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It is an indisCrim- in ate gratification of the taste, regard loss of the consequences that may ensue from it, that is alone Llameable-- Hut so irreat is our general apathy in thesercs- pucts, that een on the .occurrence of diseases, from which we arc all more or less sufferers, we scarcely ever reflect on our diet, as the principal, if not the solo cause of them. We assign then to AvpnthiT. in infection, to hercditarv des cent, to srmtaneoiis breeding as if a dis ease could originate without a cause; or to any frivolous imaginary source, w ith out suspecting, or being willing to own. mis-manazemcnt of ourselves, i . We derive the renewal pf blood and juices, which are constantly exhausting, from the substance we take as fowl As our foL therefore, is proper or improp er, too much or too tittle, so will our Lloxttl and juices be good or bad, over charted or 'deficient,' and our state of health accordingly good or diseased. By aUmcht, or food, is to be understood whatever we cat or drmk, includin seasonings, such as. salt,- sustar, sniccs and vinegar, &c., everything, in'Vhort, vhich we' receive into tur stomachs. .Our foqu therefore, consists n t only of ucli particles as are projwr for Uie nourishment and support ol the human body, but it also contains certain active KmcWevviz . salts.' oils, and spirits, w hicli hn ve the properties id tiimilating the solid, quickening the circulation. and making the fluids thinner; thus rcn Bering them m re, suited to undergo the iieeessary' m?cretK!is of the liody. The art of 'preserving hcal.h, and ob taining loiur life, tiHusisis iu a moderate quantity of .n.h diet, iV shall neither in- crease uie salts ana oils, w as 10 produce uncase, nr diminish mem, no as to sut ler the solids to become relaxed. It is very diificult, almost impossible. to ascerlam-wluit an) the predominant qualities cither in our ltodi.s or in 'the ndwceat. In practice, thcrcforcrwe can have no oilier rule but observing what does us good, "and what it is our H!n;u lis can digest with facility, or the contrary! The eating ton little is hurtful, as w ell asralicg- too touch. ' Neither excess, nr hunger, nor tiny thing else that pas. Ki the bounds of nature, can bo good to man. - - ; -By-loading- llie stomach, fermentation ciicckcii, nnti ot course digestion un peded; fur. the. natural juice of tlic stem h has not room t exert itself, and it therefore nauseates its contents, is troub led with cructatioiuOtlio spirit are on V'esscd, olhtructioii9'c:;uo, and fever is the consciiiKMicc. lVi !s that,, when thus ovcrlilk'dji.the jJomac!i presses on t!ie diaphram, prevents, the proper play ff the lungs; nnd invasions uiraMnc-is t-i our breathing. Hence arise various M minptoms Ami depraved pflurKnr vating the Fences,- hastening ojd ag. and alvirtcniitg lite. . Though thm tf- e t aro not iiumediately perceivuil, mcy jire rcrtniii eHects ot intern JxTancc; fur it: has Ih!ch generiillv f'l.Korved-in grout eaters, tliHi,'thongli fion custom, a state of-vvuih. aud it ftn.r f'nnstitution, jh'ov have no present Jti:(fiivVfiii,'ncc, but" have digested their J'ahI, kufiwed. tsurfeit'aud ,lHrno their I'-nuicdiate. diet-well, if th.jy- have not cut oil", thev ha vt uiiiflgc.'y.iieiMH'-irlV WHAT DO IVE LffSrOIt; ASUIKMIOUGU, in life, attended wilh pains and innu merable, disorders. . - If we value our health, we' must ever make it a rule not to eat to satiety or ullness, but desist while, the stomach eels quite easy. Thus we shall be rc rcsJicd Jighvuu) - chccrfulf notrduJL ieaVrt or indisposed, Should we be templed to eat too much one time, we should eat the less at another. 'Thus, if our dinner has been larger thanfusual, let our supper be loss, , or l atlier quite o iiiittcd; lor there is iw anufi, bow ever careful of. his health, who docs not oc casionally Transgress intlus way. -( FrQm the Thiladelphia Herald. - THE SPIRIT OF SPECULATION - TO THE YOUNG.: -.; From un unjfublUhcd Jlddrets, "Thereit a source of danger-that should excite solicitude for, young men. I allude to the prevailing mama for spec ulation,- which, within a few years, has set lit upon this nation like an overflow ing torrent. 