ii-.i.V. ". 'r H. B. MASSEll, KDITOK AND PROP1UKTOR. OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. CI jFxmUs iitUjspapcr-Drtotrti to &olWcs, aftrvntuvc, iTovnlfty, .iFovtfjj.t an Domestic lt)as, Scfcnce ann the cuts, eiflrlcultuvc, -fllirrltrts, amusements, Vt. NEW SERIES VOL. J, NO. 13. SUMiUUY, NOiiTJIUMIJEULANl) COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 131. OLD SERIES VOL. 11, NO. 3S. N CAR , TERMS OF THE AMERICAN. THK AMKItlCAN l pul.li.'hwl even- P.itnnlny nt TWO DOLLARS per iilimlili tn be puiil Imlf yenrly ill advance. No pnner diacontinucii until all urreuroges uru pniil. AH eommnnirntinnfi or letters on biiFinrs. relating to the utfice, ti insure attention, inimt Ire rosyc PAID. TO (JLlljsi. Three cojiiei ti cue adili ess, .1 00 Seven Da Do in no Fifteen Do Do SO 00 Five dollars in mlv.mee will (.my for three yeut'ii iili icriution tn the American. One Solium of Id linen, 3 times, Every nuhne,piunt insertion, One Sfinnre, 3 months, Mix month., One ywir, Hu.iueHs Cards of Five lines, per nntinm, SI 00 83 3l Kl 4 no ono sou itiercnants una oiners, mivcrtisin:; hy thu year, with the privilege of inserting dilTerent uilverlisenienls weekly. 1000 CP Lurjiei Advertisements, us per agreement. A TTOl! NEY A T LAW, EDKBUnY, PA. D us-inrss attended to in the Counties of Nor thumberland, Union, Lycoming unil Columbia. JSifer to t r, & a. Kiivoinit, l.uwi'r ci llnrroii. Koiucrs & Snoilirra?., VhiLitl. Reynolds, Mcl'arlaml & Co., tSnering, fiiioil iV Co., iNEW STORE AT KOLLOWIITG RUN. At the Crosa Hmnh. iintr .. 1). Cvnrailf, Lover Aii'.ytfta. J. Ji. KA.1!FKA!'AX RESPKCTl'l.T.l.Y informs his friends ami tin- pulilir pi'iti-rully, liiut lie Iihh just rccriv ed and openeil now slock of (ronds, wliieli lie now olii-rs for sn!o on the most rc.isonnltk' teiins. His stork consisls in purt of M't'II AS Cloths, Cfis.iiiirrt'.v, Sallmrtts, Merinos, be. Kumnior wtiv of all kinds .Muslins, (.'iiliooes, liirinliiiins, Cliorks, AI.SO: An asBOitini'iit of Ilardiviirr of all kinds, most ,, p'unrallv in u-e. Al.'.-O: (J I'octM'ics ol' :iU Kinls, As Sugar, Cnffee, Tin, Milafsn. Spirit. r"c 'ALSO: luivnswaiv and Croekery ware, a full assortment. Also Milk Hals, Chip Hats, and Straw llat. AT. SO : All nssm-linrnl of J,i,piors, iz : DitANOY. Wixr, Whisk kv, Sec. .Besides a variety of ulher aitieles, most KPiier ully used and in want hy fanners and other per sons, nil of whirh he will sell to purchasers at a paving of tell per cent, hy calling on him. All kinds of produce taken in cchango for goods at the hiuhest market price. Hollowing l!un, April -11, ISol. If. SPRING AND" SUHMER "CLOTHING. E Vl'.WYIioDV should this oppnrtu- nil v to huv Cl.orill.N; fur Men, Vouth and lioys, nt sucli prices as have never yet heen known 'in this Cilv. at ClIOIifiH CUI.I.WS CLOTllI.N'Ci i:sTAl;l,I.-'U.MF,.NT, South-Mast ('orner of Market and Second Streets, Philadel phia, oinhraeiiiir a choice of the host, most desira ble, and fashiouahlo DRESS AND FROCK COATS, Habit (.'loth do., i.inon "Dril Unit do,, Tweeds, 6ic, &c, together wilh a (Treat variety of Boys' Clothing-, Consistinp; of Sack Coats, Polka Jackets, Mon key Jackets, Vests and Kound Jackets made of Twerd, Linen flrillinn. Cloth, Alpacca, Kersa mier. Doeskin, A."c. I'articular care has been taken to procure the new styles for Men and Hoys' Summer Coats, i'alitnloonn, Vests, iVc, to which he would invite fipccial attention. Furnishing (loods. C'nnsistiui of Shirts. Slocks. Handkerchiefs. &e.; till of which are oll'cred at the ( I'axulJe tu.'h 7'firrT, and a a cheap as any other Clothing More in Ihe l.'nion. Parents who desire Iinis' Clotiiinb arc ear nestly invited to examine the Stock. Country Storekeepers can l.e accommodated ut verv low rales. fir.Olif.'l' crux. 8. K. Cumer of SiamJ b MirLet Sis. I'htla. April 11), 1 .)!. tf. TO ADVERTISERS. "You arc fSjicct flhj informed, that (J. H?jL!EaiCEl) General Auveilisini;' Newspaper Agent, HAS tiii: ACHNCV For all piijicm generally in ihe. V. Stales. 'A DVKi'TISi; US can always sec their ndver tiscments when published, us be wishes to keep a regular filj of all paper he advertise in. from Ins experience with rvewspapers in adver tising in city and country, advertisers would find it to their interest to coiirult with him upon the aubject, C. Pir.l!(', fr'fii. Advertising Agl., FniIUtin liuihlins. Pltiladel.hia, April 1!, ly. SHAM0KIN, Northumberland County, Pa. THK subscriber respectfully informs hisfriends and the public, generally, that he has open ed a new Hotel in the town of Shamokin, Xor thuinbcrl.iud county, on the corner of Sli.nilukiil and Couuneree streets, nearly opposite to the House he formerly kept. He is well prepared to eceommodato his guests-, nud ia also provided with good stabling. He tnista his experience, and strict attention to business, will induce per sons visiting the coal region to continue the Ills oral patronage he has heretofore received. WILLIAM WUAVEK. Shamokin, April J.U, ltSot).