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VERMONT WA T CHMAN & STATE JOURNAL; BY E. P. WALTON & SONS. "WATCHMAN & JOURNAL. TERMS-SI SOenh In alliance i 9 00 If payment l not mado in mlinnre , intercut atwiiyt charged from Ihe end of tho year. POETRY. tzl :- courtship and matrimony. A VOV.M IN TWO CANTOS. AAKTO tllhT -CtfUKTPMlP. Tftlrpit of f nib ; il tliini Itlienrrrty voW, Lo! nt l In tn t, 1 nr to lovn Ditto over I At, by tli upim iliv rurjiant br.it, Tioniiie iflVciinn t,n h no time thnll tettif J And nrm l.-t li Vr thu hum ft bright now, ( (i be tnni"i 'In it - i rr, '-arflit- ITT 1 V i' tduti nn l.niihn, flo'U-tinf honit rr-lgn? i -lUi'Ttnt nu ii mi eel KittR ' wilt fhuii b mloA ? 'i 'ion Phhli I-lv jinrt (o cl r k lliy n rn li . 7 lion hIihIi imvu ull it la . ,.;M of rmrs i .t .ring j AnH we wll lno in Holittide, nor ctro Fit adfli', fur cnch othflf. 'o will fling Annv nil -t tr-iw-Kdfti Bhttll Wi thM' ! Andthoi -WilM hi nn qtlfrn, nnd I tbv klnif ! tl11 0, t .! Illlt fllM tail 1 ? ttWff llM'J!' lift - r jititl. 1 'iiunnrchi be? nnd lii'-ri 'lm day? rMo 'ie secono MituMniv Now, Mr I'i-iiieI", onnij for nil, I tii 1 u ill not miIi cltr.i Vftg.iTif ft nil' u , Hill' upon tMllF, h nt) ti.rgu cvrrj d . nM.jjn d d((- n iitii W lf ink, I ow Boimmjh, fflo',n, f ippoty urn! treeh - tin my, Tear-, M'b l'mmlc, will pn gtlll mn now. T " t wq I li'n puun.tii ft-w k 1 c.m'r ntFoM il ; Mudum, do not pi m ! In wnrtrlinu iU I thowrhi I odd n U''inrr , I nm! im It moat mmrnmv nilsi nn You riao a I. firt, n I'm rtlmt'i giifli-n'ni I r.-k fT1l' uit'i iiprm. tltn rlfiy i ( imfura . ifi 1 "ire t hijbt1y i'iht un'txir Tltt, nin' nn I iliv MlU!0 j ' ll..- nnnhrlnt; (lend to waken I nil find -n no' , Inlilmi, but I'll mtkoDtem quiet! NATPRE AND ART. AN 1HMGRAM. I(t It. Moftnii. Kiq iX rrtiijnpanta Inquirer. Vlit-n Eve, tlie fust of womuukiaJ, A- Oiiet-n of Eden roved, HcrDiougbti vere pure an mountain wind, And i II whoiHW her, lnved. Thp uanle loreomeil a lofty note, Tim lion toed Itii mane, A"'t e'en ilm ltnnet'i little throat K)i()prf n flatterln? itrnia. TIih ove th lip thenoul fraught face, These won the fitit of men l rl) movement ravo to life a grace, To deck tba mother of our race There vtctn iio buttles then I CIVILIZATION AND ART. AN EPIGRAM Bt J It. Chandler, IVq. Ed. U. S. G alette. When live througli early Jilon moved, And lutied her maiden voice. It wii- not strange that Adam loveJ, He'd only ' Uohion' e hoi re.' But when ten Zt ure ibund at home, Vnh chancu for acarco ttco men, Not iie grace, nor ' Iinnei'n" hum, Wil itch ihp haux lo muKe them come, K.K li girl rnuit buttle then. MISCELLANEOUS. rownis TIIK SCULPTOR. The following pnssages nro from an urticlo upon the " Geni'tn and Sculptitrt of Powers," in tlifl last number of the American Kcvirw : who gazo upon the Slave and the live, seem to go away with that benutiful emotion which long lingers around one, lilto somo ideal form that some times in the calm Bleep of nn early spring morning flits over the fancy, hut cannot be forgotten : it wakes us wo quiet ourselves nnd try lo sleep, nnd bring back the vision ngnin. In these composi tions, there is the Inchest stylo of the ideal and the purest expression of imtuie. They toem like his busts to liuve been copied from life (and they nro) but as Air. Powers remarked, they were compos ed from a great variety of models. Unlike other femalo statues 1 have seen, they combine nil tliat is beautiful in the uln.il that glows in the fancy and ull that is cheerful and iioino-like in the fair beings who cluster around oui ovrii firesiJwt and livu "in our hunts. They are perfectly nude fig uresand yet so pure is every lino, movement and cxprc- jion about them, one feels that ho stands in the garden, wlicro Evo ttood, among the flowers with Angels and with God and " wns naked nnd was not iishamcd." An impure though? cannot rise in the bosom of the gazer, unless he bo one who is unfit for the society of a pure woman. I think my residence abroad has only made mo prize : moro than ever the bright gem which ndoms the Amen-1 can woman that primitivo virtuo which recoils from tho verv shade of impurity. And so far from feeling any apprehension that tho exhibition of these statues in America would havo any tendency to introduce among our women foreign indelicacy, characteristic of ovory country in tho world, but our own and the British Islands at home, I am per suaded they would bo warmly greeted by all the enlightened nnd all the pure of both sexes, and leave every spectator with moro exalted concep tions of the beauty and the divinity of virtue. And I would even venture to say, that I should bo com pcMed to fear of every one, who, nfier seeing them, should pronounce a different opinion, that the char acter of the spectator was not right. They arc ns pure as Milton's magical picture of the Garden of Lden.and over every pure-minded person they will exert as high and pure an influence. I have not spoken of Mr. Powers'a jjcniug in the other great departments of Sculpture. But he has gone farther. Some time last year, no received n commission for a statue of Mr. Calhoun, for the city of Charleston, and tho model is nearly done. It displays the tamo consummate talent that ap pears in his other works particularly the head, v Inch I regard as finer than any he has ever exe cuted. The attitude is erect m his right hand he hotdf up, on n level with his eye, a scroll, on which 13 inscribed his political creed tlie folds of his dr pcy are falling gradually around him, and the whole expression is a fine personification of tho old Roman Senator. But in the expression of tho faco and firm, there is an air of majesty, I havo never Been equalled in a full statue, and the likeness is bs perfect as any one of hi3 busts. But Mr. Powers will not content himself until ho has triumphed in every field of Sculpture. Ho is to bcrrin. as soon as Mr. Calhoun's statue is done, a magnificent group, the subject of which I am not now at liberty to mention, but which will consti tute, I believe, if executed as well ns his other