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I stt i.i the 111 :-L -s".I: ICC, I.i 50, " to CVCI S tin tuit'H. •: i' •i o 1 ti i-. .id e.rttu _ n . i i.io :ost 1 .dl l a,:,, c .tin I, till Ills ii . -i . i i.i v ..li.l lie. i, . i ;-‘.i .) _> Vi i convcr-.i in i • ‘i '■ G. iisi.v i vs, pleased will, the o,i>. 1 j I- - . >:u.'tna.'-ci of j , line to n;.' in i.i .1.1 1 in order to icily i, q;r MUy as i’ iss 1 hastily t t i a : it ii,lf*i Fn; to s v.dd . v i! us Inis t.. . il ■ ..ms ! It vms i . not is bum .! » io i. W'.nt c ial-1 ..I»i Tie l.t Iv's eyes m fiy-J .1 ;>.» iti ■, waiting a reply to ller q i istio.i. lv.it or. til.Mi'.i was in litn~. 1 r . le.i the i.'u; i ; oiv>l it : ! t tr an I »hit It er, locking illv h • 'V >'ti -i !• to side, while in. eves «uc i in. f iii i.iiy 1 ii ii fixe-1 on h vv :re sir hue 1 frn.n ii >r** <•>••' < ts. She ri-j.u' L-1 nty 4i**i n ice:,of th • caiis-l <»{ which siie vv.is ignorant, r 01l a.i expression of a in i ’. nil tit i:i 1 sni p ~: ■. at which 1 ‘ •in langll now, ».ten 1 tl.hik of it. • -1 l ie 1 ir i«> ill !' at length sli»gently and in n i ixi ins toil", in quired ; l could Ivor hi :u >re. My in iiitii was flying with into lerable pain; sj quickly abandoning the point i ope i:-l it to tlie u’lnusf, an 1 out droppe 1 the infernal brand upon iny plate. \ »• the s|i.; it -st ten leney to s mile, visibly vn il c l t:v: t'n i nperturable p liiient'.ss of the I.i |y S.l' soothingly c m -doled 'itlt me in my imsfort’tue, tiien gradually led the co iv.irs itio »to a variety of topics, till exerting the magic influence' that true pulite n;n al.v lyiexeraises.l beg, to t > forget even mv own bl mi.i "is. Gralmlly my checks b true 1 Ins painfully, ai l 1 could join in th ■ corners ition without the fe.irtlnt every wild I uttered shire J the fate of the action 1 iitq.npte 1; 1 even Venture.l to hope, nay tn c »:iorirn 1 .ito myself, that the catalogue of c i! i nkies vv is completed for the day. ‘Let no ina i call him .elf happy before tie vh, said Solon ; a id he, wisely. The Ides of .March was not yet over. Before us stool a di-Vt ofc itl'iid iwcrs nicely dme in butter. This 1 naturally enough took for a custard pud ling, which it sufficiently resembled. Urilbrfiiu itely any vocabulary tvas unt y» enough lo embrace all th' 1 technicalities of the table,, and wlteu my fair neighbor enquired if I was fond of sh i jleur. 1 verily took it to lie the French for custard pudding, and so high was my panegyric of it that my plate was bountifully la leu with it. Alas, one single mouthful was enough to dispel my illusion. Would to heaven tint the charjfrur lia I vanished with it, But that remained bodily; and as I gaze I despandiiigly at the huge mass that loomed almost as large and bun.i ig as Vex uvijs, my heart d.e i within me.—AMinmed to confess my mistake though 1 could as readily have swallowed an equal quantity of soft soap; 1 struggled manfully on against the m uintaiuous heap at its base—and shut ting my eyes and opening my month to in hale as large masses as | could without .stooping to taste it.—but my stomach soon began, intelligibly enough, to intimate its intention to admit no m ire of this nauseous stranger beneath its roof if not even exp 1 ling that which had already gained unwel c ofia admission. The seriousness of the task I had nnder t ikon, an.; .he resolution necessary to exe cute it had given an earnestness ant! rapidity to my eversions which appetite would no't li ive inspired when my plate liav ng some w h it got over the edge, of the table, upon mv 1 •.•ying forward, tilted up and down slid the l.'Sgustimr ina into my lap. My hen I !:• rchtet, unable to ooar so weighty a load I. nt un 1 i m its turn, and n great propor' t° '• •* H .v;i; til as v.dely 1 ir.dc.l in my hat. Til < plate instantly rigid i itself, I raised t ;* rson ;an l a., I glanced mv eye round thtr.ht l-‘ and saw t!>at ti r » one had iioticed i».v disaster, inwardly c ngratnlated tnvsell that the nauseous deception ua« so In'ppi ).V dt-poscd id. Ii s.dvcd not to be detec ted; 1 instantly rolled my hand .erciiiet* tu g 'ther, with ail its vein lining contents, and whipped ii into mv pi ct.et. The dinner tabic was at length deserted fur the dr awing mom, where rnlfee and li quM-s vyr-re saved round. Meanwhile I had sought out wh it 1 considered safe Li ditie place for my hat. heoeath a ci ~ir p, the dining room, for 1 dare not carry il a t»y longer i l iny hand : having first thrown », "i »r«?l of piper into the cnnvn. to hid, tus can! t! > ver, should anv one chance in treking : r h:s own hit, to'took info mine. On my return to the drawing room, 1 chanced ta be again sea e Ibv the lady |’, v wl> " n 1 Bad v:, t at table. (),. r convvrs.i t >f) wm • ■ u;n-d a 'we were in the mbl-t ol an intimated il|se-rsi,. n , when a ho c epiderwas- cea rnimi-.g up her arm. Take it o'll'-t ike it off:’ site ejaculated in terrified •voice. I was a vs a Trait lof spiders ; so, to avoid -'5 with .1. ml. I t - ,i. -ii r mv pocket handkerchief from mv pooler an'd cli’pj’o I i: at one* upon the miscreant, n|m was already moil t ng over her templu with rapid strides.