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THE scwsnimc 9 Will be published every SATURDAY Morning, In the Brick Building, at the Corner oj Cotton Avenue and First Street, is THE CITY OF MACON, GA. BY WM- B. IKAKKISOIV. TERMS: For the Paper, in advance, per annum, $2. If not paid in advance, $2 50, per annum. If not paid until the end of the Year $3 00. •j-j» Advertisements will be inserted at the usual ra{ g S and when the number of insertions de sired is not specified, they will be continued un til forbid and charged accordingly, [[/•Advertisers by the Year will be contracted with upon the most favorable terms. [[/•Sales of Land by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are required by Law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten o’clock in the Forenoon and three in the Af ternoon, at the Court House of the county in which the Property is situate. Notice of these Sales must be given in a public gazette sixtv days previous to the day of sale. O’Salcs of Negroes by Administators, Execu tors or Guardians, must be at Public Auction on, the first Tuesday in the month, between the legal hours of sale, before the Court House of the county where the Letters Testamentary, or Administration or Guardianship may have been granted, first giv ing notice thereoffor sixty days, in one ofthe pub lic gazettes of this State, and at the door of the Court House where such sales are to be held. [[/•Notice for the sale of Personal Property must |be given in like manner forty days previous to the day of sale. ([/•Notice to the Debtors and Creditorsolan Es tate must be published for forty days. that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne groes must be published in a public gazette in this Siate for four months, before any order absolute can be given by the Court. ([/•Citations for Letters of Administration on an Estate, granted by the Court of Ordinary, must be published thirty days for Letters of Dismis- ] sionfrom the administration ofan Estate, monthly for six months —for Dismission from Guardian ship FORTY DAYS. ([/•Rules for the foreclosure of a Mortgage, must be puolished monthly for four months — for establishing lost Papers, for the full space of niKEE months —for compelling Titles from Ex ecutors, Administrators or others, where a Bond hasbeen given by the deceased, the full space of THREE MONTHS. N. B. All Business of this kind shall receiv prompt attentionat the SOUTHERN MUSEUM Oifice, and strict care will be taken that all legal Advertisements arc published according to Law. ([/■All Letters directed to this Office or the Editor on business, must be fost-paic, to in sure attention, fj) 13 o ftr ? . THE BLIND BOY. BY REV. DR. HAWKS. It was a blessed summer day, The floweret bloomed, the air was mild, The little birds poured forth their lay, Andeverthing in nature smiled. In pleasant thought I wandered on Beneath the deep wood’s ample shade. Till suddenly I came upon i Two children that had hither stray'd. Just at an aged birch-tree’s foot A little girl and boy reclined, j His hand in hers she kindly put And then I saw the boy was blind ! I "Dear Mary,’’ said the poor blind boy, “That little bird sings very long, I Say, do you see him in his joy ? And is he pretty as his song ?” I " Yes, Edward, yes,” replied the maid, " I see the bird on yonder tree The poor boy sighed and gently said— “ Sister, I wish that I could see.” M "The flowers, you say, are very fair, • And bright green leaves are on the trees I And pretty birds are singing there— How beautiful for one who sees! ■ "Vet I the fragrant flower can smell, And I can feel the green leaf’s shade, I And I can hear the notes that swell From these dear birds that God has made. Sister, God is kind to me, Though sight, alas ! ho has not given ; But tell me, are there any blind ! Among the children up in heaven ?’’ “ No, dearest Edward, these all sec ! But wherefore ask a thing so odd ?” "Oh ! Mary, lie's so good to me, I thought I’d like to look at God.” Ere long disease his hand had laid On that dear boy so meek and mild ; His widowed mother wept, and prayed That God would spare her sightless child. He felt the warm tears on his face, 1 And said, “ Oh, never weep for me, |i 1 m going to a bright, bright place, " here, Mary says, I God shall sec. Nud you'll come there, dear Mary, too, ■' _ ‘ nd “""her, when you get up there, Edward, mother, that 'tis you °u know l never saw you hero.’’ sad * B P°ke no more, but sweetly smiled, 4 \vi nt ' na ' blow was given, m .