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D II see," said young lady, "that
some booksellers advertise blank decIara-
tions FOR sale; I wish could get one."-
"Why9" asked the mother. Because,
ma, Mr.. G. is too modest to ask me to marry
him |! and perhaps if could fill blank
declaration with the question, lie would
sign it."
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Wealhy Panper-Catherine Alberto, a
beggar and foltune teller, died in Raleigh,
N. c., last week. On examining her Of.
fects $4,000 in gold, silver and notes was
found, together with evidences of her own
ing plantation in Kentucky, and 20 shares
OF railroad stock. Around her body was
belt full OF gold coin.
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s1N Asfuts made Of gold, fs,sa .ssiiibi.
tion ie aegdep. sT The gpla ~ z~as sisssgh.
from .Austraiis, And the &ssknaAislif \
ssid to be- ssxa4aaisitsIs ,Ths weight iths Is. i
strdmsnt Is II i-2 onnces, X It's = value sbss,
1850. ~ ,ss gs,ssss'
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w The Newburyport Herald says =
"Tbree quarters Of; all the mechanics in
America are working themselves to death
TO pay for the follies of fashion for them
selves and their families" That's fact,
and shame, too. .2,sss. +ss.s :, ,esss,.
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From the Soil Of the South.
PEA VINE HAY.

MEssRs. EDIToRs IL notice in the last
(Junc) number Of your very excellent peri
odical communication from B. a. Sorsby,
upon the culture Of the pea vine as hay.
Permit INC to offer another suggestion to
our friend Sorsby. 1t is this: Instead of
putting flooring for every four feet in the
house prepared for holding the hay, do not
let it be over two or at most three feet be-
tween the floors, and before each hoor Is
laid, sprinkle salt broadcast over the hay.
By sailing the hay in this manner, it pre-
vents the possibility Of the hay becoming
sour, and stock of all kinds will cat it much
more readily. Let me here add another
word in this connection. I am much sur
prised that so little attention is paid to the
saving of hay. Hundreds Of tons Of bay
might with comparatively little labor be
saved annually on our Southern plantations,
where now little or none is saved {; ,by. the
saving Of which the lives Of many of our
cattle which are annually lost, would be-
saved and the comfort of all augmented.
I sincerely hopo that some one more ca
pablo than myself will press this subject on
tho notice Of the planting community.
Respectfully, Hs:gs,
JAMES MARTIN. i.
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iouuer MS Ueel Cuiuu, .....-. ...., NOT re-
qulre more than twelve hours of sun, the
Small bundles are gathered into larger ones
and these arc brought together in quantities
OF 500 or 800 lbs, anl stacked. Small
stacks arc preferable, unless the fodder has
been very thoroughly cured, as the smaller
the stack the less danger of heating; but if
the blades have been well cared, large, dou-
Die stacks as they are called, containing
1900 Or 1000 lbs. of fodder are best, Lc
cause there Is less waste about them.
TIE COTTON CRop
Will also receive its last working this month.
July is the making month of the cotton
crop, and it should be worked with great
care. Many beautiful prospect has been
ruined by mjudicious work at this season.
We think nothing should be used but the
sweep in plowiug cotton now, and that
should be run shallow and further off from
the cotton than lit tic previous workings.
We now see the Importance, which has fire.
quently been urged hitherto, Of keeping
the crop clean. Ii it is foul in July, it ia
almost necessarily injured in cleaning it of
the grass. Keep the plows and hoes busy
with repeated shallow workings as long as
it can he done without injury to the cotton
in passing through it. 1t improves the late
bearing Of cotton, and greatly facilitates
the operation of gathering the crop, to have
it laid by clean.-!Soil Of the South.
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Ev A teacher had been explaining to
his class the points Of the compass, and
all were drawn up in front towards the
North.
Now what is before you, Johua"
"The North, sir.'
"And what is behind you, Tommyr'
My coat tail, sir" said he, trying at tho
same time to get glimpse.
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Clerical 41ppeal IN did Of Kansas.-The
Boston Atlas states that sixteen of the cler-
gymen OF that city, representing seven de-
nominations, have addressed circular letter
to the clergy Of the State, in behalf of those
who have gono to Kansas from the free
States. They recommend a general contri-
button i'll all the churches, the funds thus
collected to be transmitted to DR.. Samuel
G. Howe, to be placed at the service Of the
committee Of which George R. Russell,
Esq, is chairman.
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SO he"Ps ~ t'ic open alr, occasionally
inkIing them with water"
4 Great Country for Lazy .Nun.-
Mclean, iii his lectures on Nicaragua,
Monday night, drew u picture of what
d be done in that country by man
was not disposed to waste time in la
and yet wished 10 live independently.
Government gavo him two hundred
eighty acres Of land, and the first me-
ity WAS for 4 house. This want was
kly supplied by the placing Of four
upr'ghlly i'll the ground, the spaces
cen which were filled with the common
which grew in abundance around. aud
plastcr:ng with mud. The roof was
matched with grass, and the house
thus completed. Little furni>ure WAS
'd, a hammock answering a!l purpose
bed .nnL seat, ard almost any kind OF
en- vessel would answer to cook in.-
next care was to plaut about a dozen
II" OF plahta!n trees, which needed no
or care; planted with yams, Which, if
srly placed, would yield enormously.
Common Jrtgols and Lima beans would
with the vans, as well as other veg.
cs, and the native fruits of the country
almost indigenous. The pIantains
yams would yield more than enough
10 subsistence Of an entire family, and
OF every variety could be shot almost
the door of the house. The climate
80. such as to render little or no clothing
uteIy necessary, and thus, with one
!i's- labor, a man can fix himself com
'Iy year. Isn't that the country for
man !-Ne0 Orleans Picayunc.
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NINE OF ALUM.

