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T E RUTLAN I) HERALD I m VOU'MK.m. KM)U K KMN(i. .MAY '2D. Is.". I. NniUKU 'JO. Till- M7USI IIKI.W.I). rtOUIitH VKV THtTM AV IVI NIM, AT III TLA XI), VT. II HKAM AN". Kditnr .V PublWur OKO A TVTn.r,. Pnntcr. t KftMs i'i:n i:.vit. T' iV i:,(r iil..rrll tn 3 00 Tul!r n.I .M.ti. iwlo-rril-rri l,Vl , t.rn t. In Jir-, I 1 1 I I I T Itll A J 1 1 tt; f n m t -"I'l mimi! t ' nir ttr 1 fciS I i !WTVtTt , inrl , I if It T.f Witt 1 ..Mlttl! j'tr (arc "ill l.r rhurgM Ii r r c I. .lni-jui.t UitTlton. P1 Til K M A II UI A G i: DOW It V on a noi. ami tot: a.v oi.ivtitt. On tin1 evening of ihr '.'1th uf J.mu- nry, IT'.'.', the city of AmMcrdam it a thrown into nn ui.uMial statu of butle rind cunfu iloti by the entrance of the , French army under Piehegre. While the troops with piled arms awaited their , bill.-! and ration, the inhabitants has tened lo illuminate in honor of their ar rival, and in ..pile of the piercing eold, ' thronged to wideome ihe liretl heroes. Amid the general it joiciii, one houe ' alone rimniiud with eloped drwr and ' dnrkeiM d window. It was the dwell- ' ing f a weuliUy mi-reliant Wocrdm, i who wlidly occupied in hi lmiiic', eared little for polilirc, Mill !., for the arrival of the Ficnch, and wan far too 1 raii-ful of lii mom y to waito il lil.e his iip'ijjldnir" in illtiininniiou. , Virnppid in hij fur dr-in gown, ' 0 fcal fkin cap drawn elody over the ' few grey hairs Time had left upon hU 1 head, he had wheeled eiev chair close to the chimney ; and a? ho 'rubbed ' hij hands oer the bright coal tire, h em- 1 ed lot in revel ic, from which neither ; the beer can, ror a lot.g clay pipe on I the table :it his tide, hail power to raii-e him. i All at onre the silence was interrupt-' ed by n iolent riiic at the hoiHi) hell. The old man Mnrtcd and turniim to a ' flout red cheek ervaiit. who scaled at a respectahle diitm.ee, win occupying herself in Luillinu'. See who it N. .lacipieline,' aid he, 'that crimes to di.tuib us at thu illitea-s-onalili; hour.' In a ft w minute a lull j on rip man enleretl, and throwing of "Ici-c cloak, fa luted the nit reliant as father. 'Ha ! it von. AVilhelm! I did not expect you hack po toon.' 'I have jut returned from llroek,' re pli:tl the other, 'and should have nr.iv. j ed long igo. had not the road been to t ncuiniK i eu oy lroopsa.nl itl'ers. 'Have you seen Van ICIhurg' 'Yes,' aiHivered the young man, tuk i'V 1.1 ' feat hy the lire, 'and ho consent to my marriage with hi: daughter, and refuses lo give more ihnn four thousand ducats for htr dowry.' Then 1 e may ke p boll, ducal and daughter,' said the merchant, angrily. Hut eoii-ider, father ' 'Consider what?' interrupted Woer den. 'There is nothing lo consider. 1 know al jour age, love outweighs gold, but tunc will teach tun, that when poverty comes in at the door, love llies out at the window.' Yc, father,' argued Ihe young man, 'but Van Klburg U one of the riehe-t men in the, country, and sooner or later Ins ilauhtcr uiut have hi- tortiini). 'Tut till,' said Woerden. Van Klburg knows well enouidi what he t about.but cunning as ho is, ho shall not put a bail bnrgaiu cm me. As for you, Wilhelm, 1 have promised to gite you up my bu duos, and now recommend your taking n word of advice will, ii: Never give more than you receive, ami always con ider your-elf before oilier people, in your Iran-actions. lMyon il. that i? the only way to prosper in business, a? well as in love.' The voung man kcw his father's hu mor loo wi ll to press the matter fuither at k-at at that time As he fat brooding in silence otei hi tlifnpoiulmeiit, ihe house bell tang, and iho I read of a liorf' feet was heard in the court yard, while the dog commenc ed a I'urion? barking. 'It i certainly a stranger this time,' said Mynh'ecr Woerden; 'there's no rnl'taki'ig (he dog'p hark.' Ho wits interrupted by the servant bringing in a package. Ci.inmiairat department" said her rna.tcrwith no little supptise, as he .,... im! ii? hut an expression of uueasi- 1 . . . 1 . 1... i..iu .i,,rt. TlXo of pleasure! as he read on; 'an order lo -le. liver four hundred ibouwaml herrings for the uto of tho French army,' he continued ; u very retpeciable cotnini - ion. 'Wilhelm.' be very suddenly ex - rl.lmMl. nfter a short !.VJc. lllU'lm you shall marry Van Klburg's .laugh - ler. unci lie a ia I line ou a iiaousuii.u - dowry in plte of liiiut-lf ! How say you, my dear father !' re plied the ron, unable to believe his scu tes at this sudden transition. 