m GEO. W. BOWJSA.\.
NEW SERIES.
sclcct poctrn.
Work for Heaven.
[• thoa hat thrown a glorious thought
l*i>on lift'* common ways,
Should other men the gain have caught,
Fret not to lose the praise.
thinner, often shall thou find,
While folly plunders fame,
To thy rich store the crowd is blind,
Nor knows thy very name.
!
| JF ?F.OU AFT true, yet in thee luiks
For fame a human sigh,
To Nature go. and see h**r works,
That handmaid of the >ky.
Her own deep bounty she forgets,
is full of germ- and -eeds:
Nor glorifies herself, nor sets
Her flowers above her weeds.
She hides the modest leaves between.
She loves untrodden road- ;
Her richest treasures are not seen
f!v any eye but God's.
Accept the lesson. I.ook not for
Reward ; from out thee chase
All s'Hi-h ends, and ask no snore
Than to fulfil thy place.
Time's Changes.
The more we live, more brief appear
Our life's succeeding stages ;
A day to childhood -eenris a year;
Asid years, like passing ages.
The gladsome current of our youth,
Ere passion yet disorders,
Steals, lingering, like a river smooth
Along its gru-sy borders.
But a> the care-worn cheek grows wan,
And sorrow's shafts fly thicker,
stars that niea-ure life to man,
Why seem your courses quicker
When joys have io-t their bloom and breath
And hie iiseit is vapid,
Why, as we teach the falls of death,
Feel we its tide more rapid ?
!t mav b<* strange ; yet who would change
l ime's course to slower speeding f
When one by one our friends have gone,
And left our bosoms bleeding?
Heaven gives our years oi lading strength
indemnifying Ileetness ;
Aid those of youth a SEK.MIX'.: I.KNGTH,
Proportioned to their sweetness.
How to Promote Peace in a Family.
!. Remember that our will i> likely tobecross
fd every day, so prepare for it.
Everv body in the house has an ev.l na
ture as well as ourselves, and therefore we are
not to ex petit too much.
3. To le.irn the different temper and disposi
tion ot each individual.
4. To look upon each m**mer of the family as
one for whom we should have a cate.
When any good happens to any one to
rejoice at it.
t>. When inclined to give an angry answer,
to '"Overcome evil with good."
7. If from sickness, pain, or infirmity, we
feci irritable, to keep a very strict watch over
ourselves.
8. T (observe wh'-n others are suffering, and
uropa word of kindness or sympaty suited to
tilein.
9. To watch for little oppoituniti-*s ol pleas
ing, and to put little annoyances out ol the
way.
10. To take a cheerful view of everything,
ci the weather, and encourage hope.
11. To speak kindlv of the servants —to
prai-e tbern for little things when vou can.
12. In all little pleasures which may occur,
to put self last.
13. To try for, "the soft answer which turn
ed) awav wrath."
14. When we have been pained bv an tin
kind word or deed, to ask ourselves : "Have I
''Ot often done the same and been forgiven 7"
1"). In conversation not to exalt ourselves,
Lut to bring others forward.
It". To be verv gentle with the young ones,
and treat them with respect.
17. \cver to judge one another harshly, but
to attribute a good motive when we can.
HEROIC CONDUCT OF A CHAPLAIN. — We clip
'ke following from a late English pappr :
"An act of great heroism took place recent
ly at .Malta by the Rev. Mr. Robinson, chap
lain to the forces. A Air. and Airs. Evans,
u 'th their son, a tine hoy a(>out eight years old,
'■a their return from Cpper Egypt, were cross
m 2 in a boat from Valetta to Yittotiosa, when
•lb* little fellow, in endeavoring to catch hold
°t a piece of stick, overbalanced himself, and
instantly sunk before the eves of his parents.
-Mr. Robinson, who was following in another
boat, seeing what had occurred, immediately
jump-d into the sea, and succeeded in bringing
! "n apparently dead into it. It was v-rv rough
ar >d windy, and as he did not take off even his
he was completely exhausted. Air. f>
•ans. the lather of the boy feeling much grati
fied lor what the reverend gentleman had done,
Sj fit him a check loi $2,500, which was at once
returned. But what makes the story the more
romantic, but nut less true, is, the two gentle
men who have so unexpectedly become acquain
with each other are relatives and members
' ; branches of the same family, but, in conse
quence of differences which took place many
>ears ago, thev had not seen each other since
childhood, and each was ignorant of the
"■s residence in the island until this fiu-ju
iar introduction.
