oc.,)' - t - '4.t.., -- 1 . ...ctitb...- . .fiti)..ii',.b.lknlt . tittititeri. ED. A.' D'y':ly.;:t, EDI rou AND PRO pitlETon V 0 L. ATTEND TO YOUR IiNTEIIEST!; Kindness and "good will to man" should -- ; fly M %Mt. 1104 E IU. he an active characteristic of every mind. A t'hance tin. Housekeepers I IDo von remember childhood's days, when merrily The individual who lives exclusively for -- i we played i • self interest, is but a rough and uncomely I - INTEND to sell my entire stock of B eneat h t h e „„,ing. willow tree, or on the mus4v !ink in the chain (If civilized society. We _ 1 New Furniture on handglade, at my Cabi- , glade, should ever he willing to extend to others 1 net-ware Room in Chanthershurtr street Where ran a dear melodious stream through beds t h e same 0 ~ 1 privileges and blessings, which Gettysburg . , on , .01' t.m.4led Itouers ! we ourselves would wish to enjoy. Be- Oh, those were bright and happy (It) 4, and joyous Saturday /he 1 3th day of ..Worch next. hearts were ours! nevolence seeks to alleviate the pan , of The stock is very large, made or the best suffering humanity—to comfort the afflict - materials and by good workmen, and after And then the deep and silent uoods, %%here we ed. and to lighten the burdens of a friend, the most fashionable styles, so that House- . were wont to stray when it is too cumbrous for'llim to bear. To gather nutti, or forest flowers to weave in ,ar keepers and others desiring . Co procure good .gi t 1 rule i c ~ " tar- s"olI• I" c( inpr oiends the law lan& gay, and handsome new or sit beneath some spreading tree, l‘itliotit one ' of benevolence, and not only is it our prt . FURNITURE) thought of care, And tell a merry tale, or build our castles in the uir. bill it 1. s o assist others in their necessity, . our imperious duty - . Let this at low rates, will find it to their interest to I Bow rapidly our fancies mimed, with stilt, in,- principle actuate you, in all your relations attend. There will be sold, among other „,,,,.4,d f li g h t, with the world in life, and your actions things, 19 Tin we con lit see the future shine in clear, n u _ shall be approved by your own conseirner clouded night. f and by your - God. Remember, that if Malmanv Front Bureaus. (►h, we had glimpses then of bliss—of hours °Hove you would be respected, and bt•loved by 1 Mahogany Dressing Bureau, 1 Mahoga- and J°)'— your S friends, and the world at large, the ••• • • • ny (..t I•etai ), 1 Maple Bureaus, 1 c her. A pure and perfeet happiness, without one base f alloy. inestimable gem of benevolence must he 1 ry do., 3 Corner Cupboards, 8 Dining Ta- ' kept bright by active exercise. I tiles, 7 BreaLl'ast do., 18 French Bed- , They told ut those were visions %ail', fur earth , . steads, 13 hall do., 2\ V orkstandq, togetn- was full of woe. ' It is strange—perhaps the strangest of er with Candle t•itands, I/out-11-trays, and That pangs of grief and hope deferred lon soon our all the mind's ihtneacies—the suOtlen, the hearts should know— Chests, with :t variety of other articles too . instantaneous manlier in which memory. I,nd that fife 's path was full of snares, as thorns numerous to specify. Also, at the smne I are on the rose— bv a single signal, casts wide the doors or time and place, will be sold 13 dozen Cool- We deemed it but al l idle tal e , a nd wearied f o r it; one of those dark storehouses in wllich (lose. long passed events have been shut up for Years. That signal, be it a look, a tone, Perhaps we raised our hopes too high—perhaps an odor, a si ole sentence, is the (Nihilistic their words were truth, l 4. And it was only right to dim those brilliant dreams word of the Arabian tale, at the potent of youth; illogic of which the door opens of the cave )•et, still I sometimes think that earth might be a of the robber. Forgetfulness is east swi ll ippy spot, dimly wide, and all the treasures that it But that too oft aye own dad; //fought:, mike gine in) dap; our lot : had concealed divlayed. r port the me. memory of the traveller rushes up the vi- Tilsit Ile, who gate us joyful hopes S\ hen fits/ He sions of Inn youthful days ; the sports oh placed us here, boyhood, the transient cares, the quarrels not to make our uper life a pathway dark so o n f orgot t en, t h e pa i ns wittell passed a. - iitufdrear. way like summer clouds; the ure, sweet l know that life