-tf. JAMES 11. MAGEE I AS removed from his old Stand, Xo. 118 ine street, to A'o. 52 Dilttvyn St., (bct'n Cul'hill $ Willow,) where he has constantly tin hand, BROWN STOUT, PORTER, Ale and Cider, FOR HOME COXSl'MPTION Oil SMITING. N, 13 Coloring, Bottling, Wire and Bottles, inegiir, Vc. I or tale as ubove. Philadelphia, April 13, 1851. ly. Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company DR. J. 11. M ASSER ia the local agent for the above Insurance Company, in Northumber land county, and is at all time ready to ullect Jiuuruiice against fire on reul or personal pro- iort.y, ue ruuowuin pom-lea lor tue aatue. ' .Sitnbury, April 80, 1851 tf. JUSTICES' FEE WLLS. For .ale by II. 13. MANSER, fcujibury, April SB, 18SI SELECT POETRY. From Arthur'. Iloniu Gazette. JUNE. BY JNO. It. W FF EY. She) ennm donr June a tnaidin brown, Vul rosy us Ihe blush of mum, With stop tis liohlslonu ns llm ilown t )?cr iinltiiriii's tuispiii"; meadows borno : A holy calm is on Iter luow. A mellow tiuiro of ripened iVuifjht ; Mor dorp, iluik eves, Unit chastely slow, Willi love ami tiunloiness mo fruiiyht : As pilk ol corn 1 1 1 r lrcssi;s fair tfo sinoolli so chiingeltil in their hue; llor beauteous jp )jk,. rubii's arc, Or chi'i'iios moist ivilh tnortiiiii- dow ; Her breath is sweet as I'niitut pens, Or roses fresh in mi .o ; i r , t,.r' sliiivvnr : Her voico is liki) tin; voice of bees, llatl litiininiojj woo the wild-wood Uowcr. That voice iis mtirnnirt'il music lloals i Iiiou::Ii all llio ( ; u 1 1 i realms ol air, Ami iijoht and day Us jjeutlo notes Fall soolhhii on lhe ear of care : It pierces IhioiiL'h tin; busy lium 'J'liat wtajis the city in, and seems To speak the whispered words, that eotna r,- t;... ..) , 1 ....... ;,. .i 1 lUlll llJ3 Ul SLI.ll ill llli;ilU13. Toil's pent-up, wan an, I s nl-browed child Hears, smiles, mid ope s Ins ear, nllnrst Fur sounds of tar-olf " woiiil-notes wild," And waters that in cascades burst ; And maidens that, wilh linger lips All worn, sit fiulinn day by day, A tnoiiient pause, wilh patlel lips, To ill ink its imiriuers as they stray. The sick man bears il, and he rpiits His couch obedient to Its call, To linger where the brnwn-llirnsli flits, And shade and smiliirht iiriiinliii!; fall, The brood of crime, that in dark cells Thu onler world no mom may see, Hear and are plndiluneri, for it lolls Of winds and waves that wander free. The erector's of the poor are thine. Sweet June of all that toil below ; I'or lie Ml dost not thy love cnuline, Miit blessings upon all bestow ; The Mowers in crowded courts that dwell, Kestdii tile) laborer s sunless door, May never meet lliy smiles, yet still Thy tears the drooping ones restore. Then come, O heaven-born June, the woods For thee shall wave their branches gteen, And all eailh's towns and solitudes O'erllow with happiness serene : Incense and son", Ihe calm-eyed hours: Shall pour about thy way like rain, And Childhood lanuh from leafy bowers As thy white feet skim o;cr the grain. And thrill, O mild and thoiejh'ful June, IWaysl teach a lesson all should know, That nearest, dealest, is the tune, Where joy and tan row tetnperitijr flow, That mirth amlyiiei. nud smiles and teais. liy ininyliiiL', niako lite heart most irreen. That ho is blest, and blessings bears, Who keeps with thee the jjolden mean. Skctc I). l-'nmi Hip Iuicnst'T l"iiitn ami Trihum. A FRAGMENT. IT MKl'T. ItOlir.UT ( LAY Rocr.its, V. S. A. Popita is a dear remembrance even now. No new face or tie of friendship, or change of scene have thrust her picture from the best place in memory, to one ol its dim lumber jalleries, where are stored odds and ends, only things almost forgotten. Xo, no. Thrice no. 1 keep her portrait in the most accessible memory-spot, where oftentimes I go to muse over her and the strange events that broiivrht ns lorrother. You can not see her wilh my vision, dear reader, would that you could ! as it is, you look at her in shadow only in a half nijzht. I'or when could the most artistic phraseology describe animated things, which are so indescribable livinrr life wilh its wondrous energy and expression. Words are dead thintrs in any hands, and a shadow dillers from substance so does laii'.ruaL'e from the Heal it would figure. Yet I'epila shutild he painted here, what though Life shames the cold colors the ar tist must use! It may he, one lucky brush line, one happy expression will rive a sem- lance. As steep is Life vet J,ile half in death, so, shadowy, dim