OIAHON, Witt. ! victims Qf»neh :c‘d their ■’ir nanio, fo open class of , &c -> tad^e? y ; '• i vh»* ciiouing year, * it lac ] fiasurad ti,** i. .y. i \ v,-(Ui < .■ -^WRaS ;■ ■•••'.'Stoutly ion. untl will nvdKs and metliXof tr^ t»saa3ffS o. [*><*■ My. TJS7. JK ms i kM Rpi iVTIVJ SMENTIN COOK- ■}'l D GAS JJfD s^vafe M&S£SS'^> A which isdoetlntMl to ta i'-SS BOM. :i ;V*y» qnlckjy and regular 4’.. ot gM uIM from this a consumed era license ■ .moke os that unpleasant is also consumed insids ol y 'lfljjgcr Of flue* or chlm. ov or the mortar loosened by stoves .are invited to callst Mnaoiilc Temple, and«x- JOUX BUOEMAKKrT ; Agent far Blair Cbunty. , Parlor Cooking and E rs, not toho&nndlnany -■'in: $1 tar alxmentha, t» !-• should write tholr name* where they reside plainly d >' • MAT3ia,L*OO, •w York PollceGuette, JVcuk Tork City. Lane’s ATED v-. EFUGE fD PILLS. to dll the atlen- T rade, and more lysicians .of the t the most popu b.efojji ne’» Celebrated ' idXiver Fills. ommend as Sjj but simgly for purports, -^,. ; IMIFTOE, forms from the It has also been the most .satis various Aniihak KR PlliliSj V ER CoMPtArNTS, ftNGEM£?s|*3 IC,C In caap of SR A.G.U-Ej after taking Q UI '. : invariably make nanent 'cure. j jr the icy are j to fail when M cordancO Wth thd dented po,pu^ ar^ n oprietQTS, Brothers; RGH, Pa. , J nr Drug busincsj r' j been success /the last^Twentj r •;]( Viowgive thcs a lid attention *J And being )r. M’Lane’s -CcK •C and Liver o occupy ti l6 11 w hold among of die day, tpj spare neither tinj procuring the"! a serial, and co j ■he most thoroug ass all orders to LOS. Pittsburgh ordering ( r 0 Li! to write '■J.Jv*, rßf|' r^ y give m those w T,‘ l ',^yps rta l lint, post pota. to fl Pills for twelve t fl Venntfonu for ffj£%nroP*i *’ **• McCRUM & DBRN, YOli- 4; TUB ALTOONA TRIBUNE. SlcCaOM * DBttN, Pnblbhen add Proprietors. per annum, {payable invariably in advance,) f 1,60 ill paper* «l)»cenUoiiad at the expiration ef the time l B * ll **' ' cuuu w xnTnnmro. 14.3 do. S do. four lines or JeW, $ 26 $ 87a £0 oe..lu«e, i OO 1 » 200 three " (*» “ ) '**> .2 00 260 Over three weolw and ten than three months, 36cents per i*]usre for esch insertiop, 8 months. 0 months. 1 year, tlx Uuoa or l«s, $1 60 $3 00 $5OO One square, ++, 260 ■ 4.00 700 two “ ' f *OO 600 10 00 Three ' +6 00 BOp 12 00 Poor ‘1 " • -«00 10 00 14 00 U4f»ceVttmn, 10 00 14 00 20 00 l4 00 - 26 00 40 00 / irotors had Executors Notices, . i Hiithjnta adrorthingbyths year, thrso squares, with liberty to change, 10 00 Pichwloonl or ; business Cards, net; exceeding 8 in , with paper,-pM- year, ft 00 . Ci>im. hiiicatians of a political character or individual in- Icre+t will be charged according to the shove Kites. Ad+ei tisements not marked with the number of insertions dtiued, will bo continuodUll forbid and chaffed according to tiro aloe* terms. ’ 1 Jtu«lae«s notleua fira cents per llneforoTery insertion. Obituary notice expending ton lines, fifty Cents-a square. c. r. soon, «c.». j. x ananu, *. p. Elis. GOOD & GEMMILL HAY- U.G entered into Partnership in the Practice of Jne, respectfully tender.their aerrlcas to the Public ta the several branches of their Profession. Calls will be answered either day or night at their office —which is the aaniß aa heretofore occupied by Srs. Hirst a Good, —or at the I»igau House. April 21st, ISSSSm w. M. LLOYD & GO, ALTOONA, PA., JOHNSTON. JACK & CO, {Late ll SPECTTHTiLY offers his professional •erricas to the people of Altoona and the outing country. He may be found at the office heretofore oc snpied by .Hr, 9. D. Thomas. Altoona, Sept. 30| 18S8.-tf T> F. ROYER, M. D., tt^ o ”eWty P . rofe * ,lonal ,BrTicM ‘othecitUensof °{,” ,ferenca » “n be given if required. CD< £ °^ Bnnch »treet, East Altoona, three «ws above Conrad’|i Stprc. April 28 'M-ly. n YES! ' P YES! —GENTLEMEN draw nich smdhear. JOSEPH P. TROUT snnonn !***°. tho PH-ilc, ttfat he Is ready to discharge his duty wan Auctioneer whenever called npon. fjaa. 2 ’6B j. e. adlum; Sj®aaiaf*sr DPaalbaac& a ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNT!', PA. UO at aUtimeebe found at the (tore of J. B. HUeman. Altoona, October 1, 1857.