I :iSS JOHN B.BRATTON. i OL. 37. ; i-NEW GOODS! SjTtflß .undersigned respectfully informs hi? 'friends and numerous customers* that he has, re* conllyi returned from Philadelphia, with a Very. )> Jafge'andicarefully selected assortment of’now •„ > FALL GOODS, Vpurpfiaeed at . the lowest prices, arid which ho. is to dispose ofat very.small profits., , Superior CVo/Aa, at from 75 cents to $0 a yard. ‘CaSQinores, Oassinets and Vestings, at various priGtt. : ' .Dreu Goods , such as Delaines, Bareges, and* a assortment of Silks. An extensive as styrtihfehl of Calicoes & Ginghams. Also, Cheeks, Tafil^jbiapora,Tickings, Muslins, Bonnets, Hats. and bhocs. —A good assortment ol Men’s, and Children’s Boots and Shoos, of quality, and very cheap* Also, boy’s i&feta/Hen’a Cloth and Hungarian Caps. Groceries, M%eb’ftB Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Pekin Tea Com |Tpliny’e celebrated Teas. Also, constantly on the bust quality of Carpel Chain, rospectruDj'asfcs all who wish i;‘ good bargains, to give him an early call. DonU • lhe stand, opposite Leonard’s old stand, flforilt Hanover street. 'ButleiyEggs, Rags and Soap, taken at market prices. Uv • i 4;*; W N. W. WOODS, Agl. ‘sr(l4Tc, Oct 3; 1850 ■ssijfej-iftrtl & Winter Clothing. Saved is Money Made. 'TROUTMAN & MAY’S - ■'i !V\Nk%CiII£AP and Fabhionabbk Clothing v'j-, Store, . ■]Ot\ MatnMred , opposite Elliott's Drug Store, and ’ "two donra weal if Ogilby's Store* ! t !TtUNKI - IIL to the citizens of Carlisle .and j llieir increased custom, we rfgaln xe company to view qur large apd splen* dldr%B|qfitiieiit of Heady-made Clothing for Fail & WliiflvFiir- Our stock consists of all kinds of I S ANTS, VESTS, and (Jenllemen’s png Apparel in general, suitable for tbo sea*, and made in the most workmanlike man jjfil.of the latest Fail and Winter Fashions. l'Vho wish to favor «s with a hall can save *nty*five to fifty per cent, by buying at bur ' all goods sold warranted to give entire Ic, Oct. 3, 1850 Chimp Clothing! »g otU your banners! lear the trumpet! re they come! here they are! Vhat’s the matter! what's the matter I ly look at the crowd, /ome on Joe, Jim and Sum Hatter, us see what’s out. i, ho! herd cornea .Bill, ~ ve’il ask him whales the muss; bow UiQjßtreet does fill,. , ' ’hcrectjrtainfy must be a fuss! to boys, no fuss at all, uly another greut arrival, leautiful Clothing for th.e M. & L. fcJrirthKK’a Clothing Halt? ivo just bought di. suit so fine— oil me, how do you like it Joe?. ’t you want one like minct mine on, boys, let tie gtfi v let me tell you, . /bat there you can find, is of all colors. ,nd Pants of all U'fmU.’ Utcnnts so linndaohic, ■ ■ id Cravats so nice,, they will not think It troublesome, you give them a cull twice or thrice. < will wail on yoti Vrft’b kindness. V * * ,H * i] "'y C5 P* eu^‘y°u with a'nico Cap, -;VV)ucli fur Ms qualiiy and cheapness, You can only find at i'b, West Main tffreel, next door lei Burk* i Hotel. L. STKINKU respectfully invites the at* of their friends and the public generally, lar.ro |ot of Hoods that have been purelm* i great sacrifice in the city of Baltimore, rill sell them at admail advance, as liter mm for them in our little store room, »So me and all and lake them at almost any is we are determined to sell cheaper limn louglit in Philadelphia, Now York or Bui. Isle, SrplSfi, 1850—3 m Call lit Golilmiiii’M Cheap Ready-made'Clothing'! QION of (ho Yellow Over-coat, S. E. Corner of street ami Market Square, umJ directly oju. store. , Cheap System Triumphant)—Largo sales and Small Profits! of ihe above, the Proprietor of celebrated Clothing Establishment, ah: that hia immense slock of ' d y-inadc - Clothing) aow open for examination and sale, where may bo V. tf Msw|]hlothing °f every style, grade andtoXlurosuit-1 - ' Ibo Fall dc Winter wear, consisting; of more '• H * 1,000 Ueady-mndo Garments! . in quality from tho highly French Pa ", jbtqtTiit $l5» to the heavy Pilot or Tweed Frock, or. AseUfeo, for 92, with tho greatest variety of ■ I NTALOONS, VESTS; &c., -'M he found in Cumberland county. Xo tho Morch- Mechanic, Clerk or Laborer, we would say., ifi ' . 00 w i B h to save (lie Dollar, keep in mind the time roin adage of “Economy la Wealth," and call and tho immense assortment of Ready-made Phing at • , OMAN'S CIIEJJF CLOTHING S7VHE! b purchasing and judge for yourselves, riisle, Sept 26, 1850—lf ' . fi irst. Arrival of Bools & Shoes FOB THE FAUi SEASON AT trier’s Shoo Store, iui-tM •■l..,' if ' Bt., mkab thk Rauboad Dbiiot. v /IOMPRiaiNG Men’., Boy’s and Youth’s Calf, i Vj/’Klp and Coarse Boots and Brogans, which nro . warranted to bo of tho boat quality. Ladies' Gait „ i ! >«re, Buskins and French Ties, Misses and Children's I Boot* and Bliuca in grout variety.