! ittnu of PttWlCfttlon. T IOGA CODKTY AQIli-TOR U publlrted fednesday Morning, wjd milled toeub*oriber* er y reasonable price of. j r ONE DOLLAR PER ; . j;„ in advance. It is iutcnOed to notify every M , w hen the term for tibich he baa paid shall' ,-ired, by the figure* on flhe printed label on the : of each paper. The paper -will then be stopped farther remittance be heceiyed,; By this ar- ; nt no man can be brought in debt to the ijiriioß is the Official' Papier of the County, ( rge and steadily increasing circulation reaoh , every neighborhood in the jCounty. .It is sent postage to any subscriber within the county tut whose most convenient post office may be jdjoining County. ' S iness Cards, not exceeding'Sjtines, paper incln per year. - ■ *> '■ INESS MRIICTORt. LOW KEY & f I'OHNEYS i COITNSELI/Ons AT LAtV,,wiU attend the Court of Tioga, Piittor and McKean ies. [Wellsboro’, Feb. 1> 185^] c, s. DAKTT, tMTIST, OFFICE at his residence near the Academy. All jvork pertaining to is line of business dene promptly and [April 22, 1858.] DICKINSON HOUSE ' (iIORNING, Bj.T. A. Field, .... )sto taken to and from-the Be] J. C. H HITTAptEB, Hydropathic Fhyttcian and Surgeon. IL KLA N p, TIOGA C<4 PENN A. ill visit patients in all parts of kie County, or ra them for treatment at bis bnu|a. [Jane if,} ■. . J. E^ER\| TTORS'ES AS IS COCNSEBLOR AT Wellsboro, Tioga iVmdcvote'Ms exclusively to the produce of Jaw. OfflSeSsns s tn any of the Northern counties et Pennsyl n. • | n0v21,60 FSIIVSfLTMIA BOUSE. er of Main Street and the Welhhoro, Pa. 3. vf. SIQONY, PROPRIETOR. iis popular Hotel, having / frp-fitted and re shed throughout,“is-now o the public as a class house* m H IZAAK J.WoUSE, . C. VERHIL YEA, PROPRIETOR. Gaines, Tioga County, Fa. ns if a new hotel located-(rithijn easy access of the best fishing and hunting grounds in Northern Nu pains will be spared fqr t& accommodation easnre seekers and the travelinsjpublio. nil 12, 1360. R G. C. C. CiKIPBELL, BARBER AND BAIRBRESSeR, tOP in the rear-of the Post OffiSq. Everything in his line will be (lone as well knsl promptly as it lednne in the city saloons, jljriijmmtions for ra ng dandrulf, and beautifying die hair, for sale i. Hair and whiskers Call and Wellsboro,«ept. 22, 1859. 1 THE COBHIifC! JO atgo W. Pratt, Editor.'and proprietor. published at Corning, Sleubfcn Oo.J'N. Y., at One )ollar and Fifty Cents per yoar,iic advance. 4 The aal is Republican in> ‘politics, and has a circula reaching into every part df Steuben Connty.— e desirous of extending the-r business into that ;be adjoining counties wilj find id an excellent ad sing medium. Address as abovtf. FUISS! FVBS! IjfJRS-! DRS,—The subscriber has jnst| received a large assortment of Furs for ladies after, consisting of CU CAPES f VTCTOR/NES.I ' FRENCH SABLE CAPE.S £ \VICTORINES, ER Mh'K CAPES & HVpFS' ROCK MARTIN CAPES ii VICTORINES. ese comprise a small quantity dp the assortment. - have been bought at low pncesand will be sold treraely low prices for cash, at tSte NewHatStore Droidg, N'. Y. . £j. P. QUICK. TO JTMJSICf S. CHOICE LOT of the best imported Italian and German ' I' •* VIOLIN STRING^. Viol strings, Guitar strings,& Tuning Forks res ic., just received and for salt at ROY’S DJIUG STORE. WELLSBdBO 'fI|TEL, WELLSBOROUGH, Si. . FARR, - - - - - . PROPRIETOR. {Formerly of the United Slatejs Hotel.) aving leased this well known ana popular House, its the-patronage of the public.! With attentive obliging waiters, together with jnbd Proprietor’s pledge of the business, be hopes »o make the stay bo<e who stop with him )>o®i pleasant and ;eable. t , ellsboro, ilay 31, 1860. £ PICTURE? FRA^IHG. OILET GLASSES, Pic|dre«, Certificates Engravings, Needle Work, Ac.|-;<fec., framed in ncaest manner, in plain and cKDamented Gilt, e Black Walnut, Oak, Mahogany, Ac. Per > leaving any article for framing, receive them t day framed in any style they w|Si and hung for a. Specimens at $[ SMITH’S BjOGK STORE. E B. BENEDICT, p. D-, T OULD inform the public that mis permanently ! located- in 'Elklanfi Boro’, TijgaXte. Pa., end Tepared by thirty years l experience} to treat all dia ls of the eyes and their apperidtiafka on scientific tciples, and that he Can cure -wthoQt' fail, that dful disease, called St, Vitus'nee, {Chorea iC;i and will attend to any diher baaineaa in line of Physic and Surgery. 1 ?