H E Y i ■TJE» yrup. ÜBLIC. f over TEN ytsan Jacriber ia prepared *„ ' <■> which Vi never c Ixxn given in vainr. ,uV lud t li m fj-mi ENT IN COOK* •D OAS AKD SATUfQ Viflhriug to the nubile CONSUMING which is detained te iq S FUEL y, quickly and regahu ut gas arises from tl.fa consumed ere It can t*. u*kc os'that unpleasaut also consumed inside & •liger «f lines oreblm- Uio mortar loosened by c.s arc invited to call at ;ib S(, ““' Tt "‘lde, and e*. SHOEMAKER, -'iJ./br Itlair Chanty. rlur Cooking and £j» [Ang. 12, lBsft“ z GAZETTE.-- <■ and Criminals Is fa Circulated throughout oreat Trials, Criminal the some, together with not to be found in any • $1 for six months,do oiild write their names i o they reside plainly.) ■-ATiiKLr.&CO., rk Police Gazette,. • -iVue York City, ; K, FOR MA ■' fur 'Washing, oat Cos till* Soup, Palm • fur Kale ut A. IIOUSITfi. T 11. TUCH’S, aider Seam Fine Shirts ER’S TIERS, evlml, every mem* s'abject to disease y functionsbut, ;uul the eicreisa ; may bo able so to sc cure permanent : plish this desired | itisue is certainly ] natural state of vital strength and lioHlelter baa in •eparation bearing ] medicine, but one ' ?. giving satisfoc it. The Bitters, stomach, .bowels, to a healthy and y the simple pro y. enable the gys- Indigestion, Nau : it e, or any Bilious morbid inaction reducing Cramps, - iorbus, &.0., these so generally oon* caused principally et, will be speedily tins preparation, is probably more forms, than any ■ioli may always - of the digestive mt fail by using HITTERS, us per this disease every tors of some kind; u:ur.n to be.inful* r Bitters, aa a pre t iiener of Uro sys* ; hem all there is .Ithy people than j,reparation em* ;:iicriincnts which i'liic of this great Helical science. •ying and prdvok ii on! less jjrosp.on im to a mere sha de ring him phy . can bo driven t lIOSTETTBE’S rther, none of the contracted, oven Bitters are used ;>v neither create ..'and' render un* t or interruption mole sound sleep c -1111 plaint is re lent with the pro jmanent cure. y t \:rs, -who are ■.-institution ana c- invaluable as a vigor, and need And to Hi [liters arc indis- e mother’s now* ; demands of th* :igth must yield, a tonic, such « i needed to impart jr to the system. try this remedy , before so doing, , who, if .« ■ the Bitters, ihps of weakness. ,v.blio against using c iift terfeits, bat f-oMAcn Bitter*. to vrords “I*- f .l.vru on the side ilia mctallie OB P that our autograph ~nd sold by dj talers CO s|ggj SH. 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Advertisements not marked with the number of insertions desired, will be continued till forbid and charged according (o the above terms. Business notices five cents per line for every insertion.' Obituary notices exceeding ten fifty cent* asqnare. j.s.coon, v. t>. j. m anamx, *. d. SR S. GOOD & GEMMILL Hav ing entered Into Partnership in the Practice of :ine, respectfully tender' their services to the Public in the several bronches of their Profession. Call, will he answered either day or night at their office -which is the same as heretofore occupied by Dts. Hirst 4 Good, —or at the Login House, i April 215t,i1859'3m 1 ■ VV. M. LLOYD & CO., ALTOOFA, PA., JOHNSTON, JACK & CO-, ■MOLIdDATSBURO, PA., {Lult “ Bell, Johnston., Jack £ Co.”) Drafts on the principal Cities, and Silver us'd Gold for sale. Collections made. Moneys received on deposits, payable on demand, without Interest, or upon time, with interest at Cur rates. Feb. 3d, 1860. r ANDS ! LANDS I I LANDS!!! I 1 The undersigned is prepared to locate LAND 'WAK- JtiNTS in the Omaha and Nebraska City Land Offices.— Good selections can now be made near the large streams and settlements. The Lands of this TMritory, now in Market, are of the best quality. ' tfiL Selections carefully made. Letters ct inquiry re quested. * ALEX. F. McKXNNKY. Otuuyoiis, Cass County, N. Ter. July 14,18M.