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VOL. 1. NEW SERIES. WEST BATON RIOUGE, SATURIDA.Y FEBRUARY 23 185. NO. 8
THE SUGAR PLANTEI,
PYlLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
DItERtY J Fi Alia .............. .. I 1 .Y a ;il: 1 1u .
HyAAMS ; GA.RDNER, Proprietors.
Odlee near the Court Iounae,
WEST BATO R 0 UGE.
TERMS of the SUGAR PLANTER:
ulabscription.-3- an 'ar. die invariably at tho
time of aub-. ribt., if not t1 e, | p|aid. r within three
raitutha ther-,.lter. Il .lilcars. will I crharrd.l: no
s. ubscription will ,,- ta-kns ftr a lI - termn than aii
aitllthi: no paper dixontinued unt.l arreara-ag- are
paid.
ktdvertaing.- ialertiaem.nti no: exetcins 'en
lines,. $1 for tihe first. ant Sol l con t- fI r evev sub,
qent in.rtion:th,,eo If rreater I-'glth in pr ,pI ,Ltiae.
A liberal diicrunt to thmcse wlm, advertioe h. the
year.
IPereas to Clubs.-Wlhore a (flub f not hess than
ten namneI i senlt, ath the ash.. thle, aplter sill l
filrnishe at $; l50 each -t14enrlh,.r. anre an additiou
a! capy t tthe ier.n frniihing the list.
Where a tCeb of nt at,a thIan twr-ent is furnishd!.
with t he . pap.-r - ill br fr rar,l.rl at t!l 23
each nubscriber. asnd two additinao:l copies fhr the
agent
Job Printing.
Stich as P'aarnrm, it tars c1ao-'. Itoris--. Pia -'.trt.
andl otlher NatiCea. er·ecuted with r,,atnie ao'il ,,
spatch. Ih all cam.-. c.Iah t.l dlli rv.
AYER'S
PILLS.
POR ALL THE PURPOSES OF A
FAMILY PHIYSIC.
Tliltte has lono esinted a public demand for an
eplJtive pmrgatise pill whlcFh coild he relied olt as
sure and perfectly safe in its oper:tiuo. 'his has
been prepared to or.-'-t that denc:mrd, and an eaten
aive trial of its virtues has ,oncluasiucly shtow with
what sn . s it net-.nplishes the pca pose dv-ighed.
It ix em- to make a phvsir-ai pill. hut no,t easy to
omake the hbet of all pills- one which shnotld have
lione of the ojectionr., lint all the nad aitagr"s, of
etnar other. This has been atteitrten here. and
with what eressrce we vwortld r-espTrtflll, sVubmliit to
the penlie decision. It has been unfortunate fir
the patient hitherto that alntoit every purgative
medrline is acrintorniot, and irritating to the bow
ela. Thi is rnot. h anyr of them produnce so rlech
griping pain and revtlsrinm in the s s.terti as to morei
than c.utnterhalanee the goied to le derit ed from
thema. These; piuls lr.ducre no irritation or pain,
ttnlkaa it rie frori a 1"rcrtioiusly eisling t-r-tic '
tionm or deratitdenlllt inl tile bowels. Being purely
epeta.lie. rio h-ltan Ia:ll arise fromn their use im any
rltautihty but it ins Iatter that any medicine sh'iuld
he taket judiciotulyv. Minute direelions for their
a fin the n:r eral "di-se.a- to which they are ap
plicahle are given r,. the lxa. Anmolng the coin
plaint< whicr Ilhve iween speedily -r-ced hy them, we
Otarmentitnm Litrr Complaint. in its varios firnms
of IJutndice. lndigclstiii, Languor and La-s of Ap
jtite, Lilstles.ness, hrritabilitv. hiouins headache,
iliotm Fever. Frver anid Agte, Pain in the Side
and Loins; for, in truth. all these are but the con
stqultmne of dist-atd action in lhe liver, As an
ape.eent they aifford prompt and wnrereelief in Cne
tirentes, Piles. Colic. Ihy.ntcrv. l!umorS, Serefrtla
and Shurry. Colds with 'arcenc-ss of the bndy., Ulcers
and impttrity of the bIlod, Irretrlarities; in short,
any and every case w-J-re a iuirgative is renjtired.