works, tho most superb croup in the world. It is a Bubiect which has never been attempted in sculp ture or painting, and yet it illustrates tho greatest fact in the history of tho human race. But it will bo the work ol years. In tho meantime, ho has trained up a largo num r of workmen, who aro superior to any m Flor- ber enco, and they nro all occupied, it is orders aw ' increasinir faster than he can oxecuto them, altlio' his pncfs are higher than any other Sculptor can command, The Slave has been finished and sent to England, and two copies of it have been order ed ( tho pneo of tho original was S3,500, but he has S10.000 for duplicates. Tho Evo is done, and he is varying tho model to make u duplicate, which, while it rcuuna nil its general proportions, will bo different in eomo of its arrangements, to make it strictly speaking not a duplicate. Tho Fisher Boy is commissioned. His Proserpine, a single ideal bust, was ordered by Mr. Carey of Philadelphia, for 500, nnd a large number of duplicates, nioitly from foreigners, havo been ordered. Hois dosi rous not to occupy most of his timo on busts, and ho hoped that by raising bis price, orders, would cease - from fjUOU ho rosotoS"'00,and his commis sions havo increased so rapidly, it is probable ho will soon doublo tho Bum. This will bo necessary, for oven at this prico, ho is obliged to deny many npphcants. Ho told mo, ho could not now make busts oven at that prico without loss. This may uppcar strango, but ho not unfrequcntly passes many days upon a bust alter tho best judges sup. poso it is done. Of all his workmen, and ho has eomo ho pays as high ns four dollars a day, (which in Italy is unprecedented,) ho cannot depend upon onu ot them for tho finishing of a singlo work. It is a singular fuct, that the first timo Mr. Powors took a chisel in his hand, ho mado a bust ontiro, and finished it in a stylo superior to any workman or artist in Florence. His mechanical skill is as extraordinary as Jus crcativo genius. Thoro may bo many who would bo glad to pos ecss somo work of Air. Powers, whoso means would not justify them in tho expense of a statue 5 or even of a bust of themsolvcs. To such, I would recom- inend a copy of tho Proserpino, which I promise any lady shall bo even more perfect than herself. For ti hoidoir, thoro is nothing so beautiful, and a more classic conception could not adorn n library It is nn exquisite ideal female bust, resting in u basket ol Acnntlms leaves, and it forms perhaps the ccm of his studio. In addilion to theso lininduonccd decisions of European journals and connoisseurs, iho opinion simply, firmly, frequently expressed of tho great uanisn ocuipior, will bo ol authority Willi every one. Tho account of Thorwnldsen's visit to his tudio, at related by Mr. Powers, is of interest in iwen ami important in Die respect above mentioned. "Just before tho clay model of Eve was done, I rerpived the honor of a visit from tho great Tlior waldson. He was passing through Florenco on his way to Romef He had but a short time to spend, and this he wished to pass with his friend1!. Jlut being strongly urged by n gentleman who had been often at my studio, he consented to drop in for a moment; The first intimation I hnd of his visit was ipom-n. servant, who oatne hastily into my stu dio' and Shhounctm that Thonvsldsen w na at Ihe dunr nnd begged p.riiiisiioti to cotnc in. This wan a trwng moment I could bear the gaze and the critic ism of others with composure, but to nas the ; cruUny of hiicIi a mnn, for whom I had a greater eiierni.oii man lor uny artist living H was no common ordeal. "Presently he enmo lumbering in the Patriarch of Sculptors! His air was confident, but not haugh ty his chest lurgo his head grnnd and square, but ho had a look of groat benevolence nnd intel ligence. His long grey locks wore llonting loose ly over his shoulders, and his walk was full of maj esty nnd simplicity. He was tho very man I should have taken for Thorwnldsen, had I met him on tho desert. I had never scon any likeness of hirn but 1 had pictured hist uucli a man. "He uncovered his head and bowed in the most respectful manner, and only put on his hat after my repeated solicitations. Ho said ho wus very sorry to disturb me, for he found mo at work. I replied. of course, as nn humble disciple in the art might; but what 1 said on that occasion is n matter of lit tle importance. He cast an eye over tho studio, and tho first thing that seemed to nrrcst his atten tion was a bust of Mr. Webster. He examined it with great uttonlion, nnd as lie did so he stood back a few steps from it, and again taking ofT his hat, he declared with surprise, ' never sow so grand a head before' a greater compliment to tho orator, as wns right, than to the artist for there is nothing of mine about it. He then stood before General Jack son, which bust ho regarded with as much atten tion and satisfaction, apparently, as Webster's. After examining most of the busts, I took him be hind a screen to see tho Eve. lie examined it very attentively, and turned it round several times on tlie rollers, upon winch all statues, when modelling, are placed, to be made to turn easilv. Without spying ' by your leave, sir,' he took out a large piece of clay from n portion of hair with his fin gers: 'now I see the Jlcsh under it, and can trace a connection of the parts of the shoulders.' Ho touched tho hair in another place : 'and I get a glimpse of this contour,' pointing it out Then coming doi n ho made a mark on one of the knees : 'this movement should be a littlo more pronounced.' He then appeared to have done. I told tiini I should always feel grateful for his criticisms, and beggfd ho would speak freely, nnd 1 never perhaps felt moro inwurdly a desire thnn I now felt, to have him go on. 