Monmouthshire Merlin

&KM cPrmiW SHEEP.—The farmer who has at this time to rely en- tirely on the quantity of wheat he grew last year, and is but ill-provided with the means of producing good beef and mutton, will ere this time have found out that wheat- farming cannot pay. At the very low figure wheat is now ruling, and the high and steady price fetched by good beef and mutton, there can be no question as to the direction in which the operations of agriculture will be pursued in the ensuing season. The tillage-farm, with its root crops suited for the maintenance of large flocks of sheep and a herd of well-bred cattle, so man. aged as to yield a profit in as short a time as possible, will be found to be not only remunerative for the present, but, from the increasing demands of our rapidly-increas- ing population, prove the system best suited to meet the growing demand for beef and mutton as articles of food. If we regard the flourishing condition of our manufac- tures and the high price which wool has lately fetched, and the higher which it will yet bring, as branches of trade calculated to produce the best effects on agricul- ture, the farmer will naturally inquire how can he best improve the advantages within his reach ? To which we reply, by the cultivation of extended root crops. Whatever system can be adopted to provide for a greater number of sheep in the cold months of winter, that the farmer must carry into practice. The three important agricultural advantages of the sheep are, flesh-producing, wool-bearmg, and land-manuring. Respecting the first quality, the period of time in which the carcase requires to be made ready for the market will depend on the win- ter keep of the animal; if the crop of turnips is sure as to give it seven months' feed, the average price may be fixed at 40s. Regarding the second, as wool is now selling, the fleece will bring about 10s., more or less. The land-manuring is found sufficient to raise a follow- ing crop of wheat or barley sown down with seeds. If we value turnips at X8 per imperial acre, and that 56 acres will feed 300 sheep in seven months, at the rate of 2 acres per week, we have, according to the foregoing value of the carcass and wool of one sheep, the total of X750 for the 300. From the j6750 we subtract the value of the 56 acres of turnips, which is Y,448, thus leaving a balance from increased carcass and wool of £ 302..In this calculation we have not included the advantage of land-manuring, which may be estimated at the rate of £ 2 10s. an acre, and will be a set-off for rent and labour. It is to be remarked that X2 10s. is not above the average price of the carcass and the wool after one year's keep, but rather below it. To compare the results of a crop of wheat on the same space of ground, at the rate of four quarters per acre, we should have from the 56 acres 224 quarters reckoning at £2 per quarter, would be JE448 for grain, leaving the straw only to be placed against the profits of the flesh-produc- ing, wool-bearing, and land-manuring sheep. The ad- vantages to be derived from sheep farming on even clay- drained soils have not yet become fully known to farmers occupying farms on such soils. The first experiment of a farmer holding land of this description was detailed to us in the following mannerHaving a field of 30 acres of two-year-old grass, which is ploughed in the early part of the third year for oats, I bought seventy lambs, for 17s. a piece, about August, and put them upon it till ploughed in the beginning of February, when I took them to another field, where they had a few turnips allowed them once a day till there was grass for them, on which I kept them till Lady-day, and sold them for 39s. a-piece. The grass on which they lived during the time I had them was not left bare eaten when I put up my cattle to feed, so that they had from the time they were put upon it a good bite my soil is clay but dry they grew strong and almost fat—which latter cir- cumstance obtained me the price. Had I known more of the management of sheep, and that they would have done so well upon clay land, by my attending to the carcass, with an allowance of corn for & montn or SIX WCCKS luugmI X nave saved (.lie fleece of each, which gre»r amasingly during the time they were with me. They were cross-bred lambs from the Cheviot ewe and the Leicester tup. I fed thirty beasts for the London market; and from the very small labour and expense attending the seventy lambs which made me so good a return, I have this year increased the number." The large demands of our increasing population for good beef and mutton, and the profitable returns to be realised from the production of the latter, are points so prominently brought before the considera- tion of the agriculturist in this year of cheap wheat, that they can scarcely fail to awaken in the mind of the farmer the importance of extending that system which will enable him to enlarge the number of his sheep. We have the lambing season at hand. The lambing pen must now be prepared, having as dry a site as possible. Sheep-bars may be used for this purpose, attention being paid to having the best shelter on the coldest side. When the ewe has lambed it will be found at all times the best way to keep her at least two days in the place of shelter; and if the breeding ewes are lambed in the field, there should be huts erected in various parts of it, for the reception of the ewes at the time of parturition, and for some time afterwards. THE BREEDING OF HUNTERS.