| ‘lklaiiii.Bu'ni f “August 8, 18G0. ~ || TIOGA R£GII^A|POft. J.EORGE F. HTIMPfIEESf haiiopened a new T Jewely Store at * \ Tioga Village, Tioga Cofcnty, Pa. 6rehe is prepared to do all kinds of Watch, Clock Jewelry repairing, in a worfttnanlate tuanner. All. e warranted to give entire eiftiafadSon. . •e do not pretend to do than any other we can do as good wtS-k as iiean be-done in 'dues or eh-en hero. Also W. Plated. . ' 1 GEORGS Ft HUMPHREY. , ‘»ge, Pa., March 15", 1860. CiJ-f ! ' S EW HAT AID CAP STORE. HE Subscriber has just openedinjihisplaceo new Hataed Cap Store, where bejot&da to mannfac ’fcsp on hand a large and general assortment ’aituona'bic Silk and Csuwipjiero Bats, oWtl minttfsctare, wbidh-will be »old it hard 5 s Prices. ' ! T SILK HAIS, ‘’"rfer on.short notice. i B !' a«8 Mid at this Store are fittad with a French i »hidi makes them soft and easy to the 1 i ?’ u the trouble 'of hreakiag your head to t the hat Store 'in the New-Btdik opposite the •"“onJttoaae. - 1 ® P; QUICK. 1859.' i , f CEDAR ROM. HOTEL. ■EDis EViY,~LYCOiftm COUNTY, PA. 3IS house has been lately refitted?. and opened for . »e acooninojiatjon of -tie Located at a lie! POlnt ' tta S ca leaving Sjvery Senate day for ooto and Jersey Shore, eonneejfng with oars on “ga-R. R. north and 6. A E. R- p. on the south. Rouse u situated on the Cedar Sinn Gang Mill ~a jafe .and convenient; landing' for rafts in the ik I!'. 1 '? 1 ?- ®°od Paste are firm® set on the left t’ thq beach is free from obsfnctions. Har av engaged in the, rfeer beslhess for Cbinnj w<l , feel confident we Itaa anticipate the to ni re l n hements of this tradc, and will endoav- I T,l e table,' bar, chambers and etableh II «ns ajs ■ “ttentively watched istfd well supplied. I « - a 'i and we will part witSi yon sure to see l*, ml Pr<vH * or - I' 1 1 _ i i THE *-- ' \ VOL. VU. My day« pass pleasantly away, : - t My sights are blessed with sweetest sleep; ■I fpel no symptopls of decay, I haVo no causi to [nourn nor weep; 4 My,foes are impotent and shy. My friends are neither false nor cold; And ytt, of late, I often sigh: “ Tin growing old, 1 * My growing talk of olden times, My growing thirst for early news; My (growing apathy to rhymes, ( My growing love of easy shoes, My growing hate of erowds and noisd; ( My growing fear of taking cold : ~ All Whisper in the plainest roice. I’m growing old: \. . Proprietor, dt free of charge. I’m; growing fonder of my staff, I’m growing dimmer in the eybsj I’mjgrowing fainter in my laugh, Fjm growing deeper in my sighS) I’m growing careless in my dress, ■ 11m growing frugal of my gold, I’m growiog wise. I’m growing—yes,. , I’m growing oljjb I sen it in my changing taste,' I pee H in my changing hair, I see it in my growing waist,' ' 1 I 'see it in my growing heir; A thousand signs proclaim the trnth. As plain as truth was ever told, That, even in my vaunted youth, Tm growing old. Ah me i my very lanrels breathe The tale, in ay reinctant ears, And every boon the Honrs bequeathe But makes me debtor to the Yean. E’en Flattery’s honeyed words declare The secret she would fain withhold, And tell me, in “ How young you are,” I’m growing eld. Thanks for the yean whose rapid flight , My sombre muse ton sadly sings ! IThshks for the glen ms of golden light 1 That tint the darkness of their wings: Thelight that beams from out the sky, Those Heavenly mansions to nofold \ Where all are blest, and none may sigh 1 “ I’m growing old I" 1 Johk Q. Sxie. Not many years since the good ship Ponto sailed from Boston, bound to Sumatrd. She was commanded by Captain Isaap Jacobs, a good seaman and a naturally good-hearted man but in his long career bebeath the trident of Neptune be had imbibed many of those false ideas prevalent among seamen, and be bad omne to look upon the sailor’s life as one which ne cessarily did away with those warmer and finer traits of character that mark tbs humane and generous landsman. In .this wise sometimes lost sight of true merit wberfl it ac tually existed. i*-;, 1 IRKAS'. Among the orewof the Ponto. on her present voyage, was a young man named Caleb .Baker, He had shipped only three days before tbeship sailed. He was a slender-framed man, with a fair, prepossessing countenance, light blue eyes and light brown hair. Though light in bis build, he was yet well stocked with muscle, and bis motions were quick and energetic. His ap pearance was calculated to predispose beholders In bis favor. One day, shortly after the ship bad left port, as Baker was busy about some matters-of bis own ip one of tbqpgangways, one of the men, a rough, uncouth fellow, by the name of Buck ton, came along and gave the clothes-bag of Baker’s a kick, out of his way, thereby scat tering a number of things about the deck. “ I wish you’d be careful,” said Baker, as he moved to gather up his things. i “Then keep'your things out o’ my iwoy,” gruffly returned Buckton. . “ They were not in your way.” , 1, “ Do you mean to tell me I lie 1" " I said my things were not in your way.” V And I say they were. Now don’t dispute me again.” “ Very well, have it your own way,” calmly replied Baker, as he drew bis bag in towards the bulwarks. f And diln’t you be impudent, rfeither,” pro vokingly "added Buckton. V Look ye, Buckton, if you’ve any business of jour own, .you’d better mind it.”