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PENNSYLVANIA.
BY, J. BAVARD TAYLOR.
A fair ami lovely State la oars, with valleys broad and
• green.
Where, Binilins in the summer ray, the cultured farms
nro seen, \'
Cities, with spires am! turrets proud, and rivers wind
. ina by, ‘
Mountains, whosq stormy summits rlso to meet the arch
' Ing sky. - - -
When harvest suns nro fierce and high, upon o thousand ’
• flchls,
Thn blllnWv swell of golden grain,- its bounteous tribute
yields ) •
Upon a thousand hill-sides, fair, thu lowing rnltlc graze,
, And all tho land rejoices; 'neath'Plenty's smiling rays.
Amid tho damp coat-caverns Is hanfd the minor's din,'
. Where faint rind far tho light ufday comes sddly stream
ing in ;
Along the lonely mountain side and through tho vttlieys
pay,
Th:i " iron stcud” with tireless speed, goes thundering on
his way.'
Alas, for Pennsylvania 1 A curse is on hnr now:
Gone arn her honsied honors —ln dust hot lofty brow— -
Obscuring nil her former pride, A r.lnud is on her rnmd,
A heavy burden bears sho now, A wetiry load of shatm
What thumb thftß immord gonial warmth snail blest the.
rlp’nlnjr prnlii, '
Aitil hountomil harvest fields repay the labors of. the
swain, ' ’
Still must jhrr proud, free fanners think upon the debt
they hoar. 'u
Ami whrn*«o»Vr their duties call, must ace Us footsteps
there!' - .
tJh! rouse, ye in your strength and pride, the froelnen o
oiir land, ...
Vo loncer Him rtcSpsirlna back, or still Inactive sln-ul
Show that the spirit yet is yours that made your ratlwn
For thouah -your fortunes may be crushed, your hono
. must not he 1.
Thon up and act! from Cheater's plains to, Erie’s
t1.1n,, •
Where Deliver meets Ohio’s wilvtJ,.of Delaware roils in
pride.
'Mid Clinton's pine-clod hills, whore howls the autumn
Where Susquehanna lingers stow, Wyoming’s classic
. vile.
Vo more the bnaatofformerdaitscon well become us now.
We may not point to. Penn’s pure mind, or Prapklln’s
lauroll’d brow; . . . ,
Vo more the Keystone of the Arch, may .Pennsylvania
’Pill wo have rolthcr load of shthae, fbf she will llion be
free. •. ’ -
af»e#ccllJincoua.
. Prom the Lady's Dook.'-
A SKETCH FilOftl LIFE*
DT GRACE ORKENWOODI
•* Throw up the window I ’TI« a morn f»»r Ufa
In iu iiu.m aubtiio luxury, Tliu nir
In liku a hn-niIUT Irmu a rarer world ;
Aim lliu Binitti wind is liku a gentle friend,
I’aiting lliu liuir so soitty on my liruvv."
The delicious morning whifttris glowing around
tnu, und which hus culled Uio exquisite description
of our gifted countryman, brings also to my Jiiind
lliu recollection of one us fresh und beautiful, “in the
days llml are* gone." I well remember how- lliu sense
of that morn's exceeding lovlineas burdened my heart
with a sweet weight—und how, at lust. Hinging aside
the dull book which I had attempted to study, 1
o.ulghl my light sun bonnpl, and bounded out of tho
house, which outward bloom und beauty hud reader*
«d prison .like. 1 then turned my steps towards u
fine old mansion, the huniQof o vary lovely girl who
hid been endeared to me by years of constant and
intimate intercourse. . Of late there has been formed
a new tie to bind our hearts—she hud become the
betrothed of “one of ours," u favorite cousin, and lliu
engagement was u joyful event to all concerned.
Annie Moore, sweet Annie Moore* how. thou gli
dent before me, in thy soft ctiicriul lovlinces, like u
gentle spirit from a holier clime! With thy form of
lily like grace, tall and frugilo,
«. Willi all UiyycMMd hotuls shining bands,
. And all iU waving curls ef Until,"
With thine eyes of softest violet, and fliy chjpok of
dolioulosl rose bloom. .
•• t uniat tliink of lime,
Oh gonllestl as I know ih.to well and long,
A young glHilcrouiure with a lip of Bung, 1
' An uye nf rttjlancu, and a soul of glee—
Singing sweet snatches of some favorite lanu,
Ur wouderiug by my sine beneath the sky of Juno.”
William Gordon, (ho lover of Annie Moore, was
«n exulted, yet u must loveable character,'an em
bodiment ul intellect, manliness, fUtlliful affections
am j fervent piety, lie was a young student ofDi
viMllyw.|iad been self supported,almost self educated,
end at the time of tho commencement of this sketch,
wus in the expectation ofcnluring Upon the ministry
lu tho course of a your.
And this man, poor, unknown, and devoted to . a
holy culling, was tho choice of Aunlo Moore, tho
wuullhy, tho beautiful, the luxuriously reared!—
“’Twus passing strange "—our Worldly ones won
dered at, and our sowing circle gosslppud about the
mutter, fora month or two, und then tho ruillud lido
of our vlllago life flowed on as usual. But 1 was on
my way to pay Annlo a morning visit. Win. Gordon
had colled tho.night before, to bid us adieu, as lie wus
to bo absent many months,and Itbuughthls betroth,
pd needed a little cheering up.
1 found her sitting at her work, as usual, and but
a slight tremiilouanoss of the voice, and a glistening
of tho lung brown eye lash, told of the painful part*
ing which bad just taken place
•» When will William return V* I presently enqul
rod. 4 ,
« In May—little less than one year,’*
“ And then ?"
**And then wo ore lobe married—so hold yourself
in readiness to bo my bridesmaid."
