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A how lalbaluui li.tlljM.aostaiMlnf »• il A#**. *B HX«n.Opf k» Admini .iuiu. ara rMUirjJ fiy law.to b iathaJuurnal „ I don.onr huadrrd word* Administrators, Ksaretors, .... .... ..Wi tab* hold on tho fira- ••iHiHiii Hi* hour* «l ira In ih« Ibrr- ib* aftwaoon, *t Ih* Caart-houae, In ihr ilaadii dmiod. bijli«_i< Ibw* win f f • iblii) Ml** in th* eeaetji wlwrr ihr letlari teal atom r t J.alsiatratien or Guardianship, may have born gntat. i .1.1** SIX rr IIAYH aolice thereof, In oo* of ilia •aietiM ol <bi* State, and at the door of Ilia Court ■haro auob mlo* aro to bo bold. „t,r the sale of Paranoal Property, mini bo given ia FOItry dava previous to the day ofaalr. *T(jtid*l* the Orb tor* and Cradiloraof an Estate mual bo f^ljSeeiha/ampbsvtion will bo mad* lo Ilia CmirlofOrdln*, nl^rla'ra to tall LAND, aiaat ba publlabad for FOUR ^SitlceVdr leave to aall NEUKOE3, mual bo publirhed lo fOUR HOYT H3,hofuro any order abiuluio abnllbo mad" iSSTttoao*'"'loiw'ra of Admlnlalraiioo.maal be publishes, ^rj.daaa—lor diontia lino from administration. mtmihly tin SJolt-ferdi'inlaaion from l]uardiaoalilp,7or<adopa. 1 Waiao f ir Hi* foraa naara uf tlnrtgare niimi be piibliaho.l Ijy-for fonr atoafba—foraalabliahinp Inal panel 0,/or th. 'tTZL, tltkrre tor compelling litlra from F.at-cu E. irAd oinlxralora, "here a Bond lira been given by ihf 5”..„d,lbeAiU»p*o* e/rtrs* mtnUs. Poblioatinna ail' etwnve he enminuad according lo thea* A* leaalronuiromenla, onleaa otherwise ordered ailKuaineao of ibia kind cnminnea in rerelra prompt ettent Ji aliho OHen nflbe OROKHI A JOURNAL. POETICAL. Tin brother, uflur having been detained a coo- aide ruble lenglh of lime by the magistral*, and no '^wlewatio—- — pi'oaecutur appearing, wee of couree eel a| liberty. JJJUbteirenloe publle gaaeuaHlXl Y DAYH preaioee lo I On hie return lo the inn, and inquiring for the reb ’’S.tUoMMROBS moat beat* pubtle aaetlon.nathellrat •'* WM informed llial they had beau gone more l** "- •ttaemonib, b*i*^M* tha ^iu.l heuraofj.le,auho then on hour, but wiiioli cuuroe no perauu knew.— Filled witli rage,and overwhelmed with vexation, he gave up the purauit. The rebel purty atruck up a lively pace, and nr. rived in the ciiy un Saturday evening, and alopped of course at the Virginia Monae on C. Street.— Tim lover and one of hie Centreville friendn went immediately lo ihe Clerk’s office and procured u license. Whilst the oilier weul in search of a pur- ton. J nsi at every thing was ready the sexton had announced that the parson wa* wailing at the church >o perform his duty, up drives another bro. ihcr, who iiad taken tile route by Richmond in pur suit ut Ihe rebel fugitives, and inquired if this was ihe Virg nin House ? The Cemreville fiieud who judging fmni Ilia honied manner of speech, that lie whs ul the aiiti.minexalion parly, promptly an- swered in the m-guiive.aud pointed him lo the Ex change na the Virginia House. The brother in great haste drove up lo Ihe Exchange, and finding lie hod been deceived, came buck, and demanded of ihe landlord, if there ivns not a runaway couple in the house. ‘'Not now.” says 'he Inodlord. ’’ilit-y have just left through the back door, and I ml) veu lure any sum they are gone to ihe Church. They went in n devil of a hurry, ••Wliut church ? wiiai Cuurcli 1” exclaimed ihe broiher. •• Why to the Baptist in E street, 1 suppose, it was ihe sexton of that Cnurch I saw here a while ago.” Away went tho brother to the Church, but when he had got there the door was fast. The ynuog Indy had told the sexton lo lock the door as they went. The brother leaped over ihe pailing, but unfortunately got into the wrung yard. Meanwhile the parson in a tweet mellow tone, hnd gone through the ceremonv—annexation was consum mated—Hymen approved and ratified ihe ariiclea of union, and ordered his clerk lo record il in the book of fate, and the parties left with smiling fu. ces and hearts throbbing with the liveliest emo tions nod returned to the Virginia House. Just as the parties turned the Corner, the broiher found nis way out of ilto yard, and came into the CImrch much excited. "Has there been a couple just mar. ried here T” he inquired. “Theie has,”answered the young parson. "By whom,” he again demnn I ed. "By me,” calmly replied the parson. "Then sir, I will hold you responsible.” “ 1 am respunsi. We. I am responsible for what I do,” replied the parton, very kindly, "to a much higher power, and (hr the legal authority, I have that in my pocket in Ike shape of a license, "and what God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.” The Brother at once saw that he was at the end of his row, and after suying he had travelled two hundred miles in twenty-four hours, forty of which was on horseback, and was only five minutes too late, he believed he would go buck home. On en quirinu of the gentleman from Centreville. 