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Term of Nblioatton 1 Twill; :—.41,6194 if paid within dine) months 1,00 if delayed six months, and-03,00 if not peld ' i . in, the year. Thiele terms will be rigidly ad. areld to, _ i SIDVBEITDINMEIITS and Basiniges Notices ineett 6d at thi.mentni nine. mu! every desoription of ' JOB PRINTING , EXECUTED In the neetertkpanner, at the lowe4 t, pikes, AM with the Utmost despatch . Baring s '' purobseed a large oollection of typo, we are pre. In pared to satisfy the otdere of our friends r seltrieb Vottrp, Our Baby, Tu•dsy *a out the fragrant end, , With tratablingiumi =dot, . Aod lay this well beloved of God, Our clear deed baby under Oh, hearts that subs, sad acha *brash ' Oh, tears too blindly-raining' Our hearts are weak, yet being firth, To strong for our reetralning' riloep, darling, eine), ' Cold ralnn shall steep TV little turf made dwelling , Thou wilt not know,-so far below— What winds or storms are swelling; And bird. shall sing, In the warm erring, And flowers bloom About thee Thow wilt not hood them, love, Ind oh, The lonelineee without thee.L Father, wo will be Comforted' Thou wait tho graolous giN or We ytald her up—not dead ; not dead To dwell with thee (Mover ' Take Thou our Ours for_ a day, This little shining head wo lay In the Redeemer's bosom' Bisallatteous. A Little Girl in a Court of Justice Of the many excellent things written by our excellent friend Samuel Hammond (says the American Agriculturp,t,) formerly in the Attiany Register and latterly in the Albany Express, we have read few narratives which have touched our own feelings more than the fdloNving, which recently sincere!! in the latter par I vi Encased a abort time ago in one of our higher courts, a beautiful illustration of the simplicity and power of truth. A little girl, rune years old, was offered as a witness tams[ a pi owner who wan on trial for a otq committed in her father's house.— •• Now, Emil}," said the counsel fur the prisoner, pott her being offered as a wit ness, '‘ I desire to know if you understand the nature of an oath 7" don't know 'what you mean," was the simple answer.-- '• Thefe,-your Honor," said the counsel, iiidressing the cinfii, " Is anything further necessary to demonstrate the %alidity'of an Objection I The witness should be rejected She does not comprehend the nature of an oath." " Let us see," said the Judge. " Come hem my daughter." Assured by the kind tone and manner of the Jaulge, the child stepped toward him, and looked confidingly up into his face, with a calm, clear eye and in a manner so artless and frank that went -Straight to the heart. " Did you ever take an oath ?" inquireti 'ttlie judge. The little girl stepped back with a lbok .oLhormr ; and the red blood mantled in a tihish all over her face and neck, as she an. swered "No sir." She thought he intended to inquire' if she had ever blasphemed• I do not mean that," said the Judge, who saw her mistake, " I mean crer6 you ever a witness before." No sir, 1 never was in court before," was the answer. Ile banded her the bible open. yon know that book, my daughter ?" She looked at it and answered, Yes sir, it is the Bible." , Do you over read it 7" he asked. Yes, sir, every evening! , "Can you tell me what the Bible is," in quired the Judge. • " It is the word of tho great. God," she answered. "Well, place your hand upon this bible, and listen to what I sty," as he repeated slowly and solemnly the oath usually ad• ministered to witnesses- "Nor," said. the Judgo, " you have sworn u a witness, will ... you tell me what will befall you if you do not toil the truth 1" kihall be phut up in the State prison," answeted the ohild. "rythiug Jae 1" asked the Judge. *bell never go to heaveo,' l ebe replied. . 