ie oy wid]. Dr i VOL. 6. ey + B ELLEFONTE, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1861. NO. 19, Sr ~ 4 Terms of Publication. BERMS :—8$1,50 ots. if paid within three months $2,00 if dlayed six months, and $2,50 if not paid Select Poetry, within the year. These terms will be rigidly ad- d to. Rered to. ADVERTISEMENTS and Business Notices insert ed at the usual rates. and every deseription of JOB PRINTI RXECUTED in the neatest manner, at the lowest prices, and with the utmost despatch. Having purchased a large collection of type, we are pre- pared to satisfy the orders of our friends. Business Directory. WILLIAM ¥I. BLATR, ATTORNEY AT LAW. we BELLEFONTE, PA. in the Arcade, second floor. ® X. M'ALLISTER. JAMES A. BEAVER. ALLISTER & BEAVER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ; BELLEFONTE, PENNA. JAMES J. RANKIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PENN'A. @ffice, on the Diamond, one door west of the t Office. EVEN NM, BLANCHARD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PEN'NA. @floo formally occupied by the Hon. James Burn: de. J. J. LINGLE, SURGEON DENTIST, . BELLEFONTE, CENTRE C0., PA. J sow prepared to wait upon all who may desire professional services. Rooms at his residence on Spring street. WILLIAM P. WILSOX. LINN & WILSON: ATTORNEY'S AT LAW" ©Mce on Allegany street, in the buildin wmerly occupied by Humes, McAllister, Hale Bankers. SUURL LINN. for- Co, AMBROTYPES, PHOTOGRAPHS & DAGUERREOTYPES, Baken daily {xoint Sunday) from 8 A.m.to bp.u ? BY J. S. BARNHART, ¥n his splendid Saloon, n the Arcade Building, Bellefonte Penn’a. DB. G. L. POTTER, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, : BELLEFONTE, CENTRE CO., PA, @ffice on High Street (old office.) Will attend to ofessional calls as heretofore, and respectfully Wars his services to his friends and the public. PR. J. B, MITCHELL, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, BELLEFONTE, CENTRECO., PA. WTI attend to professions! calls as heretofore, he Epi” offers his services to his friends and ublic.” Office next door to his residence on g street. Oot 28-58-tf. S. T. MURRAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PEXNK’A. OFFICE—The one formerly occupied by Judge P= rosido. ‘web. 14th, 1861--Vol. 6 : No. 8, BRA 6. MITCHELL. CYRUS T. ALEXANDER, RITCHELYL & ALEXANDER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELEFONTE, PENK'A Office in Reynolds’ Arcade on the Diamond. Ira C, Mitchell has nssociated C. T. Alexander with him in the practice ef law, and they will ge prompt attention to all business entrusted to m in Centre, Mifflin, Clinton and Clearfield sounties. BANKING HOUSE, —op — WM. F. RE¥NOLDS & CO., BELLEFONTE, OENTRE CO., PA. Bills of exchange snd Notes discounted. Col- Iestions made and proceeds premplly regaitted.-~ Interest paid on special deposits. Exchaggein the eastern cities constantly on hand for sale. Depos- fts receiyea = ¥. ©. HUMES, H. N. ALLISTER. ‘A. G. CURTIN. DEPOSIT BANK, GR HUMES, MgALLISTER, HALB. & €O. BELLEFONTE, CENTR#. CO., PA. Deposits Received—Bills of Exchange and Notes ‘Discounted —Interest Paid on Special Depogits— @ollections Made, and Proceeds Remitted Prompt- y—Exchange on the East constantly on hand: J. H. STOVER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOJX AT LAW. BELLEFON'IE, PENN'A. Will practice his profession ir the several Courts of Centre County, All business inty usted to him will be faithfully attended to. Partieular attention paid to collections, and all monies promptly re- mitted. Can be consulted in the ®erman as well #8 in the English language. Office en High st., former), Burnside and D. C. Boal, Te @RARLES H HALE. | HALE & HOY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . BELLEFONTE, ’A. i. attend Lonpily i si busioss ay to r oare. co i o building; fe pled by Hon. Jus, T. Halo. & i A CARD. ¥. 1. HALE. q. ADAM HOY. Mossrs Hare & Hoy will attend fo my business and will during my absence in Congress, be as sisted em. December I5, 1859. F. P. GREEN, DBRUGGIST. BELLRFONTE, PA. WaoLesALE AND RETAIN DEALER IN Jags T. Hane. Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Paiita, Oils, Var. wishes, D th Br snd Shoulder Braces. Garden Seeds. Customers will find myst ock completss and fresh, and all sold at moderate prices. EFF Farmers and roars &ro nvited to examine my stock. J. & W. P. MACUANUS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. James Macmanug has associated with Wm. P. Macmanus; Esq., in the practice of Law. ~Profes- sonal business intrusted to their care will Yeoceive They will attend the yo veral of Centre, Clint. and prompt attention, \'ourts in the Counties \ Jouried, ce on Allegheny street in th i y for- ¢ #ly occupiedby Linn & "Wilson, Siding 4) A. 0. FURST, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. AV ILL practice in the several Courts of Yt rue and Clinton conntics. All legn