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WHOLE NUMBER 55S.
9pritulturd.
wheat Turning to chess.


Quite a number of the correspondents Oh
the Michigan Farmer, have beer considerl
ably exercised upon this subject during the
past yenrj and it would seem from an arti-
Gle in the last number, from Mr.. VIM. An.
dersou, of Ann ArbOr that the believers III
transmutation have been unable to find any
one among the disbelievers who would offer
a reward Of $25 "to any one that can pro-.
duce chess from wheat - Mr.. Anderson
asks:
''If the anti chess gentlemen knew that
wheat will not turn to chess, where is the
risk of offering small premiums to test and
settle this dispute? But they appear to be
unwilling to prove their faith by their works.
We do not wish to interfere in this contro.
versey; but this question having been thor
oughiy discussed in our paper, commencing
more than twenty years since, and contin-
ued Tor years, we gave it very careful ex-
animation, and came to the conclusion, az
did a multitude Of farmers who read that
discussion, that wheat could not be made to
turn to chess. In that discussion, one wri-
ter, and very worthy man, stated that he
could produce chess from wheat without,
difficulty. In answer to this our yeneraBls
and worthy friend, David Thomas, Of Cay
uga, Immediately offered the writer alluded
to, reward Of $50 if he would do what he
believed himself able to do SO easy-pro-
duce chess from wheat Col Chaplin, of
Ontario, also offered reward of $50 to
any one who would perform this prodigy
1t Is sufficient to say that these rewards
were never claimed, although great efforts
were made to produce the feat necessary to
obtain them. Following these examples,
and in answer to the call Of Mr.. Ander.
son, we offer reward of $50 to Mr.. A., or.
any one else, who will produce to US ocular
demonstration that he has grown chess from
wheat. II the believers in transmutation.
will set themselves 10 work to ''proye" il.
BY endeavoring to effect the transmutatiori.
hey will ere long change their views, or at
east convince themselves that it cannot be
'royed.- Country Gent.
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kRrtAVH.

| o. 1t will be hard to resist tear to tbf
memory of the brave, in reading the follow
ing incident, which occurred on board Pery'>
vessel after the battle Ell Lake Erie:
! One poor fellow was sent below to the
surgeon with his arm dangling like an emp
ty cont. sleeve at his side. 1t had been shat
tered at the elbow, and amputation pronounc
ed unavoidable. He bore the painful oper.
alton without groan or niurmur, although
cold drops of agony stood on hls trembling
flesh. r ...s. .a E.s....,
An hour or two after his arm was amputa
ted he called the surgeon by his side and
said. .s -.,r.
Il shouldlik to see my arm if you have
no objection"
"None in the world" replied the surgeon
'if you desire it,"
The amputatcd limb was at once brough,
to him, and poor Jack, pressing the cold
hand which "forgot its cunning in his left
exclaimed, with tears in his eyes:
"Farw ell, old mess-m mate! You and I
have weatherd many tough gale togethe, :,
but now we must part! You have been
good friend to me; Ishall never find such
another" . .s,
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Real New EnRlnd Brown Bread.


Take equal proportions of siftcd rye and
indian meal, mix them we'll together; add
half tea-cup full Of moasses, and two pills
OF good yeast, to about three quarts of mixed
meal. Wet this with good new milk, sufi.
cient to make n dough that can be easily
worked even with one hand. For economy's,
sake, milk that has stood twelve hours, and
from which the cream has been taken, NAV
be substituted for the new milk; or water
that has been pressed from boiled squash. or
in which squash has been boiled, is much.
better substitute than pure water. But
warm water is more commonly used.
The ingredients should be thorouuobit
mixed, and stand, in cold weather, for rtwelye
hours; in warm weather two hours NAV be
sufficient before baking. II baked in a
brick oven, three quart loaf should stand
all night The same quantity, in three ba.
king pans, will bake in about three hours. .
Serve this warm from the oven, with good
sweet butter, and we could feast upon it.
every morning for breakfast from January TO
Decentralization, Loom and Anra.
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Mistellaneplrs..
Two Persons Eaten by wolves.


