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, PACTS RESPECTING I|)GJ|LOATINfi; ■ ■ ,
v - " in CLEABF4BLD COUNTY. - i
j LumberjogMhe i]nain business oh which;
,the/neopte'of,Clearfield depend;— :
'.fifi/t (ho fiomovmayi be said' of soma adja.j
cent districts«ih.t Cambria, 1 Indiana and/,
' Qeatre counties; ' The lumber is panda in ! I
’tbaformt ofsquato timber, boards, shingles, ! \
&c., wliich are put in,rafts and arks ond| _
sont'to-.market nlo’ngtho Susquehanna from; •
the Chesapeake Bay.' " j
' i\ Clearfield copnly has her li.itMtSj^
from 400 to 500 saw'mills pnd . arinnally j -
nenda to macket;from 2,000 to 3;000 rafts,,
worth in the aggregate'from one ; ,
UtiUioM;or dollars; ' Thisldmbor is flont-;
edjOUllofitheiWest Branch o the Susque
.hnnria and its tributaries,the Big MUs-l
nhqt)holt;!!,Crrcek k ; :Clearfield Creek,- and
,GheH-f?reck» 'J I ‘ ' ' '
i .The: risk, fuididfinger is great, even un
der the most favorable circumstances,
hfftastV ittis: necessary tq have freshets
fqcontiriue lohgcnough td enable the lum.
bermen to reach market. .For this reason
the summer fifeahets are; seldom of much
servico;;; They rise onh day with sudden'
.qbpwers nnd fall thn next; The .lumber
mahthoß scarcely! time to start bofore ho
'ia compelled, to stop and leave his craft in
eottie unfavorable - spot whore* it is almost
lost. The only freshets that
prove of iriuch service are those which oc
cur-in tho spring'after the ice is gone.— ;
Nearly all the lumber sent to market is :
oarriadi there; by the spring floods. Butj
oven then it is .necessary to start early.—
Theiidelay of a eiuglo day ig-frequenlly
fatal; ; ■ J '' '• ■- -■ \
Second, it is necessary, to havo expo- j
rienced pilots andlsufijciont force! . The|
channel is dangerous to the very mouth df
the Susquehanna ;; hut especially is it so
jn Clcar.iie.ldr county.* whereitho river and
its nrosmall.;: With ill; Iflie
prudence that c&n be used many rafts-are
annuhlly. slaved and .much, lumber lost. :
It is imposslhlo .tDr run' lumber except by
flay Fghb No pilot however skilful will
rmk-hisrlife and .property .by running at
,light, and whilst the, fuft stops tho water
fulls., , I ,/ ; :.f - .
Yet, in spite of these things, the lumber
businoss. carried on by tiiosp ;ylio under*
stand it, is.highly, profitable end. success*
ftih' The interests and prosperity , of . the
whole population of Clearfield county rest
upon it., ~ :s. .. : f/• .. , 1
V -Lumber is the great product winch goes
put of the county for which .money is ro.
Cqived.ip return, and on the sale of which
they depend,for a!| their supplies. :il
' ‘ Yct.’this'imporlant branch'is threatened
'with'total" destruction by a praetjeo lately
introduced of floating loose saw-logs in vast
quantities . to. supply mills more than a
hundretl niilcs below. ' ■
' These logs are generally nut pod hauled
to tho..*lrP ai n in winlerdn: quantities
varying: from. JO,QOO .t 0.50,00.0 logs.
They arc thrown in.tho.watecto float down
the ..stream at.r.qpdoip, during ( fhe spring
freshets, :. Gaming by/hundreds andthou, j
they-literally fill.the channels,Pfliic i
Greeks*.for several day?.■ Wjm? l •! y°Y’ nr P
ruphihg arid filling, up ,the channel no raft
lan venture With safety, they get,under
the raft, around, it, under the pars, ana
fender! ft' entirely ..pnnjapageah p.,
rtere/are. other ditßc U liics,,;r;he logs dnv*
en ’hy i'thb."forco : oif the.yi’ind and current
niiainst (lie rafts'.lied to shqre,. by night as
weilos by dav, hatter lb,cm loose, • Again,
a raftman coming, to. start,,hts raft m the
morning, .finds tfiat .during, the night the
ivaWr has fallen,.and his raft having fall
en with it rests on a saw log. It > 8 f ,en
impossible to m°Yo without cutting ft 19
pieces. .Such things are common.
