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6UNBUBY, PA.
Business attended to in the Counties of Nor
thumberland, Union, Lycoming and Columbia,
liei'er to I
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J AM K J." N AI L.E. t?,
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SUUBUBY, PA.
"ST TII.T. nUeml fiilljiu'ly and iroinillv to nil
' ' iri)ii'ssiiiu:il luiie!. in Noitliiiiiil'erlniid
and t'tii'Jii rouutiea. lie i tiutiliar with Hie
liernnin laneuatfrs.
OKKICK OjrtoHe t!ie "T.awrcncc House,"
a few doora ftom the Court Iluuac.
Huuliury, Au?. !6, 1851. ly.
sribro Airo sumker clothing.
5VEUVBOUY ehoiild enlTiiee tliis oiiortu
nily to buy CI.OTH1MJ for Men, V'outh
and bov, t auelt pricea bavei never vet lieen
known "in this Citv. 8t ClKOIifiB Ci,'I.I.'!S
CI.OTHINU EHTABI.ISHMENT, SMuUi-Eiurt
.'ornor of Market and Second iStiecta, 1'liilndeU
iliia, f iiilirucin; a choice of tlio liest, most ilmira
kie, and fashionable
DRESS AKD FROCK COATS,
Ilalitt CInth do., I.inen liiillinu do,, Twccls,
Ac, &c, together with a fjreut varivty of
Boys' Clothing,
'oimitiiiR of Snelt Coats, I'olka Jae wa, Mon
tey Jackets, Vest and Hound .lurk eta niiide of
'i'weed, I.inen Uiilliui?, Clotli, iWtccx, Kersa
mier, Doeskin, &c, &c.
Paitii-uiar caie I Kit Wen t-.iken to procure the
t rw styles for .Men ami Boys' Sinniner Coits,
I'tiulnlootio, st, S:r., to which he would invite
vj eciul attriition.
Fiimi fliing Goods,
Consistipir of Sliiits. Stm-ka, HiindUewhiefa Sir.;
all of which are od'ered at the low.it I'osKiUt
r-a.tJc Print, and a eheaj) a any oti:er Clothing
Store in the Union.
Parents who desi.-e Bok' C'lothi o are ear
neatly invited to examine the Stock.
Country Storekeepers can le accommodated at
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C.EOnGE CUl.IX.
S. E. Corner of Second (f Market Sii Pkila.
April 19, 16..1. tf.
lightnin&'roId
THK subscrilier has roiistrncted a I.I01IT
NIMi ROD on true Philosophical princi
ples, by which buildings supplied with them are
rendered perfi-clly secure against destriictinn by
lightniiiir. The connection and insulation of the
Tod, as well as the ).iVinntioii of the ground roil,
is on an entirely new pkin, ni.ikin; a more per
fect conductor than any heretofore in use.
Measures have been tuken to secure Letters
rateirt for the improvement.
Persons desirous of aecurins their lives and
proierty from destruction by lililniii?. can have
vonductors put up to their builclimri in the most
perfect and substantial manner, by applying ei
ther personally or by letter, to the undersigned,
at the following prices:
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For 40 ft. with gold plated point, plaii-
tin tip, 12,50
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fortv. T. . MACKEV.
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Alden's Condensed Reports of Peona-
"BUST Published, and for sale liy the subacri
if tier the Htcond Vol urn of Alden's Con
densed Pennsylvania Reports, containing the
last three volumes of Yeales' KeporU. and two
first volumes of H limey's Reports. '1'he lirst vol
ume of Ailen. conlaiuiug Dallas' Reports, 4 vol
umes; and Yeales' Reports, volume 1, is also on
hand, and for sale. The above two volumes are
complete within themselves, and contain all of
Uullas Keporta, 4 volumes, and all ol leutes
Reports, 4 volumes, besides the two first volumes
of Humey's Reports. The third volume is ready
and will be put to press immediately.
il. B. MASSE It, Agent.
Sunhury, Aug. 16, I B6 1.
NATIONAL HOTEL,
SHAM0KIN,
Northumberland County, Pa.
rJltE aiibserilier respei'tfully informs his friends
and the puliiie n'iier illy, that he lias oK'u
eil a new Hotel in the town of Sll.lln.ikin. Mor
xhuinls rl uid county, on t,ie corner of Sli.iiu.ikiu
aud Ccmuncrce streets, nearly opposite to the
House be. tui'Dirirly kept, lie is well prepared to
accommodate his" guesU, aud is also provided
with good stabling. He trusts his viperieuce,
and strict attention to business, will induce per
sons visiting the coal region to continue the lib
eral patronage he has heretofore received,
WILLIAM WEAVER.
