pc American DoUmlec^ IBhISURD EVERY THURSDAY MOHNINU i. • BRATTON Ac. KENNEDY, OFFICE-.*OIJTII NABttETHQCABE. Tbrxs:--Two Dollars pur year if paid strictly Jmivanco; Two Dollarsuud FitlyCenu » P»»d sih»ti three mmuu»; alter whiuU three Dollars j u * uu charged. these term* will be riguliy »d- Ifetl to Ju every idhlhucu, No subscription din* mimued until all arrearages are paid, airless id luoptlub o( the. Editor. * 1 : lilaiou. ■C. A. UUMtUUII. I W. B. I?A I.KI tj UM.ll.UJti 4S UaUKMi, Sr* A TIOHM-yes -AT L,A \l'. _ pfudlce ou Ham buoct. iu Muchju Hall, osr iilatel l a. ‘ ■ —j.» t, *4,lM>B— ,®'| uU M CO K A il AA' , 'lf-' AT TO H jN E Y AT LA W. 3aSi r Oillce iu uiikiiliUK atuwued u> Frauaun House the Uumt Uuumj, Carlisle,'fa, ®asr..,juue s, looo.—-ty, 1 W UlAb. h.. AIAU LALiUHIiiiN, ATTuK tli ai uan. ouicv in iiuuuiug lorxueriy &Ccupxea ay Voiuuteer.aiew doorsouutlrat Wet tgex • riutoj. ». tree, i. I«is. ißli’ fcJSb**!-*l'Atuio V tit, A rruKK a v ffpsP # A*>i» LuU.Nsbi.uh ai Law, i'euua. uuotiuui Ukuiivoi «trwt, oppuatu? ueuut Uy »p«umi «*i'iatui(eiu«uV wuu Uita i'aUJUI <4U«ua» Ui ottounuft i'umui Uigut*. Hi 1 / \ HJiItMAJN UOKIZ, mrJ. TUOJiAIL y A '1 LAW, i'Jpjpateßiß. I’entuuuii umi oliiot ciaum* utlentltd to. rW& li y lw>^> • ’ ' ' ' - WIOUJS ,lt. Jill L.L. lilt, Al-lUKNUY AT OAW. uOlco 1U AUU«U UuuaiUK, uppomw: ’sJJo House, (Jurlusic, A\t» A>ov. U, a<hh. NEW VILLE, PENN’A. Itv I <J. UEHMA.S, Am-ouauv at Law. &jV| oUloo »u • tL»u oumuu*, iu the Jt mo Court liouoe, uext door u> tue “Her* r*id Udlce, Carlisle, I'euua. § Lieu. 1, («». J. StiKARtiK, ArroKNtv ANl> W VV uiu.NdbUuu Ai i*A«r, im> tcwuvou ui* >&|-ou*.u u> tuo M.luen. < uuttccup.ca r«ww »u tbo tu UUIUUI' ui IU« cuaii IXoub«. ,sg> Juu. *o. 'h.i-W . 'WS\\T Ivili-N-N IvUV", Al'luKStV al'Law '!«&$•* VV • oUt'Uaiv. i'uiuiu. uUU't smue us Luut o voiuutwtjr,"ooulUma«ol LUoi^uu • l <§sVlO OIIUUJ'B. Ul-c. I ■■ 1 ■ "' ”' i ■■—■'■ - |j jS AT JUJU tii'ATUb CI.AAAI 'S AND BEAL ESTATE AOENCYI \V U. B. JJUTLEK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office in 2d Story Of InliotTs Building, No.SSouth *§& Hanover atruot, Carlisle, Cumberland county, l-'ounu. ■M t'eusuma, bounties, Buck. Bay. &c., promptly foUecletl, , . . Applications by mall, will receive Immediate }\% Attention. , ... ; ■.Hi i*artioular attention given U> the Helling or rent \sK lag or Ileal fc>iaie, m Uiwimr count iy. inalilot *;«s ier» ot inquiry, please enclose postage stump, duly 11. r I kit. £% oKaIUUHT, DliN .'v'./,: If iiaT. from Oie iUUlunuvt l-'nlttyt oj He util -i'A bZ jc-u. oitlce uv the remdmice *>i m» mother hh. it-Lmtlliei rttreel, llireo doom DeioW Jicdlord Ou'llnle, i'euttu. . 1. !*•».' ii?ats ani SUM M KKAKUIVAL V- '.v OF ALL THU s&w sry~&& OF *? HATS AND CAPS. The subscriber has Just opeued ai No. 15 North Htvutuer street, a few doors North of the Carlisle > Deposit tiauk, «*jb of the largest aud best Stocks oi liArs uud CAI»S ever ottered m Carlisle. &j» Bilk Huts, Cassnneie of nil styles ami qualities, .-$# Stitt’ Brims, dul’ereul colors, uud every cle.tcrip <%£ tlou of soil Haw now omde. /<?& The Duukurd aud Old Fashioned Brush, cou- Blautly ou hand aud made to order, all warrant* %% ed to give satisfaction. ;>% a lull ussurtmeut of >£ MEN’a, •y .. BOY’S, AND ;i& CHILDREN'S. •-<&. , HATS. #5, X have also added <o ray Stock, notions oi differ M «ut kinds, cousisiiux ol , tiAUIES AND ULN I’LEMEN S STOCKINGS, Neck Ties, diuipendtr*, Collars, Gloves, Fenoifs, 'Thread, Hewing Silk, Umbrellas, <Sce • PIUMii SEUAKS AND TOISAUCO Ali»A«SOk UiiNU. Give mo a call, and exauiluu my Htock aa I.feel ‘coutldeul ol lUtubiiig all, beaideti Having you mo* tiwy JOHN A. KELLER. Agent, No. ISNorlh Hanover atroel. May IBG9, AND CAPS! m> YOU WANT A NICK HAT OR CAF ? iF au, Don't Kail, to Call on J. G. GALLIC, NO. -2U. U7WJ MAW isTllhßT, Where cun be seeu.the UneoC assortment of HATS AJS I) CAPS ever brought to Carlisle* He taken great pleas* urc iu mviuug hie old friends and customers, and all uew ones, to his spiondiu slock Just re* cowed from New York and Philadelphia, euu* Misting in part of hne SILK AND OAHSIMERE HATS, besides m> endless variety of Hats and Caps p the Uuetjl style, all «» which he Will sell at lb Ou h PruxJt, Also, his own muuulactur ol Huts always on baud, and MANUFACTURED .TO ORDER. Ho ha.** the best arrangement tor coloring Hats aud ail kmdsoi Woolen Hoods, overcoats,io., at the shortest notice \um he colors every weeki and on the most reasonable terms. Also, a hue lot ol choice brands of TOBACCO AND CIOABS always ou luilld, Hu Semrea to call thoatteat’io tllf " r ™“‘tu"TllVKOß» , ■ to sell, as he pays the highest cash prices for the “ U «‘ve him a call, at the above number, his old stand, as he feels coulideul of giving entire satis faction, ■Jt/ivO. ©coteries. I/UlirfH GKOGEUIEciM FBKciU » GROCERIES H Always to be had at the CHEAP STORE, NO 88 EAST POMFBET STREET And why are they always fresh f Recalls, I ■ell a great am«»ant of them, and sell mem low. Theretuie, I in u my block oiien,and cousemieul* ly my soods mne»t lie fie*h. ... - You .will hud everj thlunyou wish la the way of GI, ISf&AW - GLAAsWARB, WILLOW AT'D (JED A It WARE. WIONEAND (J..OCK.EHY WAKE, and no end to NOTIONS. It I" useless to mention them, come and Mi for yourselves; and parents If It don’t suit yon to came, send your children, as they will be dealt with, with the same care as H you weie heiw yourself. All kinds of COUNT JAY PBOD’U CE ' **nen in exchong or goods, or cash 6000 LB S, BUCKWHE T FLOUR, of the finest quality on hand, which I sell by the lb. or iOd lbs. RETURN Ael UNSATISFACTORY GOODS, GEO. B. HOFFMAN, wn m Pij r POitPUKT RTRH BT * CARLISLE. JPA. lilt Ammran Doluntffr BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. •- JMiacrllanPous. WE ADE '-OMINO ‘ il7.~i',ro ~~ `lu~f Qi:%~ ARK •' |Sal'4 w«s*££« «• Art C«r*a. t» mu 19:1, liOtk’a Wirt C» DU’ I •(J IwiMhMrtMq ONCE MOKE WiTH A Nfe W SPRING STOCK IN OUR QI'EAT ONB DOLLAR SALK OF DRY AND FANCY GOODS, CUTLERY <tc., &c PREMIUM RATES OF RH FETING: Tor Club Thirty, UU Yds. Shoe 1 log, “ *• Sixty, i'l \ d«. sheeting, ** •• One Hundred, 65 Yds.Hireling. All other premiums la same ratio. Knlnrged.Exchange List, with new and useful ar ticles. See now Circular and sample. Sent to any address free. ‘'lease send your money by registered letter. Address lo J. S. HAWKS <k (JO.,’ 12H A 130 Federal Street, Boston, Mass. P O. Box C. April 15 I MSB—6t GENTS WANTED FOB THE Secret History OF THE CONFEDERACY. Th ,>Miuin.h4i«.uhi l .hiM,ii.ii dis closures made iu this win k .are creating the moul Intense desire iu (he minds of the people to ob tain It. The decree political intrigue*. d'C„ of Davis mid other confederate leaders, with the Hiddrn Myderiei mmi” Behind Uie Scenes in Richmond,” areihoroughlyrenfhu/ed. HendforClrcu are and see our terms, and a fail description of i h*- work. Address NATIONAL PUBLIkHING CO.. May 13,1m.0—4t Philadelphia, Pa. WHY NOT MAKE MONEY WITH OUK MTENCIL o NDKKY CH ECK OUT pi i, and by sellingnoveluuduttra ttveurtlclesl Circulars free. STAFFORD MIG. CO., 60 Fulton blieol, New Vorit. .May 18. Ift»-rot WANTF.D— AGENTS.