(" 1 06s • chiwciihi- -tkinat " BOTH LIBERTY AND PROPERTY ARE U .EQARIOUS, UNLESS THE POSSESSOR HAS SENSE A. SPIRIT ENOUGH TO DEFEND THEM." P1n11.191/RD AY / BE LLEFONTE; TRU*SO4,Y,J4IEB. 4- T ?AIM! 01.%)) M. IMARNHART. $ la J'atsocn AND •. I. enset & a. Tomos of Publicdtion. ' TEAMS :—/1,60 ote it ink( within throe monthe ...42,00 if delayed nil months, nod $2,60 if nut paid within the year, Tren - tvral. will be rightly ad hered to. ADV111.540.1412211TS- arid floolnOot.SolicoaloOert iraoil tattoo PR solog .. #ooofibtfoo of JUR PRINTINU • IiZZCUTED la the fleetest manlier, at the-lowest priees, and, with the utmost despatch. Haring pritalmed • large collection of type, we are pre pared to satisfy the Orders of our friends, `lisintss Iliation). IT IL I lAN P MILI(,N ?AWN & WiLlettr ATTORNIY'S AT LAV YOtL LINN Ogles bu Allegany uryul , to the building for merly [moped hp Humes, MoAllietur, liale A CO genitors /rogue! h,•ls.l,tortr A w it - 01* 11. BL ATTORNEY AT LAW situ.seollll; PA wtth Ilod Jame, T Uuto nmerrift sTONE & 0011. 4 A V CTIO:VILEI2B, rietteronto. ettttud to 411 bualpeil lu their lot fink pawl-mato . I RAUN(T urI.IIEST, WI r❑ SMlth. muttrity a co , Din* (p)ou'B 91 Mlr A t .it n (Id 20 Church A Ilny, Ptak •t) ♦ PAIIII.A.IIII, Y U .1 11 1,01 , 1112 1 11,11 WALIRII.47/11 & 1101111111111, I'LlYti[CiANB A BliittlEON 11LI.LILPJ,11, AlOlO% u ImteWlLr• an WeLop strort, opponi tho otgiv , tnt,oo lotoi DU. .BA2IIIRIII N. lELTCIIUYhI~ PILYSIQIAN 0111A)E.ON. Ikeeerytr to Dr tu J McKim, respoottnny ten. ten hla yrufessiol.al services to the equeeee of r'.lll F.ll o MILL'S Rua vic.lty (Vice nr the .t.lO r 4711. Ga. J. n tenor,s, 1 11 Watt AND AND PADEN LIAN 4 /FM, BiLLEroNTI, PA Wtti ordsrl In 11u line nab lin , nit wa••• ow Iso pt n alureniirLL & ntell ATTORSEI"S AT L 46W, Er= 114 C blitotititt end 1) U Ituatthere entered in elullvoopeatnoteb,p In Ile pr lactn, of the leiw, wr the owls of M 00,11 A Bulb, zed ',lli give Hie sap'. Ned proper liatenl.l,4l t 1.11 1,111111011. •la -414.54.1 to tlieui Uflio 4 tJ Re . rootifs' Are4ll4 meet the Court 11.1444 November 98 48 if A AI 1111841111' I PUS, Ya YOTAL LOlia A Plid. I) 40I:r Itit 1; 0 1 VPLS • •Ja•J Oxuqpr•lnt,i A) (run. 8W W to 3 r ST J ISAACS r. h.• ep;atilti4 dalogy, to ti.o'Aros to Aut:J/ng U. P.n., • J .111/1110 111.41%1c1ir1, AIIOIINEN . AT LPN, irc,i,troATA rs.•'• ites• et, litigh Eltteet, oprolt• the l oold,,nc, LC hurneitte INN= ATWOOD & ONVIS, fI'OHNNY'd 1,A1% . rA 4.• 1. hlay•e. upp.co. tb. I%*?len Eludensa v' •A pertalumg to the pro [.,,) 01.110 ! to les J h Yltlll Y'.l POTTEn I Al.:1,1 A LI, :110 P.r in T. 11. Teit, Jl , , 1 1.. 11, fir irk /1•211. , tht ) pp or, Iris fdinel It lone • hod 1 itnt n to the I, .I.se • Wer, linne Lei • SI o next lea r ..e I / et • co , lei tiler* ,) nn Invot, toni, / ,g 3,1 J 1111. Is ore GATE. 1.12 S 11,T J 2 , 4 4,41 tegovlon,• no lL• N , Jilti rm.( C. , rrimr .r lb: Ifll4 I I ue4r cl,u C curt II ,u4t. Lir W.I. 1 . ..4 I t I All tR, belts In LIOL ui)itic ,4 0.`1/1111 . 1,1g mt ho• firc M.•IIA, of La d Log rcuresay...al dultr• S 7 SCE I:11 & .71171111.1t17 , vitcouL,r., BRI.LVIo.YIt, FA VeII4LIIMALI7 Ur tam Uta eu , J•• 51..1,etitoa, Y t rf ',met,xr nußat Dyt, s a r,:t•i ft Atr a n t I.otti U tiih.s, T,le( A rtwled. TrOf.l,ll .144 ;41.ioulJer Brae, Oludeti ',tag Cost Aner• nk:l Li e`or qwh*f.xiplete and nJ 011 I it nmdernte fr,r, Idirrarmnra. •tvi Phyetciatia from the country •rn iii tart to ezrkmlt.• our Itoel 1110 TEL, Ul'l'U=l:L 71Qt, 11 1 , 1 RR \'+:ll V ANN =lll3 lEUMIIM= —Ate will Ito tO from Vile 1)c), t t ha. Hotel, 1.r..0 of IMEEIII DIiVOMST It A:4 , , •JAv T LI N. L,lo.lLitslca A. iL (Tim*/ W. AI Mr ILYA Y. • LATIN)EST P. 4.11) O `••P LCIAI. DE14,81'1,4 11E3153, XfnitEl. !STEIL HALE A CO, hal t,crovre, Ceases co p, • DEPoSITs 111.CErA 1 , 1) zuLLs or EXCHANGE ANIr'tWIES Lld- CODNTED COLLECTIONS MADE, AND PROCEEDS ity- Ai (TIED PHOMPTLY rNTABRISEIT PA EDO /II SPECIAL DEP 0 ITS FO It ' NINETY DAYS AND ISE DER AIX RONTIIS AT THE RATE OF FOUR PERCENT PER ANNUM —FOR SIX MONTHS AND UPPIAA.DS, AT ITN RATE OF kWh; • CENT rid ANNUM EXCHANGE UN-THE EAST CONSTANTLY ON HAND ',Dog IE Jog 11PRI1 TSPILI The Ictildlehers oY TneliDavOenStjC WATenLal —leave, In connection with their Noespoper EstaS tishtneat, the most extensive and cottddete JOB PRINT/NO OFFICE, TO be found to °antral Pennsylvania, composed en tirely of NEW MITERIALS, And the latest and molt fsghlonatdo style of, Plain and Fanny Type, and era tirepared to excellte all binds of - BOOK AND FAN-ex-Jou Piinqinia, La the very neatest style, and at rho shortest notia --snob se HARD BILLS, CIRCULARS, POSTERS, RILL HEADS, HORSE BILLS, BALL TICKETS, AUCTION PILLS, CAltbß, 'PAMPHLETS, RECEIPTS, BOOKS, CHECKS, SNOW BILLS, BLANKS, PROBRAMMES, As, do., ke IllalrGOLD, SILVER and 'BRONZE PRINTING saluted In the handsomest manner. EirPRINTINO IN COLORS, in the most beau tlbrand Adished style of the art. Behhisotion ignaranteed - in regard to n e st o o so , !Mapes cud poootoant7 to the 1a) )Inent of 411 Tarry. dINEY & ROSB DEALERS IN DRT GOODS, GROOERIES, „,uip 41:hannto Traduce Wien exchange I goo& it Moo bighert insi4rt ?tire* Amor* bin. Der , 1, MT.