1 was informed that the ladies in that part of the Old Do. minion are all for annexation—to a man. The young lady has a good fortune. i hand ABSENT FRIENDS AND YOU, MARY. I've wandered many a league, Mary, Mince tael with mu I met. And many more shout the world ’Tie will’d I wunder yet. Blill ibnugb I'm borne Irom clime In clime, Wberaall scema strange and new. Remembrance bring each happier lime Will' ahaenl friends and you. Mary, With absent frionda and you. Though brief Ihe time which Imply made Acquainted you ard I, Within my lircosl are gently laid Thoughts which will neverdie. They mingle with thebiigliteet dream l'nal e’er my memory Knew, And fancy briugaagain llieaeen* Of absent Irieudsaml you, Mary, Ofabscul I'ricnda and you. Though change of scene in foreign land Meatus pleasant fora while. The preaaure of the stranger > Anri welcutne, may beguile. Yet give me back mv kindred home, With all th al's ptiaed Mid true, And I would wiaii nu mure te ruam From absent friends sod you, Mary, From-ahseui friends and you. Another year hsa yet ilaway Ofchaerlnasneaa toflee, Era homeward bound my barque shall atray to giaduaas u’er the sea Yat while ueath a'ranger akie* I cruise, And joys be e’er so few, A solace still ’twill lie, to mum Of abaaul friends and you, Mary, Of abaent frienda and you, And now, my gentle friend, good bye, Calm Mailings light your wav, Life's moments pass without n sigh, Hope never knows decay. And eomeihnea, whim in jovoueuoss. The past flits liy our view, Rome in her one who often think* Ol absent Irieuds and you, Mary, Of ab M nt(ric»d.,ndl you. ^ MISCELLANEOUS. TAKING A NEWSPAPER. A PRACTICAL STORY PLEASANTLY TOLD. "A pleasant day this, neighbor Ghaskili,” said one neighbor to another, coming into the barn of the la'ter. who w a* engaged in separating the chaff from his wheat crop by means of a fan. “Very fine day, friend Alton. Any news ?” re turned the individual addressed. "Knowing nothing of importance; I have called over to see if you wuuld’i join Carpenter and my self in taking the paper this year. The price is only three dollars.' "Nothing cheap that you don’t wont.” returned Ghaskili in a positive lone,“I don’t believr in news papers ; l never hoard of their doing any good.— If an old stray one gets into our house, my girls are crazy after it, and nothing can be got out of them until it is read through. They wouldn’t be goud for a cent if a pnper cuoie every week. And besides, dollars ainl picked up in every corn hill.” "But think, neighbor Ghaskili, how much infor mation your girls would get if they Imd a fresh newspaper every week filled with all the latest in teiiigence. Tho lime they would spend in reading it would be nolhii-g to what they would gain.” " And what would they gain. I wonder !—Ge their heads filled with nonsensical stories. Look Ul Sally Black, isn’t she u fine specimen of one of your newspaper rending gins? Not worth to her father, three pumpkin seeds. 1 remember well enough when she whs one of the most promising little bodies about here. Bui her father was foul enough lutuknu newspaper. Any one could sue a change in Salty. Shu began to spruce up and look small- First cuiueu bow un her Sunday bon net. and then gloves to go to meeting in. Af'er iliat she must be sent lo school again, and tin,t a liiu very time when she Imd began to lie worth something about Imiiiti. And now -lie has gnu forty piano, and a feller comes every week lo teach her music.” "Then you wont join us, neighbor,” Mr. Alton said, uvoiding n usnle-s reply to Mr. Ulinskill. ••On no. That 1 will not. Money thrown away on newspapers is worse Hum wasted of their do > jog g.nid. The lime spent in reading a newspa- if ha ktllt tne, why, tUmi, she will he undone and bro-1 per every week would be enough lo raiso a hun- kea hearted forever—what shail l do ? what can I dred bushel oi potatoes. Your newspupoi, in my d>>? Here are two to one against me. You surely; opinion, ia a dear burgain, at uny price. ANNEXATION IN VIRGINIA—a REAL TRANSACTION. A few days since, a young gentleman and lady of Madison, Vu. concluded rn-goii mons, which hud been going on for some time previously, on the sub. jectof annexation, and the articles of union were duly eigned and sealed by the parlies, and submit ted to the mother, a very respectable widow lady, for ratification, who peremptorily refused her con- NUt. stid declared that the annexation should, un der no contingency, take place. The parties got toge-Iter afterwards, and after deliberating maturely on Ihe subject, concluded, Ikst at the mol Iter would not acknowledge the inde- peadeuce of the young lady, and that she was nei ther it jure nor it facto sovereign and indepen. dent, die only way to accomplish their object and eooiuminate their wishes, was to revolutionize, and if possible achieve their independence in that way. Accordingly, they procured a suitable convey- • ace, and set off with ail speed to the city of Wsali. ingtou.' Arriving at the village ol Centreville, ac companied by a female friend, they slopped at sn inn to refresh themselves, where they were over- liken by a brother of the young lady and a friend, •ho, after securing hi* sister in a room, commenc ed s furiuus attack on Iter Inver, which soon pul ths whole village in an uproar, and brought many of the citizens lo ihe scene of action. The broth er was furious, and the lover wus alarmed. The broiher endeavored to imimidutu Ihe sister, hut she declared for annexation, nntt dial nntuiiig but death should sever the bonds of union which had been agreed upon between her nud iier lover. The brother still more and more exasperated, repeated s threat in kid the lover, which more and more alarmed him ; and he was almost on Ihe point ol irlinquiahiug tiia prize, and tiusting to further nu- goliation to bring abo .t the ultimatum of oil his hopes ami wishes—annexation. His Whole soul had been set upon it. The whole henrt of his In dy love was set upon it. They had, as they thought wcceeded in achieving their independence, and to | be thus frustrated in their expectations, was tooj had. "VVltiil ahull 1 do?” thought the lover, " il I j give her up am undone and miserable forever ; and iff ' sod get liis goods for less than they art worth.