The following is taken from the San Jose
(CaI3 Tribune. With good coal and an
abundant supply, California would soon go
ahead of many of the older States in other
mineral products than gold:
"Within six miles Of this place, valu,
able deposit of alum, one of unsurpassed
richness, has been found and carefully ex-
amncd by numbers of the steady citizens
of our burg. The lead containing the ore
is on the Penitencia Greek, about one mile
above where it leaves the foothills of the
mountains and enters the valley. The
mine, if opened, could be easily reached by
good wagon road.
"ln company with two obscrvant gentle
men, and also geological friend, &c have
visited this place, and brought aw re
number AMI variety of specimen :
These samples were broken off C
outside of the vein, which, though not we'll
defined, is from six to twelve feet in thick
ness and appears us an outcrop near the
base Of hill or perpendicular wall of rock,
somo fifty feet III height, which juts into
the bed Of the creek. Upon the outside of
the vein, where exposed to air. tho alum
appears us an incrustation, as pure and
white rs that which is obtained at the
ops. The ore (.luminous schist) from
n'ch this eti!orescencc is derived, may be
ta'ned 10y the tun aud ship load, and is
silly broken away with common pick.
here the rock is easily dsin,egrated, as
the present case, the usual process adopt
by the manufacturer is to expose it in
SO heaps to the open air, occasionally
iukling them with water"
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9 Raining z+ee.-Tlle island of Fieno
81 the largest in Canarie Group, and
received its name on account of its
aoand soil, through Which no river or
i 4FvE3sE has also but very few
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jealousy, and SO from its being proper
that there should be any jealousy in either
country as to the honest and fair extension
of the frontiers of either, it ought to be
considered o blessing to mankind that
they should have the opportunity of ex-
tending their freedom and liberal institu-
tions over all the unsettled parts of the
earth. Cheers am sorry to say that
with all these feelings and sentiments,
from the first separation of the two coun-
tries there has unfortunately always been
group Of unsettled questions. There is
now cloud impending over their relations;
but trust in God and believe that that
cloud will be speedily disipated, aud that
the sunshine of peace and friendship will
become more and more bright between
the two countries, until all the dissensions
which ever existed among them, shall have
passed away, and shall only live in hsto-
Try as a record of the folly of two people
who could for a moment suppose it pos
sible to engage in fraticidal war. Loud
cheers I thank you again for the cordi-
al manner in which you have responded
to the proposal of my hcalth, and 1 beg
to assure you that / shall ever regard my
residence in England as one of the bright
periods of my life. Cheers
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Very Good.