'I. avo all tome, Wilhelm,' said Wo erden. Order our horses to be (addled nt day bieak, and mind that I am called in time; for we must be at ISrock be fore 12 o'clock, and now ool night.' Tho riini sun fan- our traveler on (. mad to that cclebrr.tcdvillage.w here elcaiilincfs U carried to (Uch an extent, .l,,t tfnre enicriiii: the streets lioth f - tlur and son in compliance ith inrari able cudom, wero oliligect to uisinouiu and leave their horses to the rare oi (rvani. aiuic uwirm liOiuo tlfy were oliliseU to ua vtiiui a tw rars hter niiiihtf Naiioieon nor Alexander wcra cxemiittJ from, and takinz otV their L"o'., rcplaa-d them miiIi ilij per, before they urre allowed lo OWer ihe room where he sat vnthjns thiughlf r ( hlotilde. morning, .Mynheer v oerdr-n, led cunningly. 'Kvcry man for him aid he, .baking his friend warmly by self, Wocrdcli. Yon louglit ilio I'mli, Ihe hand. Have vou been frightened and I hour-lit iho ti.u..li. Hut Wit of VOUf HxA tilv bv ihe Prench. lhat on lienor mo so early with a trien.tly viii T 'Not at nil, Van Fllmrp!' mh the I aire tmlhiup about the i' reneh.alid n I never mt.lllc with politic, it i tpiile immaterial lo ir.t: who mnern our tot'ii. Hut I am come to make oit ,i projKis-il. 1 hate uuderlakcn lo furri-i-h iheC'iiiutui.aiiat fmir huntlred thous and hcrriiii: on this day a month, anil I wili to know if it would lie com en ient for xoii to procure them for me m three week" ' 'At what price;' Ten guilder per ihoii'and.' 'Ten guilder',' repealed the. other, inuMtijily j on shall have ihem.' 'Draw out the contrite!, llien," $aid Voerden, 'and when it U togned. I -hall be happy to pari. ike of your hopitalily. for my ride ha- given ine an appetite.' Then looking at Chlotildc, he contin ued. 'I hat e come to arrange another matter, ton, w Liv.li we can discii' after dinner.' It was in tain thai, timing t lie eve ning Woerden tried every way !o change hi friend' resolution respecting hi ilatighter'y fortune After a long dis euvi(iii, he win obligitl tti give up the point, and the mat riige was at length lixetl for the the following week. Next tlay, as Wilheliu and his father rettiined home, the foimer could not re fiain Irom expressing .iiiiuu curio.-iiy concerning the eaiii't! of this sudden change in his propcci:. 'What do you mian':' intpiired Wil holm's father. 'Hate you not given tip the point about his daughter' fortune ?, 'I idiould have thought you knew me better,' replied W'ocitkn, looking .-lyly at hii foil, 'lint no matter it is -ulli-eient that you marry thu girl that you like." Once more at home the merchant shut himself in his ollicc until the eve ning, when he appeared with a packet I of letter, which were immediately tent ' lo till! po-1. j On ihe tlay appointed for the mar- riage, Williclm ami his father arrived , at lirock, where they found a large par I ty of friends anil relations assembled to meet them. Van Klburg welcomed them with cordiality; but there was an expression of cate and embarrassment on his face that at first made the bride groom fear some fre-b obstacle lo his happiness. The elder WotMtlen, how ever in no way shored his son's anxiety; lor he could gibe a tolerable good guess nt the cause of hii host's uneasiness. Mynheer Van Klburg,' he exclaim ed, 'what can he iho mailer? Are you unwell ':' 'No. inv tlcar fi iend, not ill, but , but in posMble. the most unpktsaiit dilemma J iti sh lo speak to you immediately in private.' ' Is it anything respecting the mar riage, asked Woenleii, 'if you wish lo be oil' your word, il is still lime.' 'No not fur the woihl.' 'In that case we wilt proceed to the church at once You know I like to do thin-- regulailv; and as I come In. ru to see my .-on married, we will (ini-li that ''Dew tell,' said he in the little business first, and then I shall be happy ( tight wagon "well I shouldn't w on to hear what you have to say. tk,,. jf vsou ., There was no remedy; audit was not .c.cj, j fan,,1 until after the happy pa..; ba-1 bee. , f I)reaki u , ,, i....l.. .... . .t .1 ...il.. tl.nl Mil l-.llitll-.r I . i lllt.Willll,ll,,lM .... ..it,. ..... .....u.. could succeed in catching his fiict.d alone. 'I am bound to deliver you four hundred thousand heriings in four teen days, said he, 'anil not a single lish can be hail at any pi ice.' Woerden could not restrain his laughter. 'I dare say not,' he re plied. 'I bought them up long ago.' In that cae, of course, the con tract is at an end V said Van Klburg looking doubtfully at his friend. 