Amiricati W o luntccr
BY JffHN B BRATTON.
YOL. 38.
SUottical.
KEEP COOL*
BY GEORGE. W. .tloilT.
Is a Hon in the way 7 1 • v '•
Keep cool ;> >
Toil film you respect his pride,
Bbt, that you njoy go ahead.
He must please to aland aside.
Keep cool;
Does ho rouse and show his teeth 7
Koepcool; \ ■
Tell him you'enjoy the laugh;
Give nsingle lightning glance, .
And he’ll dwindle to s calf.
Keep cool. '
Are you hampered by the blues?
Keep cool;' •
When you And your conscience clean,
With your hands and brains at work,
.Nol a devil wilt,bo seen.
Keep cool.
llm A Bbylock loft you lliin 7
- Kdßpcor)!;
He’s the loser—don’t despoir;
Now thni your eye teeth ore through.
Keep your temper; grin and bear.
Keep coo).’
Does a villain a]andor you? -
• , Keep cool 5
Its can never DU hie mark.
Since his nature is so 'mean,
Letthe snarling puppy bark.
Kocpcool,
Should tho Prince ofSerpents hiss,-
Keepcnot;
Shew him truth's old honest whip;
When ho sees you hold and firm,
Von will rind that ulTho'U slip.
Keep cool.
Can't you stand upon your sense 7
Keep cool;
Queer (hat you should think you can!
/Prudent pebpiu fathom sonso -
With a golden plummet, manl '
1 , Keep cool.
Cannot you reform the world 7
. Kcoptonlj
Olily Ane thing you can do— -
Give a brave heart to the work;
Heaven wants no more of you.
.Keep cool.
Lot things Jostle as they will.
Keep cool 5 .
.Seize the (ruth with hi>art and band—
Ho that rnleth welt himself,
Can the universe withstand.
Keep cool.
Sttfftcenntteotm.
THE SUE PRISE.
An Incident of the Mexican War*
BT UATTAWANNAU.
II was on.the 3d of June, 1847, that Col. Mclntosh
left Vor* Cruz for the main army then at .Puebla,
with a (rain carrying a large amount of funds In
gold and silver for (ha use of (he pay, subsistence,
end Quarteimastcr’s Departments. He had not pen
elralod into the interior more than fifteen miles,
when he mot with, a most determined resistance.
He immediately apprised Gen. Padwallader, then at
Vera Cruz, of his position, and the necessity of re*
InforeemonU- On iho 10th of June, that General,
witira fbroe of five hundred men, came .to the as*
■(stance of-Mclntosh. at “Puente da los Vegas,”
where ho assumed the command, and at noon on the
lllh took np the lirie of march for!” Pucnta Naoio*
nil” ortho National bridge, five and a half miles
distant, whero he designed encamping for the night.
It was becoming dark when the vanguard arrived
at (he east end of the bridge, and it was about 11
o’clock, P. M., when the roar guard passed over.
Duriog these three or four hours, our bravo troops
were receiving (he fire of their murderous assailants
without permission to return It.* This was a severe
lest for our n6w troops. The details of (his dread*
ful and bloody night have never yet been placed be*
fore the public. I shill not attempt to record Its
horrors. I merely gita an' account of the following
singular incident:
A litllo after midnight, when all . was quiet a>
death, save 4he moaning, of the wounded and the
heavy breathing of (he (oil worn soldier, a single
shot was heard. The report oamo from the direction
of the picket ed Iho bridge and appeared (0 proceed
from a distance beyond it, and to (he right of the
fork overlooking the bridge, and tho circuitous road
approaching U. All who have been in actual sor
vico in a campaign will at once imagine the excite
tnent of the alarm. A ahot fired near-a camp. es
pecially where (he enemy ia known to be in the vicini
ty, Is always a signal for tho troops to jump to ’their
foot, and the companies or regiments to form in line,
and 11 stand at case," wailing the report of the
officer of (he guard, whose duty it is to ascertain
(he oouae of alarm. This was. ordinarily tho csto
during (he -campaign in Mexico, but (ho present
was extraordinary in (ho highest degree. We were,
in a measure encompassed on all sides by a ruthless
foe. They hid bluer revenge to seek, and (heir
thirst for gold was strongly templed. Hero were
two strong and marked characteristics of (ho Alex
lean made keenly active, impelling our enemy lo
put forth mo?o than his usual pertinacity of pur*
pose.
They had already spread havoc In our ranks.
Borne of our bravo comrades lay 'dead near us, and
others wore suffering severely from mortal and so*
roro wounds. Our troops, too, thirsted for vengeance,
but there was lltilo prospect of that strong feeling
being gratified. The inaccessible 11 choppers!,'* its
thorny thickets and rooky fortresses, woro at this
time sufficient barriers to protect thorn from (ho
American rifle. S6ircoly hid the sound reverberated
among the lady mountain knobs and died away in
(he distance, ere our gallant follows were in the
ranks, awaiting tho summons to meet the foe, or to
return to their stone paved couches. An elootrlo
shook would not havo brought thorn (n their foet
sooner then the supposed discharge of a Mexican
"cscopel." Being on duly { proceeded to ascertain
tho oauso of tho alarm. I first wont to the picket
on the bridge and interrogated tho corporal on duly
there, but failed in obtaining anv explicit informa*
lion from him. After making all tho inquiry possi-
Me, with no bettor success, 1 returned and reported
the fruitless result, when the companies wore egtin
ordered to rest on their arms.
