19 Dlllt.d *«t,klr. «< CMarfl«M,P»., bi D: W. MOUSE > CLARK WILSON. Bdltoif and Proprictoi, altbo tab ■wl»* T*tf I»r0t»bl« , I ‘ USE,copy ONE YDABiINADVANCE,- (100 * . ” MID WITHIN THREE (UONXIJ. 1 » I 'IP NOT PAipWlTHltiSl'x NORTHS, "1 » ’ IF NOT PAID,'VyiTHIN NINE MONTHS, 176 tip, NOT PAID WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS, W ■;■* (V-*r-ThaaHii»oterrat aioaillljcral mthoie «f anyothoi :-j| U-/ coanUf.paporin thb State, and will bo exeeted, INodi»eontin<ians»tvlH.ba#llowetl nnlllnllHrrenra»eibe** •enpaid. . _ . ;] . DUTXj Atifl LIABILITY, OF POSTMASTERS. Foitmaitau nenleotln* to notify the onblliher,nidirKtei ' -ySy IswvcfthofaotthUtpaoeriare not lined by thosoto whort fS m i97Af* UicejteJ. «ra Ihtmielve* hold fdi'tb' raodutof ih« iubiotiptron motioy. , , - M Pongoi lUUnt papoti jddre*«jd totheraielfat.orta others, aQom*saWlsflii, afltTarollabjidfor the prlceof*ab»oilD. itoniidrii idW aklileW tnnll thronibont the county ofooitaio.- mmm —p— JIBS BOWIE,TAB NAPOLEON OP DUGIJmS. | T j On the evening of the 4th of June, 1885, - ihq steamboat “Rob Roy,” started from ; St; , Louis ■td New Orleans with a full • ttrowd oLpassongera. Immediately after ■ “geltiDg good headway,” to adopt a favor-j - jte back wood’s phrase, one person attract- 1 ;'id universal; attention, by tho annoying '.<figernesS With which ho endeavored to '®iako up a party at cards. Indeed, his oft, tjjfcpeatod nn d ;'persevering offorts to that, sopn became insulting and unendura-i • KJjle; and yet ;his:appearance was such as | ’ |h deter the bravest on board from admin- 1 ■ -fitering the chastisement which hesojust-i i' jw deserved. He was a huge mass ofi j Eighty bone and muscles, with swarthy i j Jfeniures, bearing the impress of many I I 'ijpars; piercing black eyes, that seemed ! 10 possess the power of blasting tho be- j Eblderrr-cold, gleaming eyes, suchjujytaunt I ' the memory painfully ; a rank luxuriance i • oHdonl black hair, immense whiskers and ,fghouBtache. This savage looking figure j | Jifas habited in dhe costliest clothing, and , „R%i)omed with a profusion.of jewelry, whilo | tb outlines of tho several murderous wenp is were plainly distinguishable beneath his | gaudy,vest and superfine coat. Nor did hemeed these to render him an object of ferror. A connoisseur in the science of Belligerent gymnastics would have confi dently pronounced'.him a match for any live men on deck, without any aid from lead or cold steel. •Sf- At length after mhny failures, he pro filed on'a wealthy young merchant of \ fjntchez, to join him at a game of ‘poker.’ sat down beside a small table near ’ tjje bar, and were soon absorbed in the qiost perilous of all excitements of which . Uie two alluring ingredients are tho vani and pride of individual skill, and the tflncertainty of general hazard. At first j the stakes were small, and the run of Girds seemed wholly in favor of the mer chant; but presently they bet more freely, itid gold eagles and hundred dollar notes "jro showered down on the board with travogant ardor; and the current of for no changed; ebbed away from the young flterchant, and’flowed to the professional tmbler, in a stream like tho ocean’s tide. i usually- happens in such cases, his ' .of success only piqued and madden ' the loser, and he sought to recover hfciselftby venturing such desperate ven tures as could not but deepen nnd confirm t# ruin. And thus they continued during | long summer night. The intensity of tit Cir excitement became equivalent to insanity. Every nerve was strung —eve- Tfljfenorgy of the brain was taxed to the Ujpiost —their teeth were set as those of an tfcj|onists in mortal strife—the sweat roll- Cfe from their brows like great drops of twin. ur*'« fsirci #,-ko tlOUdf mur-ni bo lilt- nelifte* >, nii teoeou tUy.'l" Kao* ill *m / R«i««r met, trt Pl>Juu, Atnmil m?:y to: raav|iiif Di! e f t 1 1 . JitltUl* iti'Jiftt," intlftb. a.um.