has many cares, that clouds wi I . p. Joys of youth,. and inuoct•nce, and igno sometime.; come, lint lie is light, and will not spread imprnelnibli• ranee of ill gloom CIIAIIts, 4 dozen Fancy do., 6 flocking ('hairs, 2 late Arm do., Five Settees, together with a variety of small Chairs intended for chil dren. 11j - 7'S:de to commence at 10' o'- clock, A. M. Terms—All purchases un der $5 to be paid in Cash ; on till above $5 a credit of 9 months will be given. DAVID 11L1( Celt!, sburg, I•'cb. 19, 1817. t. POCEET-13001E. LOST Y. .117 AS , 1.051', on Wednesday , last, (I.eb. 1817,) a Dark Green: Pocket-hook, containing two 'ss and one . $1 think Notes, (banks not recollected.) There were also in said Pocket-Book sev eral papers which are ithpornint. Iti - rAny person finding said Pocket book and contents, will be liberally reward ed by leaving the same with H. .1. Scum :silt or the Editor of the "Star.'' B. Feb. 12, 1817-3 t A' TICE S hereby given to Cxsemt llvEns, that lie is entitled, under the %%ill of his Un cle John 'titter, late of Adams county, Pa. &ceased, to a legacy' or two hundred dol lars, and that the same is in the hands of lie undersigned, Executor and general le ga•ee of said deceased, who resides near Ciett:sburg in said countv, ready to be paid on demand and the proper acquittance being tendered to him by the said Casper 'yers, whose resithince Is unknown to the undersigned. Any person knowing the present residence of said Casper My ers, will confer a favor on the subscriber by informing him thereof by letter directed to the k:ettysburg Post Office. Feb. 12 Collateral Inheritance Tax. MOUNT of Collateral Tax received f by Ronnwr Cout:As, Register of the County of Adams, during the year 1816, viz :--- From the 11-hate of John Ritter, E.lOO pi" Po. do. Jacob Ilaver.tiek, „41" - ''.2:•i 150. do. Stephen Weible, ,Z - 25 30 , Do. do. Dewy Ecken rode( t 29 71 Do. • do. Sat ah Sox, 7 50 tH -Deduct Reg i,ter's per cent': .10 ,Due Commonwealth: . X l9, —,tdersW JS undersigned, Auditor, appointed bv the Court of Common Pleas of Adams county,-tinder the proisions of the 10th Sec4i6n of the Act, entitled "A Supplement Ih l e Act relating to defaulting County I , l,ers '' cmyrirtEs, that the a : 'hove is a correct and true statement of the amount of Collateral Tax received by the County Register, as appears by his books, and that he lies rendered the proper evi ,;es of its payment into the State Tree ,sury: E. W. STAlLLE,..duditor. Feb. 5, 1848 4t etetz - vin. g y l v w z cw,..z wwiwwwwg w ruin: subscriber will keep constantly _I on hand a.supply of the Best :Freshest Oysters the market can afford—which he will serve up to his customers in the best style, tither roasted, stewed, or fried. ta.°lle has an apartment fitted up for the accommodation of LADIES, who may feel a desire to partake of Oysters—to whom every attention will be paid. <7- FAMILIES-can be accommodated with Oysters . by the gallon, quart 'Or' pint, -7,;,,the shortest notice and most favorable pions. JACOB KUHN. 'r- Dec. 4, 18.16.7,ti NOTICE:. ETTERS Testamentary on the Es laie of EVE DEARDORFF, late of Ham ilton township, deceased, having been grant ed to. the subscriber, residing in Stralian township, Adams county, heicreby gives notice to all 'who are indebted to said Es tate to call and pay the same without de lay, and those having claims are desired to present the same, properly authenticated, for settlement. SIIIIIEL RE . ARDORFF, Ev'r. Feb 5, 1817. , - lit GEORGE CULP s'2lt :19 111 ali „S•loi) 'd 01;31 CHILDHOOD. It is I envs•se that gives to life its deepest, deadliest A conscience ill at rase alone despair can ever bring. Then let it be our constant prayer that we may never ,kuow 'rile venom of unpardoned sin—the darkest earthly EVART OF L'ILIFS3 WORDS ! Beware, beware of careless words, They have a tiarful power. And jar upon the spirit's chords Through many a weary hour. Though not designed to give us pain— Though but at random spoken. Remembrance brings them back again, The Pmt's most bitter token. They haunt US IhrOUglt the tOlhOUle day, Allll through the lonely night, And rise to 'loud the spirit's ray, When all beside is bright. Though from the mind, and with the Ireath Which gave them. they haße flown./ 'Vet WOMl‘vood, gall, and even deathi-' May dwell in every tone. • And horning tears can well attest, A sentence