Two American Steamers Lost.
Full Particulars of the. Destruction by Fire of
the American Steamship Osprey, in King
ston Harbor , March 26 ih Destruction a/so
by Fire, of the Jim <r icon Steamer Henry
Wells, on the Tigue River.
Fear* tie Kingeton (Jam.) Journal, I~th.
We have learned of the loss of the American
steamer Henry Well, together with the total
loss bv fire, in this harbor, of the Steamer
Osprey.
Between three and four o'clock a fire broke
out on board the Osprev which lay moored at
the head of Messrs. Porteous, Carson & Co.'s
| wharf, fur the purpose of taking in freight.—
The fire which had broken out, apparently
amidship, soon spread from stem to stern.
As there were no hopes ofsaving the Osprey,
great anxiety was manifested to remove her
from the vessels in her vicinity, as well as from
the neighboring wharves. Some dissatisfac
tion was evinced by the inhabitants, at the
Harbor Master not being present to give orders
to scuttle the burning vessel, and thus render
her impotent for mischief to other property.
We have learned, however, that the Harbor
Master was not to blame: for though he was
nut on the spot, his lawful deputy was, arid
would have scuttled the vessel, but (or the re
; presentation of the Captain, that such a pro
| cet-ciing would affect his insurance seriously.—
Resides, as the sparks from the burning vessel
were carried rearward, no immediate danger,
beyond the Osprey, was appieheneied, Capt.
Robinson, the Harbor Alaster's Deputy, very
properly, under such circumstances, adopted
, the better expedient of towing the vessel out
into the stream. For the accomplishment of
this j7tfrpo.se, the Captains of the R. M- C.
steamers Derwent and Prince, respectively
sent their boats, well manned. On these boats
arriving alongside, it a [(pears that the crews
ascertained that several valuable instruments,
j and other effects belonging to tiie ill-fated ves
sel, were deft in the cabin, which w.ts in a
biaze of fire. Rut British sailors are not to
j be daunted, and are seldom content to do th<*ir
work whether of mercy or destruction, half
way. Seizing their buckets, they leaped on
board, and gallantly dashed into the cabin,
splashing water on the blazing mass. We are
happy to say that they succeeded in their peii
lous task, and~Tescued from destruction many
valuable articles.- They made fast the paint
ers of their boats to the stern, and commenced
towing the Osprey in a Southeastern direction
into the stream. By this time, the steamer was
in a blaze, lore and alt, and her destruction
was inevitable. So intense was the heat that
the bottom [rrt of her funnel was growing red.
The Captain and his officers maintained their
post gallantly to the last—the Captain giving
bis orders as coolv as if he was acting on the
most ordinaty occasion. At length, from the
vessel havmg shifted her position, the flames
were blown bv the land wind into the faces of
tiie group that remained on hoard, when the
Captain gave orders to take to the boats. Ac
cordingly, they |e!t tile vessel in the order pre
sci ib-d bv nautical chivalry, the Captain being
the la-t man to leave, having been immediately
preceded bv tbe First Officer.
The vessel, being impelled by the boats a
head, slowly moved up the harbor passing the
several streets that run into the sea in succes
sion. A fit!i— alter daylight the masts ol the
Osprev went over the side. She had now ar
rived opposite the Royal Alail Company's
i wharf, and about midway to the Palisadoes,
where she remained burning till five minutes
after ten o'clock, when she sunk, Raving only
the top of her tunnel above water.
