BY DAVID OVER. STATEMENT AND REPORT OF WILLIAM LEARY, STEWARD OF THE POOR AND HOUSE OF EM PLOYMENT OF BEDFORD CO., FROM THE FIRST OF JAN UARY, A. D., 1860, TILL THE FIRST OF JAN UARY, A D., 1861. 1860. DR. Jar.'jr. 1. To Balance on settlement $8 244 Arn't. received from sundry persons, 34 12 42 364 Balauce due Steward, Jan. Ist, 1861 19 821 62 19 OR. By uniouul paid sundry persons 62 19 Statement of Poor House Mill from Jan. Ist, 1860, till Jao. Ist, 1861. DR. Amount of Grain brought in as per monthly Reports, Wheat Rv Corn 293 255 56 Bo't of sundry persons, 196 " " Amount- 1 , 489 255 56 B. Wheat. Mixture. 374 504 JLi't ot sundry persons " " Amounts, 374 504 gr: By amount of Grain u-ed in Poor House and sold to sundry persons fur cash and on ao counis, &c , \\ beat Rye Uoru Use of P. H ,&0., 415 193 27 Sold to sundry persons 26 16 6 Amounts, ill 209 33 Remaining in Mill 48 46 23 Whole our.nut 489 255 56 B. Wheat Mix't. Use of P. H., &c., 134 26 Sold sundry persons 15 284 26 Remaining in Miil 9 244 Whole amount, 374 504 LIST OF PAUPERS admitted, discharged, died, &c., during each month, and the nam her remaining at the end of each month; also the average number supported in the House during the year, together with the number of out-d<-or paupers supported by the lnsti tnti'-n, from the Ist of Jan., 1860, till Ist Jan. 1861. > w a 77' * CX. q G> 65 6 8 5* t 1 P p- 5 * 1860. January, 8 1 February, 10 I I March, 1 3 April, 6 11 May, 3 8 June, 5 I July, 3 I August, 2 2 September, 1 October, 5 1 November, 2 December, I Total, 39 24 1 4 cs o" P3 se —®r v a _ -1 c —. c s i ft.sF 2. ~ §.§ <=3 2. S" 2. 3 a 2 = a 4860. * January, I 24 29 February, 1 30 32 Marcb, 27 33 April, 24 34 May, 21 32 June, 23 34 July, 20 33 August, 20 33 September, 21 33 October, 17 31 November, 18 32 December, 19 32 Total, 2 264 388 Making an average ot 544 per month, of whom-2 are colored, 2 blind, 8 iDsane, and 1 confined to bed. There are also 2 out-door puupers who are not included in tbe above • r GS wayfaring paupers were provided with board sad lodging. PRODUCE OF THE FARM GAR DEN. 38 Tone of Hay, 12 Load* of Cornfodder, 350 Buahels ears of Core, 125 Bushels of Oats, 63 Bushels of Rye, 26 Buahels of Baekwbeat, 350 bushels of potatoes, 3 bushels of beans, 2500 heads ot cabbage, 8 barms uf oncumber pickles, 18 bushels of large onions, 2 bushels of suidl onions, 3 load* of sweet pumpkins, 12 bushels of tomatoes, 8 bushels of beets, 1675 pounds of pork, 442 pounds of beef, 407 pounds of veal, 640 pounds of lard, 346 pt uods of butter. A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c---Terms; One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. I beef hide, 6 calf skins, II barrels of soap. STOCK ON FARM. 2 bead of horses, 7 cows, 2 heifers, 1 bull, 21 bead of bogs, 66 sheep, ARTICLES MANUFACTURED BY MAT RON. 73 shirts, 41 pair of pDts, 31 ohemese, 39 women's dresses, 4 children's dresses, 10 sheets, 16 comforts, 9 women's sacks, 33 aprons, 15 pair of women's stockings, 4 sunbonnets, 3 caps, 6 quilted skirts, 5 hoods, 7 pair of men's socks, 8 round jackets, 8 vests, 3 table cloths, 15 towels, 12 bod ticks, 7 bolsters, 4 pillow slips, 2 shrouds, 5 pair of drawers. We, the undersigned, Directors of the Poor aod House of Employment of Bodford County, do certify that we Lave examined the above socount, statement and teport of Wiu. Leary, Steward of said Poor and House of Employ ment, from the Ist day Jan., 1860, till the Ist day of Jan., 1861, aud find the same to be cor rect. Witness our bands and seals, this Ist day of Jauuary, 1361. JOHN AMOS, JOHN KEMERY, J. S. BRUMBAUGH, Directors. Attest: THOMAS R. OSTTYS, Clerk. RECEIPTS KM .EXPCXDITURETOF THE POOR AND HOUSE OF EMPLOY MENT OF BEDFORD COUNTY FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. Ist, A. D., 1861. GEORGE BLYMIRE, Treas'r. DR. To cash rpe'd from Collectors, $4549 94 1 Thos. Ritehey, error iu settlement, 41.00 Mary Oiler, pd. W. S. Fiuek, 50.00 Constable McCroary, Fines 4 00 $4644 94 Balance du eouDty 4Hjv99" $4228.95 OR By arn't. p.id out on sundry checks as fol lows, viz: Officer's salary, $218.19 Win. Moorehead, (late Steward) 85.15 Advertising, 176.154 Repairing Mill, 299.87 Beef, Pork, Ac. 323 08 4 Hardware & oasiing*, 102.394 Building purposes, 213.644 Cows & Hogs, 46.02 Relief &o. of out door paapera 158.684 Grain, 507.32 Merchandise, &J., 709.064 Rcpiova] of paupers, 69 56 Is-uiug orders for removal of paupers 36 65 Ain't overpaid on duplicates, 34.91 E. L. Anderson & S. Bcrohart wheat in mill, 59.05 Buckwheat buller. 