The summer passed a season of earnest, untiring,
and prayerful toil, with tho young student, and of
Kationt, hopeful, and sustaining lovo, on tho part of
is betrothed. Then came tho chill of autumn, fob
lowed by a winter pfuncoimnon severity. Our dour
Annie, whilo on a night visit to a dying friend, was
exposed to a sudden and fearful storin'—took cold—
ah, does opt my reader anticipate the mournful con
sequence? ’ Her mother and elder sister hud died of
consuttnrttoUiJ*nd soon, very soon, the soul of death
«.■ on her blS'WlnSi>“w. end the very voice of
the grove .oundlng llor '
fragile framo. Wo know that she mußlaToTWthriHV
unliko many consumptives, know It alsoyet she
was strangely averse to acquainting tier absent lover
with tho luarfultrulh* Bho wrote to him that sho
had been ill—-was still suffering from debility; but
that ho must not bo troubled about it, nor bo painfully
surprised by .her changed appearance, when hosliould
velum In the spring. Notuno wordofllio dread, lust
parting before, thom—ol tho grave, which might
<« njvol thu briilugroom, ami taku (Vom Ms side,
To repose In tts bosom, ills beauliftil bride.”
AUoncth Moy camo round again, and with, lire*
turned William Gordon the young clergyman* Ho
was bowed to the earth by the groat am#; unlooked
for affliction which awaited him—yet meekly drank
fee the bitter cup, for hU Ged bad mingled it.
Sweet Annie, whs rapidly from eartli-*-
growing more.and .more fragile In form* and angelic
in spirit day. by. day,'and puor VVijliam became In*'
(oneelv doslrtiila that their unioh might take place.
Annie's friends toodiiy osschlcd, but she to pur sur
prise,- firmly lefused to grant the mournful request of
her broken hearted lover.
f)nc evening he was. sitting nldno by her eido, as
she was half , reclining on a couch; the hnclio flush
was m.uro startling bright than usual on her cheek;
for she had suffered much lhaldny,niid as he thought
how very ocanniglil ho the dark wing of God’s dread
angel, he look her wuslcd hand in hts.nnd said.—
” Oh, my.Annio, let me cull you tdife, boforo you
leave mo! You would not be so utterly, lost to mo
then, for I would know you bearing that sucrcd ttanic
in Heaven. Refuse me not, love," , •
“Oh, William, William, urge me ho longer,'* sho
replied, “it must not, cannot bo.. .. I ajn.the bride of
Heaven, you muni.not bo my hasLond,' and hear me,
dearest, you must no longer ,bo pour mo—your. lovo
is precious, hut it is earthly,.nnd it comes us a cloud
between mo and the glories of (hat upper world,'to
which I hasten. Your own, is sweeter to
me than the hymns of the angels, heard in tny dreams
of IJeuvcn ! We must pari, now—for every houf
renders yon dearer, and how-cun I leave youatlasl.”
With heroic and m idyr llke calmness spoke the
rni.Tuken girl—mistaken, for a pure love, for ono
worthy, is (lio holiest and sweetest preparation for
His presence who “Is lovo.” , >,
William Gordon saw her firmness nml ,that sho
was weak nnd trembling from the excitement of the
scene, and . '
*• lu doSu heart abutting up bis pain," . .
resolved to yield instant and uncomplaining obedi
once toiler wishes... lie rose up c.ilmly and imprin:
ling on her lurehoad a kiss.of .mingled lovo and an.,
guisli, turned und was gone! Annie biiriud her face
in her thin, vvlnlo handa,and remuinedin.on agony of
prayer und griof. Then cimb vague regrets fur the’
course she had taken, and painful doubts of- the no*
ccssity of-tho sacrifice sho hud niadc.. ft’csently sho
heard a well, known step—William hud returned !
Mis calmness hud forsaken him, and hii .murmured
imploringly—
If I mud leave you to die alone, Annie, let me
fold you once morc lu my heart, before 1 go—it will
give mo sUcnglh,”
Mo knelt on ono knee beside her, reached forth
his arms, and sobbed liken child, us she loaned up
on his bosom. •
No word was npoken by that pair, lovlngand,faith-,
ful unto dualh, while thu Hood at’ sorrow, swept over,
(heir l«u^ijcd spirits, us the fountains of the sours
great deep’were biokrn up, • Yes, silent, but nul
tearless, .knell Wm, Gordon, with, his lips pressed
against the deur hoad which lay upon his heart. At
iaslt hu raised his eyes'heavenward and those lips
moved in whispering prayut , -^.|ie , lmsvound his arms
nncl'would have risen, bill Anfiie moved nut—-she was
clinging to his breast! A smile of joy irradiated
his luce, and his arms once ngtin enfolded her. She
looked,up and murmured with something of her old
playful tenderness, more touching limn the wildest
hursts of grief—
; “ Arc you not stronger, depr.William ?”
.“.Ah, I four nol» my love.” . * -.
“This is s'rangc, fur when I felt the strongih eb
bing from qiy own heart, I thought It had (lowed in
to yours.”
“Thunk God for (ho weakness which is lovlicr
than strength ! Initial never leave yod, Aimlo,”.
' “‘Never!*’--...r.
The morning of the wedding day had como,’a rid
I was arraying Annie' in her bridal dress, a beautiful
muslin, guiltless of ribbon or luce. 1 wished to
(wine in her hair a small slring of pearls, which
was once her ulothcr’s—but she gently put it froin
me.
“ Whnt, no ornaments?" I enquired.
‘•None," sho replied; “ bulyes, il you will go Into
my garden, you will find a lovely white rose tree;
wind) William planted when I first know -Mm—
bring mo one of its buds, and I wilt wear il in my
hair."
I have ‘seen brides radiant In healthful bloom—
glillui ing In jewels—dazzling in satins; rich veils and
costly wreaths, but never have 1 beheld one so ex
qnitdily, so wohderfullly bountiful, ns that dying girl,
with her dress of simple while, her one floral ornn.
meat, the deWy luslroof tier sol\ blue eye; and the
deepened hectic of her check ! When the Ceremony
was to bo performed, she wished to rise, and ns she
wus t«m woiih to stand atone, 1 stood by Iter side, and
supported her. -She smiled sadly, ns sho whispered
—"You remember, Grace, I promised you should
ho my bridesmaid."