aeleius LEE f i FFIOE~On the North-west corner of the Ii- * We 29, 1801. —1y: DEDICATED TI THE SIXTH MASSACE [USETTS REGIMENT Our country’s call awoke the 1a nd From mountain height to eco? n' strand. In all her direst dangers traf ,, Resolved to answer to heraxy For her to bleed, for her to ¢ Jie; And so they marched their § ag before, For Washington, through ¥ jaltimore, ‘First in the field they soug ht the way, Hearts beating high and § pirits gay ; Heard the wild yells of fir ondish spite, Of armed mobs on left and right; But on they marched, the ir flag before, For Washington, through Baltimore. Next came the Massachus, ‘otts men, Gathered from city, glade a nd glen; No hate for South, but love forall, They answered to their ‘com 1try’s call. The path of them seemed }1 ‘oad and bright, They sought no foemaun and. no fight, As on they marched, their fia) g before, New Englend’s braves, thre ugh Baltimore. But when they showed their ) martial pride, And closed their glittering c¢ ‘lumns wide, They found their welcome in Of maddened foes and demo) 18 dire, Who, like the fiends from hel | sent forth, Attacked these heroes of the 2 Vorth; These heroes bold, wish travel sore, While on their way through Bi wltimore. ogesupied by Judge y mé in the trial of all causas entrusted to ye-Stuffs, Toilet Soaps, Brushes, Hair and , Fanoy and Toilet ArticMes, Trussels om the country entrusted to his care will receive Prop, THE MEN WHO FELL IN, BALTIMQRE. BY J. W. FORN} Y, The old Keystone, the Bay 8' (ate too, Our men from Berks and { ichuylkill came— Lehigh and Mifflin in thel r train; the fire From every stifling den and sd “eet, They rushed the gallant band > meet-— Forgot the cause they came to 8 ave— Forgot that those they struck Vvore brave— Forgot the dearest ties of blood That bound them in one brotherh pod— Forgot the flag that floated o'er Their countrymen jn Baltimore, And the great song their son had penned. To rally freemen to defend The banner of the stripes and stars, That makes victorious all our wars, Was laughed to scorn, as madly then They greeted all the gallant men Who came from Massachusetts shore To Washington, through Baltimore, And when, with wildest grief, at last They saw their comrades falling fast, Full on the assassins in their track, They wheeled, and drove the cowards baok. Then, with their hearts o’erwhelmed witla woe, Measured their progress, stern and slow ; Their wounded on their ghoulders bore To Washington, through Baltimore, Yet, whilo New England mourns her dead, The blood by Treason fully shed. Like that which flowed at Lexington, When Freedom's earliest fight begun. Will make the day, the month, the year, They wanted no countryman to blunder in their work, They had their eye upon the very man. Mr. Samuel Sharp was a po- liceman of the city, and such marvellous stories had he told of his exploits in cap- turing rogues that his fame had reached the ears of the commission, and he was fix- ed upon as the agent who should bring the hidden places of the counterfeiters to light. Mr. Sharp was a gentleman, and, peshaps, a scholar ; and it was fancied that he eould travel over the road without its being! sus- pected that he was an officer. At all events, Mr, Sharp was engaged to do the work ; and he was accordingly furnished with money for the trip, and also with the names of the suspected persons. This last item was a very Important one, and the policeman de- termined to make the most of it. With such information to start upon he felt sure of success—so sure, that he told his employers he might depend upon him. Written down in a little hook be had the names of a doz- en men who were known to be great rogues: who had been seen in Canada within a month ; and who were furthermore known to have had some hand in issueing bogus notes. The thing was now to find their lurking place ; get possession of their tools and implements and stock in trade, and bring the villians to justice. Mr. Samuel Sharp said he could “do it. Ie said he would do it. Ie had a clue to the whereabouts of the rascals, and they could not escape him. IIe took tha rail as far as that would carry him on his way, and’ then took the stage. At Derby, close by the Canada line, he stopped to make his final arrangements. He was sure that his game was nol far away—not many miles over the line—and he determined to appraach it very carefully. On the following morning he took the stage which was to carry him into Canada; and, as the day was fine, he rode upon the box with the driver, The driver was a jolly loquacious individual, and soon learned from his passenger that he, the said passenger, was simply travelling for his health and amusemsnt. At noun they stop- ped for dinner at a small settloment, and in the afternoon Mr. Sharp had como to like the jolly driver exceedingly well—so much 80 that he laugh: d and joked about the pe- culiar institutions of