Again wo were wrapped in slumber, save those
Whoso duty it was to waloh. Nothing was hoard
but (he firm and measured tread of tho officer whose
duty it was to go (he rounds and sse (hat all was
well. Matters were not long in this condition when
the stillness was broken by (ho quick tread of per
sons approaching, and making inquiry for the officer
of the guard, who soon stepped forward, saluted tho
officer, end reported that he had under his charge
(wo American soldier! who had voluntarily surren.
dered thomsolvcs to tho pickets near tho river and
In tho direction of the fort. Tho officer then made
inquiry and received tho following explanation from
tho soldiers: ■
One was a cavalry and tho other an Infantry sol
dier. They had both loft their respective quarters,
which woro wldo apart, nlono, for tho purpose of
going to tho Uio Antigua, to slake their thirst,
which was oxtromo. The infantry man was cau
tiously armod with his musket; the dragoon im
prudently ventured so near the enemy unarmed.—
They mot near tho river bank, each supposing tho
oilier to be a Mexican guerrilla. Both challenged
at tho same moment. Neither answered. The in*
fanlry man raised his mushot and fired! His now
ferocious' antagonist bounded ' forward—for they
wore, when they first met, but ft few paces apart—
and clasped his victim with what ho intended should
bo the grip of death. The struggle was long and
desperate. No eye was upon them save the H All
seeing Eye." The darkness was great—made ox*
tromdy so by (he proximity of the surrounding
mountains and thickets, Tho highl was calm, and
thd water as it dashed against the rooks, rolling and
Xoaming along on its rough ..course, was the only
element that appeared to disturb the perfect stillness
which surrounded the horrid struggle. The stars
twinkled in the blue vault above, but their glimmer
ing although'beautiful, was faint, and instead of
dispelling the darkness sprved in increase it and add
to the sombreness and desolation of the novel sccno.
When tho strength of both was well nigh spent,
an exclamation which .1 cannot recall to my mind,
came from one who was about- to be overcome,
which arrested the'attention of his antagonist, and
caused him to desist, explanations were hurriedly
made, and the return to camp, and surrender to tho
guard the consequence.
Tho officer oi the guard directed them to the sur.
goon. Tho infantry man’s shot, which had been
tho cause of tho “alarm,” had laken effect in the
fleshy part of his supposed.enemy's arm, and it was
bleeding profusely. - They went away rejoicing at
their happy escape. I never saw them again.—
Whether they,lived to*meet tho foe, and pass through
the.fiery and brilliant conflicts which shortly en
sued; and to return' to their ewcet native hills td
gladden the hearts of their friends and enjoy, tho
delights of home, or were permitted by an inscruta
ble Providence td pass through the danger to find a
grave upon & bloody hold, and in an inhospitable
clime, is of course unknown to the writer, who has
thus briefly penned tho facts of whiob ho is cogni*.
zant.— N, Y. Journal of Commerce,
A Soldiers Privileges*
. ,1{ is&vell kqown (hat “Old Hickory!.* was equally
popular ia tho army and among tho people at largo.
No man over lived in Ibis country about whom so
many characteristic anecdotes Imvo been rotated, by
those who were among liis persona) friends. Below
wo give two of these, which we do not remember to
have seen in print before:
Several years ago, an' officer who was one of (ho
most distinguished of his grade inthoservicooftho
United Stales, on his way. homo from a dinner par*
(y, on a certain occasion, was attacked so violently
with vertigo, (hat he became impressed with, (lie
idea that the ground was rising up against him, and
that (ho fire plugs were after him in hot haste. Un
der these circumstances, he determined to conceal
himself in afnondly gutter, and wait until his ene
mies had disappeared. In this condition ho was
found, and, of course, one of tho numerous troop of
office hunters was found ready to communicate to
Gen. Jackson, (hen President of (ho United Slates,
the fact that tho gul)ant defender of Fort;-
had been found drunk in (ho street. Tho old man
stood for a moment reflecting, then turning to his
informant, said—“ Very, bud conduct,- sir, in Iho
Colonel. ‘ But, by the Eternal! he hat done fighting
enough never to araio another tober breath in his life."
Ever afterwards, it was (ho recognised right of tho
veteran Colons) (0 got drunk as often as.ho pleased,
provided be kept himself out of sight
About-(bo same period, the la to Major Gibbon
was Collector, of the Port of a southern city, to
which office ho had been appointed by (he elder Ad-,
ams. Of course (he Major was a Federalist, and
ope of General Jackson’s political opponents. Da*
ring (lie struggle of (ho American Colonics for in*
dependence, Major G. had distinguished himself on
severs! occasions. Ho had commanded a forlorn
hope under Mad Anthony, at Stony Point. After
tho inauguration'of Jaeklon as President, tho Major,
who was as bitter a politician as he had been gallant
as a soldier, in an excited discussion about polities,
declared that “Old, Hickory” was “4 d d scoun
drel I” The speech was promptly reported to the
President,, by. one of-hie-friends, who-supposed a
vacancy would be certain.' “Well, whet of tl 7”
wae Jackson’s reply. “ The man t oho commanded d
forlorn hope of Anthony Wayne, has a full right to
curse anybody he pleases!"
The Flight of Time*
In reference to (ho flight of time, Dr. Spring once
dosed a discourse in the folio Ming graphic language:
“1 shall never address (his audience again. 1
shall never again meet (horn but at the bar of God.