—(i • ions heavens'* 1 irnl forgotten the c,ni.flower which was now plastered over h r face like Pln ,,| iet i>ooliie», f lirlv killing the spider and h|i m |. iDgan eye of ii,e I , Iv-lcrle streamlets of s I. fuller g fled down her neck and ho is m. “M ujdi-u'’ exel.iime I the astonished fair. ’I" 1 * •’ " r,ls re-echoed from every person s inmiili, ;tJ;v ;i y„u cutyoar hand-i„ rii ,.done. l . no .--tin. spider; mousieur is kil- I«:!2 ! e ‘ W;, '7 1 qs»nnf«ry of entrails!" ejaculate I 223,,*! " sv ■ ' - ■>«.! £ST^r.Tf ' i>‘ moment the accident 0.-cured, I' | a | incclnnuady riturned my handkerchief ' vum " : '‘ if *' S '' on "‘" ,s rein,aimed. W rit <• monster mrj3t it have been,’ 0 b- a. she hen.ed and VT"" «T’ hei ' ' riK ' l "‘'tUßtion. ‘I ' Kdu '.J sl.onld think he had been li u . „ on cattliflower At that moment I felt someone touch tn v an I tumine. 1 a.v mv rn n • • • , led comeuth me. * toln i >au ‘ on ‘Look at your pantaWns,' he whispered ('utfzsiit!!?, mv o ,ce whi,e dress „V ejrw "I’ o * l th* horrible ex'eiil 3 ‘ “ : " ,C0 „! x iSrl7S“ *;J “ lil-a ,u like the vegetable, wt *>.h Ird bedaubed and dripped ‘ow i. ;hi in, till it si a uicti as if i* wine actually liistuvmg my paotaloont, Doting irom the spot. 1 spuing to the phi ae where I had. left my liat, but belo.c I lotiai re, , h it a sudden storm of wrath was heard .it the dour. •Sacred ! bite ! sac r-e V the rain the first yltaol. bung made to roll Idea watch man's >.idle. iniiigled with at.oinei epithet and name th l a.i iingry f rent liuian never snares, u .c. Ii aid i isdig like a fn-iee leii,| isi wiihoat <lie d0.05,-- Si.ddeuU tiit te was a ■ ...sc, a nr'- iitig sound, as in oi e swallow nt' ;r,voluntarily---ami tue slor.n ot wi.Uli again he,die '.tu wuh redoubled fnrv- I •i/. 1 I, \ 1..,, ui 1 opened tin: door, and he whole m e ,u w,.< at once explained ; w e it .I e\r b:,nc» (1 hats ; and there he stood, t e sift eau.blow' r giisiu ig down his c .eels blinding Ills eyes, fi hue I.i- iooU.ll h i,m is , nios. ear- and whiskers. Nev er 3 ..I I i.ig .1 that s eieac e. 'jHere he -too ( a trine, line the Full »-ns, and sloop m; geiidy l. iw a.d. I is eye lureibly closed, id: aims dropping out Irotit his body, and drip iiig i an Siliower ami butter ltoui ivory 1 siat l no longer ; but retaining h:s hat, I ru-he iI, in tin- | ■ house jump il into a fiacre, i<d arriv-d -a,-ly home, ll '.irtdy re solving, tli.it to mv latest iiottr, 1 wool dne ver iij,;.in deliver a letter <>l mtioduettou.’ A GOOD THING. Oil! TM.tr MV FKI/VU WOULD TAKI IPAPKR. “John! Oil, John !-- do you hear! Rem ,; i neigntmr Liberal's, and ask him if lie will oblige me l,v the loan of litis mmtsiog'.-i paper a few moments, just to look at the ship news and advertise incirfs.” “That's just what I said yesterday morning, dad ly, when 1 went to borrow rli3 paper, nn.l you know you kept il two hours, an i he v.a, obliged to scud for it. - ’ “Well, then, say sometli'mg else to him, John, do yon hear John? and give my compliments, John, do you hear?” " V ‘s. di I ly.” [f. til an l returns.] “Weil John, have yon got the paper!” “No. and i I ly, neighbor Liberal is walking about the room waiting for Mr. Newsmon ger ro finish rending the Lousiuna Ad vertiser, or Mr. Lorigwind to drop the Union; which he has got almost asleep over.” “But have not the Argus and Mercantile Advertiser come ?” “\ es da.ldv, but Mr. Neithetside is reading one, and Mr. Bcribelerus is Inughmg over the funny piece lie told you he was going to h iv • published in the Mirror, and 1 blieve he has read it twenty times over.” “This is provoking ; wonder \v|jy they duff lake the papers themselves, and out be troubling their neighbors.” “\V by don't you fake the paper dad «'y?” "Why—why— if 1 did I never could get a chance to see it. An impertinent set of spoungers! go again, John. T here must be one out of four lib mated, and 1 know it will give neighbor Liberal pleasure, to gratify me only fur a moment.” John goes again and returns, “Well. John what success/* "Fan't gel a paper, daddy; Mr. Liberal Ins got the Meicantile Advertiser from Mr. Mcribelerim, aad Mr. Doolit ie is lookiiig over his shoulder while lie reads it, ami he’ll want it next.” “ This is beyond all bearing; it is now seven o'clock, and 1 suppose 1 must wail till alter dreuklast before 1 can get the news, and who the deuce [in a voilcnt pas r j would give a siurarkee to read a newspaper alter hreaktast. Do you Lear, John, go again John; and wait 'till one or the ot.mr of the papers is out of the hands oi those ii feinal goin athzing no nojiolizers, am! lie sure to catch it, John, and Alien toil Mr. Liberal that 1 wi.l return it instantly—de you hear John ?” “V is daily. ’ Uxit. Swallow.] “Uo i.i morning neighbor Lngeiuoos— anything noo ?” New! tire a.l faggots, I ha v e sent a dozen times to Leberal there to request the loan ‘ his paper, only lor a moment, a . lie has the tuipiilit.ci.ee to refuse m ■ R< fuse you !” “Not exactly refuse me but he permits such follow s as Longwind, Neitln r>jde, Sci ilielenis and Newsmon ;er, to pore over tin in lot hours, not only [tlirtntgh ini.;a ,en eourn syjdcpih mg himself hut los nt igh bors 1 1 oni getting eatly intelligence of what is | assing iii the woi 1(1.” ."My goodness J be they reading ’em now ?" “Ves.”’ {siding) “M<d tlno s abominable! Why don’t you t Ae a tiew.-papot yourseif?” u iiy don t you take one/ votj are ; i wa'.-s inquiring arjet Nous, (s you call i.” “Whv 1 did take one, but the j rioter d.e. i lei.ie it at my house any more, cause J h;u cd about tiie pice and wood nt pay him.” 1” ..fs a good reason for the printer, l i 1 is none for you. [ Enh r J kn] Well, John, did you .-et ihp paper?” .so. dadu, just as that Mr. Neiihct " :, 3 done, in come Air. Dookit tn.d Mr. .s ,i it and 1 came back?” '( ill und n.y ill luck ;go hack, do V " ■ ii ? and as!i 'dr. Liberal il he will be kii and enough --do yen hear kind 'ion.li to lend me toy in,ilorn paper »e may have, sir if lie has not one ask hint to '* 1 yesterday’s paper again, or tim day lodine; or the day before that, el last •*.'! iii • ay’s, or. do you hear; an\ ol the I ist ve k's papers, do you hear ?” “ l fi, daddy ” ‘ ! ii: i d lennined on going right away to -ni s l ife hr a i eos | :i} *r; I will not be | es icii il, wnli the trouble of borrowing from iinacommoi luting neighbors.” ou arc i. lit, Mr. Kngernoos, the pi in fers only ax five dollars right down, and th'n 'mi l ave a whole year to pay t’other live dollars too, and tin u you e.m dispute the bi.'f, and they will send the noospaper three umat.hs al'n r that afoie it is settled--- t ltem toil.s tvhrt brit .s the paper always throw it where it was taken, never thinking that tlie suberiber is t.'ane over.” ”11 re comes JOIIII---W .11 John, have you got the paper ?” “N 1 *, daddy, the neighbors borrowed ail the old jiapers, and JY*'r.s. Par rott sent to ret the tm.riling papers as soon as they were done with.” ‘•The dm e she did—then I may hang up mv fiddle till sun down, for when she begins to read ’t,» iron, alpha to omega. Give me my hat. Joli". Never mind breakfast; Mr. • v allow, will you accompany me to the printing office ?’ I will suberibeimmediatelv: five ...liars, did you say ! I will give twenty five dmlars before 1 will suffer such imperti nence. It I If, ,J „ n/ pa/ier j wish j m be snot.— Louisiana Ai/vertiser. Steam Frifates.-. Two steam frigates, we earn, are forthwnh to be built by order of the Navy Department, one at the New York and the other at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. SHORT MAXIMS FOR YOUNG MO 'I HEKS. It is iitipossible lor us to present our reader* wtui abstracts from many excelleul public.nions which come immediately un der our eye. It is sometime since »e have emu hed our columns with any tiling from the Monthly Journal, published ai Utica by Bennett and Bright., and edited by Mrs. Cumaut. It is an excelicut work, as will be seen by the following extracts. — Chris tian Watchman. Rise so early in the morning that you in \ lie able to secure at lost hall an hour tor leading <lie Scripture and prayer be fore your domestic concents require your atieiiiiott. lon will find the- exerti c ad apted to j re pa re and strengthen you *o cn counter with a bfcomitig'teiriper and spirit the 1 1 nils and vexations of the day. A< custom your children to make prayer :ii and j raise to God, the giver and qitcseive, ot life, the first employ meat iu lbe morning and the la-t at a night. Uemeii.her that the duties of a mother are tititrai.slerabh , therefore, except in cases ol unavoidable necessity, nevt-i sniit r the de votional exercise ol you rcliildren to be su perintended by another. See that your daughters rise early,, and that they employ themselves abont such domestic allans as are suited to their y ears and capacities. Never suffer young children to require services from others w hic‘> they can oetform for themselves. A str ct obseivaticc* of this rule will l e t ( incaleulable ;i.N. tiU'gt to them through evety period of life. Let ail the youi g members of your fami ly be regularly washed and combed befoie breakfast; never permit them to treat you wit Ii so much disrespect as to app ar at your table in a slovenly condition. It should ever be remembered that the high est n spent which a child can pay is due its parent. Thi - respect may be insured by ■forming correct habits in youth. “Resist in time—all mcdiciue is hut play When the disease is stieugtiiened by delay.’ Never overload either the plates or stom achs ol your children ; give them sufficient arid suitable food. Recollect, * mil U is for babes,” and “siro- g meat for men.” Watch against the practice of leaving por tions of food on the plates or throwing them about, which begets a habit of wasllillness highly pernicious. “Waste not, want not,” is a good proverb, and should be kept in mind. Be yourself the judge, both of the quan tity and quality of the food your children should eat. There are many things which may appear to the eye of a child, “pleasant ami good for food,” which nevertheless contain tire seed of disease and death. En tirely refuse them sweet and rich cake. Let neatness and order regulate all your movements, and then you can insist, with propriety, that your children have a place for every thing, and t' at every thing be kept ii its pin «. Read to your children as often as prac ticable, familiar stories, and explain and illustrate what you read. This plan will both amuse and improve them. Encourage the natural curiosity of vunr children. This will, at a very early age, de ve/upe the peculiar traits of their cha'aeter Always take -are to blend instruction with amusement, so that there be no instruction without amusement—no amusement with out instruction. Be methodicall in all your domestic ar rangements. This adds most essentially to the comforts of family devotion he held sacred ; suffer uo visiter or company to put them aside. Never allow your authority, as a parent, to bed sputed, be firm, dignified, mild and composed. Be careful to decide justly between your children, when disputes and difficulties oc cur. Remember the many colored coat of Joseph. Never compel your children to commit port ions of Scnytt ie to memory [as a punish ment. This unreasonable practice lms ru ined many a youth. Always impress the minds of voirr chil dren with this truth that allowing them to learri is a favor. Never treat as a matter of indifference a disposition to practice cunning equivocation which is the first developement of a dispos i'ion that, if uncontrolled, will form a most degraded character. Never threaten without punishing ; never promise without performing. GOING THE BIG FIGURE. ' few days Since, a tall, well dressed gentlemanly looking man came to this < itv, and put up ai the Globe Hotel, wheie lie 1 1 tereil Ins name as Mr James Webb. He called on several of ’be dry good mer chants in Baltimore street, and represented himself as a meichant who had con c on t" hi:ygondsto a con uh rableamount. (01 n ~u b he «as prrpared to pay the ready cash. 5,000, at another of 81,000, Ac., 1 l td he lind made engagements to the value ol •S' 0.000. He did notask to have pass' -smii of the goods utnii lie should pay lor them, an i the (f lighted merchants laid the anicie careft.lly aside to await his planking up u,e needful, i very one was in eislaiie* at having sueli a customer, so arcotin od.ning, so ati ibie, so genteel, and so rich. He was trusted and Watered ; dinner parties were given in his honor: a sea of cliampagie was quailed to h.s health ; and many a nde and pleasure excursion did lie lake at their expense. If Mr. Wehh expressed fatigue, a dozen carriages were at his disposal, and the owners felt honored at his condescend ing to rule in them; if he hit a disirc m engage in any amusement, business was thrown aside to attend upon him ; t.d pio moto his enjoyments. lie lived like a fighting cock ; ami lie was the cock of ti e walk lor some days. At length, (.tie morning the gentleman was missing, dimer time came ami In J as not t b found, and at suppi r the truth appeared e» idem that Mr- W ebb had gone otf without kidding bis (iieuds farewell, or paying his land'otd's bill. It was afterwards ascertained that ilie gentle man had been playing a 1 lactic: 1 joke nj oil those who had bei 11 pampeiing him, for so far from being a rich merchant he was a poor journeyman tnylor, without five dollars in the world, and no capital but unblushing efiiontery plarsih e address, and a good slot of clothes. He has gone to Philadelphia or New York where lie may probably at tempt to play t!i- same game, and no doubt with success, for the “borers” in those cities "’ill Lite at such a bait like a gudgen — }<un. Election Anerdote.— Though our elec tions sometimes produce ebulitions of an gry feeling, Chey also originate some excel lent jokes. On’ of them we shall give as related to ns. Tue question was put to a simple foreigner bv our informant, ••Have you ever been Answer. ”1 don't remember.” Question. “Can't yen recollect whether von ever applied to the Court for that purpose ?” Answer. “No, but they had me up at Court once, ami I was pul in jail for a few days. Perhaps that was to naturalize me; but I’m not abic to »ay for certain-”— Norfolk Herald. A correspondent of the London Times gives the following account of a recint milacle wrought by a parish priest, which, he says, is extensively circulating iu Ire land. A report has in general gore abroad a noi e the j eople. that a it.an called Henry Fariaud l as, in const queer ent his des hont—ty been struck into a sound sleep, in the middle of a field near Lurgan in No vi m a r last ; and -till remains resting on the spadi with which he was digging when the occurrence took pl.ice. Tin follow ii g is the account of this affair: -—Nome time 1 isi harvest Far'and was on his way to pay his rent [he occupied a small farm jointly w :ha woman named Har iet Guthrie,] and called to know if she was I ready. S,e had the money but said that Is she could not go, he might take it for her, >) he took the widow's rent.