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Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several
Courts in Potter and M'Kean Counties.• All
business entrusted in his tare will receive
prompt attention. Office on Main st., oppo
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F. W. KNOX,
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the hdjolning Counties. 10:1
ARTHUR G. O.L3ISTED,
ATTORNEY ,k COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business
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ISAAC BENSON
ATTORYEY AT LAW. Coudersport, Pa., will
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ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wellsboro', Tiogo. Co.,
Pa., will attend the Courts in Potter and
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ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wellshoro', Tioga Co ,
Pa., . will regularly attend the Courts of
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C. I. JONES. LEWIS MANN. A. F. JONES.
'JONES, MANN & JONES,
DEALERS IN 'DRY GOODS, .CROCKERY,
Hardware, Bouts,S: Shoes, Groeeries -and
Provisions, Ilaiu{st., Coudersport, Pa.
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R HARRINGTON,
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business there. A tine assort:mut of 4w.
elry constantly on hadd. Watches and
" jiwelrycarefultylreimired, in the best Style,'
. as the shortest notice—all work warranted:
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fiENRY OLNSTE.D,
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(tropxaErql Tel S)UTH,)
30EALER IN STOVES, TIN & SHEET IRON
st„lne,arly opposite the' Court
Couderspurt, tia. Tin and. Sheet
Jon Ware made to Priler, ip kqpd style on
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D. P. GLASSSIIRIi, 1 Proprietor , CAM -er RF
;Main end Second Streets, Coudersport, Poti
:ter Co:, Pa. - , .:•,1 t : . " 9;44
. .I`I.LLEGANY HOUSE,
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Proprietor, Calesburg i ,
Pottei.`go., Pa ., seven mile. north . at Cot
dirvax‘ sat Slie Wellavillaßuad. 9t44
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"To that day nor peace belanks
The very cat from the +et hitehel
Visits the parlor, an , un:7ronted
And should the skies pour do+us,l
Remains of quiet ; tie expect to'
r Of sad disasters, dirt and gravel
Hard to efface—audloaded
Snapped short, or linen Horse ,
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down, • •
And all the petty miseries of life.
&lints haVe been - cnim :upon the back, And Gautimor.in smiled , on brirning coals ;
lint never yet 'Aid honiewife notable
Greet with a smile a rainy washing-day.
But grant the welkin fair, requi i rn not thou
Who callest thyself perchance .!the master
Or steady swept, or nicely.dustedl coat,
Qt. usual tendance ; ask not: indisCreet"'
Thy stockings mended; tho' the yawning rents
1 • •
Gape wide as Erebus ;Inor hope to find ,
SOme snug recess impervioug; - shiauld'st thou
try_ .. . • 1
'l'.le custom'd garden-walks, thine eye shall
rue - .; ' I
T e budding fragrance of . thi tender shrubs,
3 vrtle or rose—all crushed.beneath the weight
Of coarse checked aiwonofith impatient haste
'll niched off, when showers impend, or 'cross
ing lines
Shall mar thy musing:4, asthe wet cold 'sheet
Flaps in thy, face abrupt."' lins. BOSIUULD.
A Day in Petticoats.
.1 'I couldn't think of such a thing.'
'Brit you must.; ; •My happiness de
pends on it. Here, put on the thingum
bobs, and the what's his name. I
And my friend', Bob Styles held up
before my hesitant gaze a suit' of femi
nine apparel.
I His idea was that I should ;personate
his lady-love for One day, to, prevent any
a: runaway from suspecting the truth— l namely,
that she had joined him in unaway
marriage party until it should beitoo late
for interference; that is 'until the minis
ter should have tied ,the knot between
them, that nothing but a special grant of
the Legislature could untie.
This scheme was not actually so ab- -
surd as it appeared ,at first sight. Mag
gie Lee was a till, queenly woman, with
an almost masculine air : and at that
time ,I had a very , slight; form—almost
effeminate, so that in fact, there was re- i
ally but very little. differenc; in that
point. ; Then I, had light hair, tolerably
long, and a fresh complexion. i Part my
hair in the middle; and put a bonnet on
my head, and few persons would have
suspected but what I was really .. one of
the softer sex. These accessories also
gave me quite a decided resemblance to
Maggie Lee, especially,as in this ease,
!,the disguise was her own.
Then the day chosen for. the runaway
match was an auspicious one. Maggie ' s
Ifather,was to-drive her to' D- 7 - 7 —, a
,small village near where she lived; and
there she - was to 'join a sailing party down
rthe D-----river, to the grove. three
I miles - below, from which the party was, to
return in the evening in carriages.
