';V ' _ > ! fr BI JOHN B. BRATTbNi yoi;m Election Proclamation. in and by an sot .of the General As- Y V sembly,o? the Commonwealth of Penney Ivania, entitled “An Act relating to,the elections of this Commonwealth,” passed the 2d day of July, A. D. 1839, It is made the duly oT the Sheriff of every, coun ty within this Commonwealth, to give public notice bf (hpGcneral Elections,' and in such notices to’ enumerate: E The officers to bo elected. • 3. Designpte the place ut which the.election is to fee held. I, JAMES HO FFER, High Sheriff of the county bf Cumberland, do hereby make.known and give this public notice to the doctors of the county of Cumber land, that on the SECONDTUESDAY OF OCTO BER NEXT, (being the'Olh day of the'montlO a General Election will bo hold at the several election .districts established by law in said county, at.which lime they will vote by ballot.for the several .officers hereinafter named, vitt - ( . .. . ONE PERSON . ' For Canal Commissioner of the. State of Pennsylvania; , TWO. PERSONS lo represent llio county of Cumberland in the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania! - ONE PERSON sur Sheriff of llio county ofCumberlund. .. ; dNE PERSON • . for Treasurer of the county of Cumberland. .. ( ONE PERSON-. . for Commissioner of the: county of Cumberland. (?NE PERSON • 4 ; for Director of thci’por of lli'o’ coiinty of Cuniticrlantl. ... , Two pERSb’Ns t ■ for Auditors, (biio for thico years and one for two yours; to settle llie public accounts of (He county of Cumberland. , . ONE PERSON for Coroner, of (lie county of Cumberland. • • The • siitd. election will bo held throughout the county, as follows: "^i 10 ocl ‘? ri tail*, o election district composed of Curlijjlq and tha townships of North Middleton, South Middleton, ' Lower LfOW; or crunklord and Wcstiwnnsborough, will bo holds! rni Urt H . OUBe * in 1,10 borodgh of Carlisle. Iho election in the clcctig'n district composed pf ffilvor Spring- township', will bo hold .a! thp public fi-Aiso o) George ouoy, in Hugeslown, in said town* ship.' , , ' , . By on .act ,df Assembly, passed, (lie 21»t day pj* April, A. D. 1846, the election in the election, district composed of liump’don township, will be held at the house formerly occupied by H.’ Dressier |n said.township. • Arid.by the snine,nct t ,ilic election. In.the election district, composed of Lisburn - and part of Allen township, known as tho'Lis.burn District, shall their elections at the |mblio house now occupied by John d; llccfe,' in Lisburn. ’ .. T- The election In the election district composed of Euslponnaborougli township, will be held ul the house how occupied by S. Kenninger, at the weal cn# of the Harrisburg Bridge. The election in the district composed of Now Cumberland, will be held at the public house former* ly occupied by VV. P. Hughes, in the borough of N. Cumberland. ■ • "ttjXlteftocllon ,* n Iho distrJot composed of that part °f Alien loyrnship, which election.was.liereioforo held at the public liouso-of Win. Hughes, in the Borough Now. Cumberland, bo held, at the Tenant House of George Heck, now occupied by Robert Cof. fey, in said township. 1 he election in- the district composed of that part hf Allen township, riot included In the Now Cumber land, George Heck and Lisburn election districts, wiM bo held,at the public house of David Shcuficr.in Shcphcrdstuvvn, in said township. , 4he election in the district composed of (he borough of Meuhanicsburg, will bo held at the public house of John Hoover, in said borough. The election in the district composed of Monroe lownaiMp, will bo held at the public house of John Paul, in Churchtown, in said township. • \ The election in the district'composed of-Upper Dickinson township, will bo held at the public house - 61 Joseph Trego, in said township. The election in the district composed of the Bo* WUgh of Ncwvillc, and townships of Mifflin, Upper j IBg ond that part of Newton township, not included in the. Leesburg election dis trict hereinafter mentioned, will he held at the Brick I School HouseV in the Borough bfNowvlilo. 1 The efcclion .in the district composed of Hopowell towrisliTp, will bo held at the School llouso fn New burg, in paid township. . f The cleqllpb;. I‘n tfisti'lei composed of |ljo tfo tough of Shipponsbiirg, Shippcnsbnrg township, and that part of Southampton township not Included In Clio Leesburg election .district, will bo held at the Council IfuUsit, In the Borough of Slilpponsbutrf. , ip and by aij act of the General Assembly of this Comimmsvctfith/pflsscd.tlic 2d J'nly, 18&J, it is thus provided V : Thal the Tnilifieif-electors of parts Newton and Southampton townships, in the conn* ly of .Cumberland,; bounded by the following linos and distances, viz: Beginning at the Adam* county Jlienco along the lino dividing the townships of Diokinsoftarid N,ewt9n ,tV tpp