That interview seems indeed far distant. Bui it
will be soon as time, with his osgio wings, shall have
flnished tho little remnant of his short career. ‘After
death,- the Judgment.* We die'; bol intervening
ages pass rapidly otftr those yvho sleep in the dust.
There is no dial plate (hero ori which to count (ho
houre of lime. No ionger Is «(. (old days, months, or
years ; for tho planets which mark those periods are
hidden fronf their sight. Its flight is no longer
noted by events' perceived by (lie senses ; for tho car
ia deaf and the oyo is closed. Tho btfeifitsd df life,
which wakes at each morning and ceases every
night goes on above them, but to them all is silent
and unseen. Tho greetings of joy, and tho Volho of
griuf, thorevolulion of.cmpircs and tiio lapse ofages,
send no sound within that narrow coll. Generation
after generanion are brought laid by thdlt side;
(ho inscription upon their monumental marble tells
the (jonturlos that have passed away; but to tho
sleeping dead tho long intervals is unobserved. —
Like a dream of tho night, with the quickness of
thought, tho miiid ranges time and space almost
without a limit; there is but a moment between tho
hour when tho oyo is closed in (ho grave, when it
wakes in judgment.
A Scene Among tub Brokers.- Tho Boston Post
relates the following history—which, of course, can
havo no application to any of tho brokers in this
region:
Two brokers, A and B, were travelling together,
and, during the journey, traded In stocks, in which
operation A shaved U enormously. Ono morning,
after B had become conscious of his singing, ho told
A ho had had a remarkable vision during tho night.
“ Indeed," says A, “ what was It?" ‘ Why," replied
B, “ I dreamed that I was dead, and was cast into
the dominions of the Evil Ono—tho Black Spirit
considered my case, and assigned mo a position In a
very worm corner of his dominions. Others of our
acquaintance and profession 1 saw present, and hoard
doomed to various degrees of suffering; tho docket
was nearly cleared, when an unusual bustle was
manifested by tho attending fiends, and upon looking
up I saw ono of them lead you in, and heaid him
announce your name to the clovon-fooled chief, and
relate a brief sketch of your character. Tho Judge
seemed puuled what to do with you—he ordered the
fiend in whose charge you were, to repeat a portion
of yoqr history, when, after looking with an unaatis.
fiod gaxo Into some of Iho deepest pita around him,
Satan suddenly rose, and with an air of groat defer
ence said, ‘Mr. A, you may take uy chair 1"
11 It'* my nature, and I c»n'l help It," i* only llio
oxoubo ortho ignorant, or tho indolent. Every ono
ehould know that ill that la natural la not excellent:
and, on the other hand, ahould be encouraged, be
came help la never withhold from alocere looker*.
Seme of the moat paaaionalo men have become ex
ample* of patience and equanimity. , _
Bx Patient ano PxaaivxaiNa—All that have ob
tained for thomaelvea great and permanent reputa
tion*, have won and aeoured it by patient and pane
verlng labor; by treating lime not aa waalo land
only lit for atubble, lint oa a true oatale, of which no
corner la to be 101 l uncultivated.
To enjoy to-day, atop worrying about to-morrow-
Next week will bo Juat aa oapablo of taking oaro of
Itaolfa* thi* ono I*. And why ehouldn’l 111 It will
have eoven day* mote experience- ,
Eloquent Veiht.—A silver oop having boon vo.
tod lo an officer bnco for ooma action, n dinner was
given to oolabralo it, and after tho cloth had boon
removed, tho whole assembled company wafted
with interest lo heat tho eloquence that should aU
tond tho presentation.
Tho President rose, and throating tho cup to
wards lha officer, said;
To,which the other replied, taking it up with
pleasure, and examining Hi
. “la this the tnug V
*OU ft COUNTRY—MAY 1 T ALWAYS BK RIGHT—BUT CUT OR WRONG ,OUR COUNTRY**
CARLISLE, PA-, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1851,
From Arthur’s Home Gazette.
LOVE VItOHANGING.
BY FANNY FAtBB.
A lady, in reply to a message from her lover who
had been cruelly maimed and disfigured in battle,,
said, “Tell him that while, ho has body -enough (b
contain his poul, 1 am his!”
Forsake him 7—while his manly heart
Is beating in its frame;
Disfigured though the mortal part,''
I'll lovo bim still .the same.
The same 7 oh no I but better, now
That sorrow is hit owp
Since suffrlng pales his lips and brow,
The'light from mine hath flown.
Foraokohlri? Doth the lily dio
When'lash'd the waters crest?
She turns it to her loving oyo,
And slips it into her breast;
Turn from him 7 Doth tho viuo.forsake
The tempests} veil oak?. •
From its broad-arras ifdoth nol bleak,-
Dut groweth o’er the stroke.
Come to me, lova—l’ll wipe away 'i*
' The ttoMnist from thine eyes;
Of thee I dream, for thee 1 pray, “ '
My spirit to thee flies...
Coroe to me, love—thou shall forgetjj, ’ '
- The strife, tho battle's roll.
Thine, If roinuiue a fragment yet,
To hold thy noble souV .
A •• Verdant” In a Cotton BXIII*
A raw, straw halted, sandy whiskered six fooler
—one of Ilia purely uninitiated, came In recently
from Groone with a.load of wood for a factory com*
pany. Nut satisfied with contemplating tlio “ po
etry of motion ” at a safe distance, our hero must
needs introduce himself between the cards, to get a
nearer view. This move brought his “nether habit
ments '* into dangerous proximity to the gearing of
of (ho next card, and “ thereby hangs a tule.”
