RSHEY'S
orated
Syrup.
E PUBLIC/
IAL of over TEn'v.,.
l: ' t'*'*' ia •■-
w]llc t
! ‘i l:r . Ijav “ *«*'•>• eintk'ittn^* 4 !
■ 1 ly. P ;,,^i ilv>flnJ effilcUn .
• :n iciy .«!.»■[•'.• or
-
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'fcr-r
‘ <nj !
!&CEsi
VKM ENT IN COOK-
G * SA WMm f«
CMurc iu ofrering to th e aUL
SMOKE CONSUMING raMU *
at' Uled, which la daetiaed t. n
•••■
!l,'U LESS FTTBIi
- all
', 1 coßBiun«d »r»tt W(ir
fr» 3 . smako Mthatunp^S:
it.cu la also consumed
-ny danger of
..' sio. or tho mortarloeaaaed ky
J »tov« are Inyltedte eedl «t
■LICE GAZETTE--
C.f Crime and Criminal* Jj k
widely circulated thrbn*h««
••■' ' ,J « 0««t TrialScoSuS
mmi-ion the some, tog*therwlM
: “Iters, not to be found la at#
Hmnim; slfor sli meuthi,t«
v,!,., should write their name*
r where they reside plalaliJ
>■■ V,;. MATSELL'Ai
: -Vcw York Police Oaaette.
iVcw Tork OtH,
STKIiS! OYSTERS!
: hard Unite,.l haye coaeloded
OYSTERS to the loyrMtpoiii
i -r-Bfior bo eorrod'np ohitbe
i ;;nts, and roasted in Ufeiheil
acutpan inieute, I'WENXT
> >he furniehod, inateryeii
nd with theUmoe.
Joujt KKrrnit, ■
. 'gen Hooet, HoUW^hhiy.
’Land’s
sRATED
IFUGE
2>TD
PILLS;
e to call the stte©-
e Trade, and tatorc
?hysicians pf th*
of the most popu
r before the publk.
lase'i CclebralMl
.i\d Liver Pill*.
:commcnd them *
ills, but simply ibr
purports, via.:
IxMIFUCrE,
r/orms from the
It has also bcca
:h the most sati*
o various Animal*
'HR PILLS,
tvEP.CoMPLAJ»T«,
A N G EMENTS, SICK
c. In cases of
*vD •
i after taJdng
t invariably ioake
or the a&yp : »e*-
liey are
Unrivaled,
n to fail whca «d'
:-:ordancc
rdented pppulantf
proprietors,a
13rotk[e$s,
itcHi Pa.
hr Drug bww lfl, *»
avc been, succcs*'
the
i , :li now give th?*
;aid attention &
t. Andbcii^do
h-. MXarx’s.fclf
f- andXiyf»
j occupy .tjv*
.V hold ampog#*
c t the day, th*T
: pare neither
procuring the
itcrial, ah<l
he most thofOUg
:s all orders » )
OS. Pittsburgh, &•
i is criUrirg from .?i?Su
f^«gSs
■J
jIcCUUM & DEKN,
vot- 5 -
I’llK ALTOONA TRIBUNE, v
UcCBOM 4 DKBN, Ptibltihtra and Broprieton.
(payable invwtablyln idTaoce,) $l,BO
p«t »oattaii tiQue j at fli o expiration «f the time
(II (HP***
pi *> f
r > r .- e *6O * 76** \ w
Otn* i l a&r, ’ 1 ,,.. { 100 160 200
T*» ' « ) . 160 i 200 260
L„ «wk« and lew than threemoaOrt,2s cent, per
** ,,r .--ii intei'tion.
mare for 3 month*. 6 montiti. 1 ywr..
„ rIM . sl6° $3 00 $6 00
fa-linnor W**. 2 60 4 00 7 00
OM Hoar 4 ' 4 00 0 00 10 00
7»» ’ 6 60 8 00 12 00
mrrt a 0 00 10 00 U 00
10 00 M OO 20 00
Uai .damn, uoO 26 00 40 00
? tahSSSin « d <*»•» 1 76
«W ** **' ***■■ •***• 10 00
“ ~,1, to change, . W 00
P 4. ioMl or lluaine*. Card., not oueedteg .8
wiili pa[*tr, l>« r 7“r ; ..
ru . uulmtiou. of a political character orlndiTldnal In-
Jr.''rill be charged according to tho above aatea.
aa»eiti»6inents not marked with the number of Inaortiena
jjirtd, rill lo continued till forbid and charged according
* A fh* U.TUW.