turnpike rood, Ihoiice, along .said turnpike to Centro School House, on said turnpike,' fn Southampton township, thu/ico JciVpoint dp the. Walnul I/oUom Uoadat Rcybuck I s, including »U s s fsihnVllreiVco. a straight defection to the ill belonging to tfio heirs of qeprgo Clover, llich’cp Krysher’s run u>. the Adams' county lino, thc.poo along the lino of Adams county to Ihp place of and the same is hereby dcclaf. cd a now aiid separate election district, the election to be hold at the public house of John Roybifck, in £uesburg, Southampton township.” -, l \ Agrcoabfy loth? provisions of the, sUly-fWal ecC* lion of aaid ocUoVcry General ujjd Spccjal Electron shall-be opened between the hours of eight and ten In the forenoon,-and shall continue without intorrup* tion or adjournment until seven o’clock in the even ing, when the polls shall bo closed. And the Judgesof the respective districts oforosald, afd by Iho said act required to meet at iho Court House, in the Borough of Carlisle, on the third day after the said day of election, being Friday the 12lh 4ay of October, then and lltpfo lo perform the things required of thorn by law. Given under my hand at Carlisle, this 13lh day of flcpicmbcf, A. D. 164!), JAMES IJOFFER.flh’ff. Sheriff’s Office, Bopt., 13,180. BOOKS! BOOKS! rffrio'HA'S M l .' MARTIN, desires to inform his Jt, friends and tho public in general, that ho has durcbssed the store’ formerly belonging to Jacob, E'rb, Es CQiirmhlp | d, Hie proscription of soldiers U the rposl t if\fuipou« ant} reprehensible.— Novcr before huyp the bravo defenders of tho coiiuiryV v/lio lyVc risked, lli'olr l.l.Vcs arid bled in her cause, whiitovc.i; have boon their politics, been hunted dqwp and driven from oflicc—proscribed enemies'of their country, by tho government which they have served. ~And tills shameful business Ims been done, (his (rcßchcruns and trpusondblo warfare upon brave, patriotic , soldiers ii u all 0o n per pel rn 1r li ,by a cabinet til whoso honji nomieiilly stands Ziclmry Tdylert Imiuelr o ijoliJ(or ( 'ond wlio, owes hi. hlgti.offiotuT.poi cillon and Ilia power to Hid bravery and fidelity, of many of these vary man wliom Ida iiiiniona, like so many hleedhoungs, are hunting down and bringing to tho block.! Now what In.to bp Uiq olTool of this baao proactlplion of breyo htnn upqn Ilia future Into* rcalo orthia country 1 Will tlioy enter their country's aetvloo in war, expose tboirbusinesa at homo to do* fa ”B® m °nli if not to destruction, and tbeir persona and lives to tho risks of bailie, if tlioy arc to receive, on their return to tlio pursuits of life, nothing but Hatred and hostility and proscription from tlio gov ernment tvliioli liioy sorvod? Tho American people should deeply ponder .upon thcsii tilings. They should ask themselves If tho country wllf be ahlu to procure defenders in futaio wars, ifil shall bo guilty of tho ingratitude of proscribing and persecuting the T? W ng , lo , rl,k ,P°R«ly a nd life in its of IHlBanl Bifi 0 |“ crl|,llon if 11,0 Hai dir?ra oftho war. °nBl2ond l? 461 s amon tf atrocious of the rnonv acts of flagrant turpitude of which tho cabinet of Gen. Taylor has boon guilty. * We submit to (ho candid roflbctjon of tho Ainoritjoh people, If mfah Qft infamous system, pfognaHt with stfbh deleterious I n .' fluoricos upon Clio future interests of the. country should not bo stopped—nay more, should not bo con! doomed and branded ns infamous by (tie expulsion from power of (he men who are guilty of such acts. | subject is worthy of (iio. most serious reflection | by the patriotic portion pf lho American people, to , whatever class or parly they may belong. Washington Union, | Tho Chicago Democrat onyo there are 'S7S drinking establishments in that city. THU Is' one to every sixty of the inhabitants. 11 It' was’a nomiimllonnbt lit to bp nude.’* . . ; . . ■ , , ; ‘ Don't. WehiU'r, And it la ah administration not fit to be trusted. Tho office of sheriff of tho city of York is Said by tho Herald to bo wbrOFthe oloar'sam of Odd per, annum.' . “Oiri COUNTRY-MAY IT ALWAYS OS RIGHT—BUT RIGHT' Oft WRd NQ , OUR COUNTRY.” CARLISLE, PA:, THURSDAY). SEPTEMBER SO, 1849. 