. Our plan was, 1, should be in waiting
in the village, andshould go on the boat
with the sadlyg party, while Maggie, a f..
I ter leaving her7father, should slip off with
Bob Styles across the country.
1310MEE!
At last I got dressed, and presented
myself before 2;Nggie Lee, , blushing
great deal, I believe, feeling - very much
pinched about the waist, and with an
uncomfortable consciousness that
my—shirt sleeves were too short, or want
ing,
altogether. •
Everything finished in the way of toi
let, Bob Styles took pe in his light wag
on, drove ;me over to p .by a se
cluded mite, and left me at the hotel
where the sailing party was Ito assemble.l
Several of the 'pieknickers were. already
there, and they greeted my ;cavalier cor-I
dially,- (everybody knew Bob Styles,)
asliing if he wa.;,going With 'them, etc.--
lie told them.he was not. I
'Pressing business engagements, ;you
know, and all that sort.of thing. Deuc
ed sorry I can't go, though.] . ,I just had
time to bring Miss. Lee, over, and new I
am off. _ Bimbyi.this Nits. Bee;
and he rattled `'off a long siting of brief
!introductions which convinced me . that'
but few of the:eoMpany. were acquatuted
with the young hilly whom Was persou
ating—a very, fortunate g for the
. preservation o r my disguise]
Mr.
Mr. Bimby; tall -. legal looking. Mart,
with a hook nose, and eyeglass, and linf
fyhair, :seemed _to he prepoiisesked with
roy persantl4, and I-_ overheard him
whisper to Bob. Styles as he.'went eut'i
%lee looking-girl, that Aliss Leeer
'Yes; anapereci Bob, pith a mischiev.
MANN,
cf,fioted to ifit - Tkiricifiles •of IPt ohlochei, :10 144 Diseilirmficitt of '111Ohalitil,t(o)o.
grEttrtett
" * WASIiING-DAY;"I
there,
gtitriA 6ate.
BY A MODEST MAN,
COUDERSPOrq, POTTER' COUNTY,. .111IIRSDAIr i .,DEOEMBER 10; 180:
irg.
bus, glaice,at, me, 'she, jis a nice girl,
though, alittle go-ahead sometimes. ; •
'Keep e .c little look out,
.on. 'her,„will
you ?' Then lowering his voice, 'not a
bad match - for you,. old fellow . ; she' is.
rich '
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or comfort;
scared, • ,
'ls she?' said Mr. - Bimby,,•his interest
deepening. . • :
- 'On mv. honor,' replied Bob 'Forty
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I thousan d dollars in , her own right.. Day,
day, and he was, gone. I .; • ,
Maggie Lee,. artful, creature •that - she
Was' had toldler father; that the sailing
party was to .assemble at another hotel,
I and he had'taken her. Having
I business , he. left her i there,
merely saying that. he worild send the
carriage for her at 11 o'clock. She i like
la. dutiful daughter, kissed him, bid him
I good bye, and , before he had, gone a hun
dred rods, teak a seat in Bob Styles'
'light wagon which had. driven up to the
back door, 2.9 old. Lee's carriage drove
away from the front, and! the old story of
head strong love and prejudiced age was
enacted over again.
As for`us of the picnic excursion, we
had a delightful sail down to the grove,
hut somehow I could not enjoy it. so
!much as! I ought to have !done. When I
walked on board the boat, I felt awk
ward, as if everybody wtaa looking at-- me.
.
!I found Mr. Bimby, as T had expected,
a young. and rising, lawyer, mighty in
Blackstone and his own'opinion. He in
sisted on paying for my ticket, (the boat
Was a regular excursion packet,) and pur
chasing enough pears, oranges, and can
dies to set up a- street stand. Four or
five tithes I was on - the point of swearing
at his impudent officiousness, but bit my
tongue just in time to prevent! the expos-
Hire. 'But it was not with him that I
found my role the hardest to play.