the country. “I have heard,” said he, “ that you have a good many sharp rogues in Canada; and if it is all true that has Yoeen told to me, you must be more than a matoh for the Yan- kees.” The driver laughed, and in a joking way claimed that his people were really over- burderaed with honesty. “I at,” suggested Mr. Sharp, « they do a lititle keen horse trading once in a whiter” ‘‘ When they can do it honorably,” replied Jehu, with a wink, ‘ And,” pursued the detective, in a care- To every patriot’s memory dear. Sons of great fathers gone before, They fell for Right at Baltimore. As over every honored grave, Where sleeps the “uanreturning brave,” A mother sobs, a young wife moans, A father for his lost oe groans, Oh! let the ‘people ne'er forget Our deep, & uduring, lasting debt To those sho left their native shore And died, for usin Baltimore. Wasuixaron, May 1861. Miseellangous, A DETECTIVE TAKEN IN, BYBSYLVANUS COBB, JR. Our readers may remember the circum- stance of the arrest, somo eight or ten years and of the capture of a marvellous quanti- ty of tools and implements of the nefarious craft. It may have been over ten yearsago though I am inclined to think it was at ala- ter date, However, the newspapers were full of the startling intelligence at the time, and as my story does not depend for its interest or truthfulness upon the exact date, we will not be particular, And, further- more, if Mr. Sharp should see this bit of gossipping hietory, I beg that he will not blame me for having written it. He will observe that I have kept his real name out of sight; and so, if he keeps his own coun- sel, the uninitiated will be pone the wiser touching his share in the transaction. In that other time of which I have spo- ken, the business community of New Eng- land was startled by the appearance of new and dangerous counterfeit bank notes. They came, noone could tell whence; but they came In great quantities; and ere lon neafly every trader in the country had wt fered in the possession of one or more of these bogus promises-to-pay. The flood of counterfeits increased as the weeks passed on, and so nicely executed were they -that people began to loose their confidence in all inds of bank paper. At this stage of the gamo it became nec- essary for the banks to step in and do some- thing; and they did it—they did it for their own salvation. They came together by their representatives, and formed an .a3- sociation fur the purpase of breaking up counterfeiting then and in all coming time ; and in the hands of an elected commission wus loft ‘the business of employing such as might be necessary to the end in view. Intelligence had been raceived which rendered it certain that the eounter- feits were manufactured somewhere in Can- ada; and after a deal of inquiry and pa- tient investigation, the bank commission not only became assured that Canada was the point of issue, but they also obtained the name of some dozen suspected men against whom the evidence was at least strong enough to warrant their apprehension. But ow, how should these men be found ? Of course the work must needs be carried on carefylly and shrewdly, for counterfeitsrs are much like crows—they must be ap- the trap ghall Pras o the glarm. Away up in Maine lived an old deputy- sheriff named Ralph Barnum, who had some experience in such mattors, and it was sug- gosted to the commission thet they employ i \ ago, of a band of counterfeiters in Canada, |° proached so stealthily that the springing of “ess manner, “I have heard that a goodly enare of the bogus bank notes come from Canada.” “I’ve heard such stuff myself ; but I dont believe it. I never took but one bogus note and that I got in Vermont, I guess the Yankees made the moet o’ that.” And go they rattled on till night, when the stage stopped at a small in, where Mr. Sharp engaged lodgings. Iie did not speak for a seat in the coach for the next morning, for he imagined that he must already be in the neighborhood of his game It might be some miles away, but in all probability, not on the line of the stage route. So he told the landlord that he might stop with him for several days, at the same time intima- t'ng that he might also want a horse and carriage to ride around and visw tho coun- try. In a little while after this the landlord and the jolly stage driver were closeted to- gether in a back room, : Who is that chap?’ asked the land- ord, * He's a poke |” emphatically replied the Jolly stage driver, * [Ie’s come up here to lo ik after our folks. Ho ain't no pleasure hunter; but he’s a bogus huntin ; he talked ed about bogus money.” “Abal” said the landlord. “I thought 0, “But,” pursued the jolly stage driver, that aint all. That aint half. He asked me if I'd ever heard tell of such ‘a man as Bill Sawtell; and not long afterwards he wanted to know if ever I heard of a horse trader named John Downer. In course I never heard