- >v Alto, on olognut ttßaortindnl of GUM SHOES «fc /BOOTS, with oil tho Ulu improvements, nhd war* granted perfect. Having purchased those Gum shoes' ‘ agent of the manufacturer, I am authorized ,/s ,^SMf^ re a ntxa P axr * n pt Qce °f an y prove de/ec • | wearing» , > r -w.?)wffavlhg a largo stock of French Calf 6kms, Mo* 1 '■'SiSSs® o ' Kid, dec., and gooi)-workmon, ovary attention | to customer work as usual. S® . . , WM. M. POUTER. ! >C™aiUsle, tfopl. in, 18E^O. r> u * i. XHB OtD TUBSPIKE. \Vo hear no innrd Hie clanging hoof, AmUhosugn conch rattling t»y j . .For the steam king,rules the travelled world, And thu old l’iko’fl toft to die. The grass creeps n‘ef thy flinty path. . And the stealthy daisies steel, Where once the stngo horse ddy hy day. > Lifted his iron heel. No more the weary stagerdeeads The toll of the coniliigmoro ; , No more the bustling landlord tuns, At the suinnl of the echoing Imrn ; ' For the dust lies still upon Un? road, And bright eyed ohlhtrun play, Where o»ce the clattering hoof and wheel Untiled along Uid way. No more we hear the'cracking whip,. . Or the strong wheels rumbling toui/il; .' ' ’ Ah ha, the 'water drives us on, And an iron horse is lontut! Thu conch stands rusting in diet yard, And the liureo hntli sought the plow j 1 Wohavo spnimed (lio|n'ortd with nn iron rail, And tho steam king rules us nuw I .a ’ Tho old Turqplkpls'tipike no more, Wide open slunds the gale ;. ■ Wo liavo ninde us a road fur our horse to stride, Whlidi,Wo rldo a|,a (lying rain, Wo have lillud llwyatlles Unit levelled the'hills, And 'tunneled (lie tnmfntntii side: And round thu rudgh crag's dizzy verge, Fearlessly wu on.ridu I On— on—on—with o banality front I A nulT. a shriuk, and a Imiiiiil; Willtc Hie tardy d-hous wake do Into, To babble hack the sound ; An<l (Ini old t’iku mad is left alone, And the stagers saijgiiltUe |>l«w ; • Whe have circled the earth with nn iron rail, And (he steam king rules nmv I jftiatcUatuoua. THE DEVIL'S GIFT} OR, THE THREE BARS OF GOLD. A LEGEND FROM THE FRENCH. . Tlicro onco lived In Scotland three poor black smiths. Their habitation wus situated in the moun tains which surround the pretty town of Perth.— Though .they labored incessantly, they could barely obtain a sufficiency of the coarsest food; and fre quent and sorrowful were their prayers that God would send them some little portion of tho bounty which so many enjoy without merit; or that their lives and wretchedness might end together. Labor and prayers were alike fruitless; misery alone seem*, cd their lot. Desparlngof fortune, they were one evening con* versing, ‘•Since,” said they,our prayers avail nothing, let us turn to .the - Evil One, ho may .hour • us with favor 7” Scarcely had they pronounced these, words when a voice wua heard : \ “ At midnight at tho Dtdckrock mountain I will Await you. If you have courage to meet mo there, fortune layouts. Remember midnight,” Speechless with' terror, (ho brothers gazed upon each.other. The youngest at lust broke tho si< loncer • . V-'My brothers, do you hear 7 Shall wo go 7” ‘‘ Wo will obey,” exclaimed the elder. • On thb.approach of midnight, they bent their steps towards the mountain, As they drew heur.it, they heard the ringing of nn anvil, but saw poitlior liglit nor smoke. Willi (error (hoy advanced Iq discover whence the sound proceeded. They reached the end of the path. Tho noise of a thousand hammers re. sounded ; but on looking around they saw but u soil* tar-yiinun gt jvofjt.,. • , **l awaked’you,” he said," and was forging for you. Tty* l product of my labor is yours upuij one con dition. I Cut the end of mncyc.irs you do not return it to me, or (ho value it has produced you, you are mine (mill body and soul, nr.d all your pnHscssiqnp shall vanish from the earth. A whim sometimes im pels, itfo (6* fettaiU mortals; endeavor to profit by mine.” • ■ . So snyirlg he gave each a mass of irun and dls missed them. The brothers arrived nt homtf.Vof rnu£lf pfleapp.d with the events of their Journey, questioning whclh- Vr (ho gifjs promised murh.'umj -not 'doubting Hint ilicy should return lliym pMho appointed tirnp.-Thoy (I'll astcep; ilituking ol’ihelr adventure,.whoso result, by no means equalled their expectations. • • . t f On awakening next morning, (hey .Weri about do commence their daily toil, haying almost forgotten tho dfs ippoiuiincrtl of tho proceeding’cVcnfdg, when suddenly they perceived three Ignts of gold, which Jjnd replaced the masses of ironr Their joy wastm. bounded. • < .... •; j, In a short lime they resided In a ungnificoni pnl. nee. Their.rehno wm regal.ln it* splundur. For* gelling liii ir promise to the Kvil One to return the. value of Iris gill, they parsed lliolr lima In enjoyment without seeking to ascertain its Worth* The nine years, rolled away in festivals, and (ho 'most extravagant .delights, The chum ofthu term at, length arrived. The demon, pntitiual in hi* nppoln. ted time, appeared at midnight, during a splendid entertainment given ul the palace. . . The hideous apparation, rising among tlio guests addressed the brothers s r . • , # ’ “The fast hour is about to strike. What have you' to return to mo 7" They were dumb with (error.' x V» An internal smile phyrd upon the features of the tempter, lie struck ■the ground. The palace disnp|fctttcd. A hnrrid .tumult filM the air as the ministers of the demen’s vengeance swept away his victims. , . .... Kvimnow.lt is said that the traveller ns he hur* ries ovor {jio,s{to of the palace, hours three yojccs in the air, which Cry; “Traveller, beware, forget not the future.” GOOD ADVIOU TO YOUNG WOMEN# Trust not to uncertain riches, but prepare yourself fofr every emergency in lifci work, and not depend upon servants to make ydtjf bread f swoop your floors and darn your own stockings; Abyvo oil .things do not esteem* 100 lightly those young men who sustain themselves, and their. agci| parents by the work of their while, you care ft/r and re ceive into your company, those lazy, idle poppinjays, who never lift a finger to help themselves as long as (hoy can keep body and sour together, and gel sutll. oionl to live in fashion. If you are wise you will look at the subject as wo