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LA MM ME It it WA1M.
POETRY-
FA DELESS IS A I O VI NfTj I E ART
Sunny 1 inos mny live their brightness,
Nimble feet forget thoir lightntness,
Pearly toctli may know decoy,
Kavon tresses turn to gray,
Checks lie iIc and eyes lie dim,
Fuint the voice) nnd weak tlio litnli,
!ut, though youth nnd strength depart,
Fadeless is a loving hciirt.
J.ikc the little mountain flower,
Peeping fortli in wintry liotir,
When tlie summer's drouth is fled,
And the gaudier llow'rct's dead;
.So, when ontward charms are gone.
Brighter still doth hlossoni on,
Dcspito Time's destroying durt,
Tlio gently, kindly, loving heart.
"Wealth ami talents will avail
When in life's rough sea wo sail,
Yot the wealth may melt like snow,
And with wit no longer glow;
But more smooth we'll find tho sen,
And our conrso the fairer be,
If oil r iilotwhen we start,
Be a kindly loving heart.
Ye in worldly w isdom old,
Ye who Ikhv the knee to gold,
Does this earth as lovely seem
As it did in life's young dream,
Kro the world had crusted o'er
Feelings good find pure before?
Ere ye sold at Mammons mart,
Tho best yearning of the heart ?
ir;itit me, Heaven, my earnest prayer,
Whether life of case or cure
He the one tome assigned,
That each coining year may find
Loving thoughts and gentle words
Twin'il within my Worn chords,
And that ago may but iuiart
Kiper freshness to my heart.
A Good Story.
Between eighty nnd ninety years ago,
there lived in Connecticut rivorvnlley, two
farmers, one of whom was named Hunt,
and tho other Clark. Tho former in early
life, had been a man of strong will nnd
somewhat hasty and violent in temper.
Sometimes he had been seen beating his
oxen over tlieir heads with the handle of
his whip, in a way to excite the pity of by
standers, find when expostulated with, he
excused himself by saving that be had the
most fractious team in town, By-und-l.y
an alteration took place in the temper of
farmer Hunt, lie became mild, forbear
ing and what was most remarkable, his
-oxen seemed to improve in disposition at
((inil pace with himself.
Farmer Hunt joined the church and
was an exemplary man. His ncighliors
saw the change both in himself and team.
It was n marvel to the whole town. One
of his townsmen asked him fur nu expla
nation. Farmer Hunt sail: "I havo found
out secret about my cattle. Formerly
they were unmanageable. The more 1
whipped and clubbed them the worse thev
acted. Hut now when thev nre contrary.
I go behind my load, sit down and sing
' lid Hundred,' and strange as it may np
pear, no sooner have I ended th in the ox
en go along as otiietly as I could wish. I
lont know how it is, but they do really
seem to like sin irin .
In the course, of n few years the two
farmers were chosen deacons of the Church,
nnd they both adorned their profession.
About tho time of tlieir election a previous
famine prevailed in tho valley, nnd the
farmers generally wero employed in lay
ing tip their corn to plant tho ensuing
senson. A poor man living m ton, went countryman approaches to pay Ins res
to Deacon Hunt and said: Ipeetswith something better than mere
'I havo come to buy a bushel of corn. 'compliments. "Will his honor accept
Here is tho money; it is about all I can t. i piece of honeycomb with this cone
.gather.' j shnped cheese, from tho pastures of l'm-
Tho deacon told him he could not spnro bria?" or perhaps a few couple of dormice,
a bushel for love or money. IIo was keep-, or a live kid, or a brace of fat capons, con
ing doublo the quantity for seed corn the "tituto his humble oll'ering, which i doubt
next yeur, nnd had to stint his own family, less accepted with nil grneiousncss : and
"The man urged his suit in vain. At last perhaps, too, before tho day is over, some
ho said, 'deacon, if you will not let mo buxom dark-eyed Thillis comes tripping
.hnve the corn, 1 shall curse you.' up to tho 'Hall' with a 'basket' from the
'Curse me!' 'how dare you do so?' said worthy couple her parents. One ennnot
the deacon. J fail to bo struck with tho simplicity and
Because,' said tho man, 'tho Bible snys kindness of this rural picture w hich we
so.' strongly recommend to all our readers in
'Xonscnse,' exclaimed thedcacon, 'there the original written of a spot but a t hort
js no stnh thing in the llihle.' jtlistnnco from the voluptuous watering
Yes'sir, there is,' replied thepoor man. place of Bnife, and by one to whom none
"Well,' said the deacon, 'if you can find of the indulgences or vices of Hint self in-
:anj such tex't, I'll give you a bushel of
.crn.' jKttwnal iVrinc.