— . i 'Teit pQOertioft jllj MOTT mil vroefc C}*ta lift . Beou i KotCAft CIU*." iqlat ijh ri>4oc«d •*** $ IWhifi *WN>" itU<W TMMIi SuTy'; |ftQ««a. Mutmt bowam taerto. itir. nil ®p 1 dilate* Hence** IwiceiLe I'riißti Id) id Ur. kits.. Pa: bd bouia FotUn*«- ■i:?The passengers formed n circle around i tb« players, and looked on with that inter-1 esT which extraordinary concentration of intellect and passion never fails to inspire flP.'bosoms-that shudder at the excess. The merchant and the gambler attracted all syis, and kept awake by gazing till morn- ■ jbgr. Among tho iattor was one present fijiir u countenance so piteous that it might M§e melted heartsof marble to tears. A ftgje and exquisitely 'beautiful face peeped msfcssantly from the ladies’ cabin weeping «ij§Sithe while as if oppressed by some 4||{idful sensation of immediate sorrow.— ft(*as tho merchant’s lovely wife weeping awell departing hope I re was one spectator, also, whoso tnco and actions excited almost hs .uriosity as the players did them- Ho' was ri tall, spare man, of irty, with handsome features, gol ir, kden blub eyes of perpetual •S 3, andhis firm] thin ljps woro a tl smite—a mystqrious; smile, of It Inscrutable meaning. ", With the iri of hie’ red c&lico.'shirt, his person tssed' whdlly in blickskin, orpa with long flowinginssels, and with wrought oat of variegated heads, fashion of some western Indians: id close beside the card table, and _ in his left hand a sheet of paper, i|s right a large pencil, with which, ov ind dhobi he dashed off a few ! \vordsas Ihgflged'in' trdcibg the progress Of'the he. '• >:l 'i . . Itill the’merchant nnd gambler perse fed in' their'physical antf mental toil.— ial of : thb stars, ' with its thousand of gblcleri firei pointed to tho world a of midnightblit still they did Se.-' It still was ‘‘shuffle find cuf, .as,' 1 ’ date/ upj bod J ,call you, 1 and iwri the pile.”' 'lflbw’aids morning, in'dods stdrrti dpose] 1 The red light si Shod ‘' fawfuliy—-the ‘ hail ‘ p6urc'd ikd 1 ; d •' frozen cataract ; 'tho great idred' till it rival led! the loud thiln- MdVeri; 'and the c yery pilot at the .v&tf alarrrifed. '•••But the’ mad' play rd 1 It riot] 1 Whitt whs’the tumult of iiig elethbflte td them, yhosb'deßtU g On ,pf Arid Bmiling bUte-eydd strangcrin biick- Istill stood bV'iherft, vyitfi hla'jpbricil •paper, ■calhilyriOtii'igUhd dev’eTopnibrit IP -gamS. 111 - tflrittliy -the 1 igorrit passoi}, ibfbfemrtifffld&y-hehkh'catne out lijtoa Iriifdd dte.ttdc^.Wth^is , y i ditrW thb'clihidx df folly.— iraoplf.tf Uin COHXIB i eiiaW#- oMifii, ■l. ifwrt" bntut?* of «(iHf !.M» ’ UJloW*^ abort Apt* o *- ffifijg ySSti*. jbvEs.; £> St&u&i -AW loiigb' ••fCfli.fi 1 ta| ti!< • - t'% j j'SfSfi |oc6ft»:| |d!« ktcfe jl coaimVl'/ti 4 HJpßlff! | ,7 » '. ''l* liftVoYlVg ‘i tssm touotwj ;j >yip ol T* :ordjnetr '?■s h'dayS; ' j TBXISIS j in W ! dffiatfk IS' Hqmbliicmt A WEEKLY PAPER: DEMOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE Volume 4, Ho staked fivo thousand : dollars, his last cent of money in tho world on two pair of kings.” The whiskered gambler “called” him : they showed hands, tho blackleg had “two pairs of aces,” and “raked the board.”— The merchant dropped to the floor as if he had been shot through the brain—his beautiful young wife flew to his side und fell shrieking upon his bosom. They were both borne away insensible to tho ladies’ cabin. As he deposited the winnings in his pocket, the gambler emitted a hoarse laugh that sounded frightful like the chuckle of a fiend, but ho instantly lost color, ns a low, calm voice remarked in his ear— “ Villain you play a strong hand at many different games, but hore stands one that can bent you at all of them.” He turned, met the glanco of those keen bluo eyes, so preternnturally bright, and shuddered, but he immediately gained his] presence of mind, for he was no coward, ] and then he frowned till his shaggy brows] met like the coil of a serpent, and demand- j ed sternly— | j “Beggar who are you to bunter a gen-] I tlemnn thus rudely ?” “lam James Bowie, of