'I have pointed out all flint seemed to mo to detract from your stnlno 1 can see nothing else.' When he was about leaving I told him I expected to como to Koine during tho winter, and 1 should esteem it a great honor if 1 could bo allowed to take his bust. Ho Xindly condescended to say, ho would do so with unfeigned satisfaction. Ho then expressed very warmly fhu pleasure and the sur prise he had felt during his visit, and wishing mo nil Ihe success I lesircd, ho very cordially pressed my hand and toot his leave." I have heard Ibis visit related by a friend, who heard n minute nccount of it from the ccntleman who accompanied Thorwaldsen on this occasion. Mr. powers Im8) jn this conversation, withheld the most interesting part of thn story. I am informed (rrom tlj0 BOtlrC(. nuujC(1 10 ,)mt 'i'liorwald- sen felt reluctance to go to Powcrs's studio only because ho was pressed for time j and ho gavo up an important visit In order to make this. He had a great desire to see 'ho works of an artist who wns already eclipsing most sculptors of his time. Du ring the interview, which lasted much longer than he had intended, ho expressed tho warmest admi ration of all Pow ers's works. But when he drove off in his carriage ho exclaimed, with the greatest earnestness "i can't makesuch busts and I never saw a man that could nor do I believe ho ever had un equal m that department af tho art I esteem Mr. Powers not only tlie first sculptor of his ago, but the greatest since Michael Angelo. He will form a school of his own which will be a now era in art." Theso sentiments lie otlcn expressed af terwards on several occasions, particularly in Rome, wnero no otlen rnaue use ot tho smcular uccinra- tion, that "Mr. Powers was without a rival in mod ern times, except Michael Angelo i that no ancient or modern, ol any age, una ever mado such busts ; and ho Iclieved ho would bo equally great in anj branch of sculpture." When Powers raised tho curtain that covered tho Eve, ho felt that in justico to himself he ought to say that this was his first attempt at a statue, and it was not yet finished. Thorwaldsen ropliod "You say, sir, it is your first statue any other man might bo proud of it as his last." THOMAS PAINE. A gentleman in New-York, who personally knew x nomas raine, nna was repeatedly in his company during tlie last years of his life, gave tho following nccount of a conversation with him respecting the Biblo: " Ono evening I found Paine haranguing n coin- l.;- v. :-i . iT i , puny, oi ins uisuipius, oiiiiiy greni miscniUI (1OI10 to mankind bv ilia nroduction of thn Tlihh, nr,l Christianity. When he paused, 1 said 'Mr. Pnino. you havo been in Scotland ; you know thoro is not a moro rigd set ot people in tlie world than they aro in their attachment to tho Biblo j it is their bchool book ; their churches aro full of Bibles. Whon a young man leaves his father's house, his mother alwnvs, in packing his chest puts a Biblo on tno ton ol ins domes." no said it was true. 1 continucd 1 You havebconin Spain and Portugal. whero they've no Biblc,& there you can hire a man to murder another who never gave Inm any ollence. Ho ussented. ' Yon havo seen districts in Europe, whero not a man in fifty can read, ' and vou have been in Ireland, where thojiajprity never saw tho Bible. Now you know it- ffh historical fact, that in ono county of England, dr Ireland there are many moro capital convictions In six months than thoro nro in tho whole population of Scotland 111 twelve. Besides, this day thero is not ono Scotchman in tho Almshouse, State Prison, Bridewell, nor Peniten tiary of Now York. Now thou, if tho Biblo wao so bad a book a you represent it to be, thoso who uso it woyld bo tho worst members of .society : but tho contrary is tho fact ; for our prisons, almshous es, and penitentiaries, aro filled with mon nnd wo men, whoso ignorance or imboliof prevents them from reading tho Biblo, It was now near ten o'clock at night Pnlno answered not a word, but, taking n candlo from tho table, walked up stairs, leaving his friends and myself staring at ono an other." Progress of Extravagance It is mentioned in tho Now-York Mirror, that tho cost of ladies' fans in somo of tho stores of Broadway is ono hundred dollars. Tho editor says, ho saw a marringcabloJ looKing young man purchase ono ior nis inicnucu, and paid soventy-fivo dollars. Seventy-five dollars for a fun! This exceods in oxtravaganco fifty dol lars for a pockethandkerchief. At llimrnto it would cost as much for n'fashionablo hello to rig herself 1 out jn ucau-Hiiiing siyio, ns it would to lit out a steam frigato that would blow up a Mexican town nnd kill all tho inhabitant. It is not an unmean ing phrase to call'Bome ladies "dtar creatures." MONTPELIER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1845. AN APPEAL IN BEHALF OF PUBLIC ED UCATION. Tho following should bo read by every parent in tho btatc. It is n most graphic portrayal of tho condition of tho uneducated: " you oyer boo that rngged littlo straggler?" i csi'. llolp Iim1' Bnii ,ny companion. God help Inm I With such easy adjuration do wo lcavo thousands and tons of thousands or human souls to want and ignorance, doom thorn while yet wnlking the path of guiltlessness lo nurture devils their own ungmilcd passions. Wo mako them outcasts, wretches; nnd then punish them in their wicked ness, our own selfishness our own neglect. Wo cry, " God help tho boy," nnd hang the man. 1 et n. moment. Tho child is still before us. Can we not see around it -contending for it the principles of good and evil ? A contest between tho angels mid tho fiends ! Como hither, statesmen : vou who hvo within a party circle: you who night ly fight some miserable fight: continually strive in somo selfish struggle for power nnd placo, consid ering mon only ns tools, tho merest instruments of your aggrandizement como here, in tho filthy street, nnd look upon God's imago in its boyhood! Con sider this little man. Aro not creatures such as these the noblest, grandest things of earth? Have they not solemn natures aro thoy not subtly touch ed for the highost purposes of human life ? Como Ilioy not into this world to grace nnd dignify it? I here jr no spot, no coarser stuff in tho pauper "'i-- juu mai inuicaics a lower nature. ilu ,L,on mnru upon it no natural forma tion indicating the thief in its tiny fingers no in J.