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.