Shainokin, April 19, 1850. tf.
JAMES II. MAGEE
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AH removed Iroin tils old Bland, io. lis
Vine street, to
No. 62 DUlwyn St., Ibet'n Cd'hill t milov.)
where be bas constantly on hand,
BROWH STOUT, PORTER,
Ale and Cider,
FOR HOME CONSUMPTION OR SHIPriNO.
N. B. Coloring. Bottling, Wire and Bottles,
Vinegar, &c For sale as above.
Philadelphia, April It, 1851. ly.
Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company.
DR. J. B. MA8SER is the local agent for the
above Insurance Company, in Northuuilier
snd county, snd is at all times ready to fleet
'nsurances against fire on real or personal pra
lerty, or renewing policies for the same.
- Xunbury, April 2tt, 1851 tf.
f NK Bouraau's celebrated ink, and also Cost-
area ink for sale, wholesale and reUil by
Pseita IMO- H. B MABSIH.
SELECT POETRY.
THE LAY 0? L0E.
GEOHGK I). fRBNTlCB.
Yvl onrr" niMin I've sen ipp,
A (I ny nveiy ilionahl is thinr,
Av. 1 kntfl in thp in worship
As to nn il It- shrine
In my spiril's silent chamber,
Where linpo ninv lievi'i be,
One Innclv liaht is liiiiiiinif,
'Tis n holy love of thee. v
I top thee oh, I sec lh"e
In Ihe slmilovs on the rivpr,
I see thoe jii the innnii'a seel benms
Thiit on the hriulil Inke quiver ;
1 je ihe. in ih;1 niisia that mnve
L ke sp -ctri a u'er the aireama,
Ai il l liiiilniuhl ileep I e ihee
1 1 ihe. ahailmvy vvoild of dieutns.
1 ee thee oh, I see then
In the itei lle (lowers of sprint,
And in the tint ihu rainliow wears
Upon ils flee'ini: winfs;
I see Ute.e in Ihe auiiset hues
Thai pnsli eluna ihe west,
And I see ihee in ihe ilew-drnp
Thai jjems tin) rose brenst.
I h"fr lliee di, 1 hear thee
I i Hie nn iiii'irnm nl ilie a .
A id III lies'il Mini IvMllljIll oiish
Ul limntiiins Irniri then caves;
I hear I li v iii n,! music
I i each sound ihal wanders bv,
lo the l aJi'iice il ihe i.lijhl bint.
And. i ho wind's niNsleiinuB siyh.
I hear thee nil, I hear ihee
In the chime uf fveiiinu bells,
And in Ihe tune thit o'er III ' ile.-p
Al giilemn Iwiltiohl swells ;
I hear ihee in ihe forest-! yri a
Swept by the breath uf even,
And in Ihe lijhl, deep spirit voice
That lei's the soul in ileuvuu.
1 love 'bee nh. I love thee
Theie'a nautili in the hi i lit blue akiea.
Nn lovely thinsj (( earili bill brings
Thy sweet form In my eyes ;
t love Ihee, ami I here's not a sound,
A tone to my spirit dear.
A breath from nature's lip, but gives
Thy voice to tnv ravii-hed ear.
I Inve Ihee oil. I hive ihee,
Thou mt in the daikest hour
To my soul, m star, a lotint, a bird,
A music tone, a flower ;
I love thee, and the dear though! thrills
K .it'll fibre of inv frame.
Like Heaven's own liohlinp;, and my
heail.
I i each Ittinb rails Ihy Mime.
I Inve ihee nh. I Inve thee,
And I would these winds were borne
To ihee on every holy biee.o
Of even ti le and iikuii ;
I love thee, and I would these words
Were writeu on the sky
And on each Sinr. and (lower, and leaf,
That greel Ihe gentle eye.
Select Sale.
KESIAH JONES' APPLE BEE.
nV KOA11DIAH BtCKlIlon-NK, M. D.
It was a milil day in the latter part ol
November a day which properly belong
ed to Indian summer; for some reason it
was not torthcniiiiiir ul that season ; soil
claimed and received a place just a au
tumn was about to hand over his books to
the "ruler of the inverted year."
'Mr. (Julie," sai I Mrs. Jones, standing
in the kitchen doorway, and looking to
ward the hired man, who was taking up
'he last cabbage in the garden, "Mr. Gil
lie," said Mrs. Junes, elevating her voice
so that it niioht overcome the obstacles
presented by eioht rods intervening Fpace,
"I want vou to go to Mr. Hall's lor me."
Mr. (iulic gave intimation by a nod that
he comprehended the nature of her wants,
aud pioceeded to finish his work, saying,
"J knew something out of the common
line was wanting as soon as I heard the
Mister. It is Ben at other times. J have
no objection to yoing oer to Hall's none
whatever especially fcince Becky U at
home." He accordingly went to Mrs.
