VOL OIK >G.
NEW SERIES,
mV AGIiICULTCRIu SBTTLGHES I\
TO ALL WANTING FARMS,
RARE OPPORTUNITY IN A DELIGHTFUL
ANNJIEALTPIY CLIMATE 25 MILES SOUTH
EANC OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE CAM
DEN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD,
NEW JERSEY.
An old estate consisting o; several thousand of
acres of productive *oil l.as l>een divided into £ arms
of various sizes to suit <i> r purchaser. A popula
t'on of some i'tfceen Hundred, from various parts
of the middle Slates arid New England have settled
there the past year, improved their p.aces, *~
ratsei ear.-,, 'it crop*. The pr.ce ol the land is at
the low -urn of from §l5 to rf~ t per acre, the son
of the best quality for the production 0., L nrut.
Cinner Corn * Ftaek**-* Or apt* If es* i I
ISCON.MDKRED TLL BL.>T FRUIT SOIL IN
THE UNION. The place L perfectly secure from
frosts the destructive enemy of the farmer. Crops
of-rain, grass and fruit are now growing and can
he "seen. I'.y examining the place itself, a correct
i'll-rnent can be formed of the productiveness of the
Jaird. The terms aie made easy to secure the rapid
improvement of the iaiu;,, w.J cu is ci y scud lor
actual improvement. The result has been, toat
within the past year, some ihree hundred houses have
been erected, two mills, one steam,four stores, some
forty vinyards ami peach orchards, planted, and a
lar-e number of other improvement-, making it a
desirable and active place ot business.
THE M ARRET,
es the reader may perceive from its location, is the
BEbT IN THE UNION,
Products bringing double the p'ice than in loca
tions away from the city, and more than doubie the
price in the West. It is k; ■ '.vn that the earliest
and best fruits and vegetables in this latitude come
from New Jersey, at: * are annually exported toll
extent of millions.
In locatingnere, the settler has many advantages
He is will •! a few rears •of the great cif.es of
New England and Middle en- airy vdte.rs eve,-/ im
provement of comfort pud etviiftutivn is at hand.—
He can buy every artmie he vvariu at the chewiest
-•rice,and -ell his produce for the highest, (in the
West ti.is is rever-e !,) ae nas schools for hi- chil
dren, divine tender, and wilt enjoy an open winter,
amd delightful i . mate, w!. ire fevers are utterly un
known. ° The result of th- c hmge upon tho,e from
the north, lias genernllv been to restore them to an
excellent staia < : *-e.. '•
In the way of building and improving, lumber j
car. be obtained at the m is at the rate o! SlO to
$l.O por thousand. Bricks from the brick yard
opened in the place, every article can be procured
in the place; good carpenters are at i.ar. , c. : there
is no place ia the Union where buildings and im
provement can be made ckeaper.
The reader will ac ewe be struck with the
advantages here presmted, and ask himself why the
property ha-, not been ioken up beiore. Ihe reason
is, .t was never thrown .a the market; ami on.ess
the-e statements were correct, r one wo tl in
vited to examine the lan jre purchasing, i is
all are expected to do. They wiil sell land under
cultivation, such is ine extent of the settlement that
they will no doubt, i eet p-r-ons :rom t-'.eir ow
neighborhood; toey will witness the improvements
amfran judge the charade/ ofthe population. If
they come with • view to settle, Ihey should come
pr* pared to stay a day >r 'wo and be r--> 'y to pur
chase, as locations cannot he held on re; j-al.
There are two daily trains to Philadelphia, and
'to Jlfrsetiler.? WNN improva. TUB Ti.ur.r.o.vbCov. CAXY
OIVES A r; I.e. Tics:-: ;• FOlt SIX MOXTHS .IX3 A iZALp*
mcsTic: • T TBSCE Y ir<.
THE TOWN OF HaMMONTON. -
In connection with the agricultural settlement
anew and thriving town us nat.iraliy arisen, wh -M
pres-nts inducements i r ai y ki- ! oi business,
particularly stores a:.l manufactories. The Soe
business could be carried on in this plac and mar let
to good advantage, al-o cotton b'ii;i ess, am! man
ufactories of agricultural implements or Foundries
for casting small articles. Tbe improvement has
ibeen so rapid as to insure a constant and permanee
r. c-.-ase <-i business Town lots of a good size, we
io not sell smali ones, 'us ;t *.v I; 1 A. ,.e LCl
oprovemei.t of the; lace can be cad at from Si I .')
and op war'?.
The amaionfon Fartnr, a monthly E.-rtry and
agricultural containing .• • ir orrr • i oi
Hamnot'ion, can c-Jtair t at c".i*< pi u. ::;o.
Title inli-puMble—warrantee 1 •• et! s g;v- n, c.-ar
of all incumbrance when money is paid. Route to
the (and : leave vme s: rt?e t wi. A ., lN : I-* na. ■ .