76.85 j Miscellaneous checks, 434.74 ; Due treacurer on last settlement, 47.05 j G Lysioger, bal. on settlement of aeo't 57 13 D. Fletcher, salary as Auditor for 1860, 5.00 Percentage allowed collectors, 226.261 ! Exonerations, 160.18 I Uncurrent money, 10 00 Treasurer's salary, 40.00 Auditors & clerks, 20.00 Sthiioruey, 5 00 $4228 954 Amount due from collectors, $3643 79 For want of proper vouchers for sundry checks and part of checks paid by the treasu rer, $477,774 *as not received by the Audi" tors, which will occount for the above balance due the Couuty. ' We, the undersigned, Auditors of Bedford Couuty, do certify, that wc have examined the foregoing acoouut of Geo. Blyaiire, Treasurer of the Poor and House of Employment of Bed ford couuty, and find tb" same to be correct and true as above stated, and that there is a balance due the county of $4L5.954 Witness our bands and seals this 4th day of January, A. D. 1861. JAMES C. DEVOIIE, DANIEL FLETCHER, GEORGE BAUGHMAN, Auditors. Attest : T. R. GKTTYM, Clerk. March 15, 1861. A calm, blue-eyed, self possessed, young lady in a village 'down East,' received a lung call, the other day from a prying old spinster, who, prolonging her stay teyond even her own conception of the young lady's euduracoe, csmc to the main question which had brought her thither. 'l've been asked a good many times if you were engaged to Dr. D. Now if folks inquire again whether you be or Dot, what shall I teil 'em I think? 'Tell them,' answered the young lady, fijtmg her calm, blua eyes in un blushing steadiness upon the inquisitive feat ures ef ber interrogator, 'tell them you think you don't know, aud that you are sura it's none of your busioess.' ♦Can you tell,' asked a blcomiug lass of a suitor OBoe, 'what ship carries more passengers than tho Great Eastern.' •Well, madam, really , I don'l tbiuk I oan.' 'Courtship;' replied the muiaou, with a con scious blush. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY. MARCH 1861. sotirq. TO THE BOYS. UY ALICE CART. Don't you be afraid, boys, To whistle loud and long, Although your quiet sisters Should call it rude, or wrong. Keep yourselves good natured, And if smiling fails, Ask them if they ever saw Muzzles on the quails ! Or tho lovely red rose Try to hide her Hag, Or the June t smother all rier robins in a bag! If they say the teaching Of nature isn't true, Get astride the fence, boys, And answet with a, whew ! I'll tell you what it is, boys, No water-wheel will spin Unless you set a whistle At the head of every pin. And never kite flew skyward In triumph like a swing, Without the glad vibration Of a whistle iu the string. And when the daya are vanished For idleness and play, 'Twill make your labors lighter To whistle care away: So don't you !>e afraid, bdys, In spite of bar and ban, To whistle—it will help you each To aiake au honest man. F rom Forney's Press. An Open Letter to James Buchanan. j Four years ago this day you entered the Presi ! dential chair, the Chief Magistrate of the happiest ] and freest people on tho earth. The contest from which you emerged a conqueror, although distin guished liy unexampled ariimatiou and acrimony, was tbiiowed by expressions, on tho part of liiend and foe, of complete confidence in your personal integrity. Those who had opposed your election were profuse in announcing their disposition to give your Administration tho fairest trial. The prin ciples which prevailed in your triumph had been anticipated in your speeches before your nourina ti : , end. aaar letter accepting it, affirmed -W)o4f "liiau'giiial address, and reaffirmed in your letter to Governor Walker, under <itu of July 12, ! 1857, and where so plain, so self-evi lent, and so • convincingly right, that the American people were ; ready to hail in you tho august successor ard rop j rescutative ot those great men who laid the fbun ! daticn of the Government. In the choice of your Cabinet you wore supposed to be singularly suc cessful. From the aged statesman at the bead of your constitutional advisers, down to your Attor ney General, there was no name that had not at one or at another time been associated with high and honorable position. These gentlemeu, selected i from both sections of the Confederacy, each a type of his own people, were known cordially to sanction aud heartily to co-operato with you in the policy to which you had been committed iu the previous campaign. .Every department of the Federal Government was in your hands. Both branches of Congress were controlled by a majority of your supporters. Jl'he Supremo Court of the United Stater was known to sympathize with you. Our commerce with all the world was in the most