“You, I say] She goes pooly, don’t she, Bos 7"
said Jonathan, Inquiring I}*,'
“She don't do anything else," responded the
stripper. “But you must bo very careful how you
move around amongst this hardware. 'Twas only
last week, sir, that a promising young man from
Oxford, a student at the academy here, was 'drawn
into that very. card, sir, and before any assistance
could reach him, lie was run through and manufac
tured into No. 16, super extra, cotton warp yarn.’ 1
-. “1 s—s—wow ! 1 believe yucr jokin’ {’’ stuttered
Jonathan.
' “ Fad, sir,” continued tho stripper; “and'his dls.
consolato mother came down two days ago* and got
five bunches of that same yarn, as raelanahqfy xof
les !'* . ;-pf'.-V •' .
“ By the poker, that can’t bo true !” .V-!, . *
“Fact, sir, fuel! and each of his fellow students
purchased a skein apiece, to - be sot in lookoU{"ahd
wore in remembrance of departed worth !'* . - ,
“Is that a fact npw? Was ho.really carded,
spun, and set in lockets?"
A sense of personal danger hero shot across our
hero’s mind; he began: to retreat precipitately with
out wailing forsn answer. But there was hot much
room to spare betwixt himself and tho of
the card.behind. Another step backwards comple
ted Ihe ccrcmony of introduction. . His uuwhispera
blca being of largo “ calibre,” tho process of snarl
ing them into a hard knot was no ways slow. . Our
hero “gave longue" inslanter.
“Oli! Murder! Let go—you hurl! DUat your
plcler! Let go! Aint you ashamed! Get out!
Lfet alone, on ,m»—eap!t.j>(i l-n*do I*! ijyj.*-. - *
Tho card slrippoV'tßrew'ofl' (ho Lett, but (he mo
mentum of the cylinder kept It revolving, and our
hero, supposing it in full operation,’burst out anew.
“Oh, stop her! stop her, do; 1 aint well,and I
orler bo at homo. Father wants (ho steers, and
mother’s going to bake! Slop tho larnal mashccn,
can’t ye 7—do! Aint yo got no fcolin’for a feller
in distress 7 Oh, dear! I'll bo carded and spun, and
made in lockets! Jo—ru—-sa—ldm J How 1 wish
I was to Groone!" ,
Tho card wee shipped, ot last, but Jonsthtn’s
clothes were so tangled in the gearing, that it was
no slight task to extricate him, and it was only by
culling out (ho whole of tho “ invested territory,”
that ho was finally released.— Yankee Blade. .
A New .Way to Pop the Question*
11 Sally,” mid a green youth, in a venerable while
hat and grey pants, through which hist Jpgs projected
half a foot, perhaps more—•"Sally,-'before wo go
into ihis ’ere .Museum, to see-the Enchanted Horde,
1 want to nz you somethin.” •
•• Well, Iclifthod, what is it?"
** Why,' you eco this ’ore business Is gwino to cost
a hull quarter a ; pieoe, end 1 can’t afford to spend so
much for nuthln. Now, of you’ll say you'll have me,
darn’d ef 'I don't pay the hull on't myself. .1 will!”
Sally made a noncommittal reply, which Ichabod
Interpreted to suit himself, and ho strode up two steps
at a lfmo,‘and paid tho whole 0(1*1.
Musical Catechism.—Wo find tho following ofloat
in the papers:
" What is a slur?!’
"Almost any rftmark otfe singer makes. about
another.”
” What is a reel?”
"Going out of (ho choir Co oat some refreshments
daring sermon liriio.”
" What is called singing 'with an understanding?' ”
"Marking lime on the floor with your fool.” ■
" What is a staccato movement?” ■
"Loavlngllie choir Ip a huff, because one is.die
satisfied with the loader.”
” What is d swell?”
“A professor of music who pretends to know
everything about tho science, while ho cannot eon
coal his ignorance.” “
Mind Your Own Business.—To 101 l a man to bli
face to mind his own busjpqss, would bo considered
equal to knocking him down, or as (hq Frenchman
said, "horizontalizlng bis perpendicularity.” And
yet It is ope of (ho simplest rules of right conduct,
and one of (ho most useful that mankind oan.adopl
in their Intercourse with each other. There It a
groat deal of the Paul Pry spirit in tho human heart,
or wonderful inquisitiveness in regard to the personal
offairs of friends snd neighbors. This fault makes
more mischief In the community than almost ony
other cause, and creates moro malice, envy and jeol
onsy than can be overcome in u century. Let every
man mind his owii business, and there will no(-bo
half the trouble In tho world that there Is at present.
Spaniards Leaving New Orleans.—Two hun
dred Spanish residents'of New Orleans have left,
or are on the point of leaving that place, In conse
quence of the recent riot there creating apprehen
sions for their personal safely. They are repre
sented to bo among the most industrious and Inof-
Tensive of the citizens of Now Orleans, and the
Press tliere advises them to stay, as they now need
fear no further manifestations of violence.,
A Speculation in Itch Oihtmbnt—This bicats
all Yankekdoh.—Two brothers went into o spe
culation. Ono went through Georgia to buy a
farmland shook hands with all the farmers and
children on tho route.. In about two weeks, the
other followed with an itch ointment and found a
groat demand for his remedy.