It is a gratifying fact to be aide to mention,
that the loss (u siiijipers from this put. conse
quent on the destruction of the "Osprey," is
* by no means so great as was first apprehend
ed. Messrs. Finke & Co. have suffered to the
extent of 165 hags of pimento. Mr. Sangui
netti, we learn, has lost some coliee. but we
have not ascertained the quantity. But, per-
I haps, the most unfortunate person, who shipped
goods from this [rort is Air. Henry Morris, the
hair d lesser, in Harbour street. This young
man has been in the habit of going overt:; New
York, with small ventures of f.flit, returning,
with articles of perfumery and other goods, by
means of which he contrived to gain an hon
est livelihood. Lately he has expeiiemed re
peated losses, in both branches ol his business:
and now he has added to his previous misfor
tunes the loss ol fruit, N.C., prepared for the
; New York market, of the value of £6o—a
uni of more consequence to a joor, honest, hard
! working man than ten times the amount to a
; man of large capital. VYe have also learned
1 that shippers of goods at Santa Alartha and
i Carthagena will lose large sums, unless tii>'ir
shipments were insured—the vessel having
j been richly freighted with valuable dye woods
1 and caoutchouc. One person alone had ibe
1 j value of j£Boo of tbe last named article on
1 j board. Solomon de Cordova, Esq., of tin.- ciiv,
who had taken passages lor himself and family
for New York, in the Osprey, had a fortunate es
cape. lie sent Ins luggage to the wharf on
Monday evening, but, luckily, it was left on
j tbe wharf, with the intention of taking it on
board on the following day. We learn also,
that several shippers bad similar narrow es
| capes, from the same cause.
The crew of the Osprey, and the passengers
from other ports are now ashore. The poor
fellows are much to be commiserated—many
of them barely escaping vvith the clothes in
, which they stand. At an investigation held at
, the Court House, yesterday, sufficient trans
. pired to show that the fire originated through
the attempt of a fireoian, name Thos. Wail, to
. steal whiskey from a cask which was kept in
the forward saloon, by which means the spirit
, bpcame ignited by the flame ofa lamp, which
. Wall appears to have taken with him to see
, his way.
From the evidence of Daniel Stransbury Mur
p!iv, the paslry c*k on boaid, it would ap-
FRIDAY MORNING, BEDfORD, PA. MAY % 1856'.
pear, that between three and four o'clock yes
terday morning, Wall was seen drawing fvhis
key out of the cask in question, through a spile
hole, while an uncovered, lighted lamp stood
in dangerous proximity to the flowing liquor.—
On hearing the liquor flow, Murphy made some
stir in his berth, where he was, to see what was
the matter, which seems to have alarmed Wall,
who dropped the can, the contents of which
was ignited by the flame of the lamp, while in
i,is hasty retreat, Wall forgot to replace the
spile. The alarm was given, and attempts were
made to stifle the burning sjiirils with blankets'
and mattrasses—but all to no effect. The lash-;
ings oflhe cask were cast loose, when the cask/
exploded, severely burning three officers—;
Messrs. Rose, Wade and Wood. The (lames
limn spread rapidly, and led to the complete
destruction ol the vessel.
Two other men—one, the hoatswin, oflhe
rather unusual and romantic name of Robinson
Crusoe, and Charles Reynolds, a fireman were
implicated : hut no evidence against Jhem hav
ing been adduced, they were discharged. 4\ all j
was remanded till to-morrow, half-past I 2 o'
clock, when the investigation will be resumed.
SINGULAR DISCOVR.UV.— The last number of
tbe North California!! -HIS:
"A party of eight men started on Thursday
last on a prospecting tour, the re.-ult of which
ua- one of the most important discoveries ever
made in the country. In crossing Table Aloun- j
tain they observed in many places the ground
seemed hollow, and in one place on striking up
on the ground with a sledge, the echo was giv
en back with such distinctness t! at led them to
believe that there would he liitfo difficulty in
breaking through. Having procured proper
implements they get to work. After going the
depth of four feet, one of tlm party who was
using a crowbar was seen suddenly to fall tijion
his face; upon examination a hole was found
about four inches wide, through which the bar
had slipped and sunk into the bowels of the
mountain. The aperture was immediately en
larged, but it was found tiiat owmg to tile brit
tleness of the tork it was exceedingly dangerous
working around it. The parties have taken up
about 3,00 ) feet around the hole, nod ar- busy j
getttng winilfasses, lie., to prospect it further.
A correspondent states that both gold and coal
have been found there, and promises us further
ini J! rr.ation."
A Ci'rc ror. EriLEi'eV.—Some years ago a
person was crossing one ol the public squares in j
the city of Oporto, when a woman near by !
where he was passing, was suddenly attacked
with epilepsy. Immediately some one in the
crowd cried out "Cover her face with a black ;
handkerchief." Another witness of the acci
dent untied his black cravat and threw* it over
the face of the sufferer, w hose convulsions all
at once ceased as if bv magic. The restoratio-*
was so perfect that in a lew minutes she w;r
able to get up alone, thank those who had reliv- .
vtd her, and walk awav wi'hout assistance.
