BY DAVID OVER. Ir 11rt |5 D ftrt). ! THE DYIXU GIRL TO IIER 3MIX STREL-LOVER. BY GEORGE I). PRENTICE. Minstrel, thy farewell song, Sad as a dirge heard through the midnight rain, Falls on my heart—and Love's dear years again On memory throng. The music of the pass Comes floating round me—and young Fancy brings Sweet dreams of lore and glory on her wings Too bright to last. The bow that spanned the years In Life's young morning glows with blessed ray, But soon, too soon, its beauty melts away In cloud 3 and tears. 1 may not hear that tone Of mornful minstrelsy again. '1 is well Alas ! that earthly tones should ever swell So wild and lone. Minstrel, I love thee now As first I loved thee. In this raven hair I twine, as then, thy favorite flowers—but where, Oh 1 where art thou I The solitary star, That rose so sweetly o'er yon mountain's brow On that blessed eve ot love—'tis rising now But thou art far. I gaze yon dear moon As CT st we gazed ere Love's young ilitarr.s were dull, And weep that dreams so passing beautiful Should fade so soon. I wander on the spot Where first we met. The notes of early birds Bull float upon the air, but thy sweet words— I hear them not. I am aioue and fast, My life is fading from tb earth—this breath Is faltering now, and the low wind f death Seems moaning past. 'Tis well, and I have come To boar in silence. I can calmly sue Life's last pale blossom wither on its tree, Then seek my home. Minstrel, this mournful token Of love is thine—it is my heart's farewell! I leave thee soon—oh ! keep it as a spell Of love unbroken. AGRICULTURAL. From the Vermont Stock Journal. HINTS TO BUYERS OF HORSES. Many persons who purchase and pay for good horses, are sadly disappointed with their bar gains. Of course, many bal bargains will be made. The really fine animals and the seem ingly fine to common eyes, appear just alike. To man, they are very uuiiko aud such purcha sers are not easily deceived. Still, no man is beyond being sometimes overreached by an im posing animal in the hands of an artful jockey This kind of imposition can never be wholly prevented, and must be endured. But there are some causes of dissatisfaction with the buyer, for which the seller is no way iu fault. A hoise, or a pair of young horses, arc bought of a breeder or dealer, which pro bably have been usod to light work on a farm, and to daily exorcise. The buyer drives them a few time" and feeds them high. They are not bought for regular, steady labor, but for occasional use, when the owner has leisure.— After the novelty of the new horses is gone, they are consigned to the groom. They remain day after day, and sometimes for weeks, stand ing on a bard p'.ank, indulged with high feed, and deprived of all exercise. The horse de lights in motion: confinement he abhors. Ho watches the long days to have one come to take him out and give him a chance to move. The master very likely seldom sees him, and he is left to the mercies of the groom. After a week of inaction, ho is orderod to be brought out for use. He has been fed high for a week, and it may be for a fortnight, and his feet are hot and dry from standing on a hard dry floor: but be is a fast horse, .and was perhaps bought bocase ho was fast; consequent ly, the owner roust drive fast. Ho is driven eight or ten miles at a rapid pace. lie i 3 cov ered with foam, and panting for breath. The owner is surprised. He cannot imagine what makes the horses sweat so. He bas been well 1 A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. fad, find not been out of the stable for a week, lie begins to think the horse is tender, and lacks a good constitution. When the horse re turns to the stable, heated with a sharp drive, how many owners see that they are carefully rubbed until he is thoroughly dry, and know by their own observation that the groom is faith ful. The horse, with his fine spirit, high courage, and boundless ambition, will go till he urops dead in the harness. But whoever wants to drive fast must remember that, in the first place the horse must he prepared for it by daily ex ercise. Secondly, he must not be driven fast after a full meal ; and thirdly, after being driven fast, he must have the best of care.