'Jiy no ineaii5--nr at least on cer tain condition'. We have this day united our children, Van hiburg. an' choll lnit-ii (hem n hnnd-iimo fortune when we die. lint as regards the' present, matters are less fairly ar ranged. My son receives a capital business, while rour daughter re Iv a few thousand ducats ceives on 1 N'ow as I did nut like to make the young people unhappy by refusing 1 my eon-cut to their marriage, 1 1 thought you and 1 wouid settle the ' matter uv tl.c-r way. Yu have to 1 (j,.iver four hundred tlem-and her- rirms at ten truilders tor thousand . ot thc.tn froin ,)0 01u. but me : and I must havu fifty guilders 1 jer thousand, or 1 do not part with a single tale. The ditiercnec is exactly I -ixtecii thou-and guilders, which I in I tend to 1 ay to my sou as his wile's dowcry.' Vmi. l'lbur - looked rather fo-jh.-h , dining thi explai ' he earned his sell :iUon, but at lb- end ml even i smil'-tl as be said clapping I . . ti.e oinrri , 0 tboul.br. 'You have outwiittcl rue, .Mynheer Woerduii, anil I inat pay . the. ii.-i.aliv : so say no more aUut it. - ; fttj now let us join our frienils again. , j-.ight laj nUervtarti an i.iuu. a s went lo vi.it in. claugHK r i .mnn- ,,... ,.i i..i.Uu. - i M preaiesi jierpiexoy. i ou are the very irson wauled, ' ,e, niiing bU hand 'Crik-t vou : ' :.'-l 1 a r. .luc'l mar! - li or low. not a barrel i. to l.c O.iin.l.' .in Illhur's htilc "rev mm luml. ' old friend. I tr..oi I...L.. il... n,K ( I vou, mid ton hate at inunv inn I want tor eA.ii-tlr tixieen thoufand soil. . der abote cost price !' Woerden looked rather blank, but ' did teek hi bett to conceal liU ve.ta-' lion I ' The (rick i not a bad one.' -aid he . I r , . i wiiu n loiceti slut lc t. i , uiu you inii'i con- fei that I taught it vnu. I A .. . ..... 1 .1 . .. , i viti. .hi. iii e oincr vou i are. elt.ter fellow, in AmeUerdam ; but ... ' nc are not all fooU in llroek! ijf-:at at his own ciamk. Not many vcars a-3 there was. and perhaps there h yet. a law in the Tim II, rrmgs an.- ready ; hut hi tate ol Lonneeticut wind, sots forth , nvA the hw hy clitvtn- a yellow Cov I A(.c,mllls ,,louM ,,e ktlt ,,,,..,;., ,,. th.U any jicr.u found ilrtvni- upon , cred pe-tl.ir s wagon ... the very face t evpen.-e and product of eac h liel.l." the l.i-ltwav on Minday .should be ; ol oj en day. Seeing it was their When an implement i no Linger want lined ten dollar!', the complainant to j constable, the fll;s were at a dead c.l for ihe m .i-on, lay il ean lully adde, receive lialf the pei alty No-t there j to comprehend the matter, and hut lir-t kt it he we'll cleaned, never was a law devijed, l.laniKid c r 1 let him drive on without interruption. 1 C'uliitaie your In art might, n well i .i i.... .. i ... .. !. . .. ...in uown, uiu wuai some ctue in dividual will find a hole or ilaw to crawl through it, whatever mav be in "tight fi'..s," or intricate details. Uut somebody mint he caught of course, and sometimes it docs happen that the most wary and wakeful gel caught in the very trap set hy them selves to allure or trip the unwary hence my story. It is now no longer, I believe, nn unsolved question, hut a fixed fact, mat l ankoos are cute il occasion re-1 tpjire it. There ia no question of it. ! When the Conneticut Sunday travel-! ling liiv,tlieimwini onumof which 1 have set forth, was in the ilowor of its bloom, one rainy, dirty, nmddv . .Sunday just such a" dav when both' man and beast feel a stroti" incliua-1 tion to he hack in some drr idace and crew the sweet cud of fancy, as it may be, a live and rental le speci- , men ol renu yen '('ir ( the latter phrase is aboriginal, 1 believe.) was to be seen without charge, ''in the very act of riolating the King's law;" or that of the Commonwealth of Con necticut, driving a wagon and an old gray mare upon the highway ! If he did not know the law he was not loii" learning it, for a Connecticut mat" who, perhaps, not having the fear of (iod before his eyes so clearly as he had in his heart the idea of making live dollars out of the lone traveler! ran out of his dry dotaicil by the road side, ami exehimcd : "Hallo ! there Mister '." "Certain, siiuite," said thoiYaukee uWOj Sook, heold on ye fool ye, woo! ; Uomin', Squire, what's the neuso'r Haint got the collery deown this way, tew, 1 hope '! Dien like sixt in York with it - ..Mi, 111e1.11, .