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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<j„ tnd is how ready to supply the reading
community with. Books of all kind's at city.prices.—
Hohas just received theTol|ow.ihg r nbw worker
LynciiV Expedition to the Bead Sea and Jordan.
Montague's *• « «i
Philo.ophy of Religion.
Dobnoy on Future Punishment.
Rural Letters, by N. P. Willis.
Womim 0 f (he IloTolutibn; by Mrj.ElUt.
Phlor ••Oon«u|alo and Empire, Nob. 8 &' fl!
Davy (Joppotfield, part 8.
• “T av yiCrockolt f ,'Oomlo Alma-’
nee’e for 1850, tpgolhor with ell tho ohb.p publica
tion. of the cloy, hooks orilond' twice aweuk and
strict attention paid to orders fiom tho^buntry.
All the Dally and Weekly Papers; ddc., tp be had
ot the old shim, next door to Burkholder's hotel!
Carlisle,August 10, 1849 '
r\Tl! .Townsend's Sarsaparilla for sale at tho Drug
JJ store of Henry A. Sturgeon.
August 10, 1849 ■ .
TvR. JAYNE’S Family Medicines for''said ut ( thd
JbJ Drufiyand Variety store of Henry A. Sturgeon:
THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER,
Is published every THufadiiy,'at Carlisle, £al, by JOHN D.
HU AT,TON, upon the following conditions, which will'be;
rigidly,ddhorotl to: :
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will be required of all those Who do not pay in advance.
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One square, ono Insertion,
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■A liberal discount will be mode to those who advertise bv
the year, or for,throe or six months,
OmcE—The office of the American Volunteer )b in tho BCC
mid story of James H. Graham's now stone hailding, in Smith
Hanover street, a few doors south of the Court House, where
liiose having business are invited to end.
TEE VOLUNTEER,
John n. Bratton, Editor anil Proprietor.
OARLISLO. THURSDAY BEPT f 10, 1810.
Anonvhous Lktteb VVmTmoi—lf there is an
individual in: this world deserving, of the con
tempt and scorn of ihe whole human family, it is
he or she who would sloop so low, degrade Ihom
selvos to such a degree as to be guilty of the
rhean contemptible trick of writing anonymous
letters. Any person who would thus wantonly
assail the character of an individual, under the
coyer 6fan assumed name, and mote especially a
lafy—tioj wo will not call her a ladj/, for no la-
Uyliouli! be (jhiliy of an act so utterly detestable
—we would consider it (oo mean and insignificant
to be noticed by any person who lays any claims
to respectability! So says the Norristowij WWcA’-
mnh, and wo endorse every word the editor has
said,.' ‘ ,
■ Philadelphia 'i'iracs gived the following des
cription ol the steamship Susquehanna, now in the
jirogtoas of building,'and will be roadyTor launching
early in (lie spring:
The Smujudi.mim is thirty .foot, longer than' the
groat ship at.the fine Pennsylvania, which'bps at
raetbd so much attention in the'different' ports she
ha* visilcd, but her broadlh oi bcnm is innch less, and
her tonnage is only 3,500. She will carry but eight
guns of heavy cplibrc I .one ;of them, whieir wilffco
P , ‘ C oso l T. o/l h ?E bow * hollow shot weigh*
Ing -too )bs. Her tnncliinery will cost nearly 930 U -
000—the four boilcra alone 830,000 each—end the
yvhole vessel,' when completed, shout £6OO,OQU. flot
crow will Coniisl of abobt 300 men snd boys.'
The llOnoabian GEsiaALs.—Gordey fs a tail, fine
looking, fe|fo«v/ vyiib ; ijonlfo fcafdfoei light Itafr
and yelfow, pointed board; ho' wears spectacles—
Dombintki wears a long while board like a patriarch.'
Bern is a Short, thick set, -red'faced/ugly looking
man, with a head much' too'taiga fur hid tody.. o u i
on hearer
the n(an cause the beliolifer to foigei life wniif of
beauty. Ills health is poor, and lie goes obetft In a
carriage. ■ In battle ho deed not mount on horseback.
Still ho cun endure a great deaf of hard work,' os' he
must do in the rapid Jimmies through Transylvania/
nnd front Transylvania into the Banal, which make
hint seem übiquitous, lie drinks no wino nor spir
its. his most usual hoverago is sugar and water.
No Menu Mexican Terbitobv.— Mr. Dallas,
Ex-Vice Prceidehl, in liis recent letter on the
Treaty . with Mexico, mentions a '(act which
should be borne in mind by those adventurers
who talk of soperating and aunexihg ether Mex
ican provinces, Ho sayst
■ .“To such of onr fellCw-ciiixens as view with
discontent the enlargement of our" territory, it
may : be come consolation that this treaty emphal
ioally provides against further extension south.
No change 18 ever to bo made in this boundary,
except hy-ihe express and free eomenl if bo! A no
hunt, lawfully given by the Genera! Government of
each, in conformity with its own constitution. The
stipulation is stringent and unequivocal. Its
covert allusion to tjm annexation of Texas cannot
be mistaken; and it is an iviolahle pledge by
both contending narliee, that suejt a ease shall
never (in again, unnc(ed.Tapiaulipns, Nciy Loon,
Ooahutla, Lhihiiahtto,. Sonora, Lower .California,
JJtay separately or Ingether achieve independence,
but, w-,1 bout.the,positive mid ennsiilflilonal sanc
tion of the central anthori.iios. In Mexico, riot one
of (horn .can bo. Adipiued Info ouf CJitioii excciltby
manifest', breach of faith."
, . SIIOUI.D TllK PIIOSCItIfTION Of'Soi.piKJW BB Tot.Bl!V.
tKD?—uU iho acu of \yrong ,wfiich the, present
huß, > 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 9<Jhs which were thrown, into a cor*
nsr., fho brulofl w|ll moko a bed anywhere, and with
shelter ; am|, Btrqvy, wp think them well lodged and
happy; but, tkel-e is something frightful in hu
mon .beings .being driven to such a strait,, and
they sink, and contract disease', under circumslan-t
°. c .*L W ‘ ,cro Ibo former will experience no inconvcni-
once.
. Clarkson had .remained on his atoolfor about a
quarter of an hour, and bad not uttered a word, hi.
body inclined .forwards, hie sinowy arpia crossed on
'i r!l°i otor ian d‘ n £.browa wore contract,
cd by lhoiighli it wo. evident something unusual
occupied hi. mind,;. . The children gradually creep,
jag from th,lr corner., ep.oite. in whls.pers,and the
In fbor r< " ato^ ha m “ or “ l>l0 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
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