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' V f?-'i" ' HENIX ' BY WM. E. KYTIIER.l BRATTLEBOliO, V"t. APRIL 26, 1844. VOL. X. NO. 35. WRIGHT'S INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS j on ' INDIAN PURGATIVE. nplIOUGIl many medicines have been before the ' JL public for a much longer period than Wmoiit's Indian Vkoetahlr Pills, yet none standi now in 'higher repute, or liau more rapidly attained a firm huld upon popular estimation. Tlic thousands that havo used them throughout the length and breadth of the Republic, nil bear cheerful testimony to their thorough efficacy and mild operation when employed in the most distressing disorders "which ilesli Is heir to." The theory of disease, on whicli Wrights!' dmn Veoetadle Pills aro founded, Is this, vizi (Ant ' there is only one primary cause if all the disorders that ajjlicl lite human fam-hj, and that is corrupt humors; or, in other words Impurity of Uhmd. This principle is now so generally admitted, that it may in fact be said to be sustained by an universal ity of opinion, the few dissenters constituting but a feeble minority. It is useless, therefore, to discuss the soundness of this theory in this place and con nexion. Tlie one disease principle being admitted, the mode of attack professed by all practitioners be comes the suite namely, purgation, But many of the so-culled specifics now before the public, pro .duco only one form of Purgation; I hey are either Sudorific, Cathartic, Oieurelic or Expectorant. Upright's Indian lregetnbte Pills combine all these properties, and nro therefore calculated to attack the elements of disease at all points, and by a liar .monious and combined operation to expel it radi cally Irom the system. Their eflVctis almost mag ical, and is no less astonishing for its mildness than 'its etficacy. Doth Sizes and all ages may employ them, according to the directions, without fear, for while they are ctrtain to cure all disunes that nre remediable, they never inflict an injury upon tlie system. These Pith as we beforo remarked, operate by purgation by thoroughly cleansing the entire sys tem from all impurities, and making the invalid in the homely, but expressive phrase "a new man," whether the disease Is iscifiknt consumption, which insidiously attacks the Lungs, producing that dry hacking cough so painful to the friendly ear; or cutaneous, showing itself upon the skin in eruptions or blotches ; whether the Kidneys or the uowels be tne aueclion. irngni s inuian regaa He Pills are enually ethcac sinus in wartime ou v . . danger. Their expectorant 'n. " , .1.7" '"r jind dieuretic qualities enable each lorm ot disease. The perfect snftty of the medicine is another all important quality, and one which has contributed more than any tiling else to its extension and popu larity. In a word, this medicine commrnds itself strongly 'to the patronage of the public, and its use bids fair to become before long, almost universal. CAUTION. The citizens of New England are respectfully in formed that in consequence of the great popularity which Wriehl's Indian Veeetable nils nave earneu by 'their astonishing goodness, a gang of Counter feitersare now industriously engaged in palming on thp unausnectinp. a valueless, ana perhaps danger ous medicine, under the name of Indian Vegetable Pills. This is to inform the public, that the genuine medicine has on the boxes, "Wright's Indian Vegetable rills, (INDIAN PURGATIVE) or the North American College of Health,' And also around the border of the label will be found in small type, "Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by William Wright, in the Clerks Office, of the District Court ot the Eastern Dis trict of Pennsylvania." The public will also remember that all who sell the genuine Indian Vegetable I'ills aro provided with a certificate of agency signed by William Wright, Vice President or THE NORTH AMERICAN COLLEOK Or HEALTH, and that pedlars are never in any case allowed to Sell the geniuine medicine. All travelling Agents will be provided with n certificate of Agency as above described ; and those who cannot show one will bo known as base impostors. The following highly respectable persons have .been appointee! agents for the sale of the above named Wright's Indinn Vegetnble Pills, OT THE NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE Or HEALTH. AGENTS' NAMES. DUTTON & CLARK, Brattleboro; M. Whit tled, Vernon; Henry Holmes, Grafton; Win. Har ris & Sons, Windham ; Niles Aldrich, Londonder ry; Uavid i , uusning, uamuuage t ori; uirciiaru & Sawyer, Fayctleville ; D. W. Grimes, Saltan's River j G. W. Daniell, Westminster; P. R. Chan dler & Co., Putney ; Green &, Fleming, Bellows Kails; Joel Codding, Brookline ; R. Birchard, Dummerston ; Chester Olds &. Co., Fayetteville ; Plimpton Higgins, Wardsboro ; Merrifield & Newell, Jamaica; F.G.Stanley, Wilmington j J. & H. Rice, Wardsboro; Jesse Cone, Marlboro; S. F, Thompson, Townshend; N. Cheney, Jr., Townshend ; Sanford Plumb, West Halifax ; Thomas Cook, Jr., West Townshend ', Winn & Clime, Whitingham ; B. B. Murdock, Nnrllifield, Mass.; T. O. Sparhawk, Greenfield, Mass.; Brown A. Hunt, Hinsdale, N. (1.; C. Fiirr, l hesteifield ; O. B. Muggins, Chesterfield Factory ; Wm. Cobb, Warwick. Mass.', A. Ferry, Bernardston. RE2IF..UBE.R The onlv Office in Boston where the Indian Vege table Pills can be obtained is at 198 TB.KMONT STREET. 198 Principal Office and Central Depot, street, Philadelphia. Race J9 for CONSUMPTION OF THE I.UNGS. nnHE best medicine known to man foi incip- JL ient Consumption, Asthma ni every stage, Bleeding of the Lungs, Couch, Colds, Liver Complaint, and all diseases of the Pulmonury Organs, mav be had of Agents named below. NATURE'S OWN PRESCRIPTION. A compound Balsamic preparation of the Prunus Virginiana or "wild Cherry Bark," combined with the Extract of Tar, prepared by a new chemical process, approved and rec ommended by the most distinguished physi cians, and universally acknowledged the most valuable medicine ever discovered. NO QUACKERY I ! I 1NO DECEPTION. tO-AII published statements of cures perfor med b'v this medicine are, in every respect, TRUE. Be careful and get the genuine "Dr Wistar's Balsam or Wild CiinnRY," as spurious Imitations are abroad. Orders from any part of the country should be addressed to Isaac Butlo, No. 125, Fulton street, New York. tC3-SoId in Brattleboro by DUTTON & CLARK, Fayetteville, H. E. Baker. lySi From the Columbian Magazine for April. LUCY MAYNAUD. DV MIStI MARTHA RUSSELL. "A lily fair which God did blest, And which from Nature' heait did draw Love, wisdom, peace and heaven's perfect law.' Reader, have you ever travelled in Con nectictit, over that pari of New Haven conn ty which lies west of the fair city of that name? I say travelled -hut in another oense than that which the word seems to have with that class of blank neutralities who appear to feel that they must traverse tne country every season, front Maine to Louisiana, and exclaim, "Oh, beautiful!" "Ah, exquisite I" as often as their guide uook says it is proper, tor tins class of por tions the word has no other than literally the definition of Webster ; "Travel to jour ney j" "Journey to travel." Alas! for them ! This world, in which the true soul walks, seeing God and listening to the tint verse, "the great Eolian harp," with its sol einn anil mysterious music sounding from its countless strings, to them appears spread out in its glory only to serve as a race ground lor lasluon, and what (Jarlyle so expressive' ly ueiiominates "giginanity. 1 Here is another class of travellers who, from defect ol vision, caused not by sun spots but by dollar spots, see before their eyes, in the. most beautiful landscapes, nothing but mill- seats, tinincr-lots, railroad tracks, choice sit uations for manufacturing establishments : and were it practicable, would sell the bless ed sunlight which brightens the flowers on their fathers' graves, for "a handsome con sideration." Heaven defend us from all such travellers. I o- j - uut vo u. pent o rentier, navo vnn r-vrr . stood on any of those broken chains o in the region I refer to, and gazed over the ncn lanascapes, tne sunny valleys and lair villages, and felt how much unwritten scrip ture there is on earth to gladden and elevate the heart of man? Whoever is familiar with this region cannot fail to remember the little village of Liston, with its white cottages nestling on the hillside and scatter cd through the valley. In the scenery around it, the hills, or as the inhabitants call them, the mountain, in some places rise in isolated peaks; but to the northwest they sweep far away in an uii' broken chain, here bare as the he