TERMS OF PUBLICATION. S 2 OO per ahnum, in advance—or g 2 JO, it not paid within the year. No subscription taken fora less term than six months, and no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages are paid. A failure to notify a discontinuance at the expiration of a term, will he considered a new engagement. Advertisements §1 00 per square for the first three insertions, and twenty five cents for every subsequent one. LEMUEL TODD, AT-LAW. - OEFICJS No. 10, Harper’s Row,'in llui roomi formerly occupied by Isaac Todd, Esq. Carlisle, August 20, 18dl. SAMUEL, R. HAMILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW. . \Vill practice in the several courts of Cumber land county. Office in Main street, the office now occupied by James H. Devor, Esq, Carlisle, September"3o, 184 K WXI«XiIAIV£ H. LAMBEKTQN, : ATTORNEY AT LAW. WILL practice and attend to collections in tho counties of Venango and Clarion. In any business that may be entrusted to’ him, he will be as sisted by Samuel A. Purviance, Esq. of Lutbr. Office two doors cast of Evans’ Hotel. Franklin, Dec, 9, 1841. • THESE ■'unrivalled pills having now acquir er! a celebrity and a popularity ttneqtt tiled; in tlie annals of niO-dii-ine, anti also having obtain ed the entire confidence and being used in tlie private practice of almost the whole body of the medical facultt in tbe United States, Europe, Asia, South America, the West ladies, and a great part of Africa, it is unnecessary to adver tise them at l-ngth, or to say anything further of then merits, than by stating the complaints which they are most effective in the cure 01, anil which are ns follows:—Yellow and billons ■■fevers, fever and ague, dyspepsia, croup, liver complaint, sick headache, jaundice, asthma, dropsy, rheumatism, enlargement of the spleen, piles, colic, female obstructions, heartburn, furred .tongue, nausea, distensions ofnlte stom ach and bowels, incipient di.irrhovi, flatulence, habitual costiveness, loss of.appetite blotched of stfllow complexion, and in all cases of torpor of the bowels, where a, rathat tic or ad apei'ieht is needed. They are exceedingly mild in their operation, pioduciugneither nausea, giipinp nor debility. . "-ie'dagyA' .tc. -vt-—'...' •Extract'd/ a letter /font'Dr. Pgr, of Queßei, L. C, bilious fevers, sick headaches, torpuli tv of tlie bowels, and enlargement of the spleen,' Ueieitsl Uibs aVe-an•excelHtiV metticna'V”"’- Jijctract of a letter Jnmt Drt Gurney, of New ■OrleunH % J.(i y . ««] have received much assistance rn m Vice—especially in j.lumlicv and yellow lever— from the um* oMMeiV Pills. 1 presume, that on an average, 1 prescribe a huuclrul boxes a month.** * Extract of a letter /doth Dr. I\ci/no IdftofGal vestun, 'J'exafi. t “They are certain!)’ ;pi excelh.mt general ta YnUy medicine, and there is no quackery about* them.” Extract'of a letter frojn Dr, fVainea, of Phila drijihia, “Youtjjpills are the mildest in their operations, and )Vt most poweitnl in their i fleets-, (.1 any that I have ever met with in a practice (it e : ght and twenty years. i'heir action on the chyle ami hence on the impurities ol the blood, is evi dently hinprising.” , IMPORTANT TO THE AFFLICTED. gJIIIiKMAN’S COUGH I.OZENGES arc last superseding the use ot all other remer cues lor Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, Hoop ing Cough and Consumption. They are not only the best but the.cheapest medicine in use,. Six cents worth a day is all that is required in any'case,'and all or'dinaiy cases are cured in one or two days. Shcrman'd L.uzevgt'B —We don’t know any handle** mode ol taxing medicine than in the shape ol the lozenge, it is so small, so neat, so handv, and wiinai so pleasant, that the most I.istidious taste cannot reject it. We are glad to perceive that all kinds of medicines are now prepared m this palatable way by Dr, Sherman, and may be obtained at the depot in this city.— T . [Philada. 'Times.] We know ol'- iio better cough nie'clicinc than Hr. Sherman’s Cohgh Lozenges; they cure sn soon and are so pleasant that it is almost a plea sure to he sick, to be thus agreeably dosed.