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II. B. MASSEPt, KD1T011 AND P110PPJET0P.
' OFFICE, MARKET STREET, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE.
l Jf.imdi) jictospapcr Drtaotrt to UolUfcs, sutrrniurc, io inlay, iFordan an& Domestic iictus, Scfcncc nnU the Slvts, Storfculturr, awiicts, Amusements, rc.
NKW SEltlKS VOI.. J, AO. i2.
8UMUJKY. XOIM'II IJ.MHKRI.AN1) COUNTY. 1'A., KA'I TUDAY, AMIUBT Hit, I
OLD SKKIKS VOL. f f , NO. 48
AM
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TERMS OF THE AMERICAN.
.Till! AMKHICAN in pnlilinheil evcrv Paliinlny nt
TWO DOI.I.AUS pi-r iiiiiinin In lie ii'l IiuII' t-iMly in
ilvmic. No paper iliviniliniinl until ai l nrrwmgtii lire
mid.
All cnminiitiii-atien. or li-tleni in lnisiin'vn relating t"
$' ulliee, tn insure uttfiiti'-ii, nniM lie 1'wjiT 1 1.
TO CM MS.
to our (KltlfTn. fi.i oil
even !- I WW
fit'trcit 1i D" tflimi
Five ( llurn in inl;ui'' will ny ( t tlnot yi':n' uh
krrtp itn tii lln Amt'i a;in.
One &jti:ne of 1(1 lines. 3 lnimi, tl (
Kverv Htil'.sri)iK-rit iitci-rti"!), ii."
ln inni, :j months, JJml
Six moniliit, .f.ifi
One ynr, f I'M
llLiMinrsn Cunts of Tiff liur. per niuiiuii, UW
Merrlitmtf it'nl oilier. itiUrriiMim 1 .y iliv
your, with tin' pi ivikiie at inx.-itin:;
tlifiWiMit :iilv(.'Uisriii"iit wi-t-kly. WW
I.argi .ilvfrlisfiiifiit!i, mi jiff iirvt'intMit.
ATT I) UN I1Y AT LA W,
tUITUIiSV, PA.
I! iisiui'ss nllcnileil In in Ihe Counties of Nor
thumberland, Cnion. Incoming unit Cohuuliia.
Krlrr Int
P. & A. Kmi'ildl, i
Lower e; l'ai'ii'ii,
Key Holds, McEarlainl A Co., j
sterile:, (iimil tV Co.. j
NEW STORE AT HOLLOWING RUN.
Jl th-: f.'iM.--. Kiuvh. m'uf .. I). Cunrtuh.
L'lircr . ("'.'".''il.
,J. ti. K A I f F.M AN
RFiSri-l' TFI l.I.V iiif.tnn liis IriiMiiN :itnl
tin juiliiit ut'inTiilly, tli:it lit' !i;is jiisl trcciv
d Ami ojMMinl ti new stuck of (root Is, which Ik
Jiow otii'tK lor Kiilc nil the must rc.isti!i;ililc tonus.
JIiHftnk cnnsisis in jmrt of
srcil A-i
CiiZi.', Ciiffimrics, Sulliii'llf. jMrriiios, iVc
Siiinmrr uivir nf r.H Kimis .Muslins, Cjilifiii's,
I iiliL:li;tlii. ''i i'k-:, A r.
A I. SO :
An nssnrliiH'iil i f 1 1 :i n I n ul' Kim!-, inn-l
ii-:iri.(l; in iim1.
Al,'si:
(iroccrit's oi' Fvintls.
iVc
AI.M): (knrriiu:nv uiul CiDikiTV wurr,
lull nssnrtiiiriil.
,-Mo- Silk t'!.ij H i!-. :iu.l Straw H.its.
Al.X : A II iissc.iliin'iil nl' I .i.; mil's, x i. :
liitAMiv. Wink. Wiiimu'.v,
llsills II ;irif!V III ntlli r Illlil'll'S, tllllsl iJiMUT-
nlly iimi'iI inn! in wmt !' t"n rim-i.- ihi.I ntlirr per
oiis, nil .i' wliirli lir will i l! .' I'.iiri'li.isi'iH nt a
aviii:; i'l' trii r i i-nl. h l ulling imi l.ini.
All liiinU nl' ipi'liMT i:iki''i in csrhanr fur
gooiU ii tin' liiulirst marki t prii'i'.
IIiiIIiih ni linn. April '.'li. l.'i!. if.
spring a iid" auiir.R clothing.
EVl'.KVIHiUV sliiinl'l i mtiraii' tliis npp ii tit.
iiity I'' 1'iiv I'l'TiilMi I'nr .Vni. Vnnlli
anil U.ix.s. at enrli ytif i as I. im- la-it ct Ii.tii
known 'in tUU I'm, at ( .' 1 :Oii i K CI'I.IN'S
t'l.tVI'IIINU K'S'l'AI'.i.l.'Ml M K.N'!'. Snntli-IOast
ClirmT nf Maikrl anil Sri'.m.l SI.'i'C.i. I'liilaili'l-
lihia. rnilirai'ii
I'lh'ii'r i.'i t'llt' I'C.-a. iihist ili-sii'a-
ble, am! fusbiotiaKo
DRESS AND fROCX COATS,
lliihit Clulli do.. l.ini'U D.illinu' do.. Tweed
6-i, &c, lnuellier with a ureal vaiicly of
Ecys' Clothing;,
C.iiisistina ef .-sack ('.;, M, I'e'ka J.ie .. Mon
krv Jackets, tests Mini K.111111I Jackets made of
TvtFF'b l.ini'ii 1 ); ii 1 i 1 1-'. Cloth. Alpacca, Kersa
(nirr. Doeskin. &.. 'V e.