tlh where Fingal and Ossiau fought, and there grey oiu rocus, ciius pneu upon cnus "Here dark with the thick moss of ages, and there of chalky whiteness where the thunderbolt has splintered them." Then again, for miles the range presents a continued sea of green, wave upon wave, up to the very summits. At Intervals, in the most precipitous places, are the "sliding paths." These are spaces, some yards in width, where brushwood and soil are worn away by the furious descent of logs, winch in winter the larmer, alter hav ing fiecd them from branches, precipitates from the summits, to the no small content of his boasted Bent and might, these finding it far more satisfactory to stand quietly chewing their cuds below, waiting to drag the loaded sled over the smooth road to their master's door, than to be breaking snow paths up the almost impassable side of the mountain. The village is entirely enclosed by these bilh, except on the southwestern side, where a noble tract ot laud is displayed to view, stretching away until its borders are loving ly embraced by the blue waves of Long Isl and Sound. The village, with its well kept plot of grass, proudly termed a green; the neat church and school house gleaming forth from among the trees; the little river which hies on its winding way, like a happy child, gaily singing to each flower on its banks; and, above all, that gateway which leads from the transient to t lie eternal that por tal through which so many ol earth s weary children long to enter and be at rest the graveyard that place so dear to glorified spirits not merely because through this gate they expect to receive those dear ones whom they left on earth, but also because there lie those mouldering bodies in which, when on earth, they joyed, sorrowed, loved and beloved, and which they know they shall receive again, purified and beautified by the loving kindness of God ; the graveyard, here so appropriately situated and adorned, that Doming is aunweu 10 proiiiue us spirit or wear away its "monitory virtue;" these, and all things that unite with them to make the scenery around Liston so beautiful to the soul, speak emphatically to the heart of the traveller that great watchword of Christiani ty Peace; and few can resist the influence, whatever may have been their experience in life, Oh ! how many such scenes there arc in this beautiful world of ours, speaking, like him of Bethlehem, "Peace and good will to men 1" In one ofthese fair valleys there is a nook which, for its retirement and singular beau ty, well deserves the name of Fairy Glen. Here, one beautiful day in the spring of 18 , sat a young maiden under the shade of a huge oak, which mother-like, spread out its branches to screen the bubbling spring near its font. Her apron was filled with flowers, of which she .was busily twining a wreath to adorn a pet lamb that stood grave ly gazing at the reflection of his own face in the pure waters of the spring. She was one of those who, in a crowded saloon or on rt fashionable promenade, would be passed by unnoticed, hut who reveal a beauty that at once surprises and gladdens us when met in situations adapted to their character, so that wo wonder at our own stupidity in not discovering it before. And surely no scene could furnish a finer setting for the beauty of Lucy Maynard than that around her. No circumstances could be more fine- J ly adapted to call forth those quick changes of expression in which her beauty consisted, than those under which she appeared nor. The dell and the mountain side displayed every variety of green, from the pale yellow ish hue of the aspp.r rj.he dark green o?thn cedar. The deepf".',.,c sky, spatted with light fleecy clouds, which, like wanton chil dren, chased each other toward the south west, was in perfect keeping with the changeful beauty of the maiden's lace. Had you seen her as she sat there, now bent over her pet to nseertain if the wreath had reach ed I lie required length, now suddenly paus ing mid laying her wreath on her knee, seeming not so much to think as dream, with an expression in her deep blue eye that was pensive and yet too clear anil serene for sad ness, and now again, shaking hack from her taceiiio prolusion ol bright hair, which in hue was "Like the waterfall, leaf-tinged with brown, And lit with the sunrise," while n roguish smile, wakened by some wayward fancy, flitted across her face, you would have said that her heart was a dwelling-place for nothing but joy. At length, in answer to a bird in the branches above her head, she sang Gaie round thee and listen 1 sweet spring is return ing i A chorus of welcome bursts forth from each spray With oflWings of flowers, see, the fruit trees arc bending, While shiny young leaves with a freshening life play. The tint on the cheek of the floweret is deepening. Tl.