lightly framed, :My finger, eankering-in the I)reast At which it tirst . „ll'll,4 Ulllll4l. Oh, could im_itraver indeed be heard— Might past live o'er, ,I'd guard - against a cureless word, E'en though I spoke no more. 711017 TIE 'TAYLOR TRATED HIS CUSTOMER • The fierce A minutia tore his"clothes In boldly scampering from his fims, And swore the Yankee Taylor should Be hound to make the tatters good Old Zack despatched a flag to say Ile'd mend them all another day, Or if that didn't meet his view, • • Would even dress him o'er anew. And well the Taylor kept his word, As all his customers have heard ; For if, half-dress'd, at Palo Alt The chief ran off—was Zack in fault 1 Ile wryly basted hint that day, And sewed hint tip at Monterey. Intemperance has been of the , noblest men and has hue lons of our race ! It has hlaste, rightest hopes—sundered the de: !s---atid Whatever may be the custo m s a n d la w s severed the closest relatioi It has of a country, the women of it decide t hedestroyed the peace and I of na , morals. Free or subjugated, they rein, ' lions—of cities—of neigh and of because they hold possession of our minds. individuals ! It has check, , rog - ress But their influence is more or less salute-, of liberty—retarded the of mrso of ry, according to the degree of esteem which virtue, and has been the • laude in is granted them. Whether they are our ' t h e way of our holy religii las bro idols or companions, or equals, or slaves, or ken the heart of theyc, loving beasts of burden, the reaction is complete, ! wife—made widows and..i,0r t ,.,..15, and and they make us such as they are them- ! cau.ed.many a mottifiii• tofweep " . ver the selves. It seems as if nature connected . premature g rave': of her-only son ': It is our intelligence with their dignity, as wn: the source of crime'-the origin of ‘ fsery connect happiness with their virtue. I —the cause 4if disease ! It has rui 4 the This, therefore, is a law of eternal jus- : Merchant-41te lawyer—the physiciff . oa4d Lice ; man cannot degrade woman without . the. mechanic ! It is the destroy : ex of himself falling into degradation; he cannot . health and strength, of peace--.-of happi raise them without becoming better. Let . „„ s — o r feeling, and intellectof , body us cast our eyes over the globe, and ob- ' and soul ! serve those two great divisions of the hu- WRITE IT IN GOLIL—The great c hensive truths, says President,: written in letters of living light-* e ry page of our history, aro these: ? -Het an happiness has no perfect security but ree ,dom ; freedom none but - virtue ; irtuc none but knowledge ; and neitheo nor virtue, has any vigor or immortal hope, Suppose a man drinks four glasses of except i n t h e principles of the 'Christian liquor a day, at five cents a glass,— in a faith, acid in the sanctions of the Christian week he spends one dollar and forty cents, religion and in a year, seventy-two dollars and eighty cents. This-will buy the folloW ing articles : Four barrels of flour 7 Four pairs of boots, • Forty pounds of butter , A hundred pounds of beef, A new satin vest, A bonnet for • Bahr-plunv and cakf fur children, man race, the east• and west. One-half of the ancient world remains without pro gress, without thought, and under the load of a barbarous civilization ; women> there are slaves. The other half zujyanees to wards freedom and light ; the womenhere are loved and honored. GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, 'FEBRUARY 26, 1847. HoW sweet is thereinemlwance of a kind act. As we rest (in our pillows, or,rise in the morning it gives us delight. We have performed a good deed to a . poor man ; we have made the widows' hcart rejoice ; we have dried the orphans'tears. Sweet, 0, how sweet the thought ! There is a luxury in remembering a kind act. A storm careers above our heads; all is as black as midnight ; but the etinshine is in our bosoms ; the warmth is felt there.— The kind act rejoiceth the-heart and , giveth delight inexpressible. Who will not be kind Who will wit do good t Who will not visit tho s e who are afflicted in body and mind To spend an hour a mong the, poor and distressed, • i Is worth :t thous:lld pak:sed 111 pomp and preseitt to the List. lIEGINstNns.