II! ,11.,J. STABLE 897 YEAR. TEEMS OP TIPS P..1131,'R 46P,r4e lelpuLlican ampiler i publiPhed Vre l p Not Play rtg. lIVOLY J. StAnt.a, at 1,7:5 per an ton if paid in advance--$2,110 •pee.statinnt if not pail in advance. No sub lieription di u,utiuurrl. uu.lepi at the °titian of the pohli4ter, acid! all ivrearage , 4 are paid. 11/4".lfir tiA ra44:4ltr inrerteti et the usual ' , rates, Joh Printing done, neatly, cheaply, •and with eliiptiteh. W•Difice in Solidi Baltimore street, direct ly fipipolite Wantider's Tinning Elitaltliah ment, one ands half squares front the Covert house, 'Outlet t.r.a" eu the sign. • To Thom Who Want Zaino". A VAIIii. WITHIN THE REACH. OF EV Kill'. V A.N. ri'lllE RII)(74AY F.11134 - I:O3IITANY has .1, made arrangements by which sit who de sire to settle°, purchase a home can du o°. - The f uma consist of the hest limestone snit et the most aufterior quality fur fanning, in artielpriditimproeitrg plate, into which an eitennkre-asal4,-ration or, now pouring. The prproverl ß is invited in Elk county, renngs). rueful,' - the midst ors thriving' population qf sot 10,000. The climate is perfectly Ilealtby, and dm terrillie plague of the western fetter is unknoWn. It also has .trt nhandanre of thttleest quality of (.loal and Iron. The price go Iglyitivut in from $3 to $2O per acre, payable by instalments. to Isrolomited at the time ofpurehasing, or a share of 25 acre. en titling to Imam the setae fir $3OO, payable $6 Tar month ? or 121 acres payable A-1 per month. viscount.—tor every sum of $lOO and under; teesd-in advance, a discount of 5 per cent. will Mellowed, and for over $lOO a dis coaut of 10 per mos. In eonsitlerm 7, the-advantages of emigrating to thin locality th s- fi Mow in g are presented: First—The soil is a rill, limestone, catialile of raisaug the heaviest crops, owing to which thii , mtdcomut has attained its present great P""'NritY- Sicrivi—lt is the centre of the great -North West Coal Basin, and is idestined soon to he s:ion!!! Wit or tile ginutteltloteinoto; placcn in the State. It will supply the zreat Lake market, ( ac e N i r tlif t;f to population and travel the great cAt bt the lliiian.) It has fire workable reins of the, heat Itituntinuus Coal, amounting in the aggregate to over -22 feet, which makes '22,0111) tuns of coal under eioh acre. This will make the huol of inestimable ralue. eiitiiteut. state ' , ..eulogist. [Jr. Chas T. j gk i t t on , of Tt .4011, hits ramie it geological surrey tif the lan,l. anniyse , l the awl, the iritsc yint &tut the lituesrone. This report to g-et/10r with ways will be furnishes l to in quirer*. Fwerfk—Three rnilroaila are kid out tl thi*iimperty. Ttio Sunbury and Erie ' 1:13211=1 Laken-4tittuhsfroan Erie to Ptiilodelphin. taste. part of thti nowt ilea been snit4iie4, is timir in running' “r,ler. A !teary fi,ro now working from Erie toward:4 our isur the we4terodireetion. the meson for the plethion of which have been raised—it will sow lie finishirt. The Allegheny Valley Railroad eiitnieets es with New York. altAtl,lll and PI hugg. The Veatiaigu Ito:a col neets us with p6c We.t. There are already good Turnpike Roads tuanin , o throur.ii 'this property, various other road.< Rare been opetsed Se necommudate the einigtatioit and setae:meat which Iws already taken place. There is no opportuuity,eqata 4 it now of fered. to tho wan who wants to provide himself a home in en easy way. and make alsetttement where he'ean Get itt prnspeeitv mot iitilepe ml . donee in a climate PERPECTCY 111:ALPIY. itise of 'the fever ever baring been known hi ones* in this settlement. It is not like gni*. be, the backwoods of the West, anatug pierliapt&Woluratit people. where there is no sotietyi 4:hurtles, or sclosds, where the rri,e "flap' is .high, and where the emigrant, afrorlieii,g used to the healthiest climate in the' seMdt, Nato endure sickness and pain, and perhaps milts his health and that of his fionity..! Bqt hese is• a thriving eattlehteat having - 'theme tawas,_ containing churches, sehuols, hotels, Stores. saw mills, grist mills, anal everything desirtid. There is a cash market at hand - . The lumber 'trade last year amounted to river two hundred million feet of lumber. In a short time, owing to the old, it will become still mots valuable. as a nutty Lee iron works and manufactories bestarted ; they arest, present startieg them egte,stsicely at Warren. Even for those whti do not twitili to go there, the payments are such that they ran ea-ily buy it farm to save their rising familie. from want in the future, or to gain a competence by the rise which will take