Texas,” theoth-' er answered with a ringing laugh, “and you are John Lafitte, a bastard of the old pirate!” The gambler reeled in his choir ns if he had been struck with n thundorbolt, hut recovered again from the shock in a mo ment, and asked in a firm tone— “ What game do you wish with me?” “Polxr first, and pistols afterwards, if you play foul!” replied Bowie. “Very well,” rejoined ihe other, and .thev took their seats at tho table. For u time the success seemed about | equally balanced, the gain nnd loss being alternato. At last the gambler ventured <ono of his skillful manoeuvres in dealing. Bowia smiled strangely as his quick eye detected the trick. He said nothing, how ever, but looked at his hand, and bet five thousand dollars,staking the money in ten large bills. The gambler went five thou sand dollars higher, which rosultqd in a “call.” Bowie held “four jacks,” but with a ha bitual fiendish chuckle, his antagonist showed “four queens,” exclaiming us he did so— “By heaven, the pile is mine !” I “Not yet,” shouted Bowie, as with both ! hands ho reaped the heup of notes to the j tune of twenty thousand dollars, into his pocket. Choking, and purple with rage and shnme, the gambler roared — “To the hurricane deck, and let the pis tols bo trump this turn !” “Good as gold !” replied Bowie, and the two hastily ascended the stairs and assum ed their separate positions—the gambler over the stern and Bowie over the prow. At that instant the sun was rising in a cloudless sky. Nature looked sublime— a bride worthy her Almighty Husband and God. The woods und waters appear ed as parts of the divine picture, with the boundless blue of heaven for its back ground. The broad bosomed river rolled away like an immense sheet of burnished silver, speckled here and thcro with u flash of golden bubbles; shining fishes gambol ed in the sparkling wave; and ull tho bright birds —those sweet singers, flvhoso life is a dream, and that dream only mu sic—chanted their wild anthem to the new day ; while tho two great duellists, the most deadly ever known in tho south-west, stood with cocked pistols, eye to eye, and their fingers fixed on tho hair triggers, prepared and waiting to slay and bo slain. “I am ready. You give tho word,” cried Bowie, in his clear, ringing voice, and with that inseparable smile; of strange npeaning on his lips. “I am ready. Fire !”' ehputed tho gam bler, in tones murderous as death. T/m two pistols roared simultaneously. Bowie die! not move, though ho had barely escaped with his, life, for the bullet of his foe had cut away ono of the golden locks of his yellow hair. '£he gambler was shot through the heart, and dropping on the brink of tho deck, had almost tumbled in to the river. He was buried by the squat tors at the next wood yard. And thus perished, justly, a bastard, son of the great piratp Lafitte.; There never was a jury cmpannelled in the west ’who would have brought in a verdict.against any, njan for killing him., and more especially under the circumstan ces, because public opinion pronounced that “lie ought to, be .killed.’’ And such wdro tho desperadoes Bowie commonly exterminated. .... ’ The generous victor .ininaodiately pro ceeded'to the ladies’, cabin' and restored the'winftipgs pf tho gamblpr,to thp young merchant opt!) wife, who bqth received tijo boar: ns a gift from heaven, .\yitli'h«(-tiqificli'. : gs jpy, , , patriotic 1 manufacturer has lately 1 produced hdVjng <Adaih's, ! Ffanklin, 'nnd Lafiiyetto for the four fcingbi; Venus, Fbrfunbf Ceres, arid Minerva for th© four queens». and,four,ln- ; diah chidfs.'iok the T6urknkvqsi7Ta pUrjpus fhcrtilV party as l i>hQ l may me®t in a long summers’'ddy; 1^, ;;;;;' 1 :^; ? •; Clearfield, fi*a., March I $53. A SAD PICTURE. Those of our country readers, says the People’s Paper, who look upon city life as one continued round of pleasure, will find in the following sketch, from tho Esculu pian, of tho every day experience of a young Doctor, a true picture of tho condi tion