— “ H 'under of ihe fPor/ti;” m warranted to cure Rheu inuL’sm and Neuralgia. Hold on the package system. Not lo he paid for uulll tested, 1 pay SW per mouth and commission, t« Jn-tribuie packages, J.C. TILT’ON, May 13,18«9-4t Pittsburg, Fa. i 1 Ai\ r« $250 per Wuumuieed.— tbiUU SURE PAY.—Salaries paid weekly to aa... . everywhere, selling our Wed tSetrUuU Om WMe Wire LtoihesLines. Call at or write for paiaicular.* to I lie GIRARD WIRE Mints, 261. Nurlli Third street, Philudelpfalo. May 13,1669—R • iWlkal THEBE IS MO DEAlll. Ther* Is no death t Tho stars go down To rise upon wane fairer shore; And hrighlln Heaven’s Jewel’U crown They shine forever more.. There is no death ! Tho dust we tread Shall change beneath the humm r shower. To golden grain or mellow fruit, Or rainbow tinted llower. Tho granite rocks disorganize, To feed the hungry moss they boar. The latest leaves drink dally lile. From out the viewless ulr. There Is no death 1 The leaves may fall, The flowers may lade and pass away ; They oniy wall through wintry hums, Tho coming of the May. There 1h no death I An anuel form Wulkso'er ihoeatUr In suenitieud; He bears our bets loved things away, And then we cull tbctu •• Dead." He leaves our henna all desolate. Ho plucks our faln-st, sweetest flowers Transplanted into bliss, they now Adorue tniJiwilul bowers. The bird iibo voice, tvhose joyous tones Made glad these xt cues of xlu uud strife, Si ngs now uu e - erlastiug song. Amid the tree of litc. And where He sees a smile too bright. Or heart too pure lor luliitund vice, He bears it to that world d. light, To dwell m I'urudise. Born unto that undying life, They leave us but to come again; With joy we welci me them—the same Except lu ulu mid paiu. And ever near üb. though unseen, The dear Immortal spirits tread, 1* or all the boundless universe Is life—there are no dead. ffltefllaueons. *IIE HKUINIRY LAW. AN ACT. Further supplemental to the aot rela tive to the elections of tills Common wealth. Recti on 1. lie it (mated by the Senate and JJo line of ftejirmeitfutiveHO) (he < ow~ mimwcuUh of J'cmutyfvania in General Assembly met, n d it in hereby,en(icicd by the authority of the name. That it shall he the duty of each of I he UH--*ssi»rs wil h m this Commonwealth, mi the first Mon day in June of each \ear. to take up the transcript lie has rceived from ihe.-min t.N commissioners under the eigli h wee* lion of tile act of 15th April, 1784. uml pncecd to an immediate revision of the same, by striking there fiom the name ol every* person who is known hy him >o have died or removed since the lasi previous assessment tiom the district ol which he is the assessor, or whose death or removal from tpe same shall he made known to him, and to add to the mho e the name ol any qimlitied voter win* »ha ! l he known l*y him to have moved into the district since the last previous assessment, or who.-e removal into the same shall be or shall have heeii made known to him, and also the names of alt who shall makeclaim to him, tohequali lieu voters therein. As soon as tins re vision is completed he shall visit every dwelling house in t- e distiiet and make careful Inquiry Jl any person whose name is on his list has died or removed from Ihe dis-rict, and if solo take the same (he.iclroin, or whether any qualified vo ter icsides therein w I lose name is not on Ids list, aim if so to a-d (he same there to; and In all cases where u name is added to (lie list a lax shall forthwith be asses>ed against the pei son; and the as sessor shall in all eases uncertain",- hy in qniry, upon what ground the person so asse-seo claim* to he a voter. Upon the eomp elloii of this work, it shall he tfie duty ol each assessor a* (ifor'-mdd c« pro ceed to make out a I st, in alphabetical order, oi (he white freemen, above twen ty-one ears o( age, claiming to he quali fied voters iu the ward, borough, town ship oi district of which he is the assess or. and opposite each of said names slate whether said freeman 'sor is not a house keeper ; and if he is, the mimher of ids residence, in towns w here the same aie numbered, with the street, alley or court in which situated ; ami if in a town where there uie no mimhets, the mime of the street alley or court ou which said house fr< tits ; also, the occupation of the person; and vvheie lie is.not a house keeper, the oci upution, pluceof boarding amt wjdi ,v*U'ii»t ( unit i workiiur fni another, the name of the emplm er, and h rife opposite e«cfi .of said names the won! “voter;” where any person claims in vote hy icuson i f naturalization he a. all exliitdt Ins certificate (hereof to the assessor, unless he lms been tor live con secutive years next proceeding, a voter in said dial net; and ia ait cases where the person bus been naturalized, the name shall lie marked with the letter “ N w here the person tins merely declared his intentions to become a citizen and designs to tie naturalized hetore (lie next, election, the name shall he m rked “ D. I.where the claim Is to vote hy reason id being between the ace'- of twenty-one ami twenty two, a* provided by law, the word “age” shall lie entered ; and If the Iter-on bus moved into the election dis trict to resh.e since the la-t general elec turn, the leper** It” shah he placed op posiiethe name. It shall he the further dut.' ol each assessor as aforesaid, upon the completion of the duties herein im post d, to make out a separate list «>f ad new usi-essineulu made hy him and the amounts assessed upon e..cli, and furnish thesame immediately to the counts com missioner , who shall immediately add the' names to the tux duplicate of the ward, borough, township or district in which they have been assessed. Hec. 2. On the list being completed a id the assessments made as aforesaid, ti e same ahull forthwith be returned t» the county coininissionois, who shad cause duplicate copies of said .lists, witli (he observations required to be.noted as afoiesutd,tobe made out ussiMinpr >cticable uml placed lu the hands of the assessor, who shall, prior to the tiral of August in eacii >ear, put one copy thereof on the door of or on the house wuerethc elec tion of the respective district is required to he held, aud retain the other in his possession, for ■ the inspection, free of charge, oi any pe sun resilient In the said election district who shall desire to see tiie miue; and it shah he the duty of the said assessor to add, from time to tine, mi the personal application of a"y one claiming the right