place in the value of hands. By an Oats lay scarcely missed, a substantial provisiou can be made. 1 Persons should make early application, rip ply or write to E. deff..eries. Secretary, Ni. 1:lJ dValniit Street, bet , w Fifth, Philadel phia. Letters carefullly answered giving full information. Shares or traets of hind ran be bought or saearad by letter encliisi lig the first instalment a five dullars, when the, - sulpieriber will lie ; fatal/14d with tsp,ks, maps, &c. Warrantee reds given, Persons ean also p a relmse from, Route from Philadelphia to Tyrone on the - Pennyylvania Central Railroad, and thenoe ° by Stage to the land. This is a delightful .aeaslin co visit St. Ma , y's—the best hotel etc eammodation is afforded. Enquire for E. C. Schultz, Lai., the Agent, fir the property at St. Mary's. Jitne 8, 1857. 3m rEattention of the LADIES is partien scly iaviteil to the large assortuirnt of plain and fancy Gaiters, latest style, just rexitent by B, in ; / (C. AugAintaugA. AtnoriTtOW. Those who are fond of music, s. .4artli Mid a large Assortment of, Violins, Aabareons. Flutes, Files, itc., ie. Cheap at SAMSON'S. 1:110. TLEMEN, do Ton want to select from a 111 terve and handsome variety of Cravats, Eitutids, Suspenders, fic. 3 If you dst ac.csil SCHICK S. YgYACT.—MONEY SAVED by baying r r k•er Haut, Capx. Boots sod Shoes at , 49ei,Aumgait Aughinbatiyh's. 1 1 ;littCOND arrival of Spring Grl4 this day $,O sit the Cheap Sture of FAILNESTOCKS% ILARGE,assortment of STRAW GOODS, jaist raueived, and fur sale at ~ , i3atarGiax k AUGUINHAVOLVS. /LP ONIFIER oft Cowan/swim- Lrs ' m►ktng soap—to be bed at FAHNESTOCK BEIAIHERS. UONNETS, llitthafts. Parasols ind Shawls 1•o•, hid very chttrat FAIN tsTOCK BROTHERS. ayio 941in.--Slic iti4Blii - iiata, ,i 4, 9 pAs7 • - 0.1. ptian, and for sale &sap. , triuktirtAil e AuCriliSkAUWe'S 44.4. pw .., 4-, -4 .- • ::---- -------• ----*- --:- -" IT ICORICLLAS, Pima' a*4 , Fano cap b e ' l'-1,..it. at SP torqr •• A DEMOCRATIC AND FAMILY JOURNAL. fti no. THE CHERRY TREE To Spring the good God epake, and said, "Go, for the worut.a table spread ;" And soon the oherry tree is feels, Covered with leaflets fresh and green. Within his shell the warm awakes, And quidk his winter ham forsakes, Stretches himself, and yawns, and tries To 'open wide his sleepy eyes. And thereupon, without a paste*, Upon the nearest leaf he gnaws. And says, "'Tis bard to get away, So tender are the leaves to-day." And yet again the good God said, '•Now fur the bees a tahle spread." At once the cherry tree is light With myriad Woven pure and white A little bee the Anquet spies At early morn and thither files, Thinking ••l now my thirst enn slake, And here my fragrant coffee take," Out of these cup. so clean and nice; Then puts his tongne in, in a trice, And sips and says, "How very sweet! Plenty of sugar here 1 weet.' To Summer next, the good God said, "Go, fur the birds a table spread," And now the cherry tree duth glow With ruddy fruit—a tempting slow. A sparrow lights upon the bough And oayo, "PI) eat ray &II here now "Twill make me rigorou, of wing And give me strength of voice to sing." Then to the Autumn, God did say, "They've had enough ; clear all sway." And chilling winds the brunches G.st, And fell the sharp and bitter frost. The leaves were changed to gold and red, Then fluttered dow 11NT rad, withered, dead— Till spoilt of all its foliage fair, • The cherry tree stood lune and bare. To Winter, then, the good God said, "O'er whit; is left s covering spread," Softly and fast the Snow flakes fall, And quietly settles over all. A Faithful Sentinel. A CURIOUS INCIDF,NT BY SYLVANL'S C')BB, .711. 4111 The French army lay encamped only wit a day's march h•orti Berlin. 'as on the 2:-Id of Oettiher.- - --The senti nels were doubled, and tfle strictest or ders given, for the Prus•ilan and Aus trian spies were plenty tok trouble some. At midnight !Pierre Sancoin was sta tioned at. 01104 the outposts. He was n ~tout, bold, shrewd man, and a good soldier. The colonel of his regiment was with the setrgeant on this bout, hav ing requested to he culled at mid night, that he might visit the out posts.. _ _ "Pierre," he said, after the man had been posted, " you must keep your eyoa open. Don't fit even a atrar horse go rout or come in without the pass. Do you understand ?" " Ay. filoli rolwiel. I shall be prompt." " The doge are all around us," pur sued the ottimr, " and you cannot be too careful. Don't trust men nor brutes without good proof." I "Never fear," was Pierre's an tower, as he brought his Srelock to 1, his shoulder and moved