du , and when you are old enough to become, wives, you will prefer the honest mechanic, with nut a cent to commence life, to the fashionable loafer, 1 with a 'capital' of ten thousand dollars. Whenever we hear remarked, “Such a young lady has married a fortune,** wo have always trembled for hor futuro prosperity; Riches left to children by Wealthy parents. oflpit turn a curse in stead of a blessing. . Young women remember thjs, and instead of sounding the purses ofyour lovers, and examining the cutset their coals,look Into their hsb|ls and their hearts. Mark if they have a trade and can depend upon themselves; see if they have minds which will load them to look above a bullerfly existence. Talk not-of the beautiful jvliijo ahiq,und the soft delicate hnnd—the, splendid form.and fine appearance of the young gentleman. Let not those foolish considerations engross your thoughts. Westward Ho!—The following is an Qilrnpt'frotu a Jctlcr received in Potttvillo a ftw days ngn, from (ho Hon, Ah>*? n dor Gov.ornor of Minnusotn Torrilory. It'will Interest each of our country friends whoso Inclination* lean towards (ho Tar West i , ' m wo want hero Is-—more paojila and more cap. Ual.. Land.bought ol government prices, will render a. richer return than tho hinds of Dorks of Lancas* tor, for which you pay $lOO per acre. Adviso such of your farmers as can bring a enpi. tsl of $lOO with them, to comohoroj they qan In two or throe yean make a fortune 1" *oua country—may itALWXTB b* RiaiiT—but right or Wrong,our country” CARLISLE, PA-, TEUIISDAY/OCTOBER 31, 1850., A Gobd' Story« The following capital story wo extract from a lot lor to the Alabama Journal, by J. J.- HooperV . “ Shall I toll you a bit of a story, having . no con nection with politics, (his hot, dry weathor T By per mission— “.Old Col. D , of the Mobile District, was one of the most singular characlora over known in Ala. bama. ;Ho was testy and eccentric, but possessed tna. ny line qualities, which were fully by the people of the district. Many,-urhis freaks are fresh in the memory of (ho “old *uns ” of Mobile—-and afl of them wlll toll you that the Colonel, though hard (o beat, was once tcrHbly taken in by a couple of legal tyros/ ,It. ts< Ooprgo Woodward, 1 believe, that tolls-the story; but, however, that may bo, it is in keeping with others related of the old gonllo. man. .... . ‘ : . "It seems (hat Gof, P— had a misunderstand* |n£ with the IWn gentlemen alluded to, and was'hoi on speaking- terms with them, altho* all of the three wore profiyisionalty riding- the circuit pretty much together. vThe youhgroncs, being well awareof flip (hp Colonel’s irascible nature, determined as (boy left ono.of lhp courts for another, to have sontpsport at his ekpchse by the way.' They accordingly got nb'bttt half pn hour’s start in leaving, and presently (hey arrived a( a broad, dark slreahi, that lobked os if it might bo a dozen feel deepi but which in reali ty was hardly more than os many inches. Crossing if, they lighted, polling off their coats and boots, and sul down quietly to- watgh for the old “Tan tar.” .• , .. ,i; ■ “ Jogging along, at length, up camfl tiio old-fellows Ho looked first at llio youngsters who wore gravely drawing on their boots and cants, as if they had just had a swim—and then ho looked at (ho broad crook that rolled bolbte him like a fluent translucent star. The Col. was awfully puzzled. “Is this creek swirpiping 7” ho growled, after d pause of some moments. No reply was made—the young men simply mount* cd their, horses and rode off some little distance, and stopped to wslch our hero. Tito Col. slowly divested himself of bools, coats, pantaloons and drawers. These hb. neatly tied (ipln bis handkerchief, ahd liung (hem on llfb saddle. Then ho fom bunted, and as he was a'lai, short, man, with * punch of inordinate size, rather inadequate tegs, a faco like a wintered apple, and a brown wig, there ia no doubt ho made nn interesting picture as be bealrodo his steed, with the " breeze holding gentle dalliance ” with the, eztrcmotics of his only garment,. “ Slowly and cautiously did the old gentleman and his horse take the creek, iln'lt’ a length,, and the water was not fetlock deep. Here (ho parse stop pcd.to drink. A length and half—and the stream no deeper.! Thirty feel further, and a decided shoaU Mg ! “ Hero Col. D— reined up. 41 There must,” he aaid, •• be a h— of a swift, deep channel between this and the bank. See how, the water runs! ..We will dash through.” u A sharp lash made the horse spring the watery waste, and another carried the horse and ndor safely (o (ho opposite bank. The creek was nowhere more than a foot deep. “A wild yclf from the young *una announced .(heir appreciation of the. sport, us they galloped away. "I’ll catch you, you rascals,” was groaned between Col. p.'s teeth i and away he galloped In hot pursuit, muttering vengeance .on Jiis foes. " On—bn—they sped, pursuer and pursued. The youngsters laughed, yelled and - screamed—the Co), damndd with* in/ghiy-emphaals, '.whfle. lils- shirt fluttered and cracked In, the wind, like a loose fly ing jib, 4 On—on—and the the farmhouse on (he road side. Their passing startled a flock of geeso from the fence corner which, as the Col. dash* cd op, - met him with outspread wings, elongated necks, and hisses dire. His horse swerved suddenly, and the Colonel in a moment, was upon the ground, In a most romtinlio “heap*” with his brown wig by his side, and his bundle of clothes' scattered arbiind I " Tho while headed children of the house came out first, took a distant view oftho monster —aa it scorn* ed to them—ond then returned to report progress,—. After a liltlo the father of tho family oamu, and (he affair,being explained, assisted (lie Colonel in nm. king his toilet; the Col. swearing and tho country* man laughing all tho while. .