to vote, the name of such claimant, and murk opposite the name * (J. V.and immediately assess him witii a tux, nothing, as in all other cases, his occupation, residence, whether uiarnderor housekeeper; if a hoarder with whom he boards; and whether naturalized or designing to he, marking lu all such eases the letters, oppos-Pe the name, “ N.” or “ D. 1.,” us the case ni y tie; if the peison claiming to he assessed lie naturalized he shall exhibit to the as sessor his gerilUcate of imiurallzuUoit; uud if lie claims that lie des.gns to b naturalized before Mm next ensuing elec* Don, he shall exhihilthecertihcateof his declaration of intention; in all c*-es where any ward, borough, township or rieulhm district is uivided Into two or more precincts, tiie U'-sessor shall note in all hie assessments the election precinct In wliich each elector resides, and shall make a separate return lor eacii to the cmitty commissioners, In ail cases in which a return U required troni him by the provisions of tins act; uu ' tiie coun ty commissioners, In making duplicate copies of ail such returns, shall make du plicate copies ol the names of t e voters in each precinct, separa ely, and shall luruiso ittesttiue to tU« assessor; and the CARLISLE, FA., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 18G9. copies required by till» nut to be placed on the doors of omn election places on or hefme the ll hi of August In each year, shall be placed on ll.e door of or on the election phueln euchofsai' precincts. Hec. 3. After the assessments have been completed *»n the tenth day preced ing t r e second Tuesday in October of eac;h .sear, the assessor shall, on the Mon-’ day immediately foil* wing, make a re turn to the county commissioners of the nameH of all persons asueHSMl by him since the return required to he made by him hy thesecondsei tlon ot this-.ct, noth ing oppo-dte each name the observations andexplanallons required to be noted as' aforesaid; and me county commission e>B shall thereupon cau-e the same to he uddi*d to the return required by the see oinl section of this act. andu full and cor reel copy thereof to be made,' containing ilie nameH of alt persons so returned as resident taxable* In said ward, borough, township or precinct, mid furnish the -amc, together with the necessary elec tion blanks, t» the officers of the election in said ward, borough, township or pre cinct, on or before six o'clock in toe morning of tlsp second Tuesday of Goto her; and no n un shall be lermitted to vote at the election on that day ‘hose name Is not mi said list, utiles- lie shad, uuiU* proof ot hit* to vnto. ub litre itiafier required. Hec. 4. On the day of election any person whnsciianie is not on ihesmd list, and claiming the right to vole at said election, shall produce at least nlie quall tied voter of the district as a witness to ihe residence of the claimant In the dis trict in which he claims to lie a voter, for the period of at least ten days next pn ceding said electa n, which witness shall lake and subscribe a written, or par tly written and partly printed, affidavit to the facts staled ny Idol, which aflida \ it shall define clearly wimre the leM . delice is ol the pels- n so Claiming to he a voter; and the person so claiming the rig' t to vole shall also lake and subscribe a written, or partly written and p rtly piloted affidavit, staling, to the best ot Ids knowledge and bedel, where and when he was born; that he is a citizen of the Commonwea th of Pentisy ivniiia arid ol the United Slates; that he has re sideiiiin tbe( ommonweahh one year, or if lormerly a citizen theiein and has mov'd therefrom, that ho lias resided therein six months next preceding said "lection ; that lie bus not. moved into the district for the purpose of voting there in that he has paid a State or county tux wittiiit two years, which was a-aesn eu at least ten days before said election ; and. If u nuruiudzed citizen, shall also stale when, where and l*s what colt it he was tiaiui adzed and shall also produce his cenifioate of natu ralization for exumimithui ; the said alfidavit shall state when and when* the lux claimed to be paid by li e affiant was as-esscd, mul when, where and to whom paid; and the tax receipt thciv or shah he produced tor examination, unless the Mnan C shall stale in Ills a 111 davit’U-ul it has been lost or destroyed, or that lie never received any ; but it tlie person so claiming the right to vote shall take and subscribe all alfidavit, that be is a native both eitlz b ol the United chutes, (or f (mm clsewheie, shall stale tbsd fact In ids affidavit, and shall pro duce evidence that he has been natuiali zed. or that be is entitled to citizenship by reason of ids father's nuuirultz ition ;; and shall turtle r state m bis ulfidavp i bat he is, at the lime of taking t e all! davit, between the ages of twenty on*- and twenty-two years; that ho bus re sided in the Mule one year and in the election district ten days next preceding such election, lie simh be'Cntt led lo vote, although lie shall not h »ve paid taxes; the said affidavits of a I persons utukiiiM Miudi claims, and the affidavit* ot the witnesses!« llieir residence, shall ne preserved by the cJecinm board, and a' the close ol the election they shall be en closed with the list of voters, tally list umi oilier papers required by law lo be tiled by the return Judge with the pro (iionotury, uud shall remain on file there* w th in the pmlhonotiry’s office, subject to examination, us other election papers ure; if the election officer* shall find that the applicants possess all the legal quail* ficudons of vo era. lie or they ahull be p» rmiled lo vole, unu ijje name or names ’shad lie added to the list ol taxable* by the election officers, toe word ‘ tax” be ing mb*ed where the ,-hdmant claims to vote on lux. and the word “ age" where lie claims tovoteonace; the nan e word being added by tin* clerks in each case te.-peclively, on the lists ol persons vo ting at such election. .