. V Eh, lubber?. I’ll show, you my business.— Take that.” As Bunkton spoke, he struck the young man upon the face. The crew had most of them gathered about the place, and arrangements -were-quickly made for a fight. > “Just come forward—come forward, and I’ll show ye my business,” cried Bunkton, bris tling about with-his fist doubled tip. “ A fight 1 a fight!” cried half-s-doieh of the men.i *' Don’t stand that, Baker.” The 'young man’s eyes had Hashed ns he re ceived the blow, and there was a quick quiver ing of the muscles in his hands, but be. made ■no tnotion to strike. ; *• Ain’t you goragto take it-u.p ?” said;Buek- “ No. I want nothing -to do with yod,” re turned Caleb. “ Then you are a coward!” uttered Buckton, with a contemptuous tone and look. Tonng Baker calmly replied to the taunt, and Buckton became still more savage. Those who knhw anything about theoetan life, will at once understand the Bailments ]of the rough crew upon such matters as the prjesent. They could comprehend hut one fin'd o’f courage, and > the moment Baker refused to ’fight they set him down for an arrant coward.] At first they had been prepossessed in his favor., for Buckton was a quarrelsome fellow, and] they hoped; Caleb Would Bog him; but when they saw himjquiet ly turn away and resume Ibis work, they too began to tautat him. i “ Whafs all this ?” asked Captain Jacobs, who was attracted to the sppt. ,u The matter was explained to him. I, “ Didn’t resent it ?” utterod the captain; look ing with mingled surprise i nd-contempt upon Caleb. “Why don’t-yon knock him -.down, Baker?” ‘ I “ Because I don’t Want to fight with any nan, sir.” “ And will you allow yourself to be Struck, andnot resent it?” , I “ I will defend myself So ease of danger, but I will not eo abuse myself as to-engage in a brutal fight when itconbe possibly avoided. I have as yet done wrong to no man j hot were I to fight one of my shipmate*! ehduM wrong feign and myself both.” j Scbotcoto tfie Srtcn/Jion of tf)t area of JFm&ow an& tt)t Specah of ©raltlig a&eformT^^ WHILE THERE’ SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIOHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. PM SHOWING OLD. THE THUS HBBO, WELLSBOftO, TIOGA COUNTY. PA., WEDNESDAY MARCH M, 1861 L ‘ i?' l -• . . t - 1 vThen you will have yourself looked upon i nne who may be struck with impunity f” A quick Sash passed over the young, man’s as the captain thus spoke, biit be was soon din. VI mean, sir/’ be returned, “to give no one occasion to strike me ; yet Buckton struck me, and you can see that be already suffers more from the effects of it than I do<” , Bockton-gave Caleb the lie, and again tried to urge him into a fight, but the captain inter" fered, and quiet Was restored. Trout that- time Caleb Baker Was looked up on [by the crow as a-coward. . , At first they taunted him, but his uniform kindness soon put a stop to these outward man ifestations, and the feelings of the crew were expressed by their looks. Bunktob took every occasion he could find to annoy the young man, fori be bad taken bis oath that be would “ hare a &>bt out of the coward yet.” The rest of the Brew might have let the matter pass, bad not Bupktoo’s continued behavior kept alive the idea ot Baker's; cowardice. None, save himself, knew the great struggle it went on in the young man’s bosom ; but pad resolved that he would not fight except fctual and necessary self-defence, and head led, to his principle. He performed his du i faithfully, and captain Jacobs was forced sdmit that though Baker was a coward, he s a good sailor, thus matters passed until the ship bod ibled the Cape of Good Hope and entered >!lndian Ocean. It was towards the close of lay that had been sultry and oppressive, that itful breeze sprung up from the southward, came in quiet, cool gusts, and the canvas on flapped before it. i | We are likely to have a blow,” remarked ijmate. [Not much, I think,” returned the captain, be took a survey of the horizon. “ This dting will soon die away, and I think the M will then come from the west’ard. How r, it may be well enough to shorten sail.