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THE ESrER«REEI$;A monthly Magazine of New and Popular Tales,

Poetry and Engravings.characteristic feature ot this work is sig41uified and portrayed in its title. The month

ly wreath we intend offering to our readers shall beliterally composed ot " Evergreens." Our designis to collect into a shape at once n -at and suitablefor preservation, tile be*t and inost interesting spe-ciinens of periodical and fugitive li eraturc of" theday; t» carefully separate the cliall'from the wheat,the dross froin the tine gold, and to present a compendium,which, like good wine, shall he heightenedin value by age, anil be, in the language of our

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presenting what is new and comparatively originalto the readers of this country; believing at the same

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Beware of the Rascal.£ 1 W. CHEMBERLIN, alias GrccnburyChcmberlin, (of Boydtown, Va.)cainc to the subscriber's Hotel, am! afterremaining thirteen days, went off withoutpaying his bill. He is about six feet high,dressed in a blue cloth coat and pantaloonsand black hat.dark complected bluckhair, very thick, curly locks, and a downcast,mean look out of his eyes. lie professesto be a coach-maker. lie took thestage for Charlotte, after walking a fewmiles out oftown. This notice is intendedja.-3 u cuuuuii wvr nctjiUlb UUU UlllCl^tthat they may be on their guard against, .

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POETRY. e. a

From the Southern Literary Messenger. nOH! PITY THE STRANGER. C

Written by a young Lidy on her return from Ireland, flOu! pity the stranger, whooverhe bo, 11

Who wanders from home o'er the dark rolling sea; tiFor sad is his heart, while around you there's mirth t<In each smiling faco which enlivens your hearth. tlAs you value the blessings which smile round you now, l

Oh! mock not the sadness which sits on his brow!For how can he join in your revel and song11

While his Borrowing thoughts to the absent belong? ^V

Oh! speak no light word of reproach when he weeps,Nor rudely disturb his repose when he sleeps.For you know not how dear to that lone heart may be,The dream that restores him bis home o'er the sea!

I was far.far from home.and my heart was so sad, ]jThat it scarcely remembered it ever was glad; '

^For lost faces of friends, and their tones of dohght fWore lingering around me by day and by night.I have trod tho throng'd streets and lonely have felt. £in the echoing temple I lowly have knelt. II

And have heard in tho organ deop chanting the whilo JVoices calling mc far from that "Ocean-girt Isle.1' fBut my footstep now wander the wild woods among,

^Where the glad birds are pouring their oarly spring f

song, .;J]Ami (lin f-i rt nc nn,1 Innrwi TLi/uiu i,uu mvuo uiiu iv/iiuo tvuiwi i auvuuivu iui iajiujd,

Have welcom'd me back to my own native shoe!' ^

But do I forget.ah! how can I e'er!.,,That the heart of the stranger is bnrthened with caro? ^For a vow to afford such my utmost relief) ,

AVas mado when my own heart was bursting withgrief!

Camden, 5. C. 1839. ^n

AVOMAN. s

O how bright ''1Is woman in her beauty; she combines s

All channs possessed of nature; the light cloudWreathing its folds across the smiling blue,Is not more graceful than her gliding step, 3The gem is not more brilliant than her eye, aThe bird's note more melodious than her voice. SiShe is a shrine where man should bow him down, fjForgot his paltry moan soul'd love of self; CAnd in the sunlight of her purity, 0See the dark shadows of his own vile heart. y« J t]

miscellaneous. jvg

A Sister..He who has never known a ||sister's kind ministraton, nor felt his heart nwarmed beneath her endearing smile and klove beaming eye, has been unfortunate: vindeed. It is not to be wondered tit if nthe fountains of pure feelings flow in the: cbosom of that man but sluggishly, or if jthe gentler emotions of his nature be lost, nin the sterner attributes of mankind. g"That man has grown up among kind,; ti

aff.ctionate .sisters," I once heard a ladyof much observation and experience remark.tl

" And why do think so?" said I. sj" Because of the rich developement of; c

all the tender feelings of the heart." aA sister's influence is felt in manhood's

riper years, and the heart of him who hasgrown coid in its chilly contact with the isworld, will warm and thrill with pure en- tijoyment, when some accident awakens vwithin him the soft tones, the glad mclo-. tldies of his sister's voice, and he will turnfrom purposes whicii a warped and false: Iiphilosophy had reasoned into expediency,!

