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Lkcturrs os Metaphysics ASP Loom. By Sir Wit- 
Liam Hamilton. Burt , Professor of Bogie and Mota- 
a bysicA in the Uniters Hj of Kilinbnrgh, Advocate, A, 
t. (Oion ,) etc.; Corresponding Member of t.be Tasti- 
tnte of France; Honorary Member of the American 
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P. D., Oxford, and Jons Vkitch, M, a , Kdinborirh. 
In two volume*. Vol. It—Logic. [8vo.—pp. 781.] 
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Wh h»vo in this volume the second part of the Lec¬ 
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originality, anil acuteness, and whatever may ha thought 
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there can be no difference of opinion regarding the im¬ 
pulse they bare given to the study of logic. Though 
Hamilton's views have long been before the public, 
through the expositions given of them by himself and 
his pupils, in Renew articles, these lectures will be read 
with eagerness by all studenls of logic. Taken in con¬ 
nection with Thompson's Laws of Thought, Maxskl'n 
Proligotnena Logics, and Hamilton’s Essays on Logic 
already published, these Lectures will make up a very 
full and adequate library upon Logical Science. The 
demand for suoh works by American scholars, indicates 
unmistakably the rate of our intellectual Advancement. 
The work may be obtained of Adams & Dab.nkt. 
What a mystery ismusic—invisible, yet mak¬ 
ing the eye shine; intangible, yet making all the 
nerves to vibrate 
floating between earth and 
heaven; falling upon this world as if a Btrain 
from that above, ascending to that as a thank- 
offering from ours. It is God’s gift, and it is too 
lofty for aoytlilDg bat His praise; too near to the 
immaterial to be made the minister of sordid 
pleasure; too dearly destined to mount upwards 
to be uaed for inclining hearts to earth. O, that 
the churches knew how to sing; making music a 
joy, a triumph, a sunshine, a song of larks, as well 
as a midnight song of the nightingales !—“Italy 
in TVansiliouby Wm, B. Arthur. 
Wlmt can be scon In Water. 
I fastenkd my boat to a log, and in the idle¬ 
ness of the moment noted the slight effects around 
me. By the water's edge was a pile of rooks 
shaped like a cromlech, and near It an oak with a 
crescent of light clipping its shadowed stem, like 
the golden kniTe of a Druid severing the Bacrcd 
raisiletoe for the rites of his ancient and mysteri¬ 
ous faith, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorkbr: — Some months 
since, I saw in the YouDg Ruralist column of your 
much loved paper, a call by “ Pkrry H-for 
some of tbo Young Uurallsts to ndvanco some 
thoughts with reference to the subject of muslo. 
I have mislaid the paper and have forgotten the 
position “P-H-’’took, and the character 
in which he wished the subject treated. * * * 
I love music,—my soul seems bound up in it I 
would not part with my attachment for it for the 
world. I more and more Rcem to have a dislike 
for that man who has “no muslo in his soul.” 
lie seems unapproachable. He knows not how 
to enter into the finer feeling of his brother’s 
heart There is manifestly a irant in his nature. 
The faculty by which ho may make the gloomy 
hours of life cheerful, and the middcned momenta 
joyful, is not found in his being. Life must bo a 
burden, its labors irksome, its enjoyments repul¬ 
sive, its pleasures uninviting, to him who finds no 
pleasure in music. It may bo argued that the 
man is not responsible who fails naturally to find 
pleasure in beautiful harmony, and whoso enjoy¬ 
ments are not increased at the sound of porfeotly 
blended strains; but from this position we must 
differ. I doubt if there aro but few persons who 
fail to derive pleasure from sum* kind of music; 
but some have no power by which to distinguish 
sounds, 
Hi 
In the forest there was a flitting of 
light and shade, and a tremble of branches in the 
low wind, with an occasional glance of a bird 
through the fretted vaults. 