- He proceeded • >ii hi- wav, and no mere was heard of the matter for several (lavs, when Mis. Guthrii saw the aeent approach her door, and ask her lor the rt lit; she said it was already paid, that she had given it to Harry Farland, and inentiot cd the day cu which he pridhis own. The aeent said he had received no money but Fa'land's own. “Well,” said she “there is Harry in the field, an 1 you can satisfy yourself regarding it.” “No,” said the getictnan, “I cannot leave my horse hul go to him and tell him to rive you the receipt; she went aid asked him what he l^e 1 done vv ll l l her money ; lie did not deny he had not got the mom v. but said, coolly, white washer witness? She said there was no one present but God and herself; “Your (•oil, then madam,” said he, “was asleep, at the time, and therefore could not see.” • Then.” said the poor widow, “I suppose you have not paid the ttiouev; you elicited me, but you cannot ( hen! God. ’ So she left him. lie was seen by a man standing on his spade, who observing him to continue in that position without moving, was sur pti-ed. On approaching, inquiry was made but no answer. He attempted to waken him, but could not. The man then gave the alarm ; so the neighbors flocked round Fat land, but no means could be found to awaken hint. At last they sent for the clergy, the Church minister, the Pregbyte l inn minister, and the priest successively, to make him speak. The first two had no influence on him. When he spoke In said, -T am to stsini here to the day of judgment.” The people then thought to move hint by force, hut could not stur him. They got a saw to cut the spade on which he was leaning, that the might fall, but the first cut the saw broke into pieces. 'Then they got blankets to covet him from the cold, hut they were blown away; so he, it seems, bv fate, must beat all weather. Rer. .T. BOLL AND, 11. KERNS, G MEGAKY, Parish Priest. Belfast, 1539. SUPPORT YOUR Mt CHANICS. There is n« truth move undeniable than that it is the bonnden duty ol every com munity to support its own mechanics. They are a worthy and indispensable class of men, and we find m> town or village flourishing without their aid. Indeed, their pr sc nee or absence is always a true index of the condition of a place-—whether it is advancing iu wealth and importance, or sinking in dtcav. Whenever we pass though a village and hear the frequent sound of the carpenter’s hammer, the hum of fac tories, the clink of the blacksmith's anvil ; that village, we say tu ourselves, is flourish ing. It cannot be otherwise, for the pro ducers ate actively employed, andout-nuin her the consumers Whenever and wherev er this is the case, the people, are growing wealthy, and are at the same time training up the rising generation to habits of indus try and morality. Wlnreas, if a city or village pursues the opposite of this course ; neglects its mechanics and supports those of the foreign Fivn- -those who can, will be compelled to go to some other place, and those who are compelled by the force of circumstances to remain, will become idl«t and profligate; they will cease to produce ami be consumers ; in a few years they will necotne beggars, and tl;ca children ignor ant and vicious., if there is any truth in the assertion that we ought as a nation to give the preference to domestic manufactures, the fact is equal ly true with regard to a community ; both are sustained by the same arguments. If a merchant would have around him substan tial ct stumers, let him by every means u Lis power support and foster the tnecln n ics of his villa-re, and as they become more wealthy their custom wiil increase, espe cially in the articles on which he makes the git (itest profit. r p)i e habit of importing large quantities of cheap and half made articles to compete with oir village me chanics, is shirt sighted and wrong, both as regards the mechanic and consumer; and if the mctchant would look further into the operation of things he would find that he lias tn ssed the p-th of his own interest by doing so. L» i the merchant bring the case to his own door, and hejjjTrlmps’inay Letter under stand it: suppose that every individual who possesses the means, and who uses in his f-ntiily four or live hundred dollars worth of goods per annuit), should instead of buying ol him at retail, go to some city wholesale eslablishiuciit and purchase his year’s sup ply—would he t ot in bitterness condemn such an illibeial course, and would lie not say to him with tiwili that he was warring against his own interest, by destroying the I usiness ol his town and riving it to anoth er; and that his littleness would re-act upon him in double fold by the decrease of his Iti petty and business! irhr, in the case above instanced, could the mechanic sa\ the same to the merchant. U’e say then i- t all classes support each other, and by the mutual exchanges, keep that wealth at home, which is titctssarily expended abroad, tends to destroy ihe business of your neighbor, and which in turn destroys yenr own.