-VIUI.JIO uiaspiiomy written upon its lips. It lies ueiore you a lair, unsullied thing, fresh from the hand or God. Will you, without nn effort let the grand fiend stamp his fiery biand upon it? Shall u, in its innocence, be mndo a trading thing by mis ery and vice? n crcnturo driven from street to Street. IL hirrn Iimr,,. mn t i . -.--i-.! , j niuiiiuiiuiau lur iiiuigieu beggary und crime ? Say : what w ith its awaken- ...h v.mi, "win inLuru .- wnai lessons whereby to pass through liro.makinganileiiiintho socialsuin? Why, cunning will be its wisdom; hypocrisy its m i'. iiciiurui jaw oi son-preservation. xo this child, so nurtured, so taught, your whole codo ot morals, nay your brief right and wrong, aro writ m Granger figures than Egyptian hicro- ClVpIllCS. nnd tiinn niaaoonn,! ,... Z I, w ' " 1 JVM DUUIIIU lllll creature never ttvight, for the heinous guilt of knowing naught but ill! Tho good has been a ...j.u lumnij anuuieuunco is punished with the tail. Doubtless there aro great statesmen ; wi zards in bullion and bank paper; thmkors profound in cotton, nnd every turn and variation of tho mar kets abroad and at home. But thoro aro statesmen vet to come, statesmen of noblor aims of moro Heroic action ; teachers of tho people, vindicators of tho universal dignity of man; apostles of tho great social truth that L.iowledge, which is the spir itual light of God, like his material light was made to bless aud comTort all men. And when these men arise and it is worse then weak, it is sinful to despair of them the youngling poor will not bo b.nind upon the very threshold of human lift;, and made, per force, by want and ignorance, life's shame and curse, f hero is nota babe lying in the public street on lU mother's lnp-thc unconscious mendi cant to ripen into tho criminal that is not a re proach to tho Statu; a scandal nnd a cryiii" shame upon men who study all politics save the politics ol tho human heart Literary Messenger. I'tom tho Ociman of Jcnn Paul. . , , PARENTS. Mothers! bo yo fathers; and fathers! bcyu mo thers oife might say to parents. For only both eren together make out the huu.mi species-ns from Mars and Venus sprang Hannonia. The husband docs it by inciting tho powers: tho wife by keep ing up measure and harmony in them. A man, with whom tho State, or his own genius, lifts the balance of all energies to the benefit of a singlo one, wil nlways bring along with him this most powerful ono to the task of education: iho soldier will give a military, tho poet a poetical, the clergy man a pious education: but only tho mother will give a human one. For woman needs to devolopo nothing else in herself, than merely tho human bo ing, nnd us on nn Eolian harp, no strin" ol her soul is superior to the other, but the melody ot its sounds emanates from and returns 10 harmony. . THE COFFIN OF AN INFANT. I t is a moving sight when one reflects upon tho littlo human being concealed from sight, who pass es from tho slumbers on Us mother's breast to tho sleep of death ; whoso eyes aro closed upon the ginning earth, without having beheld its parent that with moist eyes gazes after it; who was belov ed without loving; whoso little tonguo moulders to dust without having spoken, as its lace, without having smiled on our mad world. Theso severed leaf buds of earth will already havo found somo stalK, on which sublime Destiny engrafts them: these flowers, which like somo earthly flowers, close themselves to sleep in tho morning hours, wiil al ready havo met another morning sun to open them ugaiii. 1 T rum How much moro vain is tho love of man, than "iit-n oocs into employ the warmost hearts to dottroy tho best, (as only burning-glasses am used to reduce precious stones to ashos,) and how mauy a silent breast is nothing but thosunken collin of some pale beloved imago! THE BURNING COALS OF SIN. round Imn tho burning' coals of his sin, and it is ..lt. l. i: it.. .1.11. u7 wiuii iic uus tunvu m luu grave, umt uemnn lllin lllirn tlirt rnllmvna I'rnm tlm onn.ln, 1.!JUJ nnd the pillar of smoke rises us a pillar of infamy ujfvit 4119 iu,YC nun aiuuus iiiuio ioruvcruiore. PHILOSOPHERS. Our Philosophers tear up the stones from thi I'uiuuiuiik ui . lutti, it., uuuum iiiumiuuui is uoin Larded, than because they have this man's head and l..., ,..;.,.) ....i. :.. M1UI. IliU.i B ITlllUUIT LWOI1IU5M ill. It ATP a wri t nvn We exhibit with less shame tho passions of hato HlUll UI 1UVU. SHOULD PARENTS SCOLD. It has nelthor reason, religion, common sense, nor experience to recommend it, while thero are rea sons many and mighty to justify its total and inr mediate abolition. It sours tho tornnor of'tlm rhi dren; so that ono thorough scolding prepares tho way lor two or three more. It sours your tempor provided it is sweet, which is a ciuestion if vnn urn prono to scold ; and thus the more you scold, the uiuru you win nuvu 10 scoiu, nnu uccause you havo uucuiiio a crossur, uuu your cuiiurcn llKowise. Rcoldinc ulienatos thu hearlstif vour children. Depend upon it, thoy cannot lovo you as well uftor you hayo berated them an thoy did beroro. You may upproach them with firmness und decision, vou may punish with seventy adequato to tho nature of uieir oilenccs, and they win icoi tho tusiico of your conduct, and lovu. you notwithstanding all. But hey hato bcolding. It stirs up tho bad blood, while it discloses your weakness, and lowers you in tholr esteem. Especially at night, when thoy nro about . . ,t r i . .i iii i. , . . . iu retire, inuir ucaris snouiu uu meiiou and moulded with voices of kindness, that thoy may go to their slumbers with thoughts of lovo stealing around their souls, and whispering peace. Sam Slick's Idea of a Good Wife. She had'nt no tar for music, Sain, but sho had a capital ty or (tin, nnu ior poor loins mars mucn ucuer. XNo one has ever seen as much dirt in my houso as a fly could'nt brush off with his wines. Bostin' irala may boast of their sjiinttf, and their gytars, and their eyetalian airs, and their tars for muiic but givo mo tho gnl, I say, that has an tye for dirt, for a iiiu fc'm ior my mutiny. Life is liko a field of blackberry nnd raspborry bushes. 