and vague is word- matter that would shape out the actual. J epita bad pist turned sixteen when I knew her an ae in her clime that devel ops the perfect woman. Girlhood had well mull ;one the uprtmr rose that was half bud through a summer's sun was over it; her p;rowtli was well nigh complete and she had burst forth, opening in the lull Mower, and similar indeed to a slender stemmed lily was she. She was diminu tive and diminutive in the Spanish ever convoys the idea of lender yet in her dimimitiveness what grace and beauty ! tier eyes were black and so were the over hanging lashes. In their luminous depths there was a strange fascination such as 1 never had seen belure. They were bright, coruscating ever ; yet soft and dreamy as orbs can be, and in that dreaminess Jay their glory. The iris had that strange pro perty of dilation and contraction which gives to eyes a meaning and a mystery a something that shadows visibly the unseen. Her mouth was like a rosy 'lipped shell that one sometimes finds on Pacific Island shores, and her voice was low and clear and sweet almost a sibilation in its com mon utterance. And in moon-lighted nights in the great Tluzn of the city of Mexico, have I heard its soft intonations in the pauses of music from the band near whispering in plain tive minor the smooth liquids and deep vowels of the Castilian tongue Pepita hanging on my arm rtioso-wrapped, un bonneted, as Mexican maidens always are; her black braided hair in a halo almost in the sheen ol the soft moon rays, and those nights are ever to be remembered. The Giand Tlaza is the night resort for all classes at the capital. On its east side stretches the Palace, its hundred windows throwing nut light from the chandaliers within : opposite is the Portal wilh its columns and arches and confectioner's shops; and on thu right, the cathedral with its great domes dark us dai ke.st night, ils deep nineties wherein stood figures ol mitred priest and croziered saint; the projecting corbels; the heavily enwrought windows and tin; massive mouldings. was there that Pepita and I have olten wandered when I would tell her ol my far distant home, my past history, and together we would ponder on the future wondering il the present f ate that frowned j over me like a thunder-cloud was to con- linut dark and end in complete nothing ness. Jiright and joyous in the hirlii'ia, or evening parly was soul-eyed 'Pepita. j Through Ihe mazes of the ruiilrmluiize she went, (lashing like a sunbeam in that silver ; star-spangled dress I so well remember ; I while fiuin her shoulders drooped the dorp ! fringed rebozo, that floated, gossatnine, be-j hind, and the light foot-falls went hand in hand with the guitar harmony in perfect I r.,,.1 - l:...- - ,.l .. l I iiii.tsiii i, tuui bui i uuihi i ii eyes suuweieti soft praise-smiles over her lit he and grace ful" figure. Now lor a surprise, compassionate read er. Did you think I was hymning a crea ture of mine owtt love ? ol my love, yes I but of mine less than that of another. Site wrote words of hope and aflection and re membrance in my heart-book illuminated words that will remain bright and utulim med through all years, such a record though, as a sinter would write, and as only such was she to me. Yet she had a lover an oliicer, a gallant fellow, very unlike most of his countrymen. Jlow it was that I became dear enough to hi r for such heart-revealimrs as she made to me of Don Carlos, my modesty permits not a re lation. I had done him a service and no more it becomes mo to add, and it is not strange that beauty and tenderness and sen sibility like hei's should find an admirer and that she should be gratelul to me that I had stood between her admirer and peril. Perhaps I regretted I was a foreigner aye, worse an enemy, over whom swoop ed a destiny, seeming inexorable, like the old Creek Fatalism. And this very inci dent, this uncQiumonncss of event, together with the lile service done her lover, broke down all conventional furm and phrase, and made us soon "Kin as h'Tss ear met eye." I have thus introduced only Ihe com- I mon sight of two lovers not home-ones, to be sure, but of another clime, and in the midst of terrible and extraordinary events j and because they were so dangi-r-girded j and foreign, is, I think, of greater attract iveness than if they had been of us even j o( the sclool-titnes of any of us, attaining j maturity with us. Y'et 1 have a sequel j mat is Iraugut with melancholy, ending in sadness1. Three mouths after 1 had first met Pe pita 1 was again with my country men, and out of the hands of my captors. All of us know the story of the cam paign in the valley of Mexico. Fut that campaign envolved many an individual heroism that