Hammoriton by Railroad, 7 _ A. M.. or P. ,i.
Fare 96 ecu's." When there fnquirefor Mr. Byrnes.
Boarding conveniences on ban I. Parties had better
stop witli Mr. Byrnes, a pniic pa! ur.til ti have
dec,Jed as lo purchasing, as lit* will show' them over
tbland in his earring", free of exp n'*>. Letters
and a; plications can be address- 1 to Landis Hi Byrnes,
Hainmoiitc.il P. 0., Atlantic Co., New Jersey, or
S. B. L'ougiiiiii, 202 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.
Maps and information cheerfully furnished.
Aug. 19, 1859-Gm.
Allegheny Male apjl Female Seriiiaufy,
KAE3.SBr3K, Pa.
FAC I LT V v .
E. J. OSBORNE, A. 8., Principal, Prof, of Lan
guages and Philosophy.
Wa. 8. Smith. Prof, of Mathematics.
Jas. 11. Miller, Adjunct Prof, of Mathematics.
Rev. B. F. Steve; -, Lectiner on .Moral Philoso
phy &c.
Wm. A- Stephens, Prof, of English Grammar Ktc.
Dr. J. Hughes, Lecturer on Anatomy fcc.
Mrs. E. V. O,borne, Prec-ptre.-s,Teacher of Draw
ing Flinch, Botauy &c.
B. F. Drott, Prof, of Instrumental Music.
Price of Tuition for teim of !l weeks.
Common F.ngl sh Branches S3 <
Higher Brandies, including common, each SO
Latin and Greek, each 2 00
tierman and Frencti, each 2 50
Book-keeping and Commercial calculations 1 50
ORNAMENTAL.
Drawing p -'9
"Colored crayon, and water colors, each
Oil painting
Hair 4ud w ax flowers, each 3 00
Pell is work 3 00
•Embroidery 1 30
Piano mu?;e, with use of instrument 10 CO
Board S 1 75 per week including room rent, fuel,
furniture &c. This is one of tiie best, and cheapest
institutio! sin the country. The whole expense per
term need not be more than twenty-five dollars.—
Second Quarter of summer session commences
August 1, 1850.
Teachers will be instructed free of charge in tbe
Normal Department.
For particulars, address 1 he Trinc.p 1.
E.J. OSBORNE, A. B-
P-ainsburg, Bedford co., April 2"2, 1859.
rjIHK HAMMONTON" FARMER—A new
I paper devytr'i to Literature and Agricirl
tore, also setting foith lull accounts of the new set
tlement of Hammonton, in Ne .v Jersey, can he sub,
•cribed for at only 25 cents per annum.
Inclose postage stamps for the amount. Address
to the Editor of the Farmer. Hammonton, P. O. At
lantic Co., New Jersey. Those wishing cheap land
of the best quality, in one of the healthiest and mo-t
delightful climates in the Union, arid where crops
are never cut down by frosts, the terrible scourge
•f the north, its ad"ertiaement of Hammonton ,
£a<j
Sc! Ec t $3 oet r .
ALL'S I OR THE BEST.
; All's fur the best ; be sanguine and cheerful,
, 1 roubles and sorrows are friends in disguise ;
| Nothing but folly goes faithless and fearful ;
" i Courage forever is happy and wie ;
■ | All's for the best—if man would hut know it ;
; Providence wishes us all to be blest ;
i ] ibis is r.o dream of the pundit or poet;
' j Heaven is gracious ; and—All's for the bes%
A IP's lor tbe best ! set "his on your standard,
Soidier of sadness, or pilgrim of love,
; Who to the shore of despair may have wandered,
A wayfaring swallow, or heart-stricken dove;
All's for the best I be a man but conti ling,
Providence tenderly governs the re-f.
And the frail bark o. h is creature is guiding,
Wisely and warily, ail lor the best.
All's for the best 1 then lling away terrors,
i -Meet a> 1 your fears and your foes in the van,
i And in the midst of your dan *?rs or errors,
Trust like a child, while you strive l.ke u man;
j All's for the best ! untiles;-!. unbounded,
Providence reigns Iron the East to the West
j And by both wisdom and mercy snrroundeit,
H pe and be happy that— All's for the best!
< harlofon CosaTcsjtion.
The* National Democratic Committee, appoin
ted hv the Cincinnati Convention, ,iave fixed
: U.- 23d day of April n?.\t, a< the time tor hoi- i
ding the Conv.-nti ui at Charleston, South •
; Carolina. \Ve append the proceedings :
j MEETING OF Tin: DEMOCRATIC; .NATIONAL
| COMMITTEE. —The Democratic National Com
mittee rn-t at VV'iilard's Hotel, in this city, on
i Wednesday, December 7, 1559, at 12 o'clock,
AL, agreeable to the noime of the chair
j man.