Pailic'ilai' car.' has Itch taken to procure the
nJ-w slvhx for Men anil liovs' .-oneinor Coals,
l'aiilidiions. e-l.s, iVc In which he would imile
f-iill lltlelltinil.
'ill'!lilili (!;)('.;,
(.oiisislniL' of J-hiits. S lin ks, il.iud'i.' icliii'fs. Ac;
ell of which arc ulVernl 0 1 the Im-, ( 'i-i'Vt
rash'l'rirrs. anil as cheap as any oilier Clothing
Store in the I iiinu.
Pnr'nts who desire liny." Ci.nTinsii arc rar
nCsltv iiivitnl te 1 Meuive the Stuck.
Country Miacki i-pi'is can be .11 ciar.n'oilaleil al
pr? low rates.
t;i:oi:;r. ci i.in.
. ;. C..r,if r of S., ..:! .V Md'l S's I'h'Ui.
April I'l. lx.-.l. if.
'IVas! (Mii'iiptT 1 lid 11 Kvci-!!!
100 Half Chests Ro- e Tluvcr Black Tea,
15 " " Dior:? "
13 " iil.O' 4 our
ri!U:sr: T are l- il.r lor (he price tluni m;.u, . ueu, v ia,.. .. i,.t.... , u.u. ........ Mvakili- the .M.f'tar l.m-
I ' . fli) ai'ercil liei'nre in IMiiiai'ckil.ia, rs- Hotel" was !l man betlel' fitted i'V nature lor "Never mind about that, Jonallnti. - -I- '"' ; ' -'
. ' ' : , ., ' , , . ..... .1 ,. . , I 1 I .1 ' V..'il 1,1,,. vni. inln llalilav. and there. ' momenl III Kuiope. ll
U-Kt ipialily iiinl lincsl liatoi, .-.ml l.iau.i.'s taat
Waul 11 Ibill hesl or Icsi hy scuilin soon will
'. . .. . . 1 .1 .
net 11 lirM vi.tc aitn te a! a i 1 v low price. l lie
.,,11 l. well uai kl'J HO al.'l sent In Heiint or cart
Ire. i.l i'hai-c DAVID PP.ASK,
Ti 1 Di-di-r and (iinccr.
b. 'l . I or. dm A: Ar. 'a sis.
l'hiiaili'lphia.
May 10, ISal. tlnin.
"NATION AIi HOTEL,
SIIAIIOKIN,
Northuiul)crb.nrl Cov.nty, To..
rlltl-' .nWrilipr icsi icctful I v iufiirius hisfrirnils
A nml the public ircnerallv, thl lie lias open- 1
r,t a new Hotel in the ("vii of Mi iu.okiri, .Nnr
tliunllierlaiiil cnniity, on the corner of Shainnkiii
nml Criiiiiii-rii stncl arlv opposite In Ihe
Hiiu' he forini rly ki-jl. Df is well prepucl to
iusuiiiniiiil itn his cuests, a ml is also pi m nli'il
with Kiiod Ktabliint. lid trusts his experience,
anil strict atli-iiUou lo business, will induce per
1.1)1111 visiting the coal rcuioii to coiitiuiie llie lil
rtul iialroiinire he has heretnl',1,1. lei'i iteil.
1 " V I I.I.I AM WEAVE It.
Shaimikiu, April l'.', l.r0. 11.
.JAMES il. )IA(iKH
AS removed from bis ulil Mainl, .tu, lis
11 10 street, to
'o. 62 Dillt'-u.t S;., tbcl'x Ctl It'll if (!(ew.)
where he lias cuimtmilly on hand,
BROWN STOUT, PORTER,
Ale ami Cider,
TOU HOME CONSI MOTION' Oil SIlll'I'INli.
!f B. Colnrinr', ltuitluii;, Wire and llotllcs,
"VineiriiT, 'C' Eoc Klilp ai tdiove,
Philudrlpliia, April 12, lHal.-fy.
Lycoming; Matual Insurance Company.
Dtt. J. H. MASEEH is the local ounit for (lie
above IiKurmici' Company, in N urthunilvr
land county, ami U at all time ready to tffect
IiiUNiuce BBuiiist foe on real or personal j,r0.
jierty, or teuewins policies lur 111c name
eunliury, April '., I so I
-tf.
esncE.-s' pee im.i.. F,.r aie.i.
H. i. MASsMiU
Sunhury, Apnt 10 Hoi. .
SELECT POETRY.
The Wile's Appeal
I'm tliinkiii'j, Clint K'K, 'lis just a yenr
Oi will be. vt'iv Mum
Since lirst ynii Ink! im' "f yr Ivi,
Om; yldi'iuns day in June.
All nature si-eiiir.l In fliaie nnr lilies
'I'lie skied linni: win in abnve
The winds from iK'iiiu kjsi's bore
The very bn'iilh nf lnvo.
We snnuhl llie siill. ileep forest shades,
Williin wlinse li'iily niimin
l'ew anient simliraiiis Mule, to kiss
Thi! ti : 1 1 ii bml.s into bluuin.
The birds cannlil np nnr limes of love,
I'l Minus mil iiah.-o sweet,
And ea 1 1 h's " i ei'ii eaiprt, violet tlower'd,
li i-cau'i'ly k'U our leel.
But, ry'inn's nl carpels, Cliailes,
I looked al sonii.' ni-dav,
Which yon will pnrcli ise, won't yon, dear.
Jifloiu our ne.t si'ircc f
And then remember yon. how lost
In love's delirious dieain.
We I'miu fcino, mIciiiIv beside
A jienlly ylidin slicani !
