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The SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD Boy PREAcH
ER.-The ST. Louis Democrat saws of Young
Mr. Fuller. VIII" is called the . Bov Preach
er." who is aged but seventeen years, tha,
he has, within The last five weeks, delivered
in Marion county fifty-four sermons, and
been instrumental in the conversion of one
hundred and forty four persons. He ha>
been licensed to preach only about two
months, during which time he has delivered
upward Of fifty dscourses, and two hundred
aud forty persons have become converted
through his ins'rnmcntali:y. IL is said ,ha,
he never stuGies his sermons or makes an,
notes, aud frequently does not select hi
text unit! he rises up in the pulpit TO preach
and vet. il is said, nc two Of his discourse.
are alike, either IN point of alignment o,
composition. He speaks most eloquently
and uses the mos, chaste and beautiful Ian
guage. Calls to preach at various point.
are daily pouring in upon him.
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G1ooD.-Du'ing the Reign of Terror tbs
solved to sacrifice him.
10 the lamp post with him :" was the
universal cry.
me Able was in q bad fix with a mob
tor his Jndges-lhe tender mercies of n
mob With the utmost coolness the Able
Sa'd t" those who were dragging him along !;
- "e'l' II you hang me to The lamp post
VIII YOU see any clearer for iti"
ih'S bright sally rickled his executioners,
and saved his life.
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A CERTAIN bon viuant, who carried his
eanng even into down, right glut,ouy, went
70 MS physician, one day. with list of his
%lnehI<' Tor advice. Diet" replied tho
nOc''r, diet upon two bowls Of Cruel day."
" Doctor, am no better for your advice D
Said the patient, week or two afterwards.
have yon adhered strictly to my orders /"
asked the E>culapius; E" did you ca, nothing
out lDe Cruel -" " OF course / did. YoS
a"p suppose could live without eating. do
you : Why, took my cruel between
meals. .'-Boston Post. "'eA
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. r .H ..
r MoNEY.-Money is a qneer institution. -
II buys Provender, satisfies justice, and heals
Wounded honor. Everything resolves itself
into cash, from stock jnbhing to building
churches, Childhood Graves pennies. youth
aspires 10 dimes, maphood is swayed bv The
mighty dollar The blacksmith swings the
Sledge. the lawyer pleads for his client, and
the judge decides the question for life and
death for his salary. Money makes tn.
man---thereiore the man must make money
it he would he respected bv fools for the
eve OF the world Looks through golden spec
tacies. 1t buys Brussels carpets, lace cur.
taIns, gilded c1pices and nice furniture, and
hmIlds marble mansions. II drives us To
church in splendid eq,ripage, and paws the
rent Of The best pew. II commands the re.
s'ect Of gaping crowds, aud in>wcs obse.
qaious attention. Ii enables us To be CHAR.
table, to send Bibles 10 The heather. anil
relieve domestic indulgence 1t pids the
rough, scenes of Life, and spreads over the
rugged path of existence velvet Garnet
soft 10 onr tread: the rude scenes of tum,iI
are encased in a gill frame 1t bids care
vanish, lso"thes the anguish. of the bed OF
sickness. stops short of nothing save the
grim destroyer, whose relentless hand spares
none. but levels all mortal distinction. ARD
teaches poor weak humanity that it is bu,
lust. Thus wealth pauses on the brink al
eternity; the heggar and the millionaire
rest slde by side beneath the sod, to rise in
equality TO answer the final summons. S~'
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NEW FooD FOR BEEs.--G Galignani states
.h"' u, ~ Two agr'cnlturists of the department of
the Yer, recently discovered their bees feed.
ing upon cakes Of oil seed, which had nre.
''"usiy been subjected to the oil press, and
"nich was being beaten up into a pasta
WIN water, to be used as manure for pota.
los. lhe bees were afterwards allowed
abundance of this food. and their owners
have since been rewarded with nsarIv tan
OF the insect. r'0A'
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MANURE MAxTMs.-At late meeting Of
the Farmers Club Of the American lnsti
-'nte, Mr.. T. w. Field read ii paper on ma.
nures. in which he said g.. ...
The whole subject of manure may be
stated in this propo>ition ...t' '.'
l. Manure does not waste so long as il j.
unfermented. or .undissolved. and these con
ditions may be effected by drying salura
ton. ...