— Horses for fast driving must not carry much flesh, or they are more liable no injury. If you arc the owner of a good horse, see him daily. A little practice will make it pleasant to you, and you will see how soon he recognizes you and loves to acknowledge your caresses. Be careful to whom you commit a good hoise. A coarse, brutal man is unfit to have charge of him. The horse is easily won by kiuduess to the most implicit obedience, while harshness and violence are very sure to spoil him. From the Country Gentleman. RECEIPT FOR A CHEAP BLEU. —A corres pondent in your valuable journal, makes in quiry in reference to brewing spruce beer. As many of your subscribers may be benefitted by the followiug recipe, I take pleasure in for warding it to you. I use it in preference to coffee iu the morning, in preference to wine at dinner, and consider it superior to tea at sup per. It i 3 a valuable and for dyspep tic patients is a valuable medicine. Prepare a five or ten gallon keg, in propor tion to the size of the family—draw a piece of coarse bohinet, or very ccarse book-muslin over one cud of the faucet that is inserted iu the keg, to prevent its choking, a good tight hung, and near :o tbut a gimlet Lelo, wi.h a pug to fit it'tight. Recipe for five gallons. One quart of sound corn, put into a keg, with half a gallon molasses; then fill with cold water to within two inches of the buug. Shake well, and in two or three days it will be fit for use. Bung tight. If you waut spruce flavor, add one tea-spoon ful of essence of spruce--lemon, if lemon is preferred—ginger or any flavor you prefer.— The corn will last to make five or six brewings; when it is exhausted, rcuew it. Wheu the beer passes from the vinous to the acetous fer mentatiou, it can be corrected by adding a lit tle more molasses aud water. This is a simple, cheap beverago, costing about three ceuts a gallon. After the beer be comes ripe, it ought to be kept in a cool place' to prevent it from becoming sour before it is exhausted. 8., Conekuh Co, Ala., To KEEP IIAMS IN SUMMER.- -Ono good way is to put a layer of coarse salt in the bot tom of a barrel, then lay in a ham and cover it with salt, and then another, and so on uutil the barrel is filled. Of course, this salt should he dry, aud the barrel should he kept in a place. Another and better way is to sew each ham in a coarse cloth bag, then give the whole a coating of whitewash aud hang up the bag in a smoke house, cv any dark, cool place. A sure way ol keeping hams fresh, but not a noat way, is to bag them as before mentioned and buryiug the La*in the ash-holc, taking it out as it is wanted. We Lave known them to keep very well by simply wrapping in several thickuess of news papers and banging in an open garret. A cor respondent says they also "keep perfectly, as he has proved, by packing in sweet dry bay ruu through a hay cutter. Then wrap them with a single thickness of newspaper, and sur round each ham with a portion of the hay ; tie the whole in large cotton bags, and hang in a dry piaco." Giubs ar.d Wiro Worms iu Corn Fields.— Sward laud, ploughed iu the SpriDg for Corn, is often found filled with worms which arc sure to make groat havoc with the seed unless they are exterminated. The following is an excel lent remedy: After turning under the sod sow broadcast a bushel and a half of flue salt to the acre, and harrow it in, following with the roller. Soak the seed in tepid water about -eighteen hours. Hissolvo two ounces of sal ammoniac and add it to the water. This amount will answer for a bushel of seed, l'iant the corn soon alter sowing the salt. The seed will germinate quickly an I the plants will come forward at once. Between the salt and the ammonia, the corn will suffer little from the worms. THISTLES. —If thistles are cut when iu full blossom, are carefully kept down thro' the sea- BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 2-5, 1858. son, they will be greatly weukeued and a few repititions will entirely destroy them. No weed is more troublesome than the thistle, es pecially when by long neglect it has become thoroughly radieatctl, and allowed to spread its long roots like a uet work through the soil. When this is the case, the work of eradication cau only be thoroughly effected by digging, care being takon to remove all the fibres, and clear them from the ground by burning or haul ing them off. When cut green, and put into the hog yard, they make an excellent manure. For the Inquirer. WOODBfiRItY "LOCAL." WOODBERRV, Juno 14, 1858. Mr. OVER: —"Romance assujned the air of history"on laHt Thursday night a week ago, even in this staid aud practical country, where all seem to exert themselves for the sole pur pose of living in the greatest possible harmony and good will. Ou this occasion, there was an effort made to revive the Dean and Boker farce which occurred in New York, and was con sidered tLe eighth wonder of the world by the "upper-ten for several mouths, wheu ali tho fishy came to the conclusion that it was only a marriage of taste. Our story, it appear?, runs thus, as reported by those intimately acquainted with the facts, aud, to some extent, interested: Miss Wilkes, daughter of Mr. Wilkes, the lessee of Rebecca Futuace, became enamored' with a young man named William Maloue, in the employ of her father, as master miner, and alter keeping up a secret correspondence for a considerable length of time, on last Thursday utght a week siuce, during the absence of Mr. \\ ilkes in Philadelphia, she stole out of tho mansion, and joined her anxious lover outside, who was waiting, but not as lovers in days of yore, with au invincible vehicle, and a charger ] ol the Rosiuaute