of tho poor and the unfortunate. It is undoubtedly true that we have also among us tho fortunate, who grow rich and revel in the luxuries of tho world. But for ev ery one of these we have at least one case j fully as sad in its details as that described below by the Doctor. I had just finished tea, and was quietly seated in my office before a grateful fire, that glowed as if to promise me an even ing of uninterrupted comfort, when the bell rang with a peculiar jerk, which seems to belong in a spocial degree to doctor’s bells, and sent n thrill throughout my ! frame, as though it was tho summons into some abode of misery, as had been tap frequently the case of late. ] The door was opened, and in stepped a - j thin palo faced girl, about sixteen years] old, wearing a straw bonnet, and with no' j other outer garment than a common blan-' | ket shawl drawn close about her should- ] ] crs. Hhe was dripping wet, notwithstund | ing the protection of an old umbrella which ' she held in her hand, for it was raining ] ' most piteously. ' ' j I invited her to come near the fire, and 'at the same time to tell me the object of her visit. Her first accent revealed, though slight ly,her Irish descent, ns site timidly,though deliberately, told me that she had come to see if I would go with her to prescribe for her mother, who was very bad with the dropsy, nnd there was danger that she would not live through the night. . I enquired why she had not called ear lier, if her mother was so dangerously ill, upon which she told me that she had been to see the doctor who had atten ded her mother for some time; and as ho lived some ways up 'town, it had taken ull her time after work, without waiting even to cat her supper. “But why does not your attending phy sician go to sec your mother to-night?” I asked. “He tells me that he can do no more good without on operation, for which he should charge ten dollars; and that is more money tlinn I have been ablo to save from my earnings,” “How long has he attended your moth er?” “About six weeks.” “Do you owe him anything for services now ?’’ “No, sir, he has been paid a dollar at each visit.” “How often has ho called ?” “Twice a week.” “Have you no means but what you earn 7” “No, sir; my father has been long dead; and since my mother’s sickness, 1 have to support the family.” “How many are there of you !” “Four, sir;, my mother that is sick, n youngor sister, and a little brother.” “What do you do to support so many 7” “I bind hats, sir, at a place in Pearl street.” “How much can you earn a week 7” “When I can work all tho lime, 1 can earn four dollurs and a half.” “Can you make two dollars and a half defray your weekly expenses, alter paying the doctor 7” > “By pinching, as we havo but ono room, for which we pay fiP.y cents a week, and that gives us two dollars to buy food with.” I I had made tho Tabove enquiries rapid ly, and they were /a ns wo red without hesi tation, evidently (with a sense of obliga tion that I shouldfknow the truth. When I had ceased to interrogate her, she looked up fa if in my face, and said : “Now, doctor, I have just fivo dollars, which I can pay you for your services, and I will pay as much more as you wdl charge, as fast as I can earn it, if you will go to-night and do what you can for my poor mother; for I am afraid if sho is hot helped she may die before morning.” “Where do you live 7” I enquired. “ At No."*— Stone ; street, in an old building, near the middle of the block out of Whitehall.” “I will copse down directly.” “Do you think you can find the place? It is very dark to-night, and tho street is no; well lighted.” I assured hop that I could find my way, up9h which oho got up to leave, evidently with a much 1 , lighter heart than when she entered. J “Do youitide-'j’’l asked,: “No, sir j] always walk.” ThinkuSyt might bo to save expense, I ■ offered, USj a sjxpencQ, which she was abqut to—-Scljno taking, when, I told her filial I ■ her to.get home to her moth ,er as possible, so that sho might be ppepi„lffl for mv arrival, and therefore sbo„'vp|? I& f , |pbligo;me. by receiving: it* and get intof““4tago, ~ This seemed : to. satisfy her, np’ jho took it without. a .word of j crin;me>B3a land passed opt,, 1 j .fortft-gmtn. my pocket from o' pnedictno i chest wh remedies as l thought 'most! 