Thne have also iroailtc (sotae sinlgulrly sre
relrsfl ntres in theumatism. (tor it., )rop.,v. Gravel,
Erynipelas, Palpilation of the lf:,rt, I'ans in the
lia-k. Stomach. and Side. 1'hitv shiild be freely
taken in the sprint; of the yvar, to prifi the bhlood
and prepare the ",strni fer the 'lat,-ge of seaNtons.
An occasional itoc stirni:itt<a the stomlach and
bowels into healthy aetion, and re.slores the apipe
tite and vigor. They psurifnr the lhrmld, and, by their
atnhlant action on the circnlaton- system, reno
vate the strength of the body, and restore the
wasted or diseased energies of ihe whole organism.
Ience an occasional dose i- aidantatgeouli. even
though no seriours tieranlgerlent exists; bult Iln
nsneesary dosing should rnet r be carried too far,
as every purgative lmeiitine reduces the strength,
whes taken to excess. '1 he thousa.ndl eases in which i
- . lphysic is required cannot be erlimlerated here, but
Ssuggest thelmsehles to the reason of every
; and it is enfidenltlr believed this pill will
ttswer a >iedter purpose than anyI thing which hast'
to been available to mianikind. When their
eirtaem are once known, the piiHlei will no longer
sa shat remedy to emprlloy when in need of a
- oe ieicidne. Bemtr sugar-wrapped, they are
ant to toake and eimng purely vegetable, no
can arise from their use in any quantity.
Per minute directions, s e wrapper on the Box.
S I't.EPAIED) BHY
DR. JAMES C. AYER,
WruicaCl and Aeatlytical Clealmist,
LOWELL, MASS.
SCents per Box. Five Boxe for $1.
AYER'S
IJERRY PECTORAL,
Por the rapid Care of
i g ,S,. COLDS, HOARSENESS,
*ON4CIITIS, OOPING-COUG1fi
CROUP, ASTHMA, AND
CONSUMPTION.
Tars remedy has won for itself such notoriety
its cures of every variety of pulmonary disease,
it is entirely unnecessary to recount the evi
S~f its virtues in any community where it
been Oieployed: So wide is the field of its uq
and so numerous the eases of its eus,
almost every section of the country abounds
n3 publicly known, who have been restored
, larnn, g and even desperate diseases of the
bgy its ase, When once tried its superiority
- 's. ery other medicine of its kind is too appa~
ese observatiol and where its virtues are
the public no longer hesitate what antidote
for the distressing and dangerous e
ofthe pulmhonary ogasns whih are i
elinae. iNet o in form-da)t h attaebpI
r' the Iflag e bat for thp mild v aridsess of
Loctr b $ aett &c.nsant ; tu Cauhim
.s..ueiiyp to theaest thbsWi
that hss ine artiass sel by
- W IL T6is t AWu
Deep Ploughing.
The editor of the Southern Cultiv.ator
advises deep ploughilng, lie says:
P1loEghinu i mlist now be pushed vigo
roullly and steadily, wherever the groundl
is not too wet. Turn well ulde'r, all
vegetblie matter, that it may deom,niiose,.
lt.l yield nuii tritnent, to the coming crop
of corn aill cotton. Plonw dep, and if
you have no regular subsoil plow, let;
yoir turning plow be followed in the
saime furrow by a bull tongue, or broad
coulter, drawn by a stout team. Thii
will loosen up the subsoil, mid a ingr in
to cultivation a portion of ,our tial
which has hleretoftre never hieen m n:ut.
available. The old svstim of cFr;,ti.in,
to the depth of three or hour inches,
mllust he abanitlone;_l. No Planitr in e tilo t
Soutlh slhioubl prietentl to plant a crp ,f
('orr or( Cotton ill ess th;in 10 ilC)li': .t
lmelhlw and well mlanured sil. Trv
d'eep pl, c'lipy olie year, andl oil iII neel 1
uo ur.ilým hiere:fter.