- I r . i i j . i 1 it? iiiiniiruu una men 10 ins cavern away A life giving impulse all Nature is moving, As thrills in her bosom the spring's loving rsy. Down the mount to the valley, the brooklet comia dancing, And gaily it sings to each flower on its way, While deep in the wood sits the nightingale singinj, Where, through the close leaves, peeps thestll light of day. O'er Nature a new glories the sunbeams are strcali ing All sisterly graces the gardens display, And thousands of blossoms their tints are comming ling, Whose young dew y dyes spread the rainbow's ar ray. As the last murmur of her song died away in the air, she placed the last wild bonej sucklc in her wreath. Her work was coit pleted. She sat for some moments gaziitj earnestly down the path that led to the vil age, until her attention was suddenly drauu to the opposite direction by the sound of ap proaching footsteps. She had scarcely sprung to her feet when a youth in a hutt ing dress, clearing the head of the spring at a bound, deposited his gun and game at ler side, exclaiming "Ah 1 Lucy, dear, I thought you would be hero I So I Intre come round by tlie mountain path, to bring you some of your favorite flowers, these wild violets and blood root blossoms." "Thanks, Charles. Now. if you hnd brought them before I had finished Daisy's wreath, how beautifully the blue violets would have contrasted with the while thorn and wild honeysuckle." "Ah 1 Lucy, what a serious misforlunel But they shall have the higher honor of be ing worn oy uaisy s mistress, my own pet, Lucy," said the youth, laughing as he twined them in her hair. "Lucy," said he, suddenly pausing from nis graceiut employment, "do you remem ber the day when you and little Alice Gran ger, in spite ol aunt Lsthcr s commands, ran away and billowed me to Gi ecu's Pond, to see father mid Mr. Granger wash sheep?" "Atiu what a (lucking 1 got, as Alice tum bled over nic in our haste to escape from the big watersnakc that lay asleep on the rock ; and how you dragged me out, and wrapped me in your jacket, and carried me home ; and the doses of motherwort tea aunt Esther forced me to swallow 1 Oh 1 yes remember it all. I have detested the very sight of motherwort ever since." "Ah I little Alice 1" said Charles,"! won der if she is as happy at the far west, as she was in those days when her. brother Fred and I drew you and her back and forth to school, ou our sleds." Yes, and turned us over into the snow drifts, why don't you add " said the laugh ing girl, "lint come, Daisy, you and I must go home, or aunt Esther will rally the neigh borhood to seek us." "Stay one moment, Lucy ;" said the young man, while his lace expressed the working oi some painiui emotion. "Stay one moment. 1 his talk of our school days has well nigh made me forget that we arc not children. You know that my mother's death has left me almost isolated in the world. My stepfather is a kind, well meaning man, but ho cannot understand me. He cannot appreciate my plans, and thinks it folly for me to pursue mv studies. Besides, if he were willing to aid me, he has a larse family of his own children to care for. There is a brother of my mother who is a merchant in Cincinnati. He went there many years ago, and lias recently writ ten for tne to come to him. Mr. Clayton, who has always been kind to me, and has advanced me in my studies by every means in his power, advises me to go, But it pains me, Lucy, to leave a place associated with so many remembrances the place of my moth ers grave. Ana you, -Lucy, you will not forget me V "Charles I Charles I" was the answer, and those deep eyes filled with tears. "Forgive me if I have pained you, Lucy," he continued, "but it is so bad to be alone in the world I With a heart full of kind thoughts and feelings, to feel that no one un derstands you, and that your existence is ne cessary to no one's hopptness. Oh 1 