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From the Ne,v England Farmer.

 WOOD SWAPPING ON THE FIRE. ( Mr. Fesseaden Is it not fact, that such wood as hemlock, chesnut, &c. which grows in great abundance in many parts }of the United States and Canada. would

 be more used for fuel lift were not for it's

 disagreeable and perhaps dangerous quali- ty, of snapping or throwing coals out of tho

 fres If such be the case, it may be well

 to make it generally known. that this quail ify, so far as regards ssplit wood, may be in

 a great measure overcome by placing it

 properly on the fire that is 10 say, by laying tho inner side, or tlat@part which

 was nearest the lssari, towards the fire. for the alsactnally fly in that direction. A slight inspection of the grain at the end of the wood, willshew the side which grew nearest to the; centre, ahd this side should

 never be turned in any direction by which

 coals thrown from it can fall into tho room. A little attention to this circumstance will enable many thrifty housewife to have q hot fire made inan opeR fireplace, ofwoodI which is now considered almost detestable

 for that purpose; and perhaps she may

 learn, in time, to relish the snapping sound,

 as Goldsmith seems to have done that of the 'craekling fagot,' which he associates

 in his ballad with the cheerfu, chirrup of

 the cricket. Yours, c.

 l 4 Bride in Distress.--An affecting ob- lject of charity was examined on Monday. by the Mayor, in the person of a girl l 7s years of age, who stated her name 10 be, Rosa -, it is unnecessary to mention it in full. She came into the office this

 morning picture ofpoverty and desolation

 having bcen found sleeping on one of tho

 market stalls in the rain on Sunday night. The watchman stated that he found her in sound sleep, tlroughthe clothing with

 which her body was scantily covered, was

 her be- eye. w iis slowly, and was with "a diliisufyy

 got entirely awake, so much had she been overcome by the cold and rain. He in- quired where she lived, but received no

 satisfactory answer, though her behavior

 was modest and respectful; and at his re-

 quest she accompanied him to tho watch-

 house, where comfortable quarters were provided for her during the remainder of the night. Her appearance this morning

 presented the curious spectacle of a girl

 of seventeen, robust and blooming in health, without any indications of familiarity

 with crime of any kind, modest, and retir-

 ing yet covered with rags that bespoke the

 extremity of poverty. When asked how

 she came to be found in the street under

 the above circumstances, and what was her

 mode of life, she related, but not until

 great persuasion had been used to convince

 her that she must in some way give assur-

 ances that she was not common vagrant,

 some part of history in which the roman-

 tic formed very conspicuous half. She

 came from the neighborhood of Pittsburg,

 to meet young man now in this city, be-

 tween whom and herself there existed an engagement of marriage, which was to be

 consummated on her arrival here.a They

 were both of humble but respectable par-

 entsge, he being engaged as a clerkin a

 store here, with salary sufficient to sup-

 port them both, though his business pre-

 vented him leaving it to marry her at home.

 She had come on by appointment, about a

 week before, but had been robbed on the

 way, of every thing but the clothes she

 wore, including small sum of money

 which her mother had given her on leav- ing home. To add to her misfortune she

 did not know where to find her lover, hay-

 ing lost the direction he gave her, though

 she remembered part of the merchants

 name where he was employed. She had

 wandered up and down the streets for poar-

 ly week, searching in vain for it, and had

 supported herself by pawning her clothes

 in exchange for the ragged suit she now

 wore, being unable to bring her,mind to

 begging. Several nights she. had found \ lodgings in houses of ill fame, but had es-

 caped the polIutions which are practiced

 in them. On Sunday night, driven to des-

 pair by her desperate situation in strange

 place, having expended her last sixpence in

 paying for lodging the night before, she l lay down in the market house to sleep. not

 having tasted mouthfnl the whole day. This relation excited the strongest sympa- \ thy among considerable number of re. l spe ctable persons who heard it, and purss of twenty five dollars was immediately sub f scribed for her, with which to procure hel nsw.clothing. and pay her board for three weeks at respectable house. while en.

 deavors were made to find out the. resi-. dence of her lover. When she was sp' l'prised ofthese liberal aEEangements on hel 