pmt, heard moans, gaspiugs, and something like a prayer; that they devoutly crossed themselves, nth" asked what it could. be; that nobody teplicd, but that the moans vontinned, appearing to come from the body -'that t:a4 hanging overhead. They then 'h.uk the I.tdder, which the hangman had left at the foot of the gibbet. set it against the ar m o f the , c ;;;,dlows, and the sun, =Mut ing far a..t where the criminal hung. said to him, `•l4 it you who are making these cmplw.luts, my pour fellow!" The condemned man, collecting all his strength, answered, "Ye.," my =till alive, then?" oi repent of your crime:"' — Then I will qet tiblut untying you; and, command, IN to succor tint:o 'Vito vtire,r. I will , u , t>cor you and re-tore pm to lifo, that it :1.0.y lend can unto goud.' The fath.tr and son then unfastened the tiring roan, and eolnprehended how it hap pened that he still sin tit ed. The rope., in :stcatl cf compressing the neck of the thief, pressed the bottom of the helmet in such wise that the patient was suspended, but not ,tr.ingl,d, and that, catching his head ..Itt a sort of ledge ur resting- plaec within the helmet. he had 1.11 rige.l to breathe and keep up to the, moment when .our two companions , Isis , •ed hy. Thc latter liberated hint, and transported hint to their awn home, Avhere he was ltant:ed I. , v(r to the nursing of the mother oud her tnaid , n daughter. llat he nlo.; has stolen will steal again. In the peasant's house there were °Lily twd thin,;: to steal; for the money lie had hrou••ht from La i t OtCrIO 1114 not k s bilo4 to hint. TIO . Se 111111.49 were his Lorne and his daughter, a lair-haired girl of :sixteen leer- or The ex-hung criminal determined to steal 'Loth; for ha co‘,And, the horse, :Ind was smitten \vitt, n pa ,, ion for th daughter. One ni:9lt, thr,:rolorc!,lle, ,addled the hor s e, put on spur to travel nvire quickly, and t•niz,d th,.c.drl as ,ho was faA asleep, to eSrrc her But :he girl woke up, and cried for help The Either and son ante to her rescue.— The thief tried to e-teape, lint it watt too late. The daughter told th,m ~e the tiolent at tempt that hail liven made; and her father seeing el early that no real repentance wa , to he c-tpeetetl from sue!' a man, resolved to take ja-ttive into their own hantl4, hut more tact:Wally than the Seigneur of Pirnehe hail done. They f.t.ttenetl the scoundrel to the horse , altielt he had saddled ltim-elf, eon ducted him to the stiutirc of ha Piroolte, and lating him exactly where he was hung before: ?tut they took rare to remo‘c his helmet and lay it on the ground, to make sure that he should not e•trupe this time; and then they quietly returned home. Sueh ig the explanation. I can hardly tell why I imagine it to he the more proba ble one, and that you will be right in giving it, lil:e my,elf, the preference to the other two. Ai to the Teigntd` of LA Pirovte, since Le was in poiiesiLet of a sure and certain vzillsman, he jo . y fully set out fur the wars, witere he Wa3 the very first to get knocked on the head. A.. Wln: Coupnrssitn INT°Ne.—A certain IZus-ian noble, who lately visited r..tx notie2d to be plunged into deep sadness. lie wore on his finger a very reantrimble ring. large enough for a bracelet, and extended over his hand like a buckler for the ring linger. It was of a greenish e.slor, and was truss en.eil by red Tt attracivd die attention of etery body, hut no cnc was boil onough to lettr rogate the mysterious str.ttiger, outdone day ss Lidy, meeting him ill a public parlor, ven t.ired til my, - Yon wear a %cry handsome ring.' The a movement as thole:11 le: would concoal his hand, but that reeling ;_3%5. tivay t..) a ili' , ll3 to unburden -It is u t a ring." he answered. ••lint seT d ie:" , ltielder passed through the wle,le miehtle," he continued, - is inv wife. I hush tile mis frtune be.e her s ne eyensrinse , in I It.sia. was au Italian, and dreaded the icy bed awaited her after this ;de. I carried 1 r remain-, to Germany where I was ae „v,datv,l t‘ id i a o,7elwatetl ehemi.t, n/10111 I 111:110 of the I,wly a soliti 1%1'16 I e.,n1 , 1 .-arry about Ole. I:14111 aftert%ar.l he sent f,,r mo the empty e-sa, :t horrid ia.trum,ntr awl t0.1.1c. iCe (tad thr.mgh —Ol.lO tuJ p,mt•ifisl pro,-tiro , rotlticv,l s‘hich «a lily win, int" thi, Lave tne."— twri.ll by (•lieriii,try i , an imiirove inibrit II) a the p n (i /lin la tuly pr,m , ,,,1 y tiw it wi.:w may bily•iifti'r hate 1111-' NVith a e h, ' hi .1.. to Imr tilt. ;,0.1,111.1 111' 4 Wirt. sl , erie IWO :I pi 11, and 1.14 . 1..,—ut• know w,,uld tery gold buWnis mns. "Ali!" said . .‘lrs. Partingwil, as sIIC ,lool i ing at the plarards all mer flu front of a store, mirerti , big damaged goods h, r sale. It was not a big is liko tlocie with shiCL doctors Legit' their pre , eriptimis '.ut the simple's:lA..lll,o ion "aid" aol, as she it, people going along redened to what she had "Tlik" continited she, runnini; on Whoa wlo,ilharrow, "is what is nicnntlty Mr. latliiethe•— ' sweet are the uses ut, but,"—and here shc against the word "damaged," vitaking two syllahlos of it, kith a profane construction on -he tin‘ti that made her hold her hands up in mcinalitied horror. "Rut though the goods arc aged, 1 don't FPC the nee of putting it quit.