— Hut does not any man deserve thus to suffer who remains wilfully ignorant in a world where he knows there are always enough ready to avail them, selves of his ignorance. Had you been wi.ling lo io expend two dollars for tite use of a newspaper, lor a whole year, you would have saved in the sin gle item uf your wheat crop, alone, fourteen dol. lara. Just think of that! Wakefield takes the newspaper*, and by watching them closely, is al ways prepared lo make good bargains with irotim dozen oilier* nrouud here who have not wn enough lo provide themselves with the only sure avenue of information on all subjects—ihe newspapers.” "Have you sold your potatoes yet ?" asked Gitas- kill wiilt some concern in his voice. "O no. Not yet. Wakeful has been making me offers for the last ten days. But from the pri. ces lltpy are bringing intu Philadelphia, I am well satisfied they mu-,1 be abuve thirty cents here*” “Above thirty ! Why 1 sold to Wukeful for twenty-six cents.” "A great dunce you were, if 1 must speak so plainly; he ode red me twenty nine cents for four hundred bushels. But I declined. And 1 was right. They are worth thirty.one to-day; and ut that price I am going lo sell.” "Isn’t that too huil!” ejaculated the mortified farmer, walking liuckwards und forwards impa tiently. "There are twenty five dollars literully sunk in the sea. That Wakefield bus cheated ino most outrageously”— "And ail becuusti you wore too close to spend itvn dollars lora newspaper. I should call that saving at the spiggnt and letting out at the bung hole, neighbor Ghaskili.” “1 should think il was indeed. This very day i’ll send offinoupy for the paper and il any one gels ahead of ma again lie will have io be wide awake lean tell him.” "Huvn you heard of Sally Black !” asked Mr. Alton after a brief silence. "No. WImt of her?” "She leaves homo to-morrow, and goes toR—” "indeed. What for?” "Her father take* the paper you know !" "Yea.” "And has given her a good education?” "So they say. But I never could see that it had done any tiling good for her, except to make her good for nothing.” Not quit*) so bad ns all that, friend Ghaskili.— But to proceed. Two weeks ago, Mr. Black saw an advertisement in the newspapers fur a young la dy to teach musio, and some other brunches in a seminary at R——. He allowed it to Sally and she asked him to ride over and aee about it. He did soand returned lor Sslly and went back again. The Trustees of the Seminary liked her very much and engaged her at a salary of four hundred dollars a year. To-morrow she goea lo lake charge of her classes.” •You cannot, suroly. bo in earnest!” farmer Ghaskili said, with a look of profound astonish ment. " It is every word true,” replied Mr. Alton.— And, now, you will hardly say that u newspaper is dear at any price, or that the reading of them has poiled Sally Black.” Ghaskili looked upon the ground for many min utes. Than raising his huad, he half ejaculated with a sigh. If 1 hav’nt been a confounded fool I come plaguey near it 1 But i’ll be a fool no lunger: I’ll subscribe for a newspaper to-morrow—see if I don’t. LOVE OF DRESS. The most senseless .orm, as well, perhaps, as the most common one, under which vanity is ex hibited, is an extravagant love of dress; and we frequently see ihe homeliest features und the must ungraceful form clad in tite gayest and gaudiest at tire. aa if the unhappy victim of vanity were soli citous to render most conspicuous that which one would suppose she would be most desirous to con ceal. As beauty when unadorned is adorned the most, so ugliness overdressed is most painfully con . . - - picuous. And a woman can -carcely exhibit her i ‘I'"" ! ro, “ wurk C0, ’ S "* ,J , lt,s l . ,berly -. r , ° ubuse ,I,P won't k'ttl me,” said lie to the brouter. "I love your lister and she laves me—vou sorely wont kill me, sad render her miserable fur life?” " 1 awenr I Mr. Alton changed the subject, anil soon after left neighbor Ghaskili to his own fancies. About two mouths afterwards, however, they •ill," replied the incorrigible brother ; and the i again met. as they had frequently done during the Jiuung man turned pale as death, aa despair aat up- intermediate lime •a hi* countenance. Just at this moment a apectator, who had witnea- [ id the greater part of ihe scene, took the young ■ ■ansside, and toll him he would aet every thing j >l|hl in a twinkling, if he would follow hia advice. ‘‘My dear air, 1 know you are a (riend from the fnaknets with which you address me—tell me how I* Ml, and I will obey you , and if 1 succeed, you •ill make me your devoted frieod forever’’ •• Ve. now mark me. He has threatened to kill V*—I heard him make the threat—all you have ledois to apply fur a warrant, and bind him over laltaepihe peace. Ho being a stranger in this f^ceful little village of Centreville, nobody will go Ms bail • snd the consequence will be, he must go ••jMl.and then what will hinder you from secur- ">( your prize and proceeding on lo Washington, *nart you can be annexed. We are all for annex- **ion here, and when both parties are willing, I ■••o’taee A hat right Greet Britain, Mexico, or any else hat to interfere.” Hope, joy and gratitude all rose in the young "BR’t bosom, and off he spud to the magistrate, **oupon the testimony of his friend, issued the **rranl, which being placed in the hands uf the comublR, lh«first thing that the brother knew *•»•» in limbo. Whilst the trial waa