hi.storv, which only deals ol the aggregate, will never nolicej and j whit h many-longiied rumor even, has j dutuhly passed over. oieeless and dead are lh-y as many of Ihe actors, ami silen-j ter than monumental marble. That then i which thro, 1.1 1 .i I m n ,i il'l 1 tlilMn.rj 11. it ' .. ...v.. u. . ...... , .. ..... u.. high as the flowers that wave in the moan ing wind on the graves of the gallant men we left in Mexico. And for obscurity and death and a turf bed forever in a strange land, went many a chivalrous heart from wife and mother. (Jlory, which is a cloud castle away up in the sky, or beautiful em broidery woven by fancy, was stionger than borne-love and home-hopes; and the eager mind that dared all, lost all, even a little history. The names of those tl.-il loll were blent in a single one called irar, and then men preached morals from i', and lo ! the soldier's guerdon. Yet, oh, people of America! that cam paign was complete heroism. F.very foot fall over those high mountains and the green spread valley brought your brothers nearer to death, and every font-fall was a hero's. q knows their names? who can drag up from oblivion deader than death itself, the title ol many? II, by chance, there is one, it is writ as small, and hung as high ns Nero's tablets, that no man could read, ('ontroras, Churu'uisco, Molino del Rev, Chapnltopec and Mexico are cynosures for posterity brave lessons for future readings to those who lisp in in fancy now, and all who are to be. Heaven rest the souls of those who tipreared with their bodies such monuments as make our country great and renowned ! On the evening of the I3lh ol Septem ber, our army that had been engaged since early morn, laid down to rest. Death and desolation were around, but the ex hausted soldier forgot all in his dreams. On the morrow it was known, that the last blow would be struck that would give us the city that lay quiet before us then all hushed in the quiet moon-light. That morrow came, and after a desultory war fare from street to street, and house-top to house-top, our flag went up over the Pal ace, amidst thousands of huzzas, and thus J the goal was won. 1 nat same evening a message came to me that Pepita was sick and dying, and wished to see me. I went to her house. It was near the Paseo, where, the day before, was such a scene of carnage and death. Now there was no fluttering mantilla from the Uulcon above, as in times gone no tender eyes of welcome turned down to me as I entered the well-remembered sain, but all was qui et and melancholy and gloomily prophetic. Her mother met ine at the door, and in a few words told me that during the con flict of the previous day, Pepita had been 1 near her lovei most of the time. During the noon when the American forces had made the attack on the Garilu of San Be fen, the same ball that sped Don Carlos to death, wounded Pepita. She was brought home by some commiserating soldiers, ami her medical attendant had said that she was beyond recovery. She wished to see me ere she died. 1 passed within the room and sat at the bed-side where lay the Pepita of many a moon-lil walk many a gay IrrlnUa yet so wan and weary and death-embraced now. She looked at me intently, some tears gathered to the eye, but there was no utterance from the lip which I saw strug gling with voiceless feeling. Her hair was loose anil lay in curls about the pil low and half hid her face, and that face was pale and thin, and more beautiful than ever for I saw on it that holy light which heaven sometimes lends to the dying. Sad sight it is to see on young checks that lan guor which is the sure presage ol the death coldness no love-warmth can chase away. It appears hard to hide away in earth the grace and charm of a young life, and I Wondered then at the mysterious Provi dence that could give such beauty to reft it away so soon. The arm that ley stretched outside the sheet was raised and laid on mine I took her hand and leaned over it in voiceless sorrow. The mother at first stood at the bed's foot and then came nearer and kneel ed down hiding the tears that were on her cheeks, in the hair that Jay robe-like near. "It is well nigh over I shall go soon," and Pepita's vc'ico, as she said this was tremulous, but clear, low-toned and inex pressibly plaintive. I could not reply I only looked with tearlnl eyes on the meek face that was turned to me. "l has gone belore," she resumed, "and something whispers to me to follow. Xav, no teal's! I Would not live, now that all is over with hope ami love." Here she looked lo Iter mother, whose weeping was audibly painful. Pepita turned to her, and struggling to reach her, said : "Kiss mi' mother," and then there was .silence again, broken only by the sobs that could Hot be stilled. A little while after a priest arrived, ar rayed in an liabi'iment of white, on the front ol which was embroidered a scarlet cro.