0 . ow do you know. that 'I" asked the Judge again The child tooli,the bible, and turning rap idly to the chapter containing the command ments, pOinted• 'to the. injunction, "Thou shalt ,not _tegis.latie Witness againtt thy nelghbOr." " I learned that 'before I coul4 read." • " lira any one talkfd to you about your being saltness in court hero against this Man 7" iriquthd, the Judge. , Yea sir," she replied. " My mother heard they wanted me te be a witness and Met night she called me to her room and asked mo to toll her the tea commandments, and then we kneeled down together and she prayed that . I Might Understand how wicked it was to bear false witness against my neighbor, and that God would help mo a lit• tie child to tell the truth as it was before Amil when I CAMP up hero with father she kissed me and told mo to remombdr the ninth commandment, and that God wohld hear every word that I toad." ' 4 Do you believe this I" asked the Judge, while a tear glistendkin hill eye and his lip tinivered with emotion. " Yes sir," slid the chikl with i voice and manner that shaved her conviction of its truth was perfect. " God bless you, tisy child," saki the Judge, " you have a good mother. n The witness Is compdtent,f" lie contintivi.— Werc I on trial for thy life, and innocent of the charges against me, I would priiy trod for each witnesses as this. Ilet her be ex amined." L4_19.11.119X109r.1.10.4b.the simplicity .of a cHifd, as she was, but there ens a direct ness about it which carried conviction of its truth to every heart. She wan rigidly c.voss examined The cniinsel plied her with in finite and ingenious ,questioning, hot Wee varied from her first statement Id nothing The truth as spoken by that little child was sublime. Falsehood and perjury had pre ceded her testimony. The prisoner had entrenched himself in lies, until he deetned himself impregnable. Witnesses had falai (lid facts in his favor. and villainy had Man ufactured a supposed clear acquittal. but iiefore her testimony, fuliellood scattered like chaff. The little child for whom a mother had prayed for strength to he given her to speak the truth as it was before God, inyika iliArumn i nc.iluvican of matuud de lainy to pieces e a potter's vessel. e strength that a mother prayed for was ;riven her, and the sublime and terrible simplicity (terrible 1 mean to the prisoner and his as sociates) with which she spoke was like a revelation frotpSiod himself. Do Indians Swear I This H a curious question, and the answer by Mr. Sehoolcraft should put the white man to blush. This gentleman, who has tor lita ny years closely sttuliell the characteristics or the rare, says : " Many things the Indians may be aecus ed of, but the practice of sweating they can not. I have made many enquiries Into the stat9_ of their vocabulary, end nothing in more bitter or reproachful than rnaich anne moosh, winch indicates aiMpiy, bad dog •rtie4 , have 'emit r- v.' chief; Invirderor, coward, fool, lazy Man, drunkard, babbler hilt I have never hoard of an iMptvcation oraiath. The gentOus of the !Legible does not acerb to favor the for ination of the terms used in oaths, or for The purpose of profanity. It is the result of the observation of others as well as my own, to say that Indians cannot ears." AN ACTOR RICFUSIN A CONSULSHIP -1 4 11 C Proeidencr, B. I , Adrrit»vr ry responsible for the following : Mr. McKean Buchanan, who has created such a sensation dining the week, appears again this evening as Odeon, in the new tragedy cif the " Merchant's Honor," and has been re-engaged for a few more nights By the way, we understand that I°rtaldent Buchanan hes always shown great partialt ty for his cousin, the tragedian, of whose talents he entertains the highest opinion, and that since ho reached the Presidential chair, ho has twice offered McKean a lucra tive situation under the government, giving him his choice of a responsible end valuable office,at, Washington. or the Liverpooll,)on sulahip. But the-tragedian is too thoroughly . devoted to his chosen profession, wo learn, to think of abandoning it. Fe. Tag Mortuosr Por.rer.—Sorne of those n ho assume w be acquainted with the Mormon policy, say that when the United States army enters Salt Lake City, they will find the Mormons all at work minding their own business,and wondering why tile troops were sent there. The' leaders will, however, be .absent. Finding no resistance, the troops willibe removed by the Government,and then the leaders will return, and the United States civitot6cora will he laillieeted to aatioyaucea similjir to these which induced the Govern meat to send outt the expedition. It in 'ar gued that a volunteer Itorce raised in the States, with si-view to permanent settlemon t in Utah,:le the orgy means of keeping these people in check. Tits LtiViSCRILTY StrzLElL—The difficulty between Messrs. Clay !Ind Cullom was ad- United on Tueaday afternoon ;' So tors Jo nston, of Arkanaas,. and Brown, of .Mis- Bias pi, nnderl ook ita settlement on ths,iiart of Clay, and Messrs. Underwood, of Kentuoky,and Zollikoffer, of Tennessee, on the , part of don. Cullom. The affair was then referred to Senators Toombs amt Crit tenden, who settled it in this-way: Mr. Clay diselsithed any intention of insulting Gener al Oullorn by what- he- said-it the time_of the quirret, add Cullom apologised for the blow. llroirratraons Cosinuirrios.