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Weaver* ISAAC ANGNKY, Register* PROPOSALS rim I’rni.i miNc;, rv si tifCßirno^; jx the city of Lancaster, A WEEKLY I’M’HU, I'lNTlTLl:!) ' THE ACtS. Through the solicitation of friends, and a desire to extend thc'iueans of intelligence upon nil sub 4 jecls relating to the citizens in a moral and enter \ lining manner, the subscribers have been induced trotter proposals lor publishing a weekly news paper in this city, devoted to Temperance, Lit kuatuuk; News, Scib.Vcb, and hie Arts; Politi cal Intelligence, and .the latest Foreign and Do mestic nows; tho Proceedings of the National and State Legislatures;* I —and to be strictly neutral in parly politics. . • In tito present day, publications exist in every section of country, and tn an extent perhaps com m.msurato with the principles they espouse. But in'ihe Stale' of Pennsylvania, there yet remains ;i. wide- field for.action,and improvement through tho channel of ilid press; and can look upon the existing spirit of the times, and rest satisfied that / ilcinpcrauc is not destroying, undermining, min ing, and debasing tho social :ami intellectual at mosphere of society. With these glaring and la ntonUblb facts daily presented to us, wo should bo dilligont and persevering in establishing a feeling sitid a sentiment which will drive from among us the evil which has sdlongongcndercd unhappiness, misery and crime. We conceive it is only to ho accomplished -by rallying around \v press, that is willing to promulgate and further the principles of. :t!to cause of the, “Tc('*Total Abstinence a society that is dally increasing and extending great and important doctrines for the future benefit of mankind.* , ; The paper \Vc design issuing every Monday evening, printed on a large extra imperial sheet, at Two Dollars pci annum, payable.in advance, » A per ceiitiige of fillecn ccttts will bo given for every subscriber that is procured by agents ap pointed for the “Th 6 Agm” tr * ; , «■ To subscnboln clubi; ten copied will beseht fonSUfiOt). AbV 'person forwarding five namos; with $lO 00,’will be enlUied to a copy, for one year,* • ■; ! -■ BRYSON; PEARSOL & WTMER. ;■< \ -,yiiublidierß iifMio- tstnii-lVcekiy Gazelle. . SICXUXtt OFF AT, ■' ■ 2JJ ffOUJSXR? jilEliClhiSTS: JISD . OTHERS. M’liesubscdbcrs, intending" to’ IciiVe Car lisle, offer tlteir;cnjirLv Bt<fct, cbmpHisin" an cSfendvo ! Variety of'cvm-y description of: !: ’ /*•»* i’" br*‘odoiis; :: ■ Country Merchants!' tindtlicjfidjidic. fo. tjifelr ndyau-. ■ lu call.-cxaiiupe, iiiul 'they. c'apnotqliiain giioils^clieiipfci'.ifi'ilfie'city. -' : ’ onC»SC7 . - ■ \V (^e|^"^-; offered to, every one, who, desires topufehltse, . ' ARNOLD & Co, Cftdiale. Niiy. 12, - s .‘( »/ ; i> ; ' requestcdto call anjJ r vettfifibetore,-thci first;; of ■.) anuary next.; \ i: ;- ' t! r) •i. v"" •- -^Wanted, A bov to learn, the, ; Nov. • i .. ♦** BY GEO. SANDERSON.] .Whole Ko. 13 74 • THE PRISONER FOR DEBT. nv J. o. Whittier. Look on him—through his dungeon grato,'_ 1 Feebly and cold, the morning light Conies stealing round him, dim and late As if it loathed the sight. Reclining on his strawy bed, His hand upholds his drooping head— ■ His bloodless cheek is Beamed amt hard. Unshorn Ids grey, neglected heard; And o’er Ids bony fingers flow His long dishevelled locks of snow. __ Noigratcful fire before him glows, And yet the winter’s breath isroldll; And o'er his lialf-elad person goes The frequent ague llirilll Silent—save over and anon, A sound, half murmOt and half groan, ' Forces apart tiro painful grip Of die old sufferer’s bearded lip, 0! sad and crushing is the fete Df old age chained and desolate] - Just Cod, why lives’that old man tiierol • A murderer shares ids-prison lied, , Whose eye bails, through Ids horrid hair, Gleam on him fierce ami red: And the rude oalli -and heartless jeor Pall ever on his loathing oar, • And, or in wakefulness or sleep, Nerve, flesh and fibre - flirill and creep, Whene’er licit ruffian's tossing limb. Crimson with murder, touches him! ! What has the grey haired prisoner done! I Mas niurdeiystain’d his hands with gore? i Not so; l;is crime’s a fouler one? • T Goii sUm:'run oi.n Man boon? " Tor llTiFliFslrares-a ' The fittest earthly typo of hell! ■ Nor this—the boon for which ho poured ! His young blood on ill’ invader’s sword, j- A.od'snooted light the fearful cost—, I’ llis blood-gaiocd udcrtv is lost! On so, fnrsneh a place of rest, ■ Obi prisoner, poured jby blood as rain On Oeiioord’a field, and Bunker’s crest, And Saratoga’s plain? Look- forth, thou man of many scant, Through thy dim dungeon’s iron bars; It must bo joy, in sooth, to seo Von monument upreared to thee; Piled granite and a prison cell— The land repays thy service well! - Go; ring the bells and fire the guns, And (ling the starry banner nut; Shout “Freedom!’