33octtc;xi. w TnioU HAST LOST A STUENDi BY CIURLKB SWAIN. If.thou hast lost l friend,-. By or hasty word, Go, call him to thy hoart again' • Let - pride nomorebe-heard. > ' Remind him of. those happy days, ' Ton beautiful to lasi; .Ask, it a word should cancel years Of truth and friendship past, Oh I if thou host lost a friend; . By hard or hasty word. Go, call him to thy heart again :• - Lot pride no more bc.heariL. Oh I tell him, from thy thought. The light of Joy hath fled, , That id thy efld and slhmt breast, Thy lonely heaiteccms dead; That mount and vole—each path you tr d By morn or evening dim— Reproach you wi h their frowning gags; And ask youf soul for,.him;. Then, if thou hast lost n friend,' By hard nr hasty word, Go. call him to thy heart again ; Let pride no more bo heard. - • 5(1 J&toccllnncom TJIE TEITIPTEB MAIVS , on, TUB VICTIM or TUB BURIAL CLUBS. BY NICHOLAS UICUELL. On tho 16lli of January lu Al there Appeared on able letter in (lie columns of tlio London Times, animad. verting to the system of burial clubs, as they areal present conducted in London and the provincial towns. It appears that these lotteries, of life—for they do serve no better name*—are patronized by the poorer classes to an nnimagined and frightful extent; and tho inducement they hold out to the commission of Ihp deadliest crime human beings can perpetrate— murder—most plrlke every, reflecting mind; The poor man—ho may bo a drunkard or on unredeemed scoundrel—enters the name of his wife in tho books of one of these' societies, and by making a small wce } klp payment,averaging ftom a half-penny lolwo pence, he will receive, in 4 the,event of her decease, nominally to defray the expenses of her burial, a sum varying from three to ten pounds. * A similar insu rance lie may..,cflpct in 0 dozen other clubs, no I-iw existing to restrain him i Indeed, this last practice, whereby a little harvest js aopietimeq reaped by . the husband, appears qurpiicingly lo.prevail jn some of the Urge towns. What a temptation is jiere thrown into the of t.hqqccdy as well as the unprincipled man.' „Tlie whisper of the evil one—“ Remove her, and a whole year of not and debauchery 15.0,1 your commandwill too frequently bomorepolentthnn the ang.ol voice of conscience or even the fear of iil li a/°? l^. OV W* 1 •••♦ ■. *• .* The follbwlng lilllo narrative .Is penned,' with .the humble hope on the part of the chronicler,’ lo thjrow somu light on the working and moral tendencies of ll|q associations qbovq, mentioned. Lei whatever icol advantages they do offer bo' developed tothp fullest extent, but let their pernicious influences be checked by an wholesome enactment of the law. This must {ie the slrpng desire of every honest mind Unit has considered the subject—N. Y, limit* THE TEMPTED MAN. ( A.little to the north west of that region so intoros-.. - annqts trijitioni.inskmuch as (I was I fie grand Recite of the • burning of martyrs, but only interesting in our own day to the agriculturist and dealer ofhorned kine, os being tho greet metropolitan cattle marl —a little to the northwest of Smilhfipld, in .tho space lying bo* tween st. John's lano an£f,the newly opened thorough ■ ( Vy iho name of Victoria t strcoi, arc many courts a,nd alleys pf a tesy low description.— The diilgy houses are principally tenanted by etna, ciutcd workers in factories and foundries, and by men who gain a livelihood by hanging about Smilhfiuld Market, helping to pen sheep* and lending a willing hand in torturing cattle, till, through their praise worthy exertions in the latter usofulomploymcnl.the goaded oxen turn mad, and dashing down into Now* gate street, or liotborn, toss elderly gentlemen with silk umbrellas under their arms, and timid females in red shawls; tho thing being a joke to spectators, yet anything but a joko to those thus , unexpectedly Med, while in quiet thought, perhaps, and their best clothes, between earth and heaven. t The door of a house in one of the alleys above nl ' toded to was standing open; indeed, il was a motUr of aomo doubl whether il was ever doted,the inmates i kll the day, end through a greater portion of the 1 night, continually passing in end out; and this clr cumslance may bo explained by the fact (lint there was a family In almost every.room, each lltllo com munity being proudly Independent of tho other, ha ving separate occupations and separate interests.— fhe ;oqblor*« lopstono sounded all through the day ; the Italian maker of clay images, enamored of the creations qf,li|s own genius, whistled a.l his work ; and (he busy,washerwoman nndhur. assistants, with UicAf e thrJJ) scoldings,.enlivened the, same waking, hoifra. /{.he Spiith(|old lorturerof oxen rose at two in (he morning, and ((p kpppor, nl lha, ft«*(jp > .«nffee stall, spent half. 1)10 nlghtip preparingnis refreshing nectar; went at three tq smoke oh the Smith Hold pave- i mem. , ft was a cheerful house, however, ff noise and bust)? constituted mirth, and Uio rrfoas.of.snino are, such,, that U)6y have i\o potion of cheer fulness from motion slid, sound. That it w,as ' a.ncat house, a pleasant house, und a wholesome dwelling, wo ?iro not so well prepared .to assort. *. . ,« la.the-room adjoinipg that qccupied by tho,ltalian image maker, spdovfr the. priyutMhnw.room of tho hatppiorcr pn- (ho lapatone, a family resided, consists Ing of a husband, wife, and six children. Tho man Was employed in one.of.thainolghhorlng factories, but being In' a, subordinate situation, did not receive iporo than nine shillings per week} yet upon this pittance ho