1 he world bclore this has seen nothing that can be compared with it: and it has become a deeply, interes ling quesuou, wiuuier uu uns vi m iviiu, ana what will be its results. "All class .! .. ..iriL.. .it .i.f. ...:n r es-of the community are affected by it Even age, although rolling in wcihh, is seized by the insatiable desire of amas sing treasures; and the poor remnant of life, instead of being devoted to sober enjoyments and a preparation for., that journey which all, sooner or later, must take, is devoted to the work of adding field to field, and heaping up treasures for heirs, "thev.know not who. " li.a tins pnttnsy, for such it is fast bccoin Inezes wiin peculiar power on young men. it suits their spirit ot cn (erprizc; it meets their desire foractive employment' And it cannor pc denied, that compared with purposes for which young, men have . been called fortlt in other times, it passes many things which are doubly aiticantaccous and praise worthy. Hotter by far, that the power: should be devoted to the puposcs of gain than of conquest: I that tlic land should be traversed, and lite streams as cended, and tiie mountains climbed in 7 r Twa irsuit of wealth, than in punuit of the pursuit snmui nt Muc.-r To W the. earth other .times and. other laud.. Jlut there are perils attending this spirit of specu lation which should excito alarm, and which, if not checked and restrained. ...u . 1 'V " il ",. Z '" will speedily" endanger all that we I10I4 dear as a people. Some of tho.6 peril- .ir.d.:..L : u .j. .il.... are the follow ing: i 1 1 tends to destroy all sober habits ot industry, and all res pect for the slow but virtuous mode by which property w as acquired by onr fa thers. Few young men arc contented with moderate but certain gains, when reports arc borne on every breeze, from every ' quarter, of the imnwnW .fortunes marie in aGwnonths-or a ievVr-day. The ideas of frtigr.lity, economy and so lier estimates of life, on which the prop er habits of; republican simplicity" de rxjnd. are hi danger of being' dissipated, like "chaff before the whirl wind; and all that; has been valuable in" our rational estiiiuites of life i in jril of being bro ken up. I here is danger that all sobe, habits should be destroyed; there is dan ger that all that contributes to moral jiurity nnd integrity shoiild.be broken down: there is danger that every thing should Imi made to bend to the acnuisi tion of wealth; and that there sh nild le conscience, no education, po religion, no law, that should not lw regarded as su- .f.lMwi;.ir.ipinniM. Slioiil.1 this become UUIUlllUli; III . IIIU MliUl'JiI 4'wUMlrlilvril Ui the passion of the nation: should it s,nzc upon pur young men, no man can doubt the confluence. I et one giant pas sion piczethe national mind, and every thing will Ik prostrated before it as in the sweepings of the tempest Over the result, every man must tremble. At its anticipated march over virtue, truth, honesty and religion, every lover oi ins country must bo alarmed ' and 'nil the power of parental influence, all the force vf the precepts of tho wise, the solwr minded and the good, aw demanded to maiiijain, every where among our young iiMtn. the sense of the value of slow but certain gains, and contented and honest Muhistrv and virtue." - . ' . fcLl(U.ITNIXG. ' Tho laws of electricity are now pret ty well imdcMood.'and it is just as rea- BUT TO IWUOrE OVRWLVKS JINH BK N. 0. SATUltDAY, J UN 15 sonahle to live in accordance with them I as witany t)ihcr laws ol nature To re-! move i ruin a strong current 01 air to es cape a stroke of lightning, is just as phi losophical as to step aside to shun a pre cipice; it is equallv as wise to insure your bunding irom lignming, oy a good con-. ductor, as to insure it f rom our common fires, at a premium of one and a half per cent. To betray ayrntoms of fear in any case is unmanlv, but to use oiks reason to avert danger is ajuguiherdidcrcnt thing. The best safeguard against light ning is a good