• : . , "Dressed and- terttoiirtlcd, our hero started:off with a wulu) phiz, and was soon out of sight.” Discontented.Dove/ .• . /rj\9jdaughter or a poor,'but good and sensible motbef Was. complaining to liar that;; when site mixed with girls of her own age, she fell ashamed 'Of hsr pja[n quire. The mother instead of remon strating wiihher daughter, read to her the fallow ing fublo: {• j 1 • ; / J - • Tjie. dpyo appealed to Its guardian,’genius, to upon it agayer external. “ Why is It,*’ said she, “that I have only those plain (bathers, tide,unadorned plumagq, whllqJhe peacock and, the parrot shine in eu'ch fine and glittering oppa ren’*; •' ‘‘Thou shall hnyowlnU,thou desifest,*g’6tfile dove,** said genius, 44 but remember, If. thou woqldsl shine like either the peacock or t)ie par rot, thou must become like (hem in nil other re spects. Art tlmu, then, willing to resign thy own character 1 Wouldsl thou no longer he my timid, tender, loving dove, that thou mighl'at.become vain and,.noisy rut the peacock—-chattering 1 and idle as the parrot 1” “No,” said the dove, ** Oh, no! kind genius ; I,will not give up the characteristics,which ren der me thy .care, and contribute so much to my happiness.” , : . . The daughter looked up Into her molhm’s lace. “ And 1 loo,'* said .she, »• will lemaln thy dovo, dear mother, and bo satisfied .with the gifts with which my heavenly father has endo.wed me,” , . TVuIA Teller . To Bloke end Preserve Saasages, 1 send a receipt for ipaklng eausogea, that is worth ono year’s subsorlifon to the Cultivator* to every family that makes much use of thorn that docs not already know It. Although too late for the last killing time, it will soon come around (o another. And while 1 am about it« 1 will give my mode of seasoning them,, as 1 have done it lor twenty years. / tor 10tf pound* meat, I i’pouqdq of fine salt, (F ounces of black' pepper, powdered, and ounces of sage. For, market or immedi ate use, a little more saltmlghl be added. And now for preserving them. Immediately after the meat is seasoned, make it up into small cakes, (eay as. large as the lop of a tea cup,) and fry thorn in the usual manner until nearly done, or quite done 1 think best. Then have clean small earthen, or stone pots ready, and pack the cakes in as closely as possible'll! nearly. full, pouring in the fat that came oul In frying Uiem~lhen put a, weight on, sufficient to keep them down until cold. If there is not enough of fat fries-out to cover them,.supply the deficit with clean melted lard. .Vyhen they are perfectly cold, It Is best to put a little more, molted lard on, as there will sometimes be cracks made in cooling, pul a paper over ilium*’and set them in a dry, cool place, and they will keep from Now Years till after the next harvest ns good as when pill up.,or nearly so. They will keep, f suppose,.as well Tn large pots us in dmall ones, until they are opened. It Is. only necessary to warm them for use. Try It— there is no mistake In it. I havp proved It,. «• ' Cultivator* A new mode of dispersing mobs—paian conUibu* tion box amqng the.crowd. ®iKB SKYLARK, BY JAMKB iIOOO. Tlrd ol the wilderness, • Illilfisoine uiid cuiubcrlojis, □wool bo thy iiimin o'er int/olund and let | . binb)ntn oi* happiness, ... Blest islhy dwelling place— = ' Oh loabldd in the desert with thee WiljJ la ihy lay n nd loud, ' ■ • Fur in tlio downy r,loud ; - , t*«ve Rives it energy, lovo gave it birth, ’ •< Where. on thy dewy wing,' ■ Where art (hun Journeying ? . Thy lay it in' llc.a von, ihy love is oh jj»rth. O’er,full and fountain'khoen*, ** , 1 • ‘ o’«r moor und mountain grevtt. O cr llio red streamer Hint liorUUls lh« day. Over the cloudlet dim,' • Uio rainbow rim, Muricnl cliprnli, Bimr. eiiijjinß away 1 Then wlmn the nhinmins comes, , LoW Irr (|»i* lietitliorliUtoiiis 1 * Sweet,wUUliy wetebmo Mint bed of love bo I Kinblum of happiness, ' West is t|iy dwelllna plare— Oil tu ali)do in (lie desert with thee I Tli« ltot>id« ofilte Jordan* \j. • .It liaubccit'afecertutnod Ihut tho Dohd sen vriis inpro (Imn WOO feel below the level oftho.luko bfj Tiberias—us lho/dis(anbo>bc(wten llio twy was but! 60 miles. . This.wouldr-givo a fail of about-3t> foot per mile—greater, it was tlibh llifaUght,. limp any' river in the world exhibited. The Mohawk rifrer Irt Aiucrica wue held to bo one of greatest fall, and that 1 it averages not ihoru than four or fivo-feet to lhe| ttilloj but It Is now .known Ihul tlio Sacramento in i California lldw a fall of 2000, feet in 90 miles,' or ui> I average of 100 feel to tho~milc. ' It was, then, huw-l, ever, thought that such a fall as it,scorned necessary jto suppose in the case, of the lordolh from thb dif* I fcrchco of 1640 f between the two lakes which it oon i ncctcd, was without example ; and as-ils course was | presumed to be. tolerably straight, ami os it was not known, to contain any rapids, and error in the cal culation of the difference of level bblween the two lakbs was more than suspected. This problem it wus-lcft for Liouli Lynch to sot at rest. In the first place, the river ia full of ropids.' The bonis plunged down . less than twenty.seven very threatening ones,‘besides a great.nt//nbcr -(jf lesser magnitude, and then, although (ho direct distance dues, hs stat ed, not exceed sixty miles, the course of the river is made at least two hundred miles by the exceedingly tortuous course of its stream. This reduces the fall to nol more than six feet in, the mile, for which the numerous ropidsUn the river sufficiently account. . “The descent by the river occupied no less than a week. So gfcpl were the difficulties caused by the rapjds Ibnl in twfa days not.more than twelve miles were becomptishbd; and on the third day llio wooden bool brought- dpwri from the Sea. of Galileo, was abandoned on nicounl of her shattered condition.