°" to °k u p that poor blind child, 11 opened first his eyes in Heaven. Advice to Young Ladles. .]) ®Y MOORE. v s ' r ' s you'd have quiet hearts, 9 •pi, y hngers must be nimble, I of*^ 68 - 8l " cl11 !l ß ainst the darts 1 W'd. is Minerva’, thimble! iPPIJIKSS. jlp By YOUNG. C\ll iov» ( J' at earl h calls happiness; beware Bvhe bui’ldHln?' th u t n6Ver CSn C3tpirC ; H] olllj ,f!SS th,n an immortal base, Csccm, < condemns his joy to death. THE SOUTHERN MUSEUM. VOLUME I. THE CHARITY OF WAGES. BY LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY. Among the forms of benevolence, which in our age of the world, are both multipli ed and various, perhaps, few of us, suffici ently keep in mind, the Charity of Wages. To assist the poor through their own in dustry, ennobles them. It keeps alive that love of independence which is so priceless in a free country. To grudge or stint the wages of female labor is false economy. It is to swell the ranks of degradation and vice. In our sex it is unpardonable cruel ty ; for the avenues in which they can gain an honest subsistence, are neither so nu merous nor so flowery, that we may close them, at pleasure, and be innocent. We ought not to consider ourselves as doing the duty of Christians—though we sub scribe liberally to the foreign and popular charities—while we withhold the helping hand, or the word of sympathy, from the female labor within our own gates. I know not that I narrate an uncommon, or peculiar circumstance, when I mention a young girl, brought up in comparative affluence, who after the sudden death of her father, was left without resources. The mother’s health failed, through grief and misfortune, and she nobly resolved to earn a subsistence for both. She turned to the needle, with which she was dexte rous for amusement, or the decoration of her own apparel. A little instruction en abled her to pursue, from house to house, the occupation of a dress-maker. At first, some of the delicate feelings of early culture, clung around her. She dar ed scarcely to raise her eyes at the table of s rangers, and when at night money was given her, she felt half ashamed to take. But want soon extinguished those lingerings of timidity and refinement.— Before her pittance was earned, it was mentally devoted to the purchase of some comfort for her enfeebled mother. It soon became evident that her common earnings were insufficient. She took home extra work, and abridged her intervals of rest. Her candle went not out by night, and sometimes when her mother had retired, she almost extinguished the fire, continu ing to work with chilled hands and feet, lest the stock of fuel should not suffice until her slender earnings would enable her to purchase more. Her nervous sys'em became over-wrought and diseased. Those for whom she work ed, were often querulous, and hard to please. She felt an insuperable longing for a kind word, an encouraging look, — for some form of sympathy, to sus’ain the sensitive spirit. Those who ltired her, had not put these in the contract. Work, on her part, and money on theirs, was all the stipulation. They did not perceive that her step grew feeble, as day by day she passed through the crowded streets to her task, or night after night returned to nurse her infirm mother. A sudden flush came upon her cheek, and she sank into ihe grave before the parent for whom she had toiled. The wife of a sailor, during his periods of absence, did all in her power to aid him in diminishing their expenses. He was not of that class, who spend their wages on their arrival in port, and forget their family. But as that family increased, his earnings, without rigid economy on her part, would have been insufficient for their support. At length the bitter news came that her husband was lost at sea. When the first shock of grief had subsided, she summon ed her resolution, and determined to do that for her children, which their father had so often expressed his wish to have done, that they should be kept together, and not he dependent on charity. She meditated what mode of livelihood would best enable her to comply with a wish she held so sacred. She had great per sonal strength, and a good constitution. She made choice of the hardest work xvliich is performed by females, because it prom ised the most immediate reward. Often, after her task of wasking, did she forget her weariness, while in the dusky twilight, she hastened toward her lonely home, as the mother bird nerves her wing when she draws nearer to her nest. But she found her sickly babe a sufferer from these absences, and sometimes acci dents befell the other little ones, from her having no person with whom to leave them. The sum which she earned, would not al ways pay for injury they had sustained by the want of her sheltering care. It oc casionally happened, that the lady for whom she worked was out, or engaged with company, she returned without her payment, for which, either to wait, or go again, were inconveniences, which those who dwell in abodes of plenty cannot es timate. Was there not some labor which she could perform at home, and thus protect the nurslings for whose subsistence she toiled? The spinning wheel and loom, first presented themselves to her thought, for she had been skilful in their use, in the far-off agricultural village, where her youth was spent. But domestic manufac tures had become unfashionable, and she could obtain no such employment. Coarse needle-work seemed her only resource. At this, she wrought incessantly, scarcely allowing herself time to get, or partake of a scanty meal. But after all was done, the remuneration was inadequate to their ne cessities. She could scarcely supply a sufficiency of tho coarsest food. Her chil dren shivered as the winter drew on. MACON, (GA.) SATURDAY ItIORXIXG, MAY 