-tf rpirrexcks: Rev. A. B. Clark, Altoona, Pa. Wx. M. I,lotd A Co., Bankers, Altoona, Pa. UcCbuji A Dsax, Editors, •* Tnos. A. Scott, Snpt. P; R.R., “ D. JlcMnaims, Esqv, Huntingdon, Pa. T D. LEET, ATTORNEY AT LAW tf . ALTOONA, BLAIR Co, Pa., 'till practice law in the several Coarts of Blair, Cambria, Ilinitiugdon, Clearfield, Centre and attaining counties.— Also in.the District Count of the UnltedStates. Collections of claims promptly attended to. Agent for tbs sale of Real Estate, Bounty Land Warrants, and all business pertaining to conveyancing nndthe law. ' Brckrexcss: lion. Wilson McCandles and Andrew Burke, Esq., Pitts- Urgb; Hon. Samuel'A. Gilmore, Pres. Judge -of Fayette .lofficial District; Hon. Chenard Clemens, of Wheeling, Va.; Hob Henry D. Foster, Greensburg; Hon. John W. Kililnger, Lebsaou; Hon. Wta. A. Porter, Philadelphia; and Hon. George P. Uameiton, Pittsburgh June W, 1859-ly. THE ROOT AND HERB DOCTOR, X front Philadelphia, whose roonls'linve been bo dense ly crowd«tat the Logan House, on former visits, can he ojoialted bcreailer'iat the Altoona Honsc, one day In each -niuutb, notice of which Will bo given In. this paper. Be mil be in Altoona on the 13th day of. July, 17th of August an lUth day of September, after which ho will bo absent two mouths, but will give notice through this paper when in will commence for the. whiter season again- .He,treats sll discos e« flesh it to. A stethuscopic examlna lion uf tbe Heart, Lunds and Thront free of charge. :Thrn aiid! upon thousands have testified to the correctnesa of hi* ("sting diseases without asking any questions. Ho has had thirty years’ constant practice among diseases of every mture. All diseases of a private nature strictly confiden ts l«-Sce hand-bills. Dr. W. LKVINGSTON. Boots and shoes.—the jun dtrsigned has now on liand and will •ell cheap at his store in tbe Masonic Tcm pie. a large and complete assortment ofBOOTS AND SHOES, ready made, or inode to order, • Ormboes. Ladies’ Sandals, Gum Shoes, Cork iul*9. and everything in his lino of business,of beat quality and bn the most reasonable terms. All custom work warranted. ’ l Jan. 2, ’55-tf.] J. SHOEMAKER. FURNITURE WARE-ROOM.—TEE i '. “Deigned respectfully informs the public that he iim taken the ware-room two doors from the Branch Jit ad, vtieri he will keep on baud all kinds of ' , CABINET-WARE, »nd attend to the duties of An (UNDERTAKER.' two good Cabinet-Makers and one apprentice wanted. lltoom, Apr. 12.150 C. • ; JAS. T MOORE. LANDBETH & SON’S Philadelphia Garden Seeds I! FUEBH AND dfcNUINB, £mui??} ISU ’ S .. DrUB ® torB, ®ne paper of these Seeds April I’’ h M thre ® P 4 !*” °f Parker’s Seeds. • WM. S. BITTNER, rv S rVS? EON DENTIST. ()S CE IN THE MASONIC TEM- I v (.Dec. 23, wanted. . R - PINREY RE- > A •wtkest^T 1^111 ' 1,7 offe F* hW 0 »^coun“ry 1)CO1 ' 1O of . Altoona an . d the ad-GH^P D?.;o“d! Tbomw 0 ® 08 fcereto,oro -H Sept. 30, Iss£jU tesjyALf-A. M; KING, SUOE kfo,M the public that he : v? S oo .™ to the Tribune fwM u, m ei ? la Street >' whe « hoispreMHL^ > Ws>s BHft?S fIM ? or 6 ®>mu:r U •’ at re * s °n*t>le prices, and Jn a substantial; [Mar.IVOO.-tf. 1 BSip? D SHOEMAKER—JOHN t*ken a jwrtlop pf tho toj.Tv*,? M r wC- notf 15 ®* 9 • rin \Bh6p, and i»good S?/ to Jß et ?P MenVßodts at low rate*. ‘ [Mi-05,>fjO-tC C1 d £w?--all PERSONS ARE kin witv, n °t to purchase or.sell any lager beer wl! alnp o ? the AJLTOOKA BREWERY there- BiSP neT P. r ,.b ai?e b«en and never will be Bold claimed said atampwfll * ( be Bit.,!;?