Jones, and received his instructions.
This said Mr. Benjamin Franklin Gtilic
was a tall, heavy-built Yankee, about twen
ty years old, who had made good use of
his eyes as well as bis teeth, during a great
er part of that period. He worked hy the
year for Mr. Jones. He was the adviser,
and to a great extent direc tor, of his em-
plover, who had not the enterprise, sell-
reliance, and talent, for count a id, which
characterise hkM ol those whoa.' repuh icon
llh Ties U I'll the llil L lo'ltl iii.uk them
as helo'ii.'inj to New England.
Mr. (inlic di I not nioe bis feet rapidly
-on the pri"iip'e that large bodies move
slowly - but he moved them a good dis
tance at each step, ami consequently he
was ere long at Mr. Hall's door. The
door was open to receive the ravs of the
morning sun. On the threshold lay a dug,
dreaming with his eyes half open, or half
shut, as the reader may prefer; opposite the
door, in a Windsor ann-chaii, tilted against
the wall, sat Mr. Hall, a stout, oak-facd,
grey-haired man, reading his newspaper
which he held before him at arm's length,
his spectacles being about twenty years too
young for him. Mr. Gu'ic paused for a
moment, and cast a contemplative look at
the dog perhaps he was comparing his
condition with that of a hired man then
applied the knuckle ol his middle finger to
the door post, producing a sound somewhat
louder than that produced by the carpet
hammer of the housewife, at the blow sub
sequent to that b -slowed Uoil her left
thumb instead of the nail-head. : ..
, "Walk in," said Mr. Hall, very skilfully
combining a fcrwl with an articulate
sound. ' '
"Which way!" asked Ben. .
"Which way you will," said lb old
man, still not taking bis eyes from the pa
per. :
U"ii walked in, ami, having waited in
vain f .r an invii turn to be seated, he con
cluded to lake a seat without nn invitation.
The chiir w hich he seh cted as the instru
ment lor carrying hisc .nclusion inloeflect
gave way under the pressure of his "too
s lid flesh," and Ihe law of gravitation, op
erating with democratic impartiality, drew
him toward Ihe Centre of the earth till the
strong maple floor arrested his progress.
The crash and the catastrophe did not di
vert Ihe old inati's attention from his paper.
Ben atntisi d himself by putting the parts ol
the demolished chair in place, or, to use
his own expression, "by setting the trap
for somebody else." He had ample time
for this, and also for tracing the journey of
a wasp on the wall, before Mr. Hall folded
li s paper, raised his spectacles on his fore
head, and uttered, in a slightly interroga
tive tone, the words,
"Folks well"
"They were well when I came here ; I
should think it likely they are sick by this
time."
A slight movement about the corners of
Mr. Hall's mouth showed that a smile was
hovering in the vicinity. It came as near
lighting on his lips as he usually permitted
one lo come.
"Miss Jones sent me to borrow some
I lllilies for Ihe apple-bei ."
"What isau apjile-beel"
"Il h someuheie about half-way be
; tw'een 9 honey-bee and a butnhle-hee."
Mr. Hall was accusb mid to effect great
ignorance ol ull things pertaining to youth
ful spoits ami merry-makings; veritable
I radii ion, however, related Ihtt he was fa
mous in his younger clays (or exploits in
thai line : hence Mr. Guiic thought he gave
him "such an answer as he ihs Tved."
Probably he thought so himself ; fir an
other smile made signals, but did not fairly
heave in sight.
"I s'pose 1 can have the things," said
Ben.
"What things?"
"All your empty tin pans."
"They've got milk in them."
"1 should like to see one of your empty
tin pan;) with milk in it. It would be
about us curious as your way of" welcoming
a neighlioi."
"Who is going to be there?"
"Everybody and some others, and 1
should not wonder if Mr. Hall were to he
there ; but give me the pans, or they'll
have a coroner's jury together on my ac
count." Mr. Hall went to the stairs leading la the
cellar, and said,
"Ma'am you're wanted."
"I cuii'l Itave the kettle ; who wants
ie V
"Miss Jones wanls to borrow your tin
pans."
"She can have them."
"Where are they ?"
"1 know where they are," said Ben,
"they stand leaning against the south side
of the house, like a line of opposition suns."
oo saying, he proceeded ut once to the
locality, and, gathering up the shilling
utensils, lie was moving toward home,
when a slight hem I ruin behind a sheet
auug on a clothes-line, caused him to stop.