A brutal teacher whipped a llttlo boy for press
ing tho'band of a llulo girl who sat next him at
school; after which he asked the child, "Why he
squeezed |tho girl's handl “Because,” said (he
little fellow, “ft looked so pretty, 1 could not help
It.” What punishment did the teacher deserve,
Tiisr declaim most against the world who have
most sinned against U; as people generally abuse
those whom they have most injured,
Good company pnd good conversation are ths very
sinews of virtue. : V •
Sulvcllzation*
Whithersoever wo go, We meet with the sniveller*
He slops us at tho corner of tho elreet'lo entrust us
with his opinion. Ho fears that the rtorals and in
telligence.of the people are destroyed by thoolootion
of . some rogue to office. Ho tells ns, just before
otiurch, lliat the last sermon of some'transcendental
preacher has given the deathblowlo religion. and
that the waves of atheism and the clouds of palhoism
are to deluge and ddrken the land; In a time of
general health, he speaks of the pestilence that is to
be, . The' mail cannot bo an hour late, but ho praU
ties of railroad accidents end steamboat disasters.
Ills fears that his friend, who was married yostor*
day, will ;bo a bankrupt in a year, whimpers over
the which lie then will have to endure. Ho
Is ridden with everlasting nightmare, and emits an
eternal wall. Recklessness ‘is a bad quality, and so
is blind and extravagant hope; but neither is so do.
grading as'inglorious and inactive despair. We
. object ,to| the sniveller, because he presents the
anomaly of a-being who has the power of emotion
without hostessing life. His insipid languor is
worse than (amid strength. Bettor that a man
ihbald, whine. Tho man who has no
bounding ‘bad buoyant feelings in bln), whose cheek
never Hushes at anticipated good, whose blood never
tingles iuid fires at (ho. contemplation of a noble aim,
who has no inspiration and no groat object in life, is
only fit lor the hospital or band box. - Enterprise,
confidenco and a disposition to boliovo (hat good oan
be done, on indisposition to believe that all good has
been doon—these constitute important elements In
the character of every roan who la of use to (he
world. ‘ We vvanl no wailing and whimpering about
the absence of happiness, bat n sturdy determination
(o abato mi.ury.—Sunday. Globe.
Largo Boots*
An amazing pair of feet appeared in the bar room
of. an ambitious inn, late-one evening, Ihe owner of
which inquired onxiously . for the boot jack. The
bell rang m , rvoualy f .ond, in a moment a keen Yan
kee, illustrator of Day do Martin’s best, popped into
tho rotrtn. .•
“Bringmo a jack !” exclaimed (he man of great
“iinderstending." "
; The Waiter involuntarily started forward, but
ohancing'to get a glimpse of the boots, he stopped
short, end after another close examination, and with
equal twang and emphasis, exclaimed:
“ 1 say yoou, yoou aint goin* to leave (his world
in a hurrvj you’ve got 100 good a bold on the
ground. *Wan’t bootjack, eh 7 Why, bless your
soul, thor4 aint a bootjack on airih big enough for
them boofe! 1. don't believe that a horse can got
’em.offl’jp l '
!jMy stars, man !*’ cried our friend of the big feet,
“What’ll I do? I can’t get my bools off without a
jack".
• *VI Iclltcou what I should do," replied the Yan
kee, “iffyoy wore mine, I should walk back to the
fork of the road, and pull ’em off, (bore. That'll
fetch *em, 1 guess."
O Excitement In Baltimore*
. The most intense excitement exists in Baltimore,
in reference to (ho Christiana murder. A 'meeting
was held, at which tho Mayor presided, and decisive
tcsplylions wore adopted, declaring that unless the
right* of tho South under Iho fugitive slave law wore
respected, the South would ho driven to tho adoption
of measured for her own protection. We havo long
said (hat tho safety of the Union depended upon tho
faithful execution of thia law, and wo ore now more
forcibly l-onvinced oflt than ever.
■ tjdftfhi i
“ Knickcrbookcr,” gives (he following graphio do.
scrJption of tho habits of (ho'Dutch
housuwives, in tho oldon times, ofNew York.city—
“The gland parlor was tho sanctum sanctorum
where tho passion for cleaning was indulged in with,
out’control. In this sacred apartment no one was
permitted to enter, excepting tho mistress and her
confidential maid, who entered ,it once a week, for
tho purpose of giving it a thorough cleaning, and
putting rights—always Uklngthe, prccau:
lion of leaving llicir shoos al.lhe door, end entering
dcvoutcdly in.their stocking feet. After scrubbing
the floqUsprinkling it. with fine sand, which was
curiously stroked into angles, and curves, and rhom
boids With thn broom, after washing tho windows,
rubbing and polishing .tho furniture, and putting
a now bunch of evergreens In the fireplace—the
.window shutters wore again closed (a keep out (lie
files and (ho room carefully looked up, until the rev
olutions of limo again brought round tho weekly
cleaning day."
■ -i i - . .
New Variety o* Swfcrr Potatoes.— A gentle*
man residing in in South Alabama writes to a friend
in Louisville concerning a variety of sweet potato
sopposod-’to be from Peru. Ho says—"it is ullo
gethor different from and much superior to ony va.
riely ofthis root hitherto kno,wn. . It- is very pro*
duclivc, and attains a prodigious size, oven upon the
poorest sandy lindtand (ho roots remain without
change from the time of taking them out of the
ground uotiMho following May. Tho plant is sin.
gulurly-esiy of ouMivaliun, growing equally well
from tho slip or vino, the lop of vino of the full
grown pli&l.being fcJnarkobly small; the inside as
white as snow. Il&dryand mealy, and tho sac
charine jifinoSplu contained'resembling in delicacy
Ibo flower of the fine virgin honey.”