— Rei Original, [For the DcinOonitio Wittohmati ] Decision and Energy of Character No two elements of our nature tend, per haps, so much to the right formation cicala' , aster, as decision and energy. Withoot these it is ab.olutely iniposcible to acciam• pjish, anything. They are, emphatitally speaking, the basis as well as the main pit lara-of all that is grand, glut- owl and digni fied in man ; and the individual Who is so fortunate as to possess these, is certainly the owner of that Which all mankind should en , iy and admit e. There is, howeryn a nica distinfltion betireen the meaning-of the tering. tdy decision of character is meant flit tena * t a,th which we cling to, opinions and conclunionm arrive( a truth s matter and i tight within ite., eawhe eta. „ ergy is nothing more than , the carrying out of these, or, in other Words, the trtward power a loch prompts or enables us to Ull- dci tak i e and accomplish our anus in view. ‘Ve sec, too, that the existence of the tune to inseparably eonitectint a ith that of t 4 oth- er, N Inch fact ups:alibi the inference that the wholesome intliience of the one is essen tially necessary to that of the oili,q. To make thin point clear, What benefit mould accrue to the passengers of a strain ear or tileatriboat if the at,aui or propelling power I of the locomottve were not controlled by an engineer or some dir,cup g n r To. 1 Me• thinks every sensible person w3lllll at once CollailitO that, %%MOW'. this agency the car or bleatitboat would not mot c at all, or if it chit its motion would he so no pet fort end ir regular as MA. only to be productite of seri• ous inconveniences, but would be likely to Irush on to the total annihilation of car and ( par,sungeis, so Of the elements 'hider con sideration II this ',nuclide of eitergy is not foUttilett npoll tit regulated by this decision of Mind, ti may be the means of goading as !on to deeds of 711.01111 . AS and te ickeelness,dist k might ultimatelydid in the entire destrue 1.1011 or Wir refilifall.lOS Mid lac es Tit ..,,,, ROO filOr 11111/4r.viloll. Alga 111WoosIty fit the IflitSt4, rigging...4;l4%, of a ship in the absetne lor 4 po,‘,. b ) .1ii...11 these \Alai the holly might be dives IT,Twt? Trinitneluer is too plant to hr liiirsUndir-dood Then apply ing thus pnuciple to ouritelVCH. W hat sort of ;I•po , ition of ilie " Menus [loth ," vi ,u 1.1.1 a u be if despots of a proper hl,llll. of energy Ito carry out the tudile mit mauls of the 1 heat t, sod the hottest Judgment of the in tellect / Mere automatons. Then as din formation ore right character is cssentially requisite to our g/ory, usefulness and hap pitiess in thin life, and that which illo Conte, AM} V 4 .10/01.11 the baintionowt blending of On , e , fill.dafeh M 1,01111.41 IS sadly il, 11 , 11:11t. it Irtd/01 , 1 a us to ploperly" cob ate these, that a e may he alite to haute, in infolly 11 it 11 life s turmoils, and root, off inore than t 1,- t,r, in tin. strife 7 14, oeir ,loy a ii l, oiiir, at notiiiim it e in, tit nit it 0( preTi. , inti, in an .-111 whin Ito pro.ctoela,, Adis and stn. i ores of all Isituli are lit cog earrivti to the i highest state of g perfection, N loch new con dition of t flans plainly slipy, a the Osq 4 ~ ..t) of , very rue he a: ted Amen. An istsst soon; 1 an increased amount of skill, &onion awl ', t uurgy of clialacter in mitt r iii the light al.- ' pre ciation and m:i aintainnce of these high Ipreroga(is cm But, rapt c l ap). should th u s b e , borne iii oului by the 3 oittli of our land Soon our grey-hatred lathets will hate pas .. tied till the singe of Or two and the too erite,,t forests that are scattered here toil there I with wild profusion Over our territory, the ', tria3esile men' whose waters Hove flO beau. 1 Wolf) along intersecting and fehiliring etc. ' ,ry part of our wide spread domain, this aide strelobing plates, the rieltin , is of N holy veil ' IS . IIO where excelled, togetht r Vi itli the nu- EEMEM =1:1 niernis and diversified interests of the en !tire rumor ) . sill become the in-levies.) lega ; cy of the rising generation ; upon which will devolve the protecting •no defending of these blood bought interests against the yid) encroachments of power loving items- , motes at home. and plotting