— [N. Y. Sun.] SheriO Parkins, Mr. Burton, of Providence, Mr. Shak-r. of Boston, Mr. Ri\c*rs, Mr. Combs, Mr. Wallace, Ju i'ge, Peters, Mrs. Coleman. Mrs Richardson, and hundreds ol others of this city, have.called to express their surprise and com mendati<>i\ of the speedy relief and cures eftVct ed by thestTtruly wonder!ul CoughLnzonges. DoctorsSunili, Vamlchburgh, (Junistuck, llar ris, Brigham and.scvcral.others.of'_our most dis tinguished physicians,have used these Lozenges in their practice. \Vith invariable success. ’The medical faculty uniformly approve' of- them, as the best cough'medicine in use. SHERMAN’S WORM LOZENGES,' Arc the’ greatest discovery ever~nvadc~for dis pelling the various Kinds of worms, that so ire qnently and distressingly annoy both children and 'adult*. “’They are an infallible remedy and so pleasant.to the taste that children will take them as readily as a common peppermint Lo z--ni;e. . * Rei*. Dr. Ludlow has used them for iwo years, and always witli entire success. Daily.com*. plaints tire made by persons who have beta gulled out of their dollars by humbug -advertis ers, but who Have found a’cure in Sherman's Lozenges. Remembcri you are not required to buy several dollars worth of these Lozenges to test their virtues. A few shillings worth will • cure yon. The Rev. Lihez TownsemlVlUtlc girl, nine * years old, was given up as incurable hy two pliy-" bicians. She was fast wasting away, and wasso .miserable that death. was alone looked to for re-; lief. .Three doses of Worm Lozen -ges entirely cured her. I Dr* Stevens, one of the most dUtinguiahed physfciana;in this country, says, Sherman’s• Wifrm Lozenges are the safest and best , article he knows ol for destroying worms. ' > — ; 7 Dr. Hunter, another celebrated physician, uses no other wprm medicine in his practice. lir. Castle, £97 D road way,, N. V. has used Sherman’s Lozenges in for more than twoyears,. and never knew them to fail. ■ Price 25 and 37$.cents per box., -- '■ (Cj" Wholesale & ,H L'tail Lozenge Warehouse, No. 90 North Sixth* street. Also, for sale by Wilson CJ Co: A’hippcnsbunt; William Birr.'Newjilfe, aii'd's. ELLIOT"!', Carlisle! store;lioosi & cellar, • from the Istof April, noxti-eituate in - North Hanover street; with privilege iVi the yard. J Said: robot for ahy.kind of business., ’ ; E6'rVarticulat3.enqniro.of, -V. : J. K. DUNDORE.. January 30,1842. ■ -b* ■ . . ‘. ■ JBpfTalO ' 'received 3 bales'of a at tlid of ; .r. , • * ' , :■ \v; • CLrmNGER-& CARBITi '■ fihippensburg, SO,’ 'j 841. BY GEO. SANDERSON.] Whole IT o. 143 7 . A HALF-XiOT OF GROUND in the Borough of Carlisle, situate on the south side of Louthcr street, — bounded' on the" west T by'a Glonc libusc and lot of Jv Sc-- ncr, bn tho squill by Dickinson Alloy, on the cast by the other half of said lot, and on tho,north by Louthcr street—containing 30'feet in front on Louthcr street, and extending .south 240 feet to Dickinson Alley— "considered one of the best building, lots in said street. Application to bc made to James Lambkrton, who will allow the premises and make the terms known. January 6, 1842, - CABINET MAKING-. WM. C. GIBSON, informs the public that he supplied with a HEARSE , and ready to per form every duty of an Undertaker. • lie is prepared at all times to make Coffins and attend Funerals.— in oil ks branches carried-on, as usual, at his old stand in North Hanover street, next door to Abel Keeney's Copper and Tinware shop. Every thing in the line of his business will be done on the most ac comodating termr, [Carlisle, Oct. 28, 1811.—if. FOR RENT. fin lIA largo iand commodious A. House, on the corner of Hanover & liouthbr streets; it ,can # be' divided so j* gtnc as to Families, and well calculated for a Boarding Blouse; there’ is a large Cistern and a Well of Water Jn live yard also, u Pump at tllclTo'or, there is Also a dinrg&Gorden and extensive- a r Carriage’lltnise.- It will be rented separately orTogoCher. • " * : 4011 N p. Lyne: Carlisle, Dec. 0, 1841.—tf. . , * • _ please lake. JL relh Pills arc Genuine unless the box lias three la bels ujion it, (the top, the side, add thebottom,) each containing a fac-siinile signature of my hand-writing, thus: — Ji. Branded h, iU. D. These labels .cil.qiv eWel.- lveaiHifnHy tinKignbdraiffi llolTc at lu> ex pense of £3o(fo. ■ Thcrcfora it will .be sccn .lhat the on ly tiling neccssarv to procure the medicine in its puri ty, is to obsorvc'thc labels. ’See if thc'buX' has three' upon it. cngravych ... llenumibor-, the top, the side and the bottom. The following respective persons arc duly authorized and hold Certificates of Agency* for the sale of Brandreth's. Universal Vegetable Pills, in Cumberland county. George W. Hitncr, Carlisle. S. Culbertson, Shippcnsburg. * Adam Uciglc, Mechnmesburp. ■ M. G..Kuppr " Shiromanstown, Isaac llbrtoni Lisburn, .Gilmore & M’Klnncy, Ncwvillc, . 