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The Legislature aud the late Gov. Sitpliki
Tho following correspondence between Governor
-ttoiiNSTox and Mrs. Shuns, wife of (ho luto Governor
Shubk;ds not devoid oflhlcrcsl; ,
Executive Chamber, (
Harrisburg, Jan. 23, 1849. f
Dm Madam:—TJio accompanying resolutions,
passed by (ho Sunato of this Stale, have been pro
sciiled to mo with o. request (Hal I should transnill
them to you, and at the same time express *» thd'fc*
gurd of thu two Houses for your elevated character
and (heir profound ,regret ai the late providential
dispensation,’* which deprived the State of,an illus
'trious citizen, and you. of a devoted friend and hus
band, '
Ip presenting these resolutions, which I would beg
you to uoccpl from tho Legislature as a tribute to
ybur worth, and a proper testimonial 10-thbmtmm-y
of tho illustrious deceased, allow mo to mingle in
their regrets the expression of my personal regard
for the social and public virtues of Uio bio Governor
fitiank, and my Unfeigned condolence for your afflict
ing bereavement. . ,
X am. Madam, wilhjho highest regard,
Your obedient servant,
- , .WAt, F. JOHNSTON.
I(*kiusßoßa, Jan. 2J, 1649,
/hi Excellency, Wot. F. Juhnttou t -
Sir:— -t have had .the honor to receive;Trom,tho
Secretary oftho Cornmnowcallliyour communication
of the 23.1 inst., enclosing the resolutions adopted by
(he General Assembly relative to the decease of my
beloved husband, iho lute Francis R. Shurtk.
The hind and generous manner in which you were
pleased to*refer, In your Annual Message, to the pri
vate virtues end public services of tho' deceased, and
the promptness, liberality and unanimity which
marked (he uclioilof tho.Leginlaluro in tho.adoplion
of the proceedings and resolutions transmitted to mo,
' have inspired feelings of (ho most profound gratitude.
Of iho public character and services oftho deocas*
cd, it is not lor mo to speak ; -hut of his private and
d micslic virtues so fully appreciate them
as myself.
Ho was an honest man and a sincere chriatlih, a
devoted husband and on affectionate father, whose
greatest delight was in (ho family and social circle,
and in making all around him cheerful rind happy.
De pleased to convey to.both Houses of the General
Assembly my most grateful sense of the honor they
have dorm lo his memory, undTor tho sympathy and
generosity manifested towards myself under the
afflictive bereavement which 1 have sustained ; ond
for /ourself accept tho.lender.ofmy hcartTtU thanks.
1 am, dear sir, very respectfully,
Your ob’l scrv'l, , JaNE R. SHUNK.
UIBPOIIT OF TUB STATE TUBA SURER*
Wo hovo received and road this whicfi
is well writttffi ond hilcrcsting.' Wc give tho main
items for (he benefit of those who have not tho Jlamph.
let nod who dusirc to know Something of the financial
condition oftho State. *. •
Balance in Treasury, Nov. 391 h, ‘ * • $680,89(1
Receipts daring fiscal ycurcmJilig Nov. 30,'3,831,776
T»»tal aniodnt of revenue for ‘ 4,5(3,667.
Payments liom Treasury for same time, 3,935,376
Balance In Treasury Nny. 30ll>, 1848, ‘^577,290
The “ temporary IdaiV* of $’160,000 which fvll-duo
on tho 13th of May lastf was paid.
Wc copy from the report nd follows* , f
To the balance in (he Troaitfry on the 30lh of
'•November At, I have add<‘d the estimated receipts
for the next fiscal year, ending mi tho 30th Novem
ber, 1849, to wit: , ’ ”
Balanco in Treasury on Nov. 30,1849, 9577,290 36
Estimated receipts for (he fiscs! year
I 1849, from all sources, us per table
marked C, 3,859,800 00
S ft - i Totul amount, . _
Estimated expenditures for Iho fiscal
year 1840, us pur table' marked D, 3*528,500 00
Balance in Treasury Nov. 30, 18-19* 1)01,01)0 3IT
From tins exhibit U will bo scorKthaltlio revenue
Jo bo derived under existing laws, If properly applied
will enable the Sluio to meet all Us liabilities,.and
promptly 1 pay -the interest upon the public debt ns it
falls duo. It is' confidently believed that every offi
cer of the government, employed in the collection
mid disbursement of (lies public revenue will perform
his duty with fidelity; opd that no source of revenue
will bo diverted to miy other than Us proper charfcl,
and that tho faith and credit oflho Commonwealth
will bo amply sustained. . ..
da tho subject of paying o/T tho Slate debt, about
which all the people of tho State arc making enqui
ries, Mr. Plumcr says:
I confidently entertain the opinion that the State
debt can bo paid within twenty ‘five or thirty years,
if the proper legislation is had on tho subject, and
that without increasing (he burthen of luxation upon
the people. Equalize taxation os much as possible,
sceuro the prompt collection and payment Into tho
Treasury of thexevonuo, with the luast possiblp ex
pense, Institute strict economy into oil tho depart.*
montsoflho government, and make no appropriations
for other objects than the ordinary expenses of tho
government, the repairs oflho public improvements,
and the paymentqf the Stale dobt| and in the course
bf ten or fifteen years tho debt will: bo so reduced,
that the taxes upon real and personal property may
bo dispensed with; and the revenue from our public
improvements bo relied upon to pay the balance.
With tho additional sqm .of only one hundred
thousand dollars, applied soml-amiually to tho pay
ment of tho principal of tho.dpbt, in audition to tho
one million of dollars now paid semi-annually far,
Interest, tho entire debt of ibrty millions of dollars'
may be paid off in teas than fifty years. It certainly
Js the dictate of sound policy that all our energies
no directed to relieve tho people nl tho earliest pos
•iblo period, from tho burthen of taxation now im
posed upon thorn. ■ Once reduce tho'Stato debt sp that
Iho revenue derived-from our Internal Improvements
'HI pay .theinterest upon the balance, ami it may
o considered as paidr-tho people being relieved from
bo burthen of taxation. .