—All of our farmers and yeomen, who come out hunting, must have remarked how^instantaneously a likely-looking horse is snapped up, particularly in the grass countries. A heavy man might go out day after day with the Quorn or Pytchley hounds, with his cheque-book in his pocket, and find, at the end of a good many weeks, he had failed in supply- ing himself with a stud of hunters. Horses he would be offered in plenty but of the real weight-carrying animal, that can go the pace which he considers a fit mount in a burst from Shankton Holt or the Coplow, he would see but few specimens for sale. They are bought up by the large dealers long before they are shown in the hunting field; and most of the best horses in Leices- tershire and Northamptonshire have found their way into those counties from the north and west of England. This need not be the case. If the farmer only knew his own interest he has the best of markets at his own door. If he would pay a little more attention to the first laws of nature in breeding, take a little more pains with education and rearing, obtain the character of being a straightforward man, with one price to all alike, he would find customers enough, and to spare, every day lie put on his boots and breeches to go out with the hounds. The demand, we repeat, is extraordinary the supply, at the present time, totally inadequate. Not only do men of all ages and classes and professions come regularly out hunting, but the fair sex are promis- ing day by day to beat the less enterprising half of the species clear out of the field. During the last season or two we have seen ladies riding not only better ( what- ever they do, they contrive to do well) but harder and straighter than nine-tenths of the men who are out, going, in fact, in the first flight." And this is no childs's play, as we all know, when hounds are running hard over the shires. For ourselves, we confess we shudder to witness their performances. Beautifully as they do it, it is a perilous exhibition. To a man, a fall is simply a mishap—to a woman, a dangerous accident. A lady who goes out hunting should ride the most per- fect animal in the world-a fine goer a temperate and active fencer in short, a safe and perfect hunter and then-she should never ride him over anything that can possibly risk a fall. But to carry a fair equestrian with and not after hounds, such an animal is required as we can scarcely hope to find till the winged favourite of the Muses makes his appearance once more on earth and even he, if we are to believe the poets, good as he'was gave Bellerophon a cropper I—Sporting Magazine. GARDEN OPERATIONS. FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIES —If any alter- ations or planting still remain unfinished, every available hand should be concentrated on that work, so as to get it completed as soon as possible. Planting done aftei- this time will require much attention in watering, and that at the very busiest season of the year, especially if large plants are removed, and it is too common a practice to put off such work to the last. Look over beds planted with bulbs, and where necessary stir the surface, so as to keep the soil open and friable, and also to give it a fresh appearance. See to the propagation of Dahlias and Hollyhouks the latter when planted skilfully produce an excellent effect, and therefore especial attention should be paid to having a good supply of them. Cuttings slipped off the old plants with a heel, planted in very sandy soil, and afforded a gentle bottom-heat, keeping the leaves as cool as possible, will be found to rool perhaps more freely at this than at any other season. Get Calceolarias hardened off by removing them to a cold frame and exposing them freely to air, preparatory to planting them in turf pits to make room under glass for more tender things HARDY FnuIT AND KITCHEN GA.RDEN. While favourable weather continues push forward all operations requiring attention here with the least possible delay. See to keeping up a succession of Peas and Beans, also plant our Lettuce on a rich warm piece of ground, and provide a succession of Radishes and other small salads. Minure and dress Asparagus beds. Get Cauliflower plants raised under glass hardened off, and pay every attention to those under hand-glasses in order to forward them as much as possible. Spinach, Early Horn Carrots, and Stone Turnips should be sown at once on a warm rich border, if not yet done also Leeks, Brussels Sprouts, Savoys, German Greens, Snow's and early sprouting Broccoli, and the main crop of Potatoes shonld be planted without delay. COTTAGERS' GARDEN.—Bush fruit, such as Gooseberries and Currants, should now be pruned also get the ground amongst them manured and lightly dug, but in doing that take care not to injure the roots. See that early Peas, such as Sangster's No. 1, are not injured by mice or birds: Where they are above ground draw the soil to their stems, raising it on the windy side sufficiently to make a kind of shelter for the plants. Plant Fairbeard's Champion of England for succession, and if a few of Fairbeard's Surprise are planted at the same time, they will come in about a week earlier than the Champion. Small patches of annuals may now be sown, and her- baceous perennials, if any, should be divided and re- planted. -Gardeners' Chronicle.