— Noffe btil metal boats could have stood the severe I work of this passage. It was, nevertheless, made nl the lime of flood—nl the season the Israelites passed the river—and .which, although the most unfavora' bio without bunts, should be the most favorable with them. .In fuel,\il is stated, thal p. fqw weeks earlier or later, Hie passage down the fiver in bonis would, as in the ease of Lieut. MotyneuT, have been im practicable, from the want of sufficient water to carry, them over thb rapids, A QVKBU ADTEUTISEMENT. Bartholomew. p’FUhetla, Wig Maker* Mu b!o Master* nhdcdenler in dried Apples* from Dyh tin, gives I'uhiio infntmrtUoh,/that he Jins opened a shnpkin Pig Alley* No. 12, where he carries of making' ladies! caps, repacking pork, and sotting lien’s eggs umJer ducks; except what falls down arid breaks.— Horse jorkiesand farriers maybe supplied with gauze aprons, old saddles, smelling hollies and all other vegetables on the shortest notice. Wanted. Immediately; a parcel of bull-frogs skins, crooked-necked squashes, old gimblcls* and such like garden seeds of this year's growth. Quail traps fabricated, and renovated, also good pasturage for breeding marcs* or exchanged for the like sum in the fund. A large quantity of second hand breeches by the quart or single gill or less, Potash, kettles; . lamb’s wool, silver thimbles, besides a great va riety of nthor medicines—one hundred gallons of hog’a lurd. Tow ololh, goose-grease, and grid ; irons to ho bartered for tnssoled canes and soft , soap. Ilorsf-keeping, two shillings per lb., to gether with Nova Scotia grindstones, and men, women and children shaved, combed and dressed at three shillings per yard, with every oilier spe cies pf public securities and warlike instruments at (Mr nominal value. All kinds of needle work done with accuracy and cross-patch among which are two volumes of the great works of.the little twoedle, whh one hundred pounds of brimstone nnd a nmostrous, heap of owl’s gizzards. Three pamphlets on the infinite evil of infinite folly, with infinite number, of little infinities, among which are junk bottles.and leather aprons, supported by arguments pro and con, with abun dance nf.swceunriUs of the like kind. Wanted Immediately’, a young man or two al the ahovo business. Nona need apply but those who are well versed in the art of snePzlug, curing . •oorgti, and other oqoeslriaii feats of horseman ship. Counacl Co the-You«g« llesoive to farm your life upon some certain principles, and KgnlpJp flour principles by fixed rules./ fitan was tnndo to ho governed by reason, and not by mure accident or caprice. It is impor tant. therefore that you begin early to consider and inquire what Is the proper course, and form some plan for yoor lives. The want of such consider ation Is manifest In .the conduct of .multitudes. They are governed by the impulse of life moment, reckless of the consequences. :Thoy have fixed no. qtendy aim, and have no cortnin.'prihciples of notion, l.lvlng thus at random, U would be a miracle if (key went uniformly right, in order to your pursuing ihe rialit path, you must know What It is, nnd to acquire ibis knowledge, y,nu must divest yourselves of thoughtless giddiness; you must hiko time for serious reduction. It*will no(.always ,do to ajlnpt (ho recommendation of those who may be aliout you; for they mny have a sinister regard to you; dr may themselves hn misled by error or prejudice. Persons already involved in dissipation or entangled in nat urally dosjrt) to keep tlipmpfllvtjs.ln countenance by the number of fnilowero whom they can s«. dace into (heir path of vipe, As creatures, thprerore.dudgc for yourselves what course is right and nlwd that y'off should pdr A tie. Fxeroioe your own reason independently and im* partially, and give not yourself up to be governed by mere caprice and fashion, or by the opinions nf others. Fapmionablk Manners.—' There is a set of whom V cannot bear—the pinks of fashionable propriety—whoso every good word Is precise and whose every movement is (Unexceptionable j lint who, though versed In all the categories of .polite behavior, have not a nartlole of soul or cordiality about things. Wo allow that their manners may be abundantly correct. Thorn may bo elegance in every gesture, and gracefulnM* in every posi tion ; not u smile out of place, and not n;stop th,u would not bear the severest scrutiny. This is very linn, but What 1 want Is the and gaiety of social intercourse—(ho.frankness (hat spreads animation pround it—the oyn that speaks affably to ati, that ohosHS .timidity from evnry hnsom. and lulls every man In the company to be confident nnd happy. This is what 1 conceive to bu the virtue of the text, ♦* Be courteous,” and not the sickening