andeven weep for the gentle influences inwhich moved him in his earlier days. j h

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No Work after Supper..Do you re- Emember the anecdote 1 once told you of bthe great Miss G , who undertookthe management of some of her land?She thougut herself clever enough tomanage John Chawbacon .and the rest of ttthem; so one day she stood by when John ;gwas at his dinner.and he did not make ] eithe worse dinner for that. Now, knowing; ftthe elasticity of John's stomach, as he was; grising to his work, time up, she said,; ir

"John, .it would save time of coming and irgoing if you would sit down again andtake your supper." 'No objection in theworld,' said John, and down he sits andinstanter dispatches another pound or two, kand drink in proportion, ending with the? a

ladyship's health and rmany thanks."Now then John," quoth the lady Boun- u

tiful, "you may go to your work.""Work, ma'm," said John, with a grin,"I never works, ma'm after supper," andso he threw himself down, and in three "

minutes snored like a pig..Blackwood. v

pSAYINGS OF GOETHE. a

"The world lias always regarded me asa peculiar favorite of fortune, nor will Icoinplainofmy existence taken as a whole; n

yet it has been little else-than uneasiness n

and labor; and I may say, that in my first 11

tive-and-seventy years, I have not enjoyed n

four weeks of peace and comfort.it wasone eternal rolling ofthe stone. Theclaimsupon my time and capabilities, from with- tlin and from without, were too many. My x

only happiness lay in my poetical talents:yet even in this, how have I been throughoutward things disturbed, limited, and hin- \dorcd. Had I kept myself more apart tfrom public business, and could I have liv- f

d more in solitude, I had been happier as

man, and as a poet I had effected muchlore. Thus, after the publication of myJotz and my Werther, a certain sensibleriend said to me in warning "When ilan has once done something to deliglitie world, the world will thenceforwardake care that he shall not do it a secondtme»" A wide spread name, a high post*ion in society, are doubtless good thmgiut with all my reputation and rank, I com#iot often do more nor better than givfray to the opinions of others; and ths,rare in truth but a sorry jest, if I had no4herewith so far the advantage, that |earned how others thought; aber sie ni&tvie ich."How solemn sounds all this from th$psofa man, who in years, in fame, invisdom, in prosperity, exceeded so far hkellow men! What a lesson does it teach!Goethe says, "that he would not himself

jvfe up for aught in the world, the beliefa futurity; and he thinks with Lorenzo dekfedici, that he who lives in the hope ofMiiture life, may be counted as alreadydead?rat he exclaims, against treating with vul*jar familiarity, the divine, the incoraprelensibletruths, which prophets and apos*les touched upon witn awe; and I thinkvith him.""When a man has lived seventy-fitfi

ears, he must needs think sometimes up-;n death. This thought brings me at per*set peace, for I have the fixed convictionbat the spirit is immortal, and has a nevei;easing progression from eternity to eterfity; it is like the sun which only seems ttfct to our earthly eyes, but which in real*y, never does set, and never ceases tyhine."

it:Tricks of Trade..The Picayane tellsgood story of a dashing young couple,

pparently husband and wife, who spentome four or five weeks at one of theishionable boarding houses in that southrnemporium. One day they startedut to take a walk, and left word that theypould want refreshments at half-past 1 f,lie hour they would return.

.As they

vere going out, the landlady took occaionto hint that she would be obliged tohe gentleman for a little money. He immediatelydrew a check for $300, and thdind lady gave him $180 in change, withyhich he and his fair companion absqvailized. It is unnecessary to say that thSheck was worthless, and that " half-past1" has not yet come round, the gentleman'swatch probably being like SethHope's clock, " so tarnal slow that itikes all day to strike twelve."

A delightfulplace..The Picayune saysaere is a town in the interior of Arkaniscontaining but 6 inhebitats, viz: a

rippled negro, a jackass, a quack doctor,buzzard, a polecat and an alligator.Liberia..It was a saying of the JewhRabbi "that if the sea were ink, theees pens, and the earth parchment, it

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wuia not oe sumcient to write aown anle praise due to God for liberty."True.and if the whole world was a

imp of chalk.all space a cedar shingle-and Time was to live through all eterity,and figure incessantly day and night,e couldn't record half the villainy thatas been exercised by the Philadelphiaianks, for the extinction of the libertyequeathed to us by God and our fathers.

Little Genius.