* till yourllspingones (live back their cradle shouts; Let boasted eloquence declaim Of lionori liberty and fame; Still lei the pod’s strain tin heard, . With “glory” far each second word, Ami every thing with breath ngreo Tdpraiso “our glorious liberty!” But when the patriot’s cannon jars The prison’s cold and gloomy wall, Ami through its grates the stripes and stars- 1 Rise on the* wind and fall—• Thihk yo that prisoner's aged car Rejoices in tho general checrl Think ye Ids dim and failing cyo Is kindled at your pageantryl Sorrowing of soul, and chained of limb, .<• \Vlict is your carnival to him! ' . Down.with the tAw that hinds him thus! Unworthy freemen, let it fiiut No refuge from the withering curse Of God and humandund! Opcn tl.e prisoner's living tomb, And usher from Its brooding gloom Tho victim of your savage code, To the free snnnnd air of God! ’ Nor longer dare asjcrimc id bra’nd," The chastening uf the Almighty’s hand. AtT OHPH AN G-7.8.L. ' A stranger on the earth I roam, Without one cheering glance of homo, A poor wayfuirmg soul; / With snares and trials on my way, Ami dangers meet mo day by day; ~ • ; How thick doth trouble roll. My friends.whom nature bound so dear, Have passed away rind left me llcfS, ■ . A sftanger in the land;" ,: ■■ ’ But when 1 look to God abbvc,' And view bis great and boundless love,- My feet doth Cindy stand. ' 1 A friendless orphan girl I am, ■ .But conscience bids ipy heart bo fcalm, , And,not complain my?lot;. , ■.. - But live with God before my eyes,;. -That I may d well above, the skies; i - When.all things are forgot. ' ■: ’ " ltbw ionoly here on earth I live, , But all my heart to God. I’ll give; And all bq driy 4 iii r ■; • Aqd yvhen’my, race safejy run-, _ -,. '1 ■'My-happiness jq jest bognn,. i -y , ;l . With, those tliqi live in bcav’n.. ', . 1 thank the Lord that he has paid,,,„ i Thal lo tlic orplinn lie is wed, • : " . Wijh.leye and mSrcy,lop;, : 'Oio Lord of loyp'sfi'airbo; my, shield, j •' When marching through the haltlo field, 'His Way l wilj pursub. : J i ")'hatf!i,d ilf. pouddie of?,’ asfieda sjpi?, i^rp^ , ?:iijp'l»cifJiFsArjehtl.v; tl i lwap«toecat'y6Dda»urgean. Carlisle, Pa. Thursday November 2«, 1840, .. * i TIIE BALL KOOM. - nv JAMES H. FERKINS. “Come, come, Peter, it’s ho use talking; you'and Sally must, go to the Birth Night Ball, there’s no two ways about it.” . “ Wlijr, niy dear brother,’’ said Peter Scott, looking at’ his wife, ‘ll don't sup- . pose it will.kill us logo; but you know wc were raised to think such things wrong, and though we’re neither of us professors of religion, yot I don’t like to do wliat the old. folks- would not lldukright.-iflluiy •were living.” „ Well, Sally, what’s-your vole,” said Jacob. “Why for just this, once,” —said Sally, and stopped. “What’s right once, is right'always;” said Peter. . “ Well, may be it is,”- said his wife, “but what’s the harm of dancing a-little of an evening at the Bazaar? 1 vote to go?” “Very good, we’ll go, Jacob, only you* must introduce us to your Main street friends, for I don't know a single soul that will be there.” “Leave, all that to me,” replied his bro ther, and left them. When Peter and his Wife came to look over their wardrobe, and see. what' clothes of theirs would answer fur such an occa sion, they found a mournful deficiency;, there were work dayclothcs in abundance, good jeans, and dklicocs and satinets; there were holy-day suits 100, brdadclothcs and merino; but a dress fur a ball room should difl'er-from that which became a Methodist church, and they both owned that it .was a shame to throw away; so. much money bill new apparel must be had. Peter ac cordingly-placed all his cash at liis wife's disposal, and bidding her to be.sparing of it, went to his shop, and-to chair-making, •presses were-bought: new pantaloons fur him mid a silk vest; for her, more arti