(p* A Buffalo was killed near Erie, Pa., on the
ult., the only one seep'in that pari oMbo ooun-
-y
. i-'^
-|)o Hi tat*
BECAUSE I»M TWENTY-FIVE.
*TIs wondrous strange how great the change*
■ BSncc I was in my teens,.
Than ( had beaux ami billet deux,
And Joined the gravest Beenes;-
But lovers now have ceased to vows ' **
No way they now contrive
To poison, hang or drown themselves—
Because I’m twenty-five-
■ Once.ifthcniehtwase'crsobrigii!.
I ne’r abroad could roam,
Without—“ The blits, (be honor, Min; ■ *•-
f . Of seeing you safe home.’',
But now Igo through rain and sno# .
9 50
. 75
/ 100
Pursued and scarce alive— 1 - ■
Through all the dark, without & spark,-
Uecaußo I'm twenty-five,.
Tbfly used to ctll, and ask rao all . •
About my health so /tall, r
And thought a ride woald help my side
Ami turn my cheeks less pale. . .
Cut now. (flasl iriomli),
None care that I revive.
And my pule cheek, in vain may sptfats,
Because I’m twenty-five.
Now, if a ride improves my side,'.
• I’m forced to toko a stogo,.
For that Is deemed quite proper Ad
A person of iay age.
Am) then nohandfsoflbredine.
To help me out alive—
They Uilnk’i wont hurt me now to fiill,
Because l‘m twenty-five. _/•
O dear—*tia queer, that every year.
I'm slighted more and more;
For not a beau pretends to shujy .
nin bead within our door,
Nor ride, nor card, nor soft mldrcfee,
My'spirils now revive—
And one might near as well bo dead,
Assay—l'm twenty-five.
aTOEiaccUaneottg. ■ ,
LIFE INSURANCE.
Institutions of this character hove been in opefa
tion in England, for more than a century : but it is
only within a few years that the nature of this insti
tution hits been comprehended-in this country, and
its benefits embraced. They are hot only used to
afford security to the assured; but they furnish a safe
and profitable mode of investment for capitalists.—
The principles of life insurance are the same as those
nf marine insurance. From certain data, (ho nature
of thu risk is ascertained,and the amount of premium
determined upon. Records of death have been kept
in diflcronl cities, for a nhmlier bTcohsccUtlVoycats,
and from those records Have been
showing what is technically culled *4tho probability
of life" of a person of any given age. The subject
w#» regarded as one of sufficient Importance in
England to engage tho consideration of tho British
Parliament, which in 1625 appointed a committee
to inquire into (he merits of these tables. The oldest
tables of rates for life insurance now in use, are the
Northampton,Tunned by Dr. Price from the bills of
modality kept in the parish of All Saints, in England,
during tho years of 1735 to 1780. Tho next tables
are the Swedish, and were constructed upon returns'
collected in (ho years 1735 tn 1770, from (ho whole
population of Sweden and Finland, they have been
corrected by others made at different periods. The
third table, formed in Franco by M. Parcicux, during
the,‘years 1789 to 179 G and taken from select, lives.
The fourth*, called the’ Carlisle table, .formed doting
the years. 1779 to 1767, upon Iho population of that
town in England. These last tables were approved
by tile Committee of Parliament. All these tables
have been modified, for it is ascertained that in laloi
ycjtrs tho duration of human life has increased ip
consequence of tho advance in medical science, and
tho {improvement of the moral and social condition
of society. From these tables, a calculation can bo
eiplly made, Ijow much a person ought tu pay ycir
ly v durlng his Ufa, to entitle his representatives after
death to receive a certain sum, taking out (lie account
the rate of interest at which thefr? annual payments
Bio prpsdmod’lo, occdmu'lato, and the profits of tho
insurers. Life insurance line become a very, oxton.
sivn mildness in Europe. In London, alone, there
are eighty officers for this purpose, and- throughout
the kingdom, every town of (wo thousand inhabitants
has several agencies from them. Tho real service
of tho Institutions to person?, who have certain and
limited incomes, whether salaried
men, mechanics, or laborers, should commend ft to
general acceptance. It is, however, not only of a
private benefit, as affording a support and protection
to families who might otherwise bo destitute; but it
is of public utility, as exempting society from the
pfcsping deiqands of the suffering poor, and of con
sequent crime. Wilhlrf a few yours'past (hero has
d»con q modification, or rather on Improvement, of the
original Life Insurance Companies. What are call.
c;l “ Mutual Benefit** associations liave ; b4en' cstob.
fished. iho principles of which is, (hot the person
Inking out a policy becomes a member ond has. a
mutual or Joint Interest in Us concerns ahdjuoperty,
and s voice in its management.—
. Th<r science of life insurance has revealed some
noW nnif Interesting facts. ~ln thu first place, it Is
ascertained that people-life linger now than they did
a century sgo, or rather fewer die young. This Is
owing to the increased attention paid (u porsonal
cleanliness, and public health, to improvements in
medico! scNnco, and particularly to (he discovery of
vaccination. Another fact elicited is, (hat the richer
elates live longer ifiai) t((c (i\d(getU because they
arc more-exempt from the evils of want, and the
nnxities ofbuslncss. Women live longer than men.
They are not as subject to exposure, to ’dangerous
employments, tn tho cares and anxieties of men; (hoy
are moreover of more tcmpcrjilo habits; , .
Lite Insurance is applied to a variety of fcomthef
clul purposes.- Creditors Insure tho lives of tholr
debtors, and persons Insure tholr own-livos for the
benefit of their cro'ditors. Iri every form, Life InsU.
ranch Is an institution productive of good.
• . N; O. Bulletin.