5, 184». Their garments, though constantly mend ed, were thin, and their poor little feet bare and blue. She drew back from the mis erable fire that they might be warmed, and shuddered as she saw the means of sustaining this comfort wasting away. Still, the injunction of her departed hus band lay deep and warm at her heart. She asked no charity. She remitted no exer tion, and her whole life was one prayer to' God. At this crisis, a society was formed on the true principle of benevolence, to aid poverty through its own efforts, arose to save her from destruction. Its express object was to improve the condition of the tempest-tost mariner and his suffering household. It comprised an establishment, where garments were made for seamen ; and here she obtained a constant supply of needlework, with liberal and prompt , payment. One of its most beautiful fea tures, was a school, were the elementary branches of a good education were gratui tously taught. Here, instruction in the use of the needle, was thoroughly impar ted, and as soon as the pupils were able to finish a garment for the clothing store, they were encouraged by receiving a just pay ment. Now, the small, lowly room ofthe wid ow was brightened with comfort, and her heart was too full for words. When her little girls came running from school, with a shout of joy, the eldest one exclaiming, “ See, mother, see, here are twenty cents. Take them and buy a frock for the baby. They gave them to me for making a sailor's gingham shirt, strong and good. My teacher says, I shall soon sew well enough to make one of a nicer kind, for which I am to receive 6eventy-five cents. Then I will help pay your house rent. Oh, I never was so happy in my life, and yet I could not help crying when I worked, for I remembered that you used to make ex actly such shirts for dear father, and I did not know but the man for whom I made this, might he lost at sea, and never come back to his home anymore.” “ Here is a book,” said the little sister “ which my teacher let me take from the school library, to bring home, and read to you, while you sit at work. And she is so good, and so kind to me, mother, she takes as much pains to have me learn as if we were ever so rich, and I love her dearly.” “ Blessings on her,” said the widow, through her grateful tears. “ Heaven’s blessings on the society, and on ex'ery la dy, into whose heart God has put it to help the desolate through their own industry.” And night and morning she taught her kneeling babes the prayer of gratitude for their benefactresses. Let us encourage every variety of ef fort, by which our sex can win a subsis tence, and foster in the young that spirit which prefers the happy consciousness of being useful, to any form of indolent and helpless dependence. In our bounty to the poor, let us keep in mind the principle of aiding them as far as possible, through their own exertions, for she who thus stu dies their moral benefit, elevates them in the scale of being, and performs an accep table service to her country, and to her God. Mothers, speak often to your daughters on these subjects, instruct them in the economy of charity. Your responsibility comprises both earth and Heaven. There are many vvoiks from writers of the present day, which afford valuable hints for conversation on the subject of being respectable and happy without the pos session of wealth. Pre-eminent among them, is Miss Sedgwick’s “ Rich Poor Man, and Poor Rich Man.” From your own observation, you can illustrate the truth of such sentiments. You can con vince them from the page of history, that virtue, and talent, and the heart’s true fe licity, may exist without the tinsel ofgold. You can impress on them from a Book Divine, that to “gain the whole world” would not balance one sigh of a lost soul. False Charity. —A negro preacher, speaking from “ What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?" mentioned among other things, that many lost their souls by being too char itable ! Seeing the congregation astonished beyond measure at his saying, he very em phatically repeated it, and then proceeded to explain his meaning. “ Many people,” said he, “ attend meeting, hear the sermon and, when it is over, they proceed to di vide it among the congregation—this part was for that man, and that part for that woman ; such denunciations for such per sons, these threats for you sinners—and so,” continued ihc shrewd African, “ they give away the whole sermon, and keep none for themselves.” ‘ The Bank.— “ Did you recieve my re mittance, Nathan my son V’ “ Yes, father,” “ Then why did thee not buy a nexv coat I —thy present one is rather fragile.” “ Why—the fact is—l left all my money in tho bank at New Orleans.” “ Ah ! thy economy is certainly com mendable—in what bank 1” *• I don’t exactly remember what bank, father—l know it xvas a very good one, as it had a Scriptural name. It was—um ! let me see—it was the Tharaoh bank, I think.” Source* of (he Nile—Dlteoveriee. The last number of Littcll’s Living Age has a remarkable interesting article on Weme’s expedition to the sources of the Nile. This wonderful steram, our readers know, has never been traced to its source, which is somewhere in the interior of Afri ca. The Nile has two branches, called the Blue Nile and the White Nile. The source of the former of these was discov ered by Bruce, in the interior of Abysinia, but such was the popular belief that the sources of the Nile could not be discover ed, that Bruce was not believed !