“ ' j. ltM uuticu. bre co-ite per lino for every iuaortion.
Obituary nonet. oxsit-edlng ten tinea, fifty cente a aquar*.
SOW,*.*. J. II OBMHI, «. »•
t\KS. GOOD & GEMMILL HAV-
I / ISO enured into Partnership, in the Practice of
EJlclne, respectfully tender their service* to the Public
to tie nvrritl branches of their Profession.
Ceils Will be »n»wered,either da; or night at their office.
_vbicb is the some as heretofore occupied; by Dn. Hint
7Ooeili —°r at the Logan House.
April ilst. 1859-3™
w. M. LLOYD & CQ.,
ALTOONA, FA.,
JOHNSTON. JACK & CO.,
UOLLWA YSDCIiO, PA.,
(Latt “Bell, Jolmtion, Jack £ Co.”)
D HAFTS ON THE PRINCIPAL
Cities, and Silver and Gold for sale. Collection*
on!«. Moneys received on deposit*, payable on demand,
without interest, or upon time, with interest at fair rates.
;<b. 3.1,1859. ,
r ANDS ! LANDS !! LANDS !!!
\ j xhe uaderaignedis prepared to locate LAND tVAIt
(UNTS in the Omaha aud Nebraska City Ladd Office*.—
Wood arisetiona can uow made near the largo stream#
and astUemeuta. The Landi of this Territory, now in
Kiarket. are of the best quality.
#*, islretiona carefully made. Letters of inquiry re
o«Tukl. ALEX. F. McKXNNKY.
OuaPOtu, Casa County, X. Ter.
- J.iv U, 1658,-tf
nrmicii:
1U». A. B. Cup*, Altoona, Pa.
Ts.M. Loom A Co.. Bankers, Alteoaa, Pa.
1110*111 4 DIU, Editor*. *
Tnos. A. Scort, Bupt. P. R. K., “
I'. UcUcavnia, Esq; Huntingdon, Pa.
T D. LEBT, ATTORNEY AT LAW
fj ALTOONA, BLAIR Co, Pa,,
Till practice law in the,several Conrts of Blair, Cambria,
Huntingdon, Clearfield, Centro and adjoining countie*. —
n.e in tHe District Count of Die United States.
datlaetions of ckjims promptly attended to. Agent for
tke sal* oTTleal Zatate, Bounty Land Warrants, apd all
lu*iae,» pertaining to conveyancing and the law.
Rarjuunos*: ' v
Hen. Wilson .MeCandles and Andrew Burke, .Esq., Pitts
burgh; Hon. Samuel A. Gilmore, Pros. Judge of Fayette
Judicial District Hon. ClienardClemons,
Bus Henry D. Portei.Greensburg; Hon. John W. KiUlnger,
la'-huou: Hon. Wm. A. Porter, Philadelphia; and lion.
Owrgs P. Hamelton, Pittsburg. June 16, X869-ly.
T\r 11. BOYERS,
T V • ATTORNEY ff COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY, PA.
\TiU praatlca in the several Courts of Blair, Cambria,
Huntingdon and Indiana counties. \
Particular attention given to the collection of Clalrua,
aacl prompt remittances mode. '
flo speata the German language fluently.
58* Office, for the present, with J. M. Cherry, Es.j., op
ptoih- Krraler a Drug Store,
'Altoona, August 1.1859.—tf
vow FOR FITS!—TEE SUB
ecrlher deiiree to Inform the cltliena of Altoona
that he has just received hi* stock of
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHS,
Which he i« prepared to make up to order on abort notice
aril on u reaiuliable terms u any other Tailor In the
place. JOHN O'DONNELL.
Altcolia, Nov. 17th, 1869.
WM. S. BITTNER,
SURGEON DENTIST.
OFFICE IN THE MASONIC TEM
HLE. .Tv,eth extracted without pain by the Electro
Magnetic Machine. [Dec. 23, ’58.-tf
Ai Student wanted.
DU. WM. R, FINLEY RE-. d
SPECTFn.LY offer* bia professional
service. to the people of Altoona and the *H-v£99P
e:uti>g country. inVnli
He ine; he found at the office heretofore oc- nfl9
•spied by Dr. 0, D.Thomas.
Altoona, Sept. 50; 185fi.-tf
BF. ROYER, M. D.,
• Offer* His professional service! to the citizens of
Altoona and vicinity.
Thebett of referensss ran be given if required.
Office at residence on Branch street, East Altoona; three
doors abort Conrad’* Store. ■ April 28’sp-iv;
More lighti more light!