-am 1110 man, "ire haint got no cholera down, but I guess uv.. i'.: 1 i ... - i .i you ucn 1 Know we nave got, ;i law wuai iine people mat drive on the j King's highway on the Lord'u dar 14 1 , 1 r ,1. 1 naiic m ..now, no.t ; 11 en. I Squire, I cant help it ; you see Ill ' taci, 1 am in ttio attirclcst ' get hum ; I hev been th.tr hurry to in New York, about two weeks among the dead and dy " "What? with the-" , "Collery, collery, squire. Its car ryin' them ofi by "hull wagon loads. 1 (The Squire's eyes diluted ). I got a good j jli at hauling the dead in my 1 wagon to Potters field " ' "What, this wagon ':" "Zactly, squire, it paid well, (the I squire s check gtew a litter ialcrj, , 'and I held on till dav 'fore yester day ; 1 felt it comin' on me. and I started for hum." 1 "Friend." fa'nl the squire, it's ser 1 en miles to M town, and " 1 "1,ut 1 S'V' Hluiri! ' lis'irit ill sick as a dog ; can't vou let inc put . 1 . 1 - up wiiu you until j "No, 110, no, no, goon ; you'll soon ! get to M town, and " "Dm you aim agoin to let . feller die in thu, are kind a way ';" 1 "Drive on, drive on, friend, don't ' . . . ..... . . 1 , ElolJ a ?". 11,1,1 . lho old fellow stepped olfa3 fait as he could toddle from the pedlar's pest wai'on. "Hallo ! Squiie !" roaied the Yan kee, "heo.v abeout the line. In l.lni .....t ,l.x. r..... I loo : drive oiT!" l,i,.it,.il il, ,.!.! ft.l. f.. 1 low, and on went the Yankee, show '"o 'l out-si to tile drizzly day, 1 eitough to set a dentist in ecstacies. I IK.. .1 1 L. . -I. . ... . e , v'" wu.c-au, cooh. ; gucass urn k-i cr wont stop traitm lolkssoona ;aju boo ; hoo . gin him a re , fi;." g lar agcr JJut the j t-lbr had not made many , lmi33 beiorj he was again hailed, and I ( uu ab-lutc conitable, who, tx - oyi - , uy uu au-oiuie wunaoie, WHO, tX-Oltl- i cte, soon brought up the old mare cw, toon brought up tiie old mare and hor driver to a dead halt. It . woii.u not o down, irhajcs, so vtcll 1 & cuk:acr, th-.-ught th pUar t,i try the dvlera pine uiih lain, so ho thought he il irv a new dudce. .. i-, .I... ... h i v.y.-tn.uis ui pnv the fine, for I was determined to get into M '.own to-lav. rain or shine ttw ..11 i.n...f . .... . . at'd '"i Old tMlK 13 lli-'lt 1'OUt 'wi'l." "eil, pant the officer, "drive ri head, it is only three miles to M ; I'll po down witll you." "Tliank vcou. " Spor von tide a !.. "i '. . . .1 .. ... r ' . 7 . : i!. il.. :ti hmt. I in ii '.v iiniii .'iiniii e..r .-"" ". "' "" "" ' n - u, " . Ihe ) ankce got out into tin; road, , . ii , , , . 1 T '"" fiiau to (put ,liitMiit.lni..1iiitf.i......f ..tt jtlacc, anI on they uont. i As vou vt nuar hi there j J mnnv ran out to see who '.n earth it' a j rofanin- the Sabballi and bienl.-' I'll... .. - I- 1 T . .1 ..... 1 .1 I, i ue roam oeing neavy anil ine old -.'' i.mu. iim. . eiueuuier wuaio maie in the lait stages of done out. '-' a man miwciIi that i-hull he al.-o the wagon pulled rather tediously a-1 long, while the koninic o.ti.cr, 'ion; , limbed, long winded, and light of foot reached M sune twenty ininii j tcs before the olliccr uud prosciibed wagon came nr.. Pushing into the' first tavein at hand, the pedlar called ! for the landlord and wanted to know' if it was riot against the law to diive a wagon on Sunday. 1 Icing well as sured by noniliue of tiie fact, he re quested him to step out and see a man in the act. "Why, bless my soul, that's Mr.1 M , our con-table. i t '-Tis said the pedlar, well, now. 'than thrice pooily. I'd call him a purty feller, tew; the l'.cautiful crops are mote nroiiial.le conttable hreaking the law.s all to , sma-h on a Similar. Jiut he is at it, '''i"1 he, landlord '" "H is a fact ; her .ere ho comes, sure ; cnougn." "Well, I reckon there's something io he made here," said the pedlar, "soTll jut share the fine with you landlord, if you'll show me wheiodie squire lives." "Oil I am justice here myself," said the landlord. "Dew tell? Well then we'll soon fix that constable. Up drove the con-table, and jump ing out, he handed thu lines to the ostler, and told him to put the mare up. n ny, you heat inc r in 1 t here, my menu, saiii lie. "1 (iucss I hev," said the edlar. "Will, as it is Sunday." said the ofiiccr, "and near night, we'll let the marc lay over until nn. ruing : I'll take care of the mate and wagon. J ho j edlar had no objection? so . 1 1 , 11 uiu my over until triorning, . bright and ( ;-lr the constable when found him-elf !'n...d ten dollars and costs for violating the Sunday trawling law. The officers giinned and squirmed, but as the ea-e was made out as clear as ti.c nay, there was no dodging it, ...,.t ti.