—One of the best modern travellers, who told a very accurate story, was not believed, because it was not credible that the springs of the Nile should be known, or that such a peculiar race of blacks should exist as were found in these regions of ancient Ethiopia! Believed or not, however, Bruce’s ac count was true. He did discover the Springs of the Blue Nile, but the blue Nile was much the shortest branch. It bore the same relation to the White Nile (which is the real river,) as the Upper Mississippi does to the Missouri. It is the inferior branch. The real source of the Nile remained to be discovered, and is not yet known. The White Stream, ( Nile, ) which is the Western branch, is the largest. Prior the expidition fitted out by Mehemed Ali in 1830, and in which Mr. Werne was a passenger, the farthest point reached up the Nile was in lattitude about 10 degiees. But, although the source is not yet exact ly known, we do know that itis very near, if not just exactly on the equator. Mr. Werne, in this expedition, reached latitude 4 degrees, or nearly 400 miles be yond the previously ascertained limit.— There was an obstruction or fall in the stream, and it grew narrower as Mr. Werne thought; but it was quite certain its sources were yet several hundreds of miles further. The sources of the Nile and Niger will probably be found not far apart. There are said to be in the “ Moun tains of the Moonbut who knows any thing of the Mountains of the Moon ? No one. There are unknown lands which may yet reward some future adventurers with the fame of discovery. It is most curious, that lat. 4° (to which Mr. Weinc penetrated ) in several degrees beyond the poiut at which the heads of the Nile are placed, on our common maps, while it is certain that real springs were yet hundreds of miles beyond lat. 4°. All our ideas of Central Africa, ( generally re piesented as a desert, ) are deranged by the fact, that Mr. Werne, found these re mote regions luxuriant in foilage, and in habited by dense swarms of people ! These people were, some of them, gigantic in statute,while they were most savage in life. The voyage of this Egyptian expedition was one of peculiar interest. It has but recently been given to the English public, Mr. Werne being a german. Blackwood’s Magazine thus speaks of it: We can conceive few things more exci ting than such a voyage as Mr. Werne has accomplished and recorded. Starting from the outpost of civilization, he sailed into the very heart of Africa, up a stream whose upper waters were then for the first time furrowed by vessels larger than a savage’s canoe—a stream of such gigantic proportions, that its width, at a thousand —;i_ fi .i „ tltllLi} XI Will LUX/ OX/U, D IL bills UOpVX/b Ui U lake rather than of a river The brute creation were in proportion with the mag nitude of the water course. The hippo potamus reared his huge snout about the surface, and wallowed in the gullies that on either hand run down to the stream ; enormous crocodiles gaped along the shore; elephants played in herds upon the pas tures ; the tall giraffe stalked among the lofty palms; snakes thick as trees lay coiled in the slimy swamps; and ant hills, ten feet high, towered above the rushes. Along thickly peopled banks hordes of savages showed themselves, gazing in wonder at the strange ships, and making ambiguous gestures, variously construed by the adventurers as signs of friendship or hostility. Alternately sailing or towing, as the wind served or not; constantly in sight of natives, but rarely communicating with them; often cut off for days from land by interminable fields of tangled weeds—the expedition pursued its course through innumerable perils, guaranteed from most of them by the liquid rampart on which it floated. Lions looked hungry and savages shook their spears,but neither showed a disposition to swim off and board the flotilla.— Cin. Adv. Beating Him Down. —Not long since, in Winthrop, one of the Irish laborers on the railroad went into Mr. Chandler's store and asked the price of a shawl. “ Four and sixpence,” said Mr. Chan dler. “ Four and saxpence !” said Hibernia ; "be dad an’ its too much, —I'll give you three dollars.” “ Won’t you give me three and a half ?” said Mr. Chandler. “ An’ sure it’s too much—l’ll give thra.” “ Well, now, my friend, I didn’t ask you but seventy-five cents, and I’ll take that.” said Mr. Chandler. “ Sivinty-five cents ! indade an’ I’ll give you but fifty, and pay the money, fornenst Michal hero.” Mr. Chandler declined the bargain, and Paddy then went off without it, because he couldn't bate him down, at all. NimßEli 23. From the Motional Intelligencer. Reproduction of Animal and Vegetable Form*. When the Apostle Paul assures us that there will be a resurrectiou of the human body after death, be takes care to explain that