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ISSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY AT MONITELIEU, NOIlTIPIELD, WATERBUHY, &C.
FltlDAY, JUNE J 9, 1854.
VOL. XLVIII, NO. 28 "WHOLE NO. 248G.
15 Y J3. T. WALTON, JR.
S-tCtlC
SntrljtiiiiiiltnfeSouriml.
I'Unl.lSlllll) I'.VnttY 111 1 1) AY MOrt.NINO.
TERMS. tl.M still In aittinee $2,00 if payment
not mMe In I'lrante Intereal al eye charged from
the end ofihe year.
Aaneted ll a lilt of .fenta to lecaire aubeeriptloaa
adrerl'emeate anil tommunlcatione, end aesno)..Ige,
pajmentror the eemr.
UaaemHtd.J.K.raMCnOV,
l!rokflJM,M. II.I-MITII,
Debet,!;. C. MIOWN,
lUn.ille, UIIARI.U4 l. IIANA,
Hlmote,X.O. SCOTT,
IljJptl, DIHV.M1I) It. CAW YHK,
Jul..., in, u. W. tsotrrr,
Manhfiid,ii u. fctnam,
ilottli.illf , J. O. NOVHH,
MMdteaei, JUrJUU JOfT.S'SON, Jr.
NoHhnVkl, 11. SMITH,
Oian(t, CAUI.OS. CAUI'BNTER,
I'lalnStld, A. T. II tNOSOPT,
Ciith ll.tdwItk.C. fllll'.MA.N,
Hlowe, JOflliril C. ItAVJ.IO.MI,
HIlarTeid, WILLIAM JIOU.IN3,
Kontti HliatTold, IIANIUI, W. JUIUl,
T..b.Uj., A A II ON .N. KINO,
W.ltafteM end t'eyaMn.ORANnUHMtTII,
Warren, FRANKLIN A. WRIUUT,
Walitbrf arid Itaitiurj,
Wtlllamitown, DARIUS PRIDE,
Woreeilet. JONAS ADDOTT.
1851 VI. Central Railroad. 1854
IVortlii't'li V WrMrrii, llrillh ami
I iillcil Stiiti's ?Inil Koule.
0
N en aii-i June &, 1851,
'a stager Tralr. will
n til runuwe :
Going North and West.
I.EAVK HOHluN it 7 1.3 A. technic tlar
llHtton i 4 -1 unit Route'. Toin. at 7 I'. M.f Mont
real m 9, o4 Ojcfrn-'-urnh .1 1 1 r. St.
t.KAVB UOsTOM t I M., New Vmk 8 A. M,.
liMt Mooti lei, V. md arrive at Builmflen it
Ml A hi , Kour Pmt t Bf Sloutreat at 10, a it. an4
0iiTht)rfl.h c( I I. M neat .
AIM a, LRA VE MuM rCMHK at 4 45 7 55 A.M.,
ml 3 46 P. M.
Going East and South.
I.KWPROI POINT mi H A M.en43Jt 7 . m.,
la connection wnb t am from Mo't(nl it Ogdene
burh, and arriving in H.aatcn ., New Voik 'I (K
HMK theft M tiiln and lb aeit day,
mj the 3 and 7 P M.'fu.t
a mo, i.i'ut. mu, i pi: i, ik. a tt iisiBd loj
A. M., .tidflji P M
Fti further inlormaliftti. eilv at the Oftb-nrt h
and K stiea'a Pallet ii-tpr Hutia.it, (he I baar) lata
and rt fjawrvn. K'lrul Office, Monlt-enl, to Mi.
Kimhail, tt, l(W ti,)f Si . t, at the TVk-t t ifflle,
hlli Btitl."f, M t tad Ptttci, Hmi, mmduti.
W. ItttWit, tfuUon Affint, Matplir.
90rriit truni ran dally.
Uttt. V. C. lie It.
NonhfifM, Vl , June I.
.Vorllicrii llailroada A. II.
British &;U, S.MAILROUTE,
Via
Hoston, Lowell. Co neurit, Xoith-
rrii, Pmiiiiii1c-, Vrrinmit Uciilrnl. Ok
Uciialiurli mill Jin it I rrn I kill ofttla,
TO AM I' IOI
Ht J-ao.biirj, llu.h-iiioi., Ht Albana, Montreal, Ojr-
Ua. H4lun Utwrnr. Ha Item. Darar. ParttmiMtih
I'vriUajtl, 4Jran Jttnctimi, refclr, f'rtitloctt
1Nicb a ail No tth.
lata m ihn ttirvct rout batwi il the cbota plaraa,
and lbKtb ejipitala afNew llatnabir a4
VatiiMMti. Ibaiaieaad fttifht a ! at bjr oiliei
Art at U, 1U3, wataa Nlih loave Doalui. at
7.4ft A. M- and 1? M. and l'oeid at 10 30 A. M. ad
3 I' St, T-aiai aih Uhiia Kil Juactloa
at 7.1.1 A. U. aal J .30 I', l. on tb arrival at Can
fftm ur road.
HpacialMttla trami pa evrr thia mat ettrj Tuei
djr, BBdliaifht traiuadid haiwi&t IMirlia(tn, Kq-
ruiBi.Oxdrnaliutfh, Muntirat, aad INattvaa, luw
cllt Uotoa, fatm, itMtrmouti-, worceiier, iior
dea BMiaiaritdi4irt larra had it la tha oly raate
fro tba Of.lana'.ui.h ,nt Wt.oiira I Uoada bjr wliteh
Kralfbt nan Ur i-tti-l w.lt ooichanf ni ran,
(INSi.tlW H l BAiIN;, Afent.