-ly Bfto Book gtorf. The subscriber has lately ICL° pe " e<, a J?OpK STORE next-door to 'LjstsiLL l «cornerof PhyM* and Anmt MlSti*. »k«emaybe tla *»Uig BUtt md Saab Manoitac* / t\-4toiyy. frtU eontlnne to fill or fclch. «ttfrnttefi to him, Trithdeo -1 %*£:£:': -w a^aar SKSSjg* BOLLIDATSBUBG, PA., pi ■tq m, IWtett |pfldrg. THE HYING YEAH. Vbmfa a wall on the *eet wind’s breath, A wail of the dying year; • As It rattleathe russet leaves, from roof-treejmd sheltered eaves. And a pallfromitaplentiful harvest waves For the stately bisr. There's a sighlninanyahcart, A sigh for the dying year; For beauty that patsefh away,. For pleasures that quickly decay. For hopes tbataro withered too briefly, ere they Have been realised here. Thore’s a sigh on the west wind’s breath, A song of gladness and cheer; As it rattles on the russet leaves, And a tapestried blanket it weaves, To cover tho gnin for the reaper's sheaves, la a coming year. Uay the melody'born in the heart. When sorrow and darkness be near, Be rich in the promise and love it brings, Sweejit as the spell the wild wind flings, As it) sweeps o’er the trembling, quivering strings Of the flying yefr. THE VKIOL nr a. w. toxaraitow. Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great, Humanity, with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, I* hanging breathless on thy Kite! We know what Master laid thy keel, What workman wrought thy ribs of steel ; Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, ■Whjit anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a beat , Were shaped the anchors of thy hope I Pear not each sudden sound and shock. 'Xia of the wave and not tho rock; 1 ’Ti* but the flapping of the sail, • And notia rent mode l)y the gale! )n spite of rock and tempest’s roar, n spite of (also lights on the shore, S oil on, nor fear to breast the seal pur hearts, our bopep, are all with thee. op I NEVER FURT, GIRLS J Oh 1 never, never flirt, girls! Don’t play with human hearts I You say yon meant in fun, girls. To wound with Cupid’s darts. But they are cruel wounds, girls. Wounds thatlfor life may hurt; Then heed a wise old counsellor— <#. Don’t flirt, my girls, don't flirt 1 say that men are hardy, girls, And really never feel; But many an old bachelor His secret could reveal, And tell of happy days gone by, Of false girls, feelings hurt— And now condemn all womankind; , Don’t flirt, thengirls, don’t flirt There is no real pleasure, girls In striving to excel I n such an act as flirting, girls; Though you may do it well. Then if you love, love truly, girls; But love not to your hurt; Choose wisely, well, and sensibly: But, girls, oh! never flirth “ Six of One and Haif Dozen of tbe Other.” “Now, dearest Fred,” she softly said “ You must abandon smoking; It spoils your looks—andthen your breath— Indeed it’s most provoking. Bid God jdecroe that man should be A chimney-line regarded ? Then, darling Fred,let it bo said, Tobacco you’ve discarded.” “ How well, >ny dear,” said Frod,“ I fear That will, not be so easy; But, like a mao, I’ll try a plan, And do the best to please ye. Bid God intend that’woman’s mind Such Wondrous things should brow, love, As Bustles, Bloomers, Crinolines, Or Hoops-de-dobden-do, love? “But really, if”—whif, whii; whif— “ And mind yon I’m not joking, If you’ll abandon Crinoline, By Jove 11—i’ll give up smoking.” patter. ALTOONA GAS AND WATERWORKS. Some four or five yean since, applica tion was made tp the Legislature for a charter of incorporation fay the "Altoona Gas land Water Company.” The charter was granted, but the formation of the com pany proving a failure,it was not lifted.—• In the spring of 1858, when Altoona had reached a population of 4,000, a number of. our citizens feeling the want ofasuffi. cient supply of water, as well for the pro tection, of property in ease of fire as for parposra of house use; agita ted the formation of a; company to lift the ohfrtor and bring the water into • town.