'They went to tho house, when thepoor
man went to tho old family Ilible turned Bt-A Quaker hod his broad brimmed
i to proverbs, 11, 20, nnd read, 'He that lint blown off by tho wind, andhecha
I'WitiihoUleth corn, "the people shall curse sod it for a long time with fruitless and
i him; but blesauigs shall be upon the head very ridiculous seal. At last, seeing a ro
i that selleth it.' I puish looking boy laughing at his disaster,
Tho deacon was fairly v caucht- Com
along,' said he, 'and I will he as good as
. - - ... "
mv wnrrl ' lt ,L- l,im ,n VS. .:u
moKiiml nntafi.n r i
v.,w.u, wiu
neirwNl the man lo rmr it rvn hla
and juH bafore his departure, Wmg some-
what-of a wag, he said, with..twinkle of
& Publiolion.
the rye, 'I say, neighbor, oft or you have1
carried this corn home, go to Deacon
Clark nnd eurso him out of a bushel.'
Intoxicating Power of Lager Beer.
Tho following testimony as to the in.
jtoxicuting character of linger1 1li'er( was
uivenon Wednesday In mm nf tlm New
I no Vork.(-'ol"'tN in a suit for a violation of
g ifl the License laws:
12mo. I Professor Dorcmus was examined on
$7 oo the part of tho prosecution, and on being
10 no asked to deline intoxication, inid in sub
I? nn "lnm:0 ,h,,t il wh" a partial loss of judg-
H n" "n'1 r lm"cullir power, produced by
...1.-I..1HK uii-uiiuiie nqunr, nu uiu not, re
gard excitement or exhilaration as tests of
drunkenness. Lugor beer, if taken in
very large qualities, ho considered capable,
of producing intoxication, but that result
would depend, in a great measure, on tlio
susceptibility of the nerson drink inp: ta
ken in a reasonable quantity it would not
intoxicate, ami one accustomed to its use
could not get intoxicated on anything
snori oi a very great quantity of it; ho had
made an nnlysisof the brer manufactured
at Turtle Hay, at (lilloit's, in Twenty-first
street, nt Sehiller's, in Seventh avenue,
and at Wolf's, ti Stntcii Island, which
satisfied him that the beverages produced
in these establishments wero as pure as
could possibly bo inudo. Comparing this
analysiswithth.it of other liquors ol t he
liest quality which he could procure, ho
had arrived at tho following result as to
the proportion of alcohol in each:
Brandy contains of alcohol, f3 to 55 per ct.
r i 1
Madeira Wino
20 to 23 per ct,
Fort Wine
Ithinc Wine
Claret
Champagne.
2fi to .15 per ct.
10 to 12 per ct.
10 toll) per ct.
M to 12per ct.
! to 10 per ct.
5 to 8 per ct.
3 peril.
t f
I I
( ider
Porter & Ale , ,
Lager-Ileer , ,
Ir. D. Meredith was
dso culled lie
ll 1 L .1 . . . . .
iiioiignt mam a man drank enongli lager
beer to intoxicate him, he would bo in
toxicated that is. that if he imbibed la
ger boor to such nn amount that tho alco
hol contained therein would be sullicient
to intoxicate, intoxication would follow.
To produce that ell'eet, however, a very
great quantity of lager beer would be re
! quired. So far as intoxicating effect is
: concerned, lager beer, which is an iinfcr
j nicnted liquor, he regarded as the nearest
i to nothing of any liquor which could bo
, (imi in lager neer, as in all beverage.; mo lo
from hops, there was n soporific principle;
in that respect it was to be distinguished
from vinous fluids, which are exeitive.