No; the young ladies were the difficult
ones-to deceive., For instance, there was
I one among - them, a beautiful girl of sev
enteen, just returned, froni boarding
• school, Who had not seen Maggie for
three years. Of course, she was delight
ed to see me, when she found out that I
was Maggie, which, by the way, did not
occur until - after we had started. She
threw herself into My arms, pulled my
veil aside, and kissed 'me half a dozen
.
times - , In a manner-that made my !finger
en - cis tingle for half an hour. It was all
very nice; but if Illad been in propria
per:ona, I would have liked it better.--
As it was, • I felt as if I were 'obtaining
goods under false pretences,' and that
lawyer Bimby might issue a warrant for
my arrest on that ground at any moment.
ext.
lad'en to all
•' Lear
:tnins
t once
,dog thrown
A whole knot of crinoline then sur
rounded me, on the upper deck of the
boat, to the utter exclusion and conse
quent disgust of Mr. Bimby and the oth
er gentlemen. I kept very quiet; only
speaking monosyllables, in a falsetto voice;
but the others----Lord bless you! how
they gabbled I Under a strict promise of
secrecy, the little boarding school maid
en, who had kissed me so affectionately,
revealed all her love affairs, and also be
came unpleasantly confidential about oth
er matters.
I was - terribly embartassed, but, it
would not do to give up then. AS soon'
as my trick should become known, Bob .
Styles' trick would also come out, and as,
news of that kind travels fast in the coon
try, he and,his lady hove would be tele
graphed and •followed before they could
reach Philadelphia, where the Styles fam- -
ily lived , and where the knot was to he
-tied. :. 1 .• . •• - •
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The river breeze was very fresh where
we sat; and T. noticed that several of, the
ladies were glancing uneasily at me.. .1
eould'nt diVine the reason . until Jennie;
my little friend from boarding school,
laid her face .dangerously close to mine,
and whispered:- 'My dear Maggie, your
dress is .blowing up terribly high—your
I ankles will be town talk with the gentle
men I'
- Nor-was I unconscion.,4 of having a very
small foot for a man, and had donned a
pair of open work stockings which came
up ne-arly - to. my waist, with a pair of pi
tern:borrowed from the servant girl, in all
of which toggery my 'running gear' look
ed quite fetninine .and respectable; but
the idea of the gentlemen talking of M
and
ankles, being cautioned by'a young
girl, who , would have been' frightened to
death 'in. had! told her the, same thing.
yesterday, .was too much for me. I bafst
into a sort 'of strangulated laugh, which I
could only check by swallowinc , half of
my little fillagree laced edged ndker
chief. The young ladies' all looked at
me, inapparent astonishment at suoh
voice, and I wanted to • laugh all the
mote.- Fortunately Mr. Bimby came to
my rescue at the moment, and edged:him 7
self in among the crinoline.-- s •
6 3.1 arr: sit here 7' he asked, pointing to
a low.stool near me. • ; , -
...'Gertairily;'..l•simpered, in..my. high
falsetto: • ' ‘,. •.•
thank you,' said liimby, witlk
lapkadaisleal air which. nauseated -me, as
coming from one' man' fo nnotheri. 'you
are asidndia Yea' , are. facipating;
'You flatter. uto
1 No, praise of - you can
not beifiattery, iMisa e . .'`
i'oll4 sir, really, you area very naughty
man;' I said, in Ihe most feminine tone I
could. Command: ' •
.He .;cast a; la,siguishinir glance at me
thrones Cie blackiace Veil,. and I fairly
began to fear . foi-his •. • •
We ;soon arrived at the • grove, and
found onr basolenpged before hand—,
waiting us. :'of,course, dancing Was the
first Stmu-zenient r stud-lawyer Biaiby led
me out for a• schottische. It was hard,
at firstirfor me to take the lady's. part in
my &ante, but I Seed gut accustomed to
it. Whetr'a: waltz .was proposed,,' I re
solved to have ja little - amusement at the
expense of the! unfortunate 13i ruby.
I had first Made- hint 'properly jealous,
by dancing :two- other' fellows, one
of whom I knew,; in my own charactSer,
but who never suspected, me as Maggie
Lee. This young . man, who was a great
woman' killer —a sort of devil-ri3ay-care
rascal, Who madethe ladies run after him,
by his alternate wrath of action and cool
ness of protestation-4 selected to 'play
off' against my.legal admirer. allowed
him to hold me very closely, and occa
sionly looked at him with 'a half fascina-
ting expression: When we stopped danc
ing hurled me to my seat, keepiag his
arm about my 'waist, and I permitted it.