—A horrrible ease of spontaneous combustion is reported SS having occurred, at Cairo, Illinois. A man named Faxon, suffering under ddirstint Itemen,r, entered a'saloon and called for a glass of brandy. immediately after drink ibg alas breath came in contact with a Betted match in the hand of a lastander, and instantlytook dre and buirnt- for nearly two minutes, when death ended his tortures. he agonizing screams of the wrOtehed man are described as having hien horrible in the extreme. BELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY, a, A righting Preacher, When our revolutionary war fleet broke out, and Congrese called Upon the several States to fiwnish regular regiments for the Continental line, Peteiliftiblenberg, a pas tor IMAM, Tenth Legion, mounted his pulpit one tine morning, told his congregation he was going to the wars, and 'exhorted as many of them as (mold raise • the pluck, to follow his example. ILI words look like wildeflre—wregiment was aeon raised—and Peter himeelf was appointed Colonel. Never was there a betteichoiee. Peter ?Ought even better than he prayed. Ills regiment was everywhere, where hard knocks were going on-41._Tranton,- at-Prizi apn. -at-Brandy wino, at Germantown, at Monmouth, at Yorktown, and Peter} was always at the head of his regiment. So prominent was ho upon such occasions, that with some of his admirers he obtained the »nine of Devil Pete, while by the army generidly he was known as righting Parson." His skill seems to have been equal to hie gallantry, for in a .1.0.1 1••• . I, was one among the highly esteeined of Wash ington's officers. , He was a striking crate phi of the fact that n man makes none the worse soldier for serving his Creator with (len. Havelock teems to have been a man Of very much the same build of Gen. hluh louberg. lie was 0110 of the genuine, old school; Cromwellian breed—a real fear-the Lord-and-keeplour-powder-ery," genera tion. lie preached to his men—he prayed with them-and even , baptised them. On one occasion lie was court-marilaled for this offence.. An inquiry into the state of his regiment proved h 0 satisfactory that the Governor General said tie wished ho would baptize the whole army. Now, the exploits of this man and his little force are absolute. ly marvellous. Ile has shown all the quali ties of a great °Meer- one worthy to take his place by the side of Wellington and Marl borough. They have shown all the quali ties of the twat and bravest soldiers. They fought six battles in six days, and each time against the odds of ten to one, and were vic torious every time. They marched through a swamp of foes lighting at every step, in the burtuna eV...aux.( k r tk. &Lon est., baleen I/1' twenty 10.000 • • They entered the city they were sent tdlrelieve, and were immediately surrounded, and shut in by Wen ly limos their number. Nothing daunt ed, they held on for months, fighting and victorious every day, and living upon a few ounces of rice, without any of the usual sup plies of European eoldiers. At last they were relieved, and (lie 01,1 parson had the glory and satisfaction of having by hi? in ) domilable bravery, preseterance and skile saved the lives of hundreds of bus country men! We cannot think of these things—of t the old inane simplicity, his modesty, and his great exploits —a ithout feeling a dispo sition to throw up out hats, and shout loud and long for the brave old " Baptist Pretteh er." The exploits of llnveloe - k and he men, &morale the idea long entertained tn F. 1114.