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exhausting labor, that it may cpntinue in arts and mechanics, and by the facility of the full possession of its capabilities that exchange, by whic all the products of it may continue to be undulled and labor and skill are bartered, directly or undaunted by such wear and such use, an indirectly for one another. Civilization amount of sleep must be allowed, which is I and progress have found lodgement, more proportionate to the severity ofsucli work, real luxury and happiness than were to be to the engrossing and expending nature of found in any ofthe regions pictured by the the mind's employment. The nights may . poets; even though 3 fructllous fancy 1'8- be robbed ofthe hours of sleep, and the , presented their rivers as tlowing with milk time so gtqlen may be devoted to toil of the trees dropping honey, and their acorns mind or of body, but the endurance by the ; 89 edible as chestnuts. A simple bright

system of undue waste and imperfectlyl

restored balance of the vital force, even Ii somewhat protracted by the strength of the constitution, or if prolonged somewhat by. the energy ofa determined will, or by the spur ofa great necessity, or by the goal of a great ambition or darling hope, must be sliort-lived. The system cannot be robbed of its sleep without a corresponding disturb- ance and derangetnent of the functions; the power and the equilibriuni ofthe vital force will become so for affected as to involve disordered action, and thus indirectly, by forming part of the common organism, and directly by the diminished tension of the vital forces which supply the sensorium itself, the mind will become unable to con- tinue its exertions. Many an ardent and aspirant for collegiate distinctions-iiiany an anxious laborer for professional emi- nence, has thrown away his hopes in thus vainly struggling to cheat the system of this great requireinent.—Dr. Robertson on Diet and Regimen.

MODERN COMFOBTS. It is very common to talk of the “ good E old time” of a few centuries back, and, there are some who live so entirely in the 1 romance of the past, that their eyes are‘ shut to conveniences and comforts thatl modern sciences, skill and intelligence’ have provided. History seldom presents;' us with the details ofthe domestic life of our T forefatliers, and as poetry colors and groups them for her particular purpose, we insen- ; sibly become used to look back upon the‘ “olden time” with n reverence that hides! its imperfections and exaggeratcs its vir-5, tues. But this “olden time” was without‘ doubt vastly inferior to the present age, in morality," intelligence and relinemcnt, ; whilst it was utterly destitute of the com-I forts and appliances which now constitute so important an item in the agregate of human happiness. Some of our most common enjoyments were in the middle ages unprocurable even by the wealthy. Indeed when we come he examine how our ancestors lived, we almost wonder why they lived.

A Roman Senator who in the Empire's palmy days, possessed estates in Naples and Britain from which he drew an income that would be equivalent to a royal revenue in this day, had neither glass to his windows nor ashirt to his back, and when he rode in his couch of solid gold, without spring or covering, might envy our laborer who

oes out to work in a railroad car. glarl of Northuinberland breakfasted off we den trenches and dined in state oil’ pa er, and when he was absent from Alnwick Castle, the glass was taken out of the windows and laid in safety. Not a cabbage, carrot, turnip or other edible root grew in England during the early part of the reign of Henry the Eighth, and from the scarcity of fodder, fresh meat was only obtainable during the summer, salted hog's ﬂesh being generally used by all classes t ie rest of the year. So important an article, then, was cattle, that it was known as “live money,” and our word “capital,” which signiﬁes stock generally, was derived from the latin word " capita,” or beads of beasts. The etymology of the law term “ chattels," is similar. Queen Elizabeth was satisﬁed to breakfast off a tankard of ale, and dreamed not of the day when tea, coffee and sugar would become neces- saries to the poorest household in her king- , dam. The cause of all the increasedl comforts which the most modest income wil now rocure, and many of which werei formerly beyond the reach of even the)‘ richest, is found in the accumulation of; capital, augmented and diversiﬁed in its- employment by the security given to it, by 3 the demand which it in turn produces for labor, and the reward it holds out for the discovery of the new and useful in science,

thought, worked out into the means of extending the happiness and dominion of man, does more for the world than all the fabled gifts of the gods of classic antiquity. —Ballimore ﬂnierican. ,

Tllli \\'lCKED.\'I-SSS OF THE PRESS.