conspirators ; front abroad To do thin effectually re• quires wisdom guided I.y a mere than ortli nary share of decision and energy. For the acquiring of the former we are bountifully supplied with almost Minitel:sable &hoots, :Seminaries and Colleges of learning, the ex cellency of which will compare very favora bly with those or any other nation On the ace of the globe. For attaining to a high degree of perfection in the ciAltirat ion of the latter, we have not only the noblest of ex amples from time immemorial down to the present day, to excite us to deeds, words, and actions of a noble, ttandol, manly and benevolent character, but the care of God, &ad humanity calls loudly for protection-- But in order'to arrive at this point many difficulties are to be overcome. Number less baneful inilueirAii are constantly at work to limit and neutralize 'our fkid Of - Wish& nem which, if not carefully guarded a gainst, will do very uawch towtrdathrow ing this glorious object in view. The great ' desire to heap together piles of filthy luae, ' the disposition again to throw this away in Ilowing the foolish customs, frivolities and fashions of the day ; the natural tendency of the heart, to despise laixtr and woo Milo lance, arc a few , of these. True these _may be difficult to ;subdue, perhaps they have been practiced ao long that the desire to re- I peat them has become a second nature, per chance they are of a constitittional charac ter, Then we say the greater the liability ,tterlice was to these weaknesses, the greet- IT dAMU *. itaß s+ ► MEI er the necelisity to 'avoid their committal ; and just In propoitlon to the effort put forth, in that proportion will they be overcoinifi and the greater the effort the more glorious the triumph when the object has been at. tAkpett, -Slat these us but sty'. mrsjo thsamy to the (Wm ind enefgetle. To ineil the in duCetnents to be governed by thole, are but trilling compared with the far more enno bling ones held out by God, our day end our, country. Providence, then, for certain vise purposes, has implanted within the breast of than those peculiar attributes, undoubt edly fur his benefit morally, intellectually, civily, religiously and. politically,' and that he may be the means of bettering, and de vating the condition nt lute fellow man. -- This bring the ilsslgn he IS in duty bound to melee a pr(i'per use utqhese, not only be cause it is for his osirn, his neighboAnd his country's good, but fled in the placing of I I mein t ' , ))))) sammi;imal - makes the obligation Funding upon hire in a sion opened by A J Ilartsoek, ,"Gong two-fold sense. Then, as we are all endow t'd, fitbre Trgit, with a %here- of dec,tatun ra P d Y' " '" " r "' " 14 2g /h h 13 run twit energy, let us endeavor so to cultivate mart" .Tslr r'ertur "Marta/ eltich this as to be wholly impregnable to th e mehe, t J I': Thomas, A 13. "Orthog. many voritipting inilneicrti with which 'raptly," S ii M'('artney. "Reading,'' ‘‘,. are eonstantl) surrounded If we would Thomas A elates of or.)cert readers adopt fin our motto the maxim of the ec- 4 was ably conducted by W. Nil:aver The mart , " Crorket, "be lure You'io right the" even logs were occupied by very able and go allesof," victory !null and wall Crown ot interesting addresses by Prora, Burrell E tu whatey or we undertake, and al- Thomas. The pupils of the Storms thouglt the purity of our actions may bo 'town School, beaded by Mr, Wearer, euli , am...tattoo and Eilustautzed by the low, die; trustful and deigning, And our full peas-"fled the ege"M" 44 " 0 0 1401011 - 4 1610 ore ufjtistl , :e they not blended out to us in ?:exceffent music The stations of the In thes life yet, we commit fad of reeep, tog the ; stitute were largely attended by the public reword res. Eyed for the jirit and faithful who inanylemted a Brest d e al o f jater,,,t in that ulnch). law embe 8110,11 , 1 we thus do, the exercises. The following resolutions to adopt the language "f lie innw'ntal \C ash- I were unanimously patieti prosper', y 1‘ 4/1 /4: :n Jr 141 Iti, , t.ii Cheap IdenagetiP Show At old Ashtabula, in the State of Ohio, there• puce lived it (pie( r old puritan yeleped Deacort Daniel 11., a worthy mail and a dim...llan. (as the tune went ) although his 81)1v or preaching tots peculiar to liiinself cud utiltile anytlittig laid down in the lkoolesi At a pritriwitil ineetoro, the good people ten tow Ii , e.tiiil.oc , cil to Hod that a rneua• gene hall encattipeil tit the Mime h Hwy, 41111 111,19 14:111 hig big 111.1111C0C113" from ttietig the seta:all liwteltitmg the tleltt.