back a pace. 1 After this the guard moved on to the next post, and Pierre Sancoin was left alone. Pierre's post was one of the most im• portant in the camp; or rather, around it, and ho had been placed there -for that reason. The ground - over which he had to walk was a long knoll, bound ed at one end by a huge rock, and at the other sloping away into a narrow ravine in which was a copse of willows. Beyond this copse the ground was low and boggy, so that a man could not pass it. The rock was to the westward, and Pierre's walk was to its outer side. The night was quite dark, huge mas ses of clouds floating overhead, and shutting out the stars; and a sort of fog seemed to be rising also from the marsh. The wind moaned through the copse in the ravine, and the air was damp and chilly. With a slow and steady tread the soldier paced his ground, and ever and anon stopping to listen, at the willows in the ravine rat tied their leaves, or some nig,hthira started out with its quick flapping. An hour passed away, and the senti nel had seen nothing to excite his sus picions. He had stopped for a moment close by the rock, when he was startled by a quick, wild screech from the wood, and in a few minutes more a large bird flew over his head. "Part , leu . 1 " he uttered, after the nightbirl hud flown over; "could mor tal man have stopped that fellow from passing?" He satisfied himself that he had done nothing in suffering the bird to pass.— He had walked the length of his way two or three times, and was- just turning by the rock, when he was sure he saw a dark object just crossing the line to wards the copse. "Hold !" he cried, bringing the mus ket quick to his shoulder, "liold, or I lire." And with his piece at aim, he advanc ed towards the spot where the object had stopped ; but as he catne to within a few yards of it, iriitarted to more on again towards the camp. "'Diable !" cried Pierre, "move any further, and I fire What f Pardieu Le Prince 7 Ho, ho, why, Prince 1" The animal turned and made a mo tion as though he-would leap up on to the seatittere bosom, but the ,soldier us- , •; him ott GETTYSBURG, PENN'A.: MONDAY, JULY 6, 1857. " Bravo, Prince," Pierre cried, reach ing forth his hand and patting the head of the great shaggybeast, which had now set upon his haunches. Pierre recognised the intruder now as a great dog, of the breed of St. lier. nerd, which had been owned in the reg iment for over a year, and which had been saw missing for about a week. He had disappeared one night from the pickets, and sit search for kiln had been an* vaili ng. " Parbleu, mon grande Prince," Pierre uttered, as though the dog could under stand every word, ""the men will be hap py to see you. Where hare ye been so long f" The dog made no answer to this, save a low whine, and a familiar nodding of the head. "Now, mos ersi, yon just keep your sitting there till the guard comes, and then we'll go to camp together.—.liind that, will you?" And with these words, uttered with solemn emphasis, and due meaning, Pierre started on his bout again. He had got half way to the rock, when the idea of looking round struckjiim, and he did so. Le Prince was towards the camp again. "Ha! Prince, that wont do Stop ! Stop, or I'll shoot S Diable, the colonel was positive in his orders. I was to let nothing pass without the countersign. A dug is something. You Can't go, Prince, so no w lie down.—Do wn ! Down I say " With this the dog lay fiat down upon his belly, and stretched out hia fore pa ws. Pierre putted him upon the head again, and having duly urged upon him the neeegeiity of remaining where he was, he resumed his march once more. During the next fifteen minutes, the ar►imal lay perfectly quiet, and ever and anon the sentinel would speak to him by wity of being sociable. tint at length the dog made another attempt to go into catup. , Pierre had nearly r e aehed the rock, kvhen he heard the ►novement, and on turning he maid just see his nnetti,y (.otupattion making otr. " D;obie:" the honest fellow uttered, "I must obey orders. The colonel's word wns Blain. Here • Parblen 4 'tune here! Hose, Prince! Moo Dieu! yon must die Wyou don't." With a few quirk hounds the sol dier had got acar enough i the dog to fire, and as the latter stopped he stbpped. Mom cher an,i, you must stay with me. Here: Come hack: i must shoot if you don't. Bidders: wbut thing tit start the whole camp for, to shoot a ►log :" • lint by coaxing and threntenina, the I sentinel got the dog back to his post, (and there he made hint tie down once I more. and thus matters rested till !the tramp of the coming guard w•as heaid. u.kh, now. Prince, well be relieved," the soldier t4aid, stopping near the dog. You shall go and see your old friends." The tramping of the ootning guard drew near, and Pierre was prepar ing to hail them, when the dog Wok a ne►► start, and in a new direction, this time starting towards the comae. 