'Mean people squat down and pick tho fruit, no matter how thoy black their fingors; while genius, proud nnd perpendicular, strides fiercoly on, and gets nothing but scratches and holes torn in his trowsers. , MORAt COURAGE. Havo tho courngo to faco n difficulty, lest It kick you harder than you borgaincd for. " Difficul s like thieves, often disappear at a glance. Havo tho courago to lcavo a convivial party nt the proper hour for doing so, however great tho sacrifico ; nnd to stay away from one, upon tho slightest grounds for objection, however great tho temptation to go. Ilaro tho courago to do without that which you do nqt need, however much vou may admiro it. iravo Iho courago'lo spent your mind when it is necessary that you should do so, nnd hold your tonguo when it is bettor that you should bo silent Havo tho courago to speak to a poor friend mi seedy coat oven in tho street, and whon a rich ono is inch. I ho effort is less than many people take it to belaud the act is worthy n king. Havo tho courago to odmit that you have been in tho wroil". mwl vmi mill if, r... r .1.- minus ot others, putting u desirable impression in .li un iiiuuvoruuic one. Ilavt) tho courago to adhere to the first resolu tion when you ennnot change it for tho hotter ; nnd lu """iiuim n iu 1110 cicvciuii nour, upon conviction. Have tho courngo to cut the most ugreoable nc- OUnintance vou nnssn.qa. wlinn fin nrtniMntno ..r.i. l,n. ho lacks principle. " A friend should boar with a lnenu'j- inhrmilios" not Ins vices. Have tltn rntlrnrrn tn wnnr tl,i.L t,,nfa : .1HA. ,'uvil uwir, ill lllintJl, and to insist upon your wifo and daughter's doing thelikr. 0 Havo tho courngo to thrust your legs down bo. tween the sheets 111 cold weather j and to shavo every day befivo breakfast. AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE ON MOUNT TOM. As 1 party of pleasuro were aRccndtng Mount Tom o few days ngo, a well dressed man, lurnished with a fishing tncklo, accosted a lady of the party who had .loitered behind her companions, to enjoy Wltlimtl ilitntriinlinn t,n 1.nK..i:C..l I."!-!. lay along tho rich valley of tho Connecticut w mviiiiujji milium. Bam tug nsiicrman, touching his hat "Ucod morning, sir!" replied the lady, with a irrmtu nf innnnn- ,ul,inl, 1.1 1 1 . , u'-'v iiivii uiiiu imvu uuen consid ered perfect tit the court of Queen Elizabeth. "It is aline morning, madam," continued the gentleman; "I saw your bonnet at the foot of tho hill, and I thought I should like to marry tho lady ivlin Wnro flint hnnnnl f. l-...l. . ... ., ' and I have walked up hero to ask you if you would iu viivi-i Hint uiu&au Biuiu wuii me. The jdv was snmrnvlmr tnw1nr1 nt - t t -- ..-v un viiu UUiUUl noss of his proposition, and her first impulse was- u nuii; uu iu uti uuiiipuinuns ; out ncr dignity md self-possession prevailed, and sho quietly turn :d to tho strani'er ami cniil if .. -:...... . r.- b ,,uo a DI.I1UU3 lliU posal to como from one who had m.ir onmi lore." " But I have -" " -iW UUIU 11.) uuu know vmi will suit m T ,i .1 house nt ihe foot of yonder hill. My wifo and 111,7 children nto dead, and I am alone. If you outln i& tnn. vnn Klmll Imvn nil mir nrnh.i,, TC?.. .1:. r.- j - ,, , . '"J i'i"i".iuji. 11 juu uiu uc si you shall bo well buried. 1 havo just got n no w sione ior me grave ot my wire, for which 1 ga- re twenty-six dollars. I buy all my things for the u so of tho house by the quantity. You shall bo w ell provided for in every thing. I don't think you c an uo neiter." 'f'llfl t.ldl liml ennn miil nC tUn l.-.n.- 1.1 "J i mubii w. uiu 1IUI1U 11UU IIU U command in tho fashionable circles, of tho Soutl i ; and the "chivalry" had bended the kneo to her a c eomplishmonts and beauty, and the learned, to tl 10 ItltullilWflCU find cllltiffltinn ni" lm. Ct.. 1.. . J vl iijtiiu, fcJIIB 111 IU suiled triumphant nnd unconquered every whei o, and to be llius w.nv.lfiiil nmt nntr. ,.! : j ...... u,,u ,,fclU(jvi.u UUU liml 11- mony was a thing not to bo thought of for a rn 10- iiioiu, uuu ou ouu raiscu ncr iorm 10 moro than its usual height, and, giving additional dignity to the inclination of her head, sho bowed "goodbyo" to. ll.n fijl,,,... ...1.1 l,rt ,. . , . . .no iioiini;; inuuivur, uuu icii nun to ucsiow Himself. his riches and his crnvn slnnna nn enmn nun Cor. of the Doslon Post. KISSING A PRETTY COUSIN. It is a cravo oucstinn Imp mm i in i.,'c- tllO tCtnntlnrr linn n tirnlt,, na, !) rii7. DI..1 -tt--"0 H VUUOII1I JL 11U 1 II1IUC1- opher ot the Richmond Star averrcth that ho ins, on being provoked to do so and they sav, ho is the easiest man to bo provoked within the limits of Uio "Old Dominion." But he says that tho lips of a. pretty cousin aro a sort of neutral ground, betwee n u. oiti.-i o cnu u mraiigcre. n you sip, it is not bei causo you love, not exactly because you havo ihe ripht not UDon rrrntinrlg Ihitni. t,a ,..:!. salisluction that you kis'j a favorite sister. It is a son ot nocus-pocus commingling of all, into which each feeling throws its parts, until tho concatena lion is thrilling, peculiar, exciting, delicious, nnd cmjjuaui-aiiy iuvvk. xnis is os near to a philo sophical analyzation as ho can well como, ho thinks, and then ho intimates that all the sweet prelty girls are kissing cousins in Virginia. Tho Major says ..UJJI.