A pool lay near, sheltered by a stooping birch 
and a small rapid. In Its airliko depth was a 
trout, moving around restlessly scenting a lily 
stum; pondering over a mossy rock; darting 
toward the surface, steadying himself by the occa¬ 
sional flutter of hia fins; staring with huge eyes 
all about; waving bis tail, like a doer grazing; and 
working his mouth as if chewing a cud. By and 
by, a miller came close to the glass of the surface, 
quivering with admiration at the image of his sil¬ 
ver coat. His spasm of self-love was short, for the 
trout, lurking In the ambush of a bandit in his 
cave, darted forth, gave a nip, anil the Incklesa 
miller vanished. Then catne a shiner that sent a 
silver flash through the pool. Now lio poised 
himself, head downward, as if to lungo through 
the ooze; then stood on his tail and gaped. At 
last, he turned himself into a wheel and gyrated 
away. He was succeeded by a gleam of gold cast 
by a sun fish, that flattened himself on his Bide, 
and lay there, until a bull-head blundered along, 
and turned one of bia horns on him, when the 
eunflsh whisked himBclf away. 
At this juncture there was a plump, and then a 
sudden darkcuingof the crystal mclosnre, through 
which I saw the dim shape of a muskrat, who 
scampered across the bottom, and then rose by a 
sedge on a dot of grass, with its flag half way up 
its staff. First, his ratahlp pnlled the stem of a 
yellow Illy as if to ring the bell; then he nibbled 
the gold of the blossom; then he skimmed to the 
edge of the bank, with two furrows like a wedge 
pencilled from his shoulders; and cut with his 
needle teeth the barb of an arrow-head, and towed 
it in hla mouth to his burrow, where ho vanished. 
In a moment, however, his blunt, whiskered faoo 
and glittering specks of eyes were thrust forth 
again in my direction, thinking, I suppose, what 
a queer thing that log was, when an involuntary 
motion on my part caused him to disappear in 
the winking of an eye. 
I then leaned back at the boat’s stern, and gazed 
into the noontide heavens. As 1 viewed the over¬ 
whelming arcb, springing so magnificently from 
the borizen, robed in an azure so rich and tender, 
and gleaming with its silver clonds, I thought 
how little appreciated, comparatively, is this moBt 
wonderful, beautiful, and majestic of all the Crea¬ 
tor’s handiwork.—“ Woods and Waters, or the 
Saranacs and the Rackett ,” by Alfred B. Street. 
Sunshine Through run Clouds: or, Tbs InvulM’a Offer¬ 
ing By Guo. a. Hamilton, Syracuse: .1. G. K, Truair 
& Co. 
Hers is a modest, unpretending volume, of 360 pages, 
by one whose name must be very familiar to every 
reader of the Rural. From the invalid's window lie has 
endeavored to follow NaIutb in her brightest moods, and 
Caleb inspiration from her sweetest melodies. In his 
own words, be sang “when the emit wns full-full of the 
rneirlment of Nature,—when tbe heart was glad— gUd 
with an existence that triumphed over a paioful life." 
The fulltiess of that, triumph cannot be better told than 
in tbe closing verse from hi* “ Nearer Home To-Day:'’ 
“ I’m nearer now my crown— 
Nearer my journey o'er. 
Nearer the river brink— 
Nearer the sbming shore; 
Nearer the pearly gates, 
Nearer the crystal sea; 
Nearer the Great White Throne, 
Nearer, my Gan, to Tbco " 
Among the many poetic gems which grnco the pages 
of “Sunshine Ttiroui(h the Clouds," pot a few were first 
given to the world through the pages of the Rural, and 
the world seems not willing to release them, as every 
day's exchange list reproduces them in form and feature. 
It Is well—their mission (asthey are, emphatically, Hume 
Songs,) is to alleviate, to nourish, strengthen, and purify 
tho whole man. 
and a half at the shoulders, with horns about two 
feet and a half long. The face is white, covered 
with two bands of black. Tho general color is 
iron gray, white below. Tho flesh is excellent, 
either fresh or Baited. 