As tho beautiful marriage ceremony (that of the
English Church.) proceeded, tho face of tho bride
bucime expressive alternately of earthly und of
heavenly lovej of softness and sublimity, of (ho wo
man and ol the ungel, till it grow absolutely adorable.
At the l ist, she received tho tearful congratulations
ol her friends with u graceful min nor, and with the
most cheerful smiles playing about her lips,
It wis morning—a morning born of bloom and
beauty—so soft, so glowing, it scorned
“ Like n rainbow clasping Ibn sweet canh
A ml im'lling hi a covenant of lave."
Annie Gordon was lying on her couch by an open
window.n, with her fair head supported oh tho breast
of her husband,.
And she, a'falhcr's joy, a brother's pride, tho wife
of (wo short weeks, was leaving us now. Every
sunbeam which looked into her eyes, suv their vio.
lot hod grow paler, and.every soft nir which kissed
her faded lips,boro back a fainter breath on its light
pinion. Her dealing father knuit in .a deep trance of
griol'nl her side—l stood holding one of her hands
in mine, while at her feel sal her younger brother,
Arthur Moore, weeping with all the uncontrolled
passionateness of boyhood,
.Annlo hud lain for some, moments apparently in
sensible, but she looked up yet once more to William,
with her own swoel smile, and murmured—
“ Pray, once again, my beloved—it will plume my
spirit's wing for its upward flight ; but. placo your
hand upon my heart, that you may know when I
am gone IV
And Win. Gordon. lifted his voice In a prayer, oil
saint liho submission and a child like to*vo.. Ho sol
emnly and tenderly committed tho passing soul of
tho wife, tho daughter, tho sister und tho (Viand, to
her Saviour and hor God, and meekly. implored (or
the stricken mourners, tho ministration of tho bless,
cd spirit. Suddenly ho paused—liar heart find ceas
ed its boatings I His brow bcobnio convulsed and
bis voice was low and tremulous as ho added “ Sho
has toft us; oh 1 our Father sho is with Thoc, nowl"
. "Gone 1 our Annlo dead!" exclaimed poor little Ar
thur Moore, and springing forward and casting one
look on thkt.Btill face, he stretched his arms upward
and cried—“Oh! sister, sister, coma baok to us, come
back I"; '
Wo arrayed her in hor bridal dross, oven lathe
while rasa bud twined in her golden hair. Wo.laid
her to rest by hor mother's side, in a lovely rural grave
yard, and a few months after I look hor favorite rose
tree from tho garden, and planted it oyer her breast,
tiuf Annlo had boon gone from us a year, and tho
(ho rose was in Us first bloom, when Win, Gordon
oamo to hid us a long, it might ho, re.last adieu. Ho
was going out as a missionary to India. On tho Inst
evening of his slay, I went with him to- the grave of
•our lost ono. Wo reruninud till tho grass was glib
t&jng with dew, and tho stars woro thick in heaven.
Many ttttiM-lVtnod I .poor William to depart,and re
turn again. Wo both remarked n single rosebud,
very liko tho ono Annlo wore on her nmrrlngo day
and ol that second bridal, when sho wus Wedded to
(ha dust, and when at .last William summoned
strength to go, ho plucked this, and placed it In his
bosom, with many tears.
I doubt not that it) his distan-t homo, that (fat-ken*
od land, where ho toiling for Christ's suite, llilil flow,
or Is still a cherished memento of Ills sadly beautiful
past and a touching remembrancer ofa shore to .which
ho hastened), and unfading clime, where ever liveth
Vllip rose of love," in Ihe bloom of immortality In
ihe.sunshlpo of God's smile.
I, too, am. fsr from hor grave, but I know almost
*.‘Oliß COUNTRY—MAT iTALWAYB BE RtQlti'—BUT felbilt Oft WRONG,OURCOUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1849.
to a clay ifrhch'that‘rose tree is in blobni. Every
morning, I say, another bud is unfolding, over her
real—how 'll loads,tho air with.perfume, as it sways
to, tho poshing, breeze I—and at starlight trembles
around it, and how. sweetly sloops the cold dcw*drop.
in its glowing heart I « .. .
RUSSIAN MARRIAGE CEREMONY*
At the appointed lime, a largo nnmbof of,
frichds of the parlies having previously assem
bled in the cliurch, the-priest attired, in tich
vestments, and attended by a deacon, proceeded
down the church from, the altar to the door, where
he received the candidates for ‘ matrimony.—
After.he had delivered to each a lighted taper,
and made the sign of the cross three limes on
their foreheads he conducted th'd’m to tho uppbl
nave. The bride was attended by young ladles
in splendid dresses, and inscense was scattered
before Them as they advanced. The priest, as
he wont, recited a litany, In wliichthe choristers
assisted, and, at its conclusion, hailed before a
table, on which the rings were, deposited; then,
turning, towards tho aliar, with the bride and
bridegroom'behind him, he repeated a short and
very impresklvo player or invocation.. After
this, ho turned round to tho erntpit* ami blessed
thorn; and Then taking the tine* I o;n ihe table,
gave one to each, proclaiming .in a ‘ i.,uil yeic*»;t
” that they stood, married to y-yli min i.” 'l'ljis
declaration ho repeated three limes, -lie bride and
bridgroom exchanging rings at each declaration.,
The rings wore .then',again . surrendered id ilitj !
priest, who, after.having crossed the fdrehenil.s
of the young couple with them, placed them mi
the fore-finger'of the right hand of each.' lie
then again Turned towards the altnr hud rend
another impressive part of the service, in which
allusion is made to all the passages of the Bi
ble in.which, a ring is mentioned as the symbol
of uniouf honor, and power.