— u may take in the t’gallaots’ls and close reef jtops’ls.” Ibo order was quickly obeyed, and, as the tain had predicted, the spitting gusts died jy, but there was no wind came out from wcst’nrd. It grew dark, but no wind had te. About ten o’clock those on deck were itled by a sudden darkening of the stars, i they saw a great black eloud foiling up n the southward. It soon bung b’er the ; libe a black pall, and the men began to be 'Otened. The captain was called, but before t ame on deck there Came a crash as though heavens had been rent asunder. Tbe old [ trembled inevery joint," and ,a huge hall of rolled down tbe mainmast. Another and > her crashing of the lightning came, and at Ith the electric light began to play about ibip in wild fantastic streams. ' Tbe mainmast is struck,” shouted one of nen. “See where its head is shivered !” ¥ eyes were turned to the spot, and by the i wild flash the men could see that a danger havoc bad been mads with the mainmast heap was shivered, the starboard check was illy stripped off, and the trestle trees was wring. Of course, the heavy topmast was v held in its place by the dubious trestle ti, and the maintop threatened every rattan r ;ome thundering to the deck, with tbe long most and top gallant mast in company.— :n a catastrophe would prove fatal to tbe di and all were aware of it. lilt while all bonds were gazing at this, sn sr danger,arose. The low rumbling sound dod tbe] a di a fi nexl thatjbad been muttering in the southward had escaped the notice of the crew, and ere they it the rushing, howling wind was upon The ship leaped like a frightened stag befolre the gale., The mate cut the maintopsail sheep, and the Sail was snapped into ribbons.— Thelforetopsail was clewed up, and the ship got before the wind. Tie lightning cloud was swept away, and it wasidark as Erebus. The wind hnwled fear fully, but there was a sound more fearful than that! It was the creaking of the sha’tersd tres tletrpes, as the fid of the topmast bore' down upon them. “uGod!” ejaculated Captain Jacobs, “if the treaytletrees give way we are lost. Hark! head them labor!’’ Apay up aloft, in the impenetrable darkness, stonfi the giant topmast, and all felt that' it coulfl not stand there long. The men crowded aft, land with painfully beating hearts. they beam the mast labor. If we could bring the ship broadside to,” lithe mate, “ the weather rigging might be land the mast would go overboard.” True, true," returned the Captain ; ■" but ijH go aloft and do the job? There will be 'iot-bold in the top, for that will go with a iL The treatletreea are already shattered," yon will port the helm I will mate the it” cried ft clear, strong voice, which was at a recognized as Caleb Baker’s. «« | saidj cut,' who] no fi eras] trial! once “It will be sure death," said Jacobs. ; “jThen let it be so," returned Caleb. “If I succeed, the rest may be saved; hut now we are Oil in danger. Port the helm and I will go.” Cileb took the as from the mizzenmast, and soon! his form was lost in the darkness, as he muvtd toward the starboard rigging. The helm was Swas put a port, and the ship gradually gavei her starboard side to the gale. Soon the blow of an axe was heard. There was a fearful Straining and cracking—and then came the crasp. The heavy top mast had gone elear over] the side. Fragments of the trestle and croat-trees came rattling upon the deck, but all eyes* were strained painfully toward the mast head! .The dim outline of the heroio man could be Seen safely hanging by the mizzen top-mast. The ship was hues more gat before the wind and ere long Baker came safely to the deck.— He daggered aft to the binnacle, and there he san<4 fainting and bruised, upon the deck; but be was quickley: conveyed to the cabin, sad bia w£n|s were oil met. ' Caleb’s braises were none -of them bad, and in a few days he was again at bis duty. The menteyed him anxiously, and seemed uneasy •s they met bis smiles. The captain too, chang ed ctlor when be met the kind, noble look of the young man, but soon overcome the false jjridp that acuated sag fitepping to the V-ii*- -4", £t". ■ - J; , AGITATO noble-fellow's side, be took him jby the hand. “Caleb,-" said he, “if I have done wrong, I freely ask yon to forgive me. 1 have called you a coward,"but I did not know you: 1 ’ “Think no more of it,” said Caleb, with a beaming eye. I once promised to, one whom I loved better than life—my mother-—that I would never do a deed of which I might after ward be ashamed." Bunk ton pressed forward. “ Caleb,” he said seizing tbs hand of the yonng man in his hard fist “ yon must forgive me fop what’s passed.