Mat.NIre sIouuil Iiow be hauletd oult, tis
tibuted over thIe grounid, elnd tuilrile,]:
deeply under. Scatter it elenly o thlat
all the plants ma, be feh.
Spread all trash, weeds. corn and et'o- I
p ton stalks. &c., over yonr bind ancd tiiurn
them uinder with the- plow. IHaul leaf
1ounl froim the hollows of tihe woo is,
alld eco:upost it uwith barn yard ll.nlllre, I
ililm.e ;nlld ashes, betbre you spread it oni
your fields.
Repair old buildings-erect new ones t
-look over ani] repair your farm ipie- I
nCienits-take good care of your ttck, t
land keep ill work anlinals in g.,ooe c,,n.
diti,,on r tile hard labor they cill have t
to act'c,ilpli.hm the euiniiig seasoin.
A it'w year, lind a new erai ill Soltl!- I
i erl Atgrieulture are just dawning uptioit
ui. We have thije linest mlinate, andt i
o .lllOc it" the richest lands eillner the aten
-toii sIt" ltlhilng of that syteen of do- i
iuIestic s.t- ueldei which sulitlia" lN Ii til .
the best ald mitost easily contrt olleI tiei l
Slaborers in the iitverse, and etabl;is Its
t prollduciie i, vast liuantiltiies, e fi tti h 0t '
eartlis great'st stpl,l Cottcon 'i-a crolp i
w hich controls the destiiny of nati,)itis. a
S\'e hol ld tiheni, eilde , ,r felly to al- t
preciate our high position anld mlianifold E
al 'va t:aiiiilt, nd let us tiles yce r.c, m ' tri
inteitc'e our 1,lant'iig olter:atins with the d
Ie ,.termiiition to make :ar'er crops LIthan I
Ileil'ettore--to practice a mliore thorough "
sys telil of lititaLiion aeiht doumeSetic ecolt- a
11lilV---to i rlllolve nlr edId wll tilt fihlelY I]
- t to k~7e out 0o' debt-aId by oulr ear
lest tid leerseverinig e.thrts. tif elevate the a
Svolaton lto lht! S ui uthleerni Planter to, its t,
rihhittl lposition, at the head of all oth i;
er professionis,
i v , wrhil:e.vd_.ting all proper energy
. and 1 tte ili,,n to the nrge:t and laboriouu.-,
, uti:s ft the plahtationi, imust le forgetI
the still hilher claimzs of home and ini
d .surroundings. Let us encircle this
c.hclwit and dearest spt of earth, withl
everything that can make i; locvlv and
attr;active. Plant all the choicest fruits
of our sunny cline, in .nuch ainndance
t.lhat not only your own household and
:ervants, but the pent up inhlalitants of
neiguboring cities shall be fully and
t cheaply supplied. Scatter every where
about your dwelling sweet and beanti
ful flowers, to delight the eye and the
senses and bind the hearts of your chii
dren indissolubly to the d~ar old home
stead. Fill your bookshelves and centre
tables, not only with the literature of
Agriculture but with all that may quick
en the imagination and fancy, rouse and
elevate the sentiments and improve the
heart; and thus let the wealth won by
your enterprise and skill, minister to the
enjoyment of life.
The London Daily Post says: "A
good editor, a competent newspaper con
ductor, is like a general or a poet, born
-not mande. Exercise and experience
give facility, but the qualification is ino
nate, or it is never manifested. On the
London daily papers, all the great his
zorians, novelists, and writers of travel,
have been tried, and nearly all have
failed. We might say all; for after a
brief disylay of brilliancy, brief but
grand, they died out literally. Their re
sources were exhausted. 'I can,' said a
lataditor of the Times to Moore, 'find
aiimber of men of'genius to write
for but very seldom one of common
sense.. tihe Thunderers,' in the Times,
therefom;e ha'e, so ia as we know, been
tpen of cimonii sensa- early all suc'
e~sf.al p itors haver. been men of this
and - aDiraeli, fait~i; Barnes, Sterli
ae WJbi R, eý a e A.x ooded
I0c el4$urwbc papmw--. aLeads
paper aniot e?;."
