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CVftv r I 1 yy Ay yy Ay Ay Ay Ay AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. If ay- Ay Ay VOLUME I. firaslut gMtritscr & .. s WTED AND rVCLISnED ETEET SATURDAY BY W. FURNAS a Sni.Strwt, UU Hain and Water, i Lake's Block.) r .o roar ; 'invariable in ad ranee), $2,00 1,50 ! CVTF.S OF ADVERTISING: V ,qarr; ' Yui or less) one insertion, l lj additional insertion, 51,00 2,50 4,00 6,00 10.00 5,00 60.00 35,00 15.00 10,00 35,00 20.00 19,00 8.00 20.00 13.00 10.00 6.00 a ' " three montlis, i " FIX HloOtUS, 'a one rear, !Bnw CaH "' r lc-'S one -Tear' ii.? C..!uinn..'nc year,-' t!K-Uf CuIuibd, -ac year, ; f.dirtfl . . . , u . u rinctiirntn ? - rhnm.six mnnUH!. - U'f t't'Uimu, iT raonUs, i f;irin -' . t'.TlmnTu tliree month", ' f a:f (Vuir.n, three uiontbs, f,.ur:h " i .1. " ..;., ii :ire. one wo ma 5.00 - Ci-kitt 'arioe oc r"!""" 'l'dU fX'-fj-t v,hrc nctunlrcsponsibility is known. Ten ! tent for each change 15 added to the j "Uulz JWincss Carls of Eve lines or less, for ' S,", aJv:cr:i.-mrntg will Ite considered by the year, ; fJ:i'i...J f, ui. J .n the inamncript, or previously ' tc1 ui-ii between the parties. I ri.iv,.-:,M.iiLcit marked n tbecopy for a speei- i . -n 1 . . f. i I !rr t 1 l fi j numW ..f iusortion.s will be continued until or i and i-'usirged awordingly. y, aJv Tii- socnts from strangers or transient pcr- fins to be mi in advince. j Tii-yr. of yearly advertiser? will be confined ! riJn- to t!nTr own business -T anJ nil advertisements : t a rtuiniTi fhert, X) be jaid for extra. All k-a J A a lvertisewints charged double the above rjk!li n't ) A ivrtL-cment? en the-inide exclusively will be j diu-J ertra. - .. . v f If''- ti c , JOB PRINTING! Blanks, i Bill Heads . Labels, i i ::i i n.ii Circulars, Lading. init'nnttin ti t mi l fl m rrTC anl every other kind of work 'that may be called for. ILivinp purchased, in connection with the 'Heflec V'r"OSce,u extensive and excellent variety of 'f rhc'.atcst styles, we arc prepared to do any kind of wyck mentioned in the above Catalogue, with neat ne'ii and dipatch. - . .The i'ri;tii"tor, who, havinj had an extensive ex-j'Twnce.-will vc hi personal attention to this branch if Ijusiiiesj. nod hot.'..' in his endeavors .to please. b itbiajhe excellence of his work, and reasonable j eYirjes.to weivca shar? of the public patronage. BUSINESS CARDS. nitowNViM.rc. OSCAR F. LAKE & CO. GENERAL I - S LAUD AND LOT AGENTS, BrowaviUe, W. T. . A. S; HOLLIDAY, M. D. SURGEON, PHYSICIAN -a.ia.ci Otostotriciaa. W10WSVII4.E, X. T.; : . nlH:its a ?hrc of public patronage, in the various o "ooues of his profession, from the citizens of Drown y.Ire and vicinjtv. B, B. & J. h N. TTTQMPROTI U'J.gALS ASH RETAIL DEALERS IN Oiry Qroods lardaarc, Qucensware, Groceries, and Coniitry Produce. .. 'ERby::v;i,LE. ::. t.. HOBLITZELL & CO., VTUOLKS ALE AN1 RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY GOODS. GRQTOEo. Qucensware, Hardware, Stoves, 3Pxxrixinixof COUNTRY PRODUCE. BUOWNVILLE N. T. . MISS. MARY W." TURNER, A-xj-ci Dross ZVXo.lx.ox. first Street, between Hain and Water, imoWNVILXE, N. T. Bonnets and Irimmir.gs always on hand. C. W. WHEELER, wt. ain DT1IT flTPD auiiiiiiUi n ii i mini n i "J'-'Xi'J as. HL-j -xaixz SX2. Urownvillo, INT. T. T. L. KICKETTS, CARPENTER MID JOINER. NEBRASKA TERRITORY. JOHN S. HOYT, -2y Smcyor and Lacd Agent, 0 Ili,,',hrdon eouBty. N. T w iU attend promptly J uehul La ying Tares, Rexrdin!;Claims. Subdividing Laying out Town Lots, Ural ting City Hats ic. iuiu aiaress ARCHER, Richardson co.. N. T. J. HART & SOIT & IMiiJESS 0Soa, Holt County, Jlissouri. " SMr1.011 411 description of Harness, koir,Jr JrTT ani',e in our eboP u BBufactnrcd warrMted to gire itirfactwB, L AHPH ii SADDLE BEOWNVILLE, J. D. N. THOMPSON, ATT0SHEY AT LAW, LOT AND LAND AIjENT; j BROWXA'ILLE, X. T., Will attend the Courts of Northern Missouri, Ne braska and Western Iowa. K. X. HABDIXG. O. C. KIVBOYCQ B. F. T001IEE. HARDING, KIMBQUQIi & CO., Manufacturer and Wkofntale Dealers in HATS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS, 17 o 49 Kain street, bet. Olive and Pine, ST. LOUIS, MO. Particular attention paid to manufacturing our Snest