Jast arrived at tho store of A Roueh, a splendid
lot ofa No.,l,'Carbon Oil, which he wilt cell at3l eta per
'inert, also h lot of Carbon Oil lamps of Jones Patent
wlilch arc warranted to be shperlorf6 any other kind.
Aiteona, Nov. 84,’59-:tf.
OYES! 0 YES I—^-GENTLEMEN
draw'ihJrb and bear. JOSEPH P, TROUT umoun
**• tp tiie p'Uiie, thkthe is to discharge his duty
sianAuctfoneerjvhsneverealledupon. 1 fjsji.2 ’5B.
J. G. ADLUM,
SS®ilaAap*sF ■ QPoaUE>lL^cs? a
ALTOONA,' BLAIR COUNTY, .PA. 1
®»o stall tlmes.bafdnnd at the store of J. B-UUcman.
Altdons, October X, 1867. -ly
T Fvrsj preparation for ex
-4J terminating RATS, MICE, ROACHES, ANTS, and
"Wings without dinger in its Use under «my circumatan!
for Halo at the Urns Store
•Utt.24, ’Mftn- :Q.:Wp ItESSLRBe
:'ellk
* fionxMEt
at T
"«■», 1868. \
umber for sale. ’
J W.ooo SHINGLES, doroo lathes,
* lowy ttean the
)miE i
, Paint, oi
I Peunddll
an be BOUGHT AT H. TUCH’B.
TO 20*34, AND OUT
J -■. .-.••..•--■ q.. tnr.XBSSLER.
£PECT ; i
' cnferei
(WO OF
1 innertion
G OFF—A LARGE AS
ofSooU and 'Shoes, Buffalo and Tail
H. TECH’S
LPp: LE Al> ZINC
> Chrome. Green, Yellow, Paris Green, dry
t • ••• (1-tQ •■■■• . KESSLER’S
.OLES AND PHESBE-
M«t T>U.J KSBSL£K*3
SAVING FUND.
National
.2 do* S do.
TRUST
Company.
SAVING FUND. NATIONAL
SAFETY TRUST COMPANY.—COABnuo BI IHZ
Siam or Pbskstlvahu.
RULES.
1. Money it received every day, and in any unoont r Urge
♦r small.
•JL Five ns. cure. interest is paid for money from the day
it la, put in.
3. The money is always paid back in gold, whenever it
1* called for, and without notice.
4. Money is received from JSzteuton, Jdminittratort,
Guarduuu, and others: who desire to have itin a place of
perfect safety, and where interest can too obtained for it.
6. The money received from depositors la invested in
Real Estate, Mortgages, Quotum rusts, and such other
first class securities as (he Charter directs.
6. OOco Honrs —Every day from 9 till 5 o'clock, and on
Mondays and Thursdays till 8 o’clock in tha evoniAg.
HON. tl. t>. 6ENNKR, President.
ROBERT SKI.FIUDOE, Vice President.
W. J. RKED, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Hindi L. Benner, ’ Francos Bee,
Edward L. Ca&txk, F. Cabdou- Brkwsis*,
llobkut Seltudoe, Joseph B. Barky,
Samvel K. Ashton, Joseph Yep.kks,
C. LANDaBTa HUMES, * IIKNItT Dippindiefbe.
Office : Walnut Street, S. W. Corner of Third St..,Phila
delphia. April 14th, ’59-ly.
Commonwealth Insurance Co.,
UNION BUILDINGS, 8 d STREET\
\V R. BOYERS, AGENT.
ALTOON f I, BLAIR COVETT, FA.
Chartered Capital $BOO,OOO.
INSURE BUILDINGS AND OTHER
t > ROPKUTT / ag&inst ].osB or Damage by Fire. Also
against perils of tbe But, Inland Navigation and Transpor
tation.
DIRECTORS.
Simon Cameron, , Geo Bergner, W F Murray,
Geo M Latmian, i Benjamin Parke, F K Boas,
William Dock, Wm II Kepner, Juo U Berryhill,
Eli Slifrr, J A B War ford, Wm F Packer.
Janie. For, -
OFFICERS:
SIMON CAMERON, President.
BSNJ. PARKE, Tice President.
S. S. CARRIER, Secretary.
Sept. 29,1859.-Bm
PE N N S YLYANIA INSURANCE
COMPANY, afPiTisnfßon.
W. R. BOYERS, AGENT,
ALTOONA, PA.
Capital and Snrpins over $160,000.00.