SIIoax pon A xMATrIMOxIA!, ADnv.E
r, risER.-A correspondence arising out of
an adyertisemnent fur a wife, which np
peared in a morning paper of the 9th
tultimo, signed "B3arville," is given it the
I London Morning Advertiser. The re
suitul was an engagement to meet on Sa
turday week, at the railway shtlion,
iTauuton, or, if the means of recognition
should fail, at the Great VWestern ter
t Minls, Paddinton, where additional plre.
cautions against inistako would be ta:kent
Iby tlhe writer, who professed an intention
s to travel from the west to London on
ithat day.
'i'le p-li)posedi lady, however, w:as a
iiischievu.s ,)ouiug man, who had got
up the coriespondeiice a-. og with his
cotmplaniols, and d 01, iinvited a large
nnuliber of theml o o t iils.S the end of ile
Saflo'r', wli ht the above paper jquoted
I tihus tscribs :
I"S me tulle bieti re i e ,'I lotii clt , i ll -it
Surda" I.eveliniug list, a +,n. et.l ,tl i 1ll i
Illack dlr i .scl- ,itt, vest, cni a u tii tluation ,
wvith Ii. hat set ja nttili oi his head,
I and Is wris.tland, ilt adl the hglory and
" st:ub'h of IKqial (-re..n. deserending to a
,nowel'a,:t ikntgei i , his digits, might
havle btere seto l p;in. the , altt anr ,"`
the. ( reat \\;estein it:iiway teripuill
IExa:tiv as the eletric dial pointed to
lve o'cck, from :il iiarts of the stattion
'iotl ng I l2 ide i'u.i dt, ilts to.ok up pt, sitionls
about tlhe prmiiisnis, t was a-i evilent
that fun i urkti ii the eyes of the tioe
lihuidrdi a d lift'' whilo iidl eolitcted tei
i tr. .ic , 10 L ililtle hll iter, as tl at i ,itatiiirt
i ld i,. u. s xcitme it e. e-aiv itictel
ti thil i- JiarvJgfe of tie aierO iei t.
The , ietiici bi'l iit t la id lreseti:y :ii
ter th,~e traiin diirag ,g , its isnai'\ i legtlh
into the stabtlu. A lalv, in d.eip 1ou1 i tl
ing adl:mend t) tev tr:x sting-llles, anl
'I-ltarvile.' in r.,ý ill] the ý" slteal li+,atf \ji :u,"
ii a e-ek y t,-riodIal.! sat illilnte b'sir
her. She takes ta tbook ftlron lie r pockek:
"Jl;rv ihe" a leitt'r.
i il, ecta : here was to , the t end
of hIi weai.y ibaicheiulotrt)i. ie takei
'tler by thie hai. I, all; in tilt m,111: t liie
1 lle f Fin eo litl este, inttlilnulic tillg with
thile miiai0 bdv .:tithmi in the Vhar
SRoad, is e tabliihdI to colivev itilinla
tioul. "1arvitle" rises, his fair corire\spju
Ideit takes his armi, and clelvriy dec~.'