1 *lt also frequently happens tliuUhe fogs
gorge in the narrow places.,. Rafte--do.
feendirig the .stream and .then .•P ‘
seeing’tho danger till U .is.J.oo late tomcr
11 successively, run, upon the gqrge aqq
* re b'rbkqq fo' pieces'.. ; Thu? not long ago
ffeo few, were Broken,, up, apd finally
lost iit Client Falls on,Chest ; Cieek,.-. : |!|ie
fesspcc'nsib'ned'at tha|:onc spot vm PPt
8 logs: will .get’ un^i ll,e
rafter oars-nt short turns. on 4 . d . a P^". s f
Saces where thbfoss 6f a
iJf^aYWs, the effoct of.Thnning it pn tlm
(ilct if }s impo?sihla td nientipii qll iho,
fefn wliifclilbg,floating j
tioh'nhd injures those engaged in iafmig.
hah for/the;; jears
WWdiinfcd to^'-mariy/^lihptisnnds 1 bf 3
■year Ty. ‘‘ThM lbSfeb9-ocb’nsibn^-‘in;ttr jdast
half the fnft^ilbn:Mi , ;,ofoP.;wV. .JP
Josing (c/se j
to;
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7 iTe(f- ! is'’tifo , ‘OPP? -‘M*® sbbjebt that it l :
% Inldtv asserted that-log'floaters nro auth- 1
Jfizbi'ottdffaiioi
for the damage
’ 5 his’an esWhlißhqd .pntfcipie'cfjcj as
1 «i)U,as dfijusticepttaf every one. must so.
; <i 5 _- jibo/Wb riahts asibpt to destroy tho Iri c.! ,ts
hfothers' .. -The strqomßiwe havemention
'%■ td are ali ptißllcihi^Wa^i'aW^BVfepjrtan
' bis* v right td rmvigato thcm at all-times
- vsth his rafts and-vessels; e iNo ope^has
tmifv Tfobt to. mqnopdliietlib strcatfi and de
others of its]frce usc Imidmavigation.
hothingJto amthorizetsuCh rtthmg
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,_ JV WEEKLY' PAPER-: EEVOTED TO LmUIATI'EE. A»UICU«,TEUE. MOU.VUTY, .XTEEUGENCn.
Volume 5,
jcontinuanoc of the business,- Supply, (
However, a few strangers enter the pounfy,,i
and, in effect, demand, thaLall this busi
ness shall
the lumber ready-to ho rafted, shall.refnnm
piled up'oh the shore, and .'the public high-,
way be closed in ordeViliat they,may send
1100,000 saw' logs to ’somd. mammoth saw
i mill 180 .miles, djsta'uthhdmake a profit of
fifty thousand dollars. ■■ , .... -.. ;
. Tlioso who I 'have-been injured liavo
bbrne their injuries patiently till thoy cap,
bear' therp holpngcr. VI t has been demons 1
strated beyond a controversy that if log-.
|floating is : 16 prevail; rafting .must cense.—
i It cannot .bo carried on withput driving
! every thittg ; es° out. and depriving: all oth
! ers of thO. right of using' thp publid high-
I ways. " ■ c.':,
They therefore. respectfully' apit tho
Legislature 1 Of Pennsylvania to pass a lajy.
with suitablo penalties to protect them .in
the enjoyment of then - rights of property,
and rights Of navigation, and to prevent
the floating of loose saw-logsin ilicstreums
above ertumeratCd.” .
...Tug RjutKOAD Diff.cui/ties'at Eiwtt.'
From the Pittsburg Dispatch of Monday,'
we clip the following account of the la
tost troubles hi Frio, i i If contains nomo
facts not previously published here:
By advices received froth Erie on Sat
urday night, we learn that ilic U. S. Mar.
shall, Mr. Frost, his deputy, Mr. Sproul,
and fifty ,’railraiid. laborers;, wero arrested ,|
oh Friday afternoon,' ut four o’clock, and j
placed in tho county jail for safe keeping.