DIRECTORS:
Jacob Painter, i a a trainer, t Oeo W Smith,
Roily A J Jones, Wade Hampton,
Henry Sproul, : N Voeghtly, Robert Patrick,
C A Colton, 1 Grier Sproul, Jas II Hopkins.
This Company has paid losses from the date of ita incor
poration in ISM, np.to May, IS&9. to amount of $302,829.07,
in addition to regular semi-annual Dividends of from b to
15 per cent., affording evidence of its stability and useful
ness. Zottti TAhtraUy Adjutted and J'romptly Paid.
A. A. CitWsß, Brett. I. OmanSpuocl, Sec'y.
CITY INSURANCE COMPANY,
Office, 110 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
PHI LAD £ L P H 1 A .
W. R. BOYERS, AGENT,
Altoona, Blair County, Pa.
ClUJlini PZKPETIUL. CAPITAL $200,000.
Oboakuzd 1851.
Insures from, Lott by Fire: —Household Goods, Buildings
and Merchandize generally.
Insures Lice* —Oaring the Natural Life or for Short Terms.
Inland Insurance—Ou Goods, by Canal, Lake* and Land,
Carriage. ROBERT PERRY, Pres l.
I H. K- RlCUUUisox, > rice Prert.
Qso. C. lIeHISOLD, Sec'y. (Sept. 29,.’50-6m
American Life Insurance and Trust Co*
Capital Stock, $500,000.
Company Building, Walnut St., S. E, comer of
Fourth Thila.
W. R. BOYERS. AO’T. altoona,
LIFE INSURANCE AT TUB USUAL MUTUAL RATES.
OR AT JOINT STOCK RATES, AT ABOUT 20 PERCENT.
LESS. OR AT TOTAL AUSTIN ANCE RATES, THE LOW
EST IN THE IVORLD. A. WHILLDIN, Prest.
3. C. SIMMS, Secty, '
EL AIR COUNTY INSURANCE
AGENCY—The undersigned, Agent of the Blair
Cunnly Mutual Fire Insurance Company, is at all
times ready to Insure against loss or damage by fire, Build
ing*, Merchandise, Furniture and Property, of every des
cription, in town or country, at as reasonable rates as any
Company in the State. Office with Bell. Johnston, Jack k
Co. D. 1. CALDWELL, Agent.
Jan. 27,’69-tf \
LYCOMING COUNTY .MUTUAL
FIRE I INSURANCE AGENCY.—The undersigned,
agent of the Lycoming Mntnal Firo.lnsuranco Company, is
at all Ernes ready to Insure against ban or damage by Are,
Buildings, Merehandxse, PumUure and Property of every
description, in town dr country, at os reasonable rates as
any company in the State. Office In the Masonic Temple.
Jan. 3, ’56-tf] - JOHN SHOEMAKER, Agent.
Great western insurance
AND TRUST COMPANY,—lnsurance on Real or
personal property will be effected oc the most reasonable
terns by their agents in Altoona at his office in Anna St.
March 17,1859. JOHN SHOEMAKER, Agent.
TTNIT E D STATES LIFE INSU-
V Company.; Agency, Anna Street, Altoona.
March 17,1859. JQHN SHOEMAKER, Agent.
'Bakery and {grocery Store.V
rpHE SUBSCRIBER KEEPS CON
JL STANILY pn hand _ (
Frph-Bahed Breud, Cakes, Ac.
Fresh Butter, Bacon, FLOUB,
GROCERIES,
A Choice Let of Christmas Candies, Ac.
Also, a choice Jotof SUGARS and TOBACCO!
JACOB RINK*
Nov. Jfl, THgilfla Street, below Annie Street.
BOOTS AND SHOES.—THE UN
derslgned hair now on hand and will '
■tit cheap at his store in the Masonic Tern
pie, a lanto nnd complete assortment afBOOTS
h$P made, or made to order,
Overshciw, Ladies* Sandals, Onm Shoes, Cork >
Soles, and everything in bia line of business, cd
Hie beat quality and on the most reasonable Ali 1
custom work warranted. ■ ’ ■■ ■ -
Jan. 2, ’5B-tf.] J. SUOEMAKBR.
Medicated fur chest PRO
TECTOR, A SAFE SIITEID AGAINST lfid6B
fearful diseases bronchitic, Congha, Colds, nnd other affec
tions of the Inge, which arisefrom the exposed state of the
chest, according tofdMon ami the continual change* of am
Climate, for sole at the Drug Store of G. W- KBSSLBIU
Blanks of all descriptions
neatly and expeditiously executed at thU office.'