We know not when we have been so ini- pressed with the injustice and wickedness of the Press, as in the alliiir of the Portland riot. It seemed as if all hell bud burst forth with joy at Mr. l)ow’s mis-step, and nine-tenths of the presses had caught the inspir:ition,and, right or wrong, true or false, were resolve to inuko the most ofit, for the overthrow of this terrible fanaticism. And, as if fearing that the tide would turn, and it would not prove as bad as it promised, the hastened to draw their opinions froiu what they had heard, though

nowing from whence the statements have been shown to be false, there is a wonderful reluctance to say so: to tell the truth. and wipe awn the delusions they have created.- llow, wit such blind guides as the most ofour political papers are, are the people of the city, who read little else. ever to come to the now- lodge of the truth? The “ Times.” we regret to say, has‘rcndered itself, by its remarks on the law and on the Portland ulluir, peculiarly obnoxious to temperance men.—We confess we are not politicians enough to see the object in the course pursued by that Journal. Itis some- thin quite beyond our reach or discovery. the Eicut. Governor is anxious to shake otf his temperance friends, he has taken a pretty effec- tual way to do it. It is well if he does not want their votes; he will be saved a. lamenta- tion at their loss.

The teni crance and religious papers, and also the “"1-ibune" have nobly sustained Mr. Dow ; and in this, with his good conscience, he will find consolation, though by a multitude of editors he has been condemned unheard.

Among the methods devised by their enemies to annoy the friends of tom icrance legislation, is the one referred to in tic following ara- graph from the Journal of the American cmpc- rance Union. It does seem as if these men were instigated by the devil. Who but those who are lost to all sense of shame and decency, could be guilt of such misconduct as is there- in referred to Do we hearof Temperance men -—the friends of the Maine Law—undcrtakin anything with the sole pur se of vexing and annoying their opponents . Of course their whole views and measures are essentially o posed to the interests of the liquor sellers, their aim being no more than the entire abolition of the Liquor Traﬂic; but beyond the accomplish- ment of this ob'ect, they have no other end in view. They ta e no pleasure—that is to say, the true Temperance man does not—in wound- ing the feclin or injuring the erson of their opponents. t is rather pain iii to them to know that the langua e they are compelled to use in respect to the a ominations of the spirit traﬂic should cause pain to even the bitterest of

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MI their opponents; though like the lancet in the

hands 0 the Surgeon, they believe and know that its employment is essential to the cure of the disease with which they have to deal with; and in the contrast which may drawn be- tween the motives and conduct of Temperance men and their 0 ppnents, may be discerned the righteousness o t e cause we advocate. If the fruits of the tratﬁc are profanit , malignity, misrepresentation and fraud; if t ose who are determined to uphold it, blush not to do so, falsehood and violence, can the tree be goo can the trathc be anything but evil? This is a plain, common-sense as well as ii. scriptural way of viewing the matter, and we think no man with a spark of common sense can adopt an other conclusion than that the business can on I be evil that employs evil-minded men and an evil measures to prolong its existence.- Tempcrancc Talcgraph»

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The New York Journal of Commerce expects to hear, very son , of the capture of Petrop:iulow- ski, in Kamtschatkn, a British and French naval si uadron, whici is stcerin for that

' . ' he former attack ought to ave been successful, and would have been, if the Admi- ral liad been a man of pluck, and of sane mind. If he cssesscd one of these properties (no mat- ter w iich) he was destitute at‘ the other. A retreat was beaten inst in the moment of victory; or rather when victory was ready to declare for the allies. The Dido, the Alceste, the President, and the Brisk, are a part of the new squadron. They all started from Honolulu for tho Northwiird, about A ril 20. Admiral Bruce was on board the President.

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SEA OF AZOFF.