— We’ll be friends after this.” “ Bless you, Bunkton, and friends we will be," returned Caleb. “Tfes,” added Bunkton, "an' if you won’t fight yourself, I'll fight for you, if ever you stand in need of it.,” “ I tell you, my men/' said the captain, *' there’s certainly (wo kinds of courage; and, 1! don’t know but Caleb Baker’s kind is the best. If takes a stronger and, bigger heart to hold it, at all events.” Owe op the speeches. Tbe most refreshing specimen of a speech, in the “ spread eagle” style, we have met with for a long time, was recently delivered in the Mis souri Legislature, by one Geo. Riley. As the author is avidently “ a trump,” we feel disposed to immortalize him by publishing bis speech in full. • After a long and heated discussion on the re ference of a bill amending the charter, of the city of Carondelet to a standing committee of the House, Mr.- Riley obtained the floor, aud addressed the House; Mb. Spbakbr; Everybody is a pitching into this matter like toad frogs into a willow swamp on a lovely evening in the balmy month of June, when the mellow light of the full moon fills with a delicious flood of thin, otberial atmos pheric air. [Applause,] Sir. I want to put in a word, or perhaps a word and a half. There seems to be a disposition to fight. I soy, if there is any fighting to be done, come on with your corn-cobs and lightning bugs!— [Applause.] In tbe language of the ancient Roman, “ Come one, come all, this rock shall fly From -its firm base, in a pig’s eye." Now, there has been a great deal of bombast here to-day. I call it bombast from “ Alpha” to “Omega.” (I don’t understand the mean ing of tbe words though.) Sir, tbe question to refer is a great and magnificent question. It is tbe all-c.bsorhing question—like a sponge, sir —a large unmeasurable sponge of globe shape, in a small tumbler of water—it sucks up every thing. - Sir, I stand here with the weapons I have designated, to defend tbe rights of St. Louis county, the rights of any other county— even the county of Cedar itself. [Laughter and applause.] Sir, the debate has assumed a latitudinuiiity. We have bad a little bhtck-jack buncombe, a little two-bit buncombe, bombast buncombe, bung-hole buncombe, and the devil and his grandmother knows what other kind of buncombe. [Laughter.] Why, sir. just give some of ’em a little South ern soap and a little Northern water, and quick er than a hound pup con lick a skillet they will make enough of buncombe-lather to wash the golden flock that roams abroad the azure meads of heaven. [Cheers and laughter.] I allude to the starry firmament. The Spe.vker. The gentleman is out of or der. He must confine himself to the question. Hr. Riley. Just retain your linen if you please. I’ll stick to the text as close as a pitch plaster to a pine plank, or a lean pig to a hot jam rock. [Cries of “go on;” “you’ll do.”] I want (o say to these carboniferous glr.de men, these igneons individuals, these detona ting demonstrators,these pereginous volcanoes, come on with your combustibles! If I don’t —well, I’ll suck the gulf of Mexico through a goose quill. [Laughter and applause.] Per haps you think I am diminutive tubers and sparse in the mundane elevation. . You may discover gentlemen, you arc laboring under as great a misapprehension as though you had in cinerated your inner vestment, lu the language of the noble bard, Si I «ras not born In a tlncket, To be scared by a cricket,” ]Applause,] Sir, we have lost our proper position. Our proper position is to the zenith and nadir—our heads to the one, our heels to the other, at right angle with the horizon, spanned by that azure aroh of the lustrous firmament, bright with the, corruscations of innumerable constellations, and proud as a speckled stud hone on county fair clay. [Cheers.] “ But how have the mighty fallen, 1 ! in the language of the poet Silversmith. We have assumed a sloshendicular or a diaganoiogical position. And what is tbecanse? Echo ans wers, “buncombe,” sir,. ” buncombe.” -The people have been fed on buncombe, while a lot of spavined, ring-boned, hamstrung, wind-gall-, ed, swyneyed, splithoufed, distempered, pol eyi lied, pot-bellied politicians have had their noses in the public crib until there ain’t fodder enough left to make a gruel for a sick grass-' hopper. [Cheers and laughter.] Sir, these hungry brats keep tugging at the public pap. They say, “ let down your milk. Suck, or you’ll have a split Bag.” Do they tbiak they can stuff such buncombe down our ; craw? No, sir; yoa might ns well try to stuff butter in a wildcat with a hot awl. [Continued; laughter.]