-ec. 5. ll shall be lawful for any qualified citizen m the district, notwith standing the name ol the proposed voter Is contained on (tie list of lesidcin taxa ble*, lo clndlei g« the vote of *mh per sons; whereupon the aa ue proof of the right ol suffrage as is now require! by law sh .11 he publicly made «ud act ed on by the election board, and the vote udndtic i m it-jr.t.a, to the t vioejo*e; every person claiming to be a naturalized citizen shall be required to produce Ids naturalization certificate at die * leclp-u i elme voting, e>c»pt where he Ims been lot* ten years, consecutively, a voter in the district in widch he idlers (ns vo e ; mid on the vole ol sum person being teceive t, it ahull lie the dnlv of tin* election officers lo write or stamp on hucii certificate the w rd *‘vot. d,’ with Hie month and year: ami It any election officer or officers shall receive i second vote on the same day, by virtue of the name certificate, ex«eptlng where boos are entitled to vote by virtue of lit num laMzalion ol their fathers, »hey ami the peisoit who wilall otter such second vote, upon so oilending, shall b« guilty <fi • high inisd-iueatior, and, <m conviction iheieof, be fined or imprisoned Or both, ul tlie discretion of tlie court; hut. tin* fine Hhaii not exc.e- d one hundred dollars in each case’ nor tl e lni| il-oninent one year; the tike punishment ahull be In flicted on conviction of the officer* ol elec* lion who shall neglect or refuse to make, or cause lo be made, the indmseiucnt re quiied, as a'mesuid.ou aaid naturaliza tion cerlltic le _ , ~ Bec. 0- It any election offlcerßhull re fuse or neglect to require such proof of the right ol suffrage as Ih prescribed by this taw, or «lie mwH to winch lhi»is n supplement, irom any person offering to voie wltose name is not on the list of as sessed voters, or whose right to vote is challenged ny any qualified voter'pres enl. and shall admit such pewoo lo vote without requiring such i tool', every uer son so olfi-nding shall, upon conviction, be guilty “f a high misdemeanor, ami slndl be sentenced, for every such of fence, to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to undergo an im urißon men t not more than one year, or either or bulb, at the discretion of the c.»url , «ec. 7. Ten days 'very elf c ti- i. f r elector* of President ami Vice President «t tlie United Elates it -had b- i lie duty of »b« *-**« ssor to attend a» the plac fixed by Jaw mr bolding the election in each election district unit then aim there hear all application* of ner-ons whose names have oten iinllled from the-list of assessed vole.*, and who claim the ri«lit to vole, or whose rights Imveoriglnat d since the same was made out.-and eliutl add the name* of person* thereto us bliull show that t ey are en titled to tlie right of suffrage in such uis lilcbon (lie personal application of the claimant only, and forthw th assess ihun with »he proper tux. After cmiipletl.ig the list, a c pv thereof shall be placed ou the door of or on the house where the election t* to he held, at eight days before liie elec* I m ; ~ nd at tiie election <hes>*me course siiali be pursued, hi all respects, u* Is required by this act ami tlie act* to which it is a supplement, at the general electio * in Oomner. ihe üßsessor aliall also make the bhui** re turns c« tlie cou-ity tMinmisebdiers of ait assessment* mutle by virtue m this sec- Uni; ami t e county slmlt luruish copies thereof to iin> ele-- I too officers in each district, lu like man ner .null rei*p osirn is required in the general election In Get her, . b tiec. b. The rules and regulations el shaft apply to every special election, and at eveiy separate clty,.horongb or wmd elscPon, in a* at the general elections in October. Sec. 9 The renpecllvpasseßsors, Inspec tors and Judges of tlie elections shall - euch have the power to administer oaths to any person tlie. right to he assesse i or the right of Hnflrage, or in re gard to any other matter or thing requir ed to be done or Inquired into by any o< said officers under this act; and any wil ful fu»se swearing by any person in rela tion to any matter or thing concerning which they almU he lawfully interroga ted by any ot said officers, elm 1 be pun ished an imrjury* Hec. 10. The assessors sh dl e“cii re ceive the same compensation for the time necesH-irilly snent in perfurmlng the duties heiebv enjoined us is provided by law for the perfornmnee of their oili er duties, to he paid hy the county com missioners as in otliei climes; and if shall not be lawful for any asses-or to a (ax against any ptr«on whatever within ten days next preceding the- election to be belu on the second Tuesday ot Oco- Uer. in any year, or within leu days iiejtl befoie any e ectinii for electors ot Presi dent and Vice .President of tlie Unbed States; any violation of tills provision shall bo a misdemeanor, and subject li«e officer* soon'emling to a liti**, on con viction, not exceeding obe i umired dot tars, or to {mpiisonment not, exegednn: three months, or butn, at the discretion •of the court. Bee. 11. On the petition of five or nv»re oitizeini oi the co nty, slating under tmtli that they verily believe that Iruuds will f»e pructieekf'a the election about lo be held, in any district. It shall be the duty of tlie court of common pleas of said county, if in session, or if not, a judge thereof in vacation, to appoint two Ju diciou-t, sober and intehigeht citizens ol the county lo ad as overseers of wild elec tion, sa tl oveiseeis shall be selected from ditterenl )uiiiicul parties, where the iiHpeciors belong to tidicrent parties, uml where both of said inspectors belong lo the same political party, bol»» of the overseers shal* be taken from the opp*. she political parly; sun! overseers slndl nave the right lo be present with the officer* of the election, during t e whole nine the same is held, the voles counted and the returns made out umhsigned hy ihe ejection officers; lo keep u list oi voiera, if they see primer; lo challenge any person otfeiirig to vote, and inter rogate him and bis witnes-es. under oath, in regard to bis right of sutt’inge at said election, and »o examine his papets pro duced; uud the officers of said election are required lo afford to said overseers so selected alio appointed every Coiiv. nlenc'c and facility tor tlie disclmige of llieir nil (tes ; and If Mint eU etum olficeis tdndl re fuse to permit Bind yverseers to ne pre.-ent and perform their duties as aforesaid, at it they shall tie driven away bom the pollsny violence or intimidation, all Cne cott'* polled at such election dis trict may be rejected by any tribunal try ing a contest urn er said election: Pro aided. That tin person signing the peti tion shall tie appointed an overseer. Bcc. 2. If any prothonotuiy, clerk, or the deputy of either, or an> oilier person, sJj iIJ affix the seal of office lo "ny natu ralization paper, or permit the same lo be • tfixe*, or give out, or cause or peimh Hie same to he given out, in blutii*. whereb ii may he fraudulently used. o» turnisli a natuiuliziiiion certificate to üby person who sh.dl not have been duty ex amined and sworn in * pen court, In tin ptesence of some ol the Judge* thereof, according t» the act of Congress, or shad aid in, continent, nr In any way permit the issue of any fraudulent nuitiia'izuho > certificate, tie shall be guilty of a high misilem *am>r; or if any- one shall fraud ulently use any such cerliticaie of mini ic&iiziiiion, hti'-wiin: that It Wtt-* Inuutu lenlly issued, or shall v te, or attempt to vote theieun, or if any < lie shall v* te, or utiempl lo