4 , ltere, here, Prince I Partdeu, don't you run off again." Bat the fellow took no other notice of the MR than to quicken his speed. " Back Back Here "Grand Ditu."' This last exclama tion was forced from Pierre's lips, by seeing the clog leap to his hind legs and run thus! . 1n an instant the truth burst upon him. Quick as thought be clapped his gun to his shoulder and took aim.—He weld just distinguish the dim outlines now, and ho fired. There was a sharp cry, and then Pierre had to turn, for the guard were approach eat la 1" he cried. si Garde mouton& .f" was the answer. And A .,having obtained the countersign, he inflirmed the officer what had hap. paned. "A. dog?" cried the officer. " Prince, did you. say ?" " ie looked like Prince ; but, dialk, you should have seen him run citron his hind lege" " Eh? mud legs ?" "Yes." "Then come; show us where he vk sAP With this the officer of the mounting guard pulled hie lantern from his breast, and having removed the shade he started on. Pierre led the way to the copse. and there the dog was found, apparently in the last struggles of death. The officer stooped down and turned him orer. "Grasul Dies."' he cried, "what legs for *dog, eh ?" , And-no wonder he said so. The hind legs of the animal were booted, with eve ry appearance of the pedal extremities of the genus home, But all doubts were removed very quickly, for as the officer turned the body again, a deep groan came up, and the words, " God take me !" in the Pruisiun tongue, followed. "Diable: here's an adventure!" ut tered the officer, and he mud. Pierre hold the lantern while he ripped open enough of the dog's skin to find the face. Bat they concluded not to stop there to investigate, so they rcirtrietra litter by crossing their muskets, and having lifted the strange animal upon it they proeeeded•on their way. 1V hen they reached the camp, they found half the soldiers np waiting to find out why the n was tired. Lights were now brought, aad the body phoed upon the ground. The dog skin was removed, and within was found a Prussian droumer. He was a small Allow, though apparent/7' sop* "mom IS MIORTY, AND WILL PfItVAIL." twenty years of age, but he was dead, Pierre's ball having touched hil4 heart, or somewhere very near it. -His pock eta were overhauled, and in one of them was found a cypher, but no one oould make anything of it. The colonel took it, and directed that the body should be plated out of sight, for burial on the morrow. But this wan not the end. About four o'clock, just before daylight, anoth. er - gun was fired on the same post where Pierre had been, and this time a man was shot who was trying to make his escape from the cam". He was, shot through the head. 'SS hen the body was brought into camp, it was found to he that of a Bavarian trooper, who had been suspected of treachery, though no proof had ever been found against him. On his pow))) was found the key to the cypher, which had been taken from the person of the Prussian drummer; and now that the colonel bad them both, he could' translate the mystic scroll. It proved to be a direction to the Bavar ian to lay his plans for keeping as near to Napoleon's person as possible, after he should enter Berlin, and then wait fur further orders, The mystery was explained. The Bavarian had contrived to call the great dog away item the regiment and deliv ered hint up to the enemy, and his skin was to be made the cover for a spy to enter the camp under. And the spy wuuld have gut in, too, but for the spor tive order of the colonel, and the titithful obedience of Pierre San et)in. On the next day Pierre was promo ted to the rank of sergeant, and the emperor said to him as he bestowed the boon : "Jf yon only make as faithful an 0f1147 a-4 you hare proved yourself as a sentinel, I can ask no Inure " to fashionable circles are most remarka ble, he refuse 4 various Diners of intro duction. as silo did not wish to extend the number of hor acquaintances; "her friends were few and very select." The benutiful Miss Taylor, radiant with natured smiles, and onee'well aclinainted with Miss _Nissan when they went to the public school in William street together, noticed the' Aftuteur of her unc-ifa)t friend, who was determined not to recognize one who would only remind her of her former low state.