Mole Hats. E. M. M'COMAS, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OBSTJ3T11IOIAN, XEMAUA CITY, N. T. Tcwdcrs bis professional services to the citizens of eicaua county. JAMES W. GIBSON, B li ACK MIT Second Street, between Main and Nebraska, KROWNVILLE, N. T. A. L, CO ATE, COUNTY SURVEYOR, BROWN VI LLE, NEMAHA CO. Nebraska Territory. C. V. SNOW, SURGEON, PHYSICIAN An el A coouclioixr , ROCKPORT, MO, R. W. FURNAS, ID LOT Jill, INSURANCE AGENT. AND AGENT FOR AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, BROWN VI LLE, N. T. A. A. BRADKOKP, WX. MC LESS AN, Nebraska City.N.T. . L. MC 'GARY, Erownville, N. T. BRADFORD, McLENNAN & McGAltY, ATT08HHYS AT LAW AND SOLICITERS IN CHANCERY. Erownville and Nebraska City, NEBRASKA TERRITORY. BEING permanently located in the Territory, we will give our entire time and attention to the practice of our profession, in all its branches. Mat ters in Litigation, Collections of Debts, Sales and Purchases of Ileal Estate, Selections of Land, Loca ting of Land Warrants, and all other business en trusted to our management, will receive prompt and faithful attention. REFERENCES. S. F. Nuckolls, Richard Brown, Win. lloblitzell & Co., Hon. James Cnii, Hon. James M. llnghes, Hon. John R. Shcpley, Messrs. Crow, MoCrcary &. Co. Messrs. S. G. Hubbard & Co., lion. J. M. Love, vl-nl Nebraska City, Urownville, u St. Joseph, Mo., St. Louis, Mo., Cincinnati O. Keokuk, Iowa. Juno 7, 185(1. NUCKOLLS, RUSSELL, & CO. Ilocltport, IVIo. n aOLESALK AND RETAIL DEALERS IN my m. einis, HARDWARE AND CUTLERY, Medicines, Dye Stufife, Saddlery, Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps, QUEEN SWAHE, STONEWARE, TINWARE, IliON, NAILS, STOVES, PLOWS Ac. Also Furniture of all kinds, Window Sash, &c A. D. KIRK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Land Agent and Notary Public, Archer, Richardson county, Jf. T. "Will practice in the Courts of Nebraska, assisted by Harding and liennett, Nebraska City. Jacob sArroiu, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. CENTRAL INSURANCE AND LAND AGENT. And Notary Public. Nebraska City, Nebraska Territory. TT ILL attend promptly to all buisncss entrusted .rn W Llitare'ia Territory and West September 12, 1853. vlnl5-ly SPIUGMAN & BROWN, RAILROAD AHD STEAMBOAT AUENTS. And General Commission Merchants. No. 4G, Public Landing CINCINNATI, OHIO. W. EIDEX. RID EN J. 1). WHITE. & WHITE, LAND AGENTS. NEBRASKA CITY, N. T. I iaiau maue arranremcnis tr whuh :n JL receive accurate copies of all the Townships embraced in the Eastern portion of Nebraska, we are now preparea u oner our services 10 tee "SQUATTERS OF TELE TERRITTORY In Filing Declaratory Statements of Intention to Pre-empt. Securing Pre-emption?', Locating Lnnd . Warrants and ENTERING LAND. LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT & SOLD. Land Entered on Time, &c. Particular attention paid to Buying and Selling Property on commission: Also, to making Collections m a . ... . . l P T ana lorwanling remittances to any partoi vne union. Blanks of all kinds always ou hand. RIDEN WHITE. REFERENCES. -Hon. A. A. Bradford, - Nebraska City. S. F.Nuc tolls. - " . ' ' oils, Messrs. Di.hnan Si West, Peter A. Keller, Thomas Lumpkin, Jun9 23, 135. rl ni St. Joscjih, Mo : Washingtou City, 1 NEMAHA COUNTY, N. T., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1856. A. J. POHPLETOX. WM. N. BYEES. POPPLETOX & EYERS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. And General Land Agents, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Land Warrants B ought and Sold. LAND ENTERED ON TIME. SPECIAL attention given to the selection and en try of Lands for Settlers, and all others desiring cuoice locations. ' ' . Land Ckiiuas, Town Lot? and all kinds of Real Es tate, !x light and sold and investments made for dis tant Dialers. - OLIVEK BK.VNET. JAKES r. F1SKE. TVM. B. OARRIT. ACGCSTrS KXIGHT. OLIVER BENNETT & CO., Manufacturers and Whalesale Dealers in Trwmo "VPl QTTrTTQ Pany Marshal Bertheir, was walk-AH-Jv7l-0 AiU oLlVJxLOj ing incognito through the carap and ISO. 8T MAIN STREET, (Formerly, No. 101, Corner op Main and Loccst.) ST. LOUIS, MO. E. F. SEAltS, xVttorney and Counsellor at