The Spring-buck derives its name from tho fact 
that when pursued, or iti haRte, it takes enormous 
leaps, oflen springing eight or more feet in height, 
and clearing at a single bound a chasm twenty 
live feet across. They are very numerous, and 
make sad inroads upon tbo crops of farmers in 
sparsely settled portions of tho country. The 
flesh furnishes excellent veuison. 
The Ilarvtss-deer derives its name from tho 
singular white murks upon its body, resembling 
the straps of harness. There aro inaoy other 
species, among the must remarkable of which are 
tho Patlahy resembling the Spring-buck, bat larger 
tho Dltss-bnck, one of tho largest animalB of the 
tribe, and tho White-Footed Antelope. The latter 
has been taken t,o England, and was much admired 
in tho Zoological Gardens. But Capt, Harris 
H ays:—“There is one species which may with 
propriety be Btylcd tho king of the tribe. Other 
Antelopes are stately, elegant, or curious—but the 
solitude-seeking Koodoo is absolutely regal! Thu 
groundcolor is ft lively French gray, approaching 
to blue; tho horns, spirally twisted, exceed three 
feet in length. These are thrown along the back, 
as the stately wearer dashes through the mazes of 
the forest, or clambers the mountain-aide.” 
In a recent issue we noticed some of the most 
important of the animals of Africa, and we now 
call attention to a tribe with which Southern 
Africa is richly stocked. 
Wherever tho traveler passes, ho is almost sure 
to meet with Rome species or other of these ani¬ 
mals. The antelopes are especially characterized 
by the symmetry of their form and the graceful¬ 
ness of thoir motions. They are distinguished 
from tho deer in the peculiar character of their 
horns, which aro permanent, and aro formed by 
tbe prominences of tbe frontal bone being covered 
with a sheath of horn, composed of layers of fibres 
which increase during the whole life. The horns 
grow in various directions, usually ascending 
from the base, but inclining in different ways, 
and sometimes spirally twisted. Thoir oars arc 
usually long, their eyes are moBtly large, dark, 
nnd soft, and their legs are Blender and elegant 
Those that have spiral horns are for the most part 
gregarious, and frequent tho open plains; tho 
large species live in small troops in deserts or 
mountainous woods; while others roam over 
mountainous regions, finding their home amidst 
ravines and precipices, and tho snow-clad sum¬ 
mits of mountains, mid leaping up and dowu to 
the smallest surface that will contain their col¬ 
lected feet, without alarm or peril. Those that 
frequent the plains are watchful and timid, flying 
with tho utmost ease and swiftness. 
The Gems-buck is a beautiful variety, three feet 
Tho souud of tho cow bell is quite as 
pleaslug to them as tbe most finely executed har¬ 
mony. The strains which would fill others with 
ecBtacsies, will not touch a chord In their souls. 
But this may bo overcome. Btiiving to make 
perfect sounds, and being corrected by critics, 
and a continuance in tho same, will soon cause 
them to find delight in this science, and their 
friendB much more in them. Nothing tends more 
to sweeten the disposition of a porBon, and to 
make him an agreeable companion — a desirable 
associate, — a worthy member of society,—than a 
love for and a knowledge of the science of 
music. A knowledge of thin science might bo 
scattered broad- 061 1; and the aged mao, whose 
remaining hours move heavily; and the man of 
earlier years, whoso heart is full of care; and the 
noble youth, just entering a life of trial; and tho 
prattling child, lisping its evening prsycr; learn 
to delight in the harmony of Bweot sounds, it bat 
wasted time and money were bent In this direc¬ 
tion. Tu this agu of the world a man can learn 
almost everything from books, and dispense with 
individnartciic.hciH. Rules and instructions are 
Famous Bovs: ami How They Became Great Men. 
