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' POETRY. " Thr t'urt'Wt'll. ' l V I Mil IV. The shade if niulil are f .ill: .: Ami stars ro.ne gllMing To dott o.l mv Milncss Ibi this de.ircx r cai:h. Hero years ln rlbM w iTt ly . An.) .i pla.ii"l w.i tli" dream, I In. I lli"'ik'l't no vf oT sorrow K'iT would cross life's sunny stream. I) ii ilas! the ilrrmn in over I must wander forlli nlone, A:il yoloes atranco w ill greet u.o, In tvpiy path 1 roam. I lme been told lh:ll riches Ami tumor. would r ointitic, Hut will they ever bring "in Tho joys that iwr were tuiin. Ye! often a I wander Mv mlii'l will journey hack, Ami Munich! will love In lltiB'T On the dear !) homew arl track. I tliink nf trees and flowers. Ami f llii fallen t:ow ; Ami lri-.i lit nf by-gone blessings 'I'll w I I never more may know. Ami when mvi'i'l moonlight sadly Casts its beams upon in v brow, 1 will think of 1 ami see It, As It lli-s before me now, Alii I 'tin hard to never. Ami long this scene will I;ihI, For memory lovr? to linear On IrUN that now are pin!. AGRICULTURAL. ttlnuliiig for Horses. Smlilin f nvry tloMriptii n is mi v il. It is iiujvwilile a stuble hou!'! W. e built that it will nllow tho animal one luilf tho freedom be enjoys when loose out of doors. Most sialics are built so ns to ngiiraviiU' llu'ir inseparable cruelly. The. Hooting slants from the inniujer to n putter, which runs ut tho horse' heels. Now, if horses bo in n' field, niul nt resi, they will nlways be seen Rtmidin"; upon n piee, of ground that declines in precisely the oppo.siie di rection. The fait is, our inoih-rn mables throw tho Mress upon the back hinews or flexor tendons, und lluis prepare urnny nn uniinal for the injury he afterwards iinox peetedly experiences. Nor is thu all : the stall is perfectly at variance with the habits of tho horse; he is evidently precarious, or lives anions; crowds of his fellow-creatures ; the stall dooms him to solitude, and the groom sits behind to see he does not put his nose over tho divisions, only to look at a comrade. In many stables the stall is so small that tha horse cannot turn round ; he can tie down perfectly nt ensc in a very few ; yet, there he stands, look iiv at n bare wall, with the stress upon his back sinews, for a period, varying from twenty to twenty-three hour during the day. The horse, in any condition beyond the dominion of man, is necessitated to walk, in order to crop the herbage on which he exhists; when under human protection, ho changes a life of ceaseless activity for one of all but continuous stag nation. Is it to be wondered then that the sinews often fail ! Or is it a cause of com- Iilaint n gainst nature, that tho feet and egs so often obligo man to allow his wretched servant to remain idle? The foot is the most valuable part of the horse; but, to preserve the foot, continued motion is imperative. This is ilenieil ; n condi tion tho very contrary is enforced ; and then man in his presumption, blames na ture beeaitfO the foot of the lurse. is so often tho seat of disease. Iiixvse Imixos are better than stalls. Hut in those the injury is only lessened, not removed. Tao horse has a loving heart liestowed upon him. He must love some thing. Lambs, dogs, cuts, goats, fowls, &c, every creature he is permitted to see, by turns have become tho object of his affections. Mr. Maine records, that horses have defeated the utmost ellorts of man to get them into condition when a companion has lioeii taken away from the next stall, or when the animal has been stabled alone. Hales after the fashion of iniliirry stables, ore to bo preferred to wooden partitions, unless they be made much lower than at present. The stall bhoe.ld be made a few feet wider than is the custom to build it. The floor should be slant from behind towards tho middle, where the gutter may be placed, .and then be gently raised and afterwards incline towards tho manger. A notion is abroad that tho present flooring carries oil" the urino of the mare, but worn Mables paved in the manner we t, Ivocate, they would equally cuiiy oil' the urine of geldings. The point in depute is, surely, then, in our favor. Most stables, moreover, are kept much too warm. Not that uny or heated by means of a stove or lire, but the animals