Law Ami Solicitor in Chancery. SIDNEY, IOWA. Will practice in the District Courts of Western Iowa. Office at the Court House, up stairs. JEJ J. M. McFADIN & CO., FORWARDING COMMISSION Merchants, No. 28. Levee, and 56 Commercial street, St. Loais, Mo. Especial attention givon to sales of nEMP,ROPE, Provisions, flour, Oram, &e. Consignments solicit ed, and promptly disposed of. THOMAS U. LARKIN & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND w siuiusiac wwews, JNo. dU, .Levee, Corner of Ulive street. ST. LOUIS, MO. Special attention given to Bales of HhMr, GRAIN rnnifpn v., m r- i, ., i of Hemn. under anv circumstances. " A. D. JONES, - THE WESTERN TIONEER EVND HUNTER, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE, AND OMAUA CITY, N. T. CSTLuuds carefully located, and entered for cus- toiners. Lota and Lands bought and sold. L. FORSYTH & CO. COMMISSION MER CHANTS A Elf "Prftiffllt. ATIlf S OF THE '7 I BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD No. 3, Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. A. MUDl), G. L. HUGHES. J. J. MUDD. H. T. MUDD, S. O. GECEB MUDD & HUGHES. vnnnnnv a nn i n rrxa rn TvrTrn r-rr-r TvrT3 JSo. 66 Levee and tb Lornmercial btreet en r nrrro tr ST. LOUIS, MO. JOSEPH JIUItPIIY, xVttorney and Counsellor at Law. And Solicitor in Chancery. Sidxey, Fremont County, Iowa. Office in tho Couit House, up stairs. Attorneys nud Counsellors at Law. x ii I k'nv And t.enerai Lanu Agents, NEBRASKA CITY, N. T. TILL promptly attend to Land Agencies, collec- V tions. investing money, locating and selling i land warrants, and fell other business pertaining to t their profession, in Nebraska Territory and V cstern Iowa. ALONZO rKATT, New York. E. 6. FRATT, O. W. CHILD, St. Louis. E. W. VOX, 8. C. MANSfR, St. Louis. CI1ILD, PRATT & CO., Direct Importers, Jobbers and Manufacturers' Agents English, French, German & American Hardware and Cutlery. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, &c, &c. 139 & 111 Main St, cor. Washington Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO. H. WHITTEifORK. R. B. WHITTEMORE. J. F. CARTER II. & R. B. WHITTEMORE & CO., Wholemle Dealer in , . BONNETS AND ST11AW GOODS. NO. 113 MAIN STRRET, (First door above the Cant of Missouri.) St. Ziouis, TiLom ti"Cash paid for Furs and Deer Skins. A. C. F02D, t. L. BOW EN. Fnni) it TtOWKN. Attorney and Counsellors at Law. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. Office at the corner of Broadway and Madison streets, up Ftairs. W. P. LOAN, ITM1Y1T m. LjVND AND LOT AliENT. ARCHER, RICHARDSON COUNTY, N. T. CUA.IO.ES WEST. X. J. m'asiien. VEST & McASIIEN, FORWARDING & COMMISSION r.Iorcliarits f Grocers and Steamboat Agents, Corner Second and Francis Streets, (Opposite A. Beatie's Banking House.) St. Oosopli, IMiaaourl. A N assortment of Boat Stores, Groteries, Wines, luors, Meal, Flour, Ac, kept constantly on hand. July 26,1858, vl-n8 FRANKLIN TYPE & STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY Ko. 163 Yiaa Et., Izt. rouxtli.fiad rilUi . CINCINNATI, O. ; C. F. O'DRISCOLIi & CO. "jl Tantifactarers and dealers in News, Book and Job -i-'-L Tjpe, Printing losses. Cases, Ualiies, &c Ac. Ink, and Printing Material of Every Description. STEREOTYPING of all kind-Bcx.ks, Music, Patent Medicine Directions, Jobs, Wood Enjrcvins, Ac, f c. Branded Pattern Letters, various styles, THE P2ICE OF TWO POTATOES ET 1S05. The following anecdote of the first Napoleon this necessity of discrimi nating between the two Napoleons is a little inconvenient is related in a letter from a correspondent, who Tras a considerable time m the trench -T rCnCn I military service, and who vouches for its authenticity. We might say of it, tLW 14 C 11 f S VI 9 V W itALl "The evening before the battle of Ulm, when Napoleon the first in com listening to the talk of- his soldiers. he saw in a group not far off a grana dier of the Guard, who was roasting some potatoes in the ashes. "I should like a roast potato above all things," said the Emperor to the Marshal; "ask the owner of them if he will sell one." In obedience to the order, Berthier advanced to the group and asked to whom the potatoes be longed. A eranadier stepped forward