Lucy, if yon knew how deeply I have felt this, you would forgive me." But while we leave Charles to detail his future plans to his gentle listener, ns they slowly wend their way home, we will look a little into their earlier history. I Charles Stanton, who now, at the age of eighteen, stood almost penniless in tlie world, at his hjrth was envied' as the solo prospec tive heir of the great Stanton estate, situat ed in one of the most thriving towns in eas ton Massachusetts. His father was one of those pleasant, genial souls, whom every body calls "good fellows." Born to vast wealth, and unaccustomed to labor, it never once occurred to him that he or his fami ly could by any possibility become poor; or that there was anything in life for him to do but live as a "good fellow," and make the world n pasture for his self-indulgence. He Kept norses and nogs. He hunted, drove and fished ; always sure of finding compan ions in iibundauce. Among the humble shops which surrounded the green of S . stood that of Messrs. Gresham, and Bartletl, which was denominated "the store," par rz ctllrnce. This was his favorite lounging place, where he took precedence as king of tlie idlers, and paid tlie bill. Henry Stan ton was not then what was called a drunk ard. In common parlance be was termed a "high fellow," one who liked a 'good spree.' Alas ! the gentle attentions of his wife could not win him from the lore of strong drin't. He went on spending, and never so much as dreaming that the condition of his property might require examination. His estate was left to the careless care of others. Therefore it was not mysterious to any one but himself when, after a few years, the fund necessary to support his mode of life were not forthcoming. He looked grave. But his credit was good ; he could raise money without difficulty. He borrowed; mortgages followed ; and on each new mort gage he doubled his drams, until at length a violent fever, the consequence ofonc of his "high sprees," laid him in his grave. His sorrowful widow and little boy were left with nothing save a small pittance, thp proceeds of her claims on the estate, which was paid annually by the new owner. Ellen Stanton, wishing to avoid a place which could only remind her of the past, and influenced perhaps by some movement of wounded pride, accepted the invitation of an early and beloved tricud, who offered her a share of her humble home, and, what was still better, one of the warmest places in her heart. This friend was no other than Lucv Mayuard's aunt Esther. She was one of that class of "us women" who, as someone has said, or if it has not been said we say it now, arc born to keep the world in equilib rium. She was an old maid ; and God bless all such, we say, for we do not sec how the world could well get on without them. Lu cy was the rich legacy left her by an only sister, the widow of a sea captain, whose latt resting place was beneath the blue waves he had loved so well. His wife, a part of whose very existence he was, seemed no lon ger a creature of earth after the news of his death reached her. She grew paler and pal er, her eye brighter and brighter, as the hour drew near when she felt assured she should again meet him who had been her life on earth, until at last her wish was real ized, and she slept in the grave, and awoke in heaven. At the time of her mother's death Lucy was about five years old. A few hours be fore she died, the mother called the little girl to her side, and imprinting n last kiss on her lips, said to her sister, in the low, husky tones ot death, "l-,stlicr I listherl make he a true-neartea woman r xotily did aunt Esther fulfil the dying injunction of her sis ter. 1 o this end she directed all her cflorts. Her true heart, superior mind, experience and strong good sense counterbalanced the want of education ; but she was not wholly deficient in this, as she had received the ben efit of the schools, such as they were, for persons in her circumstances, fifty years a go. With rare tact she united the qualities of companion and mother; and while she taught her adopted daughter all the myste ries of pastry, soup and soap, she could also sing with her "old songs, the music of the heart," and sympathize with her admiration of the beautiful, whether in nature or in books, if not always with equal enthusiasm, at feast with u hearty