*!!' wherever found, by the proprietor* B| mh i^7 hom ** **«»*. : B WILHELM ABRQ, . £»oser, M. IX, " “toon* nn/viriJS^^ 6 * llo^ 1 * BorTlceB to the cltlMiu.of r °l^“ ce »c*n bo gJven If refitSed. Hi °S Brtnch 'treet. East Altoona, three 6 Lonrad'i Store. April 28‘69-ly., BEST “i&TICI/t OF !*«>•XwwUtown mlll*,k«pt ‘ pIiOUE delivered i ~S>* MB« mrWOUT OSJjBGM. ' w ' C. JAtKJAKD. « . ’ ,S i- ‘ ' "I ' Hfkt Jffdrg. CONTENTMENT. “JUS WASTS BDt tOTB Httß BJttOW.” little I ask; iny wants are few I onlywiaho hutof atone, (A very plain brown atonO will do,) v That I may call my own;— And clMeat band la such none, Inyonder'atroetthat fronts the sun. flaln feed iaqnite enonghforme; Three course* are as good oaten;— If Nature can subsist on three, ;• Thank Heaven for Ament I always thought cold victual nice ; My choice would be vanil%ic(u ' 6 00 I care not much for gold or land;— ~ Glte me a mortgage here and there,— Some good bank-stock,—sonic note of hand, Ortrifling railroad share; I qply ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names 1 would perhaps be Plenipo— - But only near St. James; — Pm very sure 1 should not Care To fill our Qubernator’s chair. j Jewels are baubles; ’tls a sin To care for sueh unfruitful-things One goodsued diamond in a pin,— Some, not. large, in rings,— A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will.do for me;—l laugh at show. V My dame shonld dress in cheap attire ; ' (Good heavy silks are never dear;} I own perhaps I might desire . Some shawls of true cashmere,— Some in arrowy crapes of China silk. Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk. I would not Haro the horqe I drive So fast that folks' must stop and stare; An easy gait—two, forty-five— Suits me; Ido notcare; — Perhaps, for just a single spurt, Some seconds less would do no hurt. Of pictures, I should like to own Titians and Raphaels three or four, — 1 love so much their style and tone,— One Turner, and no mere (A landscape,—foreground golden dirt; The sunshine painted with a squirt.) Of books bnt few, —iome fifty score For daily use and bound for wear; Thereat upon an upper floor ; Some little luxury there Of red morocco’s gilded gleam, And vellum rich as country cream Busts, cameos, gems,—such things as these, Which others often show for pride, I value for their power to please, And selfish churls deride; — One Stradivarius, I confess, Two Meerschaums, I would tain possess. Wealth’s wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool; Shall not carved tables serve my taro, Bat all'must bo of buhl I ‘ Give grasping pomp its double share,— I ash but one recumbent chair. Thus humble let mo live and die, Nor long for Midas’-goideu touch; If Jleavemmore glorious gifts deny, | I shall not miss tbein much,— Too grateful for the blessing lent Of simple tastes and mind content! “BEQUIESCAT IBT PACE.” Sighs, and moans, and bitter weeping, Pur the silent, dreamless dead; Place foir flowers ’round the sleeper, Strew green branches o’er his bed. Point with nerveless, drooping finger To that home beneath the sod, Bnt remember, while yon linger, That the spirit is with God. Dear one, thongh they weep for thee, Rcqnlsscat la pace. Suns wilt rise and set above thee, Wild winds wander o’er thy tomb; To the, hearts of those that love thee, Winter’s storm or Summer’s bloom Ne’er cap bririgßnrcease of mourning; They will bend above thy grave Till the wondering moon behold them, And the stars rise o’er the wave. From their sorrow thon artfreo; Requiescat in pace. , Unavailing'tears, their portion, Day by day, 1 and night by night Clouds are ’round about, above them, They behqid no gleams of fight. Tlion hast chastened them, “Qnr Father,” Slain their “ well-beloved Sofi^ Aid them in their grief to murmur, ' “Thy will, not our own, be done.” Loved one! may they say for thee, jteqnlescat in pace. I BBLIQiON. How dark oad dreary earth would be