;T-:is naliiic's iniiror ; when your jra.e
No Immer I Could belli',
I modestly cast down my eyes
Vet but to meet ii e if.
An I itpri'pi of Illinois, love.
The doarnitt ol our mother,
Is ipiile oM-lashioned and. to-day,
I ordered home iniolher.
Ah. well do 1 remember. Chalk's.
When liil yo.T aim Mole lonnd me ;
Yon luile dreami'il how lo:.!X your .smi
l:i iiuMini chains had bound me.
Hill llj'rf-lns of
A l Jones' sto
I Iiiuii I the sai
hiiins. my own,
e lasl week,
lest love '. so licli,
J unique :
rvi tas'c'u
in
w o; kmanship is most supeili
'in- uoid most line and pure
1 (i!ie loii'J, haiH's. In see Unit cliain
S.ispeu I your miniatuie.
I h 'iird sad news while veil were out,
Mv l.eives inn inurh aliecied ;
You know the navy ollicer
I once fur you lejecied ?
Ddven to desp:iir by your success,
Alade dtpeiale ti v mv seoru,
lie wen! In sea. and lias been lost
In passing roiinil Cape Horn.
Ah, fiyi i )".s of capes, my love,
I s.i w one in Hi oad ay,
O: I: is line as ihnuuli 'iwas wove
1 1 inooidiyiit. by a lairy.
You'll purchase the evuisile lltinsr,
"l'wi.lsuil 1 1 1 1 tasle coinpleiely.
Abive the hearl lliat loves y.ui. Cliailes.
: T will lii) and lull so sweellv.
I ,
7 t)istovical uctclj.
THE ENGLISHMAN'S EXPLOIT.
r.v sylv.m:s conn. .in.
j Miuv years ago, when we were a mere
j boy, we used to sit upon a log stool, at the
I feet of Cumiiiodore Sainin I Tucker, and
; hear that old veteran relate the incidents
that had come uinb r his own observation
I during our la.-t struggle with (iivat I'ritaiu.
Among lne thousand and ohm stories that
w e have heard hill Irom the lips of that
ocean warrior, the following has remained
Iresh in our mciuoiy :
On the western shore of Penobscot Hay,
between l'ellast and Camden, there was a
small clubol fisherman's cot?, inhabited by
a hardy set of men, w ho had, from infancy, I
been brought up amid the music of the
i breaking waves, and who knew no fear be
! neath the powi r ol mortal man. I'ore-
1 , , l ..... I.-..-.1 .1. '. 1. 1 ...... ..I ll... 1
jlllOSl illlii.l (llii lining 1 iiinu. 11 ul iiir
' sea, and occupying the station of a sort of I
I ..' .ii t !
ruler among llictii, was a muiuie ageii man, ;
named Knoch .Nightingale, or, as he was
,1 m i c ......... ; ri.,: 1... ... ,
1 . . .
was lie. I'ow el lul anil alliienc III His
physical mould, bold and fearless as the
lores! monarch, and Irank and generous in
his Social lelalious, he was beloved and re
spected by all who knew him. He was a
j div follow too, and often, as his small
grey eye.-! twinkled in his merry mood, a
close otisi'i ver might hate seen a keen love
of practical joking lurking in tin. ir gleam
ing depths.
At the lime of which we write, the fish-
eiuian (hired not venture far out to sea, for
a close blockade was kept up along the
coast, and so they were forced to forego
the advantages of tin ir best fi. hing grounds ;
but a in tv idea had taketi possession of
their brains, and Ihey had thought of fitting
out a privateer against the Lnglisli. Tor
two weeks had this mailer been lalked
over, and all the arms nece sary to personal
warfare had been procured, but no vessel
suitable f ir the enterprise could be obtain
ed, nor could they raise guns heavy enough
lor sea use, even had they possessed the
vessel. Of pistols and cot lasso they had
enough, and that was all, unless we add
one old iron six pounder, which served us
a kind ol signal gun ill cases of heavy fogs
and stormv nights.
It was just ut nightfall that Obed Night
ingale's shallop (Obed was the old man's
son.) came up the bay, and as the young
man came on shore, he reported that there
was an English topsail schooner, a clean
clipper built craft, lying oil and on be
tween Manhegan and the Ledges. She
was heavily urined, und seemed to play
about in the water as though her heels
were made for running.
Now ('apt. Enoch Nightingale had said
but very little about the various projects
that had been set on foot with regard to
tho privateering expedition, but he had
thought a great deal, and as soon as his son
communicated the above intelligence, liis
thoughts tutne t'j a fotau. A dan ot op-
oration was clearly iniirUfil out in hia mini,
and he nl mite set ubotit the work of iut
tiiif it into ed'ect. 'J'lie man who stood
seconri to Cujit. Nilitingale, iiititr, was
Jabc Hawkins.
"Jiibe," said tlie captain, "did you know
there was a liritish clipper just outside '."
"Yes."
"Well, s'puse we go out and lake her ."'
"Do iri'il.'"
"Take that Knglisliuiati."
"W-h-e-w!
'Hut I'm in earnest."
Jaht looked tit .Nighlingak' in idler ns
(onisliineiit. "I can po out in my little Jvliody an'
take her before sin; knows whole she is.
Mow, will you help me ?"'
'I'll f dii-r yer cup'n, ef you ijo l' thun
del," was Jabo's hearty response, us he saw
that the old man was in earnest.
('apt. Nightingale took his mate hy the
arm ami led him olK The nieht was dark,
hut still there was a busy .scene m board
the schooner Rbody, which was the heavi
est fishing vessel in the place. Torches
were gloaming to and fin all night long,
hammers and saws were sending lorth their
music, and when the morning dawned the
libody was ready lor sea. The old iron
signal gun was hoisted on board, anil pla
ced on a rude sort of carriage amidships,
the rod-line buckets and bait boxes had
been cleared away, and, take her all in
all, she bote some faint resemblance to an
embryo pirate or privateer.