- The.thing can’t be did. The public grindstone is n great institution, yes, sir, a great institution, ■ One of the greatest, perhaps, that ever rose, reigned or fell. But, sir, there is too much private cut lery ground. The thing won’t pay. Occasion ally a big axe is brought in to fix up, ostensi-. bly for the purpose of bevriagdown the gnarled,; tranks-; of error and clearing out the brush wood of ignorance end folly that obstruct the public highway (if progress. The machine whirls; the axe is applied. The lookers-on are enchanted with the brilliant sparks elicited.— The tool is polished; keenly edged; and, while the public stare in gaping expectancy of seeing the road cleared; the implement is slyly taken off to improve the private nores ef some ” faith ful friend of the people." What is the result ? The obstmetions-remain unmoved. The penpje curse been use .the oar lags—or, if it does move, ’tis at tho expense of a broken whet] qnd V • i 1 ' 1 . ' ** jaded and sore-backed team. X tell yon the thing won't pay! The time will coma when the nasal promontories, of these disinterested grinders will be j put to the stone, instead of their hardware. | [Applause.] I am mighty afroid.the machine is going to stop. The grease' is giving out thundering fast.. It is beginning to creak on its axis. Gentlemen, it’s-my pri vate opinion, confidentially expressed, that all the n grit” is pretty near worn off. : [Ap plause ] 1 Mr. Speaker, you must excuse me for my latitudinosity anjd circulocutcpincas. My old blunderbuss scatters amazingly, but if any body gets peppered, it aint my fault if they are in the way. - Sir, these dandadical, mparsquirtidal, ma hogany-faced gentry—what do thby know about tbe blessings of freedom ? About as sir, as a toad-frog does of high glory. Do they think they can escape tjte ? Fll follow them through pandemonium ah A high water. [Cheers and laughter.] <- j These are the tines that have got our liberty pole off its .perpendicularity. ,’Tis they who would rend tbe stars and stripes—that noble flag, the blood of our revolutionary fathers em blemed in its red. | Tbe purity of the cause for which they died, {denoted by tbe white ; tbe blue, the freedom [they attained, like tbe azure air that wraps their native hills and lingers on their lovely plains. [Cheers.] The high bird of liberty sits perched on tbe topmost branch, but there is secession salt on his glorious tail. I fear be will no more spread his noble pinions to soar beyond thd azure regions of the boreal pole. But let not Missouri pull tbe lost feather from his sheltering wing to plume a shaft to pierce bis noble breast; or, what is the same, make a pen to sign a secession ordinance,— [Applause.] Alas 1 poor bird I if they drive you from the the hemlock of the North, and the palmetto of the South, come over to the gum-ti|ce of the West, and wo will protect your noble birdship while water grows and gross runs. | [lmmense applause.] Mr. Speaker, I subside for the' present. A fat, good natured, • quiet-looking man, neatly dressed, the very picture of a good citi zen living on a modest fortune, was recently tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Police, in Paris, on a charge of robbery. “ Generally," sand a linen draper, who came f<rward to give evidence, “ the men who steal goods exposed for sale at shop-dqors display great precipita tion, but this mart goes to work much more calmly. A few mprnings back, as I was in my shop, I saw him stop at tbe door and examine various articles exposed for sale. He did se with tire greatest coolness, stopping from time to time to tako a pinch of snuff, and not once looking round to see if be was watched. Ait last be unpinned the coveringof a piece of linen, and examined the latter with the great est attention. I did not fur a moment doubt that he was a respectable housekeeper, and that he would makg a purchase. . But I hap pened to be called to another part of tbe shop, and when I returned he was gone. I looked into the street, and, to my astonishment, there he was, walking off qnietly, with the piece of linen under bis arm ! I rushed after him, and said, “ You are a thief I" “ A thief,” said he, “ take care what ypu say ; I am a respectable citizen, as my appearance proves, and a man of property.” “ But you have stolen my lin en!" “No, sir," said ha. “it is mine—there are plenty ef men frfnT deal in linen besides you, and I ntn one bf them.” I was in a rage at the man’s called him ‘scoun drel. thief,’ and otger names. A crowd col lected, and from the assurance he displayed they were cenvinoed that! was accusing him falsely, and they began abasing me. But two of my shopmen came up and confirmed my statement that the ijinen he was carrying was' mine, and on that hfe was taken into custody.” " How many yards| did