After this, the priest took both the parlies by
the hand nnd ted them towards a silken carpet,
which Iny spread upon the ground. This is lo
the mass of The speol.Uorsj a moment of The.
greatest, inleresl; for it is firmly believed that
the party which first steps upon, the carpel will
have Ike mastery over the .other throughout
life. ‘ “ '• '
Two silver imperial crowns-was ' then pro
duced by a layman and received by the priest,
who, after blessing the bridegroom, placed one
of those' ornaments upon bis head ;-the oilier
was merely held over the bride's head, in,order
that the superstructure raised by a fashonablo
bair-drosscr of St., Petersburg might not be de
ranged. '
After tbo crowning, a cup was , brought to
tho priest, who, after drinking from tl himself,
gatfe ,U to the' brldgfoom, svbo took throe sips
and then-delivered it to the bride, by whbm
the same corimony was repealed. . After a short
pause, other prayers-were recited, and', these
lieincr concluded, the priest took the pdr by the
hand and walked them three times' around the
desk,.reciting snmu sentences; Theni taking off
the bridgroo.n's crown, he said,—“Do thou
magnified, 0 ..bridegroom, as Abraham! Do
thou blessed ns Isaac, and multiplied as Jacob,
walking to pence,'•'mid performing.thocommand
ments of God in righteousness: 1 *
In removing the bride’s crown, bo said.—
“And. be thou, magnified, 0 bride, as Sarah'
Do thou joyful ns Rebecca, and muliiplied as
Rachael; delighting in thine .own husband, and.
observing the bounds of 'the law, according to
the good pleasure of God.”
After this the tapers wore'extinguished,, and
taken from the bride and bridgroom who were then
dismissed by the. priest with his blessing, and
received the. congratulations of tho company
and saluted each other.. Dancing and feasting
continues for three days after the wedding, and
on the eighth day the parlies again repair to the
church, when the priest performs the ceremony
of' “disolving the ciowns,” with appropriate
prayers, in allusion to (ho riles of matrimony.
Dr. Grnncidc's bt. Petersburg, .
OUT DOOR ETIQUETTE.
A gentleman meeting; or passing a Indy on the
sidewalk should always pass on Iho outside.
One gcntlcmanniccliiig anolher’shoutd always
pass to tho
A gentleman walking with a ludy should never
tender his right-arm.
A lady, as a general rule, should not take a gen
tleman's arm in tho street in tho day lime. ’ Howev
er, it is nut improper when tho couple uro strangers
in tho oily, or when the walk is thronged with stran
gers. .
. A gentleman meeting dr passing a gentleman and
lady should pass, on tho gentleman's side. A lady
should pass on the lady's side.
A gentleman should never fail to salute a lady of
his acquaintance whon.wlthln’a proper distance un.
Ics.s sho wear a veil, in which’ousd It would bo high
ly uncivilto recognize her,
When passing a dwelling, ns a general rule, it' fa
not polite to look into the window, but when a pretty
woman is sitting by It; fur tho ostensible purpose of
being looked at, you may bo 'Considered .uncivil
and ungenerous, if you do not cast an admiring 1
gloncc.,
Who Is this Fair tady 1
A Into number of tho llorlioullurul contains
iho following sketch of a paragon. .Her residence
is not intimated, but wo suppose it to bo In the
county of Livingston:
“In the midst of the richest agricultural region
of the Northern Stales lives a lady—mistress of
herself, of some thousands, of acres.of the fluent
land, and a mansion which is almost the iVf<ja/,of
taste and refinement. Very well.. Does
dy sit in her drawing room all day to receive her
visitors 1 By no means. You will Hud.her In
thomorning either on horsobneU or driving nljght
carriage with n pair of spirited steeds. She sees
every corner of tho estate; site visits her tenant:),
examines the crops, projects improvements,directs
repairs, and is thoroughly mistress of her whole
domensc. Her mansion opens ir.to tho most ex
quisite garden of (lowers and fruits, every one of
which dim knows hjr heart. And yet this lady,
so energetic and spirited in her enjoyments and
management in out door matters, is in ihu draw
ing room the most gentle, the most retiring, tho
mustfond of her sex.”
A Yankee Trick*
A. ybiinpf lady of Connecticut bpoamo extrava
gantly fund of a young lawyer in llio nuighborhood
who treated hor partiality will) great levity,—
FJnding her suit rather hopeless, anil being fully
dotorminod to enter tho slato of matrimony. at
some rate or other, she adopted tho following plan r
All at onoo. sho was taken 1)1, and her malady
Boomed to threaten death. At this crisis sim scut
for the young lawyer,to draw her will, and to his
astonishment she disposed of an enormous estate,
in legacies and endowing public institutions.—
She shortly after, however, recovered to enjoy her
own wealth, and tho young lawyer began to feel
something like lovo for her, his address booamo
constant, and hie attentions marked ;• in fact, in n
short llrno they woro married f but, alasl ho hrf3
to takethe wifi for tho deed, . .
National CirAiuoTßßisTioTs,—.Germany hap pro*
duoed blocks, ghost stories, and printing.
Franco, oooks, capons and compliments.
England, roast beef, puddings, beer, and .(axes.
The United Slates, constitutions and Yankee no*
lions#
Wdterlritg Places aud other Summer Resort*
, - la Pcniuylvauia.
Afl months approach it may hot bo
uninlbrbbtingTo such of our citifccns as leave homo
daring to take a brief survey of lltova
rloufl. walcfjng places und. other resorts in this
Slate.. V-,f. ....