2. Fresh manure is unf, for food for
plants.
8. Fermenting manure, in contact with
inert matter. has the power of neut ralizing
vicious properties, such as the Ionic acid 81
peat, and making it fertilizer.
a. Manure wastes in. two wavs-the es
cape Of gas, and the dissoIying Of its solu
BILE salts. .}-..l.. .. 81. ..-. -. .r
s The creative power of manure, mixed
with other substances. is capable of multi.
pl>inV It's value MANY times.
9. The value of manure to crops is in
proportion to its divi>ibily through the
s"il This golden value of farming should
be small quantities of manure thoroughly
divided and interningled with the soil.
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BARON MUNcHAusEN. Miss Brewster
(danghter If Sir Ds,id) in her " Letters from
Cannes and Nice, says: "Baron Munchau
sen is at Nice My father met him at a
PIC mic the other day, and heard from him
the history of his celebrated namesake. One
ot his ancestors had n chaplain who was
famous for drawing a long bow" told. in
factthe most false and exuayagant storie,
His patron. the Baron of those DAYS. wrn.e
a book, ont. Heroding Her"d, b.ing coIlec.
iion m still more marvellous adventures. for
the purpose Of shaming :he priest. for which
audahle design he was punished. by having
his own name held up TO po~terily as the
Stnry-teIler par ercetlence." This shows that
II IS very dangerous 10 lie, even. in Jest
The MunchauSens are Hanoverian family.
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mARiNG THE MOST OF IT.-Southey SAYS,
IN one Of his letters: ~ have told vou Of
'he Spaniard who always put .n his specta.
c'eS when about TO eat cherries, that ,hev
might look bigger and more tempting. In
Ike manner. make She most of NV en;ov.
ment and though do not cast nv ewes
away from my troubles, / pack them in as
mule compass as can for myself and never
let them annoy Others"
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You Love Me SO Dearly.


from our children, as they learn from U.S.. =
ih.re IS something in The artless simplicity
OF childhood that proves stronger than the
careworn severity of mature years. ! was
sitting in the piazza at evening, musing too
doubtfulk upon The future, and letting the
clouds OF care darken the beauty of "A bril-
liant sunset. | will not say what burden
weighed upon the spirit, nor what doubt
had risen as. Ia the course of Divine Proyi
dence. JUS, then little feet were heard, and
NV child ran gaily 10 my extended arms
Catching the playful spirit Of my little girl,
] seized her in my hands and held her over
the railing, as if to let her fall Aslonished
at her want Of fear, / asked. "What, not
afraid Why don't you cry Won, let
you fall 7" No, fopd ivve me so dearly i''
was the instant reply. , ..-... ..-.....-..' :.
| cannot tell what inst, uclion distilled
like cordial through my soul. The words
OF perfect. confidence fingered in NV ears
and entered my, heart. Il is impossible tina,
fathers love should lei fall the child who
lies smiling in his arms. How, then, can
the Heavenly father let fall the children who
trust in Him. Every doubt is rebuked, and
every dark foreboding put to the blush, by
the lesson which a child has uttered. Are
we not the sons of Godl And Is our fu
ture destiny too sublime for comprehension,
so it doth not yet appear what wa shall be ;
and still shall we fear TO lie passive in oar
Fathers arms Does he not love MS too
dearly TO let us fall Ii he did not refuse
the greatest boon, but " delivered Him up for
us all, Twill he not also freely give,.us all
things? With an adequate idea Of our re.
lations 10 God rs His adopted unes., can we
justify one doubt. can we harbor one fear as
to the future Ii God is our Father, does
he not love us too dearly TO let any evil be
fall Iusl VIII he not make all things work
together for our gnod a--N Y. Observer.
- r-.l "a ---s-s->Dsb--- %. .r.. a.... ...
The I.owER CLAssEs.--Who, are they
The toiling millions, the laboring men and
women, the farmer, the mechanic, The arti.