-B una custom win travel fast into the other Sstales, and become extensively fashionablo and the Major is a man of taste. Good Effects of Frequent Bathing. Tho im portance of this subject, to which wo have frequent ly alluded, is well set forth by tho Now York Ag ricultural Journal, as follows : " Wo write in the full persuasion that bathing s too generally neglected iu this country, either from want of thought upon its importance, or want of convenience for its enjoyment; but with little ex ertion bucIi convenience might bo provided, when ever thero is a good pump, or yet bettor, whore a copious spring of water can be found. The facili ties should not only bo afforded, but those who havo charge of famillies. should mako it a noint rn see that they aro availed of, by every member of his household under his control. Ask tho la boring man, him who labors with mind or body, and who u accustomed to being daily, or frequently re freshed with the shower or plunging bath, what would induce him to forego it ? Rising in tho morning exhuusled and languid from the effects of oppressive heat, ho comes out from his bath invig orated and capable of thinking so much closer, and working with so much moro ulertness and satislac tion that nS Would much sooner relinquish one meal a day than to givo up his bath. Ho only, who ha bitually enjoys it can estimate the privation, whon no means aro to bo had for tho indulgence, Those who havo most studied tho art of preserv ing heahh, dwell upon cleanliness of the person, as next in importance to bo considered, after thu air and food. A Beautiful Thought. Mrs. Child, in ono of her late pleasant fictions, has this truly poetic sen timent: "Two souls that aro sufficient to each other sentiments, affections, passions, thoughts, all blend ing in love's harmony aro earth's most perfect medium of heaven. Through them tho angola coine and go continually, on missions of lovo to all tho lower forms of croation. It is tho halo of thoso heavenly visitors that veils tho earth to such a gol don glory, nnd makes every littlo flower smile iu blessings upon lovors." There aro men who uso their friends as they do their clothoo, which thoy leave off when thoy huve worn thoinout 7in .7f...'.- An nvnlin nnn nnna, .Bn II ...1. . UWVta -.Ml IC. 4.11 bAVUUIIgW fUW UdJD, ' 1Y11VI1 a man is too poor to keep a cow or takn u nowspa- jiur, nu eiiuuiu nui Keep uiuiu lkoii iiireo or lour dogs, or livo or six cats." A whimsical comparison being mado between a clock and a woman, Charles Fox observed that ho thought tho simile bad" For," said he, " a clock serves to point out tho hours, and a woman to mako us lorgct mom." It is said that bleeding a imitiallv blind horso at tho noso will rcstoro him to sight So much for tho horso, To open a vtan's eye you must bleed him in the pocket. VOL. XXXIX, NO. ROT IN THE POTATO. We ore aotry to lay tint tlila di.caio In, mulo It. apptitanco In Hill tlcinlly lliln jcntl wo trust alt tlie )lienomon nlll t,0 carefully ntnerrcil, eipcclellj rfliero anjf particular cipcrlment lis teen tried, and tho rciutti prepared for publication. It li only lj a full knowledge oiTaeti, and perhaps a long lerica of cipor mentj, that tho dtieaio can ho undcratood, nnd a romodjr devil ed, Tlio following article from the fait Albany Cullirator, writ ten by V. Ilocon of Main., I. leatonablo 1 Last fall, wo ventured an opinion on tho causo of tho diseaso which ns yet wo havo found no cause to relinquish, but on tho contrary, from tho facts wo have collected nnd observations we havo made, wo havo become moro tenacious of its correctness. Il wns simolv this, that from somo cause which we did lint then nnd cannot now defino (o nnrmvri ant. isfiction, tho potatoo vine was attacked with a rust similar to that wo frequently sco on tho straw of ryo and whca.t That in tho case of tho potatoe, it first showed itself in a very small blotch on tho side of the stalk, when tho latter, nt tho particular point of diseaso, becamo dry nnd hard ns though it had reached its maturity. Tho death of tho ton nf tho stalk of course soon follows, but tho lower part re mains green for a while. Tho conjecluro, (it was mero conjecture) we threw out, was this, whether tho sap which was now stopped by the dryness of the stalk in its usual channel of circulation, and, of coursfj, prevented from passing into the leaf, its nat ural 1 aboratory for preparation to return to the tu ner .anu mini ns accustomed service in giving it nourishment, did not necessarily return premature ly, a.nd either from execs of quantity, or bringing back aoine quality which had better been given to the i winds, induce the disease in the tubers ? Our ovn potatoes were too far gone to experiment much u pon, when wo, surprised with tho novelty of the ction, hit upon a single plan to adopt It appear ed to us, however, as soon as wo saw how tho mis- chief was progressing, that mowing tho lops was tlie host and perhaps tho only elliciont method to pursue. A neighbor, whoso crop was smitten long auer our own, irieu mis experiment, by mowing a bout half a field, as soon as tho tops exhibited any symptoms of the disorder, and tho result was satis factory and cheering. Whero tho tops wore so cut, no appearance of tho rot was ever discovered, and tho pr-tiit'ics gave nil tho evidence of maturity which citcumstances of the case could possibly ad mit of, while the oihe. part of tho field suffered as nuch from the rot ns nny in tho vicinity. Here, thun, is one instnncc in favor of our theory. Other experiments were tried, of which wo shall cito but one or two. In ono case, a farmer dug a very few hills when tho vines first showed symp toms of disease, and carefully buried them and let them remain until the usual timo of difrtrinir. when they wore taken out all sound, while the most of his crop had sullered essentially. Thero can bo no doubt wo think, that when potatoes arc dug so early as the rot carno laBt year, but that they must be put in small bodies and kepi cool and sxoluded from tho atmosphere. Their tendency to heat, and thus become heavy and insipid, warrants us in that conclusion, and so wo infer that tho lotting them remain in hills with tho tops taken off, until the usual time of digging, is a much cheaper and bet ter w-ay than to dig and put in cellars, or on floors in piles. Another course of proceeding which has como undir our observation was adopted by some Irish men, who had known this enemy to their favorite esculent " in the old country," and which it may not be useless to mention. When they saw the crop smitten, thoy dug it immediately, and piled the potntoos on the surface of tho ground, taking care to guard them from sunshine until the job was completed, when they covered tho pile entirely with clnj . The result wns probably as thoy bad known it lo bo aforetime. Their crop was saved and their potatoes