The . Marshall and the remaining prisoners
were engaged ip re-laying the irucl* .^ rQ
the city, whenMa'ydr '‘assisted A»y :
the citizens, tdok thetn'irito custody. .Mr.
Frost and his deputy were subsequently re
leased, oh giving §2ooo'each bail to ap
pear before the criminal court and answer
the charge of endeavoring to obstrucUhe
streets of Erie by ; laying an, illegal track
I through that city. Tho. pn?°- j
ners are, we believe, still In bustody. The I
Mayor of Erie, Mr. King, and Messrs,
Lowrie, Lynch, Beatty dnd'A'rbucklo, or
fived'ih this.cityi pbr thii Western cats, qn
Saturday night; and put up at tho Monon
calieia' House. They came here, in com
plience with a notice soryod omlhem irqm
the p. S. Circuit Churl, ; : tvhich mseU on
Monday.'' f ‘
Soi.au Phenomena of
the 2fltli of May next, there will bo an
oclipso of (be sufti which will bo
less visible in all parts of lM ;U. States
and-Canada, and in a portion of bo b
will''be tinnulur. Its cbrrttaeucemont Ip
the city of Washington wtll be at 4h. 20m.
in greatest obscural,on
at : sh.- 18m., upd its end sh. 27m. As
the apparent diameter of the moon will bo
a little less than 4he sutl* the echpso earn
not be total any vvliare. The Cktislian-Al‘
tiianac says,-“tljle ring Mill bo only about
one-thirfl ofadigit wide, and wi J be visible
only in the vicinity where the line of cen*
?ral eelipse passes. The eclipse is central
n longitude 72. 53. west ofGrecnwich,
latitude 44.14. north; and m longitude 04
L r > west, latitude 4 1 - 1® north. By find
irimheso positions upon a imp, and draw.
5g u line from one to the other, (fie town
a'nd countries through the central
eclipse passes- will be readily discovered.
Th? path of tho annular echpso wd bo
about P on'e hundred miles wide, and extend
about fifty miles each side of the lines w e
have described. The annular eclipse w,H
move about one hundred miles per tpinutp.
The 1 first time ; this eclipse e^ r ,? c J
was in 1813, July : 2d; since hen re
turned'thirty-onS times’ including »**>
turn .next year. n oOpurred m April,
in,May lB|B, ( nnd-.i.i May, 1 838.
It wili return hgain in; June, l«T-«r t
Sst rlturn will be *m the ydar Ah*
„ust 18th. Tho next solar echpso that
will ntiact much atienlion in. this country
wiirbe in 1858, March, loth-
• fcCrMr. Prenlice of thdouisviHo Jour
hahlhus touchingly alludes to .the death
'rtfhis'tissociatei Mr. : Shrcve: ‘ .
Li ‘We, theßtil-viv(ngeditor onhp
fcol that the printd ol life is scarcely y
gone'M’etas we look back upon our long
in this city. we sedm _to behold,
near and far, onlV the graves of the prized
Snd the lost. AU Uie numerous journey
nVdtt attd apprentices, that were in our ern
6aTlrS ma P y have a chastening put.fy
memories may unon;' : 'kSt I, and
ever yet done, our *. 1 swciiS
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on “ CiPTAIN TOBIN’S LETTER
than a hundred miles frt?rn Syracuse lives A friend lias bonded us, tbo,
nn old ; iahner : wh6so nlvcn namo IsZury correspondence, which actually occu^ed,
in.1846.b< ! .lwc«nll»o.S ? cwd
ownin" a "ood form of dvbFiV ‘Hundred j captain ‘Tobin. The gallantjoaptnin ns
ra .i ? . w i.^r w^c.i r,to o ii»vc
IFP/Snl,
in Ita world, nna oithi,
account' the boys toolc no liltlo delight in Something “Rich and Rake. -—A. IIO
nuttins his lordship on his taps once in a , N OV v. Orleans Delta publishes the following
while bv wav of amusoment. For a long j correspondence, naan illustration oitno
limo the old’man had noticed that when philosophy of. letterrwriling. ; Mr, McOal.
Billy came home at night he was complete- la> j t :W iH be seep, (says, that paper,) is
I v covered with mud and water, and old pos jti V e, pointed, nnd sententious, Mpt.