The latest case of obstinacy in this:-
Several choice spirits were recently seated
around the festive board in popular Res
tauraut in this city. Mr.. Spoons formed
one of the party. Oysters, corruscations
of dazzling wit, ginger-pop and spark
ling repartee, signalized the occasion, and
everything went infinitely more merry
than that famous marriage bell" Mr..
Spoons having made several Intellectual
attempts to sing comic song, fell asleep
oysters, as he observed the next day, al
ways served him so. He was awakened
and urged to "go out to take the air."
He obstinately refused to do SO, saying,
at the same time, that he could "clean
out every individualinrerroom." Seeing
that every argument was useless, the friends
of Mr.. Spoon laid violent hands on him,
determined that he should go out and take
the air. Mr.. Spoons, with gently-back-
ing-dewn air, vet with defence in his eagle
eye, spoke: "Gentlemen, I'll go ont, but
Tn id if 1 take the air!"-7oledo
Commercial
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aWhere are You Going 2"

An anecdote is told of Finney, "th'
revivalist" and a canaler, to the follow.
ing effect:
He was holding forth " in Rochester
and in walking along the canal one day
came across boatman who was swearing
furiously. Marching up, he confronted
him, and abruptly asked
"Sir, do you know where you are
going?"
The unsuspecting man innocently re
piled that he was going up the canal OIL
the boat Johnny Sands.
"No, sir, you are not" continued Fin
ney; "you are going to hell faster thai
a canal-boat can convey you.
The boatman looked at him in aston
ishment for minute, and then returned
the question
"Sir, do you know where you are 60
ing ?"
Il expect to go to heaven"
"No, sir you are going into tie canal'
and suitiug the action to the word, tool
Finney in his arms and tossed him int,
the murky waters, where he would hav,
drowned had not the boatmen relented ant
fished him out.
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leads us to sympathise with the joys or
sorrows of the little ones, we stopped, and
putting a hand upon his head, asked what
was the matter? He replied holding up
his open hand, in which we beheld the frag-
ment of broken toy-a figure of cow.
oh! is that all?-well never mind it.
Step into the nearest toy shop and we
dropped fourpence into his hand, and
that will buy one, will it not!'
oh, yes said he, bursting into par
oxism of grief. but this was little Tommy's
and he's dead!'
We gave him the last piece of silver
we possessed, but had iu been gold, we
doubt if he would have noticed
it more than he did the silver. The wealth
of the world could not have supplied the
vacancy that the breaking of that toy
had left in his little unsophisticated heart
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Speech of MIR. Buchanan.

The London Times of March 9th. has
report of a dinner given by the Lord
Mayor and Lady Mayoress of London, to
Mr.. Buchanan, the retiring American
Minister, one evening. Many distinguish
ed persons were present and the whole
affair was supurb. After the usual loyal
and patriotic toasts, the Lord Mayor said
he had among his visitors that evening dis
tinguished gentleman and an illustrious
statesman, the Minister ofthe U. States,
who was about to leave the country, &C.,
&C., and gave the health of Mr.. Buchan-
an, whose speech is reported as follows:
Mr. Lord Mayor, ladies and gentlemen
I receive with profound grateful feel
ings this testimony from the present COM
pany of the regard i'll which they hold my
country, for do not attribute it to my
self. car say, however, i'll all truth and
sincerity, that shall ever preserve CRATE
full memory of the kindness that | have
invariably received in England. have
yet to meet the first English gentlemen
who has not treated me as if had been
countryman of his own. [Cheers
say nothing OF the ladies, because ought
not to speak of them, although they are
the faicest part of creation. shall car
ry home with me every sort of grateful
feeling towards the people of this country a.
mong whom have never felt myselfa stran.
ger. Speaking the same language, hav-
ing read the same books, having had in
tercourse with kindred free people, have
always spoken my sentiments freely and
respectfully in every society in which
l have been; l have invariably found that
an English gentleman treated ME kindly
and if we differed in opinion, we had a
fair argument, and always parted in peace
and friendship. With regard to the two
countries, what dreadful misfortune it
would be to the whole human race if they
should ever again be involved in war.
Hear, hear How in would injure and
throw back the cause of civilization and
of human liberty! Hear, hear1 How ii
would delight the despots Of the earth to
find these two nations destroying every
hope of progress to mankind! Cheers l
hold that there can be no political sla-
very where the English language is the
language ofthe country. Renewed cheers
II is impossible, and sofar from, being any
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Little Tommy.

