... I lfterature, idence, ant Art. I TESTIMONY TO THE VERACITY OF THE BIBLE.-The following sentence, in a letter published in the .4ihenzaeum of last week, will be read with interest: - Although the learned Pritchard has striven to prove the unity of origin between Negroes and Caucasians, I did not feel myself satisfied with his reasons; and the desire of throwing more light on this obscure but ...

... varieties. VERY CONSOLING.-Dr. Rush, in a treatise on sugar, maintains that in those countries where sugar is abundantly eaten, plagues are unknown. So that if sugar were abundantly eaten in England, we should get rid of the Polka. THE WAY TO {tsB.-It is unnecessary to state that innumerable instances occur in the colonies where parties who left this country in the most subor- dinate ...

... Ieottv. TRIBUTARY LINES ON ONE WHO DIED YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL, Light be the turf above thy head Sweet be the flowers that o'er thee grow; Soft be the winds that kiss thy bed, And leave their fragrance as they go. Who could have thought-so young, so fair, So bright in all thy loveliest bloom- That thou couldst die, and darkly share The lonely horrors of the tomb? Oh 'tis not in the words of woe ...