Vinous fermentation must take pl ieo be
fore alcohol could be produced, but fer
mentation was a different process from
distillation, for in the one ciso the alcohol
was retained in tho fluid, in the other it
was dran n otf separately. He adhered to
the conviction that lager beer would not
intoxicate unless taken in immense quan
tities. He was once applied to, he said,
by n man who described himself as nt vny
well, having drank thirty pints of lager on
the preceding night, and, judging from
that lac, he (the Dr.) thought that drink
ing thirty pints at once would be injurious.
Heing asked for a definition of drunken
ness, he replied thai ho considered a man
drunk when, in consequence of the liquor
drank by him, lie docs or says anything
that he would not do or say when sober.
Ki ii i. Li i re ix C
Martial has left us
ASSJCW. LITERATURE.
a genial and graphic
description of the sights and sounds which
encountered a lloman proprietor as he
stopped into his outer farm yard on some
line day towards the close of autumn. The
tr,li)iti. (threshing machines) are hard at
work. The vine dresser passes him with
a load of late grapes. The meadows be
low the house are dotted with cattle, nnd
tlieir lowing alternates pleasantly with
the cooing of the pigeons from the turrets
At his feet strut the whole people of
the poultry yard, as various in their voice
as in their plumage tho joose, the pea
cock and the flamingo the partridge, the
guinea hen nnd the pheasant
And as the
illiens conies by with a lap full tif acorns,
he is followed by a crowd of importunate
porkers, from the sheopfold in his rear
' the master catches the bleating of the
! lambs separated from their mothers. In-
side the house the children of the slaves
are huddling over a good fire, while their
elders nre out in tho woods nnd on the
lake to replenish tho fish pond, the wild
duck nnd the thrush house. Some
of the neighbors from tho town arc taking
a stroll in his garden, nnd presently a
dulgent tal vicious ago were unknown.
ne 8ma 10 '"m Art thee a profane lad ?
youngster replied that he did a little
.i .
in that Way
men, said no, taKing
half dollar from his pocket.) theo may
. . a- v; . cr. .-
uiimj'i'" i i..fi.,uuuuiiiirai
worlu-
t-Relicve the nt-edy-you won't regret it
'EXCLLSIolL"
CLKAIIMKM), PA. WKDNESDAY JUNK in.on
XKTKKNCIIM EXT.
In it not time Torus tothinkofrctrcncli
ment, my dear? said Mn Livingston to his
wife, ns he reclined in the depths of the
luxurious easy rhuir before n glowing grate.
Ifetrcnchmeiit is the watchword now, nnd
(V very reasonable nnd seasonable our,
Mrs. Livingston looked inquiringly into
her husband's face, mid there ivns a shade
of anxiety in the tone of her voice, as she
inquired t
Is there a necessity for it in our i a.-c,
my dear?
Not exactly liec-ssity ; I a- happy t)
Miy. It is rather a matter of expediency
than necessity. Every man ought to les
son his expenccs at such a time ns this.
As 1 said, retrenchment is the watchword
now.
It ought to be witU many, no doubt;
but I cannot see why all should adopt it.
It is a medicine very wholesome for those
who need it: an excellent curative for
those suffering the ills induced by extrav
agance, and folly and dishonesty." Let nil
those who have been living on "other peo
ple's money try it. Hut why should wo
try it? Our expenccs have bore a wise
and reasonable proportion to our income,
and you ndmit that even now there is no
necessity for retrenchment.
That is true. Still 1 think, in these
hard times it is wise to cut oil' nil unnec
essary oxpenccs. There is a propriety
in doing so. Hesides the claims of chari
ty will be great this coining winter.
There will lo nn immense amount of suf
fering a nongthep or, and we sdiouldchcer
fully economize that we may have more
to bestow on tlie needy and suffering.
There is something' in that, certainly,
said Mrs. L., who was never very pertina
cious in her opposition to nny plan propo
sed by her husband. Hut where shall we
begin.