of any such chaps. But what does he} -want of Bill Sawtell and Jack Downer? How did he know there was any such men ?” “ Aha!” said the landlord. “He must be watched,” said the jolly stage-driver. «Aha! Leave him to me!” added the landlord, * Leave him to me!” In ton minutes from that time a sharp witted, quiet-mannered boy was put upon Mr. Samuel Snarp’s track, with directions to watch bis every movement, snd re- ort. - ? After tea Mr. Sharp sat down upon the piazza, and having convinced himself that he was aloe, took the little book from his pocket, and looked over the names he had there writtendown. } Now it so happened that Mr. Samuel Sharp was leaning against the sill of s window, the blinds of which were closed, and it further happened that within the parlor stood the little boy, peering down between the slats of eaid blinds, directly ye the afore mentioned book. By and by r. Sharp put up his book and walked away, and the boy went to repors. He, the boy, found the landlerd snd the jolly stage driver in the back room, and he told them what he had seen. He had seen the book in the stranger's hands, and he had read a lot of names that were written down there. He had read the name of Bill Sawtell, and the name of John Downer, and the name of Dennis McKnight, and some sight or ten more, which he called over, and which the landlord recognized as belonging to their very particular friends. ““ Aha!" said mine host. “I begia to el 1” echoed the joll dri “Qho {” echoed the jolly e driver; ¢ that’s his game.” ~ : In the gyening the landiord went into the bar-room, and found the overcoat of his 26 him ; but they fancied they knew better.. guest hanging upon a peg. It was a light loose seck, which Mr. Samuel Sharp wore as & “duster.” Mine host took the pgar- ment down, and carried it away, aud having ripped open the color, and examined iis make and quality, he packed in a littls ex- tra stiffening, and thon sewed it up as it should be, after which he earried the coat back, and hung it up where ho found — t. On the following morning, after Mr. Samuel Sharp had eaten his breakfast, and smoked a cigar, he proposed that he would take a ride. He said that he might ride. He said he might ride on tothe next town, and if hedid he would not be back before night. “The landlord dida’t miad that. He furnished the team as desired, and expres- sad his willingness thaf the guest should rids whither he pleased. In about an hour after Mr. Sharp bad gone, the landlord and the jolly stage dri- ver bestirred themselves. They hunted up a justice and an officer, and lodged a eoms- plaint against one Samuel Sharp, said com- laint setting forth that said Sharp was an ssuer of counterfeit money, The justice issued a writ, and the officer started off to serve it, the landlord and the jolly stage driver bearing him compauy. They over- took Mr, Sharp justashe drove up to the door of theinn at the next town, and the offieer arrested him at once, and took him into the parlor, where a large number of cu- rious people scon gathered. “Good heavens, gentlomen, what do you mean ?”’ cried Mr. Sharp. “Me a coun- terfeiter.” “ Qho,” cried the jolly stage driver, don’t try nons o’ that on us. I took the measure on you when you was on my stage. I'mark- ed what you said. Qho, you was a leetle too leaky. Twas a bogus bill as you pas- sed on me. Mr. Sharp was astounded. He knew that he had said something tothe jolly stage driver ahout counterfeiting, but he had no idea that it could bave been turned against him. y “I must-search your person,” said the officer, “ Certainly,” replied the detective. During this operation the landlord sug- gested that counterfeiters hid bogus money away in strange places. “Oho, that’s so,” said the jolly stage dri- ver: and thereupon a more thorough search was commenced. “ Aha! What's this?” It was something peculiar in the feeling of the color of the over:sack, The officer out with his knife, and ripped it epen, when lo and behold, the evidence was in sight! Within that color, very nicely packed away between the cloth and tha lining, they found eight thousand dollars of counterfels mon- ey! Tt. Samuel Sharp stood aghast, and knew not what to say; when he did speak, his words were only taken as eo much evi- dence of his guiit. In short, Sharp was fully committed, and marched away to jail, while the lookers on went about their busi- ness ; the accommodating landlord and the jolly stage driver returning to look out for the next detective that might happen to come along. Mr. Samuel Sharp remained in jail eight- and forty hours, and then managed to gain an interview with the high sheriff. He told his story so plainly and directly, and had such a documentary evidenca to show that he soon convinced the sheriff that he really was an officer in the pursuit of duty, and that a rascally trick had been played ypon him. The sheriff saw through the matter at