flourishing condition ; internal trade in its in inifold ramifications was prosperous beyond all eximplrf ; , sectional strife had terminated in a national victory, thus giving new guarantees for the preservation ot a Union which at that time seemed held together , by bonds alike sacred and indissoluble. This inspring prospect should have elevated you ; above all unworthy passions and uuholy ambition, j When you mounted tho Presidential chair you were not according to your own account, quite ; sixty-five years of age. Too old to uu iertake the i destruction of your country, you were young : enough to make it more potent at home an 1 more i honored abroad. Your enemies for more than forty years had imputed to you many questionable qualities of head and heart j but your friends re lied upon your administration to repel this impu tation. The flist accused you of selfishness, in gratitude, and aristocracy j (he socond claim :d for yen the highest attributes ot private character.— The first had frequently predicted that, if ever clothed with the almost imperial power of the Presidency, you would devote yourself to the overthrow of the party to which near your fortieth year you attached your political fortunes; the second contended that by your moderation and consistency you would not only immortalize your self, but so consolidate the Democracy as at the close of your Administration to leave it without a respectable adversary, llow you fulfilled the pro phecies of the one, and how you disappointed tho hopes of the others, the impartial historian will re cord on his imperishable tablets. It would be superfluous to recapitulate the thrice told tale of the downfall of yourself, your party, and your country. Even those who envied your friends, while those friends were rejoicing over your election, were shocked at tho manner in which you persecuted and hounded the men who, during many years of minority, had carried yonr cause upon their shoulders, until finally they placed you in the Presidential chair. No such spectacle has ever been presented iu any country. Yon struck the most fatal blows at those who had rendered you the most devoted service.- There was a rancor and a cruelty In your treatment of these men that no imagination could have anticipated, and no logician defend. Even these who attempted to maintain their usual kind relations to your person were repelled with hauty aud freezing indifference, or subjected to your will by being made the slaves ef your caprices, and the echoes of your treach eries. In proportion as you conducted this un provoked warfare upon these citizens you took into your confidence men who had never treated you save as an object of batred and of scorn. Posterity takes little note of the treatment ex tended by a public mau to life-long supporters.— It is not so tolerant, however, when such turpitude is accompanied and succeeded by persistent at tempts to distract and demoralize a happy aud united people. Had you but served tbe Republic ; had you maintained your plighted faith to yeur principles ; had you displayed a wise, comprehen sive, and practical statesmanship ; had you insis ted upon economy and integrity in your Adminis tration—tho judgment of tho people would have rewaidedyou. aud your recreancy to your friends would have been forgotteu in the stern impartiality j and justice of your policy. The ruler ot a civali zed and Christian people may, in a moment of rash impulse, inflict incalculable injury upon his country. But you have no impulses. That which at first seemed to be the madness oi the moment soon as sumed the shape of settled malignity. When you j consented to trrraple upon a holy and as undying truth, it is now evident that you had made up your mind to persevere to the end. No entreaties could move you to change your course. Even those whom you had wounded without provocation, re peatedly and humbly exhorted yon to pause in your career. In vain. You seemed to have become the incarnation of Absolutism. The bloody fields of Kansas, the perishing industry of Pennsylvania, the arguments of tho good, the thunder-tones of the ballot-box, produced no more impression npon you than upon the walls of the building in which you sat, cold and heartless as those walls them selves. Not content with doing wrong yourself, you in sisted that all others over whose interests you ex ercised the slightest control should likewise do wrong. Hesitation or refusal on their part to yield to your commands was punished with instant ex clusion from place, or remorseleess social ostracism. No one was too high to be reached by tbe shafts of