contrived In maintain those who wore de pendent ppun him for support. Poverty,on tho work, ing. clasßOs often exerts a-lwo fold influencej it fenr dors one man dogged and sullen ; and another whq would drown ouro, it,drives to the whiskey shop ; the father qf the six children was affected by (he funner malady. ~ .j , , , It W(ae evening, andtlio artisan being relieved from hindaily lot), vyua inuklngJiUWay tip almost porpen* dioular stairway of his,dwelling. llto darkness, and olihough (lie rickety stairs wound round and round, almost llko those of a tower, and tlio banisters, long since broken offlcr fire wood,the innh had no difficulty in finding his way to the ton of tho house, where his ownopurlment wnssiluuted,. There was a cloud on his brow and the children who otioe ran to greet him on h|s return from labor, now shrank away as he entered, the younger ones hud* died into the corners; tho wife spoke a few words to him, but Clarkson, for such was his nama, returned her mo answer* seating himself on a three logged stool and sullenly scowling around him. The prospect was not very cheering; hnbilmaydo maolrto reconcile us to the most distasteful objects; bm there ore.some sights which will depress and harrow the Heart though witnessed a thousand timet. Clarkson's wife, owing to recent iUnoss hud been un-’ I able, as heretofore, to gain anything by charing at b® 1 * neighbor's houses ; in truth she hud starved her self to put bread Into her children's mouths. No la* bio or ohuir was In the room; these not superfluous articles of furniture, had been sold to the litlle bro »:jl eru,ll^e,n Passage, and their places were sup plied by the stool above named, and three Inverted • .1' 8 large box which contained all.their' ohithes not.ycl pawned/thdy, ale their meals, that {a* When a rppal they pou)d gd. A li>w deal .bedstead, irV 4 roMfrass, 08 f«fnll«rc,|oblrnded il^ self from t|te father »Ral|; the qldccchlldrep slept on ,p - m0 m. ? 0,, J ifl 9l0 meil i •■•lf i“ anger, half . ll 1 . 0 . m ,“ n r C i“l “ filanca at hi. youngest child—the healthie.t of the group, tlio roa.on being no doubt, becau.o It had;.pj[ourncd in our world the ehorleat Sot’ 1 hirjntiio of rag.jijand laughed pnd crowed In all the spontaneous delight of infan cy s .unconscious days,. «• .. “ J?,T*? , ii I !.M'a‘fWM. *■•«« ?" at length .aid the father, far he had forgotten the akoa of hid chit* area. j to-morrow, Miles;” • y s ev c nifc e n^eekB-. (> -.ve i ,Uial willdo-aixieerl ie the limit; I*ll enter him. rf -t . i .V Enter hinv7—whet do you mean 7” “Why make the Child a member, to bo sure, of the burying club/’ .. . Mrs. Clarkson was by no moans enlightened by (Ins observation; but the last words, whllo they awoke her clirlosily, caused a chill to creep oyer L. Mil©?* what do wo want to do with burying? . The children (bough they live so hard, are all healthy, thank God. What, too, would be - the use of enter ing that infant 7“ . ~, ^ t ot M a lk iiko a stupid woman; but I see yoii don l know anything about it. Wall a Hllle—by and by I’ll (ell yo\i, M The bread and treacle, and the decoction from the quarter of an ounce of herb tea were soon dispatch -0 -1 l , ,j CO . y°ongor childrcn weroscolded to sleep, and tho elder ones sent into the court to ploy which meant to rol| In the dirt, when Mr. Miles Clarkson, as good as lus word, entered into an explanation to his wife touching burial societies, and endeavored to make her comprehend the high advantages which (hey offered. There sat tho begrimed artisan on his lhrcO' legged stool, his groat fore Angers cross ed, and hia heavy ill favored countenance lit Up with a momentary expression of keen Intelligence. The woman was leaning anxiously forward ; her pale thin features seemed sharpened by curiosity, and she held her .left hand to the car, (hat no. whispered word of her husband's might escape her. “ Why, you see, Fanny, by this, paper, which my comrade gave me, has made all his children {Members* they’ll put .any one nn their books from Six teen (Weeks up to sixty years." 1 . . V But.w.hal are infants entered for?" , They’ll die, I suppose, sometimes like other, people, and want to be buried, I darp aay, and burying an’t done for nothing; twelve shillin',! sup. post, perhaps fifteen, would hardly cover-expenses. Now, look you, (ho sum to be paid lor that child will !»»’* ha'penny a week, and if the life “ drops in,” as they cal] it, thirteen, weeks after the entry, wo shall bo psid one pound ten smilin'." .... “Prodigious!'' exclaimed the \Vprqan;.