Have we not more servants than we
really need? Wo have quite a number,
and I think we might spare one or two,
without serious inconvenience.
After a thoughtful silt nee, Mr, Living
ston said :
I could spare JAiry. 1 really don't need
her very much, though she is "such a good
faithful creature, that I shall regret lopart
with her.
If you can spare her without inconvenience-
I think you had better send bora
way. Can't we find some other way to
economize?
I might dismiss tho gill who has done
plain sewing for us for a month past. I
told her I should want her two months,
and I could find work for her that time ;
but 1 can do without her services very
well, and 1 will dismiss herSaturday night,
if you think best.
Mr. Livingston assented. ISetrench
tnent in other departments, wasdiseussed,
aiul various plans proposed, someof w hich
were adopted, and others laid on the table
for future consideration.
Three weeks later, Mr. Livingston olc
served to his wife, with an air uf comfort
able satisfaction
My dear, I am more convinced every day
that we wero right in the plan adopted
three weeks ago. I can assure you it is
hard limits for thepoor people. " . poor
fellow came to me to-day. lie was out of
work nnd six children tosupport. lie told
a pitiful story.
I hope you helped him.
Yes, I gave him twenty dollars, a por
tion of what wc have saved by economy.
The next evening Mr. Livingston set
tled himself in his easy chair with a grave
and somewhat troubled look, The ex
pression of his countenance was that of a
man whose solf-oouiplaconcy had been se
riously disturbed. Mrs. Livingston was
quick to observe this. She waited some
lime for her husband to break the silence:
but seeing that he was not disposed to do
ii, sue sniu :
You look grave to-night, Edward. Has
anything occurred to ainioy ymi 1
Not unless you tall it annoyance for a
man to discover that he has been acting
unwifcly, nnd without due consideration,
when ho really supposed that hewas doing
a very wise thing.
Is that your ease, my dear? nsked Mrs.
Livingston, is n tone in which wifely sym
pathy and womanly nnxiety were uliout
equally blended.
Precisely.
Flease explain yourself.
You remember the plans for retrench
ment adopted three weeks ago?
I do, und it was only last evening that
you were descanting on thewisdom of that
evening s proceedings.
That is true ; but I hnve learned since
that this wisdom was folly, not to call it
by a harsher name. But "l will tell you
what has opened my eyes. You remem
ber what 1 said to you about tho poor fol
low whom I assisted yesterday? This
morning I mentioned the circumstance to
my friend, Mr. Chase, ns wo werespenking
of the hard times and the suffering of the
r.oor. To my surprise ho exclaimed earn
estly :
I would not give the fellow a cent.
Why not, I inquired. Out of work with
six children to feed, is ho not an object of
charity ?
No j the fellow came to me with the
same story a week ago. 1 pitied him, of
course, and offered him work nt low wa
ges unt'l ho could do better ; but hescorn
fully rejected the proposal. Now such a
man I do not wish to help. There arc
hundreds who would gratefully accept of
even moderato wages. I made him the
liest oiler I could afford, and it would hnve
kept his family from absolute suffering
until the times are better.
If I had known the fact you have sta
ted, I would have kept my money for a
more deserving object.
My plan, continued Mr. Cliaso. is to
give eniiiii'rineni
give employment to as many as possible
., i. .. j .: i -ui: : .1. .
, benevolent investmentpf money,. and will
aeoure us from xuuingtheOupeeof those
honinkr. tho hard times ,,n excuse r.,r
Irenes and riotous gatherings.
I suspect votl urn i-i,.l,i I ?:.! ... i..
, . ,' ; f-',, nun, L-invciy
and IhotiL' ilfii e. I',,- i:..i . ...
I . , - .' ' ' " "i n "Kill " IIS
breaking in on my mind.
Hall an hour lifter Mr. Cha-e lrft he
store, hi.sb.otl.r.i.im.i Ml., .ViUs, came
Ait you in want i.r a female domestic?
lie inquired.