IJehitld said shei t stood Miss Kebecca Sarn-
tirt Hall, usually called lietky. She ap
peared to be busy with the i lothes-pins,
which, however, did not seem to need any
attention. I hat she was standing there lor
Ihe express purpos- of exchanging words
wiin lien, we would by no ii.euns alhrm ;
but the (act was, she did exchange certain
words u it h hi in, as will appear perfectly
evident when we proceed with the narra
tive. "Did vou wash all these clothes?" said
Hen, pointing to the array of shirts, sheets,
aud t annus articles, uo'ti'iuiiuble aud un
mentionable, whit h hung on the lines ex
tending Iroin tree to tree, from post lo post,
and from fence to fence.
"I did," was the calm reply of the cava'
ble female.
"They are done first-rate come over
early, won't you ?"
"Who are coming 7"
"Kveryhodv."
"Did Miss Ogden say she would come 1"
"Yes."
'Are Mr. Green's folks coming?"
"They are gone away, j'O'i know."
"Oh, yfS, so they are. I don't like to
go where there are so many,"
"I he more the merrier. All the young
folks will be there; Foster is going to shut
up store aud come."
"It is no matter whether he comes or
not. I suppose I must come or give of
f. n e."
Don't forget to come ar!y."
It th n weui his way, saying to himself,
"you will he ferce enough to go, now
that ton know that the white-finger. d mer
chant is to he ih. re he is no merchant;
no hi i! but a clerk. If 1 do woik out by
the tear, I'll have more money at ihe end
of the year than he will have. Take hiir,
i you waul him, I ask no favors of you."
Now Mr. RenjiiiTiiti Franklin Gulic was
a man of truth and veracity in all his state
ments male toothers; his statements made
to himself, especially when they related to
Becky, could not be depended upon, in fact,
they were often the reverse ol truth ; they
were so in the present case, lie did ask
mo -t earnestly the favor of her affections,
and a life interest in her person. How it
was that he could speak the truth so con
scientously to others, and lie so egregioosly
lo himself, we shall not attempt lo explain.
It is our husinesa, as historians, lo lurnlsh
a.'ts for the philosophers to work up into
systems. .i.i : ,
We will now give some account of pre
parations strictly appertaining to the home
department, , . . . ,
Mrs. Jones was in favor of having the
bee in the kitchen, aud brought ' forward
many weighty argumeutt in support of hr
I position. But the result proves that there
I if oo arguing against facta. ,Tb ct was
that Miss Ellen Ogden, who had spent sev
eral months in an incorporated city, and
had thtii become the orbit riss of pvntility
in Ihe village, had, at the l ist eathering at
her house, not only occupied the "front
room," but actually' fastened the door lead
ing from said room to the kitchen. It was
not opened even to admit the bearer of
sundries tor the refreshments for the visitors
He was, therefore, obliged to go round to
the front door. On his way there, bearing
a large waiter heavily laden with crockery,
glass, cake and sweetmeats, he walked into
an external cellar-way, making a descent of
about sis feet in a single step. There was
a ciash of crockery, and a loud utterance ol
some very unharmonions expletives, and a
s'ill louder peal of laug'.ter from old Mr.
Ogden, who sat in the kitchen chimney
corner. The old gentleman was no friend
to genteel innovations.
Miss Ellen Ogden's example was there
fore, conclusive against having the young
folks in the kitchen. They must occupy
the front room, ami it must, therefore, be
prepared ; and, as the evening would doubt
less be cool, it was necessary to have a fire
lighted there.
The fire was ligted about the middle of
the afternoon; hut the smoke manifested a
very unaccommodating, and, in fact, quite
a rebellious spiri'. Instead of ascending
the chimney, it pursued an opposite course.
It most irreverently look possession of all
parts of the room, and rolled itself up in
folds near the ceiling, as if to get out of
Kesiah's reach.
Some very combustible materials were
then procured, and a blaze again produced,
in the hope that it would prove more tract
able, Alas! it caught the spirit and fol
lowed the example of the smoke, and with
increased energy and insolence. Its first
act was to fly into Kiah's face, as she wjs
kneeling on the hearth, kindly fanning it
into existence. It then reached ils forky
tongue almost to Ihe middle of the room,
and then curled it over the manlel-piece, '
to the great peril of a curiously wrought
paper basket, the visible proof of Kesiah's
attendance at a select school. It then
seemed smitten with a sudden impulse to
examine the chimney ; whereupon the
chimney look fire, to the infinite terror of
Mrs. Jones, who was sure the house would
be burnt, with all things animate and
inanimate thereunto oppertaining. To
make sure of saving something, she seized a
heavy iron kettle filled with water, and
carried it so far from the house that it would
not be likely to be set on fire by the falling
sparks.
As soon as the chimney was fairly on
fire, both the flames and the smoke seemed
to think all the tun lay in that direction.