4,429,590 39
Tho science ofu school examination is veVy prettily
explained by a schoolmaster’s anecdote:
A country school teacher, preparing flu bnejhibi.
lion of Ills school, selected a class of pupils, and wrote
down the questions and answers to tho questions
that he would pat to them on examination day,
Tho'day came, and so oatnb (ho hopefuls,'oil but
one/ The pupils took their places as (hoy hod bean
arranged, ohd' all went glibly on until tho question for
(ho absentee, when tho lonehet asked:
- “In whom do you believe?" ,
“Tho pupil whtf'sat next (to tho Vacant seat, with*
•out noticing whose question it was'toplicd*
“NopoleoA Bonaparte.”' / "
“No, no!” angrily exolilinod tho teacher, “ iri
whom do you believe?” ' ' 1 ■
, ” Napoleon Bonaparte.” •* “ ‘
Hero the toachcr began to smelt the rat, and said:
“ You belluvo in llio Holy Ghost, do you not I'V
11 No!" said (ho pupil, amid.roars of unoohtrolablb
laughter, "tho boy that bchoVcd in the Holy Ghost
hasn’t oomo to school, to (lay; bo’s, at homo, sick
u-bctl."
Ruling Passion.— A dowh town merchant who i«
not tin ultra temperance man and jvlio having* heavy
notes lo lako up Just now, {• o little perplexed with
financial operation*—wont into a Dank In Wall
street, on Wednesday, and presenting a cheque for
$lOOO, began to figure on his bank book whilst tho
teller was counting on the money.
“ How will you have this?'* demanded tlio clerk,
referring ofcourso to the denomination of bills, largo
or small.
Tlio abstracted merchant looked up from his col
ouluftons.'und
»» Cold—cold, If you please and without sugar.
Netp. York paper*-
A Mr. Wilkinson has written to.a western paper
informing the public, that ho think* (he newspaper
rocord bf Is incorrtioh. Ho say* to the.boft
of Ms knowledge, he Is kllvo and would be kicking
Ifho could And the author of tha report.
Examination Day*
■•<r’’■rtf*
o OBR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BS RIQIIT— BD.T RZGIITOII. WRONG ,OUft COU^TRYi**
CARLISLE, I’A-, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1849.
“AND THBNIh
. A ilory is told of a very good and pioita man whom
the Church of Rome lisa enrolled among'her saints
.on account of his great holiness. He was living at
one of Ihe Italian univorsalista, when a young man
.whom he had known as a boy, ran up to him with a
face full,of delight, and told, him' that what ho had
long been wishing above all things in the world was
.at length fulfilled, his parents haying just given him
. leave to study the law, and thereupon he had come
to the law school ut his university on account of its
great fame} and mount,to Spare no pains or labor in
gelling, through Ins studies os quickly as possible,
in . this way be ran a long lime; and when at last
he. came to a stop, the holy roan who had been list*
ebinglo himwilh great patience and kindness, said:
. M yVclI, and when you have got through your course
of studies, what do you mean to do then
, “ Then I shall take my doctor’s degree,” 'answered
the young man. . ■
. And then?” inquired PhUlipa Nctu
. “And lhen,” continued the young.man, “I shall
have a number of difficult and knotty oases to manage,
sbalhcutoh people’s notice by my.efoquoncb, my real,
my oontoDoss, and gain reputation.” *
then 7” replied the holy mori ”
. ” And then, why then there csonot be a Question ;
1 shall bo promoted to some-high office or other ; be
sides, I shall make money and grow rich.”
And then 7” repealed Phlllipo. '
“And then,” pursued thd young lawyer, “ then I
shall Uvo comfortably and honorably, in wealth and
shall-be able to look forward quietly io a happy old
ago.” '
“And then?” asked the old>mah. ' >
“ And then,” said the student, ” and ihbn I shall*
die.” .. r ' 1
Here Phlllipo lifted up his voice and again asked:
“And Then?" •
WlfcrcOpoQ tho young manmade no answer, but
cast down his head and went away. -This last "And
then V* had pierced like a flash of lightning Into his
soul abd.ho could not get quit of It. -
' Soon' after he forsook the study of the law, gave
himself up to (ho ministry of Christ, and spent (ho
remainder ofhis days in gopdly words and works.
The question wh«h,St. Phiilipo Ncri put lo tho
young-lawyer is wo should put frequently
to ourselves. When we have done all that wo are
doing, all, that wo dream of doing, even supposing
that all our dreams were accomplished, that every
wish of our heart is fulfilled, still, may wo ask
“What will wo do? What willwc bo then?”—
Whenever we cast our thoughts forward, never let
them atop short on this side of the gravelet them
not slop short of the grave itself; hut when wo have
followed ourselves thither, and have seen ourselves
laid therein, still ask ourselves tho searching question
—and then ?
>—-. . • .
A Tsakee Attorney on Capital Punishment,
The' following oration was delivered-some'where
In Wisconsin, by one of the profession, who would
seem lo have quite an aversion to capital punish*
ment: ,
14 May it ploaso your Lordship dnd gonllemhn of
' the Jury?—The case is as clear as ice, and clmrn to
the doin'* as 1 no* from your sweetheart. The
Scripture saith, ‘Thou shall not kill;’ now, if you
hang my client, you transgress the command os stick
qs grease, and as plump as a goose egg in a loafer's
face. Gentlemen, murder is murder, whether com*
netted by twelve jurymen, or by ah humble individ
ual, like* my client.: Gentlemen, Itlp hot deny (fie
fact of my client’s -having killed-a min; but is (hat
dny you should do so? No such thing,
gcqllomcn. You may bring tho prisoner in ‘guilty;’
the hangman may do his duly ; but will that exqne
rolotyou 7 No such thing. -In that case you will
all ho murderers! Who nmongyon.is prepared for
the brand of Cain to bo stomped on his brow, to-day 7
who, freemen, who* in this land of liberty and of
light? Gentlemen, I will pledge my word that not
ono of you has a bowio knife or a pistol in his pocket.