going on, jyftiaad lied left word with the magiairate not to ^RRmit the broiher, bat keep him waiting some for the aecuaer to appear, had the conveyance y*Tt and the rebellious avbjeets wore again on y lo ihe city ; and *■ it wae not moro thao "Wy-nua or thirty miles, Bud as he was in favor ^ it>miifi t hg copofab+d io ilfritg with y*. bringing aiap anmhav young friend, who voi •"••red bis eorvteesoe the oocsaim. '■Haveyou sold your wheat yet?” asked Mr. Al ton. "Yes. I sold it dny before yesterday. "How much did you gel for it?” ‘•Eighty.five.” "No more ?” "I do not know that l had a right to expect more Wheat hasn’t beenabove that for two months past.” “But it ia above that now." "How do you know ?” "Why, I thought every one knew that the price id advanced lo ninety.two cents ! To whom did tie hack well,,why should we not learn them for ihe lime when we want them thus lo act. Beside*, h saves the blows and vexation. I never consider a pair of oxen well bruko until they will back with ease any reaannnhle load, and I would give a very considerable sum more for a yoke of oxen thus tu tored, than fur those that were not.” How much do our cropi obtain from the air 7— Ona ol the must interesting and iuqiortaiil ques tions which employs the skill and science of the ve- geiabie physiologists, a* well aa the practical fur- mer, is. hot* much, or wlmt per cent, ofthf food of vegetables i* obtained from Ihstlmoephere? Thst a large amount is obtained from this source has long been known, nr believed ; but wlmt propor tion is not so well known, nor what conditions aro necessary in order to enable the plant to take the most of this fund and assimilate it lo its own system in the heat way, is not yet fully ascertained. Wu have been v«rt much interested in reading an ad dress, delivered by Dr. Lee, of Buffalo, before the Monroe County Agricultural Society. He there asserla that plants—a field of wheat for instance —obtain 97 per cent, of their food, and consequent ly 97 per cent of tite amount of the produce is de rived from the utm isphore, snd hut 3 per cent only obtained from the soil. How this fact is ascertain ed, or how it may bo demonstrated, does not ap. near. There cannot be a doubt that every plant has some peculiar character of its own, which re- quires it lo he placed in certain circumstances, in order to eualtloii loabsorh what the Mir supplies for food, and to make il convert the greutest portion of n to the growth and maturing its peculiar Iruits;— , - . , , PThere cannot bo a doubt that oftentimes a plant , cult o I?'*/* .V mrT S , I ,n,iy *' ” v iH atmosphere full of the necessary ». cultivated their fields, and threshed the , elen.enh. for its increase and health, and yet some LABOR. Labor is of high origin, and of ancient respects, biliiy. It is only held in low estimation by the low bred and ignortinl part of the community. A young upstart applied lo me a few years ago for nu overseer’s place; by way of applying a touch stone to his tenet*. I told him I should expect him to work with his own hands; his sensibilities teem, ed to be a little touched, and he asked me if I ex pected him to work "like a nigger ?” "No, in deed, sir,” said I, "by no means—I would have you work like a white man ; o negro, sir, requires an overseer, but you will not." He seemed to bo a liille perplexed at tho unexpected turn I look upon him. and appeared ashamed tltut he hnd put the question ; iiut his prejudices against labor ] think were not removed. Labor (ms been honored by the examples of Ihe givatusl and the best men of ancient and modern nes. Among the Rinnans, says a respeciulde historian, "ihe first me urmics groin with iliuso liaml se hands which l.ud vanquished ihe ii„| e requisite—the absence or scanty supply of blush 7n,"', " ,e ,T' a : ““ T fT" I 0,1mem ’ ni "y P‘- ve »‘ '« from availing it- £ ^ ° . g ‘ V V' e com "", u ‘ d , ,h «' r aalf of tuis abundant supply of atmospheric foul.- TX !!’ C ! %"“ »•« imput i'tiico of t ioroughiy understanding possessed of only one small farm, which he eultiva iad hiinseif.” A fine exautp e both for Whigs und Jnckionman. Scipio Africnnus, uiier having de- leated four of the greaiost Cartltagenian generals, und even Hannibal himself, took up liisspiide and ditched—not, I presume, "like a nigger,” but like a while mun and a great man. Ho wus of a dif ferent way of lliiukiug from our little overseer, just mentioned. There is a wandering tribe of work-haters among us, who are u serious peat to every neighbor hood. They are perfectly acquainted with the ml tiute geography of every plantation ; there is not u g'tipe or persimmon tree, that is known to the most aged up ssiiiii. but wont they are petfeclly ucquain led with ; they know the negroes, hogs and sheep of every plumulion. as well as the owners; they can tell uf ull 'lie Saturday night marriages, and the Monday morning tvliippings. that are transac- l d throughout (he neighborhood ; who hath u ne gro in the woods, and how many stripes ho gels on coming home ; how old aunt Sukey tottgoed the overseer, and uncle Tom escaped from his mas ter's cane ; they uic famous for hush caucuses, fence conversations, five corn gambling, knife- swaps, and button sales with the greenhorns among ilie Cullees. These aro they, who are so far above envy, that are so high above work. I know no such mortal cancers on the body politic us these. They fasten mure especially on the prop erty of th« virtuous poor, and suck them to the dregs. They are ever trotting from one house to