- so strong — so m uc h stronger titan the good are, I dare soy"- I:.e !terse pulled her sl,eve, at the SUM.' time Itieking a 'Gig dog on the nose, who v ca = smelling at her "ridicule," and the old lady ;Biked un amid the erowil.—Boston Gaelic. Ids Ia then' Vt.;4ettbk Ifeu?—YcF: CITE graitintia 1 PENNSYLVANIA ;NDEPENDENT JOURNAL. COLUMBIA. PA. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 15 59 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.--Mi 4.4 Susan Lemmon, Select School; Bachman. pusey S: Tout, Dissolution of Partnership; Thomas Lloyd, Assignee of Columbia Water Com pany, $50,00 Reward; Win. F. Dyers, West Uhevter Academy; Miss Mary E. Greene, School Examination and Private School; John Fendrich & Bros., Removal; Colombia Manufacturing, Company, Statement and Notice; R. Williams, Garden Seeds, d.e.; Columbia Pier Company, Election Notice. A PPOINTMENTS.-Governor Packer has appointed Dr. L. S. Filbert, of this place, to the pont af Lazaretto Physician. He has selected one of our Most popular practition• ers, and his loss will be felt in our commu nity. We congratulate the Doctor on his lack. Pine.—On last Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in the stable of Hi ram Wilson, on the south side of the alley running cast from Second street, between Walnut and Locust streets, and communi cated to the adjoining stable attached to the property occupied by Martin Currie, and to George Wolf's stable, opposite, all of which Ivere burned to the ground. In Mr. Wilson's stable a valuable horse and three pigs were consumed. The fire was doubt- less tbs work of design, but whether a re vengeful act ztt: a plan I'n• drawing unit oar eitizens with a view to plundering their un protected premises, it is difficu!l to decide. From the fact that a plug in the principa! pipe conveying the water from the springs above town to the reservoir, was removed on Friday or Saturday, thus interrupting the supply, it would seem to have been the de liberate purpose of the author or authors or this outrage to insure as much damage as possible from their infamous work. l'he untiring exertions of our firemen, who labored nobly in the effort to rave neighbor ing property, confined the mischief to the three stables named, which were alinest sitmdtaneously in a blaze, so rapidly did the flames spread. The boys deserve the mire praise for this fronts the insufficiency of their stock of hose, and tine consequent necessity of resort to pumping and the laborious use of buckets for a supply of water to the en gines: and the prevention of the communi cation of the tire to the highly inflammalde buildings surrounding the burning stables on all sides is the best evidence of the effica cy of the service rendered. The locality was well chosen for the atrocious purpose: and had the wind bent high the destruction of property must have been very great, as in every direetioa there is in extended field for a terrible colon:lgnition in the frame stables and shops of the neighborhood. Thomas Lloyd, Ilsq„ Assignee of the Co lumbia Water Company, Inas very properly offered a reward of F;450,00 for am detection and conviction of the person or persons who removed the plug from the supply pipe, and we shall be glad to hear of some action by our borough authorities with a view to bringing the perpetrator of this villainy to justice. We arc requested by Mr. Jacob C. Pfah ler to return his thanks to the firemen, for their gallant exertions through Ivhieli his property Mas preserved on Saturday night. 0111.111.131'S MACIAAINt.—We have received nraliani for April, and we can willingly ndd our good word to the universal praise m ith which the Magazine has come to be re ceived. Mr. Leland's graceful gossip has :Wade our monthly Graham as much a ne cessity as our occasional lager: and it has the same refreshing effect, with the addi tional salt of the accompanying pretzel.— The Avril number is interesting as usual. obtl LAM' , BOOK.—Godey, with its varietie,, has appeared, and as usual is re splendent with feminine kniek-knackeries and novelties. Godey and will ever be. a favorite with the ladies. and if popularity is a proof of merit, the immense circulation of the magtvine stamps it A No. I. Non Tit Btu rtsit ItrviEw.—We have re eeived from Leonard Scott d - Co., 79 Fulton street, New York, the North British Re iew for February. Its content?! are Stan hope's History--Walpole and Pulteney: Naple:, Is Is-185S; Scottish Natural Sci ence; Logic of I lid !let ion—Mill; Arnold and hit; School; Proverbs Secular and f.lacred: Rambles of a Naturalist, Sc.; Capitol and Currency; Poetry---The Spasinodiqsl lie cent Publications. A FA% °RITE REIIFI/T.-WC believe no medicine has ever effected so many cures as the Oxygenated Ilitters. In cases Dys• pep,ia and General Debility, restoring health and cheerfulness, when all other remedies have failed. A scree To Yorso LAntrii.