- .Ttelits, keveial 1111 tither. of the Dtineon's fatally. Amid thy geticrta Irittleiltatruti the I)en , utl ai use nud 1 ithiferted them n 8 11,111/Wll • brethren, yeti heist have 1.1111.! There 1-1 Ahl aham, ht 1183 r•ltit pa al:tittle oat to kill las Sllll Isaac with but the Lead 1111111 t let loan dew it And there 18 my itatiteitgke. Itamtl he buil faith -lets of faith too. They cast hint into n bees tuu, but 110101 111.1.1 1 tllll , ll l ll bun awl time he rat and sUI all tx,11 , 002d. at lite show fur 110111111 g dale L eu , st 111111 a rtnt either • The Den , 011 r 11,'11 became iiianiblite, anti he MASI& 16. au our reader. Loon the origin or the phrs.e • ratlur ntcep r 11 hen 1. p r ice IS WO 111 gli fivr a nlan'l 111C1111.1, or S story too tae futln. he pronounces it ' rallo r .t. ep 11e famy that n r Imre de tected it 111,the h,llon tog, from the Umlford alt: f,teetiotis a quain'ance of ours stns, a Ill‘ ' ' ' '4lll.)4 go, •pok tug Its (un 'at the viry high and sten), hills a loch giVeylCll 1111:or of sublimity to I.oine part., of our room . t ), And said that he 11.1 ti cultivated Inl,l, so precipitoie, that he had to lie I,li I,l* book to Sro the top ' Whereupon ho was taken down by another '•sharp custom , . t" 111 thli style • 101 We ut . 114 at a 1111 Ce (surd Mr. - ) Where the fields were so st , ep that the movie lootetFlyt their chilli. nays to see whether thin - cows were coming home' We left, wondering what 'lnman sa lute a ill •' come ,to".aftor n while. ' - - Msttnl -Jiretny' Taylot says if you are for pleasnre marry if yoilprizerosy health, marry and even if money In• your object, marry. ,A good wife in heaven's best gift to man -his angel and minister or graces imintnerable his grin of many virtues - his casket of many jewels—tier voice is sweet cat music - her snide his brightest day --her kiss the guardian of his innocence—her arms the pale of Ins safely, the balm of Its life —her industry his surest wealth— her a rowdily his safest steward—her lips his faithful counselors bosom, thy softest pillow of his care - and her I r traTers rho blest advocates of heaven's Viessings on tits ( head, The ",,Wtate of Matrimony" is one of the United Sca.tes, It to 6011(1401 6y a ring on one side "and a crude on the other. The cli mate is sultry till i r m ou pass the tropics of housekeeping, when squally weather acts in with Such 'Dower tta,to keep all hands as cool as cucumbers. For the principal roads lead. tug to this interesting state, consult the first gait of Ithao ues,you,run against. One of the most fashionable dressmakers in New York turns onete_ be q man .' ,7 -For AeverzWyears past he has been fitting dress es to thu charming forms of the New York ladies, and fitting the ladies to the charm- Ong forms of their dresses. Ile is said to I have been extremely popular with the ladies, and many regret that the discovery of his sex extended beyond themselves. 4,8i11y Jones," said a bullying urchin to another lad, "pext time I catch you alone, I'll flog you hie anything." " Well, re plied Bill, " I ain't often much alone ; Y com monly bar my ler alfl my fl3to with:me." TEACHERS' INSTITUTE ILALF- MCCON. ' The Teacher.' Institute ea}[ by Prof. Burral fur Halfwit - m, ill ith, Tay lor, Worth and it astrav District., eonatmed Pally - 224 hrerikAtiltowii;- Sesatori being euiied the fella:ring monheta woe preeent : A J flortsnelt, J B. Way, Wm Weaver, Phut Steven., N 11.6 F. J. Laudon), I"..myro:Morr.. linflinonn Ja•. M. Ponlee Itamb,ouer, W Graham. Patton, It. Fer•6o, I) Zem4m)er. C Swnpe.Tuylorl Mies Kate Rea-e Jl'% Annie Campbell, Thoma s Bemis Worth C. Thomas S S. MeCuit nev, triard..; J. F. Thomas , . A. ti P:itureh fiekt, A It ,' Jae. SIIII,II, II Gt.tes, Mita J. }larder, Miss ti .`:‘, Hnuler , tsit..a ti J. Weal' in, Mk Kern Niu..,er, Feri l eg o n ' 'rile es relee, eutitinolpi during FvutaN and Saturday. The following , subjects were taken up and dituusse4 with trod 1.1 Re,olved That we hove calve rooll Bence 111 Cull Iffillfthy Cr , J I Burrell, and thAl Wei wilt Austen] him in his well directed eliortx in erivtince the elfin- OUY 63 Ideal of Creinatfm Schoch., and that we eepecietly commend the energy and per , eet erattee lie hap exhibited nI thstablibintie; Townellip itesnciations throughout this en toe emetic, trod Resolved, That e too frequent appli cettint•rd the rod as a mods, of punitlitneat 111 our lieTriiflle a. an evaletlee of a 0 ant of altility 4 ,itt the teacher. 