good will. When Charles Stanton and his mother came to re side with her, aunt Esther's heart, which he fore seemed to be wholly occupied by Lucy, immediately expanded to make room for Charles, lie was two years older than Lu cy, and became her protector in all the civil wars of the village school, participated in all her btudies and amusements, and was the companion of her visits to the old pastor, Mr. Clayton. The old man dearly loved the. child, as he always called Lucy, and would even lay a side his favorite volume of Jeremy Taylor when her light Knock was heard at the stu dy door. Charles soon became almost as dear to him as Lucy ; and it was pleasant to see the old man, with Charles and Lucy seat ed by htm, alternately reading aloud some of his favorite volumes of history, poetry or romance, or listening intently as be pointed out some new beauty of the author, or at tempted to satisfy their craving for knowl edge from the rich and varied lore of his own mind. At length his mother's second marriage, which by the way was a marriage of expedi ency, brought another change for Charles. She accepted the hand of a worthy farmer, and took Charles to reside with her. But he still continued to call aunt Esther's cot tage "homo j" and every leisure moment was passed either there or at the parsonage. His mind began to advance into that world where all is so much brighter than the "light of common day j but his admiration of nature and pacsionate love ofbboks often made him the butt of his stepfather's good naturcd rid icule. The honest man would say, "He did not see what good there was in so much learning. It neither helped hoe the corn nor plant the potatoes ; and as for 'landskips, ns amines calls them, he bad rather see the deep red, shining sides of his four year olds man ait tne skips in the world." But Charles found a dear and appreciating friend in Mr. Clayton. The old pastor, de lighted with the boy's quickness of percep tion and eagerness to acquire knowledge, willingly retraced with him the studies of his earlier years. In the interest he felt for the boy, and the delight he found superintend ing his studies, he seemed to find again some of the long lost pleasures of his boy hood and youth. Charles's mental life ad vanced rapidly. As he grew older he be came different from the young people around him in the tillage. He no longer took the same interest in their pleasures, though he sometimes mingled with them, and listened kindly to their plans of amusement. He wasiespected by them, yet like all those who live more from within than from with out, he was neither understood nor appreci ated. After the death of his mother he felt more alone than ever. He had indeed noth ing left, save the love of Mr. Clayton, aunt Esther and Lucy. But this was a priceless possession. Its inspiration made his soul strong and buoyant. He saw a struggle be fore him as he looked into the future, but his eye grew clear, and his hearf swelled with gladness and courage. One week after his interview with Lucy at the spring, he was on his way to the West. ( Concluded next week.) From the Lowell Journal. HOUSE PLANTS THEIR MANAGE MENT. Co.vcor.D, March 9, 1844. Friend Schouler : The bright sun and fine weather we are now having, will tempt the lovers of flowers to bring their pots out of their winter quarters, and every sunny window will soon be filled with them, and re ally I do not know what better use a sunny window can be applied toby those fortunate enough to possess one, than the cultivation of flowers, which are, in the words of a lover of flowers and a philosopher, "the smiles of the Creator;" to aid in dispensing these smiles, to help to make the cultivation of flowers more easy and certain, is the object ofthis communication. When the chilling frosts of winter render it no longer safe to keep the plants in the sitting-room, they are reluctantly con signed to the cellar; but this, unless hy too much watering, they sodden and perish, is tne best thing that could happen to them, for they require a season of rest, and if they A .. :.. .1... c. . ..r.. . , , ii iii uic mrc jiuri in wiuicr, win oiossnm finely in the spring. When they are brought out of the cellar they should be turned out of the pot to sec if the roots are decayed, or too thickly matted togeiher. If they are decayed, the dirt should be shaken