-1 have seen the little - pearls of a spring sweat through the bot tom of a bank, and penetrate the stubborn pavement, till it hath made it lit for the impression of a child's loot; and it was dispersed, like the descending dews of a misty morning, till it had opened its way, and made a stream large enough to earn 'away the ruins of the undermined strand, and to invade the neighboring gardens : but then the despised drops were grown into an arti fi cial river, and an intol erable mischief. So are the first entrances of stopped with the antidotes of a hearty ' prayer, and checked into sobriety by the eve of a reverend man, or the counsels of a single sermon: but when such beginnings . arc neglected, and our religion hash not in it so much philosophy, 25 to think any thing evil so long as we can endure it, they grow up to ulcers and pestilential evils; they destroy the soul by their abode, which at their first entry might have been killed by the pressure of a litfte linger. Jerenet Taylor, (l'ankre pontlk PRESENCE OF MlND.—Late foreign jour nals state that the valet of the Archbishop of Vienna went mad recently, and rush ed into.his master's room with a razor de-1 Oaring that Jesus Christ had ordered him ' to cut the Archbishop's throat. The arch bishop desired the man to pray before ho executed 'his command. The servant cum __ plied, when the archbishop slipped from :;7•1 so the room and the madman was secured. I $24 00 - 1 15 Ou f 10 00 4 00 1 5 00 5 00 $1 80 "FEARLESS AND FREE.'' THE BITER 131 T.—A few ins nths ago, ; PRINCE Munier.—The Boston Post has I A Scent for those who are in favor rf ' I while the Dean of Guild's officers were a lON letter front Tallaliasse, Florida, in , Capital Punishment to read.-Bir, in rend making their rounds in the butter market, which occurs the following notice ora nat- , i ng the narative of eircumstancial eviden to ascertain, so far, whether all the rolls uralized citizen whose name, when borne I ces in your paper, I was forcibly reminded contained the necessary number of ounces, by his father, made some noise in the' of a case which came tinder my personal a female vender espied their progress at ' world: I notice many years since. A schooner . sonic little distance; and, conscious that ' Among the prominent citizens of Flori-; sailed from New York for Charlestown, , all was not right, and threading exposure da we find a live prince; the son of Mural, S. C., with some 18 or 20 passengers,— from the hawks abroad, she very dexter- king of Naples. Prince Achille Murat is On the voyage some hashed meat was sery-,/ misty thrust-a half crown piece into the a singular genius. Inheriting all his lath- ed for dinner, and while eating it, several ! end of a light pound, and skinned the o- er's courage. but little of his chivalric love of-the passengers became sick, and it teas pelting so neatly over that not the.slightest ,of glory, he has settled down on a planta- suspected poison was the eaustV The cicatrice remained. In a brief space the ' tion, the quiet citizen and spectator of the cook, a black man, was suseee,A, and af inspector reached die spot, when the doc 7 affairs of the world. Various anecdotes ter c h arg ing hint with the dydd, which he tored roll was the first presented, and on . are related of him. The prince once fought denied, the captain askedliim to eat the finding it good weight if not a little more, , a duel. lie came on the ground with his meat, which he declined. Some one or I lie nodded approbation, and immediately ' surg eon and took his station, smoking a se i I two of the - passengers died. 1V hen the passed on to another basket. What the I gar. Ile quietly pulled, and when the vessel arrived _at' Charlestown, the cook wile thought of her slight-of-hand 'terror- ' word was given he fired. The unfortu- was arrested-find held for trial. trance tt' t: do not know ; but possibly, nate Floridian, his antagonist, was shot The mate of the vessel was not to be '. enough, "Ilow neatly have I done hint 1" and fell. Murat's surgeon, s ee in g his cm- found -andno one knew him or where he was the uppermost thought iii her mind at plover bolt upright ran to assist the fallen. hall gone. The cook was brought to trial. the moment. But there is much between The prince, who had a little finger cut i A New England lawyer defended him. I the cup and the lip, end occasional instan. ' nearly o n' by th e other' s ball, called to his'iwas present at the trial, and all the