cles, large and small, than any one, save a. milliner, could name without counting lingers; . —=-Sallywao-cnamoiircd, and .bought the cheapest of every .'thing, i but still money melted us rapidly us if Signor Ulilz had been by. - The evening came ; the Bazaar Hall, then under tiic old regime of Mons. flub bert, was filled to overflowing. ’ The dances began, , and Mrs. Scott, who was pretty and sprightly, and. had a natural knack of dancing, though ignorant of the figures, was quite a belle, and stood up to numberless cotillions, and made numberless acquaintances.. - ■ The evening passed, and the young wife went home flushed and trembling; never before had her vanity been so appealed to, and attention intoxicated hen The next day passed in reverie; dinner was iiot well cooked, nor the table neatly laid. The next evening passed heavily; and the Only relief was,' that Jacob came in mid they talked over the ball, and all who attended it. Jacob told them who were genteel and who w ere nut; he ridiculed this one and sneered at a third, who hud rival in some small flirtation'. Peter listened in silence; he did not like the looks of things, but what could he do, having taken the step? . In Marclrthe quarterly rent for his shop was due, but his wife had no cash to re turn to, him wherewith to pay it. jlc* called on one gentleman, who owed him fifty dollars jor a side board; but'he was about to give a dinner parly, and heeded. all he could rake and scrape; another owed for three bedsteads forty-live dollars, but he had a note to pay in tho bank, and nio pey was very scarce; he called on a third, who had for,six months been in hisdebt for chairs, tables, etc., to the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars, but this gen tleman had unluckily just bought a new span of horses, for which he must pay-, or he could not secure them. , “If you’re go ing by Lippencott's,” said he to Peter,. -when he had declined payment, “just call iji Snd see them; they arc beauties, ! do assure you.” Peter returned homo penni less. \yiion rent Jay canicjhe told. his lilliJ !orJ the.wbiilo story. The worthy, niaii c heafd him through,knid wns'sorry; “but,” Saul he, “this simp will always command cash rent;- I’ll giye you ten Jays grace, and , tlicu you must pay or quit.” IVlicn that hj'ari vt’ent home and ,related the facts, to his wife, he added, “I hear he, and his.bride were at the birth-night, ball last mouth; if he’ can go there he must pay his rent. promptly." “.But, my dear,”' said the lady, “if you turn him out it may injure his credit,i and ruin him; Why not lalk.wilh him," and let; (tin) Stay al id try, to save him,; if . lie’s growing extravagant.” V I can’t if he is ruined it is his o\Vn doings,., not mine., Business, is', business'; 'if a man-; wants help, you know Ibii ready ko give aifany.body; but a.tenant mUslipay up.” . “ Well,” said the good woman, “I don’t knoW Ultielf about it, but it always seems to mo that as if God meant that kindness.. -■ and benevolence should he cxcrcised.in the course of our daily business,,and not by . way of exception., , I can’t, help thinking - .■’that business.should be;one and the same thing with ..benevolence, and every act of out-dupr ,mercantile life, an act of Christian justice and Cllilstian charity> Y.ou give * :-toahoso ..lliet want, you say.; so y,nui(o, i and why not do it in this case Scott why, kind advice, cheering;., up, and a little tiinom the payment of ids’ fc'nt.”;, -y : ’ ; : > .“Very good, fietscy,’’- answered the old, .gnntleman,. ‘iyery: goQd dor awoinan, bat ;, if Spbtj don’t pay. in ;teii;,ltlays,, he must gb;7 .I’m sorry, f6r him> but lie , , days,passed Peter could nbi, pay; and wa* forced lo seek another shop. .