-s. 1 had heard the tinkling of the bell Hint announced the coming of the Unit, and as it censed nt the door, I knew that the impressive viaticum was about to be celebrated. Kneeling all, the solemn rites began. Pepila's l ice wore a strangely serious look, yet a smile .struggled through richer in promise of the immortality to which idle was hastening, thin creed or cross, or priest. Solemn consignment of the poor, impatient bark to the se:l of I'ternity , was th.it farewell ! and oh ! in that other world, I believed that the luvo the creature knew here, would be perpetuated forever holi er, and dearer, and intons , and it was more l!i, in mere belief to the sad, hopeful heart that rtruggled before me. It was crrlainiii, that took all terror from death, malumr it the truest good angel to us though human fear and mystery and igno rance give it to the proportions of a Devil, that must necessarily be encountered. Strange! that men should make a horror of that which is the supremest good. The last act was performed that I'omish Faith requires that the devotee should be lieve as necessary to the repose of the soul, and we were again alone Pepita, her mother and I. Y'et why should I lilt higher the curtain to disclose the last interview I had with that dying girl although so touching and sad in all things that make life beautiful ! It was a scene of common tragedy and yet the soh rnne.st that humanity is called upon to act. What reader is there that has notJ witnessed an occasion not all unlike ! That bosom knows least of joy that has never felt the sorrow of a friend's depirture from this world. I pity the heart that has no tie that tends heaven-ward. Pepita talked ir.uch to tnc of thai one whoje life was the all of the joy-promise that earth oii'ered her he had cone r.-nd she wished not to linger on, surviving him. She spoke calmly of her own' death, in tones that were only regretful when she looked to the bent form of her mother. She gave me a memento of herself, and in accents of deep, earnest feeling, begged me never to forget '-Poor Pepita." The night was far gone when I uttered my farewell. I gently kissed her forehead, and so we parted forever. Two days afterward I saw her laid in the silent rrave that had been prepared for her. As I s'rewed flowers upon the sod, and flashed tne tears nway that garnered not unmaiifully to my eyes, I thought that if earth had lost one so beautiful, heaven had gained an angel. A simple braid of hair T. preserve still in memory of "Poor Pepita." l'uoon i ns or a roiM) of cotto.n. The following is an account of the travels of a pound of manulacltiicd American cot ton : "The cotton was sent fiom the United States to London ; lbeiiei) lo Manchester, whom it was spun into yarn ; thence lo Paisley, where it was woven : next to Ayre shire, lo bo tamboured ; and then to Dam barton, where it wan handsewed. It was then nguin sent to Paisley ; whence it was conveyed to a distant part of Renfrew to bo bleached, and then returned to Paisley. It wus afterwards eeut to Glasgow, and fuiiah ed ; and from Glasgow it was taken lo Lon don. Fiom jl shipment in America, till its arrival in tho London warehouse, it must have journeyed 3000 miles by sea, and 920 by laud, lis valuii was increased by the pioeesses of tho manufacturer 2000 per cent, whilst no less than 150 persons were engaijed in its cani;jo and preparation." THE ENGLISH t'EMSl'S RETL'KNS. Poi'ui.ation of Glasgow, Scotland. The population within tho ancient burgh and parliamentary city of Glasgow, on the night of the 301 h of March, was hs follows: Males. r.innlc. Total. Ten pnriKties of oM lmrgh of iiiwgow. my)-) "r,Tso limits Hnreiiv. with rnrlinmetilHry l."limlarv. W.W! I.T!W l'W.O'tl Corlil mill Onvnn, within, an.ir,!) aj.lvi.l iil,4si ir.7..7 Pt.tMt aw.sai Loss as l.i 1 Itark-t, Making a promt total of la-.tiTS 1I,'.IS'J :UW,fi-W At the census of 18-11, the government made the population of Glasgow 207.463. Population of Glasgow, including the re maining portion of the barony parish beyond tho parliamentary boundary, and being now, wilh the exception of two small districts, called Slieltleslon and Maryhill parishes, and tlso Covan : Mate.. Fwnnl.-s. T-'t:it. tiliiFgow. ns per firfl lalile, LW Hrri 17l,!)Sj U3a.(t.V? iinr-niv. .onrvina -.'.li-'-T -j.u-ja .p..i r.' Do.' sMir?lll'Hlnn. Ap 3 1 3-Jli'J lj.5ti-J Tlan-iiy U'.-in! and two ilis- tnels. laehuling purlia- lin-nlnry boundary, r,cl 7-'0 LtlS Oovan, 5.SS1 0.11(11 ll.'