evidence which ces in hich punishment overtakes delin- surgeon—" What for you go there ! -Sec against him was the fact that lie refused to quencies with nearly all the speed of the you, doetair," holdin g up his fingerdang-, cat the poisoned :neat. All the eloquence - magnetic telegraph. A soldier who hap- ling by a hit of skin, "1 want you cut my of his young attorney could not save him. ' petted to be kitinging in the-Now Market finger oft Let him. poor . devil, go. He ;He was found guilty and sentenced to be Gallery, had seen the hall-crown producer) got what lie come fer. ~I ' pay yon von i hung. I visited him in prision, and heard and its temporary destination, and, inane- hundred doll air to come"' here and enthullet ; him many times assert his innocence. He diately stepping -tip,-he lifted up the identi- out of my body if that rascal shoot him „ in. I was allowed a minister of the Gospel to • cal roll; - inquired the price, and tabled the Let him pay ler - his own carving. 11' lief to visit him to whom he asserted his info money. "0 r said the render, "but not satisfied, '1 give him another ball just , sense in language so convincing that on wait a wee till I Pielt you a nicer ate,” and so soon, as-you eau cut my finger ME '.-1 the .scaffold he stated his firm belief that with that commenced fisselling over the But outrbal! did satisfy his antagonist and' lie was innocent. I saw him hung, and 1 w hole wares. "No, no," said the recruit- they retired. th:e last words he uttered, Ishall never for- ing corporal; "Pm perfeetly.satisfied with The prince is fond or I hunting, and he get. . the one Pie got;" and then looking hard goes in for the profits of' the field and moor. 1 "I die an in nocent man," said he in a at the woman, without stating what he had Nothing that swims the water, flies the air, , solemn and convincing tone, that seemed Witnessed, added, drily, "Good day, bin- crawls or walks the earth, but that he has to carry conviction through the spectators, Me, and thanks, forbye, for the cheapest . served up on his table. Alligator steak, of his innocence, but nothing could save . pund o' butter in a' the market."—Th/m 7 frog's shins, boiled owls and roas.ted crows him. • ,Many years past, and this scene, fries 'Courier. , arc found palatable; but there is one ani- I buried in the thoughts of those who ti-it ' mal that the prince don't like. The buz- I tressed it, but I could never forget it. We The subjoined epigram, front the New . , zard is one too many for him. ."I tried ' all remember the pirates who. were hung I York Kniekerbocker, will perchance oe hint fried; J try him roasted ; I try ben lin this city some years ago. One of them regarded by some as emanating, from a , stewed, and I make soup of him, but the! was Gibbs who confesSed the he was mate regarded or the world ; while oth- ! • . • . buzzard is not Boot. I have Ito prejudice l of that schooner, put arsnic in that mince nras o :f— a different experience tray say to it !' against him, but I cookb l ur every way, .I meat, and fled on the arrival rival of that vessel i and then.Lno like him." Buzzard- soup ! '.'. at- Charleston. This is no fiction, 'out a To Tim MAY Ilr_TitE WG111.11.-+.IN EPIGRAM. . think of that! It takes a Frenchman to de-: melancholy fact—and witnessed by. the • It VIM :VP wkg, just Me your friend, cclope the resources of a new country. ! I writer; and this is one of the malty install- Like a cog u•, I S:Ay i . Suck him as Tong us you cart a draw ; . A. SINOUIAR FACT.—A, clergyman in ees of legal murden•--the result of circum- Tiler, throw the wretch way! : Linconshire, in the course of his sermon, I stantial evidence.—Boston Whig. of . Sunday afternoon, took occasion to ex- Would You be happy 1 Put a six-pence Plain a. test of Scripture which bore upon in the orphan's hand. Would you be be-- the subject, and, after giving his interpre loved 1 Visit the fatherless. NVould you . tatmn or its meaning, lie said he wished, be respected 1 Be upright in your deal- ' however, to state to his hearers that com ings. Would you be honored'? Be meek , peace menet tors did not agree with him, but and humble. 