- land, and openly avowed 'dy a formerElinis try, that the more profligate the army, the better the soldier, It is our firm belief that honesty, morality, and above all, religion, are essential to man in the performance of earthly duty, eten the dlity‘of a soldier, and heeeafter', if we ever hear a man dispute this point, 4011 refer to fighting old Havelock : and his glorious regiment of true blue Bap tists, in support of our opinion. Depend upon it, a soldier doeS not fight the vrorse'for dolumending his soul to his maker. Cool Fighting Df trio barbers shop tight at IV'llard's, between Lieutenants Robert Williams, Ist Regiment of Dragoons, and David Bell, Ist Regiment of Cavalry, a Washington writer says : The gallant Lieutenants had almost slinuitaneously repaired to the barber's strop fur the purpose of gettiwalAye4,or having . their hair cut. The moment - they encoun tered they fought, but in the most gentle. manly and quiet manner. Williams broke his CRAP over Bell's-140d, am) the twtl grad. pled and struggled with as flinch &moms restraint as if they had been acting a tableau in a fashionable drawing room. nit an oath, not an exclamation, not a loud wont escaped them. Bell having no canvili. treatead to get one. Be presently ret ed accompanied by • Iliend. Williams was standing before a mirror ithietly adjesting his oravaklishich had been disarranged in auf scuffle. As Bell approached Mut itith lifted cane, he turned, folded his arms.land coolly awaited the blow. ,-Itt this: point the arbor, whose kaeups, vlals,_ bottles, and other fragile wares, had suffered soniewhat in the fisty,interposed with a politeness e "quittti tlnhaof the combatants-themselvear " nentlernen," he said, " permit me to suggest filet this is hardly sfit?litoe to fight in. 1 have already sustained •conttideribie damage by your tooveMents, and if the struggle is to bo renewed—" " You speak like a man of sense," inter posed 8011, suspending the descent of hit cane: " What you sky is 'very reasonable. This is no pike tbr a fight. Tho &filar Must be settled elsewhere. .hlike out your _bill for the damage we hare done,and I will pay it."' The,barber's account was presented and paid, and the belligerent sons of Mars with drew in the quietest manner possible. . 0 1, . Wind What you say Btiore (htiidiom It is glways . w well to avoid 'ltydng anything that is improper, but it is especially so be fore children : and here parents as 'well as others are often in fault. 'olllodeen havo as many, ears as grown persouni. and they,aro generally more attentive to what le said be fore them. What they benglpej see very apt to repeal : and as twerp), strdiscrw s cion tad got, astitietempiga ,of the world to disguise aujthing, . t lagenerally , sapseigillt. found " that children ity4 the truth." Yee that .hoyi; ' Ohm while yolk are speaking of a neigh in language thitt you would not have replsted. He does riot fhtly - uriNrisVaid - what you mein, but he will remember every word ; end it will he staange if. he does not eau* you to blush by the repetition. ..t gentleman was in the habit of calling at a neighbor's house, sad the lady had al- 1 ways expressed to him much adeasure in see ing bun. * Una - day, just after she had , re marked to him her happinessefrem Ins visit, the little boy entered toe •-...,i0. 'ALIO gen tleman took him on his knee and asked— " Arc , you not glad to see me, George 1" "No sir," replied the boy. " Why not, I my little man ?" he ecuttiame.i. " Because mother don't want you to some," said George. Here the mother looked daggers at her little son, and beasuie ' crimson.— 'ut he saw nothing. " 443 how do you know that, George I" '. Because she said yesterday that she wished that old bore would not call eniain." The gentleman's hal was 80011 is reqpiettiitt, and he left with the impression that truth la mighty and will prevail." Another child looltJharply into the face of a visitor, and 'being attiteti what she meant by it replied—" I wanted to see if you had a drop in your ,eye ; I have heard mother say that you have, frequently." , • A Loy once asked his father who it was lived next door to him, and then he heard the name, inquired if he was not v. fool.— " No, my little friend, he is not ft fool, but a very senvablellitn• —But why did you aak the qnestion 1" " %moose," replied the boy, "mother Raid The o day that you :yavat 1'1,940 MAN' seallt u lari " saki TIM a neighbor, CO kiine and a.sk• vto take tea with her Dila evening." " Did she say at "hat time, my dear 1" "No ma'am ; she only said she would ask you, and then the. thing would be off her mind . that's all she said." A Miracle ,The mention of almsgiving recalls a some 4ast ludicrous story of modern date, where a most opportune miracle was wrought. The well.k.rilwix,French missionary, Father Bnilaine, in% always poor, for the simple reason that , oll gave away everything he had. Ono evening he asked for a eight's lodging of the curate of a village through which he passed. and the worthy man, having only one bed, shared it with him, Atdaybteak, Father lindainti toao, accorling to custom, and wad to say his valets at the neigh boring church. Returning fruin,ids sacred duty, he met a begger, who naked alma.