Without religion’s power; “A vale of tears,” a deceit plain— ] A waste without a flower. She’s a bright seraph, pure andlhir. In mercy sent from Heaven, To soothe and heal’the wounded heart. By tin aid sorrow riven. In sickness and in deep distress. She lends her soothing power ; She gently calms the troubled soul. And brightens every hour. She throws a beam of Heavenly'light Upon the 1 opening tomb, And points the soul to world on hlgh,; Her bleat eternal home. Hake lhen her peaceful paths your choice, And you will be secure; '' . In life, in death, in Heaven above, You’ll find her comforts sure. A LOVINQ HEART. Give me a loving heart I I Xh cheer me on my way, Thro’ this.dark world of- sin andpain, Xo.oqe of endless nay, ‘ • •• • • For nought can calm toe trouMedhreast. Or boiler balm impart, ■ To the Ilfc-weary pilgrim hsre, Than one true loving heart I BT LOLUX HOPS. ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1860. from Scripture. God tempers the wind tq the shorn lamb." From Sterne’s Sentimental Jonr- CUJiIOSITY SfcPBOVBD. ney to Italy. Compare Isaiah xxvii. 8. m. t> -ri I . , „ ' . “In the midst of life we are in death.” Ambassador found himself From the Burial Service ; and this origin annoyed wjenin France by the insatiable nally, from a hymn of Luther, cunosity |f the fair Parisians, who came « Bread and Wine which the Lord hath to hmresidonce avowedly" to look athim,” commanded to be received.” From the tnat, at he resolved to revenge him- English Catechism. ' sett by the following little scheme ■; , “ Not to be, wise above what is written.” On returning one day from a ride, and Not in Scripture, finding, as usual, his- apartments crowded That the Spirit would go from heart to by ladies, he affected to be charmed with heart as oil from vessel to vessel.” Not the sight of them, successively pointing to in Scripture. each with his finger, and speaking with “ The merciful man is merciful to his earnestness to his interpreter, who be well beast.” The scriptural form is, « A right knew would be afterwards closely ques- eons man regardeth the life of his beast.” turned as to the purport of his remarks. Prov. xii. 10. Accordingly, the eldst of the ladies, who, “ A nation shall be born in a day.” In in spite of age, probably thought herself Isaiah it reads, “Shall a nation be borne the most striking of the whole party, and atence?” Lxvi. 8. whose curiosity was particularly excited, “As iron sharpeneth iron, so doth a after his excellency had passed through man the countenance of his friend.” “Iron the suite of rooms, coolly inquired what sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the nught have been the object of his exami- countenance of his friend.” Prov. xxvii. nation. 17. “ Madam,” replied the interpreter, “ 1 dare not inform you.” “ But I wish particularly to know, sir.” “ Indeed, madam, it is impossible.” “ Nay, sir, this reserve is vexatious—l desire to know.*’ “Oh, since you insist, madam —know then that his excellency has been valuing you.” _ “ Valuing us j how, sir ?” “ Yes, ladies-r-his excellency, after the custom of his country, has been setting a price upon each'of you.” ft Well, that’s whimsical enough; and how much may that Jady we worth, accor ding to his estimation ?” “ A tbousand crowns.” “ And the other ?” “ Five hundred crowns.” “ And thait young lady with fair hair ?” “ Three hundred crowns.” “ And that brunette ?” “ The same price.” “ And that lady Who is painted ?” “ Fifty crowns.” “ And pray, sir, what may I worth in the tariff of his excellency’s good graces?” “ Oh, madam, you really must excuse me; I beg—— “ Come, come,: no concealments.” “The prince merely said, as be passed you— —” i “ Well, what did he say ?” “ He said, madam, that he did not know the small