No gentlemen, your pockets are odoriferous with (ho
perfumes of cigar cases and tobacco. You can
smoko the tobacco of rectitude in (ho pipe ofa peace
ful conscience; but hang my unfortunate client,.and
the scaly alligators of remorse.will gallop through
the internal jprlnciplcs of animal vertebra, until the
spinal yartubra of your anatomical construction is
turned into a railroad for the grim and gory gobjins
of despair.
Gentlemen, beware of committing murder! Co
ware, 1 say, of meddling with the internal preroga
tive! Beware! I say. Remember (ho Tate of the man
who attempted to steady the ark, and tremble.—
Gentlemen, I adjure you by tho manumitted ghost of
temporal sanctity,'to du no murder ! I adjure you
by the.name of woman; tho mainspring of die ticking
timepiece oftimoVlhcorelica! transmigration, lo do
no murder! I adjure you bylho love yon have for
tho esculent and condimenlal gusto of our native
puntpkin, to do ho murder! . I' adjure you by the
store set in thcJlying ensign of our emancipated
country, to do mi murder! I adjure-you by tho
American Nagle, that whipped (he universal gome
codk of creation, and now sits roosting on tho mag-,
nojio telegraph ofTime’s Illustrious transmigration,
to do qo murder! And lastly, gentleman, if you ever
expect to wear long-talled ooals—lf'you over expect
free dogs not to bark o( you—lf you ever expect to
wudr bools made of the frfce hide of tho Rocky tyloun.
tain buffalo, and, to sum up sjt, Ifyou over expect to
bo anything but a, sol of sneaking, Joafing, rascally,
cut-throat, braided, small onds of humanity, whittled i
down to indistlnotibility, acquit my client and save
your country iIC •' 1
The prioner was acquitted.
FrcsU Air*
The celebrated Dr. Darwin was.bolmpressed with
the jmporjartljo Of good air, that being very popular
tn the towi|*of Derby, once on a market day ho
mounted a tub and thug' addressed the listening
crowd: “Ye men of Derby,follow*cllixons,attend to
mo! 1 know you to bo ingenious and industrious
mechanics. By your exertions you procure lor your
selves and families the nocosftrias oflifo; but ifyou
lose your health, that power of use to them must
cease. This irpth al[ of hu,t 1 fear some
of, you do not understand how, (o bo main
lalncd Jp depends upon breathing
an unoontumitialod sir; for the purity of tho air be.
comes destroyed' wiiore many sro collected together;
tho effluvium from tho body .corrupts it. Keep open,
then, the windows of your workshops, and as soon as
yop rise open all tho window of your bod-rooms.—
inattention to this advice, l#».assured, will bring di
sooQSo on yourselves and engender among you typhus
fever, winch is only another name for putrid tfever
which will carry off your wives and children. Lot
inn again repeat my serious advice—open your wliu
dpwa to let in the fresh air, at least omja a day*—
Remember what t say} 1 speak now without a fee,
and can have no other interest but your good in this
my, ad vice.”
Anecdote op pa. Dbboiii;*.— Rev. Dr. Lyman
Rooohor,'as ho was going homo onanighl, carrying
a' volume of un encyclopedia under his arm saw a
•mall animal standlngin Ills path. The doolor know
th&tlt was a skunk, but.very Imprqddntly hurlcd tho
book at him. Whereupon tho skunk opened hiq
battery with,a’return fire - ad well directed that JIIO
doctor was glad to retreat. When ho arrlvod homo
his .friends could saarecly coino near him: His
clothes were so infected that ho was obliged to bury
thorn. Soma time after this one of Pr. Beecher’s
ohomios published n-parnplilcl spooking vpry abu
sively of him. “ Why don’l-ybu publish a book and
piil him down at once?” said one of his ijdviscrs.—
“I have Irtarhed bettor, n said tho doctor,} “some
years ago Tissued 0 Wiiblo quarto volume against a
skunk, and I got (ho worst of it. 1 never moan to
try tho oxpcrionqo again.”
tfrmt liirp little praises* ull*-*him loss who
oonsurcjrpUr-pnd hint least who-U indifferent about
,al >t , ;■ .• • '■
t Pr. Fronklln ufsd to say’ ihaTrlchwldaWworo
the only piece of sooond nandod goods that sola at 1
prime oosU
m.
r-yr
. From the London Wuekly'peipateli.
“GOODBYE.’’
Fajowefif Farewell 1 Is often hoard
; From the lips orthos* who part.'
'Tis A whlßporeillone-’tiS a gentle vvofd k
■ -But it springs not from the heart, ,
It may serve for the lover’s closing lay,* •'
To bo sung 'neath a summer's sky;
But give to mo the lips that say 1 .
The honest words—“ Good Bye !’•
Adieu! Adieu! may creel the ear,
■ In the guise of courtly speech; ’ ,
But when we leave the kind and dear,
• t*Tts not what the soul would teach.
When’cr wc grasp the hand of those
- We.would have forever, nigh,
The flame of Friendship bursts biuTslow*
In tbs warm frank words—**Good Bye V*
The mother sending fhrlh her child
- To meet with enres and strife, .
Breathes through her tears, her doubts aud fears
-Forth? loved ono’S future life.
Nocold ‘•adieu," no/'foroweir*lives
Within her choking sigh;"
-But the deepest sob oTenguith gives—
“ God bless then,boy, Good Byel"
1 Go Watch the pale ahd dying mte,'
When the glance hat-lnst its bontn'-* > •,.
When (he world U cold aa the marble stone,,
And the brow a passing dream:
/.A nil the latest pressure oftbe hand,
The Inuk of the closing eye.
Ylcld'what tho heart mwt underhand, ,
A Ipng-n lost “Good Dye.*'
TWELVE DAUCHTERS OP THE TfeiAtl.
BY’ CHARLES DICKENS.
North Wind.— Twelve daughters, roy lady ?