1,. Hiegle & Co., Churehtown. J. iSc J. Kyi *, Konady'fl. ‘ v Samuel L. Scntman, Ncwburg. Brcchbill &. Crush, . Boiling Springs, Henry Brcnncmnn, New Cumberland. As counterfeits of these pills are in some eases sold for the- genuine ones, the safety of the public requires that none should bo purchased except from those rc cognivetf ns above; *• Remember no Brandrclh Pills sold in Carlisle, arc genuine, except those sold by George \V. Hitner, and be particular to Observe that each AgCrithas an Engraved Certificate of Agency, containing a representation of Dr. Brand rcth Manufactory at Sing-Sing, and upon which will bo seen exact copies of the new labels now used upon the Brandreth pill boxes, B.'BllV!?I)R£TH, M. D, omen, No. 8, North filli st., Philu. 'New Hardware, Grocery . AND VARIETY STORE. TEIR subscriber has just.returned from the ci ties of New York, Philadelphia and Balti more, and is now opening at his store room South East corner of Market Square and Main streets, (formerly occupied by G, W. Ilitncr, Esq.) a ge neral assortment Of ; HARDWARE- STONEWARE. CSDARWARE, BRITTAWIA WAEE, GROCERIES, Oils,.Paints,‘Varnishes, Glass* Brushes, Whips, Canes, Lamps for burning Caipphinc Oil, and a great variety of articles useful and necessary for furnishing and keeping a-house. ' He has also., and will constantly keep on hand, Camphino Oil, a cheap and elegant sWsTUuteTdr : SpermjOil».-and having been appointed the of Messrs. Bachees & Brolherof Newark, N J., for the sale of JONEjS’ LAMP in this county, he is prepared to furnish Lamps and Oil at a very reasonable rate tp all who may wish to use this new and economical light. Having selected hia> goods.himself, and made his purchases for cash, he is able and determined to sell friiose’ , havihg the cash to lay out will find it-tb their advantage to give him a call, IIENiiY BUFPIELD.- Carlisle, July 9,1810. ‘if NEW, ESTABLISHMENT. Wholesale fy Retail Confectionary fr Fruit .Store, Alain Street, a few doors west of Beetem's Hotel, and next door to F. 11. Skiles , Alefg;hdnt‘ Tailor Store, o . Carlisle, Pd. GILLELAND & MCNYER, CTBEG tbd public that they -HBliave commenced the above business in all its various branches. The Candies are manufactured by themselves and warranted to be, of the best quality-r-thoy would therefore solicit a share of| ‘public patronage. Their assortment consists of the following articles, viz: AJint Slides, . Ifoarhdund Candy, Mint Cukes, ’ Flaxseed Candy , • Mint Lumps, . - Secrets, . . AJint Drops, Cinnamon Sticks, ‘ ~ /lemon Slicks, ~ Clone Slicks, '' •Winter Green Slicks’, Rock Candy, Cream Candy, \ , Jelly Cakes, - Rose Almonds, . Jujube:Paste,. Sugar Sleples, ' ■ Sassafras Candy, ' :Sour Drops, Venella Candy, French Secrets’, . Cafroway ComJUs, Aluit Lozenges, ' Sugdr Joys. Lemon Lozenges, , . Also, FRUITS .AND NUTS, such as Raisins, Prunes,‘‘Figs?, Lemons,-Oranges, Currants, _ Ai thomls, Bordeaux Almonds, Ground Nuis. Crearq Nutsi 'Cocoa: Nuts, Filberts, English Walnuts, Liquorice. Ball, &c.<&c. . . Merchants and otblersiaro invited tp.calltajnd ex amine' for themselves before purchasing.elsewhere. All l orders thankfully received' and punctnallyat .tended to., - dW-- '■ .;Carlisle?NovtfrpNtSSjdSiJ i N. 8.-BAKING done at the shortest notice. FOB. SALS. CABINET MAKING, Carlisle, Pa. Thursday February 10, 1843. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SS. **!?/> Tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva ■■■to Abraham Seavers', Jacob Seav- David Seavers, Georgo Beavers’, George Helm, David Foreman, John Buchman, and John Thr.ush, heirs at law of Mary Seavors, late of Dickinson township, deceased.* Whereas .Frederick Watts, Esq. Attorney for some of the heirs at.law of Mary Seavers, laio of i Dickinson iownship, deceased, hied a paper in tho Registers’ Office of Cumberland county, request ing that a Registers’ Court bo convened for the determination of,the validity of,cerlain installments of writing purporting to be last wills and teslimonts of the pajd Mary • Seavers, deceased: This is therefore, to notify you that I have appointed a 'Registers’ Court to be holden at the Register’s Office, in tho borough of Carlisle, on Monday the 11th .day of February A. D*'lB4*2, forthedclerm'i nalion'of the purposes aforesaid, when and whore you may attend if you think proper. In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my hand and seal of office, this 21st day ofDecember 1841. ‘ ‘ ISAAC ANGNEY, Register. f \Uuahle l*vopcrty at PRIVATE SALE. THAT valuable property situated in Papertown, about five miles south of Carlisle, Pa., on.lhe