- Yankee Faimer. But there are some, who though enjoying a liberal public patronage themselves and growing rich upon it. will not hesitate to send abroad for every trilling job, ii' thev can save a sixpence by it. Sui Ii men can not be regarded as the friends of the me chanic. They are the weights that oppress him. There is another cless, the Snarers, men of little souls—those who are not wd- ling to pay a fair price (or work—but w !l screw an operative so close, that he can barely live. No wonder that mechanics cannot flourish where such persons are found. Il you wish to see a flourishing neighborhood-—patronize your own me chanics, riot by screwing them down to mean and beggailv prices, pay them fairly and honorably, and in such a manner as wiil enable them to live, and remember, that in promoting the prosperity of tins class of men. you are not only promoting your own personal interests, but the prosperity aud welfare of every class in society. The state debt of Mississippi is estimated at sixty millions of dollars Fiom the I’sexc England Eetiew. \ oKIwEN OF fcILK. The cultivation of silk first commenced in China, 2,700 years before the Christian era. It was first known at Stv or Siv,ca. There was oi e Holing te. called the em peror of the eaith, who itigiud iu China more than one hundred yeais, and is known iu history tor his enterprising and perse vering spirit, that paid great alicnlion to the culture of silk when it was first discovered in his kingdom ; and lie directed his em press, bi Long Cht, to devote her attention and a good sh-ue ol her patronage to the subject. Many of her attendants joined her in the enterprise, and soon it became the occupation and amusement of the princess, mandarines or governor, and all the.first ranks of China. They learned t» manufac ture as well as to cultivate the rare material and within half a century after they called their attention to the subject, it be came the greatest resource oi the wealth of China. It was im’ ortril into India from China, and into Prussia and Arabia, and in those countries it became an important article of manufacture. Alexander first introduced the knowledge of silk to the Grecians about SCO yeais be fore Christ, and did so through his expe dite nto Persia and India. As Greece in creased in wealth and luxuries, so increased the demand for silk, which was usually ob tained from Persia and of the ancient Phcenecians, and they iu ther turn obtained it from ( hina. The Phcenecians made considerable traffic in the article, and sometimes carried it to east of Europe. They did not know for a lot g time where it was manufactured, nor where was situated the original country. S'rit a was snivel hues called Screina, a name evidently composed of Seres and India, the name of the distinct countries. About the y earofour Lord 290, at Rome, silk was considered of too great value for the Empress, it, at that time, heins: worth its weight in gold. But ot' or families, who had no scruples on the store of expense, made use of it as free as their means would permit. The Romans called it sericum, which is the lafin word for silk. I w ill men tion here, that it is called in the most parts of Europe till the picsent day, situ soie and silk. In the beginning of the sixth centuty, silk began to be better understood ; and the Emperor, Justinian, of Constantinople, ot tered premiums for correct information upon the subject, it this the Phcenecians’ man - edies, Tyre and Beryl us. re -cetved the whole of their raw slk from China and Persia, and according to (he ancient historians even in the d.ivs of Justinian, uo person in Constantinople knew that silk was the production of a rentile. The Greek cultivated and manufactured nearly all ovet their country. At Thebes ans Athens, silk was manufactured for4oo years after the times of Justinian, and the Veueciatis are said to have carried silk from Greece to the whole western Europe. After the wars of Malmoin cd IT, the Saracens and Arabians cultivated the mul berry tiee and silk throughout the domin ions, and even on the islands in the Medi terranean. About 711, the Saraeons and Arabians when conquering Spain, intro duced the silk manufacture into that conn try, afterwards into Potugal. Spain at this time was a very barbarous state, and was much reproached by her conquerors. When Greece was invaded bv Rogers. King of Sicily, abot t 1,146, many of the silk weavers and manufactrers were taken in the war and forced to Palermo. Not longer than 25 years after, Sicily was famous for her curious manufactories, she having intermixed in her manfacturing of silk, gold