the piece consist of?" asked the President "Upwards of sixty, sir, and it must have been very heavy, yet the thief carried it away witb|ease.” The mam was sen tenced to two years’{imprisonment. One Hundred Years Ago. —One hundred years ago there was !not a single white man in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, or Illinois Territo ries. Then, what is Snow the molt flourishing part of America, was as little known as. the country round the Mountains of the Moon. It was not until 1769, that the hunter of Ken tucky, tho gallant and adventurous Boone, left his home in North Carolina to become the first settler of Kentucky, | The first pioneer of Ohio did not settle till twenty years after that time. A hundred years ago Canada belonged to France, and the whole population of the United States did not exceed a million and a half of people. A hundred iyears ago the great Fred erick of Prussia was performing those great exploits which have! made him immortal in' military annals, and with his little monarchy was sustaining a single-handed contest with Russia, Austria, and France combined. A hundred years ago the Clniied States were the most loyal part of the British Empire, and on the political horizon; no speck indicated the struggles which within a score of years there, after established the | greatest republic of the world. A hundred years ago there were but four newspapers in America ; steam engines had not been imagined, and railroads and tele-, graphs had not entered into the remoteat-con ceptions of man. When we come to look back at it through the vista of history, we find that the century which has passed has been allotted to more important events, in their bearing upon the happiness of the world, than almost any other which has elapsed since the creation. A hundred years hence, what will be the de velopments 7 —Life Illustrated. Hope writes the poetry of the boy, but mett ory that of the mao, Man looks forward with smiles, but backward with sighs. Tho, onp of life is sweetest at the brim; the flavor is im paired as we drink deeper; and the dregs are made bitter, that we tiiay not struggle when it is taking ft 0 ? 1 ou * I'pi- - “ Those w ho shun society are either very strong or very wealj. | r"“ W- i ifc. EEEBEBHIITGLT COOIi. 'i- Rates of Advertising. r •* o-cct.' AdvertisementsmUbe'cWdgedtTpersquare of If lines, one or three insertions, and!s : : cent* for every ; subsequent insertion. Advertisements of lees than 1 0 lines considered as a square. The subjoined ratesstiil he ohorged/or Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements : 3 v6vra». 8 iioarßS. IS BOkiei,' Square, . -■ t 3,00 ' 2 do. - 6,00 6,56 MO 3 do. - 7,00 ' 8,50 IM> i column, . - 8,00 6,50 77,80- i do. - 15,00 20,00 30,00 Column, - - 25,00 35,00 _ 50,« Advertisements not having ti.cnumberof insertion# desired marked upon them, viH until or dered out and charged accordingly. , Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-HC.^ 5 audaia kinds of Jobbing done in country establishment*,,*** eonted neatly and promptly. Jasticea’,ConBtabj»’V . and other BLANKS constantly on hand. ; NO. 83. LX>I3LODOIK^ri^EEOO£ George Wilkes writes t “ I said I bad something to. 1 do with the fall of Table Bock, that broad shelfonthe Canada side, . which in J. 850 looked over the very cauldron of, the seething waters, but which tumbled into it on a certain day in the-month of June of that, by me, well remembered year. About noon on that day, 1 accompanied a lady from the Clifton, .House to the Falls. Arriving at Table Bock, wa left our carriage, and as we approached the projecting platform, I pointed out to my com panion a vast crack or fissurel which traversed . the entire base of the rook, remarking that it had never appeared to rap before. The lady almost shuddered as she looked at it, and shrink ring back, declared that she did not . care about , going hear the edge, * Ah,’ said I, takjpg; her , hand, ‘you might os well coue,on, Bow that * you are here. I hardly thick the. rock will take a notion to fail merely because jwe are : on it.’ ' “ The platform jutted front! the main land some sixty feet; but; to-give me visitor.