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. "
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