I inn not, he replied, but why do yui
ask ? 1
I met with a ra-o ofsufferiii" ve-terday
thai touched my sympathies.' A poor
girl, of neat nnd liicdo-t appearance came
into my sioro to inquire if 1 did not wish
to lure her. On my replying in (he ne-a-tive,
she eagerly inquired if I did not know
ol some one who wanted t hire. On a
jam receiving a negative the tears coursed
down her pale.-thl., ohooks, for pale and
thin they weie; and f, turned nwav
with a despairing ejaculation that went to
luv heart. I called her buck, mid made
inquiries into her circumstances. Jt was
a sorrowful tale. Jler father fell from the
roof ol a house three months ago, nnd was
so injured that he has not left his bed
since. She had two brothers and n sister,
all twoyoung to earniuiything. Her moth
er had taken in seivimr from tlm id,,...
and she had irono out in ti
had managed to keep want from ther door.
Hut now she had been out of a place for
three weeks, her mother could get no sew
ing, and they are starving. The last state
ment was fully corroborated by her cada
verous appearance 1 sent her to the bouse
to g t something to eat.
When 1 went home to dinner, my wife
with swimming eyes, told me about her
call. When f,
she Legged to be allowed to carry it home,
instead of eating it herself, declaring that
it almost broke her heart to think of poor
Sammy, und Charles, nnd little Tinny, who
had been crying for broadall the morning.
When told to satisfy her appetite, while a
basket was filled for her lo take home, she
fell at it as ono half starved, yot as soon
as the basket was ready she would remain
no longer, but hastened with it to her
starving family.
This tale of suffering related by my
friend, touched my heart. I learned from
him where the poor family were to be
found, and that very hour I repaired to
tlieir dwelling, .fudge my surprise when
I found this girl was no other than Maty
herself. Her dismissal from our service,
at a time when situations wore so difficult
to be obtained, had brought a deserving
family to tho brink of starvation. O?
course, I relieved their present necessi
ties, nnd told Marv to come back to-morrow
morning. They overwhelmed mo
with expressions of gralitnde, but I felt
more like a culprit than a benefactor.
Hut you did not intend any w rong, said
Mrs. Livingston.
True; but I adopted a wrong course
of conduct without due consideration.
Strange I did not use a little more com
mon sense, and asked myself what Mary
would do, if thrown out of employ at such
a time. We began retrenching in the
wrong place.
I observed that Mary looked very down
cast when I informed" her that I should
n?ed her no longer. Hut Lucy Tildon
looked even more sad than Mary.
Lucy Tildon ?
Yes, the girl who sewed for us.
Ah, I remember now another mid mis
take, very likely. Do you know where
she lives? We mu-t ascertain if she is
suffering.
Mrs. Livingston was able to give the
street and number of her residence. The
next day, Mr. Livingston nude his way
thither. Hi call was opportune. Ashe
ascended the stairs lendimr in tl.n l.ni..l.ln
'apartment of the sewing girl he heard is-
-uiii mini mi room politico, out, lo Inn)
as Miss Tildon 's, the rough harsh voice of
a man and the obs of a female.
The story was soon told. Lucy hail
been unable to obtain work since she was
dismissed from the employ of Mrs. Living
ston, and could not piy the month's rent
of her room, nnd she and her little all
were being driven from it.
Mr. Livingston hastened to repair the
mischief of his second retrenchment The
rent was paid, nnd Lucy was informed
that thoro was plenty of sewing for her lit
tlio house of her old patron.
I have learned a lesion, said Mr. Living
ston to his wife that evening. Not re
trenchment but wise expenditure shall be
my motto this winter. That addition to
my store, which I had given on account of
hard times, shall bo built, 1 can nf Ion I it
well enough, nnd I will seek somo worthy
mechanic, out of employment, and give
him the job. Let thoso who t,null, nnd
those win must, retrench ; but let those
who have to spend, spend wisely nnd well.
He who hoards tip his Master's wealth,
when he should expend it, may not be less
criminal than he who squanders it. Mr.
Chnse is right ; I will follow his examplo
nnd give employment tons many ns possi
Ue this winter, while I do not forget the
suffering who are unable to w ork.