— The project, for spmC reason, it was hard to tell what, met witii .considerable oppo- and it apparently dropped Ugmn for the time being, only, however, to he started afresh and wiQ» muoh more determination, some nine months later. h r T T? l l 8 of store, bn the 24t1i.0f February last, when the ne cessity of a large supply of water in such cases was seen and felt. A meeting of the citizens , of the place was called about a weekafterwards, to talk the matter oyer, get up a company)' and have some slight amendments made to the original charter. At previous meetings water alone had been talked about, but at this meeting the gas question was brought afid the practicability of connecting the two amprov ements was so clearly de monstrated that all who know anything about such matters at once agreed to it, and a committee was appointed to amend the old charter and see to having it again passed through the Legislature. Notwith standing the benefits the town would de rive- from these improvements, and the handsome per centage an investment in the such a company would yield, all of which was fully demonstrated, there were some who laughed at the idea of ha ving gas in Altoona; but those who had taken the matter in hand knew where they stood, and proceeded without delay to the I formation of the Company. The amendments to the charter were passed through the Legislature, and about the middle of May last, the commissioners appointed opened the books of the Compa ny for subscriptions to the capital stock, which was limited to §40,000, with the privilege of increasing to §60,000. Stock to % amount of §3o,ooo—in shares of taken by parties directly inter ested in the improvement and prosperity of the town, and a loan of §lO,OOO contract ed. The amount deemed necessary for the completion of the works having been secured, the stockholders proceeded to the | election of officers and the following per sons were; chosen ; , President, W. H. Wilson, (also Resi dent Engineer of P. R. R.); Treasurer, W. M, Lloyd; Secretary, B. F. Rose ; Managers, John Shoemaker, A. B. Clark C. J. Maun, Gr. B. Cramer, E. M. Jones; Engineer and Superintendent, Thomas'S. Francis. On the 15th of July last, Mr. Francis contracted to build the Works, and the next day gave out the contracts for the different parts of tho work, as follows : John Campbell, of this place, excavation, masonry abd stonewark; W. H. Bell, of Harrisburg, brickwork; Thomas Burchi nell, of Hollidaysburg, furnished the brick; the brickwork and cement of tank and reservoir was-done by employees of the railroad company, under the superinten dence of Stephen McAuley, who has the charge of the stone and brickwork on the eastern division of the railroad; the car penter work was by J. L. Rcifsnider, of this place; slating by Mr. Arnold, of Ptits burg j castings by Mitchell, Herron & Co., of Pittsburg; sheet-iron work, holder and steam boiler, by & Co., Pittsburg wrought-iron work by Marshall & Bro°, Pittsburg; fire brick from A. J. Hawes, of Johnstown ; fire brick woi-k by Elwood Matthews ,of Johnstown; street main by A. 5. Long, of Lewistown ; fire-plugs, stop-cocks, &c., by Mr. Stillman, of Phila delphia. The plans and specifications were made by Mr, Francis; the and the works-were erected under his immediate superintendence. Their speedy comple tion is owing to the assistance, at all times cheerfully tendered, of the building com mittee, consisting of the President of the Company and Managers Shoemaker and Clark. , •^ ie Wsuh building of the gas works is eighty-four feet long and thirty feet deep, with a twenty feet projection on Virginia street. It is pno story, twenty-one feet high, and is divided into four rooms. The style of the front is new, and'will compare favorably with any of the handsome dwel lings in town. , retort Toorn is thirty feet square with three arches for retorts. Two benches are complete, and but one in use at pres ent. The retorts are of fire clay, of Eng m J“* nu % ture / and were furnished by T. W. Parmelee, agent, New Tori. This room is,complete in all its arrangements. The poiler room and workshop is twen ty by twenty-four feet, fifteen feet high, containing washers, the combined ar rangement jof sprinkler and box Rasher, and a steam-boiler, of Barnhill & Co.’s manufacture, for heating the purifying room, and to prevent the