The following description of this Sea is taken from Galignani's Paris Journal :

“ The port of Berdianski, where the Russian steamers were lying, is situate a. little beyond the Crimean peninsula, and belongs to the con- tinental government of Taurida, at the extreme i_iouth eastern limit of which it lies. The town is of recent construction, and contains about 4,000 inhabitants. After having visited that P1300. the squadron descended the Bay of Arabat, at which on the one side, and at the Bpy of Kalfa, on the other, the secondary pe- ninsula of Kertcb commences. The fort of Arab“. is, itappcars. in a. tolcrably good state ofdcfcnco. It was taken by assault in 1768 by the troops of Prince Dclgorouki, and was then completely re aired by the Russians. The country is dcsertc and barren. as is the whole of the peninsula of Kertch, which consists of it plain strongly impregnated with salt. To escape from the monotony of such ii. scene, it is necessary to reach the op msitc coast, where Kallii. is situate, From the fort of.\r:ib:it starts that narrow strip of hind, known by the name of the Tongue of Ar-abzit, which. running to the north, separates the Sea of A"/oil‘ from the Pu- trid sca.—’l‘his tongue of land. about seventy miles in length, is composed of u very sandy soil, and in some places is not above 400 yards in \v_idth.—It is the road generally followed by carriers bringing provisions and merchandise from Lesser ltussizi. to the eastern part of the Crimea. The Tongue of Arabat is not, liow- ever, really joined to the continent ; it is sepa- rated froni it by a narrow puss, called the Strait of Scnitchi, which forms the communi- cation between the Sea of Azotf and the Putrid Sea. The traders cross inn ferry bout this pass, which is only three feet in do th, and about 100 yards wide, and then fol ows the tongue of land as far as the fort of Arabat. summer this pass is almost dry, and may be passed on foot. The Russian troops have several times taken this road to turn the lines to Pcrckop, and enctrate into the Crimea, but this operation, a ways dillicult and even impru- dent, could n3t be undertaken, unless the Rus- sians were in full ossession of the Sea of Azolf. The Putrid ‘en is only a gulf of that sea; and, according to the direction of the winds, its waters overllow, or retire by the Strait of Genitchi. When they are low, they exhale the most fetid odour. which has caused this great lake to acquire its ill-omencd name of the Putrid Sea. At present, in consequence ofthe late successes, the command of all these Districts must be considered as virtually in the hands of the allies."

The following additional intelligence is co- pied from the Vienna Wanderer :

“ As soon as the allies have ﬁrmly established themselves in Kertch, Arabat and Theodosia will robably become points of operation, as both ie exposed to simultaneous attacks by land and by sea. The distance of these two

oints from each other is somwhat over four ‘erman miles (about eighteen English,) while the tongue of land lying between Arabat and the southern coast does not exceed three Ger- man milos (about thirteen English) in width.

“ The communication between Arabat and Genitcbi-the narrow tongue of land which runs up from Arabat to the north coast of the Sea of Azotf, skirting the Putrid Sea—can easily be stopped without the assistance of any land forces, and for this urpose a couple of ships would be amply su cient: and it is a question whether the Black Sea Fleet does not

ossess a sufficient number of gun boats and ight vessels to enable the allies to advance a the Putrid Sea as far as Perekop,and cut otfa coniaoction between the Crimea and the Main

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n . “A cut number of roads in different

‘directions, stretch from Kertch and Yenikalo—

some leading to the south, some to Simphero l and Sebastopol, and some to Eupatoria. and e- rekop; but the most important of them all is the one which passes over Karasu Bazar, and connects Theodosia with Simphero ol. This road is the best kept, and passes t rough the ﬁncst districts, skirting the north of the Tau- rian mountains. Should the allies be success- ful in passin victoricusl along this road, as seems to be t eir plan, the Russian forces will ﬁnd themselves shut up between two armies, with no line of retreat open to them but that which was followed by the allies in the first ad- vanco into the Crimea. The im rtance, in such a case, of the position of Eupatoria is at once evident to all.

“The distance between Siinplierophol and Scbastopol, with Bagtcheserai in the middle, is between eight and nine German miles (about twenty-nine English miles); and in this dis- trict, most probably, a great battle will take place, for the retreat from Kertch is a sullicient proof that the Russians do not feel themselves sullicicntly strong to divide the forces which

concentrated there, in order to meet an advan-

cing foe. All these ideas are based u on the assumption that the allies have a su cicntly strong cavalr corps, and that baggage trains and ﬁeld artil ery are ready at command ; for, as the expedition moves further from the coast, they can no more count upon the support of the ships,and the force employed must not number less than from 30,000 to 50,000 men.”

PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE CBIMEA.