stripe, and squire. The two j sentimental lovers, all ulonc, started across the ; mountain on foot, which arnW - riment to their successful flight. Miss Wilkes had very light attire, her shoes gavo out the first day, and neither had money enough to buy a pair; thus they were left in a sad plight. As soon as Miss Wilkes was missed at home, search was instituted, the neighborhood arous- J ed, aud couriers dispatched in every direction, and iu a short time the intelligence preceded them everowLere, and frustrated their design ■ of getting married. In the meantime tLe itin erant wanderers whom Cupid had dispatched iu bad trim, found au asylum in quite a senti mental manner. They stopped at a house to get a drink of water. The lady of the house, struck, no doubt, with the singular beauty of Miss YV iikes, and their wearied, careworn ex pression of couuteuance, inquired iu a very pleasant manner whether they were not the runaway couple reported; the disposition man ifested by the lady won their confidence, and they imparted their secret, and were invited in, aud the best in the house offered thciu. The lady (for such she was,) informed them of a similar piece o'" romantic history pertaining to herself; the result was that Miss Wilkes re mained there until last Friday; Malonc in the meantime returned to the Furnace and Mar titisburg, procured a horse and buggy, and staited with her for Yellow Creek. On their way they passed through Woodberry ou Satur day last, at full speed, through all the rain, and literally covered with mud, and unfortu nately for them, some person recognized them, and notified Wilkes, who, with a posse, follow ed in hot pursuit iu the course of au hour, and succeeded iu regaining his daughter, and ar resting Malonc at his (Malono'?) brothei-in law s. They passed through town yesterday, looking somewhat sad and dreary. The Branch of Dunkards known as "River Brothers," held their yearly "Love Feast" on the premises of Frederick Kauffman, about two miles and a balf from town, ou Saturday and Sunday. This yearly meeting is, us ageu eral thing, very numerously attended, but ow ing to tho inclemency of the weather, on Sat urday, there were not as many prescut as usu ally attend. The "Leaves Mole," as it is gen erally denominated, is a great place of resort tor young folks—misses uud beaux. Young ladies have their buuuets finished after the la test style, their dresses trimeJ u la latest fash ions, shoes, pius, brooches, yes, everything be longing to ladies' apparel "done up" for the "Leaves Mole." Y r oung gentlemen brush up their dickeys, robe themselves in itieir "Suu day-go^to-meetings," and shape their faces to give themselves the best possible appearance, and saunter forth to captivate or be captivated. Yesterday there were not less than seven hun dred persons present, and as a matter of ooursei among them a number of rats, who, lam in formed, behaved themselves very disgracefully during Saturday aud Saturday uigtt. Capt. Whiskey floored a number and terribly affect ed others, oausing them to whoop, halloo, swear, blackguard, rout and revel in the most abominable manner. Cards and whiskey were the ruling elements among the rowdies. Why" such an honorable, lespeetable, moral and re ligious society of men should allow themselves to be so damnably imposed upon, I cannot see. Punish every offender summarily, and, mark ..ye! you will end sueh base proceedings. 1 must do our citizens the justice to say that they never, with a few exceptions, participate in such disgraceful and outrageous actions, but that tho offenders generally belong to Iron works, Turnpike, &e. S. S. SPEECH OF SEDLVSen CAEtEROrJ. A few days ago, in the United States Senate, Hon. SIMON CAMERON presented a petition -signed by a number of laboring men iu Nor ristown, asking Congress to afford adequate protection to the great Iron interests of Penn sylvania. lie prefaced his motion fur the refer- of the petition with the remarks which we subjoin, and with the j\'oxth .fixer ic<t ii } "wo are glad to place on record a speech, which, like this, gives promise of so much beyond.— It is au iudex to a volume, and it serves to dismiss the last of the doubts the most in. credulous may indulge as to the effective rep resentation ot Pennsylvania by Senator Catne fOit. Ju the policy here iudicatod, Senator jPameron is sure of the enthusiastic support of not only the entire opposition to the democratic partv, as now organized, but also of the gicat 't'C share of those hitherto vo'iog a spurious and mongrel ticket, made up of men who pro fess something at borne, yet, at Washington, conduct themselves after the fashion of Gluucy Jones, who betrayed Berks county, and Sena tor Bigler, wbo betrayed the whole State. We thank Senator Cameron for the brevity as well as the force of his urgument, and wo trust the tens of thousands heretofore misguided ou this great question, may arm him with the effective weapon of an overwhelming vote in October next, for the struggles of tho next session and next Congress^" to-'pfcaenf a petition, svgaod by a largo number of laboring men engaged in the manufacture of Iron in Pennsylvania. 