doomed to reside within them are doomed to breathe the same air over and over again, until it becomes hot, and smells so strongly of ammonia, as to sting the eyes and take away the breath of the stranger who unexpectedly enters them. This is not warmth ; but foulness, (ihh, and abomi nation, which should immediately be ah jured. Let a stable be freely ventilated ; it cannot have too much air at any period of the year ; its inhabitants and the shel ter of the walls will always make sutli cient difference, especially when the mode vi veniiuuiion is cousiuereu. i ne uir lake car tho Mai le i nlways sweet, b I the master enter when ho may. 1'vcty Mablo should bo ilmriMiglilv drained n.'t into a neighboring res-imol, but to sin h a distance as will preclude nny i llluvia e.-i n!iii'' into the building. Alc-n nil dung and litter ought to be curried far awny from the pace Iwici- a day. This T course unpo.-es t xtni work on those who are tint very fond nf employment, but ur bo.'iiicfis here i.s to point out that which ounhl to be done, and not to please idlers. The nian 'or mid hay-rut k are lnt low, as the last especially, being in this Mii- tnui, enables the horse to reach his loixi without raising his head and thereby in juring the vessels by maintaining an un natural p.isitmn, nml likewise prevents any hay-seed falling into the animal's eyes, l or the last reason, tlio place ought to bo thoroughly ceiled, lest nny dust or litter fall down from the loft above, the hay in which, is hkewi.-e kept free from contamination arising from nminoni acal fumes, which always have a tenden cy to nsct ml. The loose boxes ou;ht to have their sides smooth, no nail or projection of nny kind should be permitted, as the animal is apt to tear ilself against such substances. When designed ns Kiibstitutes for stalls, it is siillii'ient to have the partition close half-way up, and the remainder formed of open rails, whereby tho horses are en abled to ieo one another, nnd much of the dulness of their lives is removed. Every box ought to be drained by inenn3 of n center grating. It is a question much disputed whether tho litter should be removed or not during the day-time. In the great majority it is entirely taken from the fore, and but a small portion left under the hind feet ; and this method seems to be so good as to ad mit of nr improvement as a general rule, though of course indivi-lual cases will re iiure varieties Outlines. in treatment. Maine's Vai.ve or Siirtp to thk EAnMrH. It is of more importance to the farmer than is generally supposed, that a certain proportion of his farm stock should con sist of sheep. Speaking on this point, It. S. Fay. of Lynn, recently remarked nt an Agricultural meeting in llostun (as re ported in the N. E. Farmer), "Sheep are gleaners nfter other stock, and will help keep the cattle pastures in good condition by U ing turned into them occasionally, to eat the coarser plants which have been left. They will enrich the land. There is no manure so fertilizing as that of sheep, and it does not so rendily waste by exposure as that of other animals. Sheep may be made exceedingly useful in help ing to prepare land for a crop. A Ger man agriculturist has calculated that the droppings from one thousand sheep dur ing a Ringle night would manure an acre Rufliciently, lly that rule a fanner may determine how long to keep any given number of sheep on a particular piece of land. Mr. Fay said he was accustomed to fold his sheep upon land which he de signed for corn and other crops ; nnd in so doing he shut them upon half an acre at a time, keeping them there by a wire fence, which was easily moved from place to place. In this way his land was well manured without the lalnir of shoveling and carting." These ideas are worth reading bv the farmer. Wo believe any farm will bear a certain number of sheep, in proportion to the other stock, not only without loss to tho amount of grazing which it will yield to the cattle and horses, but to the increaso of the same. Mr. Fay, by his management, makes the iambs and manure pay tor keeping the sheep, and tho wool is clear profit. Reapino MAcmMrs vs. Hand Lador. The English Agricultural Gazette cal culates that if manufacturers could only distribute 10,000 reapers