5 r
The following ezquitite lints were found in the Louisville
Journal, and ire anonymous. The editor says;—“We defy
onr tasteful lovera of poetry to read them without exclaim
ing—“How beautiful!” ”
i My eonl thy secret image keeps,
My |mdnight dreams are all of tboel
v For nafaro then in silence sleeps,
Audif|leneo breeds o’er land and sea;
Oh, initbat still, mysterious hoar,
IloWaft from waking dreams 1 start.
To find; thee but a fancy flower.
Thoir cherished idol of my heart.
Thou hast each dream and thought of mine ;
Eave t in turn' one thought of thino!
AFETY
BX 1. B. BXWITT.
“ Stand ont;Of my way,” said a liltU star
To a cloud that was hound on its way;
“ I cannot Bo seon by the planet afar,
IXyou thus obscure my pure ray.”
[Oct. 27th, 1859-ly,
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1860.
SWtct |Ntjr.
, Forever .thine my dreams shall be,
Whaie'ur may he my fortunes here;
I ask hot loro—l claim from the*
One only boon—a gentle tear;
■May blest visions from .above
Play gently , round thy happy heart,
And the s sweet beams of peace ami love .
Me?er from tby heart depart.
Farewell! my dreams ore still of thee—
- Hast thon one tender thought of me t
My Joys like summer birds may fly,
Sly hopes like summer blooms depart,
But there’s one flower that cannot die,
Thy hhly memory in my heart;
Mo dews that one flower’s cap may fill.
Mo sunshine to its leaves be given,
But it wall live and flourish still,
Aa deathless as a thing of heaven.
My sonl greets thine, unasked, unsought,
Hast thou for me one gentle thought!
Farewell! farewell! my fux-eff friend!
Between us broad, bine rivers flow,
And forests wave, and plains extend,
And mountains in the sunlight glow;
The wipd that now breathes on thy brow
Is not the wind that breathes on mine ;
The star beams shining on thoe now,
Are hot the beams that on me shine;
\ 9
But ipomory’s spell is with me yet—
CaultUum the holy past forget!
The bitter tears that than and I
May Uhed .whene’er by anguish bowed,
Exalted in the noontide sky.
May meet and mingle in the cloud;
And tiros, my much loved friend, though we
Far, far apart must live and move,
Our spnls, when Qqd shall sot them free.
Cad mingle in the world ot love!
This Were an ecstasy to me—
Fay, Would it he a joy to thee!
TDESTAB AND THE CLOUD.
“ Booh, poob j” said the cloud, “there are thousands like yon
Who imagine they stand all alone;
1 like to swoll out in this ocean of bine,
And not he confined to a zone.”
“ But yon cast a shadow,” half vexed, the star said;
“ And darken the beautiful earth ;
While glnddess accompanies the rays that I shed,
And the sparkling waves dance in their mirth.”
“Vain thing!” spake the cloud with a thundering voice
“Ton are hnly a twinkling spark;
My tears make the fields and the flower* rejoice.
While my folds pat old Sol in the dark.
“ One flash of ray fire will illumine the sea.
My thunders the firm mountains shake;
And thonsjujitis, like you, ace now winking at me.
And peeping at river and lake?’
This clarion:speech made tha little etarpale,
Awl t trcnibling she shrunk into space;
While the melted fast on the wings of tha gale,
And tho lihie aky was left in its place.
This moral: to this: Somt folks make a swell,
And put seal merit aside; '
Inflated with vapor, they full their cwn knell,
And burai from / an o’ercharga of pride.
I—liichmotui 1 —liichmotui Enquiftr.
Hried Iffecdlang.
Preuticeanau
A Mii Archer Las been seat to the
Ohio penitentiary for marrying three
wives. If* Insatiate Archer! could not one
suffice V* v
The editor of a western paper recently
fancied, himself “ a live oxj” but since our
rough handling of him, he is beginning to
conclude that he is only jtrked beef.
The :<1 Sourthern Mercury” says that
Mr. P. 0. Thomas “ has received the com
mission (as Postmaster.” So there’s a
post-office gone to P. 0. T.
A Pittsburg paper says, in an obituary
notice 6f an old lady, that “ die bore her
husband? twenty children and never gave
bun a crbas word.” She must have obey
ed the old precept —“ bear and fore
be dr.” it; ‘ >
A paper says that Mrs. Alice
Pay of: .that city was lately delivered of
four sturdy boys. VWe know not what a
- Day mtif bring forth.
A Biihelo paper! announces that Dr.
Brandreth has introduced a hill into the
ls the> editor sure he mind
ed his J> r * in his announcement?