--DO you wish to presenc a clear and healthy complexion, without the use of deletrious cosmetics or dregs, and escape the penalty and expense of dieter's bills? Icy,. do, go to bed ear ly, rise early, take plenty of exercise in the open air, and du not spend a majority of any (limy in viewing by hand. Sewing by hand harts keen a greater cause of the de struction of health titan any other employ ment the sex engages in, and now that the day for its necessity has gone by, it would be suicidal for any young Duly, who can persuade her father to purchase for her one of Grover & Baker's Sewiug Afachines, to sew by hand, and thus become stave at the expense of her health. The Grover 4. raker Machine is easily managed by any person of ordinary intelligence—will not get out of order, and sews a stronger and more beau tiful sawn than can be done by bend. It is time only machine in the market that has given entire Fatislaction to the families using it, inasmuch is its work will not rip, even if every third stich be cut. ANOTHER CONGRESSIONAL DISP7.AY.-011 Monday last an exciting debate on the Kan sas question iu the Senate drew forth one of those dispinys of verbal violence, that so frequently of late years enliven the proceed ings of our otherwise rathef heavy Legisla tros. By the determination of the Lecomp tonites to farce a vote this - Weett upon the question of the admission of Kansas under the LeCompton constitution, without afford ing the opposition an opportunity to consult. a struggle between the parties was induced. the Lecomptonites refusing to adjourn, and the Antis retaining, the floor. Much in feeling was the consequence, which culmi nated, after some discourteous words between the parties, itt Mr. Orcen, of Missouri, call ing Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, a liar. The session was protracted until six o'clock on Tuesday- morning, when the Lecompton ites gave way fur an adjournment until twelve o'clock the same day. Upon the re assembling of the body both Mr. Green and Mr. Cameron apologized to the Senate, and each expressed himself as meaning no disre spect to the other. This satisfied the respec table assemblage of law-Makers, and why should not the country be equally pleased? ' We rather admire these little outbreak , : they give interest as well as dignity to the proceedings, of which the daily telegraphic summary is ordinarily anything but spicy. And they arc harmless, generally speaking: and most refreshing are the subsequent ex tremely cordial prafe,sions of high esteem for the character and person of each other, deemed indispensable by the belligerents.— We cannot too highly commend the cultiva tbm of mutual courtesy between Senator, which leads to such pleasant little compli mentary exchanges as the above. A lesson or two may yet be tulvantageou.ly taken by the more exalted body, from the House. ukielt is second to nu lighthig men's he:W -TI:I.:401.s in the country. Both partie ;..) the Senate have agreed that a vote shall be taken on the Lecompton question on Mnday, when the b;11 for the admission of Kansas will probably pass that dy. Philadelphia Correspondence I'llll. 11 , 1:1.1 . 11IA, Match 17, 1855. Reriorlv—(bow's e - the ilorement —Singular Featores—No,o , I.llllwrolimor—,l „Vett So• ri,t y-7 he Fire Ti,k4 The Insurance :]bur—_loon IMI 1 . 014 The Opera—Stork Mat lo,t —nonage Doty. As our rectangular town, during the ex citement in "monetary affairs," set itself up as an ex:unple for the imitation of the com mercial metropolis, now that the "pan ic" has passed away, or is lulled for the present, and Philadelphia Ims the credit of hating actually originated something (luring the last quarter century. the solid and sleepy old city has wnkcd up, and is determined to have no more stirring times in "all the whole wide world"—as the Iles. Mr. Wadsworth says —than can be got up and kept up within the limits of Eingsessing and Kensington : accordingly, the extraordinary religious ex citement which has kept New York alive during the past six weeks, has fairly got possession of this community; and, as we con not have a revival of trade, we may just content ourselves with a revival of religion and good morals. Few are the skeptics who will venture to deny that the latter, if truly understood and faithfully adhered to, is really the more valuable boon of the two. The peculiar feature in this revival is that it is not confined to one particular sect, nor to a few "evangelical" sects, but it is almost universal among the congregations profes sing Christianity. Churches are o pen during n portion of every day, and "Fnion-prayer meetings" arc held every day and night, in the public halls about the city. A novelty in the rules and regulations of these meetings, is the practice of having r glaring notices hung in various- parts of the hall contesing the intelligence to persons \who think themsehes "moved" to impart atiextraordinary amount or instruction and light to enquirers—that "live minutes only eillt he allowed fur ally one Prater eshor tation," , Sometimes