coin of; the country.” “ I WISH If HAD CAPITAL.” This was the • exclamation of a stout, hearty, but lazy, young man, the other day. Now, suppose you. had a capital—what would you dp with it? ' Let me tell you, you have capital. I, Haven’t you got hands and feet, body, muscle, bone and brains, and don’t you call them capital? Oh, but they are not Mos|y, says you; But they are more thafi mpney. If you will use them they will make money, and nobody can take them from you. Don’t you know howto use them ? If you don’t it’s time you were learning. Take hold of the first plow or hoe, or jack-plane, or broad axe that you can find ijand go to work. Your capital will soon yield you a large interest. Aye, but there’s tfie rub; you don’t want to work; you want mbney on credit that you may play the gentleman and specu late, and end by playing the vagabond— for you Want apiantation and negroes that you may hire an .overseer to attend to it,- while you run about Over the country and dissipate and get into debt; or you want to marry some very rich girl, who would be foolish enough to take you fpr your fine clothes and good looks, that she may support you. Shame upon you, young man 1 Go to work with the capital you have; you’ll soon make interest upon it, and with it to give you as much money as you want, and make you feel ’like a man. If you can’t make money upon whht capital you now .have, you couldn’t do it if you had a mil lion of dollars in money. If you do not know fiow to use bone, muscle and brains, {rou would not knpw to use gold. If you et the .yottbave lie idle, waste and rot out, it would be the very same thing with you if you had gold ; you would only know how to waste it. ‘ ' Then don’t stand about like a great helpless child> waiting for somebody to come and feed you)- but go to work. Take the firstwork you dan find, no matter what it is, so that you be sure to do it like Billy Gray did Ids Mimning—well. Yes, man age the capital you already have —you will eoqn have plenty more to manage. If you pan -t or won’t manage the capital Gou has given yon, you Wild never have any more to mnnagp. Do you hear? i- . —• ■■ -y - . 1 ; old gentleman of eighty-four having taken to the alter fryhung lady of sateen the olet-gyhian said to him : ■ the fount at the oppo> t3»;cli^oh” yatdoh,” said the clerical wit, I ’ thought jrou bad brought ibis 1 child to be christened.” [independent IN EVERYTHING. 3 “ That he who runs may read,” “ That he may run that readeth.”—Hab. ii. 2. “ Owe’ no man anything but love.”— “ Owe no man anything, but to love one another.”—Rom. xiii. 8. *■ “Prone to sin as the sparks fly upward.” “Born to trouble as the sparks fly up ward.”--v. 7. “Exalted to heaven in point of privi lege” Not In the Bible. Eve was not Adam’s helpmate , but merely a help meet for him; nor was Ab salom’s long hair, of which he was so proud the instrument of his destruction 3 his lead, and not the hair upon it, having been caught in boughs of the tree. (2 Samuel, xviii. 8.) ture witness, that Packenah, Jarekhan, Silkhals, Part Quesot, Jervis, Essepenauk, Felktroy, Hekellappa, Econus, Machloha, Methconga, Wissa, Powey, Saehemakers, right owners of all the lands from Quin gus, called Duck Greek, unto Upland, called Chester Creek, all along by the west side of the Delaware river, and so between the creeks backward as far as a man can ride in two days with a horse, for, and in consideration of these following goods to us in hand paid, and secured to be paid by William Penn, proprietor and Gover nor of the province of Pennsylvania and territories thereoff, viz 20 guns; 20 fa thoms stroud water, 20 blankets, 20 ket tles, ' 20 fts. powder, 100 bars lead, 40 tomahawks, 100 knives, 40 pairs stock ings, 1 barrel beer, 20 pounds red lead, 100 fathoms wampum, 30 glass bottles, 30 pewter spoons, JOO awl blades, 300 tobac co pipes, 100 hands of tobacpo, 20 tobacco thogs, 20 steels, 300 flints,. 