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and no venerable spinster cat will spit more 
fiercely; let him grip those iron hands, and 
the pipes, which were tuned to so soft a 
strain, send forth ayellas ifheaven and earth 
were coming together; and those lungs 
which breathed so quietly, cough like a vol¬ 
cano ; and off - it goes darkening the heavens 
with its volumes of smoke .—Home Compan¬ 
ions. 
How to Reprove. —Reprove mildly and 
sweetly; in the calmest manner, in the gent¬ 
lest terms; not in a haughty or imperious 
way, not hastily or fiercely ; not with sour 
looks, or in bitter language ; for these ways 
do beget all the evil, and hinder the best ef¬ 
fects of reproof. They do certainly inflame 
and disturb the person reproved. They 
breed wrath, disdain, and hatred against the 
reprover, but do not so well enlighten the 
man to see his error, or affect him with kindly 
sense of the miscarriage, or dispose him to 
correct his fault. Such reproofs look rather 
like the wounds and persecutions of enmity 
than as remedies ministered by a friendly 
hand ; they harden men with stomach, and, 
they scorn to mend upon such occasion. If 
reproof doth not savor of humanity, it signi- 
fieth nothing; it must be like a bitter pill 
wrapt in gold and tempered with sugar, 
otherwise it would not go down or work ef¬ 
fectually .—Isaac Barrow. 
Behavior at Auction. —Never nod to an 
acquaintance at an auction. We did so once, 
and when the sale closed we found four 
broken chairs, six cracked flower-pots, and 
a knock-kneed bedstead knocked down to us. 
What we intended as nods to friends had 
been taken by the auctioneer as bids for the 
kitchen furniture. 
Some funny things will happen in meeting. 
A few evenings since a widow, who was 
known by the entire congregation to be 
greatly in want of a husband, was praying 
with great fervency, “ Oh! thou knowest 
what is the desire of my heart!” she ex¬ 
claimed, “A-m-a-n!” responded a brother in 
a broad accent. It was wicked, but we are 
quite sure that several grave members smiled 
on the occasion .—Toledo Blade. 
“ A Candle of the Lord.” —As Rufus 
Choate was cross questioning a witness the 
other day in one of our courts, he asked him 
what profession he followed for a livelihood 1 
The witness replied—“ I am a candle of the 
Lord—a minister of the gospel.” 
“ Of what denomination 1” asked the coun¬ 
sellor. 
“A Baptist,” replied the witness. 
“Then,” said Mr. Choate, “you are a dipt, 
but I trust not a wick-ed candle.” 
Cupid and Mars. —The following stanza 
has been handed to us as the composition of 
a veritable darkey in our town. Many a 
white man has written much worse poetry— 
very few exhibit such power of condensa¬ 
tion. Here it is : 
“ War and Love have many cares— 
War sheds blood and Love sheds tears, 
War wields swords and Love hurls darts, 
War breaks heads, but Love breaks hearts.” 
Rowland Hill used to ride a great deal, 
and by exercise preserved vigorous health. 
On one occasion when asked by a medical 
friend what physician and apothecary he 
employed, he replied: “ My physician has 
always been a horse, and my apothecary an 
ass. 
Always have a pencil and piece of paper 
by you. Dr. Johnson said that some of his 
best thoughts were lost because he was too 
lazy to go into his study and hunt up a little 
foolscap. 
arfeds. 
Remarks.—T he lower and middle grades 
of Flour have advanced 12i cts. per barrel. 
Corn has fallen 2 to 3 cts. per bushel. 
Southern products unchanged. 
Money continues plenty, and at 6 to 7 per 
cent on first rate city securities. Anything 
else has to pay higher. 
The Weather has been very uncomfortable 
here the week past, the thermometer rang¬ 
ing from 10° to 20° above zero early in the 
morning, with a fierce north wind blowing 
the whole of the time. To-day it is more 
moderate, and we hope for a rapid change 
and an early spring. Fine weather for 
planting a little south of us, and they are 
getting in their early potatoes, corn, peas, 
&c. Wheat is looking well at the West. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Tuesday, February 27, 1855. 
The prices given in our reports from week to week, are the 
average wholesale prices obtained by producers, and not those 
at which produce is sold from the market. The variations in 
prices refer chiefly to the quality of the articles. 
There is to-day a scarcity of nearly all kinds of produce 
in market. The weather still continues very cold, which 
mostly cuts off supplies from the country. The market is 
quite bare of potatoes, none coming in except from sec¬ 
tions near at hand, and then at risk of being frozen. They 
have advanced the last week about 25c. p bbl. Onions 
are very scarce and high, especially the yellow. 
Apples have undergone little change since our last; the 
present prices being so high that there js much less de¬ 
mand for them than for necessary' articles of consumption. 
Consequently the quantity on hand remains about the 
same, though few come into market. 
Butter sustains about the same price, though cheese is 
a little higher, and eggs extremely high. 
In fact everything is high, and we can not hope for a fall¬ 
ing off until the weather moderates. 
VEGETABLES. 