another, and scenting out the meat which an indus. trious neighbor has laid up for his family ; and nothing shnrt of a kick would drive him home till after dinner—and when he gets seated at tnble, fairly or unfairly, asked or unasked, he never rises till he sees the end of all things- They trace their pedigree up to great granddtiddy, and down to the tenth cousin, not after honorable blood, hut to en large their range for sponging; they are going from county to county, from neighborhood In neighborhood, eating out their poor kin and driv. ing them to (he nest. These itinerant idlers are roving under the pretence of "getting jobs but it is a job of eating, mid not of work, they are after. They threaten worthy characters with constables —talk tho loudest of liberty and equality on court- duys and musters, and swear they are ns free men as any—aye, the very freest, to bo sure, ii fiee good sense, as well as her good taste, in a more striking point of view than in the mode of dress she adopts, by suiting it lo Iter circumstances, her age, and the style and character of her features and figure; Can any thing cause a benevolent inind more regret than lo see e woman arrayed in style of exiravngauce which tier statiou in life will not warrant; If she he single, let her rest as sured i hat she takes the wrung road to win the ad miration arid affection of any laiiouai man; lor those men who are likely to make careful bus. hands, at the same time they avo d slatterns, luivi no unconquerable dislike to u showy extravagant woman. How many persons are tiiere of limited income iviio will pint'll and screw themselves, and very body with wmim they have any dealings, merely to be malt ed to wear a filter bonnet than a rational expenditure of their .money would allow litem to do 7 They expose themselves to the mer. lied contempt of every right-judging mind, and siHiitl as beacons to tvurn others Irom ih-ir path.— To enumerate ihe evils caused among the mi idle clnss of women, by this fatal passion tor fin: dress, would fi.l u volume, it lias plunged many and oth erwise happy family into extreme distress ; shifts of every description have been resorted to. and fin ally debts have been incurred to satisfy tliL ernv. ing appetite. And lo wlmt end 7 What amount ot happiness is gained, after all, by expending unmet in uselesg finery ? We wisb to oulahine our neighbors, that is the secret. Well, but as soon as ever wo emerge beyond ourotvn immediate circle, we are sure to be eclipsed in our turn ; so in wliut are we better than before ? And again, to wlmt mortification are those subj-cted who depend on their dress for buppiness ! A shower of rain, plush of mud, a spot of greesn, render* unsight ly, in an instant, llntt which lias taken many days, probably many weeks, lo procure. Learning Stegrsto Back.—The following np. penred in the Maine Farmer, several years ago, with the signature of "A Teamster." I Imve observed that very little attention is paid by our farmer* lo learn their steers to back ; but as they become able to draw a load forward, they are often unmercifully beaten on the head and fuce because they will not back as largu a load, the dri ver* forgetting that much pains have beeu lukcn to earn them to d nw well forward, but none to push baciwsrd. To remedy the occasion of this heat, ing and trouble, as soon as I have learned my steers io be handy, as it is called, and to draw forward ; I place them on a carl where the land is descend ing in a small degree. In this situation Ihey will soon lea i n with ease > back it; thee I place them on level land, and exercise them there; then I learn them to back a cart on land a little rising ; the carl having no load in it thus far. When 1 have learned them to aland up to the tongue aa they ought, and back an empty cart, I next either put a small weight in the cart, or take them where the land rises faster, which enewers the same purpose. Thue in a few day* they can be learned to back well and know bow to do it, whioh by a little use I afterward*, they will never forget. Tina may ap- requires more critical knowledge of chemistry and botiiny than me great bulk offer, mers possess, and mure lime lo be employed in re. search than many men, even of scientific experi ence. bavo to bestotv upon it. For this reason, we suggest iltnl agricultural societies should bestow some of their funds in the shape rtf premiums, or otherwise, for the purpose of instituting exact ex. periinents upon this subject, and lo elicit and make known to the public all the knowledge which can possibly be thus discovered.—Maine Farmer. Marins Manure.—Tho chief, the grand object with every farmer, should bo the aecumutation of manure, from one year’s end toauother.dny in and day out. and from every possible resource. Nut a single pound of feathers, or of hair—of horn or of hoof, not a single pint of ashes, or of soap suds, not a weed, if it were possible to prevent it, should bo lost—all should be converted into manure. Of me thing every farmer is certain—that cultivation ex. hautte hie land—something uf course must be done to restore that of which it ia exhausted. How long will a horse work-if he get* no feed? How long will the bust cow givo milk if she gets nothing to cut ?' Neither-can a farm be worked and milk ed without beingyi-d. Instead of looking only to tite stable or tho cow. pen, or barnvurd. lor manure, nnd managing them carelessly and unskilfully, the thinking farmer will refl.'ct, that there is nothing which will rot, but what may be converted into good-fattening food for his farm. If a horse dies on the farm, let him be covered with cart loads of earth, and the very gas es that escape in the course of putrefaction, will impregnate and make good manure of the whole mass. Let nothing be lost—not even the offnl of the poultry or pigeon iiousd.