30 pairs of scissors, 30 combs, 60 looking-glasses, 200 needles, 1 skipple of salt, 30 pounds of sugar, 5 gallons of molasses, 20 tobacco boxes, 100 jewsharps, 20 hoes, 20 gimb lets, 35 wooden screw boxes, 100 strings of beads, do hereby acknowledge, etc., at New Castle, 2d day of the eighth month. 1685. ' ’ The above is a true copy taken from the original by Ephraim Morton, formerly a a clerk in the Land Office. Paragraph on Matrimony.—Chbos ing a wife is a perilous piece of business. Do you suppose there is nothing of it but evening visits, bdquets, and popping the question? My dear simple young man, you ought not be trusted out by yourself alone. Take care that you don’t get the gilt China article, that looks exceedingly W$H on the mantle piece until the gilt and ornaments are. all robbed off, and then it is fit only for the dust pile, A wife should be selected on the same' principle as a calico gown. Bright colors and gay patterns are not always the best economy. Get something that will wash and wear. — Nothing like the sun and showers of mat rimony to bleach out these deceptive ex ternals. Don’t choose the treasure by gas light or in a parlor sitting. Broad day light is the f best time—a kitchen the most sensible pligje. Bear, in mind, sir, that the article bargained for can’t be exchan ged if it don’t-suit, If you buy a watch and it don’t run as'you expected, you pan send it to a jeweler to be repaired; in the case of a wife, once paired, you cannot re pair. She may run in the wrong direc tion—very well, sir, all that is left for you is to pun after her, and an interesting dhasb you will probably find it. If yon get a good wife, you will be the happiest fellow alive; if you get a bad one, you may as well soli yourself for two and six pence at once I Just consider all thesp things beforehand, yoopg’man! i ; VSS* A french engineer was traveling upon an Ohio river steamboat. He re r marked to the captain: "Tour engine is in very poor condi tion, sir/' That’s so,” said the captain. " And hoW lohg'dd you expect it will run?” ’ Cv H Tin it hurotss was-the cod reply. At the next good landing-place there was at leastone': Frenchman less on the boat. William Penn’s Deed. —This inden Eloquence at A Premium.—" May it please the Court," said » Yankee law* yer, before a Pqtch Justice the other day, “ this is a case of thegreatestimportance. While the American Eagle, Whose sleep less eye watches over the welfare of this mighty republic, and whose trines extend from the AUe'ghanies to the Jitoeky Chain of the West, was rejoicing in hispride of place"——• “ Shtopdare! shtop dare, X( say I vat hasdis suit itp do mit eagles. I Pis has notin to do.mit de wild bird. It von Iheep," exclaimed the Justice. I i “ True, your honor; but my client has rights here”—- i “ Ye’s glient has no right to do eagle 1” “ Of course not, but by the laws of lan- ' ; tl “ Vat cares I for de laws of language; I undeashtant de laws of de State, and dat ish enough for me. Gonfiney our talk ta de case/’ “Well, then, my client,-the defendant in this case, is charged with stealing sheep, and”—- “ Dat will do ! dat will do! Your gli ent is charged mit shtealing a sheep, jusi; nine shillin. De gourt will adjourn to Charley Peter’s to drink !” A Great River from a Little Bill —A Welsh minister asked a little girl for the text of his last sermon. The chik gave no answer—she only wept. He as certained that she had no. Bible in which to look for the text. And this led him to inquire whether her parents and neighbors had a Bible; and this led to that meeting in London, in 1804, of a few devoted