The committee, alter being called lo order,
duly adjourned, to meet at ihe sam-* place, at 7
o'clock, P. M.
; Putsuant lo adjournment, Ihe committee m-d
I and trie hdiovving gentlemen appeared and took
, their seats :
i Maine, John Babson; New HaJupshire, J. H.
' -George; Vermont, David A. Smaller: Avla?sa
. cfousi-us, George i>. Lmiog, {by subs'it at iu s :}
Rtiodelsland, VV. [. Navies, (hv subditution ;)
Connecticut, Jam-3 T. Pratt; New York, Au
igusto# Scheli; New Jersey, Jacob Vanatta:
PentK.ivatii), C. L. Ward; Delaware, W. G.
Whitel-v, ( ; >y substitution;) Virginia, W. H.
Clark: N >r!:i Ciroiina, Tiiomas D. McDowell,
j South flarolma, John D. Aidimore, (iy sutislN
1 tutiori.) Mississippi, \V;ri. Barksdale, (by subs'i
iulioc;.) 1 lursiona, J. J. ],{'• y s;ih.Jitnticr ;i
| Uhio, <J. L. V.illanuiri rr.; iveiitu -kv, IPn -i
-j A'. Caldwell; Tenne?se#, Randal W. McGavock;
Indiana, W. H. English, (by substitution;) liii
•: ftoi#, Tiiomas Dyer; Missouri, John R. Bsrrett,
V (by suhstitutioc:) Arkansas, Albert Rust; Alicb
•! gan, Jacob Beeson; Florida, S. R. Mall irj, (bv
■ subsiitntic:::) Texas, J. IT R-ag.m, ( >\ su:>stitn
" | Si-Mv.) I \va, Win. Tiioirtji- >n; Wi>c m-in, Ileriah
Brow , (' - substituti in;) Oregon, James Guth
, • ri", Jr., having been requested by the deleoa
• tinri in C'on-ress to act, was admitted for this
' ' S. :!e.
After full discussion, it was resolved 'that
I Tuesday, the 23J day of April, iB6O, at 12
; | /clock, . !., !J ■ deitp UTE 1 as tlie ti;n ■ of hdd
• ; iog the next D.-mocratic National Conven
-1 tioa.
i ~ . .
r U:> motion, it was
Rtsohvl, feat it is - vpedient that the Na
• j tionai Democratic Resident Committee be n
r | oreanized.
, ; Whereupon the following gentlemen were
,! appointed said' Commirtee, with ibe uaual
, 1 j owers :
C. L. Val'andigham, of Chto, Chairman: C.
J. Faulkner, Virginia; John Cochtane, New
| York: John A. Logan, Il tnois; Wm. Bigler,
Pennsylvania; William Ratksdaie, Aii-sis-.ppi;
Miles Taylor, Louisiana: VV'iiliatn H. English,
Indiana.
The following resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That the chairman arid secreta
ires ol tins committee be requested to er.gag- a
j suitable hall tn the cry of Charleston in which
! to hold the Democratic National Convention,
and to issue tickets of admission t th-* dele
gates of sai i convention, duly appointed by the
tegular I'mi cratic organization of the parly
- in the states respectively, and to make such
j other arrangements as may be necessary tor
I the assembling and holding of said couveti-
I lion.
Resolved, That the resident committee take
j inlo consideration the telegraphic misrepresefj
! lations aflecting the interests ofthe Democratic
partv I awarded to the Ai-aciated Press, and
to provide, if possible, a remedy tfietefor.
Wiiereupon the coromittee adjourned without
day.
D. A. SM A LLEI,
Chairman.
JOHN" H. GEORCE, 1 C
~ • r / oECHETA riiE-S.
C- L. V ALI.AXMGHAM, j
': U'e think the time has been properly arran
! ged so eatiy in tlie season that Northern Derri
.! ociats, desirous of attending, ne • i have no ap
- j prehensions as regardsthe heat rd the weather.
; We think that tbe day is also appropriate, as it
; is, e are informed, the birth-day of James
| Buchanan, an omen that wise and conservative
, counsels will govern the assemblage.
Anticipating the acts of the Convention, we
say that il the Democrats then and there to be
| assembled shall, as we have no doubt they w ill,
nominate good and true national, sound, conser
vative Democrats lor the Presidency and Vice
Presidency, no matter where they may come
from—from the North or South, from the At
lantic or Pacific Scites—the nominees, it such
men, will be elected by such majorities as
only the elections of Jackson or Pierce could
equal. j
We give our calculations. If Kansas should
not be admitted at this session, the whole vote
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MOUSING, DECEMBER 20,1859.
lof the Electoral College is 303, a majority of
: which is J:')2 votes. It is conceded on all band:
that the nominees will receive the 120 votes ol
i the Southern Slates and seven votes ofthe two
Pacitic States, being 127 votes. The vote ol
Pennsylvania alone, added to this, gives Ink,
jor a surplus of two votes. Should Kansas be
j admitted, then the vote of the Electoral Col
lege will be 306, a majority of which will be
Inf-, and the above vote, including Pennsylva
nia, makes the number.