The editor of the f Boston u Liberator”
calls upou tho ladies of the North to make
use of nothing that is produced 1 by slave
jabd* 1 ’ I Jlc needn't expect them not to
use coAdQ. They wilt not expdso M 4 a
dM* fawm*-'- V* •-
■Messrs. Bell & Topp, of the JIN, \G.
Gatelte,” says to
servo masters ” Well,BSlfe
'to.he' Topps to be wbappeA
The; editor of an Indiana ac^
the editor has lost hia to^h-
[iNDEMTKDENT I!f XYXUYTHINQ.]
A lady correspondent, who professes to
be horrified at the indelicacy of oar paper,
threatens for the future to set her foot on
every copy she sees. She had better not
Our paper has t’s in it.
The common opinion is that we should
take gOod care of children at all seasons of
the year, but it is well enough ia winter to
let them glide.
A writer in a Virginia paper devotes
three columns to describing the great
Blue Ridge Tunnel. We hardly know
which is the greatest bore, the tunnel, or
the description of it.
W. H. Hooe, a postmaster in Vermont,
publishes that two hundred dollars of the
public funds are missing from his office,
and he asks “ who has got the money ?"
Pdssibly echo may answer —Hoot.
A party of our friends, last week chas
ed a fox thirty-six hours. They actually
‘‘ ran the thing into the ground/'
The New York u Evening Post" says
a man “ cannot be active and quiescent at
the same time." There may be some
doubt of that. Some fellows bustle about
terribly and yet lie still.
Mrs. Charity Pekins, of New Orleans,
came near dying of poison a few days ago.
A sister of Charity was suspected of hav
ing administered the dose. '
A. K. says that he expects to be able
in a short time to pay everything that he
owes in this world. Ay, but there’s a
heavy debt that he has got to settle in the
other world. There’ll he the devil to pay.
Mr. Z. Round, an old and valuable
friend of our, was recently elected magis
trate in Wisconsin. That, we suppose, is
what our Wisconsin friends consider squir
ting a circle.
A Rocky Mountain correspondent of
the “ New York Post,” who writes him
self “ Henry E. Land," describes Oregon
as the most delightful country in the
world. Our eitzens, if they choose, can
go out there and sea “ how the Land lies.”
We were considerably amused by an
account that we lately saw of a remarkable
duel. There were six men on the ground
and six misses.
A Mr. J. Black, declares for dissolution
of the Union. Let him have a traitor's
reward:
“ Hung be the heaven’s with Slack."
The Ohio River is getting lower and
lower every day. It has almost ceased to
run. AJI who look at it can. at once per
ceive that it exhibits very little speed, but
a great deal of bottom.
A young widow baa established a pistol
gallery iu New Orleans. Her qualifica
tions as a teacher of the art of duelling
are of course undoubted ; she has killed
her man.
A New England writer says that it bos
been found that negroes can be better
trusted than white men, not to betray se
crets. We suppose that this is upon the
principle that they always “ keep dark
Mrs. Lucy Hill complains, in an Arkan
(sas paper, that her nephew has trampled
upon her rights and feelings. The grace
less young rascal shouldn’t he allowed to
trample upon his aunt-Hill.
A Canadian paper mentions the mar
xiage of Mr. Joseph Sterling to Miss An
ne Stirling. Love strokes arc not usually
severe, but this one, it is plain, has knock
ed an i out.
A woman in Florida, named Cross,
lately gave birth to an infant son which
weighed only one pound. That Cross
wasn’t hard to bear.
Two men, Joseph Sparks and Oscar
Flint, were assailed ia the suburbs of Bal
timore, a few nights ago, by a gang of
shoulder-hitters. Flint was knocked
down, but his companion escaped by flight.
When the scoundrels hit Flint Spqrks
flew.
Mr. Williani Hood was robbed near
Corinth, Ala., on the 13th inst. The
Corinth paper says that the name of the
highwayman is unknown, but there is no
doubt that he was Bobbin’ Hood.
A Mr. Bentley has becm indicted in
Alabama for striking a stranger with an
axe. He says that he didn’t know but
that the stranger was a robber. He didn’t
know, and so he axed him.
A quizzical editor in Arkansas,, who
rejoices in the rather quizzical name of
Harry Hurty, says that ‘ truth is generally
slow in its progress” .Probably it is
never in such a Hurry as he..