there will be a very essential difference between the body to be raised aud the body that perishes. “It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spit iturl body.” there is a natutal body, and there is a spiritual body.” Whether science may ever throw any light upon this sublime doctrine of revelation or not, it might be almost irrev erence to offer a conjecture. The Chris tian philosopher, however, has the high satisfaction of knowing that, as far as the developments of science have yet gone in that direction, their known truths are nev er found in conflict with the undoubted records and interpretations of the Sacred Scriptures. That there is some mysteri ous essence about bodies, both animal aud vegetable, by which their forms, separate from the 11 natural bodies,” are sometimes presented to the senses, by reflection or some other means, there reems to be much reason to believe. By the help of some chemical preparations the light of the sun transfers to a metallic plate the apparent form of any object with the greatest mi nuteness and perfection, and leaves it there permanently fixed. Vessels hundreds of miles at sea, in certain states ofthe atmos phere, have sometimes been seen floating in the air near the shore with perfect dis tinctness. The appearance of human forms about burying grounds, though in most cases perhaps having no existence ex cept in the excited imaginations or super stitious fears of the beholders, may some times be a reality, the result of a natural cause, which may perhaps hereafter come to be regarded a natural process as much as the growth of a plant from the seed. My thoughts were turned to this subject at this time by some singular paragraphs in a late number of the London “ Me chanics’ Magazine,” one of which is said to be an extract from a work of Getingei, entitled “ Thoughts on the two faculties of Feeling and Knowing,” and which is as follows: " I chopped up some balm, put it into a large glass retort, poured rain water upon it, connected the retort with a good-sized receiver, and let it heat at a cuppel gently at first, then more strongly. Upon this there went into the water a yellow-green ish oil; it took up the whole space of the receiver, and swam on the surface of the water the thickness of the back of a table knife. This oil had the form of innumer able balm leaves, which did not lap over or run into one another, but lay side by side, each perfectly diawn, and with the distinctness of all the lines of a balm leaf. I let it stand a long time, that all about me might observe it. At last I shook the re ceiver, because I had to pour it out; the leaves ran together, but in less than a min ute restored themselves to their former po sition most distinctly.” The writer in the Magazine follows this quotation by saying: “ After reading the above I came quite unexpectedly upon a similar account in a place where one would certainly not ima gine any thing of the sort likely to be found, viz ; in Pitaval’s ‘ Causes Celebres,’ a collection of the celebrated crimi nal trials in the French courts, (the source whence Dumas has drawn the greater part of his popular work, ‘Celebrated Crimes.’) In the 12th volume ihere is one entitled ‘ Le Spectre,’ at the end of which Pitaval enters into some reasoning on the subject of spectral allusions, and brings forward the following experiments to show that the farms of things may exist without their subject matter.” The subjoined quotations from Pitaval are given in the Magazine in French, which are here translated into English for the readers of the Intelligencer: “ Besides, it is possible that the appear ance of spectres may have a natural cause for another reason. Chemists show that the palingencsie ( being born again ) or the resurrection of plants is very possible. Able chemists in great numbers have made experiments by which, placing the ashes of a plant in a vial, these ashes exhale and arrange themselves as nearly as they can in the very figure which the Author of Nature first impressed on them. “ The Abbe Vallemont, in his treatise on the curiosities in nature and art, teach es the secret of making this palingenesie. He says that father Scott, a Jesuit, assur ed him that when he was in Rome he had the satisfaction to see the rose made to arise from its ashes whenever it was de sired, by simply employing a little heat. The same author also taught the art of using some mineral water which caused a plant, dead down to the roots, to become green as in life. From this palingencsie of plants wo come to the palingenesie of ani mals. “ Gafferel, a very able chemist, states that M. Duchene, one of the best chemists of the age, reported that he had seen a very able Polish physician in Cracow who kept in vials ashes of almost all plants, so that when any curious person desired to see, for example, a rose in a phial, he took one containing the ashes of the rose well preserved, and warming it over a lighted candle, after becoming warm the ashes were seen to be in motion. A little cloud arose, and after some motion of the vial, soon assumed the form and color of the BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, Will be executed in the most approved style and on the best terms, at the Office of the 3CTTTHE?