• The eye-wit tress who related to us the above
w as sometime afterwards director of a House ot I
Industry in Oporto. Last year one of the pu
pils in this establishment, named A idal, nine
teen vears of age, and subject to this disease,
had a severe attack of it almost under the eyes
of his t"acher. In one of the intervals of his
suffering, he suddenly recollected the cure that
had been wrought bv the black cravat. "It is
meieiv an isolated cast," said he to the phyd
} cian of the establishment: "I have no great
fait!) in the remedy, hn! it is so simple that we
can at least try it." A h'uck cravat was thrown
over voting \ idal ! cad, whose spasms inline- .
diatelv C'-ased, his system regaining its normal .
stale of repose as if by enchantment.
Twntvtiir.es in succession young Vina! was
cured f-f similar attacks almost instantaneously, ■
and his parents took care to have a block hand- <
! kerchief of some description always at hand. •
The patient was not cured, but at all events he
was relieved, not onlv of pain, but trom ail the
dire results that usually attend the progress of;
this strange disease.
The cravat used in the above instance was a
silk one. Is it the silk that produces the r* suit? ■
■ I- it the color, or i- it both these cans- s acting!
together ? It is an easv subject for experiment,
arid one that ought not to he neglected.
JUST AS WE EXPECTED.— Trie following is an :
extract front a letter received by an old farmer!
in Connecticut from h:s son, who lives in Kan
sas. The letter was dated Law rence, Alarcl) 1,
1856 :
'I suppose you in-ar a great deal in Connect
icut about wivii war' and 'outrages' in this ter
ritory, not one halt of which is true, and the
other half w ill bear reducing greatly b* fore you
swallow it. It is rather a rough country to be
gin in. and the people, perhaps, somewhat dii
foreiit fiom those we meet at home in Connect
icut : but I have experienced nothing but kind
ness at their hands. There aie some had fel
lows here, as tfmre are everywhere ; but they
are not all Alissourians, by a long shot. Tim
trouble here has grown out ol the abolitionists
1 mean the jMilitical ones—w hp think they
can bluster and brag here as they do in Massa
chusetts, and are doing 'he territory more harm
than anv body else, ihe story about its not
being sale lu re for a northern man, is all gam
mon. Business is good, and those who attend
to it can do well enough here.
A WARNING TO LITTLE GIRLS.— The Boston
Journal says:
"We understand that a little girl named
Trask, connected with one of tiie primary
schools in East Boston, died a day or two since
from excess of exertion in jumping rope. It is
said that she jumped about (wo hundred times
without stojipmg. She was immediately after
taken ill, and died the next day. 1 his is not
the first death from the same cause which we
have had occasion to record, and should he a
warning to children not to indulge in excessive
exercise.''
Freedom of Thought and Opinion,
From the London Post.
Execution of ilousfield for .Murder—Horri- <
isle Scene.
On Monday morning, William Bousfield con- |
vicled at the March Session of the Central
j Criminal Court, of the murder of his wife arid
j three children, was executed in front of the
jail of Newgale. '
On Saturday, the prisoner made a most des
perate attempt at selCdestruction. It appears
that in the afternoon, the prisoner was visited
fo two o his sisters. They were very much
distressed, as may be conceived, under the cir
: cumstances : 'out the prisoner exhibited a good '
! ileal ol indifference, and very little passed at
the interview. After his sisters had foil him, '•
Bousfield was seated upon the edge of his bed,
which i- clo-* to the'fire place, the officer be
ing quite near him, when he suddenly started
irons his seat and threw himself head foremost
upon the grate. The officer immediately rush
ed uj;on him and dragged him from his perilous
position, and, with assistance, his clothes, which
were on fire, were jnilled off, and he thus es
caped horn receiving material injury. The
prisoner had a good deal of hair under his chin,
uud this had ignited, and the mouth and lower
[arts of the face were severely burned. Air.
