IMENTINCOO*. r* D gasa xd Satq; q m!. which is Uarthwi^^ KSS FCFX a iV !y ’. quickly andre**il. cl <)l sub ariws Agy * u toti-amcd era i Hiuoke as that n]so coMnaed fn3yi , f danger of flam ZrSS*- i ''■ or tl *o niortarlooaeo^^ F iovoa arc toTitod to«M -» = ac Mr. sonic TemnU .3*,r .10 UN BHOMtigS® l *' Aycnlfitr Blair Parlor [Aug.ie,^ STOVES^® ivod from PJ»n«- celebrated Cook-^Kb; UlCooklng Storenjiß it- exquisite style *'—- r * »tion m all respects, a* and theflneaawwwrS! via bake perfectly and uS, ion of thin Store nut (U nnlTemal favorite. " ’ ; in of good capacity— A. npocioo* and la • tliirfaZ!! ay readily be nw^nJjS, LVANIC OtL Prof. 11. DC VALL#-. U< curo of sore aria pfa! nose in any part of Om tlif back, UrcMtoreuT nia. sprains, headed v other disease thotli ■ J only over this claaaoi et VJCTORT. m rollcro the srij&Kr id Just say to tia pab. rs in bringing to lbk •liters. TT per cent. c«t offto tba l»m*»*od to iKO AD, Proprietor, Oil—Henry ltihr.fi. nr and all dtalen in m^jjT XD ITS THEMi uhlished, Qieil^'tl^m VTIOXAI TRaATOPury ■ rhea or Loed<li[MHM a! Ncrvona DtbOity, Ism— mge generally, by TT^ CDELAWt.IID. \n ny nUrtnlng oamptatiti, •i d KdUudcofyMitkttty KDXCISE, ia la OttlnS the entlrAyrieWaadhisk. •ted by the Antbor^Uy ■ ery one ia ■cast possible coat, thsnhy uiaa of the day, d post freelnaieaMnr two postage stoma# toDr •et, Sew TorkCHy.'' ■ VANITY, m*o aires thia method of bdbrn ere M no medidariMvcl' to DU inanity. s on a friend of mine, nfe niH'uralgicaffectfcmwkhk ont in Centro conaly. yt* o the painful port,and4tt* tc» the patient waswfip. tea pain and contlntMd w. an witling to mNto jpMdtt Centre mil. COUNTY.—jp mulish k NewMsp oTltalr rual irarrtya, cuwuiiM iln, the actual locsDthsM >f Worship, Schori BbOMBi ,liotaU,Bterw, Pumßom ncipal Tillages. t SAkll -tory, giving tliooUM Mi U. he engravad ooOe swe roi table scale jpoM'te**"* which 'will bafotoydMi delivered tolßMWild BASILED GRID, ISAAC o.fn» I PRACTI&i ally annohnees^^^^f liiM-pobllc i- Drag traps constantly ir...tail. QRSUB, LLS, TARNISH- s. and a deaire to»Md«r«M e and quality, he hope* I* hlic patronage. ...; , ~ |;T.ued on itHwonahwlßiM ;; rmptly atteadrf to. . iuliy- compounded. ICE GAZBTT&-- Crimo and M'ly circulated .ttaWgjjß ; Great TmteAgy i). on the some, i ; n, not tobedWidf «»• mm'; $1 for Rlionld write t where they rWtdejlWl* W. MATBKIX AOO ? :. ™ York PoHee 0«<5%. Keu 3W&*L. Jack *<& ‘i AT and Alto«l£v. PRINCIPAL CIB» ir sale. Collections y able on demand, vrlßX*r i oat, at Air rates. ,|W*j T! -EET, LAW, r rXTT, PA., . -ia " iirt* of Xn*lr, promptly 'f.r thepresent! v.iu streets, IfeUl^y COCNIX, fA. JA.. tuo store of Jiß-BB®"** ) LYB, \ An Powder Jfcr •. Soap; \ I uid and tbr KSTaUAW^^ and OLOGNES, iyUet : bkst Ia&TtSSM'- o. yf- tfcCBUM & BERN, w. 4- ALTOONA TRIBUNE, jIoCBOM & DEltf, PuWbers and Proprietor., „„ / n «vaWc invariably In jCdvance,) $1,60 at the expiration of the time pid for- jtSJIB OF ADTERTISIIW. . 1 l»»»rtiou 2 do. 3 do. $25 $ 37J4 $6O fottfliaM<> rl ff’ ) 5u 75 100 8 h “°"’i 100 160 200 Tvro ‘ 0“ „ lso 200 260 Th^ r and low tUan llireo mouths, 25amt»p«r fur each iuscrliou. Su linen or less, Unesquare, Two “ Sw» “ 6 OO , 10 yu Uftlf $ ColUlilDj Cards, not exceeding 8 OOTilinnicatio^of a"|Slc»l character or individual In “ Ml 0e charged according to the allovo rates. ''Tlrcitiv. nunu not marked with the number of insertions jeiirei will be continued till forbid and charged according fn ib« above tennjt. \ Busluom notices flvo cents per line for every insertion. Obituary notices exceeding ton lines, fifty cents a square. tribune directory. CHURCHES, MINISTERS, &C I'ruhyttnan, Rev. A lb Clark, Pastor.—Preaching ev -vil)b»Ui morning ut W'/ 2 o’clock, and iu the evening at *|‘ T ' o’clock. Sabbath School at 9 o’clock. A. M., in theLec- Koom. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening in • 1.,, Jt.'.Wirf Apiwai- Rev. S. A. Wilsos, Pastor.—Preach , c j cr y gahbath morning at 11 o’clock and iu the oveu jnj Sabbath School iu the Lecture Koom at 2 o’clock, P. i] Odiioul Praver Meeting in same room every Wediius duV stinting. VJuug Men’s Prayer Meeting evufy Friday Lutheran, Rev. Jacob Sites. Pastor.—Preach .... cn[ j Subbatii moruiugut luj/, o'clock, and-at u y, o’clock iu rbe evcniuir- Sabbath School iu the Lecture Koom at Jb o'clock, I’. M. Prayer Meeting iu same room every IWmsdav evening. Uitd iirdhrtn. Rev. D. Speck, Pastor.—Preaching ov ert Sabbath leoraiug at !•)>£ o’clock and in the .evening at ;b o’clock. Sabbath School iu the Lecture Koom at 9 i clock. A. M. Prayer Meeting every Wcducaday evening lo Mine room. rrUtiliiU Episcopal, Kev.R. W. Oliver. Pastor.—Divine ferric? lid and 4lh Smidaya of each month at 10% o’clock 1. JI, and 4 '/, I’. M. Sunday School at 9 o'clock A. M. Or Uuiie. Kev. Jons Tvvtous, Pastor.—Preaching at jcliK-k in the morning, and at 3>-j iu tlic afternoon. Sifdiit. Rev.B. H.Flsn, Pastor—Preaching every Sabbath morning at luU o’clock, and also in the evening. Sabbath rdi-ol at 9 o'clock, A. M, Prayer Meeting every Wcdueii il) treoiog. ' Afribin ildlwdut. Rev. Sxvder Car, Pastor.—Treadling every SaUl.alh morning at IV o'clock and iu thcevening, in lit uIJ liuiutt School House. ALTOONA MAIL SCHEDULE MAILS CLOSL Extern Wty at IVwt-m * lijllitlajuliurg, tiitorn TUruugh Mall MAILS ARRIVE, lUitcrn Through Midi, (TrtUun Way, lUstcra " liulllilayalnirg Office opon Ihr (he Inn«vtion of liusim n* from 7 A. M. n Sl*. M,during the weak, uud from Sto 9 o'clock, A. JI. onfunrtay. " June 1, ’57-tf] JOJCf SIIO2MAKBB, P.