She was manned by twelve men, of
whom Jahe Ilaskins took the command.
The people wondered where ("apt. Night
ingale was, but Jahosct their hearts at rest
hy telling them that he would get outside
as soon as the schooner ('id.
In an hour alter daylight the Kliody
hove up her anchor and made sail, and in
less than live bonis she poked !i"r blunt
nose into the Waters of llie blue Atlantic.
Shortly after the schooner had passed
White Head light,
made out about two
the Kne-lishmai) was I
miles distant, to the
'nl and west'rd, just oil' the Ledges, i
and hauling his sheets llat aft, Jabo brought ,
ms vessel up to tlie wind, winch was Ircsh
i Irom the norlh'rd and easl'rd, and stood oil
toward the latter point. This looked ama
zingly like Irving lo urn away at least,
qui otly the clipper was immediately put
in full chase, and though she was somewhat
to Ihe leeward, still, it was evident that she
would not be long in overhauling the Yaii
i. Uee.
About four o'clock in the afternoon, the
lmglishman came almost within hailing
distance, and fired a gun. As tlie shot
came whizzing over the fisherman's deck,
.labe Ilaskins at once hove too, and ere the
clipper came up.
'Schooner ahoy !''
'Ilello I" returni
a!ic.
"Do you surrender !"
"Wal, of you want t' take us, s'pose I
can't help myself."
The clipper hove her fore-topsail to the i
mast and lowered a boat, and in some five !
minutes allerwards hereon. mand'T, I ollow- j
ed by fifteen men, came over the Yankee's 1
I side. 'The first object that met his gaze, as
he stepped upon the deck, was the old iron
gun aniid-bips, and though the ttiougni ol ;
an American pirate made him feel sore. :
yet he could not help laughing at the al-
mosl ridiculous scene thus presented to Ins :
gaze. The twelve gieeii looking fisher- I
men, together with Hint gun, did present j
ratner a luiucrous appeaiance.
"N) you are on a piratical oxpemtion :
tauntingly remarked the Urilish olhcer.
"I dono," returned Jabe, will) an oll'end-
od air. "I s'pose if I'd cum across one o'
your cralts 'at I could 'ave took, 1 should j
have done it ; but dono as I should a been
i.li-o'in.r .itnv iiu.r.. Venn are Meow" '
join .'..i . - ,
"How n any men have yon got !"
.ii.. 1. 1.. . . .. ..1 t.. ..-I .
"in'O' s iwem- no us, yi-.w ,r ;:ui
twelve men 'al ken lick us, Id like lew
. . 1 : 1 1 "... I I.
pei uais, y o a in mm in.ui u.
The schooner was searched fore and aft,
but al that could be found were a dozen
old 'i !o!s, and about as many sword;,
which were in the cabin, while in the hold
they discovered nothing but an array ol
empty boxes and barrels. 'The Englishman
left twelve ol his own men to take charge
ol the prize, and took six ol the prisoner
on bond his own ve
cl, b ating the other
1 six uiiiti
r the command of the ollicer who
had been ap
i'niled to the command ol th"
Uhody, anil also left order that the schoon
er should be kept close in his wake during
the night, as he intended to fee her irately
out of reach of the ankee coasters.
I'ntil nine o'i Im 1; at night the I'd.ody
stood 011 alter the clipper, with all sail set,
w hile llie latter only carried 1 1 r mainsail
anil two jibs. 'The six Yankees who had
been Ii ft on board were secured in Hie long
boat, while the lieutenant in command and
five of his men had the first watch. When
the clipper struck two bells, the vessels
were not mre than two cables' length
apart, the prize being a little to windward,
as owing to her bad tailing, the lieutenant
wished lo keep the weather-guage. The
night w as quite dark and the wind, which
had fallen some since sundown, had veered
slightly to the northward.
While the prize makers were earnestly
engaged in keeping tip with the clipper, a
very novel scene was being enacted in the
hold. One of the hoards, which seemed to
form a part of a .stationary floor, was lifted
front its place, end the head of captain
Enoch Nightingale appeared through the
aperture. In a moment more another
board was removed, and ere long forty
stout fishermen, all well armed, had come
up from their place of concealment. It
was but a moment's work to leap on deck,
and ore the thunderstruck lieutenant could
see from whence came the enemy, he was
i bound hand and foot, an4 tiitn,
while the poor prisoners were set free from
the long boat. Obed Nightingale took
the helm, mid his father, pointing a cock
ed pistol al the head of the Kuglish offi
cer said :
"Do you think wo are in earnest or not ?"
"I should think you where," replied the
trembling officer.
"Then if you do not obey me, you will
got a bullet through your head in an in
stant. nw bail I he eli nllelv"
Clipper.