-.i ,......,.,.:. n .1 ami that eommu ltvfesiiccia v l earn- 1 , , 1 -y ed that Yankee pedlar-- like edged tools mu't be handled carefully ; IIKAITIFIJL KXTUACT. I -aw a lemple raised by ihe hands of man, standing with its high pinnacle in ihe distant plain. The stream-: heat upon it, the Ood of nature htiihd his thundei bolls against it, and yet it stood firm a-adamant. Uccelrv was in il 1, ..11. . .1 1... 1 1 1 1 it, in . 1 in- l:h , 1 .1 1 1, . . 1 ,1 in- vino " ii 01. , , t'f 1 1 . 1 , , heautifijl weie lliere. I returned and lo! the temple was no mure ! lis high walls lay in scattered ruins ; moss and wild grass grew ranklv there; and at miiluight hour lire owl' lone cry lulded to the deep solitude. The young and g;iy who icvclk-d there had pa.s'-d a-, w ay. 1 sawn child icjoicing in hi- youth, the idol of his mother, and the pride of hi-father: 1 returned, and that thild had become old. Trembling will, ihe weight ol tear.-, he stood, the la-l of hi generation a stranger amid the ties . . . 1 . oImiioii around him. I saw the old oak standing in all its pridi iijuu the mountain,--the bird were, earrolling in the houghs , I relurri oil and the oak win lealkss ami sa.k-s the winds we're playing at their pa time ihroagli the bianche-. "Who i this destrover :" said I to my guardian angel. "It is Time," .aiil ,e. ''When the morning !ar sang together with joy over ihe new made wield, he coin- me need his course, and wh( 11 he shall ' ' ' liave ties! troy. (Jail that ii beautiful of ll.e eartli pluclie.l ll.e un from lis kplierc veiled Uiu ir.ooli in IiIihkI ; yt a when he shall have rolled the beau 11 and earth away a a scroll, then (hall an augcl fiom iho throne of Ood come forth, lift up hit hand love aids heaven. , and swear by Heaven'- Kiernal Time it, niw vat, uui time iltiut Ue tin j luwjtr !" I -( on. L'aii hii wr (inn 1 ;-(;Cn. Ca atiOth- jer letter, to EotaeUtly in Indiana, i ,he giouud drink, up the .h of the ' s-nvh... ile.t bit "k'.II U r, r.,.,i;.ti,.i ...... ,.i w..i.r ....... c.i.i .(...,. ...i I for the Pi cadency, if noiniuaied bv tJt.. Ie!u'-;r3i- Niti-tial n .-ftitl ' FACTS I OK PAliMP.KS It not do lo li,'o n gnat fiiM f(.i uttii oop-, n- r lo mow tuentv acres , fur five load uf hay. Hunch land and u will mu- uniV.ir ii. ii.,n..r dnn luelily a;ie.s well, lliuu fin v lieies by liaite.s. In dry pature dig for waler on Ihe brow of a lull; -pringw art) mine !rc- tpieiil near ihexuifucu i, a lu-jgl.t im in n tale, 'i'i f . ... j ne looi oi ine owner i. the lie! nu . . "" "r lmi" . . I! I l.et lo cut era n ( .re I i. f..l. V,-, , . iv or oeati ript . lu ll llie Mraw tin metliatclv in hm ilie ll.'lill i -.1 lire llmt . - on wi- log n .. . puce cMracle.l. u miii .1 ... x.il 1..... it... il. (imjbiion ol' jtiitv in iln iir I-; ny l,,,ur u fca,Hl tnu'ut aflur lI,LH IaK'' .PCMl Pr'Tar yi,lir ! . .'Z !.? ,K," "U '"' n. .......1....... .....I ....... ...I .. .1. uap. Do not In gin fanning by building an I'Meii-ive .,iii-e niir a vpacious bain, till yui hate Miuirthing to Mni.' in it. Keep nolciof nil leniarkahle events on tour farm. Itccoidin eteu your circrs would be a lieiielit. (ood fences make good neighbors I'vperiiiienls me c oinmcnilable, but do not become a habitual experimenter. Sheep put into fie-h .-tallies ate apt to be killed by eating too much uiaiii. One animal well led is of more val ue than Iwo poorly kept Sow clover deep, it nocuro il again! the ill-' ii.-lit. (!ruiMi! olwi' u ..Il iitti, .t !. In.fl.i. than poor ones. .Make thu .-oil ii. h. pulverize ii well, and keep it clem; ami it generally wi I lie proilnclite. ( "''" ,,m1 1,1 "inter, g.te mote ...UK III Sl.lllll.l'. WI11.11 you see the fence down, put it up ; lor if il remains until lo-morrow it mav rain. Ci.i'.wtisi; 1 i;i . Tin; I'c.sriNi; A.V 1 1 Mav- late llenrv ('oleinan who-o labors in iho cau-e of agricul ture can hardly bo estimated too highly, .-late- that l lit great and ili-lingui-h-ing dilli reutM between I5rili-b and Aineiiean agiiculture etui.-i-ls in ihe entire freedem of the cullivateil field of Knglnu.l fioni recks and stones. Whomever ihey exi-led, ihey hatit been it inot eil and iliero is noihing to impede thu progress of ihe plow. In KilLdaml, loo, on all the inipioved and eultitateil lainN, there is a ncatne.-s and (ini-h, that, at once, stuke the eve with pleasure; the corners and headlands aie thoroughly cleared; the ditches are kept tinoh-li tided; the crops aie drilled in .