off, the top cut back to the strontr wood, and the plant repotted in a light soil and watered ve ry sparingly until it begins to grow; place it where it will he surrounded by a warm at mosphere, and be sure not to water it too much. After it begins to grow, the sup plies of water may be gradually increased until the plant shows blossom buds, when you may water ireeiy. i nis treatment is absolutely necessary to recover such plants as have lost their roots. If the roots are a- live and matted in the pot, break off a few of the tangled fibres from the outside of the ball of earth ond repot in one size larger pots; but in this case also, cut back the shoots to a strong bud, if you wish to have a thrifty, vigorous, free blooming plant ; if the soil is old and exhausted, shake it offthe roots and repot in fresh soil. Be careful not to overpot, which will be likely to rot the roots, or produce wood instead of blos soms. Few plants require more than a quart of earth to grow in. The plants commonly cultivated in rooms, may, for the present, be divided into tlie hard and soft wooded. Hard wooded plants, such as roses, camellias, oranges, fuchsias, &,c, do not perish so easily from over sup plies of water, when at rest, as the solt wood ed ones; and when in flower, or making their new wood, require very liberal supplies of it. .so indeed do most ol the evergreens; but when at rest, especially in a dark cellar, the geranium and other succulent cvercreens. would perish if watered like the hard wood ed plants. '1 hey should be watered very sparingly when brought into the room, until they have made a good supply of new leaves; then water freely, if thev have the. sun, until they are out of blossom, when it is necessa ry to water gradually less, in order to ripen the new wood, that it may bloom well when us MNiMiii arrives again, a goou rino tor watering is, to let the earth on the top of tne pot get ary tieinre you water again. I lorgot to say in the proper place, the pots should have a p-ood drainage of broken bricks or potsherds, one or to inches deep ; if the hole in the bottom of the pot he small, break it out to the diameter of one or two inches. This is important. More nlants perish from water retained round the roots soddening and rotting them, than from all other causes. Supposing the plants to he repotted and pruned ; they are now to be kept in as even n temperature as possible, and should be ex posed to the sunlight and air as nuich as the aspect of your windows and the season will permit ; but it is especially necessary to suc cess to keep them from very sudden chan ges of temperature this is the usual cause of the camellia dropping its buds ; syringe over the top, or sponge the leaves accasion ally, and water in the early part of the day : pltnto rerist frost better when the earth is dry ; they should not, therefore, be watered at night if you can avoid it. Different kinds of plants require difTerept soils; hut it would be impossible in this communication, to give any thing more than a general rule. For soft wo ided plants, a good soil from the garden, lightened with leaf mould, or rotted chips, or well decom posed peat, and some sand j say one quarter vegetable mould, one quarter coarse sand, and one half rich garden soil of an open tex ture. For hard wooded plants, the loam should be stronger, and a little less sand. If you cannot get fresh soil, the exhausted soil in the pot may be rebovated hy watering with liquid guano, one ounce to one gallon of icatcr, or with carbonate of ammonia, half a teaspoonful to two gallons remembering that these liquids must not be used but once a week, nor so often if the roots be destroy ed to any great extent. These articles may not be convenient to some of your readers, I would add therefore, that soot, proportion ofone pint to two gallons of water, tostatid twenty-four hours, and then used as above, is very nearly as good; and either ofthese methods will procure a fine growth and bloom. Plants which have been kept in the warm room all winter and constantly excited into growth, will be likely to be etiolated, or draw up weakly. If you wish to keep them growing, (it would be better for the plants to give them repose by withholding supplies of water until the wood ripened nnd then put down cellar) cut back the straggling shoots to a strong bud, and water