your anger ; no one too low to be ground under the heel of your proscription. Yon raked the offi cial kennels for victims. Whether an honest man objected to your conduct who held position under you in a foreign land, or in your own State, or near the Presidential mansion, he was recalled or re moved without an opportunity of dcfenco. And in proportion as you persecuted the good you corn | pensated tho lard. Thus, your own example bo ! came a grand premium to a'l who were ready to j accept place at the loss ef character. ! When the money of the people was used to de j bauck the people—when tbe Chiet Magistrate con : seated to degrade himself for the puiposeof grati i fying bii rev*.age—the reckless men around your person imcopted your owe conduct as a license to 1 shein. Dent alike upon plundering the treasury and ' breaking up the Union, they organized a system of ; peculation and fraud unequalled in any civilized Government, and, with your aid, enlisted in the work of destroying the Democratic party. You , proteud st this day that you were ignorant of their j practices iu the first, hut you cannot deny that you aud encouraged them in the second.— I The disruption of the Democratic party at Uharles | ton and Baltimore was plotted in the White j House ; and when it was accomplished, although j admonished tb it it must lead to tbe dislocation of i the Union itself, you relused to throw yourself ; into the breach, and to accept the regular nomina , Hon of tho party. Once more you employed the | patronage of your Administration in order to gratify your worst passions. You never forgave Stephen A. Douglas because be indignantly retusod to eudorse your defection of 1857 ; and when you contrasted tho popular verdict which gratefully ap proved his course with the popular expression which condemned your own, you res:lved that he should • be defeated, even at the hazard of the annihilation iof the Union. You saw the Democntic party staggering under the double burden of being held | responsible for the enormities of your Adminis tration and of being.identified with the cause ot ; Disuniou. Again you were admonished that per : severance in these proceedings must lead to the i raost direful consequences, aud again yowefetused ,to listen to tbe voice of reason. Indeed, through i your organs and your friends, you circulated the doctrine that it was far better that the general op ; ponents of tho Democracy should triumph than that the regular candidate of the party shorn ' be i j elected; and when this portion of your programme , was fulfilled, when by uieuna of your patronage, ; and with the aid of your tui-rceucries, you assisted , to elect Mr. Lincoiu to the Presidency, you gave j currency and credit to that fatal theory which has i hurried our free institutions to the very precipice |of Disunion. Preparations for armed resistance to | the laws as a consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election were made under your own eyes, participated in by j your own Cabinet Ministers, advocated by your ! own newspaper exponent, and so far approved by those who held position under you, in the different States North and South, as at last to assume the air of a virtuous revolution. Iu that hour, when, for a moment, you seemed to comprehend the i magnitude of your crimes, did you step forward to execute your high trust, by anticipating the maehi<= nations of the Southern conspirators, by crushing Secession in the bud, and by making an ex ample of every man who held a commission at your bauds who dared to approve their proceedings I Alas ! no. In your last annual message to Congress, whilst arguing against the right ot a State to with draw from the Union, you offered immunity to the enemies of the Union by declaring that you had no authority to punish them. Your Cabinet exploded in the tuidst of your own complications and your country's distrtsses, and theu was disclosed a picture of crime, moral and political, such as no nation has ever been called upon to witness.