-tiaight lint -, and a rectnlly plowed field le-eiublc.-, a plaited riiitlo fioin the ironing board ol a neat launtli 1 Such i xaclncis, he ndd, i . xct edii.gly beautiful; and tho ugh it may nppenr at lir.-l lo eoiisiiuie much time, it will be found uiwie economical in the long tun, than ihe slovenly way in which ihings are o ten iione in many place, wincli ue , . , . J . tloes not e house to men ion. Anoiher pecnliariiy of litiiisb fann ing, which It micht be well fur the A- meiiean farmer to adopt, is the eeouo on.y in fencing. 'J'hete aie many farm" inKngland with -cnreely a nih-tlit isioo. Pa-lures for sheep aiiil callle, 11111-t of' cour.n:, be sepaialed by fences, of some kind or other, from the eullivattd fields and meadow-; but these seem lo he all the fences that are absolutely noeesary. 'The loss of land (says .Mr. Coleman) . . . , , r . by too lii.mv knees, the lo- of lime 1 1 -V. .. ,, , , . uliivnting numerous small l.ciu 111 .-lead of one or two large one, on ac count uf lb- 1.1 cesity of more frequent turniii'.'-, 111.1l the ac'ual eot of ranking nntl maintaining the fences iheiii-elt es. not to add that lln-y are a shelter lor weeds ami a harbor for vermin, aie se t ions, eoii-ideratioiis. A most important branch of ihe sci ence of agricultute, ami one in which our knowledge, is more deficient than in any olhti, is the all of making ami preserving manure. The earth is a torncbus feeder; but still -he Unjust ami geneiou-! parent. She rejo'ees lo take ihal, w 1 1 it-It her children reject in unlit fur lle-ir suwieiiauce, mid k-Iu-iis it in -ub-t.ii.cts ntjapttil lo piolnng ami couifoil l In-ii- existence, ami in form nut! eolo.sof the most attraelive beauty. It is ea-ier lo mako manure lhaii lo make an excuse for the waul of ii. lint there are large tjuantiiir of man. tire on every lain., by tin- ides of lngh wave, mid in the hou'chold e.abbh- ineiil, which, if it were saved ami pioo. l" '!';'u. U"T""",UI," vaiue. j i.e .......u. e, ...w. ..re ly run- 'o wano on iii.niy i.irui-, wouni richly repay the trouble of fating. It 1 may lm ir.erted for some sagacious h'liLiiiiilinan or ingenious mechanic lo contrive tt plan for the presurtationot' ibt t'jbwianee. lis taints i urged by alino-l cvety wriler on agriculture, aud I must be itppanml evt.-n to an indilk-iei.i oUerver. 'J'h! lankott weeiU grow in ..I ..-us wlo-re ihe center M-tltc-k that has IV,, !':li..riv! lhiou'di a due-'-h.ll. un.l ' with the rh.o liquid prudtico ih iout- it i '' J.- k at 'be -trvam h; 11." fain the nn of a liicken. and .Mm mil ( il,idt lined wu.'i barti grass, ihe Itip of which wate in ihu brecii. t talk are a l.eat a lhoe of the i.irn in nn :ulj treul Held. A le c i voir place.l under ihe mt t'f ihu ,-il.k wouhl ptcMlte ihi liipii.l, which howeter lillhy and un.wtit m y, ct.nta u i'lgietliciil, that, in iia!iiie''.iU.ia!orv, can he re.nodilled, and i cproduceil in fri.itA mid Mown, to legale ihe m-uj-i mid coiittil.utc lo theruppoit o( life. . . . Mu.-. .Swtsiici.M us M r,ruAi;i:. Marii.tge, in our tq iuion, is a uii'mn which would evrry hour bo renewed by the fice will oi both parties, pro ti kd the State every I our tumuli. I it. Whenever two mu leally weary of each other, they are no longeV married, and nobody can many the 111. It ia a base prostitution of the name and object in maniagu, to luml two to live together contiary to the will of either. Nor can we see how so ciety can be bcticlite 1 by an arrange ment which compels the semblance ol marniage, where tho reality does not exist. M my are of the oj "minn, were it not for the stiingency of the eicil taw neatly all families would be bioken up, and s...city go into c!iao. We hare no such notion. Ifa procl.ima tioa were issued to-dnv declaiingeve ry marriage in the Union null and void, and leaving it once more to the choice uf the panics whether the re lation be .-enewel, business would he suspeiuk'tl, newspapers would stop, stores, factories and workshops wool I close. The editors would ho all at home getting manied, inetvlniiU, op erators and median'.,--, would each be awaiting their turn to hate lh nup tial knot re-tied. Cio. fretful, sick ly wives, that had almost been felt a burthen hereto!" -re would grow very dear from tlii'thoiight of separation. Domineering, hars'i husbainls wiuld be forgiven; and in all case-, where a spark of conjugal love remained, it wouhl be blown to a tlame where nothing lint dead embers are, the ash es could bo taken up and made into soap, anil society cleaned thereby. Win. 1:1. siiAi.i, wr. Pi.Ai-t. Him'.' The Yankee lihide, tell- of it queer in cident which once came ell' in Huston. A clergyman was pronouncing a graml ililoqticut rologiiiui Upon llowaitl, ihe philanthrnpi-l, coinpaiing hi... with nil ihe world's heiief.i.