before another harvest, it would lie equivalent to more than letting loose nil England's standing army on the gram fields of Great lsntain. And it further remarks "Had we had such means at our command this year we should not now have had to complain of one-half our crop being five days in the rain. Supposing these machines to have been a week nt work, 500,000 acres would have yielded 2,000,000 quarters of grain, worth more both m money and as toixl, hy much more than the value of the machine, than it now will prove to be And the ground would have been cleared a fortnight earlier than it will for autumn cultivation and the other sources of em ployment which euergetic agriculture fur nishes. Tho Tribuuo for 1857. Tin KWtioa is pint, ami it ronult proves that the work ilrvo'.vnl oa the Uip:it!irau party is not yt roinplctPtl. In all the Kaat ern ami Northern portions of the country in New-F.nclaiul, New-York, Ohio and the North- West, the Kepuhliean banner floats in tri uinph ; while ia Southern Jersey, Pennsylva nia, Indiana nnd llluiom in short, wherever trrocahopt more abound than school-hoimea And where common schools are too new and too feeble to have educated the present gen eration or voters rue tuaoic ll.ij; or Mavery obstructs the sunshine. A stranger to Ame rica miht iliati.itiisli those portions of our country unwt blessed with I'.diication, lutelli- crence, lliril't and Virtue, by scaumiur the re turns of the Presidential contest of 1AM. We have failed of present success, not because tlie People are against us, but because tiiat I lare portion who did not hear or read the ar- , ., .-, . u . .'it i , . eument. ana ao not nmw wnm wr n? r;:! Lul iiw tcinuutK.u o ., r im-tr ; rtl ,ssue, went almost toi against heads, for foul mr always has a tendency us. reversing the verdict which the great ma tO ascend. If this plan were followed, the joritv of the educated and intelligent en- stable would range from forty deg. to fifty ! '" I" I!'""'' , . . tf . i Ihese facts indicate the path of pressing deg. m winter, aud fiom sixty deg. to ,li;v. With 1.0 unmanly repluings over wh.u StJventy ill the auuuner ; but the moM vio 1 is irrevocable W illi no 'abatement of hart or lent draughts ore better than foulness. If iho proprietor, therefore, on entering his stable, detects any blench, he had better order the horses out to exercise, and while they are absent have every door and win dow tlirowu wide open. After this has been done once or twice, the groom will hope because the triumph of Libertv in her new orlenl is not won at the Lung Island and White PUins of her struggle with n- shadow of regret that the responsibility of governing is nut confided to her champions before the People were fully ready to iis;;in them we begin afresh the work of dill uing that vital truth which, ia regard to t!i. concerns of this world as well as of the nex', make Free in. di ed. Now, In the Have Power's heyday of t ic lory, when Its ministers and sert iters an-g-ithi-rliig aiid ploUlnK to make the most of Ihrir tiei:n'h nnd '-crush oil" the spirii which Ihey vainly believe to he crucified nnd entotntii'd now, when the f Aiut-hearted or cold-henrted who latelv basked in the sun- dilhe nf o ir rem:i'iire hop-s are bauiing oil to repair damngi's niul talking of aban loning the r.iued a rent of Polities for more quiet nnd flowery fe Ids in this hoiu if wear iness and Vh.id iw, 'I'ii r Tmiii" renews its vows of eternal hostility to everv form of ty riany over the bodirs or souls of men to (he shameful assumption (hat the hi'mrjitcd and fcehle, whether in so.il or body, are to be re garded and treated as the convenience or the prey of their w iser or stronger brethren to the doinii.