vote, on any certificute oi nulurulizulion not issued to him,he shall tie guilty ot a high misdemeanor; and either or any of the ’persons, i heir alders or abettors, guilty of eitherol the misd *- meanors aforesaid, slndl, on conviction, be fined in a stun not exceeding one thousand dollars, uml imprisoned in -he proper peniteiniary for a period not ex % ceding three y ears. Bcc. 13. Any person who on oath or af firmation, In or before any court m this Cslute, oi officer authorized to administer oath Blind, to procure a certificate of na turalization, for himself or any other per son, wilfully dep se, declare or affirm any mailer lo be fuel, know ing tlie same to be false, or shall in IKe manner deny any mutter to be luce, knowing the same to he true, ahull he deemed guilty of per jury; and any certificate of nnfbrabzi tioti issded in pursuance of any such de position, declaration or affirmation, shall Le null and void; and it shall be the du ly of the court issuing the same, upon ptoof being made before it that it wu tratuiuiently obtained, to take immedi ate measures f°r lecaldng the same tor vittuion ; uml any person who shall Vole, orattn»»|.t Mi viUr, «.»» uny (iiiomCmii obtained, or who -hall in any way aid in, connive ul, or have »ny agency what ever in the issue, circiihtlion or use ol any fraudulent naturalization certificate, shall he guilty of a ndsdemeaiio , ami upon eonVicii m thereof, abud undergo an imprisonment lu the peidlcntl ry-loi not more than two years and pay* a fine, not nmic than one thousand dollars,for every Mich ollen-e, or either or botn, at the dis cretion of ihe court. B»*c. 14. Any unsea-or, election officer orpeison appointed u* uti overteer, who shall neglect or refuse lo peiToim any duly enjoined by lid* act, without rea suitable or legal cause, shall he*uhji*ct lo a penalty of one hundred doilai*; and if any as essor shall u-ses« uu\ person as a voter who is not qualified, or shall re* lurt" to assess any one who isquahfied.be shall beg .illy ol u misdemtaiior in office, and on conviction be punished by tine and Imprisonment, and also i*e subject lo an a lion for damage* by the party aggrieved ; ami if any person shall iiuuu uleiilly alter, add to, uelaceor de troy any list of voter*, made outus directed by this .act, or leaf down or remove the same ‘ Jnmi the pUce where It has been fixed, with iraudub-nt or mischievous intent, or tor any improper purpose, the i»erson so ollemiiug shall be gulily of a high ml-deincuiiur, and on conviction shall be punished by u fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment mu ■exceeding tw«» years, or both, ul the dls cjetbm of the court. Hec. 15. All eleotlona for city, ward, township and election officers shall hereafter tie hehl « n the second ‘fuesday of Gcmber, subject to ah the provision* of the law* regulttuig the election of such officers uot lucon istent wiln tins act; the person edited to such office* at that time shall take their plao« s at the expiration ol The term* ol the per sons holding the same at the time of such el-dioii; Gut no election lor the office ot assessor or assistant assessor shall be held, under tills act, until the year one thou sand eight hundred and seventy. Hec. Itf At alt elections hereafter held, under the laws of this Common wealth, tne poll* shall beopein d between the hours ol tix ami se' en o’clock a. in., uud closed at seven o'clock p. in. Hec.' 17. It shall he the duty of tlie Secretary ol the Common wealth to pre pare lonus for all Ihe blanks made neces sary bv lid* dinush copies ol toe same to the couriy c niniiHsluiierHof toe several couiilfea of the Common wealth; and the county commissionem of each county shall, a* s onus may he necesHury alter receipt of the same, at the i.rouer expense «f me county, procure and furnish toull the elect! m olti er* of Hie el- cliim dwiriels «l their re*lieelive counties coi>le»of such hhmkH hi Hindi uimhihiesus maybe icmlered necessary mr the discharge of their dalles a. der Ü Bec. a ’lB. None of tlie foregoing pro vlsmif* of tins uct shall apply lo the city ol Philadelphia, excepting seclb us twelve and ihirleeii. c#«^ Bee. 19. 1 hi t citizens of this Rato temporarily In the service of tlie Btute or of the United Blutes govermu«uta» ou clerical or other duty, ami who do not vot<* wnenMhiis tun ployed, shall not he thereby tleprlved of (tie right to vole in their several election districts If other wise dulv (jualilled. Sec. 20. Theuct, entitled “ A forth o ** supplement to the aid relating totlie elec tions of this Commonwealth ” approved April fou'th, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, ami all other law* altered or supplied hy this act, be and the same are heiehy repealed. The section*, from i lie 21st to the 43rd inclusive, excepting Die 38th, relate to the manner of making assessment* and conducting et°c long lu the City of Phil adelphia. The said 3Slh section, which appears to be iu its application, reads us follows: Bee. 38. That if any person, upon any false rei>rcaenlull"ii, or l»y the production of unv torged, hd.-e or spurious naturali zation certificute, or upon unysui-licer tificale not doty issued according to the act of-Congress*shall cause Ids name lo be placed, or slndl attempt to have his name placed upon any extra assessment list for election purposes, or upon any list of quudtled e ectors uutln rlzed or re quired lobe made by any law of this 0i nmmnweallli, or shall vote or attempt io v''tt* uluny gruc-rut »»r (>a-niilt-ii‘lal olee lion, every smdi person, on convietton lliereof, shaft he adjudged guilty of high misdemeanor, and shall he senienced to imprisonment in the jail of the proper county, 'or u term of not les* than tweive monins; ami every person who shad aid or abet any other p>oHoti in such fu’se rep resentation or attempt shall, on convic tion thereof, be udjudeed guilty of u high misuemeauor, uml sutler tne like peu a ly. A cimioi s i.rrmt, Louis Napoleon's Own Story of IJis Es cape rrom the Fortress of Ham in IS 10. Tlie following is uliaiisiatifm of a hith erto uiipublHoed idler, written hy Louis Napoleon just after hi* escape from the Kortress of Ham, lo the editor of a news paper m which hehud contributed during ms imprisonment. In aceiiuin poverty an I uwkwu'dnes.-t of diction it I* luilhtul n> the original, which was evidently not inteii ed >or publication : My hear Mr, Veyeorge: The desire of once more seeing my Jaiher in liiis'liic has nmtle me utiempl the boldest under taking (hut I have ever attempted, ami foi whicJi 1 needed moie firmness ami eourugc Ilian at Strasbourg uud Boulogne, mr I was resolved not to endure ibe roll i.-u ctiOit latlciis op those who are uncut ed under a disguise, and a f.p ure would iihvv liei'ii n > longer oil .Uiable. li il lu o one l«» the puriictdao of my e.