ami paerls, which of course, made the arti cle vciv costlv. It was a considerable time after this bc for* silk made i‘s appearance further north, and the Ist mention of its introduction into Italy is stated to have been about the year 1440. This 1 learned by a history of silk, which catne fortunately in my way. but is now lest. ]a n not positive as to the cor rectness of the date, but Italvwc all knew has heroine a great silk country, particular ly for the manufacture of sewings, and that it must have been introduced there very early, 1 think will not be doubted. Accor ding to Count Dondola, two-thirds of the whole exports of that country at this tin e is silk. Silk was first introduced into France in 1494, though until Kancat, a common gard ner of Nismes, who founded a nurse v of white mulbery trees, there was litile or nothing done in (lie wav of cultivation. But not long alter the exertions e>f this en terprising man, (tor such the historians dis tinguished him) it became (lie interest of almost every individual to engag' in the business, and it shently spread throughout the whole of the southern part of this coun try* Harvey IV, in 1009, gave creat en couragement for the advancement of the silk interest in his kingdom, anil it is worth v that Monarch to have it said, that he fully established the importance of raising anil manufacturing silk in that country by his own individual exertion. Olive de Senes acted an b:e part in advar.t ins the silk cause, while Sully, who did not understand the importance of 1 lie woik opposed it with aji his abi ij. Colbert also did mu h to establish permanently in the soil of France lids important culture; and it is a fact that though France has had wars, not only out of the kingdom but in it, her silk manufac ture has been ever able to save herself. It is estimated in Europe that France exports to the United States, 50,000,000 of francs worth of silk ycar'y. Frequent attempts have been made to raise silk in England, but without success to any extent. The climate there is ton humid. They attempted to raise it first in 1548, and the manufacturing of it has been carried ou more or less ever since. Now they are manufacturing in great quantities. Jacquard’s loom has produced almost in estimable advantages to England and France in the way of manufacturing this article. It lias been to them what Whitney’s cotton gin has been to the southern part of tire United States. From the Cultivator. ECONOMY IN KEEPING HORSES. Roberts, in his Agricultural Economy, maintains that one pairof horses, well kept, are a sufficient team to work a fifty acre farm, and to work it well, under the alterna ting system. It lias bi eii proved, he savs, that a team going at the respetive rates of a mile and a half and two miles an hour, will plough as follows : Width of tor. Rates per. hour. A. R. P. 8 inches, one mile and a half. 1 0 0 9 “ do 1 0 20 8 “ two miles 1 1 jo 9 “ do. 12 0 Three things require attention from every man who wishes to keep horses well and economically : 1. The food most be natural for them. 2. The quantity of food requisite to keep heir condition equal to their work. 3. The best manner of giving their food, with the view of its being sprcuily that they may he down to rest. The natural toon lor th* 1 » rse, says our author, is coin, lay aid gii.ss; but that under artificial n ai.ag*iiirul, tl.t re may be advantageously st.l stiti.uii lor t.ati tal food, or conjoined wuh it. |otaioes. | aiii.qs, iar rots, turnips and mangold w uilzel, together with str. w bean (and torn) stalks, |i a haulm, xtilies, clever and other cultivated grass* s. cut green. Hay is sufficient to keep a horse to look at; but corn is iud s| disable to enable him to staid hard wink, A 1 cite itquina thirty pout ds of diy lood a day, of which a part must be corn or its equivalent ; to those which work, or.c pound <f good oats is equal in nutriment to three pounds of good hay. Heavy oats are worth more pound for pound, (ban light oats, as will be seen by the following scale : i Weight per bush. Pro. in meal. Pro. in bran. 42 lbs. 25 llis. 2 cz. 16 lbs. 14 oz. 40 lbs. 23 lbs. 6 oz. 16 lbs. 10 oz. 58 lbs. 21 lbs. 12 cz. 16 lbs. 4 zo. 36 lbs. 20 lbs. 3 oz 15 lbs. 13 oz. 54 lbs. 18 lbs, 11 oz. 15 lbs. 5 oz. 32 lbs. 17 lbs. 5 oz. 14 lbs. 11 oz. 30 lbs. 16 lbs. 1 oz. 13 lbs. 15 cz. In g neral, ti e different kin's of grain are ti'itricious in proportion to their \\ t iglit ; w hile two pounds ol green food or roots are cons'dcred r enal •« one of div. “Wliati ver fodder I e used,” savs Mr. Roberts, “it should be supplied ill such a form as to be cat forthwith, that the j oor animals should enjoy tetreshing rest; to secure this, the (odder sl.i idd le cut oi cvvsh t<! and placed in a j.a:qhi’’—i et a raik. “\\ lien the respective feeds will 1 ;vc been consumed, cvoiy her*e will lie down to 'rst; hunger being tatisfiid, tl.cie will Into temptation to keeping hint stat ding for I ot.is, as Mould le ti e cate, Mere 1 i6 lark stuffed wi li hay, according to the general custom of fanners, ’f he nutriment ion tained in every kind of grain depends upon its weight.” L is to be remarked, that concentrated toed, as grain, will tot do alone, there must bes mi thing to increase the bulk, to ini part the stim t h:s of distil sion, before the functions of digestion can I e carried on in perfection. Horses, tliere t- re, and even fattening animals, which ate fed with Li; h grain, require rut hay, or m n straw, for this purpose, independent ol the nutriment tin \ alien!. “When the quantity of hay supplied as food for horses,” savs Mr. R.