“and all that money for our only paying thirteen ha’pen nies 7“ . ; Mr. ClnrKsoa nodded his head approvingly, for he' perceived his mf? was beginning tube sensible of the excellencies of burial societies. , , “ Tjicp, If we edn keep.lhe member alive thirteen weeks more, Ufa fees will be doubled; three pound —that's,* faclA'.. , . “ I haven’t done yei we've leave to enter the child in a, s many clubs as we like—say six clubs; rirtimes three, Funny, is eighteen. If the life “drops in" twenty, six weeks after the entry,,wo bury for fifteen shillin’, and pofckot seventeen pounds five chillin'— quite a little fortune*, .... . , ; , „ , : The possession ofsdcha sum all at once was more than Mrs. Clarkson had over dared to dream of, and (Is magnitude overwhelmed .her.. Rut presently an expression of uneasiness and fear was visible in her face.; . “ These olubj seem capital things, Miles." “ They arc—they’re blessed things for the, poor Funny," *'Put _ surely,’' said tho mother, in a tremulous whisper, “ when the child is entered you wouldn’t ill treat—'" * ! ■ . “No, no,".responded Clarkson,quickly, for bo did not yet contemplate murder; “I wouldn't hurt a hair of (ho infanta head. I've heard of such things, but I hope 1 know bettor." “ Thank you, dear Miles, that’s right. I'd die my. 1 self, sooner.than injure that innocent child." i * As for Its innocence," said the artisan, in a tone 1 of bitterness, •* 1 don't think much'of tfial—'twill I soon go; all natures in tha world, 1 take it, qro pret ty much alike—'Lis situation only os makes the difference." - , , , . , The woman did not protend to much philosophy; Mites Clarkson did ; so the former was silent. ‘•I'll enter thatclpldin si* clubs,"said the parentuf calculator, ace sawing Jiimsclfon his stool, and knock* ing hls knuckles on the substitute .fur a, table before him f “ six clubs ;' 'twjll only bo three |iotiod a week, and then if tleavon is pleased—" X ho on .his .lips, and rising suddenly, ho begun to whistle.' The jioor woman oast her eyes on the ‘■locking Infant— thp unconscious victim—.tho little stranger who, had net long opened his qyos. .on this jworid of crimp, apd sorrow, and whoso was thus,.to. pso,the mildest term, to bo made the. subject ol[ gambling of the basest desorip lion. ,An , InstijioUvo fueling, on the mothers pari, that such truding/such anxious waiting, perhaps ho> ping, for,: the death, of another, and that oilier the being w# have brought into the world, could not be right, filled her heart with wrutchcdness. She drew nearer and nearer to the infant; the very smile on its Up seemed to upbraid bur, and the unhappy woman, stooped her. head low* covered her laco with her hands and burst into passionate tears. .. , I In pursuance of his resolution, the ailtnnonrollcd his Infant child us a member of six clubs; this was rather moderate, for Mr. Chadwick in his report has mentioned a man resident in Manoheslsr whp insur- ml bis child in nineteen different clubs 1 . Tiio term of thirteen, weeks front tho duto of llio rospeotiveun* tries liiul expired, and tlio little member If lie now “droped ln, M WQB cnljllcd lo lho pufty who insured it, and thesggregutosum lo bo received from Uio six societies. would bo nine pounds, amount, paid by Clarkson in halfpence hud been mo iporo Ihjin three shillings apd three pence. ■* v , ... . .'j'ho tempter was now busy with the poverty strlok. on man. One thought haunted hlm oonlinually, and would not id him real., '.{Swiftly,' unceasingly,, as worked the wheels of Iho steam engine ho tended, a constant succession of dreadful thoughts whirled through his bruin.. Wherever ho walked, the same thought, like an embodied thing of his stopd. Something shrieked in his oar, making itself heard above all the stir of busy life that surrounded him, *• Lot one perish fur the benefit of the whole 1" Ills other children wanted bread; his wife was in mgs; harder and harder poverty griped him with hor loan hand, and Iho harder she griped the louder , the demon volue would ory, **Jel one perish for the bone. fit of iho whole!" Alas! for the gulf of darkness to whioh the once holiest laborer wue hurrying!—alas for the fatal in. flocrico which those sobioliei exercised on his desti* ny here and hereafter! The luro would not have boon held out—the poor man hud not been a murder* er, but for them. - In-dreams ori his wretched pallet Clarkson was haunted still, and his wife would listen to the incohe rent Words whioh the restless sleeper mptlqrod. Jls, would seem to moke, oaldolalions—Weighing-advan tages eguin»J probubls danger; and he usually ended hjs incomprehensible monologue with thp magic words of—••eighteen pounds.*—eighteen pounds!’*— Then ho would start up in frightful alarm, and whis-. poring something about officers and Newgale, bless heaven it was only a dream. , Days, weeks passed on,'and this struggle agoinst temptation continued unromltted in the breast of that unhappy man, “ fanny/’ ho whispered lo his wife one day, «• U can t last . I,can’t live In this manner, tortured as I.am—the angola dragging mooneway.and the fjonds another. , I must eifher give up paying the weekly ha'pennies to the clubs, or send the child to —heaven.!’ , , .The wife had long 1 been conversant, with the dis turbed state.of her jjusband's mind; intbe best manner she could lb advice and’aootho him.—* She entertained a vague idea ,of the temptation which, assailed biro, but the darker deed he hinted at seemed lowlier too, horrible to be contemplated. The ipurdor pf their qfftpring for money—hpr woman's nature recoiled at the thought,' and her Heart seemed to turn to ice.. .... No, he had begun he would not be a coward, why. should he giyo up the benefit which the societies held out to.hitn as a legal right?—he would continue his weekly, payments, as badly as he could afford theihi Twenty three weeks; not yelj hla calculations taught JjfMV better; the fees will not be doubled if the piem? ber “ drops in n one day, one hour, before thoexplra tion of tho term. Itcame atlast—rtwenty ala weeks —now then hQ.WQßsure...Hia mind being fully mpde up, that is having ceased tp resist the tempter, he grew calni pad collected; his wife's suspicions wore thus lulled iciest, even when the danger was the most imminent. Clarkson now acted .with craft, so, ono evening, stealing away several miles to the eastern extremity of London, ■ whero no pno would reebg- I nice his person, he entered a druggist’s shop. Ho I could not .obtain what ho wanted there, for they nev cr sold laudanum to strangers. He tried again at a [shop in a lower neighborhood, and succeeded. V .. 1 “ Only two pence,” thought the man as he crept homo at a stealthy cat like pace; “and a small drop seems—precious drop, though,'for 'twill make that child an angel, and ino'niaslor of eighteen pounds.” ' ' The chronicler must draw a veil over the scene , which followed. Suffice it to soy that an opportunity °ff*rcd. The soothing cordial, without the knowledge of the mother, was administered to the child, and tho sinless victim fell into ,thul sleep which, onoarlh, “ knows no waking.” There was a voice oflamontation ini the poor man's house; the mother was wailing over her lost son.— She never abetted her husband in tho foul deed, though fully conscious now of his guilt. ' The murderer sat on lila accustomed stool, looking at her beneath his bent browg, half in terror at what he hod done; and half in gloomy 'exultation, while every now and then ho raised his clenched hand,’as if threatening his 1 wife with punishment If she was not silent. Who mighttell the agony of that woman's heart! Her' youngest born was murdered by Us own father, yet, fras she bound to secrecy, for a word of hers would send him. to the gallows. She could but sob and weep,' casting Ipoks, of abhorrence at.fier husband, yef that abhorrence the no£t momeht softening into pity, or giving place to love-rs love which had £rown like.a habit,’ almost an Instinct—love which anguish could* not overshadow. No, (he wife did hoi betray the hus band; her sorrow.fed on,her own heart . M A short time after the event narrated, a man might pave.been seen, going from house to house where Certain burial clubs transacted their business, and es ho received hit fees on account of tho little member recently *• dropped in,” and deposited ths money Iri me leather bag, a smile too ghastly fora smile ofsat isfaetion, passed over his harsh und forbidding fca* lures. . He had the gold now—eighteen sovereigns—therct was no doubt Qflha(; lip fel( his,bag a£aln, buttoned ftis breecbea pocket,-and buttoned huroggaiUMjat, over (hat; v and whoa he reached his homo, he count od them over again, oycd.allonlivoly tlio rich yellow piece,, and .ounclcd every nne nn hie wooden etool. Did ho sleep holler llml niglil? end wao he h.-ippitel the next day 7 No, tho man was not utterly' har dened by 0 long course of crime; he posessed some human feeling 1 , and tho voice of conscience was' not entirely stifled; therefore, he was now the most wretched and abject being that over- crawled on earth, or looked upon God’s sun. The gold—the Judas price of blood—seemed turned to lire in his hand, and when it was ell spent, the scorpions of remorse still pierced his heart through and through. His crime, however, was- not discovered, so ho did not suffer the least -penalty of the law, but ho con fedsed (he guilt which weighed on his soul at the hour of death. His child had been sacrificed to his base avarico, and lured by tho golden bait .cast by (he burial societies Into the troubled waters'of his life he snatched at it, and was undone. • The Present Age. Wo see in tlio intellectual movements of pur times* io tendency to expansion, to universality; and till o must continue. It is noi an Occident, or on inexpli* cable result, or a violence on nature; it is founded in elernsi truth. JSvcry mind was made for growth,! .for knowledge, and Us nature is sinned against wWn J ll is doomed to ignorance. The divino gift of Intel, ligenoo was.bestowed for highpr bodily