1 hey accordingly went up the chimney as
steadily as if they hail never gone any
where else. 1 he smoke in the room, re
ceiving no reinforcement, stole quietly out
of the open door, and dissappi ared as quick
ly as possible.
The room was then put in order; a table
was placed in the centre, and all Ihe chairs
in the house, except one for Mr. Jones,
were ranged close to each others around the
walls of the room.
By "early candle-light" about twenty
girls were assembled. They were a talka
tive as it may be supposed twenty gills, in
a room without their mothers or men,
would be. "Why don't the gentlemen
come?" was asked mentally by more than
one. At length footsteps were heard ap
proaching. The gills who happened (o be
standing took their seats. All the chairs
on Ihe side of the room opposite Ihp door
were, in a moment, filled with maidens as
demure, for the time being, as the most
precise could desire. Suddenly there was
a loud stamping on the door-step, a very
energetic mode ol divesting one's boots of
snow or dust, preparatory to an entrance.
I he stamping, and the laint knock which
succeeded, were lollowed within by a most
profound silence, which was broken only
by the suspirations of one whose ideal
beauty of form was manifestly either the
hour-glass or the wasp. Kesiah opened
the door, and the young gentlemen found
themselves in full view of an unbroken
line of silent beauty,' in the face of which
they were expected to advance. They
faltered each pres-ed his neighbor to go
forward. No litlle confusion was apparent.
Among other truths then and there illustra
ted, was the important one that geometry
cannot claim a monopoly of angles. After
some delay, an entrance was effected. The
chairs opposite the girls were secured. The
door was left open. No one seemed dis
posed to rL-k the loss of his post by rising
to close it. Some of the ladies wore short
sleeves, that is, hail bare arms the monn
m nlal alabaster smoothness of which was
seriously affected by Ihe Ingress of the cold
evening air. A daring fellow at length
arose and clos d the door.
Along the line thus formed there was a
s'lence as deep and almost as expressive as
that which sometimes precedes a ba'.tle.
After a while, there were some whiser
i.iga on Ihe part of the girls, and a suppres
sed giggle ; hut the young men preserved
a profound silence and a most praiseworthy
gra ily. The seats seemed somewhat hard
er than those lo which they had been ac
customed ; and it was pretty plain that
most of them wished they had 1 'ft their
hands at home. " ' , '
. A rap, as with a walking-stick, was heatn
at the door. "That is Mr. Fos'fr,". whis
pered one, Misa Becky blushed at the
sound either at the knock or the name.
Kesiah opened the door, and Mr. Benjamin
F. Gulic stood before her, dressed in his
best. He walked in with as much dignity
as if he had come from California instead of
the chamber over the kitchen. ' He tat
down, and, for a moment, imitated the gra
vity of his peera. He then turned lo the
most solemn one present, and asked him
what was th state of the moonshine, No
answer was given 1 but the question r ready
lightened tba pressure of the constraint un
der which all present labored. Conversa
tion began, at first, indeed, in whispers, but
soon several spoke out loud.
"1 wa um'er the impression," said Mr.
Gulir, bat this was to be an appltfbee,
but I don't see the apples."
"Bring them on," said on of Ihe bold
est : "let us have sotnethin? to do."
Ben and Kesiah then brought a corn
basket full of apples, which were placed on
the table. A tin pan was given lo each
damsel. The young men then distributed
the apples, and the work ot paring bpgan.
As there were no pans for the gentlemen,
it was necessary for each one lo sit beside
a lady, and drop his parings into the pan,
which held a place of greater or less secu
rity upon her Iap7 A better contrivance
for a fee-n-fce wns never devised.
(Concluded next week.)
Awful Death op Two Rmbbkrs. On the
nuht of th 17th int., three ruffina enfred
lh house of M'. Ahner Davis, of Wnrlhine
ton 'ow.ship, Richland county, Ohio, and
demanded his money, one of th men at
the same time presenting a pistol at Ihe
head of Mr. Davis, nnd the others prepared
with bludgeon and knive, in rase of re
sistance. Mr Davis, findintr resistance use
less, unlocked his chest nnd gave them hi
money, (S930) after which they left, and
being followed some lime after by Mr D
and others, two of ihem were found frozen
to death, about a mile from where they
committed the robbery, apd the other some
distance beyond, nppaiently returning to his
lifeless companions, almost insensible ihe
night being stormy and a good deal of snow
havintr fullen. His name is Wm. Messner.
He was immediately arrested. The names
of the oilier were Jones and Cooper, the
former an old offender, from New York,
with bolh ears cropped. AH the money
was found on the person of Jones. It ap
pears they were intoxicated, and sat down
on a log on the road, where ihey became
insensible from cold and finally froze to
deaih.