'Would you die at . neverth eless lie was Confident he was with the world ? Love your neighbors as right. The next morning, whilst at break yourself. Would you secure Ifeavon t— • . . ; fast with his wife and family, he was stir 'Live a Christian life. . prised to see from his w indow a very wor- Complaisance pleases all, prejudices thy small farmer in his parish corning up ' none, adorns wit, renders humor agreeable, Walk in front of his house with a large augments friendship, redoubles love, and, sack on his back; and, going to the door to complying with justice and generosity, be- inquire the cause of this early and singular collies the sacred charm of the society of call, the good farmer accosted him in the mankind I , following terms:—"Why, sir, you said in - ' your sermon, yesterday, that common ta- Flights of genius are some times like tsrs didn't agree with you, and so I have those of a paper kite. While we are ad, brought you some fine kidney titers, which mirin„,e its vast elevation, and gazing with I think will suit your honor and agree boyish wonder at its graceful soarings, it . with you ton."—Lincoln Paper. often plunges into the mud, and becomes an object of derision and contempt. ; A LIVEN° CURIOSITY FOR THE MENAGE- It lE.—The Journal of Commerce tells the When Abernethy was consulted by a following story of a "green 'tin'' recently, voting - lady, lie said, "How can you ex- arrived in that city, desirous of seeing! "tho pest to be well when you squeeze your . elephant" and all the "liens." Stopping , . waist to the size of a quart pot ! Go ! go opposite a public place, he remarked home I leave on' your stays ; barn thew , ' "'!'here's the Mussum, by Time ! I ' and here take this shilling, buy a skiPPing must go in there." rope at the first toy slump you come to, and In he goes, examines minutely every I ' use it every day—you will then be able to thing, is astonishingly amazed ; at length eat like a rational being." , comes out, proceeds down street, and espies and „. i‘ , es ' t . thead . a sign, having written upon it, in Thi, world is a looking•glass, : lame letters, "Living - Ag,e." back to every man the reflection .of his e... . , own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn "A . ltitin a-ge rsays he, "a heel' a-Re , • , nhat . inall miter can that "ere thing be 1—! look sourly upon you : laugh at and with it Oracles ! I must see that, any how ; that and it is a jolly, kind companion : and so , I 'ere 'S a new sort o' cretur." let all young persons take their choice. , "What d'ye lax, 'sir," said he, _____________________ _ , I •. h e intellectual man may fancy that he ! The clerk supposing, of course, lie! is independent of religion. True, if he is a meant the price of the periodical, replied man of high energies and talents, he may , "Ninepence, sir." Ido much without religion, what will he ! "Well, by lightnin', then I'll see him !" not do with itlf ! "See what," said the clerk. ! "Why, the livin' a-ge ; ha'n't you got a., A Ilmn, , v FAMILY.-;—A Welsh paper of 'm il , a-ge here to show ?" this town gives the following : k corrected th e Costal- , 1 Comprehending what he referred to, the nedd.—There is a man . in this place, cleric mistake, leaving the I I known by the name of "Will of the Mill," , poor "green 'un" a little more enlightened, 'who resides and sleeps every night, in a I though sadly disappointed at not having small room upon straw laid upon the floor, seen , as he had anticipated, "a livin' a-g e !" with his wife, several children, thirty ! ducks, forty hens and chickens, four owls, 1 A MAx.—One of Erin's toil-worn sons ,land nix rabbits. . ! came to the doors of the Brooklyn Insti -1 tute, on the night of the lecture for the! -- ACQUITTED FOR LACK OF A LAWYER.- ' . starving poor of Ireland. 'ln the Municipal Court, the other day, I "What's the price of admission, sir ?" he three boys were put to the bar together, i very respectfully Inquired. to be tried for a larceny. Two of them I "Fifty cents,' was the reply. were provided, with a- lawyer apiece to' He placed a two dollar bill on the table, plead for them, but the third lacked that, ! and the change was tendered to him, he , as some think, necessary article in such a hesitated for an instant and then remark crisis. The two who were thus provided ; ed, pushing back the change at the same I were convicted and sent to the House ' time, of correction, but the friendless and law- I "rake it all! Sure and don't they want yerless lad was acquitted and_discharged 1 it more than myself?" from custody. Perhaps a friend of this I Such an act as this front a poor, hard much abused class would sa that heworking—but noble-hearted man, is worth acquitted for want of evide nc e; but there I recording.