Pa, whit’makos the people go to hear Col. Bigler,
If they hsvo nil got (b bo patln Irons?
Td'be pulin irons, Summy. whal do you moan ?
Why, tho papers say that at his groal-spoooh the
other dayfthe entire audience was chained to the
spot, v \ : . * ■ ;. * .. .
Susan, '.hat-boy I believe will bo tho doaUTof me.
Take bimjawsy.
A Colq^Firb.— One cold night a jolly old fellow
who had putaken rather freely of flip at tlio tavern,
started, fin home In a sleighj end On the way was
upset and jfynfl by tho side of the road. Some per*
•one passing the same way a a short.time after.dis.
covered ll»,old fellow in a silting posture, holding
his feet upjlo the raooni ejaculating to some invisi
ble person!" John, pile, on the wood, Us a thunder*
Ing cold nfchl
A oounlVy clergyman, being opposed to
of the basrt-viol In church service, was overruled
by the congregation. The first Sunday it was
brought Into use, he nnnokmosd the psalm as fol*
lows {—♦‘To praise God, we will now fiddle the
46th psalci, second pert, abort ynelre I”
**Hoiv ptire you”, said , a young snob to a me
chanic, lisaivy-were crowding in at the Tremont
Temple tohonrJennyLlnd, "how dare you come
to hear (ha Nightingale without a shirt collar?”
« k Hbw could 1 have a shirt collar,
when ydu? mother has not pepl homo my wash
ing V' waa iho reply..
The editor of the Indiana Jeffersonian. gives the
Ibllowing police:
. “Our purse is lost! The finder ie respectfully
requested to return it, being,careful, not to disturb
tho contents, which, wore a brass rule, a piece of
loaf tobacco nicely twisted, and a very good lea
ther string.”, ’ ,
Senatorial and Editorial Uioontre.— Ejc Sen
ator Turney, of. Tennessee, had a Mr.
White, editor of the Independent, at' Winchester, of
that State. Turney slapped him in the flioe, and
White drew a knife, when Turney hollered.
Iv from our youth up wo.ltavo borne a good ehor
actor, no one whopo -good opinion is worth having
believes 'the evil reports w|ilqh may bespread eon.
derning us. • . ■» ’ J '
Cold bathing, pyro water, plain diet, a clear con.
soienop, and s clonn shirt, are Indispensable tq health
and hspplness. ' • . ‘
political.
Who wastes the I*ahUo Money 1
Tho Governor's organ makes a groat parade of
figures, in a lalo number, to prove that the present
administration; has-been the moei economical ono In
tho world. Tho Governor's brother should have rocol-
Icclod that the Auditor General’s report will explain
all this; end just for their edification, wa have col
lected V few items which go to show u v>ho itolethe
eela. u . .
.T.oke for example tho two last yearsof Gov. John
ston’s administration, 1849 and 1850, and compare
with the two last of Gbv,«Shuhk*s, 1846'ond 1847
omitting the yoar 1848, about one-half of which fell
under the administration of both these Executives,
Gov. Johnstonentering upon tho duties of the office
in July of that year,-when Governor Shuok’s official
career terminated. .
Wo will begin with the expenses in the Executive
Department. Wo quote from the Auditor General’s
official report: • '
1849.— Expenses in tub Executive Department
under Gov. Johnston.
Governor of the Commonwealth, $3,000 00
Secretary of (he Commonwealth, .. . • 1,700 00
Deputy Scetr'y of tho Commonwealth, 1,000 00
Clerks, : ' * 3,000 00
Contingencies, messengers, postage,
stationery, fuel, light, <to., 2,300 78
1846.— Under Gov. Skunk,
Gov, of the Comm., $3,000 00
Sec. oftho Contm., 1,700 00
Dep. See. of the Comm., 1,000 00
Clerks, 3,000 00
Contingencies, messen
gers, stationery, light,
mol, postage, &c., 1,758 02
10.458 02
Less under Sluink’s administration in
a single year,
1851.—Expenses of Executive Department under
Johnston.
Governor of the Commonwealth, $3,000 00
Secretory of the Commonwealth, *730 66
Late “ : “ . *255 00
Deputy See. of the Commonwealth,
Late “ “ “ ' .
Clerks,
Contingencies, Jtc.,
*ll is proper to odd to these figures
a sum sufficient to make $1,700 00,
which is the amount of the Seeretar ■
ry’s salary, and a part of which was
not- drawn during the fiscal year for
which this report was made.
Balance of salary, 708 34
Total, $12,161.36
1847.— Under Gov. Suunk.
Gov. oftho Comm., $3,000 00
See. of llie Comm., 1,700 00
Dep. See, of tho Comm., 1.000 00
Clerks, 3.000 00
Contingencies, 1,908 50
. 10,608 50
Loss in a single year, under Governor .
Sbuhk’s administration, $1,552 86
And saving to tho people, in (wo years In Ihe Exeon
iWo-Deparmront of
155 : 59 eiH\K-i~lav«»ttgatcr,
The Two Sinking Funds.