formality of those who walk by rule and would reduce the whole of human life to n wire bound system of misery'and constraint. From the PohnsylVpnlifn. FAMILY FINANCIERING. Mr. benjamin Wilkins, being engaged in a pro* traded jollification—hud exhausted, all his funds; used up all his credit, and " spouted’’.almost every thing spoutablo about, his. house, not- excepting the tea-kettle and baby’s cradle, and curho homo ycsler day afternoon, with, the faint hope of finding some thing on which “ my uncle ” would advance enough to replenish the bottle, llis a wi|o happened to be iib sent,—it wua a good oppoKUnityto carry out his do-1 ajgn. ' (Ip searched every apartment, every cupboard,! every chest and closet—but nothing which a pawn-] br°K®* would call negotiable presented itself, except J the Suud.tjr‘Ubhhci and the only silk dress of the ah. f sent Mrs. Wilkins. These ho eagerly seized, and ip j a few ininulcfTlhcy were duly ticketed and pul a\V4y j by un laraelilisU money lender in South street. Mr- Wilkins repaired to a.tavern the proceeds, and j mado himself perfectly happy for two hours, treating' everybody, and,sustaining his character as a glori ous, generous and whble sulfided fellow.'- before night the money was all gone, and Mr. Wilkins reel ed home, throw-off his clothes and tumbled into bed, with d'conscience perfectly pt paso'. la the meantime .Mrs.-Wilkins had missed her.best bonnet and silk , dress, and, suspecting what had happened, sho mado a. search among IJio cfuthes'which hud been thrown , off*by fienjamin/her husband, 1 and found tho pawn* j broker’# certificate.' , Then .while benjamin snored'] ( sonorously, sho toatfo Ufi- the- clotlws in a bundle, l coal, vest,pantaloons, everything—benjamin’s only I suit—took them to the samopawnbryker’, and pledg ed cfions for dno dollar. ,l.n the morning, Mr. Wilk- IhS awoke, no 6lothc£ tq put,on j terrible cursing and swearing, but all to no purpose* Tfio old follow hud to keep close at home'ulhdiiy,in terrible affliction for wtfftl'ofdiquor • niobndy to sympathise with his i distress. At night, ho piit on his bouts, wrapped himself in a blanket, made, his way to the tavern which hp favors,with his custom,-and triedtu borrow some raiment. .Alibis jolly companions, collected-in the bar room,-enjoyed Homo min’s diiumina; not one had a rag to lend him,—ufl gathered,around him,'hust ling him about r amid tho moat uproarious laughter* At lust, ho broko-away from them, and made Ids es cape from-• the hoiiso.-übiit his Woolly masquerade soon obtained him it situation in limbo, This.jnorn ing, ho obtained his discharge, and onnof the watch.' men compassionately loaded him a pair of ragged nankeen pantaloons. 11 o started fur humo, not will) a very light heart, we guess, but certainly with a very thin ptir of incxprcssiblcs. W Love for life Oesd, The lovo (hot survives the tomb, snys Irving, is one of the nublusl attributes of tho soul. If U has its wyes, it has likewise its delights; mid when tho overwhelming burst, of grief Ints calmed into (he gen. tie tear of recollection, then the sudden anguish and convulsed agony over (ho present ruins of.all (hat wo most loved, uro softened away into pensive medi* tntlens on all that was in the days of its lovlincss,— Who could root each u sorrow from the heart, though it'tnuy sometimes throw a passing cloud over the bright hour of gloom ; jjrbl who would exchange It even for the sung of pleasure or (he bursts of revel, ry 7 .No, there is a voice frdni tho lonib sweeter than tong; .there la a. rctncmbraco of tho dead to which wo turn oven from tho charm of the living. Singular Effect from LluHtnlug, In the Homestead Journal, Salem, Ohio, wo find' : the following account* signed VJ. 11.* M of the singu i Ur effects of a stroko-bf.lighlning.: An acquaintance of mine, from Washington (own •hlp, Stark ooUuiy, related Co mu a oircnmstancb'oop. nqclcd/jvitli a stroke of.ligplnlng which ooourrpd Ip his neighborhood* and scorns (dine very remarkable In some of its effects, Tho electric fluid,‘us well as (food bo judged from tho effect produced, first o-imo in control with the lop of tho chimney, U then puss* cO duwtr (o where (ho stove plpo entered tho ifuc, then passed along (ho pipe until it reached the stove, which it throw over. A child lay in a cradle near the stove. Tho cradle was broken ami thrown sere, ral feet from tyhctc It; stood; while lljo child .was left unhurt upon its pillow,'where tho Cradle was previ. ous to tho accident. A rocking chair that was stand ing Pear tho stove had its rockers broken off, and it self thrust with such force against the ceiling as to penetrate tho ceiling with the feel of the chair* in such a manner as to leave the chmr.snspcnded by .Its feet from tho coiling. After lenMng up pari ofthc floor (he fluid seemed toiinvo paused along* ono of tho timbers ofthc building to the ground, . On relating (ho,above to another acquaintance of mine from Geauga bounty, on (ho Western Reserve, she related the following anecdote,.as having occur red a short time agrv'ln (heir neighborhood. Some vcMlablo Yankee, who undoubtedly had failed to pro. tcct his barn. by. lightning, rods, was sa unfortunate lo hnvo his barn struck by (lie electric fluid. Ills good lady and her son, who were in the house' at tho liine received a smart shuck, upon which the mother cries, as soon ns she could spunk, u WAy, la! DillfUrn't you killed ? A Kuotly Q,neillou, A* Buckcr,being hard up for a glass