The BltpfonD Springs, in the county of Bedford,
ore 206 from Philadelphia, mid may bo reach*
cd-fiy railrpoU lo Chambersburg, and thence by ala*
ges—tho?v?.lioto disianco -being passed in a day ohti
a night. ; TJiq/o is also another route by the Philadel
phia, Baltimore, and Ohio Railroad, with staging
from CiVinpcrhind, Md. There ore six 4 sprlngs. The
i waters eminently medicinal. Some of the dues
they havd.effected arc astounding. Many of the
hiosl distinguished physicians recommend them for
dyspepsia', diseases of the liver, chronic obstructions,
flee. Wo c£h imagine no more beautiful spot'than
Bedford SjJrJhgß. It is about a mile from llio bo
rough of'-Ufo'eamo name, and is situated in a gorge
or between two lowering,lijHa. Hero
thchcata.bftjjummer nro rarely fell, and rural life is
enjoyed wijlibut measure. The hotel and adjacent
buildingstaro, kept in the very beat order { all the
luxuries of tlie season, and all the advantages of the
rich and oultiv.a;}cd country that surrounds Bedford,
being The baths nro a great
fonlurd *inntQ?.establishment. The evenings pass'
vite the irnalid fo rest. The gay have their walks
and theirmdcs—their fishing and gunning partita?—
and all tft&ainusemenls of fusionablo life. Mr. An
derson, tl» proprietor, is enterprising and Intelligent,
and i» tills season (o open his house ,to a
| cimfpony limn ho Inis ever yet entertained.- 2 *
T<ui >caßofi;d)Ogins about llio middle or tho end of
Join*. ' . ,
The Yrjxow .Springs, in Chester county, nCcessi
bio from Philadelphia, either by the Rending or Co
lumbin rapftoad, are situated in.a healthy and pic
turesque provided with baths, walks, two
fiuo other accommodations for visitors.—
These Spriggs were discovered as early as 1722, mid
a rudesheSwns erected in 1750| fur the use of tho
sojourherWg!'' The medicinal qnnlllius of the springs
nru The hotels at this'popular place
of resort. liours distance from this city,) were
capitally htSpl last season, and attracted crowds of
Philndulpljth'iocicty.
Tub yoa| Sulphur Springs, are situated about
2T rnitea froju Harrisburg, among picturesque and
varied scenery* 'Hie mcdicinarpropcrlics'oftlio water
have.extolled, particularly for their effi
cacy in corj&£ of debilitated constitutions. Access'
by stages win Ilarrishnrg pr York boroughs rail
road fipoln wiilndßlphia to both thcsoplaccs.
' Thb ; Ckutti.B Sulphur Springs, distant nbotit four
miles IrqimHiirrisburg, and approachable .by rail
road, in a secluded valley, and surround
ed by of the blue mountains.’ The grounds
are hnndsenrnsly laid out, and their accommodations
for ample.
These, are our chief watering places,
hut thcro a/smany other resorts in which grout nnm
burs spend mouths. Health is promoted,
curiosity ‘gtatified, information obtained, in other
quarters. -s/yfliut more romantic region could.bo dt>
sireri.jdian tub anthracite and bituminous coal fields
of; ? Take for instance the coal basin
of Lnzorne/coumy*~rich in all its mineral treasures
—surrounds^k£> associations mode memorable by
the dccrio and, the songs of pouts—and in
'the valley,' where the eye is
gratified by ; tUo.mo«L.
fliftßß, tho largest town of the valley, is a beautiful
place, and ii inhabited by an intelligent and hospi
table population. And where could u tired dcnlicn
of -the brick built and sun baked city belief rest,
more secure from disease and dinj than In tho shady
retreat, of Ralston, 25 miles hy railroad from the
lovely borough of Williamsport, Lycoming county,
and easy of access by canal from HanisbUg. The
healthy dity of Reading, with Us broad, and level
streets} its towering hills in the vicinity, and its ud
j-iccntminOral spring,” is w llhin a few hours ride
of Philadelphia—and nowhere In our broad Com
monwdalth, is there a choicer spot for enjoying tho
summer. Thirty-six miles further on may bo found
Potlsvillc, tile capital of the thriving county of
Schuylkill—-the environs of which abound in objects
of the greatest interest. Nor should citizens of Phil
ndl'lphia forgcltho grout coal region stretching from
Potlsvillc to Northumberland, filled with objects of
the greatest interest, and comprising a rich and no.
hlo country. On this route you pass by stage over
Fountain spring, Dear Gap, (a groat coal basin) Sun*
bury, and Northumberland} being on a direct lino to
Muncy, Dlossbbrg, and Corning. from
Philadelphia, fonr hours will take you to Lancaster;
a city famous fur its intelligence and hospitality,and
located In the midst of all llio blessings that a boun
teous Providence can bestow. Thence twenty min
utes will land you at Columbia, the head of our Ca
nal navigation, or if you prefer in nn hour and a
half you can bo in Ilarrishnrg, IhcJSlalo Capitol.—
Thence, along the lovely Juniata, wi\h its wild and
impressive scenery, to Lewislowh. And yon will
probably halt to' enjoy tha beauties of the glorlons
valley of the Kiahicoqnilljs. This is a route aboun
ding in tlie picturesque.. ... .
Why, with such a field to explore—without con
sidering Western Pennsylvania, with Its Pittsburg
I and its Erie, its broad lakes, giant mountain*, and
sweeping rivers, why should any Philadelphian leave
his own Statu to bo roasted nt Saratoga, to bo slarv- I
oJ at Capo May, or to be crushed to death at Now rf 1
port 5 returning when the season is ever, In a bad ,
ifutnur with.himself, or in astute of feebler health
than ever. Try your own Slate this season ; and we
venture to predict yon will never desert her fur the
flaunting coquettes elsewhere advertised to catch the
verdant and tho,nUwary, and dignified by tlio title of
fashionable watering places.”—FennsJ/fuaman.
Cj*Tha quiet am! desirable resort known as
Doublin'''Gap Spingb, about eight miles north of Now
villo, in tills county, should bo added to the above
list. A very largo and elegant Hotel has just boon
eroded there during tho last season, and is now in
charge of Mr. Scott Corf.R, n most excellent ond
obliging landlord. Tire, Springs are considered by
good Judges very superior, and tho grounds attached
to them and picturesque. ,Wc take It
upon our splflo invito our city friends to pay n visit
to old Mother Cumberland. They will find good ac
commodations at both our watering places—ilioCar
lisle Sulphur Springs, and tho Duolni OapSarings.