Year.— Yes—twelve daughters; and that yb may
not mistake them, listen to their descriptions. .The
first.is cold, stern and unrelenting in disposition, pit
iless and uncharitable, harsh and unforgiving. Her
name is January* The second, who is very diminu
□live in size compared lo tho sisters,ls frequently
! worse than January, and always as bad. She perse
cutes the poor and needy, and fills tho workhouse
with shivering objects. Her name is February.—
Tho third is spiteful in disposition, boisterous in
lumper, and passionate In the extreme. Her gustof
anger aro liko terrible hurricancs'which raise tho bil
lows of the Worthy sha| and sWallow tip tho frail ves
sel. Her name is March. Tho fourth is os capricious
and wayward as a child, now all .sunny with smiles
—then absorbed in (cars—now-singing qs gaily. os
tho nightingale—then anxious and oVeredat. . IJcf
name,is April. Tho fifth is a bright and languishing
virgin, whose hours of mirth and merriment are sel
dom invaded by a moment of tears, and whose pleas
ure is the cultivation of flowers. Her name is May.
The sixth is more serious and sedate than her sisters
whom I have just alluded to. She delights in shady
groves and the banks of clear rivulets, where she
reads or meditates at her leisure. Her name is June.
Tho seventh is hot, firy, and volumptous; seeking in
vain to quench her thirst and pleasure, and only-in
toxicuting herself I>y the renewal of her enjoyments.
Her name is July. Tho eighth la a maiden whoso
looks hesperk that mellowness which is also lo bo
found in the'fruits that hang over her bower, or in
the harvests! the gathering of-which she loves to su
perintend. . Her ndmb is August.,.'The ninth is staid
and matronly in deportment, combining tho remains
of passions of youth with the discretion and reserve
dfmatDro years. Ilct Hamc is September. The tenth
is uncertain and mysterious in her conduct ; at one
moment, sportive and gay, at another dismal and'
frownirtg. Hor name is.Oclober. The eleventh is
• frigid-JiiM’inanners and
cold in heart; without a virtue to 'speak in her fa
vor. Her name is November. The Iwehh'and last
is a miserable and shrivelled creature, with bleared
eyes, toothless and tottering in her gait, dressed in
ftirs, which however do not keep her warm, and slip,
ping at ovu.ry step. Icicles depends frorri her hose ;
but.her breath his frozen. Her name it December.
*, - Pickwick Abroad.
FEiKALESLANDDRGRS.
A female calumniator is something moro-oorrupl
and dangerous than a female profligate. 'Thb ufi-,
chaste woman may possibly injure the character and
taint the morals of fifty persons, but a* slanderous
wopian poisons the atmosphere of on entire neigh
borhood ond blasts the enclitics of a thousand homes,
with a single breath. From a woman of this class
nothing is sacred; she fattens on calumny, and slaugh
tered reputations. Sho ts the Ghoul of Eastern sto
ry, transferred from the Arabian Knights lo tho cir
cle of tho fireside. She never asserts anything*, she
merely hints, and suppbscs, and whispers what“Mey
say.” Every neighborhood in tho city is infested
with some creature of lhissort,and incqujflry towns
(hey very often are afflicted with two or three of
these Ghoul VVoUicn. Ono is enough to sot an hun
dred families-by (ho cars, two can break ups church,
and three aro sufficient'forany kind of mischief, from
tho separating of (ho husband from tho wife, lo blast
ing tho fiinio of a stainless girl. A pure womdn is
simply an ungol embodied in humarF shape; a elan?
doroqs woman is something worse than the (pholero
—certainly os infectious as dic Yellow Fever*
IT»S JUST A FASHION*
Thp piojis.Mr.— r~7» gjho,' by theway, it sUspoo 4
led of b'eing no belter limit bo should bo, notwith
standing ail his professions, a short lime since rebo
ked a well known merchant of this city for usulng
profane language. . . ■ , . ■
** Your - language is ungontlonfanly,’and impious,*’
said' Mr.;g- 11 You should break yourself of
such on abominable practice.” ’ ■ ’
“ I know it,” returned the dealer in cotton bales
and profanity } “ bul n>o»< men fall into some error
or another unknown to themselves, yet they are en
tirely innocent of all Intention to .do wrong* notwith
standing Ihoif inacoruoics; now, 1 swear a great deal
and you pray a great* deal, yet neither of us, 1 am
confident, means anything 6y it : ,
Saturday Courier.
( A TRUE MAN. .
WjjoishoifOne who will not swerve from the path
of duty to gain a* mine of Wealth or a world of lion
ors. Ho rospeotS' the feelings of til; the rich and the
poor, the honorable and the humble. ■ Ho is as care
ful not to spook an unking word to his servant as to
his lord. Ho is ns. attentive, tn the yfranls of a slave a£
(o a prince, .Wherever you moot him ho Is (ho same
kind, occom.ipodaling,.unobtrußivoi humble individu
al, In him are embodied the' elements of pure reli
gion. No step is taken which (he law of God con
demns—no word is spoken that pains tho ear of
man.' • '
Immortality of Man*
Why is it that the rainbow and tbe cloud corpo
oyer, us with a beauty (hat is .hot of,earth, and then!
fiass away, end leave ifa to musb.dpQn thclf faded,
ovolinofisf Why is it that the cturs which hold their
festivals around the midnight, throne,-are sol above
the grasp of our limited faculties—forever mocking
us with unapproachable glory? And why is it that
bright forms of human beauty urq.preeonlod io our
view arid then taken.from us, leaving* tho thousand
streams of pur yffpodons to.flow, back in an-Ajplne
torrent upon oiir heart? Wo are born for a higher
destiny, than.dipt of earth. There is a.realm whore
tho rainbow hover fades, where Ipo. stars will bo
spread out before us like islahds that*slumber op tho
ocean—and where the beautiful beings that now pass
before us like visions, will stay in our presence /br»
over.— Prentice.