“hns I ei n in creased, and the quantity of oats ilitninisli < ii. it has been found that the animals though they appear to improve, ns the fatness of their looks, were nevertheless rot so able to stand hard work; aid, ou the contrary, when the corn has I een increased and the hay diminished, it has been found that though the animals might, tin to appear ance, be leaner, yet 'b-t ihey writ sponger, mere equal to hard labor, iu better work ing condition-'' Fiom the Savannah Crcr- iar. IGNORANCE,OR ?!i:*KEI TiLLLSTA j ION, \\ e find iii a late rtt.r I rr of the I.irer ! ou! (Eng.-) A ail, :ii :t ( ( ui tot ii * \aliens Rail Roads ;.-<.«<• v ij rm <r. in tl c Ii it'd •Mates, li pi,i| cits to be taken fiom tl r authority ol an An etii an genth man. \\ lo evei that gentleman rnry be, nud m have no means at present, if ascot aiuirg his whi te iibouts, nc is most mi I'll'y ignoiant rt tie. subject on w hi< li lie ti cats as far as Georgia is con* ei in-ii, aid, u hen he is sn \n\ m i erg respecting this State, the cvider.ee is pte sumptiie, that he may he equally so with rogaiil to oil,eis. litre is the section ccn cerniug our S tatr : Gi.Ol i IA.---Altam: ha to BiUPMih k, 12 miles; Georgia Railroad begins at Ai gutu and is to go to Athens. (Il l miles) Macon tn ii (in i i(si uroiigh, 7” mites dime, and lo ci.motives upon it ; total. miles. Ti e Central Rail Road of Gentgia. con fessedly one of the most ituj t rt. nt, feasible and progressing wuii sol ti> ds.\. is i nine ty I'll out tl the catalogue. This trail might as wi ll not hi vc t xisti nee at all. as lar as iin it.for i.i;.tiuu cl the Av uici /. ; i i:tu r; n is at sit he. Low could he le so hi iud ei misinformed as not to know that t’ic Central Rail Rt ;.i! of Georg ia. w hie!, is to run to Wat ca. 1 PC) t tits and upwards, is now in successful opi ration for 70 milt s, anil carries the mail on its route for Macun, Milh dgeville and Augusta, three nt the most populous cities in Georgia?-- Truly, we have touch to cortrst with, f-uti.e of our citizens in the interior are gudty id' sup '. ( nr, s —till these iiiteii stnl in sj ecu li’li.L plans ol internal Improvement, will not stop shot t i t misrepresentation. V, c believe the Central Rail Road cf (T o!_:" has made as much pic : ess since rts 11 urn iui i n.t ui, as any work cf a similar kit il in th,e L t iled Fiatts, iinih ii vent: ore favoit.hlo .wispier s, has ever made. Our I'eil ien of the press in Georgia, slu,chi notice this inL-ri-prescntEtiou. It is injurious l© the whole State. A boarding school miss, being unwell, •bought it was not genteel to sav flic w;« E'il ions, so she complained of In ing li'ili wrm-ous. These are the days cf refinement. “Why are yo i like an annual, my dear?'’ said a saucy lover as he pulled Harriet into Ins lap. “I do nor know.” “Why, because you are handsomely bo'r.d!” ••Indeed,” said the lady, “why, then, am I like a law book?” “Really, 1 can't tell.” “Because I am bound in calf!" A charitable divine, lor the benefit of the countiy where he resided, commenced a large causeway, and as he was one day over looking the work a certain nobleman passed by : “Well. Doctor,” said he,, “notwith standing your pains and charity, I don’t lake this to be the highway to heaven.” “A ery true, my lord,” replied the doctor, “for if it had, 1 should have wondered to meet your lordship here.” FRUIT TREKS,—The roil round fruit tiers which do nut stand in cultivated ground should he spaded for two or three feet on each side. This is absolutely necessary for yotiug trees.— G. Farm. YEL LO W JESS \ MINE. We thought the followiifig.worth noticing from the Mobile. Journal. “Perhaps it is not generally known that the flowers of the yellow jessamine, is an active anil dangerous poison. A case occurred o Thursday last in the family ot the editor of t hi > p iper, which had well nigh resulted in the death of his two children who ha;! eaten of tire flowers for the honey they contain. About two hours after, both were attacked with violent vomiting which continued for nearly two hours, and but for speedy medical aid would have proved fatal. In fact, the cases, with every attention, were for some time extreamcly doubtful. The yellow jessamine grows v.Lundaiitiy iri the forests in this country, is an exceedingly beautiful flower, aud often transplanted . round the dwellings of our citiaens.”