of good quality. Tho clay, undoubtedly acted as a twofold agent, kept them cool and ex cluded tho atmosphere and storms. MARRIAGE. Tacitus says, early marriage, makes us immortal. It is tho soul and chief prop of empires. That man who resolves to live without woman, und the wo man who resolves lo livo without man, are enemies to the community in which they dwell, injurious to themselves, deslructivo to tho whole world, apos tates from nature, and rebels ngaiti3t heaven and car III. " Pm glad lo see you." There aro more lies con tained in these few words, than iu all the written speeches of n law shop, and yet the expression is on the tip end of almost every ono's tongue. Take nn instance : Madam has pickles or sausages to make, nnd is up to her cars in pots and kettles, when Mrs. Somebody enters with her six littlo ones, all dressed off as neat as if thoy had just been for six months imprisoned in a band-box. "Bless mo I I'm extremely glad to soo you !" It's a whapper it's a downright lie. In her heart sho wishes her nnd all her breed to tho we'd liko to have said it. Whon wo hear a person say, " do call again and seo mo," it sounds so much like, "John, show the gentleman the way out" Thero is no such thing as politeness. To bo what tho fashionablo world term polito, wo must necessarily bo hypocrit Inal nni.A ....... ..i : r. i.i... vui. .nu wuv V!iwiuiii;iiaiii; ui Bluuuriiy la U1U111- ness, and a sincere man will never havo the back actio. Attention I Mothers and Nurses! An English pajiui ivcb we luiiuiviiiir recipe to quici cross ua bics and cure crvinsr ouicklv : A quietus for cross buhics.'tiy tho way wo do not moan knocking their brains out against the bed post, nor any thing of tho sort Nor do wo mean giving thoin paregoric, Daffy's elixir, Dalby's car- uiuiiaiivu, umuit urup or any ouier poison. The only requisito to quiet tho squulling, squealing, miserable little wretch of a baby, is that it shall possess a. nose, in mo midst ot its screaming, press your finger gently and repeatedly across tho cartilage of that useful organ, and in less than two minutes it will be asleep. The eastern paper, from whence this important discovery is derived, says in one minute, but we allow two, to prevent nny dis appointment Hints to the Ladies. Stair carpets should always have a slip of paper put under them, nt and over Iho odge of every stair, which is thu nart where they first wear out, in ordor to lessen tho friction of me carpots ngamst the boards beneath. The strips sliou Id bo within nn inch or two-as long ns the car pet is wide, and about four or five inches in breadth bo as to lie a distance from each stair. This sitn- plo plan, so easy of execution, will, wo know. nro. servo a stair carpet half as long again as it would last without tho strips of paper. Honor is a namo that chances color. Ilkn tho Indian boast, according to the light it is viowed in: now it is courago, now it is rank, now it is riches, now it is fino raiment or a swaggering air once it was truth. IVic Kiss. A lover razed in tho eves of his mis tress until elm blushed. Ho pressed her hand to his hoatt and said, " My looks have planted roses on thy chock. Ho who sows tho seed should reap mo uarvosw rurni'j) Flu. The Western Farmer & Garden. cr says that repeated and varied experiments hnvo proved, thut half an ounce of sulphur mixed with a pouna oi turnip aeeu, win compictoly prevent tho iu(ive vi iim iiy. Delicate Conwlimeid. A Vfllinrr Indtr lintiirr nil- dressed by a ccntleman much older Omn herself. observed to lnni, tho only objection bIio had to a nninti will, lti, .1... i.l.:i!... -i- l.t- .....v.. ,,, uo uiu pruuuuiiiiy ui mo uiuy before her, and leaving her to feel tho sorrows of widowhebd. To which ho mado tho followinir In- gonious nml delicate roplyt "blessed is tho man that hath a virtuous wifn. tor tho numborof his ilnvu shall bo doubled." Wisft rrirl.1 wnnlil will lntrnra III. nt-m-lttlni- lli.nn , b--" "w.m ..... ' i MJ I'lMtlllVlUK IIIUDU virtues which securo admiration whon all personal vuaruia navo laiiGii. 42.--WHOLE NO. 2028, A WORD 'OF ADVICE TO THE WHIGS. Tho returns from thn West nml Hnnfh. nf l !.. elections which took place there last week, aro be- Binning to como in. thus far, iney look as well as we anticipated j nnd yet wo do not believe that ,y.liav,e nioro than hold our own, if we havo done that. Wo ahall know in a day or two. The Whigs went into this contest under many disadvantage!. Tho late defeat in the Presidential contest dis heartened many ; tho action of tho "Liberty par ty" in Indiana, has caused tho election of a " dem ocratic" member of Congress or two, and has, with out doubt, lost us tho Legislature, nnd with it a U. S. Senator. In tho Louisville and Loxington dis tricts, in Kentucky, both strongly Whig, tho party styling itself Native American, ran men for Con gress, and wo prcsumo has drawn off a hundred or two votes from tho Whigs, and if either Thomas son or Garret Davis is defeated, and Loco Focos eiccicn, mis new move lias contributed its sharo of tho work. Thus WO BOO that I.ihertv men in Imfi. anin, elect, in effect, Tunas and pro-slavery men to congress, anu uie nauvo party do tho same in Kentucky. When will men understand that in 1) mon is strength ? All that the radical, anti-Tariff, pro-slavory and Texas party desire, is to keep up these divisions. So long as-thcy exist, they are smo of victory. Wo have no doubt, it admits of no doubt, that it tho true conservative portion or tho people, the friends of a protective Tariff, of lib erty secured by law, tho enemies of annexation, and of frauds at elections nnd tho ballot box, would but concentrato their efforts, unito as one man a gainst tho common enemy, they would rout him at every election, and hold the government in their own hand; but so long as every faction must have its own candidates iu the field, and keep up a con tinual cross fire, so long will wo suffer defeat Thero is no party in tho country that can compare with tho Whig party, either as regards men or measures. Thoy are anti-slavery, so far as tho consfitutionnnd