-ition of despots and oligarchs, whether of empires or plantations to the enslavers of cities and kingdoms in I'urope or the breeders of children for the auction-block and the cot- liin-di Id in Virginia or Alahama. The doctrine that no human being was ever created for the benefit or advantage of an other that all service between man and man should be free and reciprocal that the labor er should not toil and sweat to pimner o'lu-rs' pride or minister to others' luxury, but for the sustenance and comfort of those near and dear to him is destined to certain triumph. It most uri vail. for tied reigns, nnd I'.arlh was not crented to be a theatre of injustice, op nressiiin and misery forever. It mcst tri uinph t for all true prophec y aliirms and the vindication of the Divine benignity impera tively rcuuirea it. It mitst triumph ; for ) inncfalic America cannot always reaiain the scotrof aristocrats and the shame of reform ers and liberals throuirho.it the Old World It must trimnolis for Man's history is not a chaos or a riddle, but everywhere instinct with meaning ( and no heroic effort ever failed of its effect no drop of m.ir'yr Mood was ever hIiim! in vain. Hut even ir we Republicans were ttisposeii to fold our arms In slumber, our adversaries would not permit it. They are busy to-day in lengthening their cords and strengthening their stakes with a vigilance and activity which reveals a consciousness on their part that their dominion must be made sure rm tli with or their seenter will have forever de parted. To-day, myrmidoms of the Slave Power threaten and harass Northern Mexico, are encamoeil in the heart of t entral Amen ca, and waging a war of extermination on the listraeted inhabitants of its petty Kepntilics while it by turns leers and scowls at Cuba, while its most ruthless bands are precipitated on devoted Kansas, under the protection and smiles of the Federal Administration. Even as we write, the telegraph informs us that tw-en'y Free-Slate men, guilty of attempting to defend their homes against the rapine and violence of Hnford's nnd Titus's Mood-thirsty bandits, have been convicted by I.ecnmptc'g Court of manslaughter! and sentenced to five vears' Imprisonment at hard labor ns felons This is hut a fair specimen of what has long passed for "justice" in Kansas a justice which takes the criminals into pay and aids them in hunting down, plundering ana "wl ping out" the innocent, whom it consigns to the State prison if they are ever goaded into tlie mailness or resisting ineir oppressors Such crimes nnd wrongs as unhappy Kansas has for twelve months endured, even Hungary or Poland has never known; nnd the Power at w hose.ins'igation these villainies were and are perpetrated sits enthroned in the White House, nnd has just achieved another four years' ascendancy in the Federal Govern ment. Who, in view of these facts, can say that Republicans may now pile their arms, even for an hour? Tnr. Tribune will be, as it has been, a Political journal avowedly, though not ex clusively so. It recognize's the truth that Freedom and Slavery are here grappled in deadly conflict, and that in the result one of them must lose all control over the Federal (iovernment. Mat, while it gives prominence nnd emphasis to the discussion and elucida tion of the great issue of the day, it Rinks none of the characteristics of a llusiness and Family Newspaper. The proceedings of Congress, like tlioso In Kansas, will be watched and reported hy an able and fearless corps of Correspondents, while from Loudon, Paris, Constantinople, Havana, San Francis co, Albany ami otlicr centers or Interest, our special advices will be, as they have been, fresh and reliable. 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T II J 11 Dj YEAR OK THE V, OJi M O l'OLI '1"A S PROSPECTUS. o The management of this new and 'popular Institution announce, with pleasure, that ar rangements for the third year have been coin pleted on the most extensive scale, Works (if American Art, and the encouragement (,f American geniui, have pot been overlooked. Commissions hav? heen Issued to innny dis tinguished American Artists, and a special agent has visited the great Art Repositories of Europe nnd made careful selections cf choice Paintings, Bronze and Marble Statuary. &.C.A.C. Among which are ui" roiiowmg ex quisite pieces of Sculpture, executed from the finest Cainra marble. Tlie Xew'and Beautiful Statue of the "WOOD NYMPH." Tlie Busts of the Three Great American Statesmen, CLAY, WEBSTER AND CALHOUN. Palmer's Exquisite Ideal Bust, "SPRING.' Together with the Busts nnd Statues in Mar ble of APOLLO AND DIANA. The S'ruggle for the Heart, Psycho, Venus and Apple, Child of the Sea, Magdalen, Innocence, The Little Truant, and The Captive Bird. Besides which, are numerous Statuettes in