turnpike road loading from Carlisle to Baltimore, known by the name of tho JFnMJPJEii MRLSj” is offered for sale. It is one of the largest class oQMUUusind has recently been thoroughly repair ed and fitted up with new and expensive machin ery, in which the payor is dried on Sufam- rCylin ders. I. There are two engines in- Jibe mill, with water power suflicienflo drive-two more. In connexion witlj the above 'propdrtj', there arp about’loB acres i of first rate land, having thereon erected a' ■. -MANSION HOUSE ; : with the appurtenances. for.the accommodMion of tfiOTOatvagiv—besides 3suhstantial Tenements., ' ! Application'can be made to Wm. 13. Mullen on | the promises,'or to WM.B. KNOX, __ JUtfyrferllie; owner?',' 'Carlisle. October 28, 1811. , ' If Estate of .John Saxton, dcc’d, 'BT ETTERS of administration on tho citato of nfftrof-'Stfm Spirn^r township, Cumberland county, have been Issued to tho subscriber residing 1 in said township.' -All persons indebted to said estate will make imme diate-payment,-and those having-claims will pre sent them,for settlement. GEORGE KELLER, Aal’r. January 13, Register’s Notice. CARLISLE, January, lulll 1812, Notice is hereby given to all persons interested that the following accounts have been filed in this Office for examination, by the accountants therein, named, and will be presented to the Orphans’ Court of Cumberland County, for confirmation and allowance on,Tuesday the-15th. day of Feb ruary A. D. 1842, viz: The account of Robert G. Voting, Executor of James Graham, late of Allen township, deceased. The account of John Houser, Administrator of Sarah Leidig, late of Allen township, deceased. Tho account of John Highlands, Administrator of Thomas M. Highlands, late of Southampton township, deceased. Tho account of Frederick Ganlz,.Administrator of Michael Gantz, late of Monroe township, de ceased, Tho account of Alexander Davidson, Adminis trator of-John Y. Davidson, late of the Borough of Newville, dcce^soiU Thn account Of Cyrus’ Richardson,’ Executor of Archibald Peck, late of the Borough of Carlisle, deceased. The .account of . John Suavely, Guardian of Elizabeth Eherly, minor daughter of Joseph Eb erly, deceased. ISAAC ANGNEV, Register. Estate of Martin Mohler, det'd. ||r ETTERS of administration on the estate of H i Marlin Mohler, dec’d., 'lnto of'the borough of Mechanieshu.rir, Cumborlnnd county, have been . issued to the subscriber residing in the sanifl bo rough: All persons indebted to said estate will - inali e j nunedmlejtay dliassJutying ciai m s_ will present them for settlement! ~~ ■ ; SAMIJEI7WORST, Ad mV. * January 13, IBIS. ——- r ■ Dr. Duncan’s, EXPECTORANT REMEDY 1 , -A , STANDS ALOOF From thc‘!Qutfck Syrups and Paregoric Compounds, which -have. of.. lalc beconu: a bi/Tiicnto tlm public health, and a suspension to the purse. Why is it that these medicines arc taken repeatedly by the sick without removing the .complaint ip question? The raason is plain and simple, fir.: —Because they are composed chiefly of ojpum and its spiritual preparations which acts on the 'system ns a powerful stimulating 'anodyne, and by usinj-Vepeatcdly,thc system becomes habituated- .to its narcotic influence, as of those who are given to intemperance. This fact has become apparent to the thousands who have experienced, the fatal effects of such medi cines, and commenced using TJr. Duncan's Expector ant Uomcdy, which is entirely free from opium and all other poisonous ingredients, and is used with per fect safety by nil under any circumstances. It imme 'dirltely relieves the* distressing'.cough—strengthens and vigordtes the, nervous system, causaing the'settled contagious matter to leave its hold from the lungs, and be discharged by the power of Expectoration. Unless this is done, the lungs will soon become contaminated from noxious matter, and ulcerate, and fall a prey to, the fital worm Consdiuption, Office for the side <if this Medicine.'Nor 19 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, Phifa dciphia,,also nt the store nf Dr. JOHN J. MYERS,, Cnrlisl&jji& WILLIAM PEAL, Shippensuurg. ■ ” ■ • BLACK 3 m I THING-. rjl HE Subscriber respcctfullyffigga Jl informs* liis friondaand Jhc < -^63 : public,' that-he is carryingoivJbusi- ness .in the shop recently erected In. the rear of. Ebeein &. Halbert's -- t '' t Warehouse, where he is prepared to db all'kinds of work 1 , with neatness,'durability and despatch.; fie hopes by- strict attention lb business and a ; lie patronage* ‘ •: '• * * v V - ROBERT