We set Pennsylvania down as certain (or
the nominee of tbe Charleston Convention, be
cause her people are a Umon-loving, Constitu
tion-supporting, and conservative people, i'hey
. may have been led away from the Democracy,
upon a cry for a tariff, or upon same uise Tsu
I but the monster of Abolitionism has never iieen ,
' able ' > deter them from a support oi the Union..
i he Black Repuoiican party, by their Address,
; emm iting (rom their executive committee, ana
signed by their President, Wm. B. I'tiom is,
published some lime since, has nude that i-un-;
they have distinctly declared that their allies oi
Hie People's party must adopt Lie A volition
views at the Black Republicans, or that lkey
cannot be represented in their Convention.—
, Ihie cons-- ui'Tice of this bold act Iras b - m that
i already the ." Vtcs, oi' this city, a prominent and
I Fading advocate of the People's party, tikes is
sue with Air. Thomas, insists that the Republic
ans arc* but a noil ton, a minority of the People's
' party, and that th-- gieat maj >ri: v of the party
> are in opposition to the view# of Mr. Thomas
and the Executive Committee. But whether
ior not this party shoul i come t i get her again,
the question of Union or no Union will demor
alize their ranks at tiie next Presidential cori
i test, and hundreds and thousands of Americans'
and o'i • rs will vote the Democratic 'icket and
; r tlie Union. In looking over the whole .round
ant po-u! i J;I of the different antagonistic forces
it is evident M any sane man that the battle in
I'ennsviv;; ha will r- --1111 most decidedly in fa
vor f Lie National Democracy.
Tie same causes are at work, find will pro
duce the -am- eilhrfs in New York. Seward
is the only Republican who has the ghost of u
chance to carry that Stat " sn I i.s nomination
would b" the signal for certain del -at in >• w
Jersey, Ill.ri-jis, Jodtana, Connecticut : and yet
tile Republicans cann>t i.aw any other man,
and have the leas! hope ofthe R rg.ur-'
i rulyliiev are between the buns o! a dilemma
•lini to choose either is destruction.
We, th-refore, recapitulate the vote f>r the
Charleston nominee, as Inflows :
Southern Siaje?, i"-0
Oregon and California, 7
Pennsylvania, 27
New Jersey, 7
Indiana and Illinois, 2F
New York, * *
To which, in all hnmm probability, will beai
ded Connecticut, 6 ; lowa, 4-: Wisconsin, ;>:
and Rhode Ldaod, 4 making It) votes, v. ,ih
it a-itled t;i the above, makes a total o! 239
votes. The signs of the times are n on.", th.:".
the Derrioctatie party will elect the Ib-sident
it. ISdO, but, that in consequence of Lie "irre
pressible coriihc: ' "CL'ine ol S -var.l, :■ - trea
s in inculcated by Helper, ami the emi >;s-ment
of the same by J kin She-man and h s wijipor
ters, with tire laid of Join Brown, tl at the R
publicans will pe in anv -t ! >ei.-s n:in ritv,
aiui are not aosolutely ceitain i ! more loan
ttiree Northern States. We r--peat, then, let
; th" Charle.'on Convention nominate s ,und,
conservative National Democrats, and "the vic
tory is ours."—P/tH'a. Ergw.
[From tho Philadelphia Ledger.]
A Li'Uer tor every onv (i> read.
Tlie following letier was written by Daniel
' I Webster nearly eigfit years ago. It originates
' in homely topics, and proceeds from til ore lo
! others of more general import and interest
the duties ola put ri -t under the Constitution
' and the Union. The great piacticdl sense ol
j tlie constitutional expounder is not more evi
! dent in the mode of illustration than it is-in the
patriotism which inspires every word and the
tru * national sentiment which it se.-ks to incul
| cate. Air. Webster ha ! grown up with Ihe
Union; he had seen il daily giving strength and
i power lo the nation. His comprehensive mind
saw thai the liberties and securi'y ot the peo
-1 pie and the prosperity ol th** country rest upon
tlie foundation ot the equality of the Stales,
with the lailhlu! observance of the obligations
that each Si lte o.ves to the other, fiei.ee ft..*
earnestness with vyhicli he seeks to impress this
fact in toe familiar illustrations winch ins iet
: ter contains. N 'thing, probably has been writ
-1 ten upon our constitutional obligations which
comes home so practically, so forei .ty, and so
stnkingtv. it is a valuable lesson, suc:i as can
j come only from a patriot and statesman, and,
I as an illustration of political duty, F worth vol
| um-s of exposition. Its frankuess, its generous
' sentiments, and conscientious sense ol duty
must commend it to every leader :
LETTER FROM DANIEL. WEUSTELT TO JMIX TAYLO2.