* sdii more fearful projoctiou over toe raging waters, a wooden bridge, or staging, bad bean .throat beyond the extreme edge for some ten feet—. This terminated'in a small box for visitors to stand in, and was kept in its position, anden able to bear its weight, by a ponderous load of stone heaped upon its inner ends.' The day was very bright and hot, end it being almost lunch time at the hotels, but very few visitors were out, so we occupied the diszy perch alone. We gazed fearfully out upon th i awful waters, we strescbed our beads .timidly over the fright ful depth below, and we felt ou - nateres quail in every fiber by the deafening roar, diet seem-, ed to saturate ns, as it were, wi h un indefina ble dread. “ ‘This is a terrible-place,’ said der there, and see oawh'at a mere For years and years the teeth of that jetting, angry stream, bar ing at that hollow, and some 0 must fall,' “ My companion shuddered, and drew bar-, self together in, alarm. Our eyeff swept the roaring circle of the waters once again; wo gazed about in fearful fascination, who in and* denly turning bur looks upon each other, each recognized a corresponding fear. ‘T do not; like ibis place !’ exclaimed I, quickly. ‘.Xhsf whole base of this roch-is probably disintegra ted, and perhaps sits poked in ajsuecession of steps or notches, ready to fall out and topple down at any unusual perturbation. That fis sure there seems to me unusually large to-day. I think we had better leave, for Ido not fancy such a finish;.and, besides, my piper must be published next week,’ 1 “ !Wilh these very words-=-the letter ottered joossely. though not without alarm—l seised my companion's band, and, io-absoluts panic, we fled as fast as our feet esoldl carry os -to wards what might be called the, shore. W» first burst into a laugh when we gained the lend, and jumping into our carriage, felt actually "as if we had made a fortunate escape! We.roQed back toward the Clifton, but before we had pro oaeded two minutes on our way, thundering report, like the explosion of an earthquake; burst open ua, and jrith a loud roar the ground trembled beneath our wheels. We turned to find that Table Bock bad fallen. We. were the last upon it, and it was, doubtless, the un usual perturbation caused by our flying foot steps that disturbed the exactitude of its equi librium, and threw it from its final poise. Tu a minute more the road wai filled with harrying people, and during the following half hour we were told a hundred timet hi ndrance of the next morning journals, that a lady and gentleman who were on. the Table Rock bad -gone down tbs falls. We are told that the trot of a dog would shake old Loudon bridge, from ond to end, when it woqjd not be disturbed by the rolling wheels of heavy loaded ■ traind.- Table Rock'had hot been run upon in thaway I have been describing for years—perhapeneter, and therefore, whenever I hear it I y always shudder and feel as if 1 had something 'to do with i * fall. w Old Lettebs. — Xeverburn kindl It is so pleasant to rend them over w •is brown, the paper yellow with ag hands that traced the friendly word over the heart that prompted them green sod. Above all, never burn love-letters them in after years is like a resp One’s youth. _J’he elderly spinster i impassioned offer she foolishly rejepl years ago, a fountain of rejuveneseea cing over it, she realizes that she H belle and a beauty, and beholds hen in a mirror much more congenial I thipi the one that comforts The “window indeed" derives a swi _emn consolation, from the letters of I onel who has journeyed before hei| off tend, from which there comps hi arnTwhere sba hopes one day to join photograph can so vividly recall to i ofa mother the tenderness and devc children who have left her at the call as the epistolary outpouring*of then The letter of a true son or daughter mother, is something better than an the features; it is a reflex of the wi Keep all loving letters. - Burn onl and cruel ones, and,- in burning, for] give them. A Silf-Sacriitcixu Collector.-- house in Philadelphia employed a North Carolina to collect 'a debt c the course of time-they received fed remittance of $B5: Having been im leot the-debt in ’the regular “ boarded it cut.” In the firm, he wrote i “ I hare retail my 'services, though the commits $4.50. I havrf only to say that if $ abdominal anguish I have suffered • ing out bill, you wouldn't extra half dollar." A- follow may will crutch to. halting humility,- aud yrt {rising np thc stilts of piatsn!' I. ‘ Lbok.un shell weatand. the torrent, in r e been gnaw-' lay this plana -**■- »■ ly letter*.— hen the Ink ;e, and the is lie folded under the i. To read erred ion of finds in th'i ited twenty moe, Glanf Was once a ] former self to hot tassa using-zoom, pet and sul the beloyed Ito- the for p messages, a him. No ihe ption of .the 1 of Heaven, ir filial love. to a -troo imm.igo of iter's soul, p-tba harsh anifor- -A jobbing lawyer in rm In a him the W»' 01 : 'had risdaltcr to $3 for , i» but knatr ths ile \dg> twP lend % flight
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