'll/ likely to be I put on my heavy coat and India rubbers, and with my um brella in my hand started out. It had been snowing through the day, but at sundown the wind shiftod southerly, and growing milder rain commenced fall ing, which with the.half melted snow ren dered the street as uncomfortable for pe destrians as could possibly be imagined. 'Hailing an omnibus, 4 soon found myself the twelfth inside, closely shut up, without a breath of air, but what had probably inlmled half a dozen times, nnd fla- I vored very strongly with the fumes of wet I garments, rum and tobacco. Whoever has business in Stone street, will, no doubt, recollect an old brick building, tottering upon its foundation, be tween lofty stores, and readily recognized as the abode of numerous poor Irish fami ] lies. By the faint light of a distant lamp, 1 concluded this must be tlu place of my destination. While looking for the number over un lopen door leading into a hall, I was ad dressed by a voice in little more than an ! audible whisper, which I at once recogni -1 zed, saying : j “This is the place, doctor—come quick ly, for I ain afraid mv poor mother is dy >g-” i I followed my guide as closely as possi ble, for it was impenetrably dark ; nnd having ascended two pair of rickety stairs, she pushed open a door that stood leaning so as to fall to by its own gravity, and I entered a small attic room in the rear part of the building; and thereupon a bed, (bolstered up with tho utmost care, so as to | favor the Iceblc powers of respiration, lay ] the mother, calmly und unconsciously 1 breathing out the last short breath of life; ! and there, leaning upon that bed, were the ! two younger children, weeping most pit ' eously the bitter tears which none but the orphan can ever shod ; and there, stand ing calm und statue like, was the faithful -daughter, with her eyes fixed upon the mother who would never -speak to her I again. Consumption Curable. —A book enti tled “Information respecting the practice of F. H. Ramadge, M. D., by J. M. Howq, M. D., has just been published in Ne\V York. In reviewing it, the Evening Post savs: “Dr. Howe has himself been a sufferer from this relentless disease. On his way to the south of Europe in search of relief he became so ill in Paris that he deter mined to return honic while he had the strength to do so. In London he was in- j duced to consult Dr. llamadge, senior phy- j siciun to the infirmary for asthma, con- j sumption, &., who eflbcted his cure in the course of two or three months. The principal remedy was the use of a tube, through which the patient breathed, for the purpose of expanding, airing and ex ercising the lungs. The construction of the tube is adapted to this purpose- The j air is drawn in gradually through u largo | uperature, and then, when in the lungs, a’ small valve closes, and leaves a smaller | opening, through which tho air passes out; 1 thus leaving the air in the lungs fora lon-1 gcr period of time than it would remain without tho tube, causing ultimately a per manent enlargement of tho lungs and chest, and a great invigoration of the sys tem. Whenever a person is tending to consumption, there is a growing contrac- ] tion of the chest, and the lungs being only partially inflated, the blood loses a great portion of the benefit which nature inten ded should be derived from full and per fect inspiration. Now, whether the tube | bo the best means of counteracting this I contraction, we do not pretend to say, never having seen one—but the principal on which it is based is entirely correct. — Large-chested men seldom die of consump tion and the size of this cavity can be in creased by