\ .TIE Hi i. NEW SERIES. THE BEDFOIiD GAZETTE li PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY MOR XING 1 BY MEYERS & BJ.XFORD, At the following terms, to wit: $! .50 per annum, CASH, in advance. $2.00 " " if paid within the year. $2.50 " " if not paid within the year. tt7"Xo subscription taken for less than six months, i 33~50 paper diseontinued until al ! arrearages ate ! jftiKt and eheTttiT timber. Ttiere ji. ..evern! hevefd ■ springs upon the premises with a riu.&taiii jHtl Wmt) luuiting thiough the farm. There is also a i ■S" : ";d tLjj.it> young oiehaiU bearing Irait there- | decidSn hat persons are ac- j eotintable tor t he subscription prii eof newspapers, ki they take them from the post olfiee, whether they subscribe for them, or not. POLITICAL.. ' SCOTCH WATER PIP PS. The Opposition papers have been having ' a | good time" /or some weeks jmst, in denouncing j the General Government, for making a contract ' with some Scotch iron manufacturers to supply , u portion of the water-pipes required for the i completion ol the aqueduct at Washington.— I We have paid no attention to this accusation,! because it bore falsehood upon i's face, and w>- ! did not believe that any intelligent citizen i would credit it for a moment. It is well known j that the Government makes no contracts with- : out first publicly inviting proposals or bids for j the work to be done, or the materials to be fur nished. It is also well known that whenever a conltact is awarded, the name of the success ful bidder is publicly announced. As this was done in the case of these water-pipes, and as Mr. Lawrence Myers, a citizen of Philadelphia, was the person to whom the contract for their supply was given, it necessarily follows that the charge that this very contract has Teen awarded to foreign manufacturers, is false. — 13ut, with that entire disregard of truth for which the opposition press is notorious, the charge is reiterated day after day, and adhered to with a shameless pertinacitv, for no other purpose than to deceive the people into the be lief that the present Democratic Administration prefers to encourage the foreign in preference to the home manufacturer. We therefore deem it our duty, once for all, to expose this premed itated misrepresentation, and the shallow foun dation upon which it rests. And we can do it j in no more effective way than by publishing the letter of Capt. Meigs, the Chief Engineer of; the aqueduct work, on this sul j"ct. It is plain and conclusive. He says : "An advertisement for the materials and work needed to complete the aqueduct was published fir two months, under the laws of Congress.— This advertisement engaged that the lowest re sponsible bidder should have the contiact, and the contract for the remainder of the iron pipes, many miles of which had been already furnish ed by a citizen of Camden , .V. .1 under Jor itur contract , u-'/s awarded to a cihz< n of i'til adelphia, .Mr. Lawrence .Myers. Thus wen nil parties tiealed with equal fairness, and the interests of the United States, which pays >r the pipes, protected. The price is low. I i.e contract is too large to he filled bt one man means in the required time, and Mr. Myers negotiates with the great iron masters of Phila delphia to assist him; but I suppose, for I know nothing of the matter, he find- their prices t • high for his contract, and seeks hi iter terms a bioad. "If Ibis be so, who is to blame ? Is it the • engineer, who, acting under the !u s, invited fair competition; the contractor who si-tls to; make the heft terms he can, or the J'hiiadel- ; , hia manufacturers, who allow a Scoti h firm ; three thousand miles off", to undersell them at; their own doors * "I hope that the contractor will succeed in making or purchasing his pipes in tin* count \ No one more than myself would regret to sm the capital supplied with water tr.iough pip'" not of our own manufacture, Put crtainiv cannot inlerfeie in the piivate business of a. contractor, and it was my duty award to* contract to the lowest bidder. He happens t" be a Pffiladelphian." It would be right and proper, we think, lor cur government, in inviting proposals for an', materials required in the prosecution of its woihs cf improvement, to stipulate that they shad ue, in all cases, of American production, or manu facture. But the Government has no inherent power to make such a stipulation. It can only !o it under the authority of an Act oi C ingress. II the Opposition politicians are really anxious to benefit and protect our home manufactures, why don't thevgo to work in the right *v ay , instead of