Washington, March 17, iSo2.
JCCIN TAYLOR: GO ahead. The heart ofthe
j winter is broken, and b< fore the first day of A
i pril all your land may be plt.ughec'. iiuv L e
oxen of Captain Marston, if you think tlie price
: fair. Pay for tlie hay. I send y.m a check
| for $l6O for these two objects. Put the great
i oxen in a cfnuit-on to be turned out and fatted,
i You have a good lioise team, and I think in
i addition to this, four oxen and a pair of four
| year-old steers will do your work. If you
i tiiink so, then dispose of lire St.-vens oxen, or
! unyoke them, and send litem to pasture for beef.
< 1 know not wlien I shall see you, but I hope
j before planting. If you need anything, such
las guano, for instance, write t. Joseph Bieck,
: esq., Boston, and he will send it to you.
j VVhatever ground you sow* or plant, see fhat ,
it is in good condiiitn. We want no penny
royal crops. "A little farm well tilled" is to
Freedom cf Thought anil Opinion.
a firmer Lie next best thing to "a Jitfle wife
well willed." Cultivate your garden. Be
to produ2 • sufficient quantities of useful vege
tables. A man may half support his family
from a good garden. Take care to keep my
mother's garden in good 'order, even if it costs
I you toe wages of a man to take care of it. 1
have s *nt you many garden seed.?. Distribute
them among your neighbors. Send them to
the store? i-:i toe village, that everybody mav
have a nart of thern without cost. lam glad
toat you have chosen Mr. Pike representative.
He is a true tuun; but there are in New liump
snire many persons who call them?elves whig?,
aie no wmgs at ail, and n > better than disun
ion:/.?. Any man who h'-Etat-- - i:i granting
•t' 1 -v-jyu'ing to every part of the country its
constijtuonaf light? is an enemy to toe whole
. c. intry.
Joitn Taylor: If one of your boys should sir
thai ne honors his lather and mother, and loves
his brothers am.l sisters, but still in-i.-t? that om*
of them should be driven out of the family,
what can you say of him but this, that Lu re is
no leal family love in him? You and f. are far
m TS; we never talk politics; ourtal.r is of oxen:
but remeniher this: that any man who attempts
to excite one part ol the country against anoth
er is just as wicked as lie would be whosh mid
I attempt to get uj> a quarrel between John Tav
■ 'f and .us neighbor, old Air. John Sanborn,
i or ' i: - other neighbor, Captain Burleigh. There
j are some animals that live best in the tire; ami
| there are some men who delight in. heat, smoke,
combustion, and even geneial conflagration.
. hey do n j l diow the things which make for |
peace. They enjoy only controversy, conten- J
t on, and strife. Have no communion with ;
such p'-r.-ons, vu'ier as neighbors or politicians, j
; iou have no more right to say that slavery j
ought nut to exist in Virginia, than Virginia has
to s.y that slavery ought to exist in New Hamp
shire. This is a question left to every State to ,
decide for itself: and if we mean Jo keep the
State? together, we must leave to every State i
this power of deciding far itself.
I think 1 never wrote you a word before on '
politics. 1 flaS! not do it again. I only say, |
love your country, and your whoF? country:!
and when m-n attempt to persuade you t> gr-t I
: into a quarrel with the laws of other States, I
tell thein "that you mea l to mind your own J
business: ' and advise them to mi..J theirs, j
John Taylor, you are a free man: you posse??'
good principles; v HI have a large tair.Ly lo r.-ai
a (I provule for by your labor. Be thankful to
ihe Government which does riot oppress \ •!.
which does not hear you down by excessive
taxation, but which hoids out to v.-u and to
your? the hope ot ah tlie blessings which liber
ty, industry, and security may give. J Lin
lay lor, thai . G .1 morning and eve run - t
' v •; -.vvre barn in seen ac emtry. J-ffin Tay-
I ;r, never write me ano'.l.er v. irfl i. ;o:i n
• tics. Give my kindest lemenibrance to your
wife and children; and when you look from
your eastern win tow upon the graves of my
family remem >er that he who is the author of
this letter must s?on follow them lo another
WO I ij*
DANIEL WEBSTER.
The i'h:is'ie3c:a coavctiticn
Th • day designated t.v the National Commit
tee for the assembling of the Democratic N.i
-' trcnal Convention, is earlier by several weeks
than it has been usual for that body to mse;r Lie.