"Scorpion ahoy !" shouted the lieuten- ; language would bo spoken by millions of
ant, as if for dear lile. ; person, scattered over the groat continents
In the meantime the Yankee had been of ihe tiiilb, fro.it New eland to the He
loft olfu little to the wind, so that she Was brides, and from the cape of storms to the
not within a little more (liana cable's Arc-iin ocean, occurred to miv speculative
length ol her captor, wlnle the bold fisher- . miIl) ,)llch , yy W0;iM rrbably
men were nearly all crouched beneath the . , .; . ' . , ,
, , . ' nave been the tongue to which he would
bulwarks. . , , , , v .
o , , i . t ' nave assigned the marvel ous mission, let
Some one from the clipper answ ered the "
ca : llolhind has fallen nearly us much as the
"Tell them the schooner has sprung a- ! lia" ri"''" ,ll! !t,"l,! nations.
li ali, and that the cussed Yankees must j "ei idiom is now ncipiirod by few. lier
have thrown the pump bleaks overboard." i merchants conduct their rorici-poudcticu and
The poor lieutenant looked first at the j transact their business in 1'ieiicli or in
stern face of the old man, and then al the Kugbsh. Kveu her writers have many of
muzzle of the pistol, and then .stretching them clothed their genius in a loreigi. gaib
his lungs to the utmost he obeyed the or- (. il,,? hand, out literature and lan
l'l'r ' ni;in(. passed entirely out of this phase
ilotWd.. th''m 'U'aV0 !,1Ki yU' i "'' ,,:"'-'"'' l)"U'1'' liU'' F,",,lish'
' (,rSU.'. '. , , rr. , , . Kisi:, liasiine, nnd others idioms, is doomed
llie frightened officer obeyed, and on . , . ,, . i , . .
., . ... ,. ',ii. to perish as an intellectual medium, but
the next moment the clipper's helm was 1 '
put hard down and her main boom shot cd " '""" '"' b,! ""; '"",re ,'l',,"-t's of 1",ef
over to windward. ; VV,"KI ",,J u,"a "f v'"'l'" n"1' uf
Seven of the Yankee fishermen were l5'll'" '" wtcii ever to be
stationed along the lee rail, with stotil grap- '" away. No longer cuntent with mete
lings in their hands-, and in less than five presei valion. it aims at universal mastery.
minutes the Ulmdy's bowsprit loomed up j (Gradually it is taking possession of all the
over the clipper's weather (mailer. Obed : .,,,s ..,,,i ,.;l!,is f i,u woild : isolatiii!' all
shoved the helm down, and letting go th
sheets lore nnd all, the Yankee schooner
shot gracefully alongside.
"Why in didn't you come up under
our lee quarter!" shouted the Hughs!) c.ii
tain, as the lide riuan thumped against the
side of his vessel ; but befure he could tit-
ter any more ol liis wrath, with which he
was literally boiling over, he found his
deck swarming .villi strangers.
The w hole thing had cotne about so Hu
accountably, and, wilb il, so suddenly, tb.it
j hardly a blow was struck by the astounded
j Kngli.-hmen, and before they Were lullv
I aw ire that they had been captured by their
, ."ii insignificant prize, they were securely ,
, bound and must ol I hem stowed away by a
1 strong guard. j
Wall, capt'n," said Jabe Hawkins who '
; had been released from durance vile as
j he came all to where thai functionary stood
by the side of ld Nightingale, "when dew
I you think of takiu' us into M.iiiiax .'" ,
i The Knglishinan Ionia tl very hard at hi--1
I uncouth tormentor, but he disdained any '
i r'.v- . ' :
i "1 siy, capt'n," conhiiui'.l J.ilie, in re;
unfeeling manner, 1 ravtln-r guess as how
I that are exploit o' voiirn wou'l amount to '
i a great d al, will it ! Hut look here, don't,
for mercy's sake, go home an' tell yeour
king 'at veou gont took by I'enobscot cod-
fisherman, 'cause it might hurl his feelins."
-plis xUl, r,,, j,,!,,,,;,,, answer was
. j.,. ,,,,1;.,,., than had been
...k,. ,,r 1,,. ,,,,, ,.,,1.. l..ni!,lv. but
he even wished that every Yankee in Chris
tendom was in the immediate king loin of
that homed and hoofed individual who is
fM , lvi,rl s,,lll..v..,(.Vl. I,,.,,, .,, the earth,
..,"r ,,. sll, ,a.j , ,. ,.x, ,av,
tno .;n,rjs, prisoners were all landed at
least, and Capt. Mnoch Nightingale lound
liims.-Ii' in comman.l of as handsome a pri-
1 vatl,,.r a Houtril on American waters, and
i until peace was declared and (he embargo
raised, he carried on a most destructive i
; trmle among the liritish merchantmen,
i
l'r.ini tl.e l.n.l 11 Al In i.n-ian.
Till: AM.I.O-SAVO-V It.tl It.
f mt -imee millions: 1 wo fe.niir.es ao
there were not quite ih.ee millions ol this
race on llie lace ol llie arlll. I liete are a
lint. 10:1 11:11,1: poisons el .Magyar ileseeiit,
e at Hie pie- '
lheie tt eie in j
En 1 1
Hid Ameiica of this couiuiei inr; and
Ionising people in the lime of (.'rum.
! well. Ibnv rain, then, lor men to talk of
1 the political Ueces-ily for ; I s.n bing small
laces ! Sixly yon is nan ihe Anulo-Sa xuti
j nice did not o.-.eeed 1 i ,0110 Uilil i:i Kuiope and
!. America. Al that time il was not iiumer
i ically stronger than the Poles. Thiity
1 yea 1 s ii'o il covuted only lliiily four niil
i lions ; being nlingclhcr only three millions
I and a fiaeiioii mine lhan tlie population of
Erancii nl thai tririe, nnd considerably less
than Ihe Teutonic, population of Central
Kuiope. In IS.) I it is ahead of every civili
sed race in tin: win I.I. Of laces I ving w ilh-
III the zme:( cl cmtiv.iiou, me roiaves ;
alone nie moni iiumenais couuleil bt !
heads ; but compaialively few nf this p!as- j
lie and submissive stock have yel or-aped 1
from the bai bat ism of ihe dark ages. In ;
wealth, eiieigy and cultivation they sue'
not to be compare. I with the I'lrud:, the '
Teuton, end the Anglo-Saxon. Number is'
almost their ei.ly clement cl strength Ol
all races wnicn am now ninuig ior ine
Iliasll'l V Ol lne win Ml 10 lO'e-esi I'll u:e :a
lure ol society and tjivilisalion tho stamp o!