Christians, to devise means to supply the poor in Wales with the Bible, the'grand issue of which was the formation of the British and Foreign Bible Society—a so ciety which has already distributed more than 15,000,000 copies of the Bible, its issues now reaching nearly 1,500,000 an nually. And this, in turn, led to the for mation of the American Bible Society, and to the . whole beautiful cltmer of sister institututions throughout the world, which are so many trees of life, scattering the golden fruits of immortality among all na tions of the earth. This mighty river, so deep, so broad, so far reaching in its many branches, we may trace back to the tears of that little girl. “Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth!” The Sailor’s Letter. —A sailor, in writing to his mothejr, gave the following account of a storm :—“ We have been dri ven in the Bay pf Funday by a pampoosa right in the teeth. It bio wed great guns, and we carried away the bowsprit; a heavy sea washed overboard the binnacle and companion; the captain lost his quadrant and could not take an observation for fif teen days; at last we arrived safe at Hal ifax !” The old woman, who could mt read herself, got a neighbor to repeat it to her three or four times, until she thought she had got it by heart; she then tallied out to tell the story. “ Oh, my poor son.” “Why, what’s the matter—he’s not lost ?” inquired a sympathizing friend. “ O, thank God, he’s safe, but he has been driven into the Bay of Firmament by a bamboozle right in the teeth—it blowed great guns, and they carried away the pul fit—a heavy sea Washed overboard- the* finnacle of the tabernacle-—the captain ost his conjuration, and couldn’t iget any salvation for fifteen days—at last they ar rived at Hallelujah.” I, Time Required 'tq Count a Billion. —This is a million timeg a million, which no one is able to counlj however easy it may be to write it. You can count 160 to 170 a minute; let us even suppose you can gous far as 200 in aminutie, then an hour will produce 12,000, a day 28,000 and a year (or 365 daia—-for every four years you may rest a from counting, during leap year,) 105,120,000. Suppo sing that Adam, at the beginning of his existence, had begun to count and'con tin? ued to do so, and was counting still, he would not even now, according to the Usual supposed age of our globe* have counted nearly enough. For to tiount a billion, He would require 9,512 years, 84 days, 5 hours and ,20 minutes. The American Millionaire. —Mr. Wax. B. Astor is worth at least $25,000,- 000, and every cent of the and above expenses and charities, ; is im mediately reinvested. Mr. A. a hale and hearty man, and will probably live to be as old as his father.' Hd has an office, where he works harden than, a dry -goods clerks Six or seven gentlemen act as book keepers, but he holds the| thread of the complicated skein in his own hands, And yet such are the peculiar phases in the history of men’s lives, he will leave this gay world and all these groat possessions, the temporary owner of a plat of ground only six feet by three I— that’s all he gets for his trouble. ; l@u There is said to bean old lady down oh Lung Island so very fat that the neigh bora use her saddle for griddle growing. To keepr her from slipping out of hod her husband rolls her in ashes. ' Lqnglsland is a great place. BjSUjta- one of the Ohio districts-a-maw toting the census arrived at a fiirin-bouBe;> to ask questaons of the /‘Ladies, how many male CoWs Haftr yon V* ■' “We have no male coWs,” replicdone young lady—a Bweet,ethereiftl creature of some' two- hundred pounds but W§,havea gentleman buU oilf V* V The census taker pat it down-. ISS* An aged woman who was net ac customed to attend church, went oa& Buo~ ' Aty. Dazing prayer time, whilesibswas. on hpr knees; upr old cat, whohad&ilow ed na unnoticed; came purring roUdd her.. when'she broke out with t , ■*> . “Why/poosy; what, yon' ephitf ter thn meetin’ tn>f hy-ec I-1 spoke out itPmeetin. Why-ee-oe I I spoke out agin I. Why-ee, loddy-goddy! I keep % spoking all the time I” ■ . i&* Jlowed, knees and beautiful words cannot make prayer; but earnest'desires a ; heart bowed by love, inspired ty Grid’s Holy Spirit, and thirsting for (Jod, the living Hod, will _do it, anywhere, or in any or at any time. Z'.'A . lauTo win a soUI is your noblest pi|e, and the greater number you win, the great- • dr and nailer will be that “ crown of joicing, which you will "wear in the day of the Lord. x * In France only one traveler ia killed put or every two nations of passen gers on the railroads, and only one woun ded in every 500,000. , jg» Every pound of cochineal conkip« 70,000 insects, boiled to death; 700,000 pounds are annually used for orimson and scarlet dyes. 'VSuKpep your store of smiles and; kipdneat thoughts for home; .give to thb World only those which are to spare. - : 'tfSt A person who tells of the lauKa-pf; others, intends to tell others years. Hiffc ■' a CMihOw you listen. EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. A' Bad Character.— We always were aware of the importance of having a good' reputation for truth and honesty, but we have met with nothingdately so well cal* eulated to impress the advantages of hav. ins a had character upon the mind; as- the following anecdote ':— A mortal fever prevailed on board a ship at sea, and. a negro man was appoint ed to-throw the bodies of those who died,- from time to time, into the sea. One day, when the captain- was on deck, he saw the* negro dragging out of the forecastle a* siok man, who was struggling violently to extricate himself from tm. negro’s grasp, and remonstrating very bitterly against the cruelty of being buried-alive; . « What are you going to do with that man, you black rascal ?” said the qaptain. “ Going to throw him overboard ’cause he’s dead.” “Dead,! you scoundrel,” said the ob tain ; “ doth you s see he- moves amt evetu speaks?” - , . - ; “Yes, massa, I know he Says he not' dead, but ho always lie so, nobody neve* know whm to believe him I” Music.—There is something very won derful in music. Words anr woninfßl> enough, but music is; even mo.ro, wonder-- ful. It speaks not to our thoughts as* words do; it speaks straight to our hearts’ and spirits-—to the very core and >root of our souls. Music sooths us, stirs os up it puts noble feelings into us; it melts Os to tears, we know not how; it is o lan guage by itself, just as divine, just as sed. Music, I say, without Words, it won derful and blessed-T-one of GosTs bfest gifts to man., But in singing you have both the wonders together—music, and words. Singing speaks at oncipto the head and to the heart, to our understand' ing and our feelings, and therefore, per haps the most beautiful way in whiohvthe 7 reasonable soul, of man ean show itself (except of course doing right, whiohal l -- ways is and always will be; the Same bean- - tiful thing, is singing. JM9u A wag thus plays upon t% name» f some of the United State* Senators >— A Senator of metal—Belt A shining Senator~BHght< A verdant Senator—Green. i A greasy Senator—Chandler. . A depillious Senator—Wigfisdll-' A lazy Senator—Doolittle. ' A healthy Senator—Hale; ‘ A grave Senator—^Toombst* A royal Sehaterr^Eanr A brick of a Senator—Mason*. 4 SportingSenators—-Hunter and CJ&QmV A pious Senator—-Pugh; A provisional Senator—Rice; A colored Senator—Brovn. A blustering Scnator—Bragg.- A lowly Senator—Foot~ ‘ An old “ salt”-—ScwarcK A hard nut for Sumu&r to <*&&*.=» Chestnut. ■ - : v- v NO. 2*. >■