“ST. RAILROAD SCHEDULE. "tprM3 Twin I>.«t arrives 6,50 A. M., leaves 7.10 A. M. “ “ West “ 8,35 •* ■■ 8,55 “ ial “ Ka.it “ 6,60 P. M. “ 10,10 I*. 51 “ “ l Vust “ A - M -> “ W 0 A. 51. Mall “ Kast “ 11,30 “ “11 50 “ “ “ West « ’ 6JJB P. 51., “ 7.00 P. M. Th.- UOI.UDAY aBUBG BRANCH coimwts with Exp rees 1. -i J«t. 1m IVe.it, and with siail Train Kast .uni West. Tie ILAI OS 1 -1.1. K BRANCH connects with Johnstown ,‘. r 1 In Kast and West, Express Train West and Mail Tl IQ K ,t. •l-iuebn 2D, IS6B. TUOS. A. SCOT!, Sup’l. MEETINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS .Vouiil.noLodge. A. Y. M.. No. 2SI, meptsou secondTues '■?! of eudi ninntl'. in the third story o) the Masonic Tem- I«.«t7Uo!cl.)ck, I*. 51. Awatuoi Eiiaimpmeiit, A. Y. 51.. Xu.lo, meets on the '"Urtli, Tmmlay of each month, hi thb tilled story of the Ma wnlc Tempi t, at 7 y, o'clock, I>. M. djiooati lynhjf, I. (J, of 0. F., No. 473, meets every Friday U v”ii U w' ,C ‘ K ' t ’ ulu * atur F of the Masonic Temple, at 7J4 * ' WKj I . Jl. * I 'ovmia Le*lge. I. o. of 0. F.. No. 532. meets every Friday ■•veiling, in the third story of Patton’s Building, on Virginia P til’ll 1 ‘/j"dock, P. 51. L. 'sT TriU ' Xo - 35 - 1 O- R. M.. liold stated Coun- Ith, ..ery r ,i, , ,,| aJ evening in tlie I. O. O. F. Hall, in the I me Teniplc. Council Pipe kindled at 7,1 h run 30th I ? A - ADAMS. C. of R. [Junc'2s, '57-1 y ."T "/ America. Camp No. 31. meets every Mon- I j. in th* third story of Patton’s Unit, at 7 J.-5 o'clock l Otmjt, JVb. 54, J. S. of A., meets every iwibv evening, in the £d story of. Patton’s Hall. I aoona Dietiion. Xo. 311* S. of T.. meets every Satur- Rr‘ » rtu t l! ‘K' f n the 2d story of Patton's Mali. B. P. Hose, 'VP ; D.tlalbrullli. K. S. I, ‘ K ' ,:n -V'c/ianfet’ Literary and Reading Room Atsorior ■ statedly on tile Ist Saturday evening in Janua- It:.’'!'i'. 11 '. v :u; d Or toller. Hoaifl of Directors meet on Pv n Vf*** evening in each month. Boom open fiom ; 'Clw-k every evening, (Sunday excepted.) r COUNTY OFFICERS. ’’ft' I *' (hurt*. —President. Hon. George Taylor.— /.'■Wt'’"- p t . mi Jones, David Caldwell. Joseph Baldridge. Recorder —Hugh A. Caldwell. ' ..! r, y~ James Funk. Uutrict Attorney—BenJ. li Hew it. hj Commtmoners—David M. Confer, J. E. McFar boos M. Jones. ' Vrt to Corn’mitsiofners—UasU A. Caldwell. i'-mmlUe Appraiser— Joseph 0. Adlnm. j Vsorty Ahroeyor—James D.,otvJun. yettfurer—John Lingafelt.' A titors-S. Sldriw, A. C. McCartney, Jos. R. Hewitt. \ u r J,'. ute fhrectm—George Weaver, Samuel Bhltor, r a - Hiualu.' l 0-rwi/r—ivilljain Fox. i Austria(iTutenl of Common ScJiodi— John Dean. ALTOONA' BOROUGH OFFICERS «tUyt off},' React—Jacob Good, J.M. Cherry. p'* 1 '!- M. Jones. iC B.Jff. McCormick, John f* i or ttccd, Kelson Ghmd,nB.- - ( 0/ Otmicil —R. 11. McCormick. , twncJ—John McClelland. S>>rwr «• K,<Mr C r —'James Lowther. W. Batten. C. B. Sink, a C. Jose P , “ Motet, » r m- a McCormick, a McCormick. £SSS*6& ■;. Jnd, Jt „t mZi*' s ~PwM Price, David DehL “ K Ward-Peter Reed. - f €i jut “ Jacob Good. > ... Intpecton—EeM “ Aleandcrßlllng. j wSt w r ' Ul ,- A - Beck, Ale*. Montgomery; ' ttm. Valentine. Wm- Ttead J '^ p SH ADGW ERE THE AMBIIOTYp|s PU,CetOSrt Nu„ in * rt £ H OTppBAPKS, 'Tli'-re oppogJte H. Bei ’ Vfc?t tikrn«SL r "JWdateflWfl, tma a^ v " * *®ir "** Uiiim aaj before they are'UtkeiTairar. • i >«ih. we fnritcdto call aodexamlue !“«05aj;<wiMi- Wtb«t-, ‘it,. ”’ 1858-Cm.] f -'-J.W/ttAjfcLVOa 1 j? 1 ■ .''i .i ... ,l - c " - 1 <4li>w.Tmls Orm-n, dry i 1 ,f ! UKSSU-,15’3. s months. 6 months. 1 yew. *l6O $3 00 $BOO ■JM 400 * ,7 00 4oa ■ 600 10 00 R 00 8 00 12 00 M 00 ao oo 40 00 .1 T 5 10 00 It oo 25 00 10 00 6 30 A.M, 8 00 A.M, 11. 00 A. il. and 6 00 P. M. 8-00 “ 8 35 A. M, 11 30 A.M, 6 40 P. M. 11 SO A.M. and 630 “ Hdtd TO WILLIE IS HEAVEN. Brother W iUIb, God liatb claimed - thee, Claimed our sweetest blooming flower, Plucked thee from the hearts that loved thee, Placed thee In 'hi* heavenly power; There to bloom more sweet than ever, Wafting perfume to our hearts, Strewingthe leaves of joy before us, Telling death no’sting impart*. Barling Willie, Heaven Seems brighter Since a starry crown yen wear, And its golden gates'seem wider t Since thy form Lath entered there. 0, we’ll show thee, darling How we loved cmr precious one, ' For we’ll meet thee up in heaven, When tins troubled life is done. 6Tree-test M illie, sister loved thee. Loved that little form of thine, Loved to hear thy hiorry prattle, ' Loved that joyous laugh of thine; Loved to hear thy footstep* coming, Loved to proas those lips to mine, Loved to draw thee to my bosom, v That round my thy arms might twine. Oft be with ua, Angel Willie, Let thy spirits hover near, Breathe sweet words of consolation, To our hearts that dow are scar, Go to mother, pretl ms Willie, Base her aching, bursting heart, Tell her that sweet Jesus took thee, Though hq know ’twas hard to port. Yet lie saw you were onr Idol, Saw you were our worshipped one, And Ul» first command forbade it, *• idols,’ 1 he said, <( yo shall have none:** That is why ho called thee from us. Placed thee where onr heart should bo, Now onr treasure lives in heaven. Now the lovo of God we see. Farewell, Willie, till wp meet thee, In those realms' of Hekvenly bliss, Jesus tuue those golden harpetrings, For the angel that we miss; Now I feel the music wafting, Now I hear his precious voice, I Singing lather, mother, sister, brother, Heaven is my willing choice. t Select THE lOIAG EXGLISBMAS. [We copy the following stOry from a new work, “Hie Arabian Days’ Entertainment,’’ just issued, in 1 volume, price sl.'