Bronze, Medallions, and a large and choice collection of beautiful OIL PAINTINGS, by leading Artists ) the whole of which are to he distributed or allotted to subscribers of the Association onATfiTnrsi.v, nt the next An nual Distribution on the 2Slh of JANUARY next. -o TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. The payment of Three Dollars constitutes any person a Member of the Association, and entitles him to FIRST The large and costly steel Engraving "Saturday Night, or any' of the monthly Magazines given below, one year. SECOND A copy of tho Cosmopolitan Art Journal, one year an illustrated Magazine of Art. THIRD A share in the Annual Distribution of Works of Art, comprising a large num ber of Tainting, Sculpture, &.c, &c. Tlie following Magazines are furnished to those who prefer them to the Engraving: Harper's Magazine, Godey's Ladv' Book, Knickerbocker Magazine, 'Graham's Sfaga zine, Blackwood's Magazine, Southern Lite rary Messenger, U. S. Magazine, Mrs. Steph ens' New Monthly, and the British Quarterly TERMSINVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. 1 subscriber, one year, 4 subscribers, " ' 10 " " " $:i on 10 (N) 20 oo Any person sending us "twelve" subscribers nt the last rate, shall receive the "thirteenth" copy gratis. j One copy of Tlie Flag of our Union, and one copy of Ballou's Pictorial, when taken together by one person, one year, for $IU). ' Ttf Traveling agents are not employed on this paper. Published everv Saturday, bv M.'M. BALLOU, No. 22 Winter St., Boston, Mass. WHOLESALE AGENTS. S. French, 121 Nassau street. New York ; A. Winch, lid Chestnut street, Philadelphia ; Henry Taylor, 11 1 Baltimore street, lidlli timore ; A. C. Baglev, 1M2 Vine street, be tween dtli and 5th. Cincinnati ; J. A. Roys, 4d Woodward Avenue, Detroit ; E. K. Wood ward, corner 4th and Chesnut streets, St. Louii ; Samuel Ringgold, Louisville. Ken tucky ; Wallace, Austen. Buel, 25 CTarn St., Chicago; Trubuer ic Co., 12 Paternoster j Row, agents for ( rest Britain and F.uron generally. LIFE ILLUSTRATED: A First-Class Family Newspaper, devoted to News, Literature, Science, and the Arts; io r.iueriainineiu, improvement, and rrogress. One of the Best Weekly Newspapers in the World. $2 a year, or $i for half a year. Tlie Scientific American says: "It is of large size and faultless typography. Almost every branch of human knowledge is treated by able writers. Tho R. I. Reformer pro nounces it "the most beautiful Weekly in the union." THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL. Devoted to Hydropathy, its Philosophy and Prarliep, in Phi's inl.ttrv anA K r. i numerous Illustrations": and to those laws which eovern Life and Health. $1 a year, or nt emit ior iia ii a year. . "We know of no periodical which presents a greater abundance of valuable information on all subjects relating to human progress and welfare." New York Tribune. "The Water-Cure Journal is the moRt popu lar Health Journal in the world." N. Y. Evening Post. THE PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. Devoted to Phrenology, Education, Self culture, and all those progressive measures designed for the Elevation and Improvement of Mankind. $1 a year, or 50 cents for six months. "Devoted to the highest happiness and in terest of man, written in a clear and lively sty le, atrordej at the 'low price' of one dollar a year, it must succeed in limning up its pres ent large circulation to a much higher figure." Tribune. " "Standard authority in all matters pertain ing to Phrenology. Tlie beautiful typography, and the superior character of the numerous illustration?, are not exceeded in any work ,,'itl, ,,..:..K ... !. t .. ft i... i. ....... . u. b MkMum.cu. i American Courier. CV For Three Dollars $31, a copy of each of these three Journals will be sent or. year; for Two Dollars, half a year. Please address all letters, prepaid, as follows : FOWLER S, WELLS, No. 308 Broadway, Nuw York. Greene, Wearo is Benton, B'nK.'':RS AN,) LAW A(i E NTS, Council lilulls, Potowattamie conutv, Iowa. Greene &l Weare, Cedar Rapids', Iowa. Greene, Weare & Rice. Fort Des Moines, Is. Collections made : Taxes nanl i an.l I a,., I. purchased and sold, in any part of Iowa, ,1-tf Reviews. Littcll's Living Age, ( Weekly. and two