Dedicated to Youths and Young Men, at a Stimulus to 
Earliest Living, [pp. 3'10 ) New York: W. A. Town- 
itoml & Co. Rochester— L. Hall & Bko, 
Bob a.vo WALTER: With the Story of Breakneck Ledge, 
[pp. 133 ] Nuw York: FUiuuey, Blakeuiaa Sl Mason. 
Rochester—D xwkt. 
The Little Nkiutoau Letters. By the author of 
“ Nightcnp*,” “New Nightcaps," etc. [pp. 178, with 
Illustrations ] Now York: Apple to ns. Rochester— 
Stbklk, avert & Co. 
Tns Bio Nioiitpai- Letters ; Being the Fifth Book of 
the Series By the author of the Six Nightcap Books, 
“ Auot Fanny’* Stories," etc. [pp 184.] New York! 
D. Appleton As Co. Rochester—1,. Hall As Bud- 
The Fairv NmnTOtrs, By the author of the Five 
Nightcap Books, “Aunt Fanny's Stories,” etc. [pp 816.] 
Now York: Appleton Ac Co. Rochester— Hall Ac Bko. 
Nkw Fairt Stories for My Grandchildren. By Geo, 
JCiil. Traus'.w.vil from the German, by 8. W. Lavpku. 
L pp 84] New York: Ajipletona. Rochester —L. 
[all & Buo. 
It is a source of rejoicing that the risen generation is 
giving proper Attention to the mental and moral nourish¬ 
ment of the rLing—the heat evidence of which is fur¬ 
nished in the writing and publication of such works as 
are above enumerated. A sight and pernra! of either or 
Rules and instructions are 
so explicit, and so far elucidated, that with a 
single book a whole family nmy master t,ho movo 
elementary parts of music. Let bnt. the shining 
dust which the loving father lavishes upon his only 
son, which Inwardly feeds his passions and bur¬ 
dens his soul, be spent in promoting his lovo 
for music, and causing the home-circle to be 
gladdened with vocal and Instrumental strains, 
and his declining years would not bo saddened 
by the waywardness of his ilrst-boru. If tho 
mother, instead of jeweling her daughter for the 
New Years’ ball, and being over Joyed to see her 
“shine" in society, would grace her drawing-room 
with the piano and guitar, and secure teachers 
for tbe same, and make homo the great center of 
attraction, she would not he caused soon to Bor¬ 
row for a daughter void of virtue, and versed in 
sin. If this idea of making the science of music 
more a part and parcel of tho duties of tho home 
circle could generally obtain, nnd instead of the 
family dance the family singing school should bo 
found, and in [dace of the eard-tablo for “ family 
arauBcmeut” the harp and viol are seen, then will 
the “fast ones” love home, and the sweetest mo¬ 
ments of life be there speut. Manly S. II-. 
Lima, N. Y , I860. 
ling out even tho forms of law, are now outnum¬ 
bered by the lovers of good order and Bound 
morals, and the population is assuming a perma¬ 
nent character. 
Before going oat into tho interior of the Territory, 
wo had expected to find tho whole conntry, immediately 
west of Fort Ri!-- opnaratively sterlls; on tho con¬ 
trary, however, wo wero agreeably disappointed at meet¬ 
ing with scarcely any indications of docreatdng fertility 
ns far os our travels extended, which was about sixty 
miles west c.r Fort Kiloy. Hero w» found the prairies 
clothed with >. luxuriant growth of gnus, and literally 
alive with vaf' herds of buffalo that wore Been quietly 
graxiog as far os tho *je could reach In every direction 
Even on the high divide between tho Smoky Hdl and 
Arkansas rivers, souti of this, wo found the toll rich, 
and supporting a de-i e growth of gtaso; and from all 
wo could learn Ircm persons who have gone further out, 
the same kind or country extends for a long distance 
beyond this, toward tie west, nunce we Infer that tho 
belt of unproductive lands, between the rich country on 
tho east, and the i!a.i'srn bane of the Rooky Mountains 
on the west, is muck narrower than is generally sup¬ 
posed; and even this so-called desert country is known 
to possess a good soil, which may be rendered fruitful by 
artificial Irrigation. 