. . 1 11 ... : . c . r .
Its utvu crvaraeier aim ."emus 10 huiko ii
itv, religion, iiiaiiiieis, government and
opinion prevail tho Anglo-Saxon is now
unquestionably the most numerous, pow
erful, and active. The day when il might
possiblo have been crushed, absorbed, 01
liampled out, like Hungary or Poland, by
stronger hordes, is gone by fjrever. That
il was possible at one time for this people to
be subdued by violence or lo fall a prey to
the slower agonies of decline, there can be
lillle doubt. In 1G50, tho United Pio-
viuces seemed more likely to make a
giand figure in the world's future history
than Fugland. Their wealth, activity, and
luaiatime riuwer wein in most imnnaino
in Kuropo. They had nil the carrying
trade of the west in (heir hands. Their
laii-juiiKa was epoken in every port. In the
great Orient thtir empire was lixed nnd
their iulluencii paianinuiit. England was
then hardly known abroad. Her dillicull
idiom grilled on foreign ears, mid her
stormy const repelled the curiosity of more
cultivated travellers. II id the thought ol a
u,l "irivuii; w lieu liny miiuiu r.uiopeuii
rival idioms shultiiig them up fiom inter
coms! with each oilier making itself Ihe
channel of eveiy communication. At a
bundled points at once it plays the aggres
sor. Ii contends wiih the Spanish on the
lionliers of Mexico drives French and
Ibissian be fine, it in Canada and in the
nuitheru Archipelago supersedes Dutch at
ihe (.'ape and Natal elbows (Jreek and
Italian at Malta and ill the Ionian islands
usiiips the liehl of Arabic at Suez and
Alexandiia maintains itself supreme at
I.iheii.i, llonn-Kong. Jamaica and St. He
lena fights ils way against multitudinous
and vaiious dialects in the tocky moun
tains, in C1nt1.1l Amoiica, on the gold
coast, in Ihe inteiior nf Australia, and
among the cciiniles islands of the pastern
seas. No other language is spreading in
litis way. Kiench nnd (ieuuaii find stu
dents among cultivated men ; but Kuglish
pei ma 111 -1 1 1 ly destroys and supersedes the
idioms with which in comes in contact.
The relative yrowlh of the Iwo great A 11-elo-Saxuii
stales is iiolewoilhy. In ISO!
the population of (treat llrilnin was 1 0.9-1 J,-
(ilii :
iu isilii that of tin
Tinted Slates
w as o.!l lli.Tfii or not (pule half. In lSaO,
ilii.- population ol llie I'liitod Slates is two
nullum:' and a thud muie than lU.it of
Ureal Hiilain in l5t at this moment, it
piobably exceeds il by thiee millions. The
lale of decoiitiial iuciease ill ibis country is
less Ir.-ai! fifteen per cent while in Amoiica
it is about It.i per cent. In Ihe grerrl ("Mitin
etvtiil slates the rale is considerably lower
than in Munlaml. Aecouliug lo the pr.-iess
of the iast lillv years in 1'iance and in
America, the I'niled Plates will have llie
larger populatinu ill 1S7D in JSUO, they
nil
id
l!:-o:-e of Knelam!. France.
Spain. Poriugal, Denmark. Sweden nud
Saiizerland combined. Pmdei.t stales, mm
j rdiould N'lif these facts in mind. Many
I persons now alive may see llie lime when
I Ameiica will be of more iinulauee lo us,
I socially, commeicially and politically, than
;.:,prt p,, tr.gether. Old divlomalic
j t..,aillis for Ihlfe in the face of a
j ,MllS!.llltil,
power numbering 100,000.0111)
o
fiee and o:ierelie men of uur ow'n race
llld blood.
(fKotvrir or 1'ui 1 rnv. (ireat attention is
now being paid in ibis vicinity to Ihe culti
vation ol poultry. Scleral of our citizens,
men of ouiei pi ise nnd prnpetty, are making
extensive picpai.ilions for thu growth nud
tiatiie in the various kinds. Experiments
aie being made in iinpiu tat irn, and in cms-
I sing b-ed"'. We learn Drat one gentleman,
has recently made a puie'nase of a cock und
' nnd hen, lor w hich he paid Ihe nice little
, sum of loily dollar.-. And of another wo
j learn thai fiom one pair during ihe past
I Iwelve months, ho has realized six hiiudied
j and f.l'iy dollars. 'ol :i hard sluiy to
j believe, when il is known tii.it the pairs
: were sold at five dollais. ll is begiunini. to
1 . ... . .... ..
be weil mnlorsiuotr irrai poiuiry can ue
raised nud sold fully as cueiip, jf not
cheaper than beef or poik. This result is
nllaiued, of course, by including l!ru eggs,
whicli can be had at all seasons of the year,
bv
a a proper selection
ami cu
'llt'iihlllf
1 1 vat ion ol
Ihe iiuptiv
ved bierds. C
Tucv
cc.lii-.Mte Ihn blackberry in il.
ueiehboihood of lioMiin. An old pastime I
broken up, the sprouts urn planted in rows 111
October, nud kepi clear of weeds and other
wise treated like raspberries. '1 ho Agricul
turist says thai Ihe fiuil thus produced is of
a size and llavor which surprises those who
nro only acquainted with the wild black
berry. Our readets may not all be aware
thai the American species has a more agree
able flavor than the European. There are
also diiTcrent Varieties of Ihe American fruit,
even in ils wild state, from which a selection
mighl be made.