— Compelled to summon to your side other coun sellors, animated by different sentiments, and re. solved so far as they could to rescue the Union, you embarrassed their action by your timidity, va cillation, and weakness. At this moment, while you are pr- pariug to assist in the iniuguration of your successor, it is doubtful whether you have lelt him even a fragment of a Government to ad minister. Your enemies might congratulate them selves upon the entire fulfilment •! their predic tions, if they were not called upon to mourn over the decay and downfall of the Union itself. It may be said, these are harsh words to address to an old man. Your couutrymen have been told that as you approach the close of your official term you manifest some regrtt at the past, and within short time it has been given out that the weight of years and cares has leartully oppressed your spir its; but, Mr. Buchanan, rite very last acts of your Administration have shown that still in their ashes live the wonted fires of your malignity and revenge. Many of your recent appointments have shocked the country. Even uow, the name of one of the chief agents in all those proceedings which have eoutributod to rush the Republic upon the verge of ruin is pending before the United States Senate for a high judicial position, and others who have been equally prominent in the proscriptions aud treacheries of the leur years gone by, have been honored with tiie most distinguished marks of your confidence. It will, therefore, be seen that you return to private life, just as you are approaching the Psalmist's age, without feeling a single emotion of remorse fertile wrongs you have inflicted upon a patient and suffering people. Ido not envy you your reflections in the winter of your years; but like that Frenchman, when called upon to vote whether he would doom the tyrant of bis country to tho death he s. ticbly merited, I conclude this epistle in his ewn words: " I commiserate the poor, and the needy, and the oppressed, but 1 have no pity for the oppressor of my country." MEJY OF AJ\GLES. There is a typo of character in every com munity which louie uoknown writer very ap propriately styles the angular. It is illustra ted in men whose dispositions are well supplied with corners, so to speak, which are oonstantly obtruded on the oomfort of their neighbors.— Not that bodily angularity necessarily implies a disobliging nature. Many, whoso bodily movements are awkward, are of an accommo dating and of a "giving way" disposition.— But mental angularity almost invariably has an arigulariziug effect on the carriage of the body. Every reader hs doubtless suffered, at one tune or another, at the hands—or, properly speaking, at the elbows—of a nnn of angles. Look out for biui when ha comes. Ho takes a manifest pleasure ia crowding you into the gut- ter, although bo bas plenUf of room oo tbe sidewalk. He contrives to carry bis umbrella or cane so pornted that it may gouge out tbe eye of some passer by. He seems to like tbe fuu of walking upon tho dres9 ef every lady be overtakes. He goes out of tbe way to kick a dog. In an omnibus be sits sideways, iu order to take up twice as much room as be has paid for, and when he wishes to be set down, he announces the fact by pulling tbe strap with a fierceness which indicates a desire to draw the unlucky Jehu through the aperture. At tbe table ho obviously takes it ill when asked to pass anything, and signifies his displeasure by upsetting the dish which he passes. He is iu his element in a crowd, where he amuses himself by exploring with his elbows tho ribs of these around him, and by grinding their oorns until they begin to think they've got a miller among them. As for she amenities of life, he has none of them. Long practice bas made him familiar with the vocabulary of grievous words. He rejoices ID asserting his independence on all occasions, without reflect ing that it is the peculiar kind of independence which is shared with him by "the patient ani mal that browses oo the thistle.lie belougs to tbe class of runn of whom it has been said that their oppos' ! 'oa way be reckoned on to auy measure which bas not originated with themselves. However, not to paint these wor thies blacker than they really are, perhaps the office which they perforin io tbe world is salu tary, corresponding to that performed by brakes when a train of oars get on too much headway. It may be that men of angles are designed as checks to tho too rapid progress of society.— A hard-hearted, obstinate, unreasonable man, wbpn viewed in the light of a brake, is by no means a contemptible appendage to the car of civilization. GRAPK CULTURE.