In regard to the mineral resources of Kansas, we have 
ily tirao and space to say a lew words. As 
PANIC-ORIGIN OF THE WORD. 
In a couple of admirable papers on tbe finan] 
cial crisis of 1857, occurs this fine passage in the 
Mount Vernon series, by Edward Everett: 
“But even the dictionaries teach ns that it 
is idle to inquire into tho cause of a panic; 
that is, tho immediate cause; the word is ubcJ 
to signify a great and general alarm, without 
any apparent udequato cause. In the oldest 
heathon mythology, Pan blew his conch shell 
wbon the Titans were fighting with the Gods. 
Tho audacious rebels had stood undaunted 
against tho thunders of Jupiter, but they (led at 
tho blast of this harsh clarion. Having suc¬ 
ceeded so well on this occasion, Pan accom¬ 
panied llacohns on his expedition to India, 
where, on a certain occasion, ho gave a wild 
scream, which Ailed tho cohoes of the mount¬ 
ains, and put tho enemy to flight These old 
fableB (what foundation of fact they may have 
had in tbe experience of Infant humanity, who 
can tell?) struck to tho heart of tho race, and 
have given a namo to saddest realities in every 
period of history. Old dynasties have Bunk 
—mighty battles havo been lost—revolutions 
have been commenced by Pan-ic fears. One 
of tho most authentic Bigns of the last dread 
consummation is “men’s hearts failing them 
for fear;” and when this takes place, no form 
of disorganization and rain is juBt matter of 
surprise. Tho cracking of a Beat, or a mis¬ 
chievous cry of fire, will, in an instant, sot as¬ 
sembled thousands of intelligent persons fran- 
lio with terror, and cause them to trample 
each other to death, in their insane haste to es¬ 
cape from the building. A great, strong ship 
strikes an iceberg, and discipline is sometimes 
instantly subverted, all hope of escape in the 
life-boats blasted, by tho fierce haste with which 
they aro lowered into the sen, and overcrowded 
in the dismay of tho moment, and hundreds of 
lives lost when all might have been rescued. 
Almost all tho great battles of ancient and mod¬ 
em times, from Pharsalia to Waterloo, have 
probably been decided at last by panic. Miracles 
of tulyr aro performed by brave men, blood 
flows like water; at length a wild cry is heard, on 
one side or the other, that all is lost—and with 
that cry, all is lost.” 
for “ home consumption 
Pioneer History; or, Cortland County nnd Border Wars 
of New York. From the Earliest Period to th« Present 
Time. Bv II. C. Goodwin, [pp. 450.] New York: A. 
B. Burdick. 
By favoring us with » copy of this work, Prof. 8. W. 
Clark, of the Homer Academy, has afforded us muoh 
pleasant and useful reading—plea-ant because wo find in 
tbe volume Interesting descriptions, and historical remi¬ 
niscences, of a region with which wo were familiar in 
youth. It is a volume of rare interest and value, espe¬ 
cially to the people of Central and Western New York. 
ADVICE TO FARMERS’ ROYS, 
Ed 3 . Rural New-Yorker: —In your issue of 
tho 8th inst», in Letters to Farmers' Boys — No. Ill\ 
Minnie Mintwood seems to be exceedingly severe 
upon tho tasting even of wine. Docs Bho not 
know that, not one out of ten of farmers’ boys 
ever got a chance to drink wine? Such is never¬ 
theless the case. ’Tin ti ne they can get what they 
call wine, in those sinks of iniquity, (the low 
tavernB,) but if this, or even tho wine brought 
out at fashionable parties in the cities, is wine, 
then my pen should ceaso Its scribbling. But 
what is usually termed wine, is a mixture of the 
Jnico of Borne fruit, sugar and water,—so managed 
that It contains too much alcohol for safe use, 
perhaps; but tho use of this should not debarany 
at present on! 
already btated, coal is known to exLit—though its extant 
is not yet fully determined—at suveral localities in tho 
region of Leavenworth city, while the geological struc¬ 
ture of the country, as well as discoveries already made, 
warrant the eouclualon that this important and useful 
mineral abounds at many localities math of there. 