it is edifying to hear the dis ~' , I;ebr of men. on the cau , es and teoden cies of singular "revukion"—in iniqui ty, and re‘iral In morality, particularly Mien discu , ,ed as n few evening , since in the hearing of the writer, by a company of philosophical indi%iduak of bachelor pro who treated the subject with that deliberate com , ideeation and logical acumen, for which bachelors of a eerlain aye are so remarkable: and at the same time with the reverence and gravity ‘% hieh the sacred na ture of the subject demanded. A gentleman of strictly commercial ideas, thought that the cause of the revival might be traced to the "general stognation of hos inss," and reasoned thus to prose his pro. position. Large numbers of men being thrown out of employment, and basing very little chance to attend to the wouts of the body, not unnaturally took to looking after the interests of their souls; and being unable to acquire much of this world's goods, took to despising the worthless dross of worldly possessions, and went to laying up What they could out of the nay of earthly loss and decay. This argument is not a bad one in favor of the ancient aphorism, "The love of money is the root of all evil," and substantiates the corollary, that if money eould he banished from society and kept away altogether, evil passions and evil ae• Guns would certainly give place to virtue, love and universal charity. Another philosopher, who is supposed "to have once lute,'" suggested that religion and revivals "began with the girls," and as most young men had sneethearts, they nat urally enough followed them into churches and prayer-meetings: then consequently, a young man really in love with an amiable and excellent girl, is apt to find his "heart enlarged by its new sympathy with one grown bountiful to all," and falls inconti nently in love with everything that she loves—cum with his own soul. There may be some truth in this theory, but it is to be hoped that such feelings Hill no, prove ephemeral ; and surely if they are sineere and lasting, they eannot do harm, but may be very likely to accomplish a past deal of good. In contrast with these matters, as another phase df the signs of the times, and one of the noticeable events of the day, we may mention the organiiatlim of a society on purely "Systematic Benevolened" princi ples; Whch has been recently established in this city. The plan is to set up a kind of Qaving shop, where "the earnings of chil dren, made by overwork tit other means," may be taken in and saved tip-=and tied up too, without doubt, very tight indeed—for purposes of "systematic charity" where most needed. In return for these deposits the children will receive "certificates of stock," and a ticket securing them "free admission through the gates of the Heavenly City."— As incredible as this may appear, and as blasphemous as it really is, it is no fiction, but plain unvarnished fact, as the published proceedings of a public meeting will show. Of course, this grand establishment will be organized as an association perhaps under a charier, with President ; Secretary and Treasurer, worthy and honorable men, no doubt, who don't work without salaries. This is the Mast ex'traordinary invention to raise the wind, "to be met with in Ancient ur Modern History," except one other, in vented by a philanthropic gent from "Noe England," who used to perambulate the streets and docks of New York in the vicin ity of the Philadelphia steamboats, offering to ensure the lives of passengers travelling south against accidents on the Railroads, "at the very low figure of $lOO for e.? cents to Philadelphia, and in that proportion fur larger sums and longer distances." This worthy agent of "a respectable com pany- was ti peripatetic secretary, and car ried suspended by a strap round his neck a tray of cations compartments and a dimin utive writing desk, in which were number less little tickets which he filled up and signed to suit his customers. However. the dodge did not last long, for in a few weeks the Insurance man broke up fur want of custom, or swamped his entire capital in a accident; . ' and it is supposed his tray was concerted into a receptacle for candies and sugar plums-, and himself into a runner for an association of dentists, or a kind of tooth ache-propagandist. Notwithstanding the Lenttn season which causes such deep affliction to come of the gay ''Washington correspondents," Philadelphia is, socially considered, rather convalescent. having the means of amuse ment bountifully supplied to her communi ty, and if the tilt tants are not sufficiently amused it mast he for want of money to purchase what is cheap enough, if it has no other recommendation. A companyof sonic thirty odd, who call themselves "Old Folks." are giving concerts of sacred music, with great success, judging from the manner in which they hang on, and take in the greenhorns and the quarters, notwithstand ing their frequent assurances to their admi ring audiences, that these concerts are not git out for the purpose of making money, but as they felt a desire to travel south and visit Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington purely in a spirit of laudable curiosity, they had taken this means of defraying the ex penses of the trip from their native State. Massachusetts ! Can any one tell why there seems to be a natural connection between public ainuse meets and humbug or deception? What is the use of resorting to these mean expedi ents "to draw?" But the Colombians may hear the "Old Folks" before long, and it is hoped that the first audience may be large enough to render humbug or untruths whol ly unnecessary. If so let the fact be known in time. The Italian opera opened again nt the Academy, last ttight.