The conventions at Baltimore and Cincinnati,
in IS./2 and I SAG, were held in the first week
of June. The location at Charleston is, how
ever, in a i iiitude so much farther South as to
make an earlier day proper, regard being had
t) the c ,mlort and health ot the delegates and
j otheis who will be in attendance. It is proba
ble, also, that other considerations have had
w-ighi with the committee, in determining upr
i on tiie time for bringing the convention togeth
; er. Te deep interest i:i question? affecting
.. ur national w• Hare, the conflicting opinions
, entertained respecting candidates in both of tire
great political paiiies, together with the im
portance attached to the action ol the conven
. Hon to meet at Charleston, a!! go to urge an
. eaily meeting, so that the poiicy and the plat
. form ot principles upon whicii Lie campaign is
. to be (ought may be known and understood, and
the name of the standard-bearer lor tlie early
Contest presented to Ihe people. But little p
. ver four mouths remain lor preparation, and we
may expect a : active movement on the part oi j
: th- friends of the respective candidates. The '
, 2.3d of April will be an important day in the i
, Democratic calendar—a day franght with im
portant results to the future at that political
organiz.tiun, and we mav wit it rc-pricty ad?,
. to '.he country.— Patriot and Union.
i
SKTAI. LIFE IN Onr.Rt.tx, f).—We have A
, good anecdote trim Colonel Pepper, of Rising
Sun, lad., whicii well illustrates the negr.,
t quality doctrines of that eminently Kepunli
caii stronghold, Oberiin, in Loraine conn!' , i).
The Coi :.el was passing througii Lv place and !
stopped to take supper while he wis watting
for the cars lo arrive. The iandlordof the inn
informed him that supper was ready and the
; t ionel proceeded to partake of it. As h*
' arrived a> the door tbe landlord tapped him on
• tin* shoulder, and asked him if he l.r.d any
' prejudices against sitting do-.vti at the table
•villi several colored gentlemen who were boar
ders little. Upon the Colon*. I informing him
that he ha I a slight objection to such a proce
dure, the landlord suggested that he had better,
p<-rhap*, wait f.r the second table and eat ai'.er
the negroes were done! i'lie Colonel took his
carpet sack and left about that time, but
w as followed by the landlord, who stated lhatthe
prejudices ofthe plac*', w-re such that he could
j make no distinction in color at his house. The
Col onel recognized the loice oithis, but conclu
ded that hg would take supper in some other
j town.— Cincinnati Enquirer.
1
o"*WYwind up clocks to keep them run
ning, and banks to stop their running.
A gSaoci! story-
We were returning from our spring meeting
of tlie Presbytery—one gentleman and two
young ladies—in a "rockaw ty," and the roads !
none of trie best. Night, cold and damp, over- 1
took us eight cr ten miles from home, but only
a abort distance from Ju ige Blank's. Kn nv
ing it at we should find outside th- Judge's d > >r
the latch-string, and inside a warm welcome, a
warm fire, and a warm supper, b idts bed?
which we could w.irin for ourselves— we
unhesitatingly consigned ourselves t > his
hospitalities. Slipper being over, and our per
son? dispos-d according to our s-veral taste# in
I ?em:-circfo before an 01.1-fo ■?; .letl blazing
fire, we w e:e just in t ; • ! to enj >y Hi ;
entertain::.ent of our ho-'L cu ver-. ;:i; * : gi:":,.
Ainjt*; other tilings he narralcd t .* fallowing
unique (aie winch we unanimously agreed to
pWKp.-mt :
Said nie Judge substantially a? follows :
S *'iears ug**, had t:i our as veet little
Child about lour years old, ti; ■ object, of course,
of a verv tender affection. But sickn -s laid
its liar:d upon it. Remedies promptly resor
ted to, ail proved in vain. Day after day the
roses ia i-d from the cheek, and the fire in the
the eye# burned low ; and at length death clo
se.! those eyes, and sealed the lips forever ; and
we learned, by trying experien.: •, how intens*
a darkness follows i:e quenching of one of
the? • little lights cf life.
" The li.ae roiling ?a ISy on, brought us at
length ttiie hour appointed f r committing our
•r-usure t > the ordinarily sure custody of the
grave, pi... frien is assembled, the customary
sir (ices were held, the farewell taken, an J the
little form securely shut beneath the well-screw
ed catiin-i;d, and ;itl ie time t;e grave recei
ved its trust. We I ;>!<?! o:i ar. I saw the
eartn thrown in, the mound rai?ed above, and
the plates of 3od neat adjusted into a green
sheltering roof, and then wended our way
back to our desolated home. Evening came
on and wore away. My wife had gone in to
an adjoining room to give some directions to a
; sena it, and I unfitted by the scenes of the
lay tor aught else, had just iai Imy head upon
my pillow, in our room upon the lower floor
:oi Lie house, whe.i i heard a shriek, and in a
i . .
moment in >re my wile cane iiyi ig into Lie '
.oo:n, I springing upon the bed behind me, |
exclaimed,
"S-e then* ! our child! our child !'
'•Raising my head, my blood froze within ;
and the hair upon rny head stood up u? I saw
the little Long m grave clothes, with open,!
out inarihcstly sightless eyes, and pale as when
we gave it the last k.-s, walking slowly
towar.:? us I Had I been alone trad not the
extieme teiro. oi my wife compelled me to
play th* ma a, I should have leaped from the
bed and Window without casting a look behind.