-o, by Messrs. Phillips, Sampson i Co.. Boston .Neither the title or tile cornihcucoment of the storv give any intimation of the pleasant humor which prevad'es the whole after the secret is known, or of the excellent moral to be draw n from it. this is but one of many others which make up the book and well deserve the mime of Enter tainments.! ‘ i My Lord Sheik, in ths southern pait of Ger many lies the'little city of Grunwieseft where I was' born and bred. It is small, as all cities are in that country. In the centre ia a little market-place with a fountain, an old guildhall on ono ’side, and round the market thefjnstice of peace and tho more influential merchants; and a couple of narrow streets hold all the test 0/ tho inhabitants. All know each other ; J erery one knows what happens every where else; and if the priest, the burgomaster, or the doctor, has an additional dish on his table, by dinner time it is known to the entire city. In the af ternoon the ladies go to each others houses paying visits'ns they call it, to talk, overstfpng coffee and sweet biscuits, about this great event; and the general conclusion arrived at is thaUhe priest must have invested in a lottery and won money sinfully, or the burgomaster have token a bribe, or the doctor have received money from tho apothecary on the condition of writin"- ex pensive prescriptions. You may imagine” my lorkisheik, how disagreeable a circumstance it must have been for so well-regulated a place as Grunwiesel, when a man arrived theije, of whom nobody knew whence he came, whatdic wanted, or how he lived. Tha burgomaster, to be sure) had seen his passpor,t.—a paper. which every one is obliged to have among us— “ Is it so unsafe in your streets,” interrupted the sheik, “ that you require to hate a firman from\ your sultan to inspire robbers with .re spect?” . ' No, my lord,—answered the , slave,—these - papers arc no protection against thieves, but arc made necessary by the law, which requires that it must be kqowu everywhere who is who. Now, the burgomaster Lad examined the pass port, and had declared, at a coffee party at the doctors that it was certainly correctly vised from Berlin to Grunwiesel; but he feared there was something behind, for the man had a very suspicious look about him. The burgomaster had great authority ia the city, so it is no mat ter of surprise that in consequence the stranger came to bb regarded as a,fery doubtful charac ter. His mode of life did not tend to disabuse my countrymen of this opinion. He hired a house for his exclusive use, put into it a cart load of strange looking furniture, such as fur naces, sandbaths, crucibles and the like, and lived henceforward entirely alone. Nay, he eyeta did his own cooking, and bis house was entered by no human being, except one old man of Grunwiesel, whose duty it was to buy his bread, meat, and vegetables. Even this person was only admitted ta the lowerfloor, where the stranger met hjqi to;receive his purchases. 1 was a boy of ten years of age when the stranger took up hia residence in pur city; and I can coll to mind, aa plainly as if it had hap pened but yesterday, the excitement tlie man occasioned in the place. He .never came of an afternoon, like other people, to, the hawling -B?epU,; never of an evening to the tavern, to of the times over his pipe and tobaooo. In vam 4id the burgomaster, the justice, the doc-. tor, the priest, each, in Jim turn, invite him to dinner or tea; he invariably-bimgej to be ex cused. In consequence ofall tl^,'some people regarded liito hi a depperade ; some thdnght he must be a je.w; and a thiid;phrty dccliuNjid wlthi great solemnity that he w.as' a magiolafl or sors,; ceper. I grew to tie eighteeff, tvjrenty years old " and stiU the man ink always called city’ ‘‘ The^aD^. M -:'i.} ;5 ; •- - " ' It !bappfened, .ono day, that some people Came to^'tfip eitf iiim tfoouectipn of fhe troiJp; which itself on tUd deoasion in Gruuwiescl Was by the posses sion of a in on.‘■■irons orang-outang, nearly as 1 BT I.TT7TB. ALTOONA, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1859. large as a man, which went on two legs, and tonew 4U sorts of atoning sleights of hand. It ohaneed that its performances took place jn Wt of the stranger’s house. When the drum and fife sounded he made his ■ appearance, at first wito risible vexation, behind the dark, dust oegnmmed window- of his residence. Soon however, he grew more, amiable, And, opening his window, to everybody's astonishment, look ed out and laughed heartily jit the orang-out l h ? ? aid 80 W-a piece of sdver for the entertainment that the whole city talked of it. The next morning the collection of animals went on their way. | They had scarcely made a league on them journey, wlien the stranger sent to the post-house, demanding to the postmas ter s amazement, a post-chaise and horses, and set forth by the same gate and on the same road taken by the menagerie. The whole city was furious at not being