— " Alas, nil trieUd, I have nothing :" said the gond priest, mechanically putting his hand in his'breeches pocket, where, to his aatonishment, he found sotnething hard wrapped up M a paper, which he knew he had not left there. Be hastily opened the paper, and seeing four crowns In it, cried out that it was a miracle ! Ile gave the money to the beggar, and hastened into the I church to return thanks to Glod. The pu rate soon after arrived there, and Fidler Bridainc related them iraciu with the great est unction the curate turned pale, put his hand in his pocket, and hr-an- instant per ceived that Father Bridaiuo, iu getting up in the dark, bad taken this wrong pair of breeches ; he bad rezrforined a miracle with the curate's clowns. OLIO Beit AT llowl.v—A Of letter to a Musical gentkanse7vOifeW , Metal that Ole Bull had been meet...A h great ep thusisem, not only at Bergen, JO. city of hie birth, but is Christiana, mid every city Or tillage through which h 0 pawed. "From the theatre he was followed home by thous. ands of tenons, iocbmpamed by a band of music, and, even after he had_ entered bill he tet, the orithuthistic Multitude continued for dome tints to pour forth their Joyous soda- Mations at his wife ramie to his father. land." Qum* Wm/A.—One day, about three. weeks ago, a lady of (his viclatiy, s4s the Johnstown !oho, attended the Innersl of her mother at f 3 o'clock P. fa.-1 e (o the *I taco blushing trittle (wepre4 blush ed, if she didn't she ought,) at 6 o'clock, just three hours afterward, and inn* ht Mak ing apylicaltioh for a divorce. /lighty* her grief over the 'Math of her Mother It Dow . assuaged. If any )blari, front Maine 65 Georgia, says the Richmond Attverthier, vidt; itir the (hid trial; Say "sss slim slier Mplints," Without making a blunder, and spittle flirt as he goes over the words, /09110 have the °rock et Almanac sent to lam for al: yeera, . Ns of the toasts drank at a rooent cabs bratii;Lints : Woman ! she requites no culo die +(peaks for het self." THURSDAY, MARCH 11,1858 e AND TNODDIT I ANNOfir RILLIGIOUS, I 111.10* UN WILL 11A*11 , 211NOt ON MN." tiodis Merciful, My friend: but does it Mohr that he will Pato mercy on nu with out religion ? Ho is essentially end nitely merciful beyond your conception of mind ; from his throne does all th‘tappi: ids* In the ugliness : but deem thia protai he wilt aivii you In sin tie gate his-Son to die for sinners ; but Abed not tijik(preie a Justine which mind tie initialled, though the stroke fah on the held or his beloved Son ? -11t.vonda.fizrth, biR _ttirit. renew_ _ anti sanctify; but dot% not that prove a holiness which with not admit the defiled into 'his presence, nor receive the polluted into his kingdom ? He has hitherto hleased you, though evil Ind unthankful but does that prove that you may not, in the hardness of your im tventtent heart, be treasuring lip for yolieself wrath arsinet the flay of wrath and revela tion t 4 the righteous sudgment of God Ifs treiv bestows blessing,' on the evil and the good, but is that evidence that he will never make a:discrimination, and ttc cdr4lng to his pledged word, render to eve ry man according to Mq works God is merciful ; but if mercy forbids the exercise of justice, how is it that pain in thousand ways is experienced in this world oeßtn, ea that all mankind are obliged to leave it by suffering the penalty of death ; and how is it that the God of mercy has, in the future world, prepared " everlasting punishment," " where the worm dieth not, and the the is not quenched f" Uod is merciful; but will he Lake to hea ven onb *inner in violation of the eternal law of his kingdom that " without holiness no man shall see, the Lord 1" God is merciful ; but would it be an act of mercy to admit into the new Jerusalem, the man who has no spiritual fltuesS for its I employments—a man whose unconverted heart would be roused to opposition and tortured with encmity by every sight and 'sound and discovery of that world of light, benevolence