•Zurv could not imagine: how he should Tobin is candid,, discursive, and didactic.
'become so, so he determined, if possible Th o whole, if not. trenching on .Jhe sub,
ithnt he would find out the enuso of poor umc, belongs ul lepst to the beautiful :
Billy’s misfortune. .1 Tukasukv Depahtmunt, . ;
. One day he left the boys—to pick up Se COn d Aud'r's Office, July 31,1840.;
the rakes, &c., after a hard day’s work g, n . Younro charged on the. books ol
at hhy.making —nnd walked to the ridge, lhis o g- lcoi Ay iii, $1,525, the vuiue oT thO
where. Hilly generally keplhimsclf. It was c i ol hi n g and blankets furnished for the
about time for the goat to go to the house, USQ o fy our company, nnd. for which you
but there ho lay, quiet and dry ;so old yv iu bo held accountable, |n order to re*
Zury'seatod himself behind a stump j dc- |j eyo y oU , sc lffrcni this accountability, yfld
termined to watch his movements, for that w j|j e „ ler on your muster-roll all articles
n ;,rht nt any rate. He had not been there 0 p clothing und blankets issued to the men
more than fifteen minutes, when who unc j cr y our command, and . request the
should he see coming along the ridge but p a y mus tcr to deduct the several amounts
the two boys. His first impulse was/-to’ f rom 'their first payment,
tell them to keep back, but upon second y oU nre i, e i d responsible for the camp
thought, lie said noihing. '. . . . ' and garrison equippage ryc-civcd for your
“Take my load, Hank,” said Dick, “ita company until turned .over to a United
my turn to take tho follow to night.” -• Smics.quartermaster, , -i '. > ' •’ :
llank took Dick’s load from his back j p nrn> s ir, your pbediqnt servant, ;
and Dick going down the hill a little ways • ■ ' t jjSO. M. M’CALLAj
soon showed himself within a few yards : . , , SecohdAudimr..-
of where the goat was lying. V Captnin G. H. Tobin, Washington Regi-
Billy had already caught a glimpSo or , pcn [ Louisiana Volunteers,
tho boys nnd was soon on his feet. Hank 'Treasury Department
laid flat on tho ground, nnd Dick, on the g econ( i jludYs Office Aug, 8, 1846.
odgeof tho ridge, ; now presented ajuli Sir, By n decision of the honorable the
front, which did not seem exactly to pleaso g ecrctary 0 f War, cath soldier under your
his goatship ; for lie only pointed to him comman(l j s entitled to six, months’ cloth
nnd down went Dick to aggravate Billy to . )be amounl 0 f $21.; nil over that
a still more desperato lunge ; again the .j iay . nro l 0 be charged with.-. There will
signal rose, and billy jumped out f just ns be otljC r charges, of which you will bo in
he got within a Tew feet, Dick lowered p ormpd by this office. You will please
himself ahout two pegs, and Mr. Goat this letter your guide, in nddt
loivcrcd himself about fifteen feet into a , p , bc onD you received from me ol
ditch of marsh nnd water. Hank had 3isl ult. Very respectfully,
caught sight of a small corner of the old - JNQ. M. M’CALLA;
man’s hat above the'stump, ntid sloped Second Auditor,
fqr the bars, whilo Dick wap jetot a Utile (j apt q. h. Tobin, Louisiana Volunteers.
surprised at the sudden transformation oj |^ EW Obekanb, Sejrtcmbcr 17, 1846.
the old stump into a human being, nnd Sin . i | )avo the honor to acknowledge
that, too, tho old man, at fifteen paces Who, receipt of two fa.vors from you, one |
by the way was not ope of the most lor- datet j 31st July, the other Bth August. 1
bearing .persons in the world t arid as lie can onlj , ans>vol . by u yarn< I
looked around on the ground, Dick, think.- . countryman of mine was oncemdul-i
ing that a club or a stone might possibly .' in , ho very intellectual operation oh
be the: object of his search, started on a| u £- n eggB raw n nd reading a newspa
keen run for tho barn. The old mao made p v mischanco: he contrived
up*his mind that the mystery was; solved. u bo , t ' j ivo chicken. The poor bird'
That night Dick and Hank didnt come cb j rrU pg d n 8 it went down his throat,- and j
home to supper. ' ~, he vory politely observed: (‘Betitepow-^
| i thought not bo able to hold erg my iviend, you spolm too into I |
nivself together, as Hank related thesur- ■ ’[ can only say , 6 i r , that your favors'
!prise 0f.,01d Zury and his son, as thov hayo reachc d mo too late. They have!