1 receive a great many letters daily from persons of this class, and I will say here, what vvil 1 save me the trouble of writing a great many letters. They thiuk the (JoQgress of the U. tStates cau relieve them from all their troubles. There has never beeu a time in the histoiy of the iron business of Pennsylvania, wheu there was so much real distress auiuug the laboring nicu of my state—the meu who do the work, the men who go to the forgo before daylight, and remain there long after tho moon has risen than there is at present It is not a ootn pluiut now uti the part of the capitalists. Men of capital; men of fortuuc, can take care of themselves. Capital can always take earc of itself, labor, poverty, indigence aud want, al ways need sympathy aud protection. These persons reside iu the of Xorris town, ou tho Schuylkill river, some twenty miles above Philadelphia. Tho river Sehuyi kill is traversed, on both sides, by a railroad, one exteuding some twenty or thirty miles, another one hundred utiles. Ou tho one side of the river is a canal. All these works have been made for the purpose of couveyiug coal aud iron to the place of manufacture and sale. Tho county of Schuylkill, the great coal de posit of Pennsylvania, has a population of soiuo 80,000 or 90,000 people, all of which has j grown up within the last twenty-five years. At this time tho whole laboiiug population engaged in the iron and coal business, of tho whole country extending from Philadelphia to the mountains of Schuylkill county, are entirely idle; tho boats are tied up ; tho locomotives are iu a great measure, standing still, and the laborers are running about hunting employ oicut and hunting food. These are tho persons who complain : they think that Congress can relieve thorn. L have told them, uud 1 have written to them, that they have the power iu their own hands. The laboring meu of this country are power ful for good always. They do coutrui wheu they thiuk proper, and 1 thiuk the time is com ing when they will control the politics of this country. 1 tell them that before tuey get com mon protection they must obaugo the majority iu tho Senate—they must change the majority of tho other House of Congress ; and, above all, they must change tho occupant of tho White House, who is the dispenser of the pow er which controls the legislation of this coun try. Iu place of gentlemen who sucor when wc talk about protection, they must seud men bore who knows something of tho wants, some thing of tho interests, something of the useful ness uf tho laboriug man. f iithortu tiioy have Hot acted as if they cared for their own interests, while they talked about a tariff which would guard their labor from competition with the pauper labor of Europe, they would go to elections under some ward leader aud vote for men to represent them hero aud elsewhere, wbo cared only for party drill, aud who had no iuicrcst above party success. This systom they must change if they hope for success. 1 think the laboriug men of Pennsylvania, at least, are now boginutug to put their own shoulders to the wheel, aud 1 believe they will make sueh a noise in uext October as will alarm the gentlemeu all over the country who laugh at them. Tho cauals, railroads and mining operations of this region of country have cost more than a hundred niillious ot dollars. Tho furuaocs ami other works connected with the manufac ture of iron, an enormous suiu, and tho people interested in the iron and coal business, directly or indirectly, along tho valley of tho Schuylkill, amount to more than three hundred thousand souls. Since 1855, there has been a blight upon the business, growing out of the uuwise legislation of Congress, which has really pro tected the iron of Kngiand, Russia and Swe den, and thus taken the labor and the bread from our own workmen* This iron iuterostof Pennsylvania, in which these men are employed, commenced iu 1820, with a production of only 20,000 tons. In 1855, when it was up to its greatest extent, the prodimiion was a million of tons of pig metal. Wheu this pig metal is worked into the various uses iu which iron is to be consum ed, it amounts to very many millions of dol lars. The annual produce of coal iu Schuyl kill county alone, iu 1855, amounted in value to some $20,000,000. When it is known that it requires two tons of coal to make a ton of iron, you cau imagine the number of persons who rely for their daily bread on the produc tion of iron and coal. Iron, in its native mountain?, is worth but 50 eents a ton ; wben it is worked into pig metal it raDges in price from §2O to §3O, and sometimes to §4O a ton ; and when worked into various uses it frequently amounts to many hundreds of dollars a ton. I have said that these people have