The inter-Oceanic Canal across the isth
mus of Dnrien connectingthe two con
tinents of the western hemisphere, which
has been contemplnted by this govern
ment, has been declared impracticable by
Lieut. Craven, who has been examining
the rout, on account nf the vnst sacrifice
of human life and immense expenditure
which the undertaking would involve.
Giving also as his opinion that two venera
tions would lo an insuTicient length of
nme 10 complete a worn much ktts exten
sive than the one contemplated.
The rwmors from Camp .Scott and Salt
Lake City, to the effect that Gov. Cum
mings hail proceeded to the latter place
without escort, attended only by his own
offioftrs (Col. Kano and a few Mormons,
haveten confirmed. The Mormons are
snid to be leaving the city. Gen. John
ston remains at Camp Scott.
Couldn't Do It.
In one of the interior mountain towns
lives n man whoso name is Mr. Sowers
some very distant connection, I am tol.l, '
Of old Mr. .lehoslltilinl. Stim.,..nn,l tvlin t
by his friends, is familiarly called Major terest nt this time. If tho statements of
Sowers. Tho Major is about forty years this writer arc true "'tis strange."
of age, measures just live root seven inches Washington, D. C. MnV 19, 1H58.
in height and Weighs exactly 21 pounds lhc FMr of tht mori.- Tlio recent
by the steel yards. He had and who has ncW8 from Utah nre precisely what might
not somo little eccentricities, ono or iVVo been expected. It all originates)
Hindi is thinking aloud. He bail also n from Mormon sources.
' wl Jiul.it, acquired in these days by very j Mr. Kane of Philadelphia, is a Mormon,
many t hut i.l taking n glass too much ; 1 and not tent on bf tht JWitutrnt or any mthori
nit lor all that, the ,1ajor is "one of our y 0J the Government. Col. liich, through
Inst men, and goes not a little upon hi whom tho intelligence comes to tho Kt
dignity. jj0M;s JiqmLliean, is ono of the twelvcapos-
hie day the circus camo to tiwn, and j ties of the so-called Mormon Church, and
the JIajor determined to go to tho circus; W1W till called home last fall by Hrigham
and ns a preliminary, ns well ns to pass Young, the apostolio heat! of the Mormon
away i. little spare time, he imbilod sever- settlement at San Bernardino, California,
id times, und between the acts of the per- Deception ii tht ireat leetr by which they hope
forinnnce, imbibed several times more, V wcrthrow the 'jlepublie. they tleeeiu d Mn
After the exhibition, he joined company j Fillmoro and his cabinet, who npiointcd
with one or two "old boys," nnd went prigham Young Governor of Utah. They
"round" for a couple of hours or so, nnd deeeived Mr. Pierco nnd his cabinet, and
nt precisely 1 a. m., started for his homo (cd them into the same inactive policy that
in tlie "outskirts." J Hiring the perform-'g0 unfortunately characterized Mr Fin
ance, the Major had been particularly ' mnrc's administration. They hoped and
pleased with the "ground nnd lofty tumb- relied on their agents, "not known at Mor
hug;" also the vaulting nnd summerset ,," to deceive and mislead Mr. Buchanan"
nets, llo whs thinking of this as he walk-'nml his Cabinet; hence the prophecies of
cd home, and thought how easy it would ; p.righani to bis followers, that there would
be to turn a summerset. He believed that 1,0 ',) fijhiingthc Utrd voufd fght their
he could do it, and our informant over-1 ., tr 'tl,.;' then wnuhl live, in 1'tnkta
look htm just in time to hear the follow
ing soliloquy, und to witness the overture.
"Sowers, you can do it, nnd there is no
better plaeo to try it on than here."
Divesting himself of coal and hat, he
took a short run, ami threw himself for
ward; but, alas for human expectations!
his hands striking the ground, the huge
body slowly ascending until attaining an
uttitudc of exactly, forty-live degrees for
an instant it poised there, and then fell
heavily back upon the ground.
As the Major gathered himself upon his
haunches, supported with one hand upon
the ground, and with the other rubbed
his damaged body, solemnly wagging his
head, he muttered, in very broken ac
cents; "fijirrrt, wy loi, you can't do it you can't
do it you are not soji-ienlly experienced."