length, and concluded that the prisoner might be set at liberty. “Of course, I eannot give you liberty at present by any legal process; but, under the circumstances, I am willing to take a great responsibility. If you you will give me your word that you will return at onee to your home, and not remain heve, I will persuade the jailor to let you make your escape this night. Mr. Sharp accepted the offer with. many thanks: That night he found the door of the jail open; and, before the light of an- other morning, be was beyond the line, in Vermont. He reached his home, and made his report ; and it was the conclusion of the bank commission that Mr. Samuel Shar was not sharp enough for that sort of busi- ness. The next step was to send to Maine for Ralph Barnum; and in dye time Mr. Ralph Barnum made his appearance. He said he would go in quest of the rogues, and his terms were as follows: In addition to the pay he demanded for his time, he demanded the right to expend as much money on ac- count of his employers as he wished. He promised that he would keep a fair account of every dollar thus expended. If he wish- ad to buy s horse, a horse he must buy; if he wanted to buy sn ox, an ox he must buy. And, if he wantel'a hundred horses, or a hundred oxen, he must have the means to purchase. Only, he promised that he would be as careful as possible, and purchgse that which would readily sell again. The ecowcmission Bually consented to this, asd Mr. Barnum went his way. dJustim- agine s middle-aged, red-faced man, with an honest jolly look ; standing six feet and four inches in his stockings, and weighing nearly three hundred pounds, and you have an ides of Ralph Barnum. In the garb of an old cattle drover he made his way into Canada, and commenced at once to examine all the best stock, occasionally buying, as his fancy seemed to be suited. In this way, he spent a month, in the very neighbor- hood where Mr. Sameul Sharp. had been operated on, and at the end of that time he was master of every secret he desired #o know; yet #0 carefully had he kept his own eounsel, and so persistantly had be follow- ed his professsed calling, that his real in- tent was not suspected. In the end the train was laid, she force made veady, and the trap sprung. As I said at first, those who read the most important haul of counterfeiters snd counterfeiting implenjonts ever made in this country. And in closing, I may add, thet conspicuous among the prisoners were the sccommddating landlord and the jolly stage driver, 684 A MILITARY PIG. During the last war with Great Britain, a very remarkable circumstance occurred in connection with the invasion of Canada. A company of Kentucky volunteers destined far Shelby’s army had their rendezvous at Harrodsburg, in Kentucky, and formed s sort of nucleus or rallying point for the mil- itary recruits of that part of the country,— When they marched from Harrodsburg to- wards the Ohio river, having got » mile or two on their way, they noticed two pigs fighting, and delayed their march to ses it out. After they had resumed their march, the pig which had been the victor in ile contest, was observed to follow thea. At night, when they encamped, the pig found a shelter near, and balted also. The next day the pig accompanied the troops as before ; and thus it marched every day and halted every night with the soldiers, or near them. When they came opposite Cincin- nati, at which place the troops ware to cross the Ohio in a ferryboat, the pig, on getting to the water's edge, promptly plunged in end swam across, and then waited ou the other side until the whole cortege crossed over, and then renewed. its post upon one side of the moving columm, Thus the ani- mal kept up with the troops until they crossed the State of Ohjo and reached Lake Erie. On the journey, as the men grew fa- miliar with their comrade, it became a8 pet, receiving 2 share of the rations issued to the soldiers, and destitute of provisions as the troops found themselves at times, no ome thought of putting the knife to the throat of their fellow soldier. What they had was shared, and if they fared scantily as the rest at times, it still granted on, and menifested a8 much patriotism in his own line as the bipeds it accompanied did in theirs. At the margin of the Lake she embarked with the troops and went as far Bass Island. But when offered a passage over into Canada, she obstinately refused to embark a second time. Some of the men attributed her con- duct to constitutional scruples, and observed that she knew it was contrary to the Con- stitution to force a militia pig over the line. She therefore had leave to remain. . After the campaign had clesed, the troops recrossed the Lake, having left some of their horses on the American side. As goon as the line was formed, to the great surprise of the troops, there wag the pig on the right of the ling, ready to resume her