Ed,. Vol.
HOW THUG.
In (ho language of nu eminent writer, man courts
happiness in a thousand shapes, nnd the /aslor ho
follows it the swifter it flics,from him.- Almost eve
ry thing promises happiness, ol a distance, such a
pitch of estate, suoh a fortune, or mulch for a child,
but wheirwo come nearer to ll*cllhcr wo Tull short of
it or it falls short of our expectation; and ills hard
to say which of these Is the greater disappointment.
Our hopes are usually bigger than enjoyment can
satisfy ; and an evil long foarod, besides that it may
never come, Is many times more painful and toublo
some than the evil Itself when it come*.
. Cherokee:Adtideah.
Conubial.— *The editor of the Albany Knlaker*
bobkor siiyo ho found the following advertisement
posted on a lamp post In Oonnl street f
Sirq/ed or Sto/eiu—My wife Ann Mario.—
Whoever returns her will get his head broke.
As for trusting her, any body can do bo who sees
fit—for ns I.never pay any of my own debts, it
is not at all likely that,! will lay awake nights
thinking about other people's . f
James Q, Dolson.
‘•Hallo, there," enld.o, former to an Irishman busily
engaged at one of his '■cherry trees, “by what right
do you.lake.lhoso cherries 7"
“ In faith, my friend/' said ho, “by my right hand,
sure." " '• ’•
TAILOR’S PLEDGES EXPOSED.
Tile Foftltiob of» no-Party ittnh Defenucd.
' The following letter, says (he Washington Uni6n %
odrrics force With it, beoanso its main statement, is
true; ’GeneraJ Tayidr could never haVe been elected
wiihbbl the Vole of the Taylor domdbraU, and ho
could never have obtained .their votes without the
pledges which he gave/. call tho reader’s atten
tion imticdlarly to (he which passed
between Mr. Lippard'arid (-fonoral Taylor during the
campaign. The General’s loiter to Mr. L. has boeri
frcqlienlly published, but Mr. LV. letter (b Hie Gene*
rnl is now for the first time given to the world; This
letter, sheds, light npon'lhe General’s. It shows why
the General wrote his fetter, and Aoio it is lo'bo in*
teVptalcti.
Puiladelpaja, May 22,1849.
Will yob jiardori mo if I make bold tu say a few
words with you In explanation df (ho reasons which
induced mo to sdpport.you for tho office of President
of the United States ?. These reasons mny also give
some idea of the .motives which swayed hundred* of
thousands of your fellow citizens.
lam no politician. 1 never yet ofiked fbKan
office, and certainly shall not ask ono at your.hands.
In speaking to you } 1 do not lay claim to any pnlit
leal influence, iam backed by no clique i I control
! no body of voters-: I pnly speak to yoil as a citizen
oflho UnilcdSlalcs, having-'no influence beyortd my
vote, nnd (he truth which I utter. : •
In the year 1847, Mrhiio a member of the Demo
cratic Assaciutioh of thb. bolmly of Philadelphia, I
began (ho first of a scries of four works upon the his.
lory, of Mexico. That .first .book of the series Was
intended to comprise n Imiory of your campaigns
in Mexico. . VVhilb writing the work, 1 became viv
idly.impressed with thb OanhncAsi the iron common
sense, the unswerving sincerity of your, character,—
Sick of the warfare of parlies, (looked to you as the
map. who hud been culled' by Providence to put an
end to the mercenary bitterness of this, warfare, by
assuming the positionof Washington— not with par
ties, but in' tho hearts of llio pco[>lb:
And this idea of your character, embodied in the
work to which reference is made, was diffused by its
pages.among-a class of voters entirely distinct and
separate from the whig party | a clnss of Voters who;
imbued with the progressive spirit of Christianity,
are opposed to.the principles of the whig party, as
embodied in the. history of the whig corporation of
Philadelphia, and who are in- favor of judicial and
national reform—who advocate the ftcbdoln of tllb
public domain, and the light of labor to the harvest
of its toil. This idea Induced me lb desert my party
associations, break party lines, and advocateZacba*
ry Taylor as tho candidate of the people.
-. In the month of April, 1848, your clianbcs for the
Presidency were vague and uncertain. Whig poll
libians in Philadelphia—at least the most prominent
of them oil—fairly.laughed at the mention of your
name in connection with that high office. When the
Baltimore convention assembled, It was the earnest
hope of thousands of llio Democratic.masses tlutyou
would receive tho nomination at .the hands oflho
representatives oflho Democratic party. This hope
proved fruitless. But at (tie Whig Convention, as-■
scuililed in Philadelphia in Jane, .1848,' party- lines
wore finally broken i tho very spirit and front oflho
Hecry.Clay, baUut«4 fof v
ia.tUcn«mc oflhc Whig'party; failed to recelvoits
Voids; and Zachary Taylor,- nominated M Vn the n&uru
.of the people,'* was presented to the people without
any oilier platform than his independence from the
spirit and trammels of parly;
Doubtless, you have often had described (o'you (ho
scenes which marked the history of this Juno con
vention—the dismay of the Whig po'itioinns of tho
veritable Whig school—the curses, botli loud and
deep, with which they breathed your name—thb three
fold sacrifice of Whig principles, Whig platforms,
Und Henry Clay, at the fuel ofZachary Taylor.'
Nominated at this convention amid tho ruins of
Whigism, and nominated in tho name of the people,
tho Whig party did not dare to claim you as a veri
table Whig, oflho true whig stamp, until the sth of
July, 1848, when news came to Philadelphia that
lion.Bhlio Peyton hud, in Now Orleans, eo’ernnly
endorsed-you as a Wlii*, and placed your feci some
where amid lhe luins oi the demolished Whig 1 plal
lorrn.