Among other absurd things Gov. Johnston attempt
ed in his late speech at Harrisburg, was his endeavor
to enforce upon the audience the idea that he had
compelled (ho legislature to pass (ho Sinking Fund
act. The manner in which he proclaimed it was
really 1 ridiculous to any one possessing tho least
knowledge of the bill; and the way ho used the per.
sonal pronoun, /, was a caution, and truly worthy of
that great and eloquent expounder and financier.—
In speaking of it, as near as wo recollect, ho said;
"1 saw it was necessary that the slate debt should
bo paid off; 1 told the legislature tho great necessity
of relieving tho state ol its enormous indebtedness;
X saw there was but one way to do this, end that
was by tho creation uf a Sinking Fund; I told them
in what manner (his fund should bo created, and I
daily urged it upon them in messages and all pos
sible ways; and that is whylhe act was passed.”
The Governor has dono some great things during
ins' administration, and some very bold things; but
the greatest and boldest of all was his eomptlling a
democratic laglslature to pass a law { but no would
have dono a much greater thing than all this, if he
hod compelled them to pass that oilier sinking fund
act—we mean tho Free Bunking Law. If his mes.
sagos, expressing his views had such weight in a
democratic legislature, why did not they avail him
in the last session of that body when he urged upon
them so constantly and so earnestly the'necessity of
a Free Bunking system? Wo say, why did they
not pass such .a banking law, otter HE told them the
groat benefits that would bo derived from It, (he
value it would prove to the laboring man and the
capitalist, (ho increasing facilities it would afford in
the operations of the moneyed inleresta.of the com
monwealth? Wo know but one reason, and it is,
that this latter sinking fund would have possessed
such powers of sinking the stale and individuals into
debt, that all the sinking funds passed by a demo
cratic! legislature, would never have been able to ex
tinguish it, Gov. Johnston has about as much credit
for (he passage of the one, te he has fof the non
passage of the other.—Jfrystone. •
Beware of Whig Frauds t
Tho Harrisburg Invsitigator of tho slh Inst, says*
—« Wo have been pul In possession of the fool that
the Whigs of this borough are oonobollng the most
outrageous schemes of deception ever practiced Opon
any people. A part of the plan is to procure the
publication of pamphlets,, purporting to have been
printed In Philadelphia, 'and to have been written
and signed '.by Democrats, filled with falss stats
instils and figures, representing that (he Slate debt
was increased several millions of . dollars under
Shunk'e admlnlslrslion, and (hat Johnston has in
troduced such a wise polio? as has paid oflTnearly
a million oflble debt, oroslod by Shunk.
These pamphlet* arp to be placed io every house
in the Commonwealth.
The - Whig party are becoming desperate. They
resort to forgery to procure Democratic names to
their epurloue statements, (a give them credence,
end, we have no doubt, that a part ofthe game Is to
FORGE tho qamea of the Democratic Auditor Gen
eral-end State Treasurer to some'of the missiles
they are sending about. Democrats look out for
them.
Sincp the was written, we have been fur
nished wfth ope of their pamphlets', the first of the
series, As we slated, U ieblgned 0 A Democratic
tax-payerof the Jefferpon School, contains o
collection of the most'glaring falsehoods which
could- be gleaned from (ho Governor 1 * family organ.
It Is no doubt, the work bfGov. Johnston'# “officers
and dorks.in the State department. ■/.
We again caution our friends against any and all
supb frauds. Democrats never resort to such means.
Whenever you see statements against tho Demo,
oralic policy, protending to emanate from Demo
cratic authority, -you may depend upon it, it Is a
Whig Roorback.”
HOW MUCH INTEREST WOULD IT PAY*
Illegal travelling fees charged by Goy,
Johnston, $3O 00
Illegal fees charged for sixteen days
- services before ho woe Installed,, 13150
Total sici 50
Which would pay the Interest op 03,930' of the
State debt for y w A very nice »um to have
b».n >dd.d to th. ilhktn, fund.
-■ Keeping up the Oetoiloiit y
Gov. Johnston's organ labors io.kebp up
tho deceptive gams commenced by lie waster at
Lancaster, when ho said a less,amount bf..Taxei
had been paid by the farmers under bis admlnis*
tration than under his predecessor, The last
number of his paper contains a table, purporting
to give the amount of taxes collided from .each
county, evidently designed to carry the impression
that the taxes for 1649 and 1850, were less thatl'
the two previous years. Unfortunately -for.
purpose, we have the PROOF, under the signal
lure and seal of the Auditor General, showing that
the taxes in the two last years have been greatly
increased. The table given by the American does
not show the amount of taxes ASSESSED. U
only gives theomouni collected , at the rime lhe anr
nual report of the Auditor General was mads,'
which was in November last,—Jnt>ed»gohM , »
Sophistry df Gqv« Jokniton*4 Admlfllilrtfi-
tlon« _ /.
In older to make it appear that JebMtoif
has paid a large amount of the State debt* hie edi
tors and . his orators add to the recorded debt all
appropriations which have been madp by law and
paid out of the Treasury since July 1848, for de
mands existing prior to that time. As well might
we claim credit for Gov. ShunkV administration
for the liquidation of similar, claims in the years
1845, ’46 and 47—rWhieh, if added'to Hie.-amoont
paid during those* years on the recorded debt", would
make more than double the amount paid under the
present administration. ‘
The truth is that no particular credit can or
should attach to any Executive for the payment of
demands against the Commonwealth. He has
little or nothing to do with it. The State Treasur
er has exclusive control of the public funds, and
to him belongs the honor of taking gpod .eare of
them and paying debts promptly. GoV. Johnlloo
has done nothing in this respect more.than bis prejr
deceesors. In fact ho haa done less; for with all
his boasted skill and with more means at com
mand, there has actually been a leu amount of the
public debt paid off within the last three years than
was paid under Gov. Shank’s as is
fully proved by the Auditor General’s certificate
in the present number of our paper.— lb.