and bliasl • if Rill goes onjiiiirtished; the Aloseili ; Poses his control over his Subjects, the 0 • Oyes to obedience aro weakened ; the righteous are czposed to the annoyance of the wicked ; and confusion would 411 the universe of God. Goodness, then, demands the maintenance of justice, and imperatively Torliida that mercy should be extended to the unholy. If" a God all mercy, Were a God ,lunitrist," a God all merely, Were a God unkind. God la merclful ; And theiefore, without religion you mutate lost. Oh, abandon your fallacious dependence. Regent of sin, be lieve I li a crucified Saviour, And prove your sincerity by a holy life. Then, and then only, will you realize the 'preciousness of the truth, that God's merciful. ormon Flirtations. 'hider the polygsmio or ••plurality" aye, tem of Mormondom, as they prefer to call it, there is, as might be expected, many a new and curious development of life. A recent visitor to Salt (Ake City relates the following " Elsewhere Ure,. attettlionit of the fbrtner to the letter pass for nothing ; here a girl knows that her partner May'at any moment be her lover and her suitor, though. his wife is dancing in the via a vis ; and many a flirtation is buoyed up by the circumstan ces. Men, toy, of the brighter sort, love to use their position, end carry on canvas that would .CAY•i•• a monogamist craft. Second and third wives „take little heed of the woo-, ing ; but you may now and then see a wo man glancing too eagerly round, and from her half-concealed jealousy and hatred, and farpredominating over the other two, you may guru, what year will be told, that the :satcher is an only Ortfe ; other. women, if they see her, Will cotno and tell her she is no Mormon to look so after herhushand,and laugh at her foolish expectation of keeping an entire husband to herself. that girl now evidently knows the wife is watching, bar, rind, coqttets all the more eagerly with the husband; perhaps she may nitwit+ him af ter all, perhaps net wish to de se, perhaps find herself unable it she wishes ; but they are not the only couple followed, by eyes struggling to see, and yet not to believe.— They tell me F—yonder loves his wife beyond the wont of husband in this part of Alm world, and will not marry -another : so my partner, horselike wife though not in the that lostrunt of wives, tells, me, and inti mates her opinion, that F--- and his wife aye both fools to set themselves against the fashion of the place -But surely is Oirtang With Kate Copeland pretty strongly at this cnothent,' one suggests:— ' Flirting—. thitis gentle Ward, we never use, it ; but not really courting Rater he's ono} teasing is wife t though he won't marry *au, he lies ng that. • - Woe's I unnairtiod, 1 oak the .prtauleat to mike him marry me,' ' What foe, to tease her V No, to teach her : then - she would not think herself better than the reit Unit ; why should she I' I turned the subjeot. having no . wisb tor an argurneanse 44.A.see nem, and some places are unsuitable to the real ergrprneetuin ad frail thld irenittil, Gen. heksou'a Toilet. lteddcing Gilt* Talc—fievi Node of , Thesettend , temper of President Buchan'. , Cidienitit4 Take,. an, hit easy, pleasant manners and,rwCy e'er.- ' It annisstmo, Peb. 27, 1858. ueraitian, hive llwtys rendered him a great Yesterday there was little or nothing dime favorite in sticlety abroad as Well as at home, 1 in the House, eseeirt the revling of a few and few oi our Public men hare laid UP'eueli bills in place, sonic of whichVriil'hrh"risfif"? it stool( of antheliii and valuable reminis ; , ithperttuit if they :limild rerelveingislative capon," There is ont,!inecdote; which ho land executive Illulotion. One of therm was tells pitteneral Jackson, which is so char- i read by laniard L. tintith of Bertits,imd i actoristio of the tild,hero that" is worth pre.; provides for the reduction of the State tax serving.. The President relates that one day ' on Feat and, personal estate to two mill& during the atiotioistratiou of Ottl iliekory, ( thy the 32d add 34th sections ofthe set el he went to the Whito'House to asjt' pertnis•t 2tnit of April, itt.