-lor.-- sinceNeah's tlay, and declai ing (hat he could find no ph co hoi.ornhli! enough fur dun, on the loll of llio.-o who bought blessings lo their race.whili' ever and anon hi- pnraiiiaph" weie wound oil' with the exclamation, Where shall we place lbi great phihiu-tlilopi-tV' .lii'l as he bad leilemled thi! for ll.e ilo.cntli lime, a chap with a brick in his hat,' who had staggered il, to-e up, ami steadt ing hiui-ell hy clutch ile.' tin- pew railing with vict.ikegiap, cried itil, 'S-s since you lire -o so- -b-b-blaniable piileil. li-ler, he, he, I e can hate a s-e--eat heie in ib-lli-lhi-pew. Tin-re i- plenty of room ! It would icqiniea ( 'ruik-hauk's pencil lo depict the -cene thai en-uetl. Siillieo it to say our Lihulou- fi ieud was iucon linently shown that there was neither loom in the peit nor in the entire house for him. Ni:w Mm. ui- Sir .Ions- Si-hit I.ii.i.ir, Companion of the Hath, of I 'arts, ha just received an Knglbli p-iteut for iinpiovf iin-tith in the application nl motive powers. (hie of llie-e iuiproveinijiiLs comi-ls in din-Ltiug currents of air. or other g.i-eous fluids, through inverted Iroughi or cliarmels, fur tliu propiil-ion of boats, ami barg's in the cnteyiineo of goods and pasMUigen. Thu trough are placed longitudinally, one 01. cvh side of the te.-M-l ; or one la'iy he pla ced between two having one deck. Their firm may be either square or oblong ; airl limy are l'-fiop-a so t!i it th" cirreii'- of air in their jr.i--f.'e to, and i-i;- :.t n ,1 . the stern of the vessel, in.iy net Us.u lie water until they pa-s oll"mto the air. They .'ire supplied with air through 1 shaft pnssug vertically (linni'di the ee;iirti t.f the deck Another of the improvements (ori-isi in m-jK-irling pjildle-whceh al or n.-nr the stern of the vessel, which are 'ft in motion by the m-tioii of the currents us they p-o. oil"' into tin; mr, thereby m:reaing the motive p'Wcr ; or sti'-li paildle whet-Is amy 1h- mow) ed without thu intervention of the t rough j or ehunneis, by the motion of currents of , air or other gaseous fluid, foiced llnoiigh iuim'.s or cyiui'lers ll.e lutent ir.n enrol - letl the early ut of Matc'i A (liiKvi l.irrnr. - We see it ireteil that lien. C.-iN, U alwul lo wiite u eit-r up on the queMioiis tsjiineclcd with the In it Preiidenc-y, and that .1 will tuttr all the ground." Tin lleiieial's hiter may cover all the ground Isjforr tin- iliclcii, mid he hiin--lf will it.v. r oil of il afier tlx; ck-e. lion , or at least Ms much as eat V eoveicd by a big fat ii.au lying flat on his back. i a.. ;ir Jurw.l Sl-Jit rTIO. t'tSI. I!.V1 Vllil.lt T III tin Court of ''.itimiou Ph-is this moriiing. tiie jury in ihe caw of lieotge I,. Slu-rp! v lhtaid L Sy. liwky, teielcrtsl a ver 'tliist fur the plsinlilf with 10.0011 iljaug.ui !Th .tcti' ri wi brought runi .-'i-iieky , for seducing AberjiT'i wife, during hut ab- .nitswi in l.uroj. CiiAiiArri:ii. Tim o-uly periual pioji'jrly arhb.li ctvtry pie. 1 jt aft' hi ' 1 1 tv tilt 'lilt Minn ll nti I mm the .Vvrdi- (Mi ) lu.lris inli ui, rtur, in nn editor let ic wing Judge Gi.i.n', peet!i at n hi svccinniii' nvtr.tctid intrtmg . '1 ho .liiiljre titcerotl nl the ' IsiM-we r get" ih ', . Well, tti. lltiliV il i just the tiling. The (oiiliitiiiou is the Km hcis. get ; our country i llm Ih tr. c g. t our itt is Ihe !.( we can get 1 (-mr lid.1 is (he U'l we can ;;el . our t'hlldreii are th 1! vie tvm set ; (he Jildiic is tho ljs! can p'!. far he miys he will not tvsig I . an ne do not know of any thing that iu'l lb Nt we can gi't I'vccpt llm Judge's r'C":; Tor wo knew (hat's in.f tho U'tt wccuti gt t PtirvT llrtoi.t Civvov Mr '. M. Iniwty n( Porttille. CallarnUgiH eo hat ii.teule.l a cimneii which will load aioI discharge ilelf fifty times a minute It , "lato.l in the C illiuaugus Whig tht 'U W,ir llcp.ulincut In usm.I a resolution 11. favor of adopting ihis ingenious dcMtm lit -jhvi, for the gotenmicnt. A Hot (' ten 1 n tit 111 Nitiitiie I'tus V Ni.-tgnra l-'alls tlnte d .My III, say ; "A licy i-ti. tears old, mined .limn Mi'! Mth. w,x ci.niid 1 ver the f.dls tii . Horning lb-w 1 pl.it leg on .1 Uvml nt .'lreel's f.icltiiy, ia) the I 'amiila side, m com pmy with no t M" r htolher theii father saw lle-iii. .m l chilled the elder one, wlm fiiu deuly jumped oil' when the olh'T was pi. 