stood face to fuce. ' : . . been chasing., me through the Mexican
“But hold on,” said lie ,4 J havn A told 'o St offices'; that is to express myself
YOU tho.beat of Jt yet. About two. weeks c , orly| w i ien I received them, they j
from that-lime;: one day I and Dick bad letters) were down in Mexico ana 1:
been, working all day, and we'mode up V yM up hero . and yv hen I didn’t receive!
our minds thutwe should find- t hcm, thev were up liere nnd I was down,
bucked, for he hadn’t been m the:Held at lherc> / : . |
nil that ofterfloon, and he always kept a Thc facl lbat most 0 f my men have (
irood barrel of ole in 'ho ccller; but when paid o( p, nm i are scattered to tlie four i
we Itad started who should wo see but the art ‘ rg of t| ie globe. -, They were mostly !
old map cflging around the ridge, so D^tek s9 ;io rS) 0 s I,\yas ipy?el.f; .From them (ifi
and I went over that way. There was t j jore bp charges) nothing, can bo expect-1
old dad, and thoro wds llie goat, ed> The camp and garrison, cqutppage.
■ We laid flat opitho .ground, anxious to has been turned over to the proper ofttccfe
know what the old man was going to do. , h e.exception of sundry axes smash:,
.What wps our surprised seo him takb.tbe cc j antd placed hors dc combat in shopping
position Dick had taken a couple ol weeks j Qwn t i, o se amiable chppparals wni the |
before/-, „ banks of the'Wo Grupde,. ; I also,
We said nothing for wo hadn t seep t j ie oai np.kenles und- puns, rq n ny Pi w.dcti
any of that kind qf sport for a long, lttpm up in roastjng. boilipg, slewing I
The old man presented rather a formidable frying our pork and beans, bacon, and j
appearance, but .Billy*.-nothing daunted, be pot ta speak of the slow vbnt
nointed, for tho mark. The old man low- w j,j c jj some were ilUnntpred. enough
cred, h.ut o little too late, for took . - coll Mcx^an bco g •; '• ;•*
him“ Plump.” Wo heard somothiogstiiko p or my Q wp responsibility ,in the mat
in the rnud, nnd it wasn’t Hilly, for he j rogVe/roorp on Uncle Sam's account
stood looking down over the ridge, l and t h an on m y own, that jam not worllva
Dick pulled for the barn, ofld afewamn. damn. 1 havm been PPkPnly
utes after we saw the old maPTaddltog paid> hut i believe overpaid^ya^ut,B4.o.
for the lipuse,covered.withariud from head -My'poßsbience ,'coippel.lcfl iPft Jo- remops
to foot. ' :, j ' , trate ; wiih,ihop a y mo . s iiof 3 t^ t they: assured
. That night the'olfh tmn idressed up »n hiViftittilbey made np niisiu^es.,..bank tel
his best clpths. J: ventured to askdnm-if say the, same., Xqotisidpred
he was going over to seo the doaeon., r t b e ir feeliiigs. nnd indulged, thorn,.. Uow
‘•SeoAbe Deacon,. nol. Cun;t;amanT ut ever, I'mhde gpo.d, use of thp; monpy.
on E ood clothes without igotbg to :seo;the •• |t td the sick and unpaid spiders.
neaconr ' ' - : - . ' Most of the other captains are m ‘ho
..•‘Yes,” .saitj Dick, iileaningoutiof the same fix with myself (barring the over
door,, i'‘cap’t 0 tiian-.go.fladl-ado :tho goat about.responsibility.,
'withouttPtpbted inloAbei.mwA.L'. M-,. > e pislle’qs an appwe.ri , .