use like any other part of the body. The consulting physicians of life insurance companies, who, in tho examin ation pf applicants for policies, are obliged to inflate their lungs to their utmost ten sion,, twenty times a day, in order to show tho person under examination how the thing is to be done, having noticed a re markable increase in the size of their own chests, and a corresponding improvement in general health. The same expansion results from violent exercise—hence its advantage. But as violent exercise is im possible to . the, consumptive patient, the tube is offered as producing much the came effect. Medicines are now only uspd in this diseaso to sooth.the sufferer; n jour ney to warm climates is considered,by the best medical men, a forlorn hope. Fresh air, generous diet, gentle exercise are the only remedies. We can seo no possible harm in using the tube, and many reas ons why it should prove advantageous. OCrPottqr County, Pennsylvania, whore no intoxicating .liqupj; is sold, is attract ing the attention of' persons, settling in Pennsylvania,’ as a' plac'd whore life arid property will Bo more secure, and county taxes lighter, in our State. The coroner’s fees last year only amount ed to- fifty cents! 1 The eiperike's of Phila delphia county* c'ttubed .by intoxicating li quors,' ivbuld • go far to |)tirchdse Potter co. out and out. ' 1 SOMEBODY IN MY BED. BY W. J. JONES, ESQ., OF IIAnRISDURO, PA. “I beliovo, Captain,” said th£ doctor, “1 never told you my adventured with a wom an at my boarding house, when 1 was at tending tho lectures.” “No, let’s have it.” replied a short, flabby, fat man about fifty, with nervous temperament, and a verv red fnce. “I boarded at a house in which thero were no lemnlos except tho lanladyandan old colored cook—” The captain by way of requesting him to go on said, “well!” “I often felt the want of female society to soften the severo labors of deep study, and dispel the e/mui to which I was sub ject —” “Well!” “But as I feared that forming acquain tance with the Indies might interfere with my studios, 1 avoided them all—” “Well!” “One evening, after listening to a long lecture on physical unatomy, and after dissecting a large negro, fatigued in body and inind, I went to my lodgings—” “Well !” “I went into the hall, took a large lamp anti went directly into the room, it being then after 1 o’clock—” “Well !” “1 placed the light upon the table, and commenced undressing. I liurdly got my coat oil’ when my attention was at tracted to a frock and a quantity of petti coats lying on a chuir near the bed—” “Well!” “And a pair of beautiful small shoes and stockings on the floor. Of course I thought it strange and was about to re tire—but then I thought as it was my room 1 had at least a right to know who wus in my bed—” “Exactly so,” said the captain, and “well!” “So I took tho light, went softly to the bed, and with a trombling hand drew aside the curtain. Heavens, what a sight ! A young girl—l should say and angel— of about eighteen, was in there asleep—” “Well!! !” “As I gazed upon her, 1 thought I had never witnessed anything more beautiful. From underneath u little night-cap, reveal ing the snow in whiteness, fell a stray ringlet over a neck and shoulders of ala baster —” “Well! !!” said the excited captain “Never did I look upon a bust more perfectly formed. I took hold of the cov erlid and softly pulled it down—” '■'Well!" said the captain, haste ” “She had on a night dress, buttoned up before, but softly I opened the two first buttons—” “Well !! !” said the captain, “how now?” “And then, yo gods ! what a sight to gaze upon—a Hebe—pshaw, words fail 1 Just then—” “WELL !!!” said the captain, “lam in suspense !” “I thought I was taking a mean advan tage of her, so I covered her up, seized my coat and boots, und went and slept in another room !” “IT’S A LIE shouted the excited cap tain, jumping up and kicking over his chair —IT’S A LIE, certainly !” Pueseuvation op the Mental Pow ers.