LITERARY, MUSICAL, AND DRAMATIC GOSSIP. We are glad to state that the differences which have arisen in the Garrick Club, out of the literary quarrel between Mr. Thackeray and Mr. E. Yates, have been settled amicably. On the very best authority, it is said that the monthly sale of the" Virginians," is 15,000 The first volume of The Life and Times of Charles James Fox," by Lord John Russell, is published. Mr. Tennyson is still busy filing" the last four parts, which are descriptive of the history of Merlin's bewitchment by the wicked Namt.e, and of the tri .Is of Eind and the fair maiden of Astolet, who hopelessly loved Launcelot to the death. The volume may be looked for about the middle of March. The house in Castle-street, Edinburgh, long occupied by the late Sir Walter Scott, was sold on Wednesday week, in Messrs. Cay and Black's rooms, after a keen competition. We understand it has been purchased by Messrs. Horne and Rose, W.S., for chambers. At the opera of Valparaiso the director has introduced a musical innovation into Der Freischuta" which will astonish the stiff-laced critic—the part of the tenor being sung by a robust soprano. Anna does not sing at all, and Agatha sings a collection of Donizetti's and Bellini's music, and Casper is given to a genth-man who usually does the raving mad business, and revels to his heart's eontent in "Der Frieschuiz," so that the audience are exceedingly thankful when the devil takes his due. We have now received the promises for the coming spring of Mr. Gye. His old company, we observe, re- mains unchanged, and to it the two new ladies mentioned as probable in the Athenaeum—Madame Lotti della Santa, an,1 Madame Caideruri-are added; also Signor Bassini, to take, we conceive, Signor Graziani's piece supposing that gentleman (who is, nevertheless, ndver- tised) not to sing at the Royal Italian Opera. Why will Madame Grisi force her old friends to tell her that she is coming once too often ? The only unfamiliar opera undertaken for is "II Giuramento," of Signor Mer- cadaute. Mr. Gye wisely speaks with reserve as to the possibility and hope of his this year producing the "Dinoraa," of M. Meyerbeer; that opera, as he judici- ously observes, not having yet been produced in Paris. It was said a day or t-vo since, in London, that the work has to undergo many important alterations ere it can appear. I Sydenham, are now in active progress. The space for the performers is to be increased so as to accommodate four thousand singers and players. It is also to be in- closed above and on every side in a manner which, it is expected, will concentrate and increase the body of sound collected. The London contingent of the chorus is, we are informed, complete. The works selected will be virtually, we believe, the same as those chosen two years ago, With the addition, it is possible, of the Dettingen Te Deum," and a forcible chorus or two from the less hackneyed oratorios of Handel. -Athenosutn. That there is an inveterate ballad public in England among its many other publics, is demonstrated by the resolution shown that Mr. Reeves shall sing all his chosen ditties twice over, wherever he sings-and not less, by the perpetual eruption of songs (with pictures) in the music-shops. Drury-lane theatre, we perceive, was crowded and enthusiastic on Monday evening, when a short ballad-opera, based on Jerrold's 'Blac,i-eyed Susan,' was given-containing many sea-songs and a hornpipe. The music is by Mr. Tully. The performers were Miss Lucette, Miss Huddart, Mr. Haigh, Mr. Man- vers, and Mr. Rosenthal. Of course it would be unbeseeming to specify names and places, but it is impossible for us to pass without mention the sensation created among all the musicians who were present by a Comic Operatta, which was per- formed somewhere in the West End last week by ama- teurs. It is the composition of a young amateur, who owes his training to Herr Molique. Those who have warranted the freshness, sprightliness, taste and melody of this work to the extent of predicting a really individual English composer from its writer, are neither easily pleased nor, so far as we can recollect, have they been often mistaken in their judgment.-Athenecum. Signor Verdi's new Opera, Un Ballo in Maschera'—a re-setting of M. Scribe's Gustave Trois'—has been pro- duced at Rome,—and, the papers say, at present, with success. The Madrid papers continue their enthusiasm on the subject of Giuglini. Their accounts of his popularity enn only be compared to those describing the Jenny Lind furore in England some few years ago. Her Majesty is almost constant in her visits to the theatre when he sings, aud no concert is complete without Signor Giuglini. At a soiree lately given by the Countess Montijo, at which all the leading society of Madrid were assembled, his execution of airs from Verdi and Bellini is stated to have produced an enthusiasm altogether indescribable. What will London Italian opera be without this favourite singer ? A few days ago Rossini composed for the Empress of France an "Ave Maria." It is a long time since the great maestro has composed any music, and her Majesty has written to Russini a letter accepting the Ave Aldria" in the most gracious manner, while thanking him for having departed from his resolution of composing no more lor her sake.