Coaeard, II. Iuc. I.i, ItCJ.
ALHAINY . UUTI.ANlJi
RAILROAD.
VOW OVt. .M) KI'NNINti TllltOL'Clll to Al
1 bany wittiaut rhi.( of Car
1893. Fall & U infer Ar- 1853.
rnnenciil,
Kfeftl aail qauktat ihrouft. 3Iil Lm from Of
d.attMircb, MoiMifal, Kua' Paint, Plallibbifb and
lluittnsiow lu Trt.. , limit tad tstw Voik,
via Rutland and Eagle Bridge,
lnftacOwi with iUiiaad aad U rl0xt, aud Hud
on Hiii Kailtuid.
l'aa.0eriuvar thia foul mat up a aiakiaj all
tha couneelUaa wlibtba iHlTeiani RiMda, aJtllled.
Tftia I' tli Lt kAUTk bj WblCli paaae;tl. CIR
witb ttrUtutf f tbiaofch I'roaa Motritaaf lulSew Vti
ba iMi day.
NO CHANOH OK CAHS,
Canduelar. ot Itaifafa MaiWff btwa ilt.tltvl aad
Trey r Alb.nv.
t'lKHTTHAIN la.aa UuihHM 9.15 A ,
tiBCUMl 1UIN kataa Huiltaptua 10.' A M.
arrive at Tra) 3.1ft P. t. ad Albo P. At., r.
Trr 4.1ft r. M. r Alaur 4J0 P. M.t'or New tori.
Arrive, at .Saw Vara 9 1ft P. 1.
Til I KU TRAIN ' I.urii;tun CJH P. M
lodfe at Kuiltnd, aad Ui" Kutlaad at C-VlA. Jl.,
arilvaaat Tro Id A It. uttd Albaev 10,15 A M., Uv
Tiv 10tf0 A. II., or Alinai 10.45 A. II. fr .New Vurk,
eniBt.N'w Vurk 4.10 P.M.
fllptaaaTfia Cur HulTaU Albaay 10.30 A. 11-
Tliiitii(hTlrkti to Ita praovrid at Ilia Rutland and
Burtisrtun ltailrod ouWe. or if
JAUr.rt MILL-, :!, nuiliniios.
H. TIL1-K.V, Travelling A;-ul.
AUo, Tbrouch Tidale to t)ulfiil.rUbveland, To
ledo, Detroit. tJinelnneii, Chicae,"''! tho We,
terminal,!)! ante at OOica uf tbt Ktttland and
ItuiliatOH R-ulrufd, wruf tbe Atnt. aft he Albany at
lUlUad Hiilfoad
RS Chnktd Trfk tu Trvj. Albaay or .New
Yoik.
In all eaiea to tvot.l ilclav CkitlBaffgitkrtugk
molf. jirijxu: hoOtk
T.t'i-4. II, l'ANrIELD, Hup.
Puthogton, Nvv.U. t(3.
THE SKYLARK.
ar retoaaici
ThU poem, tfiiciHMl ba rrapeied. In filictiy of
language, loffhelli' ! under tbe umi tit'e, eoa ey.
noie dphef meawr an4 a finr ruo at.
How the blithe Ink ran upihagolduB atalr
That lean. llWciouJy gatt. from heaven to earth,
And all alone iotbeeoipereal ii,
Htla it mUU jubilant awaet iwuada of tiih;
Hew far tt iiimi, how far,
Witb ll' light upon hie uinga,
1. it a Uid,oritt
That Moei, aud aioga ?
What matUr if tht deya la dark and fjore,
That aunbaam telle of other day to be,
And ainging la tha hjltt that llvoda him a'ei,
lo joy be overlakea futurity
L'nder cloud-arthe vait
Ile peepa, and aeea behind
(Ileal summer coming ft
Aduwotbe wind t
And now be divea into a rainbow' rivtia,
la .IreeiD. of gvld anJ purple he i. droMoM j
Hlrilly tbe tiro of hi aunghe ahlrera,
Aatbo1 the alonuy drop weie turned to aooiidj
And now beiue. through,
lie acale. a cloudly tower,
Felolly.lika falling dew,
Ilia fut note a ahower.
Let every wind be huab'd, that I may bear
Tbe wunjrt.ua thing, be tella the worM below t
Thing, that we drtem of be la watching near (
Jlepea that never ii.im'J be would bet tow t
AUa 1 the etorm batb roll'J
Deck tte gold gatu again,
Or aurely be bad told
AU Heaven to meat
So tbe victorloua poet ainga alone,
And fill witb light LU ewlitary home,;
And tbro that gtoiy ate new wotlda foicabwwa,
Aad bear, high eng.t and tilompb. yet to com )
He wooi tbe aU of lima
With thrill, of joM.n ehordi,
And mikci the world lo climb
On tioked wonla.
hit if hi. hlf be f r7t hi. Met dim,
If wealth fontae Mm. and If friend, be told t
Wonder onbar. tier tl.ouitnd fttet tn him
Truth never falU, uor beauty waieth old j
Mora than he telli, hi. eye.
Bf hold, hi. .pint hear
Of grief, and Joy and thi
Twltt joy and tear..
Hleit 1. the mm who with the aound of .on
Can charm ewiy the heart ahe end forget
The fioat of penury, mid the allng. of wrong,
And drown the fatal whltpvt of regret!
Darker are the ahode.
Of king, tho hi. be poor
While f.nrir a, like the godi,
pBDitrtro1 hi. door.