`,A ••lt was list) at thaw Sion to Kellent to him the celebrated Misslmills on the duller. I have no idea what 114 logsiii eittotl. Gen. Jackson retdily as- !fate will bs; as triterehan been no lispralon Se 7 rai3; - liiur .iiii." to next day for the in: tonite.r'neriti ; but. unless Mr. Smith shows tervicw. At the appointed hour Mr. - flu-' where t yre are to lieriVe the revenue to take chnnAti repaired with his fair charge to the Pi, .01entall Nlanaion, and leattmg the kflY one of the drawing morns he rtiotinteiP to the prn rite cabinet of the President. To tits great surprise and disappointment, lie found the tienoral hurried in his books and papers, and attired in a plain morning dress, hi. Ills HlVOra° pipe In his mouth. The Senator from Pennsylvania was greatly embarrassed. He was appre hensive that if ho announced MIAS l'abiu's presence the gallant veteran would descend all in negitge, as he was. :Ir. Buchanan did not like to expose the renowned belle to such a shock as that, and," on the other hand, he equally dreaded offering a sugges tion on the eubject to the old fiery horse.— Thero was no alternative, however, and he had to state that Misa Caton wee waiting the Ueneral's presence hi the green drawing room. Up jumped Old Hickory at the first word and laid down his pipe. There was not a moment to be lost, so M,. Buchanan, in a timid and apologetic'winner, ventured to observe that the " lady Auld very well wait till the President had shaved himself." The General Raw what ho was driving at, and shook hia frizzly head at him like the mane of an enraged lion. Buchanan," thuelered out the ormolu- owl old man, " did you ever hear of the nun in Kentucky who got rich by minding hin own business I" Without stopping to say whether ho was acquainted with the indi tibial in queetion, the experiorkiipp. Oita lockv companion doom 4taira. In • Mr. minutes afterwards the hereof New /,Meant entered the room with the dignitx of manner _which no tmOn knew better how to •esumo and great wu Mr. Buchanan'n relief to find that, pot only was Ilia face virgiuial in its antoothneaa, bUt that do inta grit up (n liii brat black milt, with boobs of Unities)! ridi- I=l .-- 111 $* 15 till ;WITH POLL OP SIXDS I -.The feet that earth or soils brought up from differ ent depths of the earth have, when exposed to the sun or air, become covered-with veg etation, has led many to. suppose that the whole earth from centre UI circumference, is futi of seeds. !this cannot Wit* came ; but there are, nevertheless, remarkable instaii• ces of the fact above named We onco threw up a lot °rename grawel, late in the fall, from a depth of nearly ten feet, awl early the next spring it was covered with pig weeds which grew very luxuriantly., The greatest depth we ever heard of seeds being !frica we find in a recent exchange paper. In bor ing for water, lately, at Kingston upon the thaines some mirth was brought up from the depth of three hundred and sixty feet.— This earth was , carefully covered with a hand-glass, to prevent the possibility of any other seek being'deposited upon it ; yet, in a short time, plants vegetated from it: -- Nn eish paper. Tin Nouse do not comprehend the aim• plea ntletojAdi lion and division. Tn bes to whoa' large sums are paid by our Govern ment have no clear proceptlon of the amount they receive, unless the pieces of coin ate spread before them, hence the difficulty ex perienced so often With them In money transacttuns with She ticivemment, Bun dles of small sticks, tied up, are the ordina ry mode of counting. Their anthinetical root is a decinut Five angers on each hand hold up hi it decimal ; five toes on each foot, appealed to, contorts this into it vingtigesi. null. But the peices of money, or things of illy kind, must be shown to enable( them to understand the sum. There is no rule of multiplication, division, &c. There is abso lutely no mental appreciation of sums. The more advinced tribes are better arithmeti.: clans. They have profited by education. and niore by intertabiture of noes. The Choctaws have waive forms to fen hundred thousand. Ilia OCCCIPATION.;—A first,rete joke' . took' place quite latidy in the Cline. room. A woman was tootlfring in behalf of her onn-i and: swore Ihtt,..he had worked on a farm “ejer since he was born." 