the pow er in their own hands. lam speaking to them now, aud I wish them to exercise the power they have. I cannot help them, much as 1 dej sire to do so, nor cau any of their friends hero ; .but when they go to work as men determined to succeed should do, 1 have no doubt they wiil get protection. The people iu this valley and on the slope of the Schuylkill mountains have voles enough to change and control the polities of the Union ; for as goes, eo goes the Union iu great elections ; and their votes can at all times decide the politics of Pennsylvania. Let them exercise the power wisely, aud they will no longer be without plenty of work and good prices I move that this petition be referred to the Committee on Finance. KISSIHCi IX PARIS. Paris ought to be a perfect Paradise to young bachelors who are fond of kissing the ladies, according to a letter of a correspondent writ ing from there. Our correspondent says : "The almost universal custom of kissing, iu Paris, seems at first singular to a stranger, couiming from a country where the proprieties much less to salute Lor. in France, to kiss a lady with whom you are not intimate, on meet ing her is very common ; especially is this the case if she is a married lady. Not only the members of the family, but all the guests, ex pect invariably to salute the lady of the house on coming dowu in the morning. But though the modest American may, perhaps, escape the ceremony on ordinary occasions, yet, on New Year's morning, it is imperative. On that morning I came down to my coffee about 9 o'- clock. "I sat down, quietly bidding Madame bon jour as on ordinary occasions. In a few mo ments she was at my elbow, with "Mons. 8., 1 am angry with you." "1 expressed, of course a regret and iguor ance cf having given her any reason. "Ah !" said she, 'you know very well the reason. It is because you did not embrace me, this morniug, when you caiuc down.' Madame was a lady of perhaps, twenty-eight, with jet black, glossy hair, aud a clear, fair complexion. She was very beautiful—had she been plain, I could have felt less embarrassed. She waited, as though expectitig me to atoue for my neglect, but bow could 1 before the whole table I 1 sat, all this time, trembling in my scat. At length Madame said ; "Mons B. embrasez moi.'" The worst had come. I arose trembling, put my white, bloodless lips, all graesy with butter and wet with coffee, (for iu nij embar rassment 1 had dropped my napkin,) to those of Madame. This was my first French kiss. Poor fellow! We can ituaginiuc his embar rassment just as well as if wo had been present. In tho same predicament we should have fain ted—iu the lady's arms.—.V. Y. LOOK BEFOUL TOP KICK.. A minister in one of our orthodox churches, on his way to preach a funeral sormou iu tho country, called to see one of his members, an old widow lady, who lived near the road he was traveling. The old lady had just been making sausages, and she felt proud of theiu, they were so pluiup, round aud sweet. She preseutod some to her minister, hut he objected on account of not baying his portmanteau along. This objection was soon overtuled, the old lady after wrapping them iu a rag, oare fuiley plaecu a bundle in either pocket of the preacher's capacious coat. Titus equipped he started for the fuueral. While attending to the solemn ceremonies of tho grave, some hungry, dogs scented the sausa ges, and were not long in Hacking them to the pockets of tbo good man's overcoat. Of course this was a great annoyauce, and ho was several times uuder tho necessity of kiekiug these whelps away. The obsequies at the gruvo com pleted, the miuister and congregation repaired to the church woro the funeral discourse was to ; be preached. After tho sermon was finished, the minister halted to make some remarks to his congrega tion, when a brother who wished to have an appoiutment given out, ascended the stops of the pulpit and gave the minister's coat a hitch, to get his attention. The divine thinking it a dog having a design upon liis pocket, raised his foot, gave n sudden kick, unci sent the good brother sprawling dowu tho steps. "You will excuse tue, brethren and sisters!" .said the minister, confused aud without look ing at the work he had just don. , —"for 1 could uot avoid it. I have sausages in my pocket, and that dog has bceu trying to grab them uvet aiuee I oamo upon the premises I" You, reader, may judge of the effect such au announcement would have at a funeral. VOL. 31, NO. 20. LARGE FIELD OF PINE-APPLES.