Singing Theu acatetl heaven upoti thy wingi,
Thou hfteatn gld heirtlnlotha ikiea
He mtkeih hi. own .unflae while he aing.,
And turn, the duity earth to parediae f
1 see Thee .all along,
Tar ap the .orvey atreame j
Unaeen, t hear IHa aong,
1 ee Hi. dreim..
(Pram tha Oobtio Unlvet.itr Mlfttih
STANZAS.
Angel, who treaded la the tritk ol Time t
Guarding the entrance to that unknown clime,
hente come o wMira to the wetU below,
Whence not t aong we he?
Of triumph or of tbrer,
Or aeund of htfpy foutatep. paailng to and fro.
Pal a. tha Meybefl trtmoliiig Intbo breeze
Thou makeat youthful cheek. The rummer ana.
Loe their eetm bluebBalli thy waving wing
Flerca .form, thau maBBneBeit
Piom the deep moactl id-breart,
To be thy pariuivtnt wlwtiUwni art wtadeiieg.
Thy name la tetilb1 ( thiM key breath
Ptern order to the War Fi Mid uUeretb,
Who rtwina tbe plea.eat tUI t a fearful red j
Ordaahea In ihewave
A myriad fptriuhravf
For w boae etertul reat no a.lMly aong I. ail d.
Yet have I knoan thee, Death, with gentle hand
Lead aome poor waodirer to the heavenly leak,
Amid the purple tight of autumn av.a i
While to tlie hervett niooa
Aroae a ruitlc tune
Prom luaburil, ruiy reaperi, blading op their
ehetvea.
Ad rveo if, la tome luo cruel mod,
'I hnttdldat oeglect the weary anuhtt'.de.
To eloteti I be fair bride in ber oiange bloom
To diaa hat aye. of liht
Upoa the tea mate niht,
Aad bear ber pallid beauty to the aaaiUlo tomb .
Or the awet ebild ho pnvh a all day lona;
Didit tch with ebillMn aaid hi cradle aong
Yet, uatf fraing, lei ua axpe aad pray,
Tbe aaa.Ur eall fcia own
Up to bH faldaa tbrewe
When they ire gatbatvd ibere, Uaaj, Dib, kill
pa. away.
Farmers' Girls.
Up in the eily moraing,
Juttat tbe powpof day,
f liaimng ib mtlfc in the d.tiy,
TunUsg Um anw. aw.y .
Sweepigt.e Av ia ilwklichcn,
Maktag I bo bed op .Uirv,
WaiMag the breetftut diike.,
Putting the pirlor cbalra.
Hruahleg tbe crumba frae. tbe paatiy
It untie g fi egg at tha bam.
Cl.eMeg tbe luraip. for dtataer,
fpiauMictbe locking yara
HpieedtBgthc wbtuomglan
Ikiwnon the buHe fcwlow,
Kaawackiag every meadow
W here the read atrawbantei grovr.
Ftirebfeg the fiii;" Co- I-urvJ,
Cbairainf tlta Mwjr ertt .,
Rinaiag tba p-tiUaod stratnar
fkawn la i be mooing iteam
Feeding lb cee and ttukiei,
linking tbe poaofkro pia,
Joggiaftbe In ile oaa cradle,
Drivmf awaytbn (lie.
Graoe in every maiiaei,
Muia la rtery ton,
lleao y of form aid feature
Thou and Might cat ft to own
Ch.tka that rival aprtag lorei,
Ttetblhe whttfit of pMiIi j
Oae rf tkee covttuy naaida era worth
A aCwre vf yor oiiy girla
Dr. Cummlng on the Struggle
in the East.
The special prediction under tho
Sixth Vial is the drying up of tho
river Euphrates ; that is, a progres
sive evaporation ot Maliometauism,
beginning in ''20 and expected by
every student of prophesy to end in
a very short time indeed. It is, you
will observo, to die out ; it is not to
bo struck down. It is the evapora
tion of a stream not tho destruc
tion of a citadel ut a blow. But
while this power wastes and with
ers, it does not follow that the Rus
sian Eagle is to have the Mosque
of St. Sophia for his eric. The
Turks may not cease to bo, when
they cease to bo Mahometans. Thoy
may become Christians. Tho 9,
000,000 of Eastern Christians that
am under the Crescent, and subject
to all its insults, its oppressions, aud
its tyranny, may riso up a glorious
nation a mighty dynasty a no
bler obstruction to Russian Ambi
tion than tho decripit and dying
Turkish Empire, which Western
nations vainly try to keep up. Tur
key, just at tlio period predicted in
prophesy, began to die out, as wo
have already seen. The evidence
of this is recent testimony respect
ing Her. Uamartiue, mono of those
sagacious aphorisms by which his
eloquence is distinguished, says,
" Turkey dies for want of Turks."
Has gradual decay of the Turkish
Empiro identifies tho period in
which we are now with what iscal
led in the Apocalype tho Sixth Vial.
Mr. Habershon, in his excellent
woik upon tho subject, calculated,
in 1S30, that the Turkish Empiro
would cea&o to exist soon after 1810.
He wus not very far wrong. Its
end is at hand. Every day I ex
pect to hear of its stream dried up,
of the Crescent waning, and of Tur
key as a nation that was, not a na
tion mighty, and longer able to main
tain itself. Plague, fumine, pesti
lence, profligacy, are fast drying up
her empire ; her exchequer is now
all but bankrupt, her momentary
success against Russia is a surer
prognostic of her destruction. Brit
ain and France, like clouds, may
spread over the Euphrates, and try
3MisrcIlfliirous.
to prevent the evaporation of its wa
ters; but all in vain. Tho ruthless
Czar has his stern mission. Tho
echoes of victory by tho fleets of
(he Ambitious Autocrat, mid the
cruel destruction of tho Turkish,
aro now resounding though Europe.