la bor, than to make howerp ofVwood, drawer's of water, ploughmen, or. servants... i6very bping so gifted is I intended, lo qeq'uaint himself with God and his works, and Ip perform wisely apd disinterestedly, the duties of life., Accordingly, when wo see the.multitude.of men .begin tp thirst for knowledge, for intellectual I action',, for .something mofo. than an animal life, we spo> the.great.design oboul to bo accom. Iplishcd; and society, having received this impulse, will never rest until it shall have taken such a .form as will place within every man’s reach the means of Intellectual culture. This Is the.revolulion to which wo uro tending; and without this, all outward polit. leal changes would bo but children's piny, leaving the great work of society yet to bo dono.<~i/o///foui s with the Beet Authors , . A Place for ISverythliig. A gentleman whose bump of order wm very large ly developed, had. a clerk in his employ, whoso ha bits about the office was anythiag but orderly no thing under his hands had a fixed locality, and eve ry thing was odds and ends. This oarolessncsr brought out a reproof from the employer, who uftes a general lecture on the subject of mal arrangements, quoted the old precept and said: “Sir,you should have a place for everything.” . “ I have}, sir,” replied the junior, l * 1 have a great many' places for every- , Society Upset in California.— There appears (o bo what tho French call a houleaum* t nt~~* complete overturn—of tho usual arrangements of society, at tho gold region; fora specimen of which sco the following extract from a Sou Francisco loiter in (he Boston Courier: > ~ , , Since my orrival I have seen a lieutenant of (ho navy, and a Now. York merchant, dropping a bond* carl, at an ounce per load ; a few day* sinoe I met a professor in.ono ofyour first colleges, driving his ox team, hauling emigrants* “imps'* to thet'dlggings,'* at $9O for one hundred pounds. ,A Georgia planter, cooks my salt pork, and does the flapjacks brown; a printer from the Picayune office .keeps,>roy boohs, and (wo young gentlemen from Jobbing houses Peart street take cure of (he mules, haul,lumber, and' act, as porters in the store, etch at frpm to i£ f 1 ler day, with board. In California all labor,and one ■ daily furnished with innumerable r sources of. amusement by meeting old friend-—, (he artist, with buckskin tropsem, red .flannel shirt,‘and California hat, peddling, newspapers; “Sun,Jiorald and Tri bune, air,J. latest dates from Now York, only two dol lars rocA." . „ ; California. ExTßAVAffAttcK.—The correspondence of lhs Baptist Recorder, at San Francisco,'says i . "On (lie day of our arrival a man paid (&100 for ten bottle# of champagne, (the usual price,) and 130 for a large arm chair. In which he soared himself at the front of a .house, drank, aworo and sung and drank, til) five bottles were emptied, end* then broke the remaining ..five upon ttio ground, his chair against the house, and walked off In all the dory of his liberty.' 1 New Orleans.— lt Is. said that the present popu. qf New Qrleaps Is* pvqr 150,000 having’ Increased about 50,000 since 1040. At hoc fet&Niiuii. „ Language ,or Trees —There is a pathos and sentiment about sqme of the. Eastern poets .that iff truly affecting, t A correspondent of the Boston Post writes as follows: . . Suppose a trees’ long- reaching limbs 1, Should 'gainst a window in one of nature’s breezy whims. And break it (ill to smash; Amid (ho clatter and dismay, • > -What think you would the fragments say 1 “ Ye ministers of grace defend us I" Not that,.friend .Charles; they'd cry, ' j " Tree mend us 1° , . Out op Order.—“ That motion is oat of order, as the chairman of a political meeting said when , a rowdy raised His arm to throw an egg. ' • - * • ...Legal 'Wit.—Henry, Ersklne, the ..famouj Scotch barrister, a great wag, was once pleading before a funny scptch Judge, with wbomhewaa on most intimate terms, and happening to ha,ve a client, a 1 female* defendant in acuon,o£ the.napie o.f Tmhle, he commenced in the follow? ing strain:..“Tick|e, my, client, the defendant, my lord, I *——The auditors were- almost' driven into hysterics of laughter by tb.e Judge replying: “Tickle, her yourself, Henry—you’re as able to do it as I am.” I Go it You no..—A young ,roan aged 17, and a lyoung giri.agedTfl, belonging to Providence, Pa., were married Jaat week. , ‘ . Be 8 man In yoiir principles.* Cherish a loro for justice,..truth, eelf.conlrol, benevolence*.' Bo governed: by them in all things. ‘ Swerve not ’ from the right, for any present advantage.