B. PORTER. . Carlisle, January 25,1842. . . FLOUR QF RICE warranted .pure for sale by *J. «S& E.'CoVnman., * r r ' ; ■ ■'jl ‘BTfeOTATOE&. A largc aupply of Potatoes receiv ■ffv- cd and for salfr in quantities, to suit, by..Jv’dt E.. Common* ‘‘our country—niaiiT ou wrong.” j We listened, with the, greatest pleasure, Hed-in the Indian war, safely conducted to Mr. Maffit’s lecture on Woman, delivered tke re fr c at, and secured the remnant ol the last. The lecture was woithyof the man knew more.than a spinster?” One George and of the times; it was, filled with poetry Washington, a Virginia planter. Who was and religious fervor, and elicited thehigiiest it that shed the brightest halo around the approbation from a vast and intellectual brightest reign that the world ever knew, audience thereignbf Elizabethfflie age of the Ral- The eloquent divine considered woman - ei g'' 3 - thc T f acon3 ’ Sidneys?,, Why it was . . J tT Jt , . . , one Ben Jonnson,.a quondam-apprentice to as she is. lie then drew a comparison be- a bricklayer, and , one Will Sliakspcare, a tween the Heathen and Christian woman; peasant boy, shrewdly suspected of poach-, and as’he can speak sSmuclf better than wV iifg" upon his neighbor’s deer- Or passing can, we will give short extracts,pf Jus own from astronomy and law, who was it rose words—“Orient,pearls at random strung.” *l um a J°' v beginning to be Lord Chief Jus “ Woman occupies a distinguishcd„placc of f England? - One Charley Abbott, in the world’s history. She is the theme of )r h f e falbel '. waß a ,} vaß the poets and historians, the philosophers ‘“S r ° be ‘■•'B l . l Cl»«ncell..r ol and statesmen of every age and of every tn S llind? One Jack Copely whose-falher country. .The wisest and the best of men was an A.pencan painter.- Who was it that have done homage at her shrine, aVid through be } ca !"n ! ,e n br f 'S sb,r in the judicial her instrilmenfahty millions have beeh con- '‘Mellation of Great Britain? One Phil. ducted to the pinnacle of earthly glory, or ■> wh P s ? f atl,er . llo one ; knew -. ■ - ' to the ignominy of a dungeon orVlc.ftbl.l- AUllou S l ' 1 <1» apt-mean to say that here r “Kingdoms have been lost and won bv “ever was a great man among the wealthy, (he witchery other charms, and half life curleddaringsofthe nation, yet I do mean, battles of the earth have been the work, ei- ° and s^,a,ns tlle I assertion, ther of her follies or her crimes. At the tlla r t ft™? and are calculated to same tiihe the rare virtues she exhibits, and e " fceble tbe m " ,d - and f lat tboße > “‘orefore. the glorious precepts she inculcates, have ' ylu l ar , C P 7 dcs P lte af ‘''em.- would given her a power Over the vvorJd that is ir- J , ‘ obabl i y be a > ucl > greater if removed from resistible, icreating in the youthful. heart “letr intiuence. It is n wel .known act a sentiments and prn.ciples that haVe laid the n \ o, ' S ‘l>e,geßtlemen of the turf, that blood- . foundations,of- most of those moral temples I cd . l ' yl " cl ‘ l,ave per that transcend the modets of the graces.—i m,Ucd 10 bl “' vse and upon-broken, ■While her naturally unsopfiisticated feelings. alld :. nymnta.nous pastures, 'have . a.,d the deep-and warm affections of her| accrued a mqelf great* muscular strength, Mart, remaii/uncontaminatcd; she spreads l l" s P ur 3 . m , a ” s better bottom, than a paradise.around her, and fills the air with > those-which arc- r «d up° n a leva ear ace,- the fragrance that encJmits the soul. I .{ »« application of this although a physical “In all countries and in all. ages,.woman 1. ! lustl ; aUon - 18 not dilhcn t. •;Menf • whosp! shine—her .love astlie fires of JEtna, uncoT l d . ,ffi?ul ' work .acquire in sumable-r-her hopes.buoyant, her. heart Ii Pcn d ence andU! r^s.u(Be a her TruTirWrcun- P rora P Ulade H ‘ a <nergency, slancy unchangeable and inconup'.iole.” wl'tch those who have bee,v accustomed to : “ • 1 stand for fame on their forefather’s feet, cr -‘Christianity by raising woman lo'a com- 1 16 leah I foc ' al . l Pleasure upon another’s brca.t, munity of rights and inteiests with man, has! never havo Uown a,ld never * can kllo'v noi-token-fnmi-ber-thc-o'rrgrmrhattirbTtesTil' her sweet nature—it has taken thelluwiy shrub from the sunless gorge of-the moun tain clitfs, Where it was pining away in soli tude-ami gloom. It has engtufted it into the lordly oak, where it first received j|s being—and there it has regained its glory and pride, receiving and giving its shelter, its shade and its fruit, in common with the source that nourishes and sustains it., Again: ' 1 “Who is the Christian Woman?, She who bends over the couch of infuncy—the cradle bed of oUr young and yet unfledged existence, whispering love and prayer into those tender ears'that thrill "with delight as an Eolian trembles under (he kissing zephyr. She who kindly guides the step of youth.