Does not this little story remind tho
reader of some other little Tommy who
has sanctifed trife by the magic of his
touch, and left to be cherished as pre-
cious thing? 1t is from The Charleston
Ne,cs:
Whilst passing rapidly up King street
we saw a little boy setting on acurb-stone
He was apparently about five or six years
old, and his well coined hair clean hands
and face, bright though well patched
apron, and whole appearance indicated
that he was the child of loving, though
INDECENT mother. As we looked at him
closely, we were struck with the heart bro
ken expression of his countenance, and
the mark of recent tears on his cheek.
So, yielding to an impulse which always
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.WRONG SIDE OUTWARD;
COR, the Difference Between Cashmere
and Calico.

."Did I tell you about it, Eunice?"
"About what?"
"My going to the city wrong side out
ward"
"What do you mean?" said Eunice.
"Oh, I see you never heard the story
. so viii telIyou. Two years ago, I spent
few weeks with my friends, the Wilmots,
,near the city of A.. In the family
were two young ladies who found it neces-
.sary to do great deal of shopping, and
not little visiting in the city, and of
course patronized the railroad connecting
their little village with the Green Street
Depot to no trifling extent.
"Now you shall see what handsome
and gentlemanly conductor we have
on this route said Bell Wilmot to me
as took the luxurious cushion in crowd
ed car for first miscellaneous trip to
A..
ale is my beau ideal of a conductor,
added Kate; let the car be ever so crowded.
he is sure to find place for ladies, and
never objects to our band-boxes and car
pet-bags, as many ill-natured fellows,
dressed in little brief authority, are apt
to do; and if our purses are short after a
shopping excursion, he often Kate's
rhapsody was interrupted by the starting
of the train.
ave were whirled of to A. in
about twenty minutes, yet had opportu-
nifty to notice that the labeled official aoas
indisputably very considerate and atten-
tive, at all events, to our party. He open
ed the window, which was swollen by
damp weather. at look from Kate, and
ordered Dutchman, smoking meekly up
on the platform, into the baggage car, at
asymptom of faintness from Bell. could
bat acknowledge that Fanny Fern should
add to her list of models a model
conductor taking this one for her original
ssArrived at our destination, l was
again entertained with my friends praises
of the various merchants and milliners
they were accustomed to patronize.
II always purchase silks at Weaver's;
,thsy are conscientious and never try to
palm OF an inferior article upon q custom
.er. At Mrs. Lassalle's you will find su-
psrb assortment of gloves and embroider-
les. The preprietress is a reduced French
countess, and one of the most lady-like
persons you ever saw ratified Bell Will
mot
"And if you wish to buy shoes, be sure
and call at Marvin's; they are so accom-
modating; they never make wry faces. if
you happen to break string. or loosen a
clasp, or any such trihing accident" added
Kate.
''This was enough, yet if I needed more
to convenience nae of the superior excel
lenes of these aristocratic shopkeepers,
that afternoons observation would have
furnished it. No sooner did the rich
brocades, aad grapes and ribbons of the
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= You watch your neighbours actions
More than you do your own;
You cannot, or yon will not,
Let his affairs alone!
s In short, your neighbours business,
Which none cencerneth you,
You meddle with till yours
Is clearly out of view!
It is the ungarnished truth
You know it is the truth
You see your neighbor's failings,
But de not see your own;
And think that you are worthy
To cast at him stone
When, if you'd wipe your mirror,
Till you yourself could see,
You'd find you're just as erring
And full of faults as hel
1t issthe ungarnished truth
You know it is the truth!
The way you Judge a person
Is 10y the cloth he wears;
You do not stop to notice
The inward heart he bears.
If his dress is growing seedy,
Or ragged, old and torn,
Yeu pass him by unnoticed,
Or leok at him in scorn.
1t is the ungarnished truth
You know it is the truth!
,Butdf he has fine garments,
And wears golden chain,
lY.cu hesitate NO longer
That person to ordain
" gentleman, you praise him,
fYou laud him to the skies.
Mo matter, if he dresses,
fafhe isn't good and eisel
It is the ungarnished truth
YOu know it is the TRUTH
Eou feel yourself above those
Mot quite SO rich as yon,
Zoo proud and vain to speak with
'.The man whose dimes are few.
We'll, do SO if you wish to
Rat in Heaven beyond the sky,
We proud ones shall be humbled,
And the lowly ones made high.
It is the ungarnished truth
I've told you but the truth.
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dAottrp.
NOTICE TO ALL CONCERNED.