'ipitaled into ihe stream. lie soon gtt ml. 1 the rax'd.-t, nntl tlx father htliiied to ii-wcue him ; but in vain the Ihv went over Ihe fulls. llre.lt Coll tcrn:i(iini and honor jiretnilcd in etciyqti.u ler, and lhi di-liesuig incident has 1 leuled :ucl. an exeileineut ns seldom aii'es fioin ueli a can-.1 liul few eawes of thu kind hate oecuiied al Niagara I alls." M. K.ti.i.tii.N, iho director of the national 1 iieei.nn m.iuut.icloiy ol .N't rc. has sm it ee.le.l m pro luring crtl,-tlluod 1ui11ei.1l ie-eiiihling very cloudy thoio tisluinl In m.lun childly pictiou.s mid into slones . UT).loyed by jewellers To obtain this ic Mi't, he has divolt'fil in boiie neid, it 1 1 1 1 , line, luugnc-ia. o.vyjlesof i.on, ami ihroiuu t.li I theii subjecting Ihe solution to evaora li ill dining tluee dayt, has obtaincil ciystal of a niin. 'lid sub-lane.! equaling in h.-irdni'sii mid in bei.eiy al.il cleailiess u' color Iho lialuial stones. Willi chrnliie, M. Kdelnien has uiailti mo.it hiilliaut iiibieit, fiom Iwo In llireo milliiiietics in length, aud about as thick as a grain of corn. If inbioi can In, iiltilieially neid", secrets which welu tr.nied by the alchcuiints of old cannot bo eiy far off. A I 'n 1 1 ji-iii ii !.- I'iiitii; -The edit ir of Ihe Alabama Argus, puhli-hvil at Iteuiopo lis, in Maieiigo, niakc't uieriy, idler tin. 0.1 lowing fa-hioii, over what most folks won! I consider a serious trouble : " We see the slieriH' has ndvcrli-etl llm 'Argusofliecfors.de dining nut iib'iieo V 1iob' the hiddeii will hivn a incnv ' time of it. If the nhcrifi' fan wdl it he ' will do more than we ever could lak. u 'damp pereii-ii n-eap, we think it will f.ul ' lo ' go oir.' " KxeuuiiMi lltni'ooN Mr. Chailes Harl, Idackfiuith, of ihi- lown, han hit dj ieiu-it d a nteul for a teiy ingenious h.'irs u tthieli he has invented The heud of ihi nif trniiient i- in two pirtu- (he point U n. 1p.1l. ile iioiu the iest of the head, and m 1 c ing the put t.f a bullet In tie. oil., r pail of ihe head a pi-lol is couwliui-led .11 the sj.liil fteel, in the inoijtli ,.f whn-.li is lilted Ihe point. A jsucu -s'.ou Iix-l; I t. a eealed II I If 1 protected under the bail. Tho whole instrument lesemhle- an nrduiar) bar iiooii, and aftei it is lluowu and lie wliuli-Is-gins lo draw hii hi il. lie- pi-lol i-di.-i har getl aud ho is killed by the c,ploMon lU.tiiK-i Uti'f .tn mi vi. i 1 1 i;i tiisn 1; i it tr is. 1st Wh it is a slur '.' An-. Ahiin'. any lemnk ono .ting-r makes ahoul iiui.th"r. t!d. What is lx-atiug lime '.' An. inging so la-t lint time cann. keep up with you .id. What i a rel '.' A us. (iuiiigo.it of tliu choir It. gut homo rcfrtishtnen's. Ith. Wh-it i. a sdi'-eali mot neit'l? Aim. Iieaviug the choir in a hull' he-nun-one i tlisjuitiulicd with thu Lyilcr'ii require li.euls. fith. What is a w. I! I An. A prnfii-orof lilllwie, ivho prtteie' lo know everything nbiut tin. h ieiii-.t, while lie cuiiivl -nif-iHil his own ignorance IJl'KHl Ali-tlll On WitliHi-day in' ing a tssir A.,auu U longing to l ull li. edh-d at tk- Maym's oflice. New Yoik, in a great state of iudiirinlion,"" lo d-iiiitnd of h's lb. nor rocks" enough to ritttir hoii... I y ihe cteniiig beit. Hhe Htatisl ih.i she, boing in a infe of pivcrty. imd Invu.i' 1 nail in Hh- rjj-r- ol .Jenny I.m.1 hlrt-r I ill. Jsi'ltllill, eaine oil to till! t.iiy to rt-ipu thai i-elehriilml Inly In r -1 1 ye le r !tec r ti"s and pl.t her in a !.(. of nuiifurinbl'i fii'-uiiuiaiHs-F fur the r si of her days, hut. Is-iug re'ii-...! adiui'lie-e to her by tint Nilltiiigdle'd M-iidiiU, s'te tame to t'.e ta flu-ion thitt ,lt.nny vtai w-oiuotliirig ol a htiiiihug 'Hi..- M yor nl being at 1. itw vtlien the Inly -died, and the r-.-i-.- tint eoiillllg Willi. Il tl. I'lVar of I'irrt ,il.il-l.-i. vvIhj w.i t'f only .in.- pre-ent, iheniipli. ant was ohligisl lo ib-nrt iliaps.ilited Sho w.-nt ta;t ejn timing ajjuinst llw.- iinehnri' . blctier-i of .V. w Yolk ill general, 101 1 ,., M'rvi.ut of the city and .Jenny Mud in imi titular. ,h-il l.IMi ! IlltO.iCl.r s. The ho'i" of Ibilwrt Slu-rvtull. l'wq , in I'oltiinliia St war Putrrejstiit, Ikis Iivii ,nt.l for .Jenny Liirl, who mti-rxlk maLitie; this richer n id fare, for lW tuMitng threo uiontfis It atyWrtiitwjil tb iWnik-t. Hhi, lklk-tt Hid W --e.-ii: wilt re-Wf vti'h her T.n l?ir n i I.etlinllHH I'lllgr.i