Having thus stirred Bimby, up .to
feats of wrathful - valor, I asked oue of
the gentlemen to, direct thn musicians to
play waltz. Bituby came up immedi
ately. ,
'Ahem—a Miss Lee, shall I—a have
the honor of--a—trying 'A waltz with
you ?' • 1 1 -- •
I. smiled a gracious acquiescence, and
e commenced,
NoW, I am an old stager . at waltiing I
can keep it up longer, than any non-pro
fessional dancer, male or female, whom' I
ever met. As 'long - as the Cachticha or
Schonnebrunnen.ring . in ,my ears, I can
go on, if it is for a year.
Not .so, Booby. He plead want of
practice, and acknowledged that he soon
got dirizy
•
' Ala, old boy,' thought I, "I'll give
you a turn then • ._,
But I only smiled, and said that.,l
should probably get tired first. •
yes I he exclaimed, 'of coarse I
can waltz as long as any one lady, but not
much more'
For the fast three minutes my cavalier"
did, well. He went smoothly and evenly,
but at the expiration of that time, he be
gan to grow warm. Five minutes elapsed,
and- Birnby's breath' came .harder and
harder: On we , went, _however, and I
scorned - to notice his slackening up at
every round, when we passed my seat.
After some ten or twelve minutes,, the
wretched man gasped out between his
steps :
Ah, are yon not a—get--gettinetired ?
'Oh, no !' I burst forth, as coolly as if
we were riding round the room—' Oh, no,
I feel as if I could waltz all night.'
The look of'despair, that he gave was'
terrible to see.' ,
I ivas , bound to see him through, how
ever, and we keptat it. Bimby staggered,
and made wild steps in all directions. His
shirt collar wilted, his eyes protruded, his
jaw hung down ; and, altogether, I saw he
could not hold up much longer.
' Thisis delightful,' I said composedly
' and you Mr. Bimby, waltz so easily,!'
! Puff—puff—ah--.puff--yes—oh--
puff—very,---puff—de—lightful; gasped
he.
'Don't you think it ought to go a little
faster ?'- • !•
He rolled his eyes heavenward in agony.
puff-L-puff—l don't—ah=puff '
—don't know,'
So,, when we , neared the musicians I
said, 4 fasteir, if you please-- fister !' and
they 'played a I t e whirlwind:- • -
• Poor Biniby threW his feet about like
a fast,pacer, and revolved after the mau
ner of aqemoturn which was nearly run
down. At last he staggered s step 'back
wards and spinning" excentriCally away
from me, pitched headlong into the midst
of a Small bevy of ladies• in a corner.- I
turned :around coolly, and walked to my
seat;, and sent ; the young woman killer for
a glass of ice water.
The miserable lawyer recovered his
seri
ses'just in tine to'see me thank his rival
for the water. . •
got some idea from this, of the fun
young ladies iu tormenting u 4 poor
devils'of the other sex.
At this junction, before Mr. flimby had
time to apologiie for his accident, little
Jennie earner running' into the pavillion
which served as a ball room: As site came
near i j . perceived that her hands -.were
clinched tightly In her dress, -tuid,l post
tively shuddered, as she Whispered to me :
:'Oh, Maggie I come and help me tam . ) ,
skirts—they are all coming down
What shoUld: Ido ?. I was in agony.
A, cold' presPitation broke Out -Upon my
forehead. =I! Wished myself a. thousand
miles away, and anithematizelßola Styles
mssqtterading.project inwardliovitiltfear
ful maledictions:,
1 t
..1 -I said I was tired;•ut--cotdd not some
body else got ' • • S
.
No,.nothing w0n.14 .do; but I must ac
coMpanY her to : the house of a gentleman
who - owned - the grove, and assist to arrange
her clothing. .- '
So I went. •
I felt as if an apoplectic fit would be a
fortunate occurrence for me just then.
Howtever, I nerved' - myself up for the
task, and accoMpanied Jennie -to the house
designated. Au oldlady 'showed us into
her - chafilber, and - Jefinie, • he - aVing a sigh
ofreliefleft , gh her dress; As she. did so,
x= -petticoat fell tot the - flotir. Sher was
about to proceed, but I alarmed her by a
sudden and vehement' gesture.
'Stop ! I cried . frantically, and forget
ting my falsetto; stora dolt--don't un
dress, for, God's sake r .
She opened her *great brown eyes to,
their widest extent.
'And why not ?' -
'Because I am—l am—a—can you
keep a - secret ?' .
Yes yes; ho* frightened you. look !
Why what is the matter—Maggie—you
—why—oh 1 oh ! ! oh l l l'
6 Flush, no noise, ord am lost I' I ex.-
clainied, putting my hand over hermouth.