“Why‘do ypu.leayo .yopr old stand,'Scott?'', said .the 'first landlord..to,,whom. he ; applied. :Petarheßitaledaraonieiil,buktrutlieame ..Pud he told -the inquirer ,‘th»t he bad been unable to pay promptly. “OCRCOUNTRY BiailT OB WRONG.” “And did the old puritan say tliat was his reason for breaking with you? ;No\t I happen, to'know it wan’t so; it was bp- ■ cause you' went to the ball of the twenty second that he’s cpl.you.” / ; Scott smiled, arid said mildly that it was the ball-any how that had got him into trouble. “But you don’t ropcnt.goiug. do , you?” said the other. , “No; not altogether,” replied* the cabi liet maker, who felt that, ho would bo de spised if he said yds; ■ “ It's tlic only way lorcnjny life;- my~ lad,” said the other taking his arm. “Como with mo and I’ll fit,you with.a room.” The man to whom Scott had by chance gone, at the bail, and had seen - the young mechanic’s wife, and being oh the instant half inclined to attempt her se duction—for he was one of those soul mur derers who make seduction a pursuit—he ■ now fplt as if his master, the'devil, had pul the opportunity within his reach. Peter was soon in his new shop, and by the aid of his landlord, thrown into a large and profitable business, flislan (lord visit ed him too; invited him to his house, for be was married and a father; and all seem ed bright., ~ .“The ball was a good beginning,” said ' Sally., Weeks passed, and months passed; for it is astonishing how long and how patient ly men labor and wail to accomplish evil purposes—months passed; Scott’s bust-, ness flourished, and his customers increas ed—and, how natiir.il, his expenses in creased too. Visited by such people .as now honored their poor rooms, they must have some refreshments for an evening in dispensable. Summer brought ice cream parties,, and strawberry-parties, and . Peter could not resist the invitation to ride up the river -and roll nine pins. From rolling nine pins out of town, the passage was easy to playing billiards in to\vn; and billiards made one so. dry, that Scott; before he was aware of it, longed' for the hour when ho could, in cnnscicnce, take a julep, -• In Junn;:the (lViarter’s ietil wasiduo, and ‘ Peter bad religilonsly laid by enough to pay it. The day come, and he took the sum to his landlord. “ Have you any more ?” said dial wor- ihv. <5 '“No.” “ Then let it run another quarter, Scott,; and kccp -lliis to fit you out for a grand frolic we mean to have up the Little Mi ami.”, Peter hesitated ; but how could he resist such kindness ? With a heavy heart ho pocketed the money and went home. The frolic was had ; the money was spent; the servant' of Satan fell bis prey sure. It was a pleasant July morning, ■ apd Scott was busy at his workshop. His landlord tolddiim he wanted a certain job done before night—that he might dine at the nearest hotel, and ho would sec that his wife was informed why he was absent. Peter said “very.-good,” and worked oiiv His kind friend, having thus secured his absence from home; went about his work also. It was not noon when he entered Scott’s humble house; it waspass’d three when he - issued, from tlicncc, black with anger and disappointed passion. Before five, Scott, still working at the pressing job of his patron, was arrested for the a mount of his rent;\and after a shoft exam ination of his stock, committed to jail.— That night was to his wife one of Hie deep est agony. A .whole new realm of sin and misery within herself had been revealed to her: and in her husband’s unaccountable absence, her wits wandered far towards madness. The next morning a little boy brought this note to her door: ■ , ~ “ Your husband is in prison; you can release him; will you ?” ' • Ignorant of .out I ;laws',' and knowing a prison smly'hs a prelude to deatli orun imagined evil, she turned the prtptf and . wrote llicrcon, “Any thing.” . . . Noon came—the fiend once moro.songht ;2!iis,.victim; he opened the door and behold! '• Scott himself was there, having been hailed from prisoih Peter was naturally a mild ' man, hill the mildest at times y ield and be come ungovernable. ' . No sooner had Scott, whose frame was . seemingly disjointed- by the lain his wife had told him, laid his eye upon the form of his subtle enemy, than his brain and every muscle became filled with blood ; his sight failed him; seizing a chair he felled, the ,wrdtch to' the ground, and then leaping upon him, stamped and beat, and hit him, till the neighborhood rang with his erics of desperation. A' dozen men, rushing in at tlie sounds, tore Seolt from the battered - and bruised form of his perfidious patron, Wllrttfasseriously injured.; . But his wounds ; ‘and bruises he rejoiced in, for.'lhoy gave , him lint .means of his revenge. Scott was arrusled and tried for an assault Willi an in tent to kill.- Ho Was convicted upon the presumpion that the attach was: the result; . ■ of.premcdialed ritalico causpd'iby t!