and said, "They are mine. "Will you sell me one?" ' "I have only five and that's hardly enough tor my supper. "I will give you two Napoleons if you will sell me one. "1 don t want your gold, I shall be killed, perhaps, to-morrow, and I don't empty stomach. Rprthier ronortod thft snldipr7a ans wer to the Emperor, who was standing n httln in thf hnlc frrmiTifl o "Let S see it I Shall be luckier than you, said tne latter, ana going up close to the grenadier, he asked him it he would sell him a potatoe." - "Not by a long shot, answered the grenadier, "I haven't enough for my- self." "But VOU mitV Set, YOUr OWn Price. Come I am hungry, and haven t eaten to-day." "I tell you 1 haven t enough for my- self besides all that, do you think , i , ' r ! aon i Know you m spue 01 your uis "AVho am 1 then?" "Bah! The little corporiil, as they call him; am I right: i ii r, 9 II VAX, tJM 1& s y J v II uivj ' -- J oil oinoA vmi L-nnw rrf trill vnn sen me a potatoer "jN o, but it you 11 have me come ana Minft with vou. when vou f?et back to ' V. . . rans, yuu may sup wun me iu-uigui. V 1 X Ul ' j "Done!" said Napoleon. "On the word of a little corporal; On the word of an Lmperor. "Well and good. Our potatoes ought tr bf ilnnA bv tins timo thfrf. are thfi I ml 7 two largest ones, the rest 1 11 eat my The Emperor sat down and ate his potatoes, and then returned with Ber thier to his tent, merely remarking, "The rogue is a good soldier, I'll wager. Two inonths afterward Napoleon the Great was in the midst of a bril liant court at the palace of the Tuileries and was just, setting down to dine, when word was brought him that grenadier was without trying to force the guard at the door, saying that he had been invited by the Emperors "Let him come in, said ms majesty. The soldier entered, presented arms, and said to the Emperor: uDo you remember once having sup- pert with me oi my roasi puuuuesi "Oh, is that you.' Yes, yes 1 remem ber," said the Emperor; "ana so you have come to dine with me, have you? Rustan, lay another cover on your table for this brave fellow." Again tv,n rrrnnr!W nresenteu arms, and said: "A grenadier of the Guards does no eat with lackeys. Your Majesty told me I should dine with you that was the bargain, and trusting to your word I have come hither." "True, true," said the Emperor, "lay a cover here near me; lay aside your arms, mon ami, and draw up to the table." Dinner over, the grenadier went, a his usual pace, took up his carbine and turning to the Emperor, presented arms and said : "A mere private ought not to dine at the table of bis Emperor." "Ah! I understand you," said Napo leon. "I name you Chevalier of the legion of Honor, and Lieutenant in my company of Guards. - "Thank you heartily. Vive'l Em- pereurl" answered the soldier, and withdrew. THE EASTEKT POISON T2ALE, The London Christian Times is striv ing to rouse the people and Govern ment of England to a sense of their nuilt in nemetuating the horrors of the opium traffic in the east. It has the boldness and honesty to say: "We had courage to make war on the Chinese, knowing that they were . quite unable to return tho fire of our ships with any deadly effect, and we had sagacity enough to possess ourselves of Ilong Kong, in imitation of the Portugese who held Macao. "We did as they did. The j Jesuits led on the Poetuguese, and the East India Company intro duced the English. The Portuguese were aiming at the establishment of their superstition, we at the extension -f n m m firfin nn1 -rt-s nil w o..- ,1 1 ' v: v S mercial, per fa et ne fas. In plain English, we wanted China as a market place for the sale of our East India produce, although the most gainful produce was a poison; but that mattered not. Commercial conscience is not scrupulous, and we eased our conscience as well as possible by sending over a reinforcement of missionaries and a million of New Testaments. The Papists baptize with sponges quickly ; the Protestants evangelize with opium in one hand and the Gospel in the other, mpudently; meanwhile, the East India Company and the Board of Control carry on their business after the old fashion the accursed thirst of gold stupefies them, and draughts of the precious