— We would suggest that in addition to the fertilizers recommended iu the following, leaf mould, the cleanings of old hedges which consist largely of twigs, and swamp uiuck, with asbes intermixed, arc a valuable addition to tbe soil of tbe vineyard: Strong and stimulating manuro is most dan gerous to the vinous property of the grape. — Tho general rule in viue-produciog countries is to manure e!y with its own cuttings, or the refuse of tbe grspe when pressed, which con tains tartar, essential to the vinous property of tbe grape. Excessive richness of tbe soil, though it gives a larger orop, aud the best fruit for tho table, detracts from the character of Hie wioe. There have been several re markable instances of this fact; amongst oth ers, the celebrated viDeyard of Jobauoisburg, which sooio fifty years since had been richly manured, it for several years afterward pro duced a grape whieh gave wine of an inferior quality. It took tweuty years before the soil became sufficiently poor to restore the vinous quality of the grape. Soils which produce choice and rare wines ara ncrer manured with auy description of fetid manure, generally ap plied for the purpose of fertilizing land; but the wool, horn, bones, aud the euttiogs and refuse of the vine irself, being only used.— Tbe scientific botouist tells us tbit the vine only takes up from the earth carbonic acid, ammonia, etc.; praetice and experience, both ancient acJ modern, affirm the contrary. — Florist and Frui'ist. MANNERS. —Emmerson, iu his eccentric way, has an odd thing on "manners,'' in a re cent number of the Atlantic: I wish cities would teach their best lessons, of quiet manners. It is the toible especially of American youth pretension. The mark of the man of the world is the absence of pre tention. He does not make a speech; be takes a low business toue, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not alt, per forms much. He cails his employment by its lowest uarue, and so takes from evil tongues j their sharpest weapon. His conversatiou 1 chugs to tho weather and the news, yet ho al lows himself to be surprised into thought, and tbe uulockiug of his learning and philosophy- How the imagination is piqued by anecdotes of some great men passing incognito, of a king in grey clothes! of Napoleon affectiog a plain suit at his glittering levee!—of Bums, of Scott, of Beethoven, of Wellington or any other container of transcendant power, passing for Dobody—of Epaminondas, "who never 9ays anything, but will listen eternally!"—of Gothe. who preferred trifling subjects and common expressions in intercourse with strau gers, worse rather than better clothes, aui to appear a little more capricious than he was! There are advantages iu the old hat and box coat. I have beard that throughout this coun try a certain respect is paid to good broad cloth; but dress makes a little restraint; men will not commit themselves. But the box coat is like wine—it unlocks the tongue, and meu say what they think. A HUMOROUS INCIDENT.— An old farmer who had two handsome daughters, would not permit them to keep the company of youug men. After the old man had retired to rest, tbe girls would bang a sheet out of the win dow, and each beau, wit h the assist men of his lady, who tugged lustily above, would thus gain an entrance. Girls, what do you think of this plan? It so happened that one even ing the girls hung out the sheet too early; the old gentleman spying the sheet could not con jecture the meaning of it. No doubt you would think this very silly. So he caught hold and endeavored to pull it dowu. Foolish exertion. The girls supposiog it to be oue of their fellows , began to hoist, and did not dis cover their mistake until the old man's hand was level with the window sill, when one of them exclaimed:—"Ob, Lord, 'lis dad!" and letting go tbe eboct, down came the cid gen tleman to the ground, dislocating one shoulder. Withdrawing all opposition to their keeping company, he was soon a bappy father-io-law. VOL. 34, NO. 11. THE W AR RAl"T.—This machine now build ing at Charleston harbor, is said to have sides of iron and palmotto logs, and on the inside of these is to be placed a layer of cotton bales, thus making a solid wall of from five to six feet in thickness on the attacking side, while on the other side and ends it will not be any stronger than is necessary to resist the effect of the concussion of the firing of the gnns. It will be partly filled with water, whiob, it is supposed, will destroy the effect of the bombs which fall into it; consequently, there is a large opening left in the deck. It will mount four gnns, which are now lying by the aide of it—three 32 pounders and one 44-ponnder. They will be mounted all on one 6ide, it being tho only one that is protected, the other side and ends having only a railing around them. In regard to its efficacy, opinions differ, but among the soldiers it has the opprobrious epi thet of "Slaughter Fen," and each company are faarfnl that tbey shall be called npon to man it. From the materials of which it is built, it must be extremely combustible, and heated shot will be very apt to set it on