complaining against those wno are mere instruments for executing the laws, and have no discretionary power in themselves ? In al! future appropriations for the purchased articles which the General Government need- , to carry on its housekeeping, let a provision be inserted requiring them to be ol American pro duction. We do not believe a single member of Congress would be found voting against such a proposition. Until the question is raised, and its opponents are known, the complaints and denunciations of the Know-Nothing and Black Republican press are mere idle clamor, am! will be everywhere treated as such. heading Gazette. [l7"*The Opposition are amusing themselves with passing Tariff resolutions while they sup port free-trade candidates. Nothing like two tilings to a bow. POETE2Y. A QUESTION. BY RKQUEST. Is it any body's business, Ifa gentleman should choose. To wait upon a lady ! If the lady don't refuse? : Or, to speak a little plainer, That the m< aning all may know, Is it anybody's business If a iaiiy have a beau 1 . Is il any body's business When that gentleman doth call, Or when he leaves the ladv, (>r if lie leaves at ail ? Or is it necessary That the curtains should be drawn, To save from further trouble f he outside lookers on ' Is it any body's bu-iriess Hut the lady's, if her beau Hidetiiout with other ladies. And doesn't lei her know ? Js it any body's business Hut the gentleman's, il she Should accept another escort, Where he doesn't chance to be ? If a pet son is on the sidewalk, Whether great or whether small, Is it any body's business When that person means to call ? Or if \ >u s'e a person When he's calling anywhere, Is it any o t' your business, W ha' /,;s business may be there * The substance of our query, Simply staled, would be this; Is it any body's business What another's business is ? Whether 'lis. or whether'(isn't, VVe should really like to know, For we're cei tain if it isn't, There are so .ie w ho make it so. ill i set II an eon & THE HEAD OF OLIVER CROMWELL. | [Paris correspondence of the N. Y. Express.] j ILL v leaving England 1 had an opportunity ■ of seeing a great curiosity, a veiic of antiquity, [ j which few Englishmen have seen. You will ! be surprised, and perhaps incredulous, when 1 j say I have seen the head oj Oliver Cromwe.lt— • not the mere skuiJ, but the head entire, and in a stale of rfmarLUu |u .snrvali-m T~. !>;.• j is authentic, and there is veibal and historical j evidence to place the thing beyond cavil.— Cromwell died at Hampton Couit in '6.')S, j giving the stiougest evidence of his earnest n ! ligious convictions, and of his sincerity as a j Christian. After an imposing (iitieial pageant, the body having Keen em >.>'uied, he was buried |in Westminister A' .ry. (J.i tile restoration ol j li.e Stuarts he was taken up and hung in i'y- I burn. Afterwards bis head was cut oil, a pike ! driven up through the neck and skull, and ex- I posed on Westminister Hall. It remained there a long while, until, by some violence, lire pike |w as broken and the head throw n down, it was picked tij) by a soldier and conceal, d, and ufter- w ariis cou vey 'd to some Iron I, who kept it care iuliy lor years. 1 Plough a succession of lami iies, which can easily be traced, it has conn i ito the j -Oi ssion of the daughter of Hon. Mr. Wilkinson, ex-member ot I'uUiurneiit from Buckingham and Bruiniey. It was a*, the resi lience ul tiiis gentlemen that 1 saw the head, and his daughter, a lady cf fine manners and great culture, • xii'.Lnt d it to Be*. Air. \> rn li, the j.'jjto: id tile iiiuii.it \ Diss*. iitinjJ Ci.ajtei, . . * ~t ..I t'r.ima .-'i I : asft . efi.ifp... li.ii .n ad ol v.ronivvc.; u i enure.— iue l.i'Pi is 01-ick and sunken, but the haturis ire near!* perlecl, tue imii siiii remaining and •ven Uic iaige Wait over one of the eyes such being a distinctive tnaik on his face—is yet perlect.v visible. The pike which was thrust Uirougii I tie neck still remains, the upper part .d uoii, nearly rusted oti, and the lower wood t ,i [iorti in in splinters, showing mat it was bro ken bv some ail of violence, it is known ius- toric.-.i * liiat Ciomvveii was embalmed, and no per.-on i! us Cared lor was ever publicly gibbet led. excej l tlm illustrious man. In addition to 111 must autnrntic records concerning tiir head j. <s.-e.-s--ti bv the family, and which J have i >uml sustained by historical works, and even an old manusciipt in the British Alusium, Air. i Uxman, the distinguished sculptor, once gave i! as bis opinion that this was none other than the head ot Oiivei Cromwell. \> t its existence see i us almost unknown in England, and only a lew v • ais a ! o a discussion in some ol ihejoui nais whitii 1 have, seen alternately denied and advocated it. Such a rumor was in circulation and as no one had then seen ttie head, it having teen k-'pt concealed, none could speak by au thor!'