Potatoes—New-Jersey Mercers.p bbl. $4 00®4 25 
Western Mercers. do 3 75®4 00 
White Mercers. do 3 50®3 75 
Nova Scotia Mercers. do — ®3 50 
New-Jersey Carters.Pbbl. 4 00®4 25 
Washington County Carters. do 3 50®3 75 
Junes. do 3 25®3 50 
Western Reds. do 3 00®3 12 
White Pink Eyes. do 3 75®— 
YeUow Pink Eyes. do 2 75®3 25 
Long Reds. do 2 05® 2 75 
Virginia Sweet Potatoes. do 5 00®— 
Philadelphia sweet. do none 
Turnips—Ruta Baga. do 1 75®2 00 
White. do 1 25® 1 50 
Onions—White.. ... do 4 75®5 00 
Red. do 3 00®3 25 
Yellow. do 4 00®— 
Cabbages.P 100 8 00® 12 00 
do .Pdoz 1 25® I 87 
Beets.p bbl. 2 00®2 25 
Carrots. do 1 75®2 00 
Parsnips. do 2 00®2 25 
FRUITS, ETC. 
Apples—Spitzenbergs.p bbl. §4 00®4 50 
Greenings. do 3 50®4 00 
GiUiilower8. do 3 50®4 00 
Baldwins. do 3 75®4 24 
Butter—Orange County.p ft. 25®30c. 
Western. do 20® 23c. 
Cheese. do Il®l2c. 
Eggs.pdoz. 23®24c. 
NEW-YORK CATTLE MARKET. 
Wednesday February 28, 1855. 
The supply of cattle is much less to-day than last week, 
and indeed there is a much less demand for beef. In fact 
the consumption of nearly all kinds of meat is considera¬ 
bly diminished during Lent, which very materially affects 
the trade. 
Though the weather to-day is very favorable, the mar¬ 
ket is a little dull; the prices, however, remaining firm. 
The animals taken together present a better appearance 
than last week, none of them being very superior, and 
none indescribably mean. Besides the ordinary stock 
there were a few choice animals for sale Among others 
we noticed a large pair of four-year-old 6teers from Co¬ 
lumbia Co., fed and owned by P. G. Conklin. They were 
full-blood Durhams and very highly fed, but largo-framed, 
and coarser than some we have seen. They were held 
at $600. 
The tendency of the market was a little better when 
we came away, and doubtless most of the animals will 
find sale before night. 
The following are about the highest and lowest prices 
Superior quality beef is selling at.110®llc. ip ib. 
Extra quality at.ll®12c. 
Fair quality do. .91®101c. do 
Inferior do. do. . 8®9c. do 
Beeves. 8c.®lle, 
Cows and Calves.$30®$60. 
Veals. 4}c.®6c. 
Sheep.$3 50®$7. 
Swine, alive,.5c.®5}c. 
“ dead,. Gjc.®7c. 
Washington Yards, Forty-fourth-street. 
A. M. Allerton, Proprietor. 
RECEIVED DURING THE W'EEK. IN MARKET TO-DAY 
Beeves,. 1480 1450 
Cows . 47 - 
Veals. 289 - 
Sheep and lambs, . 487 - 
Swine,. 650 - 
Of these there came by the Erie Railroad—beeves.. 800 
Swine. 650 
By the Harlem Railroad—Beeves. 80 
Cows. 17 
Veals. 289 
Sheep and Lambs.487 
By the Hudson River Railroad... 400 
By the Hudson River Steamboats. — 
New-York State furnished.356 
Ohio, “ 678 
Indiana, “ 03 
Illinois, “ 163 
Virginia. “ 116 
Connecticut, “ 11 
New-Jersey. « — 
The report of sales for the week, at Browning’s, are as 
follows: 
Sheep and Lambs . 3668 
Beeves. 489 
Veals. 78 
Cows and Calves. 50 
The following sale were made at Chamberlain’s 
538 Beef Cattle.7®llc 
38 Cows and Calves.$25®$eo 
4,028 Sheep. $2®$C. 
34 Calves.41®7e. 
SHEEP MARKET. 
Wednesday, February 28,1855 
The Sheep Market to-day is only decent, though it ap¬ 
pears to be a shade better than last week. There is not a 
very large supply on hand, and the prospect is that the 
market will not be wore for the week to come. 
Mr. McGraw, sheep broker at Browning’s, reports the 
following sales: 
34 Sheep. 
106 do. 
54 
do . 
40 
do. 
54 
do. 
557 
$1,925 37 
Cotton— 
PRICES CURRENT. 
Produce, Groceries, Provisions, 4 c., 4c 
Mobile N. O. 4 Texas 
Upland. 
7* 
84 
9i 
9f 
Florida. 
71 
9J 
10 
91- 
10i 
11 
Ordinary'. 
Middling. 
Middling Fair. 
Fair. 
Flour and Meal- 
state, common brands. 
State, straight brands. 
State, favorite brands. 
Western, mixed do. 
Michigan and Indiana, straight do. 
Michigan, fancy brands. 
Ohio, common to good brands. 
Ohio, fancy brands. 
Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, extra do . 
Genesee, fancy brands. 
Genesee, extra brands. 
Canada, (in bond,). 
Brandywine . 
Georgetown. 
Petersburg City. 
Richmond Country. 
Alexandria. 
Baltimore, Howard-Street. 
Rye Flour. 
Com Meal, Jersey. 
Com Meal, Brandywine. 
Corn Meal, Brandywine.P punch 
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