Owing 10 the extreme cold weather fol
some time past, the wolves in Potawatta.
mie county have become dangerous neigh.
bors Poultry yards and sheep folds have
been robbed to great extent, and in sever.
al instances the hungry beasts have not been
inclinedto to spare the human species.
About three weeks ago man was return
ing from prayer meeting, accompanied by
his two daughters, one sixteen and the 9th.
er twenty twenty. three years of age. They
were ali on the same horse, wtsen suddenly
pack of timber wolves assailedthe and
being unable to escape by flight they nttem
pied to defend themselves.
But the ferocious brutes attacked the
horse, rendering him unmanagble. The
Oldest daughter was partly thrown and part.
lyr dragged to the ground, and instantly de-
voured. This enabled the father and the
other daughters to escape. Several neigh
bors were soon mustered but upon repairing
to the spot nothing was found but one shoe,
and very few remnants of the unfortun-
ate girls clothing. .s
A boy thirteen years old left his fathers's
house to get water at a spring, which was
about halt mile distant, since which time
nothing has been seen of him. The pail
was found near the spring, also some marks
Of blood, and lock of hair. Several per-
sons have been chased by these savage
Keokuck Post Feb. IL.
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"LooK BEFORE You LEAP. The Clerx.
lander says:
"lt is recorded as a fact tina. an engineer
on one ofthe Eastern Railways. on approach.
ing sixteen foot draw, with his engine, ten
der, baggage car and two passenger cars.
at the rate of 40 miles an hour, and discoy-
ering to his horror, when within a quarter,
Of mile OF it, that the draw was open, in.
stantly realized that to break up in time to
stop, was absolutely impossible, aad opened
wIde'' rushing over the gap at the fearful
rate OF 80 or 80 miles an hour; with histrain,
safe and sound"
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CT The latest fish story we have met
with, is contained in the Sandusky Register
OF Monday, Goth. 1t is cold one:
Between Sandy Island and the peninsula
the water is shallow, not exceeding four feet
in depth While cutting holes in this pla ,e
for the purpose Of letting down their seines,
the fishermen found ice to the thickness OF
three feet and hay, ana reaching within a
few inches of tho bottom of the channel
When the nets were drawn up, they were
found to be we'll filled with fish, all frozen
stiff The intense cold hadschilled the few
remaining inches Of water, SO thut even the
fish could not live in it. More than twenty
bushels Of these dead fish were taken out,
when the workmen changed their ground
for another furnishing greater depth Of
water. Z. - tsE8 s,f4 .as .sis.e tag !.
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MR.. BUCHANAN TO MIR. MARCY.

r g5ea LONDON, November 2, 1855.
SIR: ** In the course of the
conversation he intimaied that it might be
desirable to have the opinion of a third
Power on the true construction of the con.
versation. ..f.. @ .g. ..r
To this playfully observed, that it would
now be difficult to find an impartial umpire,
as they had gone to war with our arbitrator
the Emperor Of Russia. This was, how.
ever, but mere intimaticn on his part
| then urged upon him, as strongly as |
could, the reasons which thought ought to
induce the British government to relinquish
the Bay Islands to Honduras. He replied,
that these Islands were not Of the least val
ue TO Great Britain, and the only question
with them was, whether the national honor
did not forbid this course. Yours, very Re.
spestfully,
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TEE LIGHT OF TmE AGED.