The hoto ' h is in dail use ow under the bright sugiiniif the Crimeay. life.“ who have been sitting at home under the grey sky, which has hidden the summer sun from us till now please ourselves with thinking of the sun-pic- turcs which may be gratifying the eyes of our countrymen in old Taurida, and with seeing in “ the mind's eye” the groups which we would like to have brought home, when our victorious armies return.

There was the bright handsome town of Kertch, one day lately. What a picture it must have been when the towns eople were about their ordinary business, an the ladies were abroad in the streets, shopping and mak- ing visits, to talk about what was doing at the other end of the peninsula, asif it were in a far countr —so confident were they of safety while the {ussian a.riny lay between them and the camp of the Allies. Day by day they had seen long trains of wagons pass by, laden with supplies, which would, as they were ‘in- formed, enable their defenders to tire out the invaders. They were told nothing but the good news, and were clnte with pride in the re- sources of the Czar, and looked with contempt: on the folly of the intidcls who attempted vio- lence against Iloly Mother Russia. Some of them were probably counting the days which would sullicc to drive away the foe, and leave the road clear for the nobles to bring their households down for their annual sea-bathing on the south coast, which the justly consider the Paradise of the world. a a. moment,a. general cry turned all eyes towards the heights, where a. host, with glittering arms, were pass- ing over the ridge, and pouring down u on the town. Before the gay ladies could reac their homes, they met parties of the enemy ﬁlling the streets ; and when at home, the found the gates standing wide, and British so diers com- ing forth laden with spoils. What a picture it must have been—unspoiled by bloodshed, but in all else a rude awakening from the dream of security.

Another icture was presently to be seen on board the ships. Sailors dressed in gaudy ball array, or in rich Russian uniforms, while heaps ofplate and pictures were ut u to a mock auction, where the treasures fetched nothing because oftlio dilliculty of carriage. A silver salvcr to be had for live shillings, and nobody to buy, because it was so heavy! Mirth and fun aboundcd, because nobody was killed or hurt; and shouts arose as batteries and magp- zincs were blown up in quick succession y

lussian hands, and exploded liarnilessly in the air. A singular picture it must have been !

Next day, there was another, on the ver e of the great prcciyﬁce at Sinipheropol. Be iind there was the hot barren steepe, sloping gra- dually down to the north,with not a house upon it—nothing but the wild thyme, hiding the nests of the awk, and peopled only by tie

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stalking cranes. Before and below were t beechwoods on the slope far beneath, and t o ravines where the brooks were leaping seaward s and Tartar dwellings peeped from their led I or the hill-sides, and between the gorges of t o mountains, the blue sea-line rose high on the horizon. Instead of looking before or behind, the scouts of the army and of the anxious in- habitants were gazing eastward, on the watch for the supplies from the Sea of Azotf. For 3 day or two they watched in vain ; and then the news could no longer be concealed that no more sup lies would come that wa . They were pro ably told that supplies would henceforth come from the north, across the Putri ‘ But in a few hours more, horsemen would come scourin over the step e, to tell that no more aid wou d arrive from Eenitchi,--that the ene- my had burnt the stores, and captured the nhips, and had the command of the ssage of the Putrid Sea. The blank faces 0 the multi- tude who looked at one another in dismay must have made a picture, which the potent sun him- self could not stamp so deeply as despair on the minds of all who saw it.

If this was a picture of despair, there was one of genial hope, not ver far oﬁ‘. Those who attended the troops, Sar inian, French, and English, who swept the valley of the Tchernaya, tell us of the lopes where the horses were knee deep in ass and ﬂowers, and where every poor qua raped which survived the hardships of the winter might now grow sleek, enjoying their life in clover, after picking up barlo mm. the mud, and drooping a l night with tai turn- ed to the midnight blast. But the change to the soldier is not less than that to his horse. Under the spring sunshine and ruins the new garden: about the camps are growing their vegetables as fast as nature will serve those whom she had put to so severe it pro tion. And the good tellows see not only a fine promise of vegetable dainties, after a long course of salt meat, cook- ed or raw, but there is Sovsa among them, turning their very salt meat and biscuit into dainties, and promising dinners lit for nohleinen when a little more sunshine shall have given them the resources of the gardens. The hospital

atients no lon er turn with loathing from their

cod, but watc its coming with hungry eyes, and say of their broth and rice and fra rant Ecoﬂee, that these are the things that wil set

llthem up again.—-born is the magician who