, 1857-11-13

ol punlEhmcnI1 inflicted upon diso1edlentl
boys i "a rub red pepper into their eyes.
Tier screams and yolls under the opera
ton are savage beyond description, and Ill
ish rondcr that their sight B not entirely
destroyed. have never known, however,
a ease Whefc any permanent injury was In
hicicd q. this way. Adult Offenders are
somctlmos subjected TO a still severer pOD-
ishmsnk Thsy are made fast In the roof
Of = honss, and thoroughly smoked with
pepper.
~ Th( commerce between TIE United
Slat1I and Africa increases yearly at The
rais q 50 per cent. Recently a lot Of sew.
o1iy-ive casks Of paln oil arrived at Salem,
Massachusetts, destined for Louisville, Ken
lucky TIE Oh iS probably wanted there
for the Manufacture Of stearine candles, for
which purpOIe = e extensively used iO this
country. = - y "
The Saa AnI0aio Ttzan states that
thn survey q the Mesilla Valley secures TO
The United State both passes to the Pacific.
Ire new TERRITORY Is said to abound in gold
and silver.
Som ron FRUIr TREEr.-Fine fruit can
only Be grown upon q iBoil naturally or ar
tiicially dry and 6rm. A vet soil, or
ven loose peaty one, never produces fne
fruit Sandy soils, graFelly soils, or elayey
soils, as well as what are called loamy soils
can al Be made 70 grow fne fruit, II prop
erly cultivated, provided The sub-soil Is po-
rols enough 10 permit TIE water to escape
rapidly doNuWards q sufficient depth to al
low tie roots Of trees OF least three feet Of
soil, which Z never flled with stagnaHt
moisture; and the greater the depth Of per
ieclly drained sell, the greatsf the certainty
d success na.s
A LkKE oT PHcH-''Tho last number Of
Sllimana Joarnal. . says The Scientific Ame-
rican, contains an account Of that remark
able curiosity, the pitch lake Of Trinidad,
West IndieL It's situated on the western
shore of the Island, near the village Of La
Bnys
A NovEL AEsWER.-A few Sundays
since, n . town IN the vicinity Of this city,
ateacher Of Sunday school was engaged
IN questioning bis pupils on subjects con
nected with their previous studies in the
Bible At last, turning to . young Irish
man, amombef Of The class. be asked what
Adam lost By the fallf" Pat for few
minutes va dppareufly IN Q brown stady,
but at ltngth De facc frightened ~ he IN
terrogatlvely replied, |" An was It bis hat,
drr ls5id yalJ siI h3 OH
~ Never forsake q fIiend. When en-
emies gather thick and fast around hin
when sickness falls heavy % bis heart
when he Rorld s dark and cheerlesa, his
Is The time q trJtr fdeadshipLA 49,
B%It "a said that al the gold coin IN
The world II melted doEa nDd cast b a sol
"a mass eould make column hot more
than Ten feet square pnd eight feat high-
B9- Toledo, Ohio. 5 the great nart ol
The vest TOT green hides, the payments for
which. blythe dealers, Il is said, average
$4,000 per day. yfiE El Nll IN
nGrA corroPondsntofn New York pa
per wants 70 know which side Of q lady a
gentleman thoold take, ben he walks oui
with Der. We should say, keep on the
Tigh side Of the lady, always
~ Macauly, The English historian, Il
to receive s., 900 for writing the epltaph-oT
the city Of London monument to the late
Duke Of Wellington.
~ The bosom Of America Is open, moi
only % receive the opulent and respectable
stranger, but The oppressed and perseeuted
Of al nations and religions, whom we shall
welcome 70 q participation in all our rights
and privilegss-=G George WasAingion I
~ The Preddent Of the United State,
receives an annual salary Of t25, 900 pei
year. Fha salary Of Eagland's Queen il
5000, 900, two hundred times as large a.
that paid 70 the President. Such Is The
contrast between monarchy and ropubli
eanism. .r
THE CE1uRT PLASr.-Thero is a eeutu
n plant now blooming in the garden Of tn,
Hon. Van Ranssalasr at Ogdsusbarg, New
York. /. has grown since March Ist to
height Of thirly-seVen feet. has leaves 81,
inches thick and eighteen feet long, ant
win eontinus to bloom for two months.
MINEsorA TERRRoEY.-A letter from ,
gentleman in this Territory says-'Immi
grants are pouring into this beautiful, fer
tile and healthfnl Territory with unprece
dented rnpidity II Is beliedged there VII
be littlo Il any less than Is 900 addition
to our population this year,
WILL AND Molly SAD.-''Blary, do vol
not intend to give . dollar to the foreigI
Missions this yeari" said the wife Of I
minister to poor shop-girl.
''No, replied the little girl; I see ever,
day IN our streets children as far from wba
they should be as any young heathens are
and II / have any thing 10 spare, after N.
poor sick mother Is taken care Of, shai
giveit to the heather at hObls-those WHOM
the priest and LeEite pass BY on the Olhei
Gide.S
THE pneET SgND WrH EVAN McrlTlITc