upon ny
head. licle are twenty-five hundred. You
have made good bargain"
She then sent for the stranger Mon
siour, said she, Il am rich and young, anC
(sho blushed prodigiously while adding on,
Of those hypocritical pararhrases by whicl
women speak of their beauty | am not con
sid, red rtvul,ive. ! wish to marry immedi
athy. see that you are surprised | vii
be frank with you. | have sent for you be
c.uSa YOU have seen my garter You hav
rendered me great service, Monsieur
Without you all the young men OF Boxmee
would have seen it, and, as | could not hav
mnricd them all, / should have killed myself
But Al You are not free. .'or am not so harp
az To please you, | shah give my hand am
ny fortune to a man vino will kill you. ID
you accept, yes or no .
Yes, thous Ind times yes huudrc
thousand times yes :,
The marriage took place, and was like al
other marriages probably we have no par
.ticuars on the subject. All the Young mel
of Boxmeer were invited t. the nuptials am
suuptuously ieasted
Vt her death, which took place IN tn
course Of time, the following codicil wa
iOund to her will --
My farm situated on the borders of tn
Meuse, will remain forever, whosoever ma
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NEW SERIES, VOL. 10, NO. 6.

other side. ! asked the wcigher what was
tho average number Of light coins that came
into his hands and strange enough, he said it
wasa question he was not allowed to answer
The next room entered was that in which
the notes are deposited which are ready for
issue " We have thirtv-two millions of
pounds sterling in this room" the officer re-
marked to me, " will you take little Of it,"
told him it would be vastly agreeable. and
he handed me a million sterling five millions
Of dollars.) which received with many
thanks FOR his lihcralitv, hut he insisted on
my depositing it with him again. n, it would
be hardly safe for me to carry 40 much money
into the streets | worry much frar that I
shall never see that money again. In the vault
beneath the floor wasa Director and Cashier
counting the bag. Of gold which mon were
pitching down to them. each bag containing
IA thousand pounds sterling, Just from the
mint. This world Of money seemed to realize
the fables of Eastern wealth. and gave mo
new and strong impressions Of the magnitude
Of the business done here aud the extent Of
tho relations Of this one Institution to the
commerce Of the world.--Prin.c's T'rarcls IN
EUropc
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How TO DETERMINE THE HEIGuT CoLT WILL
ATTAIN WHEN FULL GROWN Mr.. James r.
Martin, Of Lexington, Ky. gives the follow
ing upon this point
can tell you how any man may know
within half an inch, the height colt will
attain to when full grown. The rule may not
hold good in every instance, but in nine out
of ten it will. When the colt gets to be three
weeks old, or as soon as it is perfectly
Strengthened in its limbs, measure from the
edge Of the hair on the hoofs to the middle Of
the first JOINT and for every inch, it will grow
to the height of hand Of four inches when
its growth is matured. Thus. if this distance
he found Ii inches, it will make horse l6
hands high. BY this means, man may
know something of what sort of horse with
proper care, he is to expect from his colt
Three years ago bought two very shabby
looking colts for $50 each, and sold them
recently for $500. 50 much for knowing how
TO guess properly at a colt
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bo the proprietor of it, subject to the follow
ing conditions 4erv year, under penalty of
forfeiture on The thirteenth Of May, tables
shall be prepared, and a tun of strong beer
aud twenty clls Of the best sausagcs in Rot
tcrdam, shall he served to the young men of
Boxmeer. as Il token of gratitude that they
saved my life, and of rejoicing that they did
not sec my garter the 18th of May, 1856
Until the present time, that is, during a
hundred years, thc wishes of the textatrix
have been punctuallv executed. But the
present heir, ON the 18th Of last May, at
tempted to exclude them. Under pretext of
conformity 20 the decimal system. he gave
twenty meters of sausagcs. inst cad Of twenty
ellis, which made difference Of four meters
to the detrimcnt of the youth Of Bo4meer.
Not to lose the fctc, they devoured the
twenty mctcrs, under protest. but this
year they have brought suit against the
heir aud demand that the case shall be de-
cided before the 18th IF May.