Gibson, the surgeon of the jail, wasat once sent
for, and he found that all that conk! be done
was to apply cooling lotions to the lace, to re
lieve the pain, and these were continued al
most constantly during the remaining period of
the wn-tched man's existence. It appeared
tiiat from this time the prisoner refused to take
arty sustenance ; and the only nutriment he re
ceived from Saturday afternoon to the lime ap
pointed for his execution was a small quantity
of miik, that was almost forcibly administered
to hiin with a spoon.
As early as six o'clock, on Monday morning,
Air. Sheriff Rose, accompanied by his brother
and deputy, Mr. A.J. Rose, was in attendance :
and Mr. Shei iff Kenedy, and Air. Under Sheriff
Stone shortly afterwards arrived at the jail.—
1 he Rev. A]r. Davis had been with the wretch
' ed man fiom an earlier hour, but all his endea
vors to induce hint to receive the consolations
of religion were ineffectual. He appeared, in
j deed, in a:i almost-totally prostrate condition,
and Mr. Weatherhead, the newly 1 appointed
Governor of Newgate, directed that some wine
should be giv. nto him. When tiie authorities,
whose painful dulv it was to superintend the
I execution, w ere admitted to the room w here
! the w retched mar. was confined, lie was found
t sitting on a sort of couch that formed his bed,
with his head buried in his breast, and ajq a
rentlr utterly unconscious of what was passing
around him. Caicraft, the ex* cutioner, at once
proceeded to pinion the culprit, and when this
had been completed the prtsoner vomited lor a
considerable time, and the uhole ot his physical
'■vers appeared to have I* ft him. I here can
Ito doubt how ever, from w hat subsequently
occurred, tiiat a good deal of this was assumed,
in the hope, possibly, that some of the usual
> precautions would he neglected, and that he
might thus be enabled to carry out ttie [dan he
evidently contemplated of creating a scene on
the scaffold. Fortunately, however, notwith
standing thp apparently prostrated condition ot
the prisoner, he was securely pinioned, and
itis subsequent desperate proceedings on the
scaffold only had the effect ol increasing his
own sufferings.
Wh'-n the ceremony of pinioning had been
completed, the prisoner let his head drop on his
breast, and lie appeared to have already feit the
pang ol death. Eight o'clock, the fatal hour
for the execution, having arrived, the prisoner
was raised bv four men, and in that manner con
veyed to the scaffold. As he appeared totally
unable to stand, it was considered that the best
cours** to be adopted to place hi in in 3 chair tut—
! der the beam, and he was sustained in tfiat posi
! tion by one oj the assistants while Caicart fixed
the rope in its proper position. Ihe Rev. A!r.
Davies accompanied the wretched man, but
horn his apparent state it seemed useless to per-
I I >riii the usual offices ol religion. When the
signal was given, th** chair in which the* wretch
ed man was still stated, of conise gave way
i with the drop, and consequently the lull was
not near so gr< at as it n> under ordinary cir
cuiustances; and at tins dreadful moment the
• prisoner attempted t > carry out the desperate
struggle lor in'.-, which he had evidently con
i ten,[dated. The sound of the falling drop had
scarcely pas.-ed aw av, when there was a shriek
j fiom the crow dot "lie's up again: anil, to
the horror ol everv one, it was found that the
prisoner, bv a powerful muscular effort, had
draw n bin sell up completely to the level of the
. drop, and that both his feet were resting upon
the edge of it, and he was vainly endeavoring
to raise his hands to thr rope. One of the offi
cers immediately rushed upon the scaffold aim
pushed the wretched n an's feet from their hold:
but in an instant, by a violent effort, be threw
himself to the oth-r side, and again succeeded
in getting both his feet on the edge of the drop.
Cafcraft,"w ho had left the scaflold, imagining
that all was over, was called hack, and l<e seiz
ed hold of the wretched criminal, and it was
with considerable difficulty, that he could force
Inn; from the scaffold: he was again suspend
ed. Tiie short relief the wretched man had ob
tained from the pressure of the rope by those
desperate proceedings, had [ robably enabled him
j to respire : and, to the astonishment and horror
! of the spectators, he a third time succeeded in
! placing his I'eet upon the platform, and again
■ his hands vainly attempted to reach the fatal
rope. Caicraft, ano two or three men, th-n a
gam force.) the wretched man's feet horn their
hold, and his iegs were held down until the fi
nal struggle was over. W hue this fearful scene
was being enacted, the bells ot the different
neighboring churches were ringing merrily up
on the announcement of peace, offering a S3d
i contrast to the melancholy proceedings.