—Fatuity from old ago cannot be cur ed ; but it may be prevented by employing the mind constantly in reading and con versation in the evening of life. Dr. John son ascribes tho fatuity of Dean Swift to two causes : first, to a resolution made in his youth that he w.ould never wear spec tacles, from the want of which ho was un able to read in tho decline of life ; and second, to his avarice, which lod him to abscond from visitors, or deny himself to company, by which means ho deprived himself of the only two methods by which new ideas are acquired, or old ones reno vated. His mind languished from want of ■exercise, and gradually collapsed into idi otism, in which stato he spent tho close of hts life, in a hospital founded by himstjlf for persons afflicted with the same disord er, of which ho finally died. .Country people, 4 when thoy havo no.''tel< ish for books, when they lose the .ability to work, to go abroad, from age or .Weak ness, are very apt to become fa v tuitqus es pecially as thoy are too often, deserted jn. their old age by the younger branches of the families ; in cpnsequonce of which their minas becpmo torpid from the want of society and conversation, Fatuity is more rare in cities, than in country places, only becauso society and conversation be had in them on more, easy terms, and it is less common among lyomen than men, only because their employments are of such a nature as to admit of their being carried on by their firesides, and in a se dentary posture. The illustrious Dr. Franklin exhibited n strjking instance of the influence of read ing, writing and conversation, in prolong ing a sound and active state of all tho faculties of jho mind. In his eighty-fourth year he discovered no one mark in any of them of the weakness of decay; usually observed in the minds of persons nt that advanced period of life.— Dr, Rush. Prices of Advertising. liqnkra, tinwUoa, #9 60 3 iqnare* 8 noatiM* 00 1 B do 1 ot) 3 do 6 ntoatni* 700 CacbiaUeriMM *•, £5:l do IS ttoatb*. t W W l tqatrat 8 month*. 060 l ball column,B month* 6 W do . M month*. 400 l do do o' month*, 000 do W month*. 100 1 do do 1C month* M •1 do 0 months* 400 1 colorao 8 moutfn, & do b months. ti (H) l do H do W do 18 month*, tt 00 1 do 13 do *4O 00 A. liberal redaction willb* made to Merchants and other* who advertise by tho fear. Onr papercircolatps ino*ery noifhborhood.and i*reail by aeorly every limit y in the coonty-and thtfrolore aflord* • coovdaiontand cheap rut>&n* for tho bnilnot* men ol' ott| ooanty—the merchant. mechßoio.and all o’Leri—to extetta the Knowledge ol tbeir locntton -and bmioci* We tl/oaid Uke to Insert “A Card” for overy Mochnnio. Merchant ,hnd Prolenionul man in the conoiy. We have ptemy c>f room withoQtonorrmchingnpOQ ourrcatllnc oolnmm.&nd nomnn In a legitimate bonnes* wiliioie by e<lvert!iin*.exten*U*iy*~ for, nan eonm! rule, the mora octcmivflljr u man advertue* tlieurenler willtiohilprolits. >. Books, Jobs nnd Blanks, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. FRINTEDjIN THE VHKT BEST STYLE, AND ON THE SHORTEST NOTIUE, AT THE OFFICE OF THE j "CLEAUFIEI.O REPUBLICAN." Number 13. “make WOMAN’S BIGHTS. A STORY OF LEAP YEAR. Sam Smith sat at home on New Year's day, in dishabille, flis beard was unsha ven, his hair uncombed, his long boots were and lie was leaning back in a picturesque attitude, with his heels against the mantel-piece, smoking a cigar. Sam thought to himself that it was leap year; how glorious if would be if the ladies would pop the question, in accord ance with their ancient privileges. As he was watching the smoke which so gracefully curled, his fancy glowed with the idea, how delightful it would be to have the dear creatures fondling on him, and with tender glances endeavoring to do the agreeable. As he mused, his heart softened, and ho began to feel a squeamish, womanish sen sibility, diffuse over his feelings, and he thought he would faint with propriety the first time a lady should squeeze his hand. Rap, rap, rap, sounded at tho door.