>o arrest ’ for debt, and Peter Seott was sent to the . penitentiary for three years. “ ' , Thb lerm of his imprisonment. Was' out early in 1837. He came back to.Gincin • natti, an offcast whom ito one would e,in-. ploy, no 0110 associate with. His wife, . who had given oirth to a child,, while he fay waiting hisitrial,- and who had after-* r wards struggled on. broken hearted, by 1 the help of the Methodist benevolent society.' was dead when he.returned.(o. the world, : and her.infant was a town-charge. His . property; was all gone; and he was. forgot-;; ten.. He inquired for .facoh';:Jacoh had ; failed'and .gone }o j'Ho' askeil. Tor ' , ‘ his landlord;, he was ; ,, , no,, not.respected, hiil;,Tesj>eclablc,y lie ; went, to the honse wherckhe .had > ; * l. was d groi‘ery;,and l!0 ; drankithero till hU ' ; . brain s,waiii.The ue*t day, being wlmlly ... board,.. . a st^oint^iijt;^;%. has not > ’ ~ T ■ [At TWO.DOLLARS PER ANNtjMi Hew Sories-“-Vol. 5, No. a^j . Was. that man, ruined by,going to one baU then? Wo; -But die was mined by drilng one act contrary to .his conscience ; by that act he placed himself within the roach of Salan.and fell his victim. It is an awftll tlldtlglit, but a true orie, lhal we.rian nol, till the last day; measure’ tlib Conso. qucnccs of a-single wrong act.. May God forgive the countless ones that wo commit. Skclch of the iSritish EEoltSc - oriortis. We abridge'(he futlowiriß admirable sketch from onesot a aeries of'papers in til.- Jiritunnia, emitted ** JL he Anatomy ot FarJiament.” . Viohnbility, the majority of hiv renders 1 Imvc never been wittiiu the walls of the’Housejyf . 1 . ; ami would rather have u circumstantial deai cnjmoji ol what it really is,than to be called upon to inUulgcat second Imml m association which m e after -all suiuewhm trite. lor this purpose, then, we »ill post olinelvcs 111 tJiegallery appropriated to Btrunin.'rs.- At the further cuu .ol the house, between tlic two high glazed doors which form the Peers* entrance is the throne. Jt is placed under a splendid canopy* nnd raised two or three steps from (he «oor. Ail (hat is nd; gilded is covered with crimson cloth. Ue hind the throne, under the canopy, in acircular em blazonment of gold, arc U»e royal initials; hut, by a strange negligence, **\V. U.” Ims not vet 7>cen re placed by tne initials of the Queen. The space in Iront of the throne, nnd on (he steps, Is occasionally , occupied by gentlemen Who are introduced by the Lora (ylmnceiior’is order, and. the three or four aris tocratic luokingboys who arc paying'such devout at-- teution to the proceedings, arc tlic sons of Peers.— • Immediately in front of the throne is what is called ibc'wool-sack—a large crimson'mound or bank,tike nothing hut itsell,in Hie centre of \\ Inch sits the Lord Chancellor, in all the glories of a silk gown amHnll jtnlicinl wig. A less, commodious scat'for one who lias hedi there many hours, after a fatiguing day in the Chancery’. Court, cannot well be conceived. - Ollier Peers occasionally lounge'about ou the wool ftick, though as there is no hack to lean against, one , is iim loss to account IoV their taste. Immediately in front of tlic wool-sack are two other banks of the Bame kind, stretching forward into, the hous'l*, which are also used ns seats or lounging places. .The princes of the blood generally occupy them when present in the house. In A out of these is the blile, at which sit, with their faces to the Chancenor, two or more olfcrks, ibarristers,) in wigsand gowns; and, occasionally, a niaster-iu-chancery or so. 'l’he,for mer individuals have to read petitions and other mat ters, to the house, wheirrctjuircd to are ehiclly; distlngiiished by heing the worst readers in the United Kingdom.- in front of these Is n table, and between it and what, is culled the “bar,” behind which strangers and members of the other house are admitted; are situated the cross benches of the Duke ol lliclmund and other neutral noblemen—those who have qpt yet made up their minds, or >vho have .no ' minds to make.up. The great mass of Peers arc ranged on benches, stretching on each .side of'the house, front the glass doors before mentioned down’ to the bar.