--an event which a ITurds great delight to some of the "dailiee," one or two of which are quite jubilent on the pros poet of iin ing the Opera as t "perm:men ' ey" in our cite. Paris has an Opera, Lon don has an °pure, New York has nn infiain imthwy Opern, why should not Philadelpain have a chronic Omar Certainly, why not? So we say, all. And why should not the lovely town of "Ilog's Misery," in the vale of "Tnekahe," have nn Opera, if the fii-L -iunalle people there went one? Stocks are leaver this week than they have been for the last fortnight. Penna. It. has touched as law as 44. Much interest is manifested by the company, and the busi aoxs men of Philadelphia to have the "Ton nage duty" remitted ; for it is certainly a draw-back either on the interests of the city. or the profits of time company—depending on the "stand-paint" from Willa yOll view the matter, to wit, the depot on Market street, or the Treasurer's office in Walnut street. The weather to-any is remarkably fine for St. Patrick .. ., :Lod our foreign relation , ' are making . ..the most of it. The Great Central Route We ere not ettwpritted that the great Penn sph•nnin route to and from the west, is everywhere neknowledged to be the be,t.— Sec the following from the Cincinnati <la zette or the itttht llilitoAn norTENT° TIO:III 4 T.—The infor mation furnished by mail agents, tvith re ference to railroad routes, is likely to prove valuable to the travelling public. On the route to New York, via Cleveland and Dunkirk, over the Xew York and Brie road, the trains fail to connect at Dunkirk or Cleveland, five tittles out of six. The route via Baltimore is somewhat more reliable, the failures on the Central Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio, averaging only about four a week. By way of Philadelphia, over the Pennsyl vania Central, a failure rarely occurs. Mr. Latshaw, one of the mail agents, informs ns that he has experienced but one failure since the Ist of January; and the whole number occurring (there are several agents) avrruge not more than two or three a month. This is important information for the travelling public, and we will thank the mail agents to continue to furnish us with their reports regarding this matter. Passengers will, of course, travel over the most . reli able roads; and railway managers desiring to secure a share of the travel will put their machinery. tracks, &c., in such order that trains can keep on the rails and make time. If they neglect, to do this, they should not he patronized, and they certainly will not ho by people who :due their neck', com fort and time. Giiiiid Jurors lb serve in the Ccurt of Quarter Sessions, commencing Monday, the Plth. day of April, 1558. Samuel Book, East Donegal. Samuel L. Brubaker; Itapho: Andrew Brubaker, Bast Ilempfield. Benjamin Buckwalter, East Lampeter. A. N. Breneman, City. Isaac Bear, Leacock. Thomas Collins, Columbia...— Samuel Dougherty, East Donegal. Thomas Groff, Providence. Charles Gillespie, City. Samuel [less, Pequea. Nathan ll:tines, Little Britain. Benjamin John , qm, Jr., Manheim: David Knox, :Salisbury. .Jacob 11. Keller, West Donegal. Abner Peoples, Strasburg. Cyrus Royer, Providence. Luther It ichards, City. Andrew W. Snavely, Elizabethtown. David Shelly, Ilapho. Ulrich Shirk, Manheim. John B. Warfel, Paradise. John Zook, Penn. Christian Zook, East Donegal. PETIT JURORS To serve in the sane Court. Abraham Bausman, :Nlanor. Elisha Brown, Coleraine. Peter Bard, Ephrata. Michael Bender, Upper Leacock. Groff Bender, West Earl. Jacob Bnekstresser, Elizabethtown A. Scott Clarke, Drumore. John Charles, Washington, Mark Connell, West Earl. John IL Diffenbach, Marietta. John Diller, East Earl. John Felix, John Fosset, Elizabeth, .John Fryday, 'West Ilemptield. John B. Gish, West Donegal. Samuel G. Graff, Upper Leacock. John h. Good, Pequen. Samuel L. Grosh, East Donegal. Edward Hibshman, Ephrata. Edward Hess, Mallon Jacob L. Iles , . Petora. Jacob L. lloffmier, City. .Toshua W. Jack, City, Samuel E. Keller, Warwick, Abraham Kindig, Conestoga. David Kline, Mount Joy bor. Sylvester Kennedy, ,Salisbury. Emanuel Landis' East Lampeter. John Lintner, Manor. John Lynch, Elizabethtown. Andrew Landis, Penn. Elijah Lewis, Sadsburv. George Lougabough,!Carnarvon. George Martin, Brecknoek. Jacob K. Manning, Manor. Jacob M. Myers, Manheim. Samuel IL Miller, Elizabeth. John