— But Miss Taylor, the rogue, as clever us she was pretty, determined to bring her np with a short turn, and not eQD mit to being snubbed by one whose an cestral associations were no better than her own. Watching her chance when the haughty- young lady was in the midst of her se - t, Miss Taylor walked up and with smiles of winning Sweetness remarked : I have been thinking, my dear ?dim Maq,)n, that we ought to exchange nametg." 4 , Why, indeed?" " Because my name is Taylor, and my lather was a siasott, and your name is Mason, but your fattier wail a tailor." There was a scene ti n, but there was no help for it. The little Miss Taylor had the pleasure of saying a very cute thing, which was soon repeated in the ears °fa dozen circles, and the wits wished to see her, but the proud Miss 3iason bit her lips in silence. sa-Krautsalaat's wife has a' great fancy for country life, and insists on keeping a hen in the back. yard, as Hood says, "to furnish milk, butter and eggs," for the family. The other day she came to Krautsalaat in great trepi dation. "My dear," said she," the hen has commenced to set. I took the eggs array frum her, and she is setting now in tone corner of the coal-bin, on an old axii-head !" "Well, my dear," respond ed Krautsalaat, in his subdued bilious way, "if the hen is setting upon an old axe-head, it seems quite likely she may hatch it." liirThe editor of an exchange paper publishes a punning "market report," in which he states that " tin plates are flat, lead heavy, iron dull, rakes not much inquired after, champagne brisk, rhubard and senna are drugs, starch is stiffening, eggs lively, butter and lard rather strong, and paper is stationary. There is no life in dead hop, but consid erable animation in old cheese." ter young lady ut a ball was ask ed by u lover ut' serious poetry whether !she had hieeu " Crabbe's Tales?" "Why, no," she answered, "I didn't know that crabs had tails." " I hog your pardon, Mies," said be; "I mean, have you rea Crabbe's Tates ?" " And I assure you, sir, I did not know that red crabs, or any other, had A Queer Deehlion.—ln Marion county, Ohio, u few days ago, a man sued anoth er for the rent of a house. On the trial evidence was adduced that the house was haunted, and the Jury decided that the defendant should be paid $l5 as dam ages, instead of paying rent. The ntirerse. —Suppose the earth to be a ball of one foot in diameter. On that male of proportion the run would be one htradred feet hi diameter, and the moon three inches. The sun would be two miles from us, the moon thirty feet—Jupiter ten 'fillies from the sun, and 'Herschel forty. The highest tacian taitur on the face of the earth would be ono-eighteenth or en inch in ,height. Man woulo be an imperceptible 116t011. The witty editor of the New York Transcript—a spirited daily--gives the following amusing sketch of a scene in an auction room in that city. Lately dropping in at a hook auction, thera happened to be a man who annoy ed the company and the auctioneer with a cigar. The book had gone up to twenty-seven . oents and a half, and „the auctioneer dwelling upon it, cried "And a half, and a half"-t—when smelling the annoyance, he shonted out, ".I)—n your agar—and *lief, And a half, - And a half—twenty-seven and a half—thir ty. thirty-two and a half, and a half— kick oat the man with a cigar, and a half, and a half—going, going, Ping— thirty-tive,thirty-tive—thirty-seven and a half, and a half--curse that cigar smoke--and a half, I'd rather have the devil about me--And a half, and a half, and a half—it gives me the phthisic— and a half, and a half—going, going— forty, forty cents--forty•two and a half 7—who's putting brimstone on the stove? —and a half, and a half, and a half—l wish I had hold of that boy—and a half, and a half,—l'd choke the rascal—and a half, and a half—going, going, going, going—who says forty-tive—a treatise on the tooth ache, gentlemen—who'll give fifty cents for the tooth ache, and a half, ands half, forty-seven and a half —look at that boy, and a half, and a half, and a half—pocketing one of those penknives, and a half, and a half, fltt3• and a half--fifty two and a halt=-kirk all the boys out of_ the room—and a halt', and a half—kick 'em out; I say, and a half, and a half—going, going, going, gone." Jurenik Wit.