-«yipe. You know 1 the ion wungn irded by four hninlied men, who lurniMnd u daily guard of sixty soidiets, wJioWeiemi dut.v *vjij»i*i and without the tort; furtner moig the door of the prisou wu» guarded ny thr*e Jailors, two id whom weie al ways on duty. It was necessary, there fore, in the first (dace, lo puss bemie them, then to traverse all the inne court be,ore tlie windows of I lie Communduiit; Imv mg reached there, It was necessary to pus* ihrotiah (he gate where weie an or deny andu sergeant, agate keeper, a sen (inei. ami finally a post -d thirty men. Not having heen willing lo estulm-h any cmnnmnieuiioir (with a eorroplilih* jaihir orso), a disguise was of c«‘utve, me essury- Now as h-vend rooms of the building 1 inhabited were undergoing rc puns, it WHbeasy to lake Urn costume of a workman. My good uml fatihlul Cbuiies iiielm procured a blouse and wooden shoes, i cut of!* my moustache ami look a board ou my shoulders. Monday morning I saw the workmen eome In ul bi clock. When they' were ul woik Charles took some drink lo them iu a room, so us to get them outot my way , he was also to cull one keeper up stfiirs, while Doctor was talking with the oili er*. Meanwhile, I was hardly out of my room when 1 was accosted ny a workman wi.o followed me, taking me for one ot his comrades ; at the fool of the staircase I found myself front io’front with a keep er. Luckily I pul the board befoie hi.-. face ami reached the court, always hold ing the board between myself and the sentinel and those all m I mot. When passing before the fir»l sentinel I et ful| niy pipe, hut £ stopped to pick up the pic es. Then L met the officer of (he guard, hut he was reading a Idler ami id not police me. The soldiers of tlie pod ut the gate seemed lo wonderai my dress; thedrunimer in particular turned several time-lo look. M ‘anwhile, tin* orderlies opened the door, and I found myself outsulc the for tress; there I met two workmen, who -weie coining towaid me, and looked at me attentively. I then turned the bumd •»n their side, hut they appeared so ii.qul— illvc that I thou Jit I.could not escape them, when I heard them exclaim : “Oh ! 11 is Uerthoud !" OoKi.no the outside, f wndked ropmty toward rheßaint nmd. A Ultle later, diaries, who had engag ed a carriage fori hhn>e(fthe nrecedmg day, overlook mb, and we reached Burnt Quentin. f passed through the town on foot, after taking ofi’my hlouse. Charles hud produced a po<l-c rrluge, under pretence of goniz lo.lhe races at Ounibrai. We readied Valenciennes without difficulty, where I look the mil way. 1 had obtained a Belgian passport, but it bus nowhere een asked for. During this tim« Uoiineau, always so devoted, remained in pilsnii. and gave out that 1 was ill, so as lo give me time to reach the frontier. I hope be will not have been i.l-trealed that would be, us you may suppose, agrem grifd’ for me. But. my dear Mr. Degeorgo, if I exper ienced a lively sentiment ol j*»y when I found myself out-dde the fortress, I was very s dly impressi don pacing tin- fr«>n tlgf: the certainty that The (Jovermm nl would never set meat liberty, unle.-s 1 con-ented to ilishottor myself, wu* noces sary to decide metoquilFmuce; finally, it was necessary that 1 should be urged to this step by the desire of trying ail means to console my father in Ills old age. Adieu, mv dear Mr Uegeorge. Although tree, I feel mysell ve**v unfortunate. Be assured of my warm irieudablp. and i you eau, try lo be useful to my good Cou neuu. Louis Naimi.eon. Tip-: Rod and Link.-Tne passion for angimg Is by no mean* limited to any cdus of society. The moat eminent no els, painters, philosophers, statesmen, and soldiers have been fond of tin* art.— I’rajiui loved angling, and Nelson threw Ihe fiy with hi* left hand after the Bpan lards hud shattered id* right arm. Ovid. • Boileau, Goldsmlih, Rossini were uug Jers. Dr. Farley was imsslonatvly fond of il, and in reply to the bishop ol Dur ham, as to when one of ids most impor tunt work* was to be finished,said, “My lord I shall work steadily ul it when the lly-liphlng i* over.” Waller Scott, inti idbdy susceptible to the beauties of Nu lure, was delighted with angling, uml more than one passage in nia work* lie trays his predilection lor the sport. Wal ton has justly styled the geude art as ,“lhe contemplative man’s recreation. 1 We do not think mat angling should be class 'd with acts of cruelty, for fi-di uml all cohMiloode.) animals, are less neusi tive than the warm-blooded animal*, ami. the act o! hooking a fish is probably ul lemled with less pain limn, we Imagine,, a* the carlilalginm* part of the mouth contains no appaicni ne ve*. A tru* wIJI often continue to pursue insects ni ter escaping from I he hook, though be will shun toe artificial ones. The pike will seize the baitj even w hen the mouth Is Tull of broken hoo-m, Bburks are re markably Inse slide lo coW» Magazine for May. -v uuruiy uuuuai— the nlght uil.re, ♦ VOL. 55.—N0 49. Adventure ol turn t'ountrjrtnea mu New V«»rk A correspondent of the Cincinnati Titocs gives ihe fol'owing necouiitof ihe adventures of .two countrymen in a New York hotel : A few evenlms since, two rustics, wlpi had nmde their fllot visit to the Metropolis, ami inn) very naturally pot op at the A*lor House, were exam* miiiK the hotel with surprineaml delight. They went up stairs and down stairs— looked Into (he breakfast mid dining rooii)9 t the parlor?*, theojlice, ami the sa* loon, the barbershop, ami hud many words .of commendation for each. At hist, wandering along the corridors, one of them espied the elevator, IhedtHirsol which were open, “hook here,” said he to his friend. “Tills is a nice little room, hut there's no bed in it. 1 wonder what its for?” Joe!« curiosity was aroused. &*o he Htepped into the elevator, and he and his companion sut. down on one of the cu-h* mned seats. “Tills is nice/* remarked Joe, “ but I don’i see exactly what its fur. Do you Dill?” Wlille they were trying to find out what the idea little room was intended for, thev saw to their astonishment and terror (hut it was going up. “Hallol” cried Joe; what the devil does this mean?” It’s rumilii' uwuy, Jill). WhoaJ wu«>af •* StopTie/*, stop liere,” screamed Will, endeavoring to climb out at the. top.- *’ D— n tJ*e infernal thing, it’s train' to blowup. Get oit, Joe, or you’ll be kill ed.” Anil they both begun to climb up the side, but were nimble to escape. “ (’onlooinl the luck, this la a tvoodeit bullion we’ve got into, Bib. It‘» going ni*lit up through the tool’, sure. When it t eta on lop of (he hon.se, lei’s break out ami Jump for our lives, let’s wmeh now tor our chance, old hoy, or we’re goners.” Still iho elevator ascended, and the two bumpkins sal still with pale aces and coinprv'sed Ups, as If they, were ap proaching the tvq/hls of Niagara in an open hunt. They evl- euiiy amiciputed a death struggle, ami Were prepared bn it. In a few more seconds the elevator stopped. They were-about to step out, when down it went? to the new astonish ment and leiror of the hucolic pair.