But not iforing to f aveher in such terror, I
ut ?:.t duw •: ia a chair, and I the little
crea:;.;e Lrlween r.-.y knees—a cold sweat
covering ir.y body—and 'gazed with feeling?
unalterable upon the object b fore me. The
eyes were open in a vaca il stare. The fl-.-h
W3s calories-, c ah, a .d c.?m::.v ; nor dul the
child seem to have !,;-,* j .nver [either of speech
or hearing, as it made i < t to answer
any of our questions. Th • hoi. rof our minds
was the more intense as w-* had watched our
child through its sickness a .d d and had
*t>n i'Ut a few houi# -lefore cye-v. Hmssts of
it? interment.
'•\Y ;ile gazing upon it, and a-king in my
though!?, ' .Vnat can tiiis extr. ordinary provi
dence mean '? For what cin it be sent ?" Lie
servant girl having crept to4lie door, after a
tin e suggested, 'lt looks like Air. s child.'
wow, our next neighbor had a child of near
ly the same age as ours, and its constant com
panion. But what could bring it to our house
at that hour, and in such a plight ? Still the
suggestion had operated a? a powerful sedative
upon our excited feelings, and rendered us
more capable of calm reflection. And, altera
tiir.**, we discovered in truth that the grave
clothes were nirjit clothes and the corpse a
somnambulist ! And it became manifest that
it was Lie excitement attending the loss and
burial ol its playmate, working upon the child's
mind in sleep, to which we were indebted lor
this untiia iy and nnst startling vi-it.
*•', ing away the perspi;avion and taking a
few I s'g breath?, 1 prepared to cou termaich
Lie little intruder back to it? forsaken bed.—
I Back V- *Wt !, it keeping at my side, though
stili asleep. It had wa.xed quite a distance
j across the damp grass. I found the door of its
home ajar, ju?! as taeiugi ire I d left t, ami its
i ieepiag parents unconscious ■..! i;s --i.ee.—
Ttie door creaked ;:? I (lushed i ! open, and
w.)!:•■ T e.l t : i* c!;:id, who look -.1 wil l around a
moirs nt. and tlien popped into b- .l.
"Now, had it not been for rry wife, as
I have said, i should on the app-arance of this
apparition, have made a 1,-.j > ot uncommon
agility troin thai window, and altera nig'it of
■ uncommon Velocity lor a p-r?>n of my ag- and
i dignity, I should have been rea l r to lase oa' i
in any court, either in Christendom orfleat i-n
-doni, that I had seen a ghost.'"— Prco'jy! riu.i.
DErLAbout the close of tiie IVxan war a steam
boat was running between N-w Or! ar;s and
Galveston, the captain of whir *, in a truly i -
triotic way, iet it be km*- 4 , nt ;t h* 4 wuuM
tiansport Lie discharged y-xan ?*i nets to NVw-
Orleans wahout fee or reward. It may b- a sure
thing that the worthy steam -it us in was not
without calls. One day i stalwart fellow
came down and demanded parage on tie: at ire
said promise. The captain looked at him for a
inom-nt, and then asked.
"Wereyou in the war?"
"Yes sir-r-r-r-r-r," responded tiie six footer.
"What were you," said the captain.
"High private," answered the applicant.
"Go right on board stranger," said th- cap
tain. "I've been running this boat two years,
and carried up more than two thousand men
- that fit, but you're the lust private I've met so
far."
XORER, 2881.
A fetariliog Surprise.
A curious tire (instance Las came to our
knowjriige, says one of our Western exchanges,
which though creating much talk amonj cer
tain parties, Ins been honied up a- much as pos
sijlt', and as it does not seem likely to proceed
uither, we suppress names. A gentleman'and
ins v. tie some tune since s-ttled in Rockford ;
>ho:ily after there arrival they made, among o
tiiers, i lie acquaintance of a young and beautiful
■ i iu-e, who .had tne reputation of being a great
ihe gentleman, up to this tune," had
>•' ~ n % WsL d 'Voted husband, and though there
| s,?e njed to be mutual attraction between him
seit and the giy widow whenever thev met,
j tiie wife confident of his affection, suspected
a / : -Matters progressed, how rapidly she
•';/ nt know, until the beginning of this week,
w.- en foau J Wife and widow, were invited to
te t at ihe house of . friend. It was an agreea
b. - jcia! par< v, and tne company were appa
j renti y enjoying themselves highly, when the
i w .e who had ueen chatting with friends on
Ihe piazza, entered the pan >r and seated herself
| in tiie shadow of a window, the heavy damask
curtains of which separated her from a fele-a
-■ ft!? which stood m a recess. Tiie parties occu
pying tiie tde-'i-tzle. were her husband and the
fascinating widow ; and what was h u r astonish
ment when their low tones became luliy
.audible to her strained ears, to find that they
w -re arranging the preliminaries for an elope
fr. -nt to take place that very night ! Matters
were to !;•? arranged so that the wife should be
j -enf ;.o:ne any in the evening, while the hus
band in the most uatural manner in the world,
wool I o.ier to drive home the beautiful'widow.