(Ts»‘* Stranger, which is theway to
luffa?” “ There are two roads,” replied
“ Well, which is tho best?* 1 u Ain I «n«ch dllTar*
once 2 both on 'em very bad. Tako which w “|»
afore you'vo got half way you'll wish yon<* I" 0 **
t’other.” . ■ 'V ■ ■
nr?* Tho keeper of a grorf in 6c6r t
cla. h&s diode known by advertisement, that ho will
not'ln future, soil ohy spirlluous Iquors to. temper*
once men, unless they should bung a written per.
mission from their wives. , 1
west, anxious ip disperse the
crowd around the bar',oxclalmed— ‘VAU yobUok.
guards that isn't lawyers, quit tho court J*’
OOij’VH i*t£*f
BBTTIWO BY PROXY. . I MURRBR IS OWCISWAM.
• Just after the State election in Pdnn.yivanio, Mr. Below wifi be found a brief scbonpt 6f «io-el*o
a WnripCasi man, met his friendWf. Jones, an - Jar ..and shocking murder of Mrs; Howatd, of Cuv
ehlhasiacUc Tsylor man, ‘ ' cinnali,Ohio: ‘
. “Jones,” eaid Smith, «> lhe el><>“ f I tore, abandonment and revenge were the inciting
doMhot.noree.e.Toj’lor’. ciiancee in Pcnnajlva- cot)ioi J oi||ii fMrfuUr|ige()y _ , , ,
.. .“So wo .ball,” ..id Smith, ■ .eporatea-Ihe^trife
, ,“1 toll you what,"cried done.,hi. face brighting etitdren.« hoy and a girl. Not longafter the:wjwr
lip— “i’ll tell what may be done. My wife .ball call rul| on, Capl. 11. obtained the two children by violent
upon your wife,And bet with her." .. I racan.-liaving norecqum. mla'v-and P'Kod ihem
’ u Good” said Smith. 1 c b ar £° of a frlond In Kentucky, al the eamo lima
Home went Jones ' ! dn application for divorce was pending; In a court In
“ My dear, Mr.. Smith wants to bote hundred dol.’estate. Mr.. H. waa of an impetuou. and de
iar. with you that. Can. will carry Penn.ylvania." | icmpcnnonl-a woman of many acccm.
•‘Mi. Smith bat a hundred dollar, with me!” «- f" d '“P“ bl ° ° r hl S h P’" ccs ,n
claimed the astonished lady. “" <1 fe l l <«?' {? “ Bte8 tei t l degree and had
. “ Yes, and if you want to bet, there is the money. ! ?«<”> •«»'" revenge. Heaven knows, .he ha. got
Go round this afternoon and sec her, put the stake., 11 > . . . , t . .. . • Jij!;'
. i . f . • j>« r Cant. H. married again, it is said, and w®» I**lng
The hvo ladics met, and the money was deposited. «» f im “ “ r lhi » lerrible Iranraelion, with lhe la-
On Thursday last, when the result wns known, I d J (l-le handaon eby h o way and ommhla in her
Jones told his wifo to go and draw the money shy; fell a viclmi lo the wild *
b ad .won. ' The lady was not slow inciting l.or °‘ l, J r nnd_Vcrisebce-ind pushed under Ihekn
husband lAsLllmo,.and bofnro an hour, Iho.two bun- ‘ b ° abandoneu wtfo. Iho cireum.tance. orthol.ng.
I dred dollars, exchanged into halfooglcs, wore glitter. edy are oa foliowsr . ™
ing through ll.ii irilersficea ofher blantifol purie. . . At about five o'clock last evening, nwnman oaM
When Jones came homo at night, ho said to hil < b ° boarding housei of Mrs. Well, on
jj* i between Plum ayd Western Row, and walked 'lnto
<■ W ell, my dear, did you get 11.0 money 1" «•••'«« “i*.* hTtl^iktal
“Yob!" was the reply. “ w XS ur d ““ r open and look I of walking ;
•Til troublejou fo/it, darling, if yod plcaso.’ 1 Jn v i i .ll^
“Trouble mo for whan"'- • would call Mrs. U., and immediately went.op stain
“For Ihe monoy'l-Won.of Mr. Smith." ' ■ for tlial purl lo^- . Jim
“ You wot,7 ,d||)»s» bel.Mr.,June. 1" «**> H..ootbcap{p_,dcv,n, and upon meatinfe iltu
“No, no—that is-ryes, 1 bet in fact, though to aavo 1,0 W*M-.prang nl her, and plunged a
my vote. I made you the .gent," answered June., kn o inlo her ncok. .cvemig the jugular, and then
with vi.iblc embarrassment.' ' • - '»•««<> "®“«•««?6p« d b - c , k >»«? b « hitehen,
“X cannot consent, my dear ha.bond," .aid the tho blond ghshing I from the woond, cried, “O, Mr.,
lady Willi great dignity, “Inbe a party in any vlo- Worlf,! am killed!” and «ptred in a short tuno!
latum or evasion of.tho law. X .cannot on yodr no- Wr. Hv.Wrd way,tp the hou.e at the imui,and : upoti
count—you whoin'holier i. So dear to me-and I being made acquainted with Ho fact.,he seized a
.ha'll therefore keep Hid money,'in order tint I may I‘Jtfe. «» d «lU«*S 1 "> n ? , " ouriho ™ ur Sf k re " , 1 ‘ r “ s i"
•till retain my rdyncdl fot a, laW.losmg,a ksv honor- ed down .telr.-bul.liehad escaped ! Ihobleedirtg
ing and a law obeylhr luisliand. Dear Jones ki.s object of Ins love wa. writhing in death before him,
ni o« - ' e ' uml.hcbecameKonlio.. >.r
The lady was as good a* Tier word, and Jones ifiV was.mado for the murderess, but slis bppia
covered that in his altcmp.t to whip liie- devil ufound bo found no where, Mr. John 1., Scott, member
thp.Blump.Jio had lost a clean bundled; Thl. is a Council from tho Second Ward, however, met her a,
r„r. tv ir n-.ort/rA short time after the murder, on Fourth streel ftffsr
*. - when «hd*oallod his attention by show(ngiui(i£*
■ ■ “ J -•vrl ovrJuimcdßrtV.l.h' 1 **’'
TUB WAY TO TEND A: BABY.