— They (hen gave iheinee'vns up lor lost, and when >he elevator reached the Hist lloor, and they were asked by one ol the servants it they wished to go up again, they stepped Into the corridor as (hough they hud stepped out ot graves. “ What ilie devil is that thing?” in quired Joe. ** it’s the helevulor,*’ replied the serv ing man. who, being English, bud aspi rations ot course. ’* Well I thought there must bo some kind ot hell about it. It is a (rap to b ighten stranger.-, or rather an Infernal machine, or one of them d d veloci pedes timl I have heard tell so much about?” Tlie servant endeavored to explain what an elevator I**, hut to no purpose. ThkCamel's Knoukance.-How many days he can go wii Pont drinking, has nev er perl la sheen exact lyasucnaincd, in fact the power oi endurance varies greatly in different individuals—but it has ta en sta led on very . o<al authority that the (hom ed try can subsist nine days without w« ler, though exposed the whole time to a (eat resembling (hat of aI nr mice, it is certain Umi when the camel does drink, heulw*ys appears to be laying in stock f« ra week or so; am) be has even been known to pual.ow seven gallons and a hall, or thirty quarts of water at one lime Tills allows ihiee quarts a day lor ten days, which, though not sullicicnl proper ly to quench the thirst of so large au am mai may yet bcunough to keep him alive (.’onipuutUvc anatomy, which has in • Juiced in a legion of experiments on the stiuctuie ol much interior animals, Inn not extende • a proper degrt e of atlentlo’ (o the camel. It has no doubt been >*s certalmd that this extraordinary ctea lure pos-esses one stomach more than other mammalia; but curlosiy. has mu been suUlciemly busy with thu« immense tiludder, streaked with sanguine veins, which the animal sometimes blows out of his mouth in spring. In strings ot thirty or forty, travellers have noticed, duiing the greatest heat of the day, a ma jority amusing them-elvesalter this lush ion. On such occasions, they will raise their heads, took around wildly,and then with a strange noise, draw up the ba„ from their throats, and out hdlu led to its fullest extent, as If to cool it by the touch of the external air. In a let* minutes they suffer it to collapse, unu suck it hack with a ruckling noise inn their throats. Is. not this, hug intended (o contain, in addition to the fifth stmn ach, a supply of fresh, water? Ami Is b not in lifts that travelers, when compelled to kill their dromedaries to preseiVe then own lives In the Sahara, tlnd the pure, transparent fluid spoken ol on such occa sions. CitOCOOILKS AND AI«»N KKYS. —On SOHO or the ihl.imis in Uie Gull ul .Siam, cmco are veiy abundant, am! a rccen traveler in Umt region thus de*cribes tin imnnier in which I n»*se monsters of tin deep eaten the apes, also numerous, tricks which they sometimes take a lune\ to play with them : ‘‘Close to the bank lies the crocodile h h body in the water, ami 01113 his capo cious mouth above toe surface, ready I seize anything that, may come with!' reach. A lioopot apescatch slghtof him seem to comm l together, approach, liltn tty little, ami commence H eir holies, b\ turns actors an 1 spectators. One of lb liiost active, or most imprmient, jump from branch to branch till within u re speelfnl distance ot Uie crocodile, when hanging by one claw ami with Uie dex ferity peculiar to these iinlimjls.be ad vances and retires, now giving bis flit' my urb «w with his piw, ami at unoth er line only pretending in do so. Tin other apes, enjoying Uie fun, evidently wi»h to lake part in it; hut Uie othei branches being too high, they form a son o! chain by laying bold ot each other's paws, ami thusswing hack ward* and lor wants, while any one of.lheiu who comes within leucli ot the crocodile torments him to Uie best of tiis ability, rionm limes, the terrible jaws suddenly close, but not upon {tie audacious ape, who just escapes; then there are dies of exulta lion from tlie tormentors, who gumbo about joyfully. Occasionally, howevei. the claw Is entrapped, ami the victim dragged with the rapidity of ightnhi beneath the water, when the whol* troop disperse, groaning and shrieking The misadventure does not, however, prevent their recommencing the game u low days afterwards/' ■ Btbmno Men-—tin ei.gili of cbaractei consists In two things—power of > ill ami powerof se f restraint. It require-two tblnga.lbereliire, lor it- existence—strong feelings and strong comiiiaml over them Now we all very often mistake strut g tV lings for strong character A mao wlm bears all before bim, before whose frown ilomesliea tremble, anl whose bursts i»f. fury makes the ehihlren of the miusehohl quake, beeanse he has his way mi all things, we call him a strobe man. I’lie truth is Hint ho is the weak man ; ii is ills passions that are strong ; he is mus tereil' by them, is weak. Yon mnsi measure the strength of a man by the power of feelings lie sulnlnes, not by the .lower of those that sululue him. Ami lienee composure is very often the high est result ot strength. DU! we ever see a tnun feeo.ve a flagrant 11 jury, null then reply tinlellv 1 Tins Is a man spiritually. strong. Or’did «*) ever see a man In an guish slant! as it carved.nut ot a solid rock, mastering lom-el! ? or one hearing a Impel as dally trial remain silent ami never tell tne wnrlil what Cankeieii liis Inmie peace? 'l'lial is llio slienglli. He wltu with »ir«ng pu-'Mnii, r* mainsrliaslo ; ho who, kU'iily beiiHitlve, wiiii manly powers. of liiiiignatnin in iihu can be provoked ami yet restrain himself, and 1 lurglvo, those are (fining men. Hates far 3.dycrttstng. ADVrRTIfIWKNT* Will (*> UiMOlert«t T*D I'toti per line (nr the dr*i. iiitwriiiiu-' «nri five. cfnl pnr line tor such MUttMrqueni 'inseHinU Qtf(d>_ lerly half-yearly, and veariy mlvsnisnucnta a«< erie«! al m libera). redurthth on the alnive rnlea* AdvertlHsinnnh* «h«*mO'he by the Cash When nenf'wtftidur »cv. ittiffUi.