I swear I. mean no harm; if I had I
would not have Stopped you. Don't you
see!' • ,
She • was all of a' tremble, pooi little
thing; but she saw,the force of my argu
ment.
‘Oh, sir, she• said, ‘1 see you are a man;
but what does it all Mean . ? Why do you
dress so ?'
.
I told her the story 1 7. briefly as possi
ble; and exacted from her. a. promise of
the most sacred secrecy. '
I then went outside the door, and Wait
ed till she had arranged her dress, When
she, called me-in again. - She had heard
( I t
of me-from Maggie an others, and Want
ed ,to - hear all the pa iculars; so I sat
down by her, and -.,w had ..a long talk,
which ended in mutual feelings of-friend
liness and old acquatntanceship, quite
wonderful for people meeting the first
time.. Just as we started to . go back to
the pa.villion, I' said that I must relieve
my mind of one more burden.
' And what is that V she asked.
Those kisses. 1 - du - thought I was
Maggie Lee, or yert wOuld not have given
them. They were very sweet,. but I sup
pose' I must give them back! And I did.
She blushed a goilKl deal, but she didn't
resist, only when I got through, she glanc
ed up timidly, and paid :
4 I think you are real naughty anyhow.'
When we returned, I. found lawyer
Bimby quite recovered from his dizziness,
and all hands ready for supper, - whieli was
serred in the ball room. I sat between
Biinby and Jennie, and made love to both
of them in turn to due as Maggie Lee, and
the other as myself.., • After supper, at
which I astonished several by eating rather
more heartily than young, ladies generally
Alo, we had more dancing, and I hinted
pretty strongly to Mr. Bimby that I should
like to try another waltz with him. He
did'nt take the hint.
Finding it rather dry amusement to
dance with my owa sex, I soon abandoned
that pleasure, and persuaded Jennie to
stroll off into the moonlight with me. We
found the grove a Charming place, full of
pictureSque 1 ittle corners and rustic Seats,
and great grey rocks leaning out over the
river. .On one of, these latter, a :little
bench was placed, in a nook sheltered
from the wind, and from light. •
Here we sat down, : in the full fidod
the moonlight, -and having- just had din
ner,
_I felt wonderfully , in need of a cigar.
Accordingly I went, back to :a little stand
near the ball room, and purehased`seveml
of the wondering so an who sold refresh
ments. Then returning% toi the seat by
.the rocks, I gave upl all cares or fears for
my incogiato, and revelled in the pleasure
of solitude, the fragxance of my cigar, the
moonlight, and RUN Jennie's presence.
How long we sail _there heaven only!
knows: We talkedl and laughed; and
looked in each others eyes,
.and told for
tunes, and -performliclAill the nonsensical
operations common among young people
just falling in love vfith each other, and
might remained theretuntil this month of
September, in this:year of our Lord'eight
een hundred and fifty: seven, \ for aught I
know, had not the 4arriage been sent to
convey u. 5 home, an 4 the rest of the com
pany began to wonder where we were.
This wonder begot questions, the ques
tions fears, and the, fears.a . search, headed
by the valiant Pin*. They called and'
looked and listened, Ibutpur position down
in the sheltered-: ! nook among -the:rocks,
prevented Ahem infrm hearing us :or we
them: •
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At length thay l hit upon our path, and
all came along single file, until they:: got to
the open space ahove. .
IThey„saw p. ,
I was spread datj'tn a free and easy po,-
iriy. henna taken 'off, arid nig hair
somewhat towzzled -One foot: rested'
on the
.ground, und_ the other on :a rock
about level withj 4 ; head-_—.-regarilesa of'
ankles this timetunbere I sat, puffing
L.
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FOUR ORNTEr.
TERMS.-41,25 PER, AZINIRC:
awayin a very unladylike style,,ati
litab
flavored Concha.
.1,
Jennie was sitting close beside me *tilt
her head alined on my skoulder,-
waiat ahubst encircled - V:my arm. , • Jciit
as the party came - alongabove us; iltugh
ed out; a loud masculine voice: • E
'Just think of poor 'what's his ntuna.,—
Bimby ! Suppose he knew that he bad
been making love to a man
'Husk l' cried. Jennie. Look, there be
is—and, oh,, graciousl there lathe ?flogs •
party ?' •
Yes, we were fairly caught., It vit.ls no
n,
use for me to clap o my bonnet and as
sume falsetto again--they• had all seen too -
much. for that. Besides, by .this:tin;e,
Bob Styles and Maggie Lee were, 'doubt
less one flesh,' and disguise was' Of no
further importance, so f owned
told the story. -
Lawyer Bimby was! in' a rage. . :He
vowed to_ kill me, and even... Squared otf,
but the rest of the party laughed "at 'hip
so Unmercifully,. and suggested that,:we
should waltz it out together, that he - finily •
'cooled down and slunk away, to. take:so:me_
private conveyance back to
Bob Styles and I.are living in's/large
double house together.. He .often. says
that he owes his wife to_iny Masquerading,
but he doesn't feel under any - obligations ,
to me, for I owe my wife to the same thing.