SAN, the inventor. the produceri Far from
ii, says the Troy Budget. These are ma
lures nobility Gods favori,es--the salt Of
the earth. No matter. whether ihey are
high or low in station, rich or poor in pelf.
conspicuous or humble i'm position, they are
the g upper circles in the order of nature,
whether the fictitious distinctions of society,
fashionable or questionable decree. II is
aot low. il Is the highest duty, privilege. and
pleasure, forthe great plau and ihe whole
souled woman. to earn what they possess, to
work their way through life, TO be the ar.
ehiteeis Of their own ofoslunes. Some may
rank the classes we. have alluded to as only
relatively low, apd, in fact, the middle class.
es. We insist they are absolutely Tie very
highest. II there is o class of human be-
ings on earth who-may be properly denom,
mated low, j. is composed Of those who
spend without earning, who consume with.
out producing. who dissipals, on the, earn.
ings Of their fathers or relariy,s without be.
ing or doing anything ia snd Of lbemsslyes.
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INDEsrRUorIBILIrY OF ExJoYsENr..

lNDEsTRUcrIBILITY OF ENJoYsEYT.-
Mankind are always happier for having been
happy so thar If you make them happy
now, you make them happy twenty year.
hence. by the memory Of it. A childhood
passed with due mixture OF rational in
duigence under fond anil wise parents, dif
fuses over the whole of life a feeling of calm
pleasure; and, IN extreme old age. is the
very last remembrance which time can erase
from the mind of man No enjoyment,
however inconsiderabie, is confined 70 :i.e
present moment, A man is. the happier for
life, from having made once, an Agreeable
tour or lived for any length of time with
pleasant people, or. enjoyed any considsra
Bile interval Of innocent pleasure; which
contributes 10 rend.r old men so inauenlive
to the scenes befre them, and carries them
back 20 world chat is past, and to scenes
never to be renewed again.H-- -SydDey Smith
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We are delighted 10. meet in our old
trend, Blackwoods Magazine, an appeal in
behalf OF children. like the following: sgs
:" A childrof threeysa of age;l What
should child three years old nay. Eve or
SIN years old A-be ta,lghta Strong, meals
for weak digestion. make n" bodily strength
Let there be nursery tales and nursery
rhymes. Io}ahN & mRj,HH Is Ef1sH
81 would say TO every parent. especial.
TO every mother, sing to your children tell
Them pleasant stories if in the country, he
not too careful lest they GET little. dirt, up
on, their bands and clothes; earth is very
much akin to us all. and in childrpn's Out
of door plav soils them not inwardlv:-
There Is in il a cousanguini,y between all
creatures; bv tive touch upon The com
mon sympathy Of our first substance. and
beget kindness for our poor relations, the
brutes. e" #"iS -aFGs,g rs5 .lJa,b -.
{" Let children have free, open air sport.
and fear moi though they make acquaint
apee With the pigs, the donkey and the
chlckens-they may firm worse fiiend>hip.
with wiSer looking ones encourage fan,il
iarity with all that love TO court them -
dumb animals love children, and children
love them. ..T..'.. ..a q.
"Ahove all things. make them loving
then they will be gentle and ohedient; and
then, also, parents. il you become old and
poor, these will be better than friends tha,
never Neglect you. Children brought ND
lovingly at your knee will never shut Their
doors upon. YOU, and point where they would
have YOU 60" ...,.. -..... ...Ts
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Personal INDErENDEYcE.- Western
editor lately offered his hat as prize for
the. best essay on independence. The fol
lowing obtained the prize .-.i
National independence is easier imagined
than described. Personal independence con
sists emphaIically in being suited in clean
shirt, drawers, so, ks, and nicely blackenet
pair of boots, with al least dollar and II
clean canbric handkerchief in your pocket.
ali o" S"H'!Sg morning, with your wife OF
one arm and YOU. baby on the other, TAX
ing your own course towards your own
preacher, in the blissfnl expectation of do
ing your own snoozing, in your own pew
~hereiE no one dare venture to nudge Won
with his elbow or tickle your nose with >
straw. ..r . ,.s..-.s ....s-
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:" HERE there is a cobalt, there is milf.
sickness /; and wherever the latter ;s fnnnI
mere Is much reason TO believe that either
,ron' a'nc' lead or some other miner al exists.
"onalt Is metallic substance closely allied
WIN these and lesser order of metals, and Is
doubtless, when oxydised and evaporate3
he sole cause of the disease known as mill
sickness, being a dangerous poison.
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,THINK Of Adam after his fall. before The
promise, hiding himself from God and Won
haso a pe'fec, portraiture Of puor. deiud
ed creature without the Gospel - Opcn.