conductor kept in com- pieie repair, ana next 10 tins a group ol lolty trees; but xvhere a dwelling js pro tected "by neither, it is highly prudent for. its ' iumates to betake themselves, during a heavy thunder storm, to the sa fest place in it As the air is a verv bad conductor of electricity, it always sccks to move in and with the current, and hence it is al.vays dangerous in a thunder storm to sit down between two windows, or at the, entrance of a door. Had the person, who was killed at llar risburg last summer by a stroke of light ning.unown this fact,: the sail catastro phc had been avoided. . Again, the air in a cliimiiey being rarefied by the beat below, the electric fluid often enters house in this direction. Jlcnce persons should never seat thcnsclves immediate ly before a1 firej'iadriir a dangerous storm. When the electric"'' fluid (Im.s not enter the doviror chimney of a house, it usually strikes one corner of iho Dot", and passes the rafters, timbers, or s'"! of tlio building, untilf it "enters the earth. On this account it is unsafe to sit or. lean against the side of Broom, during heavy electric discharges, it is also djujer 6u4 to' stand IxfoiTi a mirror; the qur.k silvcr and gilt of which is a good con ductor of lightning, indewl. thepreser.ee of all metallic substances should boa voided on the same principle. ' The sa fest, position in a lioiisc as regards light ning, is in bed, tlic feather? ofw.hielj it is composed, being a bad conductor of e lectncity. It is satd that no person has ever becn strucK oy iigntning.m mis po sition. unless their limbs were in contact with the frames,- As a proof of this re mark, we oocc saw a house containing tentv-five persons,-literany torn to piei - bv ii.lu -.n'w ithout inlurv to aJiv onTllcy all in NVxt lo a war the centre ol a room, eioseti up on the windward de,j? the safest pftsitlort in which we can place ourselves. j. ' ,;.l.;.: ;;. , Hrealinx Vi tVill Seme in Court. M" '"T" Mr.Durjria? - - 1 r.j .. .' : 1 .. -.1. -i 1 - IVitnes Rather guc?s I was. Vm- l)o you know nothing about his will? ; - 1 ' lVitnt$-ilSUy be I docs. , Jude-Whnt do you know? . , . Hltnest--Why they say it w as a pla guy ugly one,' . Judge 1 mean las last w ill and tes tament? Witnest Don't know nothing about that; never -heard the old man had any will for redin' the Testament ' Viwjff 1 do not refer to this disposi tion, but to -the'-divisiou of his prepertv l . riej-WcII, I did learn that lie map'd off his big farm in Searboro'.in mighty small patches slch as mowin, pasterm tatur in Ingin corn fields. Judge-" I wish to know if you have any knowledgo of his making a will to divide tlic property t " . tyitueis-A$ to that I canH say that I havcv- : j. JudgeZYhal did you come here for? - , ' - i Witneir- That's jist 'what I wasgc J . , Ift,w l - Vo".' "U,.V- ' From the imericari SentineL f At the request of the author, we in sert the following communication on a subject1 which, at the present "moment, commands as much of the public atten tion as any other, and upon winch , a great-diversity of opinion prevails. TIIR SPECIE CliKULAJl, J Acr yi7orj-rit;fre I address you on"the subject of this letter, permit me to observe, that 1 have. ever been a democrat arid -was at the last'electioh a strenuous -supporter of Air. Van Bu ren. J kfm now, ever have been, and evcropo to be. an American T proud of my .country, jealous of her honor, a id anxious for1 lior ttrosjxi.rity, J am a na tive of Philadelphia, and take delight, to belo'd her prosperity rising into grand eur; her trade, onvnerce, and taaJiu USEFUL TO ONR ANOTHER. 