' !
SAP I'tcTfßt: or A ONCE BEAFTIFI'L AND HAT
TY WIFC. —The following appears in a late
number of the Buffalo Courier :
"Tiie Airs. Howard to whom we alluded in
our last w as rearrested yesterday morning, only
a short time after her discharge fton; the watch
house. She was found bv a policeman in H sta
ble—of course, grossly intoxicated. After be
ing taken before Justice Davis, she was senten
ced to the Penitentiary i r thirty days as a va
giant.
"The history of this unfortunate creature is
a meiancholv one. Some may censure, but we
are disposed to pitv her. L-*ss than a year ago
she was living in New \ork with her hnsbanc,
who held a position ot honor and trust, in ow
of the large mercantile houses in that city.
Sim was admired for for beauty and intelli
gence. moved in an exaite.l sphere, and was sur
rounded by friends and relatives who resected
and loved her. Last fall her husband was sent
upon a collecting tour, and she accompanied
him. On their unv hither her husband lei! in
with a company of 'confidence'or 'patent-safe
men, and was induced to join in their ru farious
business.
"In this citv his guilt became known. IT*
was arrested, convicted, anil s.'nteqgejJ to the
Stale prison, at Auburn, .for a t-rrn <*f y.nrs,
where he now remains. This fact becoming
known to her family and fri-nds, they ut once
disowned her, leaving her alne iri th** v.eiU.
and surrounded bv the disgiace which her hus
band had brought upon h* i. In her despera
tion sl.e resorted to the wine cup, an i is now a
■poor, dissolute, drunken wretc! —only tor
pit \ and compassion. Her trunks, which wore
tilled with fine clothing and other articUs, are
detained at a hotel a< security for tin pavn lit
of hills contracted by her husi an . H-T jew
eirv was long since left at a pawn-! fo rs.a; .:
she is without friends, without a home, without
moriev, without everything that was once hers.
Los!, lost, lost I"
ONE or THE LATE HEAVY Konncnir.-.—Our
readers will remember that some months since
tlm silk store of L. B. Curtis &. Co., on Chester
stretl, between Second and Third, wr.s feloni
ously entered arid robbed of goods to the value
of eight or ten thousand dollars. The follow
ing from the New York Herald of yesterday
has relation to that rolcbery :
(.'/inrge of Rescuing Stolen Good:-. —Joseph
and Moses Ehrick, ol No. 27.) lentil street,
were taken into custody yesterday afternoon,
bv Sergeant Jordan, of the Lower Police C. ort,
on the charge of receiving stolen goods. The
complainants in this case, L>*wis Curtis and oth
ers, of" Philadelphia, a'!*g** that on the Bth of
.March last, th<-ir place of business was robbed
of $7,000 worth of silk and satin goods, by
some burglars: that thev have discovered a
part of the stolen prnpertv in the house of the
accused, in Tenth street, and believe it to have
been received by them with a full and guilty
knowledge. The defendants jay that Ihe good?
in question were bought by them some six
months ago, and therefore could not possibly
have been in Mr. Curtis' store on the Sth uit.
The prisoners were committed for examination,
l>v Justice Connolly, of tiie Lower Police Court.
Another account savs :—An extensive haul
of stolen goods, some of which belong to a Phil
adelphia firm, has been made by our police.—
Some time 3go the police wei • led to believe
stolen goods were concealed in a house on
Tenth street, Brooklyn, and made a descent.—
Thev ascertained definitely that goods which
had been stolen from the div goods store of L.
F>. Curtis &. Co., Philadelphia. ■ u the 7t'i oi
March last, were secreted in tic* bous**, and
having telegraped to the above firm, procured
assistance, and j roceeded to the premises, which
they searched from top to bottom. Tie goods
recovered tilled three large trunks, and consist
ed of silks, satins, gloves, pucket handkerchiefs,
silk vest ings, one piece witb**tlie manufacturer's
number, 42, 515, blue with white edge : a lot
of gold watches, several hundred silver sj ;ons,
knives and forks, and a variety < f burglar's im
plements for breaking locks, Tic* good
were all brought to the office of the Chief of
Police in this citv, where some members of the
Curtis firm identified several pieces. It is sup
posed that Ihe goods are the proceeds of many
robberies in this and other cities. The Ehricks
wert* arrested, and are in custody awaiting fur
ther developments. The value of thegoods re
covered is about slo,ood.