narcotic stupefy also the poor Chinese. General Alexander shows how all this is done." He tells us how the Indian govern ment superintends the cultivation of the poppy and tho making of opium. The cultivators of poppy farms, he states, are required to deliver in a cer- am quantity of opium to the agents or their respective districts, who are empowered to judge, in every case of ailure, to produce the tale prescribed, whether this failure be the consequence of willful neglect. The agent may believe this to be the case, or he may suspect it. The suspicion rjf the agent is then his warrant to impose a heavy fine upon the ryot, who is utterly help ess and lies at the discretion of an Indian who is directly interested in oppression. The proprietor of land, too, is required by another law to give information against his tenant if he suspects or believes the tenant to be negligent; the proprietor who neglects this duty is to be visited also with a heavy fine, and swarms of policemen and native oflicers are scrictiy enjoin cd, under penalty of dismissal from office aiid severe punishment, to see that all these informer's do their duty. Torture, as wo know, is one of the ready instruments for extorting pay ment of duties; and imprisonment with its tormenting horrors, awaits each hapless object of suspicion in the greedy eyes of agent, landlord, police man, or any other othcer. in case however, that fine or imprisonment has been inflicted on an industrious ryot falsely charged with negligence, the law allows him a trifiinjr pecuniary compensation for the accident. And as the production of opium is carried uii uy a sjsifm ui oppression wuiscj than that of theEgpytian task-masters, because aggravated by the condition of another system of refined injustice, so its traffic is made the occasion of still further social corruption. Searchers are employed to hunt for concealed parcels of tho drug in the houses of the ryots, who are all to be suspected of haying retained some part of it for private sale free of duty; and this business the searchers perform with so much heedless violence, and such dis gusting intrusions into the apartments of the femalesj that a respectable Hin doo, though ho have not a grain of opium in his possession, would sacrifice all he has in the world, rather than expose his wives to insult. But a still greater evil than the op pression of the natives observes Major Alexander is the rapid demoraliza tion of the vast population of India, from the growing habit of opium-eating. Even the Hindoos, said to be the most temperate people in the wprld, have caught the mania. In a written communication received from Mr. A. Syra, dated the 13th March, 1840, he states: "The health and morals of the peo ple suffer from the production of opium. Wherever opium is grown it is eaten, and the more it is grown the more it is eaten: this is one oi tne worsi ieaiures of the opium question. We arc de moralizing our.own suhjects in India ; one-half of the crime in the opium districts murders, rapes, and affrays have their origin in opium-eating "Both Hindoos and Mussulmans eat the drug; and its pernicious euect3 arc visible on the population of the opium districts, particularly in tne neignuor hood of the depots." F It is important to remember that this gentleman speaks of what he ha3 actually seen, during along residence in the opium district; he assured me that all the other evils of the opium trade, as far as India was concerned, sink into insignificance compared with the debasing effect upon the popula tion ; to added this remarkablo ' ex pression, "une opium cultivator de moralizes a whole village!" Comment upon this is superfluous; The General adds his own testimony o this statement, and extends it vet further, appealing for corroboration" to almost every civil and military officer and missionary in India. Irom India the flood of abomina ion flows to China, where the imporr tation and use of opium has produced a new and rapidly-spreading occasion of immorality. Tho Chinese them selves are horrified at its effects. They see how the disease of opium smoking lays hold upon its victims, plunges them into a delirious lethargy, wastes the moral