V rtick,waß gone,and theaol'J dad IpOked "w you j,ave any further copimumca,ions
[Stpnfiithßn' very : significently alatea- for direct Ahem toAbocaro.ol
bPOtlPOl 5 .: i Stepped opt Of the M a j o r Genorpl John L v Lewis,: I|e,w Qr
bSoWoo"-,:.- 'v r:;:..- V iy : leaps, J seldom go jo the PPSV^.hc-
bpcrTtnUen v 1 K^“W> f Ji,e?n6r mother, but was, "won jn ft
qrleans, pal ed, by ‘Ymy Rhspecthilly,; ,
‘fepfejioW fkr it jyns jq ‘ T H.'TOBIN, ;v ;
•hSli'.miles, I’' 1 ’' wns;tl\e, i rpply. -v%n.* 0 ‘ Captain'Company D. >.
.yolunteew.
<cL : wHl,find..U» roSecond Auditor. :
iub -I-AOndoseeoM. Ab l ,w|iot iB,,ip,!n ~. g ( y o n,, wlwllier. lo :'fi n
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IWice AND Priist'Efp]f‘‘ti. ? Vjlnc’ n
thou'hast' to do, 1 do'it with' nil thy m'shh (
said 'a tdergyinnki to hisiotf-hne TfhpttJjng.
»«So I'd id ■ this > mornirtgi”'icplicd JWI
with hn enthusiastic:'gleam in his eVe.
ii “Alt, what was if, : rrty drirlingi ’, nna
the'fotlicr’s hand ran through his pflsp.ring ft
wholloprted •.Took Edwards till
hh-yollnd like tlwhUer; you shouldvhav.c
heard'him holler, dad." 1
V'. “Dad" looked unhappy; 1 while ho cx :
tllniiied lluit the precept did not ' imply,n
' cdso jiko that, and coheluded'rnildly With,
! . ;“You should not have ddnh thaf, my
I. “Then he’d wliollopcd md;’’ retorjed
Bill. , " , ' . ■ L ,■
“Bettor,” ins sire, “Tor to
flic from the wrath to como.V ,i !
“Ycsbut”— by way of u .final' ehneher
—“Jriclt can run Iwico ns fast ns i.cqn.
The good man sighed, went to his stu-|
dy, took up 0 pen, ond endeavored to
compose himself and n/sermon reconciling
practice with precept.
- o^7”Yes, yes, nature balances all things
ndniirbly, hpd put the sexes mid every
.individual of each on n par. Them that
have morn than their slinre of one thing
I commoplv linve less of nnother. Where
there is great'strength there aim apt to be
much gumption. A handsome man in a
gCnornl wav nint rnucli of a man. A
beautiful bird seldom sings. Them that
have genius |,avo no commom sense. A
fellow with,one idea grows iiclv'vbtlc ho |
who call him n, fool dies poor. : The world
is like a (baked meat pie:; .the upper crust
is rich, dry, and putfy ; the lower crust is
iienvv, doughy and is undone; the mid
dle is" not bad generally, but the smal
; lest part of- nil is tlmt which /luvors the
whole.— Sam Slick-’e Wiso Saws and
Modern .Instances, . .■ •
OCrThere is n spice of quiet, but telling
sarcasm in the following:-“Got a paper
to spare ?” “Yes, sir, here is one of our
last. Would you like to subscribe, sir,
and take it regularly?” “I would—but I
am to poor.” He had just returned from
tho circus, which cost fifty cents ; lost
time from his farm, fifty cents; whiskey,!
l judging from the smell, at least fifty cents
—making a dollar and a half actually
thrown away, ond then begging lor n
newspaper, tilleging that lie was too poor
to pay for it ! That is what we cal “sn
ving ul the spile and wasting at the bung
hole,”
Be Gentlb—Violonce ever defeats 1
its own ends. When you pannot dnve,
vou can always persuade. .Few people
will submit to coercion. A gently word,
a'kind, look, n good natured smile, pan
work wonders und ; pccomplish miracles.
There is a secret pride in every human
heart that revolts at tyranny., You may
I order and .im k individual, but m
I cannot niajje him resnect you. In thp do
! mestic circle .especially, kinds words_ uuc.
i looks are most essential to domestic fehci
; tv. Children sKould never be spoken
harshly/to. It does them no s good. II
they commit n 'fault'they-.should,be corrpq-
I iej} for it in ; n wild, hut firm manner, and
| the iinprcssjpj); it makes upon jhem*'* BUte
ito prove' salutary. .