A young lady of New .Orleans, who re
cently performed a remarkable feat in
rowings has been presented with a beauti
ful yawl. A Smack would have been
more appropriate. '
A man in our State, who attempted to
hug a headtiful young woman, Mias Lem
on, ftp aped h«r for staking him in the
eye. Why should a fellow squeeso a
Lemon unless he wants a punoh f v
O&o ‘‘leaver records ih« mar
riage of fljjwjfc. on|y' tkiree &et
-'Not£|et >O
Mr. Henry A
sippi paper, that he has “worked zealously
for the administration.**!;: No* lei him
turn and work' faithfully Against ’Tis
a poor Rhule that won’t work both wkya.
Mr; and Mrs. Brewer, of Wayne County,
have twenty-two children. Theirs is,
perhaps, the most extensive brewery in
the West. •
Mr. J. S. Fall, a Mississippi editor,
asks when we shall get wisieJ Undoubted
ly before Fall, if ever. I-
A man named J. S.. Bill has set up a
shaving shop in one of odr western cities.
We know him of old. ri Whenever he
takes off his beard, he shayeaa had Bill.
An impudent anonymous correspondent
signing himself « Ned Bucket,” expresses
the wish that wo were dead. Very well
—let him show himself in person, and we
pledge ourselves to “kick the Bucket.”
A Southern lady has abandoned the
Shaker establishment near Hopkinsville,
to marry Mr. James Bean, aged seventy
five. She must be fond of dried beaus.
A handsome young fellow in New York,
in groat distress for want of money, mar
ried last week a rich old woman of seven
ty. He was no doubt miserable for the
want of money, and she for wont of a hus
band ; and “ misery makes strange bedfel
lows."
A father and son, Anthony and Thomas
Screw, escaped on the 2pth ult., from the
Wetumpka jail. There ore two Screws
loose. x
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A lady in Montreal on the Ist, recovered
§2,000 of a Maj. Breckford for hugging
and kissing her rather 5 roughly. She,
ought to set a high value on the money,
she got it by a tight squeeze.
The above are from the new Work by the editor
of the “ Louisville Journalentitled I’bbntioi
aka, just published, and. which ■,will be tent, post
paid, on receipt of One Dollar, ’by D£iU>y-& Jack
80S, Publishers, dfeio York . ' -
How evident that men make all
the proverbs ! See how hard upon woman
are a few of the most common -
“ A rich man is never ugly in the eyes
of a girl."
A beautiful woman smiling bespeaks
a purse weeping."
“ Every woman would rather be hand
some than good." '
“ A house-full of daughters is a cellar
full of sour beer.”
“ Three daughters and a mother, four
devils for the father.”
u A man of straw is worth a woman of
gold."
“ Alas, father 1 another daughter is
born unto you I" (is a Spanish exclama
tion of condolence.)
“ A rich wife is a source 1 of quarrel."
“ It is an ill house where the hen is the
talking bird."'
“ He who marries ill Livery long in be
coming widowed." • I
“ A rich widow weeps with one eye and
laughs with the other. ■ !
“ A happy couple is a husband deaf and
a wife blind.” I
“ Woman’s tears are a fountain of craft.”
An Extinguishes.— i)r. X. attended
a masquerade ball. In the motley and
happy throng be lulls in l with a fair pil
grim in black silk, whose; charming per
son, snow-white neck, and bowitchingly
coquettish airs awaken in his soul the
most rapturous love. She casts upon him
looks of the most languishing tenderness,
he revels in the hope of ’having made a
blissful conquest. He fnustors up his
courage, and ventures to; address her:—
“ Who art thou, lovely ipask V- asks
the doctor almost melted in the glow of
love.
“Is it possible you j don’t know me,
doctor ?”
“ Upon my honor I do hot know thee.”
“ Bethink yourself, dear doctor.”
“Ah I thou art surely* the gracious
fairy who has .appeared to-day for
the fourth time, to open (to me the gates
of bliss.”
“ You mistake, doctor 1 1 am no fairy.”
“ Ah! who art thou, then ?”
“ I am the well-known lady to whom
you have now these nine t weeks heed in
debted ia the sum of two dollars and seyen
shillings forwaahing and'lroning”
The doctor stood like a petrified herring.
Washington, vising a lady inhis
neighborhood, on the boose, a fit
tie girl was directed toopon the door.