and physical energies, and stimulates their lowest passions. Life itself is shortened, if not in tho first, in the second generation; and so con vinced hare three successive emperors oi China been that no amount of money could compensate them for the ruin that would be consequent on legal izing the . onium traffic in their do- minions, that they have nobly with stood repeated proposals to reverse, in this respect, the policy of their ances tors, lhe people of England should now be awakened to the sense of the dishonor that falls on them by the con trast exhibited between Christian Eng land and heathen China, and raise their voice m constitutional remon strance against this betrayal of the highest interests of Great Britain to the lust of gold. THE EFFECT Or C0LOB TP0N HEALTH. From several years observations in rooms of various sizes used as manu facturing rojDms, and occupied bv females for twelve hours per day, I found that the workers who occupied these rooms which had large windows with large panes of glass in the four sides of the room, so that the sun's rays penetrated through the 'room during the whole day, were much more healthy than the workers who occu pied rooms lighted from one side only, or rooms lighted-through very small panes of glas3. 1 observed another very singular fact; namely, that the workers who occupied one room were very cheerful and healthy, while the occupiers of another similar room, who were employed on the same kind of work, were, all inclined to melancholy, and complained of pain in the fore head and eyes, and were often ill, and unable to work.. Upon examining the rooms in question, I found they were both equally well ventilated and lightedi I could not discover any thing about the drainage of the premises that could affect the one room more than the other; but I observed that the room occupied by the cheerful workers was wholly whitewashed, and the room occupied by the melancholy workers was colored it st It T Vwl 4 T a "rri-kllw ochreva3ie(1 ofr and the walls and ceilings whitewashed; The workers ever after felt more ehcerful and bealthy. After making this discovery, I. extended my observations to a num ber of smaller rooms and garrets, and found, without exception, that the oc cupiers of the white rooms were much more healthy than the occupiers of of the yellow or buff-colored rooms; and wherever I succeeded in inducing the occupiers of the yellow rooms to change the color for whitewash, I always found a corresponding improvement in the health and spirits of the occupiers. The above is from a correspondent of the London Builder, and is very important information; Wc are framed with natures which are influenced by color; but the manner we are in fluenced is not yet sufficiently under- tood. Chevneul has investigated the laws of color relating to contrast, so as to arrange different colors in a cor rect manner to produce the most pleas ing effect upon tho . vision; but we know very little of the laws relating to health and color, lhese laws can only be discovered by observation and experiment. We hope this subject will meet with more general attention and further investigation. Scientific ximerican.. T0ECHU7O AID EEAtJTLIUL. The following from the pen and heart ot Air. Chester, of tho Courie is beautiful: "Only One Left." These are the words of a mother who has lately fol lowed to the grave a little form that was more precious than herself; a form that death envied and so changed into mar&ic. e know how grievous a thing it is to hide our jewels in the dust. We cling to them with all the tenacity that love engenders; we claim them as all our own, and often dispute the Creator's right to "them. But if we would remember that they are merely loaned to us, how much easier would-it be to part with them. - "We might indeed sigh and weep to give jthem up, but thcro would to no snap- NUMBER 20. ping of heart-strings, ho insufferable . pangs j no terriblo desolation. "Only one left." Then let your affcction3 concentrate upon him. Tou cannot benefit the dead then Beck to'benc5t the living. He is a noble. boy, and will make a ma.n worthy tf the- namo' if you direct his mind aright. Per-' haps he who watches over B3 all saw that he needed all your care," and so, took the rest away. Too much timo cannot be spent upon a single soul. Eternity lies at the end of tho patli in which the boy has begun to walk. Be this reflection unto you a constant monitoi-j and a ceaseless inspiration.