N. B.—My wife's namelis
Things Wise and Other?wise,
WITAT kind of a doctor . would a• (;Ite7c
make ? A quack doctor.
A `tea's true wealthktenut' fter
good he does in this world
to h : fellaw
men.
TAKE alt sorrow out of life, and: y.f:itr
take away all richness and :depth eft Un
derness. Sorrow is a .furnace ..that:melts
selfish hearts together in love; ,
IT is stated that the ukase - abolisbing
serfdom in Russia will be published: .ott
the 17th day of December, the birthday
of the late Emperor Nieholasr
IT is calculated that the clergy cost tlie
United States $12,000,000 ammallyithe
criminals, $40,000,000; the lawyers,
000,000, and liquors $200,000;000-•
Private letters from St. Peferitio%
state that the financial Crisis had; been
severely felt there—that silver'eoinlNVis
excessively scarce, and that theloriee - of
everything but meat was extortio i n . ate.
COAL-BURNING Locoittonvz3.—Tire
Syracuse Courier says "Hereaftei; it
is understood,, all locomotives built for tile
Hudson Hiver and Camden and . A:n2boy,
railroads will be coal-burners." --'
MANY of:the brightest-virtues are Ikke
stars—there must be night, or they, can
not shine. :Without suffering there could
be no fortitude, no patience, ne compaxf
sion, no sympathy. _
A good old Quaker lady, afterlistening
to the extravagant yarns of a storekeeper
as long as, her patience would allow, said
to him, "Friend, what a pity it i is asuit9
lie, when it seems so neeasisq:leithy
business."
TUE average attendance at the church
of Henry a.rd .Beeeher is. three, ilion 7
sand persons. In order-to accdniinodat,
the multitude that throng to'llearr-hiMJ.
the New, York liniersays,. it kis • :Wen
determined to fill the aisles of the - church
with folding iron chairs, which, will...be
placed in two rows, and . atthe ciose ofd
vice .be folded back against the .ea of
the pews2.'
TUE marriage of Bayard TaYlOr,,:in
Gotha, Saxony, to Miss Hansen; of Gotha;
took place on Oct. 27th- .
passes the winter with Lis bride,,at!Mos?
cow, where she ,has relatives residing.
He is to,come back to America - - licit au.
tumn, and Willis announces that ,he-..haEi
"already written , to him to claim for,
wild the honeymoon of his -return..7,;,
COL. BENTON ON THE. •BANiKA...- - Thel
Hon. Thomas H. Benton is ont in. a long
letter in the 21TationOl intelligenceiveit
what used to be his 'favorite "subjecti,
Banks and the Currency, and advocates
"a stamp duty on paper•curretichinut-s
bankrnpt law against bankrupt - igirdca.! !
He concludes as follows t. -• :,---,. a , :,-::,
"There is not mmonarch in Mtn) . who
wonld treat his subjects, oi.:suif ..theui
i
to be treated, as the people of the:., - rated
re
States are . treated bythebttsepnrt f their
own and the indulgent - .l.4e*itirM . ,
which legalize their.--violatious
. cirJa . sr 2
promises, and coutraets— The , la Aue, 4
currencyond . its regulation, is te?lst , 4ll4.
'ute of sovereignty; and everywhere is e5 l
ereised by the sovereign . power,..C . eicui
the United States. Here, also p it-was
intended to be an attribute of soV 1
~q,
and Was placed in the hands of . pigreps,, ,
and limited to the issue of gold qn4#4lltl*
and the regulation of its vglye.
~ ':or,mil.
presest -qovernment was fort/1401
money. men, who had „seen and, fel t p
disastrous._ and demoralizing effWArZti-
per money, and
. were anxious tOsi4ntio.f.tr
posterity from such calar. nitieS-as:theyliaa
suffered:. They'did their p4rflo.p.f,iti..
Shall -, we. be'false, to umelir,eticind: tit
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