An old man sat in the sunsct-gold,
BY the door Of the cottage low;
His son white hair, his reverent air,
His holy smile, all told
His work was finished below.
Children played at the old mans feet,
Three gentle, blue-eyedgrls;
Their mother had played in the cottage shade,
With footsteps light and feet,
And waving golden curls.
His heart was warm to that little band,
Brightin the setting sun,
ID he said, "oh, Lord!'' trust thy word,
see the promised land, ''b@
And ] know that my work is done, ,,,,'.
] thank thee for the pleasant ways
In which my feet have trod; ~ H
1bless for all, both great and small, 4
But most for these Ipraise l61 ssa ~
Thy goodness, oh! my God!'' -f'
Then matron stepped from the cottage door,
IA Inatron fair TO sec; 7il. sz'4.
Hethand she laid or the old mans head;
"Father, / thank God o'er and o'er, l,
Butblessh him most for thee!n 'D
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HOME AND CoUNTRY.--The ties OF family
ind Of country were never intended to cir
cumscribe the soul. Man is connected a,
birth with few beings, that The spirit Of hu.
maity may be called forth by their tender.
ness; and whenever domestic or nationaltat
tachment become exclusive, engrossing
clapish |, SO as to shut ont the general claims
iofthe human race, the highest end Of Prov
idence is frustrated ant'home instead Of be
ing the nursery. becomes the grave of the
heart. Y. NJ y
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IVA FIx--An old bride and a youthful
bridegroom, the first nearly sixty years Of
age and the latter in the neighborhood Of
nineteen, are stopping at hotel down town..
and without the means ofpaying their board.
bill. The youthful bridegroom was corned
all day yesterday. His wife says she owns
two farms in Alabama, and started from
home with seventy dollars to pay through,
expenses. The youthful husband got hold
Of this and soon rendered the amount insis.
ible.- Richmond Amer ices.
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We were cenversing with young lady,
be few evenings since, at a literary Un-
andsas she hadsbeen introduced as po.
Ps, we. Of course. touched on poetry. II
not many minutes before she had run
tugR the stereotyped list of favorite au
Fs. when she concluded with Byron. asser.
her conviction that he was the greatest
THAT ever wrote. We modestly hinted
we preferred according that distinguish
csition to Shskspeare, upon which, with
nafected laugh at our simplicity, she
".Why, Shakespeare wasn't a poet;
lays dspy rhypss. - Toledo blade.
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}4Ev From the Flag of our Union.
THE DISTANT LAND.
BY KIT CARLYLE.


Thero The wicked cease from troubling, and tn
10 weary are at fest-JoB3,l7.
p Tossed on the surging pillows, n..
Wearied in the storms Of life;
Harrassed BY the worlds commotions-
90 Earthly struggles-earthly strife;
With throbbing hearts we turn our gaze
Towards the regions Of tho blest,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
} And the weary are at rest.
Fair to tho eye that angel home
Bright and dazzling forms are there,
And o'er the plains OF Heaven they roam,
Happy beings--free from care;
Children of the Khe of KiHgs,
= or q land they are possessed e.
Who're the wicked cease from troubling,
Aud the weary are at rest.
Thoughwe be doomed to years Of toll,
And trials ever hardto bear,
Still, Ills bat nought-for are there not
Angels ever pointing there?
Lifting up to US the veil
From of that land of all lands best,
& Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And tho weary are at rest.
And when thesands of life run low,
,.. Aud tho parting hour is near,
Pilgrim sigh not, on that shore
va Again thou'lt meet those friends so dear;
Let not vain regrets o'ertake thee,
BE hope the anchor to thy soul,
t, And make ready for thejourney,
To that lana thy future goal;
Then comely lay thy body down,
Hands folded meekly on thy breast,
Andpass to where all cease from troubling,
And the weary are at rest.
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EXTRAORDINARY LoSGEvIrY.--A female
named Sarah Johnson died in this city ON
Monday at the advanced age of one hundred
and t0enty yea's! She must certainly have
been the oldest inhabitant,' not only of the
city, but of the Stale, and was Of course
quite advanced in years at the time the Dec.
laration of American Independence was
declared. Baltimore Patriot.
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eI YEARNFOR sPRING.