fire. Again, it will have to be moored and kept in exact position, for if it swiDgs ronnd, or its moorings are out, as they might be by chain shot, it would be completely at the mercy of tho fort, which might easily sweep the exposed deck by grape or canister shot. VV'HISKT DRINKERS, OH! —It was on one of the river steamers, at dinner, that an amiable, matronly lady remarked; in the midst of con versation with a very grave-looking gcntle maD, on the subject of temperance, "Oh 1 I despise, of all thing 3 in this world, a whisky dritiket!" The gentleman dropped his knife and fork, in the ardor of his feelings extended bis haods and took hers within his own, and wiib emotion that threatened tears over the loss of ruined sons, be replied with faltering words, "Madam, I respect your sentimeDts, and the heart that dictated them. I permit no persoa to go beyond me in despising the whisky drinker. 1 have been disgusted on this very boat, and I say it now before our worthy oaptain's face. What, I ask you, can bo more disgusting than to see well-drossed, respeotahle and virtuous looking young man, whoso mothers are probably prayiDg that the tender instruction by which their yonth was illuminated, may bring forth precious fruit in their maturity— I say, to see young men step up to the bar of this boat, and without fear or observing eyes, boldly ask for whisky, when they know that there is in that very bar the best of old Oognao braudy!" PETROLEUM PREPARATION FOR TUB JUDG MENT DAY.—A number of wioked editors are much distressed about the theory lately ad vanced by philosophers that Tophet is near I by, and that a forerunner to its coming is the breaking out of innumerable oil wells in va rious sections of the country. One of our frightened cotemporaries says that the latest and most feasible theory growing out of the sudden appearance of oil in such immense quantities tu regions where it could not have existed but a compartively abort time, is, "that tho internal fire of the earth known to exist are making their way to the surface, where, iu accordance with the prophecy, 'the elements are to melt with fervent heat.' The caloric from these subterranean fires has just reached the coal strata, and the oil which forms the igneous portion of that carbonic compound is driven from it, and forced by superineumbcGt pressure ta occupy fissures and the softer formations of the earth below, until relieved by apertures from the surface. Tbose living in the coal regions, and nearest Tophet, of course, find oil first. Watch and P™J-" HENRY CLAY'S SARCOPHAGUS.— The beau tiful sarcophagus intended for the remains of Henry Clay, which was designed by Mr. Fre derick Graff, and executed in Philadelphia, arrived in Pittsburg over the Pennsylvania Railroad, a few weeks ago, and conveyed by Adams' Express to Lexington, Kentucky, and —all the way free of charge. The material used, which is pure white marble, is from the quarry iu Montgomery county. Oa the raised lid, enoircled in a laurel wreath is the uame "Henry Clay" in black marble letters; on tho end in front of the base, the following; "Pre sented by William Strutters, marble mason, Philadelphia." The inscriptions on the side of the base are from Clay's speeches. One, "1 bad rather be right than President. Truth is mighty and publio justice certain." Again, "1 can, with unshaken confidence appeal to tho Divine Arbiter for the trutb of the decla ration, that 1 have been influenced by no im pure purpose, no personal motive; have sought uo personal aggrandizement, but in all my publio acts 1 have had a sole and single eye, and a warm, devoted heart, directed and dedi cated to what, in my best judgment, I believ ed to be the true interests of my country." VANITY FAIRINGS.— It La stated in some quarters that Abe Lincoln will turn out the worst President the United States ever had. Too true. He will turu out Jatnc-s Buohanan! Ceremony takes place Maroh 4th. It has long been said that "Britannia rules the waves," but sines the fort aid arsenal capturing busidfess has flourished so, down South, we must surely agree that South Caro lina is First on the Seise. Ride a Cook-Horee— Sail down a 'liner* to South Carolina, And let Uncle Sam with a blockade confine ber : Sam in her bay, and Sambo at her heels, She'll soon have to knuckle, however she squeals. The song of the new State of Things—Hail Columbiade: " Tho aim of the South—to keep all the Kernels, and throw us t&e Shells- The real molio for Sooadcrs—"Let U. 8. alone." The only thing to "sweep the sea" with—a brush with the enemy.
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