Instead of going home, however, they were to go
immediately to tiie cars, and leave on the elev
; en o'clock train.
The discovery was so unexpected and the
• shock so great, that the poor wife almost faint-
I eJ. She was determined, however, not to be
i fray her knowledge of tiie guilty scheme until
| the proper time came, and recovering herself,
igii led from the fatal seat, and tiiej to enter
; into conversation as usual. Of course she vva3
not g:i-ally surprised when her husband shortly
: afterwards affectionately advised her to go
home with Air. and Airs. , who were goin^
sn.it way, as he himself had to go to his cilice
! shortly, and migiit be detained till late. She
| made no objection, but putting on her bonnet
an I Imming adieu to her entertaineis, started
; t lioinp, to the great reliefot the guilty couple
who had feared >om j trouble m getting rid of
L-r. Imme iately on arriving at home, the
wife pioceeded to pack a carpetbag with a
t-iie of shirts and other necessaries, and slatted
on i iot for tiie home where her husband still
j remained. She hid heiself in the shadow of
to- t. and 'vaitebut not Jong. Soon her
Husband and tne u . low exchanged good night
with th'ir fist ess, the bfter remarking in a
j lively tone, hat she should 'certainly tel! his
ife." 'I i-y seated themselves comfortably in
the vehicle, when the wife without bonnet or
nvl, suddenly walked to the side of the car
riage ao-l sanl, quietly, at the same time hol
: ding up,her carpet bag :
I 'D., don't go wilhont your shirts, mercy
knows u-l.en you'll gej any more ."
L I;*-* blank astoiiis/i nent of flip two may be
imagined, i'he simple words, however, pro
duced f !i- most complete reaction in the f'eel
ingsof the husband. He looked in'o
' tiie pale lace of his wife, a:J c! met her clear
. gaze, and saw that she knew ail. He said:'
M., we must take Mrs home, and then I
' will tell you how it happened.' They did
take Mrs. home and let! her there. The
I husband and wife seem alike!innate and devo
ted as ever, but the widow is dissatisfied with
'.-oci ty at the West and thinks of going Eist
f iiis fad.
i
A btngtifcr story.
Alexander Dumas has lately published a sin
gular story concerning the 'ate Czar Nicholas,
of Rus- l, viz : that after the disastrous news
from t >e Crimea of Russian defeats, the Czar
resolved to die! Should he retrace his footsteps
, an ! olvind >n his policy, he would have to give
; t! ' ht.' to a reign of thirty years. Should he
i p-.-isisl in carrying on the war, he would ruin
i liussi i. Rut w1,.,t he could not ask Lr witb
, out a loss of ii. nor, viz : p. Ac, L.s successor
. might. He, therefore, by pressing solicitation
, obtained >ui his physician, who had previous
y resisted for ta o mouths, a dose of poison
; j strong enough to kiil aim, but yet weak enough
to aii iw him to live u few hours after having
. ; taken it. F.i" piiys'.ci in left St. Petersburg on
: lirtf 17th of February, having obtained from the
; Emperor u' 'ci.irr.ti a in writing which made
him saf.' at ail points. On the morning oftfie
lot: , the E nge; ;r swallowed the poison, after
, widen he --ill ;ir the Grand Duke Alexander
now E nperur—anil told him all. The latter
v.\>u ! ; have ci i • lout for help, but the Emperor
reveided him by an oaler so positive that, as
i : as ':i and sutj ct, be could a it disobey his fath
er and his sovereign. Then the Ernperur ex
■ I t > him in ii- •ul the motives which in
c d bun to take this heroic step. The young
I Prim e. bv.ilcen-heafted, the tears streaming
■ . from in- 1 eyes, his utterance choked by sobs, |js
u' i to tj.-.- i eadful narrative on his knees,
' j and clasped bis hands, exclaiming, "my father !
"; my to i!" i ;.•• G.peror v. u.d nut allow
' i bi:1 1 quit h:s side until he had obtained from
■ ties: as .i-iisA piou.. —ioi' i ge&th take its course
without attempting to stopii. But the instant
' j t lit- young Prince was ,ot of tiie room his filial
1 ( love triumphed over his fidelity to his word,
irisJ he summoned the whole of the royal fami
ly, and also three physicians. The latter ar
rived too late. The E nperoi'in a not'very vio
lent agony, expired at twenty minutes past 12,
at noon, on the 18th oi February, 1855. At
the same ins'ant Russia changed not only her
■ l master, but her policy.
i . ' l.r* Fair dealing is trie bono and cement cf
society.
VOL. 3, NO. 21.