\ • Recently the motive for concealment has passed away, and permission to see it was i caieiullv granted, it is a curious keep-sake for; a ladv, but it i- carefully preserved under lock and key in a box of great antiquity, vviapped ! in a number of costly envelopes, and when it is raised from its hiding plate and held in one's | band, what a world of thought is suggested ! SLEETING AIT EH DINNER. — 1 HIS habit, which is becoming so very popular in this country, and particularly so with young peison, is an j exceedingly pernicious one. In our climate. ; liit* stomacti noes not perform its functions do- : rim' sleep, except Willi slowness and difficulty: j it it be heavily loaded, it remains in a senu torpid condition until the siesta is finished.— The result of"such a daily torpidity is indiges tion, or some one ol '.lie thousand different luirns assumed by the hydra, dyspepsia. In hot coun tries the action of the digestive organs is much | easier than here, and sleep, unless very sound, impedes the stomach functions but very slightly, if at all. The siesta is, therefore, a natural and | proper thing for the tropics, although totally t inappropriate to the United States. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1858. Mi!. BANGUM'S BALCONY MUSS RAND. Mr. Bangum was sitting in his office in the Museum the other day, w hen fie heard a knock at 4he door. 'Come in,' said he. The door opened, and a trombone entered. Mr. Bangum started. The trombone was followed by an arm, an ! the arm bv a body, the body belonging to no less a personage than .Mr. Eii Fa nt. 'M-. Bangum ?' said Mr. Fant, inquiringly. 'That's my name,'said that gentleman. 'Good morning,' said Mr. Fant. 'Good morning,' said Mr. Bangum. 'I see that you have a band on your Balcony,*, began Mr. Fant. es* said Mr. Bangum." 'And I came to see ill could get a situation there as trombone.' 'I presume you can,' said Mr. Bangum, if we can agree upon terms.' 'During what hours should I plav ?' asked Mr. FanL 'They usually play,' said Mr. Bangum, 'from two to three in the afternoon, and from Mx to eight in the evening.' I • 'What is the place worth ?' asked Mr. Fant. 'Five dollars a week?' said Mr. Bangum, inquiringly. '\ <ry well,' said Mr. Fant, with great j satisfaction, lie had not expected more than j three or four. I ' You can begin 10-day. if you like,'said Mr. i Bangum. 'The payments are weekly.' Y r ery well,' sai i Mr. Fant. In accoidance with this- agreement, Mr. | Faut's trombone did duty for a week on Mr. Bungmn's balcony, and very hard, too, did Air. Fant bore away on his trombone. At the rnd iof ihe week he calhd on Mr. Bangum for ins j week's salary. j '1 w ill makeout a bill, if you like,' saitifMr. i Bangum. ; 'lf vou please,' said Mr. Fant. | A if. a little turning over of leaves and , comparing of books, Mr. Bangum handed him the bill. Ji-- read it owr once, twice, three times, looking every time more and more im stiff -!. At last he said : j 'Mr. Bangum, you have made a little mis- ■ j fake here, 1 believe.' 1 'Eh?'said Mr. Bangum, 'not that lam a i ware of.' 'Yes,' sti i Mr. Fant, smiling. He couldn't j help smiling to think how Mr. Bangum would , laugh w hen be learned w bat the mistake 'lt's rather a funny mistake ; I don't st how i-Oil raiftH in make it The Kill reads.— ' 'Mr. EH IAM i ■' r. T. DAM- * e■ ■ 'To privilege of playing a trombone in l is Museum for the week ending May 1 I, 53, $5. VVell,'said Mr. Bangum,'l le-lieve it was five dollars, wasn't it ?' . 'Ye-es,' said Mr. Fant. perplexed, 'I believe 'it was. But I didn't I>>kat it in that lijht.' j 'lu w hat iight did you look at it ! sail .Mr. j Bangum. YV-h-y,' said Mr. Fant, still more p'-rjlexi d, '1 thought you pa> i i.ie five dollars, not you.' •Oh, no said Mr. Bangum. 'This is tle state of the case. There are quite a number <f per | sons in this city who wish to piactice snh in- strumeiits, but cannot do it at-home, on amount of disturbing the neighbors, so 1 let them astan lingup p' .c- on the balcony : ami each grille ! man comes here, brings what instrnmet in* i likes, ami j ractic - whatevi rbe likes to, w ifu ut ; disturbing an* body ; that is, anybody witrare j any tiling abotu.' The office-door opened, and the trorpoßp ; went out, to'i.iWid bv Air. Kant, w! lie A"r3an * gum pi' o filed to H ike out his lulls again; the , dlier instruments. Air. Fait lias since jven i up ll.e trend no. i/ i /U It I '.