BY A BOY WITH A BEARD ON.
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DAILY. C.R.EII,SisG c, EE,lN,IT.'.,
y Iaater from Havana.

The steamship North Star, Cspt. Wamack,
arrived on Saturday last from New York, via
Havana. She sailed from New York on the I'd
inst, at 2 P. H.; arrived at Havana on the 9th,
at 10 A. NJ, and resumed her voyage for New
Orleans on the 9th, at hslfpast / O'clock, ?. M.
Capt Wamack reports that when the steam
ship was twenty five miles from Havana, he was
compelled to return for the purpose Of landing
q slave found secreted on board.
On the 7th inst, he reports having seen a
large ship ashore on Carysfort Reef, with hez
topmasts down, and q lighter alongside. a
The North Star experienced strong winds
with heavy sea, during the entire voyage from
New York.
The steamship Granada, from New. Orleans
for New York, left Havana on the 9th inst, at
IL NJ. :ss ..tzg-..., ..,, il,5.is..-s g1..5s :5
The steamship Philadelphia, from Aspinwall.
with the California mails and passengers
brought down by the steamship Sonora, from
San Francisco, with dates to December 2oEh:
arrived at Havana on the 8th inst, att P. M.
and was to leave again for Aspinwall on the
10th, with the New Orleans mails and pagsen.
gers Of the 5th inst. .s III T, .a=,
The steamer Empire City sailed from Aspin.
Yall for New York on the Sd inst, at u NJ.
with $50 passengers and 81 200, 900 in treasure
The steamship Golden Age, with the mails
and passengers from New Orleans Of Decembe,
20, and from New York of December %, sailed
from Panama for San Francisco on the 1st inst
The transit across the Isthmus by the Pan
ANA Railroad is now made regularly in from
three and half to four hours The Isthmu
is at present reported particularly healthy.
Capt Wamack reports having passed the shi]
Germanicus about ten miles east Of the Pass, 3
12 NJ on the 11th inst. .t.. s.,..-.,.7, ~, =. .
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DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION OF MIssrss1P-
Rive learn from the Mississppian that this body met
| in Jackson the sth The Mississppian says
Hon. W. R. Cannon presided over the Convention.
The following is the electoral ticket chosen:
For the State at LQge-A. & Blythe, of Yalobusha c.
s. Tarpey of Kinds.
For The Districts-1st. ]. F. Cushmsn of Lafayette
ID. j M. Acker of Monroe Sd. Beverly Matthews, OF
Lowndes Ath. Wn. H. Estelle Of Kinds 9th, Henry
T. Elicit: of Claiborne.
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION. From the jackson
(Miss.) papers, we learn that on Monday, the
7th, VIM. H. Taylor was elected Mayor of that
city, beating Gen. Jo. Bell 106 votes. The
entire American ticket for Mayor and Aldermen
triumphed
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AN INCIDENT THAT BEARS ITS OWN Co4MEsT.
Isaac. q body servant of Gen. Quitman, arrived
home q few days since. Shortly after the Cen
eral reached Washington city, Isaac expressed
q great desire to return home to Mississippi.
Upon being pressed for his reasons for SO sudden
a wish, he told his master that he had been re-
peatedly beset by two white men from Boston
from his master. He stated that he was afraid
he would be kidnapped into freedom, as he be-
lieved the two men were capable of any atrocity.
The General gave Isaac 8 pass with which he
safely reached home to his infinite satisfaction.
ENatchez Free Trader.
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HOTELS, RESTAURANTS.

ST. LOUIS HOTEL, NEW ORLEANS.
YEVHE UNDERSIGNED most respectfully lA
il infsrms his the travelling community that he &s
Hotel During the
House thoroughly cleaned and improved and will
for the reception Of guests OF ths 18th inst.
RATE OF BOARD, - so PER DAY. ....... E
formerly FrsClass Hotel, end pledge
possible attention shall be paid maintain good
reputation comfortable home its old pnrona and
atraugers
CHAS. L. GUMBEL.