tyearn for The Spring, when the birds shall sing,
And each morning awake fresh flowers
We have waited long for the lark's bliihe song,
And the lengthenirg evening hours.
shroud OF snow has lain on the earth,
An icy hand on each stream, r.."
The sun In the sky ope'd its languid eye,
And sent but sickly gleam;
- And the forest breeze mOaned among the trees
And the rattling hail and rain
Came sweeping past In the angry blast,
- And dashed 'ginst 4 @ window pane;
AndneNer q flower in that stormy hour,
Dared raise up its tiny head
~ For all gentle things hed on Summers wings,
Or else in the snow lay dead
,Iyearnfcr the Spring, when the birds shah sing,
And each morn shall wake new flowers;
I'VE have listened long for the woodlark's song,
And the thrush at the evening hours.
y, : IT'S beauteoustime when the bud nrst bursts
eia4 And cbild-like the young leaf stands
And catches the drops OF the gentle shower
In It's small and velvety handsl
- When tho tender grass feels the south wind pass
p -4iss In its chariot unseen,
b, And old mother Earth, at the new Springs birth
Arrayed her in robes Of green
9 When the unbound stream, as If in dream,
~ MuTmurs on to its unknown home,
-. And tells the tall reeds as II onward speeds,
That fair lady Spring hath comel
o. Iyearn for the Spring-for the balmy Spring
Who floats like fairy queen,
Aud toucheth the land with magic wand,
Till all beauteous things are seen.
long to be out on the early dawn,
'""t When the eastern light Is new,
'Mong the Udors borne from the scented thorn,
And the showers of silver dew.
o, cannot tell how my soul doth swell
With an inward happiness;
For simplytob Be Is a bliss to me,
For which my God ] bless! .s..s .f
.th From an unknown source comes q nameless
az s,' force taa
Which pervades my being through
Joy and a love anda strength from above,
And seem 10 be made anew. ,
o, come then Spring-let the woodlark sing
Let the fowsrt opeits eye;
Like the lark I'D soar to be heavens blue floor
Like the foyer gaze up to the sky.
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SINGULAR DIscovERY.-On the Goth nit.
a band Of laborers on The Central Railroad.
IN Allegheny county, Virginia, on MFR. cady' q
section, penetrated into. a cave, the mouth
OF which was about three hundred Geet from
Jackson's river. Some Of the wcrkmen en-.
tered i. and continued on their course, pass.
ed under the river and came out on the 9th
erI sideof i. Ia the cave was found the body
Of hunter. with all the equipments lying
near him, About six thousand dollars in
bonds, payable to Mrs. "A, Cross, aud dated
in 1923, were found on thebody. which was
'n'aiwonderful state Of preservation. The
bondsare signed BY many Of the oldest citi.
zens Of Allsghany and Bath counties. A
ea sgia t. I'll III
4 Or Idlenesa is the, ,aipRidity Of the body;
staPidiss il the idIeRsss Of the mind.
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o. A Chinese widow being found fan.
ming the tomb OF her deceased husband, and
being asked the cause Of SO singular mode
Of showing her grief, accounted for il by say.
ing that he7had made her promise not to mar
ry again while the mortar on his tomb te.
NAMED damp, and as it dried but slowly, she
saw no harm in aiding the operation.
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honorable men, none will arise. This he
took for granted, and the people on both
Hides of the Atlantic will make up their
minds just on the same terms.
Mr. Mason then moving that the printing
of the British enlistment documents be in.
creased to ten thousand copies, and the
printing also of the same number of those
received to-day, both to one volume. Agreed
to.
Adjourned to Monday.
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3aGT "How dare yon,n said young squirt
to aImeehaie.as they were. both crowding
! 10 at the fremont Temple, to hear Jenny
= Lind show dare you come to hear the Night.
ingale without shirt coijsrl,'l g2s e828T
How the duce coald have q shirt collar
when your mother hasu'. sent home nv
'washingf f'swas the reply. VI ssis'ssl
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6srIt i q aremArkabls fac, that aItsf iii
the great pretensions Of hatred made aeainsl
slavery and slaveholdetsb 81 ths kepabllcans,
that h Congress, they elected olsfk who,
owns = hundred ssiggsrs and selected Il I
dpor-kespeF : man who deals ID :human
aesh'-who i 1 slers aucsioussr b. pssls
slenl There svssis1sua ~ -. "
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|E-fnptisonmentfor for debt Il still ia Vogue
tsssscb biisetss and last year the ndm5er
btors shut op los5. II was stated
w was abolished some month ago ,by
Esgisiatuie, but this indicates thatiit 10 !
sks.a s4ass sge IS.
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LORD CLARENDON 70 Mr.. CHAMPION.
FoRRiaS OErIcE, Nov. 10, 1855.

SIN: Mr. Buchanan having, 10 the course
of conversation. few days ago, adverted to
the impression that would be created il, the
United States by the non-settlement Of the
Central American question, | again assured
him that England had no wish to extend her
influence, Or to obtain any territery in that
part lof the, world; and reminded him that
e the difference between this sountry, ana
the United States turned solely ppon the in.
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" A late number Of the Brookyille
American announced the destruction AZ the
seditorls hat. iwhereupon ] lhe e6orherusille
Timssimpudently wonders d. any lives were
lost. besl saiFa lEiGeaiialam ssli bad es;rJ
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THE TWO PIcTUREs.--I have sabdued alI,
the nations Of earth; issthere no ether raj
me 70 ccnquerT--A Alsxandsr sds Greai. ~
u have fought the good Aght- | have Al.
ished my course; hencefOrth there Il laid up
for me crown ofrighteonsness. st. Pdvl.
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DolditaI.
ARBITRATION CORRESPONDENCE.
DEBATE ON THE AFFAIRS
WITH ENGLAND.
WASHINGTON. Feb, 90.