of tho cnV ftr, went into it grocery. store, amf commenced the following dialogue: ' “Mister, I*ll lake fourpenco woilli of crack ers." ‘ 9 >• Yes,-sir,” replied the grocer, and the crack ers were accordingly hivgjfim up. • • . ( ') On a second thought,” says tho sucker, “I’ll lake a fourpenco Wurth of gin, and here’s your crackers.” Tlid grocer’received the crackers, and thfisue!? or received the gin, ‘which was speedily drank, and sucker was about departing. - '., ~ “Here,” says the grocer, **pny mb for that gin I” “Pay’you,” says suokcr, ‘‘didn’t I give you the crae.kers for tho gin V* ‘'True,” says tho grocer, “ but you didn’t pay for the crackers I” “ In course not,” flqye sucker, “ 1 didn't kqep them! Haiti’l you (pit your‘cfsokeiftl 1 Vou don’t wqnt a man to pay for what lie didn’t have, do yon 1” Sucker departed, leaving grocer engaged'ln the process of scratching his head I . x Vai.uabi.k Cuuntrv mn. Farmer*.— The Oregon SjHctntor, of llio 525ih,Joty, referring to the produo* liioncM of agricultural pursuit* in that Territory, **ys t, . ■" Tim*, agricultural pursuits will pay, largely, i few foelswlll prove.' For example—.wo ovcfheutd n gciw tlomun a lew day* since remark that he hul just sold slock from his farm to the amount of #7,000,-* Anri liio-lamo goutloman sajd that aside from liis remaining stuck, ho also had ISO acres of wheat, which is now being harvested, and which w ill yield from twenty to thirty Imslivls per acre. And nny quo can calculate the thousand* of dllur* such a crop* will secure to its owner. We have heard oftwo or throe gentlemen an the Columbia river, who have targe fields of potatoes, which have been, by disinter, osted persons, estimated at #l,OOO per acre. Ono individual has ten acres of potatoes, which'have arid will In'nll cost him twomnnllln of personal labor, and (ha same amount of labor from two tilrqil hands, and if ho meets with no adverse fortune, ho will realise eight nr ten thousand from Ida point oca alone. In tho upper part of the Wilhimctloand Umpqua valley* there are ulnnml unlimited opportnnitivs for stuck raising and dairy business, in the most beautiful country In the wur|d. Oi,h llicKonr—At .tho time of tho dimonliy with Franco, Iho French AmlwßBndnr.nl Washing. lan, hoping to frighten General Jankenn, naked him. when ho demanded hi. passport., •> What .hall 1 HI tho King of tho French, Monsicut I'toahtonll" " Toll you, master, Iho King, .that Andrew Jackson says ho must pay op light.' Them waflio misunderstanding ouch diplomacy »||d lh« money - was soou ofter forthcoming'. AT *2od PEIiANHUM. r KO. 21: r £ UtSEB- OP; SENATOR UUfllf.; Tlio tragedy of Nucogdoctic'B, atiditlle tjdtnwjtla Incidents which led to llic Tcxan .war of irtdejpieh'» deuce, find their parallel only iq tho'Adman history of Liicrolia add lift) sJder Brutus, Juah’CoSlawaf , a poison of grout influcricb* and bravery in. the wild I forests; but ho Toll under the displeasure of Santa {Anna, and his minion the commandant df I Nacogdoches, wub sent to arrest him. He arrested I tho father at his supper table, attended by his only .daughter-** young, girl of surprising beauty and ! intelligence lie loaded him I .with chains and oast him into prison, notwithstanding her tcura and en treaties. Finally, lie proposed to free tho the daughter, would conschtto sacrifice.herinno cence and honor.. She rejected the "infamous propot sJilnd with a blow’ in the face, when Ibe armed ro£ finn Swore q terrible oath to execute his.will dpoa' [both, and then. ' " » * With dark eyes, tearless, glassy .fixed as thoseof. a cqrpßO, yet. flashing a ; double portion of luminous ’ firc/sho mounted a horse and hurried away wildly) 1 around the country. Site hulled at every house,' nor. * matter whothei Mcxtcai) or American,and rehersed, • in tones of thrilling horror, her fathers wrongs and. 1 her own. .All. timid modesty, all weakness, had 1 vanished from her tongue; utterly consumed-by the 1 scorching thirst for vengeance. Site painted, in pas -1 aion's fiery iingmge, and with sirclnawfdf rhlnufe- (ho facts-offhe damning deed; she bared, her. (virgin bosom, and showed the livid markt.of flic ravlshor’s .fingers among the moscsof those store vclns/along the surface of that expanse of snbw; now so polluted ami soiled, but before as pure as the * gle uni of an angel's wing. .. . And still, wherever the beautiful maid wandered,' a deafening yell of wrath'and vengeance rote up.,, against the tyrants. The pcople-of both race*'and; ull clussca .-flow itp arms; Appointing a. general ren dezvous (of the S4(h of June. ut the residence of tho absent and now imprisoned Juan Costa.' ‘ ’ •*. . It was there debated by the people, ns to the mods ofjsU<iC|i, and who should he-Jhelr leader; hut noth- , ing being Agreed on, the whufo asßcmbly bid.fair to breakup In confusion, when a tall and powerfully built, stranger, who hud just entered Texas from.the * Slates, (iaiiio forward and addressed the multitude, us follows : . •’ “I am a granger, but,!, am tiro a man; and I owtf. my Hfe/fidl/l, body, health/ happiness—all—all lo t' womtuif-nw mother! And if | turn a deaf ear tb - the pirayofs of an innocent woman, netting my aid against a villain, may both rriy mother and my God*, curse mol 1 go fur onr—should vou nll stay _bei ff hind—alone to light Col. Pedratl rfpcf hla armed far [short of yobr Witros aud daughters The speech was received with three tremendous cheers, and then a general shout that seemed toy shake, tho solid earth, uttered (lib first peal of thb . revolution. “Wo will go I Death to the tyrants! '. Freedom Tor;Texas, and (he giant shallbaour leader! And Kicii, for the first time, was heard in the land of llio wild oak, u name destined to become an.echb'a. to the pulsationof all hearts—*the name of TJ. Rusk 1 . The next day ho led his raw troops to lha attack) of N.aeogdoeiips, and slonnod every position against imthense oddfc, After an assault of about four hours, the curnngo being drdadlul bn both sides; and fob tUnstely, nbiong the slain, was the dead body of the ■ atrocious Ferdinand Pudrns. . ! . Such was the debut of Rusk In TexnsfandTrom that day his pnputmiiy has gone on steadily increase ing, without even a transitory eclipse, or so;ntubh is", n cloud to dim itssplcndor.’ In vain.’fbrthroc years, Con, Cos. demanded his’arfesl. Mexico Has not sol* - to take him, and in 1845 46 he assist ed to clia'se the hist of these otil of llib country, AfT lanyards, he smassbd a fortune at the Textfn bar/- and wai chosen dnp.-of tho first Senators of the newi Slate anneibd—a place which he may bold for lifir, if he wills il. ' ■. ■ .*• . Rntk la tlio only public mhn In Texas that hast n.o»cr engaged in a duel; and for this stogie ration, «o honorable (o hintaeff—ho'Wcver had a pcrsonal-err-* omy in (he world. ’To conclude, he is* Titan jin? pbyaicat force,- with (ho loving emit of a happy child,’. He in not diatingoisbed by eloquence of speech, bu£ his laugh is aomclhnea dlvlno—the clear ring of'* heart sound to thb vcry centre* , V. 8* Senator* - The Ncrth American, in a manly article, urge* it* friends In make a nomination for If; 8. Senator, and “ utand by it lo the lust,” The editor says s J f . “As Pennsylvanians, interested in Ilia honor end diameter of our State, irrespective of all party bias,; we may indulge the hope that some high, and recognized man, in tlio ranks our opponents, will bo selected, whose standing will reflect respectability ■ upon tho station and ensure tho confidence oflbo country. •. ' ' . y \-» . '‘ I For our part we feel free to say, (hat wo prefer, by? nil odds, the election of a fair, manly and avowed op.' ponent, to the success of any pitiful intriguer, wlioj Is willing to buy Ins way into place by conditions or .Collusion. In tlio ono cate, wo know* wliai to expect; while in tho other, experience had* taught us to anticipate deception; whenever it prom.* isos sufficient reward.' Devoted ps wo are to tha whig cause, and to all its principles, we are not par. tlznn enough lo desire Io sco dishonor reflected uponr tho reputation of Pennsylvania by an unworthy-sew lection fur the Sonuto of the United States, lot. ilia 1 future promise what political advantages'{(may such a result.. If wo cannot return a-Whig who' deserves our confidence oml Hivor, let us. ut least' I shun tlio responsibility und the odium oKUklnr ■ides between the opposing interests ofLoedfoenism. Thu whig, who purlicipulos in a slruggla likte this,* or whu allows himself to bo complicated with alii.' ancea which can only, ho nttonded will* ditgritee 1 hgrounor, will oxhibltfalthlesanessdo bis party, arid bo rewarded by the scorn arid thojeers of his poMtU cal adversaries.” # . A 'Speoufatlona In Flour* Fifty years ago, whfcn the laws in New Bng-- land ware-more strictly enfa&ed than nlpresentf an Individual ami a member of the church, wi| informed on for hnving Cursed Esquire Husse), a rich speculator of those days. He was cited ac cordingly, hefuro the Justice of the Peace, for tho oflence,>-AlTa matter of form; onty, the. defend ant •*.as a»ked for his.defence; for it was pro;* sinnable, for such .a Attritions act in the eyes of- Gml and man, no defence coUld'pb'sSltiljf bbfoadei His malement was ns follows t r v r .- V *' Squire Bussell has heen. buying up. during the past season* the whole supply of the country round, of Wheat and corn. t called on him. to buy three baahels of groin for my family, who liavo been living bn poultoen for some weeks ppttV The ’squiru liad none to sell; wheat Wad but sii shillings and corn four and sixpence. In a‘few. weeks, he Expected wheat would be worth elglift and corn six ehiliincs, when be cuuld sparer njo s ane, he thought. 1 cursed, him on lh*. Spptvfqf God directed metodo so. *‘Ho that wlthholdHh corn, the people shall curse him." Thla la’ nIV defence.” ‘ 1 . Well, the magistrate was cuttle*), and sfter thinking and thinking, he dismissed the case* 'Qh« serving that the author of the law against swear* inff had permitted It in this pariloular case.'...' 1 have been reminded of this aneedpte hy-.tbe recent failure of Suydam, Sage & 00., .W-XS it Hunter, and James A. Varlck, of Now Htese weip long established housed, end in bfjih credit. Last year they bought up vast quantified, of Hour on speculation, end after holding ilfor-art; advance* the unprecedented crop ojf tlfe present year has so reduced pricas, that these houses ard not able to make sales, except at ruinous.Jpsecs,' and are thereby unprepared for meeting their bu siness engftuemenls. Although I do nbrktjriw the parties, I rejoice in the result; and irusiMt l will prove a lesson to monopolists In Urn absolute r nooessarlqs of life, * ' ~ t I duslroHo put my experience on record. * This’* *"» every flour monopolist 1 have over known,’ , \ms fltat orlaat .bcoomo a curie of God Is on nil such enterprises.— Citi7 1 ••• • • ’j^ds• r-
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