"AiivF.tiTisr.ixo Don't Pav." So wc
were told the other day by a man who ad
vertised in the Merchant one month. This
reminds us of the Irishman who ltavin
heard ofthe great "liixmy ofa fcatherlbed.
determined to disregard the expense and
try its virtue. N) he got but one feather
aiei lain u upon the Moor, and then curled
down on it and went to sleep. In the
morning he awoke nnd rubl cd his limbs
and celamed: "that if it was not for the
name of the thing, ho would like straw
just ns well." .lust so with tho man who
advertises but for n month. "It don't
pay! .No, nor it ought not to pay. If
you want .advertising to pny, go into it as
though you were in earnest; ns you would
go into tnything else that you desired to
pay. Do no sleep on one. feather, or de
pend on one insertion of your advertise
ment nor on two, noronedc-zenj but go in
as you would into a feath r bed to tret
.1 l-r! i . .
in" good oi ii, in one caso you enjoy a
good night's rest and happy dreams, and
in incomer, the t.lisslul reality of n pros
pering business and cloudless life, until
you reach the haven of opulence. Adver
tise weekly, monthly, yearly, perpetual
ly. Xatiioutl Merchant.
A Pii'Ti'RK Tri e To Nati re. The fol
lowing graphic description of a 'good fel
low' 'on a bender,' is so true to nature,
that we cinnot refrain from giving it a
place in our columns. Who has not seen
many a similar amusing, or rather lament
able exhibition? Wo clip it from the
Philadelphia Evening Journal:
"The eccentricities of genius nre won
derful. We saw yesterday an individual
who afforded a living exemplification of
this fact. IIo was preparing for the htli
d.iy, and to use the words of a certain co
temporary' was oil a grand, sublime bust.
Fear nil were the efforts of Thomas Jaize
to enjoy himself. Ever and nnon, over
bis illustrious head, did he flourish n bag
of gold, a small bag, nnd then ho asked
everybody up to drink, which everyltody
diil, and fell back to nllow everybody else
to come up and do likewito. Everybody
else invitnl their friind;, aid Thomas
.1aizo. Esq., whirled the little bag of gold
and produced tho 'tin,' nnd paid the ex
pense in the most cheerful manner. Ev
ery voice proclaimed him n good fellow,
and so of course he was, for nt 10 r. we
snw him generously nnd Munificently
piling himself miscellaneously nl.otit the
streits and alleys, nnd wc nre perfectly
satisfied that if ho had not been a very
'good fellow,' he would not havo done so.
He saw him at 1 1 o'clock, i m ., and
somebody hnd stolen his new lKts nnd
given him i n old pair of pumps. Under
t ho influence ot two glasses of soda water
he had slightly recovered.
At 1 !, l.n.l
a relapse he'was on a sublime drunk.- i PT" "l"'"' precisely the same Amount
Everybody was present, in company with of government lands to Kansas, as is offer
cveryliodv else, and a number of invited ' to ,ipr V' continKc"ry of her acocpt
guests. tliomas Jaize, Esq.. still flour- nncc of,tl,c Iecompton Constitution. If
ishod his bag now considerably reduced ! ""V""' r'""l"J ' anJ lrt"HVnVwt
-and every now and then 'the whole we have inontionivl, cannot prove l ie con
crowd wnlkedup nnd took sugar in their'n.
II e saw Jnm niter tJiat,
He bad a kinky bat
On his bead
His pumps wore worn nwny,
And his pockets seemed to sjiy
"Nary rod."
A meeting of tho friends of the Tyrone
and Look Haven rail road was held at
Howard, Centre county. Jacob K. Leath
ers was chosen President, M. P. Urines,
Samuel Leathers Vice-Presidents and Wm,
Shortlidgo Secretary. A number of ad
dresses were delivered showing the entire
practicability of nn early completion of.
the road, and urging energetic action
among those in fuvour of the enterpruo.
t'-tl 1 m.xjr-
- la - r
f TERMS
( $1 83 per Annum.