—Germantown Tel. Boiling Potatoes.—Not one housekeeper out of ten knows how to boil potatoes properly. Here ia an I rish method, one of the best we know. Clean wash the potatoes and leave the skin on, then bring the water to a boil and throw them in. As soon as boiled soli enough for n fork to be easily thrust through them, tlash some cold wuter into the pot, let Ihe potatoes remain two minutes, and then pour offthp water. This done half remove the pot lid, and lei the potatoes remain over a slow fire till the steam is evaporated, then peel and set them on the table tn an open dish, Potutous of a go -d kind thus cooked, will always be sweet dry and mealy. Acoveipddislt is bud for potatoes, as it keeps the stearn in, and makes them soft and watery. A Question for Algebraists.—Two, Arabs had sni a dinner,and were accosted by a stronger who requested to join titoir parly, saying mat as ho could not get provisions to buy in that purl of tite country, if they would ndmit him to eat only an equal share with themselves, he would willingly pay them for the whole. The frugul meal consisted of eight small loaves of hrend, five of which belonged lo one of the Arabs, and three to the other. Tite s’.ran. rich for being proud and aristocratic, because they wont play at five-corns, und dance a jig with them over a cup of villanous whisky, and acknowledge them as equals. These are the characters (would you believe it?) that art- most ashamed of honorable labor.—Farmer's Register. Influence of Maternal Relatives among the Choctaws.—This is very great. In one instance proof was made that a man and his wife had lived very happily logeitinr. They had one child. Af ter the treaty of 1S30 the family of the wife detor- -niiied to remove west. The husband resolved to [ u ,,. r having entelh a third part, and each of the two remain in the laud of his birth, near the. grave of j Arabs it third part, arose, and laid before them ’tin father. The wife assented, but her imtternR ! eight pieces of money, saying "tny friends theie is oucle insisted on Iter going, ns he could not bear, mb said, to leave any ol bis blood behind. The vifo accordingly took nn affectionate farewell of her husband, and went wc«t with their only child, tnd he, to use his own tvor-is, "was left without child, cook, or comrade.” Yet he chensht-a no lesenlmeiit ugaiost his wife , admitted it to be the right ol her mother's brother lo take In-r away, nnd minted iltut, in the event of Itis death, his property should be divided between her n.,d his child. in another case where the wife hud died, leaving at which I pr imised to you. divide it between you according lo your just rights." A dispute, of course arose respecting the division of the money ; hut a reference being made to the Cadi, he adjudged seven pieces of money to the owner of the live lonvi-s. only one piece to him who had owned the tlnce loaves. Ycl the Cadi decided rightly. Galvanism.— A Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce writes— I nonce that, among other improvements and — •tTMoximomXi Ritvsrxr For tbr benefit of cooetry subtcrl own benefit,-we publish the aobjolMtf ' the subject of remiitaucn-by mail to oBjvwRper publisher* t " Remittance*.—-The limitation of the fiBBlitov ' privilege of th* posimaetert by the BowSaw Wr ing cut off the u*ual mode of tra'iismilling.so|Mrip- lioos to papers, Ihe Poermteter GenarathsM-made th* following substitute for (diet great otWMBuhfnco to both Ih* public and the pres* : "Money for newspaper subscription, not txWed- iog 910 in each casu, may be paid to a po*tm#»t#r for the purpose of being psid torlte publisher ot a newspaper al any other office. The postmaster is in euch a case, lo give the person paying tho money a receipt therefor, and to adviae forthwith liid postmaster, who <• to pay said amount of such deposits. Upon presentation of this receipt, the amount it to be paid ovor. The postmaster receiv ing the amount is to debit himself therawMrin hia account,and the postmaster paying tharamoiWlia to credit himself therewith in hie account of con tingent expenses'*’ New and Fearful Mode of ExBCtrriow.—-ft tp- pearx from the journal of a European traveller, that a new and frightful mode of execution has re cently been adopted by the Great Mogul. The io- alrumem and Ihe process are thus described t “A box, each side of which is fifteen feel square, ia constructed of solid timber, about eighteen inch es thick.dovetailed together, and braced with iron rods. The outside of the bottum of the box ie cov ered with a plate of beaten iron, one inch in-thick ness. The interior is filled with perfect cube* of granite, weighing in the aggregate, several thou*, and tons. A machine is erected after the manner of an ordinary pile driver, but of course on an enor mous scale, and of tremendous atrength. The muss is raised by means of powerful machinery, cast in Birmingham for the express purpose; though it is to be presumed that the machinist by whom the work was furnished, had no idea of the horrible purpose for which it was intended. The human victim is placed upon a block of granite, of a corresponding surface, buried in the earth imme. diaiely bencuih tho eiiormou* mats, and likewise covered with a plate of iron. At a signal by the vicramadach, the executioner touches aspring.