tank from free£ ing up. The boiler is a neat affair, and admirably answers its purpose. The office; is twenty by twenty-four feet. In the centre is placed a forty inch station m ®tcr. In |his room also is one of Code, Hopper & (Jratz’s patent rotary valve dry test meters, s By means of glass coverings the interior yrorks can be seen, showing a complicated; yet most complete arrange ment. These meters Were patented in 1858, a&d are fast coming into use, it be ing claimed; that they are much superior to wet meteip, the use of water and alco hpl being dispensed with, thus removing thie liability |o freeze. . ® en ®®th tb® two rooms last mentioned is a • collar, id which the conden sers are placed on Umbers, *6n an inclina tion froth horizontal. The syphons and appartenjanees thereto are selftacting, re-, quiring hut Httle attention. -The purifying room, adjoining the office and" boiler room, is thirty feet square, con taining four- cast-iron purifying boxes, each five feet square, holding font? courses of lime each. ~ln the center of the room is the centre seal. The castings of these are heavy and put together very, substantially The wroughtaron work of the centre seal was very neatly done by Barnhill & Co., The arum was made in Philadelphia.! This room is well .ventila ted, an essential necessity, owing to the [independent in everything.] ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1860. unpleasant work necessary to be performed there. The gas-holder is forty feet in diameter and sixteen feet high. Tho tank pit is sunk levgl with the ground, rendering it more secure than were it banked up. The holder is the most complete ever made anywhere. Its superiority is in tightness, the quality of Iron used, and the peculiar framing of tho interior. The iron was prepared at the works of Barnhill & Co., in Pittsburg, and put together here, Wm. Barnhill, Sr., superintending and assisting in the work. The works are so arranged, that, without any additional construction, fifteen thousand cubic feet of gas can be supplied per day. j The water reservoir is situated on the upper or north side of the borough, at a sufficient elevation for all present pur poses. It is fifty feet in diameter and four teen feet deep, and is sunk in tho side of the.hill. The outer wall is of stone, three feet thick, and lined with a brick wall four inches thick, laid in llosendale cement, with a concrete bottom twelve inches deep. The work on the reservoir and the tank at the gas works is done in a very superior manner. The supply of water is obtained from pipes laid by the railroad company, from Pottagrove Mills, two and a half miles from the borough. The water, which is of an excellent quality, comes from a stream in a gorge of the mountain's, called, from its peculiar formation, the “Kettle." The railroad company have a reservoir at Potts grove’s Mills, which has heretofore an swered its purposes. The construction of this reservoir, together with pipe laid— about three miles —cost, we believe, about forty thousand dollars. The pipe commences with ten inch and reduces to six. The use of this pipe and supply of water is given to the gas and water com pany, the railroad company having, as a consideration, the advantage of four feet bead, its supply pipe being laid that much lower ip the connection to the, new reser voir than the connection of the gas and [ s water uompany. The pipes laid for sup plying the town commence at eight inch and reduce to six, four and three inch.'— Previous to the making of the new reser voir, the head of water at the connections then existing was reduced while the en gines were being supplied, but now the ad ditional reservoir counteracts, the|head of water remaining uniform. * The pipe-laying was done by Mr. A. B. Long, of Lewistown. The gas and water pipes were laid in one trench, in the cen tre of the streets, the latter five feet deep and the former three. Fifteen fire plugs have been placed in different parts of the borough, and the total amount of pipe laid is upwards of five miles. That no accident or drawback of any kind has occurred in the rather speedy completion of the gas and