NKWSEMKS VOL. 111. NO 10.
THE MORMONS.
The following letter from tho Washing
ton ? Von relating to 4 ho Mormons and
mission of Col. Knne, is of peculiar in-
male and aather many crops unmolested," Ac,
&c,; on these prophecies the people relied
with religious faith ns did llrigliam and
his coadjutors, till it was discovered Hlrtt
Mr. Buchanan and his Cabinet could not
be deceived nnd misled by them. Now
we are assured that Mr. Kane has succeed
ed in his mission, that the "Mormon
have U'id duum their arms nnd invited Gov
ernor Ctunmings into Great Salt Lake
City." We are further assured t lint some
ofthe peoplo are leaving for tho "H7oM
Hirer Mountain."
This district of country is situated in
the south-western portion of the Territory
of Utah, bounded on tho west by the Si'
erra Nevada, mountains, on the north by
the Humbolt lliver mountains, on tli
east by tho Desert and southern spurs of
the Goose Crook mountains, on the south
by the Sierra Nevada and the intervening
spurs of the groat Sierra Madro moun
tains. This throws them about six iuiii.
dreil miles further into the mountain fast
nesses of the continent, in tho midst of
the richest gold district on the Pacific
coast. By this movement they hopo to
allay tho apprehensions of the govern'
mei'it nnd the public nt large, while thev
will push forward with redoubled force
nnd energy tlieir schemes of immigrati n.
colonization, and accumulation of nativ
wealth and munitions of war. They c.i..
never Solnnit.
The fact that they rccommcndisusp n
sion of the military movements now i
rooted against them is sufliciont to stan.
all these rumors with the design to batll
the government, if not to falsify ami mi
lead.
1 hope the goVerhtnent will adhere
its exhnlted policy, and "crush out tho
rebellion." If for nothing else, tho de
cisive action of Mr. Buchanan and hi
cabinet in this instance should entitle
them to the busting gratitude and praise
of the American people gratitude for
having averted civil strife, and praise for
having conquered so secret and formidable
a foe.
Again. I say tho Mormons will ncVnr
submit to tho Federal Government; they
must be driven out, or they will, in time,
drive the government. They pretend t
submit only to obtain a firmer hold. I
writo from personal knowledge, having:
lived among them about a year.
UNION.
Face the Music, Gentlemen!
Three days have now elapsed since wo
called, in respoctful terms, upon tho Xorh
American, tho Jnqnircr, the Inn'if jew?, and
the Press, to publish the three lanj-ordi-nanees
atta :hed, respectively, to tho Crit
tf.xdev Amendment, tho monthomkry
CiiiTTiMiRN Amendment, nnd tho EsuListf
Kansas Conference Bill; but ns yet wo
have had no response from those qnnrters,
as we predicted at tho time we would not.
I hose presses liavo been loud and tierce in
their charcos that a creat brilio in tho
shapo of government land had been offer'
cd to the people of Kansas, in the ordi
nance attached to the Kxismsii Conference
Bill, to come into the Union under tho Lo
compton (.institution; and when challen
ged for tho proof of their assertions front
the inexorable record, they slink inglori
ously from thetield, and stand self-convict
ed of misrepresentation and nn attempt
to deceivo and mislead their readers anil
the public.
We now assert, and defy contradiction,
that the Crittenden Amendment, which
received tht mtes of (he entire opposition to tht
President's policy,
in IsdHi nouses of Con--
trary, lei lliem licrcauor jure v it noiu muir
peace. Pinnsyhanian.
A man in a sail boat went over Niagara
Falls a few days ago. Ho camo from tho
Canada sido and was on his way back,
when it is supposed from carelessness, he
allowed his lont to get into the current.
His body has not been seen or heard of.
8kjT"Po you sell pies," asked a green
looking fellow, as he lounger! irrtc a eon--fectionet's
in Wellington street, Thss
sir, (replied the gentkmon-ly prf'neTOr,)
yes, sir, all softs, sir; what kind
will you have sir?" "Well I think IT',
la'ie a mag-pie."
p-JMiui "proposes, but Go J dJscs.