— The muss fulls ! and the victim, crushed at once, is suddenly annihilated, and spread out like a sheet of pasteboard. The huge weight being-egain rais ed, the flattened body is withdrawn and dried in tho sun. When completely prepared, it i* hung up on the walls of a public building, there to- serve as a warning to the multitude !” "How to Treat a Wife.”—First, get a wife- second ly. be patient. You may have great trials and perplexities in your business with’ the world ; but do not therefore carry-to your home a- olouded or contracted brow. Your wile may have had tri als, which,though of less magnitude, may have been as hard to hear. A, kind conoiliuting word, a len der look, will do wonders in ohaaingjiom her brow all clouds of gloom, You encounter you difficul ties in the open uir, funned by heaven’s cool breex- es. but your wife is often shut in from these health ful influences, and her health fails,and her- spirit* lost their elasticity. But oh ! bear with her ;:«ho has trials and sorrows lo which you are astrangor, but which your tenderness can deprive of all their anguish. Notice kindly her little attenljnns and efforts to nroinote vour comfort. Donat tike them■ all as a matter of course, and pass them by, a' the same time being very sure to observe any-omission- of wlmt you may consider her duty-to you. Do not treat her with indifference, if you would not seer and palsey her heart, which, watered by kindness, would in tite latest dny of your existence throb with sincere and constant nffr-ction. Sometimes yield your wishes to hers. 9he has preferences us strong as yon, and it nmy be just us trying to her to yield sometimes ?'Think you it is not difficult for Iter to give up always 1 if you nev er yield to-her wishes, there is duugtv that she will think yuu are selfish, arid care only for yourself, and with such feeling she can not love aa she might. Aguinishow yourself manly, so that your wife can look up to you,-and feel that you will act nobly, and that she- can confide in your judg ment.” Men of Genius Deficient in Conversation.—The Student who may perhaps shine as a lumi ary of learning and genius is found not rarely to lie ob scured beneath a heavy cloud in coloquial discourse, if you love the muu of lelteis seek him in the pri vacies of his study. It is in the hours of confi dence and tranquility that his mind shell elicit ray* of intelligence ten. fold more fervid than the tabors of the most polished composition. Shakepeare’a conversational powers were very poor. The defi ciencies of Addison in conversation, are well known. Virgil was heavy and dull in conversa. tion, nnd appeared more like an ordinary inon than an enchunting poet. Laiontaine appeared stupid and coarse ; he could not describe wlmt he had first seen, but hia writings were beaulif-il models of poetry. Tite same may be said of Goldsmith, Chaucer, and many others of the brightest planets in the firmunem of literature. Isocrates, celebra ted for his splendid oratorical composition, was an timid on this p int that ha seldom ventured to make- a remark or advance an opinion in pubiiot The Great Itry-'en wus in conversation slow and insip id, never known to break a jest or make a repar. | tee. Philosophers agree that, in men of genius ' generally, the more gigantic the conceptions of the i mind the less is the elegance of expression, and j the eloquence of .-qmeoii. A'eeriaiu author say* i the mediocrity can talk, so can fools end parruit, but to observe belong to genius alone. an infant child, which hud been adopted by the i discoveries, the use of galvanism in promoting the hu-bm.d's mother, and treated as tier otvn, nod j growth of plants is spoken of as something new.— bad advanced lo ninety.two you sell ?” "To Wokefield, the storekeeper in R . H met me dny before yesterday, end asked me if i had sold my crop yet. I said 1 had not. He then offered to lake il ut eighty five cents, the rnurkn price, and 1 said he might aa well have it. as there was doubtful little ohanoe of its rising. Yesterday he sent over his wugon and look il away.” “That waa hardly fair in Wakefield. Ho knew that prices had advanced. He came to me|also end offered to buy my crop at eighty.five cents. But I had just received my newspaper, in which I saw that, in consequence of en account from Europe ol a short crop, grain had gone up, which after some little higgling, he we* quite willing to give." •Did he give you uineiy-two cent* ?” exclaimed Ghaskili, in surprise and chagrin "Heoertalnly did." "Too bad ! too bad! No better than downright cheating, to take such shameful advantage of men’s ignoreuce.” , _ “Certainly. Wakefield cannot be justified in hit I pear of little consequence to some,but when il ie conduct,” replied Alloa. « k ia MM right for on* I re mamba rad bow freauantly w* want to beck a ' mao io taka advantage of another mea’e ignorance 1 load, and bow commodious it often is to bare cal- under the custom of the tribe, would have bi-tn ei titled at her death to slttire tier property equally with her own children. The relatives uf the de ceased wife, who had utterly neglected the child, being about o remove west, demanded it of the fa. I he Tribune mentions an experiment wherein a piam was made lo grow three-fourths uf an inch in twelve hours, by tuis means. But I am credibly informed that this mode offorcing rapid vegetution has been known and practi-ed in llm East Indies ther and grandmother, and they wore obliged to ; from time iminemoriah it is practised in India by give it up When both parents die, the oldest child adopts the rest, and is considered, in all respecta. their pa rent. Thus a mother had died before the treaty —the father had wandered off nnd abandoned his children entirely—the oldest brut her adopted nil as hit own. and wa* registered as the head of a family with au many children, although then quite a youth Ititnself. This touching and affectionate custom is universally recognised by the tribe.