* A Chippewa Indian has been lecturing in Hart
ford, where, in a lecture on Tuesday evening accor
ding to the Times, he advised the ladies of Hartford (o
lie their babies, as soon as they wore born, to a board
bind (hem down tight, and keep them (hero most of
their lime, li.l they arc ten months old. “Pol a hoop
round the head,” ho says, “and then when the board
gets knocked over, it won’t break the childs nose.”
Ho sums up other advantages .as follows: “you see,
ladles (holding up a specimen} the child's hands are
lied down, so it can't scratch its nwn eyes out, and
can't scratch its mother's breast, loo; it can't wig
lo about and got very tired ; it csn’ljjcnd over and
must grow straight—when the mother goes out after
herbs, she can hang it on a tree, and snakes can't
bito-ll; whan it cries, the mother can siting it across
her back and rock it so—(swaying its body lo and
fro) and carry it great distances in (his manner, too;
can ell it up sidu the wigwam and when
canoe (urns over, the child swim off* on tho board,
not drownjand its back don't break across its moth
er's arm, because .tho- board supports itrtho child
can’t crawl Iqip the fin? and burn up, too—can Icove
It long time, all safe—so .this is much the best way
ladies—much best!”
Tho ladier gave in their assent by a general
laugh, • r
A SUM FOR THE LADIES.
The Boston Times asks the following interesting
question. Tho ladies had better gel their slates and
work out die sum: -
.If klr.acs ware a penny each,
'■ And words a groat o score,
A kiss for every twenty words.
And twenty in an hour— •
Visit the fair one, twice a week,
, And slay from eight to one, f
'Twould take how long. At such a rote,
To spend an handred pounds? ■
Pat DirrrKiUNa ms lady and gen.
llcmao, recently married in tho neighborhood of Not
tingham, left home In Ihefr own ckvrjsge for a bridal
lour among-lko Cumberland lakes. In order to avoid
the notice generally attracted by persons in the hon
ey moon, the gentleman gave his Irish footman the
strictest charge not to tell any one on the road that
they wore newly, married, and threatening to dismiss
him instantly if lie did. Pal promised implicit obp- j
dience, but on leaving the first Inn on the mad, next i
morning, (ho happy couple wore much astonished ,
and annoyed.(tf find tho servants all assembled, and ,
pointing to tho gentleman rpystorioiply exclaiming, ,
*‘Tbat’s^liin—llinl’a the m«n. w On reaching, tho
next «(nge; (ho indignant .master (old he I
must immediately discharge lie had,divutgcdl
what he Kad impressedilpon hint as a secret. “Pleasel
ycr honor,” says Pal,,** wliol is it you complain ofVM
»»You rascal,*.* exclaimed tho angry master, “you
told tho servants at life inn lust night that wo wore a
newly married couple 1” u Oaoh, then, he this and
he that,” sold Pat, brightening up.the anticipated,
triumph, 44 there Is not a word o f truth in it,ycr hon
or; sure I told Ihe tybolo kilof.lhom, servants and
all, that you would not bo married for a frulnighl
yet I” ' ..
Tub Fop Ootwittkd.—ln one of our country Uv*
ornt,‘aTew years since, there happened to be a num
ber of respectable farmers clnd in the usual habit,
when h spruce young gcnllein.an rigged in
tho highest slyleJwKh a, wafoli Ih h(i pocket, wlw
strutted about the room in greet pomp, dangling his
waloh keys and seals, in .the foppish manner. After
swaggering about tho room for a fow minutes, ho
criedouland challenged any man in (ho room todrop
money with him* one piece at a time, and lho*mnn
whoso, purso hold out the longest should Jake,. the
whole and treat the appeared to oc.
cent Ida challenge,.which, only tended to render the
fop more inflated wjth an iffoA,gf lII* superiority in
wealth, and ho became more earnest. At length a
rusty looking, buUhrcwd old funner, observed, if no
one else would accept the offer ho would do It. **ll*s
done,” said (ho fop, and immediately called on a third
man lo hold the lint. The farmer then pul his hand
in his pocket oodlook out what hecallcda buoglown
Conner, and dropped It In l|io hat. The ftp hmile
dialoly dropped In HI. .econd pleeei and Ibo former
reeling in Ilia pookol ftr apollior piooo, bill finding
none, gravely nbaervod •• I 001 beat, I have no more i
you may take,the whole and treat the company.
O*A young lady in a boarding house, very vain
of liar muslooT tajonl, was.poo day
company with a song, when a crusty old bachelor
oamo out of his room on tho next floor and.bawled
from tho (up of tho stairs.
, “ What are you doing \o that pig? Do turn that
nig into (ho street
“ What pig ?” cried several.
The old bachelor descended (he stairs, looked Into
IhdroomVahd I lhoUght 1 hoard a pig squeal,
ing in this rooinl”. . . .
TJio girl .hover sang without first Ofc
oortainlng that the old bachelor was absent.
. dj“Tlie klcrt P'ppoimm) bf : ttbionlmMedrteU )
waa a man aeon running wilh -,
— , t er of rain, wUh tiV umbrella under hl» arm. •
w * ‘I™ *“ *•?. f “ u , l, ',££SSX*!&*
1 «No " waa'tiio anawor. )y mlnnliiied at Iho «rmpUo)ly L t-v 4
“UoUllor will ho ovor .go any in, llico," iuld old l|tof ora or bro.d I. lo apm* bmior
\ broadbrim.’ on ' —— -
AT $2OO FEB ANNUM.:
q knife recking with blood, and[exclaiiticdfr***
done lII—J killed her I—can',l got this mach oat of
Howard?" She was determined in her manncr,4nd r
her eye had iho glare of a, mapiac! ■ Her hand' slid*
arm to the elbow were .besmeared with blood aod
(here word some spots upon her face. Mr, S. was so,
completely confounded by this singular meeting,Uv»t.
he suffered her to pass on, She, was arrested by tf
-1 Kelt Hujee, Jr., noarTlcr residence.