Tills statement gave inexpressible pain[ to' thoti
sands of your friends in Pennsylvania. Well aware
that you had not been nominated a* the candidate of
any party, certain that you could not by any chance
bn' elected in the ntiirto or .on the platform of the
Whig party, your friends—l speak of (lie mosses,
who loved you fur yourself and for your independent
position—received the statement of Mr. Peyton with
nn emotion that was not to bo mistaken or evaded.
They fell ih-it either Mr. Peyton was in error, or
that Zachary Taylor had falsified his often-repealed
pledges, Under llie innuendo of this wide, spread
fooling, I made bold to write and send to you' the
following teller. Its very abruptness of-stylo indi
cates the sincerity which impelled its composition t
Pim.ADEi.pmA, July. 6,1640.
General i Will you regard a word front's friend as
impertinent or obtrusive? it is uAor a great deal of
reluctance that 1 am induced to trouble you again;
but having faith in you how, us I have hud ever
since I pledged what literary reputation '-possess to
you in ,my book— I “Thtf. Legend* of Mexico, or
Battles of Taylor ” —1 make bold to say a frank
word to tho General of tho people.
Tills is the ease. Willi thousands of Democrats
in this Slate, I depend upon your declaration “ that
you would in nu ease bo. tbo President of a party,
but the President of the people." On this ground the
Democrats of Pennsylvania will vole loryou by.hun
dreds and thousands.
But wo uro now told that you ore exclusively the
Whig candidate, to bo run as a Whig, elected us a
Whig, and under Whig issues.
If this bo tbu case, llio Stale of Pennsylvania will
bo lost la Taylor and tho country.
Ido not believe tills to bo tho case. Those who
think with mo in this county do not buiiovo.il. Rut
to set tho matter al.rcst, will you answer this letter
with one lino? and with that lino iho Democratic
hundreds and thousands of Pennsylvania will move
in a body for you;
. Guperui, do not reject (bis appeal from a man who
loves you fur your battles, and tho moral grandurc
displayed in thorn } but loves yon,.first mid last,- ho
cause you have taken the position of Washington—
not with parlies, but in iho hourU of ll:o people.
And as for Hie linos, suy simply i “ I am still the
eaiUlidate t mt of a parly exclusively ) hut if n candi
date at aIL the candidate of the uihoie people
GI3ORGB UPPARtf.
(loro, General, was the whole oaso, pie Inly elated
In a line. You wore hero told that if the attempt
•was made to elect you as a Whiff, arid upon the Whig
issues, tho Slblo ofPbrmsylvanu would certainly bo
lost to Taylor irnd tho country. At that liino, with
thousands of Democrats, I behaved llmlyour election
ns the candidate of tho people would subservo tho
best interests of the country. And what was your
reply 1 lb-this letter, which appealed to.tho best tool*
frigs of your nature? Oh tho Dili of August 1 ro.
ooivcd your answer, which i annex i
[Private] Raton Renan, Ln., July 9’i, I 84&;
DbahSiri Your letter of tho 6th Inst., asking of
mo a lino or two In regard to my position as a can
dldalo for tho Presidency has been duly received.
In reply, ! have to any that I am NOT a party
candidate, and If elected, shall NOT BE TUB Prb«|.
DENT Uf A PARTY, BUT Tltß PRESIDENT OP TUB WHOLE
People.- ’ ... ;
] am, dear sir, with high respect and regard, youc
most obedient servant, Z. TAYLOR.
George Lippard, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa,
This, you well remember, was alter you had ac
cepted the Whig nomination,' in a letter which said
nothing at all about Whig principles.
The publication of your letter of July 94 created
AT |l.oo PEBAHRDIIi •'
a great excitement among tlie people and
clan’s. { . rv - .' - ,
Whig papers In New-YoVk denodnfced \\ tig W J<£
, cofoco” forgery. The North American, in Phila
i delphia, (once the organ of Henry Clay, and how that
I northern.organ of the Secretary of State,) seized ad*
on the word “Private," and in weary columns assail
-1 pd the person to whom the letter waa addressed, as
1 Iho betrayer of your confidence. Other-journals*
• however, which circulated among the masses, hailed
this letter with unqualified approval, and placed It at
the head oftheir coluntris as u the great creed and
watchword of the, . . ■ t
t must frankly tell yad, that had you not made the
declaration embraced In this letter, !, for onel opUld
not liavo advocated your election, nor jfl'veH you roy
vote. Corlain it is, that without this declaration}
(soon followed by your Charleston letter,) yon Could
nut have gained,the vote of Pennsylvania, iambus
for Her old democratic majority of**lwenty-fivothpd
snnd." . i
Whnt was the result of this letter, and of the eit
oitbment immediately cohsetyubht Upon its pubjica
-1 lion? The Whig party in Pennsylvania forthwith
dropped the very name of Whig, ’t'hey sloped it
; away, perchance tinder the sepulcher of Girard*!
squandered bequests, maybe under the ruins ofsomd
broken hank—but you well know, and every reader
of the papers knows, that In the las! campaign the
battle was fought, not tinder the name of *• Whig,**
but under the United names of u Taylor and riU
moj'e. * ’ ’ 7 .
/The. Democrats were asked to vote for yoti as thd
Independent candidate—the candidate of.the people
—ns the man'who had no friends to, reward, no end
mies to punish—in fact, as Zachary Taylon whqj 111
cn'so of liis cleoliotu wolild not bo the President OT d
patty i bdt ille President of the whole people. ■
And|wilh your letter in my. hand, I addressed
thousands of my Democratic fellow citizens, sndipri
(lie security of your unbroken faith, stated (hat yod
could nott many event, become the President, much,
leas, the creature, of a parly, Upon your own solemn
dcclaialion, I honestly advocated you aa 11 the Free*
idcnljof the whole people.” }
1 did hut fdr a moment indulge the thought .that
ydu tiodld ovct’bocoiHe ilie cferilre Bf a merojkr.ty
kdnmiralion. Had 1 been told by you, that you
would ever become the head of an administration
made up of Whig polUitlans, 1 could not; in any Case;
have advocated yttur claims, nor would you have re
ceived tile tuletf Ufa hundred Democrats in Penn
sylvania:.