Editorial Cn4*n,” — The btn
itor.protean, of lho Herald, in the interior
of California, retires from hid' post in a
suitable valediotpry, ih the course ol Which
lie.says, —-*?I shall abdiceto with dignity
the arm chair, in .favorof' its 'legitimate,
proprietor. . Isy iho-.wn.yv this arm chains
i bUt n pleascht. liction--tho billy seat-; in
Uhu -.Hdrald 'office being' the'empty nail
keg, which I nave occupied while writing
| my lenders upbn ihtf ii)verted ‘4ugnr ! boii,
ilhat'.aijswers the.purpose of h table. ' But
[such js life.” '■ '|
I OCrPicUles was decidedly opposed to j
i tba lirinns-; until tho late demonstration
inadoi by the women of that city; -Ills;
views havo sinco. undergone-a- radical
change. :So long as the contest lay be
tween tho men of Erie and the rai road
company,; his sympathies were with the
lotter*—but the Radios haying entered the
arena, lie now considers it tho-duty oPall
good citizens .to uphold the petticoats,—
GaUanl fellow,, that Pickled; . "
Sunr.iMnr.Y Uimeonous.—A man in
Wisconsin, .who recently Inserted'a long
advertisement in the papers, offering his
furm for sale, closing it in the lollowing
sublimely ridiculous style ; “1 he sur
rounding, country is the most hcautilul the
Gbd of nature ever made. ' The sccnqry
is celestial—divine—also, dwo wogors toj
sell and a yoke ot steers.
Advantage or Laziness. A wn S was
one day speaking of u couple of, !■>* ««•;
quaintances -who had gone We ? t, tvhere
new cemors wero usually attacked
season with the ague, npd smd he— Nei
ther qftheso two men will be afflicted.
“Why not ?’* inquired a bystander “Be
cause,” was the reply, “ono of them is too
Iny.y to shake, and the other won’t shako
unless he gets paid for it!”
(kJ"Tho inducements held out' to far
mers to plant a large spring crap were
never more flattering than iit the present
time. Wheat is highqr this day than o v *
pr krpnvn belpf l! I l ind so °f a ** Ql * ,e *’ Bra,n
p. jiiwJii
IN'umbei* 4U
, Thora \va§iij.d»y .wliem.Toncyronid.arv
rived inlinvro, hot footfrom^ 1
was the Rov- „
oluiion. iPursucdjby, the&l.bftdbTJ ™
the Rcißa ofyT^rprr
wreck of property or power, /rwyftyjww, •-■
6ecqrod, r» pa?sogo -to itio.WP;
aboqt.tpsgil..:. Ho. wnsjo heggor andi^v;;,-
wanderer to u iftrnngclnndftocarn PIP
doily ibrend by daily In.bar, . - i
,“is {bore an American,staying «t. your
house 1 ” be asked tbo landlord of the‘ho- ■ •
tel, “Inm bound to, cross and
woitli) Itbb u leltbr todjerspn of inflpenpo
Worid:”;;-
Tbc lnndlord bbsitalod ti moment, then-
i ] ••'• ’ j /'* J ' • ■' } I *■
rC fyThcre, is a gentleman,np c ?)ptrs»^ ll b«
from* America or Britain,
i American or Englishman,.l “tyWMS I
tfo'^intedWdwny.lA^.Wy^d-
Kvboi’in bis life,’was Bishop ,' Prihc6
Prime Minister—ascended the stmra.-, At
miserable supplient, be stood before .UW
stranger’s door, knocked and entered, v
'lii the far corner of die,dimly .bgbtea
room, sat n man of some fifty yedra, 1»»
arms'folded - and his head bowed onto*
breast. From a windewdircctly opposite
n flood of light poured oyer his forphenp.
His eyes looked from bcncMh.jhe down,
cast, brows, and gazed on Talleyrand s
face with n peculiar find Renrching expres*
siori. : I-lis Inoe was Striking .in-oullirto.r
the; mouth and,chin indicative ofrt " ,r ?“
will. His form, vigorous, even with the
snows of ft fly, was clad in a dark but dts-
costume. ,«
: 'Talleyrand advanced—stated that ho
was a fugitive—and under the impression
iliat the gentleman hefaro him wasinn
American; ho solicited his kind and feel-
forth his history .in eloquent
French and broken English; '
>‘l nmn wanderer—an cxdo. lam
forced to fly to the New World, without?
friend or home. ..You are an American .