This gradual decay of tho Crescent,
after tho period predicted under tho
Sixth Vial, which commenced in
1820, when the great river Eu
phrates began to be dried up, is as
suredly taking place. Its final de
struction may bo looked for every
day, as it has been since 1850 ; and
now Russia, like a gigantic vulture
poised in mid-heaven on outstretch
ed wings, waits for the moment to
descend and destroy, l'caco or war
equally exhausts Turkey. Help
her (aud it is a duty to aid the op
dressed,) and you may soften her
Jttll, I'll yill ttot tlverf hfV do
xij. The time fur blotting Vllt J lit-
key from the map is at our doors.
Tho 'sure word of prophecy' is
stronger than the combined llcctsof
England and France Wo watch
at this moment for th issue ; and I
confess, while I dread and depre
cate tho cruel ascendency of tlie
Russians, I long lo see the expiring
throes of an empire that has long
oppressed tho free, and crushed the
good ; to hear the last boom of Ma
hometan cannon; and to sec the
wido-pread lands around Constanti
nople, so beautiful aud so fertile,
otnorgo from the deluge of Mahom
etan superstition, and not Russia,
but Christianity ascendant as the re
suit, and thereby the way prepared
for the march of the kings of the
East to their beloved Palestine, the
land of their fathers, thoir destiny,
and their rest.
The Blind Girl and her Bible.
'roan the ttMtee Trareller.
Many yeors ago, said tho Rev.
Monsieur V , when a student in
the University of Geneva, I was ac
customed to spend tho long summer
vacations, travelling from village to
village in my native France, preach
ing in the oixin squares tho king
dom of God, distributing His holy
word to those who would accopt it,
and teaching from house to house.
On such nn excursion in the sum
mer of 183 . 1 entered a little vino
hung cabin in the environs of Di
jon. In lis low, wide kitchen, 1
saw a middle aged woman busily
ironing, a boy yet too young for la
bor, and a girl of some seventeen or
eighteen Xiyjrs, of a sweet, serious
aspect platting straw. She did not
rniso her eyes as I entered, and, on
a nearer approach, I perceived that
she was blind.
Saying that I was one sent to
bring glad tidings of good things, 1
began to tell them the story of
Christ, his love, his suffering, his
death. They listened attentively.
It was indeed tidings, now and won
derful, to them, like others of the
,m,l" i"y .; i "--
next day, and the next, i visited the
widow's poor cottage.
Poor sightloss Marie ! how was
she affected when I told her of Him
. .... .,f O . '!H.
, , , i , i i i '
who opened theoyes of tho blind,,.
and read to hor how blind Rartimus
sat by the wayside bogging, when
he cried unto Jesus of Nazareth pas
sing by, and received sight. Then
an irrepressible- longing, such as she
had nover known before, a longing
for God's blessed gift of vision, seiz
ed upon tho poor blind girl ; not that
she sighed to behold the bluo hcav
ou, or the golden light, or to look up
on her mother's smile, or gaze in her
brother's laughing eyes. No, not
these ; but she longed to read the
blessed words of Jesus, how ho said,
'Cotno unto mo, ntid I will give you
rest.'
Thore dwelt then in Dijon a man
of God, who had gathered around
him a fow blind, whom ho had
taught to read and work. I sought
him out, told him ol Marie, interes
ted him in her, arranged that she
should come an hour every morning
to learn to read, and procured for
hor a Bible with raised letters for the
Blind.
You should have seen hor delight
as slio started on next lnorniuc a
warm, bright August morning one y ' "'"c substances, will point in
hand locked in hor little brother's, n direct line to it, and thereby inui
and the other fondly clasping the ca to its exact location.
precious Bible, lo take her first les-
son.
Alas, poor Marie! it requires a
delicate touch to distinguish tho
slightly raised surface and nico out-
lino of the letters, and her fingers
were hard and callous with thecon-
staut platting of straw. Again and
again was tho effort made, but tono
purpose uui ono uay, as suo sai
U1UIIU, OWIIUlt 11111 lIHJfWlllg Willi ui;i
little kuifo the rough edges of tho
straw, a happy thought occutred to
her. Could not she cut away tho
thick, hard skin from her fingers,
and then it would grow anew,
smooth and soft, like tho rosy fin
gers of a child? And so slio whit
tled the skin from the poor fingers,
heeding not tho jain ; was it not
that she might read the word of
God? But tho straw work could
not cease ; it bought bread, and the
wounded fingors were slow to heal.
Whon tho reading lesson was tried
again, warm drops trickled from the
bleeding fingers along tho sacred
line. It was all in vain.
After tho first bitterness of her dis
appointment, Marie strove hard to he
cheerful. ' God had opened the
C)cs of tier soul,' she said, 'and
ought she not to praiso Him ?'
And tho new Bible! Ah, surely
sho must carry it back ; some hap-
pier blind girl might pluck tho
fruit from this trco of life, and find
healing in its blessed leaves. And,
holding the volume near to tho
beating of her heart, she knelt by
her white cot Jo pray. And touch
ed tho open bible with her lips. O
joy I To tho soft lips the slight in
dentations of the raised surface are
clearly perceptible ; they trace tho
sharp outlines of tho letters with un
erring accuracy. Will,, a low cry
of joy, she passes lino after line
across her eager lips, she turns the
leaf, tho lips lose not their power.
It is all clear, nil easy now. The
lips could da what tho toil-hardened
fingers could not they could read.
A twelvemonth after I visited
Dijon. The low kitchen wore its
old look, but what a beaming, hap
py face was Mario's as she sat in
her tudc chair, her basket of -straw
at her feet, reading her beloved Hi
blo. Ulind, it was full of light.