Siirglcnl I/1 %.
Dr.
tumor from the breast of a Indy in this Iowa; whilu
under (bo ancMthetie influence ofethcr* with (be most.
' perfect success; At ten O'clock; Friday morning a.,
tporigo. charged with the ether, woe applied to (ho'
i mouth and noso «f thc.pulienl—al.lhccnd of four*
I minutes -she scorned Jo be.in a. Kind ofacmboofloo r ,>
; acioua and dreamy .state’; and. apparently thought*
aho ivns fondling her liabo l« sleep oo her breasts- ’
while with her hand she made the motion us if sooth*''
ing it to rest—she said—•• hush,.hush* there—go.tp
sleep!** Jn six minutes she seemed in o deep sleep*
At the end of about eight minutes the first incision
of tiie Itolptl was made; and us strobe after strobe
foljowcd.dcepihlD the living (issue—not a movement .
—no, not (ho slightest tremor of a single fibre gave , ,
signs of pain | In short, her whole appearance in* '
die Med the moat quiet and perfect rest—lt could not -
have been more quiet find her Jrcam been a reality,
and had Jim aol\ warm cheek of tho infant babe been
pressed iipon hcr'bpsom, instead of its receiving tho
deep inctsioqs of iho surgeon*? knife 1 . .
Tiio removal-of the lumot—the,securing bf
Ing vessel* pn.d the passing of the suture$ t &c„ oc*
onpic'd sope twenty minutes; during tho whole of
which timotho patient gave no signs of suffering, or
of'cnn«oioukncss to anything.that was transpiring.
around, her. Soon after the insertion of t ho. last
•uf«re, sbb .awoke apparently In the, full poMCsstorf
of Jicr mental facilities, with the Inquiry, •• lt.il tU
donor* . \
The operation was witnessed by a number of the
medical gentlemen of this, town, who epuld but te r
joicc (n this no* Inslanca nf ths.trTumph of art ow
hUman sobering.— Mwburyport Herald;
, A Daring Exploit* ■ - f
' Win.'Coulter and a were/olfow*
inff the tracks of a deer, obout.tcn mile* horlliorihjt
place r on Prldoy, tho I2th in»l« .They won came to'
tho deer, which appeared In have been lately kHfdcJ 1
by eomo animal; it* entrails were lorn onl,andll* -
carcass otherwise much mutilated. . .They soon eb.
served tracks of a wild oal. ti.nd. tracing them a abort, . ...
distance. It wits discovered ihq cat hud entered a'hole ,- r .. -
in 1 ledge.of rofcka. A trap was prepared, and set ,
at the mouth of the hole. . Next morning, the wild . 1
cat, noari> fall grown, wqa found la the trap—fast by ■
tho toes Of IUo fore foot. The question (hop woa, .
how-lo.aocaro .him nVivc. Coulter directed Barilo. }
bnugh “ to omusft him with n slick.’* and ho thought
“he could toko one wild out, for Davy Crocket had
1 licked \\U them." Tho attention of possy y
I iibioff takcrx up with thn slick,.Coulter caught it by , .
• tho buck of the neck, throw 11, and got lit*, knees
1 upon it. They themtook ; their suspenders ond lied
1 tho feel, wud Dill pulled off one of his stockings, arid
drew it over.its hosd; thus scoured, they carried it
home, and now have ;il ready for Mr, Van Amburg/
• whenever he thinks fit to order It. .
• Indiana ( Pa .) RfgUltr* •
From Duwen’i N. Ameilcan Parmer. . • -.’’A
. Fhboino Cmi.fi—ln Madngoacar tho mpflo Qt f , ri
feeding buttle is Tho,provision if some*
thing placed in,a kind of rabk, but is,also maced *d ••
high tl/kt tho unimolli compelled to stand, the whale?* *
liino of r.cdinif. in a that fotM, (ho <W«f.
weight of ila.hody on its hind logs. Whether tpj«
custom originated in accident or design, U at present
uncertain— but ll is universal* and it supposed to old
in fatting the animal bettor than onr European mode
of allowing them to aland on a level floor. _ Bmn«- V •
limes animals ore fed In this manner for. throe p?, *
four yours, snd attain un enormous site, . , ,
Cwcaniko Thew—Trees and vines which.
kept tho oluoncst, boar tho best; like hum»a ' -,
body, (ho pores of.their skin bcoomo elogged'<with] ’ > .
dirt.and retain gasses which should escape,', Tree#,' 1 <>•
tho bark of which has been scraped am) scrubbed* ,’ it
become more thriving, and more vigorous,, »
Eggs will keep almost any length of time , (
water properly'prepared. One pint ofboaiso saltp'’
and ono pint ofunsTacked lime,.to a pallfUl of waidK' ’ *
If there bo too much lime, it will eat the shells frptft ,VK "-"
thu eggs ond if there bo a single egg cracked, it pill. u v
spoil the whole, u . ~*..'l
SAn o*'s gnii will set nny fcoW—silk, Colton, or , ’
woolen. We have seen ,tho colors of calico,' which
faded nl one washing, fated by U. * • ''‘.'jV’ 1 ' '''
t, Awqroiing pan toil of coals, or a shoycl of cdsle/ ; " v ”*
hold over varnished furniture, will lake outwhU*.*' '*
spots. The place should bo ruhbed w\Ui Qapnel while r,;. *
Warm> • , r-v Vt- v#
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