Give me, then, I beseech you, a ' ,BU ®
yours, so that I may be able to earn my
bread. lam willing to work in any man
|ner-ihe scenes of Paris Imvc seized me
I with such horror, that a Ufcofinbor would
be a paradise to a career of luxury ~n
France. You will give me n letter to one
of vour friends ?• A gentleman like you
.has .doubtless many friends 1
The strange gentleman rose, i >y up »
look that Talleyrand never forget, he re
treated towards the door of the next chaco-
I bor, his eves lookingstill from bendath his
darkened brow. He spoke ns te Totmt
ed backward—his voice was full of mean-
‘"*“1 on) the only man born in the New
World Who can raise his hand to God ona
gay I' have not n friend— dot one m all
never forgotthe overwhelm
ing sadness of that look which accompa
nied these words.
“Who are you 1” he cried, as the strange
man retreated to the next room; “your
nar “°My name,” ho replied with. * f.wi |e
that bad more mockery than joy an.
cotivulsive expression—“my name is Bon•
edict Arnold !” r
Ho was gone. Talleyrand sank into a
chair, gasping the Words— •
•J Arnold, the traitor! ' .
. Thus,- you seo, he wandered oyer the
earth, another Cain, wiUv d
mark upon bis brow. R-;on JU|hatsech)-
ded roam nt,tbojt Inn at Hnvr oi h.s <yr t**
found him out, and forced himto tolltn
name—that name the syrionymeofinWmy.
The last twenty years of V ,s ?f°
covered with a cloud, from
ness but a few gleams of hgi»l flashy *ut
unon the page of history. . : ;
"tlio manner of his death ls'not exacth
known. But we cannot dodbt that he died
utterly friendless—that remorse pursue
Him to the grave, whispering Job* Andre
in liiscar, nnd that the rocmary^of -Ws
course of glory gnawed hke n a
his heart, murmnrmg, forever-- TrU
your country, what might you have bdtm.
oh! Arnold, the Traitor!” - ;' . '
; F«uir Tubes,--Wc occasionally bear
of people being quite at a loss to
what to do with trees received tn a cold
'time, or" when the ground is frozen, lfl
way is, cither deposit, the
cellernfl lhoy are rccoivod, or open tpem
and set >he ropts in earth until the weath
er changes; or a trench may be madean
the open ground, even if the tmrlaca must
be broken with a pickaxe. the trees daid
in until they can bo planted. Thojrma
remain in this state quite sufe all .winter.
Every season we receive packages Ol .trees
from Europe in mid winter, and we find
no difficulty in taking care of them in this
\vq v,—• Horticulturist*
Make youit owb Cande^s.—Toko.
ounces of alum' folf every ten, pouqds ol
t a 116 w;' dis sol vb 1 1 lie nltim in wator
the tallow is put in, and then melt l.dtal
low in alum wulor, with frequent stl *f in S<
and it will Clarify and hardeu the tallow,
so as to makou most beautiful foi
■either winter or summer usc ? almost as
good ns sperm. : . . . p,,„,
,If the wick bo dipped in spirits of tur
pentine, the candles will relied oi more
brilliant Farnter-V'. -
To Make A Bsutv Honsß Uraw.-tIo
India when a horsp can and will npt4W v ’
instead of whipping, spurring ef mfW®
him, ns is frequently thd practice W nw
civilized eonntrics; they quietly gnto i rope
and attaching if to one of the fure leet.on
„r two men take M*M it, and.udvanc.og
u few paces ahead ol the horse, pull MW
best No matter how, stubborn the animat
may, bo, a few dqses Of such treatment el
fects a perfect cure.
Usß OF COKN cops FOlt PATThP FFE fi*
It is stated that if corn cobs be soaked jn
salt water, that cattle wilt eatthem readily
and thrive on them as pa%3§j2»^ r °°f
Half a peck to an ox every fnornn«. w
übovtt the quantity.
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