'N'est il pas hcurcux,' she murmur
ed in her rich, musical tones, 1 n'est
il pos hcurcux dc baisor ninsi les
donees paroles pendant quo je les
lis ?' Is it not blessed to kiss the
sweet words as I rend.
Dear eloquent lips, which tho
cold clay kisses now, told me this
Utile tale, and I listened with start
ing tears, thinking how the poor
blind girl would rise up in the judg
ment to condemn the many, who
'having eyes, see not.'
BLETONISM.
Tho faculty of perceiving and in
dicating subterranean springs and
currents by seii.:ition ; so called from
one Hlctttn, of France, who was sup
posed to possess this faculty. Vide
Dr. Webster, in loco.
Uletonist, One who lias the fac
ulty of perceiving subterranean
springs by sensation. Vide Dr.
Woicestor.
As acknowledged that there are
mote things in heaven uutl onrth
than our philosophy has hitherto
dreamed of, the probable presump
tion arises that the idea involved in
the abou terms and definitions ii not
a mere chimera, hut a fixed fact
which may be rendered subservient
to the general good.
Let certain persons lake a " lork"
of Cherry, I'cach, Hazlc, Willow, or
the like, of one or tuo year's growth,
full of sap, and so hold tho uxtrcint
tirs, firmly grasped in the hands, that
the fork will bo uptvard ; when lliey
come into the vicinity of a spring or
stream of living water, the fork will
bend toward it, and when the person
stands immediately over the water,
,0 fot). j,, uwmvar(
i ,,, ' i. ... . r.
I.
lu the hands ol others, this fork,
or a ' divining rod" prepared for the
purpose, will turn from instead of to
the water, let will indicate its local
ity with nearly equal exactness.
A good Iiletonist will also discover
silver, iron, and other ores, by means
of the md, and persons often amuse
ihcnsdvcs by hiding a half.dull.tr"
jn fl ibc'( circ,?it in ,0 ,
!nnd (0 .,(,ivincr., fidi it ilh
; absolute certainty
, . ,,..' ,.
.i-3 in .iiiui ii.. iiiuiu iiiu unit i:m-
. . . . . ' .
w ill work, and in some of these, not
at all limes; it therefore becomes an
important question, if these things
ore so, in whose hands it will work,
ond why not at all times ?
Kleclrically, the race is classified,
males aro positive, females uegaihe.
This is nature ami by Ibis general
law of relation of the sexes, much,
that is now considered by manr, as
inexplicable, may be satisfactorily ex
plained. Many males arc negatively electri
fied and it is found by expeimont
that such have this power or faculty
of perceiving and indicating subter
ranean springs, ores, itc, by sensa
tion, ond that generally any one who
is a good mesmeric, biologic or
" spirit-rapping" medium, is a good
Dletonist.
Living (not sup) water, iron, sil
ver and tho like being relatively pos
itive electrically, to such persons, llio
rod, in their hands, by the unerring
law cf electric attraction, is drawn
toward und when immediately over
In tho hands of those who are
I positively electrified, tho rod u re-
veiled, or turns in an opposito tlircc-
! (ion. which is also in perfect accotd-
once with the well-known olectiic
law that i'.-e repel each other,
jt ms so )Con ascertained, tlal
,,e physiological changes which arc
Constanllj going on in our bodies,
cmg0 temporarily, if not sometimes
permanently, their electrical states,
from negative to positive, and the
opposite ; and hence the well known
fact, that not at all times, even in tho
samo person's hands, will the rod op
erate ; a circumstance which proba
bly has led more to believe the whole
thing to bo n humbug, than any oth
er, but which, if tho above suggestion
has any weight, must ubviously be
expected to occur. The rule by
which tho depth of the water is as
certained, is to measure from the
point where tho rod begins to bend
toward the water, lo where it points
directly to it, perpendicularly. This
will give tho depth nearly, and it
will be seen that tho sphere of at
traction begins at about an angle of
45 . Ai there are persons in every
community who can thus operate, it
seems hardly necessary to point out
tho value of this science to tho Agri
culturist and others. Uy it much
money and time may be saved, and
land othcrwiso worthless, rcntlcrctl
immensely valuable. G.
Barton, Vt. Iraslurg Gacttc.
Patent Leather Boots.
While standing in the office of
one of our first class-hotels the other
day, wo noticed a gentleman who
cama in with his baggage, enter his
name on the book ami secure n
room. As soon as he had written
his name the clerk lookcti nt it with
astonishment. He called all tho oth
pr clerks to look, nntl then he called
one of the proprietors, who, on see
ing it appeared amazed.
Wc thought from the fuss that was
being made over the name, that the
man must be some celebrated person.
The idea struck us that it might ba
Prince Albert, "Dr some of England's
noblemen, but as his features wcro
.truly Amxrirnn, wo concluded il
must be some great man, whom we
did not know, belonging to our own
country. While thus contemplating
the man and his position, the head
clerk leaned forward, anil called
Mr. Johnson, one moment if you
please !
The gentleman stepped up to the
desk.
Will you, continued the clerk,
please explain one thing? Wo have
nil tried tn decipher it, but cannot
make it out.
What is il? asked tho gentleman,
with a quiet smile playing on his
face.
Why, sir, at the ond of your
namo, on tho book, you have placed
three letters, P. L. I)., ami we are
anxious to know the meaning of
them, having never before met them
in that position.
" P. L. B." said tho gentleman,
simply means, Patent Lrather
Hoots. The last lime I was here, I
wore none other, but I was charged
in my bill at leaving, two dollars for
blacking boots, and us I bail no time
to dispute at leaving, I concluded
(Ins tune to make you understand
that I woro such boots us needed no
blacking.