Musser, Upper Leacock. John Plank, Carnarvon. John Heist, Manheim. Adam K. Ream, West Cocalico. Charles Hengier, City. Nathaniel E. tilayinaker; Paradise. Henry Shelly-, Rapho. Jacob Sourbeer, Conestoga. Benjamin Taylor, Marietta. Amos Walton, Martin. Jacob E. Grabill, East Donegal. Pictures of China A FtNE6_u. ITOCESS/05. There is a sound of gongs, and a crepita tion of small crackers at the north end of the bund, and the coolies leaving their work to look on. As it is a day for sight-seeing, and sight-seing is our business, let us fullow the crowd. It is a burial procession. The mother of a Chinese opium broker is going to her last 'ionic. She carries with her all her little comforts and necessaries wherewith to begin life in the next world. Many palanquins appear at unequal distance, preceded and followed by coolies marching four abreast. These litters contain small joss houses, and basins holding fruits, and sweetmeats, and bean cakes, and other orthodox Buddhist comestibles. There is good store also of silvered and gilded paper made to resemble solid ingots of gold and silver. This is the wealth wherewith she is to appear in the land of ghosts as a respectable, well-to-do matron. But if this bullion pass current • among the ghosts, they have lost the comb tics which most distinguish them in the flesh. in life a Chinaman can distinguish the exact fineness of a piece of silver by the touch, so much su that the word "touch'' is used as a technical term to indicate the quality of each description of bullion; it must be very harrowing to the ghosts of a Chinese eomprador to find himself obliged todeal in these shadowy ingots. On marches the procession. There are little boys blow ing shrill trumpets and other stranger wind instruments, men excruciating our cars with cymbals and gongs, and grave adults ex ploding strings of crackers. Then comes the coffin—a strong wooden case like I carved and ornamented trunk of a troc. It is half covered by draperies, and is borne by twelve coolies. It is hermetically sealed with tenacious plaster the Chinese call "chu nam." It will be borne ton joss-house in the city, and thence to a spot in one of the son's fields. Here it will rest on the sur face of the ground. After the time of mourning is past, a few spades full of earth will be shoveled upon it, then year by year a few more, till a mound arises, and rank grass and Chinese Mlles spring up, and this old ladies habitation adds another unit to the myriads of sacred burrows which cum ber the rich soil, and serve no purpose but a harbor for the pheasants when the crops are cut. Our English books upon China say that only bills are set apart for this purpose. msim.t.-rooTtn LAtmts There are small-footed ladies at Hong Kong who gain a very fair livelihood by exhibiting their pedal extremities to sea captains and other curious Europeans, at a dollar a head ; bat, as so superficial an ex amination of this national peculiarity did not satisfy me, I had recourse to some of my good friends among the missionaries. By their aid, I obtained that sonic poor Chinese women should bring me a complete gamut of little girls from the missionary schools.— Many of these female children probably owed their lives to the persuasion (aided by the opportune donation of rice,) of my mis sionary friend and his lady, but their influ ence had been powerless to prevent the tor ture of their feet. On the appointed day they were all seated in a row is my friends library, and their feet, which I suspect had undergone a preparatory washing, were unbound by their mamas. The first was a child of two ;years old. Her penance had just commenced. When the bandage of blue cotton was taken off I found that the great toe hail been left untouched, but the other four had been forced down under the ball of the foot; and closely Wand in that position. The And ; therefore, walked upon the knuckle joint of her foot tom= The toes were red and inflamed, and the ligature caused evident pain. In the next three children (all of ages advancing at small intervals,) the preparation was only to the same extent; it was confined to the four toes, gradually, however, these four toes, ceding to the continual pressure, lost their articulations and their identity as limbs, and became amalgamated with the sole of the foot. In the eldest of the four the redness and inflammation had entirely disappeared, the font was cool and painless, and appeared as though the four toes had been cut off by a knife. The foot was now somewhat the shape of a trowel. Punchy A FAULT AT ASV BATE,—The Bank of England, estimated as to value at .01,000,- 000 a year, pays not more than .C 75 poor rate. The Apothecaries' Hall .0231. This inequality only substantiates the old saw, that those who can afford to pay the most, generally get off by contributing the least. However, it is best to take a charitable view of the case, and net to be too hard upon the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. Let us suppose that she would have paid as much as Apothecaries' Hall, if the assessment had only boen made at a time when money happened to be "a drug" in the market. LATEST FROM PAILIS.