•* I • I D-'M > was up and doing Apiii Fool Day A : Tmgnlar ph<-nom>non was io be i en in thevi ' cinitv it is place ol business. Dobbs cut . | i nine (mm lii- st le the l.i-t ► veiling in M.th, • ! and while taking bis lea, remarked to Ins jfe ; that his colored potter had been blessed wit tut ! increase in tiis Ijitiily. "Why," said Mrs. D., "that makes nine ! "Exactlv," said be; "but the singularifyfi bout this m w comer is, that one Inill its lads black." "Dear me," exrlaim-d Mrs. D., "tliat is i gti'ar indeed. How strange ! What can he e ' | cau-n- of such a disfigurement ?" j "Can't say," replied Dobbs, "but it is a co j ositv worth seeing, to say the least of it." j "So 1 should think," returned his better h". , ,"I will go down in the morning, and take su i delicacies as the woman needs, and see the clt at the same time." Dobbs knew she would, so he went out) smoke a cigar, and the subject was dropped • the evening. Mext morning, alter he wenti his store, the kind hearted woman made up basket of nice tilings, and taking the serv uirl, went down to cheer up the mother and j the singular child. \\ hen Dobbs went hon to dinner, his wife looked surprised. Ilefore I had time to seat himself, she said : "Have you seen cousin John ! lie was Imi this morning to pay you ttie money you lei ; him, arm as he could not wait for you, and mu ! leave town again to-day, I told him you woul j be a! the store at half-past two." "How lortunate," said he; "I need just the amount to take up a note to-morrow. Just tw< now," said Dobbs, looking at his watch; "I wi j go (low n at once, lor lear of missing him." "Can't you have dinner first V' sail his a \ leclionate wife; "you will be in time." "No," said he, "1 want that money, ar would not like to miss him, sol will go once." "By the by," said the lady, "how came y< to tell me such a story about one side of tL child's lace being white 1" "No, no," said he, as he put on his hat,"y are mistaken. 1 said one side was black. Y Freedcm of Thought and Opinion. did no! ask about the other side; that was black, too. First of April, my dear, first of April, you know." D rbbs departed in haste, and did not return home again until tea-time,and then he looked disappointed. "What is the matter, my dear?" said Mrs. D. "Why, T missed cousin John, and I needed that thousand dollars to take up a note to-mor row, and every one is so short I cannot raise it." j "Oh, is that ail ?" returned she, "then it' 3 all ! right. Com-in John paid me the money, and ' said you could send him a receipt by mail." y "But," asked Dobbs, "why couldn't you, tell fine so at dinner lime, and not say he would be at , toe store to pay me at hal f - past two, ana so send me of! without my dinner, besides causing me so much anxiety for nothing." I am so' ry you have had so much anxiety and trouble,'' returned his wife, "but you are mis taken in supposing I told you he would beat the store at that time. ] said 1 told him you would be there, at half-past two, and knowing you were in want of that money, I knew you would not fail. First of Jlprd, my dear, first of Ji- \ pril, you know /" Dobbs caved in; he acknowledged the corn, ; and Air. and Mrs. Dobbs enjoyed a pleasant sup- j per. YOING WOMAN ROOD. Y'oung womanhood ! the sweet moon on the j horizon's verge—a thought matured, but not i uttered—a conception, warm and slowing, not i embodied—the rich halo which precedes the j rising sun—the rosy down that bespeaks the] ripening peach—a flower— A flower that is not quite a flower, Aiul is no more a bud. —Gallaher's Hyperion. Yong womanhood ! molasses touched with a little brimstone, spread on bread not buttered a being aii joints and ankles not filled out— an unformed form, deformed by stays—a pallid li. ing that loves the jipti.ing peach,a young] woman— A woman that is not quite a woman, Yet something more than a gal. Brooklyn News. Y ung womanhood ! a hail moon not riz,—a j cake baked but not tinned—hot corn, all hot j and smoking, not yet solid—a rich curdle which j precedes the coming butter—the thickening d nvn upon a gosling's back, that ,bespeaks the future goose ; a butterfly— A butterfly which is not a butterfly, • - . ll_. „„ r.„.