* Ul these the government and their sup porters sit on the right of the Chancellor, mid tho opposition on the left. As you view thbm from the strangers’ gallery,or stand ulthe bar, however, these positions, of course,appear reversed—the opposition being on your right and government on your left. So nmoh for the ground plan - ; now for tinr tilling dp. Util before you'begin to inquire who -the imli , yidual Pcfrrffare, the first impression that sUnkesyou is the gentlemanly aspect qflhc whole assembly. *No buz, no creaking of boots nnd scraping of feet, such as you hear injlie House of Commons} butall.quiet, easy and ufcll-hreiU You instinctively fycl that you arc in an assembly of gentlemen; nor do yon hear or • see anything to dispel the illusion. The peers arc, in one peculiar respect, distinguished from the Com mons; they pay a due attention to dress. There are no dirty , vul'jar men in the House of Lords—no men with soiled stockings and disordered shoe-ties.— They do not seem to favor the delusion that sloven liness and talent have any necessary relationship. Now for tlic Peeks themselves. Immediately on the j’ighl of the Lord Chancellor, and on the extreme left ol the house, as viewed- from the gallery, is the bench of Bishops. In the front .is a weak*, sickly looking prelate, in a close-fitting dark wig. He’is thc’Archbishop of Canterbury, against whom not even - his enoihie? have a word to say. He can champion the Church without provoking the ire of her foes.— Near him is the less abstracted, but scarcely less . respected, Bishop of London. His full; ruddy face, offers a line contrast to the pale visage of the Arch bishop*. Conspicuous among these dmues is the celebrated Bishop of Kxcler. The next seals to the Bench of Bishops, farther down (tie house, on the right ol'llte Chancellor, arc occuicd hy ministers. Id the niidst of them sits, or rather toils, the all-potent, because all-omnipotent, Melbourne. Obsenc the careless air with which his white hat is liked off his forehead, nnd the dole# Jilt' luriilc which his wholes bearing expresses. 'He is turning hastily l over t.e ItinVcS of a Government bill; it is the first lime he ha&duoked at it, though the order of the day fur its second reading is now being moved 1 The tall-dandy , with like a Saracen’s hcad in acute grief, is the . Marquis of Normandy,*- An elderly .gentle man next . him, fresh-colored, and with a’Slaid, respectable air, is hisbrenher Alarqui»,of Ijinsdowmv A very stout, mtirni-old man, with crutches, a bald head,and bear ing in liis,face h marked resemblance luthc groat Charles'James Fox; is his- neplicw, Lord Holland. ' He i's remarkable f-ir vociferous cheering at incon vient for making good speeches, greatly to the embarrassment of Ids colleagues.' To the r.ghtpfdie Marquis of Lunsdowne, you will observe a peer, with a peculiarly sfn cpish expression, and enormous shirt collar—that is laird Duacannon. In , sidle of his very silly’ appearance, his lordship isonc. of the few men of business in the ministry) out the desk, not the house, is htg sphere;, Immediately ad joining, the ministers, oh their right, anil.al the head . ofa bench that is scarcely separated from theirs, sits Lord Broughaui. He displayed Ins usual sagacity In the choice of that seat He is as itwcrcramong the ministers, hut not of them; yet the neutrality of his position is not so marked as la signify Ijtc im possibility. ofVe-iinion. Behind the noble aitd leam ‘ ed Lord, on the Hack bench, sits the Earl ofliadnor. To his right sits the Marquis of Clanricarde, con cerning whom even his friends arc silent; near him* ' also, sits Lord Denham, with that lino, severe face of his—the index olßontm'li nioretluUfhia riiiudcontnins. Lvt us now turn in. the Conservative benches, cm the left Of the Chancellor. First, in all points of, view, let us single out the Duke of Wellington. Uc sits at the end or the first hunch, in front Ills dress , .Is the simplest, consisting of u (due frock coat, and plain,:.white trotfsets. Ilia utlltiido is singular.— . Willi his arms folded, Ins head sunk on his breast, ■ his hat slouched over his eyes, and hisdegs stretcliud out their full length on the flour, he would appear to. 'he asleep, and regardless of all that isgoingem, if you natch his month, ymi will jtertelvc that he .is*f : engaged in deep thought, and frequently he rises and p*dvcstliat fte has been so, either by,’delivering a 1 ..plainf.in:mly,Johti Hid Mike exposition oChijnicws,, - or bv answering in detail the arguments of those, who wln/havt gone before. Next to the illuMriousdiikc is’ his pariiamentarv squh’e, T.ord yElfenbormifrh — ..tlie peer with a fill I, frvsbcolor,nmi curling dark. . head, of hair. One ol the* most and sensible of his party; lie. hai, until lately ’neglected f»\islness for pleasure, hut he is now an altered man, and sfema wisely to have become, a parliamentary pupil of f tlie v (hike. ’lmmediately.