34. liesofved, I hat the nraetree of ofTelide, prime it+ it twilit e to induce pupils, m rim •oudt , e‘ceetlinuly , ble, and eitoitlil be condemned by all cum [ woo teacher. -bra Ignit ed. Common School ex Jilllll l l l l l lls, Abell prOpellY ent•tliteled• are pindtit nee of much real benefit, and abould be eneritoinletl ' Resol,ed, Thai we tender our viler re itt a i t ul. to MeKerli. i/Ve.tver fliatetiuk and tilt int.. for him rAvening awl .01,1 +lifting -fie a anti w Inch the, dr lighted cur Neff , &I . MIL! OM .0•IIII•11111 , IC Th e :If , a body 01 teach er., lender our wain) and heartreli thank, to the trustees of the ftleilindiat Church for are 7fil netdefft, tie lender put eito.t hemat Otani,. to the l it•opte of 5144111.000 n to , ' sur toot it ho ti it e •ift kin lii entertained end car,•ri ,luny g. our plant and ciar n 44444 nlr 'herr) Atilt the udolitt..it el tile itbaer rceolu i none, the baronet,: anti turned, to meet lilt thef-llh of Feb ,at Gray !tonal ffnuse, . , l'lt • Drainer A Lady Writer on Hoops. A lady to the N, whin) port Ilerald says . believetYe in lion;.s Mind, we say hews, plot al number. Deliver from that shoo. mable, single, hogshead loam, vi hick many ladies wear Ostia km., high, showing, its en: tile shape through a single flitnsey Skirt, dragging down its w eight the dress to the shape• of a cone, while ton• part of the skirt beluie the hoop flap•, N Inds and reefs a round it in every wind that blows. Not much improvement is the addition of one or two oth,r hoops, unless they are graduates} in site according to the height of the r'es'et and coveted by skirt• of sufficient thickness to hole the skeleton, than which nothing, could be more hideous, unless it were I ver itable skeleton from the grave) not The only skirt that looks uniformly grace ful is that made ufa series of rattan, whale bone or brass hoops, extending troll' the waist to the feet, gradually increasing lit size with that graceful swell that glees to the dress the airy contour of a blue bell ; ioreserving that golden stein infropfttl to cir cutnferenCe that Inodellty alfd good taste %ill ever dictate, The-hoops to thin skirt Should be so In ar together that they will lose their individuality, end " make no sup" un der the thinnest summer dress ; for hereiz lies the stlvAutage and whole phil...mophy of the hoop tnov4lnent, inasmuch as it allows one _,dirt to give that fulness and grace which has hitherto been attainable only by half a dozen. After all, the genuine crinoline is the thing, which, as as name im ports, is a kind of hair cloth, which by its own innate vir tue, without the aid of hoop, trill fir . eserve its elasticity and inflated character, without the awkwargaess that at times is initeparte: ble from its humble irultal.or: — The — fittenivc in the only objection to its general adop tide As a newly-.lnerried Pernik from s WAY down East, were one niginlying in bed talk ing over matters and things, *heavy thun der storm arose. The loud peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning filled them with terror and fearful apprehensions. Suddenly a.tromendous crash caused the loving coup le to start as though they had received an let:Uric shock- .Jo than throwing his arms imund his ,wifo,eftiened "Hug up to 11.izt laths dislike men 1" tiara is a beautiful little gem. We know not who uttered It, but i full of sweet thoughts and happy fancies : A while ago we told of having seen a lit thsellnild icep In a et•adlc nu b& the winos; ilVeNt 'ed flee a &wet. in n e afficonsbZ — crr tree, of life growing hi the domains of death. Mortality hail left his contribution boxes all around the room, but the child smiled iii its sleep, r o t its soul wandered in the play ground of dtesteland, u here angels entitle odt to jyto in the sports of sinless infandy.— Youicrday they coaxed it so far away that it will never come back. They took it away down through the aisles of Heaven, and hid it under the Mercy Scat, until the evil days shall hare passed, and until nine shall have thrown its umelesihour-glassa*ng the bro ken fragments of the world. The mother looked ih the cradle and thoght her child 2fas dead hut IA was only ellidelicate frame where a jewel lunfLeCtikl'll — .)r e until it was transplanted from the dim light of earth to the Stwkinah which horns in the triumphal ems; n Of I);atfi'm cOiaMeror: 0, for a death like the infant's ho slept among the coffins 0, for the quiet slumber from which the touch of angers pots shall wake the stmt.! For that we would wtl- Itngly he down among sepulchral aculptur logs, or put on the wooden shroud. Judge Allison, in his charge to the jury in the case of Thos. Washington Smith, for tha mtftder of Richard Coker, in Philadel phia, last November, makes use of the fol lowing language, on the plea df Insanity : " In ortler'to justify a verdict of acquittal upon this ground, you must lied that the de fendant, although conscious ul the' act he was about to perpetrate and its cuusequem era, yet governed by an uncontrollable im pulse,his is will no longer iu subjection to his reason, owing