— Sam peeped through the Venetian blinds. “Mercy!” exclaimed he, “ifthere isn’t Miss Jones, nnd 1 all dishabille, and look ing like a fright; good gracious, 1 must go right away and fix myself.” As he left the room, Miss Jones enter led, and with a composed air intimated that jshe would wait. Miss Jones was a firm i believer in woman’s rights, and now that the season was propitious, she determined to take advantage thereof, and do a little courting on her own hook. It was one of woman’s privileges, which had been usur ped by tho tyrant tnan, and she determin ed to assert her rights in spite of the hol low formalities of the false system of so ciety. “Dearest how beautiful you look;” ac companying tho words with a look of un disguised admiration. “Spare the blushes of a modest young man, said Sam, applying the cambric to his face to hide his confusion. “Nay, my love, why so coy?” said Su san. “Turn not away those lovely eyes, dark as jet, but sparkling as the diamond. Let us rest,” said she, drawing him to the sofa; “there with my arm around thee, 1 will protest my true affection.” “Leave, O, leave me!” murmured Sam» “Think or my youth and inexporienrfe— spare my palpitating heart.” “Leave theo.” said Susan pressing him closer to her; “never! until tho story of restless nights, unquiet days of aspiration, fond emotions and undying love, are laid before thee. Know, that for years I have nursed for thee n secret passion. Need I tell theo how each manly beauty moved me—how I worshipped like,a sun in the lurid light of those raven tresses —how my fond heart was entrapped in the meshes of those magnificent whiskers—how I would yield to the government oftliat imperial ; thy manners so modest, so delicate, en chanted me—joy to me —for thy joy was my joy. My heart is forever thine—take it—but first let ma snatch one kiss from [ those ruby lips. The overwhelming features or the dcli | cate youth were too strong —ho fainted j from excess of joy. Meanwhile the en lamored maiden hung fondly over him, I and— Slowly the eyes of Samuel Smith open ed ; —ho gazed wildly about him—-then meeting the ardent gaze of his lover, he blushed deeply, and from, behind his hand kerchief faintly faltered out, "Ash mi/ ma /” Dow, jb., orr Delinquents. —The prin ter’s is n very disagreeable situation: hi-* money is scattered everywhere, and Iks hardly knows whero to look for it. His paper, his type, journeyman’s labor and living must be paid for. You Mr. and Mr. , and a hundred others I could name, have taken his paper, and you and your children and your neighbors, have been instructed and amused by it. If you miss one paper, you think /very hard of the printer—you would rather go without your best meal than’be deprived of your newspaper. Have you complied with tho terms of your subscription? Have you taken the pains to furnish the printer with his money, as he hns furnished you with his paper! Have you paid for Ifis hand work and his head work? 11 you have JioVgo and pay him off. tho Unitod States w.oqld do in case of war with England and France, was the theme of a speech recently made at a Peace meeting in Manchester, England, by- Mr. Cobden. It would seem from the ten or of his remarks, that un impression pre vailed in England that should that govern ment aeclaro war against the. U. States would “pitch in” in aid of England. This Mr. Cobden asserted was all moop shine, and that Ihe only effect on ijie'Uni ted States of such n ,war would W. Jo; give them, the currying trade of the world. He baid ihe Americans would hot : n!|y them selves to any Eufi&pepn wnr,.but that iyliqn they wanted to fight they would do it on thoir own hook.. " . 03rLocomotive engine builders, in dif ferent sections of the Union, l ure hi! said to be laboring under a great pressure l of bu siness, caused by the increase of railroads all ovqt the country, and tho consequent demand for locomotives. (
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