march with the rest. By this time the winter frosts had get in, and oe animal suffered greatly on the homeward march. She made out, how- ever, to reach Maysville, where the troops recrossed the Ohio river. There sho gave out, and was placed in trusty hands by Gov. Shelby, and finally taken to the Govornor’s home, where she passed the rest of her days in ease and indolence. There are many in Kentucky who oan now attest the truth of this remarkable sto- ry. MODERN YOUNG GIRLS. There are a great many young ladies who work—who have to work—who spend no time in simpering and eequetting—-who wash their gloves, and iron their collars, snd knit their stockings with their own hands. There are scores who despise dependence upon their hardworking fathers and mothers, and so learn trades, and work ten or twelve hours a day. They would cheerfully do housework, if the young men would invite them to become wives. But the young men seem to prefer the butterflies—the brainless do nothings ; and the result is, that the class of girls we refer to, young ladies of energy and industry, who would really help their husbands to accumulate wealth--live snd die in single blessedness. We have found very few young men in our life time, who did not perceive the truth of what we are saying. They acknowledged that working, industrious girls—the girls who work in shops, or insist upon relieving their mothers of some of the cares and labors of housekeeping, are the girls to be married. But they are not the girls we meet with at balls and parties ; and so, while the young man hag determined to marry one of them at last, he has sought the butterflies for present amusement. The amusement has had this effect. interviews at the social gatherings, a few evening walks, and the working girl has been forgotten ; the real prize lost. But- terfly is carried home, and 8 servant girl is hired to vrait upon her, the bills run up and are not paid, ruin enues, in one shape or another, and then all the young men are in- vited to take warning. Their friend's mis take is not geen , but the fact that he got married is taken ag accounting for all his miseries. If he had married a woman, instead of a bundle of whalebone, millinery and erino- line, he would have got along well enough, Qur belief is, that any man who takes care of himself can afford to have some ens to help him. Yet plain enough it is, that no one but a millionaire can afford to marry one of the fnony things we call ladies, which may be seen walking the street any pleasant stternoon. The truth, which needs to be preached just now, is that those ‘ladies’ are educated and dressed for the market. If young men dg not overvalue them, we should not see them. They don’t know much, it ig true ; but th8y do know what kind of a hook marriageable fishes like to swallow. Horer ReguraTioNs.—The landlord of a hotel at the capital of South Carolina posted in his barroom, as a mark of respeet to the Legislature, the follwing notice: Look here—the following rules of order will be hereafter obeyed in this hotel : Members of the Assembly will go to the table first, and the gentlemen afterwards.” After reading it oyer he did not exactly like it, It didn’t say snything about rowdies and bleck- gusrds; so, to caution them particularly, he added: ‘Nota Bena. Rowdies and blackguards will please not mix with the members, as if js bard to tell one from the er. newspapers of the time, cannot have for- oth gotten tbe result. It was the largest and }™ ee pre : Sous malicious geoundrel has ponped the following : Eve did not know ag much as her daughe ters ofthe present day. Had they Leon jn her place instead of being deceived they would tye deceived the G= 1 A few meetings at the bail reom, a few |, GEORGE WILSON, A few years since as Mr. Gallaudet wag walking in the streets of Hartford, thera came running to him a poor boy, of very ordinary appearsuce, but whase fine intelli- gont eye fixed the attention of the gentleman as the boy inquired : ¢ Sir, can you tell we of a man who would like & bay to work for kim, and learn him tg read 2” 5 .8 Ja boy are you, and wherp do yoy ive 1’ “1 have no parénts,’’ waa the reply, “and have just run away from the work hous, because they would not learn me to read.” The gentleman made arrangements with the anthorities of the town, and took the boy into his own family. {hep he learned to read. Nor was thisall. Ile soor acquire 8d the confidence of his new associates by faithfulness and honesty. He was allowed to use his friend’s library, and made rapid rogress in the acquisition of knowledge. — t became necessary, after a while, that George should leave Mr. Gallaudet, and ha became apprenticed to a cabinet maker in the neighborhood. Thera the same integrity won for hig the favor of his new associates. To gratify hia inclination for study, his mass ter had a little room furnished for him in the upper part of the shop, where he devoted his leisgre hours to his favorito pursuits.