Now, Gcncralillie smbkebfihe boniest has Cleared
away. You are the President. Elected upoofhf
fuilh ofyo’ur solemn pledges, you &ie at the hoad'of
the goverftmeht.
Have you fulfilled these pledges?. Ask your owd
heart—call back that iron purpose, that cloar-sooled,
integiityi which boro you through tbe barrisge'of
Buena Vista—survey the faces of your cabinet; and
the faces of those partisans ofyour cabinet, who no# •
storm the Whilb House fdr the spoils of office. An
swer mo ! I have a right Id aalk an answer. Yod
pledged your faith to nic, an humble dllfenj and x
believed you, and told my follow citizens that |od
had never broken your word, and could, not forget
to morrow, what you pledged 10-day. . -m,
Was that letter of July 24, which 1 bore through
Pennsylvania, only a Cunningly devised fable I Wyd
it your intention to Send rrto forth (o’ the ftiailM df
thu people with a lie in my mouth? To vouch for
your “ independence of parly "id October,'to find.'
ydd In.Mtty at the head of a mere cabal.of a. party?
Did you make a dupe of me,- so that I might beooipd
your agent In duping and swindling my fellow citi
zens into the trommels of the Whig party 7 '
You know that (ho Whig party of itself* or by He
own issues, could never, have accomplished ~ys&i.
election* You know that the Whig leaders, fresh
from (he slaughter of Henry Clay—of that man who
lias for twenty-four years sacrificed to Whiglsm tbo
best instincts which Gad Ini) (anted in his nature—
could never, have elevated you.to (be Presidential
chair. , .
1 You wore fcloclcd by Democratic Volos'. These
• votes were secured to you by the force of your Inde*
pendent position. They were not by silvery
1 gold, or the hope, of office, but won to you by yoor
. pledges. ‘
L And now; sir, you will allow mo to tflk ybb ofte of
, iwo qirostiuus j . - ’
In what part ofyodr admlnfctlailoa are these Do*
[ mocratic votes represented 7 -
Among the army of ofHce hunters who now ttei
seigo the doors df the While Houso,.how many of
t your Dcmucratib supporters can you discover 7
I* Sir, the truth must .bo told; and as 1 supported
you earnestly Und sincerely, 1 will speak the troth
t with most uncourlly frankness;
1 Yodr election has been fruitful only In discontent
' and dissatisfaction; Elected la the name oflhepeo*
pie, you ore surrounded by advisors, bhosen hoi efert
from (ho manhood of the Whig parly, but from thef
veriest hacks and trimmers. These advisers seek (o'
entail upon the country, on a colossal scale, a systerri
.oferror and misrule,* shell ad disgraced, the age-in 1
(he shameless expenditure rifitla Girard 6'cqtfcsl by
the Whig corporation of Philadelphia..
Had you boon elected' os a Whig, , and upon the
strength of any known Whig creed; I would not
complain. Is it not a p'ainCi/l thought, that yon,' thti
man of the people, should sit there in Washington
us the loader ofthb (pure fragment-of a parly—as tho'
embodiunt rtolof a. Whiglam fikb tliulofllenry Clay;
which stales Us principles and fights Its bullies ini
the sun,bu(a Whlglsrrt tfhlfch works in
gathers strength by unholy Coalitions, and builda ltd
power,upon —broken pledget J
And now, sir, ns 1 wash my Wahds dfllib last traced
of political Taylorisiri,- as I slnio my regret that I
ever acted the pari which yohr pledges made me act;
you ot least must admit that I never served you'with
the hope of Office—that 1 hiWo always' been among
that huinblb band, who, working Well and long for*
you, under the impression that lliey nlio worked lor
(ho good of their tfotfnlry, could neither ask norso*
oept office at your hands; fur-(hose hands which!
were free at Buena VJsU—tree in llio late oampalgri
—are now lied by thb tranrrrfefs Which have been
fashioned from the very tfulns, 6f the 'Whig party*. '
GEORGE LIPPARO.
To President 7’avlo#/ , •
RAISE WORE FRUIT#
. When Dr. Dwight first removed to ifeW Hawn,'
lliore won but 111110 fruit raised fliefo. H« urged hid.
neighbors to plant fnrlt trees/ but Ihdy hW It wee of
no use. for the would steal ail the /full. “Plant
more. fruit," wa» tho answer.. '• Moke goor| fruit
plenty, and ft wfll not be plundered." Flrtcen yeard
afterwards, ho pointed to the abundance of frultand,
tho abacence of piliugo Chon enjoyed in the proof of
his principle. '
. A mother admonishing her Son, ® lad of about sots
on years of age, told him he should nevor defer till
to morrow whut ho could do lo.day. ’
“Thou, mother, lot's oat tho remainder of thd
plum pudding to night."
The reply of Charles the Behond; whenlfnpoN
tuned to oommvnloato something of a private na«
lure, deserves to bo hngraycn In the heart of every
man t • • ‘ . 1
“Cun yod kehp'a aebret?" asked tfi6 eublilOrootf.'
arch.
“ Most faithfully,” returned the noblomsm , .
“So can l/’ was tho l&conio end severe reply of
Charlcl. . j "
A domestle, newly engaged, presented to’hi* roas
ter a pair of boots, the leg of onp of whtoh was much!
longer than the other.'
“How comes hyo\i raids), (hat theshbeoti are hotf .
of (ho same length ?“ • • ' . .
! n ‘f ready'don’t know, sir; but #hat>;bo(ptr« mh 1 .
the moat, 1 la lhatfhb puli' down ■Ul'rist'O
(ry“ Delaware will never, yield andlnVh'Aaaid
pstrlolio DelawarUn; when the PeaPaloh.Ofia waa. i*
triad. *»lf she did,” replied a byalapdor*“#bji.Woul4
loose half her territory!”'
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WO. 62.