with some of the liquids mentioned above. Do not throw n way the prunings of your plants, but strike cuttings from them to make young plants, and if you have any to spare, give them to some poor womnn who loves them, with a copy of this paper, and you will add to the sum of human enjoyment, and make anoth er happier and yourself the better for it ; you will minister to an innocent pleasure and a delicate taste. If you have no plants to spare, give some seeds or a cutting of rose or geranium; you will never repent of it. Yours truly. E W. B. Moscmest to Wasiiisgto.i. Mr Pratt of New York has introduced a bill into (Jongiess to appro priate $50,000 towards erecting a Monument to Wasliinglim. Something like that sum has already been collected by the Monument Society, and ihe sums put together would, it is said, make a very respectable erection. We trust this matter will he cut short in the beginning, otherwise it will le hut the commencement of appropriations for that pur pose. The idea of depending upon worthless stone snd mortar to perpetuate the memory of Washing ton strikes us as very absurd. Locomotive: Rovaltt Louis Phillippe and Court are to visit Kngland in Septi-nit er next.' The Emperor of Runsin is expeeted at Vi, nna in May. ! is said the Kinys ol l'ru,sia and Bavaria, and the Prince Royal ol Wirlemburg are alto ex pected. Goo d Example. -The honest poliiiral Aho liliiinisls nl Western New Yuik, dis-gtitui-il hy theriindurt ol the Sabbath breaker, Genit Smith, and bis fanatical as-tni-intes ate ccmii.g back by thousands, to the true Liheitv pain ihe Whig part;-. One gentlcnmn i fOnomla ga County, wiites to bis liiemliii Uiica to Mop his poliiiral Abolition a er, to which he bid been a subscriber fiom the roniiut'iictmt'iif, bay ing "What Loco Faco matter I read after Ibis, must he unilislingiiiKbed end uiiHilultrinleil. No more of ibis firing alder pup-guns at Mar tin, and 74's at Herny Clay. I once thought the liberty party honest, hut 1 would winner believe in Miller's prophecies than to sus-pect them of honesty now." The man is right in supposing that if the po litical abolitionists are bunest, irii-tencl of abus ing Clay, they would sfiuggle fur the princi ples of Liberty. Litchfield Enquirer. The Last,-A report was seme time since spiead among certain young ladies that the son ofone of our citivens was to be maimd On the 1st of April, in St ThnniFK chinch, at seven o'clock in the morning. Arcoidiiuzlv at sunrie many ofthe beautiful creatures, (and early riseis w thai) ai-scuibltd at the gates of tne ciiurcti wailing patiently fur the doom to be opened. Soon after, Ihe author nl'ihe le porl appeared, and hoping that their uppetites for hrenklnst hail been inminvcil. iiifmniid ihe lailicTihat it was the JYrsJ dav of Jlmil.a fact wfiMfftlhc perceived had been overlooked. Chinese Bible. The Protestant Missionn. lies, o ililferenl deniuiiiiiatinns. have, united in on effurt t.i bring out as neifert a translation of the Bible-jinto (lie Chinese language, as their combined knowledge of the tongue will admit, Express. The Rev. Mr. Sears delivered n lecture on Purgalory, the other evening, at Louisville. Better lecture or that place than in it, we sup pose. Government Humbugs, It appears that the wrought iron Guns got up by Capt; Stockton, such as the exploded Peacemaker, the Oregon, &c. cost the Government about ten thousand dollars each. x The Middlesex County Commissioners, at their meeting in Cambridge, on Tuesday week, resolved not to.grant any licenses for the sao of ardent spirits. j? Somehody, who has doubtlessly had exnerU cnee, remaiks that "the labor of an editois life is not so much in what what he has to reod. he lias to write, as in The Manufacturers fnsuiance Comnanv him declared adividenil of ten per cent; tbe'Nep tune twelye; the Su',folk five; and the Wat-h-ington six per centall for the Inst six months. The New England Worsted Company, ot 1' ramingham. has declared a dividend nf ten uer cent, (iir six months -Jltlas, Jf'Ilard Customer." A Mlchirnn editor" complains grievously ofone of bis subscilbets. The fellow will riot pay bis subscription und threatens to flog the editor if he stops his paper- Jt Fitchburg, Mass A quarry ofgranlte, apt parenlly Inexhaustible, eallv wionoht and of superior quality, Is situated near the termina tion oi tne fttcn&urc uaiiroad.