—Brokklyn sldeerliser. are others who stoutly affirm that it was ; 1 solely owing to the cause first stated.— CoxiatAcT TO CLOSE TILE WAR.—A pc- Boston Traveller. I tition has been-presented to the New York , Assenibly, from Col. A Jones, of Roche's- A venerable man says: ! "Let the slan- ter, to let out the Mexican war on contact, dered .take comfort—it is only at fruit trees ! the petitioner agreeing to g ive bonds to that thieves throw-stones." ! chise it for two millions of d ollars. If the -----------------, , , job is to be done`hy contract and to be let PiCi-Mr. ' SEWARD has at last succee d e d ,titit to the lowest bidder, Col. Jones has in obtaining from the Supreme Court of New York ' ' the advantage of the :Win ittistrition, which an order fur a new trial of his cliMit. Freeman, the .asiti three millions to enable,it to effect, a iiegro convicted of the murder of the van NC.III fa- treaty. E!tMs—•f%vo 11C1 LARS 1 1 VR Alll' 111 111'110 LE NO. 882 A NEW REvuut.tc.-44ord Elgin, the Governor-General of the British possesions in North America, having arrived at Mon treal, the Canadian papers are again dis cussing the subject of Federal Union, to include Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, New Foundland, Prince Ed ward, and Nova Scotia. The arguments used are the rapid growth and prosperity of the United States ; and it is asked of the mother country, “Why not divide all your possessions on the American Conti nent into States, after the form of the A inerican Government, giving to each State a Governor, Legislature, and Judiciary, chosen by the people ? Why not allow them the privilege of raising money by taxation, and establishing a Government of free States like the United States, with this difference only, that the General Gov ernment shall be invested in the Crown. A CHINESE DINNER.—AII officer of the United Slates squadron, in the Chinese seas, gives the following bill of litre 'at a large Chinese dinner, to which he, with nu= nierous other foreigners, was invited: "1. Bird's nest soup. 2. Pork fat, fried with potatoes. 3. Hog's hoofs. 4. Mushrooms stewed. 5. Bird's nest salad. 0. Giblet soup. 7. Kitten hash. 8. Fried Irish potatoes. 9. Rat hash. 10. Tea. 11. Shark's fins. 12. Fried ducks. . 13. Dog stew. 14. Stewed chickens. 15. Ham stew. 10. Pork stew. 17. Fried cuctim hers. 18. Plate of rats. 19. Feline 'ra gout. 20. Ham stewed with pork. 21. Sucking pig. 22. Snail pate. 23. Snail soup. I tasted the first dish, and became so disgusted that I could not proceed.— They were brought on, one dish at a time, in exquisitely beautiful china bowls." ASTRONOMICAL .DISCOVERL-.-Sir Wm. Hamilton, member, of the Irish Royal A cademy, announces in the Dublin Evening PoSt, ail astronomical discovery of great importance. He professes to• have dis covered, aided by mathematical calcula tions, the true centre of our solar system; that is to say, the point round which the sun itself turns, and the planets which are only her satelites. Sir William states it 6 so, like an observer iu Liverpool, and like some astronomers in New York, that the new planet of Le Verier is surrounded by a luminous ring like that of Saturn. PREMATURE IN-rmotcYrs occur so fre quently that hasty burials will have to' be guarded against. A. French paper [Le: Itkoiic] says a stone-cutter had been buried alive, ; and the sound of the earth as it fell on his coffin awoke him from , his lethargic sleep. The impression produced by this event was so great as to.overturn the reas 7 on of the sufferer, Who, 'animated by a se. pernatural strength, burst open the coffin lid and tied from the country. • He was p vcrtaken with great difficulty, after having been pursued a considerable dietenee. 7l , Another ease is mentioned, of ittfemilejt turred alive at Lourac, Litt whee rescued, was so far gone that she perished before medieal assistance could be rendered. A dandy who waned the milk. paued,' to him, at a hotel, thus asked for it : !tisal* lady, please to pass your 'cow down dark way.' The landlady thus .- retorted . : ”Waiter, take this cow dawn` where the co(/ is bkothier." -
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