.U'J Total, 171, 1SU 187,0(l 3jS,!)2G Of the population of 358,920, there are 2S:j, 503 Scotch; 8,D2t) F.nglish; (i4, 185 Irish; l,0(i5 foreijjneis ; 815 colonists, British sub jects; and 42!) not ascertained. The result of the present census appears to be that the Irish bear to the gross popula tion 2 3" per cent more than they did lalhat of 1841 ; but this last cipher gives no ade quate idea of the increase of those who may be strictly considered as belonging to Ire land, and who are domiciled within the limits of Glasgow and its suburbs. Within the last ten years the children born of Irish parents have been very numerous; but these, of course, nre all put under the head of Scotch. While, therefore, there appears only to be an increase of 2.07 per cent in ihe present enumeration, above that which the Irish bore to the population of 1841, tho real number of inhabitants w ho are imbued with Irish characteristics, habils, feelings, and religious sentiments, is infinitely greater. It is probable that this class amounts to be tween one-fourth and one-fifth of the whole population. The excess of females over males amounts lo 10,074, which shows that there are 109.7 females for every 100 males. It likewise appears that of tho population within the parliamentary city nnd burgh of Glasgow, exclusive of thoso belonging to public institutions, and amounting to 327, 1)1)5, there are 5.04 to each family; while tho population of the whole city and suburbs, also without public institutions, and amount ing to 353.195. shows 5. 10 to each family. Mission ok tub Moravian Ciii;i;cii, According to the published accounts of this body of devoted Christians, we find they have thirteen mission establishments, as fol lows : l-Mablislir,!. SS!iiti--ns. MiK.sii'liiirn-s. Danish West Indies, 1732 8 20 Greenland, 1733 4 23 North Ameiiea, 1733 3 12 Surinam, 173 1 9 51 South America, 1730 9 53 Jamaica. 1751 13 29 Antigua, 1750 7 51 Itarhadoes, 1705 4 9 Labrador, 1770 4 30 St. Kills, 1775 4 10 Tobago, 1700 2 4 Central America, 1848 1 4 N'ew Holland, 1850 1 2 Making n total of 09 stations, on which are employed 282 missionaries, male and fe male; being one station and one missionary more than in the previous year. The report of lhis year dops not give the number of members; but in 1848 they were nearly seventy thousand. The Moravian church has more members in its missions than mils domestic churches. A PosK.it. --A calm, blue eyed, self-composed and self-possesed young lady, in a village "down cast,'' received a long call the other day, from h prying old spinster, who after prolonging her stay beyond even her own conception of the yonti" lady's endur ance, came to tho main question which had brought her thither. "I've been asked a good many times if you was engaged to Dr. C Now, if folks in quire again whether you bo or not, what shall 1 tell 'em I think)" "Tell them," said the young, lady, "y0 think yon don't know, and yon are sure it is fif)n of your business." Watf.iuxc. IIohsks. In France, coach men never waler their horses except when they feed, and if yon take the trouble lo in quire iulo the eireet of the s)stem in that country you will find it has a salutary influ ence. When the driver stops ut on inn he washes the hoiso's noso wilh a little vinegar in a sponge. Now why can't this system be followed h-ue ? Think of it, coachmen, stage driver and otheis. Consider on the subject, and see if you don't think there would be policy in adopting the method above alluded to. There would be no harm in trying it at least, fori can assure you your horses will not suf fer in the least by your adopting it. Sir Fi-etcmjeb Nohten had tho reputation of not adhering strictly to the truth. It was imputed to him that he said, "My dear lady is the most unfortunate player at cards I ever knew. She ha plnyed at whist for twenty years, and never had a trump." "Nuy," said omebody, "how can that be ? She must have had a trump when the dealt." "0, as to that," said he "sAe lost every dctl during the whole rrrrt'y years V TIILOIIY OF THK UIM.E. The theory and fact of tho superiority of the riflo barrel gun over the smooth bore, is as follows : in the smooth bore ihe ball when discharged from the mnz.le, acquires a rotary motion by friction against one or Ihe other of ils sides, the nxis of which mo tion is always ut right angles with the line of its flight, but may be with respect to the earth, cither vertical, horizontal, or inclined. It is obvious that, as the axis of rotary mo lion is at right angles to tho line of llight; therefore one side of the forward half of the bullet revolves in tho direction of its pro gressive motion, nnd the oilier half the re verse. Such being iho case, thu ball meets with much more resistance from tho air on tho side revolving forward than on tho side revolving