— In Liberia, a few tnilcs northward from Monrova, towards Cape Mount, is a tract of land about a utile from the beach, of more than ten utiles in ex rent, entirely covered with pine-apples. The fruit buds out in April and May, and ripens in August and September. It is of a delicious flavor. The apples are taken to Monrovia in considerable quantities, where they are sold as low as two for a cent. It seems a pity that some means is not kuown to keep them from decay during a voyage to this country. — Could they not be put up there in jars and preserved ? Dr. Luquebeel, in his sketches of the geog raphy, climate and productions of Liberia, says pine-upplcs grow wiid in the woods ; arid lie has seen thousands of them in half an hour's walk. Mr. Bowen (a missionary,) was in Liberia, and in his own book, 'Ccutral Africa, 1867,' says, the piuc-apple flourishes very well in ILo woods of Liberia, and is superior to any wti can procure in this country.— Journal of Com merce. BOTH SIDES. —Iu the old time, in Philadel phia, the disciples in the faith of Win. Pent;, invariably wore the single breasted drab or snuff-colored coat and were strict in their uotiou of haviug the buttons thereof ou the left side of the coat aforesaid. At a dinner given by him, friend Eiias Breasy had secured, a big buek darkey to 'tend table,' to whom he gave imperative orders to hand things to the guests at the loft side. 'Thee will always know by their coat but tons, Caesar, which is the left side. Among the guests was a French gentleman who wore a double breasted coat —a worldly garment. The darkey, in handing round the soup, paused behind the French gentleman, looked at his coat and stood for a moment) an ebouy statue of despair, straggling wi'h doutt aud a plate of soup. Presently he yelled o'bt, 'Massa 'Lias —it's no use—buttons on boff sides,' arid handed the plate to the French guest over his head. <Dt' de fust time I ebcr seed a man dat was kfl handed on boff sides ob his coat!" No WASHINGTON. —A friend of ours tell* the following story of himself. \Y hen young, he had read the wcli-kuown Sfeftrf ifere 'lf;.'* his son, so well manifested on the occasion re ferred to, of George's cutting down the cherry tree, ackuowledgiug his transgresion, and re ceiving a full and free pardon, besides praises and kind caresses from his father. So Jim, actuated by so noble an example, thought he would try the experiment ou. lie supplied himself with a hatchet, and goißg into his lather's orchard, cut down some choice fruit, trees. He then cooly sat down to await the old man's coming, and as soon as ho made his appearance, marched up to him with a Very im portant air, aud acknowledged the deed, ex pecting the next thing ou the programme to be tears, benediction, and embraces of the offended parent. But sad to relate, instead of this the old gentleman caught up a hickory and gave hiiu an "all-fired lamming." Jim was no Washington. INDULGENCES GRANTED IN UOROKEN. The coronation of the new church-picture in Oobokea, of Our Lady of Grace, will take place on the 20th ir.st., ou which occasion, it is officially announced in the Freeman's Jour nal, that— "Those who will he present at the corona tion can obtain a Plenary Indulgence , granted by Our Holy Father the Pope, for this day. "Jilis Grace, the Bishop of the Diocese, has been pleased to grant one Indulgence of for ty days to ail who shall visit the chntch during the Octave."— Exchange. Those who desire to "indulge" will find this a splcudid opportunity. Hobokeo affords con siderable facilities and is easy of access. The Cothamites will no doubt patronize the corona tion extensively. MINISTER'S HONS. —The Episcopal REOR der has an aiiiclo touohiug this class, iu which it depreciates the idea that they arc worse than other sons, and draws for important informa tion on Doctor Sprague's late work, which gives the lives of several hundred American •Calvinistic' ministers. It takes the biographies of the first huudred and says : *Of tne sous of these hundred, over one hundred aud ten bocame ministers. Of the remainder, by far the larger proportion rose to emiuenco us Lou orable and successful men in business, or iu the learued professions. Is there any body of 100 men, taken at random from any other pursuit of life, of whom the same cau bo said V PRETTY HOUSE MAIDS AND THE BURGLARS. —A 'reformed burglar,' writing in the. •Sew York Herald, says burglaries are mostly com mitted by acquaintances of servant girls.— The burglars contract friendship with the git Is, who arc often unaware of their, ehaiactor, sflid introduced into houses as their hrothors, cousins, &o. They make use of their opportunities to learn all the internal arrangements of the houses, procure koys, &c. lie warus persons to exclude unknown male visitors of domestics from their houses. THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IN SEPTEMBER Sir John Parkington has offered to piaec ves sels at the disposal of men of science for ob serving the great Eclipse of the Sun, which will take place in September next. This E clipse will be total, ana its appsarunce triii be oest seen in South America, particularly about Lima. It is anticipated that an astrom urical expedition may be organized, and in this e so foreign astronomers wonldbe invited to join t!..* expedition.— Pennsylvania**.
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