Limestone, suitable for building purposes, and the pro¬ 
duction or quicklime, exists through largo areas, while 
inexhaustible beds of gypsum aro known to occur at 
several places not far west of the month of Solomon's 
river. Near this place we likewise raw, in the lower 
cretaceous rocks crowning the summits of the Smoky 
Hills, deposits of iron ore, but were unable to determine, 
in the limited time at our commaud, whether or not it 
exists iu large quantities. 
Of the dinnoveric* of gold in the mountains on the 
western borders of Kansas, much has been said; nothing, 
however, but a thorough geological survey, by authority 
of the Territorial or State Government, (Tor Kansas muxt 
soon be a State,) can lay before the public such full, 
accurate, and reliable Information on these subjects, as 
will bring from the older States the capital, xkill, and 
enteiprlse necessary to develop the great natural resources 
of the country. 
Harper & Brothers have given the lovers of ancient 
learning another volume of their series of the Greek 
and Latin classics. We have here the first volume of 
Euripides, the favorite author of the poet Milton. 
Tbe beauty of type and paper of the preceding volume 
of the series are kept up in this. For sale by Adams & 
Dabney. 
KANSAS—ITS GEOLOGY, &c, 
The following extract is from the “ Geological 
Explorations ia Kansas Territory,” by V. B. 
Meek and F. V. Hayden, and was published in 
Janaary, 1859, lu the ‘‘Proceedingsof the Acade¬ 
my of Nataral Sciences of Philadelphia.” It 
mast be epecially interesting to our readers in 
Kansas, and those who have friends already 
located in that Territory, or who themselves 
intend to make it their home. These two young 
Geologists have distinguished themselves by 
their discoveries in Kansas and Nebraska. The 
writer of the extract, Dr. F. V, Hayden, one of 
onr citizens, Liu just returned from a successful 
exploration in that part of our country, and has 
been joyfully welcomed by his numerous friends, 
as well as congratulated on hia successful opera¬ 
tions. The best wishes of all attend him in his 
course.—E d. Rural N. Y. 
AlthoUgu tlus paper is merely designed to give a 
brief sketch of the leading geological feature of those 
portions of North Eastern Kansas visited by ns, we can¬ 
not close it without alluding to the truly great agricul¬ 
tural and other natural resources of this new and 
interesting Territory. We mean no disparagement to 
other portions of tho Mississippi Yailey when we state 
that. After having traveled extensively lu the Great AV'eat, 
and after having seen many of its most favored spots, we 
Lave met with no conntry combining more attractive 
features thin Kansas Territory. Her geographical posi¬ 
tion gives her a comparatively mild and genial climate, 
intermediate between the extremes of beat and cold, 
while the itch, virgin soil of her beautiful prairies, is 
admirably adapted to the growth of all the great staple 
grain and root crops of the West. It ia true that in some 
districts there is rather a deficiency of timber, but, as a 
general thing, there is along the streams suflioient for 
the immediate w ants of the country. In addition to this, 
the wonderful rapidity with which forests are known to 
have sprung up on similar prairie lauds in Missouri, as 
the country became settled so as to keep out the annual 
fires, shows that the preseut scarcity of Umber should 
not be regarded as presenting any serious obstacle to 
tbe settlement of tho most extensive prairie district in 
Kansas. 