Maine Liquor Law in Oldtown. Im
mediately after the temperance meeting,
held last Friday evening, Jan. 16, the work
of searching for liquors was commenced.
On Saturday, 17th, Kefsell's store was
searched, and five barrels and two kegs
were seized. This week the work has been
resumed in good earnest. Gray's tavern, at
Pea Cove, was searched, and one barrel siez
ed. Thompson's cellar was searched, and
vaiious packages tilled with liquors, and
their contents destioyed. He became enra
ged, bmke decanters, &o. At the Sacra
mento House, Upper Stillwater, six or eiyht
packes. containing from 79 lo 100 gallons,
were seized, which were poured into the
gutter, wheie liquors have sent many a
pueir fellow.
They also searched Ihe Trernotit House
and Ihe Wadleigh House, but found no li
quors. All public places, where it was supposed
liquors were kept, have been searched.
May all other places go and do likewise.
Hantzor Courier.
Out of the Tavern, &o.
A tiaiislalion of a German ballad on a tip
sy ma", which has been set lo music, aud is
olieu sung in Germany ; it is rather droll in
ihe original, aud peihaps has nut lost it hu
mour in being ottrsel, as they cull il, into
English. J
Out of the tavern I've just' stepped lo-nij.'hl;
Street ! you Hie cuiighl in a very bad plight,
Right hand aud lull hand are both out of
place
Street, yuu are drunk, 'tis a very clear case
Moon, 'tis a very queer figure you cut ;
One eye is staring while t'other is shut.
Tipsy I see; and you're greatly to blame;
Old us you are 'lis a terrible shame.
Then Ihe street lamps, what a scandalous
sii-hl !
None of them soberly standing upright,
RockiiiK ""d sniveling ; why, on my word,
Kaeh of the lamps is as diunk as a luid.
All is confusion ; now isn'l it odd t
I am the only llnnn sober abroad.
Sure ii were rash wnh this crew to remain,
Be ter go imo ihe luvem uain.
Prat Kit or osenr tur Colored "Tair
Tuns." A coi respondent of the Boston Lib
erator says Ihut Cast tier Hallway's wife used
to visit the Chiisiiaiia prisoners at Moya
(nensiiig every day. On one occasion, she
e!d us, as she vri passing along Ihe passage
she overheard one uf the colored prisoners
engaged in prayer. He supposed himself
alone, save ihe presence of the Infinite One
He prayed for Castuer, for his wife, and lor
all tne suffering prisoners by name, then,
pausing, he burst forth as follows i 'Oh,
Lord God Almighty ! I pray thee lo take
Kline, and shake him ! Hold hint over the
gulf of hell, but don't drop him iu I Shake
him, O Lord, shake him well I'
Kecifc roa making Liobt BatAn, The
following recipe for making bread liuhl dis
penses with yeast. Two table spoonsful of
cream of tarlar, one table-spoonful of caibo
nate of soda, lo two pints of flour. The
flour should be mixed, and put into the
oven immediately. .
James MoNTooMesr. This venerable
poet has sent . word lo the Tribune that he
read hit obituary notice in that paper with
out the aiJ of spectacles, and that he enjoy
ed lbs perusal uf il very much, ,
"
. ,Tn Btsca Swan Mr. Weod, of Cincln
nati, the agent of ihe famous negro song,
stress, is in , Boston, to make arrangements
for a series of concerts, of which the first
will bo yaa durin too preseul 'alj. . J
AUNT HETTY ON MATRIMONY.
Now, cir's, said Aunt Hetty, put down
your embroidery and worsted work, da some
thing sensible, and stop building air-castles,
and talking of lovers nnd honey monns; it
makes me sick, it's perfectly antimonial
Love is a farce matrimony is a humbug S
husbands are domestic Napoleons, Nerot
Alexanders, sighing fot othei hearts lo enn.
qner after they are sure of yours. The
honey moon is ns short lived as a lucifer
match after that you may wear yonr wed
ding dress at the wash tub, nnd your night
enp to meeting, and your husband wouldn't
know it. You may pick up your own pock
et handkerchief, help yourself to a chair,
nnd split your gown across the back reaching
over Ihe table to el a piece of butter, w hile
he is laying in his breakfast as if it was
the Inst meal he should ent this side of
Jordan; when he gets through he will aid
yeur digestion, (while you are sipping your
first cup of coffee,) by inquiiing whot you'll
have for dinner, whether the cold lamb was
all ate yesterday, if the charcoal is out, and
what you gave for ihe last green tea you
bought. Then he gets up fiom the table,
lights bis cigar with the last evening's paper
that you have not had a chance to read!
given two or three whiffs of smoke, sure to
give you a headache for the afternoon, and
just an his coat tail is vanishing through the
door, apologises for not doing "that errand"
for you yesterday thinks it doubtful if he
can to-day "so pressed with business."