The Widow's Daughter.
One, two, three, rings on your fin
ger four, live yes, true as 1 live
there arc five gold rings on your fin
ders anil Monday too the regular
washing day. We'll bo bound to
siy ou have not been to the wasli
tnli with )nur mother today. A
poor girl as you are, whose mother
can hardly earn enough lo make
both ends meet, and with gold !
Shame on you I What could you
do, if she s?iould bo taken away ?
You an; not lit for a wife, and as
for being a lady that is out of the
question. You have not beauty to
tcctmmciitl ou lo some wealthy
fop nor industry lo secure an honest
uieihiinic. What in the world are
yni proud of? Why tlo you dress
so txtravngantly ? Evert body knows
thit jour mother is not" able to stip
ptrt you in this way, and your
ncghbors will talk so long as you bo
have so like a look
Ourodvico is take every ring from
jiur fingers, and commence an an-
prenticcstup to
m fury. 'Learn
the trade of house-!
to sew, to knit, to'
bike, to wash, to cook. You have ,
nothing to expect fioin ricli relations,;! tvis a member of that convention,
aid tho only chance before you is, I voted against the Georgia platform
tltit you may become the wife of; on principle. And now, when that
some honest mechanic. This chanco ' portion of the South having feelings
will slip, if jou are not careful, and j in common with me on this question,
you may he thrown for support on I
tho town, tlelievo it or not, many a
foolish and haughty girl like your
self, has come to such an end or a
worso one. If our advico is worth
unythiiig, take heed toil, and the I
next lime ivo call upon you, wo shall!
find you more happy
in spirits
cheerful and contented.
Dancing. " I'm an old fellow"
says Cowper, in ono of his letters to
Htird, "but I had once my dancing
days as you havo now ; yet I could
never find that I could learn half so
much of a woman's real character by
dancing with her, as by conversing
with her at home, where I could
observe her behavior at the tablo, at
tlio fireside, and in nil trying cir
cumstances of domestic life. We
arc all good when pleased, but sho
is a good woman who wants no fid
dle to sweeten her."
Fifteen gallons and three quarts
of whisky found their way into tho
throat of William Jones, of Perrys
tillo, within three weeks, and insti
gated him to murder his mother.
Ho stabbed her three times and
drenched her with threo buckets of
water. Tho noise by this timo at
tracted tho neighborhood, and she
was saved.
Tho whole canine raco has been
disgraced by the appearanco of a
drunken dog in tho streets of Mil
waukio, Wis. Tho Democrat says
that "he acted pretty much as other
folks do when in a similar state. Ho
made a vory good rail fence for a
fow minutes, and then went and
laid down by the side of a wood
pile.
To Makc Buuad without Yeast.
Dissolve a table spoonful of saleratus
in half u icvcup of warm tvuler,
ill u tea-cup oi warm tvuier, '; r , , , .. , ------
itl it well first) rub it well r Nebraska under )t,-(eveii adrn. -gl,
3 lbs. of flour, then mix it "?S ' I'f-) '1 hough
?.,:.i. i . ,;it, .-.it .nf. 'adapted to slave labor in two of its
(pount
tlirou
well with butter milk, till quite soft,
place in pans, let it bake rather slow,
ubout an hour and a half a small
lice of butter improves it.
The ancient city of Chicago, ac
cording to the Daily Journal pub
lished there, has sixty thousand
inhabitants, and tha oldest nativo is
a lady of twentv-rv
AcltnisUii mill Sliivcrj--Propn-piitiilisni.
A " lriiiul illove
iiient." Speech of TII0S, II. BENTON.
On Friday, the 10th inst., tho
Nebraska bill being under discussion
in Committee of the Whole House,
Mr. Bknton said : Mr. Chairman,
I have nothing moro to say to this
bill on account of its interference
with the Missouri Compromise. On
that point I have spoken my share,
and shall not recur to it again. 1
pass on to a now point one signi
ficantly rovcatcd to us somo ten
days ago by a Representative from
Georgia, tho member from tho first
congressional district of that State,
Mr. Scwakd. Tho gentleman
spoke against the bill in a way en
tirely accordant to my own opin
ions ; but camo to the conclusion
that tie would vote lor it, and gnvo
his reasons for doing so; icasons
which had not been mentioned by
any other speaker, and which struck
mo as momentous, and worthy to
arrest the attention of tho House,
and of tho country. He objects to
tho bill because it is unfounded and
contradictory in its statements and
assumptions inconsistent with it
self, with the net of 1820, nntl of
tho acts of 1850 because it was
manufactured for a particlar purpose,
and is of no value in itself to the
slave States ; but which commands
his support, as a southern man, on
account of its ulterior operations, as
containing a principle to ho asserted
in future, and which was put into
tho bill to become tho basis of some
grand movement in this country.