„ —Sunday News. Now comes our turn. Young womanhood ! a giggle, something short of a broad horse laugh. • small potatoes half grown ; a body and limbs developed with padding : the exhibition of bone and muscle enough lor a coming matrimonial squabble —substantial fingernails that bespeak first rate scratching ; a gander A gamier which is not quite a gander, And is not vet a goose. New Orleans Picayune. While it is on the way we may as well give it a shove :so here goes. Young womanhood ! a red blackberry, just green enough to be as vinegar—a pel.simmon not yet frosted, vet ready to "pucker" anybody's mouth who touches it—a something which is neither fi>h, llesn, nor good red herring—a "betweeniiy" tuo abstract lor even a politician—a cat A cat which is not quite a cat, And yet is not a kitten. —Baltimore Sun. IYQW comrs us. Young womanhood! a chick- ] en in the shell—a "small potato" that isn't lit ! for family use—a pi ce ol green "iive limber"; ! a hening hail scorched over the tire : a moving ; sack of nothing, tied round the middle ; a ; young id< a about taking the shoot ; a lucifer j match nut yet ignited ; a saucy cackling hen— ! A hen which is not quite a hen, Nor ain't an old rooster nuttier. Coffey viile Intelligencer Hood lick ! If'its a "free foul," gentlemen, j consider us io ; we take one chance in that : investment to a dead moral certainly, whether j we win or lose hv tile investment. Here goes ! j Young womanhood ! weny small turnips, few in a hill, hard to dig, and when dug not worth shucks : a buckwheat cake badly done j on one side, and nary drop of molasses in the : house; undeveloped crinoline ; piano torlurer; I general teaser-in-chirl to ail the lamily; embryo j ball-room-oi nament-oyster-shelis, with the oys- ; lets just swallowed ; an undeveloped rat: "in ; point ol fact," as Micawber would say A cunning sharpe-eyed little mice, That would be cheap at any price. —Na'chez Courier. Young womanhood!—a moving mass o( j undeveloped beaulv, well supplied with tongues; j a thing composed of powder, hoops, flowers j flounces ; a substance well calculated to deceive; a pigeon— A pigeon which is not quite a pigeon, Vet 'twill not do to call a squab. —Jackson Flag. We must have "a linger in the pie " if we it buttled lor our impudence. Young womanhood ! —a pioof-sheet with but 1 one error to be corrected ; a gingercake not !<|uite done, but will do to take along it a fel low hasn't time to wait ; milk and peaches that Jack just a little more sugar ; five Banc piece Jhat will answer the place ot a dollar rather jthan take a ragged bill ; a strawberry—- A strawberry that is rot quite ripe. Yet is no lunger green. —Shelbyville Expositor. rf Young womanhood ! —A thing of beauty, I joy forever ; an object that leads to virtue, fcet lures to vice; is worthy o! the highest praise, ,'tket deserves the severest censure, a modest ros-, liflushing and lovely; a lightning Upas, threat ling aud destructive ;. a small keg, an expan ;<|ed hogshead ; a thought of heaven, with fejliuch to remain on earth ; heaven s greatest blessing, man's worst tormentor ; in short, a I stiange compound of good and bad. Young] womanhood A dream which is not a dream, Arid not yet quite reality. —Cincinnati Times. Now comes our shove ; so here we go : Young womanhood ! —a shining star, beam ! ing out softly between the rifted cloud; an i j angel without wings ; a something incomputa ble, the value of which cannot be estimated; an ephemera, not living two days alike A thing of beauty—a joy always, Until it comes to footing store bill. —Rockton Gazette. I LIFE IX NEBRASKA. A citizen of Nebraska thus posts up an east ern correspondent who asked a variety of ques tions as to the territory and life there : "What kind ot country do you live in ?" Mixed and extensive. It is made up prin- - ; cipa'ly of land and vi ater. "VVbat kind of weather?" I Long spells of weather are frequent. Our i sunshine comes off'principally during the day ! time. ] "Have you plenty of water, and how got?" A good deal of water scattered about, and ! generally got in pails and whiskey. • "Is it hard ?" Rather so, when you have to go half a mile, i and wade in mud knee deep to get it. "What kind of buildings?" ] Allegoric, lonic, Anti-Baloric, Log and Slabs. ; Ihe buildings are chiefly out of doors, and so low bet ween joints that the chimneys all stick out through tiie roof. "What kind of society ?" Good, bad, hateful, indifferent, and mixed. "Any aristocracy ?" Nary one. "What do your people do for a living, mostly?' Some work, some laze around : one's a shrewd business manager, and several drink whiskey. "Is it cheap living there ?" Only five cents a glass and the water thrown in, "Any taste for music ?" Strong. Buzz and buck-saws in the daytime, - and wolf-howlings and cat-fighting nights, j "Any pianos there ?" No, but we have several cow bells, and a tin pan in every family. "Any manufacturers ?" Every household. All our children are home "What could a genteel family in moderate' circumstances do there for a living ?" Work, shave notes, fish, hunt, steal, or if hard ] pinched, buy and sell town property. A FLOATING IS LA XIJ. A few days since a large object was seen in j Lake Ontario in a north westerly direction from | Pultneyville, gently floating to the eastward. 