-r "Only one left." And do you murmur? They might all have been taken. More mercy has been shown to you than to many others. There are many Rachels who weep over the loss of an entire household will you repine who havo one idol left? l'ou must hot. It is base to do it. You insult tho Almighty while you repine. Ho knew what was best for you; Receive his chasteh ings graciously, if you care for Wis benefits. "Only one left." Ono im mortal spirit; One pledge of affec tion. One staff on which to lean One joy. One consolation. Knows your heart no arithmetic? Counts it a unit' of so little value? Mother ! Mother I Bo content. That little one shall be to you an increasing sourco of pleasure, if you will but train his infant feet to walk in the pleasant ways of wisuoou "Only oho left.". Wait but a little and' yon shall havo them all;" Effects of Cleanliness. Count Rumford, the celebrated practical phi losopher, whoso writings havo been of greater value to mankind than tho abstruse speculations of a host of metaphysicians, thus describes the ad vantages of cleanliness: , "With what care and attention ' do the feathered race wash themselves; and put their plumage in order; ami how perfectly neat, clean, and elegant they do appear! Among the beasts cf the field, we find that those which aro the most cleanly are generally the most gay and cheerful, or are distinguished by a certain tranquillity and .content ment, and singing birds are always re markablo for the neatness of their, plumage; So great is .the effect of cleanliness upon man that it extends even to his moral character.- Virtuo never dwelt long with filth; nor do t believe there ever was a person scrupu. lously attentive to cleanliness who was a consummate villain'. .The Negro and the NmLE.It Is. ' not generally known that in the early progress of the needle manufacture wa ' are indebted to the negro. The earliest record of needle-making in this country is in the year 1545, in the reign of Henry VHIj and it is supposed that this useful branch of industry was m troduced by a Moor from Spain. Th3 historian Stowe tells us that-needles were sold in Cheapside and other busy streets in London in the reign of Queeii Mary, and were at that time made bv a Spanish negro, who refused to dis cover the secret of his art. Another authority states that the art of making steel needles was lost at tho hegro'j death, but was afterward revived by a German in i5C6. Probably these fait j may account for the crest of the needle makers' coats of arms being the head of a negro. Ilistory of needle-Tnalrinj. Cuke. fop. Religious Depeetsiox. - The best way to dispel the fears for cu? personal safety 13 to labor for the sal vation of others. Professed Chri3tir ris often get into a morbid state of mind about their religious prospects. Thev are afraid they shall not bo saved.- Perhaps they will not. If that is their chief anxiety they do not deserve to be. NIt is selfish always to bethinking of their own future hnppmcss? and la, their terrible fears they are payin uju jusi jjcuaiijr 01 tiicir ;jy amuiuUII. But let them go out of themselves, and try to secure the salration of others, and all their fcar3 are gone. Then they arc doing God's work, and they have no doubt of his love. : Afeican Logic. An old farmerr one who feared neither God nor natv -had hired a devout negro;' and to get, some Sunday work out of him would alway3 plan a case of "necessity" on Saturday, and on Sunday morning would put this case to the man's con science. One morning Sambo proved refractory. ' He would work no more on Sunday. The master argued with him that it was a case of "necessity' that the Scriptures allowed a 'man "to got out of a pit on a talbath day . a beast that had fallen in. i ! "Yes, massa," rejoined the bla "but not if he spend Saturday in gmg lor de berry purpose. : The soil loves to cat as Veil as ,it3 OTucrnd thcrcforo sLculd TZizrl ' . .. i i : . !