$ll,OOO 79
622 77
820 00
318 50
Johnston a Oefanlter*
3,750 00
2,672 86
Johnston very solemnly proclaims that hs ha#
paid off some.atx hundred thousand dollaraof tbd
public debt. Before he came Into power, ihersJ
sources of the Slate were ample unoer Democrats
rule to pay the expenses of. government; the inter
est on the public debt, and over $500,000 of the
principal. During two years of Johnston’s admin
istration the taxes have been increased to the
amount of $343,398 47. There has been ah liW
crease of revenue from the public works of $397,-*
509 31; besides this, according to the Auditor Gfa
Derails official report, there have been receipt* frpnji,
other sources amounting to $666,316 11} matym*
a total $1,306,133 b 9, received In two years, hj
Johnston's administration over and above that re*
oeived by Shank during the same period of tied*.'
From this sum lake (he $659,133 98, said to bav«
been paid, and it shows Johnston to be a defaulter
to the amount of $647,000 91. - '
$11,453 02
_ If Johnston had acted honestly, and taken a*
much care of the resources of the Commontyealtlf
as did the lamented F, ft. Shonk there Wo.uld hart
bMft s idaetleiß of vintr tirn mtllfnna nf ik'a BBir
debt instead of the small euro- of s3sB,479'‘ffcf
which is the actual reduction under Johnston*'—-
West Chetlcr Jeffenoman, .
Johnston a Swindler!
Johnston was installed Governor on IheSCth of
July, 1848. In coming to Harrisburg‘tb'assnihe
tho duties he charged the Stale and reoeived'tSff
travelling expenses, or Senator. From. Die 96U>
July to the 10th of October, is two months end e.'
half, and yet Johnston charged tho Cnounoqtreallb,'
for one Quarters salary for that time! Seven.Huh-'
dred and Fifty Dollars. Hie legal salary for thrf
period was Six Hundred and' Nineteen Dollars.—a 1
He therefore swindled the State but of the balartoa
as will appear by the following receipt; ,
$750.
Treasury OfvtcE, Sent. 1,1845.
Received from A. Pluraer, State Treasurer, sev
en hundred and fifty dollars, for one quarter's Spl-’
ary as Governor of Pennsylvania, due 10th'Oct.
1848.
AuDitoß Genirap’s brrtov, ’ 7
Harrisburg, Sept. 10, 1851.‘ • 5 '
• ' I certify the shove to be at true copy*
of the original, on file in ibis depart
ment. . ~
Witness my hand and seal office,,
the day and year aforesaid. ' ' .
JNO. W. HAMMOND,,
For B. Barks, Auditor Bin, ’ ‘
Add to the balance $l3l 60, the $BO reesiv'edaa
travelling expenses to be instilled Governor,'so*
we have the sum of Slfil 60 which the Governor,
has tank in his pockets, and swindled front, lb*,
tax payers,— lh. .
. I.iT Tits People Remember. —That Opyemsf
Johnston voted for a bill appropriating mors’ than
Three Million! of dollars to private corporations;
company and State works, and that Oqv. Ritqfft
in his message, said that such economy (as Jqlip
ston displayed) would Inoreasa the State deb| m
four yearn to over 440,000,000.
Let the People Remember..— That the taxes
on real and personal estate have been incrvoisd, W
two years, under Johnston’s admiptafratfod, asaila
a quarter ofs million of dollars. , ... 1 .
Lbt the Pboplb RrMeMßin—'That 6dVa>n6 f
Johnston made strenuous efforts last Wtntsr fond#
anoiJUr million (o the Stale debt by the iiSosoffo*
lief notes. .
Lbt trc Pboplb Rimbmbir.—That the etpatr
ees in the Executive and Blate Dfepartracntsef
Pennsylvania, have Increased, in tsvd years, 1 under
Johnston’s administration* Two Thousand Oitf
Hundred and Elghly-isve Dollar* and
Cents. . ■ .
The news from varioos sections of the CottmetT*
wealth speaks truropet-tonguecf in behalf of thd
people** candidate for Governor, the true working)
man 001. Bigler. The attempt to ridfodie'Ciw
Bigler's pretension?, because lie was apoorhoyj
is recoiling with great
opponents,,and the attempts of Goy, tcj
mafto people tojlleVe that ho 1* paying offtbb,suir
debt, la fast opening the eyes of the people, as the 1
following extract from'a letter from Lehigh'wHtf
testify: : •
“1 have no doubt It will bo gratifying for yon Co'
hoar that “LUllo Lehigh” Is buckling on the armor
of Dompofaoy, with tho determination of teaching
Gov. Johnston •better* things than to take to
ktif the merit of paylpg off tho. State debt. Dole ft
as ho may think we are in Lohlghj fte ftnow very
well that not one cont of ; the State debt Hdr'b&ny.
or ever will bo paid off, that did not dome’ ottt bf
the pooplo’a pooketa; and largeaaliW •Hbbenatckr
are, we think they are too well oratmnea with (be
•one man power,* to afford muoh .aMietanee
lug off the Slate debt.”
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