Memberships, for $d. Thus it is seen, that for every $3 paid, the subscriber not only gets z. three'dollar Maga zine or Engraving, but also the Art Journal one year, and a Ticket in the Distribution of Works of Art, making four dollars worth of reading matter, besides the ticket, which may, in addition, draw a Beautiful Painting. Statue, or other Work of Art, of great value. No person is restricted to a single share. Those taking five ineinhernhips are entitled to six Engravings, or any five of the Magazines, one year, and to six Tickets in the Distribu tion. Persons, in remitting funds for mcmbershin. will please give their Post Office address in full, stating the month they wish the Maga zine to commence, and register the letter at the Post Office to prevent loss ; on the receipt of which, a Certificate of Membership, to gether with the Engraving or Magazine de sired, will be forwarded to any part of the country. For Membership, address C. L. DERBY, Actuary, C. A. A., At Eastern Office, 31S Broadway, New York, or Western Office, ltiti Water street, San dusky, Ohio. READ EDITORIAL OPINIONS. "From the New York Evening Mirror." Throughout the country there arc thousands of persons who purchase or subscribe for the leading magazines, at book stores, all of whom, by joining this Association, will not only receive their literature for tho sam money as before, but will be, in addition, equal and free participants in a rare art-work distribution. They also receive that beauti ful quarterly, the 'Art Journal," free. Such an enterprise cannot fail to command the approval and patronage of the public. It has a basis as firm and pure as its objects are beneficial and noble. There is no reason why it should not become national, in its claim's upon the people. Originated and conducted by intelligent, reliable parties, the new Asso ciation is entitled to every confidence." I trust the Association will be eminently successful. Its very liberal inducements com mend it strongly to the patronage of the pub lic. Bayard Taylor. "From the Louisville Courier." There is no danger of losing by this Insti tution; it is no chance affair; you get the full worth of your money, and have the satisfac tion of aiding the Fiiie Arts." "From the Water Cure Journal." The Cosmopolitan Art Association seems to prove highly successful, as it is beneficial. The plan oa which it is founded is an excel lent one. "From the Buffalo Morning Express." Let each imlividiial remember three things: that by his subscription he secures a fund of Ideasant and profitable reading, or a splendid Engraving, and entitles himself to a fair chance in the distribution, which di.sscmrriates and encourages good reading and a taste for the beaut if ul and elevating. How can $3 be more profitably expended V "From the New York Evening Mirror." We are not surprised to hear that hundreds of subscribers are pouring in daily. Our only surprise is, that the hundreds do" not swell to thousands, since every subscriber gets his money back certain, in the best literature, or an elegant Engraving, and his art chances, gratis. "From the Louisville Courier." The Cosmopolitan Art Association, have re-i reived and are constantly receiving large num bers of subscribers from' all quarters. We du not wonder at it. Almost every individual is struck by the advantages oli'ered hy this in stitution. Each member receives a splendid Engraving, or becomes a subscriber to soma one of our excellent Magazines, at. a receives it regularly for one year, paying no more than the subscript ina price. He'also receives that uCiutiful puiiiicauoii, the "An journal,' tres of charge, and, at the same time, stalls chance of drawing some one of the numerous Works of Art to he distributed. Therrf.ire, it simply amounts to this: if you are taking some Magazine, renew your subscriptions with the Cosmopolitan Art Association. If you do not take a Magazine, then send your name in, by all means, and supply yourself with reading matter, at the same time helping to disseminate art over our land. FAMILY FLOUR. THE Subscriber has on hand a fine lot of EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR, from Waveily Mills, Mo. H. T. CLARKE. Forwarding k. Commission Mrch.in.t. Bcllcvue, Oct. 23, l.'Mi. 1-tf