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several article. respecting these OF late, sim
ply for giving information to our agricultural
readers with reference to matter Of much
interest to them. The following we find
in the Worcester Spy.
Kctchum's Moving Machines.
Although we have not witnessed tho one-
ration Of this labor saving implement our
selves, We should Judge. from statement,
made to II. hv experienced farmers who have
seen its merits tested alongside Of other ma
chimes destined for the same purpose and
the concurrent testimony Of agricultural
committccs that it is really tho best machine
in tho market, that it will do more work
with less nower than any othcr machine and
that il il better adapted to all kinds Of grass
and all kinds Of land, than any Of il. rivals.
n trial Of moving machines in Hadey,
last week. uron short cra--nnt more than
six inches in height-therc wore six machines
uron the ground. namelv-one Of Ru.oll's.
two Of Ketchum's improved md three Of
Mannv's. A committee. consisting of J r.
Trumhull Of Northampton Joseph Smith of
IIadlov. G. p. Dickinson. Of North Hndlcv.
Alfred Baker. Of Amherst, and ! W Hub
bard, Of northampton. was appointed to re-
port uron tho trial. The exhibition was
mud in the presence Of some five hundred
persons. many Of them farmers. and in ,hair
summing IN ofthc merits of all the machines
presented. the committee say -
IN labor s1vinc machinery for the for,,
economy. SIMPLICITY of construction drrobil'
itv. and nerraction Of onerotion are ,bo rr;n.
cirle requisites, That machine which is
Ioaet linbln to oet ort or roro;r or III,
draft frmlv md stroroIr ,noao l. ~
hest suited to tbe mood of tho f,-r,o. 10
tho trial oe Tbnrsdar los. ,lo .n
came unonomouelv 10 tbo oonol,,s;nn .Le,
moro of tho reonisitos uoro norb;nod :, ~
Kotcbnr, rooobino ,hon - s.t u. ., .ne
rrosortod Tbot .ho a.Lo h. ""y p."rr 1I'rre r
ror,blo circrrnstonoos n;rL. u'''sI n'.re ~
as GOOD wort tboro i i;t,Io noo,o "'o w. w
Yot nc do;nc tbo hos, ,rorl, -, .t;. u".s'
and To olI onnooroncos onroi,,, r., =. oua' ,,ot,.'
thew rivc the nreraronco 70 Kotnbrrns un'.'',e No.
tont 7, rooord 70 ,bo 49,. oe al. va
therc is bnt l;ttIo 70 cbooso .hort ,5v ~ o''".'
mitton oro not mon, roJ vii, So, '"' 'oH
Wo cor,. rro,, +ha W. po1t..I ,,..
IF t,,no 9n.h .Lo t,1' f1,Io nou'oru n,'cl!y'
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From the History of Essex County, pIerared by
tho Hon. Winsow c. Watson, and published by the
State Of New York in 1881
PROPOSED SHIP CANAL BETWEEN LAKE
CHAMpLAIN AND TIE ST. LAWRENCE.
Another project contemrlates the construc-
tion of Il canal navigable by vessels of 500
tuns. to connect the st. Lawrence with the
waters Of Lake Champlain. The commerce
Of the lake has much increased during the
last few years, partially by the augmented
resources Of its own territory, but more di-
recty by the greater facilities afforded to
commercial intercourse with Canada. bu-
ring this period, crafts of novel character
have appeared upon its waters, readily dis
tinguished from the bright, trim, and rapid
vessels of the American marine, by their
black stdco, dark sails, and slow and
awkward motion, sailing only before the
wind. These are canadian vessels first do
signed for the navigation of the st inwrcnn".
but which have been lloatcd over the rapius
Of the Sorcl Vessels from the upper lakes,
when have entered Champlain by the Cham
bly, canal, occasionally appear at this port.
The enterprise. however, Is rare, and accom-
plished with difficulty
The following statistics will exhibit the
condition and rapid progress Of the COM
merce Of this lake,