able to learn whither ho was going. It ww night when the stranger again returned to the gate! in the post-chaise. .P, er . s ? n , wafl sitting with him in the vehicle, with his hat pressed closely: down over his face i , , ls mou *h and ears bound in a silk hand-' tJercmef The gate-keeper considered it 'his jlu yto speak to second' stranger, and de mand his passport, His answer was study, and growled out m some unintelligible language. “ It is my nephew," said the stranger polite ly, putting several silver coins into the gate keeper’s bond ; “ lie understands very little 1 Herman. What he said just now was swearing at our being delayed here.” “Ah! if he is your nephew, sir,” answered the gate-keeper, “of course.he can enter with out a passport. He Will live in your house, no doubt?” ” Certainly,” said the stranger; “and will probably remain with me a .long while.” The gate- keeper nfade no I further opposition, uad the stranger and hia nephew passed into the city. The burgomaster :atid the whole town were much displeased with the conduct of the gate-keepeh lie should at least hare taken notice of the nephew’s language; it would then hare been an easy matter to decide to what na tion he and his uncle ,belonged. The gate-keeper asserted, in reply to these Complaints, that it was neither Italian npr French, but had sounded a good deal like English; and, unless his ears had deceived him, the younger gentleman had said distinctly, “ Ros-bi/.l” By this the gate-keeper helped himself opt of his scrape, aud, at the same time, assisted the young man to a name, for nothing was talked of now in the city but the young Englishman. The young man, however, was no greater fre quenter of tho bowling-green "or the tavern than his uncle was ; but'he furnished the people much food for conversation in another way. It happened now, not unfrequently, that in the hitherto silent house would be heard a frightful uproar and shrieking; so that the passers-by would stop before the house in crowds, and gaze up at tiie windows. The joung Englishman would be seen dressed in a red frock and green trousers, his hair erect, and his appearance in dicating terror, runniijg with great speed through tho rooms, from wiiadow to window, the old stranger pursuing him with a hunting-whip in his hand, and often foiling to overtake him. But it sometimes seamed to the crowd below that he had succeeded iu patching the youm' man; for they could hear,, issuing from the rooms above, cries of anguish and sounds of blows. The ladies of the city took such deep concern of this cruel treatment of the youthful stranger, that they induced the burgomaster at last to take some notice of the affair. He wrote a letter to the strange, gentleman, in which he ■alluded in vigorous terms to his liarsh treatment of his nephew, and threatened him in case simi lar scenes continued to transpire, with taking the unfortunate young man under Ms especial protection. Imagine the surprise of the burgomaster when he saw the stranger entering his doors for the only time in ten years. The old gentleman ex cused his conduct towards his ucwhew on the plea of the peculiar directions of the parents of the;young man who hid entrusted him with ins education. He stated that the youth was in most respects clever aid Wolligent, but that he beamed languages with great difficulty ; that he wished so earnestly to ! make' his nephew an ac complished German scholar, that he might af terwards take the liberty to iiilroduce'him to the society bf Grunwicsel, and Use progress made by him was so discouraging, .that on many occa sions there was no better course to pursue than to beat it into him by a suitable constigatlon. The burgomaster expressed' himself perfectly satisfied with this explanation, recommended a little more moderation in the infliction ofehas tisement, and 1 reported in the evening at the beer-saloon, that ho llad rarely met, in his whole life, a better-informed and more agreeable gen tleman than the stranger. , ‘'The only pity is,” he added, that be gibes so little Into society: but I think, as soon ns his nCphow can speak a little Gorman ht> will- visit our; circle ofiener,” By this single incident theopinion of-lhc city was completely changed. They regarded the stranger ns a woll-brad man, felt a desire to cultivate his acquaintance, and considered it to be perfectly in order, when now and then a frightful shriek was beard to issue from the des olate hense. “ He is) giving his nephew a les son in German," the orunwjeselonians said, and went on without paying further attention to the matter. Three inontlis passedj.by, and the tui tion in German seemed to Have borne to a close; but the old man went a step further. There lived in the city lan old, infirm Frenchman, who gave lessons in dancing to the youbg people.— This man the stranger summoned to his house, and told him that'he:desired him to teach hia ‘nephew to dance. ) ■ . 'i There was nothing; the Frenchman secretly declared; so wonderful in all;the world as these dancing-lessons. Tile nephew, ft tall, slim, young man, with 1 rather short legs, made his appearance, he a red frock, Lis'hair nicely curled, wide trousers,; and white gloves. Ho spoke little," nnd vfcith a foreign accent, and sccrncd, in the bcginlng, rather intelligent and docile r-bilt .