to the excited and continued impetuosity of his thoughts ; the confused condition of a mind enfeebled by diseaseand goaded by some grevious wrong ; that he was wrought up to a frenzy bordering upon madness. which tendered Inn, unable to con trol Ins actions or direct ilk mocetnents. -- If the tt mp,st of grief and passion which swept over him prostrated the strong men, so that he had no longer the control of his will, he is not responsible to the law for his acts: lint tf he was possessed of t tm, restrtin log power, sufficient, if called into exercise, to stay the hand which took the life of Rich ard Carter, and the defendant were slier• wise sane to a degree of responsitility for crime, then he is guilty of the offence charg ed spins( him, and ought to be convicted of a itful, deliberate, and premeditated vita. der.' Late and Important from itexigq. Amu city and Confusion—The City of %xi .en in a state of Siege—Repulse of Co monfari's Tr nap, New ORI i'o Jan 25 2By the arrival of the steamship Tennes , ee, from Vera Ont. adores to the 21st have been received The whole country is in a state of complete anarchy and confusion. All the mail stages between Vern Cru's and the capital hare been stopped by banditti and robbed. Nearly every State and town Is pronoun cing against the dictatorship of Comonfort. The my' ortile ciro w ir. a state of siege. The brigade of General Zuloaga. which was the first that declared for the dictatorship, lriti now pronounced against Conionfort.— This brigade has I ,s.cssion of the citadels barracks of St. Augustine and Santa Do mingo. A .1 11.111TSOCK Comonfort having been refused adrnittanre into the hater barracks, assendded two thou hand troops at the palace, n ith artillory,and arrested (leneval Zuloaga, hut at.terartrds re leased bun on pa r 4 A portion'Orrira. hripAle favor Mem commander for the Proddeney, whireli6ers prefer Santa Anna. On the 16th instant the San Augustine harracks were attacked by Comonfort's troops, hut they were repulsed, All the foreigners in the capital have holy- I ted the tags of their respective countries, as a means of protection• Confusion reigns tt the capitol. A Delp.late klirein9r. At York, Pa , on Monday, four persons were arrested on a th,rge of creating a ;A's. turbance. One of them, mined. r fisher, made a desperate resistance, and assaulted Hish Constable Ru',,y and sevcrakeittrens with a long - Visdett knife. but without doing [halo any hilly , . The York Republican says! It wad with much difllehlty that he \vas tied, thrown into a wagon anti conveyed to jail. When he arrived there he managed to get a liar of tron,with which ho assaulted ono of the keepers, injuring him somewhat.— When in OD; cell he tore of the apiggot of tho hydrant, which ho threw with much force at thoacputsido, whO narrowly escap ed feeling its weight. Ile then broke rap some of the wood work inside, with which he made a club, and aware ho would knock t - the briine-of any—patsona enter the cell. ilia Conduct was such that the sheriff-ordered him, to be shot, and two balls were tired at him, one of which grazed one eg g and tho other ball took affect in the oth er log. lie thou submitted—the ball was extracted, when be asked to NCO and swal lowed it immediately-. SixCiatle it said hare been registered in the city. of Halton, in one,year, of Inter- Marriage between lilisak - itten a nil whits. wo- Bolton, be it retnembesad, is sobers Garrisonian Abolitionism non:Jibes In an its intimsity. A Child among the Coffins From the N 1' Dutchman. A Case of Imagination. We were the w•itneas or a very ludicrous incident which occurred in this city a few days since, for relating which, we crave the fralulßence of the gentleman directly conz 4serood.:—dectuing It too good • joke to be lost. While silting at our desk and laboring as sidimuslyn ith scissors. and paste, to make out a readable paper for our patrons, we were suddenly frightened from our pro: priety, by the hasty entrance of a gentle man, exclaiming "For God's sako, help me to see shat io the matter !' I've got some dreadful titMg —scorpion or tarantula—in the leg of my pantaloolia ' Quick —quick—help trier We instantly rose from our chair, half , frightetied ourselves. Our friend had bro ken in so suddenly and unexpectedly upon us and was so wonderfully agitated, that we '-leinove• not-whather.ht _senses of not. We looked at hint ydth a port of 'me i prise mixed with dread, and her Ily kin•w whether twnpeak avithov untalloa as 4 madman. The latter we eatna very near at ttinptiug.