laws of tho country will admit of it ; thoy aro opposed to all fraudulent voting, and in favor of bringing the greatest amount of intelli gence and virtuo to boar upon the ballot box, with out any of the narrow-mindedness, intolerant big otry, and sweeping denunciation of men on account of their birth place or their religion, which charac terizes tho action of tho new faction, which claim f - themselves all tho native blood in the country. : .s surprising to us that the Whig party has beer ' i to do so well, to hold their own, and, in Bomo o" Iho States oven to gain, undtr the adverse; circnip' ,.'occs in which thoy havo been plared. It shows tl,nt it has a life-giving energy in its mon and its principles, which, in tlie end, will and must bo triumphant Tho overwhelming majorities which the Loco Focos will have in tho next Con- f'ress will causo them to carry measures with a ligh hand. Tho Tariff will be attacked and ite protective fentecs annihilated -t the Sub-treasury, with the " specie clause,"' will be revived; the Tex as outrage will bo consummated, at tho expense of n broken Constitution ; the plunder of California will bo planned ; tho work of proscription will go on, which will, with tho Sub-Treasury, sow tho seeds for a largo crop of public plunderers and de faulters ; and by the time that a now election for President will- arrive, tho peoplo will bo ripe for a change, nnd will call upon tho Whigs to restoro the country to its wonteil prosperity, as they did in 18 10. All tho Whigs havo now to do, is to remain firm, keep their ranks serried, and shut their ears to every cry or division aud all will end well. The Whigs of Massachusetts, in particular, should bo true to their standard ; thev have a noble Common wealth, whoso good nam is in their keeping, nnd thy will, as in times past, bo truo to their trust In u few weeks a Convention of Whig Delegates, from all parts of tho Stato, will assomblo in Fa neuil Hall, the cradle of American liberty, which will awaken anew tho true Whig fire, and when tho day of election comes, Massachusetts will loom up, ns she did last fall, in tho midst of defeat abroad, truo to herself, truo to her history, and true to the principles of civil liberty, as in the days of the Revolution. Loiccll Courier. THE PROGRESS OF THE STATE SURVEY. This commendable undertaking is being attend ed with results which wo anticipated. Thus far, great and important discoveries have been made, and it is beyond question that Vermont, in mineral wealth, is among tlie first of the New England" States. From gentlemen connected with the sur vey it is ascertained that upwards of twenty forma tions have'boen examined. Most of the limestone which has fallen under their observation consists of a petrified mass of shells and corals, all of sub marine origin. Considerable nuantities of iron ore have been found, together with a small quantity of native copper. Tho purple and green slato stone of Hubbardton nnd Fairhaven havo bcen oxamined, and found to be of excellent quality for roofing and writiug slates. Being free from grit or any hard nodules, thoy aro pinned, with great facility, and from the case of transportation to markot aro probably afforded at a. low rate. Tho region lying west of tho mountains is re garded as a vast deposit, extonding through moro than two-thirds of the lenctli of tho State, consist ing of marble, lime;, immense quantities of brown iron ore, ochre, manganese, and white clay, from which tho finest porcelain may be manufactured. It is conjectured, from tlie great quantities of marine shells found, that a great portion of tho western part of tho State, together with tho bed of tho Lake, at no remoto period, formed the bottom of a deep bay, opening into tlie Gulf of St Law rence. Middlcbury Galazy. THE CONSUMMATION. 'Twas twilight Sealed nt tho door of a moss covered cottage, was the pridoof tho village love ly Phoebe. Her finely moulded form her exquis ite and voluptuous bust her classic and beautiful chisseled features her sweet lips teeth of pearly whiteness and such eyes! two drops of liquid azuro set in snow ! all combined, 'twas enough to melt tho heart of an anchorite! Beside this angel, knelt a youth, whose cheek, pale as ashes, told the tale ho was in lova! "Tell me,"Baid he in trembling accents "Tell me this night my fate. Keen me m agony no longer. Tell mo what sacrifico I shall underco for vou vou. mv. soul's Idol I Command me to perform a nilerimacsr around this earth onburning coals and it shall be dono. Any thing any thing but cast tno not ofT, Plam a dagger iu my heart, out keep me in sus pense no loncerl Say, lovely Phoebe will vou will vou it imii!?" He tremblod his heart throb. bed sho saw ho was ready to swoon a crimson flush mantled her check- Like tl4 rich luniet 'ooath Italic', iky. Sho took his hand in her tiny fincers nut bar smiling lips to his ear?, and whispered " Obcd, I shan't be nothin' else .'" Tho latest advices from the River of Platte, re port that the combined fleets of England, France, and Brazil, were obout blockading the port of Bu enous Ayrcs. Thirty-two eail ol British and French men of war wero assembled in the river, with moro than 50,000 troops on board. A cunning wag. day before yesterday, carried a bout a basket of thermometers, neatly packed in ice, crying his wares as he went, with most provok ing coolness, " Here's your nice, fresh thermome ters ! all froezy I warranted not to go above freez ing point hero thoy go I" N. Y. Tribunt. 1'eias.l is renorteil from Teim tlmt tl, r, nlo at Austin nro cauciiRinrr for niJmioainn n t. U. . . . " a vm w mo mon of the United States, not as a State, but as tWA Hlntna tn tin flltM.ln.l 1... I. , 1, 1 ' ' t tfif. wostnrii mnmliA. 1a nn A.1I..1 A...II- U'Ul ject of out-numbering tho Atlantic States In tho SJnnn.n a ll.nr.r.iHi . t. ,:i. I : l 1 . mv....v, iiiuivi.iq iv uu Biiueuiijr rtroiiiou. t A good book and a good woman are excellent .1.1 .. .1 . . b . . .1, Aft, 1,1, f unuga to moae wuo Know now to muw i there are many who judge them both only by their covoring. t