-io freqiiipnt|y broke out into the most ridiculous Ipaps, dancing the wildest iour*, in which he made ehtfiehalt Which surpassed all the dancing maslers-he bad ever seen or heard of. When it whs attempted to check-his ex travagances, he Would pull off the delicate danc ing-shoes froih his feet, U|row them at the Frenchman's head, round the chamber on gll fours. At the 'noise,' the old gentleman would rush out of his room, ip a largo, red bed gown, and a cap of g<fld on his head, and lay his whip heavily "over his nephew’s sboul ders.' The nephew would St jonce begin to howl in the moat frightful inanner, Spring on the ta ble and Jnghbook-casicß, and reven on the upper sashes of tpe wlndOwg, and talk all thertime a strange, foreign langhhgo. The bid' gentleman would gite him no respite, but, seizing him by [independent in everything.] the leg, would pull him down, beat him soundly, and draw his neck-cloth tighter round his neck by the buckle ; after which the nephew would become mannerly nnd sober again, and the dancing-lesson go on quietly to its close. These dailcing-lessous very nearly killed the old Frenchman; but the dollar which he regu larly received and the good wine which the old gentleman brought; always took-him back to his pupil, often as he resolved never to set foot in the hateful house again. The people of Grunwiesel looked on these ■ things very differently from the Frenchman.— They settled in their own minds that the young gentleman possessed great talents for society : and the ladies in the place all congratulated themselves—suffering as they did from a great lack 6f gentlemen—ion the acquisition of so vig orous a dancer for the coming winter. One morning, the maids, returning from mar ket, described to their masters and mistresses a singular incident. had seen an elegant carriage standing before the stranger’s house, and a servant in rich livery holding the step.— Iwo gentlemen had entered the carriage, the servant sprung into the boot behind, and the carriage—only imagine it!—drove straight off to the house of the burgomaster. Everywhere people were in raptures with the I two strangers, and regretted only that they had j net made their acquaintance earlier. The old I gentleman showed himself to be a well br-d I sensible man, who laughed a little, to be sure’ in everything he said, rendering it difficult to know whether he was in jest or earnest; but who talked of the weather, the scenery, and the picnics to the cave in the mountain, -so politely I and shrttvedly that every one was delighted.— but the nephew ! He bewitched everybody ;be won all hearts. .As for his exterior, it was im possible to call him exactly handsome. The lower part of his,face, especially his jaw, pro- | jected too far, and his complexion was extreme- ‘ ly darkwhile occasionally he made the most i remarkable grimaces, shutting bis eyes, and I snapping his teeth together qucerly ; but people • found the shape of his features exceedingly in teresting, “Ho is an Englishman,” people . said; “they arc all so. AVe must not be too ’ particular with an Englishman.” i Towards his old uncle ho was very submissive; I for whenever he began to jump too vivaciously I about the room, or as be seemed particularly | inclined to do, draw his feet up under him ou j his chair, a single stern glance from the oid man i served to bring him to orderat once. And how ! could one be angry with the young man, when his uncle, in every house, said to the lady. “My nephew is still a little raw'and ill-bred, madam; but I anticipate much from the modifying effect produced by your society, and'l implore your torgiveuess for any gaucheries ho may happen to be guilty of.” s Thus was the nephew at length introduced to the gay world, and all Grunwiesel .-p<-ke of nothing else for the two following Joys but this great event. The old gentleman renounced his ■ habhs of retirement, arid seemed to have whol ly altered his modes of thought end life; In the afternoon he wont, with his nephew, to the cave in the mountain, where -the mJi o miport.im citizens of Grunwiesel drank beer and rolled ninepins. Here tho nephew showed himself a skillful master of the game; for he never threw less than five or six balls. Occasionally a strange humor seized him. It happened, more than once, that he rushed like an arrow down anion" the ninepins with one of the balls, making a dreadful racked, and when he made a spare or a ten-strike, "the fancy sometimes came over him to stand erect on bis nicely-curled head, and extend his legs high into the air; or, it a carriage happened to pass, before one know wiiat be was about ho would be seen sittin' 1 - on the top of the vehicle, making the most ludic rous grimaces, aud. after riding on a short dis tance. return, with prodigious leaps and bounds, to the party he had quitted.' The old gentleman, at such incidents as these, was wont to beg ten thousand pardvns of the burgomaster and tho other gentlemen for his nephew's eccentricities. They, in reply', would laugh, ascribe such conduct to his 'youthful spirits, declare they Dad been just the same in their youth, and admire the young springal, as they called him, immcnslv. ° In this way the nephew of the stranger came, before long, to be held in high favor in the city and environs, ho one could recall over having soen a young man like him in Grumviesel be fore; and he was, indeed, the strangest appari tion which had ever visited their borders No ope could accuse him of cultivation, of any pos sible kind, except, perhaps, a little dancing.