—The following offi cial announcement appeared yestesday in the Mon/tear: "Petticoats nre the only French institu tution which the Government mill hence forth permit to expand." THE PARLIAMENTANY Dicr.sr.—An intel ligent waiter at Bellamy's says: "The De bates arc rump-steaks and onions early in the morning„ suet-dumplings in the middle of the day, and pork-chops late at night." PARIS IS A FERMENT.—We snake the fol lowing ext?act from our esteemed contens temporary, the _Vorning Advertiser: "liver since the - discovery in the French capital that the plot for the assassination of Louis Napoleon was of Alsopp's brewing, the cry has been more than ever general in Paris— A Miss L' Angleterre" AMENDED CONSTITUTIONAL P/ANIM (as French Colonels would wish it.) "An Eng lishnian's house is his castle, but every French policeman is to have a latch-key of it." AN ALIEN MEAsums.—Palmerston trying on the uniform, as measured for him by Louis Napoleon, of a Sergent de Police. .1 . 01:41 PROVERII.4.-lig the are of Cork.— Men of Straw don't make the best bricks. It's a narrow bed that has no turning When money is sent flying out of the win dow, it's poverty that comes in at the door. The Pig that pleases to live must live to please. One man may steal a hedge, whereas an other daren't even as much as look at a horse. Short rents make many friends—and it holds equally good with your landlord and your clothes. The mug of a fool is known by there be ing nothing in it. You may put the Carte before the horse, but you can't make him cat. Money makes the gentleman, the want of it the blackguard. When wise men fall out, then rogues come by what is not their own. Ress IN THE FAXILY.-;l pamphlet, we are told, is about to be published, pro ving the descent of Louis Napoleon from the Man in the Iron Mask. It would seem that that celebrated vizor is etill in the family, and that the descendant wears from choice what his ancestor wore on compulsion. THE RIGHT MAN IN TILE RIMIT - Out of consideration for the nature of the functions the new Marshal General will have to fulfil in France, it has been suggc,t ed he ought to change his name from "Rl issier" to "Po/icier." A NEW "'DEE N.tpoLEONIENNE."—Louis Napoleon, Emperor of France, and the Dic tator of England! Titc I.llAxlms or nocitEroreAul.n.—So called because to every maxim of satire there is scarcely a minim of truth. TIIE VALUE OF EARLI7 ltisucc IN PARMA MENT.-"It is your early M. I'. that catches the Speaker's eye. DRAWING ROOM TIIOECIITS.—By a niter who has moved in the First Circles.—A full heart is as difficult to carry as a full cup— the least thing upsets it. Characters, like pipes, get blacker after they are smoked. The more 'polished a person's mind, the more succeptible it is to the warmth of friendly impressions, like a well-kept ma hogany table, whose bright surface is marked instantly with any dish that is placed upon it hot. Many friends, like cards, are flung down upon the ground, as soon as those who have been playing wits► thent„hare got all they cared out of them. zer-A worthy old citizen of Newport, who had the reputation of being the laziest man alive among "them hillocks"—so lazy, in deed, that he used to weed his garden in a rocking chair, by rocking forward to take hold of the weed, and backward to uproot it—had a way peculiarly his own; he used to drive his old white-faced mare to the spot where the tautog (blackfish) might he de pended on for any weight from two to twelve pounds—back his gig down to the water side—put out his line, and when the tautog was safely hooked, start the old mare and pull him out." SlEZrit. French Engineer was traveling upon an old Ohio steamboat. lie observed to the captains "But, tide angina is in a. very poor condi tion." "That so," was the reply, "And how long do you expect to run it?" "Till it bursts," was the cool reply. After passing the neat landing place there was 000 Frenchman less on board that boat. Av Anvzsrunn Is A RAILWAY CARRIAGE'. —After I had taken my seat one morning, at Paddington, in an empty carriage, I was joined, just as the train etas tenting off, by strange-louking young man, with remark ably flowing hair. lle was ; of course, a lit tle lmrried, hut he seemed besides to be so disturbed and wild, that I was quite alarmed for fear of his not being right in his mind ; not did his subsequent conduct at all rens- Sure me. Our Mehl etas an express, and he inquired eagerly, at once, which was the first station Nl , licFrerit we were advertised to stop. I consulted my firdachate, and furnished him with the required information. Itwas Read ing. The young man leAt'd St Ms watch. "INfadam," said he, "I have but half an hour between me and, it may be, ruin. Excuse, therefore, my abruptness. Yon have, I per ceive, a pair of scissors in your workbag.