I will read what ho said, as" the
proper way of doing justice to his
clear and well expressed opinions
to his momentous revelations and
to tho best way of availing myself
of his important declarations. I
find them thus in the official copy
of the speech :
" I oppose tho details of this bill,
because they are not consistent with
themselves or with the transactions
to which they relate ; and the bill
itself shows that it was manufac
tured for a particular purpose. Somo
of the clauses embraced in it, con
flicting as they aro, wcro introduced
for tho purpose, in my opinion, of
sotting up a principle to be asserted
in future, and which the acts of 1850
never contained. Now, sir, let us
sec. Wo aro called upon hero now
to vote for this bill, which is not
drafted in the ordinary shape of leg-
jislative acts. But the finmers of
this bill have furnished tho reasons,
within tlie bill itself, on which wc
must act, and which they call on us
to subscribe to. What is it? They
telllis that tho law of IS20, being
inconsistent with the legislation of
1S51), therefore that tho net of 1S20
is inoperative and void. I take is
sue with them ; and, for myself, oc
cupying the position that I do as n
southern man, I never have sub
scribed, never will, and never can
subscribe to tho doctrines contained
in the act of 1850. My objections
to tho acts of 1850 aro known at
homo. They aro recorded in tho
proceedings of the convention
which took place in Georgia in 1850.
have waived their objections to it
for tho purpose of uniting with tho
South, aud harmonizing public feel
ing on this great question, it is put
in hero as tho
basis of some grand
movement in this country. I know
not what that movement is."
I concur in tho truth and justice
of everything which tho member
from Georgia has here said, but dif
fer from him in the conclusion to
which ho arrives that of voting
for tho bill ; nud find in his reasons
for that voto, additional reasons for
my own vote against it ; hut ho
votes as a southern man, and votes
seclionally. 1 also em' a southern
man, but vote nationally on national
questions. Ho sees in it n princi
ple set up which is falso and useless
in its application to Ncbrasku, but
which is to bo asserted in future,
and which is put into the bill nstlio
basis of somo grand impending
movement in this country. Of the
nature of this movement, which is
to bo so grand, and at the samo time
sectional, the member declares him
self to bo ignorant ; and thut ignor
ance, I would suppose, should bo a
reason lor holding back from a bill
which commits its supporters to
great unknown things. That is the
way it works with mo. I am
ignorant, that is to say, uninformed
of this grand movement which is to
be in this country ; but I beliovo in
it, and so believing am the more
against tho bill. I am against any
thing that I do not understand, and
which nobody will explain to me,
and which, according to my own
short dubious lights, is dangerous to
tho peace ntid honor of the country.
I beliovo in the futility of this bill,
its absoluto futility to thoslavehold
ing States and that not a single
slave will ever be held in Kansas
adapted
great stoples, (hemp and tobacco,) I
do not believe that slaves will ever
be held there. Tho popular voto
will expel them. Kansas is contig
uous to middlo and southern Mis
souri, where slavo labor is profita
ble, land slaves held in great num
bers a singlo owner within two
hours' ride of the lino holding
one hundred moro than the fivo
hundred of Randolph of Roanoke ;
and fivo thousand in his county
alone : but the holder of slaves will
havo but one voto, and will bo boat
at the polls by tho many who have
none. In relation to Kansas and
Nebraska, then, 1 hold tho hill to be
a cheat what gamesters call gam
mon, congressmen buncombe, and
seamen n tub to the whole : that is
to say, an ambidextrous operation
upon the senses of confiding people,
by which they aro made to see
what is not, and not to see was is.
This is what I. believe; and not be
ing obliging enough to join in n
scheme of self-deception, or to suf
fer a gaino of deception to be play
ed upon me, I must now turn my
back upon the illusion of this Ne
braska bill and look out for its real
olrjool tlio pcirticttlnr purpose for
which it was manufactured, and
the grand movement of which it is
to be the basts.
In this search I naturally look
about into the signs and rumors of
the times, and into the co-tcmpor-
nncotis events which may connect
themselves with the grand move
ment in question ; and think I find
them in two diplomatic missions, of
which the country has heard much,
but not all. I speak upon rumor,
but neither tell, nor believe, tho half
of what 1 hear; but believe enough
to cxcito apprehension, and to justi
fy inquiry. What is a state secret
in tho city of Washington is street
talk in tho city of Montezuma.
First. The mission of Mr. Gads-
dun to Santa Anna. It must have
been conceived about the time that
this bill was ; and, according to
transpiring accounts, must have been
a grand movement in itself
$50,000,000 for as much Mexican
territory on our southern border as
would make five or six States of the
first class. Tho area of the acquis
ition, as I understand it, was to ex
tend from sea to sea, on a lino that
would give us Santander, Monterey,
Saltillo, Parras, Sonora, and all
Lower California. This was cer
tainly a large movement, both in
point of money and of territory, and
also large in political consequence ;
and clearly furnishing a thcatro for
the doctrine of non-intervention, if
there should be any design to con
vert the newly acquired territory
from free soil, that is, into slave
soil that it might bo desired to be.
Hero, then, 1 beliovo I havo found
one branch of tho grand movement ;
and although Mr. Gadsden returned
from Ins mission with a small slice
only of tho desired territory, yet ho
has returned to his post, and may
havo better luck on a second trial
if Santa Anna escapes from the
speckled Indians (Los Indios Pin
tos) who have him at bay in the
Sierra. I say nothing on the mer
its of this now acquisition, only that
it is an old acquaintance with me,
having first heard of it in Novem
ber, 1S-1G, and afterwards in March,
lS'ly at which latter time it was
proposed in the Senate, (by Mr.
Davis, of Mississippi,) on the ratifi
cation of tho Guadalupe Hidalgo
treaty ; and rejected by the Senate.
I voted against the Santander aud
Monterey lino then, and have not
seen cause to change my opinion.
Here Mr. Bf.nton read tho articlo
proposed by Mr. Davis for the new
lino.
Secondly. The mission of Mr.