- In all circumstances show thyself a man in unflinching ' rectitude, Those smiles which we assume when we go' into public, are more frequently wanted at home than abroad. Beware of him who speaks ill to you of others.' ; Ho will speak evil to another of yon. A chap has been doing the pood people of Do-. Iroltby selling them white horse hair tings, at fifty cents .apiece, representing that the hair was , pulled from the tail of the famous old “ Wbitev.” of Gen. Taylor. . It is. estimated that 10,000 slaves have died of ; chojera in the Southern cities. ■ Tams-ON— ••The .tree is known by ilsfroit ■ Tfi o ,exception to this is the dog-wood, which id known by it» barhl It Is not what wo earn,' but what We save, that rpakes,us rich. It. is nol-whal'we .eat, hot what ’ we digest that makes tie fat. It is not what : read, but what- we remember, that .makes mi’ learned. AH this la very simple, but is worth re membering. A scane grace of a Frenchman once said, that, old pepplo were fpnd of .giving good advice, cause they were ao longer able to set a bad exam ple. i. - A blble and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district, all studied and apprepta’ tad as they, merit, are the principal support of vtr|ue t morality and civil liberty .—Franklin. •. 1 , Great Inducement —A California adventures writing to hia..friends, eays that ,when he first went to the diggins he.bad'nt a rpg 'on his back,. but now he is covered with them. , The following. most-scandalous loesl as given at lha celebration of tho Fourth at Chicopee, Our “Fire Companies May they bo Ilka ' old maids—always ready, yet never wanted. When did Acran\„firat use a walking stick J When Eve presented him with a little Cane. Parson, Brownldw has.a queer way of mixing, up things.- Ho says they have more and bettec liquor in Knoxville, than.in apy other town; but as a set off, there is mote religion, 1 though not of the best quality. Mvl—A modest young lady, desiring, a leg of a chicken at, e_ table,, said “she would ilake that part which ought to he dreeeqd in pantaioDTsi /” Xj young gonllonipn- opposite immediately called “ for that part which Ueudllt/ t oeare the hustle!" .... ,'i'll e moat mischievous liars are those who keep’ on I .the verge of truth. Mpn, who'havo extravagant wives are observed, : to have sharp poses. Thu . cause is supposed to, be, that tiieir noses ore kept to the grindstone oon [inua] ly. Etmcmo Stavxs Awav.—A Pennsylvanian,' 'calling himself Win. Edenbo, who sayalharho hails from Shippensburg, Cumberland county? was committed to jail at Rockville, Md„ on the ’ Sth instant, upon the charge of enticing slaves to' runaway. - , , ( ■ Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, a London letter, of August 24, says, will return to the U.' Stales in a few weeks. During his residence Id- London, he has obtained: valuable materials for, his history of the United Slates.: l|o has also, searched the public, libtaries.of Paris fo/lmpor | lanl information connected with this work. If il be wrong, don’tio It; - ' if untrue don't eei it. Be this thy rule. ... ... . . ■ i 'l’m StwaiKo.xit. .or Goiiotv.—Ths Penney!-' Vaniap Imp ,n letter .from u friend in Paris, who,. aays: .••Tho fact ia suacepli Wo of proof, that • Oorgoy the young Hungarian, General, waa pur-. f chased by l.luaslan gold. .Two millions of dui lars were proioutly, oilered Danibfnski, another iof, thp Russian ganarais, but, ha.indigpaptly re*. .. fiisedlliu (tribe and exposed the illot. V’ory dost I-’ full”; ’... .. ■ ■ , ,'J’lio amount of money collected among tha, Roman Catholics of the New York DJprese, for. . the relief qf the Pope, pb officially oiinounocd. waa $6,2:17 40., , rl , .... , An,lrish Teletlnary sindent when Under exami nation, was asked what lie would recommend if. there was a.hprss brought (p fifm with, a panioti-, , Jar disease, Celt! by (he powers," was lilt answer, “I would' recommend the owner to' gti ■ ‘ ridofhimimmtdiaUlu." I fi., J • t v *■ ' i n ' ~Mn. J. jyl, Dsck.—This gentleman, well known', ip Harrisburg’, as taii .intelligent member .of the; - typographic,i] profession,translator, engraver and, ' ipifveteal genius, at tho latest advices was can-. ■ 6ned it) -the fortress of Roatalt, In Germany, Af-, ter visiting his friends., Mr. IS. was about return*, Ing to this country, when tho Revolution in Franc*; broke out. The excitement in Geimany linmedi ately followed, and he-remained, and has ainea taken an active part, in the struggle far liberty,, now in progrea.t thtoughoul Europe. They, have; agreed to release him, upon condition that he will leave for the United States, never lo return. HarridmtgUnfm.' ■ The aesoeisted journeymen tailors of Boaton have opened a clothing store of their own. This ia probably the beat step for the correction of ths evil they, labor,under, of low wages that they oould adopt. , The profits that enable one man to ; ; live ,in luxury while hundn da nearly starve wilt, J . '• properly husbanded snd fairly divided, make ms-,!: . ny oomforlablo. ~ , j uCoplUl.PunljliiMnl''' an llirboy •«{<) when (ill' tohuol mait;r scated him wi b lbt girli. .; .•* f r . ; y w i r NO. 15.