— Latin and Greek were both Greek to him. At a round game at the burgomaster's bouse, it once fell to his lot to be obliged to write something, and it was louud that he could not even sign his name. In geography he made the most stupen dous blunders ; for he made no hesitation in lo cating a German city in France, or a Danish one in Poland. He had read nothing; he had stud ied nothing; and the priest often shook his head significautly over the dreadful ignorance of the young gentleman. Still, of tills, every thing he said and did was hold to be excellent; for he was impudent enough to insist always ou being right, and the last words of every remark ho made were : “ I understand this much better than you.’-' The scenes of his greatest triumphs, however, were the Grunwiesel balls. No one danced so pcrsevcriugly, none so vigorously as he ; no one wade such bold, such graceful jumps, llis'un clc dressed him lor such occasions in.thc newest and handsomest fashions; and, although it was impossible to make his clothes fit, s yot every body considered his dress charming. The gen tlemen, to be sure, took offence, at these balls, at the new style which he introduced. Hither to the burgomaster had always opened the ball in-person, and the most highly-born young men exercised the right of regulating the rest of the dances ; but since the yoafig Englishman’s arri val, a total change had been brought about. He would seize the prettiest girl by the hand without leave orliceu.su, take his place with her in the figure, manage everything precisely as ho pleased, and, constitute himself,, without cero mbny, lord, master,, and king of the ball. But as the ladies found those manners extremely- el egant, the young men dared not venture on re sistance, and the eccentric nephew retained un opposed his self-assumed (|ignity and rank. Such was the behavior adopted by the nephew at balls and parties in Grdnweisel. As is too often the case in other matters, bad habits come into vogue much easier than good ones, and a new and striking fashion, especially if it be ri diculous, has ever something in it highly at tractive for the young; who have not yet formed an accurate or sensible judgment of themselves and the world. So it was m Qrunwelsel with the nephew and his extraordinary manners.— For, when the younger world perceived that the young stranger won more admiration than he incurred rebuke for his awkward habits, his load laughter, and hia iusdent answers to hia seniors, nnd that these passed merely as cVidcn,- ccs of - his spiritaal nature, they thought to themselves: “Nothing is easier than do make myself exactly such another spiritual brute.”— They hud formerly boon industrious, clever youths ; but now 4hoy thought: *• Of what uso is learning, when ignorance carries » Bjan so much further?” So, abandoning their books they spent their time in dissipation on the streets. Till.now, the Grunwiesel young men had en tertained a proper dislike to a roughxand .vulgar demeanor; uow they sang all sorts of vile smoked huge pipes of tobacco, and spent much time m low pot-houses, for with them they resembled the young Englishman. jU homo, or on a visit, they lay . down in boots and spurs on the ottoman!); at assemblies they tilted their chairs, or put both elbows on the table.. Iu vainN their older friends repreiental to thomiiow fool ish, how disgraceful this boliavior was) they re ferred to the shining example of the nipficw.— ; It was said to them, in vain, that .a certain do- : greo of rudeness must bo forgiven iij the nephew i in consideration of his English birth ; the young ! Grunwicselouians declared that they had as j good a right as the best Englishman iu the world j to be vu’gir in a spiritual way. I u short, it !■ was a general complaint that gentlemanly breed- j ing and behavior had been entirely eradicated j from Grmfwoisel by the evil example of the 1' young stranger. But the pleasure of the young men, in their rude an I reckless life, was of short duration, tor the following incident changed the whole aspect of jiffairs. A great concert was resolved upon, to close the winter amusements, to bo given partly by tbo regular city musicians, part ly by skillful amateurs of Grauwcisel. The burgomaster played the violoncello, the.docto* the bassoon with great skill, tho apothecary, though he had no ear, blew the flute, several young ladies of the city had studied arius, and every preliminary bad been The old stranger expressed the opinion, that though doubtless the concert would be admira ble ns it was, bo noticed that no duet was in cluded in the programme, and that a duet was, as every one knew, a necessary clement of every concert. This opinion Occasioned a good deal ol embarrassment. The burgomaster’s daught er, to be sure, sang like a nightingale; bat where was the gentleman who could sing a duet with her ? They thought, at last, of falling back on the old organjst, who had sung an excellent bass in turmei days ; but the stranger announced that ail this anxiety was needless, for his nephew had a voice of surprising cultivation and power. The duet, therefore, was studied with all hasted aud the evening at length arrived, on which the ears of the people of Grunwiesel were to be en raptured by tad concert. The old stranger was unable to be present at nephew s triumph, iu consequence ofillness, but ho gave to the burgomaster, who visited-Wini during the day, some rules for the guidauce of his eccentric relative; “He is a good soul,” said he, “but now and then he is seizdd whh some strange notions, and breaks out iiito the wildest freaks. I regret, extremely, my inabil ity to be present at the concert this evening, for his demeanor is pcrfcct’y deoonts while I amby. He well knows why, the scamp ! Lctlme assure your excellency that this vivacity of-liis is not a merital vice, but merely a bodily Infirmity.