SENATE.-A message was received from
the President in response to the resolution,
asking whether Great Britain had offered
to arbitrate concerning the 1CIayton-B B Bulwer
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JAMES BUCHANAN,
MR.. BUCHANAN To MR.. MARCY.
LONDON. Nnvemhnr 4. l8hh

LONDON, November z, 1855.
SIR: y Il According to the up-
pointmeut, mentioned in my last despatch,
| met Lord Clarendon, yesterday afternoon
at the Foreign Office. . .a........... ...
In the course ofthe Conversation. OBJ
served to him that the most serious difficulty
between the governments might arise out OF
the Central American question. He sad that.
when two governments disagreed about the
construction Of treaty, the best and mo st nut
ural mode was to refer the question to third
power At an early period of the negotia-
ton he had made this suggestion, but had
jocularly replied that the Emperor OF Rus
sia was the only power sufficiently indie
pendent TO act as an impartial umpire in the
case, and they had gone to war with hm.a
Yours, very respectfully. .
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~ A1UuTs. very respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
MR.. BUCHANAN TO MIR. MARCY. 2

g
Sin: On "Wednesday last, the 9Th Inst,
had an interview with Lord Clarendon, at
the Foreign Office. II told him / desired to
ascertain whether the Statement he had
made in the Hou Sc of Lords on the evening
Of Thursday,, the Sisthltiiao, that the Brit.
ish government had maGs to the American
government an offer which has been recent
" renewed, to arbitrate the Central A.
merican question, was founded on what had
passed between him and myselfin conver.
sation,q Of whether henhad instructed MIR.
Crampton'to make to you iinawritIngia for
NAL proposal for arbitration. He replied
that his statement was founded on our
different conversations. and that.in these he,
had several times proposedito me refer
ence ofthese questionsto arbitrasions;s and
he ,expressed the hope that i hadacemmu,
nicased Interpretations No ny.gevernment,, \
informed him thatE had sfaithfnlly re-.
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Yours, respectfully,
JAMES BUCHANAN.
MR.. cRAMPToN TO MR.. MARCY.

MR. CHAMPION TO MR.. MARCY.
Received at the Department Of State on the e7th OF
February, at eleven O'Clock, P. MI
WASHINGTON, Feb, 27, 1856.
MY DEAR Sir: Observing that some mis-.
apprehension seems to exist as to the offer
made by Lord Clarendon to Mr.. Buchanan,
to submit the points regarding the hterpreta-
tion Of the Clayton Bulwertrea,y upon which
the two governments disagree to arbitration,
I think it well to send the enclosed des latch,
which Ireceived from Lord Clarendon on the
subject, in December last: III
Iregret not having made you this commu-
hication before; but the truth is, that the
last paragraph Of the despatch escaped my
attention,until / referred to it lately, and as
/ was, aware that the negotiation OF theq ques-
tinDs regarding Central America was in Mr..
BuehanaRs and Lord Observation-Disclosures. /
considered the despatch as meant merely
for my own ibformstion as to what vas 60.
log forward upon a subject in regard to
which 7 inferred you were already informed.
Believe me, yours. very faithfully.af,3
.apf r's9sf8g' o JOHN #. CRAMPToN. !,
P. S-I send the original despatch, which
/ will beg of you to return to me, but have
no objection to Jour taking accopy Of it.
y @g y ]. F. CT
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JAMES Buchanan.
I'M Ed Do CIIA Ma n
MR.. BUCHANAN TO MR.. MARCY.

LONDON, N november 8, 1855.
Sir: | had nm interview with Lord Clar
endon on yesterday, by appointment. x
H. then said-obout these Central A.
merIcan suesttons-the best mode Of settling
them is by arbitration. Ircplied, there was
nothing t" arbitrate, He said construction
o. the treaty was proper subject for arbi
tration Itold him did not consider It n
question tor construction at ALL The Ian.
euage vas plain and | thought this would
be the lmost unanimous opinion ofthe A.
merican people, But in writing to you
should mention what he had now said AS |
had done what he had said at our former in
terview. mr.. ..#
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Auditor Morgan's Annual rsepor,

Adjourned to Monday.