—N. O. Jef. Republican. Immense Army.—Among the papers left by a French General lately in the United States, and who was formerly attached lo I he Grand Army ol Bonapatle which passed the Nciinen for Russia, was found a list of that Grand Army, winch, in a few short month-', perished by the climate and the shock of arms. "Poles. 60.000; Saxons. 30.000; Austrians. 30 000. Bavarians, 30,000; Prussians, 22.000; West pltalians, 20,000; Wurlembergers, 3,000; Baden- ere, 8.000; Damstadters. 4.000; Gotha and Win. mar, 2,000; Wurlzburg and Franconio, 5.000; Mecklonberg, Nassau and Small Princes, 5 000 ; Italian* and Neapolitans, 20.000; Spanish and Por tuguese, 4.000; Swisa, 10,000; and French 250.. 000. Including 60 000 cavalry, besides 40.000, horses, artilleiy and train, consisting of 1,200 pie ces of cannon.” Total. 493.000, with the servant*, women, and other followers of th* army, making a grand tout of 526,000 persons—the largest army ever concentrated at any period of history. Tb* somber of Russians destroyed in this campaign exceeded 200,000. Thus over 600,000 perished to gratify oo* ma» the jugglers and the Fakirs lor the entertainment ol ilio vulgar. A gentleman now here mentioned to me some extraordinary exhibitions of tho kind, which be saw in India a year or two ngo. in these instances, the seeds were put in the ground, cov ered with a basket, frequently watered, &c., and the plant* grew six inches in half au hour. Large Chests.—Horses that are round, or "b.irel-. hested,” am invariably more muscular and enduring than those of the opposite kind.— Scientific sportsmen are, in a great measure, guid ed in their opinion of a horse’s racing qualifications hy his girth, just behind his shoulders ; by this te»t a well known jockey foretold the reputation and prowess of the celebrated racer “Plenipotenti ary.” almost from the period of his birth. Cattle- dealers and hoteliers, in like manner, judge by thn chests and shoulders of cows and pigs what amount of fat Ihey are likely to gain in the process of feed ing. All animats that have large lungs ere re. murkaule for the vigor of their appetite, and for the facility with which they appropriate their nutri. ment; such animals will feed upon the coarsest hay and straw, whilst their less fortunately con structed companions are fattened by no kind of food. An amusing anecdote is related of a simple- ton. who, in trying to eel) hia iiorse. declared that "the animal’s eating wa* a mere nothing.” The intelligence would, contrary to intention, have suf ficed to ruin the prospect of sale, but that the buy er, with a rare discrimination, inferred from the hors*,* oheet that the capacity of hia appetite had bean unwittingly misstated. He bought him on th* hazard of an opinion, end had no reason to re- peot of bis judgment.—Msiietl Times. [Frew the Greensboro’ Beacon.} Property Exempt from Execution.—The Legislature of Atubnioa has iur years past been adding to the list of articles exempt from t-xeculioo. i Eveiy family in the Suite is now allowed for its 1 use. free from sale for debt, the tallowing articles : | two beds and furniture, two cows and calves.* two spinning wheels, two axes, two hoes, 500 pounds of:- : meat, 100 bushels of corn, ail the meal that -may at any time be on band, two ploughs, oue labia, one pot, one oven, two water vessels, two pair cotton cards, all books, one churn, three chairs, one-work Iiorse, or mule, or pair of work oxen, one horse or- ox curl, one gun, all tools or implement* of trader twenty head of hogs, 1000 pounds of fodder, one loom, and man’s saddle and lady’s saddle.—A#d> on all debts contracted since February ’43,40 scree of land, to be used for the purposes of cultivation* and not to exceed 8400 in value are uIso exempt from execution. In addition to thi«, the last Leg islature exempted the fallowing article*, on debt* contracted subsequent to January 45:—1 dozen cups and saucers, I set of knives and- forks, 1 do. zen plates, I coffee pot, 2dishes, 3 sows and calves,* and 20 head of sheep; also, all family portraits,, air! two sets of plough, gear. These articles are allowed to "every inmily,”—the man without % family is allow'd nothing. No property I* ex empt from execution for taxes. * From the reading of the laet Statute *p this eul.jeet, Is would seem llial 5 cow* and calve* ere sow allowed,IDoafk we doubt if eu«b was the inteuluta uf site legUlstuss. Different modes oj showing Respect.—Tb# “Na tional Intelligencer'' uUudes lo the decease and l|w memory and character of General Jeckton v*U^ every mark of respect, but does not darken ba aq}* ttnin* with" outward trappings” of sot raw. That. “Union” put* on its "inky cloak,” end adopt* the " customary sans of solemn black;*’ but la menu, with an Ualicked fun, that in Editor cooM not at tend Ihe mealing of the ciijsens of Washington, '. celled to honor the memory of the ex President, eg account nf hia “pressing engagement.’’ , Which really evince* th* moel respect ? %* _ j