• There he stood gun ering and pale, with one hand tightly grasppd open part of the pantaloon, just in the liellow of the knee. What's the matter 3" asked we at last. The matter!" he exclaimed, help mg I l'ee got something here, wbich jOst ran up my leg! Some intermit titird or scorpion. I samba! ,01111 met, let so; 1 must hold it. Oh, theta !" he shrieked, "1 felt it move just then t Oh, these pants without straps i I'll never wear another pair open at the hottotn as long as 1 bye Ah, 1 feet 3ragem." ••Feel what t'• tee inipnred,standing at the same ttine,at a respectable distance from the eman ; for we had just been reading our Corpus Christi eonTspondent's letter about snakes, lizards. and tarrantulas, and began to imagine some deadly object or reptile in the legs of our friends uninentou• steles as they are sometimes MM. don't know what it is," ammered the genCentan ; "help me to Kee what it is. Wits-passing the pile of rubbish in front M . yoig office, and felt it dart up my as quick ' as lightning," and lie clenched his list more tightly. ,11 it had been the neck of an ana• conila, we believe he would have squeezed it to a jell. liv this time, two ft three of the news boys litol il eome in; the clerks and packing boys hearing the outcry stopped working, and editors and all hands stood around the sufferer with mingled sympathy and alarm Brin g me a chair, Fritz." said wet "and let the gentlemen be seated." 0, I can't sit," said the gentleman ; " I cannot bend my knee' 3 . 9 do, it will bite or sting me ; no, I can't Sit." Certainly you can sit," said we ; ' keep your leg straight out, and we'll ace what it is you have got." " Well, let the g,ive It one yore hard squeeze; l i p cA4 "avail he, and again-We put thlb foal; an iron vice upon , the thing If it had our life left this last effort must hire kdkd tt. Ile then cautiously seated litniself, hold ing out his leg as muff and as straight as a poker. A sharp knife was procured , the pants were cut open carefully , , making a hole large enough to admit a hand ; the gentle man pot on a thiel, glove. and slowly insert s id his hand, but he discovered nothlog._! We were looking on in, almost breathless si -1 tics, see the monstrous thing—whatever it might he ; mien ready to scamper out of harm's way, should it he aliie, when sud denly the gMitletnan became, If possible. more agitated than ever. •' By heavens'" be exclaimed, -It's in side of my drawers." " It's alive, ton—l hal it' —muck—give me the knife again Another incision was made—in omit the gentleman's gloved hand once moil, And 10, out came hi., trifi's 3lock,ng How the Mucking ever got there, we are tenable to say t but there it eertainti has, and such a laugh that followett, we hay 'lit heard Jbr many a day. Our friend, we 'mow / . Las.JO/tl ale ilkril)imeelf, awl roust pardon us fur doiiig so. Tbough this is about a stocking, we assure our readers It is no yar,tt. 4104 EDITOR'S Armin:ma- Whom are you talking to Why, to a touch larger au dit:lire than the best conversationist vier could boast, of, and to more than over iisterr• ed to him, dilorig a month. How few cler gyman, how few lecturers, how few publio speakers' of any description ever witnessed an eudienee half to large as that to which the eclitirr of the smallest country paper preaches I Hew mini elergyMen arc there who aro accustotned tp audiences of thdit mind, and how few papers are there which do not airicitlj and literally find snore than a thousand readers. A piece or candle May be made to burn alLnight io aMek room, or elamthere a dull light is wished, by putting finely posidered salt on the candle untilJt reaches the black part of the 'wick. In this 'way "'mild and steady light may be kept through the night from a email piece nrcendle. If you deairo to be truly valilht, fear tb do any injury he that learn not to do evil, is alwaytafraid to su ff er evil :be that nev et fear+ 51 desperate ; and he that fears al- ways is 'a coward ; he is the tree valiant mai', that dares . nothing but what ha may, and fears 'nothing but what ha' euight.— , Q 1 / tries. Es : 81.,50 IN ALIVANON. 11111,111, S'IrSVANIUMB j 1,16. =MM Tire month of, January of 1858,, thus fir, has been a moot remsrlsebleone. Themer ctrßy in ludel plus. has scarcely been dams to freezing point, and the weather generally!, has been more like that of April or Octobar4 than thalecond montlfot wint tr. Looking back, Ind that the January of 1190, Ira* also a remarked> , milli one, the medium tentpelalure ',kin; 44 +-Vers. The mercu ry often ran op to 70 in the shade at mid-day, and buys were seen swimming in the Dela- ware awl Seltuylkill riv, rs. Thie bald weather continued until February 17th,erhee a reactinn took plane, and cold set in, ti goal earnest,. The- J snuaries of 170 A, 181.17... 1 . 