9 3, 1837.' facturesswolling' - into opulence i , her people happyand comfortable ; and our natural institutions operating with bril liant success to difluso pleuty, liberty, and enjoyment among all the children of that country who boast of Washing ton for a parentf and of Jefferson for a guardian and. friend. . However I may agree -with you upon, the general party measures which you may espouse, and I do so honestly and heartily,,! cannot a jgree with you in Velation to the persist ence of the Cabinet" at Washington in "Me Specie Circular." Here. Messrs. Editors,.I am in. direct' opposition to that minority of the democratic party which advocates .a measure of dreadful xyarfarc against the currency of ; the States ; and " w hich warfare produces such woful, such disastrous consequcn- ces to men of all conditions and alt oc- cupations throughout bur extensive, . but now" clouded, and Unfortunate countrvi I saw, Messrs.1 Editors that a persist. ance m the "specte vrdcr" is espoused by a minority-; and even by- a small mi nority of our party. For proof of this assertion, I refer to the vote of more than t'vthirds in boih Houses of Com gress, upon the bill known as Mr. Rivess urn,. as one pan 01 me evidence; and for the' other part, "to tlio w'cll-known general sentiment in fitvor 'of therecind i n g of UiWljifeeielTreuTarf ' is tBe Hon? est result of observation, experience!, fird conviction farmed from. facts' seen and felt by every one, that the attitude of hostility rm which the !neasureplacef I he (ieneral Govermeht against the cur- encv of the States. ; and the nrosnprii of the People,lcautneVet pnduce a pureur9n em and expect the recall of K;elu :ircuiang memum, ana must in evitably end in tlio uniyorsal distress ol all clashes, the prostration of.trad'?, the stagnation of conn fierce, the ruin of our manufactures, and piut last crowning act of the essence of desjiotism, the star vation of the people,' for wanf of em ployment and wages. ' : . - 1 ' . ohow me any one possible good to re sult from persisting in fm warfare a gainst the State Currency, and I wiJl L . . ' ' . .1 l .r uow iu submission 10 mo wisaom oi a policy in which can now perceive noth ing that, indicates intelligence or patri otism. I ask you, Messrs. Editors, to designate the good it will accomplish! Whidi I candn any way corripensafe (ot the innuheiable" calamities that are known and -felt to flow from its disas trous ppcrotion. Vrill "it remove from the "States the currency of the banks! I answer, no; it will only tend to make uiuir Kuiivivzy morcvaiucn, iiicir iacu- ities more desired,nd their" increase more coveted. Will it produce a met ahc currency ; or rather is a pure' met alic currency "possible ? I reply in tlie negative That project is impracticable. You may w age war to eternity against bank paper; but it will never be aban doned by a People whose impulse is in dustry, and whose loflyirjt-' ofnjcj prlse leads the way toV'noojnjJcjiShd enco. TIovemmc harass and distress the; People," but it never can vanquish their spirit, repress their Indus- try or compel them ttf jpwit with that creuu wuicn is me vuai energy ot this young and giant republic ivithout which it would become an emaciated andcadavefmis idiot, spiritless, poor and ioiio(eiii. joi no rational onjcci to accomplish, with no definable benefit to secure to society, w hat wtse, what vir tuous, what enlightened statesman can persist in a partial cxactbn of specie payments of ono'- branch ofthe national revenue, while tho whole "range of cm- dM-ttwfftnnthe'North' to the SomhvraTCrdiiilv recci vihrtrtiSii bank paper in payments to the U, States all liable to equal loss, all laboring un der the same depreciation? Surely,' a practised" statesman, such as Mr. Van Buren is known to be, will bo careful to act on tliat sound and orthodox maxim of State; policy to prosecute no meas ure that has not a beneficial object for its. result. The only difference between, a great statesman ami a politician is, that the tormer acts upon settled principles th reference to an established system while, the latter falls into the delusions of the day slides from expedient to expe- dient becomes a 'mere victim to popu lar caprice, a martyr to new projocis, and a slave to fallacious; ii'njxssibl6 una incoustsicnr schemes. 