hirli int the ttails haid hy his enimieis. -
i "l uile" exert, hiinself to be affeeti,
ate. tilin the Ilid't of a magnittlqueint
perd I the 'ieiiiy iadvances. Vt h it til
lows ittinost .beitiýas diseriptioii. lt-:
advertiser of it w+'lle finds Lilml elf the aell
ter (f1 1 croutd il f.tilllg ienl. Hje is ih
iu'rimied that they wrote the letters, tiad
that;iL hie, who thought to entrap a tair
one, with two huiired pouitl; sterliu.Ig
3 yealr, is himniself cvtught in his ow neli;
from all quarters bags oft flour were
thrown at him, and his jet black clothes
were soon t.railsforlned intoa suit of ,white
lie rushed off to the shelter of a cab in-i
side the railway yard; but here he was
ill fault, Tor thlie prosecutors were await
iig hilu iln Praed street and on his lip
pearatlice imore flour was cast at him, and
the "chaff' of fr'tli four to five hundred
1aoidiigtionians. The last that was seen
of him was a meteor-like figure running
with all his force along the New Road,
followed by several of the indigenous
youth of the metropolis."
REVERENCE OF A LovEG--r-Cutting of
a Girl's Xose.-We have Tearned from
Mr. Warlnr some of the particulars of a
mnost diabolical outrage that occurred
last week a:bout three miles below his
landing on the Mississippi. It appears
that a Dutch widow living at that place
has a family of grown-up girls, which
he is nnxious to get rid of. The oldest,
a good looking girl of twenty-one, is liv
ing with a neighbor, and has lately at
tracted the attention of an ltalian, who
has been staying about there, and has
wanted to marry her. His suit hasbeen
backed up by the old man, but the girl
has steadily refused to marry him.
Last week the fellow called at the house,
and requested to "-e her at the door;
when. shbe appeared, he seized her by the
end of the nose, and with his pocket
knife cut it oft close up to the. bridge.
The poor girl screamed and fainted, and
.while tht family rushed to her assistance,
and tried to staunch the blood, the ruffi
an took leg-bail across. the mississippi,
and has not sinae been heard of. Next
week we hope to get 'the name and
descriptioq of the fellow, so .that he can
be posted by.every newspaper in the
U~nion.
It . GCrss4u) tilt. Demecrat.
If you allowr o shiver,
gn-ie 4IQ who ieave
D)ri'cn GALuA.-rRy.-Tice edito- of
f the Providence .Jourlnal, writing fronl
IIolandl, mentions tihe followinl, singular
trait of natioInal nanness:
e A singrlar custom exists among the
servant girls and woman of the humbler
classes, in the manner of their visititg
public places, and on fetes and galay dayas.
I)utch propriety will not allow them to
stay away--nt that these qualities are
any stronger in their feminine, than in
their mnisculinre developmeint., in ![ol+
land or uanywhere else. Thie Du)ntch girls
h !ite the ,iiriug men to go with them and
pay thleir gallants accordiing to the value
tofl their services, thus securing their beat
attention. A good looking f-llow, 1 ith
pn'oty of bras uttonis, and with agree
a;lte mannl; rs, of courste, tinds the most
c' onstal t clap!.ranent and the lest prices.
\When I hear f this custom I was in
linit. to ichrge it upon the lack ,f per
snai charm, in the I lutch da'i's-l. It
reluire,, only a short walk tIhr-o'h the
>trts ,f ]',ttertdam to overthrlow this
theory. The women of the bilmurle clan=
in Iltland are remarkale tfor their .'o.l
i,,ok:. ];tr sur-lie.ing thl se of Ennianl
:,l 'iFrance: . 'Tilv have a fre's.hlis of'
.C,, ilý;iol, a jaunty trimness of Izure,
aind a pt Iasent i xpression of the face that
is alr-abv areeablo anmd often riues to
poti t beauty'1.This efl'ect is increa.ei
!,v thi neaIt.ss of the lidrs. Probably
thie ihis of ecanline.s in which thoi
.:1 e' tt .I t t l a re not with,,ut irfluence
in pr !ucini,,i titis ci,,- aillnenss of personalI
!,..,trn . Il ut I think the, wonm n ofi l
lli:ii l are iaturally handoml-, . I saw
• t w n un ..i . . a w 'heo-!tiarr in t,
t++r '+,,. , hn -, n'unr', ho,,"nty. ;tln th,
fleai 1'. ti rit [1i) i l1,e-' ii ,i t.,-- - 1 i'il
',a1e W::m atl, i,<r, in th,, ;:,1e-t draw
i,ý r,,lim. A yr i ns ,_,int t'.ian who tm was
"ith iim , an.l w' t ,i.: ideasn, lin . mI i iwi,Il
vby r.e' n " th, l et e tinx.h'c ,:lae , inl the
.n.atural in uilse o ,f his id tan,'y, that he
twas disp,~.et to r,-lieve , r of he,.: burden
i But th, ,arrow was heavd an+! thi girl
-: , teml e d u ý ,e , t o i t ; s ' , t i v f ,i e w ,m l r o s , . u .