Miss Fantdi.ino says the fust lime she
locked arms with a young man she fel,
like Hope leaning on her anchor. Poetie
A rAt'K OF I ABDS,
A nob'.ornnn in the city of London, who
kept a great number of servant, reposed
considerable confidence in one of ihem,
which D.reiled a jealousy in the others, who,
in order to prejudice their master ngaii.st
him, accused him of being a notorious game
ster. Jack, was called up and closely in
terrogated ; but he denied the fact, nt the
same time declaring he never played a card
in his life. To be more fully convinced, the
gentlemen ordered him to bo searched ;
w hen behold a pack of cards was found in
his pocket. Highly incensed nt Jack's fant
of veiacity, the nobleman demanded, in a
ra'e, how he dared persist hi an untruth
'My Lord," replied he, "1 certainly do tint
know Ihe meaning of a card ; llie bundle
found in my pocket is my Almanac.''
''Your Almanac, indeed ! then I desiie you
will prove it." "Well, sir, 1 will begin.
There aie four soils in the pack, that inti
mates the four quarters in the year ; nnd
there arc thirteen cards in each suit, nmi
there aro thirteen weeks in a ntiatter.
There is also Ihe same number of lunations,
The twelve court cards call lo my remem
bianco thu twelve months that compose Ihe
year, and the twelve signs of the zodiac,
through which the sun steers his diurnal
conrso in one year. There are fifly-two
cards in a pack : that directly answers Ihn
number 'of w eeks in a year. Examine them
more minuloly, and you will find three
hundred nnd sixty-live spots, as many as
1 here are days in the year. These multiply
by ttvmly-fonr, and sixty, and you have the
exact number of hours nud minutes in a
year. Thus, sir, 1 hope 1 have convinced
you it is my Almanac ; and by your lord
ship's permission, I will prove it my Piayer
Hook also. I look upon Ihe lour suits as
representing the four prevailing religions ;
Christianity, Judaism, Mahnmodauism, and
Paganism. The twelve cnurt cards remind
me of Ihe twelve patriarch"! from whom
sprang tlie twelve tribes of Israel, the
twelve Apostles, the twelve articles of the
Christian faith. The King reminds me Of
the allegiance due Vj hi majesty. The
queen of thu same to her majesty. The Ion
brings to my recollections the ten cities in
the plains of Sodom and (lomorrah, destroy
ed by fire and brimstone from heaven ; ihe
ten plagues of Egypt ; the ten command
inonls ; the ten Iribes cut olT for llieir
vices. The nine reminds me of the nine
muses, and the nine noble orderr? imong
men. The eight reminds me of the eight
beatitudes, the oiht altitudes, the eight per
sons saved in Noah's aik, the eight persons
mentioned in the scriptures lo be released
fiom t!eMr to life. The seven reminds me
of the seven adminisleriug spirits that stand
before the throne of (Jod ; the seven seals
wlieiewiih the book of life is sealed : ihe
seven liberal arts nnd sciences given by
(io.l for the inMiuction of man ; and the
seven wondeis of tlie woild. The six re
minds me of the six petitions contained in
the Lord's prayer. The five reminds me of
Ihe senses given by (!ud lo man ; hearing, I
seeing, feeling, lasting, Jn'u? smelling. The
lour puts me in mind of the lour Evauge.
liMs ; and the four seasons of the year.
The llnee reminds me of ihe Trinity ; ihe
three hours our Saviour was on llie cross
and the llnee days he lay eriicrred. Tho
two reminds me of the two testaments ; and
the Iwo contrary principles snuggling in
man, virtue and vice. The ace reminds me
of the only true Ood to ujore, woiship nud
sei ve ; one only faith to believe ; one truth
to practice ; and one good master lo serre
and obey." ''so far is very well,'' said the
nobleman ; '-but I believe yon have omitted
one caul, the knave." ''True, my lord ;
Ihe knave reminds me of your lordship's in
formers.'' The nobleman became ritoie
pleased Willi Jack than beloie, ireoly lor
gare him, raised his wages, and discharged
Ihe informer.
most st 111.1 mi:.
Can any one of our readers peruse the fol
lowiug touching appeal, and retarn a dry
oyo 1 If they cm, l.'.ey musl bo haid-
heailed .
Oh ! Sr!lv dear, the ev'nin's clear,
'I hick llies ihe skimmeii swaller,
The skies is blue, the lields in view,
All b.ded green and jailer.
Como let us stray cur loibome way,
And view the Ci".arins of ualer
Tim bai kin dogs the squoliu hogs,
And every roasted tiller.
Mil. Bkcki'.t, who recently purchased Ihe
Honaparln place at Bordentown, N. J., hag
doir.oirshod all the old buildings, and is about
erecting a splendid mansim in the rear of
Ihe old buildings. Thu grounds are to be
much improved.
Pr.T Kit Sirs', one of tire warrior chiefs of
I Ihe Ouondagas, died at Ihe Casile, 011 Mon-
.1 I.... I.. . . . .1. . I 1 t luZ ......
") ''"'i " amaiiceii ago in u ,.-.-.
The deceased was a true and faithful friend
to the United States. Syracuse t S. Y.) Stan'
durd.
A l itiTAr. teacher whipped a lillle boy for
pressing the hand' cf a lillle girl who sal next
lo him nt school; aflei which ho usked llie
child, "why ho squeezed the (jiiTs hand?"
"Because," said tho h"'" fellow, "it looked
so pretty, I could nol help il." tt Dal pun
ishment did the toucher deserve ? E.r.
Wo would like to fix that fellow's head in
a jco put lha prettiest female face we
could find within six inches of his ownand
strike him between ihe eyes every lima his
lipl moved or his ntftn'h' watered
4rnA.J.'
AMfclllCAVs AT THE (t LAT KMIIUITIn.