—An old physician was declaring in our hearing the other clay, upon the propensity which-the majori ty of people displayed in eating unripe fruit and vegetables. SAO he: there's not a vegetable griming in our gardens that is not best when atyed at matur ity, and most of them are positively in jurious unless fully ripe, know of one thirig that ain't so good when its ripe as when it is green," interrupted a little hoy, in a very confidential but modest manner. Artstoorsay. )se father is an en ippenrect in royal miters in- ‘, What's that ?" sharply 'said the physician, vexed at having nis principle disputed by a mere boy. "'A cucumber I" responded the lad. The doctor winked at. us with both eyes, but said nothing. wir" Yon and I are much alike," said' the beggar to the banker. "Bow so?" We both contrive to live on the la bor of others." ." But I earn? on lawful busk nem for a liviug, 7 ' said the banker. So do I," said the beggar; "but there is this cfifferenee; I get the proper. ty of others with their eonsentr.—you get their property without their eon. bar" Charley," said• a father to his son, while they, were Working at a saw mill, "what possesses you to associate with such girls as you do r Whett I was of your ago.' txxild go with the first cut." "The first ent," said the son as he as sisted the old man in rolling over a log, "is always a slab." , ifirAn examin,ge says that is New Orleans it requires three persons to start a business firm, one to die with yel low fever, one to get killed in a duel, and a third to wind - up the business. siii-In as tenons book on the Round Towers of Ireland, the origin of the term Yankee Doodle was traced to the Persian phrase " Yankee Dooniali," or inhabi tants of the New World. Layard in his book on Nineveh and its remains, also mentions Yangisi damia as the Persian name pf America. 80-The teetroit;Miehigan, Free Press says that a train, consisting oflo2 bng freight ears, in which were over lOW head of cattle and a large number of hogs, was brought...carer the Michigau Central Railroad, a few days ago. isp-Riteben girls are now termed "young ladies of the lower parlor."— People who go about grinding knives, scissors and more, are termed "gentle men of the revolution." Folks who dig clams are termed "profound investiga tors." tirThe Philadelphia Ledger says : The signs pointun m tstakably to African commerce as an object for which nations will peaceably contend, immense steam ers be built, cumpanies formed, aud thousands realize cotossal fortunes. Toni, you seem to rain Ile:th every day—the grocery liminess must agree with you. What did you weigh last?" " Weil, Simon, I really fbrget now; but is strikes me it 11,-as u pound of butter." sarA single man, advertising for em ployment, a maiden turfy wrote to inform him that if he coutttfind nothing better to do, he might come and marry her.— lie did so, and touched SXI,OOO. /-The Iron Horse now pursues his way without stop or hindrance •on a direct line from Bangor, Maine, to JAW son City, Missouri, a distance of as little over seventeen hundred usiless--half as far as to London, in three days ! Si poplar writer, *peaking of the proppsei meanie telegraph, wonders whether the news traastnift.ed throligh salt water would be trash. Mir The AtisethrOceso is estimated as three miles, soli the Pticitle its !bur miles dee . . Scene in an Auction Boom. Sam Wok on the Hares. A man who don't love a boss is no man' at all. I don't think ho can be re ligion*. A hone 'Makes a man bantams and tender heartekteaChes him to feel for others, to share his food, and to 'be unselfish; toanticipate wan ta:and supply them, to be gentle and patient. Then the horse improves him otherwise. Ho makes him rise early, attend to meal hours, and be cleanly. lie softens and Improves the heart. Who is there that ever went into a stable of a morning, and his crittur whinuered to him and played his ears back and thrward, and turned his head affectionately to him, and lifted his fore feet, and moved.his tail, and tried all he could to expresa his delight, and say, "Morning to you, master;" and when he went up to the manger and patted his neck, and the loving crittur rubbed his head against him in return, that didn't think within himself, well after all, the host; is a no ble crittur? Is it nothin' to make a man love at all ? How many fellars get more kicks than coppers in their life—have no home, nobody to love, in whoae breast all the affections are pent up, until they get unwholesome and want ventilation? Is it nothin' to such an unfortunate erittur to he made a stable help? Why, it elevates- him t 9 the scale of humanity.. He discovers at lust that he has a head to think and a heart to feel. He is a new man.