— Oblige me, if you please, by cutting off all my hair." "Sir," said I, "it is impossible." "Madam," he urged, and a look of severe' determination crossed his features, "I am a desperate man. Beware how you refuse mo' what I ask. Cut my hair off—short, close to the roots—immediately; and here is a newspaper to bold the ambrosial curls." I thought he was mad, of course; and be lieved it would be dangerous to thwart hint. I cut off all his hair to the last lock. “Now Madam,” said lie, unlocking n small portmanteau, “you will further oblige me by looking out of the window, as I am about to change my clothes.'' Of course I looked out of the window for a considerable time, and when he observed, "Madam. I need no longer put you to any inconvenience," I did not recognize the young man in the least. Instead of his former gay costume, he was attired in black, and wore a gray wig and silver spectacles; he looked like a respectable divine of the Church of England, of about 6-I years of age; to complete that character be held a volume of sermons in his hand, which—they appeared so to absorb him— might have been his own. "I do not wish to threaten you, young lady," he resumed, "and I think, besidos,. that I can trust your kind face. Will you promise inc not to reveal this metamorpho sis until your, journey's end?'.' "I will," said I, "most certainly." At Reading the guard and a person in plain clothes looked into our carriage.— "You have the ticket my love," said tho young man blandly. and looking M me as though he were my father. "Never mind, sir; we don't want them," said the official, as he withdrew his compan ion. "I shall now leave you, Madam," ob_ served my fellow traveler, as ,00n as the coast was clear; "by your kind and cour ageous conduct you have saved my life, and perhaps even your own." In another min ute he was gone and the train was in mo tion. Not till the next morning did I learn from the Times newspaper that the gentle man on whom I had operated as hair cutter had committed a forgery to an enormous amotu.t. in London a few hours before I met him, and had been tracked into an express train from Paddington, but that—although the telegraph had been put in motion and described him accurately—at Beading, when the train was searched, he was nowhere to be found.—/bnisehohl Words. A coca tronv WELL TOLD.—WC have a friend—or, with the emphasis of the Tuodles, "we haven friend"—whom, fur the nonce, we shall call the Major, though his right to the prefix is somewhat question able. Now the Major has had through life one besetting sin, and that is an unconquer able love of a certain game of cards known as Vingt-un, which is the French for twenty one. This well known game, a fat wife and a large family, are about the only weak nesses that can be laid to the Major's charge. How often he has been married the record sayeth not—nor is it important. Suffice it that, during over thirty odd years of the Major's wedded life, as his wealth increased and his hairs became gray, one after an other, in regular succession, his board was honored with the presence of miniature editions of himself, until the number bad reached twenty, when the Major concluded that things had gone far enough, and should be stopped. But they did'nt, as the Major in due time found out, fur he had calculated without consulting his wife. There were indications of another bond of union and well-spring of happiness. The Major be came nervous, for his nomenclature was ex-. hansted. In his desperation, he finally de clared that the coming heir to his name and fortunes, whether a boy or girl, should be named Vingt-un. In vain the old woman. remonstrated. The Major was inexorable. Thencw corner being the twenty-first, should wag his way through lira with that appro priate title. In the ante-room the Major awaited the announcement of the little stranger's sex. The nurse appeared, and, to the Major's horror, whispered the terrible word—" Twins!" "Bustedl by thunder!" yelled the Major. "Why didn't I stand on twenty?" AllOrT LA CER BEER.—The decision of the Brooklyn judge and jury that lager beer,„ except when taken in very unusual and al most impossible quantitioq, is a harmless beverage and not intoxicating, is a verdict quite germane to the German way of think ing and drinking. The fact is "lager" is a mild tonic, Teutonic, but not too-tonic tipple, which ought not to be discouraged. It is easily enough swallowed by the people, but no governmeht can "put it down." The 13crmans have a song about beer which has a fine patriotic moral. The idea of the song is this—that a glass of "lager" represents the state. The froth on the top represents I the aristocracy; the dregs at the bottom are the low and vicious; while the clear, bright, wholesome fluid which lies between repre sents the middling classes, the real, substan tial, useful, virtuous democracy. Partridge, in the novel of Tom Jones, thought well of punch as a Christian beverage "because it was a drink nowhere spoken against in the scriptures." The same may be said of la ger beer; and we accordingly commend it to all sensible people who are at once lubu lOUS and biblical. Waiter, a glass of "la ger."—Boston Post.
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