tioni wont the way' of good ire'sol'tioins<
_,,nera'!y, awli the girl went the w':i of
iatch dattlrs]%, a hlein'g p:icture ,r thei
m avioc'ttes of the r'.,ht of woenwn to usurp
tihe occipaiti.,in Ileil . .{t
_____ ________
SA S 'KY ~r A re- .o.-Thie w orid
t hais ibew l litrening for y ars t+, storiL. "-,f
\\ateri .. thei s~ene of tile last .reat ac
Stion Of N lpoi,,oni, but it wo.ul seemn
Shke a certain Ither oiiiln lity loV g since
fIl. i.iar to our raders "that thleri is a
fI e.w lmore of the same sort left."
S "An in lividual who (iwied1 a. ismall
tavern near the eventful 'fi.e!d] was after
,; uejtine. d as to whlfther Iie ,1did not pos
se sec slome relics of the battle, and as in
s ,,,:ably as honestvy anlsy, ere,1 in the neý
ative. Blit he was very poor, and one
lavi while lamentilng to a neighbor, notr
on i ly iis pove'rty, butt the annovantlce to
which travellers subljected him, his fiiend
cut him short with -
S "W''il make one help the other.
1 Make some relics !"
S'llut what can I do $" inquired the
r po)r man.
"Tell them that Napoleon or Welling
s ton entered your shop during the battle,
i and sat down on that chair."
Not long after, an English tourist en
tered and enquired for relics, was told
the chair story. The chair was bought
at an incredible price. The next coiner
was informed that Wellington had taken
a drink, and the "Wellington tumbler"
was accordingly sold. Tnhe third arrival
ga zed with breathless wonder at the nail
on which Bonaparte "had hung up his
ihat." The fourth purchased the door
I posts between which lie enteredf; and the
I fifth became the happy purchaser of the
floor on which he ladi trodden. At the
last advices, the fortunate tavern keeper
had not a roof to cover his head,land'was
sitting on a bag of gold in the centre of
a deep pit formed by selling the dirt on
which the house had stood.
"Young man, do you believe in a fu
ture state ?"
"In course I does, and what's more I
intend to enter it as soon as Betsy gets
her wedding things ready !"
"You mistake me. Do you believe in
a future state of rewards and punish
ments ?"
',"Most assuredly. If .slhoukl cut
mugs with a red-headed woman I shuki*
expect my hat indented by the tirt cis
tern poll sht could lay1 her hands oi.."
"Go to, young man, you ariincoryigi
ble. Go to."
"G;o to ! If it mIae't the law ag
bigamy, darned if I woulda't go a .defar
B ti hei ppogsed, ia, th.at .t
efat yeouryeass wssd geiech advios to
rrri- ." E~~·
Cf A Nocturnal Sketch.
Thie curious liiis a liclI ertene are
r from the pen (of the lamented 'T'holmas
Hood. Moset bards lint it sttlfC inrtid
diific'flt to obtain one rhvtninrr wur·ri at
r
the endof a liner, Ilbut Hood secllurs three
with an ease which is as graceful as it in
Isurpri-~rn4
I" :I-n is ''. astti from lr si-hl park. ha:rk
And Si': is ,r ti Un;;thrm tl:ino.. print, time
fir in:. 4thirlu. j"toit 'o. it~t jinout out,
it. M nitt 'vut:g' at tint hu rlal-tit Itinc.