— She who bends over the pillow of pain, ;lis arhiing anguish of half its exdruciating ago ny. She- who grasps the couch of death where science dare no longer contend with the King of Tenors, and skill retires from the unequal task. Then Christian woman’s hour hath come, and affection struggles with death, and cries to the dull ear of the tomb, give me baclc my 'love! And while she kisses away the clammy dews of dissolution, she wrestles with the enemy while hope and life remain—nor will she leave the dead no!, no, the poor pale remains of the loved one, are dear to her still. She strews roses around the bier—and often in far distant years, in evening’s solemn hour, br'.beneath the'silver moonlight, she re-vitits the grave, by others forgotten ant| unknown. She comes like a soft spirit, noseless and tear ful, and holy, to call up all the luxury of her still unwasted love.’, GREETING. We close our extracts with a part of the concluding picture of this, rich gallery of fancy. , • "The stern trumpets ring o nut their clarion .blast;, the Christians are led forth to Vespa- \ sian’a amphitheatre,, to be thrown to wild 1 beasts. , Nero is there in all his pomp, high up on the periphery of the vast circle, around which sit the murmuring thousands of Rome, anil the august Senate. The trumpets are hushed, stillpcss.reigns throughout that vast ' multitude—there stand the Christians, pre-: pared, like their'master," for the slaughter. ! Every eye is fixed sternly upon them. I “One tall, pale youth, with a heavenly! countenance, is led forth—no blanch of fear is on his check—immortality is in his smile /on his brow, glory in bis eye! "Tile No midi an Lions come out with their thunder growl—he is cast, before them -r-and as they crouch to crush 'their pfey in their horrid teeth; a lovely nymph-like forth springs forward, and shields Him .in.'her arms from the blood-shot eyes of*the savage beasts. Appalled by suclu loveliness.—the Lions pause. Itisbut for a moment. There is a loud shrieking howl of agopy in the ranks of the Senators.: One of those venerable men half recognizcd'his own daughter. Another howl. The strange mingled cries of Linns and men—cruel teeth, had crushed the lovely nrid the good—only through the geritjo maiden’s body could the cruel teeth reach the. minister’s heart. A cry of sorrow And'horror rose from eighty thoilsaml spectators. HeirandNero laughed. “Such is.the ministry of woman.’*. Alexandria (D. C.) Index. Tba Greatest Men wore Mechanics ■ andrarmers. BV DAVID* pVt BROWN. , ■» . AS. he_b figh te stLlust r<£ upon, the Vast science T bf asti-imbiiiy? ‘‘/One David Riltcnliouac. a native of-- Pennsylva nia, wlio .followed .(lie -plough—Vl'ho was il that tore- thei lightning tVomHcaven.an'd the sceptre■ from tyrants? One' llcnjnniin Franklin, n printertB boj,” wlio 'protected himself froiii' the; inclemency of the winter by e'xeTciae' n|one, arid lived’. upon, a single t^UufbiV'adadßy./AVbovi’asitjAyhenthe *’ (4 ■ * ■■ ■ I jAk jJb' £ B" B 'VB'Vg AjTryj j rB Vp^. IB^ REV. MR. MAFFIX. [AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM New Series--Vol. 6« No. 35. veteran armies of Great Britain Tailored and Michigan Eloquence.—’ The following appears in a Michigan paper: j Gentleman of- the Jury:—Can you fur an instaiit suppiise tliat niy client here, a man ' who has alleys sustained a high depredation i i,n. society, a. man_.you all on, your suspect . and esteem for ids many' good qualilies: yes, gentlemen, a man what never drinks more j nor a quart of likker a day;'can you, I say, j fur. an instant, suppose that tins ere man j would be guilty of hookin’ a bus of percush um caps? Rattlesnakes and ccoa skins forbid! Pieter to yourselves, gentlemen, a feller fast asleep in his log cabin, with bis innocent wife and orphan children by Ins ' side—all nature hushed in deep repase, and j nought to be beard but the muttering of the silent thunder and hollering of the hull | frogs, then imagine to yourself a feller sneaking upto the dour,like a'ilespcihie hyena, softly entering, the dwelling of the 1 peaceable and happy family, and, in the most mendacious and dastardly manner, 1 hooking a whole box of percushum!