Mr. Greeley, in his last letter to the New
oik Tribune, rnyn :
Viil.H tho ltlH, few , j
and gratifying chango ,, ,aken pIaco jn
u,ln" ' "pinion hero with regard Id
American intention nnd its results" One
cause of this was ihe laid formal trial of
American (with mher foreign) Ploughs, m
the presence of llie Agricultural Jury
which trial, though partial and hurried, was
followed with iinin?diale orders for Ame
rican
fiom
men,
I'loughs, lhe:i tested (Starbnck'sj
L.ngli shinen, I'elgiaiis, and French
including several Agricultural Socie-
ties.
If a hundred of these ploughs tvbre hero,
they might be sold nl once, in I heir absence,
Ihe full price has been paid dow n for some
twenty ur thirty, lo be shipped al New Yoik
nud be thenceforth at the risk and cost of
tho buyers. And these orders have just
commenced. The Loudon journals Which
had reporters present, (some of which jour
nals' ndistiled our farming implements ex-
jpicssly n few weeks ngu,) now giudi;inglv
admit thai loo American Plough did their
woik wilh less draft lhan was 1'ocuired by
their European rivals, but add that they did
not do it so well. Such was not the judtr
meat of other witnesses of the trial, as the
purchases, n'non oilier things, attest.
Mr. J. S. (Jwyiiue, of our State, whose
1:l!allancod Centrifugal Pump" made a sen
sation ami obtained a gold medal at our In
stitute Fair las! October, is here with il, and
proposes a public trial ef ils qualities in
competition with ihe rival English pumps of
Appok! cc Hessimer for I,000 to be paid by
the loser io the Mechanic's Society. Mr;
'jwynne claims that the English Pumps
(which ha to been among the chief attrac"
lions of the department of Prilish machi
nery) are palpable plagiarism, from bis in
vention, and not wpII done al that. Me, of
comse does not claim the idea of a Centrifu
gal Pump as his own, for it is much older
tnan any of then', but he does claim ibnt
adaptation of the id ell which has rendered it
ellective and valuable. ! am reliably infor
med that he has jus! sold his Scotch Patent
only far lire comfoi table sum of t" 10,000
steiling, 01 nearly -b'aO.floO ; and lliis is but
one of peroral inventions which he has
found icady maikel for here at liberal pri
oss. He is one of llie several Americans
who have recently sold their Kuiopean pal-"
euls here nt high lijnies.
Even mj New Yoik friends, whose toady
ism in exhibiting a Capital pair of Oars in
scribed 'A present for the Prince of Wales,"
I have aheady characterized as il deserves,
yesterday iuloimed me that he sold SI 5,000
worth of Oars here since the Fair opened.
Ohio now sends by way of Dunkirk, over
the New Yoik and Erie Itaihoad, her chick
ens run! li-.ikeys lo the New Yoik city mar
kets at a considerable pioflt lo the enterpri
sing ow s, the prices of chickens in Ohio
bring a dime, and in New- Yoik from thirty
one to tiny cents. Three cents covers tho
C0-1 of traiisrioitatie,!i. This is not the only
profit : Ihe w estern (hickens are so elated at
the diilcrent value set upon ihem in Ihe east
ern cities, thai Ihey lay eggs every day on
llieir journey out of latitude lo their owners-
1'ishim; I.im.s kiiom viniu.s OF TIIK
At.or. A St. Agir.tine, Florida, paper des
cribes a beautiful specimen of fishing line,
made by the fibres of the so called century
plant, which abounds fheie. The line has
ihe sin'fottrurss and lustre of silk, and great
strength, and is well adapted for cordage of
every description. The plant is grown upon
the poorest soils, ami attains an immense
size. The subject of introducing its cultiva
tion for cordage is well worth altentic'.i.
Ptsmixr.sT Sr.At r. A slave named Spen
cer was arrested in New Oi leans on the -till
inst. He belonged to a merchant named
John It Shatv, who, confidrnrr in his hon
esty, sent him to Bank wilh S4j00 'lo deposit.
He inn oil w ith the money, and was not la
ken for a week. In the meantime, he had
sent H(H)0 of tho mcney to '-Rev. Henry
Daudridge," a colored preacher of Hoslom
formeily a slave in flew Oilcans. SI 155 of
the money was found in Spencer's lunik,
and f'JOO in tho handd of a w hile man, nam
ed James IHsiin. A telegraphic despatch
has been sil t to secure Ihe amount sent lo'
I Vision.
Tut Ci lured Convention, which recently
met ut Indianapolis, passed a resolution rc
coinir.endin Ihe colored population to cnii
!iate to Canada or Jamaica, in pre"eren-o lo
Liberia, provided the law s of Indiana becumn
loo stringent to allow Ihem lo remain iiisthai
Slate.
To ii;-: Mxi'im-p- AiiAin. A letter front
Kentucky, says ihul Sallie Ward, the queen
of tvo.-te'ii beauty, w ho was once Mrs. Law
rence, is soon again to be led lo the altar.
The happy (!) individual who is about to'
litke rweet Pallie by the hand, is Dr. Hunt, a
near relative of Henry Clay.
Fatat. Acciifnt from CiMpiir.NG. Mis.
Kiiiiis. who resided not far from Pelersburg,
Va , died night before lasl, in consequence'
of iuinrres which she leceived, a short tune
since, Iroin a- explosion of this most dangei.
ous fluid.
Tiiiau: was an eel in Cineiimr. .'. Ak ,
1 . 1 v fiiurket
last week as by M an in.Mr.U.i. J, soIJ
fur 3,
T..e n.
I """.. .mr is llie title ol a new pupe.r
I to La started at lUreisiown, Md.