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ono from tho use of puro wine, such as our Savior 
drank, and Paul recommended to Timothy. And 
if tho Grape is a blessing from God, which I be¬ 
lieve It to be ono of the greatest, then why de¬ 
nounce tho making of wine so severely, when 
Christ himself converted water into wine, at a 
wedding, whore, perhaps, the parties could not 
afford to buy wine for tho occasion? No, No! 
Give us pure unadulterated wine, for mercy’s 
sake, and let us hurl our most severe denuncia¬ 
tions at the drugged wines and brandies, or what 
are so called, aud the poisonous whisky. I am 
with Minniic in the Temperance cause to the 
extent of my ability, but really consider myself 
doing the cause good in trying to cultivate tho 
vine for both fruit aud to make wine. 
Rome noted writer says that in iu needs lomo 
stimulant, let that be wlutt it will; and if that is 
the case, stronger drink will bo resorted to in the 
absence of wine. Tho example, or tbe Rociety 
that a young man is thrown into, has much to do 
with his future career, and farmers Bhould use 
every possible means to keep their boys out of 
what la called Ja;t company, or from among fast 
young men. 
This is by no means that I wish to find fault 
with Mi nr iK’s article, but because I fear this 
denouncing the ubo of wine is not striking at the 
right place. 
What would Minnjk say if I were to tell her 
that within a few miles of me the women all 
smoke the pipe,—are black and dried up looking 
ere they pass the middle of life. I wl*h she were 
here, she would have a field for operation. 
As to myself, tbe use of tobacco, in uny form, 
is next to intemperance by drinking strong 
liquor. Farmers' Bays, abstain from strong 
drinks and the use of tobacco,—plant plenty of 
fruit of all kinds, and nse freely, and you have a 
claim upon futurity, a score, at least, of years, 
above the tobacco chewer, and smoker, and 
whisky drinker. And, finally, every farmer ought 
to get the KuftAi. Nkw-Yokkkk for his boys, and 
try Iris best to have them live up to ita advice 
arid Instruct ions. In the years that it has come to 
my house, I have never found a single article 
that I could not indorse. s. m. 
Cal in cl ale, Fa., I860. 
CALIFORNIA. 
Tiik industrious inhabitants of California, 
besides taking from her auriferous soil between 
forty and fifty million dollars’ worth of gold an¬ 
nually, have, during the last ten years, brought 
nearly 900,000 acres of land under cultivation, 
more than half of which is devoted to cereala, 
and last year produced nearly twelve millions of 
bushels of grain. This year tho yield of graiu 
will be larger—the product of wheat, barley, and 
oata alone being estimated a,t 14,500,000 bushels, 
owing to the increased breadth of land sowed. 
Fruit culture is also fast rising in importance, 
thl3 year’s crop being valued at $600,000, exclu¬ 
sive of the grapo, from which there is premise of 
obtaining almost or quite 1,500,000 gallons of 
wine, and 100,000 gallons of brandy. Sheep-rais¬ 
ing and wool-growing have also become import¬ 
ant interests, wool to the value of $2,400,000 hav¬ 
ing been exported lost year, while the production 
of 1800 Is estimated at double this amount. Great 
quantities of lumber are also exported. The 
future of California is hopeful. The myriads of 
wretched gold-seekers, gamblers, and rascals of 
every grade, who resorted thither in the early 
history of the State, breaking through all the re¬ 
straints of organized social existence, andtramp- 
Tiie Eye. —When the eye is irritated by dost, 
or intrusive particles of any kind, the sufferer 
invariably shuts and rubs his eye, and not unfre- 
quently the removal of the irritating cause 
thereby becomes more difficult. The proper 
practice is to keep tho eyo open, as if staring; a 
sort of rotary movement of the ball takes place, 
tbe surface becomes covered with water, the par¬ 
ticle is gradually impelled to the corner of the 
eye, and is there floated out, or can bo easily 
removed, without any of the disagreeable conse¬ 
quences that attend shutting and rubbing. 
Stillest streams oft water fairest meadows, and 
the bird that flutters least, is longest on the wing. 