— Whenever, therefore, any such humor seizes hhiij so that he seats himself on a music-stand, or attempts to knock down the contra-bass, or the like, if your excellency would take the trouble to loosen his cravat a little, or, if noth ing better can bo done, take it off altogether, you will sec how quiet and well-bred ho will at once become. The burgomaster thanked the sick mam for lus confidence, and promised, jn case the neces sity arose, to foHqw his directions to the letter. Part first of the concert was over, and every body was ou the tenter hooks of expectation for the second, in ivhich the young Englishman was to perform a duct with the burgomaster's daugh ter. The nephew had made his appearance in gorgeous costume, and had long sgodrawii upon himself the attention of all present. -He had thrown himself down, without the' slightest cer emony. in the elegant arm-chair provided for u countess of the vicinity, and, st.-etchirfg his legs to their full length, had stared the audiaheo out of countenance through a huge opera-glass winch he had provided in addition to his ordinary spec tacles ; playing incessantly, meanwhile, with a large mastiff which he had persisted in introdu cing in spite of the regulations prohibiting all such animals. The- conn less for whom the arm chair had been provided, soon, appeared; but the young Englishman made no-movement to resign his sent. On the contrary, he inly as sumed a more comfortable attitude, and lio one present ventured to rebuke his insolence, The distinguished lady was consequently obliged to take her seat in an ordinary cane chaip among the other lidics of the city, in a state of;intense and natural indignation-. No wonder, that everybody was curious to sec how he would succeed with his duet. The sec ond part began : the city r musicians played the introductory" bars, and now the burgomaster led up his daughter to the young Englishman, and, handing him n sheet of music, said to him, •‘My dear sir, arc you disposed to begirt the duet!” The stranger laughed, showed his teeth, and, springing up, preceded the two others to the music-stand, while the audience wga filled with excitement and anticipation. The bpgauisJt beat the lime, and nodded to the Englishman to begin. The latter looked at tlte music through his spectacles a moment, and gave utterance to some hideous and melancholy howls; whereupon, the organist shouted to him : Two aotep lower, your, honor; 0 ; —you must sing C.”; if- Instead of Ringing C, thost ranger pulled off one of his shoes and flung it at the organist’s head, making tl\e powderfly (Seeing this, the burgomkster thought to himself': “ Ha! his bodily' infirmity has got told of himkgain;” and, seizing him by the neck, be loosened, the buckle of his cravat. But, at this, thfyroung roan’s' conduct became only the more outrageous. He dropped the use of German, and confined himself to an extraordinary and unintelligible language, taking aIL the while the nlost tre mendous leaps. The burgomaster des pair at tMs bupleasUnt mtefraptioU te|tbe en tertainment, and instantly resolved to Itnke off entirely the cravat of the yonng Englishman; whom some unusually violent paroxysm must have suddenly seized. , But no sooner!bad. he done this, than be started buck aghast. 'lnstead of a human skin and complexion, a dork brawn' fur enveloped jtbe neck of the youthful stranger, who instantly! proceeded upon still higllbr and more marvellous leaps; and, twisting faU white gloves into Lis hair, he pulled it entirely off, aod, wonder of wonders I this beautiful Iffiir was only a wig, which he threw into the ,burgoraas- editors and proprietors. ier s face, and his head made il» appearance clothed in the same brown for as hia nedt. Hoi overturned tables and benches, threw down mnsio-etaadaf smashed the fiddles and clarinet*. and m short behaved like a luniitio. “Seize ■ k. 1 ? 1 J himl” shouted the burgomaster, bo- TK-°. !! imSe f; “ h<> “ ravingseise him!” null^ h a difficult forte bed pulled off his gloves, and showed his brown bands, armed with frightful nails, with which he assaulted the faces of the comply, a cour ogeous huntsman at length succeeded in toS lum> pnsoucr. Ho pressed his long arms down to his sides, so that be could do noUiinjr excent' struggle fiercely with his feet, affiurf?Sd slu-iek m a piercing voice. ’ The audiowJlgih- ''' ered round to look at the eccentricSS tleman, who by. this time had lok ov 9 rf JS* bianco of a human being. A* ong them a . learned gentleman of the who posses*' set} a large .collection of stuffed animals* an preached him and, after a close examSftiS [ suddenly exclaimed, “ Good God! ladies and aentlemen wny do you admit this beast into • , Tbh is :l “ ape, the homo trig to him v nd 1 i WIII givt> six dollanffor Faficv° U tll? 0 ’ bim f 9* “J cabinet.” I b /* s tonisbment of the citizens of GrunwwScl, when they hoard this. “What* an ape, an orang-outang in our .best society !