STRANGE DEATH IN THE CARS. — On boar;,
the train of cars which ieft Philadelphia tor
Pittsburg on Wednesday night last, one <:f tiie
passengers, J a rr.es P. Williams, ol New Bruns
wick, New Jersey, came to his death in the fol
lowing verv strange manner. His wife was
sleeping beside him, and his son, a small boy,
on the seat in front of him:. When about two
hours out from Philadelphia, it was observed
that his head hung down quite outside, and on
being [lulled in he was fond insensible, appa
rently living, the blood flowing profusely lr,>m
a severe contusion or wound on the head. At
the next station he was taken off the car, and
soon after expired. His wife was in the deep
est agony of mind, and telegraphed to her r* ia
tives in New Brunswick to come to ht-r relief.
The deceased, with his wife and child, was
on the way to Chicago, on a visit to his wife's
father. The supposition is that the wound was
inflicted on passing a water tank, or some car
standing on the other track. It is another ad
monition that passengers should obs>-rve the ad
vice painted'on the doors of the cars, to avoid
putting their beads or arms out of the windows.
A MISTOLU STORY.— Jn Rogers' 'TableTalk'
there is this anecdote :
"Lord Ellenborough was once about to goon
a circuit, when laiiy E. said that she should like
to accompany him. H** replied that he had
no objection, provided that she did not encum
ber the carriage with bandboxes, which weie
bis utter abhorrence. Thev set off. During
the first day's journey. Lord Ellenbornngh hap
pening to stretch his legs, struck his f-et against
something below the seat. He discovered that
it was a bandbox. His indignation n not to be
described. Up went the window,ami out went
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j the bandbox. The coathman stopped, and the
footman, thinking the bamibo.x haii tumbled cut
of the window by sorr.e extraordinary chance,
was going to pick it up, when Lord Kueabor-
Oligh furiously called on!, 'Diive on
'•The bandbox accordingly was Jet; by a ditch
side. Having reached the county town where
i.e was to officiate as judg, Lord F.iienborough
proceeded to nrrav himself for his appearance
in tiie Court H use. '.Now," said he, * where s
n;v \\ ig— where is rov wig?'—'My re
plied his attendant, •:! v. us thrown out of the
window.' "
The true s' rv i.-, tint the la 'y's maid, spy
ing L r.i E - nh's v> .g-b'ix among t{<
luggage in the i.uii, ; ..,;hf her.-I? wf at it
shame i! was that his Lordship's fogy wig
i.e so substantially and Securely lodged, while
; j her nii-tress" brautifiil cap should be entrus
ted to a fragiie bandbox. Whereupon to ■-
dre.-s this wrong, she t>->lc the wig out of its
box, substituted Ladv Lii< nuor-ugh's cap, and
clapped the wig in the lac-lbox. Pa-sing over
■ Wi'Slminslt r liridge, Lord EHenbo-otigk tliscov
• eretl tic- handle x. and, in spite .? the prayers
, of Lad t Ellenborough, ordered the loot man to
pitch it illio the I iver.
He ■> rowat ' *- : U'-vr- !' -* • ourt i
. fill.-d, and waiting for the presiding judge: th
■ Chief Justice, robed, asks- tor Lis wig j the at
tendant open* tie- to ig-ln.x, ai d lo ! instead of
the wig thrre is pterclvd coquettish lv in its
p'v?e a !?c cat' with sc.ait j.ink rifcLms. ap
■ pea ring ' artlv to challenge the ( !.i< f Justice?—
■ -'i • \ to- i'i;e truti: ii .dies en I/Til Liletil -
ough :h * had cost hi w or; the water.
I Sricio" T\ i'FllL.tiu T.I"::IA. —On Saturday
morning, ruanv t'-sitlents oi the Eighteenth
. Ward were start led hv ire ; ?!<iu<-;i and nr. xp t
• ted death of Mr. John S. Davison, which oc
curred at hi- residence in \ icnrta str-*. :, rear
Queen, about 10 o'clock. Some eighteen
months ago, the deceased lost his youngest
daughter, a iovefy and inl . resting young lady,
afier a verv brief illness, and her demise had so
much effect upiiii the father, that ho soon after
exhibited occasional fits o! melancholy. 1 pto
; tiie time of his death these attacks continued at
interval.-, and fearful that something sen u..