Not Bad..The Cincinnati Daily Newsills the story of an editor who recentlyot married, and being somewhat confusd,he headed the marriage notice 'DreadllCalamity.' The next day his wifeave him a proof of the mistake by boxighis ears, and nearly knocking hisformlto pi.Household service of a Dog.."I say

Granger," said a cottage urchin to a Yan-ee pedlar, "don't you wmstie tnatcrc aogway." , .

"Why, lie aint no use no how, he's so

gly."" Oh, but he saves l\caps of work.""How?""Why he always licks the plates and

ishes so clean, that they never need no

/ashing; and mammy says she wouldn'tart with him no how, for our new dogint got used to mustard yet.Truth..Truth is not only man's ornalent,but his instrument; it is the great

lan's glory and the poor man's stock; a

lan's truth is his livelihood, his recomlendation,his letters of credit.

Personality..A Western editor doubtstic honesty of those of his subscribersvho have not naid him their subscriDtions.

" How sweet it is to retire from thevorld and commune with one's own

houghts," as the prig said when they putliminjail.

Mr. This gentleman stiU re

mains in Maysville, and his labors continue successful. The religious excitemeniwhich has prevailed ever since his arrivaamongst us does not in the least abate..More than one hundred and fifty have alreadybeen added to the church under hisministry, with a prospect ofas many more,The revival has not been confined exclusivelyto the Methodist Church, but theBaptist and Presbyterians, have also madeconsiderable acquisitions to their respec,five churches. The new converts are ge1nerally of the most respectable and reflectingclasses of the community. '

Maysville Eagle.Shaking Hands..A writer discoursing

on the phylosophy of shaking hands says:"the ladies may rest assured of this, that a

man who will not squeezetheirhand wherhe gets holdof it does not deserve to havea hand in his jpoesession.and that he has

: » nean seven nunurcu uquumeiy uinu umcs

, smaller than a grain of mustard seed."

Agricultural.On the Cultivation of Irish and Sweet

Potatoes..Having been successful foithe last fire years in raising good crops 01

Irish and sweet potatoes, X have concludeed to accompany the subscription moneywith a short description of the mode of cul<lure, Ac., of those roots; which, ifyouthink it wiU be of any benefit to potatoegrowers, you can. publish in the RegisterThe ground preferred for Irish potatoes

1 and such as I have experimented on, hacbeen stubble, grass, or. old field which foimany years have been uncultivated em

considered1 too poor (without manuring) tc

p-y for working it. Early in the winteror as soon, after Christmas as possible, th<

ground.is broken with a two-horse plough'.he first of march it is again ploughed iiktcthree-feet beds with a small No. 2 Freebornplough ; a deep furrow is then opened

hainrr non rlir AllnrI/U IIIC UtUO) n IIIUll WVlUg IIVUI J UIIVV

with manure taken from the compost ol

leaves, virgin mould, or 6wamp mud, anda small quantity of barnyard manure, theseed is deposited 8 or 10 inches apart,

[ taking earn-to select good seed, and leavingfrom 2^ to 3 eyea on each piece ^ afteithe dropping is completed they are coveredby running a furrow on each side withthe same plough; as soon as they come

up and get 4 or 5 inches high, they arc

again ploughed, and with the hoe careful'ly " ridged* down," leaving the top budout. Nothing more is done to them untilwe commence digging, which is generallyabout the 15th «£ May.Many of my neighbors say this preparingcompost manure is too much trouble.

But permit me to say to those who havenever tried the experiment, that the potatoesgrown in this kind of manure, are so

much superior in quality, they will never

regret the trouble. I do not recollect ofever seeing a single potatoe with a blackball in the middle of it, which we too wellknow is often the destruction of wholecrops raised in stable manure.The sweet potatoe I have generally

planted on the same kind of soil, which Iprefer having broken np in the fall. The1st of May the ground is again ploughed,forming lands by throwing 5 or 6 furrowstnoether. and with the hoe we form a ridgeor bill from 18 to 24 inches in height.The last spring I tried an experiment withmanure, from the drift thrown on the shore

by the storm of 1838. The lands were

opened by running a deep furrow, witha large plough, the river grass and driftswere placed in small piles two and a halffeet apart, and over which a hill of earthwas drawn. When ready for planting,a deep hole was opened in the top of thehill, and two good pieces of the plantingsplaced in it, taking care to separate theseed 2 or 3 inches in the hill. If a heavybanking rain should fall on the hills before

the earth becomes settled on the topof the bill, we draw a small rake across

the lop, which breaks the clods and admitsthe tender bud to make its appearance.Before adopting this plan, I hadbeen often disappointed in my potatoesnot coming up. The manure was put in

every other row, and if 1 had not be?:

present this fall, when they were dug fro

the ground, I could not ha're believed thsame qnantityand quality c-f manure cou:

have made such a difference. I think th

quantity was nearly double from the ma

nured row over those having none; and .