A CONDENSED FAMILY HISTORY. H'm, h'rn," mur- mured Mr. Jones, running his eye down the limes Parlia- mentary report, "Government introduced an Act fur Amending the Winding-Up Act." I am glad ot it said Mrs. Jones, who was cutting the bread and butter, Perhaps it will save watches from being scratched all over by gentlemen who have been dining out on particu- M !*8'n<iS8> t^la* keeps them till two iu the morning." Mr. Jones had the good grace to be ashamed of himself, and to mentiou that his wife would like to see Masks and Faces.—Punch. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WIFE WITH A BILL-HOOK. Faces,-Puneh, ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WIFE WITH A BILL-HOOK. -Charles Davis, aged 57, a rough, determined-looking fellow, described on the charge sheet as a smith, was placed at the Clerkenivell Police Court, before Mr. Cor- rie, charged with attempting to mutder his wile, Sarah Davis, by cutting and wounding her with a bill-hook, iu Northampton-street, Clerkenwell.—The prosecutrix was unable to attend, and it was stated that she was so ill that the surgeons at St. Bartholomew's Hospital despaired ot her life bting saved, owing to the severe nature of the wounds she had received. From the evidence of the police it appeared that about one o'clock on Sunday morning cries of Murder" were heard proceeding from the defendant's apartment, aud upon proceeding there, they found the defendant drunk, and the poor woman in an insensible state, with several severe cuts on the back of the head, which the prisoner had inflicted with a bill- hook. The bill hook when found by the pulice was covered with blood. The police at once procured assist- ance for the poor woman, and took the prisoner to the station. The injured woman, it was stated, was quite sober,-The prisoner, in defence, did not deny the charge, but said his wife was very aggravating, tore his waistcoat and shirt, ana otherwise exasperated him.—Mr. Corrie remanded the prisoner for a week, and owing to the serious nature of the charge, said he should decline to accept bail for hia appearance.

RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY. (From ihe Times.) With lxspect to recruiting, an observation of a very notable charter was thrown out by General Codring. ton. The preset system, said he, "was intolerably bad. It ought to mVe been abolished long ago, and in these days one wouit have expected to meet with it only in reading old noveu 7o tempt a man to tnter into tne army by glvlng htm a bou.,u 0f a few VOHn^f which morlKrt^ SPe?h iD H "T da?8' « ^t de- moralizing effect on the army.' Now tlia nrinoinU here expressed has been often touci«d upon but th* shot was never before sent so straight to mark cannot pretend to believe that the sntumar) <bolition nt the bounty would be a very practicable an<K measure, but it is beyond all question that in tC' ticnlar feature of the bargain between the soldier & the State we retain and express the old idea that to en- list a man is to entrap him. Why, otherwise, should we offer a payment which looks exactly like a bribe-. piece of immediate temptation, alluring a man into future service by the prospect of present indtilgence ? At this point, as General Codrington implied, our re- cruiting sergeant is still the Sergeant Kite of times past. The transaction still takes place too frequently in a public house or a drinking booth, over a gallon of beer, or after a day of dissipation. But, if ths was a natural arrangement in former times, it is so no longer. There is no longer any reason why a man should be tempted" to enter the ranks of Her Majesty's Army any more than other kinds of service. in fact, the Army is about the best service which unskilled labour could meet with. It is the service in which the recruit can acquire knowledge, save money, and, in cases of marked distinc- tion, obtain promotion to rank and position. The pay however estimated, is certainly better than that of an agricultural labourer: and the duty, taking the rough with the smooth, certainly preferable. Yet there is no other service, we believe, even of the most noxious or desperate kind, to which it is presumed that menmort be tempted by a bounty. They will toil in coalpits far from the light of day, and in the midst of perils con- stantly menacing their limbs and lives; they will flock to trades in