backward, and is. in consequence, deflected from a right line to the right or loft, upward or downward, according to the direction of its axis of rotation. To obviate the irregularity in the flight of the bullet, caused as above slated, the rifled barrel was invented, and effect tho desired object with great certainty. Tho twiste grooves formed in the bote of tho rille which, in the most approved rifles, make about one turn in the lengtleof the barrel cause the ball to rotate about an axis which lies in the ame direction as the line of (light ; hence ils forward half meets on nil sides ait equal resistance from Ihe atmos phere nnd is not deflected from a right line otherwise, than by the force of grav- ity- AsTONisniNij Cask. On Tuesday an old servant woman, belonging to Mr. Hamilton Lufborough, died, aged seventy. For thirty years she had been inflicted wilh a largo lump below her stomach, bony lo the touch. Yesterday a post mortem examination was made by Dr. J. S. Snyder, when one of the most remarkable cases known to the profes sion was developed. It seems that, at the age of foity. she gave birth to a dead bom twin infant. Shortly after the swelling made its appearance, the vteras became ossified and enclosed an infant, and now, after 39 years, it appears in its natural slate, pel feci in feature, limb and muscle. The weight of the ossifieial uterus is 3 pounds and 12 oun ces. It measures 21 inches at ils greater circumference, and 17 inches at its lesser. This palhalogic.nl curiosity was seen by hun dreds of our citizens during the day. It is thu intention of Dr. S. to forward this singu lar specimen to Dr. Valentine Mutt, of New York, and shortly to give a detailed account of this most interesting case. Georgetown 1). C.) Reporter. Tiu'tii wtt.i. oct. Many people have wondered why women have not beards. liead the following and then be enlighten ed : I'Nntme, r-arlllt-.eH of the rAlirusv. hack, rianlnl II" l-ar! upon wi-Inan'F t'l'.ee : Not s-aa inlcr's razors, tlmm-h Ihe very Levt, ConUI shave a elan that NKVHU is AT ne.vr." A Glm of a Tourist. t:l am soiry," said a Kentuckian to an Fnglish lady totiristft, with a peculiar twinkle in his eye "I am sorry you havn't time to visit the Mammoth Cave ; it's the greatest hole in this airlh ; it is true as you've got a note-book in your hand there. The very first chamber you go into, is w here the bats of the United States pass the w inter. Millions of thou) assemble there, madam . The farthest apartment madam, is called the Antipodean chamber from the fact that you can walk just as easi ly npon the ceiling as upon tho floor. And what is more singular, madam, in the same apartment there is a natural fountain of pure brandy." The lady noted it down. COOD ADYII't:. Look over the corn-field, and if there are many "hills" missing, rc-plunl. If the giotind is good and well cultivated, a fair crop of corn may yet bo grown. Or, if you please, fill up the vacancies with beans, pumpkins, squashes, water-melons or cu cumbers. On planting either of the above named seeds, at this season, soak them over nigh!. Dig your cabbce ground two "spita'' deep, and place the manure bet ween the upper and lower spits while the diggings is going on. If you will take a little extra trouble to dig your gardens deep, tho roots of your phmts will find it out when dry weather conies and fully repay the expenses. When the ground is prepared foi late cab bage, sow radish see l ail over it, and rake it lightly. The radishes will not interfere whh your cabbage crop, they Will be tit to pull belore the second hoeing tf the cab bage. Artificial Coal. In the French Acade my of Sciences, some interesting experi ments have been made in pioduuing mine ral coal by an artificial process, which it is expected will throw much light ou the sub ject tf geology. Wood is put iulo an iron or glass cylinder, and closed against any escapo of air, and applied to a heat of 600 (leg. The result has been, that the wood was melted and leduced to mineral coal. Old wood of dry fibre produced dry coal ; but young wood, or that which was put in wet, ptoduced a glutinous eoal. There are two peonies in the garden at tho President's house at Washington, which together, contain at this time three hundred and forty-five flowers. Some of them mea sure Iwenty-oue inchei in circumference. The bunches are very latge, and yiew from seed sown 12 years a;jo. UAnl.Y CUTTING OF CHAIN. Li advance of the time of harvesting the) wheat crop, we desire to impress these truths upon nil wheat growers. By cntlinfi; your wheat frnrn seven to ten days before it is ripe, tlfo following beneficial results will flow ; your stlaw will bo heavier, brighter, more rmliiiive, and make food for "your