He turned to the child and said, “I am
sorry, my little dear, to sveybn so much
trouble.” (t I wish sir,*-khe replied, **it
was to let yon ini”
»&. Very j»vm|^y^~bean^ftilwere
the words of the old schoolmaster, as life
‘ “U hi daik—the
school may be ” Down to the
very gate of an unseen ; world he earned
his love and regard for the ohUdren whom
he had trained;
The lash thunt p man does not object tp<
SDITOBS AND PROPBIBtoSI
o*H
BeUet call yotmg gentlemen to ohozeii
xhore frequently than BeU* do. • ■*
\ Branken frolics Otor the whiskey bottle
are now tolled rye otons proceedings. ' ;
It is from inability to disrater what
they ought to do* that men err in practice. v
. Why la a partner in a firm lili*«
ploughman ? Because he isa share-hold*
“ You’re a queer chicken/ 1 at the.be*
Mid when she hatched outa duck.'
The following ia aw instance Whal
ing life With a nhall c4pifo£~i>l«Y4ls
“I am losing fleahj M as the bntchcr*e>
marked When his cart waa robbed.
“Keep your ja* ttf yourself," u 4fc«
Philistines said to Sampson. =-■
As big as you are, I always keep shod
of yon, as the fotewheek said totbebifcd
ones. i.
"Imdst punish yon, obild,hgoaws»l
lore you." “ Oh, dear! pa—-I’d rather pew
would hate me and let me alone.” /
Hope is like a rook hi a hftt rlimsta *
the shadow is worth more than. the nfe*
stance.
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Fame is like an eil-T-rather him hjf
catch and a good deal harder id hold.
Why are globes Used in schools like*
man who supposes evpry one to he honest?
They are a superficial tiew of the world.
Is there a word in the English langnajn|
that contains all the ’towels? Th«Nii
unquestionablyi - " :
“This is a sweeping Catastrophe/' as
the man said when his wife knoeced him
down with a broom. /.■
An Irishman writing a sketch of faia IHfy
says he early ran away from hit father be*
cause he was only his uncle 1
“ God," said Fuller in his quaint wpjft
“mighthate made abetter fruit then i
strawbeny-r-but certainly he nerer 414?
The clergy live by ont sine, the doetetf
by oqr diseases, and tbe lawyers| OTUf
follies. What do printers lire
answers— what?
It basbeeh demonstrated that esohfibm
in the eye, or expanded optic hem, tan
not exceed the size of the 828.000 th part
of a hair. t v
' “ What makes all these apothecary shop*
have stone floors ?” said Billj to no, *
they stood at the counter.
“ Don’t you know, Billy ? It’s so that
if a feller drops his bottle, he’ll be rare to
break it.” -
“Why,” said a lover to his ipistlisi,
are yon like that hinge V* “Can’t Oven
guess.”, “ Because you are something to
a door. ■ (adore). She cut his acquaintance
immediately,, which, we snrmise, eShsdei*
ably unhinged him. . v
Mrs. Partington, addressed Isaac, while
eating a dish of strawberries, thds; “fitogf
grand you are growing ;hjr and by yon
will want to bohicd at-the Brevier Tyiawfej
live on umbrella ice-cream. Yon musts?*
be so glutinous, *t dear ; 1 don’t tikf.t*
see a tittle boy with such a Telocity of ap
petite.” "V "
The Bashfol hm,
Washington Irving at a party in Bu*-
land, one day, playfully asserted thait&k
lore of annexation of the AnglosK|o|l'
on every occasion proceeded probably ftpm
its mauvdise honU rather than its
ness. As a proof, he died the story of *
bashful friend of his, %ho, being asked to
a dinner party, sat down to the table next
the tioatess great exdtement, owing
bis reclnse life. A few glasses of idn*
mounting to bis brain, completed bis pon*
ihsion, and dissipated the small ramslno df
his presence of minc|. Casting, hi* *y*e
down, he saw on his lap some white'
linen. \ 'r
«Good thought ho, ‘shat?a
-my Shirt protruding at my waistband 1”
Be immediately io tdek ha
th* offending portion of his y jbstt
the more.he tacked in, the more there
seemed to remain. r ; |
At losf he made a deperato effort, obeli'
a sudden ’crash around min and asorcam
from the company, brought him to Jus
senses.
He had been all the time stuffing the
table-cloth into his breeches, and the bit
move bad swept everything clean off th*
tablet
Thus onr bashful friend annexed a te*
bl*cloth* thinking it was the tail of hlr
owhshirt. V
Ssbono Men.—The Metropolitan Com*
panj have two of (he atrongeat men in
Staton in their employ. One of them la
engaged in the oar-noose on the line, and
bypraotice is enabled to lift 1000 pounds*
without straps: The second man a a dri
ver on one of the Norfolk horse-aura, and
though not in good condition and practise
oan Tift the above amount quite war*?*
of.the; meff.
area polmds. > : ;
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