—Gcn -1 tlemen, I will not, 1 cannot, dwell upon the | monstrosity of such a scene! My feelings [turn froln such a picter of.moral terpentine, j like a big wood-chuck would lorn from my t dug Rose! I cannot fur an instant harbor' ■ -the idea that any man' in these diggings,. I much less this ere man, could he guilty of | committing an act of such rantankrous and krnextrampled discretion. And now, gentlemen, after this ere brief view of. the case, let me retreat of you to, | make up your minds candidly and unparti ally, and give us Such a verdict as we might reasonably suspect from such ,an in- and jntolercnt body of -our feller titSens—rcmembcr / that in the language of l Niinrod,".who fell in the battled'" Bunker I Hill, it is better that ten. innocent men f should escape, rather than that one guilty I should suffer., Judge give us a chew.of to bacco. . * ■ • . ■ ■ , ,; The Drunkards -Testimonv. —At the late temperance meefing in Boston, several reformed" inebfates bore this Testitnbhy as we finddt in. the Mercantile Journal, They told /the -story of their lives—the lives of drunkards—that they might do something to warn those present to avoid the misery they had themselves endured.— Said one, and he-the youngest, "I began to drink rum at twelve years of age, A rich man now in this city, I do not name him, sold me rum when 1 was not tall enough to reach the .top of the counter.’.’ After muth more, he gave the following:—“I had ele ven companions, all healthy young men— all doing well in our business. :• Wc used to nicet to drink, and to gamble; we contin ued oiir.course for some time,..and .what is the history of us twelve? Six, have died drunkards—two have-enlisted in state ships —two are in the house of correction—one is a drunkjrd'stilly—l, I alone, have' escap ed to tell you.” “Who, who was-it,” ex claimed-this young mail," “who have for these .'many years sold us this, rum?'.’ Of them, :in-the sight of . God I demand llinse who have gone down to the drunkard’s grave, or.ore..living,; the ilruiikurd’s iifc— yiicre, where are my. cump'anion.s!” a ‘Here jits voice failed, and took its place. The- effect was intense. 'McnV liard-fisted With'. flopils/.'oiT' gears',!;Syaslniigjytjveiv 1 • wJTatlicr beaten ! faces—the mniii nuig, fib A PATRIOTIC. TRESBYTERtAN. Hear rne wliile l give you an incident by another hand s .“When ;the declaration-nfn Imlepemldnce was under debate in (he Continental Con gress, doubLaiiJ ed Jliroagli :tßs AGENTS. John Moore, Esq. Newville Joseph M, Means, 'Esq. HopewclUownstiip’. Thomas H. Britton, Shlpponeburg. VVi ll iaM ; JVlate ku, Esq. Lee’sX John Meijafpv, Dickinson township,. John Clewdf.nln, Jr. Esq.. Hogestown. George"FT'CAiN,Hi}»q. Mechanicsburg Frederick Wondeulich,-. do. . Jons SrouGir, Esq, Stoughstown. r Daniel Khysiikk, Esq. Churchtnwn. Jacobsonchecker, Esq..Wnrmlcysburg.. J. B..l)rawbaugii, CedanSpring, Alien ip. Martin G. Hiipp, Esq. Sihireumnstnwn;. wavered,-and for a while the libjcrty and slavery of the country appeared (6 hang in, even scale. It was then an aged patriarch arose—a vcntrablo. and stately form—|iis head white with the frost.of years. Every eye Went to him with fhe quickness of. thought, and remained with the fixedness of the polar .star, lie cast on the assembly a look of inexpressible interest, and uncon querable determination; while oft his visage the hue ofage-was lost in the flush of burn ing patriotism that fired his cheek. ‘There is,’ said he when he saw the House waver ing. 'There is a tide in the affairs of men—, a nick of time—we ptcceive ft now before us. To hesitate, is to consent to our slave- That noble instrument upon our table, which'insures' immortality, to its author,' should be subscribed this very morning, by every pen in the House, lie that will not' respond to its accents, and strain every, nerve to carry into effect its provisions, is unworthy the name of a freeman. Fur my part, o.t property I have some—of reputation more. That reputation is staked, that prop ei'lv is pledged on the iasuetof“this contest. Aful;.although these gray hairs-must soon descend into the sepulchre, I would infinite ly rather they Should descend thither by the, hands of the public executioner than .desert at this crisis tlie sacred-cause of my coun try.’ Who' was it that uttered the memo rable speech—polent in, turning-die scale of a nation’s destiny, an,J .worthy.’to be pre ■ served in (ho same imperishable record in' j Which is registered (he not more eloquent ! speqjjh'ascribed (o John* Adams on the same | sublime occasion? U was -John Wither- I Spoon,, at 1 that day file most distinguished I Presbyterian minister west'of. the'Atlantic" (Cccan—the father of the Tresbyferian Church in the United Slates.”