'The lawyer who °rose exaspined her mid, " Xen,assert that your Bunion worked on a farm ever eines he was born." " I do." What did lye dO the Aret " He milked?" • 0 - The lawyer evaporated': The **St tO a man's (see is ittok toil tither people's tfnsi tieee Remember %IL —iop" who &re Jn the. habit of bobblog "wound'. . MINN V. 50 rr ADVASCI. TOLUMV, 3-N Cf 2411101 11 tlio place of ON that is abandoned, it intmt fad, Judge Sill rend in place a bill to-clay ni 'elation to the collection of laces. Its team features Are, that before the first or Aril iii each year, the con 1111 l ssioners of t very:oust ty shall make out their dirplOmtes, certify to their correctness, and hand them over to the county treasurer for collection. It k the duty of the treasurer to give notice, by ad vertisculent, published to at,least two news papers, elating the wile and place that he will inert the tar payers in the different townships. At the tithe appointed the treasurer is to attend. Jill that pay their taxes have an abate ment of five per mint. made from their State tax, not from that of the county. It alao provides that after the expiration of thirty day* from the 12th of July all balance* of taxes unpahl are to be handed over to tha constabtes of the several tovrnshipi. These oftiecra havo authority to levy and &Aram property to pay said taxes, and,are allowed the slum: fcrs they receive fur like services in other cases. ft at.; tqx.oa aro pael without levy, then tho constable charges tivo per cent. on the amount to the persons who hekte to ray. it is also rustle the duty of the seieral Courts of Quarter tiesetuns.whots hey swear in consnable.4 who have hear t c leeted or nho are appointed, to fix the a- mount of bail to c.orreapond with the amount Of times which they way be calletrou to collect. r ereoryAn some Otlbercowitiee for awns years pas), aryl is found to upends saran tageousi .if it were adopted generally, it, would taro atleast ono hundred thousand dollars annually to the people. I am in formed by nercralsgentlemen who represent counties that have adopted the plan that is recommended by Judge 'Nill to be a general law, that the taxes arc paid in promptly— more so than where the pollection is left to tex collectors.--Cur. of the Philo. Press A goniantio Gipsey atom lot story ,e-alloet, that. setae gossip -tag been s occasioneclin Cumber land County, Pa., by.thsfollowing'cireurostances iiir. George Fry,ofSbipperoduirg,saarried a mosey girl, belonging to a gang who were haunting the neighborhood, about three years ago. The gipsley girre father was sti enragedjit this that-he kidnapped her, and sent her to parts un:snown. Mr. Yry mown ed her less two years. and then married again. But any. the 9hippensburg News Impreek Mr. Fry's first wife—his gip•ey wqr—in company with George Fry the second," arrived in this Aside in search bf him ! By the stisirdence of Officer Shade; she was successful in finding Mtn. Limited space forbids in; Iron enteimg I into detail'', at th is tiitie, or the exertniating sulleri , ffg Mrs . Fry has ...undergone Mice her departure from this place. Tholhlelligeuce ether husband's second tuarrlige was a so rem shock to het, but lOU emphatically do. clarea her exclusive riglit to him. It lip- Pears, by the way, that Mr. Pry's second *ife wits "sr widow," that her husband went to Califtunia &Me years ago, and, soon af bor his arrival them, it was rumored that ho was Murdered. A thsv week' Magee loiter was rec.eiired fronilitirtby her. Ved tan Woo' Informed, in which hb stmt. (bat he will re turn in the next steamer, dm, Whit. tlicl ifyyds of this romance will bo is.beyon . 4 thee power of human ken. Naw WAY OF VAxi:4o 4:Wiz was.- -It is oten snider too lrils how artleitt the Pride than the °horny* men. A slithrdt pitieacher, after an eloquent c*ity Aitken, I,said to hie bearers', " 1 ani lifted, from. the sympathy displayed iii Ibur countananeett, that nom of 310'u may giTh too &mob. / caution yoti, thcrofore, tbstrint attotaltiate just befinV you MI generous, Usli wish you to understand that we datiroatoculowho cannot Pay his debts to pUt ajthiug le the place." The collection wiLs & Aeltailt,&&4o, Thu poniorroglio ro-Whoid/Onsel jail Pt e V i " 2 itfiab&s, , e dbpb CCI al* **Gatos *salted; rho- .ae doothisf the maw temple ofeethoett4Y he nOrr thrown open, miadthitt, ltfl giipanpytt, Rhinos be, allowed to caw in, Prof" their sins, and be admitted to tiro orrraAtK44:-=*ie0..0146 Oa. Zit Gazette, time tho'ditootorik ert440.41k Wend goodly ti l 44o4l,l* * ** Akek wootreeskst Cheimmonv 111,1drokons disi9 Moen the old oreu/ooket. Ii IMII 13121 _~z___,---.._ MIMI ~- ---
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