Sonic to Madrid also a grand
movement in itself, ifroportsbetrue
two hundred and fifty millions
for Cuba ; and a rumpus kicked up
it tlio island is not got. Hero
again might be found a case for the
non-intervention principle ; but of
that I say nothing, because I know
nothing, and wish to know some
thing. Of tho acquisition itself I
say nothing now ; but did say some
thing about forty-four years ago, in
a Nashville newspaper, published by
Thomas kastin, called the Impar
tial Review ; in which I discussed
Cuba as the geographical nppurton
nnco of tho valley of the Mississip
pi, and eventually to becomo its po
litical appurtenance ; but to be got
with honor whenever it was got;
and m all that faith I still remain
firm. No dishonor ! no stain on
tho bright and spotless fame loft
us by bur fathers !
Mr. Chairman, I discuss nothing
in relation to those rumored acquisr
tinns of the Island of Cuba and u
broad side of Mexico; I only call
attention to them as probable index
es to the grand movement of which
the member from Georgia gave us
tho revelation, aud which no one
has denied. According to him,
and according to my own belief,
tins Nebraska bid is only nn enter
ing wedge to future onterprizes a
thing manufactured for a particular
purpose a stepping stone to a
grand movement which is to devel
ope itself in this country of ours. 1
wish to know what that movement
is. I have a right to know, to ena
ble mu to discharge my duties uu-
dcrstaiidiugly ; and 1 respectfully
crave tho information from thoso
who have tho conducting of tho bill.
To Clean Paint. Smear a piece
of Manuel in common whiting, mix
to tho consistency of common paste,
in warm water. Hub the surface to
bo cleaned quite briskly, and wash
ott with pure cold water, urease
spots will in this way bo almost in
stantly removed, as well ni oilier filth
and the paint will retain its brilliancy
and beauty ummparcu.
)i yn K fjje 3Jof.
II V i:. I. WALTON,
,,",,,kr,4 Plow " tMite
II imteirmiiit either ho tb nr baits.
Cows and their Milk. No part
of the business of n farmer requires
more skill and nttention than tho
dairy. If judiciously manoged, it ii
profitable. If badly managed, worso
than useless. To obtain the best
cows for tho dairy, subject the milk
to the lest of comparison, one with
the other. Keep those which give
the most and the richest milk, for
brecden and tho dairy, and sell tho
rest to the drover or tho butcher. It
is not so much the amount of milk a
cow gives, per day, as the cream her
milk produces, which constitutes her
value as a milker. Having thus as
certained tho best cows, tlio next
consideration is tho keeping they
are to receive. Much, very much
depends upon this. It is unreasona
ble to expect, from tho very best of
cows, cither butter, or cheese, or
beef, to any valuable oxtent, if fed
merely on dry hay, in tho winter, or
kept in a poor and sour pasture, in
the summer. Roots, of various
kinds, should be raised in abundance,
by every dairy-man, who hopes to
profit by his vocation, and tho food
of cows should bo varied, in the
winter, from week to week ; kept
clean and warm, and enjoy fresh air,
every day in tho week, Sundays not
excepted. It has been found, by
experiment, that a cow fed on grass,
in' n good and sweet pasture, (hill
pastures are the best) will yield a
greater quantity of milk than if fed
upon nnyt other food. Wo have
thoroughly tried the experiment, and
havo no doubt of the fact. There ii
nothing like a clean Green Mountain
pasture, free from brakes and filthy
and sour weeds, upon tho hill-sides,
to fill a milk pail or a churn ; and in
the winter, for the same purpose,
there is no better root) than sweet
meadow and mountain hay, and tha
stocks of sweet corn ; and for roots,
the Carrot, Rutabaga, Mangehvurfzel,
the Turnip and Sugar Beet. Try
this course of feeding; try it faithful
ly, brother farmers, nnd our word
for it; you will have good cows,
abundanco of rich milk, good butter
and fat cheese, provided you do not
sldni tho milk of which tho latter is
made.
And now a little about milk. Let
us talk the matter over. Milk ob
tained from cows in tho morning is
generally richer than that obtained
at evening, and usually less in quan
tity. It ia equally true that somo
pasture grounds are much better than
others for the production of rich
milk. Examine the kind of grass,
and the nature of the soil in the
pasture producing the best milk, and
stock other pastures, of a similar toil,
with the samo kind of grass. The
subject of sweet pastures, or good
grazing grounds has not received
that nttention which its importance
demands. Will some of our readera
give us their views about it? Will
they think; and tell us what they
think about it ?
Fhu it Guowinb. It is pleasant,
in visiting tho farms nnd fanners in
Washington County, to notice a com
mendable zeal and manifest improve
ment in fruit culture. Thousands of
apple, plum and pear trees, have
been set out umong the farmers, in
this county, tho present season.
This is as it should be. Perhaps we
cannot do such farmers a better ser
vice than giving them the following
article on trimming, from the N. E.
Farmer, written by C. Goodrich Esq.,
of Burlington, an experienced fruit
grower, it is tlio best article on this
subject, that we havo read for many
a duv. Will our customers please
read it and put tho preaching into
practico ?
Mb. Farmer. Were a tree gift
ed with speech, what complaint
should wo hear on visiting most
orchards in New England ! of harsh
treatment, commencing with thatbane
of nil nurseries and young trees, the
mudcrious jucknife in the nursery
then torn from its place, leaving a
large portion of its roofs, and set ai
we would a slake to struggle by it
self. The poor trco hesitates i year
or tjo whether to attempt a new ex
istence, or give up the ghost without
further struggling many of them,
paiticuhtrly root-grafted frees grown
in hot beds of manure very sensibly
prefer the latter course; and who
can blame them ?
For a few years past, many placet
in New England have been flooded
with tall shrubbery, misnamed apple
trees, by unprincipled or ignorant
speculator! from Western New York.
These have been sold by calling on
individuals, and getting orders far
trees (?) to be sent the next laana.
The seller has a speech for every