'flatter myself the nest crop of corn on

- these manured polaio vows will he cq'na* ly good. Frofti this experiment, 1 havet come to the conclusion, that coarse unrolledmanure will return us more profitin applying it to the potato crop, ihahaoy

j other, and will leave the ground in u linestate for the next year. J. 13. M.

, Fkbruary 10, 4840.To the Editor of the Franklin Farmer:Sib,.Having received much valuable

information from vonr nnnpr. I ronsider it

my duly in. return, lo contribute my owtpApractical gentleman, by the name of *

McDanie), of the county of Lewis, whilst; on a.visit.to me last fall, observed a sow

that was affected with the disease called

| the kidney-worm which is frequently fatal.. He recommended the use of spirits of ttirI

pentine, rubbed across the loin or kidneys} with a s ick, at the s.une time pulling the

tail sere.rely. The experiment whs madeforthwith on the sow ailuded to, and on.

another and they both recovered. I havetried matij remedies, but consider thisthe safest and most certain. If the firstapplication fails, make a second. Horsesthat have the cholic, can be distinguishedfrom those effected by the bolts, by-feel-tng their ears. When under the effects pfcholic their ears atc cold, and whea tjeyhave the bolts their ears arc moderatelywarm, and the proper remedies may beapplied to suit the disease.

A LEWIS FARMER.i

r Sugar Beet."-Mr. Josiah Lee, an enIterprising farmer of this county, was in1dueed to make some experiments <>n this> article, and last year raised 140 bushels? from less than one eighth of an acre..

» His cows are fed on the beet alone, with>out any grain, and the butter produced is" of the most superior character. We hope

' *I the farmers of Berks, will think of theseI things, and attend to a matter of so muchCimportance. Seed may be procured inI this town, and the beet is easily cultivated.

! Berks and bcuylkill Journal.i

. .The Silk Business..Uollon an)y_ £om.mamls now, from seven to eight cents a

. pound. Is it not lime, that our Farmersi were thinking of a more profitable cul.lure? There is afield open to such as de,desire it.a field rich in promise, and

, which should gratify eren the most exor[bitant thirst for the accumulation of wealth.We allude to the Silk Culture.a businesswhich, if well conducted, is calculatedof itself to make every owner of a smallfarmcomfortable, a id of alarge one, rich,By attending to the raising of Silk, as a

branch of husbandry, those worn out

fields, which are now driving the people ofNorth Carolina, to sack homes amongststrangers, may be converted into so manymines of wealth. We are not now speakingof the Mulberry culture, for purposes < £speculation; but we are talking of the cul-.tureof the Mulberry, as a necessary stepto engage in the feeding of the worm andfurnishing the raw material for manufacturing.We ask no man to go int:> it ns an

exclusive business.we desire no one to

risk the support of himself and familyupon it, but we do ask, we do conjureevery one, who still clings with affectionto his home.to his birth place.to engageid it, as apart of his business. Letthose who cnunol spare a larger quantityof land than one acre, appropriate thatto the culture 'if the Mulberrv. 1* "aid,that acre of Mulberry trees will iced aouut

500,000 worms; that 30,000 cocoons willmake a pound of Silk; and of course,that the whole number of cocoons obtain-ed will yield about 170 lbs..which, whenreeled, would be worth at the very lowestcalculation 84 per lb. or $680 to the acre

Deduct, say one half, for expenses and itleaves a clear profit of more than $300 forthe owner to the acre. Neighbors, try it!Do try it, you will not regret the experiment..RaleighRegister.Suppose an acre of land to yield only

naif the quantity above estimated viz: 85lb. and what use so profitable can be made>f the land, after planting a provision~rop?.Fd. Far. Gaz.

'You're very quick of apprehension,' as

Jie thief said to tiie constable.

Impertinent Insinuation.-A man in NewYork recommends his candy to -...n ,

l id such other persons as are in the conuseof the voice."