-— Ucc. M, Krebs. • • ' ~A~ CoMmttAn ■ Appetites.-Ai. -has tfein. ..computed by careful observers, t Iraf total*',~ abstinence above seven days, is generally 'fatal to man. ‘'There are exceptions, of course. A fanatic in the year 17S9 t r detrr-^ ty day«, but he died on llib L \" p-S-iys-rhat-inthoveirTl?-" ) was 42 years rif age, had . eaten any thing since 1818, nor drank any thing since 1820. Total ex haustion was prevented by damp wrappers. Qaptain. PafrystateSi ami' we cite them at ter by way of acontrast, that an Esquimaux boy ate inone day 10 1-4 |bs, of solid food, and'drank a gallon, anda half of various liquids.man of the same nation ale 10 poumlsof solids, including two candles, and drank one and a half gallons.,. These per-" sons were only from four ti) four and a half . feet high. A soldier of IT, .named Tarrarc, ate 24 pounds of leg of beef in 24 hours, and on another occasion, all the dipner .prepared - for fifteen. By the way of. contrast again, we may mention that Cornaro, the dietetic, allowanced himsdf to 12 ounces of dry food, and 14 ounces of liquid per day, from the age of 40 to 100 % —Phila. Inquirer. . .Good.—A prisoner who had unexpectedly been acquitted of the charge‘fur which ho was arraigned- before Judge Bowlin, the other day, upon being'informed that he was at liberty to go, turned to tire Jury, and .with much feeling observed : , . - “Gentlemen of the Jury; J thank you from the bottom ol my. heart fur, {'fie decisionjust rendered—you will be ever remembered in my prayers; to yuu,.iny worthy, and, I may say, cine friend, (addressing himself to his. counsel',) I wish it was in my power to double your fee; the feeling I entertain fof.you can not be expressed by words; you arc, indeed, the criminal’s benefactor; to you, your hon or, (addressing the Judge, who could scarce ly suppress a smilej) lam everlastingly in debted; bufall 1 can say to you is, I promise you, upon ..my honor,’ now that 1 am free, ,t h a LI. wi 1 1 ne v.e r.Ueiguil ty, v af..steali ug.again. us long as 1 live.”— Sl. Louis Bulletin. A recent Galveston (Texes) paper received bn .Saturday, contains the details of a fight bo- ■ tween Wm. Allston of Florida, and Dr. SleWart of Orasoria. Both were victims. Aliston went - lb Texas to kill. Stewart. When -ho arrived al Brazpria, he.fuund.lhe Dr..absent.and immediate- ly set but on horseback to meet him. Jn ..the meanwhile Stewart had hecn.apprised of.Allston’s ; purpose. .The Texas paper says : . ~ , As Dr. Stewart approached Urazofia cn horse back, in company with E. M. Tease, Kaq.ho . encountered Mr. Allston, in company with a.Mr. Moore. Allston rode up to him and. stated that he had a letter for him, which ho handed fo.hini, at the same time holdings rifle in the other hand. Ur. Stewart took the letter and opened it without', any remark, when Allston observed * “If you can-! not read it I will read it; Dr. Stewart dismounted, getting down on the side of his horse from All ston, and observing, “l am not ready for you All- I ston,” Allston also dismounted, and Stewart, ’’ [coming round his horpe, mot Allston, and said', “I am ready for you how,” and iirnnedialcly fired ; nfliim. He was. too near Allston for the latter; to_rptum.Xite witli-liis*:rifle, »no .tne.ptstol .snot; grazing Allston’s [side did not take effect. A. " second shot from .Dr. Ste’w.art tyounded hitp in" the neck, and a third in the groin. By thistirno Allston had retreated to a tree; frdrtt'lhencc fired his riflp, which mortally wounded hisjantngohist; ■ as-he was falling, Allstonbscized ‘.f dcubio liar-:, 'rolled-gun, loaded with buckshot which ;Mr.,. Mooro had carried, and which was at tlio .tirmi resting against the tree hfehiii'd which Allston had; t.ikcn refuge, and discharged the contents into. Stewart’s body, immbdiaiely returned lollrazdria tVljff-’l’enßo-and Moorci'and’ suffered’ himself to he imprisoned without resistanceV.-..diet ; was "soon after hrdnght before a magistrate, for ex-’ 1 hnoiriation,: On being remanded , hdtpelo'i) a. litter tN'Shoii (f arrived yr;iih',htrt> tj) a* • p'rlsphi/and'-hadi opened itiisnnahofi&e [thrustthe thodoor qhdd,dek,i^ ; htm jn.b . odione of the bysVaWere.vr. At therrcpor.t Atlsttfrf"' raised hiinsolforiijmfaittcr't.a' ml cighimhsten; shota
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