1 will n t behove, Messrs. Editors. that Mr. Van JJuren w tiis jM.Tcn tho ihI'-.'us c in ever realize in '- - character I have VOLUBIM IMUllIER 23 Or S3 AFTER 3 MONTHS just portrayed; and I-am stubborn in - Uie conviction that he will not disao- point his friends in their expectation of his beinsr fullv eoual to renresunt tUn perfect character of the veteran states man. It vill bo; for time, however to provelioty far he realizes tins foncf ex- pectation: or - whether his friends .have, overrated ,Jbis virtues, and exaggerated. hi uieir paniauiy, rus onghter and no bler qualities.; In the course of these letters. I shall endeavor to demonstrate that the repeal of, or persistaneo in tlio "specie order. is a test measure in relation in the pre tensions of Mr. Van Buren to the char acter, of statesman f and, in doing this,! shall put aside all party considerations, for the question not only involves none, as was proved on the vote in both Hou ses of Congress, but repels it as unnatu ral and impossible; as, Mr. Jefferson once said, there is neither democracy nor federalism in moneys no more than . in matrimony or law.n. If there was, however, any question of democracy Id" "the specie order," it would appear that ne had no democracy in this country prior to July, A. D. 1830 1 f As this will scarcely be preteaded, it will be conce ded by all that the question of rescind ing or persisting in that order involves no party jaith or party doctrine; for, if it did, where would be the democracy of the last Congress, "which passed the bill of Mr., Rives by more than two-thirds? Bui I will not fatigue you by the prolixi ty of these letters, and shall resume the subject in my next, premising here, that die country and the friends of Mr. Vn the "specie order," as a sacred and im perative duty not to.be postponed or e vaded. 1 1 - ' cicmd . LOST TIM&-f . Jte fjl'.oving valuable observations on um? subject irom the Church of Eng land fagaxine for 'March 1837, are from a series of 'passirig thoughts, oy a popular and excellent writer, who ad opts Uie title of 'Charlotte EIizabcthw It is a hackneyed subject, bu! : stifch grrfwinw tniportah'cQ in the ' ; . . of eacl)4?idivilual, th;it too ni-icfj . U : , ''can hardly , be i laid on k. The u fact ffa: past liur being to ally rrrc-cof-erable, would alone stamp it witii av i interest; but when to this is adde.i tJ nmoii vraLOiiiuuui, mill a II.ISI10I pass ed unmarkdd or : unrecorded bv i be Most .Highr and that : what js pur loss is alsa our theft, a robbery committed a- gainst Him, we may well mourn the past, and watch unto prayer for a riht use of the future. D t Time-losers form a considerable .ma-- jority in Jhc upper, classes of society, and no small proportion, even among those on whose daily labor their daily bread depends. The former by late ri sing, by lingering at the toilet and over the breakfast and dinner table, squander; so many hoursT that theyWy. almost be said not to live out half their tlays, such inaction being unworthy the name of life. When to this is added the frivo lous employments of what aro termed morning calls, the needless lounging in shops, and the utterly useless occupa tion of writing letters fidl of gossip and egotism, it is fearful to calculate the a mount of this robbery. The humble sort of people appear, on a comparison with these, to pass a Ijfc of iitcessant labor ; bttt""thcy' tooarer chargcahle Avith "shifuf" waste of what thev are couallv hminA to impmve. though happilyewipt from- many oi me iemitanons that assail others. Are we, then, to: stigmatise as crimin al the occasional relaxation of mind and body, that experience 'sIkjws is neces sary to the hcalthof both? By no means: we do wrong when neglecting to ensure it ourselves, and to those under our au thority, or within our influence. Rest and recreations are among the blessings provided for us, and which we have no right to, reject. Unbelief alone can lead us to sacrifice them to an over-anxious care for the niorroWV supply; and I do not consider the time so sjient as lost, a ny Tnore" than the moments which t 'hT mechanic set apart .for sharpening tho tools necessary to his especial work, is lost to hiia'DiediuH fion ol unemploy ed hours a fair proportion for such rast and refreshment, and account only for mo remainaer, it win prove a tormul able arrear. ; . ' '1 am . always employed ui one way v -