1 It excited considerable curiosity, as i! appeared j unlike any thing ever seen on the lake before. As all had a desire to know more about i!, sev eral young men in boats, started in pursuit arid | after a sturdy pull with oars, it was at last over ; hauh-d some five miles from shore. It was steadily wending its way down the lake, im pelled by the current at the rate of three miles an hour and u hen overtaken, presented to the astonished beholders a no less novel spectacle than an island covered with luxuriant vegetation! It was about five rods in length and nearly of equal bieadihand had probably been formed in some quiet nook of a river or bav, upon some timber or brush that had become stationary under the surface of the water, till an admix ture cfenrlhy and vegetable matter hnd accu mulated, sufficient to nourish vegetation, such as is peculiar to swamp v locations.— These had giown and fallen through a long succession of years until the whole had become matted together by roots and fibres so as to give the mass a firmness and tenacity sufficient to resist the waves, and a specific gravity that enabled it to float. The late rains increasing the volume of water where it formed, elevated it from its bed, broke it from its moorings and sent it oil on a voyage of discovery. The whole island is covered with such plants as are seen about Irondequoit bay, and had much such ap pearance. It was sufficiently firm to bear up a man—as Dr. Beardsly stepped on shore and took possession in behalf of Uncle Sam. The island was not wholly uninhabited, as several small birds were seen. The highest points of this novel island were about five feet above the surface ol the water, and the plants slool firm and erect, vigorous and healthy.— Wayne Democratic Press. FA TTFXIXG lIOGS. When your hogs are at first taken up for fattening they should receive two or three doses of flour of sulphur, and as many of copperas, say a table spoonful, a dose to be given in mes ses of bran or meal made into slop at intervals of a dav apart. Their food for the first two or three weeks should be pumpkins, apples and roots or other vegetables which should he boiled or steamed and made into messes with bran or meal, the latter should be increased from day to day so that when they come to have corn or meal altogether, (lie change of diet may not be injuriously felt by them. Jn connection with the subject of feeding grain, we would remind our readers that ground corn meal co"k*d will go 30 per cent farther in fattening hogs than raw grain w hole and the whole grain when boiled will go 10 or 20 per cent farther than when not boiled. During the entire period of fattening the hogs should be regularly supplied with charcoal, ashes, rotten wood and salt. The better animals are fed, and the better they are kept, the more profitable they are. IJ^That's but an empty purse that is full of other folk's money. WiSOLE XIJ3ISIER 2815. ! CONFEW?K>:T OF PERRIES, THE MERDERER.— PERRIES, the murderer of M'.VAMARA, since his conviction of manslaughter by the jury that tried hiin, has made a full confession. The verdict of the jury disappointed most of our citizens, but vet as ail the evidence produ ced on the part of the Commonwealth was circumstantial, the jury no doubt felt it impossi ble, under the oath they had taken, to find him guilty of murder, boweverjust such a verdict would have been. The jury, we feef satisfied, ; discharged their duty conscientiously, and, not witstanding our belief that the prisoner deser ved the severest penalty of the law, we fee! no ; disposition to find fault with the sworn gentle men who composed the jury. PERRIC; 'E confession amounts to this :—On ! the evening of the 3d of June last he was in town, in company with several troops of the Garrison. He had been drinking freelv all evening and for several days before. -He had been engaged in a fight the Monday night pre vious, with DEVLIN, a fellow-soldier, and been roughly handled. He felt for revenge, and pur chased a dirk-knife with which he intended to kill DEVLIN, or whoever atiacked him. He met DEVLIN in town on the evening of the murder, and drank with him several times, but appeared, afraid to attack him, for DEVLIN suspected him, end kept a