— Flosses wasn't given ns to ride steeple chases or run races, or brutity a man, but to add new powers, and lend new speed to him. lie was destined for nobler uses. How Ale Strengthens a Men. "A student of one of our Stute col leges bad a barrel of ale , deposited In his room—contrary; of course, to rule and usage. He received a summons to ap pear before the President, who said, 'Sir, I sin informed that you have a barrel of ale in your room.' Yes. sir." Well, what explanation can you make r. 4 " Why, the fact is, sir, my physician advisee me to try a little each day as a tonic, and not wishing to stop at the various places where the beverage is re tailed, I concluded to have a barrel ta ken to my room.' " , Indeed. And have you derived any benefit from the use of it r " 1 Ab, ycs, sir. When the barret was first taken to my room, two days si I could scarcely lift it; now I Mil car ry it with the greatest ease.' W,ti believe the witty student was discharged without special reprimand." lataghtation Duriag Sleep.---,Sir Benja man Brodie reasons thus: In sleep there is an absenee of volition. It it be not wholly suSpended, it is bemuse the sleep is imperfeß, The phantoms of the im agination ark never stationary. They succeed each other with such rapidity \ tc that they canno be made the subject of contemplation: a d very often there is no connection (the is, none that we can trace,) between that which comes first and that which follows. That there are really certain laws, which re Mate their production, I do not doubt, as re% there are laws whichregul ate all the phenovena; but white re these laws may be, we know little an generally nothing of them." . A Fitting liontootost to Fro ht.— The tomb of Franklin-4f a phu flag stone even with the earth cam be so \ Li ed—is concealed from public view b a venerable brick wall at the corner of Fifth and, Arch streets, Philadel phis. The remalbs of the lightning philosopher are 'deposited there, in the old burial ground betionging to Christ Church. An appro . prisite monument has been aecidentay i . reared above them, in the shape of a telegraph post, and the lightning is at constant play over, if not under, the eye of the man who first chained it to the earth. Errors.—The little that I have seen of the world and known of the history of mankind teaches me to look upon the errors of others in t! wrow, and not in anger. When I take a history of one pour lwart Oast has sinned and suffered, and reprosenied to myself thestruggles and temptatibns it passed through; the brief pulsations of joy, the feverish in quietude of hope and tear, the tears of regret, the feebleness of purpose, the pressure of want, the desertion of friends, the scorn of the world, that has little charity, the desolation of the soul's sanctuary, and the threatening voice within ; health gone; I would fain have the erring soul of my fellow man with Ititn from whose Lind it came.—Long- coantrynnin passing over a rail road in Northern New York, which is proverbially blow, asked u cooductor why a cowcatcher was attached to the rear ear instead of the usual place; was informed by that officer that it was '• in order to prevent cows on the road run ning into the tntin." 11a - A DR. JACKSON, at the Syracuse Dress Reform Convention, in thvor of short petticoats, told the audience that be had seen fifteen hundred women take of the long skirts and pat on ,the short skirts." Soott has boed called to Washington by ale President to perfect arrange►nents for the dispatch of troops to Utah. p-it is uow thought probable that the mammoth steamship Great &Wert' will 'make her lira voyage trot Londou to New York. alirA faithful ' . *II medicine of lire. TWO DOLLARS A-ITARi Intar#. 411 Railroad Bortds.—lt. Ap- • peace.. iltli-hoth the city of Pittsbrf, and the county of Allnglieny, in wh Pittsburg is situated, toe° issued be ds to severe{ railroad companies; three of which, the Pittsburg and Steal:o44lga the Allegheny Valley and the Char tier's Valley roads have failed to - to the city and county•the interest [AV ening on the said bonds; and it, beeemes the duty of the city and county to maata the interest by , inereaaed taxation; !. The amount of bonda-isawsi byr_Pitts. burg to the three defaulting roads nam ed is 111,100,000, and by Allegheny county 11,400,000—in all $2,500,000. ' The authorities of Pittsburg pretend that the city cannot pay without legit& lative eid—for that the city charter pro hibits an increase of the present rate of , the city tax, and - also prohibit. a fur ther increase of the funded debt—so that the city can neither raise the mon , • cy from taxetiop nor borrow the mai , • site amount to pay. On Friday a meet ing of the holders of the bonds of Pitto-,, burg was held in Philadelphia, and a committee appointed to draft an addreii to the authorities of the city of Pittset burg, urging them, by every nteatot r to. r adopt measures to ensure the promp t payment of the interest on the ixmds, l , as dme alike to her own credit and ttie rights of those who have confided in heid good faith. It is suggested, very prop erly, that Pittsburg can get over hoe , alleged difficulty of a want of power to , tax by augmenting the assessment, the real value of property there being much greater than the present rates of amilelp ment. 