-on his .right, is n d:uk-hniri:d,,pnlc man, dressed in black, am] with the air of a Very serious clergyman of the establish * ment —it is tnc Karl of Ahrnleeo.alsoa BU-ong,cU’nr hradod man.: Lowcr.down, nu infirm old man, with : while hair,‘mid'supported Hr c-rutclies, is l-ord Wyn fonh year h’.m in Kfnymi, the peer whose ~ ehcek'is naidy witlf lieaidpiiut nhosc hair and whis> kers nre.wlitte-ns show.VTßebmd the dnkc,«|» tlic hack heiich' is the Karl nf Wicklow, n stout; rmSdy ■.'ihci’tl man; wilh .Kniriy hair. . When he tines not gel " into a pnßsipn,;lnciv are.lhw luoro *enwb]e -his partyj - ‘Ojit lie jcune row, at the cxlrrmp e-ml pC : ‘ the KoutyUf farlhrst.lrflm tlio 1 >»rd Chancellor, l^oWl ; “ :;Crpdhmwt hasVJibscn to’ himsrftVfor whait rra-> s(?n.Vt,ia tlifHcMlt-lo feav. Qiiiie other ? leaders'of his parly. It would ac'tfm dial the incbntft-.r niences of the position is iu charm. Aliy other vnftn _ H would feel* cmbatTasaed at having tn-oddresadh® ' • ..house from such a distance: bill; Ivord' Lyttdhursl|«i; fine, clear, inanly, trumpet-likp ,vql *6, orcrcpipes alji r , of situation; and jje rriakos hirorelfhcard, ; ; and felt tbtf, in anrtMHfOf the house-.' 1 ■ ■/'• - -V ; - ■ *{» Uthe contmt b^wetft ' AGENTS. ■; John Moore, Esq. Ntiwvitl Joseph M, Means, Esq. Hopewell township. Jf HN.WuNbfeRMCH, Esq. Shibpensburg, Vj William M. Matrer, Esq. Lee’s X Uoads. John Mehafpy, Dickinson township. John CyLR7«DKNiN,*3r. Esq.** Hocestown. George K Cain, Esq. Mcchanicsburg Frederick Wonderoch,' fax James Et.uott, Esq* Springfield. ” Daniel Kuvshkr, Churchtbwri; ~ Jacob Longnrcker, E<q. Wormlcykburg. / George Ernest, Cedar Spring, Alien.tp. Martin G.‘ RuPPj Esq. Shiremnnstown. the. House of Commons and the Upper House 1m marked in the building, its decorations, and the per sonal appearance of the members, how thtich the , more evident is it respective modes of con ducting a debate! -.The rentier Is ’nwarc that scenes of rldt'and confusion Occur nl limes in the 'LotVeV* House, in bompnnson with which the councils, of the Indian JjJcgcnachs ju’iTycnenddc. In the House of i Lord* no such scenes occur. The -only event-of the . klml,that at all approached to them, was’when the Lite king canic tloWn to prorogue parliament.after thc-rcjcction of the reform bill. But how- difibrenl was the display of feeling! , If ever strong excite ment was pardonable, it M’as’on such an unprecedent ed occasion. Yet it did not degenerate into riot, ns is the case in the House of Commons; and their lord shlps had scarcely given way to it when it was put A stop to. Almost every man who rises in that Hohrc is, more or less, a statesman. He feels himself—not the representative of a mpre class; the advocate of hn isolated few, Init one of the guardians of the welfare of the member of the high court of .appeals of the nalion—the constitution's moderator of the passions and prejudices of the people; 'fi'lii’iliing Surrender oOilckc- nock, the Brave. One afternoon iti the [spring of' 1829, tl young Indian named. Micttebock,- of the Ottawa tribe, on the eastern "side of Jjakd Michigan, liavhlg indulged too freely in the use of fire drink, commenced a quarrel with, and finally stabbed to the heart a son of one of the chiefs. Knowing that ltd . must duffer death by the hands of. annul one Of the family [Whose relative he had murdered,, lid immediately collected his. . own family and fled into the'woods, 'j'liii chief and Ijis sons at;once commenced, search for the murderer—no pains or toil ‘were spared to ferret out the.hiding place . of the unfortunate and'guilly JVlickdnock ; but all the summer past —the leaves began to fall, and no trace could be found of the murderer. Almost in.despair, the old chief, 'burning to .avenge, the death of his soli, looked about for some relaliVe'of Mickc nock, Upon whom be could satisfy this -darling desire of the Indian heart; but no. one could be-found i alt the family and - blood relatives of Miekenpck were With: him in his hiding