which the health of the artizan in noto- riously undermined; and they can be invariably found in any number, for any species of pursuit promising adequate remuneration, iu all these cases, too, they accept the engagement as if the obligation were wholly on their own side. ihe manufacturer or proprietor re- quiring labour has only to notify his wants aud he is surrounded by applicants anxious to be hired. The Mate alone is compelled to adopt an attitude of tempta- ti n or cajolery, and to entice men to its service, as it were, by bribes, though that seivice offers, in reality, a good bargain. There must surely be something wronff iu all this. We believe, as we have more than once remarked, that the lack of accurate informal iOIl is the one great stumbling block in our way, and the prevailing miscon- ceptions are prooably perpetuated by the fact that the visible machinery ot recruiting has been lett with little change. People see that the recmiting sergeant still liaugs about pub ic-houses and fairs in the exercise of his calling that he still tempts his customers by the promise of a I. homlty" and Illat the recruit is emisted and carried olf as he w-sfifty years ago. W lia,, they do not see is the entire cliange-of the conditions affecting the bargain. They do not even know, as Air. Sidney Her- bert reina; ked, th<t the period of service has become a short one, tiiougli the die .d of separation for tifewits one of the feelings telling most against the Army. Being ignorant 011 this most important point, it is not likely they ould be better informed ou the many minor ones where the bargain is improved. They hear nothintc of the care expended on the soldier's condition, or of the solicitude wiih which any frtsii doctrine, like this of of military hygiene, is entertained for their benefit. The consequeuce is, that as the State takes the line of begging it h sei the privilege of choosing. It gets men, but not the best men. Recruiting goes oa briskly enough, and we have never failed to raise vo- lunteers in proportion to our wants. Alany of these recruits, too, make intelligent and excellent soldiers,but it is a general complaint of those conversant with the subject that classes from which thearnty should natu- rally be largely stocked too ofien siand aloof from the «Bi^ th»Mttoiitiii»; t.-n.n ono nr twocruses— either tney do not understand the terms of the engagement or if they understand them, they do not thiuk them good enough for acceptance. We believe the former expiana tion to be the true one, and we should be very glad Lo see the misconception removed.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND THE ENGLISH Pit ESS. TO THE EDITOR, OF THE TIMES. SIR,-A few days ago I cut out from the columns of the limes, and deemed it advisable to address to the Emperor of the French, reported by the English press to be intent only on war, the three letters from me in hit defence which you have lately published. I enclose to you a copy of the note with which I trans- mitted them, as also a verified translation ot a letter in reply, the calm magnanimous sentiments of which to- wards England, will, I feel cofident be duly appreciated and admired by your innumerable readers, of all classes and politics, in every region of the globe. Indeed, it must be evident to them all, that if the English press, in accordance with the desire of the British nation, would but accept instead of repudiate the hand of friendship which the Emperor Napoleon III., now at the head of half-a-million of soldiers, has unceasingly ex. tended towards England since his election by the French people, the combined power, energy, and wealth of both countries would be enabled to insure to Europe the IU- estimable blessings of that peace which passeth all an- derstanding.I am, Sir, your obedient servant. F- B. HEAD. P.S. — I will immediately send yon a copy of the Em* pereor's letter in French, should you wish to receive it. Croydon, Feb. 24. Ie Sir Francis Head has the honour to request Mona. Mocquard to be pleased to submit the enclosed paper to His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon Ill. Mons. Mocquard, Private Secretary of the Emperor, Paris." (Translation.) Palace of ihe l uileries, March 1. My dear Sir Fraucis. I thank. you for having col- lected together, in order to send them direct to me, the different articles