Hearofhirn at 11 o'clock, taking an ice-cream
with some ladies at Vinton's, while you are
at home new lining his coat-sleeves. Chil
dren by the ears all day, can't get out to take
Ihe oir, feel ns crazy as a fly in a drum ; hus
band comes home at night, nods a "how d'ye
do, Fan," boxes Charley's ears, stands little
Fanny in the corner, sits down in the easiest
chair in the warmest corner, puts his feet up
over the grate, shutting out all (he fire, while
the baby's little pug-nose grows blue with
the cold ; reads the newspaper all to himself,
solaces his inner man with a hot cup of tea,
and just ns you are laboring under the hal
lucination that he will ask you to take a
mouthful of fresh air with htm, he puts on
his dressing-gown and slippers, and begins to
reckon up the family expenses ! after which
he lies down on the sofa, nnd you keep time
with your needle, while he snores till nine
o'clock. Next, morning ask him to leave
you "a little money," he looks at you as if
to be sure that you are in yonr right mind,
draws a sigh long enough and strong enough
to inflate a pair of bellows, nnd nsks you
"wh it you want with it, and if half dollar
won't do." Gracious king! as if all those lit
tle shoes, nnd stockings, and petticoats could
be had fur half a dollar 1 Oh, girls set your
affections on rats, poodles, parrots or lap
dogs but let matrimony alone. It's the
hardest way on earth of getting a living
you never know when your work is done
up. Think of carrying eight or nine chil
dren through the measles, chicken-pox, rash,
mumps, and scarlet fever, some of 'em
twice over ; it makes my sides ache to
ihink of it. Oh, yon may scrimp and save,
and twist and turn, and dig and delve, and
economise and niE, nnd your husband will
marry again, take whut you have saved to
dress his second wife with, and she'll take
yonr portrait for a fire-board, and -but
what's the Use of talking ? I'll warrant
every one of you'll try it, the first chance
you get, there's a sort of bewitchment about
it, somehow. 1 wish nne-half of the world
waru'l fools, and t'other half idiots, I do.
Oh, dear ! Oftee Branch.
The Rail Roads West. The Cincinnati
and St. Louis Rail Roads, have formerly ac
cepted the loan of $600,000 by the city of
Cincinnati, to be applied towards ihe con
struct inn of the road. The whole work is to
be finished in five years. For this nine mil
lions of dollars are to be paid 83.500 000
in rah, $2,750,000 in capital s'ock of ihe
company, nnd JS.750 000 in mortgage
bonds. Of ihe entire amount required nn.
der the retract, only 81,500 000 remain to
be provided for. A movement is afoot in
Clevelind, Ohio, to form a cinneriion by
rail road with the Baltimore aud Ohio rail
roa. I at Wheeling, which can be done by a
railroad of 33 miles.
Cost or Telegraphic Operations. It is
staled in the February number of Appleton's
Magziue, a valuable journal, that ihe extent
of lelegrapio lines in the United States and
Canada, exceeds 12,000 miles, involving a
capital of more than 83,000,000 To work
these lines cost annually 720 tons zinc,
worth 857,000 j more than a million pounds
of nitric acid, worth 81 17,000 ; and 827,
000 worth of meronry, besides a considera
ble value in sulphurio acid, &o. On the
line from Fittsbuig to Cincinnati alone, there
were transmitted iu Ihe year 1850, 364,559
paid despatches, aud the revenue received
was 873,278.
The Mains Liquor Law. A bill similar
in its provisions to this famous enactment
bas been introduced into the New York
Senate, and great exertions will be made to
have il passed. The petition presented to
the Massachusetts Legislature was signed
by 118,395 persons, headed by ex-Governor
Biiggs. About 50,000 of them are voters.
It was rolled into fbe House, and teferred to
joint special committee. The roll was
bout the size of a barrel.' ' ,
: Pursuino 'owi.iDoa uaona nrrtcui.
ties. Studying Euclid by the light of a se
gar, or ihe Old Testament while a Jow.neoked
froek baa got hei arm around Joy wsiat-
BISSEXTILE OR LEAP YEAR. , .