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MopEsrY, says contemporary, sdorns q
woman, but ruins q man. ,,t ;.
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SHEM, Ham AND JAPHsr.-The Conn, ia
Noe, one of the prominent men of the State
"naef Inc monarchy. has just died at Paris,
y, x an advanced age. The Count de Noe
Noah IN Ennglish9 dated his paternity al.
most TO The day when the ark found rest
ing place on Mount Ararat. He had three
ileg'tlma'e sons, whom he called after N oab's
sons, Shem, Ham and Japhet. -
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THE DEATuBED OF Col. BENroNAA
Washington corresponden, of the New York
Tribune, wiring on the. 9th instant. says,
Col, BENTON Is dying, His disease. can.
Ger OF the bowels, has made such progress
that he cannot survive much longers ! He
suffers extr"ine pain, aud is exhausisd to al
most the last degree of physical prostration.
But his mind is as clear and Ms powerful as
ever. and the high. resolute Roman spiri, Of
the old statesman struggles with iidomita
l'ie energy, and frii,ude against sickness
and weakness, and the awful presence of the
king of terrors. 4 He fiies 10 darness work
ing to thelast forthis country aud mankind
An old and intimate friend from Missouri
called upon him ismorning Benton was
in bed, scarcely able. to move hand or foot.
and not able to speak mucl, abovea whis
per- But lie was hard at rwoik. closing up
hi, Abridgement of the Debates If Congress.
which he has brought down to 1850. to
The passage of the C"mpromi,e measures
lie was di'taing The closing chapter OF the
work. His daughter. Mrs. Jones. sitting
heside fhe bed, received il. sentence by sen.
tence, whispered in her ear, and repeated
it aloud to her husband, who wrote ii down.
|: was then read over to COL Benton, and
received his corrections, made with as much
anxious particularly as If it were the maiden
work Of young author" D."
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~ Mas. FLETCHER, the famous Edinburgh
hranty. to whom Jeffrey and Sidney Smith
we're proud to pay court, has recently died
at the age Of 80. She livea next door 10
Walter Scot; and disliked him 40 much for
his Torsis,n that she would never meet him
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SOME musical publisher or teacher, once
wro.e or said that the art of playing on
me TN viol'n required the incest perception, and
the most delicate sensibility of any part Of
the known world" Some country editor
IN commenting on it, says: "The art Of
publishing country newspaper and making
nPay' beats the art of fiddIing higher than
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The graves. tits said,
Will yield their dead s.. +.
when the last trump shakes the skies,
But II God please,
From Grayes like these
A dozen little folks may rise. er
The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-21
LATER FROM HAVANA-ARRIVAL OF THE
RI.AGK " ARRIOR

The United States Mail steamship Black Warrior,
j. w. Smith. Commander, from New Orleans llth
and Havana 14th inst, reached New York on Mon
day morning: The purser makes the following re,
port: eighteen British gun-boats stationed
around the island on coast survey stealing niggers
and wantonly detaining and insulting American
vessels by compelling them to heave to and submit
to search on pretext that they are in the slave
trade" A grand ball was given on board the Span
sh flag ship Isabella ii. on the llth inst. 1t is re-
ported to have been magnificent affair. Stock of
sugar at Havana and Matanzas, 2l6,000 boxes
Prices firm at last quotations. Freights dull. Ex-
change on London u per cent. premium; New York,
GO days, par to per cent. premium.
Commercial Correspondence
HAVANA, April Ave have quite shipping
enough in Havana for all our present wants, and
indeed, too many vessels, at heavy expense to ship
owners.
Our Sugar market has been rather fiat, owing to
the efforts the part of buyers to reduce figures
within reach of their views. few thousand
boxes have changed hands at a to 8 rial less than
last quotations, not embracing the most desirable
goods, but quotations remain unchanged, and
the transactions of yesterday sustain their prices.
White, low to clear bright, S5A to 81, yellow do.
S42s to S55s; browns, dry and heavy to clear
dry, 81 to S4L Cucuruchus do. S3L to S37s; and
Muscovadoes, which in the most active demand
S3A to S3B for inferior to prime. The stock re-
ported on hand, 15S, 900 boxes. Shipped during the
week 9,649 boxes of which taken for the United
States, 2,l76 boxes; from Mantanzas for the same
time, 6,275 boxes, and 1851 hogsheads, including
1870 boxes, and ,55l hogsheads for the United
States The stock on hand at Mantanzas, equal to
$4,000 boxes.