*IT MUSETm, -BY \VM. B. HARRISON. rose, so fresh, and so perfect and beauti ful that one would believe he could smell its sweet odor. •* That learned man said that he had of ten tried to do the same thing; but chance at last enabled him to come pretty near producing the same prodigy, and he had amused himself at Mr. de Luynes de For mentieres, counseller in Parliament, in seeing many curious experiments with the salts of nettles burnt. Putting the ley made from out of doors in a clear cold night, and finding it in the morning frozen, with this marvellous result, that the dif ferent kinds of the nettles, their shapes and figures, were so neatly and perfectly represented on the ice that the living plafifs were no better delineated.” Yankee Exterprite and Honor. — The Providcnoe Journal tells the foUow ing excellent story, Vvhich needs ho com ment : «• Literally one of the coolest operations that we ever knew in the annals of trade, recently came to our notice from a sourcfe worthy of entire credit. New England is said to have but two native products, granite and ice. .We have an ice story to tell that is worth hear ing. A gentleman long identified with the ice trade, having entered into it as early as 1805, after some twenty-five years of successful enterprise, thought to enlarge his sphere of knowledge and action by en tering into other mercantile business. He soon became entangled by hisrelatioh to some unfortunate mercantile houses, and found himself a debtor to the amount 0f5210,000. This must have given him more ofa chill than his ice-houses ever did. But he knew that faint heart never won either fair lady or noble prize. He told < his creditors that if they would give him time, and not hamper him at all, he would pay the whole, principal and interest. For thirteen years he labored for it, and last year made the closing payment on $210,000 principal, and about $70,000 interest. He did it in his old businesss, as the ice king of the globe. He sold his cargoes in the great southern ports of the two hemispheres, at low prices, kept rigid faith, bought largely the needed storehous es in the various centres ofthe trade secu red the lands around his pouds, made friends everywhere, aud now comes out with an independent fortune and free of debt. Such was his generous policy (hat the English residents of Calcutta presen ted him with a fire-proof stone storehouse, as a token of respect, and to retain him in that market. He takes a very cheerful view of his past misfortunes, and thinks himself, on the whole, better off for em barking in the disastrous business which caused his embarrassmen's, and yet enlar ged his facilities for his old traffic more than enough to make up his loss. Honor to the man who labors to pay his debts, instead of creeping out of bis res ponsibilities through any small hole in the crevices of the Jaw, and allowing his cre ditors to suffer whilst he pampers himself over ill-gotten gains. The above incidents show the power of a cheerful purpose, and the worth of vera city on the one hand and confidence on the other. But we will not spoil a good story by a long moral.” A Tall Mhsketo.— “ So you are going out to the East Hingies, my darlint, Mrs. Marooney ?” said an old Irish crone to the young wife of a soldier, about to embark for Madras. “ I’ve been in them parts me self, and well do I remember the torments I went through, night and day, with the muskatoes. They have long suckers hang ingdown from their heads,and they’ll draw the life’s blood out of ye before ye can say pays.” This terrifying account lived in the memory of the young woman ; the vessel made Madras roads, the decks were soon crowded ; all hands delighted at the sight of land, Mrs. Marooney among the rest; but her joy was of short duration ; fur, on the shore she perceived an elephant. Hor ror-stricken at the sight, and in breathless agitation, she approached the mate, a\r claiming, with uplifted hands, " Holy mo ther, is that a muskato 1” Expansion of Water its a Freezing State. —An experiment on expansion of water in a freezing state, attended with singular results, was tried by a correspon dent of the Montreal Gazette, during the last winter. He filled a24 lb. shell, (a bout 3-4 of an inch in thickness,) with wa ter, and plugging up the hole securely, exposed it to the action of the frost, during one of the keenest nights last winter. In the morning he found the mighty power had divided the iron mass into four sec tions, one of which, weighing four and a half lbs., must have passed upward, over a wheel, behind which it had beeir plhced: The ice remaining in the section left be hind, looked as if it had been poun ded. Truth. —A parent may leave an estate to his son, but how soon it may be mortga ged ! He may leave him money, but how soon it may be squandered ! Better leave him a sound constitution, habits of indus try, an unblemished reputation, a good education, and an inward abhorrence of vice, in any shape or form ; these cannot be wrested from him, and are better tliau thousands of gold and silver.