which you have had inserted in the English journals, for you thus give we an opportunity of expressing to you ail my gratitude for the sentiments of winch you have not feared the spontaneous manifes- tation in my lavour. I have seen in them, and 1 am much touched by it, a new proof that my old friend* in England have not forgotten me, and that they know how much I always preserve tor the English peope he esteem and the sympathy which I felt during my exile in the ididt of them. Even in writing to you to-day 1 detect myself in recollecting as a b.ppy time the epoch when, proscribed, 1 saw you in England. It is that in changing one's destiny one only changes one's joys and sorrows. Formerly the afflictions of exiles alone ap- peared tome to-day 1 &e,. plainly the cares of powfr, and one of the gre 'te.t around me is w ithout doubt, to find oneself inisunderstood and misjudged by those whom one values the most and with whom one de.-ires to lit* upon good terms (litre en bonne intelligence.) Thus (ulna) i consider it very naturai that the par- ties w:lotii it nas been tny duty to oppose and to represa should bear uie iii and should seek the mtanato injure me; but that the English, of whom I have always been the most devoted and the most faithful ally, should attack me incessantly in the journals in the most un- woi tiiy and the most unjust manner, is what I cannot comprehend for in truth (de bonne foi), 1 cannot dis- I cover a ,y iuierest they can have in exciting the public mind against f'ance. It, in my own country, I chose to act ill this manner, it would be impossible for me af- terwards to a restrain the passions which I should have let loose ( ciechuiiieei). 1 have always entertained a great admiration for the liberties of ihe English people; but I reijret deeply that liberty, like all good things, should also have its excess. Why is it that. instead of making truth known it uses every effort to obscure it? Why is it that in. stead of encouraging and developing generous sentiments, it propagates mistrust and hatred ? "I am happy, then, among all these maneeuvres of falsehood (mensonge) to have found a defender, who guided by the sole love ot truth, has not hesitated ener- getically to oppose to them his loyal and disinterested voice. Believe, my dear Sir Francis In my sentiments of friendship, Sir Francis Head, Croydon.

port's Cnrnrr. "it _-aken me?" ■GOD! My GOD I Why hast Thou PSALM xxii. Hsprayg alone! oh,gloom tlls human fl^D L h dreadful doom. And leave him to biB Of human I I What J HE whose gentle sympathies, Had never yet been sought in vain, whom tender sensibilities, jlegpondecl to each cry of pain. For one short hour, oh, could not they The vigil with the loved Lord keep ? Mast he go forth, for them to pray, While they indulge in drowsy Bleep ? Lo, now they come-the shooting throng— Insulted, scoffed at, and reviled- Meek as a lamb, fierce wolves among, And guileless as a little child. Jfo tender friend e'eo now draws nigh, With kindly word, or glance to cheer, Bat, robed and crowned in mockery, He's taunted by each bitter sneer. Behold him tbus-His Kingly head, _Torn with the thorn-wreath on the brow ftom whence the crimson drops are shed— The first that for his people flow. Vith what a Godlike majesty, _The purple robe and crown he wean With what divine humility, Their savage gibes of triumph bears And, oh behold him once again, Nailed and suspended on the tree— -the sharp, excruciating pain, I He bore thereon for you and me. I. My God-my God"—He gasping cries, Why, why hast THOU forsaken me ? Why turn away Thy pitying eyes, From off my writhing agony ? took on the ponderous load I bear, On me the sins of myriads fall- Of each one's punishment the share, That I might here atone for ALL. it is finished—I have shed jv^Iy blood for them, and paid the oost." ^*Bne in death, he bowed his head, And calmly yielded up the ghost. ^grth trembles, as in mortal pain, g^he sun withdraws his noontide light, Cfsudiiog HI pi 08—rent in twain, And devils crouch in wild affright. With fear aghast, the soldiers 11y- .The terror-stricken crowds disperse— *Wnorse glares wildly from each eye And dread of the impending curse. "Ji'or truly" (now the trembling say), w" This was indeed the Son of God, ^oe for the deed we've done this day, KK TO bring down His avenging rod." of the Ebbw, March 7th, 1859.