«»! un»e flperirteo for pohlicHUnu, fhey will hr conttaue* nntl) ordered out and charged accordingly. JOB'PHtKTtNW. flA*t>uu,L«,*:iKi!CLAKa, and every oth er Inscription of Job and Oahu Prliulngexecn ted in the neatest atvle and at low price*.' TAttIGTIEA Pride costs a* much us Imager, thirst and cold. When communications cost an editor uoibing, they are geneiully worth it. The tempestuous weather of life ends wiili cold air. The dying have dry.eyes. The readiest and best way to flml out what future duty will be is to do present duly. One needs sometimes to have an iron heart, lor lute maygrasp util with an run hand. —Many of us Itvemn our erad'lonn, as lh£ sick inun U said' hi the common speech to be uourlslied by hi* fever. —lflife is a battle, let the teacher of youili be a poet who may animate the boj to meet it with needful songs, —Kxchement prom >tes tin* develop ment of. enius, as a phosphorescent sea, is the more brilliant the mote itisagitu led. —Our children should learn that life Is noble and valuable only when h held cheap by the side of honor and of duty. —Often the world*# hero is simply the man that m ikes a hilMlo—that inUkes me road smoke under bis carriage and lour. —A Country’s richest po-vtefeions are the great words that have been said in it, and the great deeds that have been dune in it. —Old men love their early memories. Like the .Greeks, they draw pictures of bliss, as it were, on the marble sarcopha gi of their changed, slumbering past. What a mluUier Is in a small si «te. a woman Is in tier lesser side; that is. tiie minister of all departments at once, the husband managing the foreign ullairs. Mr. Gough nml Ills Mother, fn one of his addresses, In Exeter Hall, John B. Gough said ; After u speech in Boston, a short time ago, a lady came to me and sui »: *' My (atiier (h mad, hut tie was always collec ting curiosities, and tie has ha) petted to light on your mother's Bible iii Bristol.” I hud resided there I weniy-tive years •igo, and pleased was I to hear the Bible vas found. I had it sent me by express. There were the n mes : *• Jane Gilbert,” that was my mother's name lie tope mar riage, *• horn Asvunt TJ, 1778;” John Gough a present fr.mi ids mother, on his !• uvmg England lor America-” “ Joint Gough, born August iilM, 1818.” 1 held my Bible lu my hand. 1 rcinembeied 'imv I had seen that mother with her Ups white with hunger, and recollected now *he took her Iron rimmed spectacles' from her eyes to wipe away the tears us she turned page after page. I saw her marks *• When the poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue lalletb for thirst, then I the Lord will help them, I the God ol J-rael will not forsake them;” with hundreds of passages more like thu’,ull blessed prom ises, marked in that book. Thai inolh •Vs Bible brought her history before me. There remains no token to mark her estlng place; no hearse and mourners .allowed her to the grave; she w«6»! fol lowed Gy mysell ami sister alone, and without a prayer she was consignee to •he dust. But she left her children the (piracy of a .anther's prayer,and tiie Lord God Almighty as the Executor of her u*t will and testament; umi though that poor little body of a schoolmistress bus roiie liefore, and tier spirit has taken its ilight to llselernul home. I stand before vou to-night to declare that if I have ev er done aught of good,«.what I am and what I have dime, by the grace ol God bus been through tiie influence of that mother. Out-Doou Safety.—The fear of the weather has sent multitudes to the grave, who otherwise might have lived many years long* r. Tiie tierce north wind and tlie furious smew-storm kill comparative ly few, while hot winter rooms and -churching summer suns have counted hecatombs of human victims to attest ’heir power Except in h cilllfes where miasms prevail, and that only in warm weather, out-door life Is the healthiest imi the happiest, from the tropics to the poles. The general -fact speaks for itself, hat persona who are out of doors lake .-old least, in some parts of tiie country, nearly one half.of--uie adult deaths are ruin dlsca-pof the ulr nussages These lilments arise from catching cold in some way or another ; and -urely the reader will take somei detest In asuhjtftt which, •y at least one chance out of four*, ids wu Ife may be lost. All colds arise romoneof two cames. Ist,.by gening old too cpiiek after exercise, either as to he whole body, or any part ol It; -d. by. •elng chilled and remaining so fora long line, for want ot exercise. To avoid oldn from Uie former, we have <mlv to 10 t«» a- tire the moment tile exercises casein the winter,. .If In summer, re mlr at once to a closed room, an-i there emulti with the same clothing on, until ‘onled oil*. To avoid colds Tom the latter •a use (ami these engender the most •peedily fatal diseases, such as pleurisies, -roup, and intlanmium of the lungs, call ed pneumonia) we have only to compell •nrselves to walk witti sullicient vigor to >eep oil • feeling of cliilliiess. Atteinion o a precept contained in less than a mzen words, would add twenty years to • eav rage of civilized life. K*ep quay .-hiUnesH Ojj cxeicUn! cool o f *(ow'j I'hen you will never take cold, in doorot mi; Causes op .-udhi-.n »h:ath.— -Very few •fltiesti -den death' which ate add to irise from dlseasisof the heart do leui »y arise from that cause. To-•ascertain lie real origin of sodden deaths an expe •iment I us been tried In tufope nnd re ported ton scientific Congiess at -Stray* •iurg. Sixty six eases of sudden, death •v. re made the subject of a thorough post uortem examination; In these casts oily two were fonmi who hail died from fsease ot (he heart. Nine out of slxn •ix hud died fioin upopbxv, while there were forty-six eu es«f congestion of .the ungs-tbut is the lungs were mi full of hood thu' they could not work, not buv ,ng room enough lor u sufficient quantity »i air to support life. The causes that produce congestion of the hinge are cold eel, light clothing, costive bowe », elt iingsdll until chilled alter being waim -d witii labor or a rapid walk, going 100 -uddenJy Iroiu a close room into the air, .•specially after speaking, mid sudden de pressing news operating on the blood.?— These causes of sudimn death being Hiiown, an evidencJof them tuuy.seivo a» lengthen many valuable lives, which would otherwise be lost under the vei lict of heart complaint. These diseases »re supposed to be inevitable and liu*n able; lienee, many may not take ti e pains tliev would to avoid smi len death) .1 they knew it lay In their power. The Sabbath.—Sir Matthew Hale, ilie illustmua chief Justice of England, in Ids iiiemorabhvhtuiisel to his grand children said : •• assure you t was never Inclined to fanatieism or supersti tion, Intt 1 have niiserved wlienever I nave undertaken my secular business on the Lord’s day IK-t indispensably neies -ary, that business never prospered ; mid always Hie more e'o-elyT applied myself tn the duties of that holy day the more happy ami successful were my liu.ine-s a ,d employments of the following week, -o that 1 could irum the louse and strict observance ot that day. take a just pros pect and true calculation of my temporal success in the billowing week. If we could read the wcret hlsto rv of our enemies, wo should “pa In ei-h man’s life, sort w uud BUll.riug eucugh to disarm all hostility.
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