place. Despairing at length cither of not finding his enemy or aveilging himself on any of the blood /ela j lives of MiCkdnock, he determined toavail himself .of the privilege allowed by Indian custom, and to avonge himself on one of the relations of the wiferpf the murderer. Mickcnock, although effectually concealed from tho old chief. Was; nevertheless, con versanti through some of his friends, of all that, was transpiring in the chiefs wigwamt and so soon as he learned the chief’s de termination to avenge his sou’s death upon one 'of his wife’s relatives, he, immediately sent in ' word to the chiefs wigwam, that upon the.day of the meeting of the great council, which was then soon to take place, he would .dchvor himself, up to alono for the life of his soil. The chief received the information with evident gratification. A few weeks passed away ; the great lodge wad erected, and the council at lcngtli assembled. Tfcc chief communicated the intelligence, which he had received from his son’s.murderer, and it was agreed that no business should be transacted until Mickenoek should appear. The council sat in silence until about twelve o’clock, when suddenly the. brave Micenofck bound ed into llic council, cal of ly surveyed tho assembled chiefs, ond sat down in silence in the centre of tiie lodge; his, wife and children immediately followed, and formed;, a circle afolmd him; then taking out his flint he struck a spark, and lighted his pipe and smoked in the eyes of all the council and his little family wer.e fixed in tensely upon him. At length' Mickcnock. arose', and addressing himself to the chief, said, “1 killed your son; ho was a young brave j ho did .me no wrong; he was' my ■ friend; I drank the fire drink; the fire drink made me kill Vour son; Mickcnock isvery sorry and deserves to die.” Then turning to the older brother of the deceased, he drew a knife from his bosom. “ There,” s.-.id Mickenoek, “ is the kinfo that drank .the heart’s blood of yoOr brother; lake it like a,brave man, and avenge the death of your brother.’* This said,., Mickenoek ■ laid hare his whole heart. Tho brother spat upon his haml< clenched his knife : with a death grasp and drew up his arm. Mickenoek pointing to the spot nearest his heart, gave the word-“ Strike.” Instantly the brother plunged Uie knife to the hilt. / into tho bosom of the brave. Mickcnock,/ who fell drtul.at liis fcot; The wife and childrcnjif Mickcnock he-, held the whole scene, apparently without moving a muscle, but'the moinoiil.ho ex pired,they all 1 fell upon him and embraced him -with tuaVV and rsighs,-a'nd_grQans_ariil— wailings that cannot be described, and al together presented' a picture.of'SticlV.hii feighed anguish and genuine sorrow, as to overcome and melt every spectator t«f the scene. After the wife and children had ; thus expressed their sorrow for half an , hour, file old chief thus addressed iberii : “ .Wife of Mickcnock, we arc satisfic'd : ■ your husband was a brave man ; lie died like it brave'man; henceforth you daughter, and your children are ,iny chit- - dreit; go into rity jwigwajn, yod shall be , well treated, and live with me as my diuigl. J tef; these children shall grow up afoitrtd mo,'and .shall be taught to be brave like' their father.” , - • PAipirei. O fTUTt Enin:,—‘\Ve fnufmrrria (ini fVo- - fi-sHur I)nvts of till! Univrrslly nf Viiynna,'U;aß shot.' by'att.uiiktiowi, liaiul, will, -a .nislol, it* lienf <Jf. Iu» (Iv, filing,,,,, '(’hursilav higtil about tt o Vim;’;,- t m.- imiiviilnnl vvhn committed tlio oVI is soil! to nave been mnsAW tit iltr time. T.tife!>»n «»» received j«slliea>; low the navel, anil is said to Imve pnsw.l arctinil tiiu i iiliilonuiit down to tin* fli'Miy pnrl ol lltcuthjM* wuh out cnirvinvr llmcsvit)-. Ifaffwds the numerous ' -friends of Mr. Davis in tills community itiSnile (i.ea- . to learn, llwl dip, ivnnail is Ul. As the’circmmtauc** {* l5 *' *'»B djs- • . iiiil prbbaldj'aiinercn^judicial/ invcstiSKnn more fully at- ihe . ; jH(hKrU*si 4 - , -- v .. .. . lwii-ortupierf’ilK’ atlrn*- : p ; lUe Cnnrt of Criminal Hmiobblor iwnvdays, * ; -.wuswcmtUtyd ilnrV.diitrj - 'mmed-tlwtttHc’wrt* flmtild he \mid Ky' ? lhecnaii|y. jt ; 'i*he; p‘Aiiclifftl''«Utfir , i!iy wai: ’'. ; doubt at» to the irieirtity. £ - to await a trial uyon another eha^e. > ’ [
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