water arrange ments, is owing to the fact that the pipes and gas fitting were rigidly inspected and thoroughly tested before being used. As almost everybody in the country is aware, the completion of these, improve ments was celebrated on the 15th of De cember last, (just five months from the time the contract for building them was given) by a grand parade during the day and a brilliant illumination in the even ing. Previous to the dismissal of the pro cession in the afternoon, Col. L. W. Hall delivered an address, from the portico in front of the Logan House, the following extracts from which we find in the Phila delphia Inquirer, of the 31st ult:— We have .reached an era in the history of our town.' Since the great steam horse first frightened the startled echoes of the Tuckahoe Valley till they fled shrieking up the hollows of yonder mountain gorges, the spot we stand upon has not witnessed an occasion so grand—so joyous—so worthy of celebration. Not alone do I say this because of the comfort, conveni ence, healthfulneas, and bappinass this r water and gas will bring to os directly I and immediately, but Rooking to the fu ture, to the benefits subsequent genera tions of Altoona’s citizens will enjoy from the works we this day inaugurate—look ing to the position and character such an undertaking prosecuted to successful com petition giVes to our town abroad—look ing to the results these improvements must have in inducing persons to move into pur midst, charmed with the progres sive spirit of you all—looking to the ef fect upon the minds of the tens of thou- sands of strangers-upon that great central line of travel, which cuts your town in two, as whirled through the passes of the Alleghenies, they come upon our new built town, cheerful and brilliant with its gas/ and clear and bright with its water, like the rosy, laughing face of the fresh j washed morning schoolboy. \ Yet it was no boy’s play to build these. It was tim work for men. Abroad patent our oitizeos have spmd before the world/ showing title to energy,, perseveraiijoe, and a generous manhood. To have been ac tive and efficient in such public works as j these may well give any inatt a pleasura | We pride. I kiaow of ho f hand ones name uoto to .posterity- more oom mendable—with - less' ofitolSshhessabout it. 7 , : •' ''''■ ' ;; I It is a trite remark that • &». is «n age 1 *.'■ of progress—so threadbare from use that it fails almost to stir the mind to thought fulness. In feet, it is very difficult to realize the full extent of our onward strides. Tell the sturdy ; axeman to fell yonder oak—the sharp stokes ring out clear on the frosty air, ard in an hour his arm undoes forever what Nature, with patient toil, haa been a century or more in rearing, and the monarch of the forest,* with a groan, expires. Count the concen tric circles of its yearly growth, that tell you, with infallible certainty with which Nature always speaks when read aright, the year it was an acorn. Ah ! the for est trees Ijhat tower around you have wit nessed mighty changes, not. only in this valley, but in-all this broad land. They will take you back, the oldest of them, to the time when no white man’s foot had pressed upon the soil of what is now our noble Commonwealth. But I might be wearisome to you and foreign to the occasion to!enter upon so vast a theme, and I propose rather to re mark upon the discovery snd use of illu minating gases. • Imagine New York, Philadelphia, or Baltimore ; without, street lights. How crime and pollution would hold high revelry beneath! night’s dusky veil. How Bowery Boys, Killers, and Plug Uglies would riot in security— burglars and thieves issuing from their dens at nightfall, to steal with impunity and chuckle at the impotent police. And yet 175 years ago London;.with a popula tion of a half a million, was destitute of street lamps. Macauly in his History decribes the city as it was then. -When the evening closed the difficulty and dan ger of walking about was felt by every one. Falls, bruises, and; brokeh limbs were of common occurrence. Robbers and thieves plied their traces in security, and dissolute young men swaggered