VARIETIES. jN »• I say, what did you say your medicine would Oh, it'll cure everything." Ah, well, I'll n^le. Maybe they'll heel my boots, they need 5 Ay, but is for the body, and not for ^v 'Nft said a Western stump orator, on the ir.j J^Mform of the principles of '98, and palsied be desert 'em!" "You stand on nothing of ) tr. w interrupted little .Ko«m»kot in the crowd, iu i^alr 01 my l10013 lliat you ne\ei paid ^>ant the money!" editor requests those of his subscribers it?1 i i more than six. years' subscription, to send JU J0ek of their hair, that he may know they are H1V«. To which the Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Register it. iinit aU our subscribers of that kind would do could make money by carrying on the wig said old Mrs. Doosenbury, learning is a PC** 5 I've often felt the need of it. Why, would 9 I've V. W* it. I am now sixty years old, and only know J of three months in the year, and them s dimmer, and Autumn;" Mrs. Doosenbury v !j?Ugh to be an alderman. of a newspaper in Troy has offered a. •h* He says he has purchased a splendid *1?* which he intends giving to the person who k'jSi longest essay oa uninteresting subjects, re most words together, with the least sense j and using Latin quotations. [ TRANSLATION.—On the death of a wealthy f (.f Jf the West End of London, who was notorious temper and for perpetually scolding er (a'Vj *he hatchment was put up in front o er which was the following motto Reqmeseat cook inquired of the coachman the mean- words. He, proud of his scholarship, after over them for a few moments, answered, motto in English is, 'Rest quiet, cat, in I V # f i> "lowing curious string of puns is taken from a published in the reign of James the First. e> more willing to play with words than to be '1 expounding his text, spoke thus in his ser- ^X^'This diall shows that we must die all; yet, ^tanding, all house* are turned into alehouses; <?iC( ate turned into cates our Paradise into a pair l(%Patrimony into a matter o'money and marriage age. Our divines have become dry vines— (S^^t so in the days of Noah—ah no private parlour—Mr. Thompson, a rich > spending the evening with his brother and ^^A^ance of Julia, their daughter, a girl of six Thompson My dear, don't you love me? >iT? *n^"No, I don't love you at all."—Pa, (who J ••'J*10 bis tH,other,s last wil1 anii teatam»Ji»t) Xr ^ulia, you love your uncle, don't you?"— th Us. 1 tori* love him I"—Uncle: Why don't you «t"—Juii, «pa don't want me to tell."—Un« %> ■■ "Oh, yes, my dear, tell uncle."—Julia IR a Well, it's because you don't a! ieaVe your money. Pa "id y°u would, but Grand tableau—wife screams—husband > *0d uncle makes a hasty exit. S pliant old lady having refused a suitor to her niece, *>»h^««tttlated with her, and requested her plainly to SlS* W reasons. I see the villain in your face," TL •» That is a Per30na' answered the >' Attain nu- t T.,oti>e now no more, was once bold- SJ S !r Krile The bar was crowded with ^N »..Ea8t g the docket; and the judge, R8^S toCbemiaceUOUS produced a jniserable inddUtthb0UI'd'rSe shenff from his "SileDce ^there's nothing to laugh at!" %> Washington County Post aavs that & ™a tiHrf with whom he acquainted, bavmg ha P fol?u?ar sold to him, inserted in the weekly PaPer **>i i "ing;—"Notice.—I purchased of a grocer «i SjJl,age a quantity of sugar, from which 1 obtained Vr** °/ »<md. If the rascal who cheated me will "V. addiess seven pounds of^good sugar (cicrip- l»L|.e,Uur« of restitution), I will be satisfied, if not expose him." On the following day nine seven- ^kages of sugar were left at his residence from different dealers, each supposing himself the "jJ'atended. X"° you choose Newport this season ? asked a pretty Sid old Smith. No, ma'am" said he, I moat ^ith y Prefer old port." The lady smiled, and so did after. fn know how it is," remarked a person who °f writing poetry for the journals, but whose tci; always met with a rejection, I have written [% ea'i but 115 yet my pieces have never been pub- Perhaps," replied his friend, there were n^k 14 not aware of, but easily detected by the editor." 44 Well," rejoined the poet, lean "rite the first line well enough, but I am per- *bout the second, thus— stranger, o'er this hallowed dust; It ult"-ture period there is some probability that if t mend your ways—like me you must." k f" exclaimed the critic, That's bad measure." the poet, "you're mistaken—its i» required." l L

PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.—Cohsiderable excitement was occasioned in Chatham Dockyard, on its becoming known that a despatch had been received from the Lords of the Admiralty, directing nearly 300 additional shipwrights and other artizans to be immediately taken on the establishment. The whole of the men employed in the dockyard are to work early and late, by task work, in order to complete tbese vessels of war now on the stocks. A conspiracy has been discovered, it is reported, at Parma- The army, some say, wished to pass over to Piedmont; others, that two battalions wished to carr, off the Duchess.