In Molasses prices have remained firm, at to 81
rias per keg and receipts light. Shipped from
Havana and Mantanzas, LAG hogsheads, of which
all for the United States with the exception of
about 200 hOgsheads for Great Britain.
In other island products there is nothing of inter
est to devise.
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duel was to have come off at Virginia Water
between Sir Z. B and Captain W, but
suddenly interrupted by the arrival of the police.
ne cause was supposed slight to the sister of the
former gentleman by the latter
Iron ore has been discovered in the county of
aants, ON the estate of the MARQUIS of Huntly, at
orton, near Peterborough, and promises well both
in quality and yield Mining operations are exnect-
ed shortly to be commenced.
An adjudication of bankruptcy was ruodo on tba
10Th, against Mr.. John Townsend the present mem
Der for Greenwich, upon the petition of Mr. Robert
Sheppard, of the Surrey Theatre, who states that
he is a creditor for f200, money lent.
A return has been printed of the number of pro-
pretors of East India stock The total is .7s2 of
whom 4, $50 are males and ,032 females The pro
portion who hold fI 900 and upwards, and who are
therefore qualified to vote, are ,255 males and 408
females.
The Court Circular states that the paragraph, de
scribing the elopement of married nobleman with
young lady, scarcely twenty, refers to the veteran,
Lord C-n and the accomplished Miss SHY.
The Government are about to place some heavy
artillery on the ramparts of Berwick-on-T Tweed.
Holy Island is also to be supplied with guns, and is,
besides, to be garrisoned by some companies of ar
tillery.
The Home Secretary has recommended her Ma
esty to confer the vacant chair of Mathematics in
the United College, St. Andrews, on Mr.. John
Coach Adams, of Cambridge.
The sum of nearly f2O0, principally in small con-
'liouohS .as oeen coliecCeu LOT raising a grahlte
monument in the Marylebone Cemetery, at Finch
ley, to the memory of the late Sir Henry Bishop.
The Press emphatically denies that it has changed
hands opinions, and asserts that it is the recog
nized organ of the Government.
On the 29th ult., the suspension bridge connecting
Chelsea and Battersea, just completed under the
direction of Mr.. Page, was opened to the public
Lord Malmcsbury has sent out orders to the Brit
ish Consul, at Jerusalem, Immediately to withdraw
the arrest of the Bishop.
1t is expected that the confirmation of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales will take place ON
Monday, April 5th.
Mr.. Golden has been elected an honorary member
of the Athenaum Club, on the ground of his eminent
public services.
1t is said that the Prince de Joinvlle is about to
publish his voyages and scientific observations.
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agrieultural.
RHoDEs'

RHODES SUPER pBospA,r or ,,ux
MANUFACTTRED FROM FORMULA OF
Dh JAMES HIGGINS,
STATE CHEMIST OF MARYLAND.
EVERY LOT OFFERED FOR SALE REGULARLY
ANALYZED BY DRS. JAS, HIGGINS AND CHARLES
BICKELL AND FULLY WARRANTED
In introducing this HIGHLY AUTHENTICATED
FERTILIZER to the agrcuturst OF the United States
for the year 1855 forbear any remarks
their intelligence is already informed of the value
BONES TREATED WITH SULPHURIC ACID, producing
the bi-phospate of lime and yielding SOLUBLE PHOS
PHORIC ACID, the efficient and indispensable nutri-
ment Of plants.
As many preparations offered to the public styled
"Super Phospate have for and the protection
of the agricultural community surrendered up to Drs
Higgins and Bckell the entire scientific feature of the
RHODES SUPER PHOSPHATE OF LINE, and every loi
offered for regularly analyzed by them and reported
public which conceive will be proper caution
agricultural community to protect them from impo
ston in the many spurious articles now offered in the
market.
PAMPHLETS containing detailed account will be fur
nished application forwarded per mail.
Packed in barrels and bags.
Price $45 per ton of 2 900 lbs.
Address B. N. RHODES 4 CO.,
fe223m 141 West Pratt Street. Baltimore.