~ ;,.; # S tng'iahman nothing but a filthy ape 1 hey stared at each other in dumb be wilderment. They could not believe it • they wou.d not trust their eyes, and they exainiued a °" ual “° rc narrowly; but, gazo as they ™itad 8 " * P “ h ' *"* “ ’“ l «" »t« “ It must be sorcery, devilish sorcery !” said • f*r b . u * g^ iast P r > bringing tho ape’s cravat “ k ' he ™. this cravat lies tho witchcraft rtrin h nf ha 9 m,ed . our e - vus - Hero is a broad stup of parchment, inscribed with strange ohar reidit?” 13 UriU ’ 1 beli * v «; caua^ytdy i he pastor, a man of extensive learning* who had often lost a game of chess to tho yo^gfcn £“ tTid''?:?' ,“?■ “«■ '■»*»««th, P g „,L , ’ Cor ‘ ainl * tbls ia Latin, and Tl.iH apo u „ very riJiou!..,,., onvilwre, -n lo»eed:rouj;i, u.,,1 »lma £,l» protawiuM rill teach “Ay, ay; it is an infernal swindle ; in itself a spec,os of witchcraft,- h 0 continued <‘unl should meet with exemplary punishment.- ..nl ! ': U 1° m f tcr of tho'same opinion •ind started forthwith to arrest the stranger who • could be nothing wt a magician. earned the ape, for they were determined to ; bnu£ the old scoundrel to instant trial. 1 hey reached the desolate house,, followed by ft csowJ ef people,, for every one wanted to see how the aflair would end. They knocked at tho door, they pulled the bell; but one showed hiraselt in answer to their appeals iho burgomaster finally caused the dnpr to 4 mounted to the sickmanwohara bcr. Nothing was to be seen but old. worthless houseaold rubbish. The stranger had vanished. On Ins writing tnole, however, lay a largo seal ed letter, addressed to the burgomaster, which the latter opened. He read: “| M J • DE t AR ..Gwxwemmsiaxs! When' you read this I shall be no longer in your tillage, and you will Lave discovered the rank and uu tion of my darling nephew. Take the joke which I have ventured to play upon you as a good lesson not to insist on inflicting your soci ety upon a stranger, when he wishes to live iu retirement I felt myself too well-bred to be involved in your eternal tattle, your bad man nere, and yonr ridiculous customs. I procured therefore, tho young orang-outang, whom you have caressed so affectionately, to act as my substi tilde,* Farewell, my friends, and lay thm lesson to heart.” ’ J - The citizens of Grunwciscl were the laugh ing-stock of the whole country, and felt in tf-osoly mortified. Their consolation was that all'this must have been brought about by su pernatural means. But the greatest confusion Was felt by the young men of the city, for they had made the bad manners of a bcastly ope tho object of their approval and imitation, ilcnco foi tli they ceased to lean tbeir' elbows on tlio table ; they balanced themselves-no longer on tbeir chairs; they were silent till addressed, and became modest and civil as of old; and it became a byword with the Grunwioselonians, when any one showed signs of relapsing into such vulgar and mliculous practices, to call him “the old gentleman’s ape.” The orangoutang, who had plsyed so long the part of a gentleman of fashion, was handed over to the proprietor of the cabinet of natural history. This' gentleman feeds- him, gives him the run- of his -yard, and shows him to every stranger as a great rarity ; and’ there he is to bo seen to the present day'. A. Fox’s Ct’XMXG.—An incident occurred to a friend of ours-on ttylicjstrcet a few days Ago, which servos to illustrate the extraordinary cunning of tho fox. Tho person to whom wo allude purchased a fox, with the view of making a pet of the “ vfu-mmf,” and chained him se curely in his coller, where he was supplied-with much better grub and more of it than generally tails to the portion of such auiniulawlien in the wild state. He prized the little joker & good deal, plough for what we have never been able to discover, and accordingly when a day after he came intb his possession, ho found “ Reynard” defunct in the cellar, his grief may be easier imagined than desd-ibed. -Unloosing the collar from his neck, and, after a soliloquy-something after the. Sterne over the' carcass of his defunct donkey, hefplaced the retttainst of his. “ pet” on a shovel, and with solemn 'steps' car ried them to the street and there deposited them. This’ dene he returned to thehouss, but had not proceeded many steps when “ Reynard” slowly raised his. head, and seeing the clear got up and. scampered down High street, to' the infinite astonishment of bur friend,'and the no little amusement of a Isirge eiowdbf spfqtatore. The cunning thief had feigned death strwell that he deceived his owner' completely, and thus regained his long-lost liberty.—PKte. Chronicle '■ ■ A stoiy is Md of L lady-wit who dined at thfeJ¥csadent'e ddy.and iwWted at - tbe table between* n . attain. BtpHMntniin from Tennessee and the! Hon. Me: Boffin of North Carolina. « How are yOaiOttlng onihy nnfced fib* joHy bachelor bf t& wiui a Savage on one sule a MnSfe)nbQ tho other/’ the instant response. " ’i BSf“ A Lady had a delinquent boarder named Tree’. She proposed to take his trvnlc forSobni, no unusual use to pot trees to. ■I £ i* ■ • • v -- - -V 4 ~T> NO. 5. v*-
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