028, 1838., 1842, 1e45, " ere also mild, and there Les e been several Januarres sines. n Inch were 1,1 no menus what may be railed hard During these mild Januarica, fog" have prevailed, es they have at timed 1411". present month Into possible we may bale a cold snap berme the 30th We doubt nut our tee en Aereti a i - ro - Volung to • be much lodger delayed though there are hundreds and thousandA who sre ethrted 171 the late panic, and to u 'unit an Indefluits postmm mein of bitter rued n ill be an rasa The cold Jaintari from 179(1 to 1816, have been those of 1415, 1420 18 0 1, 1841, 1832, 1840, 1441, In 1815 the medium temperature was 26. the Selinlylsill and Delewaie were both frozen hard during the whole month. In 182/J the nnstlinm tempers atom was also 28. In 1821 the medium temperature was 45, and theriviiisrat eb common amount of snow all the mouth. Oa nine mornings the mercury, in Philadelphia, was below zero, and on the two mornings's many as nine degreee below Down in Maine, during the month, it freptently lett to 40 de• greee below sir.. Only three Jariu•ries lire *ions to thin, riming a century. had been so • cold, and those were to 1741,1,767 r, end 1780. The .kighing %NILS good from Buffalo to the extrettiest part if Maine mid front St John* New Brunswick, through the Canada", and for a thousand talks "(nward. Leery bar tear w LS Ice-hound from Alexandria, VI", t Eastport, She., excepting thebarborof Ports! mottth New llampshire, January, 1840, n I however the coldest on record, the merlin°, temperature being as low 24.„ The wont), wit OCIIIIOUI a single thew, and there was& good deal of snow upon the earth. On am , teen mornings during the mouth, the memo ry ranged from tun to twenty degrees below zero in Philadelphia. Life in, Iva Tisreling in India is often fraught with danger. rather different from those in Eng land. For matinee. when cruising townie' a bullock handy, it 1-1 no' at alt nureirmoon. when about the middle, for one dr teth tp 44ii deem. and thug upset the inter; Of some:linen aceidentalir rip dna in a hole. and frighten )iititerrilly thesit little catastrupines Kc lia‘ie frequently experien ced ; het thrwigh the ii int rcart. of 0ut1304, hsvc never biltfrnit sertintaly. On one 0, 'moon o licit rat eltng in • pi latieluto, I stopped in a butigalu w to get some refreslirtnilt..., and told the hearers to take out the matteaaa and pillowa, and make it cuinfortsibl: for ua the remainder of the Journey They did an, sod to tier horror I saw a hi, anal ,, euitol up under the second pillow, and as it arm t on: I ortable at pot •ible. It had traveled with us thirtyflee trues and (rum Lung uncortseioua' of its nearness, we felt uo fear. Ilad we been re,tlLas, and diaturbed it. the probability is that it 'mould have stung , Litt not being rous. d it runalnel ableqi and thus we a ere mo•t piondeutrall) preac rued from harm.-- I eonfeas I ft It a hit!, nt. mous at getting in again, leat where .there 'i.e. one there might be another . but it tt as OCR so ; Itntl tie .fr• rived at Nt.gapatant to 1)n anntln n.. 111 n n rtsCitti; In * little mud-tha:crtcd , hur. h, and half asleep. twiao a snake itangsng 1 - rum the roof, and ) nat ()vireo) , TT131.111013. ‘VI: had only a lit, tie us iic lamp, and for aortic time I watch ed thy creature, thinking that it was tnertly a leoce of rope or thatch, lint %hen I taw it graouitily descend, 1 YI-SR rout-mewl it'waa altie and directly gut up, and Withoqt much CerCITIOIIy 1),1(1 It 4151;t1tChP4 —A Aforsitinarti 11'r fr• " _ A LW" MAN —A a orthy old tamest .of fen port, elan had the reputation of biking the lashist man alive among them hil locks," so' lazy indeed that he used to 'trial his garden in aeockingGhair, by rocking for. %taut to take Mid of the 'weed, and back. ward_to uproot tt —had e. sAy or fishing pe culiarly his own. He used to drive hilted n Into faced mare to the spot where the tea• tog (black &hi might ho depended pm, for any weight, from two to twelve pastels— backed his gig down to Ilao water aid*.-put out ins line, and when the tatting was daftly ikoniLed, started the old mate and puldedhim Out In Net? fork on Monday another, and io Fr42,l34bilay -the_ IaSkii4VPILOII6 Bu U aurder, we reached. John 4. tekal, Mre. Cuttuiniguan'ti..k.uPP)" accomplice. was act oropletely at. liberty. a no!?. proseyei being, applied for in the Court of Oyer and- Term titer, a 4 the instance of tho late diairiet attorury. When Mrs. CunpinOam wee in. gui td (I, of course all charges of complicity spinet Mr. Eckel tell to the ground. Yet *butt admitted to bail, he has revaatned ever slue under lei* irsaidolon i of baying been ooneerned in thkeouradasion of that adaptable ausisicastfon• infra be tavintirelyabsolnek, 4- MS
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