stock; while, to a certainty, your crop will escape injury from that fatal disease thu P.iist. We take time hy the forelock to give thi short fiotiftJ ; but shall in onr next month's conversalion, treat the subject more at latge. Wheat intended for seed, should, wo think, not be cut before it may have ripen ed. This, however, is an unsettled point. Had oil r advici been followed last year, we are confident that wheat growers would have been spared the loss of thousands of bushels of wheal, which they sustained through the rust, owing lo their delaying culling until the grain was ripe. We will here mid, that it would be con sistent with enlightened economy, to harvest all descriptions of small grain, before they are fully ripe. Somk degree of excitement has exhibited itself in Pollsville the past week, by tho presence of Henry Hill, high siierilfof Liv ingston counly; New Yoik, nnd another gentleman, in quest of horses said to havd been stolen some months since from citizens of that pcetiou. A number of tine carriage) horses, in the possession of gentlemen here, were identified as among those stolen, and on proper allirrnation, 2 of them were deliv ered up. Then! is a presumption, based upon circumstances which have transpired, that u combination exists between certain horse dealeis in New York State and in the northern portion of this Slate, with a gang of unprincipled nacn, who are parties to n wholesale sw indling operation, of which in- nocent purchasers are made Ihe dupes. Mining J(tv.islcr. Si.ayk.rs Capi l T.Ki). Capt. Sonic, of the bark Gon. Taylor, w hich arrived at Saletii on Monday, reports from Sierra Leone, that April 19lh, the liritish brig Penguin, captur ed at sea an Kasteru built brig with 400 slaves on board, and 2u0 had died. The brig had no papers or name, nnd the r fiie'ers refused to furnish any. She was brought into Siena Leone on the 22J March. April Sth a brig, Hallinioru built, without papers or name, wilh slave decks, kc, was taken in a small bay, at the Soul beast of Sierra Leone. The crew of the captuied vessel nfterwaids mutinied, and were lodged in jail. The vessels were to be broken up and soKI . Sulem Frrtma.i . A Git.vri.n i. i'l'.oTcor.i:. Madam de Ne monrs had chniilably brought up a poor child. When the child was about nine years old she said to her benefactress, "-Madame, no one can be more grateful for your charity than I am, and I cannot better acknowledge it than by telling every body I am yi nr daughter. Pat do net Li; alarmed, I will not say I am yout lawful child, only your il'eilimati; daughter." A Fiiii.itrfi'i. CATAsnsoi'iir. occurred in the garden of tho Duke of Montpensier, at Alcala tie! Kin, en the 10th of May. The prince had caused a steam-engine lo be pla ced in it for i;s irrigation, and that day was fixed for its trial. Either from neglect or imprudence on the part of the engineer, the boiler exploded and oveithrew Ihe building, burying under its ruins 00 or 70 persons as eisiing at the experiment ns operatives or mere spectators, many of whom were killed. Tnv. Oi.DKST S.IH.M.H.N in KcuorB, ii Kr nest, King of Hanover. This day, Juno 5lh, completes his Mnh year. He is the only sur viving sen of George the Third, and was for merly known as the Duke of Cumberland. He, instead of Vieloiia. acceded to tho throuo of Hanover ou the death of his brother, Wil liam the Fourth, in Jane, 1837, on which day Ihe thrones c.f F.ngland and Hanover were separated the pievaleuce of the salio law preventing the accession of females. Tin: Tanama Herald fays that "about ono hundred miles fiom lhis-, within the province there exists a native child, which was born with tin; di.-tiint htddj. The child if a male, nnd i.i now about ten years old. It has been seen by peisons residing in this city, and their ftatement in relation to the ex Inordinary malformation is authentic." Where is Pjinum ! Practical Satiuk. At Syracuse, New Yoik, ou Saturday, a fat negro woman, rig ged out in the eew Turkish style, with a dress reaching just below her knees flowing troupers and a gipsy hat, with streaming rib bons, pioiuciiaded ihe streets, 'attracting considerable attention. The dress was given to her by some young gcuilemeii of the city. A ticAkKit, on hearing a man damn a particularly bad piece of rend, went to him and said : "Friend, I'm under obligation to thee. What thou hast done I would have, done, but my religion forbids it. Don't, iet, my conscience, however, bridle tliilie. Give thine indignation wings, and su:Ter no Ihe prejudices of others lo paralyze the tongue of justice and long sjifering yea, verily, u-um !" A man that hath no virtue in himself, en vieth it in others,
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