sharp eye upon him. They separated about 11 4 o'clock, and PERKIER proceeded in the dire ction ol tiie Garrison, mad with himself that he had not accomplished the object of hi? visit to town. On his way to the Garrison, he was overtaken by MWAMARA, who had also i been in tow n drinking, but was nevertheless so ber, atul bore the character of a and inotiensive man. A couple of other joined them about this time, and the four pro ceeded on their way to the Garrison. After they had passed Bedford street, a dispute arose between M'XAMARA and PERKIER, when the former struck the latter. PERRIES immediately took his knife frcm his pocket, and, (to use his own language,) "got to work on his assailant-" lie says he has no recollection of the number of cuts lie gave him, but the last cut was the fa tal one, the blade of the dirk having penetrated the heart, causing d ath in a few seconds.— M'A A.MARA cried "murder" when he was first struck by the knife, and the two soldiers who had been in company with the disputants, took to their heels. PERKIER lost his cap during the scuffle and returned, after he had left to search for it. He could not find it, and having examined his victim to see that he was dead, he proceeded to the Garrison and immediately went to his quarters. He was arrested soon aft-r. and ha he-n in jail ever since. This is about his statement, and no doubt it contains some truth and some lies. PERKIER is a Frenchman, aged about 30, and is a w el-built man, and no doubt a great scoun . drel. His sentence is six years to the Peniten tiary.— Carlisle Volunteer. CRINOLINE IX RHYME. A lady with crinoline was walking down a street her feathers fluttered in the air, her hoops stuck out some feet. She walked the earth as if she felt of it she was no part, and proudly did she step along, for pride was in her heart. She did not see a curly dog which wal ked close by her side, all save the cur/v fail of which her crinoline did hide. His taifthe doa with pleasure shook—it fluttered in the and from the lady's crinoline stuck out a foot behind. A crowd the tail did soon espy, as it waved to and fro, and like a rudder seemed to point the way the maid must go. The curly dog, right pleased was he, the quarters he had got, walked beside the lady in a kind of doggish trot. Lach step the lady now did take served to increase Hie train, while those who followed in her wake roared out with might and inain. Some held their sides, they laughed so hard, and fairly cried, while many eren still confess that they'd "like to died."' But still the lady sailed along in crinoline and pride, unmindful of the crowd be hind or dog close by her side. But soon another dog espied the tail which fluttered free, it so provoked his doggish ire he could not let it be. But with a deep ferocious grow l, lor battle straight he went, and 'neath the lady's crinoline both dogs were quickly bent.— 1 hey fought, 'tis said, one hour or more—the laity nothing knew—but with tier head erect sailed on, and oid her way pursue. Some say she never would have known at all about the light, hail not one dog mistook and gave hpr "limb an aw ful bite. But since that day, I've lieaid it said, that lady ne'er was seen upon the street With ao much pride and such a crinoline. BOTH SIDES.— JP, the old time in Philadel phia, the disciples in the faith of William Penn mvaiiably wore the single-breasted drab or snufl-colored coal, and weie strict in their no tion of having the buttons thereof on the left ' side of the coat aforesaid. At a dinner given by him, friend Eiias Breasy had secured a big buck darkie to "tend table," to whom he gave imperative orders to hand things to the guests at the left side. " 1 hee will always know by (heir coat buttons, Ciesar, \v hich is the left side." Among the guests was a French gantleman who wore a double-breasted coat—a worldly garment. The darkie, in handing round the soup, paused behind the French gentleman, looked at his coat and stood, for a moment, an ebon v statue of despair, struggling with doubt and a plate of soup. Presently lie yelled out, "Mass Lias it's no use—buttons on boff sides," and handed the plate to the French guest over his head. "Dat de tust time I ever seed a man dat was left han , ded on boff sides ob his coat !" THIRTY-ONE years ago, the first coal from the mountains of Pennsylvania was carried to Philadelphia. Few would purchase it, and still fewer knew how to make it burn. (GPConscience, be it ever so little a worm while we live, grows suddenly to a serpent on lour death-bed. VOL 2, NO. 7.
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