1 | might happen when excited from the terrible
' disease, the familv managed to keep everything
' from him that might be used for self-destrup
' tion. I:> to Satcrdav. tie v succeeded in doing
this, but bv some management or other, lie se
cured a razor for the purpose of shaving himself,
; and while perl'mming this operation, it is suppo
' serf one of tiie fits came on, and he inflicted the
fatal wound. Eor several months previous. In*
1 suffered gr^tlv from dyspepsia, which at tnr.es
aggravated his disease, but tor many days before
his death he appeared qmte well, and tree fiom
1 : the spells of insanity. While shaving himself
' his wife passed through the room and he was
not disturbed, as lie was supposed to be entirely
1 ■ sane. A few minutes after leaving his room,
' i Mrs. I), went downstairs, and scarcely had sin*
' reached the first Iho?, when she beard a heavy
; fail, and quick I v running up stair*, t-.mnd h-r
' husband with I.is throat cut. Mr. D. died in
" half r.i: hour after. He was fifty-six years of
age, and ever regarded bv those w ho knew him,
as aii ot t temnlarv man. '] he funeral servi
-1 cts will take place on Wednesday, at Kensing
" ton, M. E. Church, i' which h<* had been a lw
-1 ding and devoit -.1 i.. -r:.b- r . t upwards of thirty
" years.
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■ T AKT: A P AFICU I t; voi.i: WK C; —A friend,
I sav.s an exchange, I .ni us a story in relation to
i i one of our subscribe! whirr contains a good
5 moral for husbands, and also furnishes an exam
- pie for wives which is not unworthy of iu.ita
• lion under similar circumstances :
S The subscribe! referred t . said it had been his
t intention to call at the ( dice, pay up ins arreaiv,
. and discontinue the paper.
His wife very properly asked :
"U'liv do vou intend to discontinue the pa
f per
"Because," said the husband, "I am so much
- awav front fiome on business, and have so little
time lo read, there seej; -to be little use in my
s taking th j paper."
"V es," re j. lied she, "it may be hut little use
: to YOV, but it is gr> ai use to I remain ..-t
iiome while von lire gone, }i vou discontinue
tiie paper, I will go straight to town and MIO
r ! scribe myself.
DISTRRTSSIXC; AOCIIV NT —On Tin-soar night,
a a partv of gentlemen were o><>" hunting, in
the vicinitv .' Ti rt! Creek,one of their num
ber. a v -ting loan name-' Stephen Sample, scp
j erated f Vtjiri the rest. In a -hoit time, John
l Montgomery, who was in the main party, saw
1 1 something white moving in the distance, and
communicated in the father r>i young Sample,
, who stood beside him. The old man said—
. 'Shoot, John—l think it's a polecat.' Mon'-
1 gornerv fired, and in a n.oment after the entire
_ partv were bending over the bleeding body oi
. young Sample ! The hall find entered his head
near the ,-v, and he si irtlv afterwards ex pin*.:.
s The white substance which attracted the at
tention of Mr. Montgomery, was the shirt breast
, ' ol" Mr. Sample,—7 > 7/s6.vrg I nion.
r
Pi mux,, run QUESTION ix Prttf.— "Propo
_ sing in Peru is verv romantic. i lie suitor a|>-
) pears on the appointed evening with a gaiiy
dressed trouhador under the balcony of his be
loved : the singer steps before her flower-be
•' j decked window, and sings her beauties in the
name of her lover. He compares her siz" to
a that of a palm tree, her lips to two binshing
e ; rose buds, and her womanly form to that ot th**
ii dove. With assumed harshness the lady asks
- the lover ; "What are you, and what do you
~ want?" H** answers with ardent confidence:
- "Thedove I adore: th** stars live in the har
- inony of love, and whv should not we, too, love
t ] each other ?" Then the proud beauty gives
t ! herself away ; she takes hei flower-wreath from
e j her hair and throws it down to her lover, prom
t ising to be his f>rever.
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