— Here he made large attainments in mathe- matics, in the French language and other branches, and being in the situation a few years, one eyoening, whilg sitting at tea with the family, he remarked that he wanted tg go to France, “Go to France!’ said his master, sur. prised that the apparently happy and con- tented bay should thas suddenly becoma dissatisfied with his situation ** for what #’* His kind friend was accordingly invited, At tea time the apprentice presented himself with his manuscripts, in English and French, and explained his singular intention to go tg France. > « In the time of Napoleon,” said he, ‘a prize was offered hy the French government for the simplest plan of measuring plain surfaces, of whatever gquiline. The prize has never been awarded,” He then demonstrated his problem to thg surprise and gratification of his friends, who immediately furnished him with the meacs of defraying his expenses, and with letters of introduction to Hon, Lewis Oass, then our minister to the court of France. He was introduced to Louis Phiippe, and ip the presence of the king, nobles, and plenipo- tentiaries, this American youth demonstrat. od his problem, and received the plaudits of the court. He recejved the prize which hg bad clearly won, besides several presonts fromthe king. He thee icok letters of recommendation to the court of St. James, and took « similar prize, offered by the Royal Society, and soon after returned to the United States. He was preparing to secure the benefita of hig discovery by patent, when he received a letter from 2: Emperor Nicholas himself, one of whose ministers had witnessed his demonstration at London, inviting him tg make his regidence at the Russian court, and furnishing him with ample means for his outfit, He complied with tbe invitation, repaired to St. Petersburg, and is now Prq- fessor of Mathematies in thp Royal College, under the special pratection of the aytgerag- of all the Russians! HorrrsLe EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH AMRRIOA. —A correspondences from Valparsizo, dated April 8, says: «With feelings of deep regret I have tg anncunce to you the utter destruction of the sity of Mendoza, m the Argentine Republio, by an earthquake, on the evening of the 20th of March last. At that date, at half past eight, p. m. a slight but prolonged vibration of the earth was felt iu this city, and jn San- tisgo simultaneously. Most of the churches were densly filled, it being near the ciose of Lent, and some alarm and confusion wag created, but no accidents occured, and trap. quility was soon restored. On Sunday, the 24th, however, 8 genera} gloom was cast over the city by the an: noucement by telegraph from the capital, that Benigno Bruno, the mail-rider had arrived from Mendoza that morning without a mail, bringing the distressing news that there remained but a heap of ruins a point the spot where a few days before had stood a thriving and populous city of 18,000 souls. Bruno stated that he arrived at Mendozs on the morning of the 40th; that at half past eight, p. m., 8 brief but oxcessively violent shock of an earthquake, lasting but six or eight seconds, destroying every build- ing, public and private, in the city’ and that the number who were engbled fo escape was very limited. The streets being narrow, the buildings high, and the inhabitants total- ly unused to such phenomena, were par: alyzed with terror, and neglected to seek refuge in the open sourts of their dwellings until to late. The Postmaster was buried beneath the ruins of the postoffice—the Goy- ernor was missing—and when he was asked why he brought no ccrtifieato that the mails were lost, the messenger replied, ‘There was no one left to write it, nor materials tq write with, 2 The aspect presented by the city after the first shock was terrific. Hoarge subteran- ean thunders deafened the air—animals of all kinds rushed frantically” through the open spaces howling —the earth opened and vomited forth floods of water, waile, to crown the scene of horeer, flames burst from the ruins and consumed nearly the entire business portion of the city with ita dead, its dying and its wounded. On the 28th a number of letters wero re- ceived here, and st Santiago by relatives and friends of Chilians residing in Mendoza but the hope till then gntertained, that the earligr accounts were exaggerated, 800N gave way to the dreadful certainty that the cal- amity had not yet beep painted in colory sufficient]y vivid. The earth still continue to tremble, and a few wails that had resisted the shock one hy one fell, Gugll now no yegtage of a building remains, “t Nopopy ever lost anything by loye,” s8id a cortain person. ** That's not true,’ said a lady who heard the remarl, ‘jor § ope Jost three night's sleep.”
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