about the town, breaking windows, upsetting sedans, beating quiet men, and offering rude caresses to pretty women. When we become as large as London we will have the advantages of light at all events —and I think' all will agree that with plenty of j gas in our streets at with our own policeman, Joe Ely —the quiet of our city will be preserved. . In 1684, the last year of the reign of Charles the Second, an ingenious projec tor named Edward Hemming obtained letters patent, conveying to him the ex clusive right of lighting London for a term of years. From Gto 12 o’clock of moonless nights, from Michaelmas to Lady day, he placed a light before every tenth door. Those who now see the great Eng lish capital all the year round, from dusk to dawn, blazing with a-splendor com pared with which the illuminations for La Hogue and Blenheim would have looked pale, may smile to think ; of Hemming’s Lanterns glimmering feebly before one house in ten during one night in three.— But such was not the |eeling of his cotem poraries. Eis scheme'was enthusiastically applauded and furiously attacked. The friends of improvement extolled his as the greatest of benefactors. But’tbe cause of darkness was hot left undefended. There were fools in that age who oposed the in troduction of what was called a new light, ! 38 strenuously as fools in jour age have apposed the introduction Wtf vaccination and railroads; as strenuously ,as the fools of an age anterior to the dawn of history, doubtless opposed the introduction of the plough, and of alphabetical Writing. Many years after the date of Hemming’s patent, there were extensive districts in London in which ?no lamps were It was not until the early part of the present centiiry that that city was. illuminated by gas lights. In 1737 Dr. Clayton demon strated by experiment that bituminous coal subjected in retorts to a! red heat fur-' nished an air which burned -with a bright flame. It does not appear ffaat this spe cies of air was ever produced from coal for the purposes of illumination until 1/92, when Wm. Murdoch,'« mining en gineer, employed coal gas foi lighting his house and office in Cornwall, The first application of this light on £ large scale, was made in Manchester itt-180£ when the groat cotton mills of 3?|ilips & Lee were fitted up under the directions of Mr. Murfoch, and a quantity of light equal to 3000 candles was introduced ahddistribu ted through the lwl Sample was speedily followed, and gas was soon after inbroduped Into of the lar ger cities of Europe &od America. Previous to 1766, hydrogen had been confounded other combustible gases several of which had Tong been knpwn.£r thftt yew it was first described as a dis tinct gas by 'the/English chemist, Caven dish, and was called hy! him inflammable air. But in bar search alter light, we .must not overlook the benefits derived from tbe admirable manner with which our town is supplied with an abundant supply of water. Whilst the ancients knew nothing of illumination by gas, some of their cities Were bountifully supplied with water conducted through hills and over valleys for miles-—stupendous works erepted at immense remains of which extant, exciting the won der and admiration of the traveller It requires no eulogy to be paslcd hn pure, cold, spariding wato? yit requires no I&- guago to be employed to tell the peo^laof V'il •'* this town the benefits thet but* derive, Intellectually, morally, and socially, from its introduction. And here allow ine to remark for the benefit of our Town Coun cil, that I think it would be iur admirable Outlay of moneys and one j. Which I think they would be sustained in doing by etefy citizen of the town,to erect a public bath house. Every town of this use sbottld have one at least—there is no greater pro moter of health than such establishments; if used. The value of water in Sh town like ours, in case of fibre would be invalua ble—-water as we have it now in abun dance and brought to our doors., The manner in which our American Republic has sprung np bn thia Western Continent seems almost fr miraele, and clearly shows that we are indeed circled by the hand of God, The past of our country’s history seems as a dreatfr-~-tbO dettiny of America, no man could scarce oven guess at. What a marvellous Change, In the ptofi few years, has come over th| whole Coun try that wo love so justly and so well.