Ii . inot t o .. I urton with toil· ýtrihlrl tiMe
Ftour- ho rit s is a n)11tl ir. , tio ct p r t
uaut ttnintg at tn t w.tulr tl.. Acr i l. tiz,
S4'v uu. , i t! 'Ik p nut ,o, 1'o .t t it, o
'rhe ,,H, up lasso n"" , ·n·.tlt~ i- hrii ! iit :i· ht.
tot'1 f 1 t:; o t.rlt' . on i ntn' · h- !_ rI - t1
4 . clli t tio" ýtrr, :_ u·!·itlt l ; r f'a: .`:r. Klr eP"'
I` totr it~a5~ t t, 1wi~ ..intanu. h ,i ut
I tu t ir - i ~t iit,. '"t it "tt n~hen
Stud thtti 'it tIi'u----iiuu tttu rn, r1'~-n -- Surrn':
\." p +-. ,r ntlrr - -.t1a ,l1al
.1tt 1" "r- w'-l' jt:hr iu itt:t
i I .GI. ,AII i_. Y ILO(I.'L PA(T.-
The tral fereiitce uf v:t;ii:y ih ilch t:;p
pears to take place wiien yVouni'. persons
are h.bitually bled-v in contact o ith the
aged, is ot a nursery fictii,,. It is well
attested by very competent authorities.
".L not ulcoInmnon cause," ol.<ervers 1)tr.
James Copeland, "uf depressrl vital pow
[ er,,is the young sleepin- with tihe aged.
!hits fact, however explained, has been
lontg remarked, and is well known to
every unprejudiced observer. I have on
i everal occasions met with the ceunter
iart of the foilowing case, 1 was, a few
years ago, consulted about a pale, sickly,
,mind thil bo, of about four years of age.
lie appears to have no specifti ailment,
bnt there was a slow and remarkable
decline of flesh and strength, and of the
e enerFy of the functions ; what his moth
e.i vcry aptly termed a gradnal blight.
After inquiry into the history of the case,
it camne out tlhat he had been a very ro
rbust and Ipiethoric chii l, up to his third
year, when his grailumot her, a very aged
peirsn, took to ,leep with her; that he
continued to (leciine plr.mresoively ever
since, notwiitistantdiig medlicti treatment
I directed hiim to slcep apart from the
aged parent, and pre.icribed gentle tonice
change of air, tc. The recovery was
rapid.
But it is not in chi;dren only that de
bility is induced by, this mole of ab
stiaectng vital power. Young fenmales
married to very old men suffer in a siun
ilar manner, although seldom to so great
an extent; and instances have" come to
my knowlege where they have suspected
the cause of this debilitated state. These
facts are often well known to the aged
themseives,-who consider the indulgence
favorable to longevity, and thereby iI
lustrate the selfishness which in some
persons, increasest with their years.
Every medical prectitioner is well aware
of the fact, and parents are generally ad
vised not to allow their infuits to sleep
with aged persons."
An English editor, not knowing that
hotel is synonymous with mansion or
residence in the French, after announ
cing among the news of the day, that
I"Tallerand had died at his hoeeL.in I'ar;
is," J roceeded to relate, by way of an
essay upon the mutability of human af
fairs--hos this remarkable man had
ruled Fiance by his talents-been the
confidant and adviser of Napoleon
done a thousand important things that
had excited the attention of all nations ;
and finally, notwithstanding the dtitin
guished part lie had played, in the
world's history, died a laverr.tukeer.
By the direction of the 'Postmaster
General, all newspapers containing circu
tias, handbills, and "extras;" are to be
targ~ed letter postage.
Wsy is tie first chicken o the brood
like theforemast of a reesel? Becanme
it is :forw.n ithemaini hatch. "
The *ppe B8vgr usr p of Ithe year
I83 i5 estimated by-16e eid s
*Mile
A ~ l[iEr,;rsr PAatsoN Loobrsn Fo
LosT Stii;i':r.-A preacher of the Meth
,oist church was travellig in one of thi
hack setth-ner:ts, and stopping at a cab
in. where ain oil lady received him rery
kindly. After setting provisions before
hintm !Je be an to queition him:
" 'tra:uge, where mought you b
from ?"