'This she can do if she will. ; With regard to Allegheny conhtY, [there is no pretence of legal &Mettler or of inability to pay, and the county commissioners have assessed according, ly. But there are short-sighted peoplq there as there have been elsewhere in , times of difficulty, who advocate the . ' odious doctrine of re_pudiationlon pretence or other.- There is thus muck . discussion on the subject. Salßuy Built...caul Bonds at holm; t where yon know them to be safe, is gut', advice to all who have money to Invest. —and those of the Gettysburg Railromii Company afford a first-rate Opportninityk: Charles Fenno Hoffman, the Insane Poet.—The editor of the Plitsbnigm Journal, in a recent letter from Harris:l burg, Pa., where he visited the Amply", Insane, thus speaks of one whp,wmt i the prince of American song Writeis T Charles-Penno llofiran ' . ' • ' ilHis disease is of a peoullir and Dr. Corwin tells me,preseutta thel only instance he ever met with otAughe lt eination office sesses--tooch, tastea/04 smell and hearing. The most dish ing indicatios of this &tease are OW" ited In his fancies that sotnehod, 1 11(1 touching, or pressing # or pinching kiwi or that he sees persons and 0 1 4,4117 which troible and disturb him. " A trace of theaberratloh *u ent in his reminding me that our 'Usti meeting was Many more than. sipsen years ago, and with a sudden turn,:ftir getting the lapse of tiine, to . mitVe`tV polite inquiry a ft er a yotmg lady's& ealit i • as if be had parted with her but yeatetri4 day. The casual visitor will fail lo de T , wet traces of insanity in Mr. lioffiur f. bat will ordinarily be pleasantlyiinpros sed by his elaGorate politeneitrlind' courtly demeanor. His intervals of Totho feet tranquility ate ram, bat he is rarely!. mach exalted, awl never riob)nt. I heer s ,.. with much regret, that there is aimptst, no hope of any permanent improvetnen't" in the ease of Mr. Hoffman, and dill oar oar best expectations for him um math( pa b igher than that he may long sursirnd lekthed in pleasant delusion, of the l memory, to do the honors of the hons 4;, - and sadly to rem - nd the visitor, that be.' twee\s the towering intellect and Inadni-1 ty the te is but a thin partition, wlgehM breath May abrade, or a blow destroy,. and brealt-sdown,foreeer." A Pocket Knife Swallowed by a Chffd.• —ln the family of Mr. John Hill, -oG Shcrwhegan, Some weeks since, twA, bladed knife was missed, and no o could imagine its whereabouts. the members of the family being in their usual health, no one was suspooted pf having "eaten a jack knife." Latit week, a little child, a little more then a' year old, pawed the veritable knife,l minus the bone handle, which had Wow digested. What is most siuguL3,ri the child retained its general bt*th, as, without any apparent incotiveniet}ol. passed the k nife through all its inteati* passages with rivets bare and projeetkrg.{ We have seen the knife and can assure oar readers that we have • - tho, be,a4 vouchers for this "jack knife istory.. h , r7 t Showhegam Telegraph. Fanning round Norfolk i 8 Utter fktO Digging Gold in California.—The,Ndri . folk Argus contains certain farts Viriciti fatly establish this remark. On a farm of 100 acres Hr. Richard Cox nettell the sum of $10,534 50 in Iss.' "Ott another farm of 100 acres he nettedithe same year $7,252 81 , ---01e - cliffereneether ing caused by a mor - expensive oxAbw than on the other On another f.armof 25 acres he net ed $4,218 I. OVA farm of 20 acres, - Nertibr Joins, they netted lassyear t ' , la those results there is no **aim coarse the prime of lane! tteikr,N.o4o4 Have enormously advanced in the ust few years. Ali this presperitY'ii•We result of the establishment of ereingile tine of steamers , betweeevineheeostsi, Norfolk, and New YottoinAtto ikw- ± ditilealt, a matter* ; folk merchants to take a &him) of stock.—RicAs • 7 air/Adam and prat*ati"-Mit, from tha great emir-40e a indolence. " i•ltte ht. Ii E MO IMEI ES NO. 4L"
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