—■ All areas of latitude and longitude shrunk into their chords, and American language, laws, religion, and authority, once confined to the Atlantic Coast, U6w prevail from the Northern Lakes to the Southern Gulf, and from tfae.stormy East ern Sea to the tranquil Western Ocean.— Onward we have marched with rapid strides, and onward we are destined ,to march, spreading liberty through all the world. The Union of these American States will never fail. All are connected together as beautiful links in one ohain—• its strength increasing with the daily mul tiplication of its bonds. The steam en gine and electric telegraph, both newer than the Union/ have obliterated State lines, unless in the minds of a few crazy fanatics, and forged the links of that chain j if still more closely together; In no way can this change in bur land be bettor exemplified, than by a reference to the past of Altoona, this town of less than ten years’ growth, now numbering over five thousand inhabitants. Less than that time ago, not the vAstige of anything 1 was to be seen here, except the" old farm house, the picture of which graces the printed town jplots. Then, where are now seen your mechanical shops, fkthooa for their substantial character, size,- and neatness, wherever railroads have pierded, your hotels, stores, and private residences, would have been seed a very pbor farm, that scarce repaid the worthy husbaddmau for his labor bestowed on it, with V small log house as the owner’s residence. Could a fitter illustration be made of the energy and indomitable perseverance of the peo ple of this boasted land of freedom ? Time will not allow me to sketch the rise and progress of our town, and in Tact did it, I would not know how to do it better than to say, ten years ago not one .of alb these houses and places of business were 1 here; and the present five thousand per sons living here have been brought hither from all points of the Stetes-r-now quietly enjoying life, a busy, active, and happy people. Powers op ik 1 a man in St. Lohis, named Meredith’ Hol land, said to be a perfect prodigy in arcs. The Republican says be wilt an swer the most abstruse arithiheticalqttbs tion with astonishing promptness' And ac curacy; will calculate interest, simple and compound, for any lime, amount and rate, and for, this alone would bo at* iqvaluablb acquisition to a counting-house. He in totally unable to explain now he rrrives at the results, and it said that philosophers have studied him in yain. His is a natu ral gift that the most acute observe can not wrest from him. His mind iit Incom prehensible, and its mode of operation is unfathomable. . -h We will only give one or two instances of his powers of calculation. A:. random question was asked him —“How nfciiy in, ches in 419 miles I” In less ,than one quarter of a minute he answered, 20,547, 840, which is correct. Another question was, “How many bricks 9 inches long and 4 inches will he required to pave a yard 10 feet square V’ s His answer was 1,600 also correct. These examples will suffice. They are of that character which place the possession of a great gift beyond dddbt. B»y8; : Nioe4enfhs of the miseries and vices of manhood pro-' ceed from idleness; with men of quick mind, to whom it is especially pernicous, this habit is commonly the fruit of many disappointments, and schemes often baf fled ; and men fail in their schemes, notap much for want of strength, as the ill di rection of it. The weakest living creature by concentrating bis powers on single ob* ject, can accomplish something j the strongest, by dispersing his oyer many, may fail to accomplish anything. The drop, by continued falling, bores it passage' through the hardest rook—the hasty tor rent' rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves no orifice behind. iOT*“ Oh, Jacob/’ said a mwteifltd Mi apprentice boy, “it iswohderfolto see what a quantity yon can “ft*,. master,”