The following, from the Frederick Exam-
iner will be interesting, no dnubt, to many ,
of eur readers. Beyond the circle of scien- -tifie
enquity so little attention is paid to .
chronological exactness that manv Intelli
gent persons will be glad of even a short
account ana explanation given of the terra
bissextile ;
In reforming the comnntatlnn nf tim
Julius Ctcsar ordained that the vear should
consist of 3B5 days, except every fourth '
year, which should consist of 366 days, the ,
additional day lo be reckoned by twict conn
ting the 24ih of February, which was thai
sixth calend of March. Hence the name,
irom (he latin words, bis, twice, and uxtilet .
si.xih. Tho calends, (whence our word cal
ender,) or first days of ihe month, wor
reckoned backwards lo ihe Mm, thus,, the ,
lirst day of march was the first calend 5 the
28ih of February was Ihe second calend ,
of March J February 27ih the third and j
soon. , a
The Julian year, which by this rnle was .
reckoned nt 365 days and six hours, was ,
found not to be accurate, but to exceed the
length of ihe solar year by 11 minutes,
which, in 131 years, amount lo an entire
day. It was therefore corrected by Pope .
Gregory, in 1582, who retrenched 11 days
from the Julian compulation being its ex
cess or gain over the solar time. Out of,
this correction grew the distinction between
the old and new style. The Gregorian er
new style was introduced inlo Germany in
1770, and, by act of Parliament, into Eng
land iu 1752 just one hundred years ago
the 2,1 day of September (0. S ) of that
year being reckoned as the 14th (N. S. )
under the Gregorian system. Although the
name bissextile is retained with its obsolete
import, we intercalate the 29th of February
every fourth year for leap year, and, for
still greater accuracy, make only one leap,
year out of every four centenary years,
that is the year. 1700 and 1800 were not.
leap years, nor will A. D. 1900 be reckon,
ed as one, but the year 2000 will be bissex
tile. Preserve this memorandum for futura
reference.
Remarkable Longevity. Simon Pinsoii
died at Scituate, Mass., last March, in his
97th year, nnd his wife died a few daya
ago, aged 103 years end 4 months. It is
said they lived on simple viands ; almost
entirely on the products of their own farm.'
Mr. Pinson, for the last thirty yeara of his
life, used neither spirituous liquors, tea nor
coffee. Mrs. Pinson never used spirituoua
liquors, but used tea very moderately. r
They both habitually accustomed them
selves to constant labor until they were
more than 90 years of age.
Importation or Liquors into m Uni
ted States. The aggregate value of tba
wines annually imported into the United
Slates is about 82,000,000 ; of brandy 83,.
000,000 ; ol beer 8175,000 J of tobaoco,
snuff and cigars 81,750,000. Total, about
12,000,000 gallons, valued at, say 87,000,.
00(f. The value of tea annually imported
is 85,000,000 ; of coffee 842,000,000 ; and
of fruits (raisins, figs, almonds, &c.,) 8!,
000,000.
Nature of Serpents. A Boa Constrictor,
in the Zoological Gardens at London, swal
lowed woolen blanket on the 3d of Octo
ber last, and disgorged it on the Sih of No
vember. It was supposed by the keeper
that the serpent wanted food, and a couple
of rabbits were therefore put into his cage,
but he swallowed the blanket inslead of
(he rabbits.
Cold Weather at Mobile. The coldest
lay ihey have had at Mobile for many
years was Monday, 19lh Inst. Every gut.
ier. pitcher or tumbler of water was solidly
frozen during the night. Nor did the mern-
mg move it much. The Daily Register
ays such cold has not been known thara
since the country was settled.
Sudden Death op an Editor John
Adams, Esq., the assistant editor of (ha
Harrisburg Telegraph, was found dead in
tied, oesiiie bis wife, on the 27th inst. He
had been slightly indisposed for several
lays previous, but no serious result was at
all apprehended.
Th Effects of Absolutism. A letter
from Vienna, dated September 20. savs :
"The necessaries of life throughout Austria
have risen fifty Der cent, from Ihe eomhined
causes of bad government aud the dcorecia-
lion ot the currency." .
To DcsTHor Cockroaches. -Cucumber
peelings are reoummended as a certala
means of destroying cockroaches, the peel
ings being sire wed in Ihe parte most infested
i b these obnoxious i usee's.
A Shiniro CHAttACTEa.-"Mv character '
said an alderman who had cleared himself.
fiom a charge uf robbery, "my charsx,
sir, is like my boots all (he brigr4lir for
blacking." , ' - ,
Aos or Vass111.--s.The elW m.n-f.
war in eelive aervica was. bunched "in
the year 1790. She is ealted ih. r.i.
carries 120 guns, and beloogs, to the French.
Ny- -i ......... . , '.
The net proceeds of the Koseults tasiieAl
given by the Bar of New York amoxuited.
to a,uv. : -i ' ., 1 : . . - ... , ! -,!
Epitajh on a aicsi mam kit
made TeehyT-a4 d.ieU,H ' '