"\Jaid:urne, I reside in Shelby county
Kentuticky."
"Wall, stranger, hope no offence, but
what nimouigt yva be a doing way up
here ?"
"Madame I am searching for the lost
sheep of the tribe of Israel."
"John, John l " shumted the old lady,
"comne rite here this rninit ; here's a
I st rangerLt' ihle way fromr Shelbyv county
ar., a hlntin,' stoci;, and I'll just ,et my
.Ile that ta:ngle haired o(l Ilack ram,
thait L bin ii our lot all lastyeek is one.oc
i ia'n.- C dii trnia Pine ,er.
VAL '.ALE AI M.:DCINE. - A Y-anlee
doctor has contrived to extract from sau
..ages a powerful tonic, which lie says
c,,tains the whole strength of the origi
i:ad arkI. Hle calls it the "Su'lrhate of
{C.;aini !'" He anticipates a ,re:at popu
larity for it in New York city.-- War
cester Tra.nscript.
-A Nw.Sw CO(,CKSE OF SERMONS.-Some'
one who f:,Is the need of being "up with
the lmes," writes to the I'hiladelphia
Clristia Chronicle as follows:
W\e have hlild the "W\oman of the
Bible," "The Daughters of the Bible,"
ano many other things in that line, and.
fnow we are having fromn one of the pul
lpit in New York, "The Mothers of the.
Bible," \ith the usual varieties. Please
announce through your valuable columns
that I propose commeincing a course of
sei'mous of the "Men of the Bible !"-'.
Among the suljects of which will be the "
following :
Adam, thfe Grandfather of all.
Noah. the First Sea Captain.
Esao, the Man with tlheHeavy Beard..
Absolum, the Fast Young Man.
Nebuchaduezzer, -the irst, Pure Veg- -
etarian.
Felix, the Free-Lover, &e., &c.
"Qtillip" told a good stdry of a
on a Mississippi steamer, who was qu
tioned by a Yankee. The gentleman
humor the fellow, answered all his ques
tions staightforwardly, until the down
Easter was fairly puzzled for an interro
gatory. At last he inquired:
"Look here, squire, where was you
born t! '
"I was born," said the victim, "in Bos
ton, Trenont street, No. 44, on thesfist,
day of August, 1825, at 5 o'clock in the,
afternoon."
Yankee was answered completely. Fot"
an ilnstan: t he ieas struck. Soon, how
ever. his face brightened, and he quickly
said
"Yeas; wal, I calc'late yeou don't rec
oilect whether it was a frame house or 1a,
brick house, dew yeou ?"
Crnuiocs EXP.RTMENar.A Fre4'e
chemist has endeavored to ascertain
exact proportions of elementary substa
drawn by vegetation- from the soil
air. He dried two hundred pounds
earth in an oven and then placed it
an earthen vessel, in which he set a wit
low tree weighing five pounds, which w
watered with pure water.' After fiv
year's growth, the tree weighed 189
the earth was dried again, and w
found to have lost only two onaes' i
weight. Thus 164 pounds.of the
were elaborated front the
BsAUTIFULt.-Iln the
the instinct of immou
ly uttered by the d
finds a deep response
soul. When ibout